2022-2023 University Catalog

May 10, 2024

2022-2023 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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	HIST 374 - Jews and Autobiography Explores the accounts of individual lives as a means of understanding the past and gauging historical change through time. Students examine memoirs written from early modem era to the present year, from a gambling rabbi in 11th century Italy to a French Jewish child surviving the Holocaust in hiding to the contemporary reflections of an IDF soldier. Among the questions students consider are the limitations of memoirs as dependable historical sources and the ability of the individual to participate in and reflect historical processes. Credits: 1.0 Crosslisted: JWST 374 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 379 - U.S. and Africa (AF) Examines the history of US-Africa interactions since the 1960s. Following the end of European colonial rule in Africa in the 1960s, the United States stepped in to exert its influence. Newly independent African countries were seen as a great opportunity to promote US economic, political and sociocultural agenda particularly during the Cold War. On the other hand, many African immigrants started to permanently settle in the US following the passage of the 1980 Refugee Act consolidating interactions between the US and Africa. Major themes include: African immigrants & Refugees in the US; Cold War; Public Awareness of African Issues in the US; USAID; Disease Control in Africa; US & Apartheid; War on Extremist Groups; Peace Corps and Humanitarian Interventions. (AF) Credits: 1.00 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 380 - Emancipation, Forced Labor, and Contemporary Bondage in Africa (AF) Examines the transition from slavery to freedom, forced labor during colonial rule, and contemporary forms of slavery in Africa. One of the moral justifications for the European conquest of Africa was the ending of slavery and slave trade. While colonialism led to the demise of the trade, slavery itself continued to exist well to the end of the colonial era. Finding it difficult to organize labor, the colonial authorities used forced labor with no or little compensation and, since independence modern forms of slavery are still practiced in many parts of the continent. Major themes include: abolition laws and emancipation in practice; colonial rule and the slow attack on slavery; plantation labor in East Africa; slavery as an international issue; forced labor, contemporary human trafficking and migrations. (AF) Credits: 1.00 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 381 - Pre-Colonial Africa (AF) Surveys African history to 1880: its peoples and their environments, early Islamic North Africa, Bantu expansion, early states of the northern savannas, the kingdom of Ethiopia, the impact of medieval Islam, Europe’s discovery of Africa and the slave trade, and later European missionary and commercial enterprise. (AF) Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 382 - Modern Africa (AF) This study of Africa from 1880 to the present includes the following topics: European settlement in South Africa and Rhodesia/Zimbabwe; background to the scramble for the rest of Africa; partition by the European powers; British, French, Portuguese, and Belgian colonial regimes; nationalist resistance movements; “patrimonial” post-independence regimes and growing resistance to them in the 1990s. (AF) Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 384 - Somalia: From Independence to Collapse (AF) Examines the history of modern Somalia from 1960 to the present. Major themes include the partition of Somaliland, Somali resistance; colonial rule in Somaliland; independence and problems of independence; the Siad Barre government; irredentist claims and wars; the collapse of Somalia; international intervention and aftermath; attempts to form a government, Islamic Courts Union, and al-Shabab fighters; and piracy. (AF) Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 385 - Darfur in Historical Perspective (AF) Examines the history of the Darfur crisis. Topics include the people of Darfur, ethnic relations and conflicts, conquest and colonial legacy, Darfur and the Sudan government, the rebels, responses of the Sudan government and Janjaweed, the war, human rights violations, foreign powers, the challenge of humanitarian intervention, and the future of Darfur. Students explore the responsibilities and opportunities we have, as individuals and as a nation, to respond to the refugee migrations, human rights abuses, and genocides that haunted the 20th century and that are beginning to plague the 21st. Exposes students to historical causes of the crisis and some of the humanitarian challenges facing the world today. Also offers multiple frameworks for thinking about what roles we might play in influencing public policy and having an impact on people in need. Students learn to understand and analyze the crisis that the United Nations called “the world’s worst humanitarian disaster” and the United States called “genocide.” (AF) Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 386 - Mexico and the United States (TR) Explores the history of Mexico-U.S. relations in the nineteenth- and twentieth centuries, covering migration, cultural and academic exchange, trade, and diplomacy. What dialogues, encounters, and conflicts have shaped the bilateral relationship over the decades, and what roles have ordinary Mexican and U.S. citizens played in defining that relationship? In what ways has U.S. dominance shaped politics, culture, and economy south of the border, and how has Mexico asserted its sovereignty and influenced the United States? (TR) Credits: 1.0 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 387 - Epidemic Histories (TR) Epidemics often appear akin to natural disasters in historical accounts, as unpredictable and destructive forces apparently beyond human control. But epidemics are not simply random events that shape and constrain individual people, societies, and institutions. Epidemics are the creations of particular and varied contexts, both human and ecological. Students examine some of the conditions of possibility for historical epidemics, emphasizing social and cultural factors, as well as the variable effects epidemic diseases had on people and societies in the past. Students also consider challenges of writing history in a pandemic, the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic might influence how we understand historical epidemics, and the extent to which we can draw parallels between past and present. Credits: 1.0 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 388 - The American South: From Reconstruction to the Present (US) Examines the historical and social changes of the American South from the end of the Civil War throughout the twentieth century. The South, a region left almost destitute following the Civil War, underwent a major transformation which saw enslaved labor replaced with prison labor, industrialization driven by southern progressives who envisioned a “new South” and race relation struggles that would and still do plague the region. Material and visual culture, literature, journalism, music, food, religion, and recreation serve as course materials. Discussions cover a variety of topics including race, class, gender, southern agriculture, Jim Crow, the southern penal system, immigration, the South and the New Deal, southern labor, religion, cultural expressions through jazz, blues, country, and hip-hop, the civil rights movement, Southern conservatism, and voting rights. (US) Credits: 1.0 Crosslisted: ALST 388 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 391 - Independent Study Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 399 - History Sandbox Offers history students and faculty the opportunity to explore new fields of historical scholarship and to experiment with different ways of practicing and writing history. Students hone skills of critical reading, discussion, and writing. Topics and themes vary based on faculty interests; examples include public history, history of sexuality, material culture, military history, environmental history, or historical justice. Credits: 1.00 Prerequisites: Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 400 - Thematic Seminar Selected topics with thematic focus rather than a geographical focus. The thematic seminar underscores the importance of exploring the diversity and the connections of human experience across space and time, and it aims to support the field of focus pathway within the major. Credits: 1.00 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 462 - Seminar on Problems in African History (AF) Selected topics in African history from the ancient times to the present. Possible topics include African kingdoms and civilizations, expansion of Europe and the conquest of Africa, African resistances to colonialism, decolonization, colonial legacy, socio-economic and political developments in post-independence Africa, ethnic relations and conflicts, modern and indigenous mechanisms of governance. Students become familiar with the major historiographical debates in the field and are expected to refer to them in their research project. (AF) Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 475 - Seminar in African American History (US) Selected problems in African American history, including the civil rights movement and African American intellectual history in the 20th and 21st centuries. (US) Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 482 - Seminar on Problems in British History since 1800 (EU) Examines topics in the history of modern Britain and its empire (including pre-independent Ireland). Political, social, economic, diplomatic, and cultural approaches are included. (EU) Credits: 1.00 When Offered: London Study Group Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 484 - Seminar on Modern European Cultural and Intellectual History (EU) Examines selected themes and topics in the cultural and intellectual history of Europe from the late 18th century to the present. (EU) Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: One course in modern European history Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 489 - Seminar on Problems in Military History (TR) Focuses on the role of organized violence in history in the context of military-civil relations and change in military technology and methodology. The period covered is ancient to modern, European and non-Western. Each seminar concentrates on a particular era. (TR) Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 490 - Honors Seminar in History (TR) A seminar for candidates for honors and high honors in history. Students enroll in this seminar to complete or extend a paper already begun in another history course. (TR) Credits: 1.00 When Offered: Spring semester only Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: Only History Majors Class Restriction: Only Senior Restrictions: Limited to seniors with a history GPA of 3.50 of higher Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	HIST 491 - Independent Study Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
Italian
	ITAL 121 - Elementary Italian I The ITAL 121, 122 sequence is an introduction to the Italian language that provides a foundation in both spoken and written Italian. ITAL 121 introduces students to the basic structures of the language in a highly interactive way: it emphasizes the mastery of grammatical structures and vocabulary with a strong emphasis on obtaining both communicative and cultural competency. Language Placement Guidelines Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	ITAL 122 - Elementary Italian II ITAL 122 is a continuation of ITAL 121 designed to increase students’ proficiency in the four skills of understanding, speaking, reading and writing Italian by enhancing their mastery of more complex grammatical structures and vocabulary. Students continue to work with conversation partners, but will also incorporate more specific cultural references in oral presentations and in written assignments. Language Placement Guidelines Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Recommended: Students with a grade of C– or below in ITAL 122 are urged to repeat the course before continuing. Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	ITAL 195 - Elementary-Level Italian Language Abroad Elementary-level language courses taken abroad with a Colgate study group, an approved program, or in a foreign institution of higher learning. Credits: 1 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	ITAL 201 - Intermediate Italian Designed to improve student’s ability to understand, speak, read, and write Italian and to expand students’ knowledge of Italian culture. It includes review of basic Italian grammar and introduction to new grammar structures, conversational practice, short compositions, cultural and literary readings, and films. Language Placement Guidelines Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: Two or three years of high school Italian, or ITAL 122 , or the equivalent Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Recommended: Students with previous high school Italian should consult with instructor for proper language placement Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	ITAL 202 - Intermediate Italian: Language and Literature Designed to build proficiency in all four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) and to improve knowledge of Italian culture. Besides reviewing and improving students’ grammar and vocabulary competency, this course will focus on the reading of short works of Italian literature, short compositions, and class discussions. Students will engage with a wide variety of literary and nonliterary materials, such as books, newspapers, magazines, and videos. Language Placement Guidelines Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: ITAL 201 Three to four years of high school Italian or ITAL 201 Students with more than four years of high school Italian should consult the instructor regarding placement. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements Click here for Course Offerings by term
	ITAL 224 - Introduction to Italian Cinema An introduction to major works of Italian cinema from the silent era to contemporary productions. Students will watch and discuss groundbreaking films by Italian directors such as Rossellini, Fellini, Antonioni, Pasolini, Wertmüller, Benigni, and others. Places Italian cinema within the context of European art cinema and film theory, and focuses on the ways these films represent and challenge Italian history, culture, and identity. It emphasizes the study of cinematic analysis and filmmaking techniques, as well as the historical and cultural situation in Italy from the 1920s to the present. Students are required to attend weekly screenings in addition to regular class meetings. Taught in English, with the option of a discussion group in Italian. Credits: 1.0 Crosslisted: FMST 224 Corequisite: ITAL 224L Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Formerly: ITAL 223 Click here for Course Offerings by term
	ITAL 224L - Required Film Screening Required corequisite to ITAL 224 . Credits: 0.00 Crosslisted: FMST 224L Corequisite: ITAL 224 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Formerly: ITAL 223L Click here for Course Offerings by term
	ITAL 291 - Independent Study Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	ITAL 295 - Intermediate-Level Italian Language Abroad Intermediate-level language courses taken abroad with a Colgate study group, an approved program, or in a foreign institution of higher learning. Credits: 1 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	ITAL 353 - Introduction to the Study of Italian Literature: Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature Offers a close reading of the most representative works of outstanding Italian writers from the early 1900s to the present. Focuses on questions of aesthetics, national identity, politics, gender, and race as well as on the special relationship between texts and society. Students discuss both canonical works of Italian literature from the Risorgimento (1860) to the present as well as migration literature (from and to Italy), which continually questions the parameters of national identity. Language Placement Guidelines Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: At least four years of high school Italian or ITAL 201 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements Click here for Course Offerings by term
	ITAL 354 - Modern Italian Culture Critically introduces students to the very diverse facets of modern and contemporary Italian culture. Students engage with a wide variety of literary and nonliterary texts, such as books, newspapers, music, theatrical works, films, etc. Aims at investigating the concept of Italian identity in its relationship to issues of class, gender, race, and ethnicity. Students enhance their linguistic skills through reading materials, the writing of compositions, listening activities and oral productions. Language Placement Guidelines Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: ITAL 201 or at least four years of high school Italian Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	ITAL 360 - From the Page to the Screen (and Vice-Versa) Examines the relationship between literature and cinema by focusing on a critical analysis of both written and film texts through a wide variety of genre and styles. Students consider classic and contemporary theories of literary criticism, film analysis, and film adaptations to address some of the course central questions and raise new ones. How does the medium affect our perception of a story? What can a film add to (or detract from) our reading experience? How does our reading experience affect our watching experience? And what happens when the book is actually written after a film? Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: ITAL 201 or 4 years of high school Italian Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	ITAL 360L - Required Film Screening Required corequisite to ITAL 360. Credits: 0 Corequisite: ITAL 360 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	ITAL 361 - Advanced Grammar, Composition, and Conversation Provides a review of grammatical principles with emphasis on correctness and style in composition in Italian. Language Placement Guidelines Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: At least four years of high school Italian or ITAL 201 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements Click here for Course Offerings by term
	ITAL 391 - Independent Study Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	ITAL 395 - Advanced-Level Italian Language Abroad Advanced-level language courses taken abroad with a Colgate study group, an approved program, or in a foreign institution of higher learning. Credits: 1 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	ITAL 491 - Independent Study Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
Japanese
	JAPN 121 - Elementary Japanese I Introduces the four basic skills of speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Emphasis is on thorough mastery of the basic structures of Japanese through intensive aural-oral practice and extensive use of audiovisual materials. The two kana syllabaries and about 60 kanji (Chineses characters) are introduced toward the goals of developing reading skills and reinforcing grammar and vocabulary acquisition. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 122 - Elementary Japanese II Builds on speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing skills acquired in JAPN 121 . Emphasis is on thorough mastery of the basic structures of Japanese through intensive aural-oral practice and extensive use of audiovisual materials. By the end of this course, students can read and write in Japanese with a total of about 150 kanji. When there is sufficient demand, the department may also offer an intensive version of Elementary Japanese that covers a full year of instruction in one spring semester. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: JAPN 121 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 195 - Elementary-Level Japanese Language Abroad Elementary-level language course taken abroad with a Colgate study group, an approved program, or in a foreign institution of higher learning. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 201 - Intermediate Japanese I The first semester of intermediate-level study of Japanese, this course completes the presentation of basic structures of the language. There is continued emphasis on oral communication, with practice in reading simple texts and acquisition of additional kanji. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: JAPN 122 or equivalent experience Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 202 - Intermediate Japanese II The second semester of intermediate-level study of Japanese, this course completes the presentation of basic structures of the language. There is continued emphasis on oral communication, with practice in reading simple texts and acquisition of additional kanji. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: JAPN 201 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 222 - Japan through Literature and Film Introduces major works of Japanese literature from the classical, medieval, and modern periods, including novels, short stories, poetry, and drama. Films spanning genres such as samurai, new wave, and anime illuminate the historical periods and their cultural contexts. No knowledge of Japanese is required. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: JAPN 222L Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 222L - Required Film Screening Required corequisite to JAPN 222 . Credits: 0.00 Corequisite: JAPN 222 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 233 - Japanese Popular Culture and Media Examines how media are rooted in popular cultures and popular cultures in media. Students will draw on media theories from Japan and elsewhere, critically evaluating those theories and applying them to a range of primary materials, including Japanese graphic narrative, literature, animation, film, song, and music as a way to think about the ideologies that affect how popular cultures and media interact. Students will articulate their own positions about the contexts that inform the creation, circulation, and consumption of representations in and of Japan. This course is taught in English. Credits: 1 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 240 - Gender and Sexuality in Japanese Culture Explores how gender identities and sexualities have been constructed and contested in Japanese culture, as expressed through novels, poetry, manga, films, television, music, video games, and the visual arts. Students first examine Japan’s diverse premodern philosophical, religious, and political conditions of cultural production and reception. Focus then shifts to how gender and sexuality have intersected with race, ethnicity, class, ability, and age in the past 150 years. Specific themes will include evolving gender roles in a rapidly industrializing empire; the changing stakes of coming out in different times and different media; and selling transgender hero(in)es to straight, cisgender audiences. All materials will be in English. Credits: 1.0 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 251 - Intermediate Japanese III (Japan Study Group) This is an intensive course designed to facilitate student participation in a variety of study group contexts, including individual study and research. Emphasis is on oral comprehension, honorifics, social contexts, and reading and writing skills. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 255 - Hidden Japan: Tea Ceremony “The way of tea,” chanoyu or chado/sado , was established by Sen no Rikyu in the 16th century in Japan, with “harmony, respect, purity, and tranquility” (wa kei sei jaku) as its principles. Chanoyu is the most direct practice of Zen Buddhism tradition, and many samurai warriors practiced it as part of the martial arts education. Students learn to realize the principles of chanoyu in a concrete and ritualistic way of making and receiving a bowl of maccha whisked tea. Assigned readings, along with hands-on practice, help students learn the Japanese tradition, art, aesthetics, calligraphy, literature, history, philosophy, and architecture. At the end of the course, students create and perform a tea ceremony in small groups, write a final paper that reflects on their performance and relates their experience to their modern lives as well as to their own cultural backgrounds. Students learn how the apparent universal concepts such as purity, tranquility, and mindfulness are attained through different sets of human behavior, and examine the human diversity and global interconnections reflected in cultural and artistic expression over time and space. The course is taught in English. Students will consume maccha tea and Japanese confectionery. Credits: 1 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 255L - Hidden Japan: Tea Ceremony Lab Required co-requisite for JAPN 255. Credits: 0 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 291 - Independent Study Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 301 - Advanced Japanese I Increasing emphasis on written Japanese, with acquisition by the end of the term of an additional 140 kanji. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: JAPN 202 or equivalent experience Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 302 - Advanced Japanese II Increasing emphasis on written Japanese, with guided practice in reading unedited modern texts. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: JAPN 301 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 351 - Advanced Japanese III (Japan Study Group) Intensive course designed to facilitate student participation in a variety of study group contexts, including individual study and research. Emphasis is on oral comprehension, honorifics, social contexts, and reading and writing skills. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 391 - Independent Study Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 395 - Advanced-Level Japanese Lang Advanced-level language course taken abroad with a Colgate study group, an approved program, or in a foreign institution of higher learning. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 401 - Readings in Japanese I Focuses on reading in literary and non-literary modern texts and mastery of the remaining characters on the list of about 2,000 jōyō kanji. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: JAPN 302 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 402 - Readings in Japanese II Focuses on reading in literary and non-literary modern texts and mastery of the remaining characters on the list of about 2,000 jōyō kanji. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: JAPN 302 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 451 - Readings in Japanese II (Study Group) Intensive course designed to facilitate student participation in a variety of study group contexts, including individual study and research. Emphasis is on oral comprehension, honorifics, social contexts, and reading and writing skills. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 455 - Advanced Grammar in Japanese Focuses on a systematic study of advanced grammar necessary for oral and written communication in Japanese at the native speaker level. At this level of advanced study, possibilities of one-on-one correspondences between Japanese and English are few, and simply consulting dictionaries could easily result in insufficient or misleading information. Grammar structures that appear beyond JAPN 402 are covered and extended so that students understand systematic and comprehensive usages. Students concentrate on these kinds of advanced grammar patterns through textbooks and authentic reading materials, and learn to use them actively, accurately, and systematically in context. In addition, the study of kanji characters and vocabulary accompanies the study of grammar in order to reach the native-level fluency. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: JAPN 302 or equivalent experience Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 481 - Topics in Japanese Culture (Study Group) Offered in a field of the study group director’s expertise. Takes advantage of museums, libraries, and historical sites in and around Kyoto, as well as guest lectures by Japanese and Western experts, to enrich classroom instruction. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 482 - Cultural Studies: The Japanese Village (Study Group) This study group course examines the foundations of Japanese social interaction through a series of readings, guest lectures, and discussions, followed by several weeks of intensive study and documentation of life in one or more village settings. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 491 - Independent Study Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JAPN 499 - Special Studies for Honors Students pursuing honors research enroll in this course. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
Jewish Studies
	JWST 181 - The Many Faces of Israel Introduction to the rich tapestry of cultures and peoples who live in contemporary Israel. Looking at the experiences of immigrant communities-Jews from Poland, Morocco, India, Russia, Ethiopia, etc., this course will discuss ethnicity, acculturation, and mobility in Israel. A consideration of film, literature, and scholarly accounts from a range of disciplines will allow students to explore both those who are at the center and at the periphery of Israeli society. Credits: 1.00 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 181E - The Many Faces of Israel (Extended Study) A continuation of the on-campus course JWST 181, The Many Faces of Israel. Students travel to Israel and experience first-hand the diversity of religions, cultures, and ethnicities in modern Israel and meet with experts on its economy and society. Credits: 0.5 Corequisite: JWST 181 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 204 - Jewish Fiction since the Holocaust Covers representative works of fiction by Italian, French, English, Russian, Hungarian, American, Canadian, and Israeli Jewish writers. Not all nationalities are covered in the syllabus for any given year. Discussion centers on a close analysis of the novels, comparing individual and national responses to the Jewish 20th-century experience. By including fiction written across Europe, North America, and Israel, while limiting the time frame to the years following World War II, the question of whether there exists one or more approaches to fiction that are characteristically Jewish is addressed. All readings are in English translation. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 208 - The Hebrew Bible in America The Bible is not only the best-selling book in America, but is arguably the book that has most profoundly shaped the United States. This course is an introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in its American contexts, particularly American public life. In reading the Hebrew Bible, students ask themselves how these scriptures have shaped American politics, culture, history, and literature. Who has used the Bible and how? To whom does the Bible now speak, and what does it say? In what sense is the Bible understood to be an American text? This course presumes no knowledge of the Christian or Jewish Bibles. Credits: 1.00 Crosslisted: RELG 208 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 213 - The Bible as/and Literature What role does literary art play in the shaping of biblical narrative? How does the construction of the sacred text reflect its theological meaning? The religious vision of the Bible is given depth and subtlety precisely by being conveyed literarily; thus, the primary concern in this course is with the literature and literary influence of the received text of the Bible rather than with the history of the text’s creation. As students read through the canon they establish the boundaries of the texts studied, distinguish the type(s) of literature found in them, examine their prose and poetic qualities, and identify their surface structures. Students also consider the literary legacy of the Bible and the many ways that subsequent writers have revisited its stories. Credits: 1.00 Crosslisted: RELG 213 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 222 - Comparative Scripture Comparative scriptural analysis or what is now called “Scriptural Reasoning.” The focus will be on close readings of the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and Qur’an with an eye to common themes and differences. Students will engage in a comparison of interpretive traditions in Judaism, Christianity and Islam to see how particular scriptural passages are understood in the religious traditions. The course will also spend time studying the ways in which scriptural reasoning has been used as a form of religious conflict resolution and peace-building in situations of conflict in the UK and Middle East. Credits: 1.00 Crosslisted: RELG 222 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 226 - Reason, Religion, and God Examines the similarities and differences between rational and religious understandings of God. By pursuing close readings of classic texts in the field of philosophy of religion, students considers how both philosophical and religious ideas are often developed together. Students explore various arguments about the rationality of God as responses to wider intellectual, cultural, and historical contexts in which they are made and to the specific shape and needs of a particular religious tradition (e.g., Catholicism, Protestantism, or Judaism). Students also explore the “rationality” of religious forms such as scripture, symbol, ritual, and prayer. In different semesters, select themes such as revelation, theodicy (the justification of God in the face of human suffering), providence and free will, or the theism/atheism debate are investigated. Credits: 1.0 Crosslisted: RELG 226 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 242 - Antisemitism, past and present Examines the enduring problem of antisemitism in its religious and racial manifestations. Students consider scriptural texts as well as memoirs, fiction, visual art, and diatribes from numerous cultures (material from the 19th Century onwards is primarily from Europe, Russia/USSR, and the United States). Credits: 1 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements Formerly: JWST/RELG 344 Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 250 - Jewish Diasporas: Ukraine, Moscow, Jerusalem, New York Looks at the evolution of East European Jewry at the turn of the twentieth century, as a community with a single way of life finds itself in the vastly different environments of immigrant New York, Ottoman-era Palestine, and Soviet Russia. What stays the same and what changes? What is the fate of Marxist-inspired Jews in Palestine and in Soviet Russia? What happened, and what did they think as it happened? The course starts in the 1880s and ends in 1953 (the end of World War II, the formation of the State of Israel, the death of Stalin). The group we are studying is both a historical community, with roots going back 3,000 years, and a community of practice. Credits: 1.0 Crosslisted: CORE C143 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Class Restriction: No Junior, No Senior Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 251 - Faith after the Holocaust The death of six million Jews at the hands of the Nazis in the Second World War represents a radical challenge to faith in Judaism, in Christianity, and in humanism. Study begins with a historical overview of the Holocaust and uses accounts of Holocaust survivors to articulate the challenge of the Holocaust to faith. Then students review philosophical and theological responses to this challenge by a variety of Jewish, Christian, and secular authors. Credits: 1.00 Crosslisted: RELG 251 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 254 - Hope and Reality, Delusion and Dissent: Story-telling in the age of Communism, Nazism and Exile Examines life under Communism as distilled through the fiction of Russian, East European, and Jewish writers who experienced it firsthand. Students follow the intertwining of political and private life from the inception of a new regime, with many people exuberantly hopeful, through the various stages of acquiescence, resistance, escape, and sometimes death. Authors include Chekhov, Mayakovsky, Babel, Vasily Grossman, Kundera, and Nabokov. Credits: 1.00 Crosslisted: REST 254 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements Formerly: JWST 354 Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 260 - Rabbis Reinventing: The Making of Judaism as We Know It Students are introduced to Rabbinic Judaism as it unfolded over centuries and came to be accepted as normative. Students explore ways in which Rabbis worked to create a dynamic religious system, which could portray itself as a continuing tradition while regularly absorbing new ideas and influences. Historical and literary approaches to the course material provide necessary context for developments in Judaism between the second and early twentieth centuries C.E. while exposing students to texts that both shaped those developments and were defined by them. Credits: 1.0 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 275 - Modern Jewish History Focuses on the experience of Jews in the modern era, from 1871 with the emancipation of the Jews of Germany to the immediate aftermath of the Second World War and the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. Topics include expulsions and migrations, emancipation and acculturation, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, modern Jewish nationalism movements such as Zionism, the establishment of the State of Israel, and the expansion of American Jewish communities and the reassertion of Jewish life in Europe in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Credits: 1.0 Crosslisted: HIST 275 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 283 - Introduction to Judaism Judaism is a dynamic religious tradition that has developed many forms during a more than 3000-year history that has spanned nearly the entire globe. Students in this course consider how Jewish communities from the biblical period to the present day have shaped their practices and beliefs within their own specific historical circumstances. Students read primary sources such as the Bible, the Talmud, the Zohar, midrashim, prayers, response literature, and philosophical and theological discussions. In an effort to understand the ways in which Jews have lived their lives religiously, students explore how Jewish self-identity, textual traditions, and religious practices combine to define “Judaism.” Credits: 1.00 Crosslisted: RELG 283 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 291 - Independent Study Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 308 - End of the World: Apocalyptic Thought and Movements in Historical Perspective Investigates the origin and evolution of apocalyptic literature and movements from antiquity to the present, beginning with the Second Temple and early Christian periods. What existential and ideological factors give rise to convictions of the world’s cataclysmic destruction, or civilization-altering fate? Why do apocalyptic movements forecast the inevitability of such life-threatening catastrophes as national or global revolution and warfare, plagues, ecological catastrophes, or profound existential threats from bioengineering or artificial intelligence menaces gone awry? Particular attention is focused on the sociohistorical factors that fuel and heighten apocalyptic fervor within discrete historical periods, inclusive of contemporary post-apocalyptic reconstructions of new world orders that inspire allegiance, hope, and notions of paradisal tranquility. Credits: 1.00 Crosslisted: RELG 308 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No First-Year Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 329 - The Politics of Nationalism and Memory in Eastern Europe (Extended Study) How is history used to advance state-building and nation-building projects? What role do forgetting and memory play in politics? How do international forces interact with domestic political movements? This extended study course uses Vilnius, the current capital of Lithuania, as a case for studying the politics of nationalism and memory, which so shaped its history and which continue to inform its politics and culture today. Credits: 1 Crosslisted: POSC 329 Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 339 - Modern Jewish Philosophy A course on European and American Jewish thought, covering a spectrum of liberal and traditional figures. The course studies the ways in which Jewish thinkers have responded to the challenges of modern philosophy, religious pluralism, and feminism. Modern reformulations of traditional Jewish ideas and religious practices are discussed as well as contemporary theological exchanges between Jews and Christians. Readings are taken from such figures as Mendelssohn, Buber, Rosenzweig, Heschel, Fackenheim, and Plaskow. Credits: 1.00 Crosslisted: RELG 339 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No First-year Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 343 - Gender and Judaism Focused on the creation and conception of gender within Judaism. Students explore the ways in which gender is built into the scriptures, structures, institutions, and ideologies of Judaism, into Jewish religious, cultural and social life. According to Genesis, from the beginning there were male and female. To what degree are these two categories essential? To what degree artificial? How do religion and tradition enforce the gender divide, and in what ways can they be used to blur the distinctions between male and female? Credits: 1.00 Crosslisted: RELG 343 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 357E - Cracow, Poland (Extended Study) Bringing together students who have had diverse introductions to Polish culture after WWII, this extended study course examines how, in distinct but interrelated ways, Polish art and post-WWII religion each reacted to an era of extreme political instability and horrific violence. This trip pays special attention to how, even decades after the second World War, these broader cultural and religious developments simultaneously persist, are contested, and undergo re-imagination in contemporary Poland. Credits: 0.5 Crosslisted: REST 357E Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 374 - Jews and Autobiography Explores the accounts of individual lives as a means of understanding the past and gauging historical change through time. Students examine memoirs written from early modem era to the present year, from a gambling rabbi in 11th century Italy to a French Jewish child surviving the Holocaust in hiding to the contemporary reflections of an IDF soldier. Among the questions students consider are the limitations of memoirs as dependable historical sources and the ability of the individual to participate in and reflect historical processes. Credits: 1.0 Crosslisted: HIST 374 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 391 - Independent Study Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 463 - Contemporary Jewish German Literature What does it mean to write in German as a Jew today? A diverse group of contemporary German-language authors position themselves as Jewish writers engaged in probing the complex constellations of identity and intergenerational trauma and memory after the Shoah. Much of their work is centered on the Jewish experience in German and Austrian cultures, yet always in a web of relations to other places, their contexts, and languages - for example, Israel and the US, France and Algeria, Russia and Poland. Seismic shifts in national borders and transnational mobility, including German unification in 1990, the immigration of many Jews from the former Soviet Union to Germany and more recent demographic influences of migration of the 21st century, are further reshaping the topographies of intersectional identities and society that these writers explore. Students examine the relationships of generational position, gender, and literary voice; the interfaces of personal stories, historical knowledge, and contemporary local contexts; the politics and collective understandings of the memory of the Shoah; and the roles of literary representations in shaping that memory as time passes and personal memory disappears. Readings include fiction, essays, interviews, songs, and articles by Wolf Biermann, Ruth Beckermann, Maxim Biller, Irene Dische, Olga Grjasnowa, Lena Gorelik, Barbara Honigmann, Wladimir Kaminer, Ruth Kliiger, Katja Petrowskaja, Doron Rabinovici, Robert Schindel and others. May be taught in English translation or in German, depending on the semester and student interests and background. When the course is taught in English, students counting it for German major or minor requirements must also register for the additional (.25 credit) CLAC section (GERM 463X) and do readings and written work in German; students registered for the course as JWST may also join the CLAC course, with instructor permission. Credits: 1.0 Crosslisted: GERM 463 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	JWST 491 - Independent Study Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
Latin
	LATN 121 - Elementary Latin I The first semester of an introductory study of the elements of the Latin language. A thorough and methodical approach to the basics is supplemented, as students progress, by selected readings of works by ancient authors. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Click here for Course Offerings by term
	LATN 122 - Elementary Latin II The second semester of an introductory study of the elements of the Latin language. A thorough and methodical approach to the basics is supplemented, as students progress, by selected readings of works by ancient authors. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: LATN 121 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements Click here for Course Offerings by term
	LATN 123 - Intensive Elementary Latin Covers the material of Elementary Latin (121, 122) at an accelerated pace. Open to all students who would like to learn Latin efficiently and intensively; some background in Latin is helpful but not required. Credits: 1.00 When Offered: Spring semester when there is sufficient demand Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Restrictions: Not open to students who have completed LATN 121 or LATN 122 . Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	LATN 195 - Elementary-Level Latin Language Abroad Elementary-level language courses taken abroad with a Colgate study group, an approved program, or in a foreign institution of higher learning. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	LATN 201 - Intermediate Latin: Prose Examines the prose styles of Cicero and Sallust through readings of selections from both Cicero’s Orations and Sallust’s Bellum Catilinae. Close reading allows students to expand and develop their knowledge of Latin grammar and syntax as well as to learn the fundamentals of Latin prose style. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: LATN 122 or LATN 123 or equivalent Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	LATN 202 - Intermediate Latin: Poetry Introduction to Latin poetry through close reading of selections from Vergil or other poets. Students gain a wider appreciation of the technical and literary aspects of Latin poetry through their acquaintance with Rome’s great epic poet. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: LATN 122 or LATN 123 or LATN 201 or equivalent Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	LATN 291 - Independent Study Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	LATN 295 - Intermediate-Level Latin Language Abroad Intermediate-level language courses taken abroad with a Colgate study group, an approved program, or in a foreign institution of higher learning. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: None Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	LATN 321 - Livy Selections from Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita are closely read and analyzed. Particular attention is paid to Livy’s historiographical method as well as to the Roman republican period that is the subject of the bulk of his work. Selections from other Roman historians may be examined for comparison. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: LATN 201 or higher Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	LATN 340 - Roman Oratory Examines the role and development of public speaking in the Roman republic. Readings in Latin include early rhetorical fragments (from Cato the Elder and others) and one major oration of Cicero. Several Ciceronian speeches are also read in English translation. Equal amounts of attention are given to analysis of style, scrutiny of argument, and study of historical context. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: LATN 201 or higher Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	LATN 350 - Roman Comedy At least one complete play from the early Roman comedians, Plautus and Terence, is closely read and analyzed in this course. The focus is on Roman social structure satirized and revealed within the comedies as well as on the unique language of the plays. This allows a glimpse at a more colloquial Latin than that of later poets and prose stylists. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: LATN 201 or higher Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	LATN 360 - Roman Elegy Selections from Propertius, Tibullus, Ovid, and Catullus are subjected to close reading and analysis. Particular attention is paid to the development and tradition of the genre of Roman elegy. The Roman elegists oppose their own poetical technique and thematic direction to that of the writers of more “serious” poetry. Students explore this dichotomy. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: LATN 201 or higher Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term
	LATN 370 - Ovid Close reading and analysis of one of the most influential of ancient works, the Metamorphoses. Ovid’s epic poem encompasses all of Graeco-Roman myth, poetry, and history. Students have the opportunity to master Ovid’s classic Latin style and to explore his influences and those he influenced. Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: None Prerequisites: LATN 201 or higher Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts CORE: None Click here for Course Offerings by term

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HIST 374 - Jews and Autobiography

HIST 379 - U.S. and Africa (AF)

HIST 380 - Emancipation, Forced Labor, and Contemporary Bondage in Africa (AF)

HIST 381 - Pre-Colonial Africa (AF)

HIST 382 - Modern Africa (AF)

HIST 384 - Somalia: From Independence to Collapse (AF)

HIST 385 - Darfur in Historical Perspective (AF)

HIST 386 - Mexico and the United States (TR)

HIST 387 - Epidemic Histories (TR)

HIST 388 - The American South: From Reconstruction to the Present (US)

HIST 391 - Independent Study

HIST 399 - History Sandbox

HIST 400 - Thematic Seminar

HIST 462 - Seminar on Problems in African History (AF)

HIST 475 - Seminar in African American History (US)

HIST 482 - Seminar on Problems in British History since 1800 (EU)

HIST 484 - Seminar on Modern European Cultural and Intellectual History (EU)

HIST 489 - Seminar on Problems in Military History (TR)

HIST 490 - Honors Seminar in History (TR)

HIST 491 - Independent Study

ITAL 121 - Elementary Italian I

ITAL 122 - Elementary Italian II

ITAL 195 - Elementary-Level Italian Language Abroad

ITAL 201 - Intermediate Italian

ITAL 202 - Intermediate Italian: Language and Literature

ITAL 224 - Introduction to Italian Cinema

ITAL 224L - Required Film Screening

ITAL 291 - Independent Study

ITAL 295 - Intermediate-Level Italian Language Abroad

ITAL 353 - Introduction to the Study of Italian Literature: Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature

ITAL 354 - Modern Italian Culture

ITAL 360 - From the Page to the Screen (and Vice-Versa)

ITAL 360L - Required Film Screening

ITAL 361 - Advanced Grammar, Composition, and Conversation

ITAL 391 - Independent Study

ITAL 395 - Advanced-Level Italian Language Abroad

ITAL 491 - Independent Study

JAPN 121 - Elementary Japanese I

JAPN 122 - Elementary Japanese II

JAPN 195 - Elementary-Level Japanese Language Abroad

JAPN 201 - Intermediate Japanese I

JAPN 202 - Intermediate Japanese II

JAPN 222 - Japan through Literature and Film

JAPN 222L - Required Film Screening

JAPN 233 - Japanese Popular Culture and Media

JAPN 240 - Gender and Sexuality in Japanese Culture

JAPN 251 - Intermediate Japanese III (Japan Study Group)

JAPN 255 - Hidden Japan: Tea Ceremony

JAPN 255L - Hidden Japan: Tea Ceremony Lab

JAPN 291 - Independent Study

JAPN 301 - Advanced Japanese I

JAPN 302 - Advanced Japanese II

JAPN 351 - Advanced Japanese III (Japan Study Group)

JAPN 391 - Independent Study

JAPN 395 - Advanced-Level Japanese Lang

JAPN 401 - Readings in Japanese I

JAPN 402 - Readings in Japanese II

JAPN 451 - Readings in Japanese II (Study Group)

JAPN 455 - Advanced Grammar in Japanese

JAPN 481 - Topics in Japanese Culture (Study Group)

JAPN 482 - Cultural Studies: The Japanese Village (Study Group)

JAPN 491 - Independent Study

JAPN 499 - Special Studies for Honors

JWST 181 - The Many Faces of Israel

JWST 181E - The Many Faces of Israel (Extended Study)

JWST 204 - Jewish Fiction since the Holocaust

JWST 208 - The Hebrew Bible in America

JWST 213 - The Bible as/and Literature

JWST 222 - Comparative Scripture

JWST 226 - Reason, Religion, and God

JWST 242 - Antisemitism, past and present

JWST 250 - Jewish Diasporas: Ukraine, Moscow, Jerusalem, New York

JWST 251 - Faith after the Holocaust

JWST 254 - Hope and Reality, Delusion and Dissent: Story-telling in the age of Communism, Nazism and Exile

JWST 260 - Rabbis Reinventing: The Making of Judaism as We Know It

JWST 275 - Modern Jewish History

JWST 283 - Introduction to Judaism

JWST 291 - Independent Study

JWST 308 - End of the World: Apocalyptic Thought and Movements in Historical Perspective