Certain landscapes begin to dissolve economic, political, social, and cultural constructs to foster diversity on common ground. This course will trace the development of these socialized landscapes, specifically in Europe and North America in the last two centuries, as places of reform, respite, and refuge. Focusing on a series of case studies, we will characterize what makes a place a socialized landscape, identify how it improves its community, and consider how a local space might be transformed into a socialized landscape. Prerequisite: LSS 100 or 105 or permission of the instructor.

Through readings and a series of lectures by Smith faculty and guests, we will examine the history and influences out of which Landscape Studies is emerging. We will look at the relationship of this new field with literary and cultural studies, art, art history, landscape architecture, history, biology, and environmental sciences. What is Landscape Studies? Where does it come from? Why is it important? How does it relate to, for instance, landscape painting and city planning? How does it link political and aesthetic agendas?

This course is designed for students who are uncomfortable with symbolic systems. It will provide an elementary introduction to the structure and function of propositional and predicate logic. This will include translating ordinary language statements and arguments into symbolic form; using truth tables to calculate truth values and determine the validity of arguments in finite universes; quantification in infinite universes; direct, indirect, and conditional proof techniques in propositional and predicate logic.

This will ordinarily be an enriched version of the 300-level courses currently offered.

Admission by permission of the department, for majors and honors students who have had four advanced courses in Latin.

Authors read in LAT 330 vary from year to year, but they are generally chosen from a list including epic and lyric poets, historians, orators, comedians and novelists, depending on the interests and needs of students. LAT 330 may be repeated for credit, provided that the topic is not the same. Prerequisite: Two courses at the 200-level or permission of the instructor. Selected readings from Roman epistolary literature, including works by Cicero, Pliny, and Seneca. Attention to the development of epistolary theory and style; mechanics of exchange; private vs.

Selections from the Aeneid, with attention to literary, historical, and cultural aspects. Prerequisite: 212 or permission of the instructor.

Fundamentals of grammar, with selected readings from Latin authors in the second semester. This is a full-year course. Enrollment limited to 30.