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Fall 2012 Courses

This is a PRELIMINARY list of the Fall 2012 courses. This information is subject to change. Registration for these courses will take place on SIS Online and will begin at 9:00am on the first day of Fall classes, Tuesday, September 4, 2012. Registration will continue for open courses until 5pm on Tuesday, September 18. This page was last updated 5/3/12. Please check back for descriptions, instructor bios, locations, and call numbers.


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Courses Open to All Students


EXP-0003-F: Reading Infinite Jest: David Foster Wallace and the Future of the Novel
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Wednesday, 6:00-8:30 PM

Jacqueline O'Dell

EXP-0005-F: An Introduction to Translation: Practice and Theory
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Wednesday, 6:00-8:30 PM

Ellen Elias-Bursac

EXP-0006-F: Harry Potter and Christian Theology
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Thursday, 6:30-9:00 PM

Danielle Tumminio

EXP-0012-F: Folk Traditions in American Popular Music
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Wednesday, 6:30-9:00 PM

Andre Diehl

EXP-0013-F: Deconstructing Rap
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Tuesday, 6:00-8:30 PM

Andrew Shryock

EXP-0015-F: Money and Ethics in the Contemporary Art World
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Laura Knott

EXP-0016-F: Martial Arts: History, Philosophy, and Life
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Neil Cohn

EXP-0019-F: Research for Success: Using the Library for Thesis and Capstone Projects
0.5 credit, Pass/Fail
Tuesday, 6:00-8:30 PM

Regina Raboin and Laurie Sabol

EXP-0021-F: Rising Tide: Climate Change, Vulnerability, and Adaptation
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Wednesday, 6:00-8:30 PM

Kim Foltz and Rebecca Pearl-Martinez

EXP-0023-F: Fracked Out: Understanding the New Gas Rush
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Monday, 6:30-9:00

John Rumpler

EXP-0026-F: Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Monday, 6:30-9:00

Caitlin Hachmyer

EXP-0027-F: "When the snow has not frozen": Change and Resilience in the Arctic
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Thursday, 6:00-8:30 PM

Nathan Stewart

EXP-0029-F: Forensic Behavioral Analysis
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Wednesday, 6:00-8:30 PM

Thomas Nolan

EXP-0033-F: Campus Community Emergency Response Team
0.5 credit, Pass/Fail
Wednesday, 1:00-3:00 PM

Mark Roche

EXP-0034-F: RAD for Men
0.5 credit, Pass/Fail
Wednesday, 4:30-6:30 PM

Luis Santamaria

EXP-0035-AF: Rape Aggression Defense
0.5 credit, Pass/Fail
Monday, 4:30-6:30 PM

Mark Roche and Kerrie Dervishian

EXP-0035-BF: Rape Aggression Defense
0.5 credit, Pass/Fail
Thursday, 4:30-6:30 PM

Darren Weisse

EXP-0036-F: Advanced Rape Aggression Defense
0.5 credit, Pass/Fail
Tuesday, 4:30-6:30 PM

Mark Roche and Kerrie Dervishian

EXP-0037-F: African Diaspora Religions: Vodou, Pop Culture, and the Culture Wars
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Thursday, 6:00-8:30 PM

Adam McGee

EXP-0038-F: The History of Once Upon a Time: A Close Look at Fairy Tales
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Tuesday, 6:00-8:30 PM

Janet Daniels

EXP-0039-F: Analyzing Stand-up Comedy
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Monday, 6:00-8:30 PM

Steven Kap

EXP-0041-F: The Politics of Classroom Science: An Historical Perspective
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Wednesday, 6:30-9:00 PM

David Meshoulam

EXP-0043-F: The History of Health Policy in the United States
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Thursday, 6:30-9:00 PM

Jessica Adler

EXP-0045-F: Gender, Culture, and Human Rights
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Monday, 6:00-8:30 PM

Jenna DiCocco

EXP-0047-F: Love, Marriage, and the Law
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Tuesday, 6:00-8:30 PM

Emily Cardy and Ari Kristan

EXP-0051-F: Introduction to Narrative and Documentary Practice
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Wednesday, 5:00-7:30PM; Friday, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Samuel James

EXP-0052-CF: Public Relations and Marketing: Unraveling the Spin
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Tuesday, 6:00-8:30 PM

Gail Bambrick

EXP-0053-CF: Producing Films for Social Change
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Tuesday and Thursday, 6:00-8:30 PM

Dacia Kornechuk

EXP-0054-CF: New Media Practices: Participatory Culture in Communication, Entertainment, and Society
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Wednesday, 6:30-9:00 PM

Patrick Johnson

EXP-0055-F: Birth of the Tube: A History of Early Television
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Henry Dane

EXP-0059-F: Sports Journalism in the Internet Age
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Tuesday, 6:00-8:30 PM

Maria Burns Ortiz

EXP-0061-F: Modern Iraq, the Media, and History
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Thursday, 6:00-8:30 PM

Arbella Bet-Shlimon

EXP-0063-F: Living Together, Living Apart: Jewish-Arab Relations in Israel
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Abigail Jacobson

EXP-0084-F: The Business of Sports: A Study of the NBA
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Monday, 6:00-8:30 PM

Jan Volk

EXP-0091-F: EPIIC: Global Health
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
Tuesday and Thursday, 3:00-5:30 PM

Sherman Teichman

EXP-0091-AF: Inquiry Teaching Group
0.5 credit, Letter-graded
ARR

Heather Barry and Steve Cohen

EXP-0096-F: Auditing for Breadth
0.5-1.0 credit, Pass/Fail
ARR

Robyn Gittleman

EXP-0099-CF: Media Internships
1.0 credit, Pass/Fail
ARR

Susan Eisenhauer

EXP-0101-CF: Advanced Filmmaking
0.5-1.0 credit, Letter-graded
ARR

Howard Woolf

EXP-0102-CF: Advanced Electronic and Digital Media
0.5-1.0 credit, Letter-graded
ARR

Howard Woolf

EXP-0192-F: Independent Study
0.5-1.0 credit, Letter-graded
ARR

Robyn Gittleman

EXP-0192-PF: Independent Study
0.5-1.0 credit, Pass/Fail
ARR

Robyn Gittleman

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Courses Open Only to Designated Students


EXP-0007-F: Writing Fellowship Seminar
1.0 credit, Pass/Fail
Wednesday, 6:00-8:30 PM

Kristina Aikens

EXP-0090-AF: Teaching an Explorations Seminar
1.5 credits, Pass/Fail
ARR

Robyn Gittleman

EXP-0090-BF: Teaching a Perspectives Seminar
1.5 credits, Pass/Fail
Monday, 12:00-1:15 PM

Howard Woolf

EXP-0090-TF: Teaching Assistant Workshop
1.0 credit, Letter-graded
ARR

Robyn Gittleman

EXP-0190-BF: CMS Senior Colloquium
0.5 credit, Pass/Fail
Wednesday, 12:00-12:50 PM

Leslie Goldberg

EXP-0190-CF: CMS Senior Colloquium
0.5 credit, Pass/Fail
Thursday, 9:30-10:20 AM

Julie Dobrow

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