| Scheduling Abbreviation | Semester | Department | Course Number | Section | Course Title | Units | Instructor | ME Content | Crosslisted As | Date/Time | Location | Marker | Course Description |
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| africam | Spring 2007 | African American Studies | 04B | 1 | Africa: History and Culture | 4 | Nwokeji, G. | 15% | | TuTh 12:30 - 2 | 101 Moffitt | YES | Emphasis on social, political, and economic change in 20th century Africa; with further emphasis upon the roles of modernization, urbanization, and the emergence of contemporary African states. |
| anthro | Spring 2007 | Anthropology | 139 | 1 | Controlling Processes | 4 | Nader, L. | 15% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | F295 Haas | YES | This course will discuss key theoretical concepts related to power and control and examine indirect mechanisms and processes by which direct control becomes hidden, voluntary, and unconscious in industrialized societies. Readings will cover language, science and technology, law, politics, religion, medicine, sex, and gender. The manner of thinking about controlling processes emphasizes connections rather than disciplinary boundaries in the anthropological perspectives. |
| anthro | Spring 2007 | Anthropology | 183 | 1 | Anthropological Study of Africa | 4 | Ferme, M. | 15% | | TuTh 3:30-5 | 534 Davis | YES | The course will focus on African societies and cultures, as well as on issues relating to the history of Africanist anthropology. Images and constructs of Africa or Africans will thus be contextualized in relation to prevailing anthropological theories at different times, and in different regions of the continent. |
| anthro | Spring 2007 | Anthropology | 188 | 1 | Chinese Muslims: Religious History and Ethnography | 4 | Dawuti, R. | 50% | | MWF 1-2 | 145 McCone | YES | The course is designed as a general interdisciplinary introduction to the Islamic culture of the Muslim ethnic minorities in northwestern China (Xinjiang). Topics to be explored include ethnohistory, religious beliefs and practices; Food, costume and architecture which mostly reflection (conveys) of Islamic identity; forms of birth, marriage and funeral, local Islamic festivals, language and folk art. |
| anthro | Spring 2007 | Anthropology | 189 | 1 | Ethnographies of Globalization | 4 | Talwalker, C. | 15% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | 106 Wheeler | YES | This course explores ethnography as a methodology for studies of globalization and/or research topics whose backdrop is the globalizing world. We will read several relevant ethnographies on such themes as multinational advertising, human trafficking and the spread of media forms and consumption styles. Through these, we will examine the limits and possibilities of the ethnographic method for a study of a globalizing world, insights that students will then bring to a final research project. This final project will most likely be a research proposal, using ethnography; but it could also involve a small actual research component also. |
| anthro | spring 2007 | Anthropology | 240B | 1 | Fundamentals of Anthropological Theory | 4 | Pandolfo, S. | 15% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | 203 Wheeler | YES | Anthropological theory and practice--following the rest of the world--have been undergoing important restructuring in the past decade. The course is organized to reflect this fact. We will begin by looking at recent debates about the nature and purpose of anthropology. This will provide a starting point for reading a series of classic ethnographies in new ways as well as examining some dimensions of the current research agenda in cultural anthropology. |
| anthro | Spring 2007 | Anthropology | 250X | 1 | Classic Ethnographies | 4 | Nader, L. | 33% | | M 10-12 | 115 Barrows | YES | |
| anthro | Spring 2007 | Anthropology | 250X | 1 | Secularism and Religious Politics | 4 | Mahmood, S. | 50% | | Tu 4-6 | 101 2251 College | YES | |
| anthro | Spring 2007 | Anthropology | 290 | 1 | Sociocultural Survey | 4 | Pandolfo, S. | 25% | | TBA | TBA | YES | |
| arch | Spring 2007 | Architecture | 111 | 1 | Introduction to Housing: An International Survey | 3 | AlSayyad, N. | 33% | CP 111 | TuTh 12:30-2 | 112 Wurster | Yes | Examines housing issues (social, cultural, and policy) ranging from micro-scale (house) to macro-scale (city) presented with a comparison of housing situations in developed and developing countries. |
| arch | Spring 2007 | Architecture | 170B | 1 | An Historical Survey of Architecture & Urbanism | 4 | Littmann, B.W. | 25% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | 155 Dwinelle | Yes | The first part of this sequence studies the ancient and medieval periods; the second part studies the period since 1400; the aim is to look at architecture and urbanism in their social and historical context. |
| arch | Spring 2007 | Architecture | 179 | 1 | Contemporary Architectural Agendas in the Islamic World | 2 | Khan, H. | 100% | | Tu 2-5 | 170 Wurster | YES | Twentieth-Century architecture in the Islamic World has gone through several stages -- first emerging from colonial domination and attempting to establish an orientalist-indigenous style, then, in times of independence (around the late 1940s), emphasizing modernization and nationalism. In the latter half of the century, issues of regionalism and historicism, with references to distant historic pre-colonial eras, took precedence. By the 1970s, however, the religion of Islam and a new Islamic architecturebecame a force in many Muslim societies. |
| arch | Spring 2007 | Architecture | 179 | 1 | Contemporary Architectural Agendas in the Islamic World | 2 | Khan, H. | 100% | | Tu 2-5 | 170 Wurster Hall | Yes | (FIVE WEEK COURSE) Twentieth-Century architecture in the Islamic World has gone through several stages -- first emerging from colonial domination and attempting to establish an orientalist-indigenous style, then, in times of independence (around the late 1940s), emphasizing modernization and nationalism. In the latter half of the century, issues of regionalism and historicism, with references to distant historic pre-colonial eras, took precedence. By the 1970s, however, the religion of Islam and a new Islamic architecturebecame a force in many Muslim societies. Today, eclecticism prevails. |
| arch | Spring 2007 | Architecture | 219A | 1 | Design and Housing in the Developing World | 3 | AlSayyad, N. | 33% | | Tu 9:30-11 | 214B Wurster | Yes | |
| cy plan | Spring 2007 | City and Regional Planning | 111 | 1 | Introduction to Housing: An International Survey | 3 | AlSayyad, N. | 33% | Arch 111 | TuTh 12:30-2 | 112 Wurster | YES | See Arch 111 |
| cy plan | Spring 2007 | City and Regional Planning | 231 | 1 | Housing in Developing Countries | 3 | AlSayyad, N. | 33% | Arch 219A | Tu 9:30-11 | 214B Wurster | YES | See Arch 231 |
| classic | Spring 2007 | Classics | 010B | 1 | Introduction to Roman Civilization | 4 | McCarthy, K. | 15% | | MWF 10-11 | 100 GSB | YES | Study of the major developments, achievements, and contradictions in Greek culture from the Bronze Age to the 4th century BCE. Greek culture in relation to other ancient Mediterranean cultures. |
| com lit | Spring 2007 | Comparative Literature | 040 | 1 | Women and Literature | 4 | Siegel, I. | 33% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | 6 Evans | YES | This course will critically examine a range of western-feminist paradigms regarding conceptions of self-in-community. We will examine the ways that western agendas have habitually overwritten the economic, social and cultural priorities of women in the third-world. We'll re-think conceptions of gender, sexuality, the nation and religious identity as they are realized through a range of embodied praxes. These praxes will include sex-affective labor, participation in national resistance movements, cultural and religious praxes, as they relate to questions of migration, labor flows and transnational revisionings of communal affiliations. |
| com lit | Spring 2007 | Comparative Literature | 260 | 1 | The Poetics and Politics of Translation | 4 | Kronfeld, C. | 50% | | W 2-5 | TBA | YES | In this seminar we’ll explore developments in the field of translation studies that have taken it beyond the once common metaphors of fidelity and betrayal -- of being faithful or unfaithful to the original. We’ll focus on (mis)translations as symptomatic of the poetic and political dynamics of a negotiation between cultures in a particular historical moment. We’ll discuss a variety of approaches to the theory of translation, from system theory to postcolonial and globalization studies, both by reading critically and by theorizing from the translation practice itself. |
| env des | Spring 2007 | Environmental Design | 100 | 1 | The City: Theories and Methods in Urban Studies | 4 | Roy, A. | 25% | | TTh 5-6:30 | 160 Kroeber | Yes | Introduce key theories that constitute the interdisciplinary domain of urban studies. It is also a "great cities" course, grounding theoretical analysis in urban case-studies. It argues that the urban future of the new millennium is located in the global |
| french | Spring 2007 | French | 151A | 1 | Francophone Literature | 4 | Tlatli, S. | 33% | | MWF 11-12 | 289 Dwinelle | YES | Dans ce cours, nous étudierons une pluralité de textes en provenance de divers pays francophones: le Maghreb, l'Afrique subsaharienne et la Martinique. Parrallèlement à la lecture de récits, nous analyserons le contexte historique et culturel des diverses oeuvres envisagées. |
| Spring 2007 | Gender & Women's Studies | 10 | | Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies | 4 | Bacchetta, P. | 25% | | TBA | TBA | Yes | Introduction to questions and concepts in gender & women's studies. Critical study of the formation of gender and its intersections with other relations of power, such as sexuality, racialization, class, religion, and age. |
| Spring 2007 | Gender & Women's Studies | 20 | | Introduction to Feminist Theory | 4 | Moallem, M. | 25% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | 123 Wheeler | YES | Why study theory? How, and from where, does the desire to theorize gender emerge? What does theory do? What forms does theory take? What is the relationship between theory and social movements? This course will introduce students to one of the most exciting and dynamic areas of contemporary inquiry. |
| Spring 2007 | Gender & Women's Studies | 210 | | Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies | 4 | Bacchetta, P. | 25% | | Tu 2-5 | 106 Dwinelle | Yes | The aim of this course is to provide graduate students with an understanding of transnational feminist theories so that they may more effectively engage with this area of scholarship, but moreover so that they may critically and creatively contribute to it through their own writing. To do so, we will consider transnational feminist theories through their genealogies. |
| Spring 2007 | Gender & Women's Studies | 220 | | Research Seminar | 4 | Moallem, M. | 25% | | Th 3-6 | 107 Mulford | yes | Members of the seminar will present their ongoing dissertation research and mutually explore the interdisciplinary dimensions and implications of their work. |
| geology | Spring 2007 | Geography | 214 | 1 | Development Theories & Practices | 4 | Hart, G P | 25% | | Tu 4-7 | 55A McCone | YES | This course examines how concepts and theories of "development" have been produced, maintained, used, and challenged in different regions of the world economy. It will offer a framework for analyzing how changing and contending models of development both reflect and shape social processes and practices. |
| geog | Spring 2007 | Geography | 214 | 1 | Development Theories & Practices | 4 | Hart, G P | 25% | | Tu 4-7 | 55A McCone | YES | This course examines how concepts and theories of "development" have been produced, maintained, used, and challenged in different regions of the world economy. It will offer a framework for analyzing how changing and contending models of development both reflect and shape social processes and practices. |
| geog | Spring 2007 | Geography | C112 | 1 | History of Development and Underdevelopment | 4 | Hart, G P | 33% | DS 100 | TuTh 2-3:30 | 105 North Gate | YES | *Applicable to the MES major if all three papers are written on a Middle Eastern topic. This course examines how concepts and theories of "development" have been produced, maintained, used, and challenged in different regions of the world. It will offer a framework for understanding how changing and contending theories both reflect and shape |
| geology | Spring 2007 | Geography | C112 | 1 | History of Development and Underdevelopment | 4 | Hart, G P | 33% | DS 100 | TuTh 2-3:30 | 105 North Gate | YES | *Applicable to the MES major if all three papers are written on a Middle Eastern topic. This course examines how concepts and theories of "development" have been produced, maintained, used, and challenged in different regions of the world. It will offer a framework for understanding how changing and contending theories both reflect and shape |
| geology | Spring 2007 | Geography | C152 | 1 | Multicultural Europe | 4 | The Staff | 25% | Hist C176 | MW 4-5:30 | 2 LeConte | YES | See History C176 |
| geog | Spring 2007 | Geography | C152 | 1 | Multicultural Europe | 4 | The Staff | 25% | Hist C176 | MW 4-5:30 | 2 LeConte | YES | See History C176 |
| history | Spring 2007 | History | 039S | 1 | Alexander the Great: History & Legend | 4 | Mackil, E. | 15% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | 235 Dwinelle | Yes | Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, is one of the most famous, and complex, figures of Greek antiquity. Bringing under his rule virtually all of Greece as well as the continent of Asia from the Aegean coast to the Indus River in modern Pakistan, the power he achieved in his thirteen year reign was unrivalled, and the world he left behind him was dramatically altered. In the process of creating his vast empire, he fought, bargained, drank and talked with Greeks, Macedonians, Egyptians, Persians, Jews and Indians. |
| history | Spring 2007 | History | 106A | 14 | The Roman Republic | 4 | Norena, C. | 15% | | MWF 11-12 | 159 Mulford | YES | This course offers an introduction to the history of the Roman Republic, from the foundation of the city in the 8th century BC to the cataclysmic civil wars that destroyed the Republic in the 1st century BC. The central theme of the course is Roman imperial expansion, first within Italy and then throughout the Mediterranean, with special attention to the political, economic, social, and cultural impact of Roman imperialism, both on conquered territories and on Rome itself. |
| history | Spring 2007 | History | 109C | 1 | The Middle East from 1750 to the Present | 4 | Tamari, S. | 100% | | MWF 1-2 | 101 Moffitt | YES | What are US troops doing in Iraq and how is that related to the Islamic Revolution in Iran? What are the origins of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and how have they impacted other developments in the region? This course focuses on these and other issues fundamental to understanding the modern Middle East from the age of Empires in the 19th century to the era of Pax-Americana. |
| history | Spring 2007 | History | 177A | 1 | Armenia from Ethnogenesis to the Dark Ages | 4 | Astourian, S. | 100% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | 235 Dwinelle | Yes | This survey course will cover close to three millenia of Armenian history, from the process of ethnogenesis to the almost complete destruction of the Armenian "fuedal" system by the end of the fifteenth century. Much as this course is based on the broad framework of Armenian political history and institutions (kingship, nakharar system, the church, etc.), it also emphasizes economic development, social change, and cultural transformations. |
| history | Spring 2007 | History | C176 | 1 | Multicultural Europe | 4 | The Staff | 25% | Geog C152 | MW 4-5:30 | 2 LeConte | Yes | In this course, we will trace some of the substantive changes and transformations taking place in contemporary Europe in the areas of culture, society, and politics. In particular, we will look at the effects of massive migration flows--due to globalization processes--on the national culture of the core countries and examine the ways in which particular national cultures react to the increasing multiculturalization of Europe. The goal of the course is, first of all, to familiarize students with a variety of cultural, social, and political innovations that accompany the formation of multicultural Europe. |
| histart | Spring 2007 | History of Art | C121B | 1 | Topics in Islamic Art | 4 | Shani, R. | 100% | NES C121B | MW 4-5:30 | 103 Moffitt | YES | The course will treat in depth topics in Islamic architecture and topics in Islamic art. Subjects addressed may include painting, calligraphy, and book production. |
| Spring 2007 | IASTP - Development Studies | 100 | 1 | History of Development and Underdevelopment | 4 | Hart, G P | 33% | Geog 112 | TuTh 2-3:30 | 105 North Gate | Yes | See Geography C112 |
| ias | Spring 2007 | IASTP-International Studies | 045 | 1 | Survey of World History | 4 | Karras, A. | 15% | | TuTh 9:30-11 | 2040 VLSB | YES | This course focuses on benchmarks of the history of various nations and civilizations. It begins with the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Chinese, but emphasizes world developments since the 15th century. The purpose of the course is to gain a better understanding of the rise and decline of states, empires, and international trading systems. |
| m e stu | Spring 2007 | IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies | 020 | 1 | Middle East Perspectives | 2 | Jamal, Manal | 100% | | Th 4-6 | 122 Wheeler | YES | Seminar designed to introduce beginning undergraduates to topics of contemporary importance in the Middle East. |
| m e stu | Spring 2007 | IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies | 109 | 1 | Model Arab League | 3 | McIntyre, A. | 100% | | W 5-7 | 83 Dwinelle | YES | This class consists of preparation for and participation in the 2007 West Coast Model Arab League. |
| m e stu | Spring 2007 | IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies | 130 | 1 | Contemporary Architectural Agendas in the Islamic World | 2 | Khan, H. | 100% | | Tu 2-5 | 170 Wurster | YES | See Arch 179 |
| m e stu | Spring 2007 | IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies | 150 | 1 | Israelis & Palestinians Before and After the 1967 Six Day War | 4 | Segev, T. | 100% | | TuTh 2-3:30 | 221 Wheeler | YES | The Six Day War, which broke out in June 1967, was a turning point in a crisis that is still going on today. In order to understand the background of the war and its lasting impact, it is necessary to be familiar with origins of the Middle East conflict, beginning in 1917 and including the Holocaust. Paying special attention to the political, social and psychological situation in Israel during the 18 months that preceded the Six Day War, we shall examine possible alternatives to the war itself and conflicting Israeli positions following the war. |
| m e stu | Spring 2007 | IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies | 190 | 1 | MES Thesis | 4 | TBA | 100% | | TBA | TBA | Yes | |
| m e stu | Spring 2007 | IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies | H195B | 1 | Senior Honors Thesis | 4 | TBA | 100% | | TBA | TBA | YES | |
| Spring 2007 | IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies | 119 | 1 | Special Topics in Peace and Conflict Issues | 4 | Sanders, J. | 15% | | MW 4-5:30 | 130 Wheeler | YES | Course will focus on specific issues of current research and issues in the field of peace and conflict studies. Topics will be different each term and reflect the current research of the instructor. Students will be required to do extensive reading on a weekly basis, participate in assigned projects, and complete one major research project and class presentation. |
| Spring 2007 | IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies | 127 | 1 | Human Rights & Global Politics | 4 | Gurowitz, A. | 15% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | 3108 Etcheverry | YES | Five special issues will be analyzed in depth in the context of human rights: United Nations; democracy and development; universality and cultural relativism; the three regional systems; and women's rights. |
| Spring 2007 | IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies | 151 | 1 | International Conflict: Analysis & Resolution | 4 | Sanders, J. | 15% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | TBA | YES | Examines the global context of conflict today and the increasing role of the international community in conflict resolution, peace building, peacemaking and peacekeeping. |
| Spring 2007 | IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies | 154 | 1 | Multi-Cultural Conflict Resolution | 4 | Ng, E. | 15% | | TuTh 3:30-5 | 123 Wheeler | YES | This course will investigate the special issues involved with facilitating resolution of cross/multicultural conflicts. Topics will include cultural contrasts (e.g., values, communication, and problem solving styles), mediator (facilitator/negotiator), credibility, cultural (including gender) contributions to conflict resolution and unique ethical dilemmas. |
| Spring 2007 | Jewish Studies | 101 | | The Cultural Legacies of the Jews | 2 | Alter, R. | 50% | | M 11-12 | 189 Dwinelle | Yes | The course is intended to give Jewish studies minors a general introduction to the field through a survey of eight major phases of Jewish cultural experiences. Considered in chronological order and embracing several different relevant disciplines (history, literature, language, popular culture) covering major themes, phases, or periods, the course offers subject matter from the Bible to the modern period. |
| journ | Spring 2007 | Journalism | TBA | | Covering the Middle East | TBA | Segev, T. | 100% | | TBA | TBA | Yes | This seminar will deal with major problems concerning the media coverage of the Middle East conflict. We shall start with the history of some basic issues, including the current role of the Holocaust as well as contradicting Israeli and Palestinian historical narratives. Seeking to formulate adequate criteria for the evaluation of ME Media coverage, we shall examine the meaning of such terms as "pro-Israeli" and "anti-Israeli" biases, concentrating on the questions of Jerusalem. Readings, including original diplomatic documents, films and guest speakers, will touch upon some basic issues concerning history and journalism in general. |
| music | Spring 2007 | Music | 74/132 | | Music of the Middle East | 4 | Brinner, B. | 100% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | 125 Morrison | Yes | |
| ne stud | Spring 2007 | Near Eastern Studies | 015 | 1 | Introduction to Near East Art & Archaelogy | 4 | Feldman, M. | 100% | | MWF 11-12 | 155 Kroeber | YES | The ancient Near East (present-day Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, and Turkey) is considered the 'cradle of civilization.' This course surveys the major archaeological sites and monuments from the earliest settlements in the Neolithic (10,000- |
| ne stud | Spring 2007 | Near Eastern Studies | 102B | 1 | Archaeology of Ancient Egypt | 4 | The Staff | 100% | | TuTh 3:30-5 | 203 Wheeler | YES | A survey of the archaeological materials available for the reconstruction of Egyptian culture and society.
A. Early prehistory through the First Intermediate Period.
B. The Middle and New Kingdoms.
Special emphasis will be given to current archaeological theories and recent discoveries. |
| ne stud | Spring 2007 | Near Eastern Studies | 113 | 1 | Gilgamesh: King, Hero, and God | 4 | Veldhuis, N. | 100% | | TuTh 2-3:30 | TBA | YES | A survey of the archaeological materials available for the reconstruction of Egyptian culture and society.
A. Early prehistory through the First Intermediate Period.
B. The Middle and New Kingdoms.
Special emphasis will be given to current archaeological theories and recent discoveries. |
| ne stud | Spring 2007 | Near Eastern Studies | 123B | 1 | Mesopotamian Archaeology | 4 | The Staff | 100% | | TBA | TBA | YES | A survey of the archaeology of Mesopotamia. |
| ne stud | Spring 2007 | Near Eastern Studies | 126 | 1 | Art and Archaeology of the Silk Road | 3 | Mehendale, S. | 100% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | 258 Dwinelle | YES | Outlines the art and archaeology of the Silk Roads from 5th century BCE to 10th century CE. Specific sites along the Silk Roads will be explored in depth. Special attention paid to eclecticism in Silk Road cultures brought about by movement of people. |
| ne stud | Spring 2007 | Near Eastern Studies | 142 | 1 | Shi'ite Islam | 4 | Algar, H. | 100% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | 136 Barrows | yes | The beliefs, traditions, and practices of the Shi'ite school of Islam. |
| ne stud | Spring 2007 | Near Eastern Studies | 155 | 1 | Wonder and the Fantastic: The Thousand and One Night | 4 | Larkin, M. | 100% | | TuTh 3:30-5 | 219 Dwinelle | yes | After studying the tales themselves and examining their structure and how they fit into the genre of folk literature, we will investigate how the Nights was transmitted, translated, and received in Europe, as a window on 19th-century gender and racial attitudes, especially Western views of the "oriental" other. How the Nights was creatively manipulated by Western writers will be studied, as will the influence of these tales on modern Arabic literature itself. Several examples of how the Nights have been represented in Western films will be considered. All works will be read in English translation. |
| ne stud | Spring 2007 | Near Eastern Studies | 160 | 1 | Religions of Ancient Iran | 3 | Schwartz, M. | 100% | | MW 4-5:30 | 122 Barrows | yes | Principally devoted to Zoroastrianism and Manicheanism but with some attention to Indo-Iranian origins, and relevance of Iranian religion for the history of Hellenistic Gnosticism, Judaism, and Islam. |
| ne stud | Spring 2007 | Near Eastern Studies | 162 | 1 | History of Persian Literature | 4 | Ahmadi, W. | 100% | | Tu 2-5 | 78 Barrows | yes | Deals with Persian literature since the advent of modernity in Persian-speaking lands, namely the 19th century. The course emphasize the impact of social factors, political events, and intellectual currents on Persian literary production. |
| ne stud | Spring 2007 | Near Eastern Studies | 190I | 1 | Film and Fiction in Iran | 4 | Pirnazar, J. | 100% | | W 3-6 | 123 Wheeler | yes | |
| ne stud | Spring 2007 | Near Eastern Studies | C121B | 1 | Topics in Islamic Art | 4 | Shani, R. | 100% | History of Art C121B | MW 4-5:30 | 103 Moffitt | YES | See History of Art C121B |
| arabic | Spring 2007 | NES-Arabic | 015A | 1 | Spoken Arabic - "Levantine: Palestinian Dialect" | 3 | Bazian, H. | 100% | | MWF 1-2 | 279 Dwinelle | YES | |
| arabic | Spring 2007 | NES-Arabic | 01B | 1 | Elementary Arabic | 5 | The Staff | 100% | | MTWThF 9-10 | B51 Hildebrand | YES | This course emphasizes the functional usage of Arabic in the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Authentic audio, video, and reading materials are presented from the beginning, and students are encouraged to be creative with the language in and out of class. |
| arabic | Spring 2007 | NES-Arabic | 01B | 1 | Elementary Arabic | 5 | The Staff | 100% | | MTWThF 10-11 | 2326 Tolman | YES | This course emphasizes the functional usage of Arabic in the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Authentic audio, video, and reading materials are presented from the beginning, and students are encouraged to be creative with the language in and out of class. |
| arabic | Spring 2007 | NES-Arabic | 01B | 1 | Elementary Arabic | 5 | The Staff | 100% | | MTWThF 11-12 | 271 Barrows | YES | This course emphasizes the functional usage of Arabic in the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Authentic audio, video, and reading materials are presented from the beginning, and students are encouraged to be creative with the language in and out of class. |
| arabic | Spring 2007 | NES-Arabic | 01B | 1 | Elementary Arabic | 5 | The Staff | 100% | | MTWThF 10-11 | 271 Barrows | YES | This course emphasizes the functional usage of Arabic in the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Authentic audio, video, and reading materials are presented from the beginning, and students are encouraged to be creative with the language in and out of class. |
| arabic | Spring 2007 | NES-Arabic | 020B | 1 | Intermediate Arabic | 5 | Hatem, B. | 100% | | MTWThF 10-11 | 6 Evans | YES | This course is proficiency oriented. Authentic reading in modern standard and classical Arabic and the understanding and application of grammatical and stylistic rules are emphasized. Students deliver oral presentations and write academic papers in Arabic. |
| arabic | Spring 2007 | NES-Arabic | 020B | 2 | Intermediate Arabic | 5 | S'hiri, S. | 100% | | MTWThF 9-10 | 271 Barrows | YES | This course is proficiency oriented. Authentic reading in modern standard and classical Arabic and the understanding and application of grammatical and stylistic rules are emphasized. Students deliver oral presentations and write academic papers in Arabic. |
| arabic | Spring 2007 | NES-Arabic | 100B | 1 | Advanced Arabic | 3 | S'hiri, S. | 100% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | 123 Dwinelle | YES | Intensive reading and analysis of texts of different genres. Guest lectures, films, documentaries, oral presentations, research papers. Formal and informal styles of writing and correspondence. Extensive vocabulary building. |
| arabic | Spring 2007 | NES-Arabic | 107 | 1 | Arabic Historical and Geographical Texts | 3 | Hayes, J. | 100% | | MWF 10-11 | 129 Barrows | YES | Readings from the classical historians and geographers and from contemporary scholarship. Development of historiography. |
| arabic | Spring 2007 | NES-Arabic | 200 | 1 | Arabic Grammatical Tradition | 3 | Hayes, J. | 100% | | W 2-5 | 102 Barrows | YES | Study of selected grammatical phenomena of Arabic based on readings from the classical Arabic grammarians, on the modern study of linguistics in the Arab world, and on the Western grammatical tradition. |
| arabic | Spring 2007 | NES-Arabic | 298 | 1 | Seminar | | Larkin, M. | 100% | | TBA | TBA | YES | |
| cuneif | Spring 2007 | NES-Cuneiform | 101B | 1 | Selected Readings in Akkadian | 3 | Pearce, L. | 100% | | TuTh 9:30-11 | 12 Barrows | YES | Reading of selected texts, including law codes, letters, myths, and epics. |
| egypt | Spring 2007 | NES-Egyptian | 101B | 1 | Intermediate Egyptian | 3 | Larkin, D. | 100% | | TuTh 2-3:30 | 8A Barrows | YES | Readings in Middle Egyptian hieroglyphic and hieratic texts. |
| egypt | Spring 2007 | NES-Egyptian | 102B | 1 | Elementary Sumerian | 4 | Veldhuis, N. | 100% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | 12 Barrows | YES | Introduction to Sumerian grammar and writing. |
| egypt | Spring 2007 | NES-Egyptian | 201B | 1 | Later Stages of Egyptian | 3 | Larkin, D. | 100% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | 8A Barrows | YES | Introduction to late Egyptian and Demotic. |
| hebrew | Spring 2007 | NES-Hebrew | 01B | 1 | Elementary Hebrew | 5 | The Staff | 100% | | TBA | TBA | YES | |
| hebrew | Spring 2007 | NES-Hebrew | 020B | 1 | Intermediate Hebrew | 5 | Adler, R. | 100% | | TuTh11-12:30, MW 11-12 | 252 Barrows | YES | |
| hebrew | Spring 2007 | NES-Hebrew | 100B | 1 | Advanced Hebrew | 3 | Adler, R. | 100% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | 115 Barrows | YES | |
| hebrew | Spring 2007 | NES-Hebrew | 104B | 1 | The Modern Hebrew Short Story | 3 | Kronfeld, C. | 100% | | M 2-5 | 252 Barrows | YES | An introductory study of selected topics in Hebrew literature from the European Enlightenment to contemporary Israeli poetry and fiction. |
| hebrew | Spring 2007 | NES-Hebrew | 106B | 1 | Elementary Biblical Hebrew | 3 | The Staff | 100% | | TuTh 9:30-11 | 186 Barrows | YES | An introduction to the language of the Hebrew Bible. |
| hebrew | Spring 2007 | NES-Hebrew | 201B | 1 | Advanced Biblical Hebrew Text | 3 | The Staff | 100% | | W 3-6 | 129 Barrows | YES | The exegesis of a biblical book in the light of its ancient Near Eastern background. |
| hebrew | Spring 2007 | NES-Hebrew | 204B | 1 | Advanced Modern Hebrew Literature and Culture | 3 | Alter, R. | 100% | | Tu 2-5 | 115 Barrows | YES | Critical approaches to the history and textual practices of modern Hebrew poetry and fiction. Alternating focus between period, genre, and author, seminar topics include stylistic developments in Hebrew poetry and fiction from the Enlightenment to the present, modernism, and modernity, the creation of the modern Hebrew novel, women writers and the Hebrew canon, and single-author seminars. |
| iranian | Spring 2007 | NES-Iranian | 110B | 1 | Middle Persian | |
