Fall 2009 Course Schedule

Fall 2009 Course Schedule

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1801JMUH B - History of Jazz

1379CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): William Kirchner

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 9:00 am - 11:40 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Check Jazz website for description. http://www.newschool.edu/jazz/

2006LAIC A - Debates in Performance Studies

5186CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Danielle Goldman

Day(s) & Time(s): TR: 2:00 pm - 3:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course introduces students to the field of performance studies. Students survey the history of the field and consider its relations to

other academic disciplines. Students discuss questions of methodology and explore debates concerning liveness, performativity, the

performance of identity, and the migration of expressive culture. In addition to foundational written texts (by authors such as J.L. Austin,

Alain Badiou, Judith Butler, Jacques Derrida, Erving Goffman, Michel DeCerteau, Fred Moten, José Muñoz, Peggy Phelan, and Richard

Schechner), students analyze a range of documented and live performances in New York City - dance, theater, and music, as well as

events more commonly associated with everyday life. The course welcomes students across the arts at Lang, as well as students in the

humanities and social sciences who are curious about performance.

2008LAIC A - Anna Sokolow Lecture Series

6262CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): R: 6:00 pm - 9:20 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course attempts to cover developments in the 20th Century by following the life of one of America's most influential

choreographer/teacher/dancer, Anna Sokolow (1910-2000). Over her long career Ms. Sokolow created a strikingly original body of work,

blending modern dance and music with theater, poetry, painting, and prose. Her long time associate, Jim May, celebrates her 100th

Birthday Anniversary by chronicling her life and career using rare film footage, photographs, and video, archival materials, dance

performances, and personal stories, that document the creation of a new art form, Modern Theater Dance, out of the turmoil of the 20th

Century. Raised on the Lower East Side, original member of the Martha Graham Company, 1st Bennington College Choreographic

Fellowship, Broadway choreographer (from Street Scene to Hair), teacher at the Juilliard School of Music, award winning world famous

choreographer, and liberated Greenwich Village persona, Ms. Sokolow represents an uncompromising force in Art. A walking tour is part of

this series that includes where she was raised, lived, worked, and was honored with a street named Anna Sokolow Way.

2009LAIC A - Performance/Phenomenon

5126CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Francis Cardona


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores, through physical practice, what it is to move from natural states to "performance" states. The primary aim is to

consider performance and time-based art from alternate viewpoints, including performer, creator, viewer, and thinker. Conceptual

frameworks involving time, space, place and the body are introduced and considered via practical application in the studio. All feedback is

theorized through discussion and writing, which leads to additional rounds of practice, experimentation and public performance. The

course emphasizes learning by doing and is non-systematic. It is geared toward dancers, choreographers, visual artists, actors or

performers of any kind. Students examine written texts, live performances and exhibitions.

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2015LAIC A - Punk & Noise

6263CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Evan Rapport

Day(s) & Time(s): MW: 2:00 pm - 3:20 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores the aesthetics, techniques, history, and elements of style in punk and noise music, with an emphasis on New York

City-based musicians, audiences, and venues. Related topics include postmodernism, youth subcultures, the music industry, and issues of

politics and gender. The course offers opportunities for performance and composition. Familiarity with Western music notation is not

required.

2016LAIC A - Ephemeral Art

6264CRN: 4Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): TR: 10:00 am - 11:40 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores the politics of ephemeral art by analyzing recent works of dance, music, visual art, and theater. Does ephemera resist

forces of commodification? Why is it important for artists and their work to be part of recorded history? In addition to grappling with these

questions, the course considers the methodological challenges of studying ephemera and the importance of recording technology. Texts

include works by Roland Barthes, Walter Benjamin, Jacques Derrida, Mark Franko, Glenn Gould, Amelia Jones, Nathaniel Mackey, Fred

Moten, José Muñoz, and Peggy Phelan. Also included are the works of artists such as Maya Deren, Andy Goldsworthy, Bill T. Jones, and

Ralph Lemon.

2020LAIC A - Urban Food

7096CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Stefania de Kenessey

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

is a four-week workshop in which visiting artist Eve Mosher and registered students will explore the notion of urban farming, sustainable

food growth and contemporary public art practices. The workshop will culminate in a final exhibition on the Skybridge Art and Sound

Space, and in the participation to Art in Odd Places, a city-wide art festival. For this project, students will design a "tag" to leave in various

places on 14th Street, indicating where they thought food could be grown. They will also provide a map that will be handed out to

participants in a walking tour illustrating the sites for potential food crops. Please note: this workshop will collaborate with three other

classes taught at Lang: "Personal Mapping in NYC", "History and Theory of Exhibitions", and "The Skybridge Curatorial Project"; therefore

the meeting times for some of these courses purposefully coincide with those of the workshop. Students are expected to spend some extra

hours outside of workshop meeting time particularly during the weekend of October 16-18.

2069LAIC A - Shock of the New

4548CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Royd Climenhaga


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores the base cultural conditions of Modernism and the need for new models of expression in the arts to reflect radical

changes in modes of living beginning in the late 19th century and as they escalate through the 20th century. New modes of expression are

considered across the arts, from visual art to music and literature to dance and theater performance. The course follows explosive

challenges to form and desire for the new in artistic and cultural practice from the growth of the avant–garde at the turn of the century,

through the Punk movements of the `60s and `70's and on to more contemporary reconsiderations of expressive potential.


3008LAIC A - Collaborations: Interdisciplinary Models

6132CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Ellen Graff

Day(s) & Time(s): MW: 10:00 am - 11:40 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores collaborations between major artists of the 20th century. What are the parameters of successful collaborations? How

does the process of collaboration unfold? How can we experience the power of collaboration within our own artistic activities? The seminar

begins with a study of the Balanchine, Stravinsky, Barnum and Bailey collaboration that produced the Ballet of the Elephants, and moves

on to analysis of collaborations staged between Diaghilev and visual artists such as Picasso, Roerich, and Roualt; Choreographer, Martha

Grahams collaborations with the sculptor Noguchi and musicians such as Aaron Copland, William Schumann and Halim El Dabh; the

longstanding collaboration between Merce Cunningham and John Cage.

3105LAIC A - Media and Performance

6265CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Bonnie Marranca


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The use of media is one of the major directions in contemporary performance and visual arts. This seminar explores the use of media in

innovative works of theatre, dance, video, sound art, installations, music, digital culture, photography, and radio. Many artists and groups

working in the last several decades are featured, including: John Cage, the Futurists, Loie Fuller, Joan Jonas, Hannah Wilke, Carolee

Schneemann, Meredith Monk, Robert Ashley, Trisha Brown, Laurie Anderson, Gary Hill, William Kentridge, The Wooster Group, Paul Chan.

The focus here is not media theory but works of art that use media to generate new performance vocabularies circulating around such

issues as live presence vs. mediated presence, the real and the virtual, historical experiments in art and technology, image and text,

human and cyborg. Viewings of original works, discussion of artists and critics writings, and gallery visits shape the seminar.

3311LAIC A - Femme Fatale

6267CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Colette Brooks


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course examines the iconic femme fatale figure as she appears in dramatic literature and pop culture from the Greeks to the present

day. Students explore the question of why this alluring but treacherous siren has persisted, with scant alteration, over centuries. What is

threatening about her, and to whom? How does this archetype stand in relation to the lives women typically lead? Virginia Woolf once

observed that women were accorded a power in literature that they were never allowed in life. Why? Students read plays, see Hollywood

movies, and look at related literature in such fields as psychology and cultural studies.

2012LANT A - Anthropology and Politics

6134CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Leilah Vevaina


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course traces the development of political anthropology from mid-20th century studies of African and Asian political systems to the

more differentiated contemporary anthropology of the political field. Focusing on a variety of approaches to the cross-cultural study of

power, political activity, and political institutions, the course prepares students to better comprehend and analyze the cultural dimensions

of political life in the 21st century. Topics include political order in non-state and non-western societies, contemporary political trends,

such as deep democracy, religious nationalism, everyday forms of resistance, and neo-imperialism, and assessment of the problems and

possibilities facing political anthropology today. The course explores specific relationships of culture, power, and history; unpacks key

concepts such as authority, charisma, hegemony, and domination; analyzes emergent social movements and transformations of political

culture in the developing world; interrogates the politics of anthropological practice by addressing the ethics of ethnographic research and

the place of anthropology in the public sphere.


2013LANT A - Reading Ethnography

6137CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Brie Gettleson


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

In this course, students read contemporary and classic ethnographic texts to discover the range and possibilities of this core

anthropological methodology. Topics and styles of writing vary, as do the ideas and locations of the authors. In exploring the politics,

ethics, and theories of ethnographic writing, students therefore also encounter a wide variety of people, events, practices, places, and

anthropological theory.

3015LANT A - Race, Culture, and the Classification of People

6268CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Lawrence Hirschfeld


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Few ideas are as potent, as easy to learn, and as difficult to forget as race. This course explores issues about race by disrupting "common

sense" and by identifying its psychological and cultural dimensions. The approach is comparative: to examine differences and similarities

in racial thinking across cultures and across historical periods, and to compare race with other important social categories, such as gender

and class.

3020LANT A - Workshop in Anthropology

6827CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Hugh Raffles


Prerequisite(s Reading Ethnography, an equivalent Anthro course,

Course Description

This course introduces students to some of the basic techniques of Anthropology as a fieldwork-based discipline. Students will develop and

undertake a series of individual and collaborative fieldwork exercises that they will workshop into written ethnography, developing the

basic skills used by professional anthropologists. Readings will focus on both practical and ethical issues connected to standard field

methodologies. Reading Ethnography, an equivalent Anthro course, or permission of the instructor

3044LANT A - Apartheid and After

7175CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Hylton White


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This seminar uses texts by South African writers to explore that country's experience of the racist social order known as apartheid. Topics

include: the historical and political dynamics behind apartheid; its impact on everyday social and cultural lives; the anti-apartheid struggle

and its visions of an alternative society; how post-apartheid South Africa has dealt with the social legacies of this system. Texts include:

political essays and manifestos, ethnographies, social commentaries, and novels from different moments in South Africa's modern history.

2018LARS A - Personal Map Making in New York

6843CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Simonetta Moro

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 9:00 am - 11:40 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores 20th century European and American practices of map-making, walking as an aesthetic form, and the

psychogeographic disciplines. The city is the site for wanderings and explorations, an outdoor laboratory stimulating drawing, painting,

photography, video, and narrative. Students work as a group and individually to produce a map/book and a final exhibition. Studio

sessions parallel theoretical seminars. Readings include Francesco Careri's Walkscapes, and excerpts from Benjamin, Lippard, Lynch, de

Certeau, the Situationist International, and Giuliana Bruno. Note: this is a seminar-and-studio combined course. Some basic drawing or

other art-making skills are desired, but not a prerequisite. There will be an extra 40 minute' weekly session in addition to the Friday class

to be used for sightseeing or online discussion.This course will be working in collaboration with the Conflux Festival (TBA).


2019LARS A - Arts in New York City

2677CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Ivan Raykoff

Day(s) & Time(s): : -

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

In this course students take part in an exciting variety of music and theater performances and art exhibits in New York City, including

on-campus presentations by visiting artists and performers. Students attend seven programmed events during the semester and share

their reviews in an online forum. Lang College covers the cost of tickets for these events, so course enrollment is limited. The one and only

class meeting, required of all registered students, is scheduled for the second Monday of the semester at 6:00pm in the Lang Cafeteria.

2022LARS A - History and Theory of Exhibitions and Institutions

4552CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Janet Kraynak

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores the history, theory, and practice of art exhibitions as well as the larger context of the historical, social, and ideological

function of artistic institutions (from the museum, to criticism, to the gallery). Through and integrated series of seminar sessions, visits to

museums, and programs coordinated with different institutions, students examine key events and issues, among which include: the notion

of the national museum; ideological critiques of the museum; exhibitions and politics; the recent transformation of the museum into a

global, tourist destination; the shifting nature and roles of exhibitions and curating, and their relationship to new trends in artistic practice.

The emphasis is on how museums and exhibitions are both physical entities as well as ideological places, in which certain types of

knowledge are generated and particular histories are produced. Readings and seminar discussions provide a context for the viewing,

critique, and discussion of current exhibitions; meetings with professionals in the field; and lectures or seminars with working artists. The

course also addresses recent issues in curatorial practice, and the emerging role of the curator as arbiter of contemporary art. Students

view, critique, and discuss current exhibitions; meet with professionals (i.e. curators, education directors); attend lectures with working

artists. (Please note: for some of these programs, availability outside of regular class hours may be required). This course also includes a

required online component.

2025LARS A - Lang at the Guggenheim

3284CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Filip Noterdaeme

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 1:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course offers an in-depth exploration of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: its history, Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, exhibitions

and role as a major New York City cultural institution. Each semester the course focuses on a current exhibition through which students

examine artist(s), artworks, curatorial and educational considerations, installation procedures, public reception, and the role of the

exhibition within the context of the goals of the Guggenheim Museum and contemporary art culture. Weekly readings inform the primarily

discussion-based classes, upholding the Guggenheim's educational philosophy rooted in the value of interactive dialogue and exchange.

Students take approximately four trips to the museum to experience and discuss the exhibitions and meet with key staff members

regarding particular aspects of the museum's dynamics. Museum admission price is reduced to $4.00 per student.

2064LARS A - Drawing From Observation

6271CRN: 4Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): F: 3:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

When dealing with representational drawing - of an object, a street scene or the human body - one faces a number of challenges and

possibilities. This intensive studio course provides the basic tools ad methods to deal with such challenges, and to translate the object of

ones perception into expressive lines on a flat surface. New York City will be explored both as a subject matter and a receptacle of

extraordinary art collections to draw from; studio practice includes life drawing. Specific readings on the techniques and history of drawing

will be part of the learning process. Subjects to explore include: materials; composition; proportions; foreshortening and perspective; and

space and its representations. This course includes a required online component.


2208LARS A - Skybridge Curatorial Project

3496CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): T: 2:00 pm - 3:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The Skybridge Arts Space, on the third floor between Lang and the New School, provides an opportunity for multi-media exhibitions and

curriculum-based projects in the arts. The focus is on visiting artists work, student and faculty work, and broader curatorial projects

aiming at making the space a vibrant and exciting laboratory for visual and critical thinking. Students consider several distinct areas for

the management of the gallery space, such as exhibition conceptualization, installation practice, and archiving. Field trips to museums and

art galleries, as well as theoretical readings, provide a necessary frame of reference. Students meet once a week, and must have flexible

schedules particularly on the days before the openings. See the instructor for further information.

2870LARS A - Himalayan Arts & Culture: India and Nepal

6272CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Adam Swart

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course introduces students to the rich artistic and cultural heritages of Himalayan India and Nepal. By tracing the early origins of

Hindu and Buddhist art in Central Asia, students discover the development and fluid migration of this imagery over the centuries. Through

observation, research, and critical thinking, students learn to distinguish works of art based on their specific geographical region and art

historical time period. The course provides students with a profound understanding of and appreciation for the iconography, symbolism,

content, and meaning found within the images. Various art-making processes and art materials are also discussed. This course includes

several field trips to the Rubin Museum of (Himalayan) Art. This course includes a required online component.

2120LCST A - Introduction to Cultural Studies

2826CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Kenneth Wark


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course examines the pivotal role of culture in the modern world, including the ideas, values, artifacts, and practices of people in their

collective lives. Cultural Studies focuses on the importance of studying the material processes through which culture is constructed. It

highlights process over product and rupture over continuity. In particular, it presents culture as a dynamic arena of social struggle and

utopian possibility. Students read key thinkers and examine critical frameworks from a historical and a theoretical approach, such as

Raymond Williams, Stuart Hall and the Birmingham School; the work on popular culture, identity politics, and postmodernism in America;

and the emergence of a 'global cultural studies' in which transnational cultural flows are examined and assessed. Class sessions are set up

as dialogic encounters between cultural theory and concrete analysis.

3035LCST A - Mapping Media

6279CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Deborah Levitt


Prerequisite(s Introduction to Media Studies

Course Description

This course poses questions about the nature of a medium, and the possibilities and limitations of translations between media, old and

new, through looking at three case studies: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Seven Samurai, and Dracula. Students follow the movement

of these three stories as they traverse the global media landscape in textual, cinematic, and digital versions, examining how different

configurations of gender and ethnicity dovetail with shifting media forms and aesthetics. Texts may include (among many others), Lewis

Carroll's Alice and American McGee's videogame version; Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, Sturges' The Magnificent Seven, and Abbas' Saat

Hindustani; Bram Stoker's Dracula, Murnau's Nosferatu, and Kitakubo's Blood: The Last Vampire. Introduction to Media Studies


3036LCST A - Histories of Documentary Film

6280CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Silvia Vega-Llona



Course Description

Recently, documentary films have undergone a remarkable renaissance. Directors Michael Moore, Errol Morris, and Werner Herzog have

made headlines, garnered critical acclaim, and reached mass audiences, but behind them stands a long tradition of the nonfiction moving

image and very different histories of documentary film. These go back to the beginning of cinema, to the Lumiére Brothers in France,

Thomas Edison in the US, and anonymous cinematographers recording the world, or arranging reality for better effect. Such films raise

ethical questions about truth, reference, and artifice. Students explore television features, dramatized documentary, cinema verite, and

documentary reconstructions to understand how documentary filmmakers have used the emotional impact of the moving image for various

ends. Introduction to Media Studies

2021LCST A - Racialization and American Film (RE)

6155CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Tuija Parikka


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores the histories, consequences, and power dynamics of racialization in American film and television. Students apply

classic and contemporary theories of difference, race, film, and television criticism to the analysis of racial constructions (symbols, images,

and discourses) both in the majority media, and in the reception of majority media by minority audiences. Topics include relations of

looking and spectatorship; visual pleasures; machinations of racial inclusion/exclusion; economic, sociopolitical, and institutional

implications of racialization; the regulatory power of racialization, and influence on desires, and values; and the construction of whiteness.

The course develops sensitivity to the myriad ways of intersecting race with film and television criticism, societal structures, and prevailing

ideologies in American culture. This course is a good foundation for issues of race/ethnicity in the media.

2023LCST A - Media Ethnography (GS) (RE)

6141CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course introduces the methodological rules and practices of ethnographic research through hands-on experience. Students investigate

youth as the "other" culture, produce ethnographies of reading media among young people, and experiment with theory building regarding

collective subjectivity, identity, and values, social change, and the role of media use. Students do research and field work. Course work

includes reading and discussing theoretical and methodological literature, collecting research data, observing, participating, interviewing,

and writing a research paper.

2450LCST A - Introduction to Media Studies

2431CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Cathleen Eichhorn


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course introduces the student to basic concepts and approaches in the critical analysis of communications media. Drawing on

contemporary critiques and historical studies, it seeks to build an understanding of different forms of media, such as photography and

cinema, television and video, the internet and hypermedia, in order to assess their role and impact in society. Since media are at once

technology, art and entertainment, and business enterprises, they need to be studied from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. The

readings for the course reflect this multi-pronged approach and draw attention to the work of key thinkers and theorists in the field.

Moreover, the readings build awareness of the international dimensions of media activity, range, and power.


4060LCST A - Transnational Contemporary Cinema

6927CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Silvia Vega-Llona


Prerequisite(s Introduction to Media Studies; Introduction to Cultural Studies.

Course Description

This seminar is dedicated to the study of the impact of globalization on contemporary cinema, and the way in which filmmakers imagine

their local worlds as interconnected with, mutually dependent on or put under pressure by the global world system. If transnationalism can

be understood generally as the combination of forces that link people, places and institutions across nations, then transnational cinema

reflects the increasing tendency of a film's place of production or setting, the nationality of its makers or performers, and the source of its

financing or funding to be at variance with each other. Introduction to Media Studies; Introduction to Cultural Studies.

2028LCST A - Public Radio Culture (DM)

6145CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Sarah Montague


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course examines the history, influence, and unique broadcast culture of public radio, from its grass routes beginnings in the 1940s, to

the creation of the hugely influential news programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered to the environment that has shaped and

impelled to celebrity such figures as Garrison Keillor, Terry Gross, and Ira Glass. The broad spectrum of program and genres in the system

will be examined, as will its place in the larger broadcasting culture, and its internal challenges and dilemmas. At once a voice for

independent news and cultural coverage, with increasing weight in the national landscape, it has been plagued by internal dissension and

an increasing reliance on corporate sponsorship and commercial models that may comprise the very values that set it apart. Attentive

listening, critical readings in media history, and essays--audio or written, are among the assignments and obligations of participating

students.

2037LCST A - Social Media History (DM) (MH)

6273CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Trebor (Robert) Scholz


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course, structured chronologically, follows the history of computing and networked communication. We will approach the history of

communication -- from the telegraph, radio, and television to the Internet and World Wide Web, from a political, cultural, and social

perspective. Key themes will include copyright, community, virtual worlds, and games, privacy, social networking, peer to peer culture,

citizen media, exploitation and empowerment of Internet users, remix, mobile media, and the reoccurring utopian hopes and dreams that

accompany the development of communication media. Required readings for this seminar include "A Social History of the Media: From

Gutenberg to the Internet" and "The Victorian Internet."

2122LCST A - Introduction to Screen Studies

6275CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Caveh Zahedi


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The discipline of screen studies is not a fixed body of knowledge, but rather a moving target that can be approached in an infinite number

of ways. This course deepens students' appreciation of the history of cinema and explores possible ways of thinking about the moving

image. By analyzing influential films from the cinematic canon, as well as theoretical approaches that have been brought to bear on that

canon, students explore the complex relationship between the moving image and critical thought. The course surveys the main historical

periods and movements from film history – silent cinema, the classical Hollywood film, Italian Neo-realism, the French New Wave,

American Independent Cinema, and the Dogma 95 movement. The course also covers some of the major film genres, key films from

various national cinemas, and select auteurs from the history of cinema.


2210LCST A - Dream Factories (MH)

6276CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Dominic Pettman


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Hollywood has always been called the "Dream Factory." This contradiction in terms weds the intangible with the industrial. In this course

students explore the historical, political, economic, and cultural inflections of this phrase. Beginning with the definitions of "dream" and

"spectacle" from thinkers such as Freud, Nietzsche, and Debord, student then move to the proto-Hollywood of Hollyrood, Scotland, where

the popular "panorama" industry was concentrated in the 19th century. They trace the notion of an industrialized form of collective

dreaming from the Arcades of Paris, through to the wide-angle lens of Los Angeles, including not only Hollywood, but also Disneyland.

Movies about movies, thematizing the notion of a dream factory, make up a significant portion of the course as do critical readings of the

ways in which "the people" are both created and seduced by the interface of the screen (Nathaniel West, Adorno, Mattelart, etc.). Students

gain sophisticated sense of the cultural and political stakes embodied in company names such as Dreamworks, as well as ways to begin

dreaming up alternative dreams--or even techniques of awakening --to those provided by the movie industry.

2211LCST A - Horror Films

6904CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Caveh Zahedi


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The horror film is one of the most popular and at the same time disreputable film genres. Why are horror films so popular and why are

they at the same time so disreputable? And what is it about the experience of being terrified that appeals to so many of us? Because of its

privileged relation to the unconscious, horror films can be read as symptoms of everything that contemporary society seeks to repress. As

such, they can be an uncannily accurate barometer of the impact of societal repressions on the collective unconscious and can be

interpreted using the conceptual framework that Freud formulated in trying to understand dreams. The study of horror films can thus

illuminate the dark side of contemporary culture as well as chart the effect of increasingly rapid social changes on the human psyche.

Students explore the horror genre through a variety of critical approaches--psychoanalytical, literary, political, feminist, aesthetic--and

through the prisms of gender, race, class, myth, ideology, and genre.

2452LCST A - Digital Moviemaking 1 (DM)

2818CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Ina Ray

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 3:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course enables students, who were once consumers of media, to become the media makers themselves. Students evelop

communication skills using the language of motion picture. They learn a basic foundation for digital video pre-production, production, and

post-production. They also learn scripting, storyboarding, directing, shooting, lighting, sound recording, and editing techniques used for

digital video production. This not only helps students tell stories visually but also equips them in exploring, analyzing, and questioning the

mass media on more profound levels. By the end of the semester, students will have created a 1-5 minute digital movie. This is a

practiced-based course.

2453LCST A - Digital Moviemaking 2 (DM)

6277CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Michele Beck

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Assuming a prior knowledge of digital video production and basic editing in Final Cut Pro, this second level project-based course goes on to

address conceptual development and editing techniques. Multiple projects exploring different genres, in class screenings, critiques and

student presentations focus on developing a more complex understanding of the history and power of video to convey ideas. Students

working in all genres are welcome. This is a practice-based course.


2775LCST A - Media Toolkit

4026CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Karl Julius Mendonca

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 9:00 am - 11:40 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course situates "media" in the broader context of an innovative and integrative liberal arts education. As such, it enables students to

evaluate and make decisions concerning their relationship to proliferating technologies and various new media. This course combines

lectures and lab-work to help students familiarize themselves with various software platforms and multimedia tools, in order to more

effectively gather, analyze, contextualize, present, and re-present information within a broad political and cultural framework. After

completing the five different modules (intro, image, word, sound, number), students better understand—and are more confident in using—

the various modes and methods that enable the critically informed to "read between the pixels," as well as meaningfully contribute to the

ever-expanding digital public sphere. This is an Integrative course.

2830LCST A - City and Sound (MH)

6278CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Shannon Mattern

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:20 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

In this seminar students examine the city as a sonic environment. They listen to the history of the sonic city by exploring the impact of

early audio technologies and other sound-making devices on urban form and urban experience, and imaginatively recreating the

soundscapes of ancient and early modern cities around the globe. Then, turning an ear to the modern city, they address such topics as

urban music scenes and portable music devices; audio recorders, cell phones, and loudspeakers, and their impact on urban planning and

experience; the politics of noise and silence; and sound art. Students complete weekly readings, a few short written and creative

assignments, and either a written or creative final project. Meetings also involve occasional field trips and outside-the-classroom listening

and/or recording activities.

3073LCST A - Participation Literacy

6912CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Trebor (Robert) Scholz


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

From weblogs to social networking services there are currently many hundred tools and platforms available. This course provides students

with the skills to make effective, critical use of a select few of these tools and analyze linked concepts. Students learn about social media

by using social media tools. Producers and consumers of online material need to be able to judge and sort information according to what is

reliable; and to respond to information overload with better filtering. This course encourages thoughtful and creative participation in social

networking sites such as Facebook, blogs and micro-blogging services like Twitter, virtual worlds like Second Life, media sharing sites like

Flickr and Blip.tv, social bookmarking sites like Delicious, video forums like Seesmic and 12Seconds, podcasts, and wikis.

3121LCST A - Globalization, Media, and Gender (GS)

6281CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s Introduction to Cultural Studies

Course Description

Cultures and economies are mingling and becoming interdependent. Goods, services, technologies, cultural forms, ideas, and people are

flowing in novel ways, though the meaning and consequences of this globalization are contested. This course examines globalized media

representations and discourses, particularly in relation to gender. It starts with theories of global media, the knowledge economy, and

global media cultures. It then focuses on post-feminism and popular culture as shaping, and being shaped by, new languages of belonging

and identification as these have emerged in music, soap opera, television, and the Internet. Central methods of investigation include

critical media theory, visual analysis, and relevant case studies. Introduction to Cultural Studies


3204LCST A - Biopower (DM) (MH)

6354CRN: 4Credits




Course Description

One of the central political questions of today centers on the specter of biopwer, that is, on the question of how states and institutions—as

well as the myriad forms of the global mediasphere—work to manage, administer, and optimize the forces of human life. This advanced

seminar considers the theories of biopower and biopolitics that have established this field of inquiry (in works by Michel Foucault, Giorgio

Agamben, and Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, among others). The course also looks at intersections between media and biopolitics, and

students consider contemporary artworks and screen a series of films (including Blade Runner, Dawn of the Dead, and Children of Men) in

order to analyze the methods and means—as well as the cultural desires and anxieties—that surround the political administration of the

forces of life. Introduction to Media Studies

3701LCST A - Video Activism (DM)

6355CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Jesal Kapadia

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s Digital Moviemaking 1

Course Description

Looking back at the Futurist Manifesto written exactly a hundred years ago, this course will draw from the new Post-Futurist Manifesto

asking us to speak of poetry that is full of irony, tenderness and rebellion. It will seek to abolish the separation between poetry and mass

communication, to reclaim the power of media from the merchants and return it to the poets and artists. Together we will examine the

poetics of experimental video in the context of activism. The course involves weekly reading, watching and discussing a wide range of

material dealing with aesthetic, critical and theoretical issues on film, video, television and the Internet, as well as issues pertaining to art

and technology. We will address ‘video as activism' as it is determined by the distinctive features of the medium and the forces acting on

its history, production and distribution. Students will produce one final project by the end of the semester. This course includes a required

online component as well as mandatory outside-class screening and lab hours. Digital Moviemaking 1

3901LCST A - On Air: Making a Radio Station

6984CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Sarah Montague

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 3:00 pm - 5:20 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

WNSR is the New School's web-based radio station. Students are responsible for managing and producing content for the station's five

programming streams, currently conceived as a series of podcasts while streaming options are being explored. Course components include

station management including programming content; website management; marketing and fundraising; Audio production including basic

recording and mixing; Broadcast journalism including interviewing and writing for radio; Feature productions, editing, and critiquing; Music

programming; Artistic performance programming-interfacing with Eugene Lang's wide array of creative performance and arts

programming. Classes meet fully once a week, but students should be prepared to work independently outside of regular class times. This

is a practiced-based course.

4055LCST A - New European Cinema (MH)

6357CRN: 4Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): T: 2:00 pm - 5:20 pm

Prerequisite(s Introduction to Media Studies; Introduction to Cultural Studies

Course Description

Today, some of the world's most visually stunning and thematically provocative films are being made in a newly reconfigured Europe. This

course surveys the most exciting contemporary European films with a focus on globalization, immigration, and the explosion of "outsider"

filmmaking, new cinematic visions of the human body, and the rise of the aesthetics of spectacle, transgression, and the hyperreal. The

course also includes several "backtrack" sessions in which students screen older European films, for their own sakes, and in order to locate

their reverberations in more recent works. While various contexts frame the view, the central focus remains on the aesthetic, political,

ethical, and theoretical dimensions of the individual films themselves. Backtrack sessions include films by Godard, Fellini, and Fassbinder.

Sessions on more contemporary works include films by Tykver, Kassovitz, Kusturica, Almodovar, and Tarr. Introduction to Media Studies;

Introduction to Cultural Studies


4900LCST A - Senior Seminar: Culture and the Self

3466CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Christopher Johnson


Prerequisite(s Seniors only.

Course Description

This senior seminar will present approaches to identity and subjectivity. We will read about and discuss the culture of the self, or identity,

and, experience, or subjectivity, as a way to clarify and make accessible the topics that class participants might be interested in pursuing.

Students also consider notions of the fragmented self, and, the self and identity for author and audience. By using subjecthood as a base,

course participants are encouraged to devise individual and group projects. Seniors only.

2000LDAN A - Choreography 1

6910CRN: 1Credits

Profesor(s): Karla Wolfangle


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course examines the basic building blocks of choreography including moving through space, creating patterns, experimenting with

rhythm and dynamics, and analyzing movement phrases. The concepts of abstraction, gesture and style are examined to develop a

vocabulary of movement to serve choreographic demands. Students learn the principles of creating dance works and develop structured

composed studies. Students observe, analyze, and critique other's work. This course is open to all students.

2920LDAN A - IHAD Dance Practicum

6358CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Rebecca Stenn


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

In this course, students gain the skills to teach dance to 2nd and 3rd Graders at The Chelsea Elliott School. The course examines

pedagogical methods, connections between dance and the children's literacy and math syllabi, and focuses on teaching games and

methods that are effective for the appropriate age group. Students first "practice teach" lessons and subsequently work with the children.

Students are supervised by the professor while working with the children. They reconvene at Lang College throughout the semester to

share their experiences and for feedback.

3001LDAN A - Dance History: From Ritual to Romanticism

2828CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Patricia Beaman


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores why dance has continued to be important in the history of civilization. It covers an overview of dance from its origins

in India; to Bali and Java; the Noh and Kabuki theatrical traditions of Japan; dances of the Ashanti, Yoruba, and Masai tribes of Africa; the

rites of passage in Aboriginal Australian dances; the dervish dance of Turkey; and the Dionysian rituals of ancient Greece. The course

culminates with exploring Renaissance court entertainment and the origins of ballet in the court spectacles of Louis XIV's Versailles and the

Paris Opera during the Baroque period. Romantic ballets of the 19th century such as La Sylphide, Giselle, and Bournonville's Napoli are

also studied. In addition to written texts and video documentation, students review examples of related art forms (visual arts, music, and

drama) and the rare audio-visual records available at the Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center. Open to all students.

2005LDAN A - Introduction to Modern Dance 1

3294CRN: 1Credits

Profesor(s): Joao Carvalho


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course introduces the student to the basic principles of contemporary dance including posture, placement, isolation, coordination,

flexibility and strength. The students will acquire a basic knowledge of dance in theory and practice by taking weekly movement classes in

modern dance. Gaining an understanding and awareness of the body will help students to move in a safe and healthy manner. Students

are encouraged to develop individuality and creativity through movement exploration. Open to all students.


2006LDAN A - Technique 1: Modern

2140CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Joao Carvalho

Day(s) & Time(s): MWF: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Students explore different dimensions of dance by developing and strengthening their technical skill. Technique 1: Modern surveys the

concepts of contemporary dance through the use of breath to gain power in the torso, spiral in the body, articulation of the legs and feet,

and alignment through visualization. Contemporary styles strengthen body placement, build stamina, develop memory, and build technical

proficiency. Students that register for this class are also expected to enroll in Technique 1: Ballet. Technique 1 is an advanced level class

for students with previous training in dance. Permission Required - an audition/consultation is required before registering for the class.

2010LDAN A - Anatomy/Kinesiology

2141CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Sean Gallagher


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Students learn the basics of the anatomical body. The course examines the muscles, bones, and joint structures that compose the skeletal

system. The basis of the course is to learn the language of anatomy and how the human body performs. The course analyzes the structure

and function of the body through observation, research, palpation, and manipulation to ensure that a comprehensive learning process is

explored. Knowledge of anatomical, physiological and kinesiological principles is emphasized for movement efficiency and injury

prevention. This course is open to both dancers and non-dancers.

2016LDAN A - Technique 1: Ballet

4553CRN: 1Credits

Profesor(s): Mary Carpenter


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Students explore different dimensions of dance by developing and strengthening their technical skill. Technique 1: Ballet build on the

principles of classical ballet including barre and center work such as adagio, pirouettes, and petite and grand allegros. Classical technique

strengthens body placement, build stamina, develop memory, and build technical proficiency. Students that register for this class are also

expected to enroll in Technique 1: Modern Technique 1 is an advanced level class for students with previous training in dance. Permission

Required - an audition/consultation is required before registering for the class.

2021LDAN A - Lang at Judson Church

4015CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Charles Houston Jones


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course provides students the opportunity to delve into the downtown New York dance scene, by attending regular weekly

performances of Movement Research at Judson Memorial Church. These performances are a free, high visibility, low tech forum for

experimentation, emerging ideas, and works in progress. Students learn the history of the Judson Church in the context of

post-modernism and avantgarde experimentalism in the early 1960's, with a focus on artists whose ground breaking work continue to

influence the present day generation. Students write a series of short response papers articulating their response to the performances as

they develop their own personal processes as performing or visual artists. A dance background is not a requisite for this class. Students

will attend performances at Judson Church every Monday evening and participate in online discussion. The church is located at 55

Washington Square South. This is a Lang Out and About course. The first class meeting will be at 7pm in the Lang Cafe.



2502CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Karla Wolfangle

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Prerequisite(s Technique 2 is an advanced level class for students with previous training in dance.

Course Description

This course builds upon the principles of Technique I: Modern. The course further develops technical proficiency in contemporary technique

and defines the concepts of alignment, strength, flexibility, coordination, and articulation. Students that register for this class are also

expected to enroll in Technique 2: Ballet. Technique 2 is an advanced level class for students with previous training in dance. This is a

permission required class. An audition/consultation is required before registering for the class. Technique 2 is an advanced level class for

students with previous training in dance.

3021LDAN A - Technique 2: Ballet

4554CRN: 1Credits



Prerequisite(s Technique 2 is an advanced level class for students with previous training in dance.

Course Description

This course builds upon the principles of Technique 1: Ballet The course further develops technical proficiency in classical technique and

further defines the concepts of alignment, strength, flexibility, coordination, and articulation. Students that register for this class are also

expected to enroll in Technique 2: Modern Technique 2 is an advanced level class for students with previous training in dance. Permission

Required - an audition/consultation is required before registering for the class. Technique 2 is an advanced level class for students with

previous training in dance.

3320LDAN A - Choreography 2

3295CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): F: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is a seminar/forum, where students work on serious choreographic projects under the guidance of the professors. The course

explores elements and tools of choreography to create comprehensive group dances and to explore crafting and arranging dance phrases,

while examining the role of music, style, content, dynamics, transitions, patterns, and structure. Through an in-depth study of

composition, students form and structure advanced movement studies, which result in a completed group dance at the conclusion of the

course. Through an analytical study of choreography and selected readings, students critique their own and others' work. The course

stresses the development of students' individual choreographic voice and style. Prerequisite: Choreography 1.

3510LDAN A - Advanced Repertory

6359CRN: 1Credits

Profesor(s): Keely Garfield


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course will develop performance skills for advanced dancers through rehearsals and performances of a significant dance work

choreographed by a guest artist. The repertory work will be performed at the end of the semester in the Spring Dance Concert. Audition

required.

3511LDAN A - Advanced Repertory B

6996CRN: 1Credits

Profesor(s): Benedict Munisteri


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course develops performance skills for advanced dancers through rehearsals and performances of a significant dance work

choreographed by a guest artist. The repertory work is performed at the end of the semester in the Spring Dance Concert. Audition

required.


3512LDAN A - Advanced Reportory C

6997CRN: 1Credits

Profesor(s): Alexandra Beller


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course develops performance skills for advanced dancers through rehearsals and performances of a significant dance work

choreographed by a guest artist. The repertory work is performed at the end of the semester in the Spring Dance Concert. Audition

required.


3296CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Eric Bradley


Prerequisite(s Permission Required - an audition/consultation is required before registering for the class.

Course Description

This course builds upon the principles of Technique 1 and 2. This course further develops technical proficiency in contemporary styles and

defines the concepts of alignment, strength, flexibility, coordination, and articulation. This is an advanced level class for students with

previous training in dance. Permission Required - an audition/consultation is required before registering for the class.

3521LDAN A - Technique 3: Modern B

6998CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Ori Flomin


Prerequisite(s Permission Required - an audition/consultation is required before registering for the class.

Course Description

This course builds upon the principles of Technique 1 and 2. This course further develops technical proficiency in contemporary styles and

defines the concepts of alignment, strength, flexibility, coordination, and articulation. This is an advanced level class for students with

previous training in dance. Permission Required - an audition/consultation is required before registering for the class.

4510LECO A - Historical Foundations of Political Economy

4737CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): William Milberg

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course provides an introduction to the history of classical economic thought. The course begins with a brief survey of political

economy to 1776, then turn to the classical economists. The focus is on Smith, Malthus, Ricardo, Mill, and Marx, with about half the

semester devoted to a survey of Marx's economics, treated in the context of classical political economy. This course is crosslisted with the

New School for Social Research.

2029LECO A - Economics of Disasters: Theories, Case Studies, and Impact Analysis

4300CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Lopamudra Banerjee


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The course draws upon social and natural sciences to explore the discourse on disasters. Extending the analysis from natural calamities

(including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and flooding) to man-made disasters (including violent conflicts and genocides), the course

examines the causes, effects, and options available to mitigate disasters, manage risks, and reduce vulnerability.


3100LECO A - Sustainable Globalization

7052CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Edward Nell

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 4:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course contrasts the globalization movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which ended with WWI, to the present

processes of globalization. It examines the patterns of trade and focus on the changing role of the financial system. Topics include the

history of globalization; free trade and balance of payments problems; capital movements and exchange rates; migration out of

agriculture to the cities; corporate social responsibility; and the idea of sustainable globalization in relation to energy, inequality, health,

and the environment.

3101LECO A - History of Economic Thought

4736CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): William Milberg


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course traces the development of economic science from its origins in the 17th century up to the present. The course examines how a

particular set of analytical problems became a focus of scientific study, and how economists have tried to understand these problems over

the discipline's history. The relevance of the course is two-fold: first, many of the theoretical issues that preoccupied the economists of the

past remain controversial; second, careful study of the accomplishments and missteps of the economists of the past can help us to become

more skillful economists for our own time.

3823LECO A - Intermediate Microeconomics: Methods and Models

5142CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Duncan Foley


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course introduces students to modern economic methods of modeling social interactions. Topics include game theory as a method of

conceptualizing social interaction, decision theory, self-organization of economies and coordination failures, the ideal-type of competitive

markets, and its limitations, labor market contracts and the role of power in the workplace, and an introduction to the theory of economic

institutions. All of the mathematics required for the course are covered in the assignments, readings, and lectures. Text used is selected

chapters of Samuel Bowles' Microeconomics: Behavior, Institutions and Evolution.

3830LECO A - Development Economics

6825CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Sanjay Reddy


Prerequisite(s introductory microeconomics and macroeconomics and either intermediate microeconomics or intermediate macroeconomics.

Course Description

This course surveys key issues in development studies. It fosters understanding of the main debates and approaches to study within the

field of development economics -- involving the theory and empirics of growth and structural transformation, income distribution and

poverty, the impact of historical and contemporary international economic relations, the role and nature of government, gender,

population, health, and social protection. The course also furthers the awareness that development theory and practice are contentious

domains. Although the course includes a technical component, it equally emphasizes a critical and historical understanding of

contemporary development debates and the role of political economy. No special topical knowledge is assumed. introductory

microeconomics and macroeconomics and either intermediate microeconomics or intermediate macroeconomics.


3919LEDU A - IUE Pathways to College Internship

6372CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Cheryl Keise

Day(s) & Time(s): R: 4:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s Students must be available to lead the Bridge workshop every Thursday from 3:45 to 4:30 PM. Additional meeting times with the professor will be determined by the students and professor.

Course Description

In this independent study, Lang students explore methods and dilemmas of teaching practice first-hand. Through planning and teaching a

weekly workshop for high school students taking anInstitute for Urban Education sponsored "Bridge" course (Writing, Power and Youth

Culture), Lang students will work to understand the high school students' varying needs and develop activities to support them

accordingly. Lang students will facilitate workshops focusing on improving academic skills and exploring what it means to be a "college

student" in order to ensure all students' success. Lang students will collaborate with one another to develop workshop activities in

coordination with the course professor. Students must be available to lead the Bridge workshop every Thursday from 3:45 to 4:30 PM.

Additional meeting times with the professor will be determined by the students and professor.

2011LEDU A - Ethnographic and Qualitative Research in Education

6365CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Jaskiran Dhillon

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 9:00 am - 11:40 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is designed to be an introduction to ethnographic and qualitative research; its substantive orientation, literature, and methods.

The course places particular emphasis on the interpretive study of social organizations and culture in educational settings, both formal and

informal. Methods of data collection and analysis, critical review of examples of ethnographic and qualitative research, and research design

and proposal preparation are among the topics and activities included in the course. This course includes a required online component.

2013LEDU A - Media and Education

6366CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Amy Bach


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

As sources of entertainment, art, sites of knowledge-production and distribution, and multi-billon dollar industries, the media are powerful

tools of information and socialization that shape out perceptions of the worlds and the our perceived place in it. By drawing from a range

of disciplines (critical educational studies, new literacy studies, and cultural and media studies) to explore a range of media outlets

(mainstream, "alternative," youth), this course will offer a critical introduction to examining media as they relate to both education and

larger societal issues.

2024LEDU A - Contemporary Issues in Urban Education

6367CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Joseph Nelson

Day(s) & Time(s): R: 2:00 pm - 3:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

In this course students examine contemporary issues confronting urban education. The course offers students the opportunity to provide

critical analysis of social, demographic, economic, and political issues that are deeply linked to urban education but are often overlooked in

larger community contexts. In pursuit of this goal, students examine the purpose of schooling and what actually happens; the community

factors and the roles principal stakeholders play in improving schools in urban areas. Students ultimately develop a clear understanding of

major issues in urban schooling, and are able to define and carry out critical examination of issues confronting education in urban settings.

2511LEDU A - Theories of Teaching and Learning

6368CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Robert Moeller


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores theoretical and empirical perspectives on the questions: What is knowledge and knowing? What is learning? What is

teaching? How do contexts influence teaching, knowing, and learning? A central goal of the course if o encourage students to consider

these questions and their interconnections for themselves to examine ways scholars and practitioners have answered them, and to develop

an analytical framework to use in examining contemporary practices in settings that include formal and informal, urban and international.


2801LEDU A - Introduction to Educational Theory

6369CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Jaskiran Dhillon


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

By exploring the beliefs, goals, and practices of education in American life, this course examines the relationship between schooling,

democracy, and American society. Drawing on classic and contemporary thought from the intellectual traditions of educational

anthropology, history, philosophy, and sociology, it introduces students to some of the important texts and ways of thinking about

education in the U.S. Seminar topics include the role of schools and education in American society; the development and organization of

schools; philosophical and pedagogical theories of how people learn and the purposes of education; how schools reproduce (or can

interrupt) larger social inequalities; historical and contemporary issues surrounding race and ethnicity in schools; and the role of families

and communities in the education of young people.

2901LEDU A - New City New Words: ESL/EFL

5147CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Jeanne Lambert


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Language and literacy are key elements in the health of a democracy. This course trains students in the methods of teaching English as a

Second Language (ESL) while also examining the contemporary immigrant experience. Students plan and execute effective ESL instruction

with an emphasis on all four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Teaching grammar, vocabulary, functions, and

pronunciation are also covered. Students have the opportunity to co-teach an ESL class within a local non-profit organization in NYC. In

the spring, students may continue with the ESL Teaching Practicum, which includes field experience and a seminar component.

3013LEDU A - Philosophy of Education

6370CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Eric Anthamatten


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course examines the history of philosophical writings on education. As epitomized by Plato's famous dialogues, the philosopher's

primary role is to dynamically engage with the world, requiring listeners, students, other speakers, and a larger community, i.e., to always

educate and always be educated. The course follows a historical trajectory--from the Greeks and Romans, through the Scholastics, to

Modernity and the Enlightenment, culminating in contemporary philosophies of education. Special emphasis is on the pedagogical

philosophies of John Dewey. Students also explore broad epistemological, psychological, and ethical questions regarding the nature of

knowledge, the process of learning, the role of experience and community in education, and what it might mean to educate the "whole"

person.

3017LEDU A - Education, Globalization, and Social Change

6979CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Naomi Moland


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Through a comparative framework, this course examines the relationship between education and social change in various regions around

the world. Central questions to be explored include: How do governments use schooling to produce certain kinds of citizens? In what ways

do Non-Governmental Organizations influence educational agendas in different countries? How do specific instructional practices and

curricula reflect nations' ideologies and cultures? What are various countries' strategies to integrate immigrant students? Are school

systems around the world becoming more similar, and if so, what are the consequences? Countries to be studied include: France, The

Netherlands, The United States, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Japan, and China.


3960LEDU A - College Community Connection Practicum

6845CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Kristina Solum

Day(s) & Time(s): W: 4:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This practicum provides Lang students with placement opportunities, creating and facilitating workshops and enrichment activities on

college readiness and access, in under-served New York City public high schools. Under the supervision of the Institute for Urban Education

and the Education Studies department, Lang students will be trained to work in the schools and will develop an understanding of issues in

urban education, such as educational equity and access and race, class and gender issues, as they relate to college readiness and access.

Students must commit to 10 hours per week in their school placements and be available for Lang-based workshops on Fridays,

12-2:00pm. Students meet weekly for the first three weeks and bi-weekly thereafter.

4101LEDU A - Social Construction of Knowledge

6375CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Amy Bach


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Questions about the social, economic, and cultural purposes of education have always been the subject of contentious political debate.

What education is for, and what and whose knowledge is considered legitimate, are essential questions to consider when examining the

continually shifting terrain of beliefs about, and hopes for, education and schooling. Drawing from post-colonial theories, critical

educational studies, psychological, ethnographic, and historical perspectives that examine how knowledge has been constructed and

distributed in formal institutions of education, this course will explore the deeper meanings and purposes for education and schooling and

the larger impact this has had on not only for teaching, learning, and curricula, but for larger society.

1000LFYW A - Writing the Essay 1: Forgiveness as Power and Paradox

2007CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Anne McCarthy


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This writing course examines forgiveness in its ethical, political, and interpersonal manifestations. To graciously pardon an offense or

selflessly forgive a wrong is perhaps the closest that a human being can come to altering the past. Disinterested forgiveness, without

condition, is a cornerstone of many moral and religious traditions, and is sometimes today recommended as a therapeutic gesture. Yet, in

spite of the benefits of moving on or getting over the past, forgiveness remains profoundly disruptive and difficultperhaps even impossible

in some cases. Through daily writing assignments, including three critical papers, students will articulate and revise their own views on

forgiveness in conversation with a number of different authors.

1000LFYW B - Writing the Essay 1: Writing About Values

2008CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Stephen Massimilla


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course questions the fundamental issues of our lives in order to develop key analytic and argumentative skills. Students discuss what

is really worth striving for and what makes a good or meaningful life. Topics include free will and determinism, questions of priorities,

questions of cultural and moral relativity, the nature of friendship and love, the challenge of death, and the roles of religion and

self-realization. Texts may include short works and excerpts by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Plato, Aristotle, Dante, Montaigne, Hume,

Sartre, Hardy, Conrad, and Woolf, as well as Eastern and Western religious texts and topical newspaper articles.


1000LFYW C - Writing the Essay 1: America as Idea

2009CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Jeffrey ONeal


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

By considering various formulations of what America "means," this seminar introduces students to the practice of academic writing.

Through investigations of polyform texts defining, emending, and contesting ideas of America, students develop an array of skills

fundamental to critical writing: reading analytically, using evidence, developing original ideas, and crafting arguments. Topics may include

citizenship, multiculturalism, democracy and equality, borders/boundaries, and national identity. Readings may include Alexander

Hamilton, Walt Whitman, James Baldwin, Eric Foner, Toni Morrison, Malcolm X, Henry David Thoreau, Gloria Anzaldúa, Allen Ginsburg, and

others.

1000LFYW D - Writing the Essay 1: Contemporary Culture and the Critical Eye

2010CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Alexios Moore


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course examines popular culture over the last fifty years through the lens of the critical essayist. Students examine the role of the

critic in helping to define the direction and the very meaning of contemporary artistic expression. Students write essays in response to

works of contemporary visual art, music, and film. Readings include essays and reviews by Clement Greenberg, Pablo Picasso, James

Baldwin, Malcolm Gladwell, and Lester Bangs. Close reading and critical analysis of the texts are emphasized, as are class participation and

frequent writing exercises.

1000LFYW E - Writing the Essay 1: Writing About Values

2011CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Stephen Massimilla


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course questions the fundamental issues of our lives in order to develop develop key analytic and argumentative skills. Students

discuss what is worth striving for and what makes a good or meaningful life. Topics include free will and determinism, questions of

priorities, questions of cultural and moral relativity, the nature of friendship and love, the challenge of death, and the roles of religion and

self-realization. Texts may include short works and excerpts by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Plato, Aristotle, Dante, Montaigne, Hume,

Sartre, Hardy, Conrad, and Woolf, as well as Eastern and Western religious texts and topical newspaper articles.

1000LFYW F - Writing the Essay 1: The Utopian Imagination

2012CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Lindsey Freeman


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This writing course encourages students to consider the ways they are taught and the unspoken assumptions about their education. To do

this effectively, students hone skills for reading, analyzing, and thinking critically about structures of thought implicit in formal education.

They think through complicated issues, write to examine that thinking, share their ideas, and make arguments based on their perspectives

and understandings. Authors include Paulo Freire, Adrienne Rich, Mary Louise Pratt, and Susan Griffin.

1000LFYW H - Writing the Essay 1: Too Cool for School

2013CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Nkosi Bandele


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This writing course encourages students to consider the ways they are taught and the unspoken assumptions about their education. To do

this effectively, students hone skills for reading, analyzing, and thinking critically about structures of thought implicit in formal education.

They think through complicated issues, write to examine that thinking, share their ideas, and make arguments based on their perspectives

and understandings. Authors include Paulo Freire, Adrienne Rich, Mary Louise Pratt, and Susan Griffin.


1500LFYW A - Writing the Essay 2: Setting a Fine Table

2018CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Scott Korb


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This advanced writing course considers our love for and obsession with food. We indulge in it and abstain from it. It makes us sick and it

heals us. We worry over where it comes from and serve it during our religious rituals. We pay a fortune for it and we give it away. Its

preparation is a science and an art. Through a consideration of a variety of food writing—from primary sources, cookbooks, newspapers,

magazines, and journals—this course asks students to consider the many, often contradictory, roles food has played, and continues to

play, in culture, and through a process of writing, workshopping, and the all-important rewriting, to have their own hand in the kitchen of

the essay writer. Readings include essays by David Foster Wallace, M.F.K. Fisher, John McPhee, Ruth Reichl, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto,

and Michael Pollan.

1000LFYW J - Writing the Essay 1: Forgiveness as Power and Paradox

2015CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Anne McCarthy


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This writing course examines forgiveness in its ethical, political, and interpersonal manifestations. To graciously pardon an offense or

selflessly forgive a wrong is perhaps the closest that a human being can come to altering the past. Disinterested forgiveness, without

condition, is a cornerstone of many moral and religious traditions, and is sometimes today recommended as a therapeutic gesture. Yet, in

spite of the benefits of moving on or getting over the past, forgiveness remains profoundly disruptive and difficultperhaps even impossible

in some cases. Through daily writing assignments, including three critical papers, students will articulate and revise their own views on

forgiveness in conversation with a number of different authors.

1000LFYW K - Writing the Essay 1: Travelers’ Tales

2016CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Madhu Kaza


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

In this writing course, students consider travel in relation to topics such as escapism, adventure, self-discovery, and encounter with the

‘other'. The course develops critical thinking and writing skills through close reading of texts and through a variety of writing activities

including in-class exercises, response papers, short assignments, and three longer essays. Readings may include essays, stories and

poems by authors such as Elizabeth Bishop, Anaïs Nin, Italo Calvino, Paul Theroux, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Jamaica Kincaid, and Alain de

Botton.

1000LFYW L - Writing the Essay 1: Music Writing

2017CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This critical writing course asks students first to listen and then think and write about how music and music writing not only reflect

changes in our culture but also can effect new cultural movements. Readings include essays, fiction, and criticism by writers such as Sasha

Frere-Jones, Kelefa Sanneh, Michael Azerrad, and Alex Ross. In addition, several professional music writers will visit the class. Focusing on

a wide range of musical styles from folk to hip-hop, punk to new wave and beyond, this course investigates how music and music writing

often open doors to understand broader cultural issues, including race, class, and new media.


1000LFYW M - Writing the Essay 1: Rhyme, Rhetoric, and Repetition

2207CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Julian Brolaski


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Repetition is embedded in the structure of language and serves aesthetic, rhetorical, performative and political functions. In this

writing-intensive course, students examine why the repetition of like sounds is a powerful and convincing device capable of selling cars,

seducing lovers and rallying support for causes. Students will refine their ability to make persuasive arguments by practicing imitation and

innovation, and by drafting and re-drafting essays. Texts will include rhetorical and poetical works from Shakespeare, Gertrude Stein,

Desiderius Erasmus, Harryette Mullen and Jay Z, and excerpts from political speeches and advertisements.

1000LFYW N - Writing the Essay 1: America as Idea

2351CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Jeffrey ONeal


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

By considering various formulations of what America "means," this seminar introduces students to the practice of academic writing.

Through investigations of polyform texts defining, emending, and contesting ideas of America, students develop an array of skills

fundamental to critical writing: reading analytically, using evidence, developing original ideas, and crafting arguments. Topics may include

citizenship, multiculturalism, democracy and equality, borders/boundaries, and national identity. Readings may include Alexander

Hamilton, Walt Whitman, James Baldwin, Eric Foner, Toni Morrison, Malcolm X, Henry David Thoreau, Gloria Anzaldúa, Allen Ginsburg, and

others.

1000LFYW O - Writing the Essay 1: Contemporary Culture and the Critical Eye

3181CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Alexios Moore


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course examines popular culture over the last fifty years through the lens of the critical essayist. Students examine the role of the

critic in helping to define the direction and the very meaning of contemporary artistic expression. Students write essays in response to

works of contemporary visual art, music, and film. Readings include essays and reviews by Clement Greenberg, Pablo Picasso, James

Baldwin, Malcolm Gladwell, and Lester Bangs. Close reading and critical analysis of the texts are emphasized, as are class participation and

frequent writing exercises.

1000LFYW P - Writing the Essay 1: Texts and Technologies

3200CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Cathleen Eichhorn


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This writing-intensive course investigates the social and cultural implications of different modes of communication, from oral storytelling to

text-messaging. Course readings and discussions examine how different forms of communication influence the way we think, what we

believe, and how we organize ourselves socially. Specific attention is paid to exploring how digital communications continue to transform

writing conventions, genres, and understandings of authorship. Texts include both philosophical and fictional works, including excerpts

from Plato, Jorge Luis Borges, and a selection of contemporary theorists of writing and technology.


1000LFYW Q - Writing the Essay 1: Rhyme, Rhetoric, and Repetition

3336CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Julian Brolaski


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Repetition is embedded in the structure of language and serves aesthetic, rhetorical, performative and political functions. In this

writing-intensive course, students examine why the repetition of like sounds is a powerful and convincing device capable of selling cars,

seducing lovers and rallying support for causes. Students will refine their ability to make persuasive arguments by practicing imitation and

innovation, and by drafting and re-drafting essays. Texts will include rhetorical and poetical works from Shakespeare, Gertrude Stein,

Desiderius Erasmus, Harryette Mullen and Jay Z, and excerpts from political speeches and advertisements.

1000LFYW R - Writing the Essay 1: The Utopian Imagination

3775CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Lindsey Freeman


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This writing-intensive seminar explores utopian thinking as the desire to re-organize the entirety of social life. As Oscar Wilde once

quipped, "A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not even worth glancing at." Course readings consist of utopian texts from a

wide variety of genres and perspectives, including science fiction, political manifestos, religious tracts, architectural plans, and urban

design. Themes such as race, gender, sexuality, politics, science, religion, work, and leisure are addressed and re-imagined through

careful reading, lively discussion, and analytical writing. Throughout the course students develop skills to critically think through texts and

express themselves in writing.

1000LFYW T - Writing the Essay 1: Sacrifice and Salvation

4416CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Chelsea Ebin


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This writing-intensive course examines the historical and philosophical development of the concepts of sacrifice and salvation in Western

thought. Students investigate these concepts by critically engaging with pagan narratives, Christian theological doctrines, and secular

discourses. Specific attention is on narratives of crucifixion, conversion, and the doctrine of Final Judgment. Readings include selections

from Thucydides, the Bible, St. Augustine, Emerson, Nietzsche, Max Weber, J. D. Salinger, Chris Hedges, and Gary Wills.

1000LFYW U - Writing the Essay 1: Characters in Conflict: Great Short Fiction

4460CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Jonathan Liebson


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This critical writing class explores character and conflict in moral and experimental fiction, the use of voice, language and metaphor, plus

other relevant themes. Short stories are the primary texts used to develop the broader skills of close reading and clear, analytical writing.

Authors are both canonical and contemporary, including Joyce, Kafka, Updike, O'Connor, Carver, Annie Proulx, and García-Márquez. Daily

discussions and written response papers drive students toward building their own ideas. Essays undergo thorough drafting and revision.

1000LFYW W - Writing the Essay 1: Travelers’ Tales

4648CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Madhu Kaza


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

In this writing course, students consider travel in relation to topics such as escapism, adventure, self-discovery, and encounter with the

‘other'. The course develops critical thinking and writing skills through close reading of texts and through a variety of writing activities

including in-class exercises, response papers, short assignments, and three longer essays. Readings may include essays, stories and

poems by authors such as Elizabeth Bishop, Anaïs Nin, Italo Calvino, Paul Theroux, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Jamaica Kincaid, and Alain de

Botton.


1500LFYW B - Writing the Essay II: Setting a Fine Table

5214CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This advanced writing course considers our love for and obsession with food. We indulge in it and abstain from it. It makes us sick and it

heals us. We worry over where it comes from and serve it during our religious rituals. We pay a fortune for it and we give it away. Its

preparation is a science and an art. Through a consideration of a variety of food writing—from primary sources, cookbooks, newspapers,

magazines, and journals—this course asks students to consider the many, often contradictory, roles food has played, and continues to

play, in culture, and through a process of writing, workshopping, and the all-important rewriting, to have their own hand in the kitchen of

the essay writer. Readings include essays by David Foster Wallace, M.F.K. Fisher, John McPhee, Ruth Reichl, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto,

and Michael Pollan.

4152LHIS A - Advanced Topics in Latin American History: Medicine, the Body, Disease & the State

6390CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Paul Ross


Prerequisite(s Senior standing OR two previous 3000-level history courses OR an introductory course in Latin American history, OR instructor's permission.

Course Description

This course uses medicine and disease as a lens for a focused and in-depth study of Latin American societies from the pre-Columbian era

to the present. Readings consist of historical studies of medicine and public health. Topics include the spread of European science, the

hybridization and adaptation of medical knowledge by local cultures and elites, the medical construction of the body, the origins of state

institutions to protect public health, and the relationship between tropical medicine and imperialism. Senior standing OR two previous

3000-level history courses OR an introductory course in Latin American history, OR instructor's permission.

4450LHIS A - Archive / City: the Design of Knowledge

6391CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Joseph Heathcott


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The desire to collect, organize, and store artifacts for posterity constitutes a principal mode in the social production of knowledge. Archive

is the metaphor that we use to describe this process as well as its physical result. It is a catalog of desires, awash in the presence of the

past but also haunted by absent voices. The archive is at once an epistemology--a way of viewing the world--and at the same time it is a

material fixture, comprising texts, objects, points of access, rituals of circulation, and designed spaces. Whether open source or closed to

prying eyes, the archive is a mentality that conditions its material form. In this course, students examine archives broadly defined, from

the contents of our family photo albums to vast collections housed in libraries to the design of buildings that contain such collections.

Ultimately, the city itself is examined as an archive in its own right--a vibrant collection of interrelated artifacts that records the selective

presence of the past in built form. Students produce a major term project that considers the history, condition, scope, format, and design

of a particular archive in New York City.

3003LHIS A - Shaping of the Modern City

6382CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Elaine Abelson


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Contrary to popular belief, myth, and political rhetoric, cities and urban forms have been central to American life and experience. From the

colonial period to the present day cities have occupied a significant place in the forward thrust of the American empire; in economic,

social, and cultural development; and in the American imagination. While many of the great urban concentrations created in the 19th

century have lost their industry, their tax base, and in some cases their population, new and quite different cities, suburbs, and exurbs

have emerged. This course examines historically those forces which have given shape to American cities and urban consciousness;

students consider how ideas about the city (and the countryside) changed as Americans confronted the industrial, the post-industrial, and,

more recently, the global city.


3005LHIS A - Age of Extremes: Communism, Fascism, Post-Colonialism, and Democracy in 20c Global History

6383CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Eli Zaretsky


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course examines communism, fascism, post-colonialism, and democracy in 20th century global history.

2013LHIS A - Slavery and Public History in New York

6376CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Kathleen Hulser

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 9:00 am - 11:40 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Slavery and Public History in New York examines the pivotal role of race in American history, the black presence in New York and in

American society, the dynamics of race relations and the history of black freedom struggles, abolition, and the Underground Railroad. The

coursework integrates the methodologies of museum and urban studies with public history, and draws on materials from the exhibition

Lincoln in New York at the New-York Historical Society. This course includes a required online component.

2017LHIS A - Women and Men in War and Peace

7142CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Mara Lazda


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course examines how gender has shaped—and continues to shape—global interactions among states and individuals in peace and

war. It begins with a theoretical reevaluation of how and why many cultures associate femininity with peace work, but masculinity with

militarism. These theoretical discussions are then applied to global and civil conflicts such as World War II and fascism, military

dictatorship in Argentina and the resistance of the mothers of the disappeared, and the ethnic cleansing in the collapse of Yugoslavia in the

1990s. The course concludes with an examination of recent discussions of conflict, occupation, and peace in Darfur and Afghanistan. By

studying peace and war through the analytical lens of gender, students reconsider not only traditional understandings of femininity and

masculinity in conflict but also how factors such as class, nation, and race interact with gender in attempts to build peace.

2018LHIS A - Mexican Revolution

6377CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Paul Ross


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is devoted to the Mexican Revolution, which is the central event in the history of modern Mexico, and the first great social

revolution of the 20th century. It covers the long dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, the "old regime" that revolutionaries overthrew; the major

social and political movements of the revolution's armed phase from 1910 to 1917, especially the "people's revolutions" of Emiliano Zapata

and Pancho Villa; the one-party state that emerged as the political solution for a country that was divided by region and political loyalty

and armed to the teeth; the role of foreign powers, especially the USA; the revolution's cultural and artistic contributions; the government

of Lázaro Cárdenas in the 1930s, which fulfilled many of the revolution's promises; and the function of the revolution as the foundation of

20th-century Mexican political culture.

2023LHIS A - Power + Knowledge: Introduction to the History of Science

6378CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Orit Halpern


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course examines the relationship between science, technology, and society through a historical lens. The focus is to expose how ideas

of nature, culture, and the human have changed over time; and to interrogate the implications of these epistemological shifts. This

historical inquiry develops a critical approach to understanding complex socio-technological systems in the present. Exploring topics such

as eugenics, bio-technology, and computing students consider how historical study helps us politically and ethically engage with the most

pressing contemporary questions concerning how we use, and imagine, our technical future. The course also focuses on the historical

construction of race, gender, sexuality, and on the transformations between human beings and machines.


2027LHIS A - History of the Holocaust

6379CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Federico Finchelstein


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course surveys the historical background and multi-dimensional developments of the Nazi extermination of the European Jews,

including the different histories and experiences of victims, perpetrators, and bystanders in Europe and the Americas. Topics include the

history of anti-semitism, Nazi racial ideology, social, political, cultural, and intellectual developments in Germany and Europe as well as

historical interpretations of the Nazi Genocide. Weekly readings for the course complement and expand upon issues raised in the lectures.

2058LHIS A - Europe's Long Nineteenth Century, from the French Revolution to the Great War

6380CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Ann-Louise Shapiro


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course examines the emergence of modern Europe from the French Revolution of 1789 to the Great War of 1914-18. According to

historian Eric Hobsbawm, the 19th century witnessed more fundamental changes in the social and material conditions of life than did the

preceding thousand years. This course examines these changes, looking at the far-reaching consequences of political revolution and

industrial transformation. It traces the development of identities of gender, class and race, the growth of cities, and the emergence of a

new, urban mass culture. It examines nation- building and imperial expansion, and explores the ideological frameworks--liberalism,

socialism, romanticism, nationalism--through which people made sense of their world. It concludes with an investigation of the dark side

of the modern, as European conflicts erupted in world war.

2844LHIS A - History, Authority, and Power I: From Antiquity to the Medieval Period

4287CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Neguin Yavari


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course introduces students to reading and analyzing primary sources that deal with the interaction of political life with religious

sanction. It examines the role of interpretation in appropriating the past and dreaming the future. It includes texts from a variety of fields

and cultural geographies, to investigate intellectual commonalities while recognizing cultural differences. Students read excerpts from the

Histories of Herodotus, one of the world's first complete prose works. They proceed with the Peloponnesian Wars of Thucydides, whose

historical methodology differed emphatically from the epic and hero-centered style of Herodotus. Then they move on to Plato's Republic

and Aristotle's Politics, and from there to the Bible, St Augustines City of God, and the Koran. Proceeding to the medieval world, students

read selections from European and Islamic mirrors for princes, and four different perspectives on the Crusades. The investigation ends in

the thirteenth century, with the collapse of the Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad and the drafting of the Magna Carta in Europe.

2861LHIS A - Jewish History

4739CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Rebekka Voss


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course surveys the history and culture of Jews from Biblical times to the post-World-War II period. Exploring their political, social, and

cultural journey through Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and Modernity, this course examines the ways in which Jews interacted with and

experienced other religious and intellectual systems (Hellenism, Christianity, Islam, the Reformation, the Renaissance, Enlightenment,

Socialism, and Nationalism) across the empires and modern states in which they lived. Topics include: Jerusalem and the Judean State in

the First and Second Temple periods; the rise of Rabbinic Judaism; the Spanish "Golden Age" and expulsion; establishment of the ghettos;

women's roles in Judaism and Jewish life; emancipation; anti-Semitism; Zionism; migration to the New World. By focusing on the history

of one ethnic-religious group (the Jews), students are encouraged to think critically about global phenomena, such as identity, migration,

cultural accommodation, and modernization.


3020LHIS A - Piracy and the Nation State

6885CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Douglas Burgess


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This seminar examines the history of piracy from ancient times to the present day, with emphasis on its role in the development of states,

trade relations, and empire. Pirates were neither romantic swashbucklers nor always criminals. For centuries piracy was an essential tool of

warfare, and pirates often had a central role in marine economies. The course deconstructs myths surrounding piracy, before going on to

examine how it evolved during the medieval and early modern periods. It then considers their role transfomed as empires grew.

Culminating in the "pirate wars" of the 18th century, pirates were increasingly isolated from their state sponsors, until finally becoming the

embittered, rebellious brigands whose stereotype survives to this day. The principle aim of this course is to explore what the

criminalization of piracy, a long process that continues even now, teaches us about the evolution of states themselves. Students read both

primary accounts and historical analyses of piracy to gain a broader awareness of its role in global history.

3103LHIS A - History and Memory on the Lower East Side

4740CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Anne Polland

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 4:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

At the turn of the 20th century, New York's Lower East Side was the largest Jewish city, home to 10% of World Jewry. This seminar

examines the rich cultural, political, religious, and social life of the East European Jewish encounter with New York City through an analysis

of the historical literature and artifacts-tenement apartments, newspaper buildings, and synagogues-that remain. The class will be held at

The Tenement Museum at 91 Orchard Street, corner of Broome Street. The closest subway is the F train at Essex/Delancey or B/D to

Grand.

3105LHIS A - The US and the World in the 20th Century

6386CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Joshua Stein


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Since the end of the 19th century, America's "manifest destiny" took the nation to far flung lands such as the Philippines, Vietnam, and

Iraq. Since 1896, the United States has fought in several wars overseas, built bases on nearly every continent, and left little doubt about

its global reach. This course addresses the social and economic factors, both domestic and international, behind America's 20th-century

foreign policies. Issues such as power and empire are considered to understand America's role in the world, and, its relationship with other

countries.

3113LHIS A - Citizenship in America: Gender, Race, and Collective Identity

6387CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Elaine Abelson


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This seminar explores the history of American women from the early republic to the present day, focusing on three periods: the aftermath

of the Revolutionary War, the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the decades following WWII. Students examine social, economic,

and political issues among and across groups of women and men in order to explore and evaluate structures of inequality, racial

categories, and sexual identity. The course focuses on reading and analyzing primary sources and examining how historians use these

sources to write history. The goal is to develop critical and analytical skills and to understand the racial and gender dimensions of

American history--the processes by which a White Man's Republic was initially constituted and subsequently challenged.


4507LHIS A - Politics of Difference

6392CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Aristide Zolberg

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 4:00 pm - 5:50 pm

Prerequisite(s Open to Juniors and seniors only.

Course Description

Quite unexpectedly, at the dawn of the 21st century, issues of "difference" have emerged in the central political arena of many states,

both long-established and post-colonial, with democratic as well as authoritarian regimes, occasionally leading to major conflicts. Many of

these reflect challenges to unequal institutional arrangements concerning language, religion, gender, or ancestry of established

populations arrived at in earlier periods; but some reflect a broadening of differences occasioned by recent immigration. The course

considers these matters in a comparative perspective, drawing examples from North America, the European Union, and sub-Saharan

Africa, with emphasis on "differences among differences" -i.e., normatively fair solutions to differences of gender, language, religion, and

ancestry entail significantly different institutional arrangements. It also takes into consideration "global interactivity," i.e. that the internal

political dynamics of a given country are often significantly affected by developments elsewhere. Crosslisted with the New School for Social

Research. Open to Juniors and seniors only.

4514LHIS A - Iran in Revolution: 1800 - Present

4742CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Neguin Yavari

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s Open to juniors and seniors only.

Course Description

By the time the Qajar dynasty established itself in Iran in 1779, Shi'ism had already well established its religious hegemony over Iran and

the 18th and 19th centuries saw further evidence of its consolidation and institutionalization. How does the religious architecture of Shi'ism

help explain the Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1911 and the success of the Islamic revolution in 1979 in the absence of a strong

Islamic movement? And why did Iranians, clerical and lay, and in the heyday of colonialism, turn to a Western-inspired ideology in the

early decades of the 20th century, and then turn completely against Westernization some seventy years later? This course studies social

change in Iran during the past two centuries, focusing on the interaction of political thought with religious authority and cultural

transformation, to suggest that the Islamic revolution of 1979 is better explained in the lexicon of revolutionary transformation than in

that of religious resurgence or a revival of the past. Readings include Bayat, Bulliet, Calhoun, Goldstone, Goodwin, Gorski, Khomeini,

Mitchell, Moaddel, Owen, Skocpol. This course is crosslisted with the New School for Social Research. Open to juniors and seniors only.

4516LHIS A - Middle East and the West

6393CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): John VanderLippe

Day(s) & Time(s): R: 4:00 pm - 5:50 pm


Course Description

This course explores the diplomatic, military, economic, and cultural contacts between societies of the Middle East and the West,

concentrating on American-Middle East relations in the period since 1945, to explore the broader implications and possibilities of

cross-cultural contact and understanding within the context of the global system. It also examines Western knowledge and views of the

societies and culture of the Middle East. Is the acquisition of knowledge about societies and cultures enough to be a true citizen of the

world? Should we examine the development of societies according to their own standards, or can we, and should we, compare societies to

a set of universal standards of political and economic practice? How do we know that our knowledge of another culture is objective--not

biased by our own experiences, expectations, and norms? Finally, it provides a venue in which to examine critically American policy in the

Middle East: its underlying assumptions and goals; how they developed and changed over the past 60 years; the extent to which current

American policy represents the best in "world citizenship," and to what extent do existing policies support or contradict stated American

objectives in the Middle East? Crosslisted with the New School for Social Research Open to juniors and seniors only.

4580LHIS A - Psychoanalysis, Trauma, and Memory

6394CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Eli Zaretsky

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 4:00 pm - 5:50 pm


Course Description

The course focuses on theories of collective memory, guilt, and the transmision of trauma with special reference to the Holocaust and

World War II. Authors read include Freud, Arendt, LaCapra, Friedlander and Traverso, Zaretsky, and Finchelstein. This course is

cross-listed with New School for Social Research. Open to juniors and seniors only.


2409LLSL A - Theories of Beauty in 19th and 20th century Literature

6410CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Stephane Symons


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is a broad overview of the most important theories of beauty through an analysis of key novels from the 19th and 20th

century. It retraces ways in which philosophical theories of beauty have and continue to influence novelists. Among the authors discussed

are Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Friedrich Hölderlin, J.K. Huysmans, Oscar Wilde, Thomas Mann, Marcel Proust, Vladimir Nabokov, Thomas

Bernhard, W.G. Sebald, and Claudio Magris. The philosophers read include, Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Benjamin, Derrida, and

Rancière. By linking philosophical texts with specific novels, students gain an understanding of the complex relation between literature and

philosophy and can discuss the ways in which novels and artworks since the 18th century have come to be seen as having a "truth of their

own".

2526LLSL A - Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism: From Adorno to Sontag

6411CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Noah Isenberg

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course provides a broad survey of 20th- and early 21st-century literary and cultural criticism, with considerable emphasis on scholarly

method and theoretical orientation. It charts the developments made in the name of Russian Formalism, New Criticism, Marxism,

feminism, deconstruction and post-Colonialism, while also focusing on the tradition of non-academic criticism, of intellectual journalism,

the personal essay and belles lettres. Among the diverse critics examined are Theodor W. Adorno, Roland Barthes, Walter Benjamin, Judith

Butler, Jacques Derrida, Terry Eagleton, T.S. Eliot, Michel Foucault, Siegfried Kracauer, Edward Said, Viktor Shklovsky, and Susan Sontag.

This course includes a required online component.

2061LLSL A - Elements of Poetry

4618CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Henry Shapiro


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course emphasizes poetry's resources of sound (rhythm, meter, rhyme, assonance, etc.), form, and structure. At the same time it

gives a broad survey of how and why some basic kinds of lyric-praise poem, love poem, meditation, political poem-have both persisted

and changed radically from 1600 to the present. The course pairs poems by Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne, Herbert, Marvell, Keats,

Wordsworth, Shelley, Dickinson, Whitman, Williams, Stevens, Auden, Levertov, Bishop, Brooks, Pinsky, Olds, Komunyakaa.

2212LLSL A - Post-1945 American Novel

6398CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Mark Greif


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course surveys the U.S. novel since World War II. Students consider topics including: the legacy of modernism, the "death of the

novel," race and identity, nation and region, the revivals of realism, competition with mass media and communications, implications of the

New Criticism, the status of the body, "postmodernism," pastiche and history, dialect and slang. Students read one novel each week.

Strategies of criticism and literary reading are considered; significant critical orientations are historical and sociological. Authors may

include Ralph Ellison, Saul Bellow, Flannery O'Connor, Thomas Pynchon, Ishmael Reed, Toni Morrison, Raymond Carver, Don DeLillo, David

Foster Wallace, and Mary Gaitskill.


2332LLSL A - 18th Century English Novel: Emotion and Extravagance

6407CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Nicholas Birns


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course surveys the development of the novel in England in the 18th century. Students read seven pivotal novels: Daniel Defoe (Moll

Flanders), Samuel Richardson (Pamela), Charlotte Lennox (The Female Quixote) , Laurence Sterne (Tristram Shandy), Jonathan Swift

(Gulliver's Travels), Samuel Johnson (Rasselas), and Henry Fielding (Tom Jones), novels that unfolded the imaginative potential of the

novel form as well as its capacity to educate the heart. By studying the roots of this major modern genre, students gain insight into the

sources of modern literary sensibilities and tastes. They also read theoretical commentary by Georg Lukacs, Erich Auerbach, Ian Watt,

Nancy Armstrong, Michael McKeon, Deidre Lynch, and Margaret Ann Doody.

2350LLSL A - Origins of the Novel

6408CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Michael Pettinger


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course examines problems in defining the genre "novel," specifically the claims to "newness" and "modernity" that seem inherent in

the word. Students are encouraged to examine their own generic expectations of novels in light of a selection of essays that attempt to

define the genre and trace its history. They then read ancient and medieval narratives to see how these fulfill (or fail to fulfill) those

expectations, as well as to derive other possible generic expectations that might inhere in them. Works include various Hellenistic Greek

romances, Petronius' Satyricon, Apuleius' Golden Ass, Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyda and the early modern novel, The Princess of Clèves.

2361LLSL A - Major French Plays

4623CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Rose Rejouis


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Students examine variations upon traditional structures in plays from 17th century French classical theater (Corneille, Racine, Molière) and

explore the boundaries of genre, adaptation, and inter-textuality in later plays. Possible authors for this analysis may include Baumarchais,

Marivaux, Artaud, Sarraute, Beckett, Sartre, Ionesco, Genet, Yasmina Reza.

2663LLSL A - Anglophone Poetry 1: The Story from Spenser to Dickinson

6413CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Elaine Savory


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course follows the development of poetry in English from the 16th to the 19th century, a period which not only sees the flowering of a

rich poetic tradition in England, but the attempt to found a different tradition in the U.S. This course closes with the work of Whitman and

Dickinson in the U.S. and Tennyson and the Brownings in the U.K.. The class reads selectively and closely, mapping the ways particular

forms travel through time and are both shaped by and shape culture.

2864LLSL A - Spanish Surrealism: The Flowering of a Generation

6414CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Mark Statman


Prerequisite(s Students should have taken at least one prior Lit class or get permission from instructor.

Course Description

This course examines the early days of Spanish surrealism, from the early 20's through the early 30's. It includes the work of different

artists and their various collaborations, but the focus is on the poetry and plays of Federico Garcia Lorca, the visual arts of Salvador Dali,

and the films of Luis Bunuel. Students read, examine, and view a variety of works and, the discussions include the influences of other

artistic, political, and cultural movements, as well as the (unavoidable) gossip of the period. Students write 3 short critically reflective

responses and complete one final scholarly/creative project of his/her choosing. This is a ULS course, taught through Lang. It is open to

students across the University. Students should have taken at least one prior Lit class or get permission from instructor.


2865LLSL A - Screening Latin Amer Novel and Short Story

6828CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Juan De Castro

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course studies how Latin American narratives (novels and short stories) have been transformed into film not only in the region, but

also in Europe and the United States. In addition to studying the manner in which the different cultural contexts have impacted these film

adaptations, students analyze the differences between cinematic and literary narrative, theories of film adaptation, and the integration of

cinematic techniques in literary texts. Some of the theorists read in the course are Sergei Eisenstein, Robert Stam and Linda Hutcheon.

Among the novels and short stories analyzed may be texts by Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, and Edmundo Desnoes, and Mario Vargas

Llosa. The films studied may include Bernardo Bertolucci's The Spider Stratagem's, Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup, and Francisco

Lombardi's Captain Pantoja and the Special Service. This course includes a required online component.

3203LLSL A - Novel and Nation: Narration and the Construction of Identity

6415CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Juan De Castro


Prerequisite(s At least one prior Literature or get permission from instructor.

Course Description

This course studies the role of literature, in particular novels, in the formation of national consciousness in the Americas and beyond during

the 19th and 20th centuries. Among the theorists to be examined are Benedict Anderson, Homi Bhabha, Fredric Jameson and Doris

Sommer. The authors read may include James Fenimore Cooper and Henry James (USA), José de Alencar and Mario de Andrade (Brazil),

José Rizal (Philippines), and Jorge Luis Borges and Mario Vargas Llosa (Argentina and Peru). At least one prior Literature or get permission

from instructor.

3406LLSL A - Postcolonial Fiction: The Globalized Imaginary

6416CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Elaine Savory



Course Description

Post-colonial fiction in English refracts and revisions the globalized world of the former British empire. In this course the class reads novels

by some of the finest fiction writers from across the Anglophone world over the past half century, such as Gordimer, Ondaatje, Harris,

Head, Anita Desai, and Coetzee, and also references some new significant voices and considers what new developments these writers have

contributed to the novel's long history; and contextualize fiction in culture and history, using selective readings in post-colonial criticism

and recent theories of globalization and diaspora. The aim is to develop more capable and savvy reading and analysis. Cross-listed with

International Studies At least one prior Literature or get permission from instructor.

3408LLSL A - Story of the Devil

6417CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Val Vinokur



Course Description

Human beings have often attempted to attribute misfortunes to a supernatural destructive force. Personified as the Devil, this force has

been used to account for the philosophical problem of the origin of evil. But the Devil is also a character in narratives: he has a story -

indeed, many stories. Texts include works by Milton, Goethe, Dostoevsky, and Bulgakov - along with film, religious, scholarly, and popular

sources. While drawing on literary and conceptual histories from many cultures and periods, the focus is on close reading of the rich

assortment of devils and demons in the Russian tradition. The reading load is heavy. Students hand in email responses, two short papers,

and a final project. At least one prior Literature or get permission from instructor.


3414LLSL A - The Autobiographies of Frederick Douglas

6418CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Ferentz Lafargue



Course Description

Frederick Douglass is one of the seminal literary figures of the 19th-century. First rising to prominence with his 1845 autobiography,

Douglass proceeded to write two more autobiographies and in so doing cemented his reputation as the preeminent African American public

figure of the 19th century. Along with furthering our understandings of literary history, participants in this seminar shall also have an

opportunity to advance their proficiency in close readings as we chart connections between Douglass's work and those of other notable

authors such as Herman Melville, Benjamin Franklin, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. At least one prior Literature or get permission from

instructor.

3501LLSL A - War and Peace

6419CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Inessa Medzhibovskaya


Prerequisite(s Students should have taken at least two prior Literature course or equivalent, or get permission from instructor.

Course Description

This course is a close reading of War and Peace. It considers how complex narrative structures are conceived and evolve; how great fiction

resists genre definition; and how believable fictional realms may coexist with other discourses. By studying criticism on Tolstoy's novel,

this course introduces students to various comparative perspectives on the many worlds of War and Peace (cultural-semiotic,

philosophical, historical, as well as historiographic, narratological, etc.). Students should have taken at least two prior Literature course or

equivalent, or get permission from instructor.

3503LLSL A - Madame Bovary

6420CRN: 4Credits




Course Description

This course focuses on Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel Madame Bovary, some of its literary contexts, and the criticism it has inspired.

Topics for discussion include Flaubert's critique of 19th century French society; the history he recovers in the process of examining it; the

relationship between Madame Bovary and Baudelaire's The Flowers of Evil; and women's education. Students are expected to write 2 short

papers, a longer research paper and give an oral presentation. At least one prior Literature or get permission from instructor.

3504LLSL A - Nabokov

6421CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Anthony Anemone



Course Description

Close readings of major novels by the great Russian-American writer, one of the greatest masters of twentieth-century world literature.

Although the focus of the course is on Nabokov's two greatest (and most controversial) novels, The Gift (1938) and Lolita (1955), students

also read representative works from his entire career. At least one prior Literature or get permission from instructor.


4403LLSL A - Love in the Western World

7003CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Ernestine Schlant Bradley

Day(s) & Time(s): R: 4:00 pm - 5:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

In 1940, the French scholar Denis de Rougement published his monumental study "Love in the Western World," based on a detailed

analysis of the Tristan myth. With this text as background, students survey a wider terrain, starting with the ancient distinction between

Eros and Agape, and explore a variety of different modes of love: passion, obsession, jealousy, destructiveness, suffering, transcendence.

Readings might include "Hippolytus" by Euripides; poetry by Catullus and Ovid; the letters of Abelard and Heloise; the myth of Tristan and

Isolde; the mystical poetry of the Troubadours and of Mechthild of Magdeburg; "Liaisons Dangereuses" by Choderlos de Laclos; "The

Sufferings of Young Werther" by Goethe; "Madame Bovary" by Flaubert; "Lolita" by Nabokov; "Couples" by John Updike; "Of Love and

Other Demons" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; "The Hours" by Michael Cunningham; "Atomized" by Michel Houllebecq; and three films:

"Swann in Love," "Brokeback Mountain," and "Breaking the Waves."

3028LLST A - Reading for Writers: Journalism

4686CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Heather Chaplin


Prerequisite(s Prerequisites: juniors and seniors only.

Course Description

This course examines different ways writers have attempted to tell the truth through journalism over time. Topics include what it means to

get at truth and different ways writers have sought to do this. Students ground their notion of the relationship between truth, and

journalism and historical time periods by reading the most important and challenging writers of the 20th and 21st century. With an

emphasis on historical perspective, readings include Ida Turbell, Hunter Thompson, I.F. Stone, James Baldwin, Gay Talese, John Reed, and

Eric Schlosser. Special attention is on changing notions of what exactly it is a journalist ought to be doing and the meaning of truth.

Students keep an on-going journal based on their reading and complete two short papers and one final paper. Prerequisites: juniors and

seniors only.

3050LLST A - Close Reading: The Art of Close Reading

6427CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Robin Mookerjee


Prerequisite(s At least one prior Literature class or permission from instructor.

Course Description

In this course offers readers and writers the vocabulary to critically dissect passages of closely-written prose. In the process students learn

how to invent spellbinding paragraphs that build in intensity and end with a surprise twist or a pithy conclusion. Rather than focusing on

the big pictures of story, structure, or social context, this course zooms onto the details: the dramatic power of great sentences; the magic

of vocabulary; and the richness of metaphoric description. Since the parts of a literary work are only successful as their sum, the finished

piece, this course considers complete works, short essays, and fiction from Emerson, Lawrence, Joyce, Nabokov, O'Connor, and Baldwin. In

addition, this course employs contemporary and classic theory on one of the oldest subjects in the tradition: prose rhetoric. At least one

prior Literature class or permission from instructor.


2001LLST A - Literary Foundations 1

4631CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Noah Isenberg


Prerequisite(s At least one Literary Foundations course is required as a prerequisite for all 3000-level Literary Studies (LLST, LLSW, LLSL) courses, including Intermediate Writing.

Course Description

This two-semester sequence for Literary Studies familiarizes both Writing and Literature students with some of the major scriptural, epic,

poetic, dramatic, and narrative texts in the West and beyond. Focusing on several broad themes, such as "Creation," "War," and "Travel,"

rather than on rigid chronology, the first course considers readings from the Bible to Elizabeth Bishop, from Lao-Tzu to Tennyson, from

Homer to Hurston. The second semester takes shape around such themes as "Suffering," Transformation," and "Self." Readings may

include Ovid"s metamorphoses, Shakespeare's Tempest, Eliot's The Waste Land, Kafka's "Metamorphosis," the Book of Job, Chaucer's "The

Clerk's Tale," and George Eliot's Middlemarch. In both semesters, exploration of literary traditions involves looking into resonances and

references among texts across time and place. Literary Foundations provides a basis for students to participate in debates about the

formation of the literary canon (and its deconstruction), helps them consider how we became the writers and readers we are today, and

provides the tools for them to become the readers and writers of tomorrow. Students are encouraged to take Literary Foundations 1 and 2

in sequence. At least one Literary Foundations course is required as a prerequisite for all 3000-level Literary Studies (LLST, LLSW, LLSL)

courses, including Intermediate Writing.

2001LLST B - Literary Foundations 1

4684CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Paul Kottman



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2001LLST C - Literary Foundations 1

5904CRN: 4Credits




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2001LLST D - Literary Foundations 1

6932CRN: 4Credits




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2001LLST E - Literary Foundations 1

6933CRN: 4Credits




Course Description












2001LLST F - Literary Foundations 1

7140CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Jennifer White



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2002LLST A - Literary Foundations 2

6422CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Margo Jefferson



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3006LLST A - RFW Fiction: Fragments, Lists, and Lacunae: The Logics of Non-Narrative

4632CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Alexandra Chasin



Course Description

In this course, students consider a range of techniques for structuring fictional narrative. Plot, which usually involves cause-and-effect

relations between actions in a certain temporal sequence, is perhaps the most common organizing device engaged in the formation of

narrative prose. But there are others. As formal structures, fragments, lists, and lacunae (each of which has infinite sub-categories) can be

used in tandem with plot - or independently. Students study these forms (along with sundry others, such as abecedaria) as well as critical

and creative work where these phenomena are thematized. Examples include works by Homer, Sappho, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jorge Luis

Borges, Toni Morrison, Richard Nixon, Harold Pinter, Allen Ginsberg, Sherman Alexie, Carole Maso, Roberto Bolaño and Harper's Magazine.

Assignments include creative and critical writing. Prerequisites: juniors and seniors only.

3016LLST A - RFW Non-Fiction: Introduction to the Memior

4633CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Elizabeth Kendall


Prerequisite(s Prerequisite: juniors and seniors only.

Course Description

This course explores the newest (or so it may seem) of literary genres, the one that generates enormous interest among the reading

public, the one that sparks furious public debates about ethics and truth-telling. Many readers assume that the contemporary memoir has

sprung spontaneously from the post WWII generation's need to tell its own story. Actually, memoir has deep roots in several kinds of

fact-based literary tradition. In this course, students read, ponder, discuss, take apart, imitate, pay homage to, some of the great

antecedents of the present-day memoir, and in the course of doing this, try to come to a consensus about the craft of memoir-writing.

What can memoirs do? What are the genre's rules? When can the rules be broken, and how? These are questions that haven't yet been

fully answered by the literary community, a situation which leaves a wide-open field for students to find answers in their own fashion.

Course texts include both memoirs that look "inward" at the early experience of the narrator, and memoirs that look "outward" at a

narrator's later encounters with an unknown or alien environment. Prerequisite: juniors and seniors only.


3025LLST A - RFW: Poetry

4685CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Sharon Dolin



Course Description

This course examines the state of contemporary poetry. Is it polarized into schools, such as narrative and experimental? Or do today's

poets use a mixture of techniques? Perhaps contemporary poets are products of contradictory traditions, and use a myriad mix to create

post-modern poetry that is unpredictable and unprecedented. Are "isms" relevant today: Modernism, Postmodernism, Confessionalism,

Post-Confessionalism, LANGUAGE poetries, Fractal Poetics? What functions do they serve? Can we escape them? What new possibilities of

writing are available to poets writing today? Text used is American Hybrid, Cole Swenson and David St. John, eds. Prerequisites: juniors

and seniors only.

3052LLST A - Ulysses

6429CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Laura Frost

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 9:00 am - 11:40 am

Prerequisite(s Students should have taken at least one prior Lit class or get permission from instructor.

Course Description

This course focuses on Joyce's Ulysses, arguably the most important novel of the 20th century. Through close reading and broader

theoretical discussions, students examine the formal structures and political and cultural implications of Joyce's work. Topics include

modernist aesthetics and formal innovation, post-war uses of myth, depictions of consciousness, sexuality and obscenity, and Joyce's

fraught relationship to Ireland and Catholicism. Readings include selected works of criticism and selections from Joyce's earlier and later

works, but the majority of the course focuses on an intensive reading of Ulysses. This course includes a required online component.

Students should have taken at least one prior Lit class or get permission from instructor.

2040LLSW A - Introduction to Playwriting

5295CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Elana Greenfield


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course begins at the beginning, employing a series of exercises to arrive at characters, settings, scenes, and eventually, a one-act

play. Student plays are read and discussed in class as they are written and revised. Students also read and discuss a variety of

professional plays to discover individual voice and to understand structure. If this course is used toward The Arts, all Arts requirements

govern, except that all LLSW prerequisites and minimum grade requirements apply for all students. For Literary Studies Writing

concentrators, all Literary Studies requirements govern, including core requirements, and playwriting can be a secondary genre only.

4992LLSW A - Senior Seminar: Non Fiction/Journalism

6436CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Elizabeth Kendall


Prerequisite(s Must be taken in the student's primary genre, must have also completed completed entire workshop sequence in that genre.

Course Description

This course represents the culmination of the Writing Concentration at Eugene Lang. In this seminar, students rigorously critique,

complete, shape, and revise a portfolio of work culled from their previous writing courses. This seminar is community-based, as the class

collaboratively selects critical and creative readings that relate specifically to its members' writing projects. In engagement with these

readings, as well as student writing projects, the class intensively examines issues of craft, form, content, and process. In addition to

developing a final revised portfolio of 25-35 pages, each student submits a critical essay contextualizing her/his body of work. Must be

taken in the student's primary genre, must have also completed completed entire workshop sequence in that genre.


3510LLSW A - Intermediate Non-Fiction: Profiles

4694CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Nicholas Wapshott


Prerequisite(s Prerequisites: a grade of B or higher in the Introduction to Non-fiction, or permission of the chair.

Course Description

This course examines the art of the short written profile or pen portrait, usually in journalism but often in collected book form. Topics

might include the profile as impartial information about a subject, and what the notion of impartiality entails, the profile written to

deliberately attempt to alter the reputation of a subject, and the profile as arbiter, such as in obituaries. Readings include John Aubrey's

Brief Lives, the 18th century precursor of modern profile writing, Lytton Strachey's Eminent Victorians, which tore down reputations of

established figures, John Lahr's Show and Tell, his New Yorker profiles, and Kenneth Tynan's Profiles, a literary approach to the form.

Students will write profiles each week, of themselves, of persons in the news, of little known figures, and of personalities from history.

Prerequisites: a grade of B or higher in the Introduction to Non-fiction, or permission of the chair.

3500LLSW A - Intermediate Fiction: the short short-story

4693CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Thisbe Nissen


Prerequisite(s Prerequisite: a grade of B or higher in Introduction to Fiction, or permission of the Chair.

Course Description

This is a course on the form of flash fiction, micro fiction, and mini fiction. Students read a broad and comprehensive spectrum of

short-shorts, as well as theory and criticism of the genre. Each class involves a generative writing exercise, which develops into the texts

for workshop‹all under a thousand words. Revision is a major component and focus of the course, as is critical and technical analysis; in

addition to fiction-writing assignments and the revision of those resulting stories, students read three collections of short stories, and hand

in periodic short (2-4 page) essays leading up to a 12-15 page "technical analysis" paper due at semester's end. Prerequisite: a grade of B

or higher in Introduction to Fiction, or permission of the Chair.

2010LLSW A - Introduction to Non-Fiction: Serious Laughs: Humor and Controversy

4634CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Jennifer Baumgardner


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Humor is an effective--sometimes the most effective--tool to address the thorniest issues of our time: race, sexuality, reproductive rights,

gender, religion, and class, to name a few. Students read work by David Sedaris, David Rakoff, Margaret Cho, Lynda Barry, Chris Rock,

Nora Ephron, and Shalom Auslander, among others. Students will write short pieces designed to use wit and self-deprecation to shed light

on topics most find hard to discuss, from politically-charged arguments to personal history.

2010LLSW B - Introduction to Non-Fiction: The Argument Essay

4687CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Mark Greif

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This workshop treats the art of the argument essay. Students learn to integrate techniques of the philosophical essay, definitional essay,

political essay, dialogue, diatribe, and polemic into the nonfiction writing they already do. Students write and revise two long argument

essays over the course of the semester, totaling 25 to 50 pages. Readings come from Montaigne, Hazlitt, Emerson, Wilde, Judith Jarvis

Thomson, Thomas Nagel, Michael Walzer, Peter Singer and others. This course includes a required online component.


2020LLSW A - Introduction to Fiction

4635CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Natasha Radojcic


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is an introduction to fiction-writing workshop; it exposes students to a wide range of fictional techniques, and opens a

discussion on the development of craft. Using short excerpts from classical masters like Kafka, Joyce, and Flannery O'Connor, students

examine established contemporary voices such as Barthelme, Carver, Marquez, Denis Johnson, and Lorrie Moore as well as recently

published stories by the newcomers. It surveys the method of character development, point of view, narrative design, genre, pacing,

dramatic structure, etc, as achieved by the masters. Taught as both a lecture and writing workshop, the course emphasizes close reading,

invention, drafting, and (most importantly) revising. Students also develop skills in editing and peer critique.

2020LLSW B - Introduction to Fiction: Elements of the Short Story

4636CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Jill Eisenstadt


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This workshop examines the elements that come together to create a satisfying piece of short fiction. Each week a specific aspect of craft

(character, point of view, structure etc.) is addressed through both in-class writing exercises and discussions of assigned reading. A varied

selection of short stories helps us to understand the evolution of the form and those authors most associated with it. Students are required

to complete a first draft of independent work by mid-semester after which time the focus is on revision toward a final piece or pieces

totaling twenty pages. All students are expected to be engaged, open to experimentation, and regularly prepared to present their writing

and critical thinking to the class.

2020LLSW C - Introduction to Fiction: Jewish American Literature

4688CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Jennifer Gilmore


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course provides an introduction to various elements of fiction. Through reading and writing assignments, students experiment with

diverse writing tools and techniques and develop the ability to recognize, discuss, and utilize them. They read and discuss the novels and

stories of writers such as Grace Paley, Delmore Schwartz, Cyntha Ozick, Leonard Michaels, and Michael Chabon, to examine many of the

questions and themes implicit in Jewish American fiction as well as some of the methods of storytelling these authors use to assert their

characters' identities. These readings and discussions are complemented by "workshops," where class time is spent discussing and

critiquing student work. Students practice many phases of the writing process, note-taking, offering feedback, drafting, revising, so that

they may begin develop their own process and discipline.

2020LLSW D - Introduction to Fiction: The Immigrant Experience, Arrivals in Three Waves

5284CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course provides an introduction to various elements of fiction. Through reading and writing assignments, students experiment with

diverse writing tools and techniques and develop the ability to recognize, discuss, and utilize them. This course examines the American

immigrant experience and issues of leaving home, arriving, and questions of assimilation through writers from the "three waves" of

American immigration, such as Philip Roth, Colm Toibin, Chang Rae Lee, Aleksander Hemon, and Lara Vapnyar. These readings and

discussions are complemented by "workshops," where class time is spent discussing and critiquing student work. Students practice many

phases of the writing process‹note-taking, offering feedback, drafting, revising‹so that they may begin develop their own process and

discipline.


2030LLSW A - Introduction to Poetry: A Contro-versy of Poets

4637CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Poets, as radical language-users, are often more interested in what we can't express in words than what we can. Sampling verse from

every literary era (from Sappho to Saki to Sexton), students consider the ways in which poets--using musical effects, ambiguity,

nonsense, and an arsenal of other techniques--stretch the limits of literal meaning. Along with a raft of poems, students read defining

essays on poetics by Shelley, Pound, and Olson; these poets' challenging insights compel us to question our habits as writers and thinkers.

While learning how poets construct and disrupt meaning, students develop new ways of reading our own and classmates' poems. Students

gain a clearer grasp on the ancient and brand new art of poesy.

2505LLSW A - Introduction to Journalism: Reporting New York

4690CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Andrew Meier

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

With an emphasis on the fundamentals of reporting, research and writing, students explore beats (from the Boroughs to Faith to the

Environment), genres (crime reporting to muckraking), and wrestle with big questions, including ethics and the digital horizon. Learning to

tame digital databases and map the crossroads of the city, students gain an introduction to the modern practice of journalism as craft and

trade. Readings: masters past and present. Writing: weekly 2-page pieces, 3 drafts and revisions, followed by 5-page final.

3025LLSW A - Intermediate Journalism: The Metro Section

4639CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Robert Buchanan


Prerequisite(s Prerequisite: a grade of B or higher in Introduction to Journalism, or permission of the Chair.

Course Description

In this course, students use a team approach to identify and cover each week New York City's most compelling political and cultural

"stories." Through active, firsthand reporting, students gain a personal familiarity with the physical layout of the city and the character of

its neighborhoods, and an understanding of the structure of its government and the workings of its myriad agencies. Readings are drawn

from a variety of neighborhood and citywide newspapers and magazines, the daily news websites of the moment, and texts including New

York: A Pictorial History, A Maritime History of New York, and The Power Broker, the biography of Robert Moses. Weekly reporting

assignments include photography and video as well as writing; results are posted online on a student-designed website. Prerequisite: a

grade of B or higher in Introduction to Journalism, or permission of the Chair.

3046LLSW A - Release

4692CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Jill Magi

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Students learn about literary journal publishing through researching contemporary practices in the field and by editing content for the

Eugene Lang College literary arts journal, Release, which is designed and produced by students at Parsons. The editorial process includes

developing goals for the journal, soliciting submissions, reading and evaluating works submitted, and responding to authors. Students also

learn the basic vocabulary of journal production and publishing. Current trends in literary editing are discussed, including field trips to

presses, organizations that support literary arts publishing, and class visits from a range of New York city based literary arts editors - from

"do-it-yourself" practices, letterpress, and book arts, web-based journals, university and college-based publications, and journals with a

larger, more mainstream readership in mind. This research and activity-related course is repeatable. The total number of credits a student

can earn in an activity-related course is 24.


3500LLSW B - Intermediate Fiction: Working the Dream

4640CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Jan Clausen


Prerequisite(s Prerequisite: a grade of B or higher in Introduction to Fiction, or permission of the Chair.

Course Description

This course deepens students' understanding of narrative craft through seminar discussions of form and content in assigned fiction

readings, complemented by constructive workshop critique of student drafts. Areas of emphasis include point of view and creating a "story

world" that may mirror or diverge from everyday life, but must be internally consistent. In addition to several essays on the writer's craft,

assigned readings typically include a range of stories by 19th and 20th century writers, such as Julio Cortázar, Zora Neale Hurston, Henry

James, Ha Jin, Jamaica Kincaid, Herman Melville, Alice Munro, Vladimir Nabokov, Edmund White, and John Edgar Wideman. Each student

completes a series of short exercises followed by a thoroughly revised full-length story. Prerequisite: a grade of B or higher in Introduction

to Fiction, or permission of the Chair.

3520LLSW A - Intermediate Poetry: Poetry as Inquiry/The Documentary Poem

4641CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Jill Magi


Prerequisite(s Prerequisites: a grade of B or higher in the Introduction to Poetry, or permission of the chair.

Course Description

This course focuses on poetry as a documentary form. Readings include documentary or investigative works by Charles Olson, William

Carlos Williams, H. D., Paul Celan, Melvin Tolson, Ed Sanders, Susan Howe, M. NorbeSe Philip, C. D. Wright, Bhanu Kapil, Jerome

Rothenberg, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, and Kenneth Goldsmith. Alongside these readings, and after looking at a few collaborations with

visual artists, students consider theories of documentary practice, establish inquiries of their own, conduct research, consider the social

context embedded within poems, experiment with the use of found text, facts, and documentary information, and learn to structure an

extended or long poem. Prerequisites: a grade of B or higher in the Introduction to Poetry, or permission of the chair.

3909LLSW A - Writing Fellows

6433CRN: 4Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): W: 4:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s Students must be nominated to be a writing fellow by a member of the faculty to be considered for the course, permission of the instructor is required.

Course Description

The Writing Fellows program places students in seminar classes across the curriculum where writing is a fundamental part of the work of

the course. The peer tutor's responsibility is to meet with members of this class for one-on-one work on writing in progress. In a group

that meets once a week, peer tutors also study the philosophy and technology of teaching. Students must be nominated to be a writing

fellow by a member of the faculty to be considered for the course, permission of the instructor is required.

3991LLSW A - Free Press: Senior Editors

4642CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Students work on the undergraduate newspaper--a semi-monthly publication with News, Opinion, Arts & Culture--as reporters, editors,

designers, photographers, business managers. Students learn the fundamentals of news-gathering: from pitching stories to deadlines to

interviewing to fact-checking. Readings on contemporary issues of U.S. journalism and regular discussion of professional practices. Credits

determined by level of responsibility. Course repeatable to a maximum of 18 credits.


4991LLSW A - Senior Seminar: Fiction

6435CRN: 4Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s Must be taken in the student's primary genre, must have also completed completed entire workshop sequence in that genre.

Course Description

This course represents the culmination of the Writing Concentration at Eugene Lang. In this seminar, students rigorously critique,

complete, shape, and revise a portfolio of work culled from their previous writing courses. This seminar is community-based, as the class

collaboratively selects critical and creative readings that relate specifically to its members' writing projects. In engagement with these

readings, as well as student writing projects, the class intensively examines issues of craft, form, content, and process. In addition to

developing a final revised portfolio of 30-40 pages, each student submits a critical essay contextualizing her/his body of work. Must be

taken in the student's primary genre, must have also completed completed entire workshop sequence in that genre.

3992LLSW A - Free Press: Reporter/Photographer

4643CRN: 2Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Students work on the undergraduate newspaper--a semimonthly publication with News, Opinion, Arts & Culture--as reporters, editors,




3993LLSW A - Free Press: Deputy Editor

4644CRN: 3Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Students work on the undergraduate newspaper--a semi-monthly publication with News, Opinion, Arts & Culture--as reporters, editors,




4000LLSW A - Advanced Fiction: Being Bold

4645CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s Prerequisite: a grade of B+ or higher in Intermediate Fiction, or permission of the Chair.

Course Description

What does it mean to take a risk on the page? Is it subject matter? Is it formal concern? Is it emotional cost? What is it about the setting,

language, voice or structure of a story or novel that challenges fictional conventions? What technical decisions do writers make to take risk

in their work? What makes a story bold? This course deepens student understanding of narrative technique and process, with an emphasis

on revision, through constructive workshop critique of student work, as well as the stories and novels of fiction writers, including Mary

Gaitskill, Rick Moody, Junot Diaz, Lydia Davis, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Jayne Anne Phillips. Prerequisite: a grade of B+ or higher in

Intermediate Fiction, or permission of the Chair.


4010LLSW A - Advanced Non-Fiction: Spirits of Place

4646CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Charles Taylor


Prerequisite(s Prerequisite: a grade of B+ or higher in Intermediate Non-Fiction, or permission of the Chair.

Course Description

This course focuses on contemporary long-form nonfiction in which the authors evoke strong and vivid settings for the stories they have to

tell. Ranging across history, memoir, sociology, and cultural criticism, the readings show how place itself becomes a character in writing,

and how the events that transpire in these books are shaped by their locale. That strong sense of place should be present in the class

writing assignments. Students choose topics that require the research and shoe leather characteristic of the best nonfiction writing. Papers

are workshopped and revised. Readings include Dave Cullen's "Columbine," Paul Fussell's "Wartime," Maeve Brennan's "The Long-Winded

Lady," Karal Ann Marling's "Graceland: Going Home with Elvis," and the new edition of Greil Marcus's "Lipstick Traces." Prerequisite: a

grade of B+ or higher in Intermediate Non-Fiction, or permission of the Chair.

4020LLSW A - Advanced Poetry

4700CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Brenda Shaughnessy


Prerequisite(s Prerequisite: a grade of B+ or higher in Intermediate Poetry, or permission of the Chair.

Course Description

This workshop is for advanced-level poets to hone their writing skills and expand the imaginative boundaries in their poems. Students are

expected to have a fluent handling of the poetic devices of meter, rhyme, the line, the stanza, and metaphor. These basic skills are the

foundation from which to pursue the more unruly and esoteric aspects of poetic expression: voice, tone, stylistic development, aesthetics,

symbologies, hermeticism, ellipticism, narrative, and perspective. The coursework consists of workshop, with required reading that

includes poetry by contemporary masters and critical work. Students are expected to have substantial self-motivation as well as

compassionate dedication to the work of peers. Prerequisite: a grade of B+ or higher in Intermediate Poetry, or permission of the Chair.

4025LLSW A - Advanced Journalism: Specific Gravity

4701CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Jodi Rudoren

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 9:00 am - 11:40 am

Prerequisite(s Prerequisite: a grade of B+ or higher in Intermediate Journalism, or permission of the Chair.

Course Description

What did they have for dinner? What was the make, model, year and color of the car? What is the dog¹s name and age? Such seemingly

trivial facts are often the difference between a routine article and an extraordinary one. This course explores the importance of detail in

narrative journalism, the effective use of anecdote as metaphor, and the importance of color - and texture and smell and sound - in telling

memorable stories than resonate. Students strategize about interviewing for detail and practice writing with voice, studying how specifics

create gravity. Assignments include a profile, a piece with a sense of place, a personal essay and a magazine-length article, along with

regular critiques of The New York Times. Readings may include The New New Journalism, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, A

Hope in the Unseen, There Are No Children Here, Anne LaMott, Michael Lewis, Walter Harrington, Dan Barry, David Remnick, Dave Eggers,

Katherine Boo, and Malcolm Gladwell. This course includes a required online component. Prerequisite: a grade of B+ or higher in

Intermediate Journalism, or permission of the Chair.

4050LLSW A - Writing for Publication

4702CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): David Sobel

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Prerequisite(s Permission of the chair.

Course Description

Advanced students, selected for their high promise reflected in work through the full sequence of writing classes, work on a single long

piece of writing under the tutelage of a professional writer/editor, acting as a mentor. From original proposal to first and final drafts, the

focus is on the collaborative editorial process, and on offering a "real world" understanding of writing in a professional context and under

professional demands. Students complete this course both with a polished and accomplished piece of writing and with a sophisticated

comprehension of the processes of assigning, ediing, and publishing fiction and nonfiction. This course may be taken as an elective or as a

senior work option. Permission of the chair.


2030LMTH A - Statistics with SPSS

6462CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Robert Canales


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is an introduction to statistics using the software package SPSS. Emphasis is on understanding the concepts and their

application to a wide range of situations. The course combines lecture, group discussion, and short collaborative assignments. Several

times during the semester, students meet at a computer lab to learn specific software skills. Students are expected to go to the lab on a

regular basis to complete self-guided tutorials and homework assignments.

1950LMTH A - Quantitative Reasoning

6437CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Marla Sole


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course reviews the fundamentals of elementary and intermediate algebra with a focus on applications in business and social science,

and quantitative literacy skills. Topics include modeling with linear and quadratic equations, graphical analysis, and exponents and

compound interest. Students are also exposed to using technology as graphical and computational aids to solving problems. Students who

have already taken Algebra will not get credit for Quantitative Reasoning

1950LMTH B - Quantitative Reasoning

6444CRN: 3Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course reviews the fundamentals of elementary and intermediate algebra with a focus on applications in business and social science,

and quantitative literacy skills. Topics include modeling with linear and quadratic equations, graphical analysis, and exponents and

compound interest. Students are also exposed to using technology as graphical and computational aids to solving problems. Students who

have already taken Algebra will not get credit for Quantitative Reasoning.

2020LMTH A - Statistics

6447CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Audrey Nasar


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course covers techniques used to collect, organize, and present data graphically. Students learn how to calculate measures of center

and dispersion, apply probability formulas, calculate confidence intervals, and test hypotheses. This course also provides an introduction to

software used to analyze and present statistical information. This course is designed for students in marketing and does not use SPSS,

which is commonly employed in psychological studies. Therefore, students who are studying Psychology and need to take a course in

statistics should register for LSTS 2525. If you are a Lang student, please check with your department to see if SPSS is required for your

area of study.

2020LMTH B - Statistics

6449CRN: 3Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description






area of study.


2020LMTH C - Statistics

6451CRN: 3Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description






area of study.

2020LMTH D - Statistics

6787CRN: 3Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description






area of study.

2020LMTH E - Statistics

6460CRN: 3Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description






area of study.

2020LMTH F - Statistics

7103CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Alberto Handfas

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 6:00 pm - 8:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description






area of study.


2040LMTH A - Calculus

6463CRN: 3Credits



Prerequisite(s Pre-Calculus or permission of the instructor.

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the study of differential calculus. Topics include limits, continuity, derivatives of algebraic and exponential

functions and applications of the derivative to maximization, and related rate problems. The principles of calculus are applied to business

and economic problems. Pre-Calculus or permission of the instructor.

2050LMTH A - Math Models in Nature

6842CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Jennifer Wilson


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course combines aspects of quantitative reasoning and mathematical modeling. Quantitative reasoning is the ability to make sense of

the numbers that surround us: to find patterns, to estimate, and to create mathematical models that help us make informed decisions. In

this course students focus particularly on the role of difference equations to describe complex natural phenomena. Using spreadsheets as

computational and graphical aids they develop the basic algebraic, computational, graphical, and statistical skills necessary to understand

these models, and learn why difference equations are the primary tools in the emerging theories of chaos and complexity.

3006LMTH A - Math Tools for Social and Natural Sciences

6464CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Jennifer Wilson


Prerequisite(s Prerequisites: AP Calculus or college level Calculus

Course Description

This course provides the students with the basic tools to model dynamic situations in the social and physical sciences. The first part of the

course discusses applications to derivatives and integrals, optimization in one and two variables and basic linear algebra. The second half

of the course examines systems of difference and differential equations. Prerequisites: AP Calculus or college level Calculus

2000LMUS A - Lang College Singers

6788CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Deborah Gordillo


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The Lang College Singers is Eugene Lang College's official vocal music ensemble. The chorus meets twice weekly, working to develop each

singer's individual vocal technique, to introduce the fundamentals of music and four-part singing, and to rehearse the group in a concert

program, usually performed at the term's end. The ensemble explores a broad range of musical styles, including gospel, jazz,

rock-and-roll, folk, spirituals, madrigals, and classical. Members choose the appropriate music and then polish and refine the numbers,

with a focus on improving musical skills and singing ability. Some singing ability is recommended, but it need not be in choral music. This

course is repeatable.

2010LMUS A - Fundamentals of Western Music

4555CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Ivan Raykoff


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is a study of basic concepts and skills in Western music theory, with a focus on learning to read and write music notation in

both treble and bass clefs. Topics include intervals and ratios; music terminology; melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic structures; traditional

musical forms; and beginning composition and analysis. The course focuses on common practice tonality, but also considers other

historical developments in the organization of musical sound. The course is designed for students who do not yet read music notation

and/or students who wish to improve their listening skills and understanding of music theory.


2017LMUS A - Music of Stephen Sondheim

6465CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Faye-Ellen Silverman

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 9:00 am - 11:40 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim has created some of the most innovative musical theater of our time. This course discusses

Sondheim's music across his entire creative career, and shows how his early works differ from his later ones. It examines how Sondheim's

classical background and his apprenticeship with Oscar Hammerstein II have enriched his works, while also considering the special stylistic

features that make each Sondheim show unique. It also delves into Sondheim's lyrics to explore how his careful choices of words interact

with the music to enhance the drama. This course includes a required online component.

2021LMUS A - Romanticism in Music and Literature

6861CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Henry Shapiro


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

With the changes in society which the French revolution brought about came comparable changes in the arts-- new attitudes, emphases,

and passions and new forms, structures, and genres to embody changed subject common matter. This course explores some of these

changes by pairing great works of Romantic music and literature that have common content. Topics and pairings include: "Storm and

Stress" in Pre-Romanticism: works by Hayden, Mozart, T. Gray and Goethe; The New Pantheism: works by Wordsworth, Coleridge,

Holderlin, Beethoven, Schubert; From Nature to Art for Art's sake: works by Chopin, Keats, and Baudelaire; The New Great Man: works by

Hugo, Byron, Mendelssohn, Berlioz; Romanticism produces social and domestic realism: works by Balzac, G. Eliot, Schumann, Verdi.

2200LMUS A - Introduction to World Music

4017CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Evan Rapport


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores some of the many ways that people perform, experience, enjoy, and discuss music around the world. Case studies of

specific culture areas and significant musicians are tied to local ethnography projects, enabling students to take advantage of the stunning

diversity of global music traditions practiced in New York City. The course also covers basic elements of music and terminology, so

previous musical experience and familiarity with Western music notation are not required.

1000LNGC V - First Year Workshop

4353CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Mark Larrimore

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

3000LNGC B - Teaching Learning Seminar I

4319CRN: 4Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): F: 9:00 am - 11:20 am

Prerequisite(s Prerequisite: participation in this class is by permission only; students must have taken LNGC 3100 ("How People Learn"). Advising note: credits count as non-liberal arts credits. Students may apply up to 30 credits of non-liberal arts credits towards th

Course Description

This course trains students to become Seminar Fellows to the First Year Program. The Seminar Fellows work with a faculty advisor to help

their freshman advisees through the transition to college. They also teach and the First Year Workshop. Training includes developing good

listening skills, facilitation of group discussions, and the presentation of factual information on a variety of topics, both academic and

personal. This course includes a required online component. Prerequisite: participation in this class is by permission only; students must

have taken LNGC 3100 ("How People Learn"). Advising note: credits count as non-liberal arts credits. Students may apply up to 30 credits

of non-liberal arts credits towards th


3901LNGC A - Internship Seminar: Introduction

1038CRN: 1 TO 6Credits

Profesor(s): Jemima Gedeon

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The introductory internship is open to students with 30 or more credits and with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5. Students must identify

their goals and prepare a résumé and then meet with the internship director during the advisement period (the semester before

enrollment) to discuss site options. The primary focus of this seminar is to provide students with additional career exploration and

assessment. Students are also required to complete the Internship Program's Professional Development Workshop Series the semester

before enrollment, which is comprised of 3 workshops: Resume & Cover Letter Writing, Interviewing Skills, and Job/Internship Search.

After the initial advising session, students contact organizations, schedule interviews, select a site, and negotiate the details of the

internship assignment. The program is challenging and rigorous: interns attend 5 required seminars, submit 3 journals and

Internship/Career Education Portfolio, plan a presentation, produce a final paper or project, and complete additional requirements. The

Introductory Internship is designed to orient students to the Lang internship philosophy and provide guidance, structure, and support to

students as they integrate textbook theory with real-life professional experience. The Introductory Internship is designed to orient students

to the Lang Internship Program philosophy while providing guidance, structure, and support to students as they continue integrate

textbook theory with real-life professional experience.

1000LNGC Q - First Year Workshop

2486CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): M: 5:00 pm - 5:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

1000LNGC R - First Year Workshop

2487CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): F: 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

1000LNGC T - First Year Workshop

2489CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): M: 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

1000LNGC U - First Year Workshop

2490CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description


1000LNGC C - First Year Workshop

2473CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): M: 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Students receive unique support and guidance vital to their academic success. The first semester in college is a challenging one, with so

much that is new and unfamiliar: new living arrangements, a new community of students, increased responsibilities and greater academic

challenges.The Workshop helpd students gain or improve skills in such areas as time management, stress management, critical thinking,

and research skills. In addition, it provides an arena for reflection and thought-provoking discussions. Discussions are accompanied by an

interesting array of articles that are intended to contribute to this endeavor. The class is taught by peer advisors/educators, upper-class

students enrolled in Teaching and Learning Seminar I, who also developed the course plan. They act as friends as well as advisors.

1000LNGC D - First Year Workshop

2474CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): M: 5:00 pm - 5:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description







1000LNGC E - First Year Workshop

2475CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): T: 9:00 am - 9:50 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description







1000LNGC F - First Year Workshop

2793CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): T: 9:00 am - 9:50 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description








1000LNGC G - Forst Year Workshop

2476CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): R: 9:00 am - 9:50 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description







1000LNGC H - First Year Workshop

2477CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): R: 9:00 am - 9:50 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description







1000LNGC I - First Year Workshop

2478CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): T: 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description







1000LNGC J - First Year Workshop

2479CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): T: 5:00 pm - 5:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description








1000LNGC K - First Year Workshop

2480CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): W: 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description







1000LNGC M - First Year Workshop

2482CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): W: 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description







1000LNGC N - First Year Workshop

2483CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): W: 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description







1000LNGC O - First Year Workshop

2484CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): F: 10:00 am - 10:50 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description








1000LNGC P - First Year Workshop

2485CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): F: 11:00 am - 11:50 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description







1401LNGC A - Africa in New York

4649CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Hylton White


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Africans have shaped the collective life of New York City since its founding. This course explores the traces of that history in our

surroundings and the continuing impact of migrants from African countries. The aim is to foster a critical awareness of issues of race,

migration, and culture, through discussions of relevant readings and through hands-on research in the city. This course is taught by a

faculty member in Anthropology.

1411LNGC A - Animal Rights, Animal Minds

4650CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Zed Adams


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

We interact with animals all the time--whether as pets, pests, or lunch--but we rarely take the time to reflect upon the nature of these

interactions. Do our responsibilities towards sick pets have the same basis as our responsibilities towards sick humans? Are we justified in

exterminating pests, even if our means of extermination involves a slow painful death? When birds alert each other of danger, or squirrels

find their way into a bird feeder, are they doing the same sorts of things we do when we communicate with each other or solve problems?

This course is a rigorous introduction to the philosophical issues underlying these questions. As we shall see, how we answer questions

about our ethical responsibilities to animals depends heavily upon how we answer questions about the nature of animal minds. The goal of

this course is to acquaint students with the relevant empirical and conceptual resources that they need to think profitably about what is

going on in our interactions with animals, as well as what should be going on.

1421LNGC A - Music and Desire

4651CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Stefania de Kenessey


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The nexus between music and desire is always assumed, yet rarely examined. This course approaches the topic from a historic vantage

point by focusing on canonical works that explore the connections linking music, power, and pleasure. The syllabus draws on a variety of

genres and eras, from the eighteenth century to the present, and ranges from operas and symphonic works to ballets; among others, it

includes Don Giovanni (Mozart) Don Juan (Strauss), Carmen (Bizet), Tristan und Isolde (Wagner), The Afternoon of a Faun (Debussy), The

Rite of Spring (Stravinsky), and Passion (Sondheim). Students will analyze musical scores, watch videos, and attend events in the city.

Familiarity with Western music notation is helpful but not required.


1431LNGC A - Conceptualizations of the City: New York Narratives

4652CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Jennifer Firestone


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

In this course students read a range of provocative prose and poetry examining the multiplicity of truths and myths that underlie the

concepts of what New York City was, is and should be. They study the city through various lenses: psychological, historical, financial,

geographical, artistic, literary, paying special attention to how class and race can influence ones sense of the City. In addition, they view

clips from the documentary film New York by Ric Burns in order to establish a better sense of New Yorks History.

1441LNGC A - Memory, Testimony, and the Archive

4653CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Orit Halpern


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Through literature, historical research, cinema, and new media, this course examines the problem of evidence in history. It examines how

history is written, and how power, knowledge, and racial, gendered, and ethnic differences come to play. The focus is on the ethical

responsibilities and possibilities of bearing witness to historical events.

1442LNGC A - Spiritual Autobiography

4654CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Katherine Kurs


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

One way to make sense of the trajectory of our lives and of our ultimate questions is to uncover a narrative of meaning. In this course,

students encounter contrasting contemporary spiritual autobiographies and memoirs: books and essays (and also documentary film) by

writers from diverse backgrounds, exploring themes such as: ancestors, lineage, tradition, cell memory; secrets/disclosure and passing;

the body, sexuality, desire; concepts of God and the sacred; exile, homecoming, turning and returning; suffering, loss, and mortality;

forgiveness and freedom; and the role of autobiographical writing as craft and spiritual process.

1451LNGC A - Galileo On Trial

4655CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): David Morgan


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course celebrates the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first telescopic observations of the sky through an exploration of his life

and works.The centerpiece of the course is a reenactment of the trial of Galileo, based on Barnard College's "Reacting to the Past"

curriculum. Students gain a greater appreciation for not only the strength of Galileo's arguments, but the motivations of his detractors,

which were not purely theological, as the standard story goes, but just as much philosophical, scientific, and political. The course also

examines contemporary re-tellings of the life story of Galileo, and explores the enduring power of Galileo as an icon of the lone scientific

revolutionary. Texts include "Siderius Nuncius" and "Dialogues."


1453LNGC A - Chaplin: The Artist as Social Reformer

4657CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Cecilia Rubino


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Charlie Chaplins Tramp is arguably the most recognizable fictional character in film history. In Modern Times a work Chaplin wrote,

choreographed, produced, and directed, as well as composing the score and performing the lead The Tramp is the underdog fighting for

the poor and the destitute against the indifferent oppression of an industrialized society. Impacted by Americas Great Depression and the

consequences of global industrialization, Chaplin explored important themes of economic and social human rights, the rise of the labor

movement and his own theories of the redistribution of resources and of work. Using Chaplins daring work as a springboard, this course

explores the emergence of the activist artist in the 20th Century working for change and social justice. Using Chaplin as a nodal point,

students map the major social problems to which artists responded, and then explore the shifting nature of artists, from those who

document and satirize in order to raise consciousness, to artists who also seek to create lasting social transformation.

1454LNGC A - Cities in the Global Imaginary

4658CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Scott Salmon


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Cities are not simply material places. They are also spaces of the imagination and spaces of representation. How cities are envisioned and

portrayed have real consequences. Politicians, planners and activists all have ideas--often conflicting ones-about how they should look,

function and be experienced. At the same time, through aggressive marketing, ‘place-making' and urban redevelopment schemes, city

administrations and ‘urban growth machines' represent their cities in ways that explicitly seek to shape our perception and influence our

decision-making. This course seeks to explore the power of ideas, the imagination, representations and visions in influencing the way cities

are formed and lived.

1461LNGC A - The Arts of Sports

4659CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Sports have played a major role in United States culture since the United States has had a culture. The impact can be seen not only in the

language we use but in the metaphors constructed, both for the heroic (the race-horse Seabiscuit, the Brooklyn Dodgers, with Jackie

Robinson among them, as ‘boys of summer," the anti-war boxing champion, "the Greatest," Muhammed Ali) and the tragic (gambling and

the 1919 Black Sox, the recent drug scandals of cycling, baseball, and track and field). This course examines the various ways sport has

been presented (primarily through literature, journalism, music, and film) to consider the meaning of sport, particularly in connection with

issues of race and gender, in 20th century and contemporary U.S. society. This course is taught by a faculty member in Literary Studies.

1462LNGC A - Improvisation I

4660CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course uses practice of creative improvisation and composition to give an understanding of dance. Both trained and untrained

students learn to identify and develop their individual movement style. The course is supplemented with readings and video viewings

related to major trends in 20th century dance. Through class discussions, group demonstration, movement experiences, written exercises,

and reflective activities, students communicate their experience of dance and synthesize material. Creative problem solving enhances the

improvisational/compositional experience, and live music augments dance studies. This foundation course is beneficial for dancers, actors,

musicians, artists, poets, and students interested in collaboration in the arts. This course is open to both dancers and non-dancers. This

course can be counted as a theater elective.


1464LNGC A - Genesis

5331CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Val Vinokur


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The so-called "fallacy of origins" warns that nothing can be reduced to the circumstances of its creation. Indeed, there is something

oppressive about the idea that where you come from determines where you are going. And yet people are always fascinated to hear stories

about beginnings. This course focuses on one of the most influential stories of origin: The Book of Genesis, or 'Bereshit" in the Hebrew

Bible, which tells not only of the creation of the world and of humankind but is the saga of a family that will become the people of Israel.

The seminar introduces students to some of the basic elements of biblical analysis, interpretation, and research, as they examine the

primary text; its literary and historical contexts in Near Eastern myth; ancient commentaries; and modern critical, literary, and

philosophical interpretations. Since this is a literature course, its goal, inspired by the biblical glosses of Avivah Zornberg and others, is to

strive towards an approach that is more "rhetorical" than "methodical," more concerned with finding meanings than with proving facts.

1465LNGC A - Origins of Global Culture

6466CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Christopher Johnson


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is a comparison and discussion of human-centered creativity from antiquity to the present. The focus is on the cultural roots of

four regions of the world: Western Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia. History, literature, the visual arts, architecture, and music are

considered in terms of their universal appeal in the modern world, and their reflection of the values of the culture that created them.

Readings include Worldly Goods. A New History of the Renaissance by Lisa Jardine, Noise. The Political Economy of Music by Jacques Attali,

and Stolen Continents. The "New World" through Indian Eyes by Ronald Wright.

1471LNGC A - Monsters and the Monsterous: Figuring the Other in the Cultural Imagination

4709CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Martin Roberts


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course considers the ongoing struggle over media piracy in relation to the much longer history of international piracy. It examines

piracy in political, economic, or ethical terms. Case studies include historical forms of piracy in a variety of geographical contexts; pirate

communities as alternative societies; the 19th-century illicit copying of sheet music; pirate radio since the 1960s; the culture of sampling

in hip-hop and avant-garde artistic practices; software and media piracy and international efforts to control this; and contemporary efforts

to establish an online commons of publicly-accessible media content.

1495LNGC A - History and Its Stories

6846CRN: 4Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course offers several dynamic study formats for those who would like to investigate how history becomes intelligible and relatable,

how it writes its stories, and the place of the individual place as a participant and witness. Students are expected to do field work,

including an extended one-day session for museum trips and visits to scheduled interview sites. It also includes close readings, film

viewing, examining objects of art, the study of archival documents and other discordant records of the historical past from selected time

periods and places (ancient artworks, episodes of WWII, etc.). This course serves as both a study guide through time and its stories and as

a practicum of history-making.


1501LNGC A - Representing the Urban

4711CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Laura Liu


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course addresses how different institutions, social groups, cultural intellectuals, and key thinkers represent (and therefore both

understand and prescribe) the city, broadly conceived. Students examine these representations from a range of sources to understand how

representations reflect, produce, contest, or illuminate social realities. They consider the work of urban theorists and thinkers, such as

Lewis Mumford, as well as authors, artists, and filmmakers, such as Toni Morrison. Students examine the continuities, overlaps, and

divergences of ideas across these sources to analyze how different intellectual histories and perspectives shape and are shaped by each

other.

1511LNGC A - Samuel Beckett's World: Can't Go On

4712CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Albert Mobilio


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Beckett occupies a privileged place the history of modernism: He was Joyce's secretary for many years; he hailed from the homeland of

Yeats and moved to Paris in the 30s; and he produced work that recalibrated the traditions of both the novel and drama. His novels, and

especially his plays, presented quintessential 20th century themes--the futility of ratiocination, the inevitability of suffering, existential

despair, the death of God, and the necessity of "going on" regardless--in epoch-defining, deeply comic works. To know and understand

Beckett is to understand the modern mind. Students read the novels, the author's biography, and critics such as Hugh Kenner, as well as

watch several of the plays in our quest to comprehend how such a unrelentingly dire vision could, when expressed via Beckett's art, be a

cause for laughter.

1541LNGC A - How to Read a Play

6468CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

In this course students read a number of different plays (primarily modern) and explore how a playwright creates an imaginative

landscape on the page, moment to moment, that is vividly theatrical. Students investigate not just what a play says but how it works, and

consider the different perspectives of writer, actor, and director. Throughout the course, they also explore the idea that simply reading a

play can be rewarding. This course counts toward the dramatic literature requirement in the Theater Program, and also satisfies

requirements in Writing.

2405LNGC A - Academic Essay Writing

7097CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Rachel Levitsky

Day(s) & Time(s): W: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course operates from the premise that meaningful writing is an expression of rigorous thinking. For this reason the writing practice is

framed by a series of questions. For example: What is the relationship between power and freedom? Does the constant presence of power

preclude the possibility of real change? Weekly readings will place questions into the lenses of class, gender and race. Additionally the

class will approach issues by thinking through the tensions between individual and collective identity, the relationship of language and

thinking, and the possibilities for future communities. Students will utilize their own experience as readers and writers in the inquiry into

power and freedom. Do we as readers make the text or are we subjugated by the text? Students will be encouraged to write creatively and

experimentally. We will read and cite from authors such as Henry David Thoreau, W.E.B. Dubois, Malcolm X, Simone de Beauvoir, Franz

Fanon, Andy Warhol, Karl Marx, Michel Foucault, Hannah Arendt, Franz Kafka, Gertrude Stein, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, and Giorgio

Agamben.


2407LNGC A - Modern Political Philiosophy

7100CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Eric Anthamatten

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course examines the major works of modern political philosophy and the primary questions being addressed: What is the political?

What is the relationship between the political, the social, the economic? What is the relationship between the individual and society? What

is the relationship between the public and the private? What is the role of government? What is community? What is democracy? What is

justice? What is freedom? Students follow chronologically the development of political thought, focusing on the 17th-19th Century, but

also possibly delving into more recent philosophies. Primary readings are from Hobbes, Machiavelli, Locke, Rousseau, Mill, Kant, Marx,

Bakunin. Also possibly Dewey, Rawls, Nozick, Arendt, Habermas.

2408LNGC A - Introduction to Psychology

7101CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Davide Pivi

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is an introduction to many fields of interest of Psychology, which is broadly defined as the scientific investigation of mental

processes and human behavior. It begins with understanding and debating of the logic and assumptions of the scientific method that

underly all psychological findings. It continues with an overview of the most relevant fields of interest in contemporary psychology such as

the study of human brain's biology; the processes involved in perception; the psychological underpinnings of language and thought; the

measurement and definition of intelligence; the study of consciousness; the cognitive structures of memory and the psychological

approaches to learning; the relationship between emotions, motivations, and behavior; the role of social influence in shaping our

development, our decisions and our personality; and a description of the most common psychological disorders. Students receive and

discuss examples of research published on peer reviewed. Students' interest guides the selection of topics.

3000LNGC A - Teaching Learning Seminar I

1201CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s Participation in this class is by permission only; students must have taken LNGC 3100 (“How People Learn”). Advising note: credits count as non-liberal arts credits. Students may apply up to 30 credits of non-liberal arts credits towards the 120 credits

Course Description

This course trains students to become Seminar Fellows to the First Year Program. The Seminar Fellows work with a faculty advisor to help

their freshman advisees through the transition to college. They also teach and the First Year Workshop. Training includes developing good

listening skills, facilitation of group discussions, and the presentation of factual information on a variety of topics, both academic and

personal. This course includes a required online component. Participation in this class is by permission only; students must have taken

LNGC 3100 ("How People Learn"). Advising note: credits count as non-liberal arts credits. Students may apply up to 30 credits of

non-liberal arts credits towards the 120 credits

3902LNGC A - Intermediate Internship



Day(s) & Time(s): W: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The Intermediate Internship is challenging and rigorous: Interns attend 5 mandatory academic seminars centered around career

education, conduct industry analysis or other research projects relevant for the organization of placement, and complete an

Internship/Career Education Portfolio. The Intermediate Internship Seminar is designed to foster career clarification and development,

professional growth and skill acquisition, with a more profound understanding of organizational culture and dynamics. This seminar picks

up where the Introductory Internship ended; further acculturating students to the Lang Internship Program philosophy while providing

guidance, structure, and support to students as they continue integrate textbook theory with real-life professional experience.This seminar

requires the completion of the Introductory Internship Seminar, and permission of an internship advisor as prerequisites for enrollment.


3903LNGC A - Internship Seminar: Advanced




Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The Advanced Internship seminar is open to students who have successful completed the Intermediate Internship seminar and have at

least a 2.5 GPA. The primary focus of this seminar is to provide students with additional career development resources and assist them

with career placement. This option allows students to more thoroughly explore a career path, hone skills, and develop specific

organizational opportunities. An Internship/Career Education Portfolio will be turned in at the end of the semester.There are no seminars,

however, students are encouraged to meet with members of the Internship Program staff throughout the semester.

3108LPHI A - Social and Political Philosophy: Politics, Conflict, and the State

5158CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Marianne Aimee Le Nabat


Prerequisite(s One Philosophy or Political Science course of any level

Course Description

This course examines the importance, origin, and influence of ideals such as freedom, equality, justice, and solidarity, all of which play an

important role in the regulation and contestation of the social order. Topics include whether these ideals represent the elements of a

universal culture, or whether their significance is limited to particular historical moments; what forms of social organization and relations,

and conceptions of human subjectivity and community they imply; whether they are essential to an emancipatory politics or expressive of

an ideological hegemony veiling social divisions. In considering these issues, students also explore the relationship between force and

legitimacy, power and right, and theory and practice. One Philosophy or Political Science course of any level

2010LPHI A - Philosophy 1: Ancient

2498CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): James Dodd


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This required course is an introduction to the major themes and important texts of ancient philosophy, covering such philosophers as

Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plato, and Aristotle.

2020LPHI A - Philosophy II

2499CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Shyam Gohel


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores various philosophical works of Descartes, Leibniz, Hume, and Kant in order to understand the nature, foundations,

and limits of knowledge.

2805LPHI A - Introduction to Aesthetics

6472CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Kevin Alistair Temple


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Plato famously criticized art for being a mere illusion. Aristotle immediately objected that art was at least more philosophical (and, hence,

closer to the ultimate truths) than history. The course is an introduction to contemporary theories of art (in particular of film and the visual

arts) on the basis of the ancient quarrel about the value of art for truth-apt discourse. Readings include works by Plato, Aristotle, Foucault,

Baudrillard, Kosuth, Danto, Mulhall and Cavell.


3125LPHI A - Philosophy of Mind

6474CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Zed Adams


Prerequisite(s One 2000 philosophy course

Course Description

Can rocks think? If not, why not? More generally, how can we tell if something has a mind and, if so, what it is thinking? Can we ever

know? Is it possible to develop a theoretical account of what it is for something to have a mind? In this course, students examine a variety

of systematic ways of answering these questions. The goal is to better understand what were talking about when we talk about our own

minds and the minds of others. They read and discuss a series of philosophical attempts to theorize about the nature of minds. The

emphasis is on the relationship between our understanding of clocks, computers, robots, and animals and our understanding of minds. As

we shall see, many of the more interesting and influential philosophical accounts of the nature of minds have been inspired by discoveries

either about the behavior of animals or about the principles underlying the construction of mechanical devices. One 2000 philosophy

course

3126LPHI A - Grief, Fear and Pity

6475CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Paul Kottman


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

That we can be moved by grief, or fear and pity, has been, for philosophers like Plato and Aristotle, a way of plumbing the depth of our

investment in our lives together. How we are moved, likewise, becomes the essential measure of the extent to which any given sociality

can learn from and about itself. By reading a series of Greek texts by Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Sophocles, and Aeschylus alongside some

recent, contemporary efforts to think about affective responses as modes of sociality, students consider what it could mean that grief

[achos] might be shared or communal, as well as what it might mean that Aristotle chose to speak not of grief in his writings on tragedy,

but of katharsis. Finally, they consider if only certain affects express and reveal social bonds.

3503LPHI A - Feminist Philosophy

6476CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Karen Ka Yeng Ng


Prerequisite(s One 1000 or 2000 philosophy course

Course Description

The idea of feminist philosophy strikes many philosophers as an oxymoron. How can feminism, which is partial to the concerns and

perspectives of women, lay claim to the universal authority to which philosophy aspires? Confronted with this question, a number of great

feminist authors have responded that philosophy has something to learn from feminist thought about its own most cherished ideals. This

course offers an introduction to classic and contemporary contributions to the relevant corpus of feminist philosophical writing. Course

authors include de Beauvoir, Butler, Frye, Gilligan, Irigaray, Le Doeff, and MacKinnon. One 1000 or 2000 philosophy course

3504LPHI A - Women and Violence

6977CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Maria Lara


Prerequisite(s At least one 2000 philosophy course.

Course Description

Violence against women has changed our perceptions about the meaning of violence both in general, and in particular, against women.

Our notions of evil are historically constructed. They are the product of specific stories about what is meant by an action that deserves to

be called evil. This course first focuses on our moral views of violence against women in history, using rape cases n ancient literature and

in recent stories and narratives. Then it focuses on how feminism became an important force in an effort to address the problem of

violence and women. Finally it considers the problem of how to conceptualize rape. This course considers question of violence not in the

abstract but through that illustrate the meaning of a moral wrong. At least one 2000 philosophy course.


4010LPHI A - Philosophy and Death

6477CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Simon Critchley

Day(s) & Time(s): R: 2:00 pm - 5:20 pm

Prerequisite(s One 2000 philosophy course

Course Description

This is a seminar based on Simon Critchleys 'The Book of Dead Philosophers' (Vintage, 2009), which examines and defends the ideal of the

philosophical death. This research challenges and revises the way we think about the history of philosophy and, more specifically, the

relation of the latter to the history of philosophers. How might we conceive of the relation between the activity of philosophy and an

individual life, between conceptuality and biography? Authors read include Plato, Epicurus, Seneca, Plotinus, Augustine, Boethius,

Montaigne, Spinoza, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Freud, Arendt, and Derrida. For the good of their souls, students are also encouraged to

obtain a copy of Lives of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius. One 2000 philosophy course

4429LPHI A - American Dialectics

7004CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Jed Perl

Day(s) & Time(s): W: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Since the end of World War II, art in New York has been animated by powerfully conflicting tendencies - between romanticism and

empiricism; abstraction and representation; spontaneity and reflection; nihilism and tradition; the artist and the public. New York City's

melting pot excitement gave a new kind of weight, thrust and velocity to debates that had had their origins in Europe, and the dialectic in

all its variety - ranging from Hegelian idealism to Kierkegaard's Either/Or to Hans Hofmann's Push and Pull - was shaping the artist's sense

of self and society in the rush-hour city of the postwar years. This course presents a reading of American art since 1945 by focusing on five

themes, each of them tied to a specific period.

2029LPOL A - Democracies in Theories and Practice

6478CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Alex McCown


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course focuses on the history and theory of democracy. It begins with democracy's historical birth in ancient Greece and its

relationship to freedom, law, justice, and the poor, and considers the arguments of its first critics. Students follow its reappearance in the

early modern age and its association with the concepts of sovereignty, power, and the popular will. They discuss the encounter of

democracy with liberal theories of individualism, natural rights, and consent and the Marxist aspirations of economic equality and social

solidarity, and examine the formation of the modern democratic constitutional state contrasting democratic ideals and democratic (or

undemocratic) realities. Then they consider democracy in the 20th century noting the diversity of competing models of democratic politics.

Finally, they examine how the tensions between procedure and substance, competition and conflict, disagreement and consensus, and

representation and participation are shaping current debates in democratic theory. This course also satisfies some requirements in

Philosophy and History.

2203LPOL A - Political and Civic Action in the United States

6479CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Deva Woodly


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is an introduction to American politics, with an emphasis on the political and civic participation of US residents from the

Constitutional Framers to the Obama campaign of 2008 and the pressure group politics that continue to shape the ongoing daily workings

of government. Students cultivate a dual focus: at once exploring the foundational institutions and principles that undergird the political

organization of the US as well as the patterns of dissent and resistance that have helped to shape the political landscape of the country

throughout its history and today.


2806LPOL A - Conflict and Inequality in International Affairs

6480CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Rafi Youatt


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course introduces students to some of the central themes in international affairs, including war and peace, power and morality, and

inequality and justice. It begins with a brief historical overview of the international state system and engages with contending theoretical

perspectives that seek to explain order and instability in it. It then addresses conflict and cooperation. Themes considered include the

relationship between war and democracy; the contested nature of power politics; the potentials and pitfalls of international law; the ethics

of terrorism and the war on terror; and the impact of transnational activism on world politics. Finally, the course addresses the themes of

inequality and hierarchy, by examining development politics and international institutions; free trade and globalization; and debates over

empire and global governance.

3005LPOL A - Democratic Faith

7056CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Deva Woodly


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Liberal democratic theory relies on reason to assure political stability and, when necessary, facilitate political change. In this conception,

the reason for America's persistent commitment to the democratic form of government is the ever-present potential to appeal to reason in

new ways. But what if, as both Carl Schmitt and Ralph Ellison have suggested (for very different reasons) the primacy and survival of the

democratic impulse in America is not rooted in reason alone, but equally in a passionate and at times, expressly unreasonable

commitment to democracy as an ideal. Such a commitment might be described as democratic faith. In this course, students examine the

development and invocation of democratic faith as a potentially significant motivation for political membership, participation, advocacy,

mobilization, and policy change. Students scrutinize the historical and theoretical articulations of democratic faith that may help explain

why citizens might chose to expend psychic, social, material, and political efforts above, beyond, and besides what is required to make it

to the ballot box.

3041LPOL A - Resistance

6481CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Banu (Ayse Banu) Bargu

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s 1 prior course in Politics

Course Description

This course explores the politics of resistance. It examines instances of resistance from around the world, traversing different time periods,

geographies, and cultures. Examples range from peasant revolts to labor movements, feminist struggles to anti-war mobilizations, prisoner

uprisings to popular wars. Contemporary forms of (self)-sacrificial resistance are of particular interest. The course inquires into the social

forces involved, what they seek to resist, the methods and goals of resistance, and the reception of this resistance by its purported

audience. Relying upon the concrete political problems posed by each historical instance as springboards into larger theoretical concerns,

the course focuses on questions of power and violence, means and ends, domination and subjugation, sovereignty and hegemony,

especially as they become manifest in the complexity of real politics. The course incorporates theoretical and historical texts as well as

visual material and movies. This course includes a required online component. 1 prior course in Politics

4001LPSY A - Research Practicum 2


Profesor(s): McWelling Todman


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is available only to students pursuing a BA in psychology, and only to students who have already taken the Practicum I course.

Practicum II students can select a lab placement that is different from their previous placement only if they have not previously committed

to a year-long placement.


4001LPSY C - Research Prac 2: SW Proposal


Profesor(s): Marcel Kinsbourne


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

4001LPSY D - Research Prac 2: SW Proposal


Profesor(s): Jeremy Ginges


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

4568LPSY A - Psychopathology 3

6494CRN: 3Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): W: 4:00 pm - 5:50 pm

Prerequisite(s GPSY 5152 or permission of the instructor and juniors and seniors.

Course Description

This course is an introductory survey of the psychological, biological, and sociological models of substance abuse and dependence. It is a

required course for those iwho wish to obtain an MA with a concentration in mental health and substance abuse counseling. This course

provides 75 clock hours of NYSOASAS-approved CASAC training. Crosslisted with New School for Social Research. GPSY 5152 or

permission of the instructor and juniors and seniors.

4000LPSY C - Research Prac 1: Methods Inq




Prerequisite(s

Course Description

4000LPSY D - Research Prac 1: Methods Inq




Prerequisite(s

Course Description

4000LPSY I - Research Prac 1: Methods Inq


Profesor(s): Howard Steele


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

4000LPSY J - Research Prac 1: Methods Inq


Profesor(s): Emanuele Castano


Prerequisite(s

Course Description


4000LPSY K - Research Prac 1: Methods Inq


Profesor(s): William Hirst


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

4000LPSY L - Research Prac 1: Methods Inq


Profesor(s): Miriam Steele


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

4000LPSY M - Research Prac 1: Methods Inq


Profesor(s): Karen DAvanzo


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

4000LPSY N - Research Prac 1: Methods Inq


Profesor(s): Xiaochun Jin


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4000LPSY O - Research Prac 1: Methods Inq


Profesor(s): Arien Mack


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4556LPSY A - Language and Thought

3349CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Michael Schober

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s Prerequisites: open to juniors and seniors only.

Course Description

This course surveys research on psycholinguistics, cognition, and the relation between language and thought. Crosslisted with New School

for Social Research. This course satisfies some of the requirements in Literary Studies: both concentrations. Prerequisites: open to juniors

and seniors only.


2005LPSY A - Introduction to Personality Theory

6482CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Romy Reading


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the study of human personality theory and research. The focus is on individual differences and personality

functioning with an emphasis on multiple perspectives, not limited to but including, trait, social, cognitive, clinical, multicultural, and

biological approaches. The course also addresses issues of gender, sexual orientation, and class.

2029LPSY A - History of Psychology

6483CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Alicia Mascho


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Course Description

People have long held ideas about how we know, feel and perceive, and why we do what we do. This course examines how these views

have developed and how they have been incorporated into what is now the discipline of psychology. This introductory course traces the

history of psychology in the west from its early philosophers to contemporary theories and clinical practice modalities. The focus is on the

competing systems of psychological thought, and how they have evolved over time and outline the cultural and political contexts out of

which they emerged.

2039LPSY A - Fundamentals in Cognitive Neuroscience

6789CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the basic structural and functional properties of the human nervous system and their relationship to

various aspects of human cognition.

2040LPSY A - Fundamentals in Social Psychology

6906CRN: 4Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): T: 2:00 pm - 3:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The course provides a series of analytical tools to understand social phenomena, ranging from propaganda and persuasion to stereotyping

and prejudice. It does so from a psychological perspective, that considers the individual as the unit of analysis and also recognizes that

human beings are social animals whose identity is often at a par with their social groups and who are highly influenced by the social

context in which they carry out their judgments and behavior. The course is comprised of lectures, discussions, and group activity.

Assessment is done via take-home assignments, in-class exams, and participation.

2160LPSY A - Culture and Human Development

6487CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Malin Kallberg-Shroff


Prerequisite(s ULEC 2160 Introduction to Psychology and at least one Fundamentals course, or permission of instructor.

Course Description

Developmental Psychology tends to focus on the early years of development and adolescence. This course explores later stages of

development such as late adolescence/emerging adulthood, mid-life and aging. It examines how these stages may be of varying

importance, and conceptual content, in different cultures and ethnic groups, both abroad and within the United States. Finally, the course

examines what these differing perspectives mean for family structure and society as a larger group. ULEC 2160 Introduction to Psychology

and at least one Fundamentals course, or permission of instructor.


2772LPSY A - Culture, Ethnicity, and Mental Health

4723CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Kalli Feldman


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the study of culture and human behavior in general, and culture and mental health in particular. Although

primary attention is given to cross-national research and research on the major U.S. ethnic groups, issues of gender, social class, and

other forms of diversity are also addressed. Multidisciplinary perspectives are examined, in particular that of medical anthropology.

Familiarity with Abnormal Psychology is desirable, but not required. This is an Integrative Foundations course. This course satisfies some

of the requirements in Literary Studies: in both concentrations.

3003LPSY A - From Collective Memory to Collective Action

6488CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Alin Ioan Coman


Prerequisite(s ULEC 2160 Introduction to Psychology and at least one Fundamentals course, or permission of instructor.

Course Description

This course is an exploration of the formation of collective memories, i.e. memories that are shared among a group of individuals, and of

the potential of collective memories to drive collective action. Collective identity is considered as a possible connection between memory

and action. Using the newly developed methods of social network analysis and agent-based modeling students investigate the spreading of

memories and beliefs to understand the convergence of memories within communities, how this convergence builds on collective identity,

and how this identity determines individuals to act in the name of the collective. Various ethnic conflicts are dissected in order to test this

model of collective action, which will be formulated in a multidisciplinary framework drawing particularly on psychological, sociological, and

anthropological perspectives. ULEC 2160 Introduction to Psychology and at least one Fundamentals course, or permission of instructor.

3103LPSY A - Dream Interpretation

1546CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Michael Adams


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course introduces students to the methods of dream interpretation that Freud, Jung, and others have proposed in the 20th century. In

1900, Freud published his book on dream interpretation, believing that he had discovered the "secret" of dream. The psychology

community has now had a hundred years of psychoanalytic dream interpretation. In this course students learn to apply psychoanalytic

techniques to interpret dreams in order to know the unconscious. Students explore psychoanalytic theory, dreams, the unconscious, and

hermeneutics (the philosophy of the interpretation of texts). They also explore cultural aspects of interpretation through the example of

African-American traditions about dreams in Anthony Shafton's Dream-Singers: The African American Way with Dreams. This course

satisfies some of the requirements in Literary Studies: in both concentrations. This course satisfies some of the requirements in Literary

Studies: Writing AND Literature concentration

3117LPSY A - The Psychology of Women

6490CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Catherine Bitney


Prerequisite(s ULEC 2160 Introduction to Psychology and at least one Fundamentals course in Psychology or permission of the instructor.

Course Description

This course uses a multidisciplinary lens to examine the intersection of women and psychology in the United States. Topics include the

historical underrepresentation of women in psychology as a profession, the exclusion of women as subjects within research, the diagnosis

of women with particular disorders, and issues currently affecting women's mental health. Students examine how identities including race,

ethnicity, class, disability, sexual orientation, and gender expression intersect to impact women's psychological well-being. Materials for

the course include visual media/film, poetry, fiction, academic journals and the DSM-IV-TR (the current classification system for

psychiatric disorders). ULEC 2160 Introduction to Psychology and at least one Fundamentals course in Psychology or permission of the

instructor.


3601LPSY A - Methods of Inquiry

6491CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Peter Kardos


Prerequisite(s ULEC 2160 Introduction to Psychology or permission of instructor.

Course Description

In this course, students acquire the skills necessary to conduct various types of psychological research. it introduces the fundamental

principles of empirical research such as designing experiments and testing hypotheses. A key component revolves around application of

these principles to original research projects. Students are responsible for creating the hypotheses, framing the appropriate methodology,

incorporating ethical considerations, collecting data, writing the support research report, and presenting and defending their findings.

Moreover, students have ample opportunity to discuss and critique various methodologies that are used in psychological research today as

it relates to their topics of interest. ULEC 2160 Introduction to Psychology or permission of instructor.

4000LPSY A - Research Practicum 1




Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This is a hands-on course in which students are permitted to assume the role of a junior research assistants in one the Psychology

Department's fourteen research labs. Students work under the guidance and supervision of a faculty member (the lab director) and senior

graduate students. Because of the importance of laboratory skills and access in completing the Senior Work project, all psychology majors

are strongly encouraged to enroll in a Research Practicum during the development and execution of the senior project. (Note: Starting in

the Fall of 2008, this will become mandatory.) Admission is selective and requires the approval of the Research Practicum coordinator and

the director of the lab in question. The minimum commitment for most labs is 4 hours/week, but some labs may require a greater time

commitment. Additionally, some labs require that students commit to a year-long placement, meaning that the student is expected to

register for Practicum 2 (LPSY 4001) in the following semester. Additional hours and credits can be arranged prior to registration.

4000LPSY P - Research Prac 1: Methods Inq


Profesor(s): Joan Miller


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Course Description

4000LPSY Q - Research Prac 1: Methods Inq


Profesor(s): Lisa Rubin


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4000LPSY R - Research Prac 1: Methods Inq


Profesor(s): Jeremy Safran


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4000LPSY S - Research Prac 1: Methods Inq




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4001LPSY I - Research Prac 2: SW Proposal




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4001LPSY J - Research Prac 2: SW Proposal


Profesor(s): Shannon Mattern


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4001LPSY K - Research Prac 2: SW Proposal


Profesor(s): William Hirst


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4001LPSY L - Research Prac 2: SW Proposal


Profesor(s): Karen DAvanzo


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4001LPSY M - Research Prac 2: SW Proposal




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4001LPSY N - Research Prac 2: SW Proposal


Profesor(s): Arien Mack


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4001LPSY O - Research Prac 2: SW Proposal




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4001LPSY P - Research Prac 2: SW Proposal


Profesor(s): Lisa Rubin


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4001LPSY Q - Research Prac 2: SW Proposal


Profesor(s): Jeremy Safran


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4001LPSY R - Research Prac 2: SW Proposal




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4001LPSY U - Research Prac 2: SW Proposal


Profesor(s): Miriam Steele


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4002LPSY A - IHAD Research Practicum

4047CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This student-initiated research practicum gives students the opportunity to participate as a research assistants on a research project

involving school children currently enrolled in a "I Have a Dream" (IHAD) program in Manhattan. Supervision is provided by the directors

of the New School for Social Research attachment lab, Dr. Miriam Steel and Howard Steele, in conjunction with their advanced graduate

students.

4003LPSY A - Research Prcticum 3




Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is available only to students pursuing a BA in psychology, and only to students who have already taken the Practicum 1 and 2

courses. Practicum 3 students can select a lab placement that is different from their previous placement only if they have not previously

committed to a year-long placement.


4005LPSY B - Bowery Residence Research Prcticum

6492CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is available only to students pursuing a BA in psychology, and only to students who have already taken Intro to Substance

Abuse Counseling or Psychopathology 3 at the NSSR, or with the permission of the instructor

4503LPSY A - Social Psychology

5375CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Emanuele Castano

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm


Course Description

This course provides an overview of social psychological research focusing on human beings as social animals engaged in a complicated

network of social relations, both real and imagined. Constrained by our cognitive capacities and guided by motives and needs, humans

attempt to make sense of our social world our relationship to it. The course examines how this influences perceptions of the self,

perceptions of other individuals and groups, beliefs and attitudes, group processes, and intergroup relations. Readings emphasize how

various theories of human behavior are translated into focused research questions and rigorously tested via laboratory experiments and

field studies. This course is crosslisted with New School for Social Research. Prerequisites: open to juniors and seniors only.

4505LPSY A - Developmental Psychology

6493CRN: 3Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): M: 4:00 pm - 5:50 pm

Prerequisite(s open to juniors and seniors only.

Course Description

This course surveys major theories and research findings in developmental psychology. Among the topics addressed are attachment,

emotion regulation, cognitive development, language acquisition, social cognition, family and peer relationships, morality, and aging.

Consideration is given both to biological and cultural influences on development as well as to issues in life-span developmental psychology.

Crosslisted with New School for Social Research. open to juniors and seniors only.

4510LPSY A - Psychopathology I

4049CRN: 3Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): W: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm


Course Description

This course is the first of a sequence of three courses on adult psychopathology. This course focuses on some of the more fundamental

diagnostic categories of the DSM IV-TR (e.g., the Personality Disorders) and explores relevant theoretical issues and clinical approaches to

particular problems of treatment and assessment. This course is crosslisted with New School for Social Research. This course builds upon

the foundational courses in cognitive, social, and developmental psychology to explore how cognition and various types of social context

influence the formation and maintenance of stereotypes and prejudice. Case examples involving stereotype transmission through the use

of mass communication (such as in Nazi Germany and Maoist China) and the mass media (such as in the case of the current and recent

U.S. Presidential election campaigns) are introduced and critically examined. This course satisfies some of the requirements in Literary

Studies: both concentrations. Prerequisites: open to juniors and seniors only.

4564LPSY A - Introduction to Substance Abuse Counseling

3864CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Susan Palmgren

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the counseling and intervention techniques commonly employed in substance abusing and

dually-diagnosed populations. A variety of theoretical approaches are explored and their application demonstrated through the use of

actual case material. This is a required course for those who wish to obtain an MA degree with a concentration in mental health and

substance abuse counseling. This course provides 75 clock hours of NYSOASAS-approved CASAC training. This course is crosslisted with

New School for Social Research. This course satisfies some of the requirements in Literary Studies: both concentrations.


3220LREL A - Medieval Church and State

6501CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s Students must have completed Writing the Essay 1 and 2, or have instructor's permission.

Course Description

This course examine a series of texts written in Europe from the rise to power of the Roman emperor Constantine to the fifteenth century

and the eve of the Protestant Reformation. These texts will be used as evidence to help students answer a series questions: how did

individuals in this vast and varied expanse of time and geography understand their (at times conflicting) obligations to a Christian religious

identity and to political authority? How did they conceive of and treat those who were excluded from that religious identity? And to what

extent does the claim to being Christian in the Middle Ages conceal real differences in belief and practice? Students must have completed

Writing the Essay 1 and 2, or have instructor's permission.

2051LREL A - Women's Spirit and Contemporar Religion

6495CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Katherine Kurs


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Beginning with the second wave of the feminist movement in the early 1960s, this course explores the contours of women's spirituality

within mainstream and alternative religious traditions in contemporary America, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam,

Wicca/neo-Paganism, and Buddhism. Using essays and texts by Euro-American women and women of color, traditionalists, reformers, and

radicals, students consider a range of issues at the intersection of religion and gender including: the role of hierarchy and authority; the

individual in relation to her religio-spiritual community; inclusivity and the boundaries of normative religious practice; tradition,

innovation, and continuity; the role of ritual and concepts of the sacred; and issues involving race, power, class, and social justice.

2070LREL A - Hebrew Bible in Context

4729CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Fran Snyder


Prerequisite(s This course is a required core and prerequisite for upper level Jewish Studies courses.

Course Description

Two contexts influence our reading of the Hebrew Bible: the ancient Near East, in which the Bible was formed, and contemporary America,

from which we view the canonical text. In this course, students begin reading the Bible alongside the literatures of Mesopotamia and

Egypt. Emphasis shifts to the Bible itself, and various biblical genres--poetry, narrative, history, and law--are studied. Biblical ideas of

monotheism, covenant, and prophecy are introduced. In addition, students learn modern scholarly methods of reading and analyzing the

Bible. Throughout the course students are challenged to negotiate the tension between modernity and antiquity, to replace received

notions of the Bible with fresh appraisals, and to learn to read it critically and with an eye for its literary beauty. This course is a required

core and prerequisite for upper level Jewish Studies courses.

2102LREL A - Religion, Empire, and Globalization

6496CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Frank Shepard


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Globalization refers to economic, political, legal and cultural integration affecting communities around the world. Such integration

necessarily changes the conditions in which all collectivities express and work toward fulfilling their hopes and desires, in turn radically

changing the place of religion in the complexes of human life. This course investigates the place of religion in processes of integration and

in the formation of values and desires in a globalized world. Topics include colonial and international efforts to promote universally valid

values and modes of organizing human life, the emergence of modern syncretic forms of religion and religiosity, the commodification of

religion and religiosity, religion in diasporas of globalziation, and religion as a source of contesting globalizing integration and

homogenization.


2803LREL A - Mandala: Visions of Tantric Buddhism

6499CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Michael Sheehy


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Envisioning the Buddhist aesthetics of enlightenment, this course explores the visual idioms, ritual practices, and philosophical principles

associated with the spherical domain known as a mandala. Literally meaning "center and circumference," a mandala is conceived as a

presentation of sacred symmetry, a cosmograph, a device for meditative visualization, a psychological archetype, and a portal to

mysterious realities; it serves as one of the most enduring representations of visionary art. This course examines themes such emptiness,

interconnectivity, deity, and pure perception in order to understand the cosmological and contemplative dynamics of the mandala. As we

discuss the forms and functions of a mandala as related to the tantric traditions of Buddhism throughout India, Tibet, and the greater

Himalayan world as well as its Shingon manifestations in Japan, we will give specific attention to the imaginative architecture and

iconographic symbolism of the Buddhist mandala and its possible parallel correlates with the tangible universe. This course is in concert

with "Mandala: The Perfect Circle" exhibition at the Rubin Museum of Art and it includes class sessions on the gallery floors of the

museum.

3004LREL A - Theorizing Religion

4732CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s Students must have completed one LREL course before enrolling in Theorizing Religion.

Course Description

What is "religion"? As students read classic answers to this question, they explore the curious fact that while "religion" is a modern

western concept (born, perhaps, in 1799), most of what is studied in the field of "religious studies" is non-modern and/or non-western. We

will follow three intertwining story-lines through the history of "religion" and its study in the west: religious apologetics, critiques of

religion (epistemological, historical, ethical), and Europe's encounters and entanglements with the rest of the world, especially during the

heyday of colonialism. A critical understanding of "religion" and its implication in modern and postmodern understandings of politics,

ethics, gender and progress can make this Eurocentric concept a vehicle for profound critique and an opening to genuine dialogue.

Students must have completed one LREL course before enrolling in Theorizing Religion.

3065LREL A - Buddhist Ethics

6540CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Paul Hackett

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 9:00 am - 11:40 am

Prerequisite(s One course in Buddhist studies or Ethics.

Course Description

The Buddhist principle of karma, which engages a comprehensive system of moral self-cultivation, has recently been brought into

profitable conversation with Western conceptions of justice and virtue to produce a new field of inquiry known as "Buddhist ethics."

Students will survey writings that range from ancient manuscripts to contemporary scholarly articles and books as they explore the theory

of Buddhist ethics as well as its application. This course includes a required online component. One course in Buddhist studies or Ethics.

4100LSCI A - Nanotechnology

6514CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Bhawani Venkataraman


Prerequisite(s A 2000 level course in both physics and chemistry.

Course Description

Nanotechnology is the design, characterization, production and application of structures, devices and systems by controlling shape and

size at nanometer scale. Nanoscience is the study of phenomena and manipulation of materials at atomic, molecular and macromolecular

scales, where properties differ significantly from those at a larger scale. The recent interest in nanotechnology and nanoscience is derived

from potential applications that encompass diverse areas such as health, the environment, cosmetics, food, and technology. But with all

the potential benefits, there are also serious concerns about the potential risks of nanotechnology. Through this course the science and

technology of nanotechnology are examined through the followings issues: What is the nanoscale? What is nanoscience? What is

nanotechnology? What makes nanoscale materials (nanomaterials) special? What tools are used to study, manipulate and control at the

nanoscale? What are current and potential applications of nanotechnology? What are the potential benefits? What are the potential risks? A

2000 level course in both physics and chemistry.


2040LSCI A - Genes, Environment, and Behavior

6502CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Katayoun Chamany


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course investigates the dynamic relationship between our genetic make up and our environments. Course sessions and assignments

will retrace the experiments that led to the discovery of genes and their inheritance patterns, review molecular analyses to understand the

functional products of genes, and reveal how the acquisition and accumulation of mutations and sex lead to diverse human behaviors that

can be influenced by environmental factors in changing social environments. Course readings include newspaper articles, secondary

scientific literature, and a textbook, while videos and CD ROMS depicting molecular DNA techniques and their automation will clarify the

more technical aspects of the course. Prerequisite for all biology intermediate level courses, and satisfies the elective for Psychology.

2050LSCI A - Ecology I: Principles of Ecology

6503CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Paul McPhearson


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Principles of Ecology will begin by focusing on the key concepts co-occurring in all ecological systems. Students will learn the fundamentals

of ecological principles starting with core concepts in evolution then building from species and populations, to community dynamics and

structure, to the study of ecosystems and finally to landscape ecology. The course will also serve as an introduction to the drivers of

biodiversity, the importance of genetic diversity, the impacts of climate change on species and communities, and much more. This course

is positioned to justify the statement that understanding ecology (how biological organisms interact with each other and their

environment) is crucial to understanding how to move towards a more sustainable future. Students who have taken Urban Ecology LSTS

2815 in 2008 should not sign up for this course.

2501LSCI A - The Science and Politics of the Atom Bomb

6504CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Alan McGowan


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Why did one of the most exciting periods in the history of science lead to the most destructive weapon ever invented? Did the atomic

bomb end the war against Japan? Tsuyoshi Hasegawa says no, that it was the entrance of the Russians into the war that caused the

Japanese to accept the wars end. Richard Frank raises serious questions about that conclusion. We start, however, by reading Richard

Rhodes The Making of the Atomic Bomb, which is a great way, along with lectures and a little other reading, of learning about the

revolution of science that produced the chain reaction and hence, the atom bomb.

2700LSCI A - Energy and Sustainability

6505CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Alan McGowan


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The global increase in energy needs, the politicization of energy, and the growing threat of global climate change are all investigated in

this interdisciplinary course. Starting with the history of the discovery of climate change, it investigates the interplay of the sciences,

technology, math, and the social sciences. The science of energy from a physical and chemical perspective is discussed illustrating life's

dependence on energy. A project based course, students select a country and develop an alternative energy plan for it.


2701LSCI A - Brain: Biology and Behavior

6506CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Steryl Jones


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course examines what has been called the "three-pound universe," the human brain. Covered is the brain's basic biology—how

neurons work together to produce the senses, our motor functions, our emotions, memories, and consciousness. Topics include the types

of memory and memory formation, how the brain learns, the neural foundations of happiness, the male/female brain, the left/right brain,

communication, autism, drugs, joy, the "gay" brain, the possibility of artificial intelligence, the presence of the soul, the sexual brain. The

course features guided reading and online discussions.

2811LSCI A - Environment and Society

6507CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This survey course discusses central concepts and issues exploring the relationship between the environment and society. Topics discussed

include concept of nature and the environment; environmental history, the rise of environmentalism, population and consumption,

ecological footprint analysis, environmental justice, environmental politics, environmental movements, environmental values and the

future of environmentalism.

2811LSCI B - Environment & Society

7074CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Richard Karty


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This survey course critically examines the relationship between human society and the environment in the past, present, and near future

analyzed from a scientific, economic, political, and ethical basis. Topics include air, water, and soil pollution, climate change, human

population growth, habitat conversion, biodiversity decline, natural resource use, the major elemental cycles and flows of the earth

system, the structure and function of major ecosystems, and how our environmental understanding influences environmental policy. The

text for the course includes scientific papers and review material, journalistic and creative writing, film, and other multi-media. This course

does not satisfy any requirements for the IS major.

2820LSCI A - Chemistry of Life

6508CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Bhawani Venkataraman


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course investigates basic chemical concepts in the context of topics relevant to chemical evolution and the chemistry that supports life

today. Through an understanding of the chemistry and environmental conditions of early earth, the course considers ideas on how the

environment supported the synthesis of molecular building blocks of life and how these building blocks become more complex molecules.

Also covered is current research on how these complex molecules set the stage for "proto-life". The course incorporates computational

molecular modeling and simulation software packages to investigate and visualize chemical concepts. This course satisfies the requirement

for the lab class Chemistry of the Environment.


2830LSCI A - Biology of Beauty, Sex and Death

6509CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

In this course we will use a case-based approach to investigate advances in technology and changing local, national, and international

regulations that have pushed basic cell biological research into the public eye. Class discussions and assignments will center on three

contemporary topics to review how cells interact with their environments to decide whether to grow, divide, or become specialized: stem

cell biology sets the stage with cell basics, cloning, and sexual reproduction; Botox highlights the roles of specialized cells in aesthetics as

well as bio-warfare; and HPV demonstrates how viruses can promote cancer. News clips and articles kick off each module, and research

and news articles, op-eds, and book chapters provide students with the background needed for informed decisions. Each module

culminates with a capstone project that requires the development of an action plan in the form of a policy report, research proposal, or

letter to a policy maker. This course also satisfies the elective for Psychology.

2840LSCI A - Science and Politics of Infectious Disease

6510CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course investigates the role that infectious diseases play in our changing world. Course discussions and readings review the complex

interaction between host and pathogen, the biological processes underlying infection, treatment, and prevention, and the socio-

economic/political factors that influence infectious disease progression, such as urbanization, climate change, and cultural practices. Topics

include: the human immune system, the rise of drug resistant microbes, and biotechnological advances in diagnostic and vaccine

development. Each student is assigned a disease for the semester and presents both the biological and the sociological perspectives of the

disease during the last third of the class. Texts include The Coming Plague, Pathologies of Power, and Killer Germs. This course satisfies a

Foundation level requirement for the IS major.

2900LSCI A - Foundations of Physics

6511CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of physics—motion, forces, and energy. During the first half of the semester students

study the birth of physics as a truly scientific endeavor, through the works of Galileo Galilee and Sir Isaac Newton. Then in the second half

of the semester, they study heat, entropy, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics, one of the most far-reaching and profound yet

puzzling laws in all of physics. The course combines a problem-solving approach to physics with a historical one, and texts include primary

source works such as Galileo's "Dialogues", Newton's "Principia", and others. (This course is recommended for students who wish to take

The Quantum Universe course in the Spring.)

3301LSCI A - What is Science?

6513CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s At least one 2000 level science course

Course Description

This course is an introduction to basic questions and issues in the history and philosophy of science. It examines not only the works of

philosophers of science such as Kuhn and Popper, but the writings of scientists themselves(Einstein, Feynman, Gould, et. al.) who wrote

about the process of science. Case studies from the history of science illuminate the process by which controversial new ideas (such as

those of Copernicus, Darwin, and others) become widely accepted theories. Topics include what is a scientific "fact", what makes a good

scientific theory, and whether science involves the search for some sort of ultimate truth or something else. Finally, it examines how to

distinguish good science from bad science and real science from pseudoscience. At least one 2000 level science course


4502LSCI A - Health, Inequality, and Development

6848CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Melinda Pavin

Day(s) & Time(s): W: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores the challenge of Health for All, by analyzing the relationships among health, nutrition, and development within the

context of socio-economic inequities. A historical review of the human rights approach to health grounds the course and introduces

students to the social determinants of health. From there, students investigate the role of aid agencies, government, non-governmental

projects, and grass roots efforts to tackle the inter-related problems of disease and poverty that are compounded by rapid urbanization

and globalization. A range of topics provide a framework for discussion and may include: access to essential medicines and technology;

institutionalized discrimination; and nutrition and food security.

3014LSDS A - Alternatives to Capitalism

7080CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Timothy Pachirat


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

In an era of war, global economic crisis, and climate change it is essential to investigate alternatives to capitalism and to develop adequate

strategies for transitioning to a new social economic system. This course analyzes capitalism and the origins of this economic crisis.

Because economic change does not happen within a vacuum, it examines the economic crisis within the larger subject of the global role of

the United States. It then considers the alternatives to capitalism put forth by anarchist/socialist/Marxist writers in the 19th century as

well as more contemporary frameworks from the New Left and present day. The last section focuses specifically on strategies for

transitioning to a non-capitalist society. It also considers what social forces need to be mobilized for such a transformation and what

reforms could immediately improve people's lives, while laying the foundation for larger fundamental change.

2850LSOC A - Urban Sociology

6518CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Virag Molnar


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The course offers a survey of the central themes of urban sociology. It draws attention to the spatial dimension of social processes,

highlighting the impact of space and the built environment on social life. It emphasizes the significance of the city as a strategic research

site for sociology, showing how the study of the modern city offers a lens into key social processes such as social inequality, immigration,

and social conflict. The course examines the distinctiveness of the city as a form of social organization. It covers a broad range of topics

including street life, crime and the informal economy, the relationship between spatial and social segregation, urban riots and mass

protests, the impact of shopping malls and suburbanization, the importance of public space, changes brought about by globalization, and

challenges facing cities in the wake of terrorism.

3003LSOC A - Culture Concept

6519CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Orville Lee


Prerequisite(s At least one 2000-level LSOC, LANT or LPOL course

Course Description

While culture has become a buzzword in the social sciences, the category of culture is not unproblematic, either as an object of analysis or

as a framework of explanation. The question of what culture is, and how it should be studied is far from being resolved. This course is

organized around a set of arguments and debates that animate contemporary theory and research on culture. In readings and discussions

students critically explore themes that emerge from the intersection of society, culture, and history: the culture concept; the status of

meaning, agency, and structure in social scientific analysis; the relationship between power, domination, and resistance; and cultural

critique. At least one 2000-level LSOC, LANT or LPOL course


2001LSOC A - Sociological Imagination

5199CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Yifat Gutman


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

In this course, students begin to think about how society works. The course examines relationships among individual identity and

experience, social groups and organizations, and social structures. They examine the economic, political, and cultural dimensions of social

life and question social arrangements that seem natural or unchangeable. Topics covered include social inequality, politics and power,

culture, race and ethnic relations, gender, interaction, and socialization. The course also introduces students to major sociological theorists

and sociological research methods.

2030LSOC A - Religion and Meaning in a Globalizing World

6516CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Kumiko Endo

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course takes an interdisciplinary and global approach to issues of religion and meaning in contemporary society. Drawing from a

range of social science perspectives, students examine topics such as: science and religion; the self and society; ethics of death and dying;

consumption and moderation, materialism, and spiritualism, the meeting of East and West; the Israeli- Palestinian conflict; peace and

harmonious coexistence; fundamentalism and cosmopolitanism; and religion and media. An online component is added as a forum for

ongoing discussion outside of class sessions, and occasional off- campus research and excursions will be conducted. This course includes a

required online component.

2042LSOC A - Politics in Everyday Life

6517CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Jeffrey Goldfarb


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores how politics is an ongoing part of everyday social interaction, both reproducing and challenging the order of things.

While it is often observed that economic conditions determine personal destiny; political order shapes intimate relationships; and religious

developments form individual character, the way daily life shapes the economy, the polity, and civilization itself is neglected. This will be

explored here. We will work to understand the history of our recent past and illuminate a richer perception of future political prospects by

carefully examining social interaction of ordinary as well as extraordinary people. The course builds upon the sociological tradition of

symbolic interaction and dramaturgical sociology, specifically the writings of George Herbert Mead and Erving Goffman, and the political

theory of Hannah Arendt, among others.

3102LSOC A - Classical Social Thought

6520CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Andrew Arato


Prerequisite(s At least one 2000-level LSOC, LANT or LPOL course

Course Description

The course focusrs on four classical social theorists who are the founders of modern sociology, Karl Marx, Alexis de Tocqueville, Emile

Durkheim, and Max Weber. Starting with the problem of social integration, raised but not solved by early modern political philosophy,

students consider the major concepts of these authors dealing with societal stability and transformation. Concepts such as ideology,

legitimacy, solidarity, and state power, and others such as conflict, revolution, anomie, and charisma play a major role. Students read the

Communist Manifesto, The Old Regime and The French revolution, The Division of Labor in Society and the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit

of Capitalism. They also read shorter selections by the same four authors. The course does not rely on secondary works, or the works of

disciples and followers. It touches on methodological issues only very selectively. At least one 2000-level LSOC, LANT or LPOL course


3310LSOC A - Culture, the Arts, and Society

6829CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Vera Zolberg


Prerequisite(s At least one 2000-level LSOC, LANT or LPOL course.

Course Description

This course considers how the arts come to be constructed as a social phenomenon. Acknowledging that the creation of what now are

defined as art works occurs in one or more forms among all human groups, it examines how artists emerge, how they gain recognition,

how their creations are valued or rejected, in the historical and social context within which they work. Attention is directed principally at

the modern era, primarily from the Renaissance to the present, in which the arts as we know them have taken shape. The course

examines patronage, of rulers, people of wealth, audiences, institutions, the State. On the side of artists, it discerns the effects of social

class, gender, ethnicity, race. Texts include the writing of the sociologists Pierre Bourdieu and Howard Becker; the historians of art Arnold

Hauser and Svetlana Alpers; the philosophers John Dewey and Arthur Danto; the anthropologists Clifford Geertz and others. These

readings serve as a foundation for an examination of recent studies of a vast range of creative expression. At least one 2000-level LSOC,

LANT or LPOL course.

2053LTHR A - Acting for the Camera

6523CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Zisan Ugurlu


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is designed to assist students in making the transition from performing in the theatre to performing on camera. Through

exercises and scene study, the students will explore camera acting techniques by being in front of the camera and understand in

terminology for equipment and procedures that are specific to film acting. The students will learn how to develop their range of physical,

vocal, intellectual and emotional expressiveness while facing the camera. During the course the students will create a DVD acting reel of

on-camera work. No prerequisite.

2005LTHR A - Dramatic Literature: Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg

6521CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores the work of three revolutionary playwrights who together shaped the contours of the modern theater. Students

explore a number of the major plays, and trace their influence on artists as diverse as Ingmar Bergman and Woody Allen. Students view

important films inspired by the plays - Vanya on 42nd St. and Persona among them, and read some of the rich critical work that has arisen

around these towering figures. This class counts towards the Dramatic Literature requirement in the Theater Program.

2008LTHR A - Fall Production Workshop


Profesor(s): Zisan Ugurlu

Day(s) & Time(s): MTWFR: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Students work on a play. Auditions TBA. Open to all.

2016LTHR A - Dramatic Literature: Modern Drama

6522CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Royd Climenhaga


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores modern dramatic literature from the turn of the century through the post-war period. The emphasis will be on

dramaturgical analysis of plays as vehicles for performance and placing theatrical practice within a broader cultural continuum. The course

identifies major stylistic threads and follows their development from groundbreaking challenges to dramatic tradition to integration and

interweaving of formal practices. Required for Theater Track majors.


2050LTHR A - Acting 1

1479CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is an introduction to basic acting techniques. It challenges student's creativity, stimulates the range of their imagination and

sharpens their abilities to observe themselves and others. Through physical observations, improves, monologues and finally a rehearsed

scene, students explore the fundamentals of acting.

2050LTHR B - Acting 1

6943CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Thomas Gissendanner


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is an introduction to basic acting techniques. It challenges students' creativity, stimulates the range of their imagination and

sharpens their abilities to observe themselves and others. Through physical observations, improves, monologues and finally a rehearsed

scene, students explore the fundamentals of acting.

2101LTHR A - American Stage: A History and Introduction

4313CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Victoria Abrash


Prerequisite(s One previous 2000 level theater course or the permission of the instructor.

Course Description

This interactive online seminar offers an introduction to the history of theater in the United States, from colonial times to the 20th

Century. Historical context, representative plays, primary sources, and artifacts reveal how theater responded to and shaped the evolving

American identity. The course includes online presentations and discussion as well as field trips to tap into the wealth of American Theater

history that surrounds The New School. This course counts toward the theater history requirement in the Theater Track. For theater majors

or anyone interested in the interaction of theater and American culture. One previous 2000 level theater course or the permission of the

instructor.

2910LTHR A - Youth Forum Theater:Health Advocacy and Theater in the Community

6524CRN: 3Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is designed to allow students to explore vital health issues of urban youth through the medium of engaged theater, mindful

that Health and Wellness are inexorably linked to vital Human Rights issues. According to the Public Heath Forum (Harvard University,

2004) the most difficult skill for youth to acquire is the ability to synthesize a vast array of often conflicting information, apply it to their

own lives and then make health related decisions. The study states that when addressing issues of health and wellness, a major challenge

for students is acquiring a sense of personal agency and that health literacy promotion needs to involve the cultivation of both a belief in

self-efficacy and the actual skills to take action. Cecilia Rubino, of the Lang Theater program, and health educator, Eric Garrison will

collaboratively teach this innovative course that will expose students to community theater techniques in conjunction with in-depth

research on important public health issues. At the end of the semester, students in the course will become nationally certified peer health

educators and they will share performance pieces in New York City high schools and after school programs, such as the I Have A

DreamChelsea-Elliott After School Program.


2915LTHR A - I Have a Dream Theater Practicum I

6525CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): M: 3:15 pm - 5:45 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

At the Chelsea-Elliott I HAVE A DREAM program, Lang students help facilitate an after school theater program with (40) 4th graders. This

semester the focus will be on Classic American Comedy from Abbott & Costello to Calvin & Hobbes. Lang students collaboratively script and

direct a final performance with 4th grade students which will be shared with both the IHAD and New School communities and help tutor

IHAD students in their academic subjects. (New Interns are also required to take the IHAD Theater in Education Seminar.) This course

counts toward requirements in Education Studies and in Theater.

3112LTHR A - Directing/Playwriting Workshop: Russian Masters, Tolstoy and Drama

6526CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s 1000 or 2000 level Dramatic Literature course

Course Description

This course, co-taught by Zishan Ugurlu a theater director / actor and Inessa Medzhibovskaya a literary scholar / Tolstoy specialist is a

result of their years of conversation about Tolstoy's vision of the novelistic and dramatic scene, his art as a playwright, director, and a

theorist of drama. This dynamic and intensive project concerns theater adaptation of Tolstoy's novel Resurrection (1899). The course

combines a reading, literary /dramatic / playwriting history and translation sequence run by Inessa Medzhibovskaya with

directing/playwriting method, practice, and theory by Zishan Ugurlu. Students read the novel,study its literary context and translation,

then participate in a playwriting competition. The winning version is developed into a final draft to be performed in spring 2010 at La

MaMa Theater and shown in recording to an international audience at the Conference dedicated to the Centenary of Tolstoy's death, taking

place at The New School in Fall 2010. Students gain considerable knowledge in literary and dramatic history, with skills in

cross-disciplinary co-operation, directing, and playwriting. This course is crosslisted with Literary Studies. 1000 or 2000 level Dramatic

Literature course

3915LTHR A - IHAD Theater Practicum

6527CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): F: 3:15 pm - 5:45 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

At the Chelsea-Elliott I HAVE A DREAM program, Lang students help facilitate an after school theater program with (35) 5th graders. This

semester the focus will be on Classic American Comedy from Abbott & Costello to Calvin & Hobbes. Lang students will collaboratively script

and direct a final performance with 5th grade students which will be shared with both the IHAD and New School communities and help

tutor IHAD students in their academic subjects (New Interns are also required to take the IHAD Theater in Education Seminar.) This course

counts toward requirements in Education Studies and in Theater.

3810LURB A - Planning the Sustainable City

4088CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Nevin Cohen


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores how the urban planning process affects the sustainability of cities, for better or worse. Students study land-use

practices that have, over the decades, led to traffic congestion, air pollution, inefficient energy consumption, loss of open space,

inequitable resource distribution, and the loss of community. They explore and evaluate planning principles and tools that are designed to

halt, reduce, or reverse the negative effects of poor planning on the urban environment. Presentations include community activists,

government planners, and private developers who work in the New York metropolitan region to advance sustainable land use planning.

Formerly, this course was designated under the UE track. This is a ULS course, taught through Lang College. It is open to students across

the University.


2010LURB A - Migrant City

6529CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Laura Liu


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores the ways in which processes of migration, immigration, and mobility fundamentally shape the cultural, economic, and

political life of cities. Students examine histories and contemporary examples of urban immigration and migration and the structures and

institutions that control movement and mobility at the global, national, regional, and local levels. They consider the interactions, tensions,

and alliances between social groups in the "migrant city," as well as transnational linkages between the "migrant city" and other places.

Throughout, the focus is on issues of labor and the state; identity and difference; and politics and community, for both newcomers and

older residents. The course focuses on New York City and its region as the primary case, but also examines other US "migrant cities" and

regions.

2860LURB A - Dynamic Metropolis

6528CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Joseph Heathcott


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary study of cities, suburbs, and urbanized regions over time. Students learn the varied

theories and practices within which scholars examine urban systems, and survey a range of major urban issues, policies, and debates.

Topics include: urban economics and politics; immigration and population change; urban culture and gendered spaces; planning and land

use; housing and neighborhood change; employment and labor markets; urban finance and local governance; urban service delivery

including education and health; and urban unrest. While the focus in on the U.S. context, comparisons are drawn with urban systems and

conditions in a range of locations around the world.

3027LURB A - Mapping the Urban Environment

6533CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Elizabeth Barry

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 3:00 pm - 5:20 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course offers a critical and technical introduction to the graphic representation of urban spaces, landscapes, and environments.

Students survey the growing use of mapping technology in the practice of planning and spatial research within a contemporary and

historical context. They learn spatial analysis techniques with a focus on the role of spatial mapping and representation as a support tool.

Techniques covered include Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Google Earth, and assorted visualization software. They also examine

practices of spatial representation with a specifically insurgent or counter-institutional agenda. Ultimately, the course engages with

available technologies for spatial representation and analysis, but does so with a careful eye toward the inherently political aspect of maps.

3028LURB A - Screening the City

6531CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course examines the changing representation of cities in film, drawing on major theoretical debates within urban studies to explore

the two-way relationship between the cinema and the city. Visually compelling and always "modern," cities are the perfect metaphor for

the contemporary human condition. Students consider the "celluloid city" not as a myth in need of deconstruction but as a commentary in

need of explicationa resource that offers a unique insight into our complex relationship with the urban experience. Throughout the course,

cinema's artistic encounter with the city will intersect with a theoretical and political engagement in which issues such as race, class,

sexuality, architecture, planning, the environment, (post)modernity, capitalism, and utopianism are explicitly examined.


3031LURB A - City Studio: Small Urban Place

5166CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Through intensive fieldwork, this course explores a small urban place or community in New York. Students learn multiple strategies for

examining urban spaces such as basketball courts, playground, parks, streets, and neighborhoods. To identify and study the layers of

complexity at work in any small urban place, students apply ethnographic, visual, historical, and participatory methods. They consider how

these methods can help illuminate issues defined to be important by residents. The course culminates with a student-produced exhibition

that will represent our exploration and analyses to a broader public. This course includes a required online component.

3038LURB A - Understanding Inequality and Social Policy

4754CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Orville Lee


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course centers on the definition of inequality and the politics of social policy in the United States, with a particular emphasis on the

urban context. Readings and discussions explore the following topics: the semantic and institutional origins of the welfare state; the

relationship between inequality, race, and urban life; the impact of political activism and community organizing on social policy and

inequality; gender and economic inequality; and debates over the effectiveness of social policies intended to alleviate economic inequality.

This course satisfies some of the requirements in Literary Studies: Writing concentration.

3042LURB A - Crime, Incarceration, and the City

6532CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Bahiyyah Muhammad


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Today more than ever, urban communities and prisons are part of a circular process where the inside and the outside of the cell block

become increasingly connected. Through the process of surveillance, policing, courts, incarceration, reentry, and recidivism, individuals,

and families are swept into the criminal justice system, with long-term impacts on urban neighborhoods. This course examines the

development of the American penal system and its often competing goals of justice and punishment. The particular focus of the course is

on the urban social, cultural, political, and economic contexts of incarceration. Students consider a range of policy debates raised by the

criminal justice system, such as: what are the goals of incarceration; who goes to prison, why, and for how long; how do institutions differ

in terms of levels of security, philosophy of rehabilitation, and practices of order; how do urban subcultures translate into prison

subcultures; and what rights do inmates have and how are those rights protected?

3955LURB A - IS: Environmental Scholars


Profesor(s): Nevin Cohen


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The independent study enhances the internship experience of students who have been accepted into the Tishman Environmental Merit

Scholars program. See Internships, in this catalog for more information. Formerly, this course was designated under the UE track.


4509LURB A - Competitive Cities

6535CRN: 3Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): W: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The post-industrial, post-modern metropolis is dramatically different from its predecessor, with its revitalized city center of gleaming

offices, high-tech transport nodes and secure privatized shopping malls surrounded by an archipelago of elite enclaves, fragmented

neighborhoods and "edge" cities. But beneath the glitz and glimmer many of these cities are also increasingly carceral, dividing and

separating populations to create newly polarized landscapes whereby gentrified spaces are juxtaposed with relatively deprived areas of

urban decay, characterized by chronic dependency, poverty and social unrest. These changes are accompanied by equally dramatic shifts

in how cities are run--cities are managed, organized and governed in different ways, giving rise to an identifiably "new urban politics.".

This course offers students the opportunity to explore the causes and consequences of the latest trends in "competitive"

urbanism-considering the mechanisms of urban redevelopment, planning, and public policy-by focusing on the transformation of cities

from New York to Johannesburg.

2205LWEL A - Lang Urban Park Rangers

4032CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Vincent Piccolo

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

In collaboration with New York City Park Rangers, students explore various parks in New York City learning about horticulture, wildlife, and

park preservation and management. This course may lead to a paid summer fellowship as a NYC Urban Park Ranger. Urban Park Rangers

teach natural and cultural history to children, lead guided nature walks, canoe, explore waterways, and bird watches. The Rangers offer

opportunities for New Yorkers to get outside, care, and protect the environment and discover nature in the urban landscape.

2001LWEL A - Lang Cycling Team

4027CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Christopher Brunson

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

As New York City plans for a greener future, sustainable forms of transportation--especially biking--seem likely to take an ever-larger role.

In this course, offered in conjunction with Recycle-a-Bicycle, students develop the knowledge and skills to be safe, informed, and proactive

urban cyclists. They learn the basics of bicycle maintenance and repair, take a close look at bicycle politics and policy, and undertake

regular group bike rides all over the five boroughs.

2003LWEL A - Lang on the Hudson

4028CRN: 2Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): F: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

In the early fall, students learn the basics of fixed-seat rowing and small-boat seamanship at the the Village Community Boathouse on Pier

40. Later in the semester, students participate in the construction of one or more wooden rowing gigs--vessels specifically designed for the

waters of New York Harbor. Via readings and a series of lunchtime guest lecturers, the course also offers an introduction to harbor

geography, estuary ecology, and the political processes that are shaping the contemporary urban waterfront.

2004LWEL A - Lang Marathon Team

4030CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Rory Stuart

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Students interested in training to run or walk 26.2 miles may join the marathon team at Lang College. Marathoners attend weekly

one-hour meetings and participate in weekly group runs/walks. While training for a marathon, members learn about training and exercise

techniques, neighborhoods of New York City, and marathon history. Students may apply to run the NYC Marathon in November, although

runners are chosen by lottery. Other marathons are also options.


2115LWEL A - Pilates

4291CRN: 1Credits

Profesor(s): Sean Gallagher


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The course examines the basics of authentic Pilates mat as taught by Joseph H. Pilates, a pioneer in the effective and efficient use of the

body for health and well being. Students learn a series of basic through advanced exercises using proper controlled movements and form

that help improve the physique in one semester. The Pilates method increases flexibility, improves balance and coordination, aligns,

strengthens, elongates, and develops the body. This course is open to both dancers and non-dancers.

2125LWEL A - Yoga: Philosophy and Practice

4031CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Paula Tursi


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course examines the origins, history, and philosophy of yoga. Students learn the fundamentals of yoga practice: the physical poses or

asanas, and the breathing and meditation practices. Students experience how philosophy and practice are deeply intertwined and how the

knowledge of the former enriches the latter. Open to all students. NOTE: Students must bring a yoga mat, block, and strap.

2208LWEL A - Urban Forestry

7169CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Philip Silva

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

In this course, students are trained to receive Citizen Tree Pruner Certification from Trees New York, a local environmental advocacy

organization. The course consists of eight hours of classroom training and four hours of field training by a Trees New York Forester.

Training covers topics including street tree identification, maintenance, and pruning skills. Upon passing a final examination, students will

be certified to legally prune trees owned by the City of New York. The balance of the course introduces students to concepts in community

forestry, with a final project focused on mapping the urban forest for a New York City neighborhood.

2209LWEL A - Oyster Gardens of NYC

5216CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Mara Haseltine

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

In this hands-on environmental design course taught by a noted environmental sculptor, Mara G. Haseltine, students will learn about

innovative design and biology behind building of urban oyster floating gardens, thereby helping to restore a vital element of biodiversity

that has been virtually absent from the waters of New York Harbor since the Industrial Revolution. The restoration of 100 square miles of

reef would filter twenty seven billion tons of wastewater that flows into New York's Waterways annually. In the Fall semester, students will

learn about the biology of oysters and the history and methods of oyster cultivation, and undertake the construction of their own floating

modular oyster gardens. In the Spring, they will seed their oyster gardens, deploy them in the harbors and estuaries, and collect scientific

data. Both classes will feature guest speakers from the local oyster community, including environmentalists and marine biologists working

in New York Harbor. Fall students are encouraged, but not required, to register for the Spring.

3951LWEL A - IS: Wellness

5296CRN: 0Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description


5016MMGT A - Climate Change: Sustain Mgmt.

7055CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Ann Jacobus

Day(s) & Time(s): R: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

1101NARB A - Arabic Intro 1

4158CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Nargis Virani


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is an introduction to Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) intended for students with no prior knowledge of Arabic. It aims at laying

the foundation for the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The students will spend the semester recognizing and

producing Arabic language sounds accurately, talk about simple daily life situations, read and understand words, phrases, and sentences,

and write various forms of the Arabic alphabet, graduating on to basic sentences, short notes and memos. This course is based on the

communicative approach in language teaching and learning. It focuses on the functional usage of the language and on communication in

context.

3001NARB A - Arabic 5

6728CRN: 0 OR 2Credits

Profesor(s): Iman Issa

Day(s) & Time(s): R: 8:00 pm - 9:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Students develop proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic by refining their grammar and expanding their vocabulary in conversational

contexts. Classes are devoted to discussions of current issues in the Arab world, based on short texts, articles, and video programs. Use of

colloquial Arabic is encouraged in classroom conversation.

3704NARB A - Levantine Arabic: Colloquial 1


Profesor(s): Iman Maiki

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 8:00 pm - 9:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course in spoken Arabic, open to students who have completed at least one year of Modern Standard Arabic, gives students the

opportunity to acquire basic conversational skills in colloquial Arabic—the language of daily use. The course will focus on Levantine Arabic,

the dialect spoken in Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. This course is taught using the Arabic alphabet, not transliteration.

1101NCHM A - Chinese Introduction 1

4190CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): I-Hsien Wu


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Chinese Intro 1 is designed for students with no prior exposure to Chinese language. The goal of this course is to build up vocabulary and

sentence patterns in communicative contexts with a solid foundation in pronunciation. Students will develop their ability to carry out

simple conversations in Chinese on a range of topics. Reading and writing (using traditional characters) will be introduced in conjunction

with speaking and listening skills.

1101NCHM B - Chinese Introduction 1

4839CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Yan Deng


Prerequisite(s

Course Description


3500NFLM A - Developing Ideas for Film


Profesor(s): John Freitas

Day(s) & Time(s): W: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores how to develop the concept, structure, and procedure to produce a short film (to be produced in the 16mm Film

Production course). It covers pre-production details: initial concept, synopsis, treatment, script, storyboards, shot list, scheduling, location

scouting, and cost. Using screenings and analysis of classic scenes, the cinematic choices available to a filmmaker are discussed with focus

on subsequent application. Topics include making choices about character and story development, narration and dialogue, visual

composition and camera placement, jumpcuts, continuity, montage, camera movement, and lighting. Recommended for students planning

to take 16mm Film Production. This course satisfies some requirements in Culture and Media. This is a practiced based course.

2101NFRN A - French Intermediate 1

4197CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Christine Luneau-Lipton


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

1101NFRN A - French Introduction 1

4840CRN: 3Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This first course is designed for students with no previous knowledge of French or students with one or two years of high school French

taken five or more years ago. Students build a solid basis in oral and written skills upon which to develop and expand their knowledge of

the French language and culture. In-class time includes a wide range of activities, including listening, role-playing, writing, etc. Grammar

covers the present of regular and most common irregular verbs, the near future and basic French idioms. Basic everyday vocabulary is

emphasized.

1101NFRN B - French Introduction 1

4195CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Justin Trificana


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

1101NFRN C - French Introduction 1

4194CRN: 3Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description


2102NFRN A - French Intermediate 2

4198CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Stephane Zaborowski


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Beginning with a review of basic French grammatical structures, this course moves on to cover more complex forms such as the

conditional and the subjunctive. Special attention is paid to increasing students' ability to understand spoken French and to converse on a

number of topics pertaining to different times and places, particularly French-speaking countries. Students also begin to write short

compositions on chosen topics and make oral presentations to the class. Prerequisite: French Intro 2, two years of HS French, or

permission of the instructor.

3001NFRN A - French 5


Profesor(s): Philippe-Gerard Montanari

Day(s) & Time(s): R: 8:00 pm - 9:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Students hone their ability to speak, read, and write in French. They learn to communicate in situations such as one might encounter living

in a French-speaking country and develop their ability to participate fully in conversations. Attention is also paid to writing skills, and

students practice writing cohesive summaries and narrations in French using a range of past, present, and future tenses. Prerequisite:

Intermediate 1 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.

3713NFRN A - Cinema Francais et Francophone

6323CRN: 3Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): T: 4:00 pm - 6:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Cinema records voices that are too soft to be heard in an amphitheater. In this course, students study French and Francophone films that

give voice to unlikely protagonists: children, teenagers, women, the working class, postcolonial subjects, and the elderly. Filmmakers

include Fran§ois Truffaut, Eric Rohmer, Ousmane Sembne and Claire Denis. This is a course for students with good reading knowledge of

French; although students will be allowed to submit writing in English, readings and class discussion are in French.

3714NFRN A - Rendez-Vous en Francais


Profesor(s): Florence Leclerc-Dickler

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is designed for students who have completed level 5 or the equivalent, this course focuses on the dynamics of everyday

speech, both formal and informal. Students practice listening and speaking through structured dialogues, oral presentations and

spontaneous conversations. The course uses various media (newspapers, magazines, and movies) to enhance the students' vocabulary

and ability to speak spontaneously on a myriad of topics of interest. This course is conducted entirely in French.

1002NGRM A - German 2


Profesor(s): Rainer Brueckheimer

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

For those with elementary knowledge of German, this course reviews simple grammar and introduces more intricate grammatical and

syntactical elements of the language. Students expand their vocabulary and knowledge of German culture in a context that emphasizes

communication skills.


1003NGRM A - German Intro Intensive



Day(s) & Time(s): Sa: 10:00 am - 1:45 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This is an accelerated course for beginners. Students acquire basic speaking, reading, and writing skills while learning about German

culture. Emphasis is on developing communication skills. An excellent first course for those who want to progress rapidly in learning

German.



Profesor(s): Adelheid Ziegler

Day(s) & Time(s): W: 8:00 pm - 9:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This intermediate-level course assumes familiarity with the basic grammatical structures of the German language. It begins with a review

and moves on to cover more complex grammatical forms. Special attention is paid to improving the student's ability to understand spoken

German and converse on topics pertaining to different times and places.




Day(s) & Time(s): M: 8:00 pm - 9:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

A first course in German for individuals with no previous knowledge of the language. Students learn basic speaking, reading, and writing

skills while discovering aspects of German culture. Class activities include interactive exercises and role-playing. Principles of grammar and

syntax are introduced as students become more comfortable with the spoken language.



Profesor(s): Adelheid Ziegler

Day(s) & Time(s): W: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Intermediate-level study of German is continued. A systematic review of grammar is combined with literary and cultural readings.

Students acquire the knowledge to meet most practical writing needs (brief descriptive paragraphs, simple letters, summaries of

day-to-day activities). Emphasis is on enhancement of communicative skills through sustained conversation in German.

1001NHBW A - Hebrew (Modern) 1


Profesor(s): Moshe Ariel

Day(s) & Time(s): R: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

A first course in modern Hebrew for those with no previous knowledge of the language. Students learn the Hebrew alphabet and acquire

basic speaking, reading, and writing skills while learning about Israeli culture. Class activities include interactive exercises and

role-playing. Principles of grammar and syntax are introduced as the students become more comfortable with the spoken language.


3502NHUM A - Jewsish Intellectual History


Profesor(s): Gina Walker

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

How did secular pluralism evolve? What are the experiences that fostered early European multicultural toleration? Were there particular

historical crises from which the necessity to tolerate others‘ perspectives emerged? Students examine an alternative narrative to

traditional Western intellectual history and consider how in times of great oppression and persecution some Jewish thinkers advanced a

contingent appreciation of religious as well as cultural difference as a matter of expedience and, in some cases, secular conviction. One

inadvertent effect of some of these reactions was to take critical distance from religion altogether. Students examine historical contexts in

the history of toleration to identify idiosyncratic reactions by individual Jewish thinkers and actors, and the differences between women

and men. Readings include selections from works by Moses ben Maimon or Maimonides (1135-1204); Menahem ben Solomon Ha-Me'iri

(1249-1316); Jean Bodin (1529/1530-1596); Glückel of Hameln (1646-1724); Solomon Maimon (1753-1800); Baruch Spinoza

(1632-1677); Hertha Ayrton, née Marks (1854-1923); and modern commentators on the history of toleration and Jewish intellectual

history.

1101NITL A - Italian Introduction 1

4201CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Francesca Magnani


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is aimed at developing proficiency in the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. It introduces basic

vocabulary and grammar and provides opportunities for students to enhance their understanding and appreciation of Italian culture

through songs, videos, dialogues and other fun activities. The course is intended for students with no previous knowledge of Italian.

1101NITL B - Italian Introduction 1

4203CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Caterina Bertolotto


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is aimed at developing proficiency in the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. It introduces basic

vocabulary and grammar and provides opportunities for students to enhance their understanding and appreciation of Italian culture

through songs, videos, dialogues and other fun activities. The course is intended for students with no previous knowledge of Italian.

1102NITL A - Italian Introduction 2

4206CRN: 3Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Students expand their vocabulary, add to their knowledge of Italian grammar, and develop their conversational skills in an interactive and

fun classroom atmosphere. Prerequisite: Italian Intro 1 or permission of the instructor.

2101NITL A - Italian Intermediate 1

4259CRN: 3Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Intermediate Italian 1 aims to deepen students' grammatical knowledge with more complex syntactic structures and to expand their

vocabulary. Students will improve in the four linguistic areas through listening to authentic materials; practicing conversation in class;

intensive reading (with some exploration of literary and cultural materials), and writing short compositions. Prerequisite: Italian Intro 2 or

permission of the instructor.


3714NITL A - Assaggi di Cultura Italiana


Profesor(s): Francesca Magnani

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This intermediate-advanced course of Italian is aimed at offering students a taste of various culturally-related topics in the Italian society.

It is designed to develop speaking strategies and structures through examination of some aspects of Ital ian art, cinema, music, theater,

literature, as well as through discussion of news and events of interest in Italy. Students must have taken at least three semesters of

Italian or have permission from the instructor.

1101NJPN A - Japanese Introduction 1

4208CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Tomoyo Fontein


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is designed to introduce elementary Japanese to students with no previous background in the language. It is aimed at

developing basic proficiency in the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. This course introduces the three Japanese

writing systems from the beginning of the semester. Students are required to learn all 46 hiragana and 46 katakana, as well as 43 kanji

(Chinese characters). Course covers Chapters 1 through 4 of the textbook Genki I.

1101NJPN C - Japanese Introduction 1

4856CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Toshiko Omori


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is designed to introduce elementary Japanese to students with no previous background in the language. It is aimed at

developing basic proficiency in the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. This course introduces the three Japanese

writing systems from the beginning of the semester. Students are required to learn all 46 hiragana and 46 katakana, as well as 43 kanji

(Chinese characters). Course covers Chapters 1 through 4 of the textbook Genki I.

1102NJPN B - Japanese Introduction 2

4857CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Tomoyo Fontein


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is designed for students who already have a basic knowledge of Japanese vocabulary and sentence patterns, including

Hiragana and Katakana. Students will develop familiarity with Japanese culture by learning communicative contexts and strategies. We will

cover Chapters 5 through 8 of Genki I. Students are required to learn 57 Kanji (Chinese characters) during the semester. Prerequisite:

Japanese Intro 1 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.

2101NJPN A - Japanese Intermediate 1

4210CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Taeko Horiko


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Intended to enhance and increase proficiency beyond the basic level in the four language skills. Students are expected to have a good

command in both Hiragana and Katakana. Students will develop familiarity with Japanese culture in a Japanese-speaking environment. A

total of 59 Kanji (Chinese characters) will be introduced during the semester. Intermediate I covers Chapters 9 through 12 of Genki I.

Prerequisite: Japanese Intro 2 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.


3101NJPN A - Japanese Advanced 1

5882CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Taeko Horiko


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Students continue to learn complex grammar structures, to expand their vocabulary, and to refine their conversational skills. Training in

aural and oral proficiency in spoken Japanese through exercises, classroom interactions and audio-visual materials will continue. Practice

inside and outside of the classroom will incorporate cultural information and practical applications of the language. The total of 77 kanji

will be introduced during the semester and we will cover Chapters 17 through 20 of Genki II textbook. Prerequisite: Intermediate II or

equivalent

1001NKRN A - Korean 1


Profesor(s): Seon Lee

Day(s) & Time(s): Sa: 12:00 pm - 1:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

A beginning course in the national language of Korea. Emphasis is on learning to speak Korean. Reading and writing of Korean characters

is introduced. All communication skills are taught in a cultural context.

3700NKRN A - Designing Culture in Korea

6324CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Jung Yoon

Day(s) & Time(s): W: 7:00 pm - 9:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Most tourists visiting Korea are struck by the widely shared public zeal for fashion and design. In this context, celebrity culture provides an

interesting prism in which to explore contemporary Korean culture, economics and politics. In this course, we will critically explore the

various urban visual cultures of Korea including TV dramas, cinema, architecture, make-up, fashion and urban design. Examining the

ever-growing star industry, we will also discuss distinctions between different kinds of stardom, the changing concept of beauty, and the

significance of these cultural phenomena in Korean society. This course will also approach the Korean celebrity culture from an Asian and

global context, paying special attention to recent Korean TV dramas and cinema, which brought about the so-called Korean Wave.

3380NLIT A - Literature of the Jewish-American Experience


Profesor(s): Steven Milowitz

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 8:00 pm - 9:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course examines the trajectory of the secular Jewish/American experience through the lens of great literature: novels, essays, short

stories, poetry, and drama. The writers, from varied backgrounds, are linked by their willingness to confront the essential dilemmas of the

Diaspora experience. These writers have tried to answer the essential questions of the Jewish/ American experience: How does one meld

into the American milieu, accept and believe in the American dream, while still retaining the historical, emotional connection to one‘s own

disquieting past? How is the connection to Judaism maintained in a secular society? What is the cost of assimilation? What is the

consequence of prosperity? The course considers anti-Semitism, the Holocaust in the American consciousness, inter-marriage, sex, faith,

and secularism. It also considers the textual strategies these writers have used to discuss these difficult topics.

1106NLTN A - Latin: Augustine

6739CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Rama C Madhu


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Intended for beginners as well as students with some background in Latin, this course focuses on the post-classical world's greatest Latin

writer and one of its greatest thinkers. Students will quickly learn or review the necessary grammar before reading and translating

excerpts from Augustine's works, including *The Confessions* and *The City of God*.


3215NPOL A - Mideast in the 21st Century


Profesor(s): Farideh Koohi-Kamali

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The occupation of Iraq by the United States and the departure of Saddam Hussein have dramatically altered the geopolitical landscape of

the Middle East. This course analyzes the challenges confronting the United States in Iraq, with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the role

played by the non-governmental agents, such as Hama, Hezbollah, the Taliban, and the Muslim Brotherhood; the relation with Iran as an

emerging power in the region, the new Islamic Turkey, as well as the relation with the oil producing countries in the Persian Gulf and their

petrol economies. It investigates topics such as war, occupation, radicalism, democracy, revolutions, and Islam as a political force in the

context of the modern Middle East history. Finally, the course examines whether US new administration will be able to set the stage for

promoting freedom and democracy in the region, achieve a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace, deal constructively with emerging forces in

the Middle East, and succeed in winning the "hearts and minds" of the people in the region.

2001NPRT A - Portuguese 3


Profesor(s): Liria Van Zandt

Day(s) & Time(s): R: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This intermediate-level course is designed for students familiar with the basic grammatical structures of Portuguese. The course begins

with a review of these structures and moves on to more complex grammatical forms such as the subjunctive and conditional tenses and

relative pronouns. Special attention is paid to increasing students' ability to understand spoken Portuguese and to converse on topics

pertaining to different times and places.



Profesor(s): Tobias Nascimento

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 8:00 pm - 9:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

A first course in Portuguese for those with no previous knowledge of the language. Students acquire basic speaking, reading, and writing

skills while learning about Brazilian culture. Class activities include interactive exercises and role-playing. Principles of grammar and

syntax are introduced as students become more comfortable with the spoken language.



Profesor(s): Tobias Nascimento

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

For students with elementary knowledge of Portuguese, this course first reviews simple grammar (present, past, and future tenses) and

then introduces more complex grammatical and syntactical elements. Students expand their vocabulary and knowledge of Brazilian culture

in a setting that emphasizes communication skills.

1001NRSN A - Russian 1


Profesor(s): Irina Belodedova

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 8:00 pm - 9:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

A first course in Russian for those with no previous knowledge of the language. Students acquire basic speaking, reading, and writing

skills, including the Cyrillic alphabet, while learning about Russian culture. Class activities include interactive exercises and role-playing.

Principles of grammar and syntax are introduced as students become more comfortable with the spoken language.


1002NRSN A - Russian 2


Profesor(s): Halyna Lemekh

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

For students with elementary knowledge of Russian, this course reviews simple elements of grammar (present, past, and future tenses)

and introduces more complex grammatical and syntactical elements. Students expand their vocabulary and knowledge of Russian culture

in a classroom setting that emphasizes communication skills.

1001NSLN A - Intro to Sign Language


Profesor(s): Gabriel Gryszka

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The totally visual language of deaf people has become the third most commonly used language in the United States. This course is

designed for beginners as an interactive workshop featuring the principal techniques of fingerspelling, signing, the art of interpreting, a

psychology of deafness, and the silent speech of body language.

1011NSLN A - American Sign Language 1


Profesor(s): Jeffrey Mooney

Day(s) & Time(s): W: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Thousands of deaf Americans and Canadians communicate using a system of gestures called American Sign Language (ASL). This richly

expressive, versatile full-fledged language has developed its own grammar, poetry, and puns, and is not a hodgepodge of charades and

fingerspelling. This beginning ASL course is presented by a deaf native signer.

3745NSOC A - Genocide: A Problem From Hell


Profesor(s): Amy Sodaro

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 8:00 pm - 9:50 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Genocide is one of the most daunting political, legal and ethical problems of our time. Though the term was coined in the 1940s to

describe the Nazi destruction of the European Jews, genocide is as old as humankind and, despite repeated invocations of?never again--

following the Holocaust, it continues to occur at an alarming rate while the international community looks the other way. This course

considers the problem of genocide first from a theoretical perspective, drawing on political theory and sociology to understand the

complexity of the concept of genocide within today‘s international political constellation. We then consider empirical studies of 20th

century genocides, including the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, and Darfur. The use of

theoretical texts as well as films, memoirs, and memorials, highlights different dimensions of genocide, including the roles and

relationships of perpetrators and victims, the potential and limits of justice, restitution and forgiveness, the political and ethical uses of

remembering and forgetting, and questions of intervention and prevention.

1101NSPN A - Spanish Introduction 1

4181CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Luis Guillermo Galli Vilchez


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Intended for students with no previous knowledge of Spanish. Students learn the basic vocabulary, grammar, and culture of Spain and

Latin America in a classroom setting that enhances and develops communication skills at a beginner level.


1101NSPN B - Spanish Introduction 1

4179CRN: 3Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Intended for students with no previous knowledge of Spanish. Students learn the basic vocabulary, grammar, and culture of Spain and

Latin America in a classroom setting that enhances and develops communication skills at a beginner level.

2101NSPN A - Spanish Intermediate 1

4183CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Sara Villa


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This intermediate-level course begins with a review of the basic grammar structures of the Spanish language and moves on to more

complex grammatical forms, such as the subjunctive and conditional tenses and relative pronouns. Special attention is given to improving

the student's ability to understand spoken Spanish and converse as well as write short descriptive paragraphs on a number of topics

pertaining to different times and places. Prerequisite: Spanish Intro 2 or two years of HS Spanish, or permission from the instructor.

2102NSPN A - Spanish Intermediate 2

4184CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Sara Villa


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is designed to advance students toward high intermediate fluency. Students learn useful communicative skills via activities

emphasizing oral proficiency, culture and grammar. Prerequisite: Intermediate Spanish I or 3 years of high school Spanish, or permission

of the instructor.

3100NSPN A - Y Tu Tambien

6982CRN: 3Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is for students who want to speak in Spanish and improve their communication skills to become more fluent. In class

discussions include: films, theater and novels from Latin America and Spain. Class activities include; *watching Spanish movies (2/week)

*Students will have the opportunity to attend shows in Spanish and participate in Q & A with actors and directors at student discount

rates. While attending is optional it is highly recommended and will enhance the overall learning process. Four Spanish shows will be

scheduled during the semester. *Students have to prepare a presentation (subjects will be provided by the instructor) in class followed by

a debate. Requirements: Students must complete Spanish Intermediate 2. Course is also opened to students that are in higher levels of

Spanish. In this case students will need instructor's approval to take the course.

3724NSPN A - Cultura Hispana-Latina


Profesor(s): Cristina Ross

Day(s) & Time(s): W: 8:00 pm - 9:50 pm

Prerequisite(s Prerequisite: Intermediate Spanish II or 4 years of

Course Description

In this course students study several influential films of Spain and Latin America as a springboard toward a broader understanding of

modern themes at work in Hispanic society today (immigration and exile; globalization; environmental degradation; marginalized or fringe

groups;etc.). Language skills development is an integral part of the course. Prerequisite: Intermediate Spanish II or 4 years of high school

Spanish, or permission of the instructor.


1095PAID A - Contemporary ID Theory

3507CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Ioanna Theocharopoulou

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 6:00 pm - 8:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This seminar examines some of the theoretical and practical issues in interior design from the 1960's to the present. The class investigates

the major transformations of interior design both through theoretical writings and specific built examples. While the seminar mainly

focuses on issues since the 1960's, a number of earlier texts and built examples will be briefly revisited in order to provide a context for

the understanding of contemporary situations.

5611PGAR A - Exhibition Design: Museum Lab

1401CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Timothy Ventimiglia

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 9:00 am - 11:40 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

For the course description, visit http://students.parsons.edu/wp-content/Course_Desc_032609_PUBLISH.pdf

5631PGAR A - Architecture and Social Practice: Global Cities

1402CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Laura Briggs

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 3:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

For the course description, visit http://students.parsons.edu/wpcontent/Course_Desc_032609_PUBLISH.pdf

2305PLAD A - Hist of Mod/Post-Modern Art

3921CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Nancy Grove

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 9:00 am - 11:40 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

2010PLAH A - Latin American Art

1542CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Maria Bonta de la Pezuela

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the history of Latin American art from the Conquest to the present.

Through the juxtaposed study of architecture, painting, sculpture, popular art, the graphic arts, and photography, students learn about art

from the colonial period, the era of Independence, the 19th century, and the first half of the 20th century. Lectures, slide presentations,

and video screenings are structured around a chronological survey, but the course also considers the main aesthetic and intellectual

discourses that have defined Latin American art and culture throughout the ages. This course is coscheduled with Parsons The New School

for Design. This course also satisfies some requirements in The Arts.

1000PLAH A - Perspectives in World Art and Design 1

1271CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Robert Bunkin

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 9:00 am - 11:40 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Perspectives in World Art and Design, a two-semester course, will introduce students to the visual arts and design with a focus on

cognitive analysis and methodological approaches. The objective is to expose students to the breath and diversity of the visual arts and

design worldwide and to provide a sense of historical context through chronological organization of the material. Readings and are chosen

to broaden critical perspectives. Discussion based classes enable students to become more articulate in expressing their understanding of

visual material. Research and/or analytic papers and class presentations will be assigned to sharpen written and oral skills.


1001PLAH A - Perspectives in World Art and Design 2

2601CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Cynthia Foo

Day(s) & Time(s): R: 3:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Perspectives in World Art and Design, a two-semester course, will introduce students to the visual arts and design with a focus on

cognitive analysis and methodological approaches. The objective is to expose students to the breath and diversity of the visual arts and

design worldwide and to provide a sense of historical context through chronological organization of the material. Readings and are chosen

to broaden critical perspectives. Discussion based classes enable students to become more articulate in expressing their understanding of

visual material. Research and/or analytic papers and class presentations will be assigned to sharpen written and oral skills.

2030PLAH A - Baroque Art

3936CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Eve Eisenstadt

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 6:00 pm - 8:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Baroque was and is the style of extremes, of pushing art to its limits and beyond. Visible today in the work of artists such as Matthew

Barney, the Baroque originated in Europe in the 1600s and included artists such as Caravaggio, Bernini, Velasquez, Rubens, Rembrandt,

and Vermeer. While some artists worked for the church or for the elite, many others became independent entrepreneurs, developing

popular new commodities such as portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings. The objective for this class is to explore the Baroque as both

an era and an attitude, connecting the past with current developments in film, photography, fine arts, and design. The Baroque will be

explored through readings and discussions about specific artists and themes, museum visits, class projects and presentations, videos, and

slides. This course also satisfies some requirements in The Arts.

2050PLAH A - African Art

2819CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Leon Waller

Day(s) & Time(s): R: 6:00 pm - 8:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course focuses on three aspects of African art and culture, starting with an introduction to traditional religious and philosophical

thought. This is followed by an overview of ancient kingdoms, specifically, the Congo, Benin, Yoruba, and Akan kingdoms. The course

concludes with an overview of village communities, including the Dogon, Bamana, Dan, and Senufo peoples. This course is coscheduled

with Parsons The New School for Design. This course also satisfies some requirements in The Arts.

2080PLAH A - Contemporary Art

2608CRN: 3Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): M: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Contemporary art is global, multipurpose, and increasingly integrated with music, film, design and other creative fields; New York City is

still, arguably, the best place in the world to explore it. The objective of this class is to promote understanding of issues important to

contemporary art, including the tensions between image and object, accumulation and appropriation, entertainment and enlightenment.

The class will experience contemporary art through slides, videos, and discussion of texts drawn from current books and journals, but also

through visits to galleries and museums and written assignments and class presentations designed to further observational and analytic

abilities and enable class members to connect individual and collective experiences of contemporary art with their own work and ideas.

This course also satisfies some requirements in The Arts.


2100PLAH A - Modern Art

2843CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): John Angeline

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 3:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The modern period, while over 100 years old, is still largely confusing and poorly understood by many of the people who have lived during

its development. This course will set the foundation for the modern period by beginning with Realism and moving through the 20th

century, considering the issues and context that inform the formal strategies being pursued at the time. This course also satisfies some

requirements in The Arts.

2160PLAH B - Japanese Art

2841CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Eve Eisenstadt

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 3:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Historically, the Japanese have not made a distinction between fine art and craft. Japanese art and aesthetics are addressed in screens,

sculpture, architecture, ceramics, fabric, and scrolls, just to name a few areas of importance. This survey of Japanese art, explores the

visual and historical elements fundamental to Japanese aesthetics, including an examination of connections to Shinto and Esoteric

Buddhism through theater costume, temples, shrines, screens, and ceremonial objects. Various periods will be discussed, including the

Jomon, Kofum (Haniwa culture), Nara, Heian, Kamakura, and Edo. The class will also look at contemporary Japanese art. This course also

satisfies some requirements in The Arts.

2217PLAH A - Pop: Art and Popular Culture

4230CRN: 3Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): W: 9:00 am - 11:40 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Since the beginning of the 20th century, artists and designers have made use of elements from popular culture in their work. Early

examples of such usage include the bits of newspaper attached by Pablo Picasso to his Cubist canvases, the magazine photographs

collaged by Hannah Hoch to create unique Dada personages, and the American products and signage that appear in Stuart Davis's

paintings of the 1920's and 1930's. By the 1950's, Jasper Johns was painting copies of the American flag, while in the 1960's Andy Warhol

and Claes Oldenburg (among others) reproduced every aspect of popular culture, from movie stars to junk food. Since then, artists and

designers have increasingly drawn upon sources that include television, films, advertising, and cyberspace for both the style and substance

of their work. This class will explore both past and present connections between art, design, and popular culture. This course also satisfies

some requirements in The Arts.

2300PLAH A - History of Photography

2182CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Bill Gaskins

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course familiarizes student with the major conceptual, ideological, cultural, and aesthetic issues in the history of photography.

2300PLAH B - History of Photography

2833CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Ruth Eisenberg

Day(s) & Time(s): W: 3:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description


2300PLAH C - History of Photography

2834CRN: 3Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): T: 3:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description


2300PLAH D - History of Photography

6797CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Terry Towery

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description


3101PLAH A - Chinese Art in NYC

6570CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Zhijian Qian

Day(s) & Time(s): R: 3:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

For a complete list of courses and for course description visit this website visit:

http://students.parsons.edu/wp-content/Course_Desc_032609_PUBLISH.pdf

3102PLAH A - Art and Tourism

6571CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Rosemary ONeill

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

For a complete list of courses and for course description visit: http://students.parsons.edu/wp-content/Course_Desc_032609_PUBLISH.pdf

5100PLAH A - Globalization and Contemporary Art

6572CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Janet Kraynak

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s Permission required by instructor.

Course Description

Over the past decade the issue of globalism has become a dominant topic of discussion in contemporary culture and society, perhaps rising

asb the central issue in contemporary art. "Global" biennials dominate the international art circuit, the curator has become nomadic, and

artistic practices are no longer viewed through the lens of nationalist movements or limited cultural traditions. This course examines this

dualism, approaching the globalism/globalization issue in terms of a series of related, sometimes conflicting models, theories, and

historical events. Readings are broad in scope and interdisciplinary in nature, drawn from various fields, including economics, political

science, philosophy, and literary studies. Through a series of case studies on select artists, institutions, and phenomena, the course

investigates current critical debates, providing an important insight into the changing conditions of culture, and the role of contemporary

art, the artist, critic, curator, and historian within this world. Permission required by instructor.

3123PLDS D - Women: Renaissance to Present

4964CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Jane Necol

Day(s) & Time(s): W: 3:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description



2040PLFS A - Fashion History: 1850-2000

6592CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Jessica Glasscock

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course examines fashion from 1850 to the present and its capacity as both a reflection of, and an influence on, the cultural conditions

of its respective time period. In its entirety, students should gain a greater perspective on the historical, social, economic, and industrial

precursors and contexts to contemporary fashion's design, consumption, production, image, tastes, and trends. This seminar course is

supplemented by field trips and guest speakers. Course work is comprised of group and independent research, written papers, and oral

presentations.

3124PLFS A - Futurism and Fashion

6594CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Jessica Glasscock

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 3:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description


3525PLSD A - Sites of Faith: Design and Religion

6614CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): John Gendall

Day(s) & Time(s): R: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description


4125PLSD A - Senior Seminar: Urban Public Space

6606CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s Co-Requisite: PUIC 3200 -- (Re)Imagining Public Space, taught by Miodrag Mitrasinovic

Course Description

Students examine the constitution of 'public space' in the American city, from sidewalks and squares to malls, airports, beaches, and

parks. The instructor lays the groundwork with a core of readings and site visits that explore key themes, including: theories of the public

sphere; critiques of normative public formations and behaviors; the intertwined histories of urban space, public life, and civic culture in the

U.S.; shifting boundaries of public and private; and methodological approaches to public space research. Following these core themes,

students work collaboratively to develop a reading list and research tasks suitable to the studio project. Teams of students then lead

weekly discussions of specific topics related to the functions, uses, morphologies, and experiences of small urban sites. Students in this

course must simultaneously register for "(Re)Imagining Public Space." Co-Requisite: PUIC 3200 -- (Re)Imagining Public Space, taught by

Miodrag Mitrasinovic

3127PLVS A - Synaesthetic Perspectives

6618CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Ernesto Klar

Day(s) & Time(s): W: 3:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description



2449PUDM A - Basic Business Structure

6899CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): David Falk

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

How and why have businesses developed common structures such as departments of production, marketing, finance, human resources?

How do the various functions and departments of a company interact and support each other to attain the goals of the company? This

course combines readings in the history and theory of business with an introduction to practical business topics. Discussion, group work,

and case studies are used to explore the structures common to all businesses, from one-person operation to global conglomerate.

4322PUDM A - Leadership (online)

6930CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Jonatan Jelen


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of various theories and concepts of leadership. Students will apply

knowledge gained in analyzing case studies and resolving real world issues pertaining to leading themselves, subordinates, teams, and

organizations.

2801PUFA A - Elective Painting

3372CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Anne Gaines

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 8:00 am - 11:40 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course focuses on the basics of painting, with an emphasis on technical paint handling, color, composition, and materials. Acquiring

basic studio habits and practices, students begin the process of a visual and conceptual examination of painting today. Individual and

group criticism, combined with field trips and discussion, expands perspectives within historical contexts. As students advance, they

explore a variety of abstract and figurative possibilities for selfexamination. This course is a Pre-requisite(s) for spring semester's Painting

2 (PUFA 2002).

2011PUFA A - Sculpture 1

1725CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Donald Porcaro

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 3:00 pm - 8:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course introduces ideas and materials that facilitate response to three-dimensional forms. The stress is on concepts of modeling,

welding, mold makin, and constructing and on the possibilities of more contemporary modes of expression.

2011PUFA B - Sculpture 1

2887CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Margaret Buck Thurnherr

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 9:00 am - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

2011PUFA C - Sculpture 1

4829CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Vincent Gargiulo

Day(s) & Time(s): R: 3:00 pm - 8:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description


2032PUFA A - Visual Thinking :Video

2889CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Susan Weller

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Students explore different uses of video as a medium for art. Through experimentation with the camera, shooting techniques, and

methods of editing, students will "find" ideas for video sketches. Short video projects are developed from these explorations and an

investigation of the effects of the medium on perception. Students further their understanding of the video as an art medium by viewing

artists' videos and reading selected essays for written analysis and class discussion.

2040PUFA A - Expanding Horizons: Drawing Inspiration from Non-Western Art

1966CRN: 2Credits

Profesor(s): Susan Hambleton

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course is designed to integrate two closely related activities: art that is being made (yours) and art that has been made (in this case,

the art of non-western cultures). Taking advantage of our city's great resources, students visit collections and museums, e.g., the Japan

society and the museum of African art. Students discuss the work on site and record their experiences in a journal. Back in the studio,

from those notes, students develop ideas and imagery of their own. This is an opportunity for students to study several different

collections of non-Western art and to use the experience indirectly in their own studio work. The emphasis is more on exploration and

development of visual ideas than on the production of finished pieces. Textbook used is Non-Western ART - A Brief Guide, by Lynn

Mackenzie.

2302PUIC A - IDC Colloq: Urban Drawing

6713CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Jose De Jesus-Zamora

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Urban Drawing will introduce students to an ecological approach using analogous drawing exercises and a reading and discussion

sequence. Important in this class is introspective exploratory design and research through drawing and the development of a final project.

As humans, we continuously create images in our heads that explain our bodies to us. Similarly we continuously create images of our cities

as we distractedly walk down the street. In this way our bodies are images amongst other images. As designers we can engage these

circuits of images toward new assemblies and environments. Students will explore this relational system for working, thinking and being in

the city toward a goal of recognizing their own ecological point of view as well as those of others, and finally as a way of focusing the

everyday image-making on pressing issues and challenges of today. Open to: Majors, and to non-majors and Lang students. This class is

appropriate for students of all skill level. This is a Non-Liberal Arts Course.

3200PUIC A - (Re)Imagining Public Space

6431CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Elliott Maltby

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 9:00 am - 11:40 am

Prerequisite(s Co-Requisite: Students in this course will be asked to simultaneously registerfor PLSD 4125 A -- Urban Public Space

Course Description

This course will address philosophical, methodological and design/production issues related to 'public space' in New York City with a

specific emphasis on the simultaneous process of privatization and re-appropriation of public sites. This is a hands-on studio that requires

joyful commitment, collaboration, and teamwork. We will partner with multiple organizations--profit and not-for-profit, public as well as

private--in order to explore ways in which relationships between pubic space, democracy, and civics can be examined, imagined, and

(re)framed. The class is organized through field visits, hands-on research projects, readings and films, and most importantly the

semester-long project. Students in this course will be asked to simultaneously register for "Urban Public Space." For a complete list of

courses and for course description visit: http://students.parsons.edu/wp-content/Course_Desc_032609_PUBLISH.pdf Co-Requisite:

Students in this course will be asked to simultaneously registerfor PLSD 4125 A -- Urban Public Space


3052PUID A - Architecture and Interior Design

5202CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Barbara Lewandowska

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 6:00 pm - 8:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

For the course description, visit http://students.parsons.edu/wp-content/Course_Desc_032609_PUBLISH.pdf

3233PUIL A - Picture-Story Workshop

5220CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Ben Katchor

Day(s) & Time(s): W: 3:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Through a series of exercises, students explore the possibilities of expression that arise when text and image are combined on the same

page. Creative writing and journalism students analyze, through drawing, descriptive passages in their own written texts. Art students

discover and amplify, through text, the stories suggested by their drawings. The course examines perspective systems, body-language,

projective drawings, and graphology. New possibilities of narrative structure and visual composition are developed through work and

classroom discussions. The course emphasizes handmade drawing and the cultivation of an "autographic voice." All students, regardless of

experience, are expected to write and draw.

2200PUPH A - Photography 2: Photojournalism

3981CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Vincent Cianni

Day(s) & Time(s): R: 6:00 pm - 8:40 pm

Prerequisite(s PUPH 1200 Photography 1, or permission of the instructor.

Course Description

Through the study of great photojournalistic images and weekly assignments, students learn how to use images to tell a story while

developing a personal vision. Photojournalism requires passion and commitment because it is an endeavor to find the truth and tell the

stories that need to be told. Great photojournalism causes a viewer to linger on the images; photojournalistic images have the power to

change our perceptions of reality. PUPH 1200 Photography 1, or permission of the instructor.

1100PUPH A - Introductory Photography

5787CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): David Heinlein

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 12:00 pm - 2:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This is a one semester introduction to photography course that centers on developing skills in using handheld cameras, both traditional

and digital. Students learn black and white films and papers and the equivalents for digital technology. Although both traditional and

digital darkroom techniques are introduced in class, this is not a darkroom class. Students print on their own. Assignments and critiques

incorporate the spontaneous qualities of handheld cameras and the aesthetics of traditional and digital prints as key concepts. Group

discussion is based on textbook readings and in-class demonstrations.

1100PUPH B - Introductory Photography

3982CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Arlene Collins

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 3:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

A one semester introduction to photography course that centers on developing skills in using handheld cameras, both traditional and

digital. Students will learn black and white films and papers and the equivalents for digital technology. Although both traditional and

digital darkroom techniques will be introduced in class, this is not a darkroom class. Students will be expected to print on one's own.

Assignments and critiques will incorporate the spontaneous qualities of handheld cameras and the aesthetics of traditional and digital

prints as key concepts. Group discussion will be based on textbook readings and in-class demonstrations. Open to: Non-majors only. No

Departmental approval needed.


1200PUPH A - Photography 1

3521CRN: 3Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): R: 3:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description


2000UENV A - Environment and Society

6316CRN: 4Credits



Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Topics include the concept of nature and the environment, environmental history, the rise of environmentalism, population and

consumption, ecological footprint analysis, environmental justice, environmental politics, environmental movements, environmental

values, and the future of environmentalism.

2200UENV A - Design 1: Design Elements & Digital Tools

6337CRN: 5Credits

Profesor(s): Ruth Liberman

Day(s) & Time(s): R: 3:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s Open only to first-semester students in Design and Management.

Course Description

The vocabulary of two-dimensional design is introduced through projects created using both traditional and digital processes. Students use

digital tools to extend projects that were started in traditional media, and vice versa, learning to move fluidly between. They explore the

elements and principles of design while gaining familiarity with design processes and technologies. Assigned projects encourage both

lateral and linear thinking, the generation of multiple outcomes, and the refinement of a single outcome. Through critique and discussion,

students learn the vocabulary of elements and principles that constitute a designer's basic language and how to articulate this vocabulary

in their work. Open only to first-semester students in Design and Management.

2200UENV B - Design 1: Des Elem & Dgt Tools

6902CRN: 5Credits

Profesor(s): Ruth Liberman

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 9:00 am - 11:40 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

2300UENV A - IDC Ecology Interactive City

6857CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Nadia M Elrokhsy


Prerequisite(s Co-requisite: PUIC2100 IDC Lab: Media.

Course Description

Students use their own trajectories through New York City as the principle site for design investigations. Starting with a multi-scale

analysis of the urban environment of New York City and developing concepts and visual responses to specific questions, they map their

own urban trajectories, practices, and experiences as well as those of other actors in the city. In parallel with analyzing films, theoretical

works, and art installations, students engage in hands-on inquires and produce digital photography, video, diagramming,

three-dimensional modeling and on-line forms supported by the Internet to document and then represent their readings of the city. As part

of the documentation process, students analyze the interactions between people and people, and people and the urban environment.

Students use quantitative methods to verify environmental impact resulting from these interactions and develop innovative forms of

representing quantitative and qualitative information. (Permission required. This course satisfies core studio requirements for ALL IDC

Areas of Study and Environmental Studies. Co-requisite: PUIC2100 IDC Lab: Media.


3300UENV A - Mapping the Urban Environment

6338CRN: 3Credits

Profesor(s): Elizabeth Barry

Day(s) & Time(s): F: 3:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course offers a critical and technical introduction to the graphic representation of urban spaces, landscapes, and environments.

Students survey the growing use of mapping technology in the practice of planning and spatial research in contemporary and historical

contexts. They learn spatial analysis techniques with a focus on the role of spatial mapping and representation as a support tool, including

Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Google Earth, and assorted visualization software. Practices of spatial representation with a

specifically insurgent or counter-institutional agenda are also examined. Finally, the course engages available technologies for spatial

representation and analysis, but with a careful eye toward the inherently political aspect of maps.

4200UENV A - Pre-Thesis

6342CRN: 4Credits

Profesor(s): Robert Canales


Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The pre-thesis might be offered as an Independent Study course if under 5 students sign up for it. (A shell course has been created for it

as UENV 4900 / CRN 6343, 1-4 credits.)

2030ULEC A - Introduction to Microeconomics (Disc. Sec Reqd)

4320CRN: 0Credits

Profesor(s): Teresa Ghilarducci

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 10:00 am - 11:20 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course focuses on the principles of microeconomics and their application to the international economy. After analyzing the basic

supply and demand characteristics of markets, we turn to a treatment of an analysis of competition and market structure, income

distribution, labor markets, innovation in technology and design, market failure, international trade and international capital markets and,

finally, economic development. To receive credit, Lang College students must also register for one recitation section: ULEC 2031

Introduction to Microeconomics Discussion.

2160ULEC A - Introduction to Psychology (Disc. Sec Reqd)

3474CRN: 0Credits


Day(s) & Time(s): M: 10:00 am - 11:20 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course provides a "road map"' for how to understand the psychology profession. What is real? Who am I? What does it mean to be in

love? What makes us angry, or depressed, and why? How are we different from, or similar to, other animals? Psychology tackles age-old

philosophical questions by applying the scientific method. Psychology is variously defined as the scientific study of behavior, emotion,

consciousness, motivation, social groups and links of any of these with biology, genes, or brain processes. This course provides an

overview of the history of psychology, together with focused attention on established findings and contemporary questions informing the

specific sub-disciplines comprising the field, including clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, social psychology and developmental

psychology. In the discussion seminars writing skills relevant to the mid-term and final-exam are developed and refined. Over the term,

students in this course are required to participate in 4 hours of psychology research studies underway in the NSSR Psychology

Department. Please note: For Eugene Lang College students pursuing the undergraduate major in Psychology, this is a required course. To

receive credit, Lang students must register for a Discussion section ULEC 2161.


2410ULEC A - The Hudson: The River (Disc. Sec Reqd)

6596CRN: 0Credits

Profesor(s): Bryce Geyer

Day(s) & Time(s): M: 12:00 pm - 1:20 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

The quadric-centennial of Henry Hudson's storied arrival in New York Harbor, on September 12, 1609, seems an appropriate occasion to

offer an introduction to the cultural--and actual--geography of the Hudson River. Weekly lectures by New School faculty and distinguished

guests address a wide range of Hudson-related topics, including the state of Native American society at contact; the role of the river in the

Revolutionary War, the development of steam navigation, and the construction of the Erie Canal; the artists of the Hudson River School

and the rise of the modern environmental movement; and contemporary prospects for the environmental restoration of the Hudson

estuary and the development of regional planning tools, including the development of a Hudson Valley "foodshed.".To receive credit, Lang

students must register for a discussion section, ULEC 2411.

2500ULEC A - Intro to Visual Culture (Disc. Sec Reqd)

4239CRN: 0Credits

Profesor(s): Margot Bouman

Day(s) & Time(s): R: 10:00 am - 11:20 am

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Visual media pervade our everyday experience in a world where images, in addition to texts, are central to the way we represent and

understand our culture. From newspapers to the Web, from the sciences to the humanities, from "mass" culture to "high" culture, we now

encounter visual artifacts in every area of our lives. Since the traditional arts of painting, drawing, and printmaking began to give way to

photography in the nineteenth century as the common means of visual representation and documentation, subsequent developments in

film, video, and digital media have transmitted images throughout the globe. And alongside these historical developments in media, new

types of viewing audiences have emerged. Visual Culture Studies is an exciting, new area of study that looks at the relationship between

art, media, and the subjects that look at and create at them, as well as the social, cultural, and historical significance of this exchange.

This course will familiarize students with the key terms and debates of Visual Culture Studies, and consider their historical relevance to art

and cultural practices since the advent of photography. Using the methods we acquire from the texts read in class, we will interrogate the

practices of looking we often take for granted, and ask questions about our subjective relationship to a variety of media from painting to

film, video to digital media. Moreover, the class will encourage dialogue about these issues, given that we will be approaching all image

artifacts as producers as well as consumers of visual culture. To receive credit, Lang students must register for a Discussion section ULEC

2501.

2510ULEC A - Introduction to Feminist Thought (Disc. Sec Reqd)

6573CRN: 0Credits

Profesor(s): Ann Snitow

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 12:00 pm - 1:20 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Feminism is not a single-voiced, coherent body of doctrine but rather a proliferation of thinking and actions in response to what seems to

be the near-universal fact of women's subordination, past and present, in societies which arrange gender relations in a variety of ways.

Feminism's lack of unity as a movement has been a strength and a weakness, and organized resistance to sexism has come and gone.

Right now, in both the United States and internationally, we are living in a time of renewed critical self-consciousness about gender, a

period known colloquially as "the second wave" – and arguably, now, a "third." (The "first wave" was in the 19th century, when women

organized to own property, move freely, vote, and become individuals rather than the servants of men.) The "second wave," dating in the

United States from around l966-67, and taking its initial inspiration from the Civil Rights Movement, began as a tremendous outburst of

indignation which took many forms and gave rise to an explosion of both political action and new theories about why and how gender and

race structure the private and public worlds we all inhabit. Since the 1980s, a variety of feminists have named contemporary activism as a

"third wave." The meetings will be as follows: On Tuesdays, we discuss the readings. On Thursdays, we talk to visitors, take trips, or watch

videos. The readings for Thursdays will often be work assigned by the visitor, and students are expected to come to class prepared for

discussion. To receive credit, Lang students must also register for a discussion section ULEC 2511.


2580ULEC A - Intersections: Fuel+Ornament (Disc. Sec Reqd)

6608CRN: 0Credits

Profesor(s): Robert Kirkbride

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 2:00 pm - 3:20 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

How can we better prepare ourselves--as individuals, as communities, as a species--to address the complex problems surrounding us? To

understand the global and local forces that are rapidly and disastrously transforming the world, there is a compelling need to think

differently, traversing traditional intellectual and political boundaries to generate visions that stimulate thoughtful actions. In particular,

the intensifying crises surrounding Fuel (petroleum and food)--basic ingredients of our global infrastructure- emphasize the urgency to

imagine alternative scenarios. Such scenarios would raise public awareness and fuel creative research with meaningful, sustainable

interventions and innovation. This course promotes learning transactions and serendipitous encounters among students and faculty across

The New School. Building on the CATASTROPHE SLAM event held in March 2009. It features collaborative "mini-slams," including a

week?long working exhibit/performance and colloquium, proposed for Aronson Gallery in mid-November. Structurally, the course

comprises a chain of learning encounters, beginning with an introductory lecture by the Primary Instructor (Kirkbride), who will host each

week's session and oversee "baton-exchanges" among participating New School faculty. Faculty collaborators determine a lesson plan and

assignment, and students will record the results, creating in-process documentation that provides food for thought for following activities.

Students produce a final summary document. To receive credit Lang students must register for a discussion section ULEC 2581.

2610ULEC A - Not-Owning: Designing (Disc. Sec Reqd)

6613CRN: 0Credits

Profesor(s): Cameron Tonkinwise

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 4:00 pm - 5:20 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

This course explores the variety of alternative economies and systems of provisioning that persist, and are perhaps even flourishing, in

contemporary capitalism. It exposes participants to the many gift economies, systems of shared use, and local barter networks that

evidence that not all aspects of contemporary living have been commercialized. Examples to be considered range from tool or toy libraries

and car-pooling, to farmer-consumer associations, childcare exchange clubs, and local currencies. The focus is contemporary information

and communication technologies, particularly in the areas of Web 2.0 (social software and open source crowd sourcing) and Web 3.0 (an

internet of things equipped with trackable radio-frequency identification tags), which facilitate systems of shared-use. Classes examine the

extent to which digital file sharing and the new types of trust between strangers that the internet has enabled can be translated to the

domain of everyday material things, and thereby begin to decouple ownership and ‘usership' in more mainstream ways. Key are

explorations of the role of design in enabling these enabling economies. The course is co-taught by Faculty from Parsons, NSSR, and

Milano. To receive credit Lang students must also register for a discussion section ULEC 2611.

2630ULEC A - Creativity and Computers (Disc. Sec Reqd)

6645CRN: 0Credits

Profesor(s): Sven Travis

Day(s) & Time(s): T: 2:00 pm - 3:20 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

As computers, networks and mobile technology have become pervasive, their presence in our lives has changed how we communicate,

express and invent. We use digital technology everyday; it surrounds us in our work and our life. But are computers good or bad? Which

aspects of digital technology are important, and which are most interesting? What does it mean to be human when so much around us is

digital? This course will investigate our relationship with digital technology— individually, socially, and creatively. The course is divided

into four sections: the self, history of computation, computers and the creative process, and the future. In addition to reading and writing

assignments, students will create a series of podcasts and participate in micro-blogging. Yes, you will fulfill your assignments sending text

messages from your cellphone! To receive credit, Lang students must register for a discussion section ULEC 2631.


2640ULEC A - Old Weird America: Music as Democratic Speech (Disc. Sec Reqd)

6584CRN: 0Credits

Profesor(s): Greil Marcus

Day(s) & Time(s): W: 4:00 pm - 5:20 pm

Prerequisite(s

Course Description

Throughout American history people excluded from or ignored by that narrative have seized on music as a means of both affirming and

questioning individual and cultural existence, and of making symbolic statements about the nature of their country and of life itself. Big

words for ordinary, anonymous songs like "The Cuckoo Bird" or "John Henry"-but it is in songs that seem to have emerged out of nowhere,

and in songs that, as self-conscious works of art, are made to reclaim that nowhere, where much of the American story resides. This

course examines commonplace or authorless songs as elemental, founding documents of American identity-as a form of speech that is

always in flux, especially in the work of Bob Dylan across the last fifty years. Course material includes film excerpts and recordings from

the 1920s to the present, as well as Colson Whitehead's 2001 novel John Henry Days, Constance Rourke's classic 1931 study American

Humor, Robert Cantwell's When We Were Good: The Folk Revival, Luc Sante's essay "The Invention of the Blues," the collection The Rose

& the Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad, Bob Dylan's Chronicles, Volume 1, and much more. To receive credit, Lang

students must register for a ULEC 2641 Discussion section.


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Fall 2009 Course Schedule