Fall

FALL 2022 Course Offerings

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Course	Sec	Course Title	Faculty	Day	Time
FRE 200	1	Intermediate French, Part I	Planchard	M/TH	08:30 - 09:45
Intermediate French, Part I This course is designed for students who have completed one year of French language study. It reviews and expands on grammar, vocabulary, and culture acquired in FRE 100 and FRE 101. The acquisition of aural/oral skills are stressed, and as such, the predominant language of instruction is French. By the end of the course, students are expected to be proficient in the written and spoken usage of intermediate linguistic structures. Further, students are introduced to short literary texts, inviting conversation and some initial literary analysis.
MAT 200	1	Calculus	Prisner	M/TH	08:30 - 09:45
Calculus The course begins with a review of functions and their graphs, after which students are introduced to the concepts of differentiation and integration. Understanding is reinforced through extensive practical work, with a strong emphasis on applications in economics, statistics and management science.
AHT 199	1	Renaissance Venice	Fassl	M/TH	10:00 - 11:15
Renaissance Venice Venice is different - from Florence or Rome or any other city. Surviving as an independent city-state for a thousand years, Venice at the height of its power, by the close of the fifteenth century, ruled an empire extending from the Aegean well into Lombardy. A center of trade and an embarkation point for pilgrimages to the Holy Land, it stood at the crossroads of east and west, north and south. This seminar will examine the major protagonists of the Venetian Renaissance-Bellini, Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese-with respect to the international environment in which they lived and worked. Renaissance Venice will put Venetian art into its greater context and students will think about the implications of cultural exchange. Like all First Year Seminars, this course will cultivate the fundamental skills considered necessary for succeeding at the university level.
BIO 310	1	Ecology	Della Croce	M/TH	10:00 - 11:15
Ecology This course examines the interactions of organisms with their environment and each other, the dynamics of populations, the structure and functions of ecosystems, the role of biogeochemical cycles, and biodiversity. Required laboratory sessions. MAT 201 and BIO 102 are strongly recommended prior to taking this course.
BUS 199	1	Good Game! Social Gaming Platforms	Miniero	M/TH	10:00 - 11:15
Good Game! Exploring the Business of Social Gaming Platforms Videogames are widely used, especially by younger generations. Many companies, cultural institutions and not for profit organizations are now using videogames and the social gaming platforms (e.g. Twitch) to create innovative experiences for their audiences. By looking at examples from different industries (e.g. fashion, art, consumer products, food) and different domains (wild animals protection, do it yourself tutorial, fundraising campaigns) students will explore how: i)social gaming platforms, their ad hoc created jargon and their symbols are becoming a new way to approach customers; ii) gamification plays an important role in people's lives; iii) companies are including social gaming platforms in their campaigns; iv) to leverage on gaming, technology and the natural attraction that young individuals have toward these devices to enhance value, culture, sensitivity and social engagement. Like all First Year Seminars, this course will cultivate the fundamental critical and analytical skills necessary to succeed at university.
CLCS 199	2	Food and Identity	Saveau	M/TH	10:00 - 11:15
Food and Identity This course explores the cultural, social, political, and environmental dimensions of what we eat, how we eat, where we eat, and when we eat. Whether examining family meals, haute-cuisine, fast food, veganism, or more recent phenomena such as UberEats and Deliveroo, this course focuses on the way food practices are intertwined with personal identities. Students will study theoretical texts, literary texts, and films to understand how food consumption carries different meanings across cultures. Like all First Year Seminars, this course will cultivate the fundamental critical and academic skills necessary for succeeding at the university level.
COM 350	1	Mediated Relationships	Sugiyama	M/TH	10:00 - 11:15
Mediated Relationships This course examines the impact of emerging communication technologies on human communication. By critically examining current theories and research in the field, students will analyze present and future of technologically-mediated relationships as these pervade their everyday life.
HIS 199	1	Hitler's Rise to Power	Pyka	M/TH	10:00 - 11:15
Hitler's Rise to Power in Global Perspective Why does a democracy choose to abolish itself? Between 1929-33, the planet was in a severe crisis, pluralistic-democratic models seemed to be less and less able to cope with the challenges of a world with many ethnic, political, and religious conflicts festering in the aftermath of a global war, all of which were exacerbated by a disastrous world-wide economic crisis. While desires for more rigid, or even authoritarian, leadership led to the strengthening of governments all around the globe, Germany practically voted against a democratic party system, and brought Adolf Hitler, a nationalist demagogue, to power. With him came a regime that would combine a broad mass appeal with a masterful playing of modern mass communication, and an ideology of violence that would plunge the world into the abyss of war and genocide on an unprecedented scale. By analyzing contemporary texts; documents, images, sound recordings and films, the course examines the factors that made Hitler seem to be an appealing choice to ordinary decent people by promising to solve a crisis with ruthlessness and brutality. Like all First Year Seminars, this course will cultivate the fundamental critical and academic skills necessary for succeeding at university.
ITA 100	1	Introductory Italian, Part I	Della Croce	M/TH	10:00 - 11:15
Introductory Italian, Part I Designed for students with no prior knowledge of Italian. ITA 100 employs immersive experiential learning pedagogy, providing an introduction to the essentials of Italian grammar, vocabulary, and culture. The acquisition of aural/oral communication skills will be stressed and, as such, the predominant language of instruction will be Italian. By the end of the course students will achieve proficiency at the A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students are expected to acquire the basic knowledge of the written and spoken structures. Students are expected to read and comprehend short passages in Italian and to draft simple compositions / dialogues. Project-based assignments will be designed to foster practical communication skills and encourage efforts towards increased student integration in the local Italian-speaking community. Whenever possible, students will be encouraged to participate actively in local initiatives, festivals, events and to apply the skills they are mastering in class to their co-curricular learning on and off campus
POL 199	1	Politics through Pop Culture	Volpi	M/TH	10:00 - 11:15
Politics through Pop Culture We often hear that â€œeverything is politicalâ€. But what does that mean? And how can we tell whether reality around us is indeed â€œpoliticalâ€? This course aims at introducing some key political concepts using both novels and movies, showing how politics can be found everywhere. The goal of this course is to critically debate and analyze some of the most important ideas in political science (e.g., democracy, dictatorship, power, media) using a novel approach that is not primarily based on the scientific literature, but rather on popular culture. The course will help students to critically question the political reality around them. Like all First Year Seminars, this course will cultivate the fundamental critical and analytical skills necessary to succeed at university.
SJS 199	1	Postcolonial Environmental Ethics	Roy	M/TH	10:00 - 11:15
Postcolonial Environmental Ethics This course explores the nexus of social and environmental justice through literature, film and case studies. It focuses in particular on an ethics of responsibility of the Global North in areas such as land rights treaties with first nations and cultural relationships with the land, fast fashion, environmental waste, gardens and gardening, and tourism and the development of land in postcolonial capitalist societies. Born of a merging of Postcolonial Studies and Ecocriticism, Postcolonial Environmental Ethics is centered on the representation of issues of social justice and sustainability as they intertwine with the environmental crises of our postcolonial world, demonstrating the impact of the legacies of colonialism, nationalism and globalization on indigenous environmentalism and on environmental situations in the Global South more broadly. Students will become familiar with the politics of representations of the environment in a variety of postcolonial texts and theory through fiction and non-fiction writing by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Patricia Grace, Jamaica Kincaid, Arundhati Roy and Helon Habila, as well as through documentary filmic engagements and practical legal and policy materials. Like all First Year Seminars, this course will cultivate the fundamental critical and academic skills necessary for succeeding at the university level.
WTG 150	1	Academic Writing: Crossing Borders	Dawson	M/TH	10:00 - 11:15
Academic Writing: Crossing Borders Designed as a discussion/workshop seminar, this writing course develops studentsâ€™ awareness of scholarly discourse and their participation in it: what makes academic discourse different from other kinds of writing, how different disciplines approach analysis and evidence, and what counts as effective communication within scholarly communities. Through the study of borders -- what they are, how they shape culture, politics and society, and why they change -- the course helps students develop academic communication strategies that are applicable across the curriculum at Franklin. The main focus of the course is to help students develop strategies for joining the academic conversation, covering skills such as close reading and responding to texts; generating, supporting and sharing ideas in both oral and written form; and scholarly researching. Drawing from a wide selection of texts and media about cross-border and cross cultural practices, which has recently garnered much attention among scholars and speaks to the Franklin mission, students will explore various academic responses to the phenomenon of border crossing, concluding with a research-based final project and defense. (This writing-intensive course counts towards the Academic Writing core requirement.)
AHT 213	1	Art and Ideas: Exploring Vision	Fassl	M/TH	11:30 - 12:45
Art and Ideas: Exploring Vision The course departs from the question of whether vision is simply what the external world imprints on our retina or if it is a cultural construct? Is it purely physiological or can we speak of a history or histories of the eye? How do culture, science, and ethnicity influence what we see and how se see it? Keeping these questions in mind the course studies aspects of vision (perception, reception, revelation, blindness) - both from an empirical and from an historical point of view. Besides practical exercises related to the seeing eye, the course examines the discovery of perspective in the Renaissance, the invention of the Baroque theater, gender and gaze in modernity, and optical instruments of the Enlightenment as precursors for modern photography and film.
BUS 256	1	Marketing Research Methods	Miniero	M/TH	11:30 - 12:45
Marketing Research Methods This course introduces students to the most common qualitative and quantitative techniques for conducting marketing research with an emphasis on their application. The definition of marketing research problems, the set-up of research plans, and the subsequent data collection and analysis are illustrated and applied by means of real world projects. Students are required to implement, in groups, the skills covered in class, and to prepare a final research report to discuss and present in class.
BUS 405	1	Portfolio Analysis & Asset Management	Suleiman	M/TH	11:30 - 12:45
Portfolio Analysis and Asset Management This course provides students a comprehensive understanding of the management of investment portfolios including topics such as portfolio and asset pricing theories, portfolio optimization, asset allocation, security analysis (macro analysis, financial statement analysis), fixed income portfolio management, active (mutual funds, hedge funds) and passive (ETFs) investment strategies, performance evaluation, taxation, portfolio risk management, and international diversification. An additional emphasis of this course will be the in-depth analysis of alternative asset classes such as real estate, precious metals, and cryptocurrency.
CLCS 110	1	Reading Cultures: Cultural Studies	Saveau	M/TH	11:30 - 12:45
Reading Cultures: Approaches to Cultural Studies This course has two primary goals: to introduce students to the history and theoretical writings of various strands of cultural studies, and to acquaint them with some of the intersecting axes - race, class and gender - that energize the field. Close attention will be paid to issues such as the shaping of identity, forms of representation, the production, consumption and distribution of cultural goods, and the construction of knowledge and power in a host of cultural practices and cultural institutions.
COM 105	1	Intro to Communication and Media	Sugiyama	M/TH	11:30 - 12:45
Introduction to Communication and Media This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts and theories of communication and media studies as they apply to the ever-increasing intercultural interactions of a contemporary world. In particular, students will learn the basics of intercultural/international communication processes, gaining a foundation for developing intercultural communication competence.
ECN 225	1	Issues & Controversies in Macroeconomics	Terzi	M/TH	11:30 - 12:45
Issues and Controversies in Macroeconomics (Intermediate Macroeconomics) This intermediate-level course in macroeconomics builds upon the introductory two-semester (ECN 100 and ECN 101) sequence and, in conjunction with ECN 256, prepares students to study upper-level economics. This course is designed to provide students with an appreciation of current economic issues and questions in modern macroeconomics, through the recognition of economics as a controversial subject. In the first part, we review some important measurement issues in macroeconomics that have policy consequences. In the second part, students will explore the competing theoretical frameworks developed in the twentieth century to explain growth cycles, employment and inflation. Finally, the acquired knowledge will be applied to the current policy issues in the aftermath of the Great Recession. Recommended prerequisite: MAT 200
ITA 100	2	Introductory Italian, Part I	Della Croce	M/TH	11:30 - 12:45
Introductory Italian, Part I Designed for students with no prior knowledge of Italian. ITA 100 employs immersive experiential learning pedagogy, providing an introduction to the essentials of Italian grammar, vocabulary, and culture. The acquisition of aural/oral communication skills will be stressed and, as such, the predominant language of instruction will be Italian. By the end of the course students will achieve proficiency at the A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students are expected to acquire the basic knowledge of the written and spoken structures. Students are expected to read and comprehend short passages in Italian and to draft simple compositions / dialogues. Project-based assignments will be designed to foster practical communication skills and encourage efforts towards increased student integration in the local Italian-speaking community. Whenever possible, students will be encouraged to participate actively in local initiatives, festivals, events and to apply the skills they are mastering in class to their co-curricular learning on and off campus
PHL 100W	1	Introduction to Philosophy	Dawson	M/TH	11:30 - 12:45
Introduction to Philosophy This course considers central problems of Western philosophy with particular emphasis on epistemology and metaphysics, through analysis of writing by influential ancient, modern and contemporary philosophers in historical context. After a brief survey of ancient and medieval systems of thought, such as Platonism and scholasticism, attention is focused on modern systems of thought, such as rationalism, empiricism, idealism, pragmatism, existentialism and logical positivism. Time is divided between developing a understanding of the history of ideas on the one hand and considering the central philosophical questions as they apply here and now on the other. Students will study a wide range of philosophical writings, and will begin to develop their ability to produce rigorous analysis, systematic critique and careful thinking in their own writing. (This writing-intensive course counts towards the Academic Writing requirements.)
WTG 150	4	Academic Writing: Crossing Borders	Mac Kenzie	M/TH	11:30 - 12:45
Academic Writing: Crossing Borders Designed as a discussion/workshop seminar, this writing course develops studentsâ€™ awareness of scholarly discourse and their participation in it: what makes academic discourse different from other kinds of writing, how different disciplines approach analysis and evidence, and what counts as effective communication within scholarly communities. Through the study of borders -- what they are, how they shape culture, politics and society, and why they change -- the course helps students develop academic communication strategies that are applicable across the curriculum at Franklin. The main focus of the course is to help students develop strategies for joining the academic conversation, covering skills such as close reading and responding to texts; generating, supporting and sharing ideas in both oral and written form; and scholarly researching. Drawing from a wide selection of texts and media about cross-border and cross cultural practices, which has recently garnered much attention among scholars and speaks to the Franklin mission, students will explore various academic responses to the phenomenon of border crossing, concluding with a research-based final project and defense. (This writing-intensive course counts towards the Academic Writing core requirement.)
CLCS 226	1	Romantic Music and Literary Sources	Trebici Marin	M/TH	13:00 - 14:15
The Romantic Music and Literary Sources The new musical genres of the Romantic era - the lied (song), the symphonic poem and the instrumental miniatures - embrace their literary origins and aim to express the full range of human emotion. Starting with Beethovenâ€™s music on Schillerâ€™s Ode to Joy, continuing with Schubertâ€™s cycles of songs on Heine and Goethe, the poetic inspiration lead Liszt and Tchaikovsky, among others, to compose on works by of Byron and Lamartine. Music begins to be a story-teller and uses specific evocative techniques to enhance the literary content. When two composers write music on the same story (e.g. Scheherazade from A Thousand and One Arabian Nights), the diversity of the musical narration adds to the beauty of the text. Guided listening and text analysis will enable students to explore a wide variety of literature and learn to draw connections between text and music.
COM 238	1	Strategic Communication in Media	Martinisi	M/TH	13:00 - 14:15
Strategic Communication in the Media Environment In the media-saturated contemporary world, the ability to produce a strategic media content is a powerful skill that is nowadays applicable to a variety of professional contexts. This course introduces the basic principles of strategic communication in the context of social media by focusing on the critical importance of the audience within the media content creation cycle. After developing the theoretical foundation, the course also offers an opportunity to develop basic skills in producing podcasts and blogs. It also discusses concepts of ethics and social responsibility as part of a successful strategic communication campaign. (Recommended prerequisite: COM 105 or COM 201)
FRE 100	1	Introductory French, Part I	Planchard	M/TH	13:00 - 14:15
Introductory French, Part I This course provides an introduction to the essentials of French grammar, vocabulary, and culture. The acquisition of aural/oral skills are stressed right from the beginning, and as such, the predominant language of instruction is French. In this course, students will acquire basic knowledge of written and spoken structures so that they will be able to read and comprehend short passages in French and write simple compositions and dialogues.
GEO 101	1	Introduction to Physical Geography	Hale	M/TH	13:00 - 14:15
Introduction to Physical Geography This course examines the various systems of the physical Earth, including the atmosphere, climatic regimes, landforms, soils, waters and life forms. This course includes several required field trips to local points of interest.
HIS 104	1	Global History I	Pyka	M/TH	13:00 - 14:15
Global History I: Traditions, Encounters, and Adaptation from the Stone Age to the 16th Century This course is an introduction to themes and trends in the political, economic, cultural, and social, history of pre-modern societies in global perspective. It covers the development of civilizations in Eurasia, Africa and the Americas from the Neolithic Revolution to the "Columbian Exchange" with emphasis on the emergence and diffusion of religious and political institutions, the role of the environmental context, as well as the impact of encounters between human societies. Students are introduced to the historiography of empire and global history/globalization, and attention is devoted to the reading and analysis of different categories of primary sources.
MAT 180	1	Math for Humanities & Social Sciences	Prisner	M/TH	13:00 - 14:15
Mathematics for the Humanities and Social Sciences In todayâ€™s world, data and â€œnumbersâ€ are constantly presented to us: Opinion polling, election results, data on income distribution, or the probability of health outcomes. News media often come with supporting data. This course provides students with an understanding and awareness of the basic mathematics behind such data and how to correctly evaluate them. Using everyday examples from news media, this course will help students learn how to visualize data properly and how to use logic and data analyses to formulate valid hypotheses and reach solid conclusions. (Not open to students who have taken MAT 201.)
POL 100	1	Introduction to Political Science	Volpi	M/TH	13:00 - 14:15
Introduction to Political Science Basic concepts of the discipline are discussed in this class with a focus on the evolution of the state and the role of the individual from historical, ideological, and comparative perspectives.
BUS 136	1	Marketing in a Global Context	De Sanctis	M/TH	14:30 - 15:45
Marketing in a Global Context This course is an introduction to the tools and concepts used in the marketing process for consumer and industrial products as well as for services. The focus is on the basic marketing concepts (product, place, price, promotion) as they relate to the field of global marketing. Emphasis is placed on the increasingly important role of interdisciplinary tools to analyze economic, cultural and structural differences across international markets. Specific consideration is given to the development of integrated marketing programs for a complex, global environment.
BUS 226	1	Managerial Finance	Suleiman	M/TH	14:30 - 15:45
Managerial Finance This course examines the principles and practices of fund management in organizations. Attention is given to managerial financial decisions in a global market setting concerning such questions as how to obtain an adequate supply of capital and credit, and how to evaluate alternative sources of funds and their costs. Topics include the management of assets and liabilities, working capital management, capital budgeting, equity versus debt financing, capital structure, and financial forecasting. (This course was previously BUS 326, and replaces the BUS 326 requirement for relevant majors. Students may not earn credit for both BUS 226 and BUS 326.)
BUS 340	1	Management Science	Balushkina	M/TH	14:30 - 15:45
Management Science In the first part of this computer-based course, students learn linear programming algorithms and how to apply them for resource allocation in production, investment selection, media selection, transportation planning, job assignments, financial planning, make or buy decision making and overtime planning contexts. In the second part of the course, students learn how to choose the best decision using expected monetary value (EMV), how to make optimum decision strategies under uncertainty by making decision trees, how to evaluate marketing research information, and how to apply project management (PERT) basic steps. Ultimately students are asked to conduct a month-long research and development project to define a real organizational decision strategy.
ECN 100	1	Principles of Macroeconomics	Terzi	M/TH	14:30 - 15:45
Principles of Macroeconomics This entry-level course in economics covers the fundamentals of macroeconomics and, together with ECN 101, it provides the necessary prerequisites for any other upper-level course in economics. This course introduces students to the study of economics as a field of knowledge within the social sciences. In the first part, focus will be on the definition, the explanation, and the significance of national income, business fluctuations, the price level, and aggregate employment. In the second part, special attention is devoted to the functioning of a payment system based on currency and bank money. Finally, students will discuss the instruments and the functioning of public policy aimed to stabilize prices and maintain high levels of output and employment within the current macroeconomic context. Current economic news will be regularly scrutinized.
FRE 300	1	Advanced French, Part I	Planchard	M/TH	14:30 - 15:45
Advanced French, Part I For students who have completed at least two years of college-level language studies or the equivalent. This course reinforces and expands on grammar, vocabulary, and culture learnt in previous years of French language study. It introduces students to different literary and cinematic genres reflecting the contemporary scene of the Francophone world. Development of techniques of expression are accomplished through oral and written exercises.
POL 100	2	Introduction to Political Science	Volpi	M/TH	14:30 - 15:45
Introduction to Political Science Basic concepts of the discipline are discussed in this class with a focus on the evolution of the state and the role of the individual from historical, ideological, and comparative perspectives.
PSY 203	1	Theories of Personality	Bova	M/TH	14:30 - 15:45
Theories of Personality The course addresses itself to a comprehensive in-depth study of the following question: What is personality? The major theories of personality which are prominent and important today in the field of psychology are considered individually in detail, chronologically and comparatively. These include the classical psycho-analytical theory of Freud, Jungian theory, existential/phenomenological theories, cognitive theories and behavior psychology.
BIO 210T	1	Alpine Ecosystems	Hale	M/TH	16:00 - 17:15
Alpine Ecosystems This course examines the ecology and the management of the European Alps. It introduces students to the natural history and functions of these important ecosystems. It examines how the climate, fauna, flora, and landscapes have interacted and evolved over time. Further, it provides students an overview of threats facing these systems today, such as climate change, human use, and non-native species. It introduces students to research methods used to study mountain environments and impacts of management activities. The travel portion will visit sites in the Central and Western Alps to study natural environments in situ and connect students with local researchers and organizations active in the field. Students will spend significant time outdoors in the field in a variety of weather. Access to some sites will require moderate amounts of hiking in mountainous terrain. Previous coursework in biology or environmental science encouraged.
CLCS 100T	1	The Stories We Live By	Roy	M/TH	16:00 - 17:15
The Stories We Live By (Switzerland, Italy, Germany) Stories are everywhere. We use them, consciously or unconsciously, to make sense of identities, experiences, and desires. And, at the same time, we are shaped by the stories that we absorb and interpret. This course explores how storytelling both reflects and shapes our lives. It introduces students to keywords and terms for reading and reflecting upon stories, both in the pages of books and in everyday life. The course considers a variety of narrative forms, including short stories, novels, fairy tales, self-help manuals, comics, films, podcasts, and political discourse. The course introduces students to fundamental questions about the nature of storytelling, while developing the vocabulary and critical skills for analyzing and discussing stories. The travel component of the course will center on literary institutions, one of the current key themes of the course. Students will travel to three sites in three different countries: Switzerland, Italy, and Germany. They will explore the materiality of the book as they visit publishers, libraries, and book stores, as well as book makers.
COM 230T	1	Comm, Fashion, and Formation of Taste	Sugiyama	M/TH	16:00 - 17:15
Communication, Fashion, and the Formation of Taste (Italy) The sense of taste, whether it refers to the metaphorical sense of taste (aesthetic discrimination) or the literal sense of taste (gustatory taste), is a fundamental part of human experiences. This Academic Travel course examines various ways that communication processes shape our sense of taste in the contemporary society. It will explore topics such as the taste for food, clothing and accessories, music, and other cultural activities applying key theories and concepts of communication, fashion, and taste. Ultimately, the course seeks to develop an understanding of how interpersonal, intercultural, and mediated communication in our everyday life plays a critical role in the formation of individual taste as well as collective taste. In order to achieve this objective, field observations and site visits will be planned during the Academic Travel period.
MAT 115T	1	Measuring the Alps	Prisner	M/TH	16:00 - 17:15
Measuring the Alps People live in three-dimensional space but are restricted to the earth surface which is usually locally flat, two-dimensional. But when entering the Alps, the third dimension of height becomes important when describing location or movement. This is also expressed by the fact that in the mountains a map is not too useful---rather a topographic map is needed. Starting with a description of the Alps or any mountains by topographic maps, or mathematically as functions with two independent variables, students will investigate how certain well-known features are reflected by the topography of the area . Examples are the location of mountain brooks, watersheds, movement of glaciers, avalanches, and rockfall. Students will also investigate the question of visibility in the mountains, whether and how it is possible to predict what can be seen from where. A further aspect is GPS technology. During the travel, the class will visit various places in the Swiss, Austrian, and Italian Alps, such as Davos, Innsbruck, Villnoess. Students will hike and measure, but will also discuss questions relevant to Alpine life, such as glaciers, avalanches or rockfall forecasts. If possible, the class will also visit places where such research is conducted. The course includes one mandatory weekend hike in September in addition to the ordinary travel in October. Hiking boots are required.
VCA 120T	1	Documentary Photography on Location	Fassl	M/TH	16:00 - 17:15
Documentary & Street Photography on Location: Munich This course will investigate the particularities of both documentary and street photography through readings and studio projects. It will shed light on the history of photography; how the visual world communicates, studying the interaction of photography with other visual media; and will pay specific attention to the semiotic potential and challenges of photography. Students will engage in a project that relates to the location of the travel component of the class, documenting a subject of their choice. The Academic Travel destination will be Munich with additional day excursions to Bavaria and Austria.
BUS 115	1	Financial Accounting	Balushkina	M/TH	17:30 - 18:45
Financial Accounting This course is designed to provide students with a basic knowledge of financial accounting concepts, procedures, analysis, and internal reports as an essential part of the decision-making process. The focus is on the three basic steps of the accounting process: recording, classifying, and summarizing financial transactions. Emphasis is placed on the general accounting activities leading up to the preparation of financial statements.
ECN 325	1	Money, Banking and Financial Markets	Terzi	M/TH	17:30 - 18:45
Money, Banking and Financial Markets This upper-level course in economics is the first part of a two-semester sequence including ECN 328. This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the monetary dimension of contemporary economies. This includes the nature of the means of settlement, the technology of monetary payments, the banking system and its pro-cyclical, crisis-prone character that requires control and regulation, the response of financial markets to changing policy conditions and perceived risks, and central banksâ€™ operations and goals when setting interest rates. Special attention is devoted to current monetary policy issues with special reference (but not limited) to the practice of the U.S. Fed and the European Central Bank. Recommended prerequisite: ECN 225, ECN 256, BUS 326
FRE 320	1	Writing the Self: French Autobiography	Saveau	M/TH	17:30 - 18:45
Writing the Self: French Autobiography and Autofiction In the mid-70s, while the literary critic Philippe Lejeune was trying to define the autobiographical genre, several writers were, through their writing practices, questioning that very same genre, offering new ways to write (about) the self. Since then, the word autobiography has been replaced by autofiction, a genre that has become so popular in France that it has lost the meaning his initiator, Serge Doubrovsky, had theorized shortly after his first autofiction was published. This course explores the evolution of the auto- biographical genre since the mid-70s and tries to answer questions such as how one writes about oneself, what it means to write about oneself, the (im)possibility to write the self through the study of writers such as Georges Perec, Serge Doubrovsky, Annie Ernaux, Camille Laurens.
PSY 301	1	Abnormal Psychology	Bova	M/TH	17:30 - 18:45
Abnormal Psychology A study of the major patterns of abnormal behavior and their description, diagnosis, interpretation, treatment, and prevention.

VCA 370	1	Visualizing Science in Photography	Angelone	T	14:30 - 17:15
Visualizing Science and Scholarship in Photography and Video Production Photography and film have become a widely used visual tool to record and transmit complex ideas in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. This course will address the theoretical underpinnings of photography and film production, teach students how to use strategies in storytelling and storyboarding, and address how to borrow strategies and techniques from filmmakers to apply them in conveying scholarly or scientific insights. This course will help students engage diverse audiences and increase uptake by incorporating narrative attributes into student photography and videos. Students will learn to write, design, and carry out complex projects and, technically speaking, they will learn about camera, audio, and lighting equipment, and how to use film editing software. Studentsâ€™ final projects will be showcased at FUS. (There may be an additional studio fee.)
BUS 410W	1	Organizational Behavior and Leadership	Cordon	T	16:00 - 18:45
Organizational Behavior and Leadership This course studies the internal environment of firms and organizations, namely how to organize and manage people in order to implement strategic plans effectively. Topics include: organizational structures and change, human resources, leadership, group dynamics and teamwork, motivation, and multicultural management. Special attention will be given to the study of leadership, which plays a critical role in increasingly complex and multicultural organizations. The readings and class discussions include both theoretical concepts, case studies and practical exercises.(This writing-intensive course counts towards the Academic Writing requirement.) (Junior status recommended)
CHEM 101L	1	Lab to General Chemistry I	Bullock	T	16:00 - 18:45
Laboratory to General Chemistry I The laboratory course parallels the topics in CHEM 101 and provides lab-based investigations of the material covered in CHEM 101. Students must register for both CHEM 101 and the lab section concurrently (This course carries an additional fee for laboratory supplies).
CLCS 241	1	Forbidden Acts: Queer Studies & Perfo	Ferrari	T	16:00 - 18:45
Forbidden Acts: Identity Politics and Performance In this course, queer solo performance and theater are playfully considered "forbidden acts" because they commonly enact a special kind of transgression. These acts give voice to and, at once, subvert a wide range of political identities conventionally defined by race, ethnicity, HIV status, class, gender, and sexual practice. Often autobiographical at their point of departure, queer performance and theater seem intent on troubling the comfort of community even as they invest in it. This rich, albeit problematic, ambivalence stems from the fact that the term queer, itself, connotes primarily a locus of refusal, an unbinding and destabilizing term of defiance, of provocation via polysemy. As such, queer performance and theater seek to open up new vistas of multiple, shifting, polymorphous identities. What political implications might these queer texts dramatize? What may be the ramifications of instilling the notion of personal identity with collective utopian aspirations? How would the students enrolled in this class spin the term queer to encompass their own sense of individual difference and empower their own vision of creative defiance? In attempting to respond to these questions, students taking this course will be invited to share their own forbidden acts: to approach theoretical refection through performative exercises, to merge the analytical realm with the autobiographical monologue, to test the limits (if there are any) between theatrical play and ideological engagement.
COM 330	1	The Digital Innovation	Barile	T	16:00 - 18:45
The Digital Innovation and Media Strategies for a New Consumer Culture Digital communication has been fundamental in todayâ€™s organizational, cultural, and consuming areas. With the continuous technological development, we have been witnessing the surge of digital innovations in recent years. This course examines key dimensions of digital innovations in the current consumer culture such as Internet of Things (IoT), Augmented Reality (AR), Geographical Referencing System, Review & Ratings algorithm, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, BOT and chatbot. The course explores not only the new brand and media strategies of companies but also self-branding strategies of operators, influencers and users/consumers with a special attention to the creative dimension of consumption experience. In this process, the differences between cross-media communication and trans-media storytelling will be discussed as these two strategies help organizations manage relationships between brand, product and consumers by the means of emerging media. Ultimately, students will develop a greater understanding of media strategies using digital innovations that can be applied in the professional context. (This course also applies as an elective in the Fashion Studies major.)
ECN 303	1	Development Economics	Dasgupta	T	16:00 - 18:45
Development Economics The course will introduce students to the evolution of theory and practice in economic development in three stages. First, models of economic growth and development including work by Harrod-Domar, Robert Solow, Arthur Lewis, and Michael Kremer are compared to provide students with a feeling for how economists have conceived of the development process. The class then proceeds to examine particular development issues such as population growth, stagnant agriculture, environmental degradation, illiteracy, gender disparities, and rapid urbanization to understand how these dynamics reinforce poverty and deprivation. In the final stage, students will read work by supporters as well as critics of international development assistance and use the knowledge and perspective they have gained thus far to independently evaluate efficacy of a specific development intervention.
HIS 345W	1	Propaganda: A Modern History	Pyka	T	16:00 - 18:45
Propaganda: A Modern History Propaganda, a persuasive form of communication, acts to bind modern societies together. Its history is closely connected to changes in media and media consumption. This course analyzes in depth a wide range of primary sources in different formats. Following an introduction to important approaches in the theory, practice, and ethics of propaganda, as well as its early history, special attention is devoted to the century of propaganda, from the First World War and its impact, through the 'age of extremes' (Eric Hobsbawm), and the new possibilities of a digital age.
HIS 445	1	Propaganda: A Modern History (Capstone)	Pyka	T	16:00 - 18:45
Propoganda: A Modern History (Capstone) Students in their Senior year who wish to graduate with a Major in History (stand alone or combined) need to take this capstone version of HIS 345 (see course description). Students in HIS 445 attend all meetings of HIS 345 and are responsible for additional and more in-depth work including an oral presentation and seminars with the instructor. This additional work is geared towards preparing the student for the successful completion of their Senior Thesis. (Students who have already earned credit for HIS 345 Propaganda may not also earn credit for HIS 445.)
POL 497	1	Readings and Methods in POL and IR	Bucher	T	16:00 - 18:15
Readings and Methods in Political Science and International Relations This course serves as a capstone for departmental majors. It focuses on classical and contemporary contributions in our fields and directly addresses the methodologies which students need to write their final theses. Students will be required to actively prepare and discuss class readings. They will also have the opportunity to work on their thesis projects and to discuss these in class.
HON 499	1	Honors Senior Capstone Prep Workshop	Pyka, Roy	T	19:00 - 20:15
Honors Senior Capstone Experience Preparation Workshop The advanced non-credit bearing Senior Capstone Preparation Workshop is open only to Honors students and is required in the student's senior year.

BUS 143	1	Behavioral Science for Decision Making	Dianova	T/F	08:30 - 09:45
Behavioral Science for Decision Making Why do individuals sometimes make seemingly irrational decisions? Do consumers always make choices that maximize their utility? By introducing students to some basic but intriguing components of behavioral economics and cognitive psychology, this course seeks to answer these questions and numerous others. Discovering the drivers of irrational decision making is a relatively new field of study that integrates insight from psychology, sociology and neuroscience into traditional analysis of behavior and choice. Findings from behavioral economics have found application across a wide range of disciplines, including marketing and management. The analytical approach in this field breaks from the long-standing mainstream economics tradition of treating subjects as rational agents, effectively making use of available information to make rational decisions with the goal of maximizing personal utility. Analysis in the context of behavioral economics alters this approach by integrating biases, heuristic reasoning and social norms into models of human behavior with the scope of increasing explanatory and predictive power of theory.
ITA 100	3	Introductory Italian, Part I	Mottale	T/F	08:30 - 09:45
Introductory Italian, Part I Designed for students with no prior knowledge of Italian. ITA 100 employs immersive experiential learning pedagogy, providing an introduction to the essentials of Italian grammar, vocabulary, and culture. The acquisition of aural/oral communication skills will be stressed and, as such, the predominant language of instruction will be Italian. By the end of the course students will achieve proficiency at the A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students are expected to acquire the basic knowledge of the written and spoken structures. Students are expected to read and comprehend short passages in Italian and to draft simple compositions / dialogues. Project-based assignments will be designed to foster practical communication skills and encourage efforts towards increased student integration in the local Italian-speaking community. Whenever possible, students will be encouraged to participate actively in local initiatives, festivals, events and to apply the skills they are mastering in class to their co-curricular learning on and off campus
MAT 100	1	Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning	Bernasconi	T/F	08:30 - 09:45
Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning This course presents concepts essential to the understanding of the basics of college algebra. Topics include rational expressions and equations, exponents and radicals, polynomials, factoring, linear equations and inequalities, quadratic equations, elementary word problems, Cartesian coordinate systems, graphs, and straight lines. This course prepares students for other 100-level mathematics courses. It does not satisfy the Quantitative Reasoning core requirement, but counts as elective credit. Prerequisite: appropriate math placement score. This course replaces MAT 102.
MAT 201	1	Introduction to Statistics	Fliegner	T/F	08:30 - 09:45
Introduction to Statistics This computer-based course presents the main concepts in Statistics: the concept of random variables, frequency, and probability distributions, variance and standard deviation, kurtosis and skewness, probability rules, Bayes theorem, and posterior probabilities. Important statistical methods like Contingency analysis, ANOVA, Correlation analysis and Regression Analysis are introduced and their algorithms are fully explained. The most important probability distributions are introduced: Binomial, Poisson, and Normal distribution, as well as the Chebyshev theorem for non-known distributions. Inferential statistics, sampling distributions, and confidence intervals are covered to introduce statistical model building and single linear regression. Active learning and algorithmic learning are stressed. Emphasis is put both on algorithms â€“methods and assumptions for their applications. Excel is used while calculators with STAT buttons are not allowed. Ultimately students are required to make a month-long research project, select the theoretical concept they want to test, perform a literature review, find real data from Internet databases or make their surveys, apply methods they studied in the class, and compare theoretical results with their findings. Research is done and presented in groups, papers are Individual. Selected SPSS or Excel Data Analysis examples are also provided.
PSY 220	1	Multicultural Psychology	Montross	T/F	08:30 - 09:45
Multicultural Psychology This course is intended to introduce and familiarize students with the concept of multicultural psychology. The entire field of psychology from a perspective that is mindful of the diversity in todayâ€™s society will be considered. Students will explore the ways in which psychology is socially constructed and will pay particular attention to the following factors as they influence human development: oppression, language, acculturation, economic concerns, racism and prejudice, socio-political factors, child-rearing practices, religious practices, family structure and dynamics, and cultural values and attitudes.
WTG 130	1	Introduction to Academic Writing	Mac Kenzie	T/F	08:30 - 09:45
Introduction to Academic Writing II This course provides students with a bridge to university-level academic writing. It is designed to help students further develop their critical writing skills. It looks at best practices for research and use of information, including evaluation and effective incorporation of outside sources through paraphrase, summary and correct citation formats, and addresses the development of structure and expression in academic writing and techniques for effectively sharing information in both written and oral forms. Upon successful completion of WTG 130, with a minimum final grade of C, the student must take WTG 150 in the following semester.
WTG 130	2	Introduction to Academic Writing	Dawson	T/F	08:30 - 09:45
Introduction to Academic Writing II This course provides students with a bridge to university-level academic writing. It is designed to help students further develop their critical writing skills. It looks at best practices for research and use of information, including evaluation and effective incorporation of outside sources through paraphrase, summary and correct citation formats, and addresses the development of structure and expression in academic writing and techniques for effectively sharing information in both written and oral forms. Upon successful completion of WTG 130, with a minimum final grade of C, the student must take WTG 150 in the following semester.
BIO 102	1	Introduction to Biology: Cell and Animal	Capelli	T/F	10:00 - 11:15
Introduction to Biology: Cell and Animal This course provides students with an introduction to the biological sciences focused on the structure and functioning of animal cells and organs. Topics include basic biochemistry, cell structure and function, cellular respiration, and animal physiology. This course will emphasize human anatomy and physiology as model systems for understanding and contrasting key principles of animal biology. Students enrolling in this course must enroll in the parallel laboratory section BIO 102L.
BUS 135	1	Introduction to Business Systems	Schultz	T/F	10:00 - 11:15
Introduction to Business Systems The course introduces the global business system in the context of the economic, political, social and technological environments, relating business to society as a whole. Topics covered include the international scope, function, and organization of firms, and other fundamental concepts of multinational business. The course also addresses functional areas such as the value chain, production, marketing, human resources, and accounting.
CHEM 301	1	Biochemistry	Bullock	T/F	10:00 - 11:15
Biochemistry This course will provide students with a comprehensive introduction to the properties, synthesis, and metabolism of amino acids, sugars, fatty acids, and nucleotides. The polymeric nature of these biomolecules will be a focus as students learn how these molecules are synthesized and their roles in energy production and the removal of waste products. While there are thousands of reactions that govern cellular metabolism, there are only relatively few types of reactions. This course will focus on the reaction types observed most frequently in cellular metabolism: nucleophilic substitution, elimination, isomerization, oxidation-reduction, and hydrolysis. This course is part of the pre-health sciences curriculum. Recommended prerequisite: CHEM 202. Students without CHEM 202 should have a solid understanding of the material from the prerequisite courses.
HIS 100	1	Western Civilization I	Hoey	T/F	10:00 - 11:15
Western Civilization I: Ancient and Medieval This survey course is an introduction to the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of the west from the Neolithic to the voyages of discovery in the sixteenth century. Our knowledge and understanding of the past is contingent and contested. The course explores areas of contestation to give students a better understanding of the forces and events which shaped the ancient and medieval worlds and continue to shape the modern world. (It is recommended that HIS 100 be taken prior to HIS 101.)
ITA 100	4	Introductory Italian, Part I	Mottale	T/F	10:00 - 11:15
Introductory Italian, Part I Designed for students with no prior knowledge of Italian. ITA 100 employs immersive experiential learning pedagogy, providing an introduction to the essentials of Italian grammar, vocabulary, and culture. The acquisition of aural/oral communication skills will be stressed and, as such, the predominant language of instruction will be Italian. By the end of the course students will achieve proficiency at the A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students are expected to acquire the basic knowledge of the written and spoken structures. Students are expected to read and comprehend short passages in Italian and to draft simple compositions / dialogues. Project-based assignments will be designed to foster practical communication skills and encourage efforts towards increased student integration in the local Italian-speaking community. Whenever possible, students will be encouraged to participate actively in local initiatives, festivals, events and to apply the skills they are mastering in class to their co-curricular learning on and off campus
ITA 200	1	Intermediate Italian, Part I	Giulivi	T/F	10:00 - 11:15
Intermediate Italian, Part I This course is designed for students who have completed two semesters of Italian language study. The course provides a review and expansion of command of Italian grammar, vocabulary, and culture. The acquisition of aural/oral communication skills will be stressed and, as such, the predominant language of instruction will be Italian. By the end of the course students will achieve proficiency at the B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students will be expected to be proficient in the written and spoken usage of intermediate linguistic structures. Students will be expected to deal with most situations likely to arise in the areas where the language is spoken. They will be able to: a) produce simple connected texts on topics, which are familiar or of personal interest; b) describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions; and c) briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. Project-based assignments will be designed to foster practical communication skills and encourage efforts towards increased student integration in the local Italian-speaking community. Whenever possible, students will be encouraged to participate actively in local initiatives, festivals, events and to apply the skills they are mastering in class to their co-curricular learning on and off campus.
ITA 200	3	Intermediate Italian, Part I	Mazzi	T/F	10:00 - 11:15
Intermediate Italian, Part I This course is designed for students who have completed two semesters of Italian language study. The course provides a review and expansion of command of Italian grammar, vocabulary, and culture. The acquisition of aural/oral communication skills will be stressed and, as such, the predominant language of instruction will be Italian. By the end of the course students will achieve proficiency at the B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students will be expected to be proficient in the written and spoken usage of intermediate linguistic structures. Students will be expected to deal with most situations likely to arise in the areas where the language is spoken. They will be able to: a) produce simple connected texts on topics, which are familiar or of personal interest; b) describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions; and c) briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. Project-based assignments will be designed to foster practical communication skills and encourage efforts towards increased student integration in the local Italian-speaking community. Whenever possible, students will be encouraged to participate actively in local initiatives, festivals, events and to apply the skills they are mastering in class to their co-curricular learning on and off campus.
ITA 300	1	Advanced Italian, Part I	Ferrari	T/F	10:00 - 11:15
Advanced Italian, Part I For students who have completed at least two years of college-level language studies or the equivalent. This course offers cultural readings from a variety of sources, including some literary pieces, as well as magazine and newspaper articles reflecting the contemporary scene in the countries where the language is spoken. Vocabulary expansion and development of techniques of expression are accomplished through oral and written exercises.
MAT 103	1	College Algebra	Bernasconi	T/F	10:00 - 11:15
College Algebra The first part of this course reviews the basic concepts of algebra, real numbers, first-degree equations and inequalities, rational expressions, exponents and radicals, and polynomials, systems of equations and inequalities. The second part strongly emphasizes graphs and functions. The most important functions for applications are introduced, such as linear, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, and rational functions.
MAT 103	3	College Algebra	Fliegner	T/F	10:00 - 11:15
College Algebra The first part of this course reviews the basic concepts of algebra, real numbers, first-degree equations and inequalities, rational expressions, exponents and radicals, and polynomials, systems of equations and inequalities. The second part strongly emphasizes graphs and functions. The most important functions for applications are introduced, such as linear, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, and rational functions.
POL 112	1	Markets, Policy and Administration	Dianova	T/F	10:00 - 11:15
Markets, Policy and Administration The analysis of contemporary challenges calls for a theoretically informed and multi-disciplinary approach. This course introduces students to the key concepts related to allocating tangible and intangible resources under conditions of scarcity, and producing public or commercial goods and services In doing so, the course draws on political, managerial, game-theoretical and economic frameworks and encourages students to apply them to a broad range of cases. The objectives include enabling students to understand and analyze policy-making, the functioning of markets and their social and political implications, as well as the management of public and private institutions. Specific topics covered include (but are not limited to) modes of decision-making, rational behavior, supply and demand, competitive dynamics, welfare, externalities and public goods, consumer choice, and basic monetary and fiscal policy. While special emphasis will be placed on the analysis of political and managerial challenges, the course is relevant to students of other disciplines.
STA 111	1	Introduction to Drawing	Zdanski	T/F	10:00 - 11:15
Introduction to Drawing An introductory course aimed at mastering the rudiments of drawing (light and shadow, perspective, proportions, texture, pattern and design) and investigating the discipline of drawing as a cognitive tool. A variety of media, styles and genre will be explored, such as still life, landscape, figure drawing and abstraction. Studio sessions will be integrated with slide presentations and videos, and visits to museums, exhibits or ateliers may be organized if possible. The course carries a fee for art supplies.
STA 211	1	Intermediate Drawing	Zdanski	T/F	10:00 - 11:15
Intermediate Drawing Intermediate course aimed at further developing the basic skills learned in STA 111. More emphasis will be placed on developing individual projects, exploring various media and investigating problems in drawing and perception. The course carries a fee for art supplies.
STA 311	1	Advanced Drawing	Zdanski	T/F	10:00 - 11:15
Advanced Drawing A higher course aimed at further developing the basic skills learned in STA 211. More emphasis will be placed on developing individual projects, exploring various media and investigating drawing and perception. The course carries a fee for art supplies.
WTG 130	3	Introduction to Academic Writing	Dawson	T/F	10:00 - 11:15
Introduction to Academic Writing II This course provides students with a bridge to university-level academic writing. It is designed to help students further develop their critical writing skills. It looks at best practices for research and use of information, including evaluation and effective incorporation of outside sources through paraphrase, summary and correct citation formats, and addresses the development of structure and expression in academic writing and techniques for effectively sharing information in both written and oral forms. Upon successful completion of WTG 130, with a minimum final grade of C, the student must take WTG 150 in the following semester.
AHT 102	1	Intro to Art History & Visual Culture I	Gee	T/F	11:30 - 12:45
Introduction to Art History and Visual Culture I: Antiquity to Early Renaissance The course offers an introduction to the history of art and visual culture from antiquity to the Renaissance. It studies painting, sculpture, architecture, and prints within their historical, social, and cultural contexts, as well as their representation in modern media (film, documentary, etc).
CHEM 101	1	General Chemistry I	Bullock	T/F	11:30 - 12:45
General Chemistry I The course examines atomic structure, bonding, stoichiometry and the mole concept, the behavior of gases, liquids and solids, thermochemistry, and intermolecular forces. Students are required to concurrently enroll in the corresponding lab section. This course is a prerequisite for CHM 102 and is a pre-health course.
ECN 101	1	Principles of Microeconomics	Dasgupta	T/F	11:30 - 12:45
Principles of Microeconomics This is an entry-level course in economics, covering fundamentals of microeconomics and aimed at students who choose it as an elective or plan to continue their studies in economics. This course helps students develop basic analytical skills in economics and microeconomics. It provides students with a basic understanding of the market system in advanced capitalist economies. It examines the logic of constrained choice with a focus on the economic behavior of individuals and organizations. After a theoretical analysis of the determinants and the interaction of supply and demand under competitive conditions, alternative market structures will be investigated, including monopolistic and oligopolistic forms. The course examines the conditions under which markets allocate resources efficiently and identifies causes of market failure and the appropriate government response. The introduction to the role of government includes its taxing and expenditure activities as well as regulatory policies.
GER 100	1	Introductory German, Part I	Heinkel Pennati	T/F	11:30 - 12:45
Introductory German, Part I This course provides an introduction to the essentials of German grammar, vocabulary, and culture. The acquisition of aural/oral skills are stressed right from the beginning, and as such, the predominant language of instruction is German. In this course, students will acquire basic knowledge of written and spoken structures so that they will be able to read and comprehend short passages in German and write simple compositions and dialogs.
HIS 100	2	Western Civilization I	Hoey	T/F	11:30 - 12:45
Western Civilization I: Ancient and Medieval This survey course is an introduction to the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of the west from the Neolithic to the voyages of discovery in the sixteenth century. Our knowledge and understanding of the past is contingent and contested. The course explores areas of contestation to give students a better understanding of the forces and events which shaped the ancient and medieval worlds and continue to shape the modern world. (It is recommended that HIS 100 be taken prior to HIS 101.)
ITA 100	5	Introductory Italian, Part I	Mottale	T/F	11:30 - 12:45
Introductory Italian, Part I Designed for students with no prior knowledge of Italian. ITA 100 employs immersive experiential learning pedagogy, providing an introduction to the essentials of Italian grammar, vocabulary, and culture. The acquisition of aural/oral communication skills will be stressed and, as such, the predominant language of instruction will be Italian. By the end of the course students will achieve proficiency at the A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students are expected to acquire the basic knowledge of the written and spoken structures. Students are expected to read and comprehend short passages in Italian and to draft simple compositions / dialogues. Project-based assignments will be designed to foster practical communication skills and encourage efforts towards increased student integration in the local Italian-speaking community. Whenever possible, students will be encouraged to participate actively in local initiatives, festivals, events and to apply the skills they are mastering in class to their co-curricular learning on and off campus
ITA 200	2	Intermediate Italian, Part I	Mazzi	T/F	11:30 - 12:45
Intermediate Italian, Part I This course is designed for students who have completed two semesters of Italian language study. The course provides a review and expansion of command of Italian grammar, vocabulary, and culture. The acquisition of aural/oral communication skills will be stressed and, as such, the predominant language of instruction will be Italian. By the end of the course students will achieve proficiency at the B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students will be expected to be proficient in the written and spoken usage of intermediate linguistic structures. Students will be expected to deal with most situations likely to arise in the areas where the language is spoken. They will be able to: a) produce simple connected texts on topics, which are familiar or of personal interest; b) describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions; and c) briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. Project-based assignments will be designed to foster practical communication skills and encourage efforts towards increased student integration in the local Italian-speaking community. Whenever possible, students will be encouraged to participate actively in local initiatives, festivals, events and to apply the skills they are mastering in class to their co-curricular learning on and off campus.
POL 224	1	Politics and Society in Switzerland	Cordon	T/F	11:30 - 12:45
Politics and Society in Switzerland Switzerland boasts one of the oldest and most stable democracies in the world. Political and other social scientists have studied the Swiss system extensively and tried to address what is sometimes referred to as "the mystery of Swiss identity". This course will take a systematic approach to the study of Swiss political and social institutions, with particular attention to the federal structures and electoral system. Readings and lectures will also review some of the economic, historical, social and cultural dimensions that underpin Swiss politics. Assignments will allow students to explore specific issues in the context of their own majors.
POL 303	1	Key Concepts in Political Economy	Schwak	T/F	11:30 - 12:45
Key Concepts in Political Economy Political entities have always sought ways to organize economic activity, including the production and distribution of goods and services. This course introduces students to the key ideas and theories that have shaped debates on the political and social implications of economic policies. Students learn about different understandings of prosperity, welfare and development, which are connected to political questions of freedom, equality, authority and power. The course also explores different methodological standpoints; from rational choice to institutionalism, postmodernism and historical materialism. It places particular emphasis on the role of governments and political interests in shaping conflictual processes of collective decision-making. Finally, this course also looks at key political actors (states, organized labor, capital) and their interactions, thereby highlighting how strategic factors influence social, political and economic choices. (Recommended prerequisite: POL 101)
STA 115	1	Introductory Painting	Zdanski	T/F	11:30 - 12:45
Introductory Painting This introductory course explores basic painting techniques and attempts to assist the development of visual awareness through various experiments and media, thus providing a foundation for further art study. With a combination of theory and studio practice, the course investigates the properties of color, line, point, plane and texture in an effort to free students from dead convention and at the same time encourage their creative abilities. The course will incorporate structured exercises on the nature of paint and the rudiments of color theory, while encouraging students to study the painting of past and present artists to develop their own creative identity. Visits to museums, galleries or ateliers may be organized if possible. The course carries a fee for art supplies.
STA 215	1	Intermediate Painting	Zdanski	T/F	11:30 - 12:45
Intermediate Painting Intermediate course aimed at further developing the basic skills learned in STA 115. More emphasis will be placed on developing individual projects and exploring different media and genre as students work towards finding a personal identity through creative experience. The course carries a fee for art supplies.
STA 315	1	Higher Painting	Zdanski	T/F	11:30 - 12:45
Higher Painting Continuation of the previous painting courses to more advanced levels. The course carries a fee for art supplies.
COM 201	1	Fund of Media Studies and Criticism	Martinisi	T/F	13:00 - 14:15
Fundamentals of Media Studies and Criticism Media pervades our social and private lives. We make it and in turn it makes us. This course offers an introduction to media studies, a field which seeks to understand and use media in complex and intentional ways. The course explores media as content, as an industry and as a social force. In this way, media is understood as both as an artifact (constituted by many parts) and as a set of complex processes (including production, distribution, regulation and consumption). Students will learn key vocabularies and concepts in and approaches to media studies that will help them to define, describe, and critique media artifacts and processes in a variety of written and spoken formats. In addition to equipping students with the skills to understand and critique media, this course encourages and provides students with the building blocks to produce media content. Students who successfully complete this course will be prepared to take advanced courses in media studies.
ECN 256	1	Managerial Economics (Intermediate Micro	Dasgupta	T/F	13:00 - 14:15
Managerial Economics (Intermediate Microeconomics) This intermediate-level course in microeconomics builds upon the introductory two-semester sequence and, in conjunction with ECN 225, prepares students to upper-level economics. This course completes the theoretical background on microeconomics and introduces students to more advanced topics, with an emphasis on the practical relevance and application of theory. The essence of the course is, in particular, the study of the interaction between rational individual decision-making (e.g. consumers, firms, the government) and the working of economic institutions like markets, regulation and social rules. Topics covered include an introduction to game theory, strategic behavior and entry deterrence; analysis of technological change; the internal organization of the firm; economic efficiency; public goods, externalities and information; government and business.
GER 200	1	Intermediate German, Part I	Heinkel Pennati	T/F	13:00 - 14:15
Intermediate German, Part I This course is designed for students who have completed one year of German language study. It reviews and expands on grammar, vocabulary, and culture acquired in GER 100 and GER 101. The acquisition of aural/oral skills are stressed, and as such, the predominant language of instruction is German. By the end of the course, students are expected to be proficient in the written and spoken usage of intermediate linguistic structures. Further, students are introduced to short literary texts, inviting conversation and some initial literary analysis
MAT 103	2	College Algebra	Fliegner	T/F	13:00 - 14:15
College Algebra The first part of this course reviews the basic concepts of algebra, real numbers, first-degree equations and inequalities, rational expressions, exponents and radicals, and polynomials, systems of equations and inequalities. The second part strongly emphasizes graphs and functions. The most important functions for applications are introduced, such as linear, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, and rational functions.
MUS 206	1	Music History From Mozart to Mahler	Trebici Marin	T/F	13:00 - 14:15
Music History From Mozart to Mahler: Classicism, Romanticism, Modernism This introductory course presents three significant historical periods, based upon the works of their most important composers â€“ from Haydn and Mozart to Mahler and Stravinsky. It explains the various genres from chamber music and symphonic music to opera. Combining guided listening, live performances and technology, the course explores the multitude of styles of the different epochs. It also presents at each stage the cultural and political contexts in which music evolved.
PHYS 101	1	Physics for Health Sciences	Della Croce	T/F	13:00 - 14:15
Physics for the Health Sciences This course will provide students with a comprehensive introduction to key topics in physics. Specifically, the course will be divided in four main sections: basic mechanics (e.g., kinematics, equilibrium, vectors, work and energy, and Newton's laws); vibrations and waves (e.g., sound, harmonic waves, and Doppler effects); electricity (e.g., Ohm's law and electric circuits), and; light and optics (e.g., reflection, refraction and magnification). As part of the pre-health curriculum, this course will also connect concepts to human body structure and functioning. Students enrolling in this course must enroll in the parallel laboratory section PHYS 101L.
POL 321	1	International Organization	Cordon	T/F	13:00 - 14:15
International Organization The focus of this course is the development of supra-national and international agencies and entities. The United Nations, the European Union, the IMF, the World Bank, trading blocs, and other specialized agencies are studied as examples-in light of increasing economic interdependence in the international system.
PSY 100	1	Introduction to Psychology	Montross	T/F	13:00 - 14:15
Introduction to Psychology This introductory course is designed to provide an overview of the field of psychology, including theoretical positions, major research areas and methods of gathering data. Subtopics of psychology, such as physiological processes, developmental, abnormal behavior and social psychology are discussed.
VCA 200	1	Creative Publishing	Gee	T/F	13:00 - 14:15
Creative Publishing In an increasingly digital age, publishing is exploring new visual formats while physical books have experienced a renaissance as a privileged channel of creative expression. This course takes this dual development as a starting point to investigate the historical forms and contemporary opportunities offered by the book medium to editors, writers and artists. Students will be introduced to the history of the printing revolution in the early modern age, the development of typography and the emergence of the modern press. An attention to different publishing models co-existing in the 21st century introduces a diversity of publishing practices and economic formats, from that of established printing houses to independent editors and self-published artists.The course will consider both material and virtual channels, taking into account the surge of digital technologies and a new appreciation for the book as a material object. Additionally, discussion will consider current debates in critical design as they come to challenge inherited practices in the field of publishing, and offer emancipatory and exploratory paths for present and future development.
BUS 199	2	Sustainability and Digital Transform	Schultz	T/F	14:30 - 15:45
Sustainability and Digital Transformation Sustainability and the digital transformation are two of the most pressing challenges in today's business world. Both trends are increasingly intertwined, radically transforming how businesses create value and engage with the broader society and the environment. This seminar will introduce students to major sustainability challenges (e.g., climate change, waste reduction, human rights) and digital challenges (e.g., related to artificial intelligence, blockchain, and digital platforms) that modern businesses face and will explore how these challenges can be addressed, drawing up creative solutions for sustainable value creation. By building on examples from diverse sectors, students will learn about the crucial role of business as a key driver for progress and well-being that needs to carefully manage its environmental, social, and digital responsibilities. Like all First Year Seminars, this course will cultivate the fundamental critical and analytical skills necessary to succeed at university.
CLCS 199	1	On the Road: Portrayal of Tvl on Screen	Wiedmer	T/F	14:30 - 15:45
On the Road: Portrayal of Travel on Screen Being on the road-being a traveler-means different things to different people. This course will trace these different meanings using as a basis the peculiarly American fantasy of the Road Movie, against which to examine European and Asian adaptations of the genre, and, perhaps most compelling, your own experience of "being on the road" as students in Lugano, Switzerland and on Academic Travel. Students will watch movies, read accompanying theoretical texts that discuss on the one hand the films themselves, and on the other the act of traveling. In studying the films and contemplating travel more generally, we will ask how different categories such as gender, ability, class and race determine the notion of the quest; how ideas about freedom are coupled with ideas of border-crossing or border-settings; how notions such as "culture shock," "cultural immersion", and disorientation are portrayed, and finally what the relationship is between travel and personal transformation. Coming to an understanding of the significance of travel and the effects it can have requires skills not only in analysis but also in recording. Part of the course therefore is a work-shop in making video essays, a skill that operated on a number of different practical and intellectual levels which you can put to use in your first Academic Travel. Like all First Year Seminars, this course will cultivate the fundamental critical and academic skills necessary for succeeding at the university level.
CLCS 370	1	Translation Theory: Staging the Page	Roy	T/F	14:30 - 15:45
Translation Theory: Staging the Page This course aims to give students an overview of major ideas behind translation and the problems and possibilities surrounding the active movement of texts from other languages into English. The five main emphases will be: the â€œtaskâ€ of the translator (Benjamin, Venuti, Schleiermacher); Postcolonialism and translation; translating gender; Translation Ethics; and ethical questions of online translation tools and their impact on the contemporary world of translation. Students will read classic, overarching texts on translation and translating, as well as engage with more contemporary thought about the relationship between languages as it pertains to literary texts and as it intersects with Postcolonial Studies, Gender Studies and Translation Ethics in the works of translation theorists such as NgÅ©gÄ© wa Thiongâ€™o, von Flotow, Bassnett, and Spivak. â€œTranslation challengesâ€ related to notions of language and power and translator negotiation of source text and target audience, and based on exisiting translations, will be given particular prominence across all module emphases, and students will be encouraged to think about, discuss and workshop their own versions that seek to address these challenges.
COM 199	1	Power of Constructive Journalism	Martinisi	T/F	14:30 - 15:45
You Will Make the Difference! The Power of Constructive Journalism in Media Constructive Journalism (CoJo) is an emerging field in the area of media and communication studies that aims to approach news making by focusing on solutions rather than conflict-based and negative stories. In recent years, CoJo has been regarded by media professionals not only crucial in peace-building processes around the world, but also instrumental in fostering resilience among communities, especially after the outburst of Covid-19. In this seminar, students will explore the theory and the best examples of Constructive Journalism in a global context. Students will also have the opportunity to learn about media storytelling, to read the most recent academic articles in the field and, most importantly, to produce solutions-oriented stories. Like all first year seminars, this course will cultivate the fundamental critical and academic skills necessary to succeed at a university level.
ENV 199	1	Sushi Anyone? Our Last Wild Food	Della Croce	T/F	14:30 - 15:45
Sushi Anyone? The Past, Present, and Future of Our Last Wild Food Where does our food come from? In most cases, nowadays, what we eat is farmed or cultivated. During our history, as population has grown and technology improved, we have increasingly turned to farming to sustain ourselves. Yet, today, there is still one kind of food that is essentially wild: seafood. In fact, whether farmed or wild, our current hunger for seafood is eventually satisfied by wild fish stocks. But can wild fish stocks endure our pressure, and what happens when wild stocks collapse? Using examples from fisheries across the globe, and drawing parallels with the field of herbal medicine, this course will (a) illustrate the effects of seafood harvesting on wild fish stocks and the oceans at large and (b) search for solutions that will allow us to satisfy our demands while maintaining wild fish stocks. Like all First Year Seminars, this course will cultivate the fundamental critical and academic skills necessary for success at the university level.
GER 300	1	Advanced German, Part I	Heinkel Pennati	T/F	14:30 - 15:45
Advanced German, Part I For students who have completed at least two years of college-level language studies or the equivalent. This course offers cultural readings from a variety of sources, including some literary pieces, as well as magazine and newspaper articles reflecting the contemporary scene in the countries where the language is spoken. Vocabulary expansion and development of techniques of expression are accomplished through oral and written exercises.
POL 311	1	Contemporary Diplomacy	Schwak	T/F	14:30 - 15:45
Contemporary Diplomacy This course introduces modern changes in global diplomatic practices. Diplomacy increasingly integrates non-state actors such as corporations, think tanks, NGOs and international mass media. Traditional state-to-state diplomacy, while still fundamental, now co-exists with a series of new actors and innovative practices such as public diplomacy. The course will take an interdisciplinary approach to the topic of diplomacy. It will look at diplomacy from a historical and legal perspective, cover challenges posed to diplomacy by imperatives such as transparency and counter-terrorism, and focus on empirical case studies for students to engage critically with the multiple purposes and evolution of diplomacy.
PSY 199	1	Harnessing Happiness	Montross	T/F	14:30 - 15:45
Harnessing Happiness: The Power of Positive Psychology in Everyday Life Ever wonder who is truly happy, and why? This course explores the meaning of genuine happiness through the scientific study of positive psychology. Students in this course will compare happiness indicators from around the world and examine how the definition of happiness can fluctuate across time and vary among cultural groups. Common biases and misconceptions about happiness will also be discussed and critically analyzed. Students will then have the chance to practice research-based strategies for cultivating their own contentment, creativity, and interpersonal connectedness in everyday life, alongside the fundamental skills needed to succeed at the university level. Overall, this course is ideal for students who want to live life more fully, and who want to help their larger communities thrive in the process. Like all First Year Seminars, this course will cultivate the fundamental critical and academic skills necessary for succeeding at the university level.

BIO 102L	1	Lab to Introduction to Biology II	Capelli	W	08:30 - 12:45
Laboratory to Introduction to Biology: Cell and Animal Biology The laboratory course parallels the topics in BIO 102 and provides lab-based investigations of the material covered in BIO 102. Students must register for both BIO 102 and the lab section concurrently. Students who have previously taken BIO 102 and only need the lab credit should discuss this possibility with their advisor and the class professor (This course carries an additional fee for laboratory supplies).
CLCS 342W	1	Refugees and Forced Migration in Europe	Wiedmer	W	10:00 - 12:45
On Refugees and Forced Migration in Europe This course will focus on forced migration and asylum regimes in Europe over the last ten years. It will offer an interdisciplinary approach to the political, social, and legal backdrop to forced migration while paying attention to imaginative responses in cultural texts that have both expressed and helped to shape attitudes and positions towards refugees. Throughout this course, students will study ideas of human rights as they relate to refugees, political and theoretical concepts that help students to understand notions of belonging, sovereignty, statelessness, and welcome. Students will also study a range of cultural narratives, including films and videos, literary texts and public art that bring their own positions and critical interventions to bear on the emergent discourses surrounding refugees. (This writing-intensive course counts towards the Academic Writing requirements).
ECN 387	1	Introduction to Econometrics	Colombo	W	10:00 - 12:45
Introduction to Econometrics The course introduces the basic principles of econometrics as a set of tools and techniques to quantitatively investigate a variety of economic and financial issues. The application of econometric methods allows studying the relationships between different economic and financial variables, hence providing a natural way to test and confront alternative theories and conjectures, as well as to forecast and simulate the effects of different economic and financial policies. The course approach is mainly focused on applications. A discussion of the main theoretical issues and a systematic analysis of econometric tools are prerequisites for the investigation of a number of economic and financial applications.
POL 263	1	From Greece to Ukraine	Ennas	W	10:00 - 12:45
From Greece to Ukraine: The Eastern Question Between Past and Present This course aims to investigate the origins of the Eastern Question, its developments and its influence on contemporary global society. Starting from the Congress of Vienna (1815), the course analyses the causes and the consequences of that complex set of political, economic and social phenomenon that was the Eastern Question. It emphasizes its importance in the emergence of global society of the 20th century, and the consequences it had on the development of the current geopolitical situation in Eastern Europe. The course teaches students to approach the historiographical method and its possible practical applications in the study of international relations through the use of new technologies (like map-making programs), relevant secondary sources (like online encyclopedias), and different kinds of original sources (like diplomatic documents and newspapers). Students will develop a deep understanding of the origins of contemporary global society, and develop the skills to critically and independently identify and use reliable information and sources. The course will focus on group exercises, the discussion of class readings, and group presentations.
POL 300	1	Comparative Politics	Strijbis	W	10:00 - 12:45
Comparative Politics The development of the modern nation-state is analyzed from a variety of theoretical viewpoints. The approach and methods of major social theorists are examined in detail. (This writing-intensive course counts towards the Academic Writing requirements.) Formerly POL 400. Students who have previously earned credit for POL 400 cannot earn credit for POL 300.
PSY 206	1	Criminology and Criminal Psychology	Travaini, Vassena	W	10:00 - 12:45
Criminology and Criminal Psychology Criminology approaches crimes and their authors in a multi-disciplinary perspective through psychology, medicine, law, and sociology. It is in the union of these competences that criminology finds its uniqueness. Criminal psychology studies mental illness and its manifestations which can result in crimes and violent behavior. After introducing theoretical frameworks, the course will focus on the analysis of single types of crimes, particularly, homicide, sexual crimes, and abuse within the family. It will also focus on the psychological assessment in the forensic and penitentiary contexts. In addition to the methodological principles of forensic psychological assessment of legal skills, the course will place importance on the process of creating and applying psychological assessment instruments to forensic queries. Within this framework, the role of mental health disorders in the forensic field will also be taken into consideration. The course will include both lectures and analyses of criminal cases.
STA 106	1	Introduction to Printmaking	Zdanski	W	10:00 - 12:45
Introduction to Printmaking This experimental, introductory course will explore the creative possibilities of media that have often been considered largely mechanical and reproductive processes. Comments on the history of printing will be integrated in lessons on relief and intaglio printing processes (monoprints, linoleum cuts, wood block prints, embossing, drypoint). Visits to museums, exhibits or ateliers may be organized if possible. (This course carries a fee for art supplies.)
STA 206	1	Intermediate Printmaking	Zdanski	W	10:00 - 12:45
Intermediate Printmaking Intermediate course aimed at further developing the basic printing skills learned in STA 106. More techniques of printmaking may be explored, for example, silkscreen or collagraph. (This course carries a fee for art supplies.)
STA 306	1	Advanced Printmaking	Zdanski	W	10:00 - 12:45
Advanced Printmaking A higher course aimed at further developing the basic printing skills learned in STA 206. Emphasis will be placed on developing individual projects, and more techniques of printmaking may be explored, for example, silkscreen or collagraph. (This course carries a fee for art supplies.)
AHT 234T	1	Painting in France in the 19th Century	Gee	W	13:00 - 15:45
Painting in France in the 19th Century: Reality, Impressions, Simultaneity This course sets out to chart and discuss the development of painting in France from the emergence of Romanticism in the early 19th Century to the critical recognition of post-impressionist practices at the turn of the 20th Century. It looks at the changing relations to reality that were developed by the impressionist group, leading to the emergence of a new visual understanding of the world in cubists practices that resolutely abandoned the aesthetics space inherited from the Renaissance. The course considers both the continuous evolution of a classical tradition sustained by state institutions and its progressive superseding by an avant-garde relying on the growth of the private commercial sector. Throughout this course, the relationship between the visual arts and other forms of cultural expression will be highlighted. In the travel component part of the course, students will have the opportunity to engage with works in a range of museums and galleries in Paris, France.
BUS 145T	1	Borderless Management (Belgium)	Sinnaeve	W	13:00 - 15:45
Borderless Management: International Firms in a Global World (Belgium) This course focuses on exposing students to how multinational enterprises (MNEs) define and implement strategy in a global context. By illustrating with a critical perspective the opportunities and challenges arising from globalization and slowbalization, and the role of MNEs in this context, the course will focus on explaining how MNEs take strategic choices (motivations to go international, strategy perspectives, market selection and entry methods, common flaws in decision making) and how MNEs implement strategy (management styles, organization design, innovation management, the importance of national vs corporate culture and diversity & inclusion). The Academic Travel will focus on visits in Brussels.
BUS 147T	1	Digital Entrepreneurship (Italy)	Quartarone	W	13:00 - 15:45
Digital Entrepreneurship This course will be focused on providing students knowledge and tools for digital entrepreneurship, to be applied both on digitally native and digitally transformed companies. The program combines the main strategic business and communication laws that govern the digital environment and the most relevant impacts and forces expressed by digital transformation on organizations, business models, audience experiences and brand storytelling. The Academic Travel part of the course will take place in Italy (Turin and Venice), visiting digital or digitally advanced companies and start-ups, incubators and/or accelerators.
BUS 243T	1	Personal Finance (Germany)	Mehra, Suleiman	W	13:00 - 15:45
Personal Finance (Germany) This course introduces students to the basic concepts and tools needed to make wise and informed personal financial decisions. The content of this course is presented from a practical point of view and with an emphasis on the consumer as the financial decision-maker. The primary objective of this course is to help students apply finance practices to their own life. For example, students will learn how to plan and manage personal finances, how to obtain credit to purchase a home or a car, and how to invest personal financial resources in stocks, bonds, and real estate. Students will also learn how to interpret financial and economic news that have an impact on personal finances. The travel component of this course will include visits to several cities in Germany such as Frankfurt and Berlin. During those visits, students will be introduced to financial institutions that are relevant for personal finance such as the ECB, the Frankfurt stock exchange, commercial banks, and wealth management and real estate firms.
CLCS 256T	1	Writing & Re-Writing Classics (Greece)	Wiedmer	W	13:00 - 15:45
Writing and Re-Writing the Classics: Ancient Literature and Modern Reception Legend has it that Goethe began working on a version of the Iphigeneia story, celebrated as the stuff of tragedies by Aeschylus and Euripides, as soon as he had crossed the Alps from Switzerland into Italy: he could not wait to actually set foot on Greece, the homeland of the legend. Since then poets of the neo-classical and romantic eras as well as our own times have been rewriting the plays, poems, epics and proto-novels of ancient Greece to suit contemporary taste and political exigencies. Students will read a series of text pairs, from the ancient Greek and (predominantly) 19th, 20th and 21th century Western traditions in which the same mythical material is worked and reworked, while visiting some of the sites associated with the great works of classical Greek literature. The aim of this Academic Travel to Greece is three-fold: to map some of the metaphorical and actual geographies of the works we read; to reflect on what might have given rise to the themes, stories and figures celebrated in classical works by authors such as Sappho, Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Homer; and to examine how modern-day re-writings in film and literature pick up on tropes and ideas indebted to a vision of Greece as "the cradle of democracy" even while reflecting their own time. This course will also have a creative component in either photography, film or creative writing.
CLCS 263T	1	Italian Myths of America: Sicily	Ferrari	W	13:00 - 15:45
Italian Myths and Counter-Myths of America: Sicily The stories told in the films and novels to be studied in this course were written by two generations of Italians typically associated in literary history with what has been called the mito americano, or American myth. Defining and contextualizing this myth will be among our first objectives. In what ways has the New World positively impacted Old World culture and, conversely, what are some of the negative perceptionsâ€”and apocalyptic anxietiesâ€”represented by Italian writers and filmmakers? Parallel to questions of national myths, the course also reflects on how and where Italian writers and filmmakers position themselves at the intersection of political ideology and creative engagement, personal identity construction and questions of social justice. The travel component of the class focuses on Sicilian cultural identity, both as it relates to the Italian peninsula and to the Sicilian diaspora.
HIS 275T	1	History of Modern Ireland	Hoey	W	13:00 - 15:45
History of Modern Ireland: Union and Dis-union, 1798-1998 Ireland has undergone profound social, economic and political changes over the last two centuries. Its history has been largely defined, for better or worse, by its relationship with its larger neighbor, Britain. This course critically examines the contours and effects of this often troubled relationship which can largely be defined as the struggle between union and dis-union, that is, either strengthening or severing the link with Britain. Going beyond these constitutional issues it also examines wider social and cultural changes; the famine and its legacy, the land revolution of the late nineteenth century, emigration, the â€˜Celtic Tigerâ€™ economy and Irelandâ€™s delayed sexual revolution.
POL 101T	1	Intro to International Relations: Vienna	Bucher	W	13:00 - 15:45
Introduction to International Relations: Vienna This Academic Travel course provides the basic analytic tools necessary for the understanding of international relations. After a brief introduction to realist, liberal, English School and constructivist approaches to the study of international relations, the course covers various fundamental concepts, such as national power, foreign policy, conflict, political economy, international trade and international organizations. The travel program will focus on Vienna which provides us with the opportunity to not only learn about international organizations, but also the historical development of European politics and diplomacy
POL 176T	1	International Environmental Politics	Zanecchia	W	13:00 - 15:45
International Environmental Politics The resolution of global environmental problems has been problematic for nation-states. Hence, international cooperation is essential for exploring and applying solutions. This course will first examine the origins of environmental problems facing nations such as climate change, desertification, pollution, and international trade in endangered species. Further topics for investigation will include the impact of globalization and the feasibility of sustainable development in the industrial north and developing south, as well as the effectiveness of international treaties such as the Kyoto Protocol and CITES. The academic travel destination will be within Switzerland, including planned visits to Pro Natura nature reserves and the WWF in Zurich. The experiential component may also include site visits to examples of sustainable development within Switzerland such as Zermatt and Grindelwald, as well as an overnight hike to alpine habitats.
SJS 377T	1	Sustainable Education in Madagascar	Galli	W	13:00 - 15:45
Sustainable Education and Language Learning in Madagascar This course concentrates on language teaching and educational materials development in collaboration with rural schools in Northern Madagascar. Franklin students in this course work with the Swiss NGO, Boky Mamiko ("Books my Love"), which has cooperated in recent years in Madagascar with local community school directors, teachers, students, and community leaders in the areas of education, employment creation, health and nutrition, and environmental protection. In the first half of the course, Franklin students will gain insights about Madagascar and its educational system using concepts from the study of poverty, employment and development strategies in low-income countries. Students will also learn fundamentals of language teaching pedagogy and materials development, including doing some practice teaching in local Ticino contexts. During the academic travel portion of the course, students learn from school directors, teachers, students, and community leaders about the local culture, environment, language, lifestyle and related challenges. Franklin students will document their experience with pictures and personal notes, which they will use later to develop educational materials. Students also carry out some pilot teaching and testing of the English language skills of the children at the schools. Following a model of reciprocal learning, Malagasy language sessions will be organized by the local students for the Franklin students. Upon return to campus, Franklin students will use what they have learned to develop ad hoc educational materials for teaching English, Italian or other subjects of their choice (such as local geography, history or environmental education). These materials ideally should include some creativity, such as for instance writing or illustrating a childrenâ€™s storybook, designing flash cards or creating educational games. This Academic Travel course is best suited for students with some proficiency in French (the countryâ€™s second national language) and requires the flexibility to adapt to simple living conditions and to possible changes in itineraries. NOTE: This Academic Travel course carries a supplemental fee: CHF 1,000 (for students invoiced in CHF) or USD 1,085 (for students invoiced in USD)
SOC 100T	1	Introduction to Sociology (Paris)	Schwak	W	13:00 - 15:45
Introduction to Sociology (Paris) What is "society"? What does its structure look like and how does it work? How does it change? Why does it change? How do are individuals and society intertwined? This course provides students with the tools to answer these questions. Modern societies have experienced dramatic social changes with the emergence of individualism, new class structures, the development of urban life or changing relationships between individuals and their natural environments. Sociology provides an understanding of these changes by studying human interactions and forms of social organization. In this course, students will be introduced to major sociological thinkers, concepts and approaches. This Academic Travel course will take students to France, and Paris more specifically. This will allow students to trace the steps of some of the most influential sociologists ranging from (e.g.) August Comte to Emile Durkheim and Pierre Bourdieu. Paris furthermore presents itself as a sociologically very intriguing city to approach with a sociological gaze.
TVL 353	1	UAE and Oman: Economic Transform	Cordon	W	13:00 - 14:15
UAE and Oman: Economic Transformation The small states in the Arab Peninsula, also known as Trucial States, were largely underdeveloped until recently. Before the 1930s their economies were based mostly on fishing, small-scale trading and pearl diving. Geopolitically, their importance lay mostly as a staging point for British interests in the region. The discovery of large oil and gas resources changed their fortunes dramatically. Foresighted and astute leaders turned dormant cities into economic powerhouses, while at the same time creating some of the worldâ€™s most comprehensive welfare systems, at least for their fortunate citizens. Building on the resource wealth, they have developed efficient service and trading industries. The UAE boasts two of the biggest airports and most profitable airlines in the world, in addition to many architectural and engineering showpieces. The Sultanate of Oman has managed to hold on to more traditional lifestyles, while modernizing its infrastructure and developing its seaports. This Academic Travel will focus on the rapid transformation of these countries, paying special attention to the role of business and the difficult balance between modernity and tradition. We will visit their capitals â€“Abu Dhabi and Muscatâ€”as well as hyper-dynamic Dubai and more traditional inland towns. Readings and discussions will focus on the successful development of business-friendly economies. This travel will involve extensive political and economic analysis. Students will be expected to understand and respect local cultural traditions, and to participate in ALL group activities. Depending on conditions, the travel may also include Doha (Qatar), host of the 2022 Soccer World Cup. NOTE: This Academic Travel carries a supplemental fee: CHF 800 (for students invoiced in CHF) or USD 870 (for students invoiced in USD)
CLCS 497	1	Capstone Research	Ferrari	W	16:00 - 18:45
Capstone Research CLCS 497 is the first of two capstone courses for majors in CLCS, and will follow the trajectory of a traditional reading course. Students and the professor will choose an extensive reading list that includes fundamental, primary and theoretical texts in literature and CLCS taken largely from the courses taught in the disciplines. Students will then choose their own texts to add to the core list that represent the individual student's particular area of interest. Class sessions will be devoted to the development of the list and subsequent discussion of the chosen works. Evaluation pieces include a comprehensive exam and a proposal for the subsequent thesis (CLCS 499) or internship project (CLCS 498).
ECN 365	1	Investment Analysis I	Colombo	W	16:00 - 18:45
Investment Analysis I This course focuses on the basic concepts of value and risk, and explores the principles that guide strategic investment decisions. Major emphasis is placed on the notion of net present value, the evaluation and pricing of bonds and stocks, and the definition and measurement of risk. The concepts of portfolio risk and expected return, as well as the role of portfolio diversification are carefully investigated. Students are then introduced to market efficiency, portfolio theory and the relationship between risk and return in the context of alternative theories, mainly the capital asset pricing model and the arbitrage pricing theory. (Recommended: ECN 225, ECN 256; Strongly Recommended: MAT 200)
PHYS 101L	1	Lab Physics for Health Sciences	Della Croce	W	16:00 - 18:45
Laboratory to Physics for the Health Sciences The laboratory course parallels the topics in PHYS 101 and provides lab-based investigations of the material covered in PHYS 101. Students must register for both PHY 101 and the lab section concurrently (This course carries an additional fee for laboratory supplies).

CLCS 120	1	Introduction to Creative Writing	Stuart	Th	17:30 - 20:15
Introduction to Creative Writing This course presents an introduction to creative writing through a variety of genres, including poetry, prose, fiction and non-fiction. By paying close attention both to literary models and original student writing, this class asks that participants reflect on the relationship between reading and writing, and voice and context. Students will compose short pieces in a variety of genres and present them for critique in weekly workshops. A final portfolio of all work during the semester will act as a springboard for more advanced courses in creative writing.

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