The Science of Sex

This lecture course surveys the history of sex or sexology from the late 1800s to the present day. The course explores the global referents used to create the categories of sexology—the ways in which racialized, colonized, and otherwise marginalized groups were studied and exploited to create knowledge about sexuality. The course also explores how this knowledge was popularized, especially in popular fictional texts. How have scientists studied sex and constructed sexual selves, and how has this changed over time? Whose sex was studied by scientists?

Renaissance & Reformation

Did radical societal shifts really take place in Europe between 1300 and 1600, as the terms “Renaissance” and “Reformation” imply? Students will use this question to frame their learning in this survey course, studying the period that saw the aftermath of the Black Death, the fragmentation of Christianity, the growing power of monarchs, the advent of the printing press, and the beginnings of the age of European Imperialism. Students will examine and discuss humanism, witch hunts, popular piety and heresy, the advent of the Italian city-state, and the intersection of politics and science.

The Historian's Craft

This course serves as an introduction to the study of History and to what historians do. It is a requirement for the History major. At the root of this course is the question of what is history and what it means to study history. Key questions driving the course are: Is history simply the study of the past? What is the past’s connection to the present? Is it even necessary to make such connections to the present and what is lost and gained in making such connections? Normally to be taken during a student's first or second year. Enrollment limited to 40.

Technology of Reading & Writin

Offered as ENG 207 and HSC 207. An introductory exploration of the physical forms that knowledge and communication have taken in the West, from ancient oral cultures to modern print-literate culture. The main interest is in discovering how what is said and thought in a culture reflects its available kinds of literacy and media of communication.

Greek Poetry of Archaic Age

(Formerly GRK 214.) An exploration of the poetic masterpieces of the Archaic period. Students study some of the songs bards performed to the accompaniment of the lyre, stories of war, exile and homecoming, monsters and divinities, love and lust. Readings are chosen from works such as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days, and the Homeric Hymns. Prerequisite: GRK 215 or equivalent.

Elementary Greek

A year-long course in the fundamentals of Attic Greek, the dialect of Greek spoken in antiquity in the region of Attica and its capital, Athens, and used by canonical writers such as the tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, the historian Thucydides and the philosopher Plato. This course prepares students to read the works of these authors and a wide range of others through a combination of grammatical study, composition and graded reading practice, while learning about the history and culture of classical Greece.

Sem: T-Trans Politics

This political theory seminar offers students an in-depth consideration of the history of trans, transgender, transsexual, gender expansive, gender non-conforming, and agender people. The course investigates the politics they engage in, the political movements they’ve built, and the medical, psychiatric, and legislative attempts to discipline and eradicate their existence.

Sem:T-Genocide, Human Rights

This course provides students with the intellectual framework for understanding the numerous, complex, and often emotionally challenging issues related to genocide and other instances of mass atrocities. The course explores the theoretical, social, legal, and political basis in order to understand these events through thematic analysis and help frame genocide and mass atrocities as distinct analytical concepts in the social sciences.

Sem:T-Internatn-Politics/Data

This course aims to understand the political implications of the Big Data era through a focus on how data has corresponded with power throughout history, from ancient times to today. The course considers how new data sources and technologies have driven significant social change, such as through the development of statistics (“science that serves the state”) for taxation and government census, surveillance practices for policing and national security, classification for anti-poverty programs and data security regulations.

Sem:T-Nation,Islam,DemocTurkey

Offered as GOV 342mt and MES 342mt. This course familiarizes students with the political issues that have shaped Turkey since the 1980. Beginning with the Ottoman Empire's legacy and the foundation of the Turkish Republic in 1923, the course examines key developments such as Turkey's transition to democracy, nationalism, neoliberalism, the influence of political Islam, and the role of military coups in shaping governance.
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