CUTF WINTER 2014 COURSE OFFERINGS
128-295-200
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 98T
Flexible Phenotypes & Adaptive Evolution
Offered
Thursday, 9:00 – 11:50 a.m., Hershey 148
Instructor
Jonathan P. Drury/Greg Grether
Grade
Letter grade
General Education Credit
Foundations of Scientific Inquiry: Life Sciences
Course description
Through reading of both classic and contemporary
theoretical empirical texts, this discussion-driven seminar
will explore the ways in which (a) developmental plasticity
influences adaption and (b) flexible phenotypes are
themselves evolving through genetic accommodation.
Class requirements
participation; student presentations; lab exercise; outline of
final paper; rough draft of final paper, final paper
Prerequisite
Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
196-292-200
English 98TA
(Close) Reading Like a Writer
Offered
Wednesday, 2:00-4:50 p.m., Rolfe 3115
Instructor
John S. Caughey/Christopher Mott
Grade
Letter grade
General Education Credit
Foundations of Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural
Analysis
Course description
Students will apply the techniques of literary analysis not to
the finished products of creative literary artists, but to the
processes by which individuals have fashioned themselves
into fiction writers from the late 19th century until the
present.
Class requirements
interpretive papers, final conference
Prerequisite
Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
238-295-200
Film and Television 98TA
Race and Gender in Sports Films
Offered
seminar Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. -12:50 p.m., Melnitz 2589
Screening Tuesday, 4:00-6:50 p.m., Melnitz 2534
Instructor
Samantha Sheppard/Stephen Mamber
Grade
Letter grade
General Education Credit
Foundations of Arts and Humanities: Visual and
Performance Arts Analysis and Practice
Course description
This seminar will introduce undergraduate students to
critical approaches, analyses, and research on the
representation of race and gender and the construction of
social identities in sports films.
Class requirements
active class participation; short response paper and
presentation; final paper abstract with bibliography; rough
draft of final paper; final paper
Prerequisite
Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
236-294-200
French & Francophone Studies 98T
Performing the Nation: Literature and Nationalism in
Postcolonial Senegal
Offered
Tuesday, Thursday, 2:00-3:15 pm, Moore 1003
Instructor
Brian Quinn/Dominic Thomas
Grade
Letter grade
General Education Credit
Foundations of Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural
Analysis
Course description
A study of the Senegalese nation in the postcolonial context
through poetry, novels, films, music, and critical texts, with
a focus on how different genres and forms of media are
used to depict divergent visions of Senegalese nationhood.
Class requirements
participation, forum posts, presentations, final paper
Prerequisite
Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
405-294-200
Gender Studies 98T
Interrogating Microcredit: Gender, Economic
Development Programs and Poverty in Southeast Asia
Offered
Monday, 9:00-11:50 a.m., Math Sciences 5225
Instructor
Stephanie Santos/Purnima Mankekar
Grade
Letter grade
General Education Credit
Foundations of Society and Culture: Social Analysis
Course description
This seminar examines microcredit and similar economic
microcredit and similar economic development programs as
poverty reduction strategies in South and Southeast Asia.
Drawing from Gender and Critical Development Studies,
we study the effects of microcredit as an economic tool for
assisting the poor.
Class requirements
reading responses, bibliography, final research paper
Prerequisite
Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
221-270-200
History 98T
Crusaders, Merchants, Pilgrims and Explorers:
Travelers & Traveling in the Late Medieval World,
1000-1450 CE
Offered
Thursday, 10:00-12:50 p.m., Bunche 2150
Instructor
Kate Craig/Teofilo Ruiz
Grade
Letter grade
General Education Credit
Foundations of Society and Culture: Historical Analysis
Course description
Examination of different genres of travel writing in late
medieval Europe. History and significance of medieval
cross-cultural encounters, perceptions of boundaries, space,
and boarders, relationships between religion and travel, and
the evolution of European perceptions of “difference.”
Class requirements
weekly responses, research paper
Prerequisite
Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
245-239-200
UG-Law/Political Science M98TA
Forced Migration and Refugee Law: 21st Century
Challenges
Offered
Thursday, 1:00-3:50 p.m., Law 3211A
Instructor
Jessica Eby/Asli U. Bali
Grade
Letter grade
General Education Credit
Foundations of Society and Culture: Social Analysis
Course description
Internally displaced persons, non-state agents of
persecution, urban refugees, and other trends in forced
displacement challenge the refugee paradigm under the
1951 Refugee Convention. This course explores
international refugee law and current challenges to its
domestic application around the world.
Class requirements
paper presentation; eight one-page response papers; final
paper
Prerequisite
Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
245-243-200
UG-Law M98TB
The International Criminal Court and the Legitimacy
of Global Governance
Offered
Thursday, 12:00-2:50, Law 2442
Instructor
Brian Hutler/Maximo Langer
Grade
Letter grade
General Education Credit
Foundations of Arts and Humanities: Philosophic and
Linguistic Analysis
Course description
This seminar will investigate the establishment and
legitimacy of the International Criminal Court from
historical, legal, and philosophical perspectives, focusing
especially on the Court’s implications for theories of
legitimate punishment and governance.
Class requirements
seven weekly writing assignment and a final paper
Prerequisite
Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
347-296-200
Sociology 98T
Inequalities in Families: Analyzing Differences Within
and Between Families in the U.S.
Offered
Thursday, 11:00-1:50 p.m., Public Affairs 2292
Instructor
Danielle Wondra/Megan Sweeney
Grade
Letter grade
General Education Credit
Foundations of Society and Culture: Social Analysis
Course description
This course explores inequalities that exist within and
between families in the U.S. We will think critically about
how we know what we know about families, considering
the strengths and limitations of different sociological
research approaches.
Class requirements
leading a class discussion; research proposal
Prerequisite
Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
401-294-200
World Arts and Cultures/Dance 98TA
Film as Folklore: Ideologies of Race, Gender, Class and
Sexuality
Offered
Tuesday, Thursday, 10-11:30, seminar Kaufman 153
Wednesday, 4:00-6:50 p.m., screening Kaufman 153
Instructor
Anna Creagh/Aparna Sharma
Grade
Letter grade
General Education Credit
Foundations of Arts and Humanities: Visual and
Performance Arts Analysis and Practice
Course description
This seminar investigates the relationship between folklore
and film in terms of ideology, exploring critical
multiculturalism in the United States by examining how
understandings of race, gender, sexuality, and class are
produced, patrolled, and resisted in folklore and popular
cinema.
Class requirements
active participation; presentation; reading responses;
research project
Prerequisite
Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement