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Course Descriptions

Students planning a program of study or concentration are urged to review program requirements and course descriptions before meeting with their advisors. Not all courses listed here are taught every year, and students should consult the Course Schedule on the Wheaton website for information about offerings in a particular semester. Courses are numbered to indicate levels of advancement as follows: 100–199, elementary or introductory; 200–299, intermediate; 300 and above, advanced. Departments often design new courses, either to be offered on a one-time basis or an experimental basis, before deciding whether to make them a regular part of the curriculum.  These courses are numbered 098, 198, 298 or 398.

Information is available online through WINDOW about prerequisites that must be completed before enrolling in a course, as well as the curriculum and general education requirements that a course fulfills. Most courses are offered for one course credit; a course credit at Wheaton is the equivalent of four semester hours.
 

Interdepartmental Courses
  

  • INT 198 - STEM Leadership for Inclusive Excellence

    This course is designed for Wheaton students interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) who are motivated to develop their leadership skills and apply them to issues of inclusive excellence on campus. Throughout the semester, students will engage in personal skills assessment, hands-on leadership exercises, and collaborative problem-solving opportunities. Student will utilize their collaborative leadership skills to develop a proposal for an on-campus inclusive excellence project that addresses a potential barrier to student success in STEM at Wheaton. All students who complete this course will be eligible for a paid fellowship through funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to complete their proposed Inclusive Excellence project on campus in a future semester. · The course is open to all students interested in STEM. · First-generation students and students of color interested in STEM are encouraged to apply for the course. · Students do not need to be a declared STEM major. First-year and sophomores are encouraged to apply.

    Credits .5



    Notes
    Permission of Instructor

    Area
    Natural Science

    Division
    Natural Sciences

    Compass Attributes
    Natural Science, Structure/Power/Inequality
  

  • INT 220 - Race and Racism: Building an Anti-Racist Society

    Join us for a semester-long conversation around race and racism designed to prepare us all to work toward creating an anti-racist society. We will explore the historical, legal, socio-cultural, economic, and political structures that produce and sustain inequality and will focus the final third of the class on effective social change practices. We will examine criminal justice/policing, healthcare/health, and voting throughout the course but will also examine other critical sites of inequality. While we will focus on race, we will be attentive to the ways that race intersects with ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, gender identity, and more. While the focus will be on race and racism in the United States, we will put this in context by examining racialization in other regions and nations.

    Throughout the class, we will examine questions about ourselves and our own community. What does it mean to be anti-racist? How do we learn to listen to others, to develop a language to talk about race, to be open to change? How do we challenge ourselves to use what we learn to make change in our own lives and our own communities?

    Credits 1



    Area
    Social Sciences

    Division
    Social Science

    Compass Attributes
    Social Science, Structure/Power/Inequality, Taylor and Lane Scholars
  

  • INT 225 - Maritime History

    Offered through the Marine Studies Consortium.

    Credits 1



    Area
    History

    Division
    Social Sciences

    Compass Attributes
    Social Science
  

  • INT 250 - Bhutanese Language and Culture

    Wheaton Study Abroad. Course taught in Bhutan.

    Credits 1



    Foundation
    Beyond the West
  

  • INT 260 - Contemporary Bhutanese

    Wheaton Study Abroad. Course taught in Bhutan.

    Credits 1



    Foundation
    Beyond the West
  

  • INT 298 - May Fellows Colloquium

    An intensive, project-based opportunity for May Fellows to research and develop original solutions to pressing problems. Participants with diverse academic interests work in collaborative teams to understand and respond to an aspect of an annual theme such as Climate Change. Projects may manifest in a variety of tangible formats such as written policy, app design, invented prototypes, or public art proposals. Participants will share their work publically.
  

  • INT 320 - Fab Academy

    Fab Academy (https://fabacademy.org/) is a very intensive distributed training program in digital fabrication. This is “a fast paced, hands-on learning experience where students learn rapid-prototyping by planning and executing a new project each week, resulting in a personal portfolio of technical accomplishments”, organized by the Fab Foundation and led by Neil Gershenfeld. Wheaton’s network of FabLabs offer this experience to dedicated students who wish to take a deeper dive into the realm of making almost anything. This course requires students be on campus from the beginning of the Spring semester until mid-June.

    Prerequisites
    One of the following courses is required to enroll in this course: Intro to Digital Fabrication, Electronic Circuits, Introductory Physics II or Industrial Design. Permission of Instructor. 

    Credits 2



    Notes
    This course requires students be on campus from the beginning of the Spring semester until mid-June.

    Area
    Creative Arts, Math and Computer Science, Natural Sciences

    Division
    Arts and Humanities, Natural Sciences

    Foundation
    Quantitative Analysis

    Compass Attributes
    Creative Arts, Natural Sciences, Quantitative Analysis, Sophomore Experience
  

  • INT 360 - Practicum in Bhutan

    Wheaton Study Abroad. Course taught in Bhutan.

    Credits 1
  

  • INT 499 - Independent Research

    Credits 1

International Relations
  

  • IR 199 - Independent Study

    An opportunity to do independent work in a particular area not included in the regular courses.

    Credits 1
  

  • IR 399 - Independent Study

    An opportunity to do independent work in a particular area not included in the regular courses.

    Credits 1
  

  • IR 402 - Senior Seminar

    Topics vary by semester. See course schedule for details. 

     

    Prerequisites
    Senior International Relations Major

    Credits 1
  

  • IR 499 - Independent Research

    Offered to selected majors at the invitation of the department.

    Credits 1
  

  • IR 500 - Individual Research

    Selected majors are invited by the department to pursue individual research in preparation for writing an Honors Thesis.

    Prerequisites
    Permission of Instructor

    Credits 1

Italian Studies
  

  • IR 299 - Independent Study

    An opportunity to do independent work in a particular area not included in the regular courses.

    Credits 1
  

  • ITAS 098 - Fashion, Sex and the City

    What is fashion? Is it just about appearances? Is it only about clothing? How does fashion relate to literary and audiovisual culture, politics, ideology, philosophy? What role did fashion play in shaping the world as we know it? How has Italy contributed to the “fashion system”? In order to answer these questions, “Fashion, Sex and the City” explores the birth and development of fashion in Italy between the 14th and the 21st centuries, highlighting the links between clothing and gender, cultural and national identity, and fashion, seduction, eroticism and morality in Italian literary and visual culture.  

    Prerequisites
    ITAS 200  or permission of instructor.  Open only to students enrolled in ITAS 310  

    Credits .5



    Notes
    Course taught in Italian
  

  • ITAS 098 - Italian Popular Film Genres

    This course explores post-war Italian cinema beyond the neorealist and European auteur canons, focusing instead on the rise of popular film genres between the late 1950s and the late 1970s: peplum, gothic horror, spaghetti western, mondo documentary and giallo.  In the context of the profound cultural changes brought forth by the economic “boom” and the impact of television on film production, distribution and exhibition, we will see how different genres and sub-genres reflect increasing anxiety about modernization, globalization, shifting gender roles and political unrest. 

    Prerequisites
    ITAS 200  or permission of instructor.

    Credits .5



    Notes
    Course taught in Italian.  Open only to students enrolled in ITAS 225 .
  

  • ITAS 098 - Love and Marriage

    This course explores the evolution of the representation of love and marriage in modern Italian literature and cinema. Through the close reading of a diverse sample of “high” and popular culture, from 19th century romantic novels to 20th century horror films, we will examine the cultural and gender anxiety produced y urbanization process, social change and women’s emancipation in modern Italy. This course is taught completely in Italian.  Register under ITAS 250  

    Prerequisites
    Only open to students enrolled in ITAS 250  

    Credits 1



    Notes
    Course is taught in Italian
  

  • ITAS 099 - Selected Topics

    An opportunity to do independent work in a particular area not included in the regular courses.

    Credits .5
  

  • ITAS 101 - Basic Italian

    A yearlong course conducted by intensive oral method for students with no preparation in the language. Its goal is to provide more than a basic knowledge of Italian by developing the fundamental skills: understanding, speaking, reading, writing and cultural awareness. Four class meetings per week plus work in the language laboratory and media center.

    Credits 1



    Notes
    Open only to students who have not studied Italian

    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language
  

  • ITAS 102 - Basic Italian

    Continuation of ITAS 101 .

    Prerequisites
    ITAS 101  

    Credits 1



    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language
  

  • ITAS 150 - Intermediate Italian

    This intensive one-semester course provides further development and practice of all language skills. Comprehensive grammar review, with activities designed to enhance listening, speaking, reading, writing and cultural awareness. Four class meetings per week plus work in the language laboratory and media center.

    Prerequisites
    ITAS 102 , Placement Exam, or Permission of Department

    Credits 1



    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language, Global Honors
  

  • ITAS 198 - Italian Fairytales

    In this course we will trace the origins of some of the most well-known fairy tales of the Italian tradition, such as Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. We will discuss screen adaptations, including those of Disney, and examine how fairy tale subjects and motifs have shaped our popular culture. We will also examine these fairy tales from the perspective of gender, psychoanalysis, and social history.

    Credits 1
  

  • ITAS 199 - Selected Topics

    An opportunity to do independent work in a particular area not included in the regular courses.

    Credits 1
  

  • ITAS 200 - Advanced Intermediate Italian

    Reading and discussion in Italian of Italian texts (drama, novel, short stories, poetry). Nonliterary texts such as films and music included. Designed to improve the students’ ability to communicate orally and to express themselves in written Italian; to broaden their understanding of the Italian world; to introduce them to contemporary Italian writers. Four class meetings per week plus work in the language laboratory and media center.

    Prerequisites
    ITAS 150 , Placement Exam, or Permission of Department

    Credits 1



    Area
    Humanities

    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language, Global Honors, Humanities
  

  • ITAS 220 - Advanced Oral and Written Communication: Composition and Conversation

    This course is designed to improve the student’s speaking and writing skills in Italian at an advanced level and will develop fluid conversational and writing skills through intensive practice. Three class meetings per week plus work in the language laboratory and media center.

    Prerequisites
    ITAS 200 , Placement Exam, or Permission of Instructor

    Credits 1



    Notes
    Course taught in Italian

    Area
    Humanities

    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language, Global Honors, Humanities
  

  • ITAS 225 - Italian Popular Film Genres

    This course explores post-war Italian cinema beyond the neorealist and European auteur canons, focusing instead on popular film genres between the late 1950s and the late 1970s: peplum, gothic horror, spaghetti western, mondo documentary and giallo. In the context of the profound cultural changes brought forth by the economic “boom” and by the global cultural flows on Italian film production, distribution and exhibition, the course will adopt a bifocal perspective. On the one hand, we will see how Italian popular genres reflect increasing anxiety about modernization, political unrest, globalization and shifting gender roles. On the other hand, we will discuss the transnational dimension of Italian popular cinema as the result of a complex process of negotiation between national cultures and appropriation of foreign meanings.

    Credits 1



    Notes
    Course taught in English.

    Area
    Humanities

    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Compass Attributes
    Global Honors, Humanities
  

  • ITAS 235 - Women in Modern Italy

    An interdisciplinary study of the dramatic shifts in women’s roles from the late 19th to the 21st  C., from a social, political, scientific, economic and artistic perspective. Topics include: migration and colonialism; the complex treatment of women under fascism; representations of women as wives and mothers; women in the workforce; women’s political victories (suffrage and divorce); personal and collective struggles for sexual self-determination; the place of women writers in the Italian literary canon. Readings include Sibilla Aleramo’s famous autobiographical novel, A Woman (1906), and works by Maria Messina, Dacia Maraini, Alba De Céspedes. Lectures, discussions, readings, films and papers in English. Italian majors and minors may select to do readings and papers in Italian.

    Credits 1



    Notes
    Course taught in English.  Cross-referenced with WGS 235  

    Area
    Humanities

    Connection
    23006

    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language, Global Honors, Humanities, Structure/Power/Inequality, Taylor and Lane Scholars
  

  • ITAS 250 - Love and Marriage

    This course explores the evolution of the representation of love and marriage in modern Italian literature and cinema. Through the close reading of a diverse sample of “high” and popular culture, from 19th century romantic novels to 20th century horror films, we will examine the cultural and gender anxiety produced y urbanization process, social change and women’s emancipation in modern Italy.

    Credits 1



    Notes
    Course taught in English.  Cross-listed with WGS 251  

    Area
    Humanities

    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Compass Attributes
    Global Honors, Humanities, Structure/Power/Inequality, Taylor and Lane Scholars
  

  • ITAS 260 - Italian Civilization

    This course will focus mainly on the history of modern Italy and its political place in Europe. Topics will include the Risorgimento, WWI, Fascism, WW II, economic recovery, Made in Italy label, organized crime, the phenomenon of migration, the Italian family, divorce, abortion, and gender issues in Italy. Selected literary texts will help better understand the richness of the Italian culture.

    Credits 1



    Notes
    Course taught in English

    Area
    Humanities

    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language, Global Honors, Humanities
  

  • ITAS 283 - Cultures of Globalization

    Postcolonial Latin America is the location of theoretical production that challenges the assumptions of western epistemologies. This class will examine what intellectuals, artists, and Latin American authors have said about Latin American culture vis-à-vis the historical consequences of colonization and world systems that place Latin America in the margins. Some of the key concepts this class will discuss are: Indigenous cultures, imperialism, nation building, neoliberalism, subaltern groups, and forms of resistance. This class focuses on some of the foundational texts for Latin American Cultural Studies and theories as well as Global South Studies.

    Credits 1



    Notes
    Cross-listed with HISP 283 Cultures of Globalization  

    Area
    Humanities

    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Foundation
    Beyond the West

    Compass Attributes
    Humanities
  

  • ITAS 290 - Interculturality

    This interdisciplinary course explores the powerful impact of culture in different professional sectors. Students will explore the processes involved in the dynamic formation of cultures, diverse global and glocal cultural perspectives, a basic understanding of cultural diversity, and knowledge of the ways in which language expresses culture. The course will examine theories and conceptual frameworks surrounding ideas of multiculturalism, transculturalism, and interculturality. Each of these concepts and frameworks approaches the study of cultures, communities, identities, subjectivities, and agency differently. What are the limitations of these rubrics? Do they imply assimilation in disguise? Does intercultural communication contribute to conflict resolution and if so, to what extent?. Students will acquire expertise in dealing with a wide variety of cultural situations, challenges and paradigms, thus learning practical skills that will be useful for their personal and future professional development

    Credits 1



    Notes
    Cross-listed with HISP 290  

    Area
    Humanities

    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Foundation
    Beyond the West

    Compass Attributes
    Global Honors, Humanities, Structure/Power/Inequality, Taylor and Lane Scholars
  

  • ITAS 298 - Food in Italian Imagination

    This interdisciplinary course will deconstruct the myth of “Italian food” by exploring the paradoxical nature of Italy’s relationship with food, which, over the centuries, has been marked by hunger and abundance. We will study food in Italian culture as literary and artistic symbol, culinary history, social convention, geographical difference, political tool, and gendered sign. Readings will be drawn from literature, art manifestos, cookbooks, and essays. Topics will include origins and roles of certain ingredients, DOP designations, Mediterranean Diet, Slow Food movement, Italian American variations, and contemporary shifts in Italian eating patterns as a result of globalization.  Course taught in Italian.

    Credits 1
  

  • ITAS 298 - Italy & the Transnational Experience

    Italy has been marked by movement in and out of the country since its unification in 1861. More than 4 million Italians came to the U.S. between 1880-1920. Today in Italy there are over 5 million people from Central Europe, Africa, and other areas. How does a transnational experience of Italy impact one’s relationship with language, identity, culture, and home? What challenges and opportunities arise from transnational movement? This course undertakes an examination of some key contemporary transnational experiences from a sociological, historical, literary and linguistic perspective. The course is conducted in Italian, but many readings will be in English.

    Prerequisites
    ITAS 200  

    Credits 1
  
  

  • ITAS 299 - Selected Topics

    An opportunity to do independent work in a particular area not included in the regular courses.

    Credits 1
  

  • ITAS 301 - Transnational Internship/Practicum

    This internship course is designed to provide students with a personal experience of learning and working in an organization/business. This half-credit seminar aims to complement students’ immersion in a transnational and transcultural professional working environment. Students will learn how to observe, interact with co-workers, recognize cultural differences, compare teamwork and interpersonal interactions in different cultures, apply academic knowledge in a professional setting, and to identify opportunities to create value within the company. The goal of the internship is to offer a transnational and cross-cultural window into the world that illuminates and complements the classroom learning: connecting the interdisciplinary knowledge and the liberal arts study with the professional world. Students will reflect critically and constructively on their academic internship and figure out how they would like to build on their internship experiences. To achieve this goal, the internship will help meld together the personal, the cultural and the professional; through the internship and its debriefing seminar, students will reflect on the meanings of the cultural implications of globalization and how it has affected the career paths available and the organization of work. Students will apply critical cultural studies learning to shape public action.

    Credits .5



    Notes
    Cross-list with HISP 301  

    Area
    Humanities

    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Foundation
    Beyond the West

    Compass Attributes
    Humanities, Sophomore Experience
  

  • ITAS 305 - Infernos, Brothels and Courts

    From Dante’s Inferno to Boccaccio’s Decameron, from Machiavelli’s court to the literary salons of the Venetian courtesans, we discover that infernos, brothels and courts are powerfully charged spaces in the Medieval and Renaissance imagination. This course will explore the social and metaphorical representations and functions of these structures.

    Prerequisites
    ITAS 220  or Permission of Instructor

    Credits 1



    Notes
    Course taught in Italian

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language, Global Honors
  

  • ITAS 310 - Fashion, Sex and the City

    What is fashion? Is it just about clothing and appearances? How does fashion relate to material culture, art, politics, ideology? How has Italy contributed to the development of the fashion system? What is the origin of the “Made in Italy” and how did it transform the country into a global economic powerhouse? In order to answer these questions, “Fashion, Sex and the City” explores the development of fashion in Italy between the 14th and the 21st centuries, highlighting the links between clothing, gender and urban development; appearance, eroticism and morality; the fashion industry, national identity and globalization. (Taught in English)

    Credits 1



    Notes
    Course taught in English.  Cross-listed with WGS 301  

    Area
    Humanities

    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Compass Attributes
    Global Honors, Humanities
  

  • ITAS 315 - Food in Italian Imagination

    This interdisciplinary course will deconstruct the myth of “Italian food” by exploring the paradoxical nature of Italy’s relationship with food, which, over the centuries, has been marked by hunger and abundance. We will study food in Italian culture as literary and artistic symbol, culinary history, social convention, geographical difference, political tool, and gendered sign. Readings will be drawn from literature, art manifestos, cookbooks, and essays. Topics will include origins and roles of certain ingredients, DOP designations, Mediterranean Diet, Slow Food movement, Italian American variations, and contemporary shifts in Italian eating patterns as a result of globalization.

    Prerequisites
    ITAS 220  or Permission of Instructor

    Credits 1



    Notes
    Course taught in Italian

    Area
    Humanities

    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language, Global Honors, Humanities
  

  • ITAS 330 - Modern Italian Theatre

    This course explores the shifting zones between stage and audience, between written text and social intervention. Beginning with Pirandello’s seminal masterpiece, Six Characters in Search of an Author, students will explore the radical artistic and political potential of theatre in modern Italian society. Readings and viewings may include: avant-garde Futurist theatre; De Filippo’s Neapolitan theatre; Martinelli’s Afro-Italian collaborations; and works by Betti, Pasolini, Maraini, Ginzburg and the renowned Fo-Rame team.

    Prerequisites
    ITAS 200  or above

    Credits 1



    Area
    Humanities

    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language, Humanities, Structure/Power/Inequality, Taylor and Lane Scholars
  

  • ITAS 398 - Italy & the Transnational Experience

    Italy has been marked by movement in and out of the country since its unification in 1861. More than 4 million Italians came to the U.S. between 1880-1920. Today in Italy there are over 5 million people from Central Europe, Africa, and other areas. How does a transnational experience of Italy impact one’s relationship with language, identity, culture, and home? What challenges and opportunities arise from transnational movement? This course undertakes an examination of some key contemporary transnational experiences from a sociological, historical, literary and linguistic perspective. The course is conducted in Italian, but many readings will be in English.

    Credits 1
  

  • ITAS 399 - Selected Topics

    Offered to selected majors at the invitation of the department.

    Credits 1
  

  • ITAS 499 - Independent Research

    Offered to selected majors at the invitation of the department.
  

  • ITAS 500 - Individual Research

    Selected majors are invited by the department to pursue individual research in preparation for writing an Honors Thesis.

    Credits 1

Japanese
  

  • JAPN 099 - Independent Study

    An opportunity to do independent work in a particular area not included in the regular courses.

    Credits .5
  

  • JAPN 101 - Elementary Japanese I

    Students will develop the four basic skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing at an elementary level in Japanese. Culturally appropriate communicative skills and an accurate command of basic grammar will be emphasized. Students will master the basic pronunciation of Japanese, and learn the Hiragana and Katakana syllabaries, as well as 58 Kanji. Three weekly class meetings, and language laboratory work.

    Credits 1



    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language
  

  • JAPN 102 - Elementary Japanese II

    Students will continue to develop the four basic skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing at a beginning level in Japanese. Culturally appropriate communicative skills and an accurate command of basic grammar will be emphasized. Students will learn more useful expressions which can be used in daily lives, further grammar, more vocabularies and Kanji. Three weekly class meetings, and language laboratory work.

    Credits 1



    Notes
    Course includes one additional hour lab.

    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language
  

  • JAPN 199 - Independent Study

    An opportunity to do independent work in a particular area not included in the regular courses.

    Credits 1
  

  • JAPN 201 - Intermediate Japanese I

    Students will continue to develop the four basic skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing at an intermediate level in Japanese. Culturally appropriate communicative skills and an accurate command of basic grammar will be emphasized.

    Credits 1



    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language
  

  • JAPN 202 - Intermediate Japanese II

    Students will continue to develop the four basic skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing at an intermediate level in Japanese. Culturally appropriate communicative skills and an accurate command of basic grammar will be emphasized.

    Credits 1



    Notes
    Course includes one additional hour lab.

    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language
  

  • JAPN 299 - Independent Study

    An opportunity to do independent work in a particular area not included in the regular courses.

    Credits 1
  

  • JAPN 301 - Advanced Japanese

    Advanced Japanese is offered at the discretion of the faculty member and meets concurrently with JAPN 201 . This advanced course provides students with further development and practice of all language skills.

    Credits 1
  

  • JAPN 302 - Advanced Japanese

    Advanced Japanese is offered at the discretion of the faculty member and meets concurrently with JAPN 202 . This advanced course provides students with further development and practice of all language skills.

    Credits 1
  

  • JAPN 399 - Independent Study

    An opportunity to do independent work in a particular area not included in the regular courses.

    Credits 1
  

  • JAPN 499 - Independent Study

    An opportunity to do independent work in a particular area not included in the regular courses.

    Credits 1

Latin
  

  • LAT 099 - Independent Study

    An opportunity to do independent work in a particular area not included in the regular courses.

    Credits 1
  

  • LAT 099 - Independent Study

    An opportunity to do independent work in a particular area not included in the regular courses.

    Credits .5
  

  • LAT 101 - Elementary Latin

    A two-semester course that covers the essential grammar of classical Latin and introduces students to the reading of simple Latin prose. Resources in the audio lab and the computer lab will assist students in proper pronunciation and in drill and review.

    Credits 1



    Notes
    Course requires one hour lab.

    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language
  

  • LAT 150 - Review of Latin

    A one-semester review of Latin forms and syntax for students who have had some highschool Latin but not enough to be ready for intermediate-level, author-based courses; this course is designed to prepare students for Intermediate Latin in the spring. Offered every fall; students must first take the Department’s placement test.

    Credits 1



    Notes
    LAT 150 may count as a Foreign Language course, but only when taken as preparation for a 200-level course.

    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language
  

  • LAT 199 - Independent Study

    An opportunity to do independent work in a particular area not included in the regular courses.

    Credits 1
  

  • LAT 211 - From Romulus to Rome

    The legendary history of Rome. Selections from the Roman historians, primarily Livy; the relationship between myth and history in the Romans’ view of their origins.

    Credits 1



    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language, Global Honors, Humanities
  

  • LAT 213 - Latin Epistolography

    The study of Roman letters and the development of the edited collection of letters as a Roman literary genre. Readings will be from Cicero, Fronto, Pliny and Augustine.

    Credits 1



    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language, Global Honors, Humanities
  

  • LAT 215 - The Crisis of the Roman Republic

    Social, political and military factors leading to the crisis of the end of the Roman Republic. Readings will be from Caesar, Sallust, Cicero and Velleius Paterculus.

    Credits 1



    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language, Global Honors, Humanities
  

  • LAT 217 - Roman Satire

    The origins and development of Roman prose and verse satire. Texts will include Horace’s Satires, Petronius’s Satyricon and Seneca’s Apocolocyntosis.

    Credits 1



    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language, Global Honors, Humanities
  

  • LAT 222 - Roman Comedy

    Selections from Plautus and Terence and a consideration of the origins and development of comic drama in the ancient world.

    Credits 1



    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language, Global Honors, Humanities
  

  • LAT 224 - Poetry in Motion: Didactic Poetry and Roman Science

    An introduction to classical poetry through the study of epics of the natural world: the poetry of earth and heaven. Texts will include selections from Vergil’s Georgics and Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura.

    Credits 1



    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language, Global Honors, Humanities
  

  • LAT 226 - Eros and Erato: Love Poetry in the Roman World

    The study of the conventions of love and of poetry. Selections from the lyric Horace and Catullus and the elegiac Ovid; love poetry from late antiquity and the Latin Middle Ages will also be read.

    Credits 1



    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language, Global Honors, Humanities
  

  • LAT 228 - Epics and Heroes

    Selections primarily from Vergil’s Aeneid. Heroic and anti-heroic conventions in Ovid’s Metamorphoses and in the Silver Latin epic will also be addressed.

    Credits 1



    Division
    Arts and Humanities

    Foundation
    Foreign Language

    Compass Attributes
    Foreign Language, Global Honors, Humanities
  

  • LAT 299 - Independent Study

    An opportunity to do independent work in a particular area not included in the regular courses.

    Credits 1
  

  • LAT 311 - From Romulus to Rome

    See LAT 211   for course description.  Students at the 300-level will do extra reading, writing and research in projects directed by the instructor.

    Credits 1



    Compass Attributes
    Global Honors
  

  • LAT 313 - Latin Epistolography

    See LAT 213  for course description.  Students at the 300-level will do extra reading, writing and research in projects directed by the instructor.

    Credits 1



    Compass Attributes
    Global Honors
  

  • LAT 315 - The Crisis of the Roman Republic

    See LAT 215  for course description.  Students at the 300-level will do extra reading, writing and research in projects directed by the instructor.

    Credits 1



    Compass Attributes
    Global Honors
  

  • LAT 317 - Roman Satire

    See LAT 217  for course description.  Students at the 300-level will do extra reading, writing and research in projects directed by the instructor.

    Credits 1



    Compass Attributes
    Global Honors
  

  • LAT 322 - Roman Comedy

    See LAT 222  for course description.  Students at the 300-level will do extra reading, writing and research in projects directed by the instructor.

    Credits 1



    Compass Attributes
    Global Honors
  

  • LAT 324 - Poetry in Motion: Didactic Poetry and Roman Science

    See LAT 224  for course description.  Students at the 300-level will do extra reading, writing and research in projects directed by the instructor.

    Credits 1



    Compass Attributes
    Global Honors
  

  • LAT 326 - Eros and Erato: Love Poetry in the Roman World

    See LAT 226  for course description.  Students at the 300-level will do extra reading, writing and research in projects directed by the instructor.

    Credits 1



    Compass Attributes
    Global Honors
  

  • LAT 328 - Epics and Heroes

    See LAT 228  for course description.  Students at the 300-level will do extra reading, writing and research in projects directed by the instructor.

    Credits 1



    Compass Attributes
    Global Honors
  

  • LAT 399 - Independent Study

    An opportunity to do independent work in a particular area not included in the regular courses.

    Credits 1
  

  • LAT 499 - Independent Research

    Offered to selected majors at the invitation of the department.

    Credits 1
  

  • LAT 500 - Individual Research

    Selected majors are invited by the department to pursue individual research in preparation for writing an Honors Thesis.

Mathematics
  

  • MATH 099 - Independent Study

    An opportunity to do independent work in a particular area not included in the regular courses.

    Credits .5
  

  • MATH 101 - Calculus I

    Calculus is the elegant language developed to model changes in nature and to formally discuss notions of the infinite and the infinitesimal. Topics include techniques of differentiation, the graphical relationship between a function and its derivatives, applications of the derivative, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, and integration by u-substitution. No previous experience with calculus is assumed.

    Prerequisites
    Three years of secondary school mathematics, including trigonometry, or Permission of Instructor

    Credits 1



    Area
    Math and Computer Science

    Connection
    20004

    Foundation
    Quantitative Analytics

    Compass Attributes
    Quantitative Analysis
  

  • MATH 104 - Calculus II

    Calculus II continues the study of integral calculus begun in Calculus I. In addition to the core single variable topics of techniques of integration, applications of the integral, improper integrals, and Taylor series, this course includes the multivariable topics of partial derivatives, optimization of multivariable functions and multiple integrals.

    Prerequisites
    MATH 101  or Permission of Instructor.

    Credits 1



    Area
    Math and Computer Science

    Foundation
    Quantitative Analysis

    Compass Attributes
    Quantitative Analysis
  

  • MATH 122 - Math in Art

    This course investigates mathematics in the context of some of its myriad connections with the art and architecture of various cultures past and present. Possible mathematical topics include systems of proportion, the development of the Golden Ratio by the ancient Greeks and its connection to Fibonacci numbers, the geometry of perspective, classifying different symmetries, non-Euclidean geometry and the fourth dimension, tessellations, and fractals.

    Credits 1



    Notes
    May not be counted towards Mathematics Major

    Area
    Math and Computer Science

    Connection
    20025

    Foundation
    Quantitative Analysis

    Compass Attributes
    Quantitative Analysis
  

  • MATH 123 - The Edge of Reason

    Consciousness has been memorably described as a flashlight trying to illuminate itself. (Perhaps art is the human activity that best understands the surrounding darkness?) The Edge of Reason is the boundary between light and dark: the mathematics at the border between knowing and not-knowing. In this course, we’ll use logic and reason to grapple with ideas and concepts that are literally beyond the reach of human imagination. The Edge of Reason is for anyone interested in understanding the mental models our minds make. While people who enjoy math are encouraged to take the course, the only prerequisites are an open mind, a big mouth and an inquiring spirit. The payoffs are keener analytical abilities, a new way of looking at reality, a penchant for expressing the inexpressible and the ability to tolerate sleep deprivation.

    Credits 1



    Notes
    May not be counted towards Mathematics Major.

    Area
    Math and Computer Science

    Connection
    20031

    Foundation
    Quantitative Analysis

    Compass Attributes
    Quantitative Analysis
  

  • MATH 125 - The Shape of Space

    The geometry behind objects in everyday life and the shape of our universe will be investigated. Topics include: symmetry, tilings, patterns, planes, spheres, and higher dimensional surfaces. By adopting the perspective of a bug on a surface, different geometries will be experienced, allowing the students to consider the shape of our universe.

    Credits 1



    Area
    Math and Computer Science

    Connection
    20077

    Foundation
    Quantitative Analysis

    Compass Attributes
    Quantitative Analysis
  

  • MATH 126 - Math and Pop Culture

    Introduces mathematical ideas, by first seeing them mentioned, or used, in a script/text. Examples: Proof, by David Auburn; Breaking the Code, by Hugh Whitemore; Arcadia, byTom Stoppard; The Simpsons and Numb3rs. Each work at least mentions mathematics, some even provide details. In most cases, the work is not really about, nor does the story depend on, the mathematics. In other cases, the mathematics is crucial to the story. We take the mathematical ideas and learn about the mathematical details, understand them for their own sake and how the ideas fit the original work. Mathematical topics: proof, cryptography, number theory, probability/data analysis. Satisfies QA requirement.

    Credits 1



    Area
    Math and Computer Science

    Foundation
    Quantitative Analysis

    Compass Attributes
    Quantitative Analysis
  

  • MATH 127 - Colorful Mathematics

    The mathematics behind coloring, drawing and design will be investigated and the art of coloring, drawing and design will aid in the study of other math topics. Topics include: African unicursal tracings, coloring maps, coloring graphs, symmetry, border patterns and tessellations.

    Credits 1



    Notes
    May not be counted towards Mathematics Major.

    Area
    Math and Computer Science

    Connection
    20011

    Foundation
    Quantitative Analysis

    Compass Attributes
    Quantitative Analysis
  

  • MATH 133 - Concepts of Mathematics

    Required of early childhood and elementary education majors. Mathematical topics that appear in everyday life, with emphasis on problem solving and logical reasoning. Topics include ratios and proportion, alternate bases, number theory, geometry, graph theory and probability.

    Credits 1



    Area
    Math and Computer Science

    Connection
    23015

    Foundation
    Quantitative Analysis

    Compass Attributes
    Quantitative Analysis
  

  • MATH 141 - Introductory Statistics

    An introduction to the language, methods and applications of Statistics. Data from numerous fields are used to show the many uses of basic statistical practice, with use of statistical software. Topics include: data summary, graphical techniques, elementary probability, sampling distributions, central limit theorem, inferential procedures such as confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for means and proportions, chi-square test, simple and multiple linear regression, and analysis of variance (ANOVA).

    Credits 1



    Notes
    May not be counted towards the Mathematics Major.

    Area
    Math and Computer Science

    Connection
    20044, 20063

    Foundation
    Quantitative Analysis

    Compass Attributes
    Quantitative Analysis
  

  • MATH 151 - Introduction to Data Science

    An introduction to the language, methods, theory and applications of Statistics. Data from numerous fields are used to show the many uses of basic statistical practice. Includes an introduction to R for basic computer programming, though no prior programming required. Topics include: data summary, graphical techniques, elementary probability, sampling distributions, central limit theorem, inferential procedures such as confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for means and proportions, chi-square test, simple and multiple linear regression, and one-way and two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).

    Prerequisites
    MATH 101  above or COMP 115  or above or Permission of Instructor

    Credits 1



    Area
    Math and Computer Science

    Connection
    20044, 20063

    Foundation
    Quantitative Analysis

    Compass Attributes
    Quantitative Analysis
  

  • MATH 199 - Independent Study

    An individual or small-group study in mathematics under the direction of an approved advisor. An individual or small group intensively studies a subfield of mathematics not normally taught. An independent study provides an opportunity to go beyond the usual undergraduate curriculum and deeply explore and engage an area of interest. Students are also expected to assume a greater responsibility, in the form of leading discussions and working examples.

    Credits 1
  

  • MATH 202 - Cryptography

    We live in an ocean of information and secrets, surrounded by codes and ciphers. Actions as prosaic as making a call on a cellphone, logging onto a computer, purchasing an item over the Internet, inserting an ATM card at the bank or using a satellite dish for TV reception all involve the digitizing and encrypting of information. Companies with proprietary data and countries with classified information: all kinds of organizations need a way to encode and decrypt their secrets to keep them hidden from prying eyes. This course will develop from scratch the theoretical mathematics necessary to understand current sophisticated crypto-systems, such as the government, industry and Internet standards: the public-key RSA, the DES and the Rijndael codes.

    Prerequisites
    One MATH or COMP course

    Credits 1



    Area
    Math and Computer Science

    Connection
    20038

    Foundation
    Quantitative Analysis

    Compass Attributes
    Quantitative Analysis
  

  • MATH 211 - Discrete Mathematics

    Combining the iron rules of logic with an artist’s sensitivity is part of the aesthetics of a mathematical proof. Discrete mathematics is the first course that asks students to create their own rigorous proofs of mathematical truths. Relations and functions, sets, Boolean algebra, combinatorics, graph theory and algorithms are the raw items used to develop this skill.

    Prerequisites
    MATH 101 , MATH 104  or COMP 121  

    Credits 1



    Area
    Math and Computer Science

    Connection
    20018

    Compass Attributes
    Quantitative Analysis, Writing
  

  • MATH 212 - Differential Equations

    Since the time of Newton, some physical processes of the universe have been accurately modeled by differential equations. Recent advances in mathematics and the invention of computers have allowed the extension of these ideas to complex and chaotic systems. This course uses qualitative, analytic and numeric approaches to understand the long-term behavior of the mathematical models given by differential equations.

    Prerequisites
    MATH 104  

    Credits 1



    Area
    Math and Computer Science

    Compass Attributes
    Quantitative Analysis
  

  • MATH 217 - Mathematics, Voting, and Democracy

    Every ten years, the United States conducts a census to determine the population of the nation. These results are used to determine the number of seats each state receives in the House of Representatives, as well as to draw the boundaries for every Congressional and state legislative district. This course examines the mathematics behind the theory of apportioning seats to each state as well as mathematical techniques for detecting gerrymandering (when one political party has manipulated the district lines to gain a structural advantage). In addition, we will explore the structure underlying different methods of voting. We will see that different procedures for determining the winner can give dramatically different outcomes, even if no voter changes their preferences, and that there is a beautiful geometric framework that will help us understand these differences. These techniques have applications well beyond politics since any group decision process can be viewed as a voting procedure. 

    Prerequisites
    MATH 104  or Permission of Instructor

    Credits 1



    Area
    Math and Computer Science

    Connection
    20002

    Compass Attributes
    Quantitative Analysis
  

  • MATH 221 - Linear Algebra

    How might you draw a 3D image on a 2D screen and then “rotate” it? What are the basic notions behind Google’s original, stupefyingly efficient search engine? After measuring the interacting components of a nation’s economy, can one find an equilibrium? Starting with a simple graph of two lines and their equations, we develop a theory for systems of linear equations that answers questions like those posed here. This theory leads to the study of matrices, vectors, linear transformations and geometric properties for all of the above. We learn what “perpendicular” means in high-dimensional spaces and what “stable” means when transforming one linear space into another. Topics also include: matrix algebra, determinants, eigenspaces, orthogonal projections and a theory of vector spaces.

    Prerequisites
    MATH 101  or MATH 104  

    Credits 1



    Area
    Math and Computer Science

    Connection
    20045

    Foundation
    Quantitative Analysis

    Compass Attributes
    Quantitative Analysis
  

  • MATH 236 - Multivariable Calculus

    This course is a continuation of the rich field of multivariable calculus begun in Calculus II with an emphasis placed on vector calculus. Topics include vector-valued functions, alternate coordinate systems, vector fields, line integrals, surface integrals, Green’s Theorem and Stokes’ Theorem.

    Prerequisites
    MATH 104  

    Credits 1



    Area
    Math and Computer Science

    Connection
    20045

    Foundation
    Quantitative Analysis

    Compass Attributes
    Quantitative Analysis
  

  • MATH 241 - Theory of Probability

    This course is an introduction to mathematical models of random phenomena and process, including games of chance. Topics include combinatorial analysis, elementary probability measures, conditional probability, random variables, special distributions, expectations, generating functions and limit theorems.

    Prerequisites
    MATH 104  

    Credits 1



    Area
    Math and Computer Science

    Compass Attributes
    Quantitative Analysis
 

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