Courses

Development of speaking skills with concise grammar, sophisticated expression and listening comprehension in modern Japanese. The students will be exposed to current events and culture through authentic materials such as newspaper and journal articles, media and short films. The students are required to speak on those topics in a structured manner. The topics covered in this course will focus on Japanese customs, family, current events, public health, gender and other social issues.

Reading, discussion, and analysis of representative works from the Middle Ages through the sixteenth century. May be repeated once for credit provided the topic is different.

Study of a particular topic in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean literature or civilization for students who have taken introductory courses in East Asian Studies. Materials will be read in translation. Course may be repeated for credit when the topic changes.

Readings, discussion, and analysis of major works of the Age of Enlightenment. Authors studied may include Montesquieu, Marivaux, Prevost, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Beaumarchais, and Laclos. May be repeated once for credit provided the topic is different.

Reading, analysis and discussion of major works from French-speaking West Africa, the Maghreb, the Caribbean, and Quebec. Authors studied may include Senghor, Cesaire, Damas, Fanon, Ben Jelloun, Djebar, Kourouma, Sembene, Hebert, Chamoiseau.

Literary works, other than novels, written since 1900. The course may treat theatre, poetry, or a combination of the two. Authors studied may include Apollinaire, Ponge, Char, Cocteau, Genet, Beckett, and Ionesco. May be repeated once for credit provided the topic is different.

This capstone course is designed to develop the student's skill in systematically analyzing and presenting solutions to various problems presented in the case studies in international business, bringing to bear the theory and information learned in previous courses. The student will write four or five "briefing papers" during the semester.

Study of a particular aspect of the religion or civilization of Islam for students who have taken introductory courses in the history or civilization of Islam. All readings will be in English. Course may be repeated for credit when the topic changes.

Course may be repeated once if topic is different.

This course will examine selected topics in modern literature and their relationship to nineteenth- and twentieth-century models of thought, society, and culture. We will consider, for instance, the influence of the naturalist Buffon on Balzac, of experimental medicine on Zola, of the philosopher Bergson on Proust, of technology on H. G. Wells, of physics on Pynchon, and of Freud on Kafka.