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AFST 101 Ecology and Anthropology Tanzania Program: Elementary Swahili
Elementary Swahili introduces students to the communicative use of Swahili, emphasizing communicative competence in real contexts. Ninety percent of instruction is conducted in the target language. Vocabulary and grammar are taught in context. Instruction pays attention to the cultural information in relevant contexts of communication. The main learning/teaching styles used include role plays, prepared presentations, interactive lectures, classroom conversations, and dramatization. In addition to the class textbook, authentic source materials are used, such as pictures, songs, short stories, poems and essays. Student assessment is continuous, and includes classroom participation, homework, written exams and oral exams.
Open only to participants in Ecology & Anthropology in Tanzania program
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Ecology and Anthropology in Tanzania program.
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AMST 398 Advanced Research in American Studies 3 credits
This seminar introduces advanced skills in American Studies research, focusing on the shaping and proposing of a major research project. Through a combination of class discussion, small group work and presentations, and one-on-one interactions with the professor, majors learn the process of imaging, creating, and preparing independent interdisciplinary projects as well as the interconnections of disparate scholarly and creative works.
- Fall 2024
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): AMST 345 – Theory and Practice of American Studies with a grade of C- or better.
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AMST 398.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Michael McNally 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- Grading:S/CR/NC
- T, THLeighton 303 8:15am-10:00am
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ARBC 101 Elementary Arabic 6 credits
This is the first course in the Elementary Arabic sequence. This sequence introduces non-Arabic speakers to the sounds, script, and basic grammar of Arabic-the language of 200 million speakers in the Arab world and the liturgical language of over a billion Muslims. Students will develop basic listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Modern Standard Arabic. Classes will incorporate readings and audio-visual material from contemporary Arabic media, as well as popular music.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Not open to students whose previous Arabic language experience exceeds the requirements of ARBC 101
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ARBC 101.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Zaki Haidar 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 244 9:50am-11:00am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 244 9:30am-10:35am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 244 9:40am-10:40am
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ARBC 204 Intermediate Arabic 6 credits
In this course sequence students will continue to develop their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills, while building a solid foundation of Arabic grammar (morphology and syntax). Students will develop their ability to express ideas in Modern Standard Arabic by writing essays and preparing oral presentations. Classes will incorporate readings and audio-visual material from contemporary Arabic media, as well as popular music.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): ARBC 103 – Elementary Arabic with a grade of C- or better or equivalent.
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ARBC 204.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Yaron Klein 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 205 11:10am-12:20pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 205 10:45am-11:50am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 205 12:00pm-1:00pm
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ARCN 392 Independent Research
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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ARTS 291 Independent Study 1 – 6 credits
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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ARTS 391 Independent Study 3 – 6 credits
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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ASST 101.07 Buddhist Studies India Program: Elementary Hindi
An introduction to basic colloquial Hindi speaking and writing skills for everyday interactions in Northern India. Essential grammar is introduced and reviewed in morning meetings, and conversational and reading abilities are developed in afternoon practice. Students are encouraged to practice speaking and listening comprehension by conversing with Hindi speakers outside of class.
Open only to participants in OCS GEP India Program
- Fall 2024
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Buddhist Studies in India program.
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ASST 101.08 Buddhist Studies in India Program: Elementary Tibetan
This course seeks to develop students’ level of proficiency in spoken Tibetan for basic communication, as well as the ability to read and write simple sentence constructions. Learning is grounded in written Tibetan, covering the alphabet, pronunciation, grammar, and basic vocabulary. Reading and comprehension skills are enhanced through direct translation of essential texts such as the Heart Sutra and a prayer of Manjushri. Students gain facility with spoken Tibetan through classroom drills and informal practice with Tibetans in Bodh Gaya. Students will also improve their understanding of Tibetan culture and society through this course.
Open only to participants in OCS GEP India Program
- Fall 2024
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Buddhist Studies in India program.
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ASST 103 Buddhist Studies India Program; Intermediate Hindi
This course builds on the student’s previous training in spoken and written Hindi language. Students will gain the ability to initiate and sustain conversations with Hindi speakers, read and write in Hindi about personal and social situations, as well as extract the main idea and information from descriptive and narrative texts. Students will apply their language learning and deepen their understanding of Indian culture through interaction with local residents and participation in seasonal festivals and other activities.
Open only to participants in OCP GEP Buddhist Studies India Program
- Fall 2024
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Buddhist Studies in India program.
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ASST 255 Buddhist Studies in India Program: Introduction to Field Methods and Ethics 4 credits
This course introduces students to the skills and ethics needed to conduct fieldwork for their independent study project in South Asia. In consultation with their adviser, students generate an independent study proposal (ISP) concerned with some aspect of Buddhist Studies (philosophy, ritual, meditation, the arts, culture, etc.) utilizing the unique resources available in India and neighboring countries. The ISP proposal outlines the topic, research methods, and resources located/developed by the student. Topics covered in the course include: introduction to research ethics; conducting a literature review; design and implementation of data collection protocols, interviewing, and survey questionnaires; summary, analysis and presentation data.
Open only to participants in OCP GEP Buddhist Studies India Program
- Fall 2024
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Buddhist Studies in India program.
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ASST 391 Buddhist Studies India Program: Independent Study Project
Students spend three weeks of the program conducting field work for the self-designed independent study project proposed in ASST 255: Introduction to Field Methods and Ethics. Students demonstrate ability to carry out an independent study project that successfully incorporates appropriate field research methods and responsible approaches to interpretation of data, and effectively demonstrates what they have learned about their research topic. The progress of each research project is evaluated at regular intervals in relation to parameters established in conjunction with the Faculty Director and faculty adviser. Students present their research at the end of the ISP.
Open only to participants in OCP GEP Buddhist Studies India Program
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Buddhist Studies in India program.
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ASTR 394 Directed Research in Astronomy 1 – 6 credits
Students work on a research project related to a faculty member's research interests, and directed by that faculty member. Student activities vary according to the field and stage of the project. The long-run goal of these projects normally includes dissemination to a scholarly community beyond Carleton. The faculty member will meet regularly with the student and actively direct the work of the student, who will submit an end-of-term product, typically a paper or presentation.
Register for this course by submitting the Directed Research form which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor and your adviser.
- Fall 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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BIOC 301 Survey of Biochemistry 6 credits
This course applies the principles of chemistry to explore the molecular basis of biological processes. It provides students with a foundational knowledge of biochemistry, with an emphasis on the structure and function of biological macromolecules including nucleic acids and proteins. Topics include enzyme catalysis and kinetics, bioenergetics, and the organization and regulation of metabolic pathways. Biology majors must also complete BIOC 311 in order for BIOC 301 to count towards the Biology major.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): BIOL 126 – Energy Flow of Biological Systems & Lab or equivalent and CHEM 224 – Principles of Chemistry II & Lab and CHEM 234 – Organic Chemistry II & Lab with a grade of C- or better.
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BIOL 263 Ecological Physiology Lab 2 credits
Experimental approaches to study physiological responses of living organisms to their environment. Students will conduct a semi-independent lab project.
Requires concurrent registration in BIOL 262
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
- BIOL 262
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BIOL 263.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Mike Nishizaki 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- THHulings 115 1:00pm-5:00pm
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BIOL 272 Integrative Animal Physiology 6 credits
This course explores biological functions from the biochemical level to the level of the whole organism. We will start with the regulatory systems exploring the function of neural and endocrine mechanisms. We will discuss the actions of a variety of toxins as adaptive components of venoms and pharmaceutical tools in human health research. Other topics include: muscle physiology, exercise and behavior; blood pressure regulation; salt and water balance in organisms from different environments; comparative reproduction, including human reproductive development and sexuality.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
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Student has completed the following courses: BIOL 125 – Genes, Evolution, and Development & Lab with a grade of C- or better or received a score of 5 or better on the Biology AP exam or received a score of 6 or better on the Biology IB exam AND BIOL 126 – Energy Glow in Biological Systems & Lab with a grade of C- or better or equivalents.
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BIOL 272.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Matt Rand 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 305 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FLeighton 305 1:10pm-2:10pm
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BIOL 280 Cell Biology 6 credits
An examination of the structures and processes that underlie the life of cells, both prokaryotic and eukaryotic. Topics to be covered include methodologies used to study cells; organelles, membranes and other cellular components; protein targeting within the cell; and cellular communication and division.
Concurrent registration in BIOL 281 required.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
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Student has completed the following courses: BIOL 125 – Genes, Evolution, and Development & Lab with a grade of C- or better or received a score of 5 or better on the Biology AP exam or received a score of 6 or better on the Biology IB exam AND BIOL 126 – Energy Glow in Biological Systems & Lab with a grade of C- or better or equivalents.
- BIOL 281
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BIOL 280.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Zoe Hansen 🏫 👤
- Size:32
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 104 9:50am-11:00am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 104 9:40am-10:40am
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BIOL 281 Cell Biology Laboratory 2 credits
The focus of the laboratory will be on current techniques used to study cellular structure and function.
Concurrent registration in BIOL 280 required.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
- BIOL 280
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BIOL 281.01 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Zoe Hansen 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- THulings 218 1:00pm-5:00pm
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BIOL 281.02 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Zoe Hansen 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- THHulings 218 1:00pm-5:00pm
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BIOL 339 Genomics & Bioinformatics Lab 2 credits
Requires concurrent registration in BIOL 338
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
- BIOL 338
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BIOL 339.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Rika Anderson 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- THulings 102 1:00pm-5:00pm
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BIOL 350 Evolution 6 credits
Principles and history of evolutionary change in wild populations, with consideration of both microevolutionary and macroevolutionary time scales. Topics covered include causes of change in gene frequency, the nature of adaptation, constraints on evolutionary change, the evolution of genes and proteins, rates of speciation and extinction, and the major events in evolutionary history.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
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Student has completed the following courses: BIOL 125 – Genes, Evolution, and Development & Lab with a grade of C- or better or received a score of 5 or better on the Biology AP exam or received a score of 6 or better on the Biology IB exam AND BIOL 126 – Energy Glow in Biological Systems & Lab with a grade of C- or better or equivalents.
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BIOL 350.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Mark McKone 🏫 👤
- Size:40
- M, WAnderson Hall 329 11:10am-12:20pm
- FAnderson Hall 329 12:00pm-1:00pm
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BIOL 365 Seminar: Topics in Neuroscience 6 credits
We will focus on recent advances in neuroscience. All areas of neuroscience (cellular/molecular, developmental, systems, cognitive, and disease) will be considered. Classical or foundational papers will be used to provide background.
Waitlist only
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
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Student has completed the following courses: BIOL 125 – Genes, Evolution, and Development & Lab with a grade of C- or better or received a score of 5 or better on the Biology AP exam or received a score of 6 or better on the Biology IB exam AND BIOL 126 – Energy Glow in Biological Systems & Lab with a grade of C- or better or equivalents.
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BIOL 385 Seminar: Microbial Pathology 6 credits
Microbes are the most abundant organisms on earth, and microbial pathogens have caused human and plant disease epidemics worldwide. This course will focus upon the pathogenic strategy of a variety of well-studied microbes in order to illustrate our understanding of the molecular and cellular nature of microbial disease. We will analyze current and seminal papers in the primary literature focusing on mechanisms employed by microbes to attack hosts.
Waitlist only
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): BIOL 125 – Genes, Evolution, and Development & Lab with a grade of C- or better or received a score of 5 or better on the Biology AP exam or received a score of 6 or better on the Biology IB exam AND BIOL 126 – Energy Glow in Biological Systems & Lab with a grade of C- or better AND either BIOL 240 – Genetics or BIOL 280 – Cell Biology with a grade of C- or better.
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BIOL 394 Directed Research in Biology 1 – 6 credits
Students work on a research project related to a faculty member's research interests, and directed by that faculty member. Student activities vary according to the field and stage of the project. The long-run goal of these projects normally includes dissemination to a scholarly community beyond Carleton. The faculty member will meet regularly with the student and actively direct the work of the student, who will submit an end-of-term product, typically a paper or presentation.
Register for this course by submitting the Directed Research form which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor and your adviser.
- Fall 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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BIOL 399 Critical Reading and Analysis of Primary Literature 3 credits
Guided instruction in reading and interpretation of contemporary primary literature in Biology.
Concurrent registration in BIOL 400 required.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): BIOL 125 – Genes, Evolution, and Development & Lab with a grade of C- or better or received a score of 5 or better on the Biology AP exam or received a score of 6 or better on the Biology IB exam AND BIOL 126 – Energy Glow in Biological Systems & Lab with a grade of C- or better AND three (3) 200 or 300 level BIOL courses or BIOC 301 – Survey of Biochemistry and two (2) 200 or 300 level BIOL courses with grade of C- or better.
- BIOL 400
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CGSC 392 Independent Research 6 credits
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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CGSC 396 Directed Research in Cognitive Studies 3 credits
Senior majors in cognitive studies will work with the instructor to develop a thesis proposal for their comps project.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): CGSC 130 – Introduction to Cognitive Science and PSYC 200/201 – Measurement and Data Analysis and Lab and CGSC/PSYC 232 – Cognitive Processes and CGSC/PSYC 233 – Laboratory Cognitive Processes with a grade of C- or better and is a senior CGSC major.
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CHEM 122 Introduction to Chemistry 6 credits
An introduction to the fundamentals of chemistry to prepare students to enter subsequent chemistry courses (Chemistry 123 or 124). Atoms and molecules, stoichiometry, and gases will be covered in the course. Although learning through discovery-based processes, small groups, and short laboratory experimentation will occur, this is not a lab course and does not fulfill the requirements for medical school. This course assumes competence with simple algebra, but no prior chemistry experience.
Placement into Chemistry 122 using the self-administered Chemistry Placement Evaluation, Chemistry Home Page or permission of instructor. Students with high school chemistry will generally take Chemistry 123 or 124.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
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Student has received a score of 122 on the Carleton Chemistry Placement Exam.
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CHEM 122.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Daniela Kohen 🏫 👤
- Size:30
- T, THAnderson Hall 329 10:10am-11:55am
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CHEM 290 Independent Reading 1 credits
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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CHEM 292 Independent Research 1 credits
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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CHEM 294 Directed Research in Chemistry 1 – 6 credits
Students work on a research project related to a faculty member's research interests, and directed by that faculty member. Student activities vary according to the field and stage of the project. The long-run goal of these projects normally includes dissemination to a scholarly community beyond Carleton. The faculty member will meet regularly with the student and actively direct the work of the student, who will submit an end-of-term product, typically a paper or presentation.
Register for this course by submitting the Directed Research form which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor and your adviser.
- Fall 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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CHEM 301 Chemical Kinetics Laboratory 3 credits
A mixed class/lab course with one four-hour laboratory per week and weekly discussion/problem sessions. In class, the principles of kinetics will be developed with a mechanistic focus. In lab, experimental design and extensive independent project work will be emphasized.
Classroom sessions will be held at the listed time primarily during the first five weeks of the term. Laboratory sessions will occur during the listed period for the entire term.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration QRE, Quantitative Reasoning WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): CHEM 224 – Principles of Chemistry II & Lab AND CHEM 233 – Organic Chemistry I & Lab with a grade of C- or better AND MATH 120 – Calculus 2 with a grade of C- or better or received a score of 4 or better on the Calculus BC AP exam or equivalent.
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CHEM 301.01 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Daniela Kohen 🏫 👤 · Chris Calderone 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WAnderson Hall 121 8:30am-9:40am
- TAnderson Hall 213 1:00pm-5:00pm
- FAnderson Hall 121 8:30am-9:30am
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CHEM 301.02 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Daniela Kohen 🏫 👤 · Chris Calderone 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WAnderson Hall 121 8:30am-9:40am
- THAnderson Hall 213 1:00pm-5:00pm
- FAnderson Hall 121 8:30am-9:30am
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CHEM 301.03 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Daniela Kohen 🏫 👤 · Chris Calderone 🏫 👤
- M, WAnderson Hall 121 8:30am-9:40am
- WAnderson Hall 213 2:00pm-6:00pm
- FAnderson Hall 121 8:30am-9:30am
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CHEM 343 Chemical Thermodynamics 6 credits
The major topic is chemical thermodynamics, including the First and Second Laws, the conditions for spontaneous change, thermochemistry, and chemical equilibrium. To showcase how chemists utilize energy concepts to solve problems, thermodynamics will be regularly applied to a number of real-world examples and scientific problems.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): CHEM 123 – Principles of Chemistry I & Lab, CHEM 124 – Principles of Chemistry I with Problem Solving & Lab, or CHEM 128 – Principles of Environmental Chemistry & Lab or received a score of 4 or better on the Chemistry AP exam or received a score of 5 or better on the Chemistry IB exam AND MATH 120 – Calculus 2 or Math 211 – Multivariable Calculus or greater with a grade of C- or better or received a score of 4 on the Calculus BC exam AND 6 credits from Physics Courses 131 to 165 with a grade of C- or better or equivalent.
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CHEM 343.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Trish Ferrett 🏫 👤
- Size:40
- M, WAnderson Hall 329 9:50am-11:00am
- FAnderson Hall 329 9:40am-10:40am
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CHEM 391 Independent Study 1 credits
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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CHEM 394 Directed Research in Chemistry 1 – 6 credits
Students work on a research project related to a faculty member's research interests, and directed by that faculty member. Student activities vary according to the field and stage of the project. The long-run goal of these projects normally includes dissemination to a scholarly community beyond Carleton. The faculty member will meet regularly with the student and actively direct the work of the student, who will submit an end-of-term product, typically a paper or presentation. Students conducting research that is not directly tied to ongoing faculty research programs should enroll in Chemistry 391/392.
Register for this course by submitting the Directed Research form which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor and your adviser.
- Fall 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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CHIN 101 Elementary Chinese 6 credits
Introduction to Chinese sentence structure and writing system, together with the development of basic aural/oral skills, with attention to the cultural context. Students who have learned spoken Mandarin Chinese at home or in another context, but who are unable to read or write, are encouraged to register for Chinese 280.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Not open to students whose previous Chinese language experience exceeds the requirements of CHIN 101.
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CHIN 101.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Shaohua Guo 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 243 8:30am-9:40am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 243 8:15am-9:20am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 243 8:30am-9:30am
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CHIN 204 Intermediate Chinese 6 credits
Expansion of vocabulary and learning of complex sentence forms, with equal emphasis on the development of the four skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): CHIN 103 – Elementary Chinese with a grade of C- or better or equivalent.
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CHIN 204.01 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Lin Deng 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 302 11:10am-12:20pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 302 10:45am-11:50am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 302 12:00pm-1:00pm
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CHIN 204.02 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Lin Deng 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 302 12:30pm-1:40pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 302 1:15pm-2:20pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 302 1:10pm-2:10pm
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CHIN 280 Chinese Literacy 6 credits
This course is aimed at fluent Mandarin speakers who have not learned to read and write. Students will intensively study the same characters as taught in Chinese 101, 102, 103, and 204. Successful completion will allow students to register for Chinese 205 in the winter term.
Prerequisite: Near-native fluency in oral Mandarin.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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CHIN 280.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Shaohua Guo 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 204 10:10am-11:55am
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CHIN 348 Advanced Chinese: The Mass Media 6 credits
This course introduces to students major milestones in the development of Chinese cinema since 1980, with additional materials including popular television shows and online materials. Emphasis will be on culturally appropriate language use, and on discussion of the social issues that are implicitly and explicitly addressed on the Chinese-language media. The course aims to increase students’ fluency in all four aspects of Chinese language learning (listening, speaking, reading, writing) and to deepen students’ understanding of China as a transitional society.
- Fall 2024
- LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): CHIN 206 – Chinese in Cultural Context with a grade of C- or better or satisfied the Chinese language requirement with a Carleton placement exam score of 300.
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CHIN 348.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Shaohua Guo 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 202 9:50am-11:00am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 202 9:40am-10:40am
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CS 298 Reading and Analysis Associated with External Computing Experience 1 credits
An independent study course intended for students who require Curricular Practical Training (CPT) or Optional Practical Training (OPT) to go with an external activity related to computer science (for example, an internship or an externship). The student will choose and read academic material relating to a practical experience (e.g., internship), and write a paper describing what the student learned from the reading, and how it related to the practical experience.
This requires an independent study form.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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CS 394 Directed Research in Computer Science 1 – 6 credits
Students work on a research project related to a faculty member's research interests, and directed by that faculty member. Student activities vary according to the field and stage of the project. The long-run goal of these projects normally includes dissemination to a scholarly community beyond Carleton. The faculty member will meet regularly with the student and actively direct the work of the student, who will submit an end-of-term product, typically a paper or presentation.
Register for this course by submitting the Directed Research form which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor and your adviser.
- Fall 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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CS 399 Senior Seminar 3 credits
As part of their senior capstone experience, majors will work together in small teams on faculty-specified topics to design and implement the first stage of a project. Required of all senior majors. Students are strongly encouraged to complete CS 252 and CS 257 before starting CS 399.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Student is a Computer Science major and has senior priority.
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DANC 391 Independent Study
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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ECON 290 Independent Research
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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ECON 392 Independent Research 1 credits
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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ENTS 255 Ecology & Anthropology Tanzania Program: Field Methods in Ecology and Anthropology 4 credits
This course enables students with interests in both Ecology and Anthropology to conduct studies in partnership with Tanzanian host communities. The challenges facing cultural groups and socio-ecological systems in northern Tanzania are inherently multi-disciplinary, and students must be able to bridge disciplines. This Field Methods course provides students with a common set of skills from both the ecological and anthropological disciplines to be applied in their Independent Study projects. Topics covered in the course include: introduction to research ethics; conducting a literature review; design and implementation of data collection protocols and survey questionnaires; summary, analysis and presentation of qualitative and quantitative data.
Open only to participants in Ecology & Anthropology Tanzania Program
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Ecology and Anthropology in Tanzania program.
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ENTS 355 Ecology & Anthropology Tanzania Program: Ecology and Conservation of Savanna Ecosystems in Northern Tanzania
This course focuses on the foundational principles necessary to understand the ecology and conservation of savanna ecosystems in northern Tanzania, and the important roles that people and protected areas play within them. The course is based on the premise that a thorough understanding of Tanzania’s ecosystems and the challenges facing them cannot be achieved without understanding the human and political contexts in which they exist. The course incorporates primary literature, frequent guest lecturers, stakeholder interactions and student-facilitated discussions. The experiential, site-based approach allows students to gain insight into the practical application of ecological concepts in monitoring and maintaining savanna ecosystems.
Participation in Ecology & Anthropology Tanzania Program
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Ecology and Anthropology in Tanzania program.
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ENTS 392 Ecology & Anthropology Tanzania Program: Independent Research
Students spend three weeks of the program working on a field research project with a small team of other students. The research projects are designed to be carried out in collaboration with local communities, NGOs or regional research organizations. The multi-disciplinary nature of the projects encourages students to identify roles on the team which align with their academic interests and abilities. Projects may be carried out over a number of years, giving each year’s students the opportunity to build on the research carried out in the previous year. Students present their research at the end of the ISP.
Open only to participants in Ecology & Anthropology Tanzania Program. Post fall term module
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Ecology and Anthropology in Tanzania program.
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EUST 101.07 Elementary Czech 4 credits
This highly recommended language course will meet twice per week and emphasize basic listening and speaking skills. Students will be challenged to utilize their new language skills in everyday situations.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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FREN 101 Elementary French 6 credits
This course introduces the basic structures of the French language and everyday vocabulary in the context of common cultural situations. Students are exposed to all four skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking). Taught five days a week in French.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Not open to students whose previous French language experience exceeds the requirements of FREN 101.
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FREN 101.01 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Katharine Hargrave 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 335 8:30am-9:40am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 205 8:15am-9:20am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 335 8:15am-9:20am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 335 8:30am-9:30am
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FREN 101.02 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Éva Pósfay 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 335 9:50am-11:00am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 202 9:30am-10:35am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 335 9:30am-10:35am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 335 9:40am-10:40am
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FREN 101.03 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Sarah Anthony 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 244 11:10am-12:20pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 202 10:45am-11:50am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 335 10:45am-11:50am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 244 12:00pm-1:00pm
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FREN 103 Intermediate French 6 credits
This course continues the study of complex sentence structures and reviews basic patterns in greater depth, partly through the discussion of authentic short stories and cultural topics. Throughout the course, students practice all four skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking). Taught five days a week in French.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): FREN 102 – Elementary French with a grade of C- or better or equivalent.
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FREN 103.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Chérif Keïta 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WWeitz Center 233 11:10am-12:20pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 242 10:45am-11:50am
- FWeitz Center 233 12:00pm-1:00pm
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GERM 101 Elementary German 6 credits
This course introduces the basic structures of the German language and everyday vocabulary in the context of common cultural situations and authentic and fictional media. Students are exposed to all four skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking).
Students with course conflicts with a 5 day German language course can register for different sections for MWF and TTH sections. Use this form: https://www.carleton.edu/committees/academic-standing/petitions/f orms/add-drop-card/
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Not open to students whose previous German language experience exceeds the requirements of GERM 101.
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GERM 101.01 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Juliane Schicker 🏫 👤 · Chloe Vaughn 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 330 11:10am-12:20pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 330 10:45am-11:50am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 330 12:00pm-1:00pm
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GERM 101.02 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Juliane Schicker 🏫 👤 · Chloe Vaughn 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 330 12:30pm-1:40pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 330 1:15pm-2:20pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 330 1:10pm-2:10pm
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GERM 204 Intermediate German 6 credits
In this course, students build on their communication skills to engage in more in-depth spoken and written discussions of German-speaking literature, art, and culture. By analyzing longer and more challenging texts, films and other cultural media, continuing grammar review, and writing compositions, students acquire greater facility and confidence in all four language skills (writing, speaking, listening, and reading).
- Fall 2024
- LP Language Requirement No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): GERM 103 – Intermediate German with a grade of C- or better or equivalent.
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GERM 204.01 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Kiley Kost 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 244 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 244 1:10pm-2:10pm
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GERM 204.02 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Kiley Kost 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 244 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 244 2:20pm-3:20pm
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GRK 103 Greek Prose 6 credits
Selected prose readings. The course will emphasize review of grammar and include Greek composition.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): GRK 102 – Intermediate Greek with a grade of C- or better or equivalent.
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GRK 103.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Anastasia Pantazopoulou 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 205 9:50am-11:00am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 205 9:30am-10:35am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 205 9:40am-10:40am
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GRK 285 Weekly Greek 2 credits
This course is intended for students who have completed Greek 204 (or equivalent) and wish to maintain and deepen their language skills. Students will meet weekly to review prepared passages, as well as reading at sight. Actual reading content will be determined prior to the start of term by the instructor in consultation with the students who have enrolled. There will be brief, periodic assessments of language comprehension throughout the term.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): GRK 204 – Intermediate Greek Prose and Poetry with a grade of C- or better or equivalent.
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GRK 285.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Clara Hardy 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- Grading:S/CR/NC
- MLanguage & Dining Center 205 8:30am-9:40am
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GWSS 391 Women’s & Gender Studies in Europe Program: Independent Field Research in Europe
This is a self-designed project, and the topic will be determined by each student’s research interests. It will build on readings and work by European women and/or sexual minorities, feminist and queer theory, cross-cultural theory and (if applicable) principles of field research. It should be cross-cultural and comparative, and ideally should involve field work. Drawing on skills developed in feminist theory and methodology seminars, students select appropriate research methods and conduct sustained research in two of the countries visited. The progress of each project will be evaluated regularly in relation to parameters established in conjunction with the Program Director.
Acceptance in OCS Women's & Gender Studies in Europe Program
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Women's and Gender Studies in Europe program.
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GWSS 400 Integrative Exercise
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Student is a GWSS major and has Senior Priority.
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HIST 301 Indigenous Histories at Carleton 6 credits
Carleton’s new campus land acknowledgement affirms that this is Dakota land, but how did Carleton come to be here? What are the histories of Indigenous faculty, students, and staff at Carleton? In this course, students will investigate Indigenous histories on our campus by conducting original research about how Carleton acquired its landbase, its historic relationships to Dakota and Anishinaabeg people, histories of on-campus activism, the shifting demographics of Native students on campus, and the histories of Indigenous faculty and staff, among others. Students will situate these histories within the broader context of federal Indian policies and Indigenous resistance.
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IDSC 110 Thinking with Numbers: Using Math and Data in Context 1 credits
This course will enhance students’ quantitative skills and provide opportunities to apply those skills to authentic problems. Topics covered will vary depending on students in the class; possible topics include unit conversions, significant figures and estimation, exponents, logarithms, algebra, geometry, probability, and statistics. We will explore how these skills are relevant in contexts ranging from making personal finance decisions to understanding medical research reports.
Instructor Permission, 1st five weeks
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
- Student is a member of the UG Bridge Experience Student Cohort
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IDSC 198 FOCUS Colloquium 2 credits
This colloquium is designed to give students participating in the Focusing on Cultivating Scientists program an opportunity to learn and use skills in scientific study, reasoning, and modeling. The topics of this project-based colloquium will vary each term, and allow students to develop competencies in areas relevant to multiple science disciplines.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Student is a member of the FOCUS Colloquium cohort.
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IDSC 198.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Anna Rafferty 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- Grading:S/CR/NC
- WAnderson Hall 223 1:50pm-3:00pm
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IDSC 202 MMUF Research Seminar 2 credits
This seminar develops the skills needed to engage in and communicate advanced research. Each participant will work and present regularly on their ongoing research projects, and participate actively in an ongoing series of workshops and conferences. The seminar will also discuss in depth the nature of academia as institution and culture, and the role of diversity in the production of knowledge and teaching in American higher education. Open only to students with MMUF fellow status.
Must be MMUF Fellow
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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IDSC 258 Consensus or Contentious? Controversies in Science Then and Now 2 credits
Almost every global challenge confronting humankind requires some level of engagement with science and technology. However, finding solutions to our most pressing problems also requires an understanding of how science operates within its social, political, and cultural context. This course will explore the relationship between science and society by examining a series of controversies in science from both the past and the present. We will investigate topics such as biological and social concepts of race, the use of unethically obtained scientific results, the ethics of genomics research, legislation over vaccination mandates, “parachute” science, and climate change denial. Examining the role of science in society will help us understand issues related to the use of evidence, expertise, and the relationship between science and politics. By wrestling with current and historic scientific controversies, we will examine the ways in which scientific disagreements are often as much about values as they are about research methods.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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IDSC 258.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Antony Adler 🏫 👤 · Rika Anderson 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- WAnderson Hall 323 1:50pm-3:00pm
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IDSC 280 Learning from Internships 1 credits
Carleton does not grant credit for internships, but valuable off-campus learning experiences can be integrated into the academic program. Although the specific nature of internship experiences will vary, internships are opportunities to apply and extend one's academic skills and interests into work in non-academic settings. This course will involve carefully monitored work experiences in which a student has intentional learning goals. Achieving these goals will be measured through reflective writing assignments, as well as written work in connection with assigned readings. Recommended Preparation: An internship and learning contract approved by the Career Center Director of Internships. The internship must be a minimum of 6 weeks and 180 hours and approved in advance by the instructor and the Career Center Internship Program Director.
Instructor Consent required
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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This course requires permission from the instructor.
To request permission, click this link and fill out the request form.
Please note: the link will open in a new window. Once you have received permission from the instructor, you will be able to return to this page to register for the course.
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IDSC 289 Science Fellows Research Colloquium 1 credits
This colloquium develops the skills needed to engage in and communicate scientific and mathematical research. Topics will vary each term, but will include searching and reading the primary literature and communicating results orally and via posters. The colloquium will also explore the landscape of academic scientific research and how to negotiate the expectations of being a research group member.
Instructor permission required, students should waitlist.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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This course requires permission from the instructor.
To request permission, click this link and fill out the request form.
Please note: the link will open in a new window. Once you have received permission from the instructor, you will be able to return to this page to register for the course.
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IDSC 298 FOCUS Sophomore Colloquium 1 credits
This colloquium is designed for sophomore students participating in the Focusing on Cultivating Scientists program. It will provide an opportunity to participate in STEM-based projects on campus and in the community. The topics of this project-based colloquium will vary each term.
Open only to students who completed IDSC 198
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): IDSC 198 – Focus Colloquium with a grade of C- or better during their first year.
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IDSC 298.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Rika Anderson 🏫 👤
- Size:30
- Grading:S/CR/NC
- WAnderson Hall 036 3:10pm-4:20pm
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JAPN 101 Elementary Japanese 6 credits
Introduction to the Japanese sentence structure and writing system, together with the development of basic aural/oral skills, with attention to cultural context.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Not open to students whose previous Japanese language experience exceeds the requirements of JAPN 101.
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JAPN 101.01 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Chie Tokuyama 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 244 8:30am-9:40am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 244 8:15am-9:20am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 244 8:30am-9:30am
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JAPN 101.02 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Chie Tokuyama 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 243 12:30pm-1:40pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 244 1:15pm-2:20pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 243 1:10pm-2:10pm
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JAPN 204 Intermediate Japanese 6 credits
Emphasis is on the development of reading skills, especially the mastery of kanji, with some work on spoken Japanese through the use of audiovisual materials.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): JAPN 103 – Elementary Japanese with a grader of C- or better or equivalent.
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JAPN 204.01 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Miaki Habuka 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 243 9:50am-11:00am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 243 9:30am-10:35am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 243 9:40am-10:40am
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JAPN 204.02 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Miaki Habuka 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 243 11:10am-12:20pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 243 10:45am-11:50am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 243 12:00pm-1:00pm
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LATN 101 Elementary Latin 6 credits
While many claims are made about the benefits of learning Latin, here’s what we know for sure: it’s a beautiful language, both intensely precise and rigorous, as well as poetically expressive and inviting. Spoken by millions in the ancient world and kept continuously “alive” up to the present, Latin provides a window onto an intellectual and cultural landscape that is both foreign and familiar to modern students. This beginning course will develop necessary vocabulary, forms, and grammar that allows students to begin reading short passages of unadulterated prose and poetry from the ancient Roman world right from the start.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Not open to students whose previous Latin language experience exceeds the requirements of LATN 101.
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LATN 101.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Cecilia Cozzi 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 302 1:50pm-3:00pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 302 3:10pm-4:15pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 302 2:20pm-3:20pm
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LATN 204 Intermediate Latin Prose and Poetry 6 credits
What are the “rules” of friendship? Would you do anything for a friend? Anything? The ancient Romans were no strangers to the often paradoxical demands of friendship and love. The goal for Intermediate Latin Prose and Poetry is to gain experience in the three major modes of Latin expression most often encountered “in the wild”—prose, poetry, and inscriptions—while exploring the notion of friendship. By combining all three modes into this one course, we hope both to create a suitable closure to the language sequence and to provide a reasonable foundation for further exploration of Roman literature and culture.
- Fall 2024
- LP Language Requirement No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): LATN 103 – Introduction to Latin Prose and Poetry with a grade of C- or better or equivalent.
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LATN 204.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Clara Hardy 🏫 👤 · Cecilia Cozzi 🏫 👤
- Size:30
- M, WLeighton 303 11:10am-12:20pm
- M, WLeighton 402 11:10am-12:20pm
- FLeighton 303 12:00pm-1:00pm
- FLeighton 402 12:00pm-1:00pm
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LATN 285 Weekly Latin 2 credits
This course is intended for students who have completed Latin 204 (or equivalent) and wish to maintain and deepen their language skills. Students will meet weekly to review prepared passages, as well as reading at sight. Actual reading content will be determined prior to the start of term by the instructor in consultation with the students who have enrolled. There will be brief, periodic assessments of language comprehension throughout the term.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): LATN 204 – Intermediate Latin Prose and Poetry with a grade of C- or better or equivalent.
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LATN 285.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:William North 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- Grading:S/CR/NC
- WLanguage & Dining Center 205 3:10pm-4:20pm
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LING 291 Independent Study 2 credits
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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MATH 297 Assessment and Communication of External Mathematical Activity 1 credits
An independent study course intended for students who have completed an external activity related to the mathematics major (for example, an internship or an externship) to communicate (both in written and oral forms) and assess their mathematical learning from that activity.
Permission of department chair and homework in advance of the external mathematical activity.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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This course requires permission from the instructor.
To request permission, click this link and fill out the request form.
Please note: the link will open in a new window. Once you have received permission from the instructor, you will be able to return to this page to register for the course.
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MATH 391 Independent Study 1 – 2 credits
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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MATH 399 Senior Seminar 6 credits
As part of their senior capstone experience, majors will work together in teams to develop advanced knowledge in a faculty-specified area or application of mathematics, and to design and implement the first stage of a project completed the following term.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Student is a Mathematics major and has Senior Priority.
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NEUR 394 Directed Research in Neuroscience 1 – 6 credits
Students work on a research project related to a faculty member's research interests, and directed by that faculty member. Student activities vary according to the field and stage of the project. The long-run goal of these projects normally includes dissemination to a scholarly community beyond Carleton. The faculty member will meet regularly with the student and actively direct the work of the student, who will submit an end-of-term product, typically a paper or presentation.
Register for this course by submitting the Directed Research form which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor and your adviser.
- Fall 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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PHIL 291 Independent Study 4 credits
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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PHIL 299 Ethics Bowl 3 credits
This course will prepare a team or two from Carleton to participate in the regional Ethics Bowl tournament. Ethics Bowl teams prepare analyses of contemporary moral and political issues which they present, and defend, at the competition, while also engaging with the analyses of other teams. While Ethics Bowl is a competition, the focus in our course will be on doing the research necessary to understand the cases and then thinking through the cases together. Students do NOT have to partake in the Ethics Bowl tournament in order to take (and pass!) the course. The class will meet once a week. Previous Ethics Bowl experience is not required.
Wait list only, instructor permission req'd. Send the instructor short statement of interest.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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This course requires permission from the instructor.
To request permission, click this link and fill out the request form.
Please note: the link will open in a new window. Once you have received permission from the instructor, you will be able to return to this page to register for the course.
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PHIL 299.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Daniel Groll 🏫 👤
- Grading:S/CR/NC
- THLeighton 303 3:10pm-4:55pm
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PHIL 318 Buddhist Studies India Program: Buddhist Philosophy
This course introduces students to major trends in Buddhist philosophy as it developed in India from the time of the Buddha until the eleventh century CE. The course emphasizes the relationships between philosophical reasoning and the meditation practices encountered in the Buddhist Meditation Traditions course. With this in mind, the course is organized into three units covering the Indian philosophical foundations for the Therav?da, Zen, and Tibetan Vajray?na traditions. While paying attention first and foremost to philosophical arguments and their evolution, we also examine the ways in which metaphysics, epistemology and ethics inform one another in each tradition.
Open only to participants in OCP GEP Buddhist Studies India program
- Fall 2024
- IS, International Studies No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Buddhist Studies in India program.
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PHIL 391 Independent Study 2 credits
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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PHIL 398 Comps Proposal 3 credits
This is the first part of the philosophy comps sequence. It is a five-week independent study to be enrolled in at the end of the Fall term Senior Year (or the year you will be compsing). The purpose is to give you the chance to do more reading on your comps topics and to start doing a bit of writing. By the last day of classes of Fall Term, you will turn in an official comps proposal (approximately 1500 words). The proposal will (a) articulate the main philosophical problem or puzzle that will be addressed in your comps; (b) describe some of the main moves that have been made in the relevant literature; and (c) include a bibliography.
2nd 5 weeks
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Student is a Philosophy major and has Senior Priority.
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PHYS 294 Directed Research in Physics 1 – 6 credits
Students work on a research project related to a faculty member's research interests, and directed by that faculty member. Student activities vary according to the field and stage of the project. The long-run goal of these projects normally includes dissemination to a scholarly community beyond Carleton. The faculty member will meet regularly with the student and actively direct the work of the student, who will submit an end-of-term product, typically a paper or presentation.
Register for this course by submitting the Directed Research form which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor and your adviser.
- Fall 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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PHYS 344 Classical and Quantum Optics 6 credits
A junior/senior level course in classical and quantum optics. Includes the phenomena of interference, diffraction and coherence and quantum optical applications, such as unique statistical states of light or the operation of a laser. Modern applications of these areas are studied through such topics as fiber optics telecommunication, optical data storage, or manipulation of atoms by light.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): PHYS 235 – Electricity and Magnetism & Lab AND MATH 134 – Linear Algebra with Applications or MATH 232 – Linear Algebra or Equivalents with a grade of C- or better or equivalent.
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PHYS 344.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Marty Baylor 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- M, WAnderson Hall 036 9:50am-11:00am
- FAnderson Hall 036 9:40am-10:40am
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PHYS 346 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics 6 credits
The fundamentals of classical thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. Topics include the laws of thermodynamics; heat engines and refrigerators; the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution; the various canonical distributions; the statistical concepts of temperature and entropy; Fermi-Dirac, and Bose-Einstein distributions with applications to black-body radiation, phonons, and electrons in solids; the Ising model; and an introduction to critical phenomena.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): PHYS 228 – Atomic and Nuclear Physics and Lab with a grade of C- or better or equivalent.
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PHYS 346.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Chris West 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WAnderson Hall 036 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FAnderson Hall 036 2:20pm-3:20pm
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PHYS 347 General Relativity 6 credits
Einstein’s theory of general relativity is developed from basic physical principles. Also presented is the mathematics of curved space time. Astrophysical applications of general relativity, including spherically symmetric objects, black holes, cosmology and the creation and detection of gravitational waves are given.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
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Student has completed all of the following course(s): PHYS 231 – Analytical and Computational Mechanics and PHYS 235 – Electricity & Magnetism & Lab with grade of C- or better.
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PHYS 347.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Jay Tasson 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WHulings 316 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FHulings 316 1:10pm-2:10pm
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PHYS 394 Directed Research in Physics 1 – 6 credits
Students work on a research project related to a faculty member's research interests, and directed by that faculty member. Student activities vary according to the field and stage of the project. The long-run goal of these projects normally includes dissemination to a scholarly community beyond Carleton. The faculty member will meet regularly with the student and actively direct the work of the student, who will submit an end-of-term product, typically a paper or presentation.
- Fall 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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POSC 290 Directed Reading 2 credits
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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POSC 294 Directed Research in Political Science 1 – 6 credits
Students work on a research project related to a faculty member's research interests, and directed by that faculty member. Student activities vary according to the field and stage of the project. The long-run goal of these projects normally includes dissemination to a scholarly community beyond Carleton. The faculty member will meet regularly with the student and actively direct the work of the student, who will submit an end-of-term product, typically a paper or presentation.
Register for this course by submitting the Directed Research form which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor and your adviser.
- Fall 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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POSC 391 Independent Study 6 credits
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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POSC 394 Directed Research in Political Science 1 – 6 credits
Students work on a research project related to a faculty member's research interests, and directed by that faculty member. Student activities vary according to the field and stage of the project. The long-run goal of these projects normally includes dissemination to a scholarly community beyond Carleton. The faculty member will meet regularly with the student and actively direct the work of the student, who will submit an end-of-term product, typically a paper or presentation.
Register for this course by submitting the Directed Research form which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor and your adviser.
- Fall 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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PSYC 291 Independent Study 1 credits
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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PSYC 294 Directed Research in Psychology 1 – 6 credits
Students work on a research project related to a faculty member's research interests, and directed by that faculty member. Student activities vary according to the field and stage of the project. The long-run goal of these projects normally includes dissemination to a scholarly community beyond Carleton. The faculty member will meet regularly with the student and actively direct the work of the student, who will submit an end-of-term product, typically a paper or presentation.
Register for this course by submitting the Directed Research form which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor and your adviser.
- Fall 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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PSYC 392 Independent Research
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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PSYC 394 Directed Research in Psychology 1 – 6 credits
Students work on a research project related to a faculty member's research interests, and directed by that faculty member. Student activities vary according to the field and stage of the project. The long-run goal of these projects normally includes dissemination to a scholarly community beyond Carleton. The faculty member will meet regularly with the student and actively direct the work of the student, who will submit an end-of-term product, typically a paper or presentation.
Register for this course by submitting the Directed Research form which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor and your adviser.
- Fall 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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PSYC 399 Capstone Seminar 6 credits
Each of the three capstone seminars focus on a topic of interest to students in psychology. The goals of the course are to consider questions on a selected topic through reading primary research and discussion and review skills pertinent to scholarly investigation within the topic. Students are then mentored through a substantial paper related to the seminar topic.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Student is a Psychology major and has Senior Priority.
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RELG 359 Buddhist Studies India Program: Buddhist Meditation Traditions
Students will complement their understanding of Buddhist thought and culture through the study and practice of traditional meditation disciplines. This course emphasizes the history, characteristics, and approach of three distinct meditation traditions within Buddhism: Vipassana, Zazen, and Dzogchen. Meditation practice and instruction is led in the morning and evening six days a week by representatives of these traditions who possess a theoretical as well as practical understanding of their discipline. Lectures and discussions led by the program director complement and contextualize the three meditation traditions being studied.
Open only to participants in OCP GEP Buddhist Studies India Program
- Fall 2024
- IS, International Studies No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Buddhist Studies in India program.
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RUSS 101 Elementary Russian 6 credits
For students with no previous training in or minimal knowledge of Russian. Simultaneous development of skills in speaking, reading, aural comprehension, writing. Students with prior instruction or who speak Russian at home should consult the department for placement information. Class meets five days a week.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Not open to students whose previous Russian language experience exceeds the requirements of RUSS 101.
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RUSS 101.01 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Anna Dotlibova 🏫 👤 · Laura Goering 🏫 👤
- Size:10
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 242 9:50am-11:00am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 242 9:30am-10:35am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 242 9:40am-10:40am
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RUSS 204 Intermediate Russian 6 credits
Continued four-skill development using texts and resources from a variety of sources. Emphasis on communicative skills.
- Fall 2024
- LP Language Requirement No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): RUSS 103 – Elementary Russian with a grade of C- or better or equivalent.
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RUSS 204.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Victoria Thorstensson 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 242 12:30pm-1:40pm
- TLanguage & Dining Center 242 1:15pm-2:20pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 242 1:10pm-2:10pm
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SOAN 290 Guatemala Program: Directed Reading 1 credits
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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SOAN 322 Buddhist Studies India Program: Contemporary Buddhist Culture
This course introduces students to the complexity and plurality of Buddhist traditions that have flourished in diverse societies and cultures in the modern era. This course enables students to sympathetically understand and critically investigate various Buddhist traditions and their historically and culturally specific configurations of philosophical beliefs, cultural values, everyday practices, social institutions, and personal experiences. Focusing on Buddhist traditions of South and Southeast Asia, Japan, and Tibet, we explore topics including syncretism and popular religion, monasticism, gender, economic development, social movements, political violence, and religious revival. Students expand their research skills in anthropology through field assignments in Bodh Gaya.
Open only to participants in OCP GEP Buddhist Studies India program
- Fall 2024
- IS, International Studies No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Buddhist Studies in India program.
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SOAN 326 Ecology and Anthropology Tanzania Program: Cultural Anthropology of East Africa
The course introduces students to East Africa–its geography, people groups, and their cultures. The focus will be on the peoples of Tanzania and their linguistic groupings. We shall look at what scholars and the citizens themselves say about their origins, social, economic, ecological, and modern conditions. The course explores the history, social structure, politics, livelihood and ecology, gender issues, and the changes taking place among the Maasai, Arusha, Meru, Chagga, and Hadzabe cultural groups. Homestays, guest speakers, and excursions in northern Tanzania offer students and instructors enviable interactions with these groups and insights into their culture and socio-ecology. Students are required to have taken one Anthropology, Biology or Environmental Studies course or have instructor permission.
Requires participation in Ecology and Anthropology Tanzania Program
- Fall 2024
- IS, International Studies No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Ecology and Anthropology in Tanzania program.
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SPAN 101 Elementary Spanish 6 credits
This course introduces the basic structures of the Spanish language, everyday vocabulary and cultural situations. Students practice all four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) in Spanish. Taught five days a week in Spanish. Prerequisite: none (Placement score for students with previous experience in Spanish).
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Not open to students whose previous Spanish language experience exceeds the requirements of SPAN 101.
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SPAN 101.01 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Claudia Lange 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 345 8:30am-9:40am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 202 8:15am-9:20am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 345 8:15am-9:20am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 345 8:30am-9:30am
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SPAN 101.02 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Claudia Lange 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 345 9:50am-11:00am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 302 9:30am-10:35am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 345 9:30am-10:35am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 345 9:40am-10:40am
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SPAN 101.03 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Vera Coleman 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 345 11:10am-12:20pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 244 10:45am-11:50am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 345 10:40am-11:50am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 345 12:00pm-1:00pm
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SPAN 101.04 Fall 2024
- Faculty:David Delgado Lopez 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 345 12:30pm-1:40pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 202 1:15pm-2:20pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 345 1:15pm-2:20pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 345 1:10pm-2:10pm
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SPAN 101.05 Fall 2024
- Faculty:David Delgado Lopez 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 345 1:50pm-3:00pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 202 3:10pm-4:15pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 345 3:10pm-4:15pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 345 2:20pm-3:20pm
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SPAN 204 Intermediate Spanish 6 credits
Through discussion of literary and cultural texts and films, as well as a review of grammar, this course aims to help students acquire greater skill and confidence in both oral and written expression. Taught three days a week in Spanish.
- Fall 2024
- LP Language Requirement No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): SPAN 103 – Intermediate Spanish with grade of C- or better or equivalent.
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SPAN 204.01 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Ingrid Luna 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WWeitz Center 233 8:30am-9:40am
- FWeitz Center 233 8:30am-9:30am
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SPAN 204.02 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Héctor Melo Ruiz 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WWeitz Center 133 9:50am-11:00am
- FWeitz Center 133 9:40am-10:40am
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SPAN 204.03 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Beatriz Pariente-Beltrán 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WWillis 211 9:50am-11:00am
- FWillis 211 9:40am-10:40am
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SPAN 204.04 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Héctor Melo Ruiz 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WWeitz Center 133 11:10am-12:20pm
- FWeitz Center 133 12:00pm-1:00pm
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SPAN 204.05 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Beatriz Pariente-Beltrán 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WWillis 211 11:10am-12:20pm
- FWillis 211 12:00pm-1:00pm
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SPAN 204.06 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Ariel Arjona Hernandez 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 205 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 205 1:10pm-2:10pm
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SPAN 204.08 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Fernando Contreras Flamand 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WWillis 204 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FWillis 204 1:10pm-2:10pm
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SPAN 204.09 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Fernando Contreras Flamand 🏫 👤
- Size:18
- M, WWillis 204 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWillis 204 2:20pm-3:20pm
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SPAN 204.10 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Ariel Arjona Hernandez 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 330 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 330 2:20pm-3:20pm
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SPAN 212 Madrid Program: Navigating Madrid 2 credits
This is an intense grammar/cultural workshop intended to help program participants navigate successfully through everyday situations such as ordering food at a restaurant, getting a haircut, describing your symptoms to a doctor, buying clothes or simply hanging out with your new Spanish friends. The course has two components—one strictly grammatical (“how do you say X exactly?”) and another cultural (“is it right to use the informal tú with a waiter?”).
Acceptance in Carleton OCS Madrid Program
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Spanish Studies in Madrid Program and student has completed the following course(s): SPAN 205 – Conversation and Composition or a higher course with a grade of C- or better.
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STAT 294 Directed Research in Statistics 1 – 6 credits
Students work on a research project related to a faculty member's research interests, and directed by that faculty member. Student activities vary according to the field and stage of the project. The long-run goal of these projects normally includes dissemination to a scholarly community beyond Carleton. The faculty member will meet regularly with the student and actively direct the work of the student, who will submit an end-of-term product, typically a paper or presentation.
Register for this course by submitting the Directed Research form which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor and your adviser.
- Fall 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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STAT 394 Directed Research in Statistics 1 – 6 credits
Students work on a research project related to a faculty member's research interests, and directed by that faculty member. Student activities vary according to the field and stage of the project. The long-run goal of these projects normally includes dissemination to a scholarly community beyond Carleton. The faculty member will meet regularly with the student and actively direct the work of the student, who will submit an end-of-term product, typically a paper or presentation.
Register for this course by submitting the Directed Research form which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor and your adviser.
- Fall 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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STAT 399 Senior Seminar 6 credits
As part of their senior capstone experience, majors will work together in teams to develop advanced knowledge in a faculty-specified area or application of statistics, and to design and implement the first stage of a project completed the following term.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration
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Students have completed any of the following course(s): STAT 230 – Applied Regression Analysis and STAT 250 – Introduction to Statistical Inference with a grade of C- or better and has a Statistics Program of Study and senior class standing.