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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.001.100 (01)
FYS: What is the Common Good?
T 1:30PM - 3:30PM
Watters, Aliza
Gilman 217
FYS: What is the Common Good? AS.001.100 (01)
What is "the common good"? How do individuals consider this idea, this question, and how are societies led, or misled, by its pursuit? Together, we will explore sources from a range of perspectives: What can the story of Noah, for example, teach us about the question of the common good? Or the engineering of Baltimore public transportation, the notion of meritocracy in higher education, access to vaccines, the perniciousness of pandemics, prohibition of nuclear weapons, or data sharing among scientists? Drawing from movies, interviews, and readings (authors include Rachel Carson, James Baldwin, Bong Joon-ho, Spike Lee, Michael Sandel, and more), this course is as much about how we ask and interrogate hard questions as it is about the answers themselves. Engaging deeply with the sources and each other, students will discuss the texts in class, write short responses, and give occasional oral presentations. The course will culminate in a final, collaborative research project that seeks to map the common good and move the conversation forward.
Credits: 2.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 3:30PM
Instructor: Watters, Aliza
Room: Gilman 217
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.100 (01)
Introduction to Expository Writing
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
O'Connor, Marie T (Marisa)
Gilman 10
Introduction to Expository Writing AS.060.100 (01)
Introduction to “Expos” is designed to introduce less experienced writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to recognize “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” as they learn to read and summarize academic essays, and then they apply the fundamental structure in academic essays of their own. Classes are small, no more than 10 students, and are organized around three major writing assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Intro” course teaches students to avoid plagiarism and document sources correctly. “Intro” courses do not specialize in a particular topic or theme and are available to freshmen only.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: O'Connor, Marie T (Marisa)
Room: Gilman 10
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.100 (02)
Introduction to Expository Writing
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Brodsky, Anne-Elizabeth Murdy
Gilman 277
Introduction to Expository Writing AS.060.100 (02)
Introduction to “Expos” is designed to introduce less experienced writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to recognize “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” as they learn to read and summarize academic essays, and then they apply the fundamental structure in academic essays of their own. Classes are small, no more than 10 students, and are organized around three major writing assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Intro” course teaches students to avoid plagiarism and document sources correctly. “Intro” courses do not specialize in a particular topic or theme and are available to freshmen only.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Brodsky, Anne-Elizabeth Murdy
Room: Gilman 277
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.100 (03)
Introduction to Expository Writing
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Brodsky, Anne-Elizabeth Murdy
Gilman 308
Introduction to Expository Writing AS.060.100 (03)
Introduction to “Expos” is designed to introduce less experienced writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to recognize “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” as they learn to read and summarize academic essays, and then they apply the fundamental structure in academic essays of their own. Classes are small, no more than 10 students, and are organized around three major writing assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Intro” course teaches students to avoid plagiarism and document sources correctly. “Intro” courses do not specialize in a particular topic or theme and are available to freshmen only.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Brodsky, Anne-Elizabeth Murdy
Room: Gilman 308
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.100 (07)
Introduction to Expository Writing
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Koullas, Sandy Gillian
Gilman 313
Introduction to Expository Writing AS.060.100 (07)
Introduction to “Expos” is designed to introduce less experienced writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to recognize “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” as they learn to read and summarize academic essays, and then they apply the fundamental structure in academic essays of their own. Classes are small, no more than 10 students, and are organized around three major writing assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Intro” course teaches students to avoid plagiarism and document sources correctly. “Intro” courses do not specialize in a particular topic or theme and are available to freshmen only.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Koullas, Sandy Gillian
Room: Gilman 313
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.100 (08)
Introduction to Expository Writing
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Koullas, Sandy Gillian
Gilman 10
Introduction to Expository Writing AS.060.100 (08)
Introduction to “Expos” is designed to introduce less experienced writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to recognize “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” as they learn to read and summarize academic essays, and then they apply the fundamental structure in academic essays of their own. Classes are small, no more than 10 students, and are organized around three major writing assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Intro” course teaches students to avoid plagiarism and document sources correctly. “Intro” courses do not specialize in a particular topic or theme and are available to freshmen only.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Koullas, Sandy Gillian
Room: Gilman 10
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (01)
Expository Writing: Emotion(s)
MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Asuni, Michele
Gilman 217
Expository Writing: Emotion(s) AS.060.113 (01)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Asuni, Michele
Room: Gilman 217
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (02)
Expository Writing: Repairing the “Highway to Nowhere”
MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Speller, Morris Elsmere Longley (Mo)
Bloomberg 168
Expository Writing: Repairing the “Highway to Nowhere” AS.060.113 (02)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Speller, Morris Elsmere Longley (Mo)
Room: Bloomberg 168
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (03)
Expository Writing: Policing the Police
MW 8:30AM - 9:45AM
Carter, Bryan
Gilman 119
Expository Writing: Policing the Police AS.060.113 (03)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 8:30AM - 9:45AM
Instructor: Carter, Bryan
Room: Gilman 119
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (04)
Expository Writing: Shakespeare’s Richard III and Disability
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Best, Royce Lee
Krieger 170
Expository Writing: Shakespeare’s Richard III and Disability AS.060.113 (04)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Best, Royce Lee
Room: Krieger 170
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (05)
Expository Writing: Vaccines, Science, and Values
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Wilbanks, Rebecca
Shaffer 300
Expository Writing: Vaccines, Science, and Values AS.060.113 (05)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Wilbanks, Rebecca
Room: Shaffer 300
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (06)
Expository Writing: Politics and Violence
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Oppel, George
Maryland 309
Expository Writing: Politics and Violence AS.060.113 (06)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Oppel, George
Room: Maryland 309
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (07)
Expository Writing: Politics and Violence
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Oppel, George
Gilman 217
Expository Writing: Politics and Violence AS.060.113 (07)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Oppel, George
Room: Gilman 217
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (08)
Expository Writing: Who Writes History?
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Waller, Jill S
Gilman 277
Expository Writing: Who Writes History? AS.060.113 (08)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Waller, Jill S
Room: Gilman 277
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (09)
Expository Writing: The “Dark Side” of Progress
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Ross, Sarah Catherine
Bloomberg 278
Expository Writing: The “Dark Side” of Progress AS.060.113 (09)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Ross, Sarah Catherine
Room: Bloomberg 278
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (10)
Expository Writing: Shakespeare’s Richard III and Disability
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Best, Royce Lee
Gilman 217
Expository Writing: Shakespeare’s Richard III and Disability AS.060.113 (10)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Best, Royce Lee
Room: Gilman 217
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (11)
Expository Writing: Witchcraft and Power
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Cutler, Sylvia (Sylvia)
Latrobe 120
Expository Writing: Witchcraft and Power AS.060.113 (11)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Cutler, Sylvia (Sylvia)
Room: Latrobe 120
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (12)
Expository Writing: Who Owns the Past?
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Essam, Richard James Llewellyn
BLC 5015
Expository Writing: Who Owns the Past? AS.060.113 (12)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Essam, Richard James Llewellyn
Room: BLC 5015
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (13)
Expository Writing: Technology and the Future of Work
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Begg, Aaron Jared
Gilman 288
Expository Writing: Technology and the Future of Work AS.060.113 (13)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Begg, Aaron Jared
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (14)
Expository Writing: The “Dark Side” of Progress
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Ross, Sarah Catherine
Gilman 377
Expository Writing: The “Dark Side” of Progress AS.060.113 (14)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Masin-Peters, Jonathan (Jon)
Room: Smokler Center 213
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (16)
Expository Writing: Swamp Things
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Dubay, Noelle Victoria
Gilman 400
Expository Writing: Swamp Things AS.060.113 (16)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Dubay, Noelle Victoria
Room: Gilman 400
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (17)
Expository Writing: Contemporary American Short Stories
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Berger, Donald W
Gilman 277
Expository Writing: Contemporary American Short Stories AS.060.113 (17)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Berger, Donald W
Room: Gilman 277
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (18)
Expository Writing: Science Fiction and Climate Catastrophe
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Shipko, David Thomas, Jr.
Hodson 315
Expository Writing: Science Fiction and Climate Catastrophe AS.060.113 (18)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Shipko, David Thomas, Jr.
Room: Hodson 315
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (19)
Expository Writing: Technology and the Future of Work
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Begg, Aaron Jared
Maryland 217
Expository Writing: Technology and the Future of Work AS.060.113 (19)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Begg, Aaron Jared
Room: Maryland 217
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (20)
Expository Writing: Euthanasia and Cultural Conceptions of a “Good Death”
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Chase, Mikaela Ondine (Miki)
Maryland 202
Expository Writing: Euthanasia and Cultural Conceptions of a “Good Death” AS.060.113 (20)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Chase, Mikaela Ondine (Miki)
Room: Maryland 202
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (21)
Expository Writing: Swamp Things
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Dubay, Noelle Victoria
Jenkins 102
Expository Writing: Swamp Things AS.060.113 (21)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Dubay, Noelle Victoria
Room: Jenkins 102
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (22)
Expository Writing: What Do We Owe to Animals?
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Powell, Kevin Matthew (Kevin)
Gilman 377
Expository Writing: What Do We Owe to Animals? AS.060.113 (22)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Powell, Kevin Matthew (Kevin)
Room: Gilman 377
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (23)
Expository Writing: No Justice No Peace?
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Kirmizidag, Nur
Gilman 134
Expository Writing: No Justice No Peace? AS.060.113 (23)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Kirmizidag, Nur
Room: Gilman 134
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (24)
Expository Writing: A Right of Self-Defense?
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Lester, Quinn A (Quinn)
Gilman 277
Expository Writing: A Right of Self-Defense? AS.060.113 (24)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Lester, Quinn A (Quinn)
Room: Gilman 277
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (25)
Expository Writing: Stories from the American South
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Murphy, Jamison F
Gilman 130D
Expository Writing: Stories from the American South AS.060.113 (25)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Murphy, Jamison F
Room: Gilman 130D
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.113 (26)
Expository Writing:Repairing the “Highway to Nowhere”
MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Speller, Morris Elsmere Longley (Mo)
MSE Library Eisenberg
Expository Writing:Repairing the “Highway to Nowhere” AS.060.113 (26)
“Expos” is designed to introduce more confident student writers to the elements of academic argument. Students learn to apply “The Fundamental Structure of Academic Argument” in academic essays of their own. Classes are capped at 15 students and organized around three major essay assignments. Each course guides students’ practice through pre-writing, drafting, and revising, and includes discussions, workshops, and tutorials with the instructor. In addition to its central focus on the elements of academic argument, each “Expos” course teaches students to document sources correctly and provides its own topic or theme to engage students’ writing and thinking. Please see the following list of individual course descriptions to decide which sections of “Expos” will most interest you. “Expos” courses are available to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and to seniors by special permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Speller, Morris Elsmere Longley (Mo)
Room: MSE Library Eisenberg
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.157 (01)
Literature and Anti-slavery in the Caribbean and Beyond
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Loker, Evan (Evan)
Latrobe 120
INST-GLOBAL
Literature and Anti-slavery in the Caribbean and Beyond AS.060.157 (01)
This course provides an introduction to the texts and rhetoric of the movement that abolished slavery in the Caribbean. Among other topics, we examine: how the formerly enslaved represented their experiences of slavery; how abolitionism emerged across the West Indies, Cuba, and Haiti; and the techniques artists used to imagine radical, post-slavery worlds. Authors include: Olaudah Equiano, Mary Prince, Esteban Montejo, Frederick Douglass, Herman Melville, and Aimé Césaire (all texts will be available in English).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Loker, Evan (Evan)
Room: Latrobe 120
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/18
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL
AS.060.166 (01)
Crafting Race in 19th Century British Culture
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Makonnen, Atesede Retta (Sede)
Gilman 130D
MSCH-HUM
Crafting Race in 19th Century British Culture AS.060.166 (01)
Race is a social construct – but how does society actually create that construct? “Crafting Race in 19th-Century British Culture” explores how the idea of race was developed, deployed, and reinforced through nineteenth-century British cultural objects. Students investigate how media like literature and art produce and replicate arguments about race that justified or fought against oppression. Alongside literary texts, students will also work with advertisements, paintings, and theatrical practice. We take an intersectional approach, thinking not only about race, but also the connections between gender, class, sexuality, and disability. What are the roots of problems we think of as exclusively modern, like whitewashing in media? How has racial thinking been passed down through time and across oceans? Ultimately, our investigation aims to provide insight to modern issues of race through a better understanding of social history.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Makonnen, Atesede Retta (Sede)
Room: Gilman 130D
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/18
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.060.167 (01)
A Room of One's Own: Modernism and Privacy
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Streim, Alexander Michael
Krieger Laverty
MSCH-HUM
A Room of One's Own: Modernism and Privacy AS.060.167 (01)
Modernism is often understood as having discovered new ways of rendering private, psychological life. Writers such as James Joyce and Virginia Woolf, for instance, wrote prose that gave its readers the feeling of being inside someone’s head. But these forays into new psychological interiors were composed within particular architectural arrangements, and described particular kinds of rooms. In this course, we will consider how access to or a lack of privacy – in Woolf’s phrase, “a room of one’s own” – shapes modernist literature. As the semester continues, we will see the resonances of “privacy” expand beyond its physical meaning to include emotional, identitarian, and cultural privacies. Novelists include Woolf, CLR James, Nella Larsen, and Willa Cather; poets include Gertrude Stein, T.S. Eliot, and Wallace Stevens.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Streim, Alexander Michael
Room: Krieger Laverty
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/18
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.060.168 (01)
Visions of the Home: Communes and Collective Living in American Culture
T 4:00PM - 6:30PM
Giardini, Joseph Aurelio (Jo)
Maryland 309
Visions of the Home: Communes and Collective Living in American Culture AS.060.168 (01)
In this course, we will examine stories of intentional and communal living, attending to the ways in which narratives of home life have been shaped by larger social and historical structures. We will read autobiographical narratives, collectively written guides to structure and etiquette, satirical novels, and science fiction in order to query what the possibilities and limits of the home are envisioned to be. We will consider, among other issues: gendered labor and queer kinship; the shifting economics of housing, real estate, and rent; the formation of neighbourhoods and local identities; questions of movement, immigration, citizenship, and race; the dynamics of interpersonal conflict in intimate spaces; and how questions of familial belonging and kinship affect one’s sense of home.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 4:00PM - 6:30PM
Instructor: Giardini, Joseph Aurelio (Jo)
Room: Maryland 309
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/18
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.207 (01)
William Shakespeare
F 11:00AM - 11:50AM, MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Daniel, Andrew
Gilman 132 Gilman 186
ENGL-LEC
William Shakespeare AS.060.207 (01)
Who was William Shakespeare, and what can his poems, histories, comedies and tragedies tell us about our overlap with, and divergences from, the early modern world?
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: F 11:00AM - 11:50AM, MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Daniel, Andrew
Room: Gilman 132 Gilman 186
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/20
PosTag(s): ENGL-LEC
AS.060.207 (02)
William Shakespeare
F 11:00AM - 11:50AM, MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Daniel, Andrew
Gilman 132 Maryland 217
ENGL-LEC
William Shakespeare AS.060.207 (02)
Who was William Shakespeare, and what can his poems, histories, comedies and tragedies tell us about our overlap with, and divergences from, the early modern world?
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: F 11:00AM - 11:50AM, MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Daniel, Andrew
Room: Gilman 132 Maryland 217
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/20
PosTag(s): ENGL-LEC
AS.060.217 (01)
Time Travel
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Rosenthal, Jesse Karl
Hodson 311 Krieger 304
ENGL-LEC, MSCH-HUM
Time Travel AS.060.217 (01)
Why is time travel such a consistent and perplexing theme in literature and film over the last 150 years? Why is modernity so concerned with peeking backwards or forwards? This course will examine the history of time-travel fiction, from its beginning in utopian fiction through its box-office dominance in the 1980s, and into today.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Rosenthal, Jesse Karl
Room: Hodson 311 Krieger 304
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): ENGL-LEC, MSCH-HUM
AS.060.217 (02)
Time Travel
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Rosenthal, Jesse Karl
Hodson 311 Krieger 300
ENGL-LEC, MSCH-HUM
Time Travel AS.060.217 (02)
Why is time travel such a consistent and perplexing theme in literature and film over the last 150 years? Why is modernity so concerned with peeking backwards or forwards? This course will examine the history of time-travel fiction, from its beginning in utopian fiction through its box-office dominance in the 1980s, and into today.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Rosenthal, Jesse Karl
Room: Hodson 311 Krieger 300
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/20
PosTag(s): ENGL-LEC, MSCH-HUM
AS.060.221 (01)
The Modernist Novel: Consciousness and Crisis
MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Mao, Douglas
Ames 218 Krieger Laverty
ENGL-LEC, MSCH-HUM
The Modernist Novel: Consciousness and Crisis AS.060.221 (01)
A course on key novels written in Britain or its former colonies between 1900 and 1960. Major attention to the meanings of modernism across the arts as well as innovations in prose fiction.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Mao, Douglas
Room: Ames 218 Krieger Laverty
Status: Open
Seats Available: 16/20
PosTag(s): ENGL-LEC, MSCH-HUM
AS.060.221 (02)
The Modernist Novel: Consciousness and Crisis
MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Mao, Douglas
Ames 218 MSE Library Eisenberg
ENGL-LEC, MSCH-HUM
The Modernist Novel: Consciousness and Crisis AS.060.221 (02)
A course on key novels written in Britain or its former colonies between 1900 and 1960. Major attention to the meanings of modernism across the arts as well as innovations in prose fiction.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Mao, Douglas
Room: Ames 218 MSE Library Eisenberg
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/20
PosTag(s): ENGL-LEC, MSCH-HUM
AS.060.313 (01)
Literature of the Settler Revolution
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Hickman, Jared W
Gilman 288
ENGL-GLOBAL
Literature of the Settler Revolution AS.060.313 (01)
The nineteenth century saw the creation of an “Angloworld” as a result of what one historian has called “the settler revolution.” In perhaps the largest mass migration in human history, millions of English-speakers (and others) invaded Indigenous worlds in what have consequently come to be known as the United States, Canada, and Australia. This seminar offers an introduction to nineteenth-century Indigenous and settler Anglophone writing in the US, Canada, and Australia with a view to understanding the role of literature in inciting, interrogating, and resisting this settler revolution.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Hickman, Jared W
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Open
Seats Available: 14/18
PosTag(s): ENGL-GLOBAL
AS.060.341 (01)
Milton
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Achinstein, Sharon
Maryland 309
ENGL-PR1800
Milton AS.060.341 (01)
This class will study Milton’s poetry and prose across the whole of his writing career, with special attention to Paradise Lost, the great epic poem retelling the story of the fall of humankind. We will consider Milton’s literary background, his contemporary political and social milieu, as well as critical debates that surrounding the poet, who was accused of being ‘of the devil’s party.’ Pre-1800 course.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Achinstein, Sharon
Room: Maryland 309
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/18
PosTag(s): ENGL-PR1800
AS.060.354 (01)
Literature of the Sea
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Nurhussein, Nadia
Croft Hall B32
ENGL-GLOBAL
Literature of the Sea AS.060.354 (01)
In this course, we will read 19th- and 20th-century American and British literature about the sea, using an approach informed by recent scholarship in what has been called Blue Humanities or Oceanic Studies.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Nurhussein, Nadia
Room: Croft Hall B32
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/18
PosTag(s): ENGL-GLOBAL
AS.060.362 (01)
Medicine in Renaissance Literature
F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Daniel, Andrew
Gilman 400
ENGL-PR1800, MSCH-HUM
Medicine in Renaissance Literature AS.060.362 (01)
From quacks to plague, from humoralism to hypochondria, this course explores how early modern literature represents and occasionally satirizes medicine. Authors include Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne, Nashe, Browne and Moliere.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Daniel, Andrew
Room: Gilman 400
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/18
PosTag(s): ENGL-PR1800, MSCH-HUM
AS.060.368 (01)
Early/Modern/Cucks
T 4:15PM - 6:45PM
Lewis, Alexander (Alex)
Maryland 114
Early/Modern/Cucks AS.060.368 (01)
A cuckold (“cuck” for short) is a man whose wife cheats on him. Jokes about cuckolds and cuckoldry are everywhere in Renaissance literature (especially in Shakespeare), but by the 19th century, society had moved beyond such crude forms of humor. Or so we thought. In the last ten years, America has witnessed a shocking resurgence of cucks and cuckoldry, from online pornography to extremist right-wing discourse. In Early/Modern/Cucks we study the literature of this troubling obsession, reading a range of early modern authors from England, Italy, France, and Spain (all texts will be read in translation).
How does what we learn and what we call knowledge matter? Is it clear what “knowledge” means? Does it have the same meaning historically, across different academic disciplines and in daily life? Never have such questions been more relevant than in these volatile times.
This course offers a literary and theoretical inquiry into the matter of knowledge/s. Through works by authors from diverse, interdisciplinary traditions including German and American thought and literature, as well as critical, Black, feminist, and queer theory, we will address alternative epistemologies that operate with “partial” or “unfinished” models of knowledge. Thus, students will become familiar with difficult, influential material from various disciplines, while focusing less on judgment and more on dialogical aspects of knowing.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Nitis, Maya
Room: Gilman 130G
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/15
PosTag(s): INST-PT
AS.211.477 (01)
Renaissance Witches and Demonology
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Stephens, Walter E
Renaissance Witches and Demonology AS.211.477 (01)
Who were the witches? Why were they persecuted for hundreds of years? Why were women identified as the witches par excellence? How many witches were put to death between 1400 and 1800? What traits did European witch-mythologies share with other societies? After the witch-hunts ended, how did “The Witch” go from being “monstrous” to being “admirable” and even “sexy”? Answers are found in history and anthropology, but also in medicine, theology, literature, folklore, music, and the visual arts, including cinema.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Stephens, Walter E
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 24/50
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.213.407 (01)
German Media Theory
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Pfannkuchen, Antje
Gilman 418
INST-CP
German Media Theory AS.213.407 (01)
German Media Theory is an advanced course for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, giving an introduction and overview of the specifically German version of Media Studies that first gained traction in the 1980s. The term media refers not just to mass media but more broadly to devices that process, transfer and store information, reaching from the alphabet that changed the culture of writing, or the printing press made famous as the foundation of the ‘Gutenberg galaxy’ to computers and smart phones dominating our current lives. In this course we will cut across disciplinary boundaries to explore the multifaceted roots and formations of German media theory which combine literary poststructuralism, histories of science and technology, psychoanalysis, cybernetics, art history, and philosophy among other fields. Readings include works by Friedrich Kittler, Bernhard Siegert, Cornelia Vismann, Wolfgang Ernst, Walter Benjamin, Niklas Luhmann, Michel Foucault, Marshall McLuhan and many others. The course will be taught in English and all readings will be available in English.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Pfannkuchen, Antje
Room: Gilman 418
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/15
PosTag(s): INST-CP
AS.300.402 (01)
What is a Person? Humans, Corporations, Robots, Trees
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Siraganian, Lisa Michele
Gilman 208
What is a Person? Humans, Corporations, Robots, Trees AS.300.402 (01)
Knowing who or what counts as a person seems straightforward, until we consider the many kinds of creatures, objects, and artificial beings that have been granted—or demanded or denied—that status. This course explores recent debates on being a person in culture, law, and philosophy. Questions examined will include: Should trees have standing? Can corporations have religious beliefs? Could a robot sign a contract? Materials examined will be wide-ranging, including essays, philosophy, novels, science fiction, television, film. No special background is required.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Siraganian, Lisa Michele
Room: Gilman 208
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.360.133 (01)
Freshman Seminar: Great Books at Hopkins
T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Patton, Elizabeth (Elizabeth)
Mergenthaler 111 Mergenthaler 431
Freshman Seminar: Great Books at Hopkins AS.360.133 (01)
Students attend lectures by an interdepartmental group of Hopkins faculty and meet for discussion in smaller seminar groups; each of these seminars is led by one of the course faculty. In lectures, panels, multimedia presentations, and curatorial sessions among the University's rare book holdings, we will explore some of the greatest works of the literary and philosophical traditions in Europe and the Americas. Close reading and intensive writing instruction are hallmarks of this course; authors for Fall 2020 include Homer, Plato, Dante, John Donne, George Herbert, Christina Rosetti, Mary Shelley, Friederick Nietzsche, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Frederick Douglass.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Patton, Elizabeth (Elizabeth)
Room: Mergenthaler 111 Mergenthaler 431
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.360.133 (02)
Freshman Seminar: Great Books at Hopkins
T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Bett, Richard, Patton, Elizabeth (Elizabeth)
Mergenthaler 111 Mergenthaler 111
Freshman Seminar: Great Books at Hopkins AS.360.133 (02)
Students attend lectures by an interdepartmental group of Hopkins faculty and meet for discussion in smaller seminar groups; each of these seminars is led by one of the course faculty. In lectures, panels, multimedia presentations, and curatorial sessions among the University's rare book holdings, we will explore some of the greatest works of the literary and philosophical traditions in Europe and the Americas. Close reading and intensive writing instruction are hallmarks of this course; authors for Fall 2020 include Homer, Plato, Dante, John Donne, George Herbert, Christina Rosetti, Mary Shelley, Friederick Nietzsche, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Frederick Douglass.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Bett, Richard, Patton, Elizabeth (Elizabeth)
Room: Mergenthaler 111 Mergenthaler 111
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.360.133 (03)
Freshman Seminar: Great Books at Hopkins
T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Di Bianco, Laura (Laura), Patton, Elizabeth (Elizabeth)
Mergenthaler 111 Gilman 208
Freshman Seminar: Great Books at Hopkins AS.360.133 (03)
Students attend lectures by an interdepartmental group of Hopkins faculty and meet for discussion in smaller seminar groups; each of these seminars is led by one of the course faculty. In lectures, panels, multimedia presentations, and curatorial sessions among the University's rare book holdings, we will explore some of the greatest works of the literary and philosophical traditions in Europe and the Americas. Close reading and intensive writing instruction are hallmarks of this course; authors for Fall 2020 include Homer, Plato, Dante, John Donne, George Herbert, Christina Rosetti, Mary Shelley, Friederick Nietzsche, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Frederick Douglass.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura (Laura), Patton, Elizabeth (Elizabeth)
Room: Mergenthaler 111 Gilman 208
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.362.111 (01)
Introduction to African American Studies
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Jackson, Lawrence P
Hackerman 320
Introduction to African American Studies AS.362.111 (01)
This is the gateway class to the study of African American life, culture, politics and history in the United States and the Caribbean. African American Studies is a multi-disciplinary field of study that includes history, social sciences, literature and the arts. This academic discipline is often taught under parallel terms emphasizing related geographies and identifying concepts: Black Studies, Afro-American Studies, Africana Studies, Pan-African Studies and African Diaspora Studies. Unlike every other modern academic discipline in the college, African American Studies was founded because of a social and political revolution. The class has two purposes, operating in tandem: (1) provide students with a generous historical, political and cultural overview of the lives of African descendants in the western hemisphere, but principally in North America; (2) explicitly address the problem of regularized systemic inequality in American society as a response to and an attempt to dominate a core nugget of identity difference that is the operative mechanism in black protest, resistance and revolt. This is a difference that includes, but is not limited by or reducible to morphology, culture, history, and ontology. We accept as an operating principle that an inquiry into an enslaved group of nonwestern human beings marked by difference cannot rely solely on the western episteme for its excavation. Thus, we will examine a body of diverse evidence during the semester, works of literature, history, sociology, political science, music and film. The course requirements include essays, examinations, and presentations.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Jackson, Lawrence P
Room: Hackerman 320
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.362.201 (01)
African American Poetry and Poetics
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Nurhussein, Nadia
Maryland 201
African American Poetry and Poetics AS.362.201 (01)
In this course, we will follow the development of black poetry primarily as it has evolved in the United States. Beginning with the first published African American writers of the eighteenth century and ending with several important poets writing and performing today, we will consider the shape of the African American poetic tradition as commonly anthologized and as defined by our own theoretically-informed readings of the assigned literature. Attention will be given to both canonical and neglected literary movements and groups. Readings will include poetry and essays by Frances E.W. Harper, James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Amiri Baraka, Harryette Mullen, Tracie Morris, and others.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Nurhussein, Nadia
Room: Maryland 201
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.300.318 (01)
Creating the Jazz Image
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Ince, Ezgi
Gilman 208
Creating the Jazz Image AS.300.318 (01)
What is jazz? What do we think of when we hear the term “jazz culture”? Where does it stand and how does it function in American culture and social history? In this course, we will look at ways in which jazz and one of its fundamental elements, improvisation, influence and is influenced by other forms of art. We will look at both at the history of the music and its relation to painting, design, photography, poetry, fiction, dance and film, as well as its impact on forming identities, social structures and political questions. We will discuss the role of jazz within the wider frameworks of race, gender, ethnicity, class, and nationality, as well as its status as an entertainment and art form up until late-60s.
