Academic Exploration:

Africana Studies -

362.250.01 (H)
Program Abroad in Ghana--History, Politics, Culture, and Society
Instructor: Ben Vinson III

Description: Students enrolled in this course will be exposed to core themes related to the modern and historical experiences of Ghana. In addition to traditional academic lectures, readings, and assignments, students will complete a day-long service learning project and will be directly engaged with "active" learning while in the field. Prior to leaving, students will be exposed to broad themes related to the African Diaspora in Ghana. Upon returning, students will continue this area of inquiry, particularly by examining themes related to the Diasporic experience of Africans in Baltimore. While in Ghana, participants will spend the majority of the time in Accra, the country's capital. Here, they will have the opportunity to attend six lectures, all given by University of Ghana faculty members. Visits to Elmina Slave Castle, the Kakum National Rain Forest, the village of Bonwire (the home of kente weaving) and the open market in the city of Kumasi (capital of the Ashanti region).

Anthropology -

070.105 (H)
B-MORE: Rethinking Health and Social Interventions in Baltimore
Instructor: Samantha Gottlieb
Schedule: MTWThF; All Day

Description: This course may only be taken as part of the B-More... a Freshman Common Experience Program, which kicks off on Sunday, January 20th. This course will start out with major health and social interventions in Baltimore and begin to query the differences between the ways in which such programs imagine life and what daily life is like in Baltimore. We will explore some of the major health crises in Baltimore in historical context, and engage with alternative ways of understanding social phenomena. This course will include historical, legal, public health, and anthropological/ethnographic lenses through which to think about daily life in Baltimore. Connecting with the B-More Experience, we will juxtapose policy with everyday experiences.

070.107 (H)
B-MORE: Lives on the Wire: Anthropology, Inequity and Urban Life
Instructor: Anaid Reyes-Kipp
Schedule: MTWThF; All Day

Description: This course may only be taken as part of the B-More... a Freshman Common Experience Program, which kicks off on Sunday, January 20th. In this course we will think about the ways in which different forms of inequality - such as race, class, and gender - shape the experience of space in urban Baltimore. Combining ethnographic materials with literature from public health studies and the news media, together with some episodes of the television series "The Wire," we will explore - from an anthropological perspective - the ways in which inequalities become medicalized in the city. We will pay special attention to the life of pharmaceuticals, as they become part of bodies, kin relations, sexuality, legal and illegal markets and political-institutional arrangements. The classroom instruction will be complemented by visits to appropriate off-campus sites.

070.227 (H S)
Concepts of Mind
Instructor: Bican Polat
Schedule: WThF; 2p - 5p

Description: This course will explore the concept of mind with regard to two approaches that has been developed within the discipline of anthropology. We will look at a set of excerpts from Levi-Strauss, Leach, and Geertz with regard to their conception of human mentality and the associated social practices. We will also briefly look at some salient issues in neurosciences, psychology, and cognitive sciences in order to reflect on the ways in which their approach to human mind differs from an anthropological one. Examining such notions like mind, meaning, practice, symbolism, soul, brain, and body we will discuss the underlying contexts that shape various modes of thinking.

Art -

371.159 (Note: This course has no area designation for distribution)
Winning Techniques: The Engineering School Video Competition
Instructor: Joan Freedman
Schedule: MT; 9a - 12:30p

Description: This Intersession class will prepare you to participate in the School of Engineering's Student Video Contest. Learn basic video production techniques, lighting and sound tips and tricks, digital editing and video compression. All participants will learn how to use the cameras, lights, microphones, and software in the JHU Digital Media Center to shoot and edit a 3 minute video on one of the following engineering topics: -It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time -A Day in the Life -A New Discovery -How It Works

Biology -

020.170 (N)
Vaccine Development
Instructor: Lewis Schrager
Schedule: MT; 5:30p - 9p

Description: An overview of the development and use of vaccines in the service of public health. Important and complex issues regarding vaccine development and their global use will be discussed.

020.296 (N)
Foreign Gene Expression Lab
Instructor: Robert Horner
Schedule: MTWThF; 9a - 2p

Description: The laboratory will introduce molecular cloning techniques that allow bacteria to be used to make a particular gene product. Recombinant plasmids, carrying a fusion protein gene, will be constructed and used to transform competent E. coil, and the gene products isolated. The lab will meet Monday thru Friday, 9 am to noon and 1pm -2pm. Biology majors will be given preference in registration. Instructor permission required.

020.395 (N)
Fundamentals of Biological Light Microscopy
Instructor: J. McCaffery
Schedule: WThF; 2p - 5p

Description: Introduction to the principles, practice, and application of light microscopy (LM) to biomedical research. The course will cover light optical theory; instrumentation design, use, and applications; and will afford students 'hands-on' experience in both specimen preparation and microscope operation (including epifluorescence, confocal, and deconvolution light microscopes). Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor. Instructor: McCaffery. 2 credits, Intersession, even years.

Biomedical Engineering -

580.105 (S)
Intellectual Property Primer for Scientists and Engineers: Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks
Instructor: Joerge-Uwe Szipl
Schedule: TWThF; 6p - 8p

Description: Class will meet Jan 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, and 25. Schedule: TWThF 6:00-8:00pm. This course will outline the basics of protection of IP for scientists and engineers. Most of the course will cover the basics of patent law, but introductions will also be given to tradmarks and copyrights. Specific problems in the areas of biotechnology, computer science and the Internet will also be highlighted. It is hoped that the attendees will obtain a basic understanding of how intellectual property is protected. No prior legal background is required.

580.106 (N E)
Introduction to LabVIEW
Instructor: Americo Migliaccio
Schedule: MTWThF; 9a - 1p

Description: Course meets January 7th through 11th from 9-1pm in 216 Clark Hall. This is a first course in programming LabVIEW for students with no programming experience. LabVIEW is widely used in research and industry for interfacing computers to instrumentation for data acquisition, analysis, and control. The topics emphasized are basic programming structures and best practices for programming in the LabVIEW environment. Additional topics are the basic concepts of working with digital signals, data acquisition, and signal processing. Cross-listed with 173.110.

Classics -

040.131 (H S)
Piracy, Homicide, and Divorce: Foundations of Western Law in the Ancient Greek World
Instructor: Lochlan Shelfer
Schedule: WThF; 9a - 12p

Description: How did the Ancient Greeks bring criminals to justice? How did they settle their grievances? How have our modern legal institutions been influenced by ancient law? This course will examine the legal practices of Ancient Greece, from the warrior society of Homer, to the development of the jury system, to the landmark court trials of Classical Athens.

040.216 (H)
Warfare in the Ancient Greek World
Instructor: Jeffrey Rosenberg
Schedule: MWF; 2p - 5p

Description: Ancient Greek history, from archaic times up through the Hellenistic age and the rise of Rome, is inextricably tied to the practice of warfare. This course aims to examine the modes, methodology, ideology, and social structures of warfare among the ancient Greeks, from the epics of Homer up until the time of Alexander the Great, with emphasis on the question: how did the Greeks define their societies with an eye to war? Texts will include Homer, Archilochus, Tyrtaeus, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Arrian, all of which will be read in translation.

040.217 (H)
Sex and the City: Sexuality and Gender in Ancient Rome
Instructor: Timothy Phin
Schedule: WThF; 12p - 3p

Description: This course will examine the ways in which gender and sexuality were constructed in Ancient Rome and represented in art and literature. Some of the questions we’ll consider include: How did the Romans understand manliness and masculinity? What about the feminine? What did the Romans find romantic? Erotic? Pornographic? How did a Roman marriage work? Were there traditional methods of courtship? When, and with whom, was it right to fall in love?

Computer Science -

600.145 (Q E)
Introduction to Computer-Integrated Surgery
Instructor: Russell Taylor
Schedule: MT; 1p - 4:30p

Description: This course provides a short, mostly non-mathematical introduction to the field of computer-integrated surgery (CIS). CIS exploits computer-based technology and systems to significantly enhance clinicians ability to plan and carry out surgery and other interventional procedures. The course will include a broad overview of the field, an introduction to the key technical concepts, a survey of applications and (tbd) guest lectures from practitioners.

600.161 (E)
Exploring Vision in the Real World
Instructor: Henry Lin
Schedule: WTh; 2p - 4:30p

Description: The course will focus on real world applications of computer vision and image processing, primarily in the areas of medicine and sports. The goal is to introduce students to computer vision concepts and explain how they are the building blocks for interesting and practical applications. One such example is the use of stereo vision to enhance micro surgery. Another example is the use of computer vision to create realistic 3D real-time video fly-through in sporting events, such as the NFL Super Bowl. The class will consist of lectures and class discussions. Students will be evaluated on weekly assignments and participation in discussions. This course is designed to introduce computer vision to interested students with or without a computer science background. An engineering background is recommended but not required. Matlab programming will be part of homeworks. Pre-calculus level math and some linear algebra is required.

Economics -

180.104 (S)
Seminar in Financial Literacy
Instructor: Viplav Saini
Schedule: MTWThF; 10a - 12p

Description: This course follows the natural capitalization sequence of a company to introduce the main components of the financial services industry: private equity, commercial finance, IPO's, M&A's and leveraged buy-outs, Wall Street research, asset management, and industry ethics. Lectures on these topics will be given by alumni financial experts. The course concludes with a three-day trip to New York City, which will include visits to financial firms and an alumni networking reception. Firms may include J.P Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, and BlackRock.

180.217 (S)
Economic and Social Networks
Instructor: Marc Remer
Schedule: MT; 1p - 4:30p

Description: This course will offer an introductory study of industries where formal and informal social networks play an important role. We will explore business models that rely critically on interpersonal connections, including telecommunications, on-line dating websites, and music file sharing. The ultimate goal of the coarse is to have students propose their own businesses that utilize a social network.

Electrical and Computer Engineering -

500.160 (E)
Introduction to Flying: So you want to be a pilot
Instructor: William Brody
Schedule: MTWTh; 1:30p - 3p

Description: Meeting times: M-Th 1:30-3 PM from Jan. 7 - 18. Dr. Brody is a licensed Private Pilot, Single and Multi-engine Land, and holds additional ratings: Certificated Flight Instructor (instrument rated) and Airline Transport Pilot. He and several colleagues will offer an introductory series of lectures that provide preparation for the knowledge requirements for private pilot rating, including aerodynamics, weather, instrumentation, communications, and regulations. A PC-based flight simulator will assist in the introduction to flying and we hope, but at this point cannot promise, to provide one hour of in-flight instruction in a training aircraft (Cessna 172 or equivalent) at a flight school at Martin State Airport in northeast Baltimore. This course is designed to introduce the student to the basic principles of flight and the process of obtaining a pilot's license. The course does not, by itself, lead to private pilot certification.

500.163 (S)
Uncommon Sense: A Practical Approach to Problem Solving for your Personal and Professional Life
Instructor: William Brody
Schedule: MTWTh; 10:30a - 12p

Description: Meeting times: M-Th 10:30 - 12:00 from Jan. 7 - 18. The class is limited to seniors, and juniors if space is available. Want to learn a foolproof way to make money? What should you do if you arrive at the final examination at Hopkins and find that the questions have nothing to do with the course material? If you find you don't have enough time to do your studies and have time left over for recreation, are you ineffective in prioritizing your activities in your personal and professional life? The course uses real life case studies as well as hypothetical situations to examine the use and misuse of common sense in daily life. Noting that common sense is a precious commodity that does not necessarily correspond with intelligence or educational levels, University President William R. Brody employs lecture, assigned readings, and group discussion to uncover fundamentals of clear thinking.

English -

060.102 (H)
Mapping Utopia
Instructor: Anthony Wexler
Schedule: MT; 1p - 4:30p

Description: In this intersession course we will consider how great thinkers and writers have imagined utopias -- visionary communities embodying their ideals -- and how others, suspecting the totalitarian motivations lurking behind such utopian projects, have created dystopias as a response. Moving from Biblical Utopias through sections from Plato, Thomas More, George Orwell, and finishing with Peter Weir's film, The Truman Show, we will explore questions concerning the forms and limits of the utopian imagination.

060.149 (H)
Case Studies in Painting and American Literature
Instructor: Jason Hoppe
Schedule: WThF; 9a - 12p

Description: An introductory examination of a series of writers and painters central to nineteenth- and twentieth-century American culture: Emerson, Dickinson, Ruskin, Cole, and Turner; Whitman and Eakins; Stevens and Matisse; O’Hara, Pollock, Hartigan, and Rivers. Emphasis on the changing conceptions of the role of nature and the body in artistic representation and the ways in which writers seek to translate painterly technique to poetic style.

060.311 (H)
The 20th Century Native American Novel
Instructor: Bryan Conn
Schedule: MT; 1p - 4:30p

Description: In this course, we will examine the work of the two most important 20th century Native American novelists: N. Scott Momaday and Leslie Marmon Silko. Not only are their respective novels emotionally affecting, they are among the most formally sophisticated works in post-1945 American literature. Topics of inquiry will include: the relation of these texts to Modernism and Postmodernism; how they represent Native American identity; and their political and social imaginaries.

Entrepreneurship & Management -

660.150 (Note: This course has no area designation for distribution)
Media & P.R. in the Big Apple
Instructor: Leslie Kendrick
Schedule: MT;

Description: NOTE 1: This course runs Jan. 7-11 only (not Mon. & Tues.) and the times are: 10 a.m.-12 and 1-3 p.m. This schedule is modeled after the Financial Literacy course, also offered during intersession. It accommodates the speakers. NOTE 2: Registration is through the Career Center via an application process. Please talk to Tracy Carter if you have questions. Gain insight into trends and career opportunities in P.R. and media through one week of class learning (half days) followed by a 3-day trip to New York to network and learn from executives from leading P.R. and media firms. Several entrepreneurs and JHU alum will be featured speakers!

Film & Media Studies -

061.146 (H)
The Stand-Up Comic in Society
Instructor: Adam Ruben
Schedule: WThF; 10a - 11:40a

Description: Stand-up comics uniquely reflect the collision of cultures that produced them. Students study and analyze influential comics, then create, workshop, perform, and ultimately justify their own five-minute stand-up routine.

061.260 (H)
Boy Girl Boy Girl: Comedies of Cross-Dressing
Instructor: Lucy Bucknell
Schedule: WThF; 3p - 6p

Description: January 16,17,18,23,24; W, Th, F 3-6PM Hilarity, humanity, and crooked wigs in the classics Some Like It Hot, La Cage aux Folles, Tootsie, and others. In-class screenings and informal discussions.

General Engineering -

500.411 (Note: This course has no area designation for distribution)
Science Writing for Scientists and Engineers
Instructor: Mary Spiro
Schedule: MT; 9a - 12:30p

Description: This professional development workshop introduces students to the writing techniques required for presenting scientific information to general audiences. Students will read and discuss examples of well written science journalism. Lectures will focus on methodology and the reasons why public understanding of science is important. Students will practice writing in various styles (news article, feature story, opinion editorial) and will receive feedback from their classmates and the instructor.

German and Romance Languages and Literatures -

210.151.01 (Note: This course has no area designation for distribution)
Italian Elements I
Instructor: Paola Quadrini
Schedule: MTWThF; 9a - 12p

Description: This 3-credit class will meet from January 7-25, Monday through Friday from 9 AM-12 noon. The aim of the course is to provide the student with the basic skills in reading, writing, and speaking the language through the use of grammatical texts, elementary readings, videos, and electronic didactic materials. All classes are conducted in Italian; oral participation is encouraged from the beginning. Students must complete Elements II to receive credit.

210.151.02 (Note: This course has no area designation for distribution)
Italian Elements I
Instructor: Paola Quadrini

Description: This 3-credit class will meet from January 7-25, Monday through Friday from 5-8 PM. The aim of the course is to provide the student with the basic skills in reading, writing, and speaking the language through the use of grammatical texts, elementary readings, videos, and electronic didactic materials. All classes are conducted in Italian; oral participation is encouraged from the beginning. Students must complete Elements II to receive credit.

212.314 (H)
Langue, race, nation : littérature et politique antillaises dès la décolonisation
Instructor: Jeanette Patterson
Schedule: WThF; 12p - 3p

Description: Arrivées au statut de DOM en 1946, la Guadeloupe et la Martinique, encore françaises mais pas tout à fait, subissent une crise identitaire qui surgit dans leur littérature. Que peut la littérature devant le souvenir pénible de l'esclavage ? Quel rôle est-ce que l'appartenance à une langue, une race, et une nation joue dans l'identité, et quels en sont les conséquences pour tout ce qui s’appelle « créole » ? Est-ce possible d'échapper à ces catégories ? On abordera ces questions à travers des œuvres d’Aimé Césaire, d’Edouard Glissant, et de Maryse Condé.

213.342 (H)
Ghostly Doubles: Romantic Storytelling and Early German Film
Instructor: Arne Hoecker
Schedule: WThF; 9a - 12p

Description: In this course we will follow the motif of the doppelganger from German romanticism to its renaissance in early German film. We will discuss Freud's notion of the uncanny, and see how the motif of the ghostly double leads to questions of narrative and mediality in both literature and film. Readings include texts by Hoffmann, Chamisso, and Freud. Films include "The Student of Prague" (1913) and "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1920).

213.357 (H)
Franz Kafka's Short Prose
Instructor: Doreen Densky
Schedule: MT; 1p - 4:30p

Description: Under the surface of Kafka’s spare prose style, there are rich layers of allegorical, biographical, juridical, self-reflexive, and even comical elements that escape a one-dimensional reading. In this course, we will focus on pieces of his short prose (among others “The Judgment”, “The Metamorphosis”, “A Hunger Artist”), accompanied by selected diary entries and letters to explore key aspects of Kafka’s modernist writing. Special emphasis will be placed on developing close and critical reading skills.

History of Art -

010.306 (H)
Program Abroad: Renaissance Art in Florence
Instructor: Ryan Gregg

Description: The churches, palaces, museums and piazzas of Florence and nearby cities serve as the clasroom for this intensive three-week course on Italian Renaissance Art. Students examine the art of Giotto, Brunelleschi, Masaccio, Donatello, Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and Michelangelo. The emphasis is on the various functions and meanings of works of art within the culture of Renaissance Florence. Students are encouraged to develop a close knowledge of particular works as material forms.

History of Science & Technology -

140.142 (H S)
Sex and Sexuality in the Seventeenth-Century
Instructor: Olivia Weisser
Schedule: MT; 9a - 12:30p

Description: This course explores ideas about sex, sexuality, and bodies in seventeenth-century England. We will examine medical theories about reproduction and the body; models of sex difference; as well as ideas about sexuality and the ‘invention’ of homosexuality. We will also discuss diseases associated with sex, such as venereal disease, and the social implications of such ailments for early modern men and women.

Humanities Center -

300.218 (H)
The Essence of Christianity
Instructor: Tarek Dika
Schedule: MT; 9a - 12:30p

Description: Ludwig Feuerbach's (1804-1872) devastating critique of religion contributed to the development of philosophical anthropology, the critique of ideology, and the general decline of classical theologies. This course examines the enduring relevance of Feuerbach's radical atheism for the development of philosophical modernity.

300.362 (H)
The Problem of Evil
Instructor: Martin Shuster
Schedule: MT; 5:30p - 9p

Description: This class will be a short introduction to the study of the problem of evil as it manifests itself in philosophy and theology. We will discuss the nature of evil and all of the classical responses to evil as a philosophical and/or theological problem. If time permits, we will discuss distinctly modern responses to evil in philosophy and literature.

Interdepartmental -

360.141 (Note: This course has no area designation for distribution)
Exercise Physiology and Health Maintenance
Instructor: Anne Irwin
Schedule: WThF; 2p - 5p

Description: Through a combination of JHU expert speakers and practical sessions in the Recreation Center, the course will cover such topics as: exercise physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, testing & assessment, strength training principles, cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, correct exercise execution, motivation techniques, liability issues, injury prevention, special health populations, and other topics.

360.154 (H)
B-MORE: Health Realities and Healthcare Disparities
Instructor: Chris Gibbons
Schedule: MTWThF; All Day

Description: This course may only be taken as part of the B-More... a Freshman Common Experience Program, which kicks off on Sunday, January 20th. This course will discuss health and healthcare realities of the residents of Baltimore city, in the context of national and international settings. Students will consider the origins and causes of these disparities as well as potential solutions. The class is designed to be highly interactive and will challenge students to become involved in addressing critical urban health issues. The classroom instruction will be complemented by visits to appropriate off-campus sites.

360.225 (H)
Sacred Spaces
Instructor: Shira Lander & Kathy Schnurr
Schedule: MTWThF; 9a - 12:30p

Description: Description: This course will analyze the social function of worship spaces of six world religions, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism through the prism of spatial and ritual theory. Students will deepen their understanding of world religions as well as religion's role in society. Course will run Monday through Friday, January 7 -11 and will include 3 day-long field trips. The first class meeting will be January 7, 2008, Monday, 11:30am, downstairs in the Bunting-Meyerhoff Interfaith and Community Service Center. Tuesday, 8:30-6:30pm Field Trip to DC. Wednesday, 9:45-5:30pm Field Trip to Baltimore, Thursday 10:45-7:30pm Field Trip to Silver Spring, MD. Friday 10:00-1:00pm. Digital Camera strongly recommended.

360.236 (N)
Program Abroad: Ecuador and Galapagos Islands
Instructor: Eric Fortune
Schedule: WThF; 9a - 12:30p

Description: This course is an introduction to Ecuador's Rain Forest, Highlands, and Galapagos Islands. The course will concentrate on the flora and fauna of these special habitats, but will also include the history, art, and culture of Ecuador. The final grade will be based on a field notebook that the student keeps, participation during the trip, and a final paper due in late January. There are no prerequisites other than a valid passport and approval of instructors.

Mechanical Engineering -

530.114.01 (E)
Introduction to Computer Aided Design
Instructor: Michael Boyle
Schedule: MTWTh; 5:30p - 9p

Description: Introduction to the basic concepts and use of CAD software such as object modeling, system assembly, and computer-aided drafting and dimensioning. Section One will meet January 7-8-9-10.

530.114.02 (E)
Introduction to Computer Aided Design
Instructor: Michael Boyle
Schedule: MTWTh; 5:30p - 9p

Description: Introduction to the basic concepts and use of CAD software such as object modeling, system assembly, and computer-aided drafting and dimensioning. Section Two will meet January 14-15-16-17.

Military Science -

374.105 (Note: This course has no area designation for distribution)
Leadership Development and Management
Instructor: Major Heather Levy
Schedule: WTh; 10a - 12:30p

Description: This Leadership Development Course consists of two distinct components, the classroom instruction on leadership theories and principles, and the experiential examination of leadership, decision-making, and group process of class exercises and interaction. The course takes the unique approach of placing students in a wide variety of group exercises designed to emphasize various professional leadership competencies and insights. The instructor, acting as facilitator, helps guide student processing of the activities to derive the leadership, group dynamics, and problem solving lessons that the exercises offer. By the end of the course, students should possess a basic understanding of the unique aspects of the professional leader, fundamentals of leadership, institutional values, and principles of goal setting. Instructor's permission required.

Music -

376.134 (H)
Humor in Music
Instructor: Jesse Lew
Schedule: MT; 1p - 4:30p

Description: This course will look back at humorous music from the Middle Ages to the present. Students will learn to identify the various types of humor found in music through listening, score study, and analysis. This class will track these humorous devices through history and show a clear progression in the developing field of Humor Music. No prior musical knowledge is required.

376.143 (H)
Tool and Radiohead: Comparative Studies in Liberal Arts Topics Through Two Rock Bands
Instructor: Lane Harder
Schedule: WThF; 6p - 9p

Description: The course will undertake, in addition to a side-by-side analysis of the albums of Tool and Radiohead, readings in Jungian psychology, philosophy, economics, and mathematics, with topics to include: the anima/animus dichotomy, “Christ consciousness,” ritual magick, sacred geometry/Fibonacci series, organized religion, controversies surrounding central banking, the International Monetary Fund, International Debt Forgiveness, and technology and its role in society.

376.145 (H)
Covered by a rebel: Women in American popular music and the society that shaped them
Instructor: Amy Kirsten
Schedule: MWF; 12p - 3p

Description: The course examines female rock icons; issues of gender, rebellion, and identity; and the history and culture of American Rock music as revealed by the “cover” song. Repertoire studied will be selected “cover” songs spanning 1957-2004 originally written/recorded/performed by men that were successfully transformed by women. Musical elements discussed: timbre, form, and style. Particular attention will be paid to significant issues arising from the act of “covering” such as equality, sexuality, and musical meaning.

376.147 (H)
Music on Stage: An Introduction to Opera and Musical Theater
Instructor: Jolie Lin
Schedule: MWF; 3p - 6p

Description: This course is an introduction to music on stage in the forms of opera and musical theater. We will examine the concept of "drama through music" and cover significant works from these genres by such composers as Mozart and Sondheim among others. We will also study the origins and conventions of both genres while drawing comparisons between the two. Students will engage in listening, viewing (VHS/DVD) and discussion of these works with occasional readings and listening quizzes. The course may include a field trip to Baltimore's Lyric Opera.

376.148 (H)
"The Requiem Mass as a Musical Structure"
Instructor: Katherine Scott
Schedule: WThF; 9a - 12p

Description: "Eternal light shine upon them, and grant them peace." Composers have long been attracted to the Requiem Mass because of its universal themes of sorrow, rest, and hope. This course will trace the origins of the Mass for the Dead from the ancient Christian funeral rites of the Roman catacombs to Gregorian chant; and musical settings of the Requiem by composers Palestrina, Mozart, Faure, and Durufle will be compared and contrasted through listening and analysis.

376.150 (H)
Musicianship Intensive
Instructor: Lane Harder
Schedule: WThF; 12p - 3p

Description: Concentrated studies in four musical areas: Counterpoint - Studies in single-line counterpoint, introduction of the four contrapuntal species, canon and invertible counterpoint. Keyboard Harmony - rules of root position, first and second inversion triads, bass motion by second, third, and fourth, harmonization of basslines. Sightsinging using "fixed do" solfege. Exercises in 2nds, 3rds, and 4ths, introduction to score reading. Contrapuntal analyses of works from multiple genres by Bach, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms, Debussy, and Poulenc.

Near Eastern Studies -

130.210 (H)
The Archaeology of Empire
Instructor: Adam Maskevich
Schedule: WThF; 9a - 12p

Description: Since the first known empire more than 4,000 years ago, expansionist states have been a hallmark of the political landscape. In this class we will examine various empires throughout history from an archaeological perspective. This class will cover such empires as the Akkadian, Assyrian, Roman, Mongol, Inka, and Spanish. In discussing these empires we will focus on questions that will allow us to better understand the role of the both conqueror and the conquered.

130.250 (H)
Ancient Egypt in B-More: A Guided Tour of Baltimore's Collections
Instructor: Jacquelyn Williamson
Schedule: MTWThF; All Day

Description: This course may only be taken as part of the B-More... a Freshman Common Experience Program, which kicks off on Sunday, January 20th. We will tour the Ancient Egyptian galleries of the Walters Art Museum, the Baltimore Museum of Art as well as the Freer Gallery of Art and the Museum of Natural History. The instructor will provide an on-site commentary regarding both the history and artistic relevance of the items in each collection. Students will be encouraged to compare the collections in terms of cohesive display, accessibility and theme.

130.260 (H)
Program Abroad: Egypt
Instructor: Betsy Bryan

Description: For 23 days students will travel through Egypt by bus from Alexandria at the Mediterranean to Abu Simbel on Lake Nasser in Nubia. Reading requirements include history of ancient Egypt and excerpts from ancient literature. There will be daily lectures and oral examination, as well as a daily written journal entry.

Philosophy -

150.100 (H)
Friendship
Instructor: James Gilmore
Schedule: MT; 1p - 4:30p

Description: What is friendship? To be a good friend, must one also be a good person? We will look at philosophical accounts of friendship in Plato and Aristotle, as well as some contemporary treatments. If we have time we may also examine some literary and cinematic depictions of friendship.

150.101 (H)
Søren Kierkegaard
Instructor: Alexander James
Schedule: MT; 5:30p - 9p

Description: This course will introduce students to Kierkegaard’s ethical, religious and philosophical project through a close reading of selections from his most important writings. We will begin with his orienting text The Point of View for my Work as an Author and then look at highlights from a series of pseudonymous and signed works such as Fear and Trembling, Either Or, The Concluding Unscientific Postscript, and For Self-Examination. Topics will include Kierkegaard’s use of pseudonyms, the relation between philosophy and literary form, and the distinction between the esthetic, ethical and religious modes of existence.

150.102 (H)
Ethics and Social Justice
Instructor: Eric Morton
Schedule: MT; 1p - 4:30p

Description: In this course we will wrestle with questions of fundamental human importance: What ought I to do? What ought we – as a society – to do? How ought we to live? What makes an action right or wrong? What is justice? And why is it important? The answers we give to these questions do more than provide us with guidance for our actions. They cut to the heart of who we are as human beings. They reflect our deepest attitudes and commitments about what is important and valuable in human life. This course will introduce students to the tradition of western philosophical thinking about ethics, and will examine its connection to contemporary political philosophy. No prerequisites.

150.103 (H)
Objectivity and Relativism: A Brief Introduction
Instructor: Patrick Leland
Schedule: MT; 1p - 4:30p

Description: Are your beliefs about the world objectively true? Is there such a thing as objective truth? If so, can we have knowledge of it? And, if not, is all knowledge relative? What exactly does relativism about knowledge mean? In his recent book, Fear of Knowledge, philosopher Paul Boghossian examines these questions and argues there is such a thing as objective knowledge. We will discuss this book and evaluate the merits and limitations of Boghossian’s proposal.

150.104 (H)
The Limits of Language and Knowledge
Instructor: Nicholas Tebben
Schedule: MT; 1p - 4:30p

Description: Many philosophers have thought that there are limits on what can be said, and that these limits tell us something about what can be known. We will look at writers who have thought: beliefs are (mostly) by their nature true, you can only know about what you can "touch" and that, although the most complex things can be known, the most simple cannot. These views about knowledge are grounded in what they take to be the limits of what can be said.

150.115 (H)
An Introduction to Epistemology
Instructor: Julia Krause
Schedule: MT; 9a - 12:30p

Description: Is doubt the opposite of knowledge? Is it the beginning of faith? Are there things no one could ever know? Are you sure that you’re not just a character in a novel? Do you care? (Would you prefer a movie?) This class is an introduction to philosophical doubt, and its meaning for different areas of philosophy, such as the theory of knowledge and ethics. We will read philosophical and literary texts, and consider examples of this topic in contemporary popular culture. Are you interested? Are you sure, or could you be wrong about that?

150.116 (H)
Death: What you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask
Instructor: Julia Krause
Schedule: WThF; 9a - 12:30p

Description: Can there be a good death? What is so great about being immortal? What is death anyway, and what is so mysterious about it? Can death be funny? Are zombies dead? Does death have a meaning, and should we care about that? We will engage in philosophical arguments and thought experiments, look at representations of death in literary texts, and consider how death is portrayed in contemporary popular culture, such as films, TV shows, or discussions on the internet.

Physics & Astronomy -

171.299.01 (N E)
Introduction to Computer Programming for Scientists
Instructor: Scott Noble
Schedule: WThF; 2p - 5p

Description: Research in many areas of science requires at least some knowledge of computer programming for both data analysis and modeling. This course will introduce programming in C/C++, covering initially the basic concepts. The course will then include some examples of scientific programming found useful in physics and astronomy.

171.299.02 (N E)
Introduction to Computer Programming for Scientists
Instructor: Andrew Ptak
Schedule: WThF; 2p - 5p

Description: Research in many areas of science requires at least some knowledge of computer programming for both data analysis and modeling. This course will introduce programming in C/C++, covering initially the basic concepts. The course will then include some examples of scientific programming found useful in physics and astronomy.

173.110 (N E)
Introduction to LabVIEW
Instructor: Steven Wonnell
Schedule: MTWF; 9a - 1p

Description: Course meets January 7th through 11th from 9-1pm in 216 Clark Hall. This is a first course in programming LabVIEW for students with no programming experience. LabVIEW is widely used in research and industry for interfacing computers to instrumentation for data acquisition, analysis, and control. The topics emphasized are basic programming structures and best practices for programming in the LabVIEW environment. Additional topics are the basic concepts of working with digital signals, data acquisition, and signal processing. Cross-listed with 580.106.

Political Science -

190.319 (S)
Globalization Theory and Practice in the 21st Century
Instructor: Jeffrey Pugh
Schedule: MTWThF; 10a - 12p

Description: This course introduces students to perspectives on globalization and the global economy as practiced by leading professionals in a range of fields. Presentations, discussions, and readings address the changing nature and importance of global trade and finance, cross-culture marketing, news media and entertainment industries, state sovereignty and national security, human rights and sustainable economic development. The course involves a mandatory two-day, one over-night trip to New York City and an additional all day trip to Washington D.C., where students have an opportunity to network and learn of career possibilities related to globalization. A mandatory trip meeting and resume workshop will be held on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. in the Career Center Library, Garland Hall, 3rd Floor. Attendance counts towards course attendance policy. Note: 100 attendance expected for successful completion of the course. Course/trip attendees will be made by faculty selection.

191.213 (H S)
The Laboring Body: Biological Life in the Age of Capitalism
Instructor: Jennifer Lin
Schedule: WThF; 12p - 3p

Description: This course will explore the human body as it works, eats, and takes leisure. We will trace these basic acts of living to the modes of existence made available in the development of capitalism. Class materials include: early 19th and 20th century cinema, classic political economy texts (Locke, Smith, Malthus, Marx), and literature.

191.250 (H S)
The Politics of Love, Self, and the Other
Instructor: Mina Suk
Schedule: TW; 3:30p - 6:30p

Description: An examination of major thinkers on love and on political conceptions of personhood and relationship. Topics include individuality, commitment, sexual identity, kinship, and love as subjective experience and as regulative ideal. Readings from Plato, Emerson, Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II), Butler; screening of "Monsoon Wedding."

Psychological & Brain Sciences -

200.213.01 (S)
Clinical Psychology in Action: Section 1
Instructor: Rachel Piferi
Schedule: MT; 9a - 12:30p

Description: Through guest presentations and field trips to various locations, this course will expose psychology majors to research and practice in clinical psychology. Students will learn about clinical psychology through interactions with professionals in the field and through tours of clinical organizations. Pre-registration is required and begins at 9am on 10/29. Students must go to Ames 204 with a photo ID to pre-register with Lizzie Palmer, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences. Psychology majors only.

200.213.02 (S)
Clinical Psychology in Action: Section 2
Instructor: Rachel Piferi
Schedule: MT; 1p - 4:30p

Description: Through guest presentations and field trips to various locations, this course will expose psychology majors to research and practice in clinical psychology. Students will learn about clinical psychology through interactions with professionals in the field and through tours of clinical organizations. Pre-registration is required and begins at 9am on 10/29. Students must go to Ames 204 with a photo ID to pre-register with Lizzie Palmer, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences. Psychology majors only.

200.215 (S)
Stranger than Fiction: Media Portrayals of Brain Injury and Disease
Instructor: Katherine Cameron
Schedule: MT; 9a - 12:30p

Description: This course explores the veracity of popular notions about the brain and brain injury/disease in the media. Media portrayals are often inaccurate, and many true cases prove to be "stranger than fiction". We will examine mental illness, pain & sensory deficits, dementia and aging, and consciousness. Assignments will include both scientific and magazine articles, and films.

200.225 (S)
Women in Science
Instructor: Hayley Kleitz
Schedule: MT; 1p - 4:30p

Description: In this course, we will investigate gender differences in science careers and discuss how science education early in life and social forces later in life effect career outcomes in the sciences. We will also highlight the careers of several influential women scientists across disciplines and discuss their contributions to the field.

Sociology -

230.115 (H)
B-MORE: Charm City Politics-- Class, Race and the Media
Instructor: Mindelyn Buford
Schedule: MTWThF; All Day

Description: This course may only be taken as part of the B-More... a Freshman Common Experience Program, which kicks off on Sunday, January 20th. This course introduces students to urban politics, Baltimore style. Politics has different meanings for different people. Some define it as the power relations between different groups, while others describe politics as the unequal distribution of scarce resources. Many of us are introduced to politics through our everyday lived experiences and through media depictions of the world. This course focuses on students' understanding of Baltimore city as shaped by their preconceptions, experiences, and media exposure. Topics of discussion will include popular media depictions of Baltimore city, class and race inequality, redevelopment, education, migration, reintegration, and employment. The classroom istruction will be complemented by visits to appropriate off-campus sites.

230.198 (S)
School Violence
Instructor: Joseph Gasper
Schedule: WThF; 2p - 4:30p

Description: This course introduces students to the topic of school violence. Mass shootings as well as "everyday" violence, including bullying, will be discussed. The course is organized around four main questions: (1) What is school violence? (2) How much is there? (3) What are its causes? (4) What can be done to prevent it? Topics include: the treatment of juvenile offenders, bullying, school shootings, school disciplinary policies, and school law. Films will be shown.

230.215 (S)
Sociology of Sports
Instructor: Christian Villenas
Schedule: WThF; 2p - 5p

Description: Recent events surrounding troubled athletes, performance enhancing drugs, gambling, and Title IX have garnered much media attention, reinforcing the relevance of sports to the public consciousness, and its prominence as a social institution. This course will provide an overview of the sociology of sports. The course will center on the connection between sports and social institutions, particularly, the economy, education, and the media. Major emphasis will be given to issues concerning race, class, gender, and collegiate athletics.

230.220 (S)
Social Movements and Film
Instructor: Kevan Harris
Schedule: MT; 1p - 4:30p

Description: How can film help us understand the dynamics of contemporary and historical social movements? This course will use films (fictional and documentary), survey readings on social movements, and in-depth historical case studies, to gain a better understanding of protests, revolts, and rebellions. Students will apply the readings towards one of the selected films in a final paper.

Writing Seminars -

220.174.01 (H)
Southern Gothic Fiction
Instructor: William Hensel
Schedule: MT; 9a - 12:30p

Description: Southern Gothic Fiction: No Pat Conroy. No trenchcoats. No truth. Readings from Poe, Faulkner, O'Connor, Dickey, McCarthy, Hannah, and others.

220.174.02 (H)
Creative Writing Workshop: Writing About Yourself
Instructor: Shashi Bhat
Schedule: MT; 1p - 4:30p

Description: Students will work on crafting their own life stories into rich and polished writing, delving into the topic of memoirs and creative non-fiction. Pieces may be written for personal reflection, development as a writer, and even for graduate school or medical school application essays. This is primarily a workshop course, but we will also focus on learning to read as writers, exploring works from Richard Selzer, E.B. White, Cynthia Ozick, and others.

220.174.03 (H)
Three Weeks in Hell: Dante's Inferno
Instructor: Stephen Kampa
Schedule: WThF; 12p - 3p

Description: Ready to spend three weeks in hell, or at least Dante's version of it? We will approach Dante's Inferno from the perspective of creative writers trying to steal a few tricks from one of the greatest poets of all time. We'll examine Dante's use of allegory, theology, praise and invective, terza rima, and more in order to inspire our own compositions. Reading Dante well is a life-changing experience: let's begin!

220.174.04 (H)
Graphic Novels and Contemporary Cartooning
Instructor: Joseph Martin
Schedule: WThF; 12p - 3p

Description: The purpose of this class will be to explain how cartooning works as a creative genre and how it has become a valid art form with touchstones in literature, movies, and the art world. Each graphic work will be presented as an analyzable text within said genre, complete with its own language and grammar. Students will finish the class with a sense of the medium’s place in pop culture and an ability to critically engage their comics.

220.174.05 (H)
Fitzgerald's Literature of Madness
Instructor: John Rockefeller V
Schedule: WThF; 2p - 5p

Description: In "The Beautiful and Damned" and "Tender is the Night", F. Scott Fitzgerald analogizes both of his protagonists (one, an unemployed drunk who denies having a mental breakdown; the other, a brilliant doctor who treats the mentally ill) to the same two historical figures: an early Christian ascetic and an American Revolutionary War general. And at least once in their lives, both of those figures were suspected of being insane. How does figuring his protagonists as modern-day saints and heroes advance Fitzgerald's critique of Progressivism in the 1920s and the New Deal in the 1930s?

220.174.06 (H)
Weird Stories, Amazing Tales, Fantastic Fiction
Instructor: Charlotte O'Donnell
Schedule: MT; 1p - 4:30p

Description: This course seeks to explore the boundaries between science fiction, fantasy writing and literature. Students will study basic writing techniques involved in creating speculative fiction, with particular interest given to helping students construct alternate realities inside their stories. Topics will include mythical creatures, ghosts, and time/space travel. Students will read Bradbury, Kafka, Murakami and Bender among others.

220.174.07 (H)
Screenwriting: Words into Images
Instructor: John Paul Carillo & Brian Platzer
Schedule: WThF; 12p - 3p

Description: In this class you'll produce a treatment and principal scene of your screenplay/teleplay. We will view and read scenes from films by such notables as the Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino, Sofia Coppola, David Mamet. We will also examine the conversation between literature and film, concentrating on F. Scott Fitzgerald's forays into Hollywood. This class is for anyone interested in imagining the process of words on the page producing images on the screen. Your film awaits.

220.346 (H)
Journalism Institute
Instructor: Russell Smith
Schedule: TWThF; TBA

Description: This course meets Tuesday through Friday, 9-11 AM. Exchange different views on the media and media personalities, and how that affects the portion of the population that keep up on current events. Political bias in the news stories, ethics in reporting, the fine line between creativity in feature writing and dishonest embellishment, and the future of print publications is discussed.

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