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DEAN'S TEACHING FELLOWSHIP COURSES

BIOLOGY

020.389 (N)

MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE: WHEN DNA-BINDING PROTEINS FAIL  (3) Karam/ Hargreaves    Limit 15   This course will highlight several classes of DNA-binding proteins, describe how they can give rise to disease, and explore potential therapies. Topics will include DNA repair, recombination, cancer, aging, stem cells, and drug design.

MWF 2

ENGLISH

060.314 (H)
              (W)

NEW ENGLAND PURITANS AND THEIR MODERN INTERLOCUTORS, 1620-1740 (3) Stein   Prereq: At least one English or W.G.S. course Limit 15     An introduction to interdisciplinary research methods. Puritan readings include Winthrop, Bradford, Cotton, Bradstreet, Taylor, Cotton Mather, Rowlandson, Edwards. Modern assessments drawn from biography, history, cultural criticism, feminism, literary analysis, theology.

ThF 1:30-3

GERMAN

090090.384 (H)

             (W)

A DIALOGUE BETWEEN OLD AND NEW THEORIES OF THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE  (3) Wilczek   Limit 18   This course examines the similarities and differences between answers to the question of the origin of language given by philosophical writings from the eighteenth century and recent scientific research.

M 3-4:30,
W 2-3:30

HISTORY

100.305 (H,S)

CHINESE LAW AND SOCIETY: 17TH – 20TH CENTURIES (3) Ma   Limit 15     A reading discussion course studying the role of law as a dictating and mediating force in ordering the late imperial and Republican China. No Chinese language and history background required.

TTh 2-3:30

100.311 (H,S)

              (W)

ADVERTISING AND CONSUMER CULTURE IN AMERICA, 1750-1970 (3) Keyes   Limit 20     This seminar uses the history of advertising to examine consumer culture and its impact on social, economic, and political developments in America from the eighteenth century through the mid-twentieth century.

Th 1-4

100.316 (H,S)

               (W)

LANGUAGES OF REVOLUTION IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AMERICA (3) Shaley  Limit 25     This seminar provides an intensive introduction t to the American Revolution and the creation of the republic by examining those events as a series of intellectual transformations.

MTh 2-3:30

HISTORY OF ART

010.228 (H)

MAJOR BAROQUE ARTISTS: NORTH AND SOUTH (3) Struhal    Limit 25 This course provides an introduction to Baroque painting by focusing on the artistic exchange between Northern and Southern masters. Basic art-historical problems, such as style and narrative strategies will be addressed.

MTW 10

ROMANCE LANGUAGES & LITERATURES

212.219 (H)

FROM DUMAS TO PROUST: THE ADVENTURE NOVEL IN FRANCE (3) Conceatu Limit 15  Prereq: Intro to Literature I or II     Adventure as the essence of fiction: novels, comic-books and movies explore exoticism, danger, and mystery to demonstrate the literary underpinnings of suspense and reader enjoyment.

ThF 10:30-12