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AFST 215 Contemporary Theory in Black Studies 6 credits
This course examines the major theories of the Africana intellectual tradition. It introduces students to major concepts and socio-political thoughts that set the stage for Africana Studies as a discipline. With the knowledge of the historical contexts of the Black intellectual struggle and the accompanying cultural movements, students will examine the genealogy, debates and the future directions of Black Studies. Students are invited to take a dedicated dive into primary scholarship by focusing on foundational thinkers to be studied such as Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Frantz Fanon, Steve Biko, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and bell hooks, among others.
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AFST 215.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Chielo Eze đ« đ€
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 402 1:15pm-3:00pm
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AMST 115 Introduction to American Studies 6 credits
This overview of the âinterdisciplinary disciplineâ of American Studies will focus on the ways American Studies engages with and departs from other scholarly fields of inquiry. We will study the stories of those who have been marginalized in the social, political, cultural, and economic life of the United States due to their class, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, citizenship, and level of ability. We will explore contemporary American Studies concerns like racial and class formation, the production of space and place, the consumption and circulation of culture, and transnational histories.
Sophomore Priority
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AMST 115.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Christopher Elias đ« đ€
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 402 9:50am-11:00am
- FLeighton 402 9:40am-10:40am
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AMST 239 The Death Penalty: An American History 6 credits
A critical examination of the history of capital punishment in the United States, including its origins, development, and current status. Students will engage with broad questions and themes related to the death penalty, including its legal intricacies, religious implications, ethical components, racial and class dynamics, and political meanings. Multiple disciplinary lenses will be applied to a variety of texts, including history, journalism, memoir, court decisions, and documentary film.
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AMST 239.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Christopher Elias đ« đ€
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 114 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FWillis 114 1:10pm-2:10pm
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ARTH 205 Invisible From Space: Representing Ecosystems 6 credits
Since NASA's "Whole Earth" photographs emerged in the late 1960s, people have struggled with humanity's place in the cosmos and our interconnection with all life on our "blue marble." How can we comprehend the whole while valuing each component of this complex system? In the U.S., Romantic landscapes and frontier imagery continue influencing perception despite tensions with vast scales of space, time, data, history, and non-human perspectives. These challenges of seeing our planet and ourselves have inspired diverse creative responses across photography, new media, mapping, alternative archiving, theater, music, data visualization, and other interdisciplinary approaches.
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ARTH 205.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:David Bailey đ« đ€
- Size:25
- T, THBoliou 161 10:10am-11:55am
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ARTH 207 Cultivating the Future: “Growing” Together 6 credits
Artists have long explored the dual themes of plant cultivation and knowledge cultivation. What explains this connection between horticulture and pedagogy in art? This course examines these interconnections, beginning with early modernist art circles and following their influence on developments like Black Mountain College and Joseph Beuys's Free International University. We then explore contemporary artists who employ permaculture gardens, traditional ecological knowledge, ecofeminist principles, guerrilla plantings, and foraging as tools to foster new social, political, and spiritual understandings. Through these practices, artists cultivate not just plants but future-oriented ways of knowing and being in the world.
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ARTH 207.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:David Bailey đ« đ€
- Size:25
- T, THBoliou 161 1:15pm-3:00pm
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CAMS 110 Introduction to Cinema and Media Studies 6 credits
This course introduces students to the basic terms, concepts and methods used in cinema studies and helps build critical skills for analyzing films, technologies, industries, styles and genres, narrative strategies and ideologies. Students will develop skills in critical viewing and careful writing via assignments such as a short response essay, a plot segmentation, a shot breakdown, and various narrative and stylistic analysis papers. Classroom discussion focuses on applying critical concepts to a wide range of films. Requirements include two screenings per week.
Sophomore Priority. Extra Time required for screenings
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CAMS 110.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Jay Beck đ« đ€
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 133 9:50am-11:00am
- FWeitz Center 133 9:40am-10:40am
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Sophomore Priority.
Extra Time Required: Evening screenings
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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.
During registration, students will register for both the lecture and a corresponding lab section, which will appear on the student's academic transcript in a single entry.
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 2025
- No Exploration QRE, Quantitative Reasoning WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): CHEM 224 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Chemistry 224 Requisite Equivalency AND CHEM 233 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Chemistry 233 Requisite Equivalency AND MATH 120 with a grade of C- or better or received a score of 4 or better on the Calculus BC AP exam or received a Carleton Math 121 Requisite Equivalency exam.
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CHEM 301.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Deborah Gross đ« đ€ · Chris Calderone đ« đ€
- M, WAnderson Hall 121 8:30am-9:40am
- FAnderson Hall 121 8:30am-9:30am
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CHEM 301.52 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Deborah Gross đ« đ€ · Chris Calderone đ« đ€
- Size:16
- TAnderson Hall 213 1:00pm-5:00pm
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CHEM 301.54 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Deborah Gross đ« đ€ · Chris Calderone đ« đ€
- Size:16
- THAnderson Hall 213 1:00pm-5:00pm
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CHEM 301.59 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Deborah Gross đ« đ€ · Chris Calderone đ« đ€
- Size:16
- THAnderson Hall 213 8:00am-12:00pm
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CLAS 133 A Day in the Life of Classical Athens 6 credits
The course will allow us to explore different facets of Athens, the most famous city of Greece, during the Classical Era (5th century BCE), the time of Socrates and of the Parthenon: from tragedy to philosophy, from art to history, we will pretend to be a citizen living in Athens and see how it differs from our own modern experience.
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CLAS 133.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Cecilia Cozzi đ« đ€
- Size:25
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 104 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 104 1:10pm-2:10pm
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ECON 395 Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics and Finance 6 credits
This seminar will focus on contemporary approaches to analyzing the macroeconomy and financial markets. Students will be exposed to empirical methods suited for the causal analysis of cross-sectional, time series, and panel data. Topics covered depend on student interest and may include purchasing power parity, arbitrage, capital control, globalization, financial crises, exchange rate dynamics, efficient market hypothesis, and the role of financial markets in the real economy. We will read journal articles that apply econometric techniques to questions in macroeconomics and finance, and students will give presentations on their own research ideas.
- Fall 2025
- QRE, Quantitative Reasoning SI, Social Inquiry WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): ECON 329 and ECON 330 and ECON 331 with a grade of C- or better.
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ECON 395.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Victor Almeida đ« đ€
- Size:15
- T, THWeitz Center 230 10:10am-11:55am
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ECON 395 Advanced Topics in Experimental Economics 6 credits
Experimental economics focuses on using controlled experiments to demonstrate causal relationships in economic decision making. We will develop a deep understanding of both the methodology and major findings of experimental economics. Many discussions will be student-led, through in-depth presentation of journal articles. Topics covered will be determined largely by student interest, but might include subjects such as altruistic behavior, bargaining, market behavior, risk preferences, public goods, and preferences for honesty.
- Fall 2025
- QRE, Quantitative Reasoning SI, Social Inquiry WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): ECON 329 and ECON 330 and ECON 331 with a grade of C- or better.
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ECON 395.02 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Jonathan Lafky đ« đ€
- Size:15
- T, THWillis 211 1:15pm-3:00pm
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ECON 395 Advanced Topics in Economics of Inequality 6 credits
This seminar introduces you to the empirical tools commonly used by applied microeconomists interested in questions of inequality. We will read journal articles that apply advanced econometric techniques to micro-level data, the goal being that students develop the skills to conduct an empirical project of their own. Class time is devoted to discussion of articles, econometric applications, and student-led presentations. Topics covered depend on student interest and may include: earnings gaps across socio-economic groups, labor market discrimination, gender/racial differentials in employment, the impact of gender/race on health, etc.
- Fall 2025
- QRE, Quantitative Reasoning SI, Social Inquiry WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): ECON 329 and ECON 330 and ECON 331 with a grade of C- or better.
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ECON 395.03 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Prathi Seneviratne đ« đ€
- Size:15
- M, WWillis 211 9:50am-11:00am
- FWillis 211 9:40am-10:40am
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EDUC 110 Introduction to Educational Studies 6 credits
This course will focus on education as a multidisciplinary field of study. We will explore the meanings of education within individual lives and institutional contexts, learn to critically examine the assumptions that writers, psychologists, sociologists and philosophers bring to the study of education, and read texts from a variety of disciplines. What has “education” meant in the past? What does “education” mean in contemporary American society? What might “education” mean to people with differing circumstances and perspectives? And what should “education” mean in the future? Open only to first-and second-year students.
Sophomore Priority section is available
- Fall 2025
- IDS, Intercultural Domestic Studies SI, Social Inquiry WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Student has Sophomore Priority.
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EDUC 110.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Anita Chikkatur đ« đ€
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 114 10:10am-11:55am
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ENGL 118 Introduction to Poetry 6 credits
“Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought”—Audre Lorde. In this course we will explore how poets use form, tone, sound, imagery, rhythm, and subject matter to create works of astonishing imagination, beauty, and power. In discussions, Moodle posts, and essay assignments we’ll analyze individual works by poets from Sappho to Amanda Gorman (and beyond); there will also be daily recitations of poems, since the musicality is so intrinsic to the meaning.
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ENGL 141 Latinx Voices in the Age of Trump 6 credits
The last few years have placed Latinx communities under siege and in the spotlight. The demands of the census and new policies around immigration mean that who counts as Latinx and why it matters has public visibility and meaning. Simultaneously, the last few years have seen an incredible growth of new literary voices and genres in the world of Latinx letters. From fictional and creative nonfiction accounts of detention camps, border crossings, and asylum court proceedings to lyrical wanderings in bilingualism to demands for greater attention to Afrolatinidad and the particular experiences of Black Latinxs–Latinx voices are rising. We will engage with current literary discussions in print, on social media, and in literary journals as we chart the shifting, developing terrain of Latinx literatures. Offered at both the 100 and 200 levels; coursework will be adjusted accordingly.
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ENGL 149 Tolkien and Herbert 6 credits
This course will study the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and Frank Herbert, with an emphasis on their best-known texts, Lord of the Rings and Dune. These books are often cited as the highest achievements in their respective genres (fantasy and science fiction), and share intriguing similarities, including the One Ring and Spice/MĂ©lange, the perils of power, environmental concerns, blockbuster film treatments, and obsessive world-building. We will also consider secondary works by each author, including Tolkienâs The Silmarillion, selections from his letters, and Herbertâs Dune Messiah, the sequel to Dune. Critical approaches will include ecocriticism, postcolonialism, and Bloomâs anxiety of influence.
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ENGL 160 Creative Writing 6 credits
You will work in several genres and forms, among them: traditional and experimental poetry, prose fiction, and creative nonfiction. In your writing you will explore the relationship between the self, the imagination, the word, and the world. In this practitioner’s guide to the creative writing process, we will examine writings from past and current authors, and your writings will be critiqued in a workshop setting and revised throughout the term.
Sophomore Priority
- Fall 2025
- ARP, Arts Practice WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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ENGL 216 Milton and Modernity 6 credits
John Milton wrote what is perhaps the most influential, and arguably greatest, poem in the English language. In this work (Paradise Lost), and indeed throughout his corpus, Milton engaged his literary predecessors extensively, yet he also anticipated modern concerns in striking ways. We will read his major works (âLycidas,â the sonnets, Paradise Lost, and Paradise Regained), as well as prose selections, attending to his use of sources, and to the ways Milton presages debates over free speech and book banning, Darwinism, the multiverse, and AI.
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ENGL 224 Cruel Summer, 1816 6 credits
A circle of poets and writers, friends and lovers, spend the summer in Geneva sightseeing, arguing, telling ghost stories, reading and writing passionately togetherâand changing the course of literary history. Weâll explore the personal and artistic relations between Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, and others, reading the works they wrote in conversation with each other including Frankenstein, âPrometheus,â and Prometheus Unbound, as well as studying diaries, manuscripts, biographical accounts, and films. Offered at both the 200 and 300 levels; coursework will be adjusted accordingly.
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ENGL 241 Latinx Voices in the Age of Trump 6 credits
The last few years have placed Latinx communities under siege and in the spotlight. The demands of the census and new policies around immigration mean that who counts as Latinx and why it matters has public visibility and meaning. Simultaneously, the last few years have seen an incredible growth of new literary voices and genres in the world of Latinx letters. From fictional and creative nonfiction accounts of detention camps, border crossings, and asylum court proceedings to lyrical wanderings in bilingualism to demands for greater attention to Afrolatinidad and the particular experiences of Black Latinxs–Latinx voices are rising. We will engage with current literary discussions in print, on social media, and in literary journals as we chart the shifting, developing terrain of Latinx literatures. Offered at both the 100 and 200 levels; coursework will be adjusted accordingly.
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ENGL 247 The American West 6 credits
Wallace Stegner once described the West as "the geography of hope" in the American imagination. Despite various dystopian urban pressures, the region still conjures up images of wide vistas and sunburned optimism. We will explore this paradox by examining both popular mythic conceptions of the West (primarily in film) and more searching literary treatments of the same area. We will explore how writers such as Twain, Cather, Stegner and Cormac McCarthy have dealt with the geographical diversity and multi-ethnic history of the West. Weekly film showings will include The Searchers, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Unforgiven, and Lone Star. Extra Time Required, evening screenings.
Extra Time Required, Evening Screening
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ENGL 256 Excavating Histories: Archival Research Methods 6 credits
This course will introduce the fundamentals of working with special collections and archives, including ethical best practices and methods of research and interpretation. Drawing on interdisciplinary scholarship, we will explore questions such as: What constitutes an archive? What motivates people to create and seek out archives? Whose lives and histories have been privileged in the cultivation of archives, and what is being done to address these disparities? What are the limits of archiving as a means of redress? Course work will include in-person visits to collections at Carleton and beyond, as well as research in digitized collections nationwide.
Extra Time Required: Off-campus site visits to meet with community partners.
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ENGL 256.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Emily Coccia đ« đ€
- Size:25
- M, WLibrary 344 9:50am-11:00am
- FLibrary 344 9:40am-10:40am
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ENGL 257 Fandom and the Queer Digital Commons 6 credits
In this introduction to fan studies, students will engage with foundational and emerging scholarship, as well as popular media that represent key sites in the development of modern fandom. A famously âundisciplinedâ discipline, fan studies draws on a variety of intellectual traditions, and we will read broadly to consider what fandom includes, where its politics emerge, and how to engage as ethical researchers. This course foregrounds modern queer fan cultures to explore the shifting relationship between creators and audiences and the tensions within fan communities. Television and films from the 1960s to the present will serve as weekly case studies.
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ENGL 263 Hybrid Memoir and Creative Nonfiction 6 credits
This course explores innovative approaches to forms such as the personal essay, memoir, and travel writing. Students will experiment with various craft techniques, such as story structure, voice, and literary devices, and craft their own original personal narratives. Weâll read authors such as Ocean Vuong, Sarah Minor, Alexander Chee, and Aimee Nezhukumatathil, while generating new material through weekly writing exercises and reflections. These techniques will help students navigate difficult topics, break free from writing ruts, and develop fresh perspectives on their story. We'll foster a collaborative writing space, practice the art of feedback, and build a portfolio of work.
- Fall 2025
- ARP, Arts Practice WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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ENGL 270 Short Story Workshop 6 credits
An introduction to the writing of the short story. Each student will become familiar with contemporary short stories, complete a number of short writing exercises, and have discussed in class two full-length stories (from 3,000 to 7,000 words in length) and give constructive suggestions, including written critiques, for revising the stories written by other members of the class. Attention will be paid to all the elements of fiction: characterization, point of view, conflict, setting, dialogue, etc.
- Fall 2025
- ARP, Arts Practice WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): One 6 credit English course excluding Independent Studies and Comps with a grade of C- or better.
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ENGL 295 Critical Methods 6 credits
Required of students majoring in English, this course explores practical and theoretical issues in literary analysis and contemporary criticism.
Not open to first year students.
- Fall 2025
- LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): One English Foundations including (100) course with a grade of C- or better or received a score of 5 on the English Literature and Composition AP exam or received a grade of 6 or better on the English Language A: Literature IB exam AND 6 credits from English courses (100-399) not including Independent Studies and Comps with a grade of C- or better.
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ENGL 324 Cruel Summer, 1816 6 credits
A circle of poets and writers, friends and lovers, spend the summer in Geneva sightseeing, arguing, telling ghost stories, reading and writing passionately togetherâand changing the course of literary history. Weâll explore the personal and artistic relations between Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, and others, reading the works they wrote in conversation with each other including Frankenstein, âPrometheus,â and Prometheus Unbound, as well as studying diaries, manuscripts, biographical accounts, and films. Offered at both the 200 and 300 levels; coursework will be adjusted accordingly.
- Fall 2025
- LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): One English Foundations including (100) course with a grade of C- or better or received a score of 5 on the English Literature and Composition AP exam or received a grade of 6 or better on the English Language A: Literature IB exam AND 6 credits from English courses (100-399) not including Independent Studies and Comps with a grade of C- or better.
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ENGL 395 The Writings of Virginia Woolf 6 credits
Virginia Woolf is regarded as one of the chief modernist writers, as well as one of the twentieth-century's most important feminist thinkers. She revolutionized the novel and the concept of time in fiction, as well as ideas of gender and sexuality. She, along with other members of the Bloomsbury Group, was also a critic of World War I and the build-up to World War II. In this course we will read the majority of her novels, as well as selected essays, diary entries, and letters. Articles by literary critics will offer various contexts for our discussions. Some works included:Â Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, and "A Room of One's Own."
- Fall 2025
- LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Student must have completed any of the following course(s): ENGL 295 and one 300 level ENGL course with grade of C- or better. Not open to students who have taken ENGL 353.
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GEOL 220 Tectonics and Lab 6 credits
This course focuses on understanding the plate tectonics paradigm and its application to all types of plate boundaries. We will explore the historical development of the paradigm, geophysical tools used for imaging the structure of the Earth and determining plate motions, and possible driving mechanisms of this global system. Students will independently explore a particular tectonic plate in detail throughout the term. Laboratories included.
During registration, students will register for both the lecture and a corresponding lab section, which will appear on the student's academic transcript in a single entry.
Sophomore Priority section is available
- Fall 2025
- LS, Science with Lab WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): One 100-Level GEOL course with grade of C- or better.
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GEOL 220.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Sarah Titus đ« đ€
- M, WAnderson Hall 123 9:50am-11:00am
- FAnderson Hall 123 9:40am-10:40am
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GEOL 220.53 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Sarah Titus đ« đ€
- Size:20
- WAnderson Hall 129 2:00pm-6:00pm
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Sophomore Priority
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GEOL 360 Sedimentology & Stratigraphy & Lab 6 credits
This course is based on field examination of outcrops of Lower Paleozoic sedimentary rock. We will interpret the processes involved in the creation, movement, and deposition of these ancient sediments, and try to determine their paleoenvironments. Also of interest are the transformation of these sediments into rock, and the analysis and correlation of strata. Weekly laboratories and two weekend trips are required. Please note the late laboratory times. Both paleobiology and geomorphology prepare students for work in sedimentology. This course is intended for upper-class Geology majors, and much of the work is done in teams.
During registration, students will register for both the lecture and a corresponding lab section, which will appear on the student's academic transcript in a single entry.
Extra Time Required: Weekend field trips.
- Fall 2025
- LS, Science with Lab WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): Two 200 level GEOL courses with grade of C- or better.
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GEOL 360.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Clint Cowan đ« đ€
- T, THAnderson Hall 123 10:10am-11:55am
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GEOL 360.54 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Clint Cowan đ« đ€
- Size:21
- THAnderson Hall 123 1:30pm-5:30pm
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GWSS 111 Queer and Trans Memoir 6 credits
From Audre Lordeâs biomythography detailing black lesbian life in 1950s Harlem, to Alison Bechdelâs tragicomic comic books, Chelsea Manningâs whistleblower tell-all, or Carmen Maria Machadoâs experimental memoir about same sex domestic abuse, LGBTQ+ autobiographical works provide us with richly subjective, historically situated insights into the lived experiences of queer and trans individuals. Interdisciplinary in scope, this course considers a variety of LGBTQ+ takes and twists on the memoir genre, including photo diaries; video selfies; illustrated works; self-ethnographies; life-as-art performances; stand-up specials; auto theoretical works; and literary or lyrical forms centering on the personal.
- Fall 2025
- IDS, Intercultural Domestic Studies LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Not open to students who have previously taken GWSS 100 – Queer Trans Memoir.
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GWSS 111.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Candace Moore đ« đ€
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 236 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FLeighton 236 2:20pm-3:20pm
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GWSS 365 Black Feminist Thought 6 credits
This seminar offers students an opportunity to engage closely with key concepts, figures, and arguments in the Black Feminist intellectual tradition. We will focus primarily on texts by key figures/scholars from the Americas/Caribbeanâin order to situate Black Feminisms within a transnational feminist context. We will take a historical approach, starting in the 19th century and work our way to more contemporary figures and texts throughout the term. Some of the key figures we will examine are Sojourner Truth, Anna Julia Cooper, Ida B. Wells, Angela Y. Davis, Sylvia Wynter, Hortense Spillers, Saidiya Hartman, Audre Lorde, bell hooks, and Patricia Hill Collins. Offered at both the 200 and 300 levels; coursework will be adjusted accordingly.
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HIST 137 Early Medieval Worlds in Transformation 6 credits
In this course we will explore a variety of distinct but interconnected worlds that existed between ca.300 and ca.1050. We will interrogate primary sources, especially written and visual materials, as they bear witness to people forming and transforming political, social, religious, and cultural values, ideas and structures. We will work to understand how communities adapt to new conditions and challenges while maintaining links with and repurposing the lifeways, ideas, and material cultures of the past. We will watch as new and different groups and institutions come to power, and how the existing peoples and structures respond and change. Projects in this course will build capacity to interpret difficult primary documents, formulate research questions, and build arguments that combine rigor and humane sympathy.
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HIST 137.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:William North đ« đ€
- Size:35
- M, WLeighton 304 8:30am-9:40am
- FLeighton 304 8:30am-9:30am
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HIST 214 Creatures and Cultures: The History of Animals and Society 6 credits
How have animals shaped human societies and cultures, and how have humans in turn influenced the lives of animals? We will examine several historical contexts, cultures, and regions to gain a global understanding of the complexities of human-animal interactions. Other historical topics may include the ethical and political implications of these relationships as well as the impact on human societies and the environment of animal husbandry, wildlife conservation, and the display of exotic animals. Students will write a 25- to 30-page paper based on primary research and will read and critique each otherâs papers. Offered at both the 200 and 300 levels; coursework will be adjusted accordingly.
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HIST 226 U.S. Consumer Culture 6 credits
In the period after 1880, the growth of a mass consumer society recast issues of identity, gender, race, class, family, and political life. We will explore the development of consumer culture through such topics as advertising and mass media, the body and sexuality, consumerist politics in the labor movement, and the response to the Americanization of consumption abroad. We will read contemporary critics such as Thorstein Veblen, as well as historians engaged in weighing the possibilities of abundance against the growth of corporate power.
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HIST 226.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Annette Igra đ« đ€
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 330 3:10pm-4:55pm
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HIST 255 Carleton in the Archives: Carleton in China 6 credits
What stories do pictures and voices tell? What roles did Carleton people play in the making of the twentieth century China during WWII, the Chinese Civil War, and the Communist revolution? What are the reflux effects of select Carlsâ experiences in China under transformation? How do Carls project their voices and images to their audiences? The Gould Library Archives Carleton-in-China Collection consists of photographs, film footage, field reports, interviews, and public lectures. Students will be introduced to a wide range of visual and aural methods (e.g., oral history, deep mapping) to help complete a research paper based on their archival work. Offered at both the 200 and 300 levels; coursework will be adjusted accordingly.
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HIST 255.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Seungjoo Yoon đ« đ€
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 402 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FLeighton 402 2:20pm-3:20pm
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HIST 302 Creatures and Cultures: The History of Animals and Society 6 credits
How have animals shaped human societies and cultures, and how have humans in turn influenced the lives of animals? We will examine several historical contexts, cultures, and regions to gain a global understanding of the complexities of human-animal interactions. Other historical topics may include the ethical and political implications of these relationships as well as the impact on human societies and the environment of animal husbandry, wildlife conservation, and the display of exotic animals. Students will write a 25- to 30-page paper based on primary research and will read and critique each otherâs papers. Offered at both the 200 and 300 levels; coursework will be adjusted accordingly.
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HIST 335 Finding Ireland’s Past 6 credits
How do historians find and use evidence of Ireland's history? Starting with an exploration of archaeological methods, and ending with a unit on folklore and oral history collections from the early twentieth century, the first half of the course takes students through a series of themes and events in Irish history. During the second half of the course, students will pursue independent research topics to practice skills in historical methods, and will complete either a seminar paper or a public history project.
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HIST 335.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Susannah Ottaway đ« đ€
- Size:15
- T, THLeighton 202 1:15pm-3:00pm
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HIST 355 Carleton in the Archives: Carleton in China 6 credits
What stories do pictures and voices tell? What roles did Carleton people play in the making of the twentieth century China during WWII, the Chinese Civil War, and the Communist revolution? What are the reflux effects of select Carlsâ experiences in China under transformation? How do Carls project their voices and images to their audiences? The Gould Library Archives Carleton-in-China Collection consists of photographs, film footage, field reports, interviews, and public lectures. Students will be introduced to a wide range of visual and aural methods (e.g., oral history, deep mapping) to help complete a research paper based on their archival work. Offered at both the 200 and 300 levels; coursework will be adjusted accordingly.
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HIST 355.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Seungjoo Yoon đ« đ€
- Size:15
- M, WLeighton 402 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FLeighton 402 2:20pm-3:20pm
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JAPN 248 Literature and Beauty in Modern Japan 6 credits
This course introduces modern Japanese literature from the late 19th century to the 1960s, examining its evolution through the lens of âBeautyâ as both an aesthetic and cultural concept. We will explore how literature emerged as a fine art, engaging with modern Western aesthetic theories to interrogate notions of âmodernnessâ and its intersection with ethical concerns. In addition to studying major writers and works, we will analyze literatureâs response to historical contexts, addressing themes such as class division, alienation, scientific progress, colonialism, urbanization, and war.
In Translation. No prior knowledge of Japanese language or culture is required.
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JAPN 248.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Chie Tokuyama đ« đ€
- Size:25
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 302 1:15pm-3:00pm
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LATN 232 Roman Republic in Code Red: Sallust to the Rescue 6 credits
The Roman Republic is in a deep crisis and there seems to be no coming back from it. Is there any recipe for salvation? Sallust tackles the challenge and offers his own interpretation on how to navigate these chaotic and tormented times. Will his advice be valuable even in the present time? We will find out together.
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LATN 232.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Cecilia Cozzi đ« đ€
- Size:25
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 104 11:10am-12:20pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 104 12:00pm-1:00pm
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MUSC 115 Listening to the Movies 6 credits
We all watch movies, whether itâs in a theater, on television, a computer, or a smartphone. But we rarely listen to movies. This class is an introduction to film music and sound. The course begins with a module on how film music generally works within a narrative. With this foundation, the course then concentrates on the role film music and sound play in shaping our understanding of the filmâ stories. Over the course of the term, students will study a variety of films and learn about theories of film music and sound. Class assignments include a terminology quiz, cue chart, and a short comparative essay. The course will culminate in a final project that may take the form of a term paper or creative project.
Required Extra Time
Extra Time
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MUSC 115.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Brooke Okazaki đ« đ€
- Size:30
- M, WWeitz Center 230 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FWeitz Center 230 1:10pm-2:10pm
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Required Extra Time
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MUSC 130 The History of Jazz 6 credits
A survey of jazz from its beginnings to the present day focusing on the performer/composers and their music.
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MUSC 130.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Andy Flory đ« đ€
- Size:30
- T, THWeitz Center M215 10:10am-11:55am
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MUSC 140 Playlist Remix: The World in Your Headphones 6 credits
Tired of what Spotify has been serving up to you? In this class weâll explore the sounds, stories, and social meaning of music from around the globe. Weâll consider how music connects to identity, politics, ritual, and resistance. We will ask: Can music be used as a weapon? Why does music bring people together? What ethical considerations should we take into account when consuming music from other parts of the word? By the end of the course, youâll understand how people use music to tell their stories, fight for change, build community, and vibe to the beat of their favorite song.
Recommended Preparation: No prior music lessons or experience necessary. You do not need to be able to read music.
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MUSC 140.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Sarah Lahasky đ« đ€
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 230 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWeitz Center 230 2:20pm-3:20pm
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PHIL 112 Intelligence, Agency and Autonomous Machines 6 credits
What exactly is artificial intelligence (AI)? We will engage this question by reading foundational texts in the philosophy of AI to clarify what things in the world are, or should be, classified as âAIâ. This foundation will help us think about what it might mean to be autonomous, intelligent, or agential. We will consider some of the conditions that might lead us to believe certain technologies are (or could be) moral agents or moral patients, and whether (or to what extent) these conditions bear on the AI systems of the present and those of the future.
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PHIL 112.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Jessie Hall đ« đ€
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 304 11:10am-12:20pm
- FLeighton 304 12:00pm-1:00pm
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PHIL 218 Virtue Ethics 6 credits
What is a good human life? Who is a good person? From the time of Plato and Aristotle onwards, many philosophers have thought about these questions in terms of two central ideas. Virtues, such as justice or courage, make us a certain type of person (they give us a certain character). Wisdom enables us to make good judgments about how to act. How do virtue and wisdom work together to produce a good human life? Is a good life the same as a happy life? We will reflect on these and related questions as we read texts from Alasdair MacIntyre, Philippa Foot, and other significant thinkers in the contemporary virtue ethics tradition. We will also consider the application of virtue ethics to specific areas, such as environmental ethics, as well as the parallels between Western virtue ethics and the tradition of Confucianism in ancient China.
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PHIL 218.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Allison Murphy đ« đ€
- Size:25
- M, WLibrary 305 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FLibrary 305 1:10pm-2:10pm
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PHIL 270 Ancient Greek Philosophy 6 credits
Is there a key to a happy and successful human life? If so, how do you acquire it? Plato and Aristotle thought the key was virtue and that your chances of obtaining it depend on the sort of life you lead. Weâll read texts from these authors that became foundational for the later history of philosophy, including the Apology, Gorgias, Symposium, and the Nicomachean Ethics, while situating the ancient understanding of virtue in the context of larger questions of metaphysics (the nature of being), psychology, and ethics.
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PHIL 270.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Allison Murphy đ« đ€
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 330 9:50am-11:00am
- FLeighton 330 9:40am-10:40am
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PHIL 274 Existentialism 6 credits
We will consider the emergence and development of major themes of existentialism in the works of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, as well as “classical” existentialists such as Heidegger, Sartre and De Beauvoir. We will discuss key issues put forward by the existentialist movement, such as “the question of being” and human historicity, freedom and responsibility and look at how different authors analyzed the nature and ambitions of the Self and diverse aspects of subjectivity.
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PHIL 274.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Anna Moltchanova đ« đ€
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 426 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FLeighton 426 2:20pm-3:20pm
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PHIL 319 Self-Knowledge 6 credits
Inscribed above the entry of Apolloâs temple at Delphi is the imperative âKnow Thyself!â But what does it mean to know yourself and how do you go about acquiring such knowledge? Is it fundamentally the same as coming to know other people? Or is self-knowledge fundamentally different â both in terms of content and how we come to acquire it â from other kinds of knowledge (including knowledge of other people)? Finally, how does self knowledge relate to questions about agency? Can it sometimes be rational to decide to do something that one's self-knowledge suggests one is unlikely to succeed in doing? This course will explore all these issues by reading Richard Moranâs Authority and Estrangement and/or Barislav Marusicâs Evidence and Agency: Norms of Belief for Promising and Resolving.
- Fall 2025
- HI, Humanistic Inquiry WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): One Philosophy course excluding Independent Studies or Directed Research courses with a grade of C- or better.
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PHIL 319.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Jason Decker đ« đ€ · Daniel Groll đ« đ€
- Size:15
- T, THHasenstab 105 10:10am-11:55am
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POSC 120 Democracy and Dictatorship 6 credits
An introduction to the array of different democratic and authoritarian political institutions in both developing and developed countries. We will also explore key issues in contemporary politics in countries around the world, such as nationalism and independence movements, revolution, regime change, state-making, and social movements.
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POSC 120.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Dev Gupta đ« đ€
- Size:30
- M, WWillis 204 9:50am-11:00am
- FWillis 204 9:40am-10:40am
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POSC 160 Political Philosophy 6 credits
Introduction to ancient and modern political philosophy. We will investigate several fundamentally different approaches to the basic questions of politics–questions concerning the character of political life, the possibilities and limits of politics, justice, and the good society–and the philosophic presuppositions (concerning human nature and human flourishing) that underlie these, and all, political questions.
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POSC 160.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Mihaela Czobor-Lupp đ« đ€
- Size:30
- T, THWeitz Center 233 1:15pm-3:00pm
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POSC 228 Power and the American Presidency 6 credits
The power of the executive branch is  loosely defined in the second article of the U.S. Constitution. While the presidency was designed to be clearly subordinated to Congress, presidential has exploded over time and has reshaped American politics around presidential prerogatives. Today, the other branches of the government defer to the president, while voters look to the president to solve a snowballing set of public problems. However, citizen expectations of the president have outpaced even the growth in executive power, which has simultaneously upended the constitutional order while still leaving the average American chronically dissatisfied with government in Washington.  This course is designed to explore the dynamics, the drama, and the intrigue associated with the rise of the imperial presidency in America.
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POSC 228.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Ryan Dawkins đ« đ€
- Size:25
- M, WHasenstab 105 9:50am-11:00am
- FHasenstab 105 9:40am-10:40am
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POSC 230 Methods of Political Research 6 credits
An introduction to research method, research design, and the analysis of political data. The course is intended to introduce students to the fundamentals of scientific inquiry as they are employed in the discipline. The course will consider the philosophy of scientific research generally, the philosophy of social science research, theory building and theory testing, the components of applied (quantitative and qualitative) research across the major sub-fields of political science, and basic methodological tools. Intended for majors only.
- Fall 2025
- QRE, Quantitative Reasoning SI, Social Inquiry WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): STAT 120 or STAT 230 or STAT 250 or PSYC 200 or SOAN 239 with a grade of C- or better or received a score of 4 or better on the Statistics AP exam.
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POSC 230.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Ryan Dawkins đ« đ€
- Size:18
- M, WHasenstab 109 11:10am-12:20pm
- FHasenstab 109 12:00pm-1:00pm
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POSC 364 Capitalism and Its Critics 6 credits
This research seminar examines the contemporary institutions, processes, and challenges of modern capitalism in advanced and developing countries. The course begins with a review of key thinkers on modern capitalism: Marx, Weber, Schumpeter, Hayek, Polanyi, Offe, Tilly, and Piketty. It then proceeds to an analysis of the sweeping debate concerning inequality and democracy. Student work in this course focuses on the research and composition of a 20-25-page original work on a topic relevant to the questions covered in the seminar. Intense course participation, including classroom discussion and periodic debates, is required. Majors may develop their comps based on this seminar.
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POSC 364.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Alfred Montero đ« đ€
- Size:15
- T, THHasenstab 105 1:15pm-3:00pm
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PSYC 214 Neuropsychology of Aging 6 credits
With the aging population comes a variety of challenges, including those to cognitive health and decline. Neurodegenerative diseases create various forms of dementia and cause unique problems beyond those that are an outcome of healthy aging. This 200-level course consists of lectures and discussions explore the cognitive, behavioral, and molecular aspects of healthy aging and neurodegenerative disease processes in humans. Cognitive topics include working memory, long term memory, attention, familiarity and recollection, emotion, and social factors that interact with aging. The physiological and cognitive outcomes of neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and various types of dementia are compared with the physiology and cognitive decline evident in healthy aging. Students will read primary articles on these topics, and propose a project based on course discussion and interactions with people at senior centers and convalescent centers in Northfield.Â
It is recommended that students enroll concurrently in PSYC 215. A grade of C- or better must be earned in both PSYC 214 and 215 to earn the LS requirement.
Recommend Preparation: PSYC 110.
This course is not open to students who have received credit for PSYC 367.
- Fall 2025
- WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Not open to students who have previously taken PSYC 367.
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PSYC 214.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Julie Neiworth đ« đ€
- Size:32
- M, WAnderson Hall 121 9:50am-11:00am
- FAnderson Hall 121 9:40am-10:40am
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RELG 110 Understanding Religion 6 credits
How can we best understand the role of religion in the world today, and how should we interpret the meaning of religious traditions–their texts and practices–in history and culture? This class takes an exciting tour through selected themes and puzzles related to the fascinating and diverse expressions of religion throughout the world. From politics and pop culture, to religious philosophies and spiritual practices, to rituals, scriptures, gender, religious authority, and more, students will explore how these issues emerge in a variety of religions, places, and historical moments in the U.S. and across the globe.
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RELG 110.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Lori Pearson đ« đ€
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 330 11:10am-12:20pm
- FLeighton 330 12:00pm-1:00pm
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RELG 122 Introduction to Islam 6 credits
This course is a general introduction to Islam as a prophetic religious tradition. It explores the different ways Muslims have interpreted and put into practice the prophetic message of Muhammad through analyses of varying theological, legal, political, mystical, and literary writings as well as through Muslims’ lived histories. These analyses aim for students to develop a framework for explaining the sources and vocabularies through which historically specific human experiences and understandings of the world have been signified as Islamic. The course will focus primarily on the early and modern periods of Islamic history.
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RELG 122.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Kambiz GhaneaBassiri đ« đ€
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 301 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FLeighton 301 1:10pm-2:10pm
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RELG 153 Introduction to Buddhism 6 credits
This course offers a survey of Buddhism from its inception in India some 2500 years ago to the present. We first address fundamental Buddhist ideas and practices, then their elaboration in the Mahayana and tantric movements, which emerged in the first millennium CE in India. We also consider the diffusion of Buddhism throughout Asia and to the West. Attention will be given to both continuity and diversity within Buddhism–to its commonalities and transformations in specific historical and cultural settings. We also will address philosophical, social, political, and ethical problems that are debated among Buddhists and scholars of Buddhism today.
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RELG 153.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Asuka Sango đ« đ€
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 426 1:15pm-3:00pm
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RELG 213 Religion, Medicine, and Healing 6 credits
How do religion and medicine approach the healing of disease and distress? Are religion and medicine complementary or do they conflict? Is medicine a more evolved form of religion, shorn of superstition and pseudoscience? This course explores religious and cultural models of health and techniques for achieving it, from ancient Greece to Christian monasteries to modern mindfulness and self-care programs. We will consider ethical quandaries about death, bodily suffering, mental illness, miraculous cures, and individual agency, all the while seeking to avoid simplistic narratives of rationality and irrationality.
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RELG 213.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Sonja Anderson đ« đ€
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 236 9:50am-11:00am
- FLeighton 236 9:40am-10:40am
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RELG 372 Sensory Cultures of Religion 6 credits
What makes a sound noise to someone and God's self-disclosure to another? What makes a statue a decorated stone to someone and a living deity to another? Are these distinctions rooted in faith or in peopleâs sensory experiences in different cultures? Together, we will explore such questions by inquiring into how sensory experiences and religious beliefs relate to one another. The course is designed as a practicum in which students will learn to develop sensory histories of objects and to practice exhibiting religious objects in museums or elsewhere for public understanding.
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SOAN 110 Introduction to Anthropology 6 credits
Anthropology is the study of all human beings in all their diversity, an exploration of what it means to be human throughout the globe. This course helps us to see ourselves, and others, from a new perspective. By examining specific analytic concepts—such as culture—and research methods—such as participant observation—we learn how anthropologists seek to understand, document, and explain the stunning variety of human cultures and ways of organizing society. This course encourages you to consider how looking behind cultural assumptions helps anthropologists solve real world dilemmas.
Sophomore Priority.
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SOAN 110.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Cheryl Yin đ« đ€
- Size:30
- T, THLeighton 236 8:15am-10:00am
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3 spots to be held for SOAN majors.
Sophomore Priority.
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SOAN 252 Growing Up in an Aging Society 6 credits
Both the U.S. and global populations are trending toward a world with far fewer young people than ever before. So, what does it mean to grow up in a rapidly aging society? This course explores age, aging, and its various intersections with demographic characteristics including gender, sexuality, race, and social class. We situate age and aging within the context of macro-structural, institutional, and micro-everyday realms. Some topics we will examine include: media depictions and stereotypes; interpersonal relationships and caregiving; the workplace and retirement; and both the perceptions and inevitable realities of an aging population.
The department strongly recommends that Sociology/Anthropology 110 or 111 be taken prior to enrolling in courses numbered 200 or above
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SOAN 252.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Annette Nierobisz đ« đ€
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 230 9:50am-11:00am
- FWeitz Center 230 9:40am-10:40am
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SOAN 330 Sociological Thought and Theory 6 credits
Many thinkers have contributed to the development of sociology as an intellectual discipline and mode of social inquiry; however, few have had the influence of Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, and Max Weber. This course focuses on influential texts and ideas generated by these and other theorists from sociologyâs âclassical era,â how these texts and ideas are put to use by contemporary sociologists, and on more recent theoretical developments and critical perspectives that have influenced the field.
Recommended Preparation: The department strongly recommends that Sociology/Anthropology 110 or 111 be taken prior to enrolling in courses numbered 200 or above.
- Fall 2025
- SI, Social Inquiry WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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SOAN 330.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Wes Markofski đ« đ€
- Size:15
- M, WLeighton 236 11:10am-12:20pm
- FLeighton 236 12:00pm-1:00pm
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15 seats held for SOAN majors until the day after rising junior priority registration.
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SOAN 396 Advanced Sociological and Anthropological Writing 6 credits
This course explores different genres of writing and different audiences for writing in the social sciences, focusing particular attention on scholarly articles published in professional journals in sociology and anthropology. To that end, students both analyze sociological and anthropological articles regarding commonalities and differences in academic writing in our two sister disciplines. Students work on their own academic writing process (with the help of peer-review and instructor feedback). The writing itself is broken down into component elements on which students practice and revise their work.
Prerequisite: Completion of Sociology/Anthropology 240 or submission of a topic statement in the preceding spring term and submission of a comps thesis proposal on the first day of fall term or instructor permission
- Fall 2025
- SI, Social Inquiry WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Student is a Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) major AND has Senior Priority.
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SOAN 396.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Liz Raleigh đ« đ€
- Size:15
- Grading:S/CR/NC
- T, THLeighton 236 3:10pm-4:55pm
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SPAN 213 Madrid Program: Pragmatics and Conversation in Context 3 credits
Pragmatics entails the relationship between language and context. This subfield of linguistics can help us become more aware and critical of what we say, whether it be in our native language or a second language. After reviewing some basic theoretical components, students will use their experiences in Spain as a âlaboratoryâ to reflect on their own interactions and observations during their daily lives abroad. Although the concepts covered are applicable to any language, this class focuses primarily on Spanish, often contrasted with cultural and linguistic differences in English regarding conversational styles, speech acts, politeness and verbal interaction in general.
Requires participation in OCS Program: Spanish Studies in Madrid
- Fall 2025
- No Exploration WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Acceptance in the Spanish Studies in Madrid Program and student has completed the following course(s): SPAN 205 or a higher course with a grade of C- or better.
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SPAN 347 Madrid Program: Welcome to the Spanish Revolution. From the “Spanish Miracle” to the “Indignant Movement” (1940-2021) 6 credits
The 'Spanish economic miracle' refers to the period of accelerated economic growth in Francoist Spain from 1959 to 1973. This unprecedented economic expansion laid the groundwork for the rapid development of a capitalist system within a dictatorship, resulting in a profound transformation of Spanish social structure. This course will analyze the underlying factors that supported this structural transformation, the subsequent 2008 financial crisis, the Indignados Movement and the rise of the Commonsâa system promoting equitable and sustainable life for all. This course features engaging workshops with expert guest speakers, exciting travel opportunities, and meaningful interactions with diverse social collectives.
Requires participation in OCS Program: Spanish Studies in Madrid
- Fall 2025
- IS, International Studies SI, Social Inquiry WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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Acceptance in the Spanish Studies in Madrid Program and student has completed the following course(s): SPAN 205 or a higher course with a grade of C- or better.