Schedule of Classes

First-year Program
First-year seminars
K10.0031 Imagining Identity and Difference Cornyetz TR

2:00-3:15

K10.0032 The Social Construction of Reality Duncombe TR 11:00-12:15
K10.0039 Globalization Angel-Ajani F 2:00-4:45
K10.0042 Capitalism and Democracy Phillips-Fein MW 12:30-1:45
K10.0047

Hamlet in the Afterlife                                                            

Smith-Howard       MW 11:00-12:15                     
K10.0048 Exile Antoon R 3:30-6:10
K10.0049 The Self and the Call of the Other Greenberg MW 12:30-1:45
K10.0050 The City and the Grassroots Poitevin R 2:00-4:45
K10.0051 The Thingliness of Things Meltzer TR 9:30-10:45
K10.0052 The Aura: Production, Re-production and Authenticity Lennox MW 4:55-6:10
K10.0053 Novel Freedoms Parisier TR 3:30-4:45
Writing Seminars
K10.0301 Writing Sem I: The Urban Muse Goldfarb TR 11:00-12:15
K10.0302 Writing Sem I: The Writer's Journey Greenberg MW 9:30-10:45
K10.0305 Writing Sem I: Gender and Romance Weisser TR 9:30-10:45
K10.0310 Writing Seminar I: Life, Stories, Culture Pies          MW  3:30-4:45
K10.0313 Writing Sem I: Reading and Writing Everyday Life Zasloff MW 12:30-1:45
K10.0319 Writing Sem I: Aesthetics on Trial Trogan TR 4:55-6:10
K10.0324 Writing Sem I: Metamorphoses Foley MW 3:30-4:45
K10.0332 Writing Sem I: Writing about American Faith Desiderio TR 3:30-4:45
K10.0333 Writing Sem I: Writing 20th-Century Music and Culture Erickson TR 2:00-3:15
K10.0334 Writing Sem I: Writing the Body Wisor MW 11:00-12:15
K10.0335 Writing Sem I: Growing Up in Africa Kalikoff TR 11:00-12:15
K10.0336 Writing Sem I: Visual Texts Lemberg MW 2:00-3:15
K10.0340 Writing Sem I: Writing the Harlem Renaissance Perry TR 4:55-6:10
K10.0341 Writing Sem I: Biography and the Self Raden TR 2:00-3:15
K10.0342 Writing Sem I:  Writing Justice Siemann TR 9:30-10:45
K10.0639 Writing Sem II: Myths and Fables in Popular Culture Lennox MW 2:00-3:15
Interdisciplinary Seminars
Four-credit Seminars
K20.1063 The Meaning of Silence Achino-Loeb R 3:30-6:10
K20.1081 Contemporary Aesthetics and Cultural History Barowitz R 6:20-9:00
K20.1103 Pride and Power Mirabella TR 4:55-6:10
K20.1113 The Spirit of the Comic and the Spirit of the Age Rutigliano M 6:20-9:00
K20.1122 Love and Desire Mirabella TR 2:00-3:15
K20.1128 Bodily Fictions Ciolkowski R 3:30-6:10
K20.1130 Modern American Narratives Shulman M 12:30-3:15
K20.1184 Race Williams MW 3:30-4:45
K20.1188 The Emergence of the Unconscious Robbins W 3:30-6:10
K20.1193 Culture as Communication Varadhan W 3:30-6:10
K20.1197 Narratives of African Civilizations Dawson MW 12:30-1:45
K20.1208 The Existential Imagination Graybeal W 3:30-6:10
K20.1215 Narrative Investigations Pies MW 11:00-12:15
K20.1241 The Politics of Media: Power, Persuasion, Perception Duncombe TR 2:00-3:15
K20.1251 Sex, Gender, Nature, Culture Murphy MW 9:30-10:45
K20.1253 Shakespeare on the Uses of This World Rock W 3:30-6:10
K20.1269 The Condition of Postmodernism Fong T 6:20-9:00
K20.1298

Ecology and Environmental Thought

Open to Gallatin students only.

Cittadino MW 12:30-1:45
K20.1299 Objectivity and the Politics of the Journalism Revolution Thaler W 6:20-9:00
K20.1301 Sigmund Freud and Modern Social Theory                     Laskawy 11:00-1:45
K20.1302 Ethical Theory in Action Holt TR 4:55-6:10
K20.1311

Mad Science/Mad Pride

Open to Gallatin students only.

Lewis R 3:30-6:10
K20.1316

Rethinking the Biological Sciences

Open to Gallatin students only.

Lewis M 3:30-6:10
K20.1331 Readings in Asian and Comparative Philosophy Nordstrom F 2:00-4:45
K20.1336 Contemporary Political Economy Phillips-Fein MW 3:30-4:45
K20.1340 Hiroshima Cornyetz M 2:00-4:45
K20.1354 Facing the Music Brown TR 3:30-4:45
K20.1355 The Cultural Politics of Global News Media Lewis MW 2:00-3:15
K20.1357 The Qur'an Antoon T 3:30-6:10
K20.1364 AIDS and Its Cultural Effects McCreery T 3:30-6:10
K20.1378 Religion and "The Times" Graybeal TR 11:00-12:15
K20.1379 Liberalism, Desire and Visions of the Good Frank M 3:30-6:10
K20.1380 Three Revolutions: Haiti, Mexico and Cuba Lauria-Perricelli TR 4:55-6:10
K20.1381 Creative Democracy: The Pragmatist Tradition Caspary W 3:30-6:10
K20.1384 Modernism and Imperialism Taylor T 3:30-6:10
K20.1385 Black Cultural Studies White M 6:20-9:00
K20.1382 Coming-Of-Age on American Film John Lang R 3:30-6:10
K20.1383 Multiculturalism in American Political Thought and Literature Megan Obourn   MW 4:55-6:10
K20.1386 Women in Medicine: From Ancient Egypt to ER Vaughan W 6:20-9:00
K20.1387 The Photographic Imaginary Eve Meltzer   R 3:30-6:10
K20.1388 Thinking About Seeing Keith Miller   M 6:20-9:00
K20.1389 Sappho and David: The Greek and Hebrew Poetic Traditions Clair McPherson   MW 3:30-4:45
K20.1390 American Shakespeare Alycia Smith-Howard   F 12:30-3:15
         
Two-credit, seven-week interdisciplinary Seminars
The course below meets for the first seven weeks of the semester only (from September 5-October 23).
K20.1420 Reading Poetry Goldfarb TR 3:30-4:45
K20.1433 The Simple Life Rock T 6:20-9:00
K20.1439 James Reese Europe and American Music Dinwiddie W 2:00-4:45
K20.1443 Theorizing Popular Culture Hornick W 3:30-6:10
K20.1449

Primary Texts: Plato's Republic

Open to sophomores only.

Shulman T 6:20-9:00
Two-credit, seven-week interdisciplinary Seminars (Cont.)
The courses below meet the last seven weeks of the semester only (from October 24 to December 13).
K20.1421 Wallace Stevens and the Twentieth Century Goldfarb TR 3:30-4:45
K20.1440 Sissle Blake and the Minstrel Tradition Dinwiddie W 2:00-4:45
K20.1444 Looking at Popular Culture Hornick W 3:30-6:10
K20.1451 Ancient Reflections in a Time of Modern War Slatkin T 3:30-6:10
K20.1452

Primary Texts: Hebrew Bible and Politics

Open to sophomores only.

Shulman T 6:20-9:00
K20.1457 The Odyssey: Estrangement and Homecoming Slatkin W 6:20-9:00
Advanced Writing Courses
K30.1025 Style and Substance: Tools for Writing Hulse F 12:30-3:15
K30.1033 Writing about Popular Music Wetta MW 2:00-3:15
K30.1047 Writing on Wealth and Power Jones F 12:30-3:15
K30.1319 Lives of New York Rubinfien T 3:30-6:10
K30.1321 Travel Writing Brownmiller M 9:30-12:15
K30.1329 Writing the Fragment Blythe TR 3:30-4:45
K30.1495 Writing the Documentary Film Seidman W 6:20-9:00
K30.1510 Writing Comedy Goldsmith R 6:20-9:00
K30.1520 Creating Narrative Effects Nair W 9:30-12:15
K30.1537 Crafting Short Fiction from the Sentence Up Rinehart T 6:20-9:00
K30.1550 Fiction Writing Smith M 3:30-6:10
K30.1555

Advanced Fiction Writing

Prerequisite K30.1550 or V39.0815 or V39.0816 or V39.0820 or permission of the instructor.

Pitt M 3:30-6:10
K30.1560 The Art and Craft of Poetry Hightower MW 4:55-6:10
K30.1564

Advanced Poetry Writing

Prerequisite K30.1560 or V39.0817 or V39.0830 or permission of the instructor.

Fragos M 6:20-9:00
Other Writing-Related Courses
K45.1460 Literacy in Action Donnelly M 6:20-9:00
K80.2550

Fiction Writing

This graduate course is open to advanced undergraduates with permission of the instructor.

Spain T 6:20-9:00
Arts workshops
K40.1020 Character Acting Sloan M 6:20-9:00
K40.1060 Asian Theatre: Tradition and Performance Cartmill R 2:00-4:45
K40.1070 Equal Exchange: Arts-Based Collaborations Bowers

M

W

3:30-6:10

3:30-4:45

K40.1107 Body Wisdom: Experiential Anatomy for Performers Powell T 6:20-9:00
K40.1110 The Art of Play Hodermarska R 9:30-12:15
K40.1212 World Dance Posin W 3:30-6:10
K40.1250 Interarts Collaboration Satin T 3:30-6:10
K40.1305 Rudiments of Contemporary Musicianship Castellano W 6:20-9:00
K40.1315 Understanding Jazz Prudente T 3:30-6:10
K40.1325 Songwriting Rayner M 3:30-6:10
K40.1405 Drawing and Painting Katz F 9:30-12:15
K40.1420 Rites of Passage Into Contemporary Art Practice Ruhe R 3:30-6:10
K40.1470 The Monument: From Concept to Creation Wyatt W 3:30-6:10
K40.1525 Writing for the Ear: Broadcast News as Storytelling Hoffman MW 6:20-7:35
K40.1565 Playwriting Churchill R 6:20-9:00
K40.1571 Writing for Television I Douglas M 3:30-6:10
K40.1621 Architectural Design and Drawing Goodman W 6:20-9:00
K40.1635 Digital New Media Allen T 3:30-6:10
K40.1652 Creating a Magazine: From Inspiration to Prototype Friedman, L. TR 3:30-4:45
Graduate arts workshops
These graduate courses are open to advanced undergraduates with permission of the instructor.
K80.2575 Dramatizing History I Thompson M 2:00-4:45
Community Learning Courses
K45.1420 Mapping for Social Change Poitevin R 9:30-12:15
K45.1444 Lyrics on Lockdown Turenne T 6:20-9:00
K45.1445 Shifting Focus: Video Production Read R 2:00-4:45
K45.1449 Introduction to Grassroots Organizing Khalil R 6:20-9:00
K45.1452 Law and Community Activism Sitrin W 6:20-9:00
K45.1456 Immigrant Rights Jayaraman M 6:20-9:00
K45.1460 Literacy in Action Donnelly M 6:20-9:00
K45.1468 School Reform, Public Policy, and Human Rights Anderson R 6:20-9:00
Individualized Projects
K50.1701 Private Lessons   to be arranged
K50.1801

Internship

Workshop I: 9/25, 10:00 am–11:00 am, or 9/27, 4:30 pm–5:30 pm, or 9/28, 12:30 pm–1:30 pm

Workshop II: 10/16, 10:00 am–11:00 am, or 10/18, 4:30 pm–5:30 pm, or 10/19, 12:30 pm–1:30 pm

  to be arranged
K50.1901 Independent Study   to be arranged
K50.1925 Tutorial   to be arranged