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Columbian College of Arts & Science
CRN
SUBJ
CRS#
SCT #
TITLE
DAY
TIME
RM
INSTR
80
TR
2:20-3:35
 
1110 - 1200
1957 E, B12
935 - 1025
P 201
10
 TR 11:10-12:25
P 201
Kosek
10
 T 4:10-6:00 GELM 609
0935 - 1050
COR 302
1110 - 1200
GELM 609
1530 - 1800
OM 305
52239
80
F
 8:00-10:00
COR 101
57242
10
MF
11:10-12:25
BELL 106
0935 - 1050
PHIL 108
80
 2:20-3:35
1776 E St. #148
9:35-10:45
10
TR
 12:45-2:00
GELM 608
1245 - 1400
DUQUES 362
1420 - 1535
1957 E St. #315
1420 - 1535
DUQUES 360
09:35am-11:25am
2020 K 24
11:10am-01:00pm
GELM 502
11:10am-01:00pm
GELM 502
09:35am-11:25am
DUQUES 360
12:45-14:00
1957 E 313
Rudnicki
9:35-10:50
1957 E 315
1420 - 1535
PHIL 108
1110 - 1225
ROME 201
1420 - 1535
0935 - 1050
1555 - 1710
PHIL 413
935 - 1050
PHIL 510
0800 - 0915
0800 - 0915
Von Euw
0935 - 1050
ROME 202
1555 - 1710
PHIL 413
1110 - 1225
ROME 201
0935 - 1050
ROME 201
F 12:45-1400
W ROME 201, F PHIL 413
F 12l45-14l00
W ROME 202, F PHIL 510
1000 - 1115
ACAD 129
1300 - 1415
ACAD 129
1110 - 1225
1555 - 1710
1776 G, #106
935 - 1050
PHIL 413
1110 - 1225
1245 - 1400
ROME 202
1610 - 1725
ACAD 129
935 - 1050
1110 - 1225
PHIL 413
1245 - 1400
1530 - 1800
ROME 452
M1420 – 1535; W15:50-17:10
1245 - 1400
1245 - 1400
1530 - 1800
ROME 452
1245 - 1400
1245 - 1400
OGUK 413
1245 - 1400
2020 K, #7
935 - 1050
PHIL 110
1700 - 1815
PHIL 110
 
TR
3:55-5:10
PHIL 217
1000 - 1115
ACAD 329
1530 – 1800
1245 - 1400
1957 E, #214
57740
FREN
108W
11
Advanced French Grammar & Style
MWF
1:10am-12:00pm
GELM 502
Brant
57239
FREN
30W
10
General Readings--French Lit.
WF
2:30-3:35 pm
1957 E, #211
Brant
1700-1815
DUQUES 259
1245 - 1400
PHIL 329
935 - 1050
ROME 351
1420 - 1535
PHIL 217
10
MW
12:45-2:00
2020 K, #14
80
TR
5:00pm-06:15pm
1957 E 213
30
W
08:00am-08:50am
1957 E 310
31
W
09:35am-10:25am
1776 G 148
32
W
11:10am-12:00pm
1957 E 314
33
W
12:45pm-01:35pm
1776 G 101
800-915
ROME 470
57234
0800 - 0915
57235
0935-1050
57236
1245 - 1400
57237
1555 - 1710
57238
1110 - 1225
57278
10
TR
12:45pm-02:00pm
MPA B01
57280
11
TR
09:35am-10:50am
MPA B01
56670
10
TR
7:10-9:40 p.m.
MPA B07
1110 - 1225
1776 G, #101
Computational Complexity, WID option
1420 - 1535
2020 K, #14
10
TR
1555 - 1710
PHIL 109
0935 - 1050
2020 K, #11
57198
PHYS
001
10
 MW
 05:00pm-06:15pm
COR 101
57199
PHYS
001
30
 12:45pm-03:15pm
COR 209
57200
PHYS
001
31
T 330-600 pm
COR 209
STAFF
57201
PHYS
001
32
07:10pm-09:40pm
COR 209
STAFF
57203
PHYS
001
33
1245-315 pm
COR 209
STAFF
57204
PHYS
001
34
710-940 pm
COR 209
STAFF
57207
PHYS
001
35
710-940 pm
COR 209
STAFF
57069
PHYS
8W
10
 T/R
 8:00-9:15am
COR 205
57218
PHYS
8W
30
12:45-2:35 PM
COR209
STAFF
58253
PHYS
151W
80
W 2:20pm-3:10pm in PHIL 415
F 2:20pm-4:50pm in COR 111
Peverley
10
 935-1050
1957 E, #B12
800 - 915
GELM 609
56769
 10
1957 E, #B14
55995
PSC
751W
80
 T/R
 14:20-15:35
FNGR 210
1000 - 1115
ACAD 302
56294
935-1050
Duques 157
1555 - 1710
2020K, #25
80
WF
935-1050
BELL 105
1110 - 1225
1957 E, #214
935 - 1050
1776 G, #148
 
F
12:45-3:15
GELM 608
0935 - 1050
ROME 452
0800 - 1060
FNGR 103
Interm Stat Lab/Packages
 11:10am-12:00pm
DUQUES 359
1245 - 1400
1776 g, #148
1420 - 1535
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
   
 
1110 - 1225
phil 417
TR
 3:55-5:10
1776 G, #148
  
Frost

Elliott School of International Affairs
CRN
SUBJ
CRS#
SCT #
TITLE
DAY
TIME
RM
INSTR
55555
IAFF
190W
80
 3:30-6:00 PM
1957 E, #112
55880
IAFF
190W
81
 MW
 12:45-2:00 PM
1957 E, #112
55994
IAFF
751W
80 
 T/R
 14:20-15:35
FNGR 210

School of Business

CRN
SUBJ
CRS#
SCT #
TITLE
DAY
TIME
RM
INSTR
57190
BADM
190W
10
Analysis of Business Issues
NOTE: Students must also register for one breakout section
M
2:20 - 3:35
MPA 309
White
57191
BADM
190W
30
Analysis of Business Issues – Breakout Section
W
11:10-12:25
358 DUQUES
STAFF
57192
BADM
190W
31
Analysis of Business Issues – Breakout Section
W
2:10-3:25
359 DUQUES
STAFF
57193
BADM
190W
32
Analysis of Business Issues – Breakout Section
W
3:45-5:00
359 DUQUES
STAFF
57194
BADM
190W
33
Analysis of Business Issues – Breakout Section
R
12:45-2:00
359 DUQUES
STAFF
57195
BADM
190W
34
Analysis of Business Issues – Breakout Section
W
9:35-10:50
358 DUQUES
STAFF
57154
MGT
190W
10
Writing in the Disciplines: Information Technology
T
 10:00-11:50
Duques 362
Cherian

School of Engineering & Applied Science
CRN
SUBJ
CRS#
SCT #
TITLE
DAY
TIME
RM
INSTR
10
3:55 - 5:10
MPA B07
56668
 30
 12:45-13:35
PHIL 108
Thompson
56669
 31
 12:45-13:35
ROME 204
Ghosalkar

Honors
CRN
SUBJ
CRS#
SCT #
TITLE
DAY
TIME
RM
INSTR
HONR
12:45pm-02:00pm
2020 K 15
55558
HONR
45W
80
Intro/Compar Politics
MW
M 02:20pm-03:35pm GELM 608
W 03:55pm-05:10pm 2020 K 24
O'Gara
57580
HONR
175
MV1
History & Evolution of Earth
TR
 01:00pm-02:15pm
W SCIE 102
Stephens
53693
HONR
175
M2
Discovering Washington Theater
TR
 06:10pm-07:25pm
W ACAD 303
Marks
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 

 

Course Descriptions

AMST 72
Second half of a two-semester interdisciplinary survey of U.S. history and culture, from 1895-2000. Examines social movements, cultural developments, and political history, with particular attention to the politics of race, the history of immigration, the construction of gender, and the global position of the U.S.

AMST 168
A variety of approaches to cultural criticism, encompassing the nature of aesthetic accomplishment as well as the social contexts that alter and enrich the shape of cultural expression. The significance of culture to politics, social life, and the development of individual and collective identities. Limited to majors.

AMST 198 Special Topics. Writing Women's Activism in the Twentieth Century.
This course will focus on guided research in the area of U.S. Women's History in the Nineteenth Century. Students will read several books and, in consultation with the professor, produce a proposal, bibliographic essay, and ultimately a twenty-page research paper on a topic they choose in this area. Students will be introduced to archival resources at the National Archives, Library of Congress, and other major collections of Washington, D.C. Students should have some background in American Studies, History, or Women's Studies, but there are no specific prerequisites for this course.
Admission by permission of instructor.

ANTH 002
Survey of the world's cultures, illustrating the principles of cultural behavior.

ANTH 198 Special Topics: Foundations of Anthropology.
Prerequisite: Anth 2.

AH 142 (formerly AH 110)
Considers the development of Realism, impressionism, and Post-Impressionism in the context of the intellectual, political, and social climate of Europe during the period of revolutionary transformations. The three major styles are examines in reference to France. The primary focus of the discussion of English and Russian art is on the development of Realism and the singular national interpretation of this style. Major artists and their work are discussed in reference to style; philosophical, literary, and social content; nineteenth-century criticism; and contemporary culture.

BISC 106 Special Topics in Biochemistry, 2 crds.
Prerequisite: BiSc 103 or equivalent.

BISC 180 Biotechnology
Prerequisite: organic chemistry. Recommended BiSc102 or 107.

CHIN 122
Developing productive skills in Chinese at the extended discourse level; topic-specific practice on commonly used speech patterns and writing formats. Prerequisites: Chin 121 or permission of the instructor.

CHIN 136
Women's position in Chinese cultural and political life from prehistoric myth to the present time. Confucian writing, traditional theatre, and films and novels set in China. A general survey of Chinese history establishes the context for discussions of cultural and political phenomena, such as foot binding and the one-child policy.

CLAS72
Study of Roman civilization with focus on public and private life as seen primarily through literature.

COMM 110
Processes of inquiry within interpersonal and public communication. Students are introduced to concepts of framing research questions, conducting literature reviews, developing a research design, using qualitative and quantitative research tools, and interpreting results of research in communication. Prerequisite: Comm 100.

ECON 121
Discusses the role of money, credit, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and commercial banks and other financial institutions in the U.S. economy. Prerequisites: Econ 11 and 12.

ECON 151
Theories and empirical studies of poverty and other economic problems of developing countries. Prerequisite Econ 11 and 12.

ECON 195
This course will show how the microeconomic analysis taught in Econ 11—the microeconomics half of Principles of Economics—can be used to analyze a large variety of public policy issues. A selection of such issues will be chosen from a very long list of possibilities, including prescription drug re-importation, vaccination policy, teacher shortages, regulation of smoking, the Microsoft antitrust case, airline deregulation, subsidization of the arts, and immigration policy. Prerequisites: Econ 11 and 12.

ENGL 40 Critical Readings

ENGL 81 Introduction to Creative Writing
An exploration of genres of creative writing (fiction, poetry, and/or playwriting). Basic problems and techniques; examples of modern approaches; weekly writing assignments. Prerequisite: UW20.

ENGL 100 Intermediate Writing
This class offers instruction in intermediate to advanced writing and responds to the needs of each specific class of students. Normally the course focuses on training students in the writing of argumentative papers, analytic papers, exploratory essays and research papers. Prerequisites: UW20.

ENGL 101 Advanced Writing
Helps develop written expression by analyzing various types of writing and their uses. Assignments emphasize the writing process (prewriting, writing, revision) as well as clarity of expression and audience. Students work on one topic for the semester related to their field of interest, major, or future work and consider it in different formats. Prerequisite: UW20.

ENGL 103
The writing of fiction. Prerequisite: Engl 81 or equivalent and two semesters of literature courses.

ENGL 104
The writing of poetry. Prerequisite: Engl 81 or equivalent and two semesters of literature courses.

ENGL 105
A workshop in playwriting and screenwriting, with emphasis on dramatic structure. Prerequisite: Engl 81 or equivalent and two semesters of literature courses.

ENGL 106
The writing of fiction. Prerequisite: Engl 103.

ENGL 107
The writing of poetry. Prerequisite: Engl 104.

ENGL 108
A workshop developing scripts for both theatre and film. Prerequisite: Engl 105 or equivalent.

ENGL 116
Further workshop study of the writing of fiction. Prerequisite: Engl 106 or equivalent.

ENGL 117
Further workshop study of the writing of poetry. Prerequisite: Engl 107 or equivalent.

ENGL 132 The Eighteenth Century: Literature and Authority
Readings in significant eighteenth-century English writers, with emphasis on tracing the ways in which literary texts contain, perpetuate, and subvert social and political ideologies. Prerequisite: A 3-credit-hour literature survey, such as Engl 51 through 92.

ENGL 140 Twentieth-Century Irish Literature
Prerequisite: A 3-credit-hour literature survey, such as Engl 51 through 92.

ENGL 161 American Romanticism
The shaping of America's literary and cultural traditions as shown by significant writers of the Romantic era; Poe, Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, Thoreau, Whitman, Dickinson, and others.

ENGL 164 American Poetry
Since the early twentieth century: Frost, Eliot, Stevens, Bishop, Hughes, Ashbery, and others. Prerequisite: A 3-credit-hour literature survey, such as Engl 51 through 92.

ENGL 171
Prerequisite: A 3-credit-hour literature survey, such as Engl 51 through 92.

ENGL 181 Creative Writing Workshop
Taught by the Jenny McKean Moore Writer in Washington; open to undergraduates and graduate students. Prerequisite: a 100-level creative writing course.

ENGL 188 Jewish-American Writing
One-hundred years of Jewish American writing in fiction, autobiography, poetry, drama, and non-fictional prose. The immigrant experience, American philosemitism and anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and after, the New York intellectuals, Jewish feminism, and the patriarchal tradition. Prerequisite: A 3-credit-hour literature survey, such as Engl 51 through 92.

GEOG 145
Provides students with a practical understanding of the themes, concepts, and tools appropriate for an in-depth geographic examination of the Earth's cultural landscape. Examines the idea of culture, its construction, and its influence on the lives of people around the world from familial traditions to the political interaction between powerful states. Numerous cultural constructions and conflicts concerning race, gender, ethnicity, language, religion, politics, globalization, and human interaction with the physical environment are identified and analyzed. Students are encouraged to think critically and analytically about the role and influence of cultural constructions on our everyday lives. Analysis of the role ethnocentrism plays in shaping the cultural constructs and relationships examined in the course. Prerequisite: Geog 001.

HIST 124 European Intellectual History
Responses to the French Revolution and the Enlightenment; historicism, evolution; nihilism, psychoanalysis; communism; fascism; existentialism; structuralism, postmodernism, and neo-orthodoxy.

HIST 150
Examines major themes of twentieth-century British history: industrial decline, imperialism and decolonization, the making of a welfare state, the cataclysm of global war, integration with Europe.

HIST 166
The roles of immigrants and ethnicity in American history. Recurring these include 1) why so many people of diverse backgrounds have chosen to live in the U.S.; 2) how their lives have changed in this country; 3) how they have been treated by Americans already here; 4) why nativism has been so prevalent throughout American history; and 5) the role of ethnicity and ethnic conflict in American life.

JAPN 122
Interconnections between education, politics, and language. Lecture, discussion, and writing assignments in Japanese. Prerequisite: Japn 106 or equivalent.

JOUR 111 Reporting and Writing the News
Fundamentals of news reporting and writing, with emphasis on the print media. News judgment, information gathering skills, and facility in crafting news and feature stories. Regular in-class and outside reporting and writing exercises to learn journalistic style. Directly admitted freshmen are eligible; all other freshmen need departmental permission to enroll.

JOUR 131
This class concerns translating the worlds of science and medicine for a mass audience. Using in-class exercises and outside assignments, students will acquire reporting and writing skills needed to understand and present complex topics to readers and viewers. Prerequisite Jour 111.

MATH 91
This course will provide students with the specialized language skills they need to work effectively with ideas of mathematics and communicate them to a variety of audience. Writing with multiple review-revision cycles will play a prominent role; the course will involve creating original arguments and producing written records of arguments presented orally, as well as presenting oral explanations of written arguments. The focus will be on concepts, vocabulary, and syntactic constructions which are ubiquitous in mathematics. Prerequisites: none.

MATH 170 Computational Complexity
Deterministic and nondeterministic Turing machines. Partial recursive functions and the Church-Turing thesis. Undecidable problems. Space and time complexity measures. Gap, speed-up, and union theorems. Decidable but intractable problems. The traveling salesman problem and other NP-complete problems. Prerequisite: Math 32 or permission of instructor.

PHIL 132 Social and Political Philosophy
Philosophical theories about how economic, political, legal, and cultural institutions should be arranged. Topics include the meaning and significance of liberty, the legitimate functions of government, the nature of rights, the moral significance of social inequality, and the meaning of democracy.

PHIL 162 Aesthetics
The problem of artistic representation and the nature of aesthetic experience as related to the creation, appreciation, and criticism of art. Special emphasis on nonrepresentational works of art and their interpretation. Prerequisite: Phil 51 or 111 or 112 or 113.

PHYS 8W Origin and Evolution of Ideas in Physics: Einstein
Primarily for non-science majors. The evolution of ideas and their historical continuity in the search for basic physical theories. This course will emphasize modern physics and Albert Einstein's role in shaping the direction of the discipline in honor of the 100th anniversary of the publication of some of his most important work.

PSC 106 Major Issues of Western Political Thought
History of political thought from the sixteenth through the late nineteenth century, as set form in the works of representative thinkers.

PSC 118 Legislative Politics
Theory, structure, and process of the U.S. Congress, with emphasis on elections, party organization, committees, and floor procedure, in the context of executive-legislative relations and interest-group activities.

PSC 751W.80 Economic Development in the Middle East: What Went Wrong?, Hossein Askari

Assesses the economic, social, and political record nd dilemmas of the oil exporting countries of the Persian Gulf. To this end we will examine the impact of religion, dependence on oil, institutional structures, instability, regional conflicts, economic and social policies, and intervention by external powers.

Restricted to juniors and seniors.

PSC 190 The Politics of Development, G. Lambright

PSYC 11
Causes, diagnoses, treatment and theories of various types of maladjustments and mental disorders. Prerequisites: Psyc 001.

PSYC 106
Sensation and perception in all modalities. Laboratory fee, $30 per semester.

REL 185
Study of primary Daoist texts in translation, history and theory.

REL 190
Examines religious events and trends in the U.S. during the last half-century, in order to understand the salient and distinctive features of religion in contemporary American religion. Special attention will be given to the nature and meaning of religious pluralism in the U.S.

SOC 169
Analysis of the city from a sociological perspective with a focus on social change and inequality associated with urban growth and neighborhood change. Specialized topics include residential segregation, immigration, economic restructuring and globalization, urban poverty, and homelessness. Prerequisite: Soc 1.

SOC 173 Social Movements
General survey of various forms of collective behavior (fads, panics, riots, social movements, etc.), and a more detailed study of the genesis, development, and decay of social movements and social revolutions.

SOC 178
Examination of deviant behavior and its control in society. Topics include theoretical perspectives on deviance, changing societal conceptions of deviance, deviant behavior and identity, and the dynamics of control agencies. Prerequisites: Soc 1; Soc 3 preferred but not required.

SOC 181 Race & Gender in Film
Film as an important culture-making activity. Students will view early to contemporary films to understand how filmic images and narratives contribute to constructing our cultural notions about race and gender.

SPAN 54
The historical, cultural, and political ties between Spain and Latin America and their representation in tragic and comic modes of imaginative literature as developed in drama, poetry and prose. Lecture, discussion, and writing assignments in Spanish. Prerequisite: Span 30 or equivalent.

SPHR 71
An introduction to the fundamental principles of the biology of speech, hearing, language, language structure and use, and human communication interaction. Practice in the identification of specific verbal and non-verbal aspects of communication behavior.

STAT 183
Application of programs packages (e.g., SAS, SPSS) to the solution of one-, two- and k-sample parametric and nonparametiric statistical problems. Basic concepts in data preparation, modification, analysis and interpretation of results. Prerequisite: an introductory statistics course.

TRDA 191
Presents an overview of the development of western theatrical dance. Introduces the major figures and movement theories of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Readings in dance history, discussions, lectures, and films/videotapes will introduce selected choreographers and their concerns that inform their work. Additional readings in dance criticism, philosophy and aesthetics will consider the broader question, ,”How does one read choreography?”, and address ideas such as form, expression, technique, the body as an expressive instrument, audience expectations, and performance conventions.

TRDA 195
Explores the evolution of the musical, as it developed over the twentieth century into one of the most significant artistic contributions of the U.W. to the world. This exploration will pay particular attention to the experiences of immigrant, first- and second-generation Jewish-Americans, as they helped to define and assimilate into American culture.

WSTU 120
Examines the power of women's voices through narrative writing and memoir, moving from the personal to the political. Students will read, write, and record women's memoirs.

WSTU 136
Women's position in Chinese cultural and political life from prehistoric myth to the present time. Confucian writing, traditional theatre, and films and novels set in China. A general survey of Chinese history establishes the context for discussions of cultural and political phenomena, such as foot binding and the one-child policy.

Non-CCAS WID courses:

IAFF 190 Contemporary European Conflict
This course surveys the history of modern conflict in Europe in order to consider how problems of contemporary statecraft compare with those of the past. As Richard Betts once observed, “to figure out whether international relations in the next millennium will be fundamentally different from the past, we need to understand what forces made for war or peace in the past.” The student will not fail to notice, however, that the ways historians ‘understand’ the past are rarely free of dispute. Note that this course helps fulfill the European history requirement for IA majors, and students can therefore expect a close examination of twentieth century European affairs. The course is also intended to expand general knowledge of subjects such as: -nationalism and nation-building, along with patterns of conflict associated with them. -post-Cold War conflicts in the former Soviet Union and the Balkans. -problems in modern European historiography, as well as insights into the manner in which historical narratives are constructed.

IAFF 751 Economic Development in the Middle East: What Went Wrong?
Assesses the economic, social, and political record nd dilemmas of the oil exporting countries of the Persian Gulf. To this end we will examine the impact of religion, dependence on oil, institutional structures, instability, regional conflicts, economic and social policies, and intervention by external powers.
Restricted to juniors and seniors.

BADM 190 Analysis of Business Issues
This course will help students develop the business acumen and analytic techniques necessary to operate effectively in today's business environment. Through case analysis, students will be introduced to business concepts and information resources. Students will be required to produce a variety of presentations and documents commonly used in business. Documents will range from memoranda to executive reports. This sophomore-level course will focus on developing critical thinking skills required for accurate problem definition in business situations.
NOTE: You must also register for one of the breakout sections.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and UW20.