Catalog: Boston College 2003-2004 Catalog | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES cations). For further ... courses from related areas such as Art History, Economics, Film Studies, ... language, Philosophy, or Theology. One of the electives may be a directed senior ... to understanding the science and policy of the earths environmental challenges, ... any undergraduate major. The goals of the minor are three-fold: (1) to help ... undergraduates develop an awareness of the scientific, cultural, and political ... aspects of the worlds environmental problems, (2) ... for careers in the expanding field of the environmental professions, and (3) ... as research opportunities both on- and off-campus. All Environmental Studies Minors must ... courses chosen from a specified list of environmental science and policy ... courses to be chosen from upper-level offerings in various departments, and a senior ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... 2003-2004 63 of research materiel; grant writing, ... only) who have taken up to six credits of Thesis Seminar, but have not yet ... continuation during each semester of their candidacy. Doctoral Continuation ... requires a commitment of at least 20 hours per week working on ... is an interdisciplinary program that offers or cosponsors courses in several ... , philosophy, theology, and the arts, students may pursue a variety of ... . To further this goal the Program also offers a minor. In addition, Black Studies ... Studies course. Undergraduate Course Offerings Note: Future course offerings and ... courses offered on a periodic basis are listed on the ... survey examines the history and culture of African-Americans from the pre-colonial ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES BK 253 Eyes On The Prize: ... This course is a comprehensive history of the people, the stories, the events, ... and the issues of the civil rights struggle in America. ... The course focuses on the stories of the little-known men and women who made ... 321 This course examines the elements of rhythm and blues in the Afro-American ... sense and traces the influence of these elements on American popular and ... BK 268 The History and Development of Racism (Fall/Spring: 3) Cross listed ... with PL 268/SC 268 The purpose of this course is to increase participant ... awareness of the interrelationships of individual and institutional forms of ... and to deepen participant understanding of how to combat racism today. The course ... will survey historical forms of racism in the United States and will ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... Tacitus, and the novel. The Departments of Philosophy, Theology, and Slavic and ... Eastern Languages also offer courses in relevant areas of the ... ancient world. Undergraduate Course Offerings Note: Future course offerings and ... courses offered on a periodic basis are listed on the ... course will introduce the fundamentals of Latin grammar and vocabulary. The aim ... course will introduce the fundamentals of ancient Greek grammar and vocabulary. ... like Platos Apology after a year of study. John Shea CL 052-053 ... Fall/Spring: 3) This course is a review of the essentials of Classical Attic ... grammar and a reading of selections from Greek literature, often ... 3) This course gives a thorough review of essential grammatical forms presented ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... . The focus will be on the roles of reporters, columnists, editorial ... what page to display them. The function of the various sub-sections in the ... newsroom structure Business, Arts, Sports, Lifestyle, and Magazine will be ... discussed as will the role of the business office where it intersects ... with the management of the newsroom. Thomas Mulvoy CO 235 ... . Designed as a comprehensive view of the subject, the course includes such ... theory and practice, the role of advertising in the marketing mix, the ... organization of the advertising agency, marketing/ ... research, and the creative uses of various advertising media. Students ... , and participate in the formulation of an advertising campaign plan. William ... Peter Woloschuk CO 238 Marketing the Arts (Spring: 3) Cross listed with CT 238 ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES EN 318 Nineteenth-Century ... the pre-1900 requirement A study of the four major canonical figures of ... Dickinson with briefer consideration of such fireside poets as Br yant, ... Longfellow, and Whittier, and some of the popular women poets, especially ... define the region where a material mode of expression, technology, intersects with ... that of its imaginative cousins: literature, ... art, philosophy and history. The purpose of ... the course is to chart the evolution of the connection between technology and ... the fine arts by examining a series of multi-disciplinary representations, ... among them the painting and photography of Charles Sheeler (and other ... Wyler and Cimino, non-fiction writings of Thoreau, Hamilton, Coxe, Jefferson, ... the vibrant popular and high cultures of India and a consciousness about English ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... used to repr esent the most senseless of violations of a communitys fabric. ... the pre-1900 requirement. A study of major novels chosen from the works of ... will emphasize active class discussion of narrators and fictional structures, and ... of the ways novelists imagine and critique ... 3) Margarit Tadevosyan EN 374 Medieval Arthurian Literature (Spring: 3) Myth, legend, ... make the most popular and enduring set of characters in all of medieval ... literature. The stories of Arthur and Guinevere, the sorcerer Merlin, the ... Lancelot, Sir Perceval, and the Knights of the Round Table exerted a fascination ... include Mabinogi, Culhwch, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Chr tien de Troyes, Marie de ... examines literary and cultural forms of the Anglo- American settlements before ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 100 The Boston College ... Stories, 2002 (ed. Sue Miller), Stories of John Cheever, Friend of My Youth (Alice ... (Andre Dubus). The initial method of criticism will be rhetorical. This will ... starting question. What special uses of language are employed in this story to ... Doherty EN 463 Religious Dimensions of the Modern Novel (Spring: 3) This ... ). It will consider how the nature of an artists work is influenced by his or ... , with some attention to the issue of the relationship between the religious ... imagination and the artistic imagination. J. Robert Barth, S.J. EN ... , this course examines the development of English and American Gothic fiction ... from The Castle of Otranto, The Yellow Wallpaper and ... will read representative work by some of the following writers: Horace Walpole, ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 102 The Boston College ... ; and the third (a researched piece of immersion journalism) about a community ... are expected to produce a steady stream of new and revised fiction throughout the ... Michael Lowenthal EN 591 Scholar of the College (Fall/Spring: 6) Frances ... Dickinson's vast and brilliant output of poems and let ters has attracted a ... great deal of critical debate in the last forty years ... seminar will read all the poems, many of the letters, a biography of the poet, ... and a considerable amount of that criticism. They will write several ... essays developing close readings of individual poems and at the end of the ... American Poetry and Poetics from World War II up through the Eisenhower, Kennedy, ... , the Arab-Israeli Conflict, the Gulf War, and the Nixon, Reagan, and Bush Years, ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... 2003-2004 109 FA 108 Great Art Capitals of Europe (Spring: 3) ... Satisfies Arts Core requirement It deals with selected ... works of painting, sculpture and architecture ... from the fifth-century golden age of Athens through the postimpressionism of ... monuments in-depth, emphasizing their artistic styles, as well as the ideological and ... they were created. While looking at the art of the past, we will also consider how ... . Pamela Berger FA 109 Aspects of Art (Fall/Spring: 3) Satisfies Arts Core ... prints, sculptures and buildings which artists make to enrich our environ ment and ... expand our awareness of important issues. To get the artists ... learn the formal and aesthetic premises of visual language and the vocabulary of ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES many of whom were members of the Roman Catholic ... Church. We will study the art within its social and cultural context ... aims. Stephanie Leone FA 401 Seminar in Art Historical Research (Fall: 3) The ... methods necessary for scholarly work in art history. The student prepares a ... research paper under the direction of the professor and presents it to the ... topic not included in courses that are offered. The Department FA 453 Psychoanalytic ... Approches to Art (Fall: 3) The focus of this seminar is on late nineteenth ... century artists such as Manet, Gauguin, Cezanne and Van ... been, and have yet to be applied to art. Our particular concern is the lack of ... , iconographic and stylistic context of artistic expression. We will explore how the ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... , GM 050 Further training in active use of the language, with emphasis on reading ... translation In this course, we read two of Germanys most enigmatic authors: ... centuries, both grapple with the task of defining a universal standard of ... in English This course traces a number of themes which were first expressed in ... the writings of European Romantics during the early ... to the language and structure of business in the German-speaking ... A semesters work includes the practice of skills necessary to understand and ... (role-playing); the exploration of business in German in different media, ... ; and the praxis-oriented expansion of applying the German language in a ... in spoken and written German. Review of grammar will be restricted to a few ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES HS 094), a History major ... their sophomore year. Note that a score of 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement test ... following: HS 300 The Study and Writing of History (preferably taken in the ... - Western requirement. At least three of the electives including two of the ... History Department advisor. For a list of possible fields, consult the ... /maj or1. Students may take a maximum of four foreign study courses, no more ... than two of which may be upper-division courses, ... the University Core. Likewise a maximum of two summer courses may be taken for ... six courses, including HS 300 and two of the upper-division courses, must be ... should also note that the College of Arts and Sciences accepts summer courses for ... In order to facilitate the introduction of research techniques, the Department ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 130 The Boston College ... India World Undergraduate Course Offerings Note: Future course offerings and ... courses offered on a periodic basis are listed on the ... surveys the historical development of Europe from the Renaissance to the ... present with the intention of explaining how the unique Western ... came into being. The great expansion of European power and culture since 1500 ... has made the development of Europe a key to understanding the ... is interested in tracing the evolution of western society to the present day. ... , with attention also to the relation of the factors with the world of ideas and ... the arts. Special topics will also include the ... rise of absolute states, warfare and diplomacy in the old regime, the ... as represented by the ideologies of conservatism, liberalism, communism and ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES HS 019-020 Modern History ... II: Political and Intellectual History of Europe (Fall/Spring: 3) Corequisite: HS ... This course treats the history of the European world since 1500, ... devoted to womens lives and questions of gender within the religious and ... political debates of the era. The second semester of the ... I and II: Social and Cultural History of Europe (Fall/Spring: 3) Corequisite: HS ... 024 This course surveys the evolution of western Europe from the end of the ... Middle Ages through the 1989 collapse of the Soviet Empire. Special attention is ... to the following issues: the triumph of liberal capitalism, the rise of the ... bourgeoisie, the development of the modern state, the emergence of new ... forms of conquest and domination over the ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 132 The Boston College ... in which Europe has related to the rest of Eurasia, particularly, the Middle East ... Indian Subcontinent, China and Japan. Of central importance is the rise of ... will examine such topics as the growth of modern state authority, the challenge ... of Ottoman power, the disintegration of Christian unity, European expansion, ... , the socialist challenge, the World Wars, the Cold War, and the implications of ... HS 060 Modern History II: Rise of Europe: East and West (Spring: 3) ... Requirement Not long ago the oil wealth of the Middle East seemed to threaten the ... prosperity of the West such a fear is not completely ... Europe built a resilient system of states, introduced scientific and ... History (Fall/Spring: 4) Honors section of the core Enrollment through Honors ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... called History as, in part, the history of heterosexuality, and third, to examine ... some of the features and functions of fears about homosexuality and ... : 3) Prerequisite: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094 Cross Listed with ... Christoph Eyckman HS 161 Biographies of Power in Latin America (Fall: 3) ... Prerequisites: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094 Cross listed with ... . This course will explore the role of major historical personalities in the ... political, social, and cultural history of Latin America from the colonial regime ... will be to analyze the ideas and deeds of Latin American men and women who had a ... : 3) Prerequisites: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094 Not open to ... students who have taken HS 224 Of what use is archeology to the historian ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 134 The Boston College ... prophet and statesman and the impact of this joint mission has been felt ... . What have been the major achievements of the religio-centric culture at the ... strategic crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe? This course ... explores the relation of Islam to the religions of late ... antiquity, the religious system of Islam, political and military trends, ... : 3) Prerequisites: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094 Satisfies ... years the Middle East has been the site of many wars and conflicts. More recently ... it has become the most important source of the worlds energy. This combination of ... : 3) Prerequisites: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094 The course is a ... consideration of the history of the Roman Empire from 200-700 C.E. It ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... -2004 135 HS 300.04 Study and Writing of History: Social History of the Great ... : 3) Prerequisites: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094; history major ... This course examines the fundamentals of the historians craft through case ... studies of the social history of the 1930s. Using both primary and ... sources, we will examine the impact of the Great Depression and the New Deal ... Johnson HS 300.06 Study and Writing of History: Romans and Christians (Fall: 3 ... ) Prerequisites: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094; history major ... status Only with the conversion of Emperor Constantine the Great (around ... Christians become Romans in the sense of being full citizens of the Roman Empire ... that seemed quite logical to Roman officials like Pliny the Younger. How Romans ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... : 3) Prerequisites: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094 Cross listed with ... attention will be focused on the issue of race and the revolution in Cuba. ... Likewise, the history of Cubas policies in Africa and the ... , relating this to the specific case of Cuba since 1959. Frank Taylor HS 326 ... History of Modern Iran (Spring: 3) Prerequisites: ... Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094 Satisfies ... This course will provide an analysis of the trends and transformations in the ... political, social and cultural history of Iran from the late nineteenth century ... economy and society in the latter part of the nineteenth century; social and ... ; the constitutional revolution of 1905-1911; changing relations between ... roots and the social-structural causes of the Iranian Revolution of 1977-79; ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES crises led to civil war and the first revolution in European ... history. Within the span of a century, revolutions in politics, ... from a second-rate state into one of the leading powers of the world, while ... thought and culture to the forefront of Europe. Burke Griggs HS 433 The Great ... : 3) Prerequisites: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094 The Great Irish ... Famine of 1845-1851 was the pivotal event in ... history, and influenced the course of events throughout the English speaking ... explore both the ecology and sociology of famine in Ireland and attempt to place ... perspective. Particular subjects of inquiry will include the relationship ... diaspora. Kevin ONeill HS 434 History of Northern Ireland, 1912 to the Present ( ... : 3) Prerequisites: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094 This course will ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... 2003-2004 139 Peloponnesian War. Readings in translation include: ... : 3) Prerequisites: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094 Beginning with an ... investigation of Frances condition as it emerged from ... continue with Napoleons liquidation of the Revolution and then trace the ... in the political and social movements of the nineteenth century. The story of ... turbulent political and social history of the succeeding monarchies, empires, and ... , and the intervening revolutions of 1830, 1848, and 1870-71. The course ... will conclude with an examination of France on the eve of the First World ... War. Paul Spagnoli HS 506 History of the American West (Fall: 3) ... Prerequisites: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094 This course ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 140 The Boston College ... : 3) Prerequisites: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094 This course will ... in the United States since the end of World War II. Although the focus will ... the topics to be examined are post-war prosperity, the Red Scare, the struggle ... protests in the 1960s, the problems of the modern presidency, and the ... : 3) Prerequisites: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094 Satisfies ... Diversity Core Requirement Exploration of the changing patterns of manhood and ... womanhood in the southern regions of the United States from the colonial ... : 3) Prerequisites: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094 An historical ... look at Boston through parts of its neighbor hoods, including the South ... : 3) Prerequisites: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094 Not open to ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... : 3) Prerequisites: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094 Deborah Levenson ... Graduate Course Offerings Graduate Colloquia A colloquium ... consists of readings, primarily in secondary ... sources, on a series of selected topics. All graduate students ... : Soviet History (Fall: 3) Study of major historical works on Soviet ... from the 1917 Revolution to World War II, with an emphasis on current ... be paid to the impact that the opening of Soviet archives has had on historical ... writing and our knowledge of Soviet history. Roberta Manning HS 843 ... : 3) This colloquium will explore some of the major issues in Modern Irish ... and related developments in the writing of Irish social, economic, and political ... political systems and the maintenance of subsistence in peasant society. An ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES freshmen class) who have ... the Director in collaboration with the Office of Undergraduate Admission. All have ... 3-credit courses each semester (a total of 24 credits), and they substitute for ... to students in A S (about nine percent of the freshmen class) who have been ... the Director in collaboration with the Office of Undergraduate Admission. All have ... I (Fall: 3) This is a continuation of the Western Cultural Tradition course ... twentieth century, and it is required of all Honors Program juniors. The course ... , and how it absorbed new forms of knowledge and new points of view. The ... deals with the period up to World War II and focuses on both the excitement ... II (Spring: 3) The second semester of this course deals with the key cultural ... issues of the latter half of the century, especially those grouped ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 144 The Boston College ... The International Studies Program offers an interdisciplinary curriculum to ... interested in the international aspects of Arts and Sciences disciplines. Both a ... available to qualified students. Course offerings under the Program are drawn from nearly ... all departments in the College of Arts and Sciences. A key goal of the Program ... so as to develop a broad understanding of international affairs. The Program ... study abroad and advanced study of a foreign language. Applying for the ... , after they have completed one year of study at Boston College. Admission is ... determined by the Academic Board of the International Studies program, ... and an associate dean from the College of Arts and Sciences. Criteria for ... achievement (overall GPA, rigor of the academic program, and other ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... Electives Select according to one of the following options: Global Culture ... or compare cultures through works of literature, the fine arts, theology, ... themes such as a comparative study of artistic production, literature, religious ... belief, epistemology, or a study of the insights and cultural functions of ... literature and the arts. Global Culture, History, and the ... on a thematic topic such as the study of technology, race, sexuality, business, ... . Four electives focusing on the study of culture in one geographic region. ... a carefully structured six-course plan of study. The six courses will include two ... elective courses chosen on the basis of a thematic area of study and a regional ... following: EC 276 Political Economy of Developing Nations (Prerequisites: EC ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... a whole, the course will focus on three of the most important philosophical ... the history, problems, and prospects of Bostons neighborhoods. With the ... exception of the fourth session, class meetings in ... the first half of the semester will meet on campus. Class ... Prudential Center. For the second half of the semester, as snow banks give way to ... blossoms, we will meet in the South End of Boston for a firsthand case study of a ... , will aim at a deepened understanding of the S elf as it evolves in the major ... life experiences of contemplation, relationship, education ... , will prompt class discussion of such questions as how do we become self ... exercises will explore the potential of the written word to present such ... history, we will examine the question of personal calling: service/activism; ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... -2004 163 PL 510 Modern Philosophies of Self (Fall: 3) This course examines ... some major theories of selfhood and subjectivity in ... movement, running from Husserls theory of the transcendental ego to Ricoeurs ... hermeneutic model of the self-asanother. This will include ... detailed textual discussion of Heideggers analysis of Dasein (BT), ... , culminating in a critical appraisal of the postmodern controversy on the ... disappearance of the subject. Richard M. Kearney PL 518 ... Philosophy of Imagination (Spring: 3) Readings in the ... philosophy of imagination from ancient myth to post- ... with biblical and Greek accounts of images and image-making, this course ... paradigm shifts in the western history of imagination: (1) the ancient paradigm ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... claims to cutting-edge issues of complex government agency regulations ... and the creation and enforcement of international legal norms. Zygmunt ... /Spring: 3) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor These are one-semester ... ) The Department PO 297 Honors Seminar: War, State, Society (Fall: 3) The seminar ... a comparative historical examination of the modern state. The course includes a ... focused examination of the relationship between war-making and ... , the course considers the decline of the modern state in response to ... students with the major features of American policymaking at the national ... , affirmative action, welfare, and use of public lands. Shep Melnick American ... and the contemporary character of American Federalism. It will explore ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 176 The Boston College ... , cultural, economic, and political) of the assimilation process will be ... course will culminate in an examination of various policy responses to the ... In this course we will examine the role of groups in the American political ... process. We will begin with the nature of individuals identification with social ... political interests in the context of public opinion, elections and ... and Politics (Spring: 3) The purpose of this course is to examine through the ... use of specific case studies the dilemmas that ... leaders have to balance considerations of morality with those of power. Examples ... with slavery, Randolph Bournes critique of American entry into World War I, the ... response of the West to the Nazi genocide, ... Hiroshima, the cold war, and contemporary debate over issues ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... 2003-2004 177 PO 421 The Politics of Northern Ireland, 1921-Present (Spring ... to trace the political development of Northern Ireland from its creation in ... have shaped the political landscape of the six counties of historic Ulster ... that remain part of the United Kingdom. The focus of this ... . There will also be a brief survey of the major political, economic, ... (British) to establish a theory of imperial construction, decay and ... collapse. The role of state-seeking nationalisms in the ... breakup of empire will be debated, and the ... possibility of imperial revival in an age of ... : 3) The class examines the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe and ... . The focus is on the reform strategies of political leaders and the opposition ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 178 The Boston College ... Catalog 2003-2004 principles of international politics in American ... provide, the main focus is on analysis of current and anticipated international ... the structures, processes, and impacts of international institutions within the ... larger context of world politics. The course will first ... . The course will then examine a number of international institutions that are ... active in a diverse group of issue areas (e.g., security, political- ... : 3) This course examines the role of intelligence in international security ... . It provides an overview of the conceptual foundations of ... studies and the traditional dimensions of intelligence activity (clandestine ... ). We will then examine classic cases of intelligence success and failure, in ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... ; military intervention in civil wars; WMD proliferation and terrorism. In ... empirical cases, including origins of World War II, the course and conduct of ... the Cold War, and recent crises in international ... two countries still divided since World War II, and several of the most dynamic ... This course considers the prospects for war and peace in this complex constellation ... of powers. Will the US and China become ... . Christopher Twomey Graduate Course Offerings PO 703 Current Constitutional Issues ( ... undergraduate students with permission of instructor. David R. Manwaring PO 706 ... Open to undergraduates with permission of the instructor. This seminar will ... American Founding. We will read some of the more important pre-Founding texts; ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 182 The Boston College ... Catalog 2003-2004 of Social Work. Upon successful completion ... of all graduate requirements at the end of ... . Psychology faculty provide expanded office hours during these periods. Students ... studying abroad should seek the consent of their advisor. Psychology majors who do ... (e.g., majors in their first year of study or recent transfer students) ... Psychology majors fulfill one semester of the Social Science Core requirement ... do not provide credit toward completion of the Psychology major. PS 010-PS 099: ... do not provide credit toward completion of the Psychology major. PS 100-PS 199: ... Introductions to various subdisciplines of psychology, serving as prerequisites to ... Research Practica in various areas of psychology limited to Psychology majors ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... United States since before the Civil War. During the twentieth century Paris ... disillusioned African-American artists, musicians and writers in search of a ... And today the French confront a history of colonialism and struggle to combat ... explore these issues in the writings of Tocqueville, Beauvoir, Wright, Baldwin ... (Fall/Spring: 3) Prerequisite: 4 years of high school French or RL 209 or RL 210 ... Fulfills one of the 300-level requirements for the ... (Fall/Spring: 3) Prerequisite: 4 years of high school French or RL 209 or RL 210 ... Fulfills one of the 300-level requirements for the ... will continue to solidify their mastery of French grammar through structural ... through discussion and written analysis of selected short stories, novels, and ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... 2003-2004 201 variety of views regarding the relation between ... will culminate in a group performance of selected excerpts of the plays studied ... . We will study films and short works of fiction as we move through the major ... periods of Italian twentieth century: World War I ... , Fascism, post-war Italy, the economic boom of the sixties ... , terrorism of the seventies, and late twentieth- ... speaking skills is an important goal of all class activities. Laurie Shepard RL ... Prerequisites: Contextos, or permission of instructor Conducted in Spanish Counts ... through ample practice and the study of grammar, syntax, vocabulary and style. ... speakers, or are native speakers of Spanish. Dwayne Carpenter RL 633 ... Aesthetics and Politics of Anti-Slavery Literature of Cuba (Fall: ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... to Bulgarian culture. The study of language structure is based on ... Spring: 3) Cross listed with TH 037-038 Offered Biennially A course for beginners in ... : SL 036 or equivalent Completion of this course satisfies the undergraduate ... languageproficiency requirement Offered Biennially The course is designed to ... and translation. It provides a review of major difficulties in Bulgarian grammar ... in translation by including a range of Bulgarian styles. Mariela Dakova SL 051 ... Corequisite: SL 055-056 Completion of this course satisfies the undergraduate ... This course provides a review of major difficulties in Russian grammar ... , translation, paraphrase, and analysis of selected Russian texts. Elena Lapitsky ... : SL 010 or equivalent Completion of this course satisfies the undergraduate ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 208 The Boston College ... Conducted in Russian Completion of this course satisfies the undergraduate ... a special practicum for the development of active skills in Russian. Extensive ... postintermediate students to the heart of Japanese language and culture including ... and folk tales; catching the essence of a newspaper article; understanding ... ; interviews; auditions; resumes; official letters; greetings; and forms of ... English. For a Russian-language version of this course see SL 308. This course is ... a comparative study of two giants of world literature, with their opposing ... perceptions of reality, art, and civilization. A reading of their ... , and religious questions and in light of twentieth-century literary theory. ... in English All readings are in English Offered Biennially Study of major landmarks of ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 210 The Boston College ... Catalog 2003-2004 Graduate Course Offerings SL 575 Seminar: Nabokov (Spring: 3) ... Open to undergraduates by permission of instructor only The bilingual and ... bicultural achievement of Vladimir Nabokov. A polemical ... examination of Nabokov writings, with particular ... , ethics, and metaphysics and to issues of gender, sexuality, authorship, and ... Emeritus; A.B., A.M., Ph.D., University of Illinois John Donovan, Professor ... .B., Yale University; Ph.D., University of Chicago Lisa Dodson, Research ... College; A.M., Ph.D., University of Michigan Jeanne Guillemin, Professor; ... ; A.B., A.M., Ph.D., University of Michigan Lynda Lytle Holmstrom, ... ; A.B., A.M., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley Stephen J. ... Pfohl, Professor; Chairperson of the Department; B.A., The Catholic ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog ... activities in the community. The nexus of politics and religion is covered. The ... survey concludes with perspectives of change. Kerry Ann Rockquemore SC 044 ... Core requirement The major topics of discussion include: sources of ethnic ... conflict, consequences of ethnic conflict, conflict prevention ... about violent conflict in the post-Cold War era, is nationalism always bad, do ... developments in technology, no aspect of culture and society is left undisturbed ... technologies all raise new questions of ethics, privacy and social ... to focus on the experiential aspects of where technologies intersect with their ... to various social problems such as war, poverty, environmental pollution, ... private/public programs fail because of inappropriate myths and paradigms. We ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES SC 144 Legal and Illegal ... Women (Fall: 3) May be taken as part of the Womens Studies minor This course ... will analyze the use of violence and the threat of violence to ... maintain the system of stratification by gender. The focus ... , and the emphasis is on the use of the computer facilities, the VAX, and ... issues covered include measures of central tendency, measures of ... , hypothesis testing, measures of correlation, simple regression, and one ... -way analysis of variance. Michael Malec The Department ... acquaints students with the range of research methods used in sociological ... a scientific approach to the study of social life, and consider the interplay ... of data method and theory. In addition to ... presentation of specific techniques, we will also ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 216 The Boston College ... will be introduced to the techniques of carrying out qualitative research. We ... capitalism is in a crisis because of the general lack of social ... responsiveness on the part of corporate executives, shareholders, ... alternative and more productive forms of economic and business conduct. Ritchie ... Previously listed as SC 346 This course offers a new way to think about America, ... a shrinking job market, and the failure of many of our industries and corporations ... ; our social crisis includes the growth of violence, the breakdown of family and ... neighborhood, the decline of the middle class, and the erosion of ... Derber SC 584 Sociological Roots of War (Fall: 3) Ritchie P. Lowry SC 589 ... : 3) Patricia Chang Graduate Course Offerings SC 702 Introduction to Statistics and ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 228 The Boston College ... Catalog 2003-2004 TH 249 St. Ignatius of Loyola and Discernment: A Seminar on ... will explore the goals and process of spiritual discernment according to the ... tradition of St. Ignatius Loyola, the issues ... and exploring fundamental elements of Jewish life and theology in the process ... Manichaean in its political judgments of good and evil, the Christian imperative ... will examine these themes in the light of American responses to terrorist and ... other perceived perils to our security, of the passions aroused by international ... Helmick, S.J. TH 327 Perspectives on War, Aggression, and Conflict Resolution I ( ... help majors extend their understanding of the meaning and methods of theology and ... an opportunity to synthesize aspects of their course work, identify key themes ... | |
