(Offered as ENGL 180 and FAMS 110.)  A first course in reading films and writing about them. A varied selection of films for study and criticism, partly to illustrate the main elements of film language and partly to pose challenging texts for reading and writing. Frequent short papers. Two 80-minute class meetings and two screenings per week.

Limited to 25 students. Fall semester:  Visiting Professor Johnston.  Spring semester:  Visiting Lecturer Pritchett.

(Offered as ENGL 160 and BLST 132 [US].)  The focus of this introduction to African American literature is the complex intertextuality at the heart of the African American literary tradition.  Tracing the tradition’s major formal and thematic concerns means looking for connections between different kinds of texts:  music, art, the written word, and the spoken word–-and students who take this class will acquire the critical writing and interpretive skills necessary to any future study of literature.

Fall semester.  Professor Parham.

(Offered as ENGL 160 and BLST 132 [US].)  The focus of this introduction to African American literature is the complex intertextuality at the heart of the African American literary tradition.  Tracing the tradition’s major formal and thematic concerns means looking for connections between different kinds of texts:  music, art, the written word, and the spoken word–-and students who take this class will acquire the critical writing and interpretive skills necessary to any future study of literature.

Fall semester.  Professor Parham.

The theory of quantum mechanics is developed and applied to spectroscopic experiments. Topics include the basic principles of quantum mechanics; the structure of atoms, molecules, and solids; and the interpretation of infrared, visible, fluorescence, and NMR spectra. Appropriate laboratory work will be arranged. Three hours of class and four hours of laboratory per week.

Requisite: CHEM 161, MATH 121, PHYS 116 or 123.  Limited to 24 students. Fall semester. Professor Leung.