A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, I Henry IV, Measure for Measure, King Lear, Macbeth, Coriolanus, The Tempest. Enrollment in each section limited to 25. Not open to first-year students.

A study of the English literary tradition from the Middle Ages through the eighteenth century. Recommended for sophomores. Enrollment limited to 20 per section.

According to the ACTFL standards, this course is Intermediate Low Arabic. It covers the four skills of the language. Writers at the Intermediate level are characterized by the ability to meet practical writing needs, such as simple messages and letters, requests for information, and notes. In addition, they can ask and respond to simple questions in writing.

For students who have taken Jazz I or the equivalent. Combined enrollment 130/131 limited to 30.

A study of the sociological dimensions of urban life. Main areas of inquiry: the processes of urban change; the city as a locus of various social relationships and cultural forms; urban poverty and social conflict; homelessness; and strategies for urban revitalization. Enrollment limited to 35.

A laboratory course designed to complement the lecture material in 332. Advanced techniques used to study the molecular biology of eukaryotes will be learned in the context of a semester-long project. These methods will include techniques for studying genomics and gene expression including: RNA interference, DNA sequence analysis, microarray analysis, RT-PCR, bioinformatics, and others. Enrollment limited to 16. Prerequisite: BIO 332 (should be taken concurrently) and BIO 231.

Advanced molecular biology of eukaryotes and their viruses. Topics will include genomics, bioinformatics, eukaryotic gene organization, regulation of gene expression, RNA processing, retroviruses, transposable elements, gene rearrangement, methods for studying human genes and genetic diseases, molecular biology of infectious diseases, genome projects and whole genome analysis. Reading assignments will be from a textbook and the primary literature. Each student will present an in-class presentation and write a paper on a topic selected in consultation with the instructor.

Introduction to the art of conducting. The class will examine philosophical and practical aspects of the modern conductor's role. Topics include a musical gestural vocabulary, baton technique, and score study/internalization of the printed page. Prior music performance experience and study of Western music theory is highly recommended; admission by permission of the instructor. May be repeated for credit.

This course serves as an introduction to the history of western music by studying in detail the first performances of a small number of singularly important works in the western tradition including Orfeo, (Monteverdi), Messiah (Handel), the Ninth Symphony (Beethoven), the Symphony fantastique (Berlioz), and Le Sacre du printemps (Stravinsky).

The course is intended to provide the student with the academic writing skills necessary to successfully undertake writing assignments in the upper-division Spanish courses. The focus of the course will be on expository and argumentative writing, but some attention will be devoted to writing narratives and descriptions. Grammar will be reviewed within the context of the writing assignments. Prerequisite: SPN 220 or sufficient proficiency in Spanish. Enrollment limited to 19. Priority given to majors, minors and second-year students planning on a JYA.