This course discusses warfare, commerce, social organization, political diplomacy, disease, demographics, religion, and environmental degradation among the ancient peoples of the Americas as revealed by archaeological, art historical, and textual data. Students will gain an appreciation of the diversity of human life in the New World as well as an understanding of the tremendous cultural achievements of the Inca, the Aztec, the Maya, and their neighbors.
This course explores the ways in which differences in factors such as nationality, ethnicity, age, gender, class, and occupation shape experiences of globalization. We will analyze and interpret rapidly changing patterns of global production, consumption, politics, resistance, adaptation, and identity construction around the world.
This course is designed to provide a broad introduction into the data, results, and information associated with biological research, and into some of the analytical approaches used to test biological hypotheses. Communication of these aspects of biological research is crucial, and much of this lab course will be focused on the development of effective writing skills for the delivery of this information.
A course in first semester Chinese language.
This course is based on extensive reading of Latin texts taken from the Roman through the Medieval periods. It aims to foster close familiarization with the Latin language, cultivate an appreciation for different Latin prose styles, as well as investigate the broader historical and cultural circumstances surrounding each work. The classes will be conducted in Latin, and the assignments will involve Latin composition. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours.
This course is designed to meet the needs of upper division and graduate students who are preparing for the graduate reading examination.
This course is designed to meet the needs of upper division and graduate students who are preparing for the graduate reading examination, who 01/08/99: Grade type changed to XD due to table change need a reading knowledge of German in their minor, or who require a review of German grammar.
Fundamentals of Italian with development of the four basic skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing.
A philosophical and interdisciplinary investigation of a cluster of prominent issues about the meaning of life and death, caring for dying persons, and the quality of life of the terminally ill. Among topics included are: death definitions and criteria; allowing to die vs. killing; euthanasia and suicide; life prolongation, ethics of care of the terminally ill; and rights of the dying.
