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WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION
Changes to the 2005-2006 Catalogue and Special
Announcements for Winter term 2006
(updated to )
For accurate and up-to-date information, please see "Recent Changes" and the course listing on the University Registrar's web page at http://registrar.wlu.edu/ .
by academic discipline:
African-American Studies (INTR, AFAM)
Art 132 (3) ‑ Design II ‑ Cancelled
Art 160 (3) ‑ Photography I ‑ Cancelled
Art 203 (3) ‑ 20th Century European Art ‑ newly scheduled course
Art 231 (3) ‑ Sculpture I ‑ newly scheduled course
Art 242 (3) ‑ Arts of India - revised course description for this term - India
represents one of the most ancient, diverse, rich and continuous cultures in
world history. This course examines several aspects of this culture its history,
religions, and society through selected examples of its architectural and
artistic heritage. Spanning over three thousand years, from the buried cities of
the Indus Valley to the Taj Mahal, the course pays special attention to the
development and meaning of the religious image and sacred space in traditional
Indian art. Students acquire an overview knowledge of the history of the
subcontinent and an understanding of the particular aesthetic expressions of the
culture. (GE4) Klingelhofer
Art 250 (3) ‑ Northern Renaissance Art ‑ Cancelled
Art 251 (3) ‑ Italian Renaissance Art ‑ newly scheduled course
Art 290 (3) ‑ Advanced Topics in Photography ‑ Cancelled
Art 311 (3) ‑ Seminar on Women Artists ‑ Cancelled
Art 331 (3) ‑ Sculpture III ‑ newly scheduled course
Art 380 (3) ‑ Seminary in Art History ‑ Cancelled
Biology 111A (3) - Fundamentals of Biology: Disease Ecology - topical description - Corequisite: Biology 113. An intensive investigation of scientific thought and communication, examined in the context of major concepts such as evolution, regulation, growth, and metabolism. We explore microbiology, genetics, ecology, and evolution from the perspective of disease. We focus on why some diseases spread, some die out, and some become endemic within populations. We also examine the evolution of virulence and antibiotic resistance, and the effects of disease on human and wildlife populations. Examples to be studied in detail include Bird Flu, Human HIV/AIDS, Ebola, amphibian fungal disease, and Mad Cow Disease. (GE5a) Marsh.
Biology 111B (3) - Fundamentals of Biology:
Temperature Stress from Cells to Ecosystems - topical description. Corequisite:
Biology 113. An intensive investigation of scientific thought and communication,
examined in the context of major concepts such as evolution, regulation, growth,
and metabolism. Global climate change models predict that many biological
systems will become temperature stressed. We discuss the biological impact of
temperature stress beginning with single-celled organisms, moving on to a
consideration of the adaptations and strategies employed by multi-cellular
organisms in coping with temperature stress. We then scale up to the impacts of
global climate change on populations, communities and ecosystems. (GE5a)
Hamilton.
Biology 220 (3) - Genetics - newly scheduled course
Biology 295A (1) ‑ Topics in Biology: The Cancer
Problem ‑ topical description - An exploration of the nature of neoplastic
disease and its epidemiological, biological and psychological correlates.
Student presentations of selected cancer literature, discussion based learning
and a term paper on a topic important to the student. Wielgus
Biology 296B (1) - Topics in Biology: Ecology and Conservation - topical description - An examination of how current ecological research is contributing to our understanding of important conservation issues related to the loss and preservation of global biodiversity: habitat loss and fragmentation, introduction of exotic species, and other human‑caused environmental disruptions. Students present material from the primary research literature in a group discussion format. Hurd
Biology 320 (3) - Modern Genetic Analysis - Cancelled
Business Administration (formerly known as
Management)
Bus 340 (3) - Entrepreneurship and Small Business - newly scheduled course
Bus 350 (3) - Negotiation and Dispute Resolution in a Business Environment -
Cancelled
Bus 355 (3) - Cases in Corporate Finance - newly scheduled course
Bus 364 (3) - Cross cultural Issues in Management - Cancelled
Bus 370 (3) - Integrated Marketing Communications - Cancelled
Chemistry (CHEM)
Chemistry 195 (3) - The Nuclear Age - Cancelled
Chemistry 250 (2) - Inorganic Chemistry - Cancelled
Chemistry 252 (2) - Inorganic Chemistry Lab - Cancelled
Chemistry 254 (2) - Bioinorganic Chemistry - Cancelled
Chemistry 296 (1) - Hazardous Materials - Cancelled
Chinese 312 (3) - Advanced Chinese II - newly scheduled course
Classics 295 (3) - Athens in Crisis, 429 to 404
BC - topical description - An interdisciplinary course taught in English that
examines ancient Greek civilization by exploring the intellectual, religious,
and sociopolitical environment of Athens during the turbulent years extending
from the death of her most influential political leader in 429 BC to her final
surrender to Sparta at the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC. Alongside
intense political turmoil, these years saw the stage flourish with the tragedies
of Sophocles and Euripides, modern philosophy develop through the discourses of
Socrates, the science of rhetoric burgeon in the courts, rational humanism
mature in the histories of Thucydides and the teachings of the sophists, and the
comic playwright Aristophanes deride it all. We learn about this period by
examining the histories, artwork, tragedies, comedies, philosophical treatises,
forensic speeches, political pamphlets, and personal and political inscriptions
produced during those years. (GE4) Turkeltaub
Computer Science (CSCI)
Computer Science 210 (3) - Computer Organization
- newly scheduled course
Computer Science 211 (3) - Algorithm Analysis - Cancelled
Computer Science 321 (3) - Computer Networks - newly scheduled course
East Asian Languages and Literatures (EALL)
East Asian Languages and Literatures 200 (3) - Japan and the Japanese People - newly scheduled course - This course is designed to introduce students to Japanese cultures with an emphasis on contemporary Japan. It examines how Japanese people lead their daily lives in a rapidly changing society, which is strikingly different from that of the United States. Similarities and differences between the two societies are studied in depth through readings, videos, and feature films on a wide range of topics, including the family, educational system and Japanese cuisine. Ujie.
Economics 101 (3) - Principles of Microeconomics -
newly scheduled course
Economics 205 (3) - Economics of Social Issues - Cancelled
Economics 208 (3) - Socio-Econ themes in Literature and Film - Cancelled
Economics 214 (3) - Industrial Revolutions - Cancelled
Economics 255 (3) - Environment and Natural Resource Economics - Cancelled
Economics 274 (3) - China's Modern Economy - Cancelled
Economics 280 (3) - Development Economics - Cancelled
Economics 296 (3) - Financial Institutions - topical course description
Economics 297 (3) - The Economics of Poverty - topical course description
Economics 304 (3) - Experimental Economics - Cancelled
Economics 315 (3) - American Economic History - Cancelled
Economics 320 (3) - Mathematical Economics - Cancelled
Economics 350 (3) - Public Finance - Cancelled
Economics 397 (3) - Central Banking - topical description - Prerequisites. Economics 360 and permission of the instructor. This seminar explores the theory, institutions, and history of central banks. It is a reading- and research-intensive course designed to give the student a deep knowledge of theoretical and current issues facing central banks. Readings include classic theoretical studies of central banks by economists such as Bagehot and Friedman and Schwartz, as well as modern studies such as Leijonhufvud, Goodhart, and Eichengreen. Each student chooses additional readings from the area of theory, history, institutions, or people related to central banking. Grades are determined by participation, two exams, and a research project. The project involves individually-chosen readings, a paper, and a presentation/discussion for the class. Hooks
English 101 (3) - Expository Writing - Cancelled
English 105A (3) - Composition and Literature:
Gossips and Con Artists - topical description - This course explores the nature
and influence of two prominent social discourses: gossiping and conning. Through
critical reading, collaborative discussion, and argumentative writing, we
explore diverse characterizations of the gossip and the con artist in a variety
of genres and texts, ranging from Shakespeare's Othello to the science
fiction/adventure film The Matrix. We analyze the various schemes and rhetorical
strategies that these manipulative power brokers employ in the texts to exert
social influence, their understanding and exploitation of the status quo, their
motivations, and rewards, and their effects upon both the individual and the
larger community. To further our practice of sound argumentative writing, we
juxtapose the discourses of gossip and con artistry with our own modes for
persuading readers. In addition, we think critically about our personal
susceptibility to the influences of the gossip and the con as well as our
inclinations to (sometimes?) play their roles. (GE1) Wall
English 105B (3) - Composition and Literature: Justice and Character - topical description - A study of literary texts which explore justice as a virtue of character, as the means by which the state apportions goods and punishments, and as the way people seek a good life for themselves and their communities. Some genres: courtroom drama (Shakespeare, modern authors), utopia (Sir Thomas More), detective fiction (P. D. James), anti-police state novel (Nadine Gordimer). (GE1) Craun
English 105C (3) - Composition and Literature: Noir in Print and Film - topical description - An exploration of the 20th century's fascination with crime fiction through a study of short stories and novels by three of its finest American practitioners -Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Patricia Highsmith -along with several classic film versions of their novels by such major directors as John Huston, Billy Wilder, and Alfred Hitchcock. The course begins with close study of the hardening in the 1920s of the high culture vs. mass culture dichotomy through a careful juxtaposition of T.S. Eliot's modernist poetry and Dorothy Sayers's popular crime fiction along with essays by both of these writers on canonical literature and popular crime fiction. We then turn to the American noir novels and films of the 1920s, '30s, and '40s and their self-conscious effort to challenge this opposition of high and mass culture with popular narratives marked by high artistic ambition (GE1). Adams
English 105D (3) - Composition and Literature: Villains, Criminals, and Outsiders - topical description - Why are literary villains repeatedly depicted as ethnic "Others," women, or those whose sexual preferences deviate from a presumed norm? In Unbreakable, a recent film by Manoj Shyamalan, Samuel L. Jackson explains the representational logic of the comic book villain by pointing out the "elongated head" and "protruding lips" of the evildoer, his "darker skin" and "animalistic appearance." Clearly, these can be read as offensive physical stereotypes of ethnicity. What do you think the hero of this film looks like? Would you be surprised to know that the hero is Bruce Willis? This course approaches the subject of composition through critical analysis of a variety of texts and genres representing the intersection of difference and criminality, paying attention also to the role of the outsider. The primary goal of this class is to develop skills necessary for the effective, thoughtful study of fiction. Written work for this course is intensive; it includes short response papers, quizzes on reading and language use, and five workshopped essays. (GE1) Howe \
English 105E (3) - Composition and Literature: Literary Twins and Doubles - topical description - This discussion-based, writing-intensive course investigates the portrayal of biological twins and ideological doubles in a wide variety of literary texts. We take it for granted that differences can create conflict between individuals, but what about similarities? Literary twins often raise interesting philosophical questions about the ways sameness can pose a challenge to the concept of individual identity. Readings may include Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors and/or Twelfth Night, Marie de France's "Le Fresne," Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market, Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson, Arundhati Roy's God of Small Things, and Zadie Smith's White Teeth. Our discussions and writing assignments are designed to facilitate three major objectives: to acquaint you with the questions and rewards generated by the major literary genres; to sharpen the analytical skills you need in order to understand, enjoy, and critique different forms of literature; and to provide you with the opportunity to improve your argumentative writing skills. (GE1) Pickett
English 105G (3) - Composition and Literature: Mysteries, Puzzles, and Conundrums - topical description - It is with mysteries that we will concern ourselves - "mysteries" not in the generic sense of stories about crime and detection but mysteries of character, morality, religion, and art. Central to each of the works we read is some puzzle, secret, riddle, enigma, ambiguity, or complexity. (Sometimes the work itself is the mystery, a kind of hieroglyph.) Each work, in its own way, raises questions about the methods and the limitations of human discovery. (GE1) Oliver
English 105H (3) - Composition and Literature: Home and Away - topical description - This class challenges students to enter the intellectual world of college by developing, deepening, and practicing skills as an attentive reader, critical thinker, and analytical writer. Our theme examines the question of how writers have thought about "home," and journeys away from it, as part of the process of discovering, creating, or transforming the self. Our engagement with poetry, fiction, and drama enables students to develop skills in thinking, writing, and speaking critically about literature and the questions literature allows us to ask. Students are also invited to think critically about personal experience of being "away from home" at the beginning of the college experience. Course texts likely include novels by Jane Austen (Mansfield Park) and Toni Morrison (Beloved); poetry by Homer, William Wordsworth, and Lucille Clifton; and drama by Shakespeare (Hamlet). Writing requirements include several short papers, two longer essays, a revision of at least one essay, and miscellaneous exercises. (GE1) Matthews
English 105I (3) - Composition and Literature: Wicked Women - topical description - This section begins with Chaucer's Wife of Bath and ends with recent essays on Hillary Clinton. We look at witchcraft, femme fatales and prostitutes as a way of considering literary approaches towards women and men's power and sexuality. The course is not for women only -for instance, our discussion of witchcraft and wizardry runs from Miller's The Crucible through excerpts from Harry Potter. (GE1) Brodie
English 203 (3) –Introduction to Creative
Writing: Fiction - Cancelled
English 204 (3) - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry - Cancelled
English 230 (3) - Poetry - Cancelled
English 232 (3) - The Novel - topical
description - Henry James once described novels as "loose, baggy monsters" with
no clear, premeditated aesthetic structure; they seem, instead, to duplicate the
complexities and confusions of life itself. Indeed the "novel" has often been
cited as intimately bound up with the creation of the modern individual -think
of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, lost on an island in the middle of nowhere, trying
to survive a harsh new world with just his wits. This course is designed as an
introduction to the modern novel from its "rise" to its "golden age." We read
representative texts from the 18th and 19th centuries, with the overriding goal
of tying shape to substance. What issues forged the common substance of the
"novel," and why? If the "novel" is a "loose, baggy monster," how do we
understand its monstrosity? Because novels are, first of all, long, the reading
for this course is extensive. Readings include work by Defoe, Richardson, Sterne,
Austen, Dickens, Bronte, Eliot, Hardy, and/or Thackeray. Coursework includes a
reading journal, response papers, three short formal essays, a midterm, and a
final exam. (GE3) Howe
English 235 (3) -
Fantasy - Cancelled
English 251 (3) - British Literature:1660s-1790s - Cancelled
English 261 (3) - Reading Gender - Cancelled
English 262 (3) - Literature, Race & Ethnicity - Cancelled
English 291 (3) - Seminar - Cancelled
English 292 (3) -
British Literature: Romantic, Victorian, and Modernist Monsters - topical
description - This class explores Romantic, Victorian, and early 20th-century
representations of "monsters" -a word that names a variety of conditions of the
body or mind, including unnaturalness, super-naturalness, deformity, depravity,
and simple lack of conformity. Beginning in the late 18th century and moving
toward the 20th, we compare various "monsters" to conceptualize and distinguish
the larger literary and cultural movements of Romantic, Victorian, and Modern
Britain. Critical issues of gender, sexuality, race, and class inform our
conversation -a conversation built primarily upon a close attention to and
careful analysis of our literary texts. Prose texts include, among others, Mary
Shelley's Frankenstein, Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray, Bram Stoker's
Dracula, and Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness; poetry includes longer poems
such as Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner," Christina Rossetti's "Goblin
Market," and T.S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men." Requirements include careful
attention to these texts, faithful attendance, 12-15 pages of critical writing,
and exams. (GE3) Matthews
English 293 (3) - Topics in American Literature - Cancelled
English 299 (3) -
Seminar for Prospective Majors: Literature and Biographical Criticism - topical
description - An exploration of what often seems both the most promising and
most dangerous method of interpreting literature -biographical criticism. The
course weaves together three emphases: first, a history of biographical
approaches to literature and how it peaked with the Victorians and their cult of
the author as hero; second, a survey of major reactions against this approach
from Wilde and Proust to Wimsatt, Barthes, and Foucault; third, case studies of
authors (e.g., Jane Austen, William Morris, Alfred Hitchcock) whose lives and
works present particularly vexing cases for biographical criticism. (GE3) Adams
English 299B (3) - Seminar for Prospective Majors: Religion, Love, and Early Modern Drama - topical description - This seminar for prospective majors pairs well‑known works by Shakespeare with unrecognized masterpieces written by his contemporaries, such as Marlowe, Jonson, Middleton, and Ford. We discuss the conjunction of the concepts of religion and romantic love in seven plays from the period. We trace, for example, the way the "religion of love" in Romeo and Juliet is transformed into forbidden lust in Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore and Middleton's Women Beware Women. Other plays include Shakesepare's Othello and Macbeth, Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, and Jonson's Masque of Blackness. The class makes several trips to the American Shakespeare Center's replica of the Blackfriars Theater in Staunton to experience first‑hand some of these rarely‑performed tragedies. No prior Shakespeare experience presumed. (GE3) Pickett
English 307 (3) - Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry
- newly scheduled course
English 308 (3) - Advanced Creative Writing:
Fiction Workshop Students in this class produce copious amounts of prose in the
form of short stories. The focus of this class differs from less advanced
workshops in its focus on revision, honing each writer's distinct voice and in
requiring longer pieces. Students are expected to give considered, critical, and
constructive feedback on each other's work. The class also requires reading and
analysis of published fiction. Solomon
English 330 (3) - Milton - Cancelled
English 334 (3) - Augustan and 18th Century Literature - Cancelled
English 335 (3) - Early British Prose Fiction:
The 18th-Century British Novel: Texts and Contexts - newly scheduled course, topical description - The
18th century is an age dominated by prose, witness to a startling complex of new
contexts from which that prose emerged: increasing urbanization,
commercialization, and globalization; increasing social mobility, a rethinking
of the relations between men and women, and a revolutionary growth in print
media. How did this particular new form of print, the "novel," emerge, and why?
What did the novel do that criminal biographies, newspapers, sermons, political
pamphlets, travelogues, and conduct manuals couldn't? This course is designed as
a seminar exploring the much-touted "rise of the novel" in terms of its
contexts, a wide variety of printed matter not traditionally considered
"novelistic." Because the "novel" cannot be read outside of its contexts, part
of our coursework includes a collaborative web-based project investigating the
social, historical, and material conditions of "novel" production. Other
coursework includes two group presentations, one on critical material and one on
contextual material; a formal essay of 15 pages; and a final exam. Readings
likely include work by Behn, Haywood, Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne,
Lennox, Smollett, Burney, and Austen; some readings are in excerpted form. (GE3)
Howe
English 380A (3) - Advanced Seminar: Women of
Color and Feminism in Literature - topical description - This course focuses on
the intersection of race and gender as they meet in the literatures of
contemporary women of color: Native Americans, Chicanas, Arab Americans,
Asian-Americans, African Americans and mixed-bloods, or 'mestizas.' Our
curriculum moves women of color from a historically marginal position in the
curriculum to the center of our attention; it also completely re-defines the our
understanding of feminism. Our readings, discussions and writings look at the
basic tenants of feminism as seen through the lenses of identity, diversity,
resistance and celebration in the histories and experiences of women of color in
the United States. Our primary texts include writers Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna
Pueblo), Sandra Cisneros (Chicana), Maxine Hong Kingston (Chinese American);
Julie Dash (African American); and Diana Abu-Jaber (Arab American), but we also
read crucial non-mainstream feminist texts by women of color, such as Making
Face, Making Soul by Gloria Anzaldua, Dragon Ladies edited by Sonia Shah, Food
for our Grandmothers, edited by Joanna Kadi, and This Bridge We Call Home,
edited by Gloria Anzaldua and AnaLouise Keating. (GE3) Miranda
English 380B (3) - Advanced Seminar: African-American Women's Literature and the
Canon - topical description - This study of 20th- and 21st-century
African-American women's poetry and prose is structured around issues of
critical acclaim, the purpose of literature and literary canons and the role of
racial identity in analysis of creative work. We examine a range of texts
including those celebrated by an academic establishment and diverse reading
publics, and works that have largely been dismissed or ignored. This class
considers the heightened mainstream interest in black women's writing of the
late 1980s and 1990s and Oprah Winfrey's book club. Students complete two short
or one long critical paper focused on their readings of one or more works. They
also write a series of informal response papers, take a midterm and a final
exam. The syllabus includes writers such as Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston,
Ann Petry, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez, Toni Morrison, Gayl
Jones, Audre Lorde, Elizabeth Alexander, Harryette Mullen, and Octavia Butler.
Discussions engage the historical and political context of these works as well
as their literary importance. (GE3) Solomon
English 385 (3) - Preparatory Reading for study
Abroad - Cancelled
English 413A (3) - Senior Research and Writing:
Repression & Confession: Sexuality in 19th-Century Literature - topical
description - What does "sexuality" mean? Is it something natural that should,
according to our notions of liberty, be fully expressed? Is it something wild
that needs to be controlled? Is it something we own or something that
manipulates us? Is it private or public, benign or dangerous, good or bad for
social power or political progress? According to scholar Jeffrey Weeks, "All
societies find it necessary to organize the erotic possibilities of the body in
one way or another," and the writing and reading of literature are primary ways
that societies do this. In this seminar, we think broadly about such social
organization through a study of 19th-century British literature and key
scholarly and theoretical readings. Beyond the core concepts of repression and
confession, our conversation likely ranges among such topics as marriage, ideals
of masculinity and femininity, medical definitions of sexual normalcy and
"perversion," the 19th-century invention of "heterosexuality" and
"homosexuality," and many others. In the second half of the term, students work
on their own research projects, which may include an array of topics and
approaches: applying our theoretical focus to literature in a different period
or to the oeuvre of a single author; exploring an historical topic related to
our theme; studying the intersections of sexuality and another modern identity
category (such as class, gender, race, or religion) in a specific literary or
cultural context; etc. Students present their work to the group at various
stages for discussion and critique, teach one class based on their project
(assign readings, lead discussion), and produce a final long research paper for
the end of the term. Matthews
English 413B (3) - Senior Research and Writing: Gnosticism and the Irish Moderns - topical description - This seminar examines the major philosophical and theological issues of Gnosticism in relation to the general phenomenon of European Modernity, and in particular the work of two of the most important writers of Irish modernism, James Joyce and Lady Augusta Gregory. We examine a range of Gnostic writings, from the original formulators of Gnosticism in the Greek, early Christian, and Hebraic traditions, to the theological speculations of Hans Jonas and Elaine Pagels, to the Gnostic Gospels discovered at Nag Hammadi in 1945. These elemental questions of knowing one's way to transcendence informs our study of Joyce and Gregory. Of these two writers, we study Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses in their entirety, as well as the first chapter of Finnegan's Wake - perhaps the greatest Gnostic attempt in literature. Of Gregory's work, we study her plays, her extensive folklore writings, her translations of Irish myth and legend cycles, and also her journals and diaries. The course is conducted in classic seminar style, though writing opportunities are creative and multiple and depend on the sorts of projects students wish to undertake. Conner
English 413C (3) - Senior Research and Writing: Studying Literature in Action - topical description - This section explores the impact of literature on readers using empirical methods as well as introspection and traditional literary analysis. Senior majors seeking teacher certification and those with experience in psychology are especially encouraged to consider this interdisciplinary capstone section. Shared theoretical readings augment individual directed readings in poetry, narrative fiction, drama, or children's literature, depending on the student's area of expertise. A service learning option involving work with young readers in community schools or libraries is a possibility. Students also assist Professor Keen in her research on emotional responses to reading. Because the experimental side of the course work may involve collaboration with a group of English 105 students (in the section, African-American Voices), capstone participants should keep AB(TR) open. Otherwise, hours will be arranged. Keen
Environmental Studies (INTR, ENV)
French 332 (3) - Etudes de genre: Le conte et la nouvelle - topical description - Prerequisite: French 273 or equivalent or permission of the instructor. A study of selected short stories from French literature from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Through readings that acquaint students with some of the better‑known French authors (Marie de France, Perrault, Balzac, Mérimée, Flaubert, Maupassant, Le Clézio, Tournier, Yourcenar, etc...), this course explores the themes and techniques of the short narrative, and its relation to the cultural and historical context. (GE3) Frégnac‑Clave
French 343 (3) - Pagnol par rapport à Molière - topical description - Prerequisite: French 273 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Three of Molière's plays to be read in preparation for the study of Molieresque elements in plays and novels of a favorite 20th-century French author and cineast, Marcel Pagnol. Emphasis is on the five principal sources of the comical in Molière's and in Pagnol's works, satirical parody and Pagnol's distinctive blending of the sublime and the grotesque. Films based on the authors' works and only plays by Molière not previously read for other French courses are studied. (GE3) Fralin
French 397 (3) - Séminaire avancé : La femme et l’écriture au XVIIIème siècle - topical description - Prerequisite: Three courses at the 300 level or permission of the instructor. This course focuses primarily on the writing of women in the age of enlightenment. Of particular interest are representative genres and issues which galvanized women. We study literary as well as anthropological texts that expose not only the status of and discourse on women in 18th-century France, but also women's perception of their status and role in a wider socio‑cultural and political context. Authors studied are Madame de LaFayette (17th century), Françoise de Graffigny, Madame de Tencin, Isabelle de Charrière, Marie Riccoboni, and essays on women by Antoine de Léonard Thomas, Diderot, and Madame d'Epinay. Supplementary texts, in the form of critical literary essays, are also on the reading list. (GE3) Kamara
Geology 101 (4) - General Geology - Cancelled
Geology 102 (3) - History and Evolution of the Earth - Cancelled
Geology 104 (3) - Planetary Geology - Cancelled
Geology 108 (3) - Origin and Evolution of Life - newly scheduled course
Geology 141 (3) - Global Climate Change -
offered first-six weeks only
Geology 185
(1) - Computer Applications in Geology - Cancelled
Geology 197
(3) - Geology of Our National Parks - topical description - This course focuses
on the geologic concepts and processes responsible for shaping our national
parks including mountain building, volcanic and earthquake activity,
sedimentation, weathering, erosion, and glaciation. Geology's impact on our
lives is explored using discussions about climate change, resource management,
acid rain, invasive species, etc. The course is appropriate for both science and
non‑science majors who wish to enhance their knowledge, enjoyment, and
appreciation of our National Parks. Bier
Geology 201 (3) - Oceanography - newly scheduled course
Geology 350 (3) - Structural Geology and Tectonics
- Cancelled
Geology 397 (3) - Climate and Tectonics - topical description - Seminar course
using recent literature and texts to explore the growing research field that is
exploring how climate impacts tectonics and vice versa. Bier
German (GERM)
German 395 (3) - The Fantastic in German Literature - Cancelled
Greek 302 (3) - Plato - topical description
History 104 (3) - Japan: Empire and the Atomic
Aftermath - title change
History 306 (3) - Seminar: Medieval and Renaissance Political Thought -
Cancelled
History 314 (3) - Germany, 1914-2000 - Cancelled
History 329A (3) - Modern France: 1940 to the Present - topical description -
Beginning with the French capitulation to Nazi Germany in 1940, this course
examines World War II and the Holocaust in France, postwar justice, the
development of the welfare state, the wars of liberation in Indochina and
Algeria, feminism in the 1960s, and current debates about the meaning of
multiculturalism. (GE4) DiCaprio
History 329B (3) - The Politics of Memory in Europe: World War I to the Present
- topical description - This seminar focuses on the role of memorialization
(museums, monuments, films, and photographic exhibits) in the creation of a
national consensus (an official and public memory) around historical events. We
examine the memorialization of World War I, the Spanish Civil War, World War II,
and the Holocaust in Germany and France, and the wars in the 1990s that led to
the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia. (GE4) DiCaprio
History 342 (3) - The United States, 1870-1900 - newly scheduled course
History 363 (3) - The South Since 1877 - Cancelled
History 369 (3) - History of Southern Women - topical description - A study of
women in the American South from colonial times to the contemporary era with
serious attention to class and race and the myths and realities of the female
experience considered within the context of American and southern history;
topics include but are not limited to, the image of the southern lady; southern
women and the Civil War; the club movement and suffrage; anti-lynching campaigns
and labor organizing; the civil-rights movement and Women's Liberation; and the
abortion controversy. (GE4) Ripley
History 380 (3) - Japan to 1800:From Shamans Samurai - Cancelled
Interdepartmental 102 (3) - Poverty: A Research
Seminar - newly scheduled course
Interdepartmental 120 (3) - Introduction to Women's Studies and Feminist Theory
- newly scheduled course
Interdepartmental 201 (3) - Information Technology Literacy - Newly scheduled course - Registration for this course is by invitation only from the course administrator. Students enrolled in the any one of the following courses after the drop add period will be invited to register: Accounting 201 or 202; Economics 101, 102, 201 or 203; Management 201 or 203; or Politics 201. Pass/Fail only (does not count toward limit of one pass/fail course per term). Credit does not count toward course load for a given term but is added to the student's record at the end of the term, so you must have a full load without counting this course.
Interdepartmental 240 (3) - Global Environmental
Governance - Cancelled
Interdepartmental 331 (3) - Global Stewardship Seminar - Cancelled
Interdepartmental 341 (3) - Medical Ethics - newly scheduled course
Journalism 295A (3) - Race, Gender and the Media - topical description - The course explores how mainstream news media cover race and gender in the United States, and race and gender as issues in newsrooms. It is taught by the Reynolds Distinguished Visiting Professor, John X. Miller, '79, public editor of the Detroit Free Press.
Journalism 295B (3) - Media Ownership and Control - topical description - Prerequisite: Junior standing. Appropriate for non‑majors, especially those in business and the social sciences. An examination of current issues in ownership, regulation and media performance. The course focuses on tensions between two forces: on one side, concentration of private control and commercialization of content and, on the other, preserving a robust public marketplace of ideas with journalism as an instrument of social and political accountability. Wasserman
Journalism 297 (3) - Topics in Public Science - topical description - Open to
majors and non-majors with at least sophomore standing. This course is a
co‑taught interdisciplinary study that considers the nature of scientific
journalism, in particular the difficulties of reporting on technical subjects
where both the journalist and the public might have limited scientific training.
Co-taught by journalism and chemistry faculty, the specific topics considered
include string theory, global warming, epidemics and pandemics, space
exploration, and weapons technology. Student work involves extensive writing.
For journalism majors in the communications sequence, this course fulfills the
second writing/professional course requirement. Richardson, Desjardins
Journalism 318 (3) - The Literature of Journalism - Cancelled
Journalism 352 (3) - Advanced Editing and Design for Print - Cancelled
Journalism 353 (3) - Contemporary Issues - Cancelled
Journalism 399 (3) - Contemporary Problems in Law and Journalism - Cancelled
Journalism 463 (3) - Communications Internship - newly scheduled course
Latin 302 (3) - Advanced Republican and Augustan
Verse - newly scheduled course
Latin 310 (3) - Letters of Cicero and Pliny - Cancelled
Literature in Translation (LIT)
Literature in Translation 262 (3) - German
Literature Before 1900 in Translation - Cancelled
Literature in Translation 295A (3) - Exile and
Homeland in French Caribbean Novels - topical description - This course does not
count as a core or related course for the French or the Romance Language major.
A study of images and themes related to the central antithesis of exile and
homeland omnipresent in the rich, sociologically and esthetically relevant
literary production of post‑colonial French West Indian authors. Of particular
interest are five novels written by contemporaries or immediate precursors of
Toni Morrison: Nobel Prize candidate Édouard Glissant and Maryse Condé, both of
whom have lectured at W&L, as well as Jacques Roumain, Joseph Zobel and Simone
Schwarz‑Bart. Four essays, three film viewings and ultimate synthesis of the
course in a written short‑answer final exam are required. Rewriting the first
and second essays may be necessary while regular attendance and spontaneous
discussion are also essential. (GE3) Fralin
Literature in Translation 295B (3) - German Film Adaptations - topical description - Have you ever wondered how a text is adapted to the screen? Conducted in English, this course examines both the history and theory of film adaptation by studying how directors such as Lang, Fassbinder, Herzog, Petersen, Schlöndorff, and von Trotta treat and transform major literary works by Mann, Fontane, Frisch, and Böll into moving pictures. (GE3). Kramer
Literature in Translation 295C (3) - The Fantastic
in German Literature in Translation - topical description - The course begins
with a examination of what the "fantastic" means in literature. Common examples
include Alice in Wonderland, Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter. The course
begins with the fantastic in late 18th- and early 19th-century German
literature. Examples from the 20th century are Kafka, Seghers, and Michael Ende
(Neverending Story). (GE3) Dickens
Mathematics (MATH)
Mathematics 383 (3) - Seminar - Cancelled
Mathematics 401A (1) - Introduction to Actuarial Science (Probability) -
Prerequisites: Mathematics 309 and permission of the instructor. This course
introduces students to actuarial science and prepares them for the actuarial
exam on probability. Dresden and Vinson
Mathematics 401B (1) - Introduction to Actuarial Science (Financial Mathematics)
- Prerequisites: Mathematics 102 and permission of the instructor. This course
introduces students to actuarial science and prepares them for the actuarial
exam on financial mathematics. Dresden and Vinson
Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MRST)
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 110A(3) -
Western Encounters with the Islamic World: Events, Texts, Images - topical
description - The Moslem attacks on southern France in the later 8th century,
the Crusades, the travels of Western merchants in Asia and the Middle East, and
Turkish conquest of Constantinople and the Balkans - these events sparked
Western European communities and their writers to imagine Islamic cultures and
their leaders from the 11th century to the 16th. In a prelude, we examine how
the Arab world imagined itself, Islamdom, by reading tales from the great
medieval story collection, The Arabian Nights. Then we read an eye‑witness
account of the First Crusade and The Song of Roland - two early medieval
narratives of combat between hostile religions and cultures. In contrast, we
read stories which celebrate those international activities which brought
Christians and Moslems together - chivalry (with its code of honor), pilgrimage,
trade, and travel - considering how they portray cultural differences and the
cultural practices which may overcome those differences. Finally we look briefly
at the early modern resurgence of Western stories representing militant Islam.
(GE3) Craun
Military Science (MS)
Military Science: Any W&L student may enroll in
Army ROTC courses for degree credit at VMI. You should sign up for the "ghost"
course MS 100, 200, 300 or 400 during W&L registration, depending on which
course sequence you will be taking at VMI. No specific REGISTRATION permission
is required. These W&L registrations are not graded and do not count toward your
term course load. You will receive transfer credit from VMI upon completion of
each course with a grade of C or better. Check the VMI ROTC web page, phone
464.7351 (Ms. Kathy Ruffin) at VMI, or see the W&L University Registrar.
Music (MUS)
Music: Applied music courses (lessons) numbered in the 140s, 240s, 340s, and 440s, incur an additional fee charged after registration. No request for refunds will be accepted after drop/add period.
Music 233 (3) - Introduction to 20th Century Music
- Cancelled
Music 332 (3) - Baroque Music - Cancelled
Neuroscience (NEUR)
Neuroscience 395 (3)- Neuropharmacology - topical description - Prerequisites: Psychology 111 or Neuroscience 120 and permission of instructor. This course combines lecture and seminar elements to explore the molecular and cellular bases for drug action in the nervous system. The course begins with an overview of quantitative pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and then proceeds to examinations of major psychoactive drug classes, with reference to recent literature on their mechanisms of action. Finally, current theories to account for compulsive drug misuse are discussed. The role of neuropharmacology in the growth of our understanding of normal neurochemical function is emphasized throughout. R. Stewart
Philosophy 102 (3) - Problems of Philosophy -
Cancelled
Philosophy 205 (3) - Philosophy of Language - Cancelled
Philosophy 212 (3) - Philosophy and Religion - Cancelled
Philosophy 215 (3) - Social Inequality and Fair Opportunity - newly scheduled
course - An exploration of the different range of opportunities available to
various social groups, including racial, ethnic and sexual minorities, women,
and the poor. Topics include how to define fair equality of opportunity, the
social mechanisms that play a role in expanding and limiting opportunity, legal
and group-initiated strategies aimed at effecting fair equality of opportunity
and the theoretical foundations of these strategies, as well as an analysis of
the concepts of equality, merit and citizenship, and their value to individuals
and society. (GE4c) Bell.
Philosophy 256 (3) - Philosophy and Literature - newly scheduled course
Philosophy 265 (3) - Nietzsche - Cancelled
Philosophy 301 (3) - Metaphysics - newly scheduled course
Philosophy 311 (3) - Wittgenstein - Cancelled
Philosophy 314 (3) - Heidegger - newly scheduled course
Physical Education - IMPORTANT -- Read the instructions for PE registration at Physical Education 195 (0) - Outdoor activities - Cancelled Physics 208 (3) - Electronics - newly scheduled course
registrar.wlu.edu/registration/regpe.htm
and the departmental information at
athletics.wlu.edu/physical_education/
Students may express a preference for up to three skills courses as part of Web
registration. These preferences will be examined after the academic schedule is
set and, if open and not in conflict with the academic courses, one may be
placed in the schedule. Changes or additional sections may still be handled
during the drop/add period.
Physical Education - The following courses have an additional charge, billed to
the student's account after registration:
PE 167-Snow Skiing/Boarding, PE 168-Ice Skating, PE 178-Ballet, PE 179-Modern
Dance, PE 304-First Aid/CPR, PE 312-Lifeguard Training
Politics (POL)
Politics 295 (3) - International Development - topical description - A study of international development and human capability, with a focus on Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The course analyzes theories to explain development successes and failures, with a focus on the structures, institutions, and actors that shape human societies and social change. Key questions include measuring economic growth and poverty, discussing the roles of states and markets in development, and examining the role of industrialized countries in reducing global poverty. The course explores links between politics and other social sciences and humanities. Dickovick.
Politics 370 (3) - James Madison's America - topical description - Prerequisites: Politics 100 and permission of the instructor. The course explores the "combining mind" of James Madison, who as a theorist and practitioner understood the need to bridge theory and practice. Madison was not a philosopher and not a particularly successful president, yet he was an effective legislator and he is often called "the Founder" and the "Father of the Constitution." Madison understood that practice completes political philosophy; therefore, the course focuses on the contemporary relevance of the enduring tensions between political principles and political practice. Among other questions, we explore: Was Madison a Federalist or an Anti-Federalist - or both? Why was Madison a more effective legislator than president? And, is it true that James Madison still rules America today? Connelly
Politics 395 (3) - Conflict Analysis - topical description - No prerequisites. Open to majors and non-majors of all classes. Satisfies the comparative politics / international relations field requirement or elective credit in the major. Recommended for students seeking civilian or military careers at the international level. Principles of strategic choice applied to states in bilateral conflicts under anarchy. Strategies include military spending, inter-state bargaining (amid both constant and shifting balances of power), coalition-formation, and force (from intervention through limited wars of attrition up to unlimited wars of annihilation). Students independently research the efficiency of selected US strategies with simulated data (on a prospective Iran-US war) and documentary data (United Nations). Contact: mccaughrinc@wlu.edu McCaughrin
Poverty and Human Capability (INTR, POV)
Psychology 240 (3) - Adult Development and Aging -
Cancelled
Psychology 251 (3) - Experimental Psychology: Learning and Retention - Cancelled
Psychology 351 (3) - Directed Research in Cognition - Cancelled
Psychology 352 (3) - Directed Research in Sensation Measurement and Perception -
Cancelled
Psychology 359 (3) - Directed Research in Social Psychology - newly scheduled
course
Psychology 395A (3) - Special Topics: Gender Roles - topical description
Psychology 395B (3) - Special Topics: Neuopharmacology - topical description
Public Speaking (PSPK)
Public Speaking 203 (3) - Forensic Seminar - Cancelled
Public Speaking 403 (3) - Medical Terminology - topical description - This course teaches medical terminology for anatomy, diseases, etc., via a student‑directed textbook with weekly quizzes and a final examination. Ryan
Religion 100 (3) - Introduction to Religion -
newly scheduled course
Religion 105 (3) - Introduction to Islam and Judaism - Cancelled
Religion 195 (3) - Introduction to American Indian Religions - topical
description -- This class will introduce students to some of the dominant
themes, values, beliefs, and practices found among the religions of North
America's Indian peoples. The first part of the course will explore the
importance of sacred power, landscape, and community in traditional Indian
spiritualities and rituals. It will then examine some of the changes that have
occurred in these traditions as a result of western expansion and dominance from
the 18th through early 20th centuries. The course will finally consider some of
the issues and problems confronting contemporary American Indian religions.
(GE4) Markowitz
Religion/Sociology 200 (3) - Religion and American Social Institutions -
Cancelled
Religion 210 (3) - Approaches to the Study of Religion -Cancelled
Religion 212 (3) - Philosophy and Religion - Cancelled
Religion 221 (3) - Sociology of Religion - Cancelled
Religion 280 (3) - Islam - revised description - After introductory studies of
the Quran, Islamic ritual, law, art, and theology, we study Sunni fundamentalism
through Milestones by Sayyid Qutb, and read selections from a range of
contemporary books debating the direction of Islam in the world today, such as
Progressive Muslims, What's Right about Islam, What's Wrong with Islam, and
Taking Back Islam. (GE4) Marks
Religion 295 (3) - Social Science and Religion - topical description -
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructors. This course
examines classical and contemporary literature in the social scientific analyses
of religion, including anthropology, sociology, and psychology. The class begins
with an examination of fundamental ontological and epistemological debates
regarding the nature and goals of social scientific inquiry and continues with a
relating of the alternative positions taken in these debates to specific
approaches employed by social scientists -- including materialist,
functionalist, and phenomenological -- and their implications for understanding
such phenomena as the origin of religion and its psychological and social
functions. Finally, implications for truth claims concerning religion and social
science are addressed. The course is designed as a seminar with extensive
student participation. (GE4) Markowitz and White
Russian 100 (1) - Introduction to Russian
Language - Cancelled
Russian 315 (3) - 19th Century Russian Literature - newly scheduled course
Russian Area Studies (RAS)
Sociology/Religion 200 (3) - Religion and
American Social Institutions - Cancelled
Sociology 221 (3) - Sociology of Religion - Cancelled
Sociology 246 (3) - Post-Communism and New Democracies - Cancelled
Sociology 266 (3) - Cities and Regions - newly scheduled course
Sociology 280 (3) - Male and Female Roles in Society - Cancelled
Spanish 212 (3) - Spanish-American Civilization
and Culture - newly scheduled course
Spanish 316 (3) - Contemporary Spanish Poetry - revised description -
Prerequisites: Spanish 207 and 215. A study of the themes and techniques of
20th-century Spanish poetry in relation to key historical moments of the period.
Attention is given to modernism and postmodernism and to the cultural contexts
informing them in Spain: the Spanish Civil War, the Franco dictatorship and the
post-Franco period. Representative authors include Antonio Machado, Juan Ramón
Jiménez, Federico García Lorca, Rafael Alberti, Gloria Fuertes, and José Ángel
Valente. (GE3) West-Settle
Spanish 317 (3) - Contemporary Spanish American Novel - Cancelled
Spanish 396 (3) - Latin American Seminar: Poesía latinoamericana ‑ topical
description - Prerequisites: Spanish 207 and 215. Instruction orients
participants to an understanding of the development of the poetry in Latin
America from early to present times. It includes a comprehensive study of the
texts and works of the most relevant poets in the Hispanic speaking world today
including U.S Hispanic poetry. May include representative works by Neruda, Martí,
Darío, Paz, Huidobro and Parra. Interactive analysis approach. (GE3) Mereles
Olivera
Theater 100 (3) - Introduction to Theater - newly
scheduled course
Theater 141 (3) - Acting I - newly scheduled course
Theater 241 (3) - Acting II- newly scheduled course
Theater 395 (3) - Dramaturgy and Production Seminar - topical description -
(GE4) Mish.
Theater 397 (3) - Seminar in Theater Topics - Cancelled
University Scholars 203 (3) - Science, Politics and the International Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction. This team-taught course addresses the science, technology and political issues associated with the proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. Students study scientific/technological aspects of the acquisition and use of modern weapons of mass destruction and the issues surrounding the weapons programs of Iran, North Korea, India and Pakistan. The effectiveness of nonproliferation treaties and policies are reviewed and consideration is given to new national and international initiatives to reduce or control the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Writing intensive course. University Scholars seeking to fulfill the science seminar requirement may petition the director for permission to count this seminar as UNIV 202. Settle and Strong
Women's Studies: Students interested in Women's
Studies should plan to take Interdepartmental 120 (3), Introduction to Women's
Studies and Feminist Theory, in the spring. This course now meets the
requirement for credits (but not for one of the two areas) under GE 4. A list of
other spring term courses from other departments that qualify for Women's
Studies credits will appear on the program Web site: http://womensstudies.wlu.edu/
. Students seeking the required capstone for the Program in Women's Studies should
speak with Prof. Radulescu and with Prof. Deborah Miranda about her Winter 2006
course, English 380A (3), Advanced Seminar: Women of Color and Feminism in
Literature.