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Hewlett Grant Recipients 2002 |
Proseminar Development:
Dana Luciana and Susan Sanchez-Casal: Coming of Age in America
COLL 130F: An interdisciplinary analysis of what it means to come of age as an “American.” Particular attention paid to factors of culture, race, class, gender, disability and sexual orientation. Discussion based on the ways in which different fields – the arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences – define and present youth and Americanness. (Writing-intensive.) (Proseminar.) Open to first-year students only. Group attendance at lectures, films, campus events required. Three sections writing-intensive. Maximum enrollment, 16. View Susan Sanchez-Casal's syllabus.
Sophomore Seminar Development:
Cheryl Morgan: Around '68/ Social Movements
Katheryn Doran, Carol Drogus, Barbara Gold, and Jinnie Garrett: Social Movements: The Environment
SOPH 265S: What is a social movement? This seminar provides an interdisciplinary critical examination of environmental social movements on the global and local levels, considering how they represent themselves and have been represented, how they have changed through history, the ethical debates that inform them, as well as how they have both shaped and been shaped by structures of power and privilege. Off-campus work required. Prerequisite, one course in introductory science for Garrett's section. Doran's section will count for the philosophy concentration. View syllabus.
Tracy Sharpley-Whiting and Todd Franklin: Race Matters
SOPH 215S: The course will assess whether, how much, and why race influences education, economic trends, politics and culture. Special attention to general intellectual and cultural trends, as well as to the hard politics of welfare reform, affirmative action, the criminal justice system, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and the ways in which race informs and shapes such policies and politics. May count toward concentration in Africana studies. View syllabusDepartmental Course Revision:
Julie Dunsmore: Child Development
PSY 211S Child Development: An introduction to the science of child behavior. Perceptual, cognitive, linguistic, social and personality development from birth through childhood. Prerequisite, 101. View Syllabus.
Ella Gant: Introduction to Video, Video Workshop
ART 213S: Introduction to Video. Fundamentals of camera work and digital editing for videography. Introduction to critical, theoretical and historical contexts of the medium. Emphasis on traditional and non-traditional uses for and assumptions about video. Group critiques. Not open to seniors. Maximum enrollment, 12.ART 313S: Video Workshop. Special topics, such as video history, activism, consorship and installation work. Emphasis on exploration of personal vision combined with awareness of aesthetic, social, cultural and political history as they relate to videography. May be repeated for credit at increasingly advanced levels. Prerequisite, 213. Maximum enrollment, 10.
Steve Orvis: Introduction to Comparative Politics
GOV 112S: Introduction to the study of non-American national political systems, emphasizing authority, legitimacy and processes of state- and nation-building. Comparison of alternate forms of political development in selected Western and non-Western countries. Writing-intensive. Open to junior and senior non-majors with consent of instructor only. Maximum enrollment, 40.
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