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Course Additions

Fall 2008

Art Studio

172. Performance Art.
History, theory, and practice of performance. Vocal studies and conceptual music, personal narrative, performance as a response to the cult-of-celebrity, body art, and performance with new technologies. Collaborative and solo performance projects.
FALL. [3] Winger-Bearskin. (HCA)

180. Sources of Contemporary Art.
Contemporary studio art practice, issues, and theories. Visual and conceptual influences on living artists; idea formation.
FALL. [3] Scala. (HCA)

History

The entire new History Curriculum is available here pdf

139. America to 1776: Discovery to Revolution.
North American colonies from the Iberian Atlantic dominion through the zenith of the British Empire. The impact of the European quest for empire on Native American and West African societies. The emergence of colonial North America within the context of European imperial rivalries and Native American political and economic networks.
FALL. [3] Molineux, Usner. (US)

141. U.S. 1877-1945: Reconstruction through World War II. (Formerly 274)
Economic, political, and social history during the era of industrialization, mass immigration, the rise of mass culture, the Great Depression, and the two world wars. No credit for students who have completed 274.
FALL. [3] Brimmer. (US)

Interdisciplinary Studies

270a-270b-270c. Introduction to Global Citizenship.
These courses are offered by the Vanderbilt Initiative for Scholarship and Engagement (VISAGE).
270a. Global Citizenship and Service.
A service-learning course introducing students to themes and interpretations of global citizenship. Intended to be followed by 270b.
SPRING. [3] Staff. (INT)

270b. Global Community Service.
Students will design and conduct research projects in collaboration with faculty mentors. Prerequisite: 270a.
SUMMER. [1-3] Staff. (No AXLE)

270c. Seminar in Global Citizenship and Service.
Project- and research-based seminar drawing on student experiences and learning in 270a and 270b. Prerequisite: 270b.
FALL.[3] Staff. (INT)

Japanese

200b. Introductory Modern Japanese.
Continuation of 200a. No credit for Japanese 200b when student has completed 201. Prerequisite: 200a or instructor's consent.
FALL. [3] Sogabe. (No AXLE)

Jewish Studies

180W. Introduction to Jewish Studies: Brothers and Others.
Introduction to Judaism and Jewish history through philosophical, political, social, psychological, and artistic perspectives. Biblical Studies; Antiquity and the Medieval World; Modern and Contemporary Experience; and Culture, Philosophy, and Literature.
FALL, SPRING [3] Meyer. (INT)

Neuroscience

201. Neuroscience. (Formerly Psychology 201)
Physiology of nerve cells, sensory and motor systems, sleep, speech, and sexual behavior. Clinical topics include the chemical basis of psychosis, diseases of the brain, and repair mechanisms after brain injury.
FALL, SPRING. [3] L. Smith, Marois. (MNS)

260. Psychopharmacology.
Actions of therapeutic drugs for psychiatric disorders and of drugs of abuse. Molecular mechanisms of effects on perception, cognition, and emotion. Prerequisite: 201 or PSY 201.
FALL. [3] DeFelice. (MNS)

269. Developmental Neuroscience. (Formerly Psychology 269)
Normal and abnormal brain development. Cell division, migration, and death; synapse formation and plasticity; and clinical syndromes. Prerequisite: 201 or PSY 201.
FALL. [3] Ebner. (MNS)

274. Neuroanatomy. (Formerly Psychology 274)
Gross structure, histological architecture, and techniques for creating images of the human brain.
FALL. [3] Roe. (MNS)

290. Introduction to Neuroscience Research.
Research and reading in neuroscience under the direction of a faculty sponsor. Consent of the course coordinator is required.
FALL, SPRING. [1] Ebner, coordinator. (No AXLE)


Philosophy

203. Advanced Asian Philosophy.
Classical Asian philosophical texts. Historical development of practices and ideas; translation and interpretation issues; comparisons with European and other traditions of thought.
FALL. [3] Schoenbohm. (INT)

Physics

225W. Introduction to Quantum Physics and Applications I.
A survey of modern physics and applications based on elementary quantum mechanics: atomic and molecular structure, interaction of light with atoms and molecules, spectroscopy. One three-hour laboratory per week.
FALL [4] Hertel, Velkovska. (MNS)


Political Science

249. American Public Opinion and American Politics.
Origins and effects of public opinion on politics in the United States. Influence of values, emotion, prejudice, and news information on individual political views.
FALL. [3] Perez. (SBS)

273. Conflict Management.
Conflict management in international and domestic disputes. Negotiation, mediation, adjudication, intervention, and peacekeeping.
FALL. [3] Mattes. (SBS)

274. Nature of War.
Warfare from ancient to contemporary times. Western and non-Western perspectives. Views from political science, philosophy, history, and official U.S. military doctrine. Interplay among international politics, military strategy, technology, and psychology.
FALL [3] Atkinson. (SBS)

275. National Security.
How states ensure their national security. Origins of the security dilemma; the use of power, deterrence, coercion, engagement, and interstate cooperation in settling disputes.
FALL. [3] Chiozza. (SBS)

Religious Studies

292. Advanced Seminar in Arabic.
Analysis of style and forms. Poetry, novels, popular literature, and historical chronicles. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit if there is no duplication in topic.
FALL. [3] Staff. (No AXLE)

Russian

236W. Russian and Soviet Short Stories.
19th- and 20th-century Russian and Soviet short stories. Literary traditions, narrative structures, and authorial styles. Course taught in English.
FALL. [3] Makoveeva. (HCA)


Spanish

103. Intensive Elementary Spanish.
A communicative approach to reading, writing, listening, and speaking for students who have studied one to three years of Spanish. Provides a rigorous review of elementary Spanish through four hours of class instruction and one hour of independent research activities. Departmental Spanish placement exam score of 275-364. No credit for students who have completed 100, 101, or 102.
FALL, SPRING. [5] Staff. (INT)


Women's and Gender Studies

249. Women and Humor in the Age of Television.
The period 1950 to present. Television variety shows, sitcoms, and stand-up comedy as media for promoting women's humor and feminism. Comedy as a means of dealing with difficult personal and social issues. Prerequisite: 150.
FALL. [3] Stahl. (HCA)