100. Introduction to Afro-American Studies. (4). (SS).
In this thematic approach to an understanding of Black folks
in the United States, we will take a multidisciplinary look at
African America. Although I have selected a pair of exemplary
novels as the twin anchors for this course, we will learn about
a variety of non-literary "stuff" – rural gardens, archaeological
digs, soul food, or the blues – that will refer to, augment, and heighten our readings of those two twentieth century classics.
Be prepared to use your eyes and ears: along with the lectures
and readings, documentary and feature film productions will be
screened during regular class meetings; we ll also be listening
to music from time to time. In addition to Toni Morrison's Beloved
and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, assigned texts may
include such works as Mules and Men, By the Work of Their
Hands, and Blues People, and/or other books representative
of this cultural approach to African American studies. Cost:2
WL:4 (Zafar)
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348/Dance 358. Dance in Culture:
Origins of Jazz Dance. (3). (Excl).
Section 001 – Dances of Latinas/Latinos. For Fall Term, 1997, this course is offered jointly with American Culture 311.001.
(Velez Aguayo)
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358. Topics in Black World
Studies. (3). (Excl). May be elected for a total
of 6 credits.
Section 002 – Gender in Caribbean Society. In this course, we will look at how gender has operated across history, across the social field (in different social institutions and practices), and across race and class groups in the Caribbean, focusing on
women in the English-speaking sub-region. Throughout the course
we will try to bring women to life by understanding how they both
suffer and resist indignities, and attempt to invent their own
lives and livelihoods. Particular attention will be paid to how
race, ethnicity, class and gender interact in the formation of
male and female identities. Students will write two take-home
exams, and do a final paper and related presentation. Open to
but not restricted to CEW evening program students. (Green)
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458. Issues in Black World Studies. (3). (Excl).
May be elected for a total of 6 credits.
Section 001 – Slavery and Abolition in Brazil: Current Themes
in Comparative Perspective. For Fall Term, 1997, this section
is offered jointly with History 478.
(Machado)
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521/Soc. 521. African American Intellectual Thought. Senior
standing. (3). (Excl).
Section 001 – Paradigms of Social Progress. The purpose of this course is to explore some debates and arguments constructed
by African American scholars on the "Negro Problem."
The objective will be to ascertain how African American scholarly
debate and commentary has framed definitions of, and has posed
solutions for, the social condition of the African-American community throughout the twentieth century. More specifically, we will consider
how these scholars framed their arguments within larger intellectual
and disciplinary frameworks. In doing so, we will attend to the
historical contexts that circumscribe these arguments. This course
will involve seminar-style discussion. Students will be evaluated
on a research paper that explores some dimension of African American
scholarly inquiry on a social issue of pertinence to Black Americans.
There also will be brief written assignments that will facilitate the development of the term paper. Cost:2
WL:2 (Young)
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103. First Year Seminar in American Studies. Limited
to Freshpersons and Sophomores. (3). (HU).
Section 001 – History and Legacy of the Salem Witchcraft Trials.
For Fall Term, 1997, this section is offered jointly with History
197.006. (DuPuis)
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496. Social Science Approaches to American Culture.
(3). (Excl). May be repeated for credit with permission
of concentration advisor.
Section 005 – Ethnic Entrepreneurship as Urban History. This
course surveys the history of Ethnic entrepreneurship in urban
America. African American entrepreneurship is the primary, although
not exclusive, focus. The intent of the course is to (1) strengthen the students knowledge of minority entrepreneurship, (2) to examine the history and tradition of African American entrepreneurship
in the face of systematic discrimination, prejudice and oppression, (3) examine myths and stereotypes that exist relevant to African
American entrepreneurship, (4) explore internal issues and debates
within the African American community regarding Black Capitalism
and Black economic development, (5) compare and contrast African
American entrepreneurial experiences and issues with other immigrant
entrepreneurs such as Latinos and Asians, and (6) contribute to the development and understanding of African American and other
ethnic entrepreneurs. The course pack is available from Michigan
Documents. This course has an optional oral history component
by permission of instructor for an additional 2 credit hours.
(Brown)
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458. Topics in Cultural Anthropology. Permission
of instructor. (3). (Excl). May be repeated once for a total of
6 credits.
Section 002 – Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology.
This course is designed to serve as a useful, practical introduction
to the variety of research methods – both qualitative and quantitative
- that are employed in anthropological research, with special
emphasis accorded to foreign community-level fieldwork and to the problems and pitfalls of actually employing these various
methods under fieldwork conditions. In readings and class discussions, we will focus on such issues as defining a research problem and formulating an ensemble of research strategies with which to attack
it; the strengths and limitations of various research methods; the triumphs and tragedies of others' fieldwork experiences and what we might learn from them; and research ethics. Students will
acquire hands-on experience in applying these methods in class
research projects, and students who are either planning or already
engaged in anthropological research projects will be offered the
opportunity to discuss their projects with the class. (Fleisher)
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Buddhist Studies 401. Beginning Classical Tibetan. (3). (LR).
This course is designed to train students of Buddhist Studies
in the basic skills necessary for reading Tibetan literature;
it is not a class in spoken (colloquial) Tibetan. The plan of the course assumes that the students' primary interest is in the
study of Buddhist literature. Accordingly, much time will be spent
in reading Buddhist literature (autochthonous as well as in translation
from Indic languages). The course offers explanations and exercises
in the phonology of literary Tibetan ("Lhasa Dialect"), nominal derivation, syntax of the nominal particles, verbal conjugation
and suffixes, and the standard script (dbu-can ). Exercises
and readings in the first semester will be from Hahn, Ikeda, and Jaschke. In the second semester all reading exercises will be
taken directly from classical sources (primarily from the works
of Bu-ston, Taranatha, and Kamalasila). (Lopez)
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Jananese 413. Accelerated Readings in Japanese. Japanese 102 or 361. (5). (Excl).
This course will be devoted to reading articles by Japanese
scholars. In order to do so, students will first be introduced
to most of the grammatical structures. The instructor will check
your understanding of the grammar and reading samples. Finally, we will, if possible, go over Chinese materials. Cost:2 WL:3 (Unedaya)
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Japanese 450. Undergraduate Seminar in Japanese Literature. Japanese
401 or 402, or permission of instructor. Knowledge of Japanese
is not required. (3). (Excl). May be elected for a total of 6
credits with permission of the instructor.
This course will examine a decade that was turbulent and contradictory
in Japan as in many other parts of the world, and in many similar
ways. this was a period characterized by student and labor protests, the rise of the ecology and anti-nuclear movements, and the beginnings
of the women's movement, all paralleled by increasing emphasis
on social stability as symbolized by the nuclear family, private
ownership of homes and cars, and high economic growth. Through
our readings of fiction and other narrative forms (film, drama)
we will explore the relationship between these cultural products
and 1960s social currents. Primary readings will include the work
of Oe Kenzaburo, Abe Kobo, Oba Minako, Ibuse Masuji and Kono Taeko.
Secondary readings will include literary and film criticism, and readings addressing the social and political history of the 1960s
in Japan, and in the United States and Europe as well. All readings
will be in English, however students with reading ability in Japanese
may have the opportunity to read some items in their original
form. Regular attendance and active participation, in-class presentations, several short papers and a long final essay are required. (Orbaugh)
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Japanese 475. Japanese Cinema. A knowledge of Japanese
is not required. (3). (Excl). Special fee (not to exceed $20)
required.
Section 001 – Out of Asia: Asian Cinema. Come explore the
rich variety and exciting films of Asia, from India to Korea, from anime to the Chinese 5th generation. (Nornes)
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120. Frontiers of Astronomy. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Astro. 125. (3). (NS).
We will study astronomy against the backdrop of astrophysics, with a special emphasis on current topics such as black holes, dark matter, expansion of the universe and formation of structures
in the universe. We will highlight observations from NASA's Great
Observatory program, which features the Hubble Space Telescope, and from the new generation of large telescopes on Earth. (Bregman)
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122. The Origin of the Elements and the History of Matter.
(3). (NS).
Our study will take us from the beginning of time to the end
of the Universe, and from the smallest elementary particles to
distant quasars. This seminar will focus on the creation of the
elements, which were made in the Big Bang (the light elements)
and in the centers of stars (the heavier elements). We will learn
how clues to the history of matter were found in abundance patterns
in a variety of astronomical objects. (Cowley)
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125. Observational Astronomy. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Astro. 120. (4). (NS).
Astronomy is an observational science that requires obtaining, reducing, and analyzing data. Topics to be featured include measuring the distances to the Moon, measuring the size and expansion rate
of the Universe, the moons of Jupiter, the evolution of stars, the creation of the elements and the cosmic background radiation
of the Big Bang. Supplemented by evening laboratories, students
will work with telescopes and data as well as read on topics of
major interest to the field.
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402. Stellar Astrophysics. Math. 216, and prior or concurrent enrollment in Phys. 340. (3). (Excl). (BS).
This course is a survey of stellar astronomy and astrophysics, building upon an elementary background of basic physics: mechanics, and interaction of radiation and matter (atomic spectra). No astronomy
course is a prerequisite, although students who have not had any
astronomy may find it helpful to read an introductory text book
for overviews. Course topics: basic stellar data; celestial mechanics
and binary stars; stellar atmospheres and abundances of the chemical
elements; stellar interiors, evolution, and nucleosynthesis; space
distributions and motions of stars in the Galaxy. Course work
includes homework exercises, hour exams, and a final exam. Text: Fundamental Astronomy, 3rd ed., by Karttunen et al.
(eds.) For additional information, visit http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu:80/users/cowley/
Cost:2 WL:3 (Cowley)
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489/NR&E 430. Soil Properties and Processes. Introductory biology and chemistry. (3). (Excl). (BS). Laboratory fee ($25) required. Satisfies a Biology laboratory requirement.
Soil as a central component of terrestrial ecosystems, with
a particular emphasis on physical, chemical, microbiological processes
as they are related to plant growth. Quantitative analysis and interpretation of field and laboratory data are stressed throughout the course. Temperate forest ecosystems are the primary focus
of the course; however, numerous examples are drawn from boreal, temperate, and tropical ecosystems. Knowledge of plant ecology
is beneficial and prerequisites include introductory biology and chemistry. Cost:4
WL:2 (Zak)
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510(610)/Chem. 510. Biophysical Chemistry I. Chem. 463, Biol. Chem. 415, or Chem 420; permission of course director. (3). (Excl).
See Chemistry 510. (Zuiderweg)
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510(Biophysics 610)/Biophysics 510. Biophysical Chemistry I. Chem. 463, Biol. Chem. 415, or Chem 420; permission of course director. (3). (Excl).
This course is the first or a two-term Biophysical Chemistry
series 510/511, but it can be taken as stand-alone course as well.
The course offers an overview of protein, nucleic acid, lip and carbohydrate structures. Intra- and inter-molecular forces, helix-coil
transitions and protein folding will be treated in a thermodynamical
context. Thermodynamics of solutions, configurational statistics, ligand interactions, multi-site interactions and cooperativity
are treated in depth. Kinetics of protein-ligand binding, including
electron transfer and ligand diffusion are discussed. Chemistry
510 will introduce and explain the physico-chemical properties
of biological macromolecules and their complexes, mostly in solution.
Currently, biophyical, biochemical and pharmaco-chemical research
literature is full with papers interpreting the properties of
biological macromolecules on the the basis of their three-dimensional
structure. This course will expand on that concept by offering
a rigorous background in energetics, folding, interactions, and dynamics. As such the course is important to any student who has
to deal with the concepts of biomolecular function and structure
such as biochemists, biophysicists, mathematical biologists, and molecular pharmacologists. This course will also serve as a basis
for the graduate student who will be specializing in any of these
topics for thesis research.Molecular dynamics will be introduced.
Instructional material: Cantor and Shimmel, Biophysical Chemistry, Part I and III and Creighton, Proteins, Structures and Molecular
Properties. Evaluation: homework (50%), midterm exam (20%) and final exam (30%). (Zuiderweg)
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538/Macromolecular Science 538. Organic Chemistry of Macromolecules. Chem. 215/216 and Chem. 230 or 340. (3). (Excl). (BS).
Chemistry of monomer and polymer synthesis; Mechanistristic
analysis of reactions. Stereochemistry of polymer structures both
natural and synthetic. Scope of subject matter: free radical and ionic polymerization, condensation polymerization, ring opening
and nonclassical polymerization. Special topics from the recent
literature. (Pugh)
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Classical Civilization 121. First-year Seminar in Classical
Civilization (Composition). (4). (Introductory Composition).
Section 001 – Ancient Greek Historical Writing: Herodotus and Thucydides. This course will focus on two major ancient Greek
historians, Herodotus and Thucydides. By comparing these historians
in terms of the themes of their histories, their narrative style, and their political, philosophical and religious views, we shall
gain insight not only into the ancients' perception of themselves
and their past, but also into how each of these historians conceived
of historical change and the task of historical writing. We shall
also explore the idea of cultural difference both between the
Greeks and other cultures and between Greeks within the Greek
world in the works of these historians. Readings from the historians
will be supplemented with readings from other contemporary writers
including the tragic and comic poets. Sample Reading List (approximately
100-200 pages of reading per meeting): Herodotus, Histories;
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War; Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus; Aristophanes, Knights; J.Gould, Herodotus; S.Hornblower, Thucydides. Requirements: three short papers and one class report. (Forsdyke)
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Latin 421/Education D421. Teaching of Latin. Junior standing in Latin and permission of instructor. (3). (Excl).
A workshop-type course designed to provide prospective secondary
and college teachers with the skills necessary to analyze structures
and texts and to design instructional materials and class presentations.
The course will also introduce the students to those aspects of
modern linguistic theories that have practical application to
teaching and learning Latin. Cost:1
WL:3 (Knudsvig)
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Latin 426. Practicum. Junior or senior standing, and permission of instructor. (3). (Excl).
Permission of the instructor is required to elect Latin 426.
Students must submit a plan for a project related to the teaching
of Latin. The course is designed for students who wish to continue
work begun in Latin 421. Cost:1
WL:3 (Knudsvig)
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Latin 591. History of Roman Literature, Beginnings to Cicero. Approximately eight credits in advanced Latin reading courses. (3). (Excl).
A survey of the development of Roman literature from the beginnings
of the Augustan age, including epic, drama, lyric, oratory, and the beginnings of philosophy. Lectures, assigned readings, and reports. (D.O. Ross)
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439. Seminar in Journalistic Performance. (1-4). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of eight credits.
This course will evaluate media coverage of the U.S. Supreme
Court, in the context of long-range factors affecting the ability
of news media to function in a democracy. This seminar will examine the scope and content of news reporting on major cases before the court. How accurately, fairly and adequately do news organizations
cover the cases as they proceed through the legal system? Do the
media help the American public gain a broad public impact of each
case? In addition to an overview of media coverage of the major
current and recent cases, each student will select one new case
under consideration by the court this term and study in detail
how well it is being covered by the different media. Cost:2
WL:1 (Collings)
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459. Seminar in Media Systems. Comm. Studies 351 or 371 strongly recommended. (3). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
This course will investigate coverage of foreign news as a
reflection of the structure and function of media systems. What
factors influence decisions as to how much coverage to give to
developments overseas, at the UN, and at the State Department?
What criteria do the media use for deciding which events to cover
and at what length, and how valid are these criteria? What value
systems do they reflect? How successfully do the media make foreign
news relevant to American readers and viewers? What special problems
do foreign correspondents face? Cost:2
WL:1 (Craig)
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489. Seminar in Media Effects. Comm. Studies 361 or 381 strongly recommended. (3). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
This seminar seeks to explore phenomena related to the impact
of Mass Communication exposure on the individualsí affective
states. Toward this end, several topics will be discussed including the definition of mood, affect, and emotion and the impact of
media presentations on each; an examination of how affect can
influence the encoding and decoding of information, selection
of content, priming and other cognitive information processing;
and an overview of some recent studies conducted in the mass communication
discipline and others which link affect and media exposure. Cost:2 WL:1
(Salomonson)
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430. Comparative Studies in Fiction. Upperclass
standing. (3). (HU). May be repeated for a total of nine credits.
Section 001 – Narratives: From Gilgamesh to Mahfouz. This
course is a literary reflection on the history of the Middle East through its narratives, from Gilgamesh to Mahfouz. Against the
backdrop of orality and literacy, memory and imagination, storytelling
and fiction, we will follow the different phases of the art of
storytelling as the prevalent narrative, and examine the impact
of the introduction of the novel's genre into that region. Three
basic topics will be discussed comparatively (in a seminar format):
stories from the Bible and Koran on the background of the ancient
Near Eastern literatures; Medieval Arab and Jewish tales; points
of convergence and departure in the modern literatures of the
Middle East. Texts will include a selection (in English translation)
from: The Epic of Gilgamesh, ancient Egyptian tales, The Bible, The Koran, Arab and Jewish Medieval texts, tales from The Thousand and One Nights, and Modern Arab and Hebrew
writers. Different theoretical writings, on the art of narrative
and the issues of orality and literacy, will also be consulted.
Students will be evaluated through an oral presentation and a
term paper. (Shammas)
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478/EECS 478. Logic Circuit Synthesis and Optimization. CS 270 and CS 303, and senior or graduate standing. (4). (Excl). (BS).
Advanced design of logic circuits. Technology constraints. Theoretical foundations. Computer-aided design algorithms. Two-level and multilevel optimization of combinational circuits. Optimization of finite-state machines. High-level synthesis techniques: modeling, scheduling, and binding. Verification of testing.
492/EECS 492. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. CS 380. (4). (Excl). (BS).
Fundamental concepts of AI, organized around the task of building computational agents. Core topics include search, logic, representation and reasoning, automated planning, decision making under uncertainty, and machine learning.
589/EECS 589. Advanced Computer Networks. CS 489. (4). (Excl). (BS).
Advanced topics and research issues in computer networks. Topics include routing protocols, multicast delivery, congestion control, quality of service support, network security, pricing and accounting, and wireless access and mobile networking. Emphasis is placed on performance trade-offs in protocol and architecture designs. Readings assigned from research publications. A course project allows in-depth exploration of topics of interest.
435. Financial Economics. Econ. 401 and 405. (3). (Excl).
This class introduces the economic analysis of financial markets
and financial decision making. Topics covered include asset pricing theory (the valuation of stocks, bonds, and options), net present
value analysis, portfolio management, and financial market organization
and behavior. The course develops the capacity to analyze investment
strategies and policy issues from the standpoint of economic theory
(as opposed to conventional wisdom). Our main objectives are to
understand WHY the financial markets work the way they do, to
develop useful tools for the analysis of investment opportunities, and to use economic methods to think critically about policy issues
such as government regulation of financial markets and the taxation
of investment returns. Students will gain experience with actual
financial markets through guest lectures from market professionals, tracking their own "model portfolios," and regular reading
of The Wall Street Journal. (Hussman)
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491/Hist. 491. The History
of the American Economy. Econ. 101 and 102. (3).
(Excl).
This course examines the economic history of the United States
from colonial settlement to World War II. We will focus on the
sources of the country's economic growth, trends in income distribution, regional integration, and changes in political-economic institutions.
We will pay particular attention to the role of government policy
in influencing economic outcomes. Students will be evaluated on the basis of weekly essays, midterm and final exams, and class
discussion. Cost:3
WL:1 (Levenstein)
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227. Introductory Playwriting. (3). (CE).
In this course, we will write a one act play. We will start
with the first whisperings of an idea, then nuture it, develop
it, workshop it, and by the end of the term we will share our
work in a public reading. Class time will be divided in three
ways: (1) Writing games to stir imagination, touch passion, inspire
ideas, explore voice. (2) Lectures on story telling priciples
and dramatic structure common to plays, screenplays and teleplays.
(3) Discussions of student writing. Other assignments will include
reading plays, keeping a journal and meeting regularly with the
instructor. Ambitious students are encouraged to write more than
a one act play, e.g., a series of 10 minute plays or
a first draft of a full length play. (Hammond)
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239. What is Literature?
Prerequisite for concentrators in the Regular Program
and in Honors. (3). (HU).
Section 004. If literature is always historical, in that
it arises from and speaks to a particular culture in time and space, how do we respond to works of literature that weren't written
with us in mind? What does it mean to study an ancient text? To
read it for pleasure? Can we appreciate an ancient work on its
own terms, without judging it from a contemporary perspective?
In this section of English 239 we will be reading works from the
past (selections from The Iliad, Le Morte D'Arthur, and King Lear beside contemporary novels that either recreate
past worlds (Christa Wolf's Cassandra, Bradley's Mists
of Avalon) or enable us to interpret present conditions in
terms of the literary past (Smiley's A Thousand Acres).
There will be a reader containing various essays in literary theory.
Plan on two short papers and one longer term paper. (Tanke)
Section 006. We will approach the potentially overwhelming question "what is literature?" by (1) exploring a selection of novels, short stories and plays that offer frequently groundbreaking visions of what a piece of imaginative writing can accomplish; (2) examining the methods and approaches by which contemporary critics have addressed this question; and (3) discussing, practicing, and refining the ways in which we, as students of literature, can offer our own compelling responses. We will focus on texts by such authors as William Shakespeare, Charlotte Brontë, William Faulkner, and Toni Morrison. Cost:2 (Egger)
Section 013. The purpose of this section is to introduce
you to a wide range of the critical concepts and issues you are
likely to encounter in other English courses. To that end, we
will read some very different works – a couple of "classics"
and some contemporary works – along with various critical responses.
The course will also have a practical research component, including
a field trip to the library. Texts (at Shamman Drum): Hamlet, Endgame, Cloud 9, Wuthering Heights, Beloved, and a course
pack (at Accucopy). Requirements: faithful and enthusiastic attendance, participation, 3 short exercises, an 8 page paper, an oral report, a mid-term, and a final. (Herold)
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240. Introduction to Poetry.
Prerequisite for concentrators in the Regular Program
and in Honors. (3). (HU).
Section 013. This course will introduce you to the pleasures
and challenges of reading poems, poets, and poetry. You will learn
how to analyze poems written in English over the past four centuries, how to interpret poets within their historical and literary context, and how to write critical essays about poetry. Special attention
will be paid to the analysis of poetic forms, beginning with the
sonnet and a study of various meters, and you will be asked to
memorize a poem as well. The course will proceed by class discussion, student presentations, and a series of informal writing assignments.
You will also write three short papers, with an emphasis on revision; there will be occasional quizzes, but no final exam. (Prins)
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305. Introduction to Modern English. Recommended for students preparing to teach English. (3). (HU).
How do we structure and use the language we speak and write
from day to day? What are its major levels of formal organization?
How is this formal organization related to human nature, psychology, social context, aesthetic intention, personal expression, etc.?
How do we adapt the language that we speak and write to various
purposes? How does the language we speak reflect and define our
identities – geographical, social, and personal. This course is
a survey of the structure and use of Modern English with applications
to literature and other genres, both spoken and written. During the course, we will survey the major levels of formal organization
in our language (phonetics, phonology, prosody, morphology, syntax, and discourse) and their use in a range of contexts – poetry, prose fiction, conversation, personal narrative, advertising, unscripted commentary, etc. The requirements for the
course will be a final exam and two medium-length papers of close
stylistic analysis, one on a written genre and one on an oral
genre. Cost:4
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317. Literature and Culture.
(3). (HU). May be repeated for credit with department
permission.
Section 003 – Bigotry and Maturity in the Literature of Several
Cultures. This course examines some assumptions of American
culture by comparing them to related ideas in America after World
War II and in renaissance England. We will read one of Shakespeare's
plays at the beginning of units on bigotries of religion, race, and sexuality, and one in the unit on maturity. In these four
parts of the course we will read plays by Hockhuth, Jones, and Albee, novels by Ellison, Kogawa, Baldwin, Walker, Maclean, Morrison, and Kennedy, and a remembrance by Levi. Each class except the
first and last will begin with fifteen minutes of writing in response
to a question intended as preparation for discussion that follows.
In addition to these in-class papers, two 2-3 page papers will
be required as preliminary versions of two 5-6 page papers that
are the out-of-class written work of the course. No midterm or
final examination. This course satisfies the New Traditions and American Literature requirements for English concentrators. Cost:4 (Sell)
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325. Essay Writing: The Art
of Exposition. (4). (Excl).
Section 007 – True Confessions: Writing and Crime This writing-intensive
seminar explores the essay as a confessional genre, paying special
attention to truth claims, representations of self, sensationalism, and the permeable borders between fiction and non-fiction. Writing
about crime, broadly conceived, we will draw inspiration from
a variety of sources: classic essays, historical works (Carlo
Ginsburg), the Medler Crime Collection at the Clements Library
(donated by an ex-FBI agent), detective fiction (Poe, Hammet), contemporary crime writing (James Ellroy), film (Noir), and electronic
media (X-Files, World Wide Web). Questions of evidence, intellectual
property issues, and disciplinary aspects of writing will be interwoven
in class discussion. Frequent writing workshops will support experimentation, revision, and a collaborative working environment. (Gernes)
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370. Studies in Medieval
and Renaissance Literature. (4). (Excl). May be repeated
for credit with department permission.
Section 005. Texts are neither simply the products of writers
nor reflections ofhistorical events. Rather texts inform and are
informed by the world in which they are produced and circulate.
This course addresses works of medieval and early modern literature
intimately connected to their "textual environments"
of politics, religion, and socio-economic developments. We will
read and discuss a wide range of texts to explore the various
kinds of social work they perform in their environments. For example, we will investigate questions such as what texts by female mystics
have to do with political conflicts and how love poetry works
to shape gender roles. Readings will include medieval mystery
plays and Shakespearean drama, saints' lives, devotional texts, collections of tales (including the Lais of Marie de France and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales), and works by Langland, Christine
de Pisan, Skelton and Spenser. Requirements include active class
participation, three papers of moderate length, several one-page
response papers, oral presentations, and a final examination.
This course satisfies the Pre-1600 requirement for English concentrators.
(Warren)
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406/Urban Planning 406. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. (3). (Excl). Laboratory fee ($20) required.
This course provides an introduction to Geographic Information
Systems and related technologies. The course will cover basic
principles and concepts of GIS, theory and tools of spatial analysis, and a broad exposure to GIS applications. The objectives of the
course are to provide spatial information and analysis capabilities
for urban planners and those in related disciplines. Content includes
map analysis, hardware/software, nature of spatial data, data
sources and acquisition, spatial analysis and models, presentation
of output and reports, GIS trends and evaluation. The course will
consist of two one-hour lectures per week and a three-hour lab
using computer software, access to computer software for individual
projects. There will be a course pack of readings. (Levine)
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472/Urban Planning 572. Transportation and Land Use Planning. Permission of instructor. (3). (Excl).
This course explores the interrelated systems of urban transportation and urban land use to discover principles and ideas that can be useful in designing or evaluating plans that affect the two. The course covers four broad areas: 1. Transportation Planning History: What assumptions and approaches have guided domestic transportation planning in this century? How have these evolved? How good is the fit between current approaches and current conditions? 2. Transportation and Land Use Theory: What frameworks have been developed to understand the interrelationships between transportation and land use, and how might these affect how we view potential transportation planning alternatives? 3. Transportation Planning Technique: Formal approaches to modeling the urban transportation system have evolved in the past few decades. We will explore these approaches as well as their limitations. 4. Urban Transportation Policy: Alternative definitions of "the transportation problem" can lead to different directions for policy. We will explore various transportation planning concerns and approaches to dealing with them. The course will have a weekly lecture/discussion section. A weekly laboratory session of one and a half hours will also be scheduled at the first class meeting, to be matched with students' availability. Labs will be devoted to using specialized transportation software (TransCad) to analyze transportation problems, particularly within the framework of the transportation planning techniques developed in number 3, above. The last two lab sessions (somewhat expanded) will be devoted to oral presentation of course projects. TEXTBOOKS : Whiner, Edward. (1992) Urban Transportation Planning in the United States: An Historical Overview. Washington, DC: United States Department of Transportation, Technology Sharing Program. Distributed at the first class meeting. Downs, Anthony. (1992) Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution. Available for purchase at the North Campus Commons Bookstore. A course pack will be available at Michigan Document Service, Inc. upstairs at 603 Church Street, just south of South University Avenue. Permission of Instructor is required. Though the course carries no formal course prerequisites, it is highly recommended that the following courses be completed prior to taking UP572: UP504 and either UP406 or UP507. Grading will be on the basis of a midterm (30%), a course project (40%), laboratory exercises (20%), and active class time participation (10%). (Levine) Check Times, Location, and Availability
207. How the Earth Works: A Hands-On Experience. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in GS 116, 117, 118, or 120. (2). (NS). (BS).
This course involves a one-hour lecture followed by a two-hour
hands-on 'practicum.' It is intended for students interested in
environmental issues, in particular the relationship between earth
sciences and short-term (on the order of years) human concerns.
We will examine a wide range of environmental issues, such as
earthquake risks, volcanic hazards, slope stability and mass movement, minerals, fossil fuels (petroleum, natural gas and coal), surface
and groundwater pollution, solid toxic and radioactive waste disposal.
The class is aimed at all who are interested in everyday environmental
concerns and want to have an introductory, hands-on approach to
understanding and solving these problems. It is intended for non-science
students and there are no prerequisites, except for an interest
in the near future of our planet. Because you will get a solid
understanding of major environmental issues, the class can serve
as a pre-concentration requirement in environmental geology. Reading:
"Laboratory Exercises in Environmental Geology" by H.
Blatt (1994). (Walter)
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German 531/Education D431. Teaching Methods. Senior standing; and candidate for a teaching certificate. (3). (Excl).
This course is designed to provide the student with both the theoretical foundations of the teaching of German as a foreign
language on the college and school levels and practical suggestions
for how to best present material in the classroom. The major approaches
to foreign language teaching will be discussed along with their
practical implications in everyday teaching. Course requirements
include regular reading assignments and preparation for class
discussions, several short in-class presentations, short in-class
tests, and a final written paper. Teaching assistants enrolled
for this course must also participate in the departmental orientation
workshop prior to the start of the Fall Term. Cost:1
WL:1 (Dressler)
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German 540.
Introduction to German Studies. Permission of instructor.
(3). (Excl).
Section 001 – Theoretical Approaches to Goethe's Wilhelm
Meister. Instead of covering a number of texts from a single interpretive
perspective, this seminar will attempt to read and re-read one
work of fundamental importance under several different theoretical
optics in succession. We will begin by rehearsing the history
of German literary criticism by studying representative interpretations
of the Lehrjahre (Goethe's contemporaries, Jungdeutschen, Nationalliberalen, Positivismus, Geistesgeschichte, Präfaschismus, Nationalsozialismus, Werkimmanent/New Criticism, Morphological/Archetypal), and then undertake both to study interpretations typical of various
contemporary "schools" (Marxist, Sociological/New-Historical, Reader Response/Hermeneutic, Psychoanalytic, Formalist/Structuralist, Port-Structuralist, and Feminist) and to generate our own, original
interpretations in the spirit of each. Cost:2
WL:none (Amrine)
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195. The Writing of History. (4). (Introductory
Composition). This course may not be included in a history concentration.
Section 001 – Women Travelers in the Balkans, 18th Century to the Present. In this course, students will read and discuss
travel narratives of Southeastern Europe from the eighteenth century
to the present. These works, mostly by British and American women, include memoirs, letters, photographic essays, newspaper correspondence, drawings, film, and fiction. Through a series of short interpretive
papers with revisions, students will be introduced to the techniques
of historical analysis and the process of writing. A longer paper
will permit students to investigate further some of the larger
questions of politics, gender, and ethnicity raised in the course.
We will explore how foreign travelers have presented the political, social, and international events in the Balkans to Western audiences
for the past two hundred years, and how these travelers' observations
have influenced Western European and American perceptions of the
region. We will conclude the course by examining the ways contemporary
travelers and correspondents have shaped Western interpretations
of the recent war in Bosnia. (Hays)
Section 002 – America's Cold War at Home and Abroad, 1945 to the Present. The significance of America's Cold War with the Soviet Union extends far beyond international affairs. In addition to providing an organizing principle for U.S. foreign policy, it influenced domestic politics, popular culture, and even family relations. In this course, we will explore the fifty-year relationship between U.S. Cold War foreign policy and American national life. Students will examine memoirs, documents, fiction, works of history, and popular media (e.g., films, television) in order to consider the history of America's Cold War and how cultural representations and historical interpretations of the Cold War have changed over time. Assignments: Students will write three short papers evaluating in-class readings. The final assignment, a somewhat longer paper, will ask students to discuss a historical question of their choosing. Texts will include: Whitfield, Culture of the Cold War; May, Homeward Bound; Cohen, America in the Age of Soviet Power. (Gonzalez)
Section 003 – Freemasonry: Enlightenment Secret Societies and Conspiratorial Politics. From the capital cities of Europe to the smallest Midwestern American towns, and in places as far apart as Mexico and China, freemasonry aimed to "build" a better society, taking its inspiration from masonry, the craft of bricklaying. Freemasons have been charged with conspiring to undermine religion and plot revolution. They have also been credited with helping to spread the progressive ideals of the Enlightenment. They formed private clubs, met in lodges, used arcane symbols, and conducted secret rituals behind closed doors. Yet their members made an enormous impact outside, in public life: Wolfgang Mozart, George Washington, Ben Franklin, Isaac Newton, and the inventor of the guillotine were all freemasons. This course will use freemasonry as a vehicle to study several large themes in European and American history, ca. 1700-1820, including: the connections between Enlightenment thought and political life, the importance of voluntary association and "civil society," the conflicts between science and religion, issues of gender and masculinity, and the European impact on the rest of the world. Students will learn how to read and analyze primary sources and historians' own writings. Workshops will prepare them for college-level writing and critique. As a final project, students will research a primary document on freemasonry (whether an actual text, a visual image such as a sundial, an interview with a living Freemason, or a Web site on freemasonry) and prepare a 12-15 page research paper. (McNeely)
Section 004 – The Chinese Communist Revolution in History and Memory. The course will explore the history of American reactions to the Chinese communist revolution, including the journalistic accounts of the 1930s, heavily politicized accounts of the 1950s, and more recent, synthetic accounts from anthropologists, historians, and film-makers. Independent student projects will explore subsequent events such as the cultural revolution and the Tiananmen massacre. Reading assignments will be short but demand careful analysis and response. Class time will emphasize the analysis and critique of readings and student papers. (Chittick)
Section 005 – Women, War, and Revolution in Modern Europe. This course explores the relationship between women, war, and revolution in Europe between 1789 and 1945. During these periods of immense social upheaval, gender roles were dramatically reinterpreted and redefined as women actively participated on the revolutionary, home, or war fronts. Students will look at the ways that war and revolution were experienced differently by men and women, as well as by national culture, class, race, or other identities, through assigned readings. This class will also examine differing representations of women during periods of war and revolution in novels, poems, artwork, posters, and films. The class begins with the French Revolution and continues through the revolutions of 1848, the Paris Commune, the Russian Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, and the two World Wars. Women in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany will also be considered. This course is designed as a writing course and a series of writing assignments, including an historical research paper, will be required. (Comisky)
Section 006 – Defining Society: Heresy, Deviance, and Difference
in the Middle Ages. How do some people get labeled "losers"
by the societies they live in? This course will explore the heresies
of the Middle Ages to understand how societies can form perceptions
of "otherness" and come to define deviant behavior within their ranks. From the earliest controversies within Christianity
concerning issues of bravery, honesty and martyrdom, to some of the most famous later-medieval movements of violence against heretics, Jews, "witches," homosexuals and lepers, we will trace
how tradition, economics, theology, and politics combine in complex
processes to define certain groups as unacceptable, undesirable, or dangerous to the normal "order" of society. (Brophy)
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196. Freshman Seminar. (3).
(SS).
Section 001 – U.S. Foreign Policy and International Politics Since
World War II. In this seminar students will explore contemporary
international history by reading the works of some leading scholars
and discussing why they differ. Classes will focus on the conflict
and cooperation of the U.S. with other states in the Cold War, decolonization, and regional crises. But the seminar will also
analyze how non-state actors, cross-border migration, new means
of communication, and global markets are transforming the international
system as a whole. The readings will reflect the contested nature
and continuing relevance of these issues by including differing
accounts and original documents from America and abroad. Students
will be expected to participate actively in discussions and present
oral and written arguments for their own interpretations. (Connelly)
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197. Freshman Seminar. (3). (HU).
Section 006 – The History and Legacy of the Salem Witchcraft Trials.
This multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural seminar will be open
to incoming first-year students only. During the first third of the course, we will consider various historical analyses of the
events at and around Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, during which
"witchcraft" accusations were lodged against hundreds
of people, many of whom were put on trial for "witchcraft"
and over twenty of whom were eventually executed for the crime
of being a "witch." The middle third of the course will
explore the history of European "witchcraft" accusations
and trials between the 15th and 18th centuries, focusing on the
relationships between that history and the events in the New England colonies. During the final third of the course, we will examine
modern American popular culture representations of "witches"
and related images of powerful and/or dangerous women, focusing
on the multiple uses of these images from the late 19th century
to current times. This exploration will consider sources as varied
as advertising, film, fiction, cartoons, music, political campaigns, and feminist neo-pagan (Wicca) materials. Issues of gender, sexuality, race, class, and age will guide our inquiries throughout the term.
This will be a reading-intensive class. Students will be expected
to write three 3-5 page analyses of the class materials and a
5-8 page end-of-term research paper. While there may be quizzes, there will be no final exam. (DuPuis)
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Section 007 – Law, Insanity, and the Criminal Self in
Early Modern England. When is someone responsible for a crime?
Should the offender's age make a difference in the assessment
of guilt? What if he or she was drunk when the offense was committed?
This course will examine the English legal system and the definitions
of legal responsibility that evolved in English courtrooms during the early modern period (1500- 1800). In addition to a study of
criminal legal process, the course will focus on the insanity
defense as well as various other informal excuses used by defendants
to explain their crimes. In turn we will discuss the ways in which the legal system responded to these informal and unofficial pleas.
The final portion of the class will examine criminals and represnetations
of the self in early modern England. For this course we will read
both primary and secondary sources including legal documents (about
100 pages a week). Students will be required to write three papers, compile a portfolio, and lead discussions. (Rabin)
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397. History Colloquium. History concentrators
are required to elect Hist. 396 or 397. Only 12 credits of History
394, 395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 may be counted toward a concentration
plan in history. (3). (HU). May be elected for a total of 12 credits.
Section 007 – Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe. Attitudes
toward witchcraft are extremely revealing as a way to understand early modern society, community structure, gender relations, intellectual
and religious attitudes, and legal culture. The phenomenon of
witchcraft has produced an enormous array of modern reactions, ranging from historical and anthropological analyses, to satanic
and feminist revivals of witchcraft practice, to popular, senationalized
novels and movies. This course is designed to expose students
to the wide variety of mystical, political, literary, cinematic, historical and anthropological approaches taken toward the subject
of witchcraft. Students will read and interpret trial records, diaries, sermons, and modern popular and scholarly works. Geographically, material ranges from England to Russia. Course designed as a junior/
senior seminar for history majors. Requirements: participation
in weekly discussion sections, oral presentations, two short papers, and a longer research paper, which will be reviewed in draft form.
(Kivelson)
Section 008 – Autobiographies and Biographies as Sources in
Jewish History. The aim of this course is to discover early
modern Jewish history through the autobiographies and biographies
of significant individuals. Students will read memoirs, biographies, and autobiographies with the aim of exploring how these very personal
sources reveal the workings of larger communities and societies.
Particular attention will be paid to whether patterns of continuity
and/or change emerge. Some readings may include works by or about
Joseph Karo, Uriel Acosta, Gluckel of Hameln, Solomon Maimon and the Baal Shem Tov, among others. There will be up to four papers
of varying lengths. (Rosman)
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435. History of the Jews in Eastern Europe. (3). (Excl).
This course surveys the history of the Jewish communities of
Eastern Europe from their origins in the eleventh and twelfth
centuries to their destruction during World War II. These communities
were the largest and most culturally dynamic in the Jewish diaspora
from the seventeenth century until World War I and the emphasis
will be placed on developments during these centuries. (Rosman)
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478. Topics in Latin American
History. (3). (Excl).
Section 001 – Slavery and Abolition in Brazil: Current Themes
in Comparative Perspective. Abolished a little over a century
ago, slavery has left deep marks on contemporary Brazilian society
and culture. Along with the issues of race, miscegenation and national character, the burden of a slave past has remained a
central theme for successive generations of historians and social thinkers. This course will examine recent trends and tendencies
in the historical and anthropological literature dealing with
slavery and abolition in Brazil. Covering a wide range of questions
over a broad time span, the seminar brings into focus the difficult
task of projecting slaves as significant historical agents. This
involves a critical re-evaluation of concepts such as resistance, accommodation, acculturation, and autonomy, among others. Selected
readings on runaway slave communities, slave provision grounds, local exchange networks, family and kinship structures, Afro-Brazilian
religion and culture, and the slaves role in the destruction of
slavery provide a rich base for discussion. (Machado)
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491/Econ. 491. The History of the American Economy. Econ.
101 or 102. (3). (Excl).
See Economics 491. (Levenstein)
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194(210). First Year Seminar. (3). (HU).
Section 002 – The Crusades. This seminar has as its focus the Crusades to the Holy Land which took place in the 11th and 12th centuries and Muslim and Byzantine responses to them. We
will concentrate on interrelationships between the several cultures
of the European and Mediterranean worlds in the Middle Ages, examining
art and architecture which seems to express these interrelationships
and/or seems to be illuminated by an understanding of them: pictorial
publicity for the Crusades in art of the Latin West; the military
and religious architecture of the Crusaders in the Near East;
expressions of jihad and Holy War in the art of both
Christians and Muslims; Christian and Islamic representations
of the "infidel". (Gillerman)
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341. The Gothic Age. (3). (HU).
Section 001 – The Great Cathedrals. The subject of this course
is the architecture, sculpture and stained-glass painting of the
Gothic Cathedral. Emphasis will be placed on the French cathedrals
of Chartres, Reims, Amiens and Beauvais, but English and Italian
examples will also be treated. We will try to integrate a variety
of points of view, considering such issues as urban site, function, audience, patronage, finance, structure, design, and symbolism.
Two papers, midterm, final exam. (Gillerman)
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103. First Year Seminar (Social Science). (4).
(SS).
Section 001 – Dialects in Language: The Question of Identity.
Why do people who speak the same language sound so different and have such different ways of talking to each other? Why do we change the way we speak based on who we are speaking to and where we
are? How does the way we speak reveal whom we identify with, consciously
and/or unconsciously? How do we express and convey our social
identity(ies)? In this class, we will explore these questions
with the goal of understanding what these differences mean to
individuals and to groups of people, and how they are created.
The reflection of identity, power, and solidarity in language
is a central part of everyday life in every society and culture
in the world. The general aim of this class, therefore, is to
provide you with not only a greater appreciation for, and understanding
of, linguistic and cultural differences, but also with a glimpse
into how one goes about empirically exploring and analyzing these
fascinating phenomena. (Lane)
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492. Topics in Linguistics.
(3). (Excl). May be elected for credit twice.
Section 001 – Sociolinguistics and Language Change. All languages
are constantly in the process of change, and this process is sometimes
rapid and sometimes slow. The development of sociolinguistics
(social dialectology) has added a new dimension to the study of
language change by systematically seeking socially based explanations
for change. This course is about social aspects of change. We
will start by distinguishing internal (linguistic) explanations
from external (socially-based) explanations. The main part of the course will review the sociolinguistic literature as it focuses
on language change in progress, starting with the principles laid
down by William Labov and colleagues in the 1960s and proceeding
to work still in progress at the present day. We will look in
detail at the methods used and the relation of method to the kind
of interpretations put on the findings of research projects. Students
will be encouraged to be constructively critical of methods, reported
findings, and interpretations offered by researchers. In the latter
part of the course we will consider: (1) the phenomenon of language
contact as a trigger for language change and (2) projecting the
principles of sociolinguistics on to past states of language ("the
use of the present to explain the past"). The course will
be conducted as a seminar with assigned readings for class presentation
and discussion. A knowledge of the general principles of historical
linguistics may be useful, but is not necessary. Some knowledge
of phonetics/phonology is highly desirable. (Milroy) Section
002 – Learnability Seminar. What is language acquisition, in principle? In order to answer the question, this course will
explore a branch of theoretical linguistics coupled with computer
and cognitive sciences, known as Learnability Theory. The course
will examine language acquisition in the human species, discussing
in detail the four principal components that define learning (the theory actually embraces all types of learning), and then using these definitions to analyze various language acquisition models.
(Satterfield)
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519(419). Discourse Analysis.
Permission of instructor. (3). (Excl).
Text has become a recurrent metaphor for the way we make sense
of our world. This course explores how textuality has been interpreted
in various disciplines and how the analysis of texts can be useful
in answering different types of questions. Students can expect
to gain a basic knowledge of various ways of analyzing both spoken
and written texts. The course examines a variety of topics including
why the concept of text is a useful and necessary way to think
about human communication; how experience is encoded differently
in speaking versus writing; different methods of analyzing texts;
and how the analysis of texts enables us to understand such social
problems as communication in families, doctor-patient interaction, and courtroom testimony. This course is seminar in format. A high
level of student participation is expected. The course requirements
include regular writing in response to course readings, homework
assignments, and a final paper. Some background knowledge of linguistic
concepts is important. (Keller-Cohen)
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412/ChemE 412/MSE 412. Polymeric Materials. Material Sci. 350. (3). (Excl). (BS).
The synthesis, characterization, morphology, structure, and rheology of polymers. Polymers in solution and in the bulk liquid
and glassy states. Engineering and design properties including
viscoelasticity, creep, stress relaxation, yielding, crazing, and fracture. Forming and processing methods.
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512/ChemE 512/MSE 512. Polymer Physics. Senior or graduate standing in engineering or physical science. (3). (Excl). (BS).
Structure and properties of polymers as related to their composition, annealing and mechanical treatments. topics include creep, stress
relaxation, dynamic mechanical properties, viscoelasticity, transitions, fracture, impact response, dielectric properties, permeation, and morphology.
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538/Chem. 538. Organic Chemistry of Macromolecules. Chem. 215/216 and Chem. 230 or 340. (3). (Excl). (BS).
See Chemistry 538. (Pugh)
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105. Data, Functions, and Graphs. Students with credit for Math. 103 can elect Math. 105 for only 2 credits. (4). (MSA). (QR/1).
Math 105 serves both as a preparatory class to the calculus
sequences and as a terminal course for students who need only this level of mathematics. Students who complete 105 are fully
prepared for Math 115. This is a course on analyzing data by means
of functions and graphs. The emphasis is on mathematical modeling
of real-world applications. The functions used are linear, quadratic, polynomial, logarithmic, exponential, and trigonometric. Algebra
skills are assessed during the term by periodic testing. Math
110 is a condensed half-term version of the same material offered
as a self-study course through the Math Lab. The course prepares
students for Math 115
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110. Pre-Calculus (Self-Study). See Elementary Courses above. Enrollment in Math 110 is by recommendation of Math 115 instructor and override only. No credit granted to those who already have 4 credits for pre-calculus mathematics courses. (2). (Excl).
Math 110 serves both as a preparatory class to the calculus
sequences and as a terminal course for students who need only this level of mathematics. Students who complete 110 are fully
prepared for Math 115. The course is a condensed, half-term version
of Math 105 designed for students who appear to be prepared to
handle calculus but are not able to successfully complete Math
115. Students may enroll in Math 110 only on the recommendation
of a mathematics instructor after the third week of classes in the Fall and must visit the Math Lab to complete paperwork and receive course materials. The course covers data analysis by means
of functions and graphs. Math 105 covers the same material in
a traditional classroom setting. The course prepares students
for Math 115.
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295(195). Honors Mathematics I. Prior knowledge of first year calculus and permission of the Honors advisor. Credit is granted for only one course from among Math. 112, 113, 115, 185, and 295. (4). (MSA). (BS). (QR/1).
Math 295-296-395-396 is the main Honors calculus sequence.
It is aimed at talented students who intend to major in mathematics, science, or engineering. The emphasis is on concepts, problem
solving, as well as the underlying theory and proofs of important
results. Students interested in taking advanced mathematical courses
later should definitely start with this sequence. The expected
background is high school trigonometry and algebra (previous calculus
not required). This sequence is not restricted to students enrolled
in the LS&A Honors program. Real functions, limits, continuous
functions, limits of sequences, complex numbers, derivatives, indefinite integrals and applications, some linear algebra. Math
175 and Math 185 are lower-level Honors courses. Math 296 is the
intended sequel.
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422. Topics in Actuarial Mathematics I. Math.
216 or permission of instructor. (3). (Excl). (BS).
We will explore how much insurance affects the lives of students
(automobile insurance, social security, health insurance, theft
insurance) as well as the lives of other family members (retirements, life insurance, group insurance). While the mathematical models
are important, an ability to articulate why the insurance options
exist and how they satisfy the customer's needs are equally important.
In addition, there are different options available (e.g. in social
insurance programs) that offer the opportunity of discussing alternative
approaches.
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523. Risk Theory. Math. 425. (3). (Excl). (BS).
Risk management is of major concern to all financial institutions
and is an active area of modern finance. This course is relevant
for students with interests in finance, risk management, or insurance
and provides background for the professional examinations in Risk
Theory offered by the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuary
Society. Students should have a basic knowledge of common probability
distributions (Poisson, exponential, gamma, binomial, etc.)
and have at least Junior standing. Two major problems will
be considered: (1) modeling of payouts of a financial intermediary
when the amount and timing vary stochastically over time, and (2) modeling of the ongoing solvency of a financial intermediary
subject to stochastically varying capital flow. These topics will
be treated historically beginning with classical approaches and proceeding to more dynamic models. Connections with ordinary and partial differential equations will be emphasized. Classical approaches
to risk including the insurance principle and the risk-reward
tradeoff. Review of probability. Bachelier and Lundberg models
of investment and loss aggregation. Fallacy of time diversification
and its generalizations. Geometric Brownian motion and the compound
Poisson process. Modeling of individual losses which arise in
a loss aggregation process. Distributions for modeling size loss, statistical techniques for fitting data, and credibility. Economic
rationale for insurance, problems of adverse selection and moral
hazard, and utility theory. The three most significant results
of modern finance: the Markowitz portfolio selection model, the
capital asset pricing model of Sharpe, Lintner and Moissin, and (time permitting) the Black-Scholes option pricing model.
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526/Stat. 526. Discrete State Stochastic Processes. Math. 525 or EECS 501. (3). (Excl). (BS).
This is a course on the theory and applications of stochastic
processes, mostly on discrete state spaces. It is a second course
in probability which should be of interest to students of mathematics
and statistics as well as students from other disciplines in which
stochastic processes have found significant applications. The
material is divided between discrete and continuous time processes.
In both, a general theory is developed, and detailed study is
made of some special classes of processes and their applications.
Some specific topics include generating functions; recurrent events
and the renewal theorem; random walks; Markov chains; branching
processes; limit theorems; Markov chains in continuous time with
emphasis on birth and death processes and queuing theory; an introduction
to Brownian motion; stationary processes and martingales. This
course is similar to EECS 502 and IOE 515, although the latter
course tends to be somewhat more oriented to applications. The
next courses in probability are Math 625 and 626, which presuppose
substantial additional background (Math 597).
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556. Methods of Applied Mathematics I. Math. 555 or 554. (3). (Excl). (BS).
This is an introduction to methods of applied analysis with
emphasis on Fourier analysis for differential equations. Initial
and boundary value problems are covered. Students are expected
to master both the proofs and applications of major results. The
prerequisites include linear algebra, advanced calculus and complex
variables. Topics may vary with the instructor but often include:
Fourier series; separation of variables for partial differential
equations; heat conduction, wave motion, electrostatic fields;
Sturm-Liouville problems; Fourier transform; Green's functions;
distributions; Hilbert space, complete orthonormal sets; integral
operators; spectral theory for compact self-adjoint operators.
Math 454 is an undergraduate course on the same topics.
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Arabic 431(Arabic 430). Introduction to Arabic Linguistics. APTIS 202 or 403. Taught in English. (3). (Excl).
Arabic 431 is designed to provide a clear understanding of the goals of linguistic theory and training in linguistic analysis
at the phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic
and pragmatic levels. Differences and similarities between traditional
treatments of Arabic and recent analyses of Arabic within the
generative paradigm will be highlighted. The diverse and dynamic
linguistic situation in the Arabic World will be examined. Since the structure of Arabic presents a challenge to most contemporary
linguistic formalisms, there will be frequent references and discussions
of relevant theoretical questions and controversial issues. Students
will gain insights into the structure of Arabic which will help those who wish to acquire the language for communicative purposes.
Students who are more interested in applied or theoretical work
in Arabic or linguistics will find the theoretical part particularly
useful. Course requirements include class participation, readings, presentations, quizzes and writing a term paper on an aspect of the structure of Arabic. Cost:1
WL:3 (Farghaly)
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Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Islamic Studies 486(GNE
446). Modern Middle Eastern Literature. Taught in
English. (3). (HU).
Section 001 – The Rise of the Arabic Novel. The emergence
of the novel as a literary genre in modern Arabic literature has
always been a very controversial issue, in point of origin and possible influences, both intrinsic and foreign. This course will
attempt to subvert some of the prevalent, mainly Egyptian-oriented
notions about the emergence of the Arabic novel, and re-examine
some of the counter-arguments that are mostly Northern-, Shami-oriented.
The course will deal, among other questions, with some of the
highly ignored events that were played down by the historians
of the Arabic Nahda (Renaissance) in the nineteenth century (e.g., the 1865 Protestant translation of the Bible into Arabic), and examine the relationship between orality and literacy within the
history of narrative art in Arabic literature. Readings will include
a course-pack and a selection (in English translation) of modern
Arabic novels. Students will be evaluated through an oral presentation
and a term paper. WL:3
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Arabic 581(Arabic 521). Medieval Arabic, I. APTIS 202 or 403. Taught in English. (3). (Excl).
This course is designed for students who wish to learn Arabic
for academic purposes. We will begin with the sound and writing
system of Arabic, paying attention to accurate pronunciation of
sounds and writing Arabic words and phrases with a pleasing hand.
Then, we will move to reading, translating and discussing short
passages selected from the Qur'an, Hadith, and medieval Islamic
literature. There will be daily reading and written assignments.
Evaluation will be based on class participation and performance, monthly tests, and a final exam. (Aziz)
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Hebrew 202(Hebrew 302). Intermediate Modern Hebrew, II. HJCS 201. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Hebrew 312. (5). (LR).
The focus of instruction will be on the four language skills, with a continued emphasis on oral work and writing. In addition
to continued study of morphology and syntax, some reading selections
in fiction and non-fiction prose will be introduced. Cost:1
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Hebrew and Jewish Cultural
Studies 291. Topics in Hebrew and Judaic Cultural Studies. (3).
(Excl).
Section 001 – Women in Talmudic Law and Lore. Selected sources
dealing with the Ktuba document. Tannaitic and Amoraic sources
from Tractate Ketubot shall be studied to ascertain its nature
and trace its development. Attention shall be paid to the factors
- legal, social, historical – which prompted changes in its nature
and formulation. Status of women in Talmudic society as reflected
in selected Aggadic sources from Tractate Ketubot. Particular
attention shall be given to the contrasts between the legal status
of women to its social status. (Steinfeld)
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and Jewish Cultural Studies 592. Seminar in Hebrew and Jewish
Cultural Studies. (3). (Excl).
Section 001 – The Jewish Legal System-Structure and Functions
Talmud: Tractate Sanhedrin. Study of relevant sources in
Tractate Sanhedrin as the structure and functions of the Jewish
legal system aided by the classical commentators and modern critical
methodology, e.g. variant reading, parallel sources, literary
history and redactional problems of Talmudic courses. (Steinfeld)
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196. First Year Seminar. First year students;
second year students with permission of instructor. (3). (HU).
Section 001 – Philosophy and the Future of Work. What will
work be like in the next century? What jobs will have been automated
away by then, and in what areas will the new ones be created?
And what is happening to work overall? Is there an alternative
to work becoming ever more frenetic and demanding? Is it conceivable that the brilliant inventions of Hi-technology could be used not
to create ever greater pressures and more unemployment, but instead
a culture in which work for a far greater number could become
more nearly a vocation or a calling? What movements in various
countries have already taken steps in this direction? This course
will address these and similar questions quite directly, but it
will also, and in large part, ask these questions in the light
of major philosophic writings. These will include philosophers
like Hegel, Nietzsche and Marx, but also Max Weber's The Protestant
Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism, Henry David
Thoreau's Walden, and Paul Goodman's Growing Up Absurd.
One paper, one oral presentation and final examination. WL:1
(Bergmann)
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312. Freedom of Speech and Press. (3). (Excl).
This course examines the constitutional right of freedom of
speech and press in the United States. Various areas of law are
examined in depth, including extremist or seditious speech, obscenity, libel, fighting words, the public forum doctrine and public access
to the mass media. Classes are conducted according to the law
school model, with readings focused on actual judicial decisions
and students expected to participate in discussions. (Bollinger)
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411. American Political Processes. Any 100-level
course in political science. (3). (Excl).
Section 001 – Public Opinion and National Elections. This
course views outcomes in American elections – presidential, and congressional – as expressions of public opinion. While frequent
references will be made to recent elections, our central purpose
wil be to understand American elections in general. For example, How well do citizens choose a president?, senator?, or member
of congress? Readings will focus primarily around a course pack
(not yet finished). Grades likely will depend on a mid-term, a
final exam and a 10-page paper. (Hutchings)
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412. The Legal Process. Two courses in political science. (3). (Excl).
Examines the role of the legal process in political systems.
(Morang-Levine)
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453. Government and Politics of the Middle East. Two courses in political science. (3). (Excl).
The Middle East is characterised as a region of numerous conflicts
which influence both regional as well as international politics.
The purpose of this course is: (i) examine the origins and evolution
of selected numbers of regional conflicts; (ii)to study the involvement
of a wide range of national, regional and international political
actors in these conflicts; (iii) to review efforts at managing
and/or resolving these conflicts; (iv) to analyze the role that
domestic politics play in the dynamics that surround international
politics of the Middle East. Following a general historical overview
of the origins of the modern Middle Eastern state system, the
course will focus on such regional conflicts as the Arab-Israeli, the Israeli-Palestinian, intra-Arab, the Iran-Iraqi conflicts.
The course will also focus on Middle Eastern conflicts to do with
ethnicity, religion and scarcity of water in the region. Course
requirements will include: (i) one midterm plus an optional make-up
exam; (ii) a short paper based on a review (from the printed media
and the Internet, a list of relevant web sites on the inter-net
will be provided and students will be encouraged to discover additional
ones) and brief analysis of events surrounding a selected issue
or conflict; (iii) a final exam, however the students who have
done previous work on Middle East politics may elect to substitute
a research paper (15-20 pages) in place of the final exam; (iv)
participation in class discussions and quizzes on assigned readings.
(Kirisci)
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495. Undergraduate Seminar
in Political Theory. Senior standing, primarily for
seniors concentrating in political science. (3). (Excl). May be
elected for credit twice.
Section 001 – Power and Legitimacy. This seminar intends
to introduce to political theory by reading modern concepts on
power and legitimacy. In addition, a strong focus on reading in
class should give experience in understanding and interpreting
demanding theoretical texts. Three different theoretical perspectives
will mainly shape the course: theory of action, critical theory, and poststructuralism. Although this curriculum includes a historical
perspective starting with the early twentieth century, the focus
of the course will be more systematic than historical. Reading
different concepts from, among others, Weber, Arendt, Habermas, and Foucault, should teach the main changes in the understanding
of power and legitimacy as key terms of theoretical political thoughts, and should enable students to interpret the implicit
assumptions on power and legitimacy in current discussions on
political theory. Classes will be hold on Wednesday from 3 to
5 p.m. The main work for the course will be an oral mid-term and a written final exam. Students will also have several short written
assignments. Regular attendance, reading of the texts and participation
in the discussion are requested. Professor Ritter is a visiting
faculty member from Germany. She received her doctorate from the
University of Hamburg and is interested in social philosophy.
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498. Undergraduate Seminar
in International Politics. Senior standing, primarily
for seniors concentrating in political science. (3). (Excl). May
be elected for credit twice.
Section 001 – Political Development. This course will have
a double purpose. It will cover some of the key conceptions of
political development and explore how such large scale transformations
affect other sectors of national life. Moreover, the course will
review briefly how national development and the resulting mobilization
of resources will affect the structure of international power.
The method of instruction will be lecture. Cost:4
WL:4 (Organski)
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Section 002 – International Conflict. This course
will involve a detailed investigation of leading arguments about the causes and consequences of conflict in world politics. We
will evaluate contending arguments by analyzing whether they tell
a logically consistent story about international conflict, and by whether they provide expectations which are supported by the
history of international conflict. This is not a "current
events" course, but we might consider how well specific instances
of international conflict fit patterns contending arguments suggest
exist around the world. Students considering graduate studies
in political science will be especially interested in this course.
The class will be a weekly seminar in which student participation
will be a critical element of success. There will be two essay
exams, and one longish term paper. Cost:2
WL:3 (Lemke)
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121. First-Year Seminar in Psychology as a Natural
Science. Open only to first-year students. May not
be included in a concentration plan in psychology. (3). (NS).
May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Section 003 – Decisions About Marriage. Decisions about marriage (e.g., concerning whether, when, and whom to marry) are
among the most important the typical person ever makes. But there
is good evidence (e.g., high rates of divorce and domestic
violence) that people often make these decisions badly, with serious, detrimental consequences for everyone involved, including children.
This seminar will examine literature concerning the variety of
ways marriage decisions are made in practice. It will also explore
and critically evaluate proposals for how people could make such
decisions more effectively. Cost:3
WL:1 (Yates)
305. Practicum in Psychology. Introductory psychology.
(1-4). (Excl). A total of 6 credits of Psychology letter-graded
experiential courses may be counted for the Psychology concentration.
(EXPERIENTIAL). May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Section 005 – Community Issues in Latino/Latina Schools. (3 credits).
The purpose of the proposed course is first, to expose students
to Latino youth and their Southwest Detroit community (a poor
multi-ethnic neighborhood); second, to educate students about
cultural aspects of human development, mental health and contrasting theoretical approaches to social change; finally, to help the
students analyze their practical experience using this theoretical
framework. The overall goals of the course are to educate students
to be able to envision themselves working in an urban community
setting and to become motivated to work for social change in their
academic and professional careers. This course will be a field
course involving two visits per week to Southwest Detroit community.
A neighborhood school, Earhart Middle School, will be used as the site for tutoring and working with the children. In this course, the instructors themselves will supervise the field experience.
Neighborhood walks will be planned and led by the instructors
to make students aware of the cultural diversity of the neighborhood, its economic base, and its interesting history. (Jose)
400. Special Problems in Psychology as a Natural Science.
Introductory psychology. Only 6 credits of Psych.
400, 401, 402 and 500, 501, 502 combined may be counted toward
a concentration plan in psychology, and a maximum of 12 credits
may be counted toward graduation. (2-4). (Excl). (BS). May be
repeated for credit.
Section 001 – The Biopsychology of Eating and Eating Disorders.
(3 credits). The course is intended for sophomores, juniors, or seniors concentrating in psychology, anthropology, or the biomedical
sciences (e.g., pre-med). To enroll a student must satisfy the following three prerequisites. 1) The student must have taken
one of the following courses: Psychology 330 (Introduction to
Biopsychology), or Psychology 335 (Comparative Animal Behavior), or Anthropology 161 (Introduction to Biological Anthropology);
2) The student should be a concentrator in Biopsychology and Cognitive
Science; 3) The student should have a genuine interest in biological
approaches to the study of normal and pathological behavior. Alternatively, the student can obtain an override from the instructor, following
an interview. Two aspects of this course must be emphasized. First, eating behavior and its disorders are analyzed from a biopsychological
(not clinical) perspective. Second, considerable emphasis is placed
on evolutionary psychology approaches to the study of normal and pathological eating behavior. The course is organized into four
series of lectures. The first series of lectures analyzes the
role of food as a source of energy. These lectures cover fundamental
topics in the physiology of nutrition, digestion, and metabolism.
The second series of lectures focuses on the biopsychology of
normal eating. Topics include: neural substrates of ingestive
behavior; sensory-hedonic aspects of ingestive behavior, the biopsychology
of satiation, the biopsychology of appetite, and the psychopharmacology
of ingestive behavior. The third series of lectures is concerned
with the role of food as a powerful organizing agent of individual
and social behavior. Topics include: evolution of ingestive behavior;
relationship between ingestive behavior, body weight regulation, and reproductive behavior; history and development of the concept
of fitness. The fourth series of lectures covers major aspects
of eating disorders (history, classification, and assessment;
psychiatric and medical profile; epidemiology and etiology; psychopharmacology).
(Badiani)
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551. Advanced Topics in Developmental Psychology. Psych.
350. (3). (Excl). May be repeated for credit.
Section 002 – Childhood poverty: Developmental and policy issues.
This course will examine current research on the effects of poverty
on children's development, parenting, and family. It will also
consider the ways in which child development research has influenced
policy and practices that target the poor, the nature of the debate
among scholars and policy analysts about how to reduce childhood
poverty in America, and the viability of various policies, including the Welfare Reform Law of 1996. The content of the course is organized
around three broad issues: (a) The Economics and Demographics
of Childhood Poverty; (b) The Human Costs of Poverty; (c) Poverty, Public Policy, and Practice. Course readings are comprised of
journal articles and book chapters. Course requirements include
one paper, participation in a formal debate during a class session, leading a discussion of selected readings, and participation in
class discussion. Grade will be based on performance on each of these requirements. (McLoyd)
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380. Selected Topics. (3).
(Excl). May be repeated for a total of 6 credits. Only one course
from Religion 380, 387, and 487 may be elected in the same term.
Section 001 – Primitive Religion. The Practice of religion
is one of the most basic and universal of human activities. Like
language, religious beliefs rank among the oldest of human inventions
and they may be an integral part of our evolutionary heritage
as a species. This course is an upper-level seminar that will
examine so-called primitive religion, the rituals, beliefs, and world views of non-Western peoples, cultures, and societies. Our
point of view will be both descriptive and critical. We will explore
and critique through a series of lectures, films, selected readings, and focused discussions topics such as the construction of world-views
and belief-systems, the performance of rites, rituals, and ceremonies, the role of shamans, witches, and religious practitioners, symbols, texts, and canon formation, the nature of pollution, profanity, and the process of sacralization, and the function of apocalypse
and emergence of revitalization, charismatic, and millennial movements.
Grades will be based on written and oral assignments: a 10-20
page critique of two ethnographics and a 20-30 minute class presentation.
Cost:2 WL:4
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Interdivisional 430. Perspectives on High Technology
Society. Upperclass standing. (4). (Excl).
Section 001 – History of Computers. Explore the story of
computers from the ancient world to the present! Why were computers
invented? Who wanted them, and why? How have computers changed the shape of society and culture – and how did society and culture
shape them? This course is relevant to anyone interested
in the history, politics, and culture of technology. We'll explore
how early computers cracked the Nazi Enigma cipher during World
War II; how the Cold War changed computer research (and how computers
changed the Cold War); why digital computing replaced well-developed
analog methods in the 1940s and 1950s; computing in Europe, Japan, and the Soviet Union; how hackers helped shape minicomputers and the Internet; how amateur hobbyists invented the personal computer;
and the story behind the World Wide Web. The course is open to
students at all levels. No technical background required. (Edwards)
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Italian 205.
Italian Conversation for Non-concentrators. Italian
102. (1). (Excl). Offered mandatory credit/no credit.
This course emphasizes fluency and self-expression in conversational
Italian. This course is designed for students who have had at
least two (2) terms of Italian and are interested in acquiring
a certain facility with the spoken language. Class work consists
of reading materials from various sources (magazines, newspapers, short stories, etc.) which will be discussed in class.
Use of the language laboratory will provide additional conversational
material on various aspects of Italian life. Classes will meet
twice a week. There are no examinations, and the grading is on
a credit basis only. Success in the course is determined on the
basis of attendance, homework, and participation in the classroom
activities.
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Italian 231. Second-Year Italian. Italian 102; or permission of course supervisor. No credit granted to those who have completed 112 or 230. (4). (LR).
This course reviews grammar, introduces students to standard
modern Italian through the reading of short stories, plays and poetry, and increases student facility in writing and speaking
Italian. Text, workbook, and lab manual required. Compositions
are required and are based upon reading or other topics of interest.
Class discussions and oral report center on readings or current
events. Grading is based on class participation, compositions, quizzes, a midterm, and a final examination.
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Italian 232. Second-Year Italian, Continued. Italian 231 or permission of course supervisor. No credit granted to those who have completed 112. (4). (LR).
This course aims at a further development of each student's
reading and speaking knowledge of Italian, including increased
facility in both conversation and oral comprehension. Text, workbook, and lab manual required. There is a continuing review of grammar, and the elements of composition. Various genres of literature
are read and discussed, and occasional short papers are required
on these or other related topics. Oral reports on various topics
are also required. Grading is based on short papers, class participation, quizzes, a midterm, and a final examination.
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Spanish 372. Survey of Spanish Literature, II. Spanish 275 and 276, and one additional 300-level course. (3). (HU).
The late eighteenth-century and the 1930s mark the two extremes
of the period represented in this survey of modern Spanish literature.
The course will thus lay a good historical foundation for further
Spanish courses and for comparisons to readings from other literatures.
Essays, plays, poems and novels are analyzed as individual works
for the beginning student, an effort is made to show how the works
exemplify their cultural context ranging from the Enlightenment through Romanticism, Realism, Generation of '98 to Symbolism.
Representative authors who may be studied are Moratin, Larra, Bécquer, Galdós, Unamuno and Lorca. The class format
is basically recitation, but lecture and reports will also be
used. Exercises consist of periodic tests, midterm and final paper, and final exam. The course is conducted in Spanish. (Hafter)
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Spanish 490. Spanish Honors: Introduction to Literary Studies and Criticism. One 400-level Spanish literature course, and permission of Honors advisor. (3). (Excl).
The main goal of this course is to introduce the student to the fundamental principles of literary studies as a discipline.
Literary studies, as any other discipline in the human services, can be seen as a series of knowledge-generating activities of theorizing or as a cluster of knowledge-problems and methods produced
by these activities. Literary studies share, with other human
sciences, a common goal: the explanation (theory) and interpretation
(understanding) of our cultural world and our cultural experience.
What distinguishes literary studies from other disciplines in the domain of the human sciences, is its focus on language, discourse
and texts. Consequently, this course will emphasize critical thinking
about texts by asking questions such as: What is literature? What
is fiction? What are genres? What is explanation? What is explication?
What is interpretation? Do we obtain knowledge or understanding
in our transactions with literature and literary texts? A secondary
goal of the course is to have a clear understanding of the meaning
"Hispanic Language and Literature" within the context
of general literary studies and of the current division of knowledge
within colleges and universities in the USA. In this respect the
course will focus on questions such as: What distinguishes the
study of Hispanic from English language and literature? What are the relationships between foreign languages and literatures and cmparative literature? Reflecting on these issues will help the
student to understand both the place of literature among other
human symbolic expressions and the cultural significance of understanding the "other" from "our native" point of view.
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521/CAAS 521. African American Intellectual Thought. Senior standing. (3). (Excl).
See CAAS 521. (Young)
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526/Math. 526. Discrete State Stochastic Processes. Math. 525, or Stat. 525, or EECS 501. (3). (Excl). (BS).
See Mathematics 526.
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535. Reliability. Statistics 425 and 426. (3). (Excl).
This course will cover the important reliability concepts and methodology that arise in modeling, assessing, and improving product
reliability and in analyzing field and warranty data. Topics will
be selected from the following: Basic reliability concepts; Common
parametric models for component reliability; Censoring schemes;
Analysis of time-to-failure data; Accelerated testing for reliability
assessment; Modeling and analyzing repairable systems reliability;
Analysis of warranty and field-failure data; Maintenance policies
and availability; Reliability improvement through experimentation.
Cost:2 or 3 WL:3 (Nair)
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102. The Student in the University. 21st Century Program participant. (1) (Excl). Offered mandatory credit/no credit.
This course will provide students with an opportunity to critically
review their role in the university. It will allow students to
consider the expectations of their experience at the university
within a framework of theoretical perspectives. It is hoped that
students will develop a broad understanding of what their university
experience can include and how they can shape it to realize their
academic potential and intellectual development. The course will
focus on the transition from high school to college, role of the
liberal arts, critical thinking, intergroup relations and social
change. The issues and challenges of living and working in a multicultural
society will be examined. This discussion will include a focus
on student perceptions, relevant research and university resources.
The small discussion groups will focus on the readings and areas
of practical concern. This course is open only to students in the 21st Century Program.
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104. Introduction to Research. Participant in UROP-in-Residence
Program. (1). (Excl).
This course will provide students with an overview of important
topics related to research. This course is designed to help students:
(1) understand the history of the research university; (2) explore
different questions and modes of inquiry researchers use in different
academic disciplines; (3) learn about ethical issues in research
including the responsible conduct of research, the use of animals
in research, data ownership and interpretation; (4) explore issues
of creativity, risk-taking, and critical thinking in research, (5) discover the importance of multiculturalism in research across
academic disciplines and some of the controversy of braking new
ground; and (6) develop a student's research skills through workshops.
Researchers will visit the class and share their perspectives
on research, their educational and professional pathways, and research interests, and related topics. Librarians will conduct
workshops for the class on advanced library searchers, Internet
exploration, and research as a process. Students will be asked
to: (1) keep a research journal to include both reflections on their own research projects and reactions to assigned readings;
(2) read an article on one of the proposed topics and write a
critical review; and (3) give a 15 minute presentation on their
own research project. Evaluation will be based on class attendance
and participation in and completion of all tasks including a research
journal, article review, and presentation about their research.
A course pack of reading related to the topics listed above will
serve as the required text for the course. Lecture and discussion.
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151. First-Year Social Science Seminar. First-year
students. (3). (SS). May be repeated for credit with permission
of department.
Section 007 – Medicine, Culture, and Creativity. Is the current
health care system culturally competent? Are strengths taken into
account as well as needs? Can exposure to a culture's creativity
heighten awareness of its unique medical attributes and challenges?
Students are invited to actively use their own experiences and legacies to address these questions, as well as readings and group
discussion. Currently, efforts are being made to improve medical
care by increasing its sensitivity to different cultures' experience
of health and illness. Students will review material designed
to improve health providers' awareness of the African American, Asian American, Native American and Latino/a populations among
others. In order to bridge medical problems into a broader cultural
context that includes strengths, some parallel examples of each
group's creativity will be explored. Finally, students will attempt
to integrate medical needs with cultural strengths of each group
examined. (Nerenberg)
Section 008 – Where Law and Psychiatry Meet. This seminar will analyze cases illustrating significant issues in which criminal and civil law intersect forensic and clinical psychiatry, including topics such as: sexual harassment; discrimination on the basis of age, race or gender; an insanity defense or competency to stand trial; medical malpractice; the right to refuse treatment; informed consent; and the commitment of patients to mental hospitals. We will also discuss physician-assisted suicide and other issues surrounding death and dying. (Margolis)
Section 009 – The Social Psychology of the University Experience. This seminar will help you better understand your experience at the University of Michigan by teaching you the skills of social psychological analysis. The seminar will consider how you may change psychologically as a consequence of attending the University and how you may change the University. Social psychology is the study of the relationship between individuals and their social environments. The university is an important and encompassing social environment for its students. It is a locus for friendships, a large organization, and a culture. This social environment has the potential for altering students' skills, beliefs, values, and goals. Some students, because of their special characteristics, have the potential for significantly changing the University. (Gold)
Section 010 – the Literature of Colonialism in Asia. We will read novels and stories set in colonial or semi-colonial Asia, by both Western and Asian writers, which can give perspective from both sides. Readings will include Kipling's stories, A Passage to India, Rumer Godden's The River, R.K. Narayan, The Vendor of Sweets, Orwell's Burmese Days, Green's The Quiet American, Lu Hsun's Stories, John Hersey, A Single Pebble, Robert Van Gulick, The Chinese Bell Murders, and Oswald Wund, The Ginger Tree. Some use will also be made of films, including those based on some of the books or stories we will read. Total reading is modest, but fun. (Murphey)
Section 011 – Medicine and the Media from Hippocrates through ER. We will study the development of medicine as a science and how its perception has changed through the media. Students will explore their own beliefs about medicine through literature such as The Citadel, Intern and The House of God, and movies and television series such as The Hospital, Marcus Welby MD, St. Elsewhere and ER. Much of the course will focus on the discussion of ethical issues and the crystallization of the students' own beliefs about medicne in the 20th century. (Hobbs)
152. First-Year Natural Science Seminar. First-year
students. (3). (NS). (BS). May be repeated for credit with permission
of department.
Section 001 – Human Genes and Gene Therapy. The primary goal
of this seminar is to expose students to important principles
of human genetics and possible future applications in genetic
testing and gene therapy. Issues such as the ramifications of
cloning the human genome, applications of genetic technology, and new treatments for acquired and inherited genetic defects
will be explored. Basic genetic principles such as incomplete
penetrance, mosaicism, and gene inactivation will be reviewed.
Genetic aspects of human diseases, including viral diseases and gene based antiviral strategies, will be discussed. The course
will follow syllabus based structure, with students volunteering
to participate. Evaluation of students will be based on attendance, participation, a single paper and a written final examination.
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150. Humanities Seminars on Women and Gender. (3).
(HU).
Section 005 – History and Legacy of the Salem Witchcraft Trials.
For Fall Term, 1997, this section is offered jointly with History
197.006. (DuPuis)
253. Special Topics. (3).
(Excl). A maximum of seven credits of WS 252 and 253 may be counted
toward graduation.
Section 002 – Women in Talmudic Law and Lore. For Fall Term, 1997, this section is offered jointly with Hebrew and Jewish Cultural
Studies 291.001. (Steinfeld)
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347. Feminist Perspective
on Lesbian Studies. WS 240. (3). (Excl).
Section 001 – Crossing Erotic Boundaries: Representations of Lesbianism
in Early Modern Western Europe. We will examine the varieties
of representations of women who desired other women in Western
Europe from the 15th-17th centuries. Focusing on England and Italy, with forays into France, Germany, Spain and Holland, we will read
early modern texts (poems, drama, opera, mythology, paintings, domestic artifacts, pornography, and medical writing), as well
as contemporary theorizing about lesbianism. Charting continuities
and discontinuities between early modern conceptions and twentieth
century ones, we will investigate the extent to which a coherent
history of lesbianism exists. (Meets the interdisciplinary requirement
for the Women's Studies concentration). Genders, Bodies, Borders
Theme Semester course. WL:1
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483. Special Topics. WS 240. (3). (Excl). Degree
credit is granted for a combined total of 7 credits elected through
WS 480, 481, 482, 483, and 484.
Section 007 – Literature, History, and Culture of Early Modern
France. Taught in French. French 232, and 8 credits in courses
numbered between French 250 and 299. For Fall Term, 1997, this section is offered jointly with French
367.001. (Stanton)
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483. Special Topics. WS
240. (3). (Excl). Degree credit is granted for a combined total
of 7 credits elected through WS 480, 481, 482, 483, and 484.
Section 008 – Gender in Caribbean Society. For Fall Term, 1997, this section is offered jointly with CAAS
358.002. (Green)
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