Schedule of Classes

First-year Program
First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminars
K10.0031 Imagining Identity and Difference Cornyetz TR 4:55-6:10 syllabus
K10.0032 The Social Construction of Reality Duncombe TR 11:00-12:15 syllabus
K10.0035 Family McCreery TR 4:55-6:10 syllabus
K10.0043 Travel Fictions Hutkins TR 2:00-3:15 syllabus
K10.0049 The Self and the Call of the Other Greenberg MW 12:30-1:45 syllabus
K10.0050 The City and the Grassroots Poitevin MW 11:00-12:15  
K10.0057 Incivility in the Age of Civil Society Velasco TR 11:00-12:15 syllabus
K10.0059 Sports, Race and Politics Polyné MW 11:00-12:15 syllabus
K10.0062 Ritual and Art from Prehistory to the Present Raiken MW 2:00-3:15 syllabus
K10.0063 The Scientific Revolution Stanley TR 9:30-10:45 syllabus
K10.0064 Globalization: Promises and Discontents Lukose TR 3:30-4:45 syllabus
K10.0065 Beyond Language Erickson TR 9:30-10:45 syllabus
K10.0066 War and Peace Gurman TR 2:00-3:15 syllabus
K10.0067 The Poverty of Literature Huber MW 4:55-6:10  
First-Year Writing Seminars
K10.0319 Aesthetics on Trial Trogan TR 6:20-7:35 syllabus
K10.0323 Artists' Lives, Artists' Work Traps TR 3:30-4:45 syllabus
K10.0333 Writing 20th-Century Music and Culture Erickson TR 2:00-3:15 syllabus
K10.0343 Writers on Writing Foley MW 3:30-4:45 syllabus
K10.0345 Forms of Love Weisser TR 9:30-10:45 syllabus
K10.0353 The Faith Between Us Korb MW 8:00-9:15 syllabus
K10.0357 Wilderness and Civilization Libby MW 12:30-1:45  
K10.0361 Collage: From Art to Life and Back Vydrin MW 2:00-3:15 syllabus
K10.0363 What is the Avant-Garde? Troxell TR 11:00-12:15  
K10.0365 Utopic/Dystopic America Gurman MW 4:55-6:10 syllabus
K10.0366 American War Stories Schulz MW 9:30-10:45  
K10.0367 Visual Texts Huber MW 2:00-3:15  
K10.0368 Science on the Margins Perillián TR 6:20-7:35 syllabus
K10.0369 Popular Music and Identity Erickson MW 11:00-12:15 syllabus
K10.0370 Writing New York City Huddleston TR 8:00-9:15 syllabus
K10.0371 What is Terror? Literature and Critiques of Violence Huber TR 2:00-3:15  
K10.0372 The Politics of Change Gurman MW 6:20-7:35 syllabus
K10.0639 Writing Sem II: Myths and Fables in Popular Culture Lennox MW 4:55-6:10 syllabus
Interdisciplinary Seminars (4 credits)
Sophomores Only
K20.1122 Discourses of Love Mirabella TR 11:00-12:15 syllabus
K20.1417 Politics and the Gods Tugendhaft R 6:20-9:00 syllabus
K20.1470 (Re)Imagining Latin America Velasco MW 4:55-6:10 syllabus
K20.1559 Politics and Rhetoric Shulman R 3:30-6:10 syllabus
Open to all
K20.1059 Disease and Civilization Cittadino MW 12:30-1:45 syllabus
K20.1071 Sound and Sense Goldfarb TR 3:30-4:45 syllabus
K20.1081 Contemporary Aesthetics and Cultural History Barowitz W 6:20-9:00 syllabus
K20.1097 Inventing Modernity I Hornick TR 4:55-6:10 syllabus
K20.1103 Pride and Power Mirabella TR 3:30-4:45 syllabus
K20.1113 The Spirit of the Comic and the Spirit of the Age Rutigliano W 3:30-6:10 syllabus
K20.1128 Bodily Fictions Ciolkowski R 3:30-6:10  
K20.1157 Speech, Silence and the Struggle for Identity Achino-Loeb R 3:30-6:10 syllabus
K20.1197 Narratives of African Civilizations Dawson M 6:20-9:00 syllabus
K20.1207

Origins of the Atomic Age

 Cittadino TR 2:00-3:15 syllabus
K20.1229

Chinatown and the American Imagination

Same as V18.0370. Permission of the instructor required (jack.tchen@nyu.edu).

 Tchen

W

F

2:00-4:45

10:00-12:00

 syllabus
K20.1250 Mysticism Graybeal T 3:30-6:10 syllabus
K20.1253 Shakespeare on the Uses of This World Rock F 9:30-12:15 syllabus
K20.1258

The Ancient Theatre and Its Influences

Same as V29.0104.

 Slatkin T 3:30-6:10 syllabus
K20.1261

The Politics of Style

 Cornyetz/Duncombe TR 2:00-3:15 syllabus
K20.1299 Objectivity and the Politics of the Journalism Revolution Thaler R 6:20-9:00 syllabus
K20.1306 Critical Social Theory Mirsepassi F 12:30-3:15 syllabus
K20.1311

Mad Science/Mad Pride

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

Rethinking the Biological Sciences

 Lewis T 9:30-12:15 syllabus
K20.1328 Jung and Postmodern Religious Experience Robbins TR 9:30-10:45 syllabus
K20.1330 Euripedes' Medea and Morrison's Beloved Slatkin/White M 3:30-6:10 syllabus
K20.1357 The Qur'an Antoon MW 11:00-12:15 syllabus
K20.1359 American Capitalism in the 20th Century Phillips-Fein MW 12:30-1:45  
K20.1381 Creative Democracy: The Pragmatist Tradition Caspary W 3:30-6:10 syllabus
K20.1382 Coming-of-Age on American Film Lang CANCELLED  
K20.1388 Thinking About Seeing Miller T 3:30-6:10 syllabus
K20.1396 Nature and the Polis Holt MW 12:30-1:45 syllabus
K20.1408 Leviathans, Lovers and Libertines Cartmill MW 11:00-12:15 syllabus
K20.1410 Satan and the Angels McPherson MW 9:30-10:45 syllabus
K20.1415 Swing Down: Constructing the Future & Creating Space Brown CANCELLED  
K20.1471 Black Intellectual Thought in the Atlantic World Polyne M 3:30-6:10  
K20.1478 The (Post)Colonial Arabic Novel Antoon T 3:30-6:10  
K20.1504 Guilty Subjects: Guilt in Literature, Law & Psychoanalysis Murphy MW 11:00-12:15 syllabus

K20.1514

Science and Religion

 Stanley MW 9:30-10:45 syllabus
K20.1521 Political Theology Shulman T 6:20-9:00 syllabus

K20.1523

Feminism, Empire and the Postcolonial World

Cruz Soto

TR

 9:30-10:45 syllabus
K20.1527 Finance for Social Theorists Rajsingh W 7:45-10:15 syllabus
K20.1542 Motown Matrix: Race, Gender and Class Identity Dinwiddie F 2:00-4:45  
K20.1552 Sociology of Religion: Islam and the Modern World Mirsepassi T 3:30-6:10 syllabus

K20.1555

Imagining India: From the Colonial to the Global

 Lukose

T

 6:20-9:00 syllabus

K20.1557

 Religion and Modernity Elfenbein F 2:00-4:45 syllabus
K20.1560 African-American History and Memory White MW 2:00-3:15 syllabus
K20.1561

The Life and Legacy of Alexander the Great

Franks CANCELLED  
K20.1562

Ancient Faces: Concepts of the Portrait in the Classical World and Before

 Franks MW 12:30-1:45 syllabus
K20.1563

Women’s Text(iles) 

Priest T 3:30-6:10  
K20.1564

Representing the Sacred in African American Culture

Priest CANCELLED  
K20.1565

Critically Queer: The Cultural Politics of Deviant Sexuality and Gender

Chen MW 3:30-4:45 syllabus
K20.1569

Myths as Images from the Ancient World to the Renaissance

Franks MW 9:30-10:45 syllabus
K20.1588

The Harlem Renaissance

 Priest R 3:30-6:10  
Two-credit, Seven-week Interdisciplinary Seminars: September 8-October 26
K20.1433 The Simple Life Rock R 6:20-9:00 syllabus
K20.1443 Theorizing Popular Culture Hornick TR 2:00-3:15 syllabus
K20.1558 The Travel Habit Hutkins TR 11:00-12:15 syllabus
Two-credit, Seven-week Interdisciplinary Seminars: October 27 to December 15
K20.1249 Colonies, Nations, Empires, Globalization Cruz Soto TR 4:55-6:10 syllabus
K20.1444 Looking at Popular Culture Hornick TR 2:00-3:15  
Advanced Writing Courses
K30.1047 Writing on Wealth and Power Jones F 12:30-3:15 syllabus
K30.1070 Writing About Film Bram F 12:30-3:15 syllabus
K30.1304

The Art of the Personal Essay

Friedman, S. W 3:30-6:10  
K30.1317 Only Connect: Strategies for Writing Park F 11:00-1:45  
K30.1321 Travel Writing Brownmiller F 11:00-1:45 syllabus
K30.1329 Writing the Fragment Blythe TR 3:30-4:45  
K30.1333 Writing the Family Beam W 6:20-9:00  
K30.1425 Translation Practicum Hightower F 12:30-3:15 syllabus
K30.1505 Writing Short Comedy D.B. Gilles R 6:20-9:00 syllabus
K30.1520 Creating Narrative Effects Nair W 9:30-12:15 syllabus
K30.1537 Crafting Short Fiction from the Sentence Up Rinehart T 6:20-9:00 syllabus
K30.1540 Reading and Writing the Short Story Zoref M 6:20-9:00 syllabus
K30.1550 Fiction Writing Vapnyar W 3:30-6:10 syllabus
K30.1555

Advanced Fiction Writing

Prerequisite K30.1550 or V39.0815 or V39.0816 or V39.0820.

King W 6:20-9:00 syllabus
K30.1560/01 The Art and Craft of Poetry Fragos M 6:20-9:00 syllabus
K30.1560/02 The Art and Craft of Poetry Pies MW 3:30-4:45 syllabus
Other Writing-Related Courses
K45.1460 Literacy in Action Donnelly W 6:20-9:00  
K80.2550

Fiction Writing

Graduate course open to advanced undergraduates with permission of the instructor.

 Spain T 6:20-9:00  
Arts Workshops
K40.1014 Something to Sing About: Acting in Musical Theatre Steinfeld M 3:30-6:10 syllabus
K40.1019 His Advice to the Players: Shakespeare in Performance Horton M 12:30-3:15 syllabus
K40.1020 Character Acting Sloan M 6:20-9:00  
K40.1052 Native American Traditions and Arts Menusan F 9:30-12:15 syllabus
K40.1080

Site-specific Performance

 Bowers

R

9:30-12:15

 syllabus
K40.1105 Integrating Mind and Body in the Performing Arts Powell T 6:20-9:00  
K40.1110 The Art of Play Hodermarska R 9:30-12:15 syllabus
K40.1209 The Art of Choreography Posin R 3:30-6:10 syllabus
K40.1225 Creating a Performance from the Ground Up Satin W 11:00-1:45  
K40.1305

Rudiments of Contemporary Musicianship

Course meets at Drummer’s Collective, 541 Sixth Ave.

 Castellano W 6:20-9:00  
K40.1325

Songwriting

Course meets at Drummer’s Collective, 541 Sixth Ave.

 Rayner T 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 syllabus
K40.1470

The Monument: From Concept to Creation

 Wyatt M 9:30-12:15  
K40.1565 Playwriting Churchill T 6:20-9:00 syllabus
K40.1570 Writing for Stage and Screen Thompson W 3:30-6:10  
K40.1571 Writing for Television I Douglas M 3:30-6:10  
K40.1623 Green Design and Planning Goodman W 6:20-9:00  
K40.1635 Digital New Media Allen R 3:30-6:10  
K40.1652 Creating a Magazine: From Inspiration to Prototype Friedman, L. MW 2:00-3:15 syllabus
Graduate Arts Workshop
K80.2575

Dramatizing History I

Graduate course open to advanced undergraduates with permission of the instructor.

 Dinwiddie W 6:20-9:00  
Community Learning Courses
K45.1444 Lyrics on Lockdown Turenne M 6:20-9:00 syllabus
K45.1445 Shifting Focus: Video Production Press T 6:20-9:00  
K45.1453 Gentrification and Its Discontents Poitevin F 12:30-3:15  
K45.1460 Literacy in Action Donnelly W 6:20-9:00 syllabus
Individualized Projects
K50.1701

Private Lessons

Deadline for submitting proposal is Monday, Sept 21.

   to be arranged
K50.1801

Internship

Deadline for submitting proposal is Monday, Sept 21.

Pass/Fail only.

Students registering for an Internship are required to attend one session of each workshop:

Workshop I: 9/21, 10:00 am–11:00 am or 9/24, 12:30 pm–1:30 pm
Workshop II: 10/19, 10:00 am–11:00 am, or 10/22, 12:30 pm–1:30 pm

   to be arranged
K50.1802

Internship and Seminar

Deadline for submitting proposal is Monday, Sept 21.

Students are required to attend a biweekly seminar:

Section 1 meets every other week beginning Tuesday, September 8, 2009.
Section 2 meets every other week beginning Tuesday, September 15, 2009.

 Moore T 6:20-7:35 syllabus
K50.1901

Independent Study

Deadline for submitting proposal is Monday, Sept 14.

   to be arranged
K50.1925

Tutorial

Deadline for submitting proposal is Friday, May 1.

   to be arranged
Travel Course for Students Studying Abroad
K55.1200

The Art of Travel

Enrollment is restricted to students studying abroad at an NYU site during Fall 2009.

 Hutkins to be arranged syllabus
Gallatin Courses at NYU Study Abroad Sites
Buenos Aires
K20.9401 Tango and Mass Culture  
K30.9401 Creative Writing: Argentina, Travel Writing at the End of the World  
Florence
K20.9001 Postmodern Fiction: An International Perspective  
K20.9002 The Idea of Travel  
K40.9001 Architectural Design: An Installation in Florence    
K50.9001 Community Service in Florence    
London
K20.9101 Immigration  
Paris
K20.9301 The French Art World in the 19th Century  
K20.9302 Paris Monuments and Political Power in the 19th & 20th Centuries  
K20.9303 Topics in French Culture: The Media of Displacement—Postcolonial Culture  
K20.9304 Topics in French Literature: Autobiography and First-Person Narration in French and Expatriate Literature  
Prague
K20.9201 Kafka and His Contexts  
K20.9202 Literature and Place of Central Europe    
K20.9203 Civil Resistance in Central and Eastern Europe    
K20.9204 Central European Film    
K40.9201 Twenty-first Century Theatremakers: Modern European Approaches to Acting and Directing    
K40.9202 Theater Production    
Shanghai
K30.9501 Creative Writing  
Tel Aviv
K30.9601 Politics and the Production of Everydayness in Israel