Courses

A study of selected works by major French writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

A listener's guide to Jazz, Rock, and Popular musical styles through recordings, through live performances, and through other media. Meets Core area C Humanities and Fine Arts requirement.

A survey of group, ring, and field theory. Topics include algebraic structures on the integers, the real numbers, and the complex numbers; modular arithmetic; the Euclidean Algorithm; group and ring homomorphisms and isomorphisms; and field extensions with applications to constructions.

An introductory survey of a national literature other than English. The subject will vary and will be chosen from among the following: Classical Greece and Rome, China, France, Francophone countries, Germanic countries, Italy, Spain, Latin-American countries. All readings are in translation. No knowledge of the foreign language(s) in question is necessary. Course may be repeated with a different subject.

This course is designed to give students to a comprehensive investigation of the history of photography through study and production. This course explores the technical innovations, cultural implications, and the major figures in photography's history. Students will learn the subject by working hands-on with historic photographic darkroom processes as well as through lectures, readings and exams.

This course is a survey course for students who do not need the more rigorous full-year sequence in physical chemistry. The course includes thermodynamics, chemical and phase equilibria, electrochemistry, kinetics and other topics in physical chemistry.

Topics selected from mechanics, heat, optics, sound, electricity, magnetism, and twentieth century physics.

This course provides the student with an introduction to computer use and the Microsoft operating environment. It is designed as a guide for the beginner. Topics include working in the Windows 2010 operating environment, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and electronic animated presentations.

A survey of global history to 1500. This course examines ancient and medieval civilizations to deepen understanding of the political, social, economic, and cultural dimensions of World history. Emphasis is given to comparative themes, the study of causal relationships and pat-terns of change and continuity over time; and the social significance of ethnicity, gender, race, and class in historical events and study.

A survey of global history from 1500 to the present. Beginning with European oceanic expansion and the emergence of a global network of exchange, this course examines the impact of major technologies, economic systems, political ideologies, and cultural traditions that unite and divide the human community.