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DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AAS 384 Prejudice: Its Causes, Consequences, and Cures Professor(s): Stacey A. Sinclair Description/Objectives: Prejudice is one of the most contentious topics in modern American society. There is debate regarding its causes, pervasiveness, and impact. This goal of this course is to familiarize students with the psychological research relevant to these questions. We will review theoretical perspectives on prejudice to develop an understanding of its cognitive, affective, and motivational underpinnings. We will also discuss how these psychological biases relate to evaluations of, and behavior toward, members of targeted groups. In addition, research-based strategies for reducing prejudice will be discussed. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm T Th ANTHROPOLOGY ANT 207 The American Family in Law and Society Professor(s): Lawrence Rosen Description/Objectives: The course will focus on the conflicts occasioned by changing family patterns, the role of technology in conflicts over procreation and rights of the fetus, the decision concerning same-sex marriage and its implications for polygamy, and the comparative development of laws of inheritance and incest. Multicultural issues will also figure prominently in the course. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T ANT 215 Human Adaptation Professor(s): Janet M. Monge, Page Selinsky Description/Objectives: Human adaptation focuses on human anatomy and behavior from an evolutionary perspective. Lectures and weekly laboratory sessions focus on the evolution of the human brain, dentition and skeleton to provide students with a practical understanding of the anatomy and function of the human body and its evolution, as well as some of its biological limitations. No science background is required on the part of the student. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm M W ARCHITECTURE ARC203 Introduction to Architectural Thinking Professor(s): Stanley T. Allen The objective of this course is to provide a broad overview of the discipline of architecture: its history,

theories, methodologies; its manners of thinking and working. Rather than a chronological survey, the course will be organized thematically, with examples drawn from a range of historical periods as well as contemporary practice. Through lectures, readings, and discussions every student will acquire a working knowledge of key texts, buildings and architectural concepts. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 pm T TH ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY ART 100 An Introduction to the History of Art: Meanings in the Visual Arts Professor(s): Anna Arabindan Kesson Description/Objectives: Introduction to the history of art and to the discipline of art history. Not a comprehensive survey but a sampling of arts -- painting, sculpture, architecture, photography and prints -- and artistic practices from diverse historical periods, regions, and cultures. The course balances consideration of historical developments with attention to individual works of art. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am M W ART 201 Roman Architecture Professor(s): Michael Koortbojian Description/Objectives: This course will examine the architecture of the Romans, from its mythic beginnings (as recounted, for example, by Vitruvius) to the era of the high empire. Topics will include: city planning; the transformation of the building trades; civic infrastructure; and the full breadth of Roman structures, both public and private. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am T Th ART 213 Modernist Art: 1900 to 1950 Professor(s): Hal Foster Description/Objectives: A critical study of the major movements, paradigms, and documents of modernist art from Post-Impressionism to the "Degenerate" art show. Among our topics: primitivism, abstraction, collage, the readymade, machine aesthetics, photographic reproduction, the art of the insane, artists in political revolution, anti-modernism. Schedule: 9:00 am - 9:50 am M W ART 228 Art and Power in the Middle Ages Professor(s): Charles E. Barber, Beatrice E. Kitzinger Description/Objectives: In twelve weeks this course will examine major art works from the twelve centuries (300-1500 CE) that encompass the European Middle

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Ages. Presenting works from Europe and the Middle East, the course will introduce students to the art of Catholicism and Orthodoxy, Judaism and Islam; the great courts of the Eastern- and Holy Roman Empires, and the roving Vikings, Celts and Visigoths. Students will not only be invited to consider how art can represent and shape notions of sacred and secular power, but will also come to understand how the work of 'art' in this period is itself powerful and, sometimes, dangerous. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am M W ART 233 Renaissance Art and Architecture Professor(s): Carolina Mangone Description/Objectives: What was the Renaissance? This class explores the major artistic currents that swept northern and southern Europe from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries in an attempt to answer that question. In addition to considering key themes such as the revival of antiquity, imitation and license, religious devotion, artistic style, and the art market, we will survey significant works by artists and architects including Donatello, Raphael, Leonardo, Jan van Eyck, Durer, and Michelangelo. Schedule: 9:00 am - 9:50 am T Th ART 248 Photography's History from Analog to Digital Professor(s): Anne McCauley Description/Objectives: A survey of photography from its multiple inventions in the early nineteenth century to its digital omnipresence in the present day. Themes will include photography's power to define the "real"; its emulation and eventual transformation of the traditional fine arts; and its role in the construction of personal and collective memories. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am T Th ART 260 Introduction to African Art Professor(s): Chika O. Okeke-Agulu Description/Objectives: An introduction to African art and architecture from prehistory to the 20th century. Beginning with Paleolithic rock art of northern and southern Africa, we will cover ancient Nubia and Meroe; Neolithic cultures such as Nok, Djenne and Ife; African kingdoms, including Benin, Asante, Bamun, Kongo, Kuba, Great Zimbabwe, and the Zulu; Christian Ethiopia and the Islamic Swahili coast; and other societies, such as the Sherbro, Igbo, and the Maasai. By combining Africa's cultural history and developments in artistic forms we establish a long historical view of the stunning diversity of the continent's indigenous arts and architecture. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm T Th

ASTROPHYSICAL SCIENCES AST 205 Planets in the Universe Professor(s): Gaspar Bakos Description/Objectives: This is an introductory course in astronomy focusing on planets in our Solar System, and around other stars (exoplanets). First we review the formation, evolution and properties of the Solar system. Following an introduction to stars, we then discuss the exciting new field of exoplanets; discovery methods, earth-like planets, and extraterrestrial life. Core values of the course are quantitative analysis and hands-on experience, including telescopic observations. This STN course is designed for the non-science major and has no prerequisites past high school algebra and geometry. See www.astro.princeton.edu/planets for important changes. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm T Th CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING CBE 245 Introduction to Chemical Engineering Principles Professor(s): Lynn Loo Description/Objectives: Introduction to chemical engineering analysis and computations. Course starts with unit conversions and conventions for representing processes and process variables in engineering calculations. Continues with methods for generating flow sheets and analyzing mass balances both with and without chemical reactions. Rules associated with energy conservation and energy balance calculations in non-reacting and reacting systems are also covered. Ultimately, full process calculations, including chemical reactions with energy changes and multiphase systems are covered. Schedule: 8:30 am - 9:50 am M W CBE 260 Ethics and Technology: Engineering in the Real World Professor(s): Jay B. Benziger Description/Objectives: This course examines engineering as a profession and the responsibilities of that profession to society. Professional responsibilities of engineers are compared to those of lawyers, doctors, scientists and businessmen. Ethical theories are introduced as frameworks to guide decisions of technology implementation. Simple quantitative decision making concepts, including risk-benefit analysis, are introduced as a method for engineers to make ethically optimal choices. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am T Th

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CBE 341 Mass, Momentum, and Energy Transport Professor(s): Mark P. Brynildsen Description/Objectives: Course will survey modeling and solution methods for the transport of fluids, heat and chemical species in response to differences in pressure, temperature and concentration. Both steady state and transient behavior will be examined. Topics include fluid statics; conservation equations for mass, momentum and energy; dimensional analysis; viscous flow at high and low Reynolds number; thermal conduction; convective heat and mass transfer, correlations; diffusion and interphase mass transfer. Working knowledge of calculus, linear algebra, and ordinary differential equations is assumed. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am M W F CBE 415 Polymers Professor(s): Richard A. Register Description/Objectives: Broad introduction to polymer science and technology, including polymer chemistry (major synthetic routes to polymers), polymer physics (solution and melt behavior, solid-state morphology and properties), and polymer engineering (overview of reaction engineering and melt processing methods). Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T Th CBE 433 Introduction to the Mechanics and Dynamics of Soft Living Matter Professor(s): Clifford P. Brangwynne Description/Objectives: This course introduces the concepts of soft condensed matter and their use in understanding the mechanical properties, dynamic behavior, and self-assembly of living biological materials. We will take an engineering approach that emphasizes the application of fundamental physical concepts to a diverse set of problems taken from the literature, including mechanical properties of biopolymers and the cytoskeleton, directed and random molecular motion within cells, aggregation and collective movement of cells, and phase transitions and critical behavior in the self-assembly of lipid membranes and intracellular structures. Schedule: 9:00 am - 10:20 am T Th CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CEE 102A Engineering in the Modern World Professor(s): Michael G. Littman Description/Objectives: Lectures and readings focus on bridges, railroads, power plants, steamboats, telegraph, highways, automobiles, aircraft, computers, and the microchip. Historical analysis provides a basis for

studying societal impact by focusing on scientific, political, ethical, and aesthetic aspects in the evolution of engineering over the past two and a half centuries. The precepts and the papers will focus historically on engineering ideas including the social and political issues raised by these innovations and how they were shaped by society as well as how they helped shape culture. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am M W CEE 205 Mechanics of Solids Professor(s): Sigrid M. Adriaenssens Description/Objectives: This course teaches fundamental principles of solid mechanics. Equilibrium equations, reactions, internal forces, stress, strain, Mohr's circle, and Hooke's law. Analysis of the stress and deformation in simple structural members for safe and stable engineering design. Axial force in bars, torsion in shafts, bending and shearing in beams, stability of elastic columns, strain transformation, stress transformation, combined loadings, design project. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T Th CEE 207 Introduction to Environmental Engineering Professor(s): Ian C. Bourg Description/Objectives: The course introduces the basic chemical and physical processes of relevance in environmental engineering. Mass and energy balance and transport concepts are introduced and the chemical principles governing reaction kinetics and phase partitioning are presented. We then turn our focus to the applications in environmental engineering problems related to water and air pollution. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm M W CEE 305 Environmental Fluid Mechanics Professor(s): Elie R. Bou-Zeid Description/Objectives: The course starts by introducing the conservation principles and related concepts used to describe fluids and their behavior. Mass conservation is addressed first, with a focus on its application to pollutant transport problems in environmental media. Momentum conservation, including the effects of buoyancy and earth's rotation, is then presented. Fundamentals of heat transfer are then combined with the first law of thermodynamics to understand the coupling between heat and momentum transport. We then proceed to apply these laws to study air and water flows in various environmental systems, with a focus on the atmospheric boundary layer. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm T Th

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CEE 361 Matrix Structural Analysis and Introduction to Finite-Element Methods Professor(s): Jean H. Prevost Description/Objectives: Basic concepts of matrix structural analysis. Direct stiffness method. Axial force member. Beam bending member. Formation of element stiffness matrix. Assembling of global stiffness matrix. Introduction of boundary conditions. Solution of linear algebraic equations. Special analysis procedures. The finite element method. Introduction and basic formulation. Heat diffusion, plane stress and plane strain elasticity problems. Plate bending problems. The use and implementation of structural analysis and finite element computer codes using MATLAB is emphasized throughout the course. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T Th CEE 366 Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures Professor(s): Richard B. Garlock Description/Objectives: Materials in reinforced concrete. Flexural analysis and design of beams. Shear and diagonal tension in beams. Short columns. Frames. Serviceability. Bond, anchorage and development length. Slabs. Special topics. Introduction to design of steel structures. Schedule: 9:30 am - 10:50 am T Th CEE 467 Design and Behavior of Steel Structures Professor(s): Maria E. Garlock Description/Objectives: Topics in the design and analysis of steel structures are covered such as geometric properties and stresses of built-up shapes, columns (including plate buckling), beams, tension members, beam-columns. Schedule: 9:00 am - 10:50 am M W CEE 471 Introduction to Water Pollution Technology Professor(s): Peter R. Jaffe Description/Objectives: An introduction to the science of water quality management and pollution control in natural systems; fundamentals of biological and chemical transformations in natural waters; identification of sources of pollution; water and wastewater treatment methods; fundamentals of water quality modeling. Schedule: 8:30 am - 9:50 am T Th CHINESE CHI 411 Readings in Modern Chinese Intellectual History Professor(s): Chih-p'ing Chou

Description/Objectives: Designed to give students who have had advanced training in modern Chinese an opportunity for directed readings in their own fields. The focus of readings is modern Chinese intellectual history. Schedule: 3:30 pm - 4:20 pm M UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR HUMAN VALUES CHV 375 Clues, Evidence, Detection: Law Stories Professor(s): Peter P. Brooks Description/Objectives: The seminar will look at stories in the law and about the law: court cases that turn on competing versions of a story, and how narrative "conviction" comes about, as well as fictional and non-fiction accounts of mystery, crime, investigation, and detection in literature and film. The course will introduce students to some issues in criminal law and procedure as well as to the analysis of narrative. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T CLASSICS CLA 212 Classical Mythology Professor(s): Brooke A. Holmes Description/Objectives: An introduction to the classical myths in their cultural context and in their wider application to human concerns (such as creation, sex and gender, identity, transformation, and death). The course will offer a who's who of the ancient imaginative world, study the main ancient sources of well-known stories, and introduce modern approaches to analyzing myths. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm T Th COMPARATIVE LITERATURE COM 202 Introduction to Jewish Cultures Professor(s): Lital Levy Description/Objectives: This introductory course focuses on the cultural syncretism and the global diversity of Jewish experience. It provides a comparative understanding of Jewish culture from antiquity to the present, examining how Jewish culture has emerged through the interaction of Jews and non-Jews, engaging a wide spectrum of cultures throughout the Jewish world, and following representations of key issues such as sexuality or the existence of God in different eras. The course's interdisciplinary approach covers Bible and Talmud, Jewish mysticism, Zionism, Jewish cinema, music, food, modern literature, and graphic arts. All readings and films are in English. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T

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COM 205 The Classical Roots of Western Literature Professor(s): Leonard Barkan Description/Objectives: A reading of some of the greatest works of literature in the European tradition from Homer to Shakespeare. The course is also designed as an introduction to Comparative Literature--that is, a reading of literary works across the boundaries of time, geography, and language. All works taught in English. Schedule: 12:30 pm - 1:20 pm M W COM 300 Junior Seminar: Introduction to Comparative Literature Professor(s): Eileen A. Reeves Description/Objectives: The Junior Seminar will investigate the literal and figurative meanings of the phrase "the place of literature." How relevant is geography to literature? How do we distinguish between imagination, invention, and falsehood when considering a literary setting? How well, far, and fast do texts travel? How do contemporary texts convey the particulars of transient populations and non-native speakers? What does an individual text disclose about its origins and potential destinations? What does it mean to map a text? We will discuss these and related questions in the context of both literary and theoretical work. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm M COM 351 Great Books from Little Languages Professor(s): David M. Bellos , Liesl M. Yamaguchi Description/Objectives: For historical reasons most books that come into English are translated from just a few languages, creating a misleading impression of the spread of literature itself. This course provides an opportunity to discover literary works from languages with small reading populations which rarely attract academic attention in the USA. It also offers tools to reflect critically on the networks of selection that determine which books reach English-language readers; the role of literature in the maintenance of national identities; the role of translation; and the concept of "world literature" in Comparative Literary Studies. Schedule: 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm M COMPUTER SCIENCE COS 109 Computers in Our World Professor(s): David P. Dobkin Description/Objectives: Computers are all around us. How does this affect the world we live in? This course is a broad introduction to computing technology for humanities and social sciences students. Topics will be drawn from current issues and events, and will include discussion of how computers work; what programming

is and why it is hard; how the Internet and the Web work; security and privacy. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm T Th COS 318 Operating Systems Professor(s): Jaswinder P. Singh Description/Objectives: An introduction to operating systems. Emphasis is on the fundamentals of how to design and implement an operating system. Topics include operating system structure, processes, threads, synchronizations, concurrent programming, inter-process communications, virtual memory, I/O device management, and file systems. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm M W COS 340 Reasoning about Computation Professor(s): Bernard Chazelle Description/Objectives: An introduction to mathematical topics relevant to computer science. Combinatorics and probability will be covered in the context of computer science applications. The course will present a computer science approach to thinking and modeling through topics such as dealing with uncertainty in data and handling large data sets. Students will be introduced to fundamental concepts such as NP-completeness and cryptography that arise from the world view of efficient computation. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm M W COS 402 Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Professor(s): Elad Hazan, Xiaoyan Li Description/Objectives: This course will provide a basic introduction to the core principles, algorithms and techniques of modern artificial intelligence and machine learning research and practice. Main topics will include: 1. Problem solving using search, with applications to game playing 2. Probabilistic reasoning in the presence of uncertainty 3. Hidden Markov models and speech recognition 4. Markov decision processes and reinforcement learning 5. Machine learning using decision trees, neural nets and more. 6. Basic principles of mathematical optimization for learning Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T Th COS 487 Theory of Computation Professor(s): Robert E. Tarjan Description/Objectives: Introduction to computability and complexity theory. Topics will include models of computation such as finite automata, pushdown automata, and Turing machines; decidability and decidability; computational complexity; P, NP, and NP completeness; others.

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Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm M W EAST ASIAN STUDIES EAS 229 Contemporary East Asia Professor(s): David Leheny Description/Objectives: This course is an introduction to the societies, cultures, and politics of contemporary East Asia. The rise of East Asia has inspired Western observers to reflect on the ways in which capitalism, democracy, and modern social relationships can unfold in different ways. It has also prompted debates about the development of political systems, about the most efficient and just ways to organize economic growth, and even about what constitutes Asia. Although the course will focus especially on China, Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam, we will draw special attention to issues that cut across national boundaries. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm M W ECONOMICS ECO 100 Introduction to Microeconomics Professor(s): Harvey S. Rosen Description/Objectives: Economics is the study of how people and societies deal with scarcity. This course focuses on the advantages and disadvantages of market systems for allocating scarce resources. Schedule: 2:30 pm - 3:20 pm T Th ECO 101 Introduction to Macroeconomics Professor(s): Elizabeth C. Bogan Description/Objectives: The theory of the determination of the level of national income and economic activity, including an examination of the financial system. Emphasis on economic growth and such economic problems as inflation, unemployment and recession, and on appropriate policy responses. Some attention is also paid to international issues. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am T Th ECO 302 Econometrics Professor(s): Kirill Evdokimov Description/Objectives: Develop facility with basic econometric methods and the ability to apply them to actual problems and understand their application in other substantive course work in economics. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm M W ECO 324 Law and Economics Professor(s): Thomas C. Leonard Description/Objectives: An introduction to the

economics of law. Application of price theory and welfare analysis to problems and actual cases in the common law - property, contracts, torts - and to criminal and constitutional law. Topics include the Coase Theorem, intellectual property, inalienable goods, product liability, crime and punishment, and social choice theory. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T TH ECO 331 Economics of the Labor Market Professor(s): Orley C. Ashenfelter Description/Objectives: To provide a general overview of labor markets. Covering labor force participation, the allocation of time to market work, migration, labor demand, investment in human capital (education, on-the-job training, man-power training), discrimination, unions and unemployment. The course will also examine the impact of government programs (such as unemployment insurance, minimum wages, or a negative income tax) on the labor market. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm M W ECO 342 Money and Banking Professor(s): Valentin Haddad Description/Objectives: This course explores the role that money, financial markets and institutions, and monetary policy play in shaping the economic environment. We investigate why these markets and institutions arise and may lubricate the resource allocation analytically (rather than descriptively), using tools of economic theory. Schedule: 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm T Th ECO 353 International Monetary Economics Professor(s): Staff Description/Objectives: This course studies topics in open-economy macroeconomics and international finance. Topics include Exchange Rates, Current Account Imbalances, Inflation, Sovereign Debt, and Open Economy Macroeconomics. The course will include economic theory as well as several applications. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm M W ECO 372 Economics Europe Professor(s): Silvia Weyerbrock Description/Objectives: Europe is at a crossroads. Political and economic integration in the European Union (EU) exceeds levels reached in the rest of the world. Economic integration not only affects trade but also migration, agriculture, competition, regions, energy, and money. Most euro areas economies have been struggling with interlocking crises involving debt, banking and growth, which challenge the viability of

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monetary union. The EU is now facing an acute migration crisis. This course studies economic integration in Europe, the ongoing crises, and economic challenges facing EU member countries. It uses economic analysis to study policy issues. Schedule: 8:30 am - 9:50 am T Th ECO 467 Institutional Finance, Trading, and Markets Professor(s): Stephan Luck Description/Objectives: This course covers important theoretical concepts and recent developments in asset pricing under asymmetric information, financial intermediation, behavioral finance and market microstructure. Topics include market efficiency, liquidity crises, asset price bubbles, herding, risk management, market design and financial regulation. The course examines these concepts theoretically as well as via simulation software, whereby classic decision-making settings are realistically revisited in a competitive classroom environment. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 4:20 pm M PROGRAM IN EUROPEAN CULTURAL STUDIES ECS 310 European Romanticism and the Emergence of Modern War Professor(s): Daniel L. Hoffman-Schwartz Description/Objectives: Counter to received wisdom, it is in the Romantic period, not the 20th century, that war assumes its modern form as "total war." We will examine how literary, philosophical, and artistic Romanticisms grapple with this new phenomenon. Subtopics include: war, media, technology; landscape, spectatorship, and the sublime; cosmopolitanism, nationalism, and the concept of Europe. Readings from Kant, Hegel, Coleridge, Charlotte Smith, Fichte, Clausewitz, Kleist, Stendhal, Austen, de Quincey, and Hazlitt, along with recent scholarship on this topic (Bell, Favret, Mieszkowski), and relevant critical theory (Freud, Butler). Schedule: 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm T Th ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY EEB 211 Life on Earth: Chaos and Clockwork of Biological Design Professor(s): Daniel I. Rubenstein Description/Objectives: An examination of how life evolved and how organisms function. Design--'intelligent' and otherwise--will provide a unifying theme. Why do some microbes produce slime and others

do not? Why are males brightly colored in some species, but in others females are the showy sex? Why do humans have knees that fail whereas horses and zebras do not? These and other 'why is it so' questions related to the origin and history of life, genetic code, biochemistry, physiology, morphology and body plans, sex and reproduction, cooperation, and ecosystems will be explored. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm M W EEB 308 Conservation Biology Professor(s): Martha M. Hurley Description/Objectives: An in-depth exposure to topics in conservation biology emphasizing the application of scientific concepts to our understanding of the problems that threaten biodiversity, ecosystems, and priority conservation regions. Topics will include: how we define, measure, and rank `biodiversity'; conservation genetics; demography; landscape ecology; protected area design; endangered species recovery; and major anthropogenic threats, including climate change and habitat degradation. To a lesser degree, this course will address some of the political, economic, and cultural aspects of conservation. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm M W EEB 309 Evolutionary Biology Professor(s): Bridgett M. vonHoldt Description/Objectives: All life on Earth has, and continues to, evolve. This course will explore evolution within two frameworks: conservation genetics and species interactions. In the first half of the course, we will explore fundamental processes that work together to shape biodiversity and viability, both at the organismal and molecular levels. We then will examine how species interactions can be the driver of change, from sexual selection to predation and pathogens. Overall, this course will provide you with the basic tools to understand how evolution continues to shape contemporary ecological and the phenotypic traits we observe on our planet. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm M W EEB 313 Behavioral Ecology Professor(s): Christina P. Riehl Description/Objectives: How does a swarm of honeybees collectively decide on a new site for their hive? When a mother mouse protects her young, are her behaviors genetically determined? Why do ravens share food with each other? This course is an introduction to behavioral ecology, which asks why animals act the way they do, how their behaviors have been shaped by natural selection, and how these behaviors influence their surroundings. We will first discuss behaviors at the individual level, then move to reproductive behaviors. The final section of the course will focus on social

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evolution, the origins of cooperation, and human behavioral ecology. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm T Th ENGINEERING EGR 200 Creativity, Innovation, and Design Professor(s): Sheila V. Pontis Description/Objectives: The class mission is to give students an understanding of the sources and processes associated with creativity, innovation, and design - three interdependent capabilities essential to our own well-being, as well as to the well-being of society. We will study the internal and external factors that relate to our own ability to create, innovate, and design. We will also understand the factors that impact a group's ability to act creatively, to innovate, and to produce practical and appealing designs. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am EGR 488 Designing Ventures To Change the World Professor(s): John D. Danner Description/Objectives: This course offers an interdisciplinary, hands-on, immersive opportunity to design services, technologies, products and ventures addressing the UN's 17 new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through a diverse portfolio of high-impact solo and team-based projects. Our course will weave together three strands of analysis and action: in-classroom exposure to entrepreneurship/social venture development and exploration of selected SDGs. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am M W ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ELE 206 Contemporary Logic Design Professor(s): Sharad Malik Description/Objectives: Introduction to the basic concepts in logic design that form the basis of computation and communication circuits. Logic gates and memory elements. Timing methodologies. Finite state systems. Programmable logic. Basic computer organization. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm T Th ELE 208A Electronic and Photonic Devices Professor(s): Claire F. Gmachl Description/Objectives: Explores ways in which semiconductor devices harness and control electrons and photons to generate, store or transmit information. The basics of semiconductor electronics and photonics are introduced. Discusses diodes, transistors, LEDs, solar-cells, and lasers, which form the foundations of

integrated circuits, microchips, displays, cameras, etc. Nanotechnology, a recent addition to devices and systems, is introduced. Laboratory: fundamentals of micro and nano-fabrication, fabrication of Si integrated circuits, semiconductor light emitters, quantum devices. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am M W F ELE 341 Solid-State Devices Professor(s): Barry P. Rand Description/Objectives: The physics and technology of solid state devices. Review of electronic structure of semiconductors, energy bands and doping, followed by discussion of carrier transport by drift and diffusion and recombination/generation. Detailed analysis of p-n junctions, bipolar transistors and field effect transistors. Survey of a wide range of devices, including photodetectors, solar cells, light-emitting diodes and semiconductor lasers, highlighting contemporary concepts such as thin film electronics and 2D semiconductors. Prior knowledge or ELE208. Schedule: 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm T Th ELE 381 Networks: Friends, Money and Bytes Professor(s): Daniel M. Andrews Description/Objectives: This course is oriented around 20 practical questions in the social, economic, and technological networks in our daily lives. How does Google sell ad spaces and rank webpages? How does Netflix recommend movies and Amazon rank products? How do I influence people on Facebook and Twitter? Why doesn't the Internet collapse under congestion, and does it have an Achilles heel? Why does each gigabyte of mobile data cost $10, but Skype is free? How come WiFi is slower at hotspots than at home, and what is inside the cloud of iCloud? In formulating and addressing these questions, we introduce the fundamental concepts behind the networking industry. Schedule: 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm M W ELE 396 Introduction to Quantum Computing Professor(s): Andrew A. Houck Description/Objectives: This course will introduce the matrix form of quantum mechanics and discuss the concepts underlying the theory of quantum information. Some of the important algorithms will be discussed, as well as physical systems which have been suggested for quantum computing. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm M W F ELE 441 Solid-State Physics I Professor(s): Mansour Shayegan Description/Objectives: An introduction to the properties of solids. Theory of free electrons--classical

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and quantum. Crystal structure and methods of determination. Electron energy levels in a crystal: weak potential and tight-binding limits. Classification of solids--metals, semiconductors and insulators. Types of bonding and cohesion in crystals. Lattice dynamics, phonon spectra and thermal properties of harmonic crystals. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm M W F ELE 462 Design of Very Large-Scale Integrated (VLSI) Systems Professor(s): Naveen Verma Description/Objectives: Analysis and design of digital integrated circuits using deep sub-micron CMOS technologies as well as emerging and post-CMOS technologies (Si finFETs, III-V, carbon). Emphasis on design, including synthesis, simulation, layout and post-layout verification. Analysis of energy, power, performance, area of logic-gates, interconnect and signaling structures. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T Th ELE 470 Smartphone Security and Architecture Professor(s): Ruby B. Lee Description/Objectives: Smartphones are the de-facto computing and communications devices of tomorrow. They can access any information in cyberspace and perform any computations through cloud computing and locally. We study smartphone design and security through an architectural perspective. Topics include smartphone system architecture; System-on-Chip design; heterogeneous and multicore processors; sensors, multimedia, communications and storage subsystems; basic security concepts; hardware and software security in smartphones; security vulnerabilities; use and abuse of built-in sensors; associated wearables and Internet-of-Things; and security improvements. Other: after registration please email pucap@princeton.edu with your background in this subject area and the reason you registered for this class. Schedule: 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm M W ENERGY STUDIES ENE 267 Materials for Energy Technologies and Efficiency Professor(s): Claire E. White Description/Objectives: An introductory course focusing on new materials that are mitigating worldwide anthropogenic CO2 emissions and associated greenhouse gases. Emphasis will be placed on how materials science is used in energy technologies and energy efficiency; including solar power, cements and natural materials,

sustainable buildings, batteries, water filtration, and wind and ocean energy. Topics include: nanomaterials; composites; energy conversion processes; cost implications; life-cycle analysis; material degradation. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am T Th ENGLISH ENG 208 Reading Literature: The Essay Professor(s): Jeff Nunokawa Description/Objectives: This course will introduce students to the range of the essay form as it has developed from the early modern period to our own. The class will be organized, for the most part, chronologically, beginning with the likes of Bacon and ending with some lustrous contemporary examples of, and luminous reflections on, the form. We will consider how writers as various as Bacon, Hume, Johnson, Hazlitt, Emerson, Woolf, Baldwin, and Elizabeth Hardwick define and revise the shape and scope of those disparate aspirations in prose that have come to be called collectively The Essay. Schedule: 2:30 pm - 3:20 pm M W ENG 320 Shakespeare I Professor(s): Jeff Dolven Description/Objectives: The plays of the first half of Shakespeare's career, from the antic experiments of the early comedies to the fathomless mystery of Hamlet. We will consider the playwright's interest in the power of imagination, the art of rhetoric, storytelling (fictional and historical), literary genre (comedy, tragedy, chronicle), time, and love. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am T Th ENG 351 American Literature: 1865-1930 Professor(s): Lee C. Mitchell Description/Objectives: A study of the development of American literature within the context of the shifting social, intellectual, and literary conventions of the period. Emphasis will be on the artistic achievement of writers such as James, Howells, Twain, Dreiser, Crane, Adams, Wharton, Cather, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am M W ENG 368 American Literature: 1930-Present Professor(s): Lee C. Mitchell Description/Objectives: A study of eleven modern American writers over eighty years that emphasizes the transition from modernism to postmodernism to retro-realism.

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Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am T Th ENG 369 Contemporary Science Fiction/Speculative Fiction Professor(s): Alfred Bendixen Description/Objectives: An exploration of contemporary speculative fiction, with particular attention to the ways specific texts of the past fifty years have transformed science fiction into a richly imaginative literary form that challenges basic assumptions about the possibilities and limitations of human life. Our analysis of texts will focus on both the literary achievement and philosophical underpinnings of recent depictions of imagined futures, racial and gender identity, travels in time and space, and contacts with aliens, robots, and androids. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am M W ENG 390 The Bible as Literature Professor(s): Donald Vance Smith Description/Objectives: This course will study what it means to read the Bible in a literary way: what literary devices does it contain, and how has it influenced the way we read literature today? What new patterns and meanings emerge? This course will examine the structures and modes of the Biblical books; the formation of the canon and the history of the apocryphal or deuterocanonical books; questions authorship; its literary genres; histories of exegesis, interpretation, and commentary; the redaction, division, and ordering of biblical texts; the cultural, political, and intellectual worlds within which these texts were written. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm T Th GEOSCIENCES GEO 102a Climate: Past, Present and Future Professor(s): Daniel Sigman, Catherine Riihimaki Description/Objectives: An introduction to the processes that control Earth's climate; an overview of past climates from the distant past to the period of human history; and an investigation of ongoing climate changes and those predicted for the future, including the capacity of human activities to alter climate and the impacts of climate change on environment and society. Intended to be accessible to students not concentrating in science or engineering. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T Th GEO 203 Fundamentals of Solid Earth Science Professor(s): Jessica C. Irving Description/Objectives: A quantitative introduction to Solid Earth system science, focusing on the underlying physical and chemical processes and their geological and

geophysical expression. Through the course we investigate the Earth starting from its basic constituents and continue through its accretion, differentiation and evolution and discuss how these processes create and sustain habitable conditions on Earth's surface. Topics include nucleosynthesis, planetary thermodynamics, plate tectonics, seismology, geomagnetism, petrology, sedimentology and the global carbon cycle. Schedule: 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm T Th GEO 255A Life in the Universe Professor(s): Christopher F. Chyba, Tullis C. Onstott Description/Objectives: This course introduces students to a new field, Astrobiology, where scientists who are trained in biology, chemistry, astronomy and geology combine their skills to discover life's origins and to seek extraterrestrial life. Topics include: the origin of life on Earth; the prospects of life on Mars, Europa, Enceladus and extra-solar planets. Students will also compete in class to select landing sites and payloads for the next Mars mission. 255A is the core course for the Planets and Life certificate. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm M W GEO 361 Physics of Earth, the Habitable Planet Professor(s): Stephan A. Fueglistaler Description/Objectives: This course discusses the processes that control Earth's climate - and as such the habitability of Earth - with a focus on the atmosphere and the global hydrological cycle. The course balances overview lectures (also covering topics that have high media coverage like the 'Ozone hole' and 'Global warming', and the impact of volcanoes on climate) with selected in-depth analyses. The lectures are complemented with homework based on real data, demonstrating basic data analysis techniques employed in climate sciences. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T Th GEO 365 Evolution and Catastrophes Professor(s): Gerta Keller Description/Objectives: This course introduces students to the evolution of life and mass extinction's based on a broad survey of major events in Earth history as revealed by the fossil record. Concepts and techniques of paleontology are applied to all aspects, including colonization of the oceans, invasion of land, mass extinction's and evolutionary radiation's. The roles of major catastrophes in the history of life are evaluated, including meteorite impacts, volcanism, climate change, and oceanic anoxia. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 4:20 pm W GEO 378 Mineralogy

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Professor(s): Thomas S. Duffy Description/Objectives: Minerals are the fundamental building blocks of the Earth. Their physical, chemical, and structural properties determine the nature of the Earth and they are the primary recorders of the past history of the Earth and other planets. This course will provide a survey of the properties of the major rock-forming minerals. Topics include crystallography, crystal chemistry, mineral thermodynamics and mineral occurrence. Emphasis will be on the role of minerals in understanding geological processes. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T Th HISTORY HIS 207 History of East Asia to 1800 Professor(s): Willard J. Peterson, Thomas D. Conlon Description/Objectives: A general introduction to the history of the political cultures in China and Japan, with some heed to comparisons with developments in Korea and the Mediterranean worlds. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am M W HIS 211 Europe from Antiquity to 1700 Professor(s): Anthony T. Grafton Description/Objectives: This course shows how Greeks and Romans, Jews and Christians, nobles and merchants built the civilization of the west. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am M W HIS 241 Faith and Power in the Indian Ocean Arena Professor(s): Michael F. Laffan Description/Objectives: This course offers a chronological and topical overview of one of the world's most diverse and contested spaces. Sketching the deep linkages between East Africa, the Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, short focused readings and in-depth precepts will highlight such issues as the spread of Buddhism and Islam, the rise of colonialism, the importance of nationalist and third-worldist movements, the struggles for exclusive ethno-religious enclaves and the consequences for diasporic communities with ever-tightening links to the Americas, Europe and Australasia. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm T Th HIS 270 Asian American History Professor(s): Beth Lew-Williams Description/Objectives: This course introduces students to the multiple and varied experiences of people of Asian heritage in the United States from the 19th century to the

present day. It focuses on three major questions: (1) What brought Asians to the United States? (2) How did Asian Americans come to be viewed as a race? (3) How does Asian American experience transform our understanding of U.S. history? Using newspapers, novels, government reports, and films, this course will cover major topics in Asian American history, including Chinese Exclusion, Japanese internment, transnational adoption, and the model minority stereotype. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am T Th HIS 283 War in the Modern Western World Professor(s): David A. Bell Description/Objectives: A survey of the history of war in the Western world since the late middle ages. Will cover both "operational" military history (strategy, tactics, logistics, mobilization, etc.), and also the relationship of war to broad changes in politics, society and culture. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am T Th HIS 292 Science in the Modern World Professor(s): Michael D. Gordin Description/Objectives: This course covers the history of science and its interactions with broader society and culture from the death of Isaac Newton (1727) to the establishment of the modern science system (circa 1970). We will trace developments in various sciences, with a heavy emphasis on the physical and life sciences, to explore the ways in which science and public life have become increasingly separated. Emphasis on the spaces and technologies of science, genres of scientific communication, the place of science in the emerging nation-state, and contrasting themes of backwardness and modernity in several national contexts. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am T Th HIS 303 Colonial Latin America to 1810 Professor(s): Vera S. Candiani Description/Objectives: This course begins with the origins and consolidation of the Aztec, Inca and Iberian polities and ends with the severance of colonial ties. It combines an overview of the political economy of the region over three centuries with a study of how social groups interacted among themselves and with imperial rule over time through accommodation and conflict. We pay special attention to comparisons and contrasts -- centers and frontiers of settlement, urban and rural life, indigenous and African populations, religion and transgression, Portuguese and Spanish models of rule -- and to long-term processes and implications of environmental change. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am T Th

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HIS 324 Early Modern China Professor(s): He Bian Description/Objectives: This course surveys the history of China between 1400 and 1800, tracing the foundation and decline of the Ming dynasty, the consolidation of Manchu rule till the end of the High Qing era. The main aims are 1) to understand the tremendous changes in Chinese society during this period 2) to see the continued relevance of China's recent imperial past in its contemporary existence. Topics discussed include governance, morality, family life, religion, and ethnicity. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am T Th HIS 344 Civilization of the High Middle Ages Professor(s): William C. Jordan Description/Objectives: In lectures, to provide my interpretation (and a conspectus of differing interpretations) of the civilization of Western Europe, 11th-14th century; by the readings, to introduce students to the variety of surviving sources; through the paper, to give students a taste of doing medieval history. Schedule: 9:00 am - 9:50 am M W HIS 372 Revolutionary America Professor(s): James A. Dun Description/Objectives: The years between the Anglo-French imperial conflicts of the 1740s and Thomas Jefferson's election to the presidency in 1800 saw the transformation through war of the American colonies, from an assemblage of quarreling settlements into a revolutionary republic. What were the 18th-century empires good for? How and why did the American Revolution begin? Was it a democratic movement? How did Britain lose the revolutionary war? Did the American states ever come to constitute a nation? What good did independence from Britain do them? And what part did national sentiment play in uniting or fragmenting the British empire and the U.S.? Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am M W HIS 373 Democracy and Slavery in the New Nation Professor(s): Robert S. Wilentz Description/Objectives: An interpretive history of the United States from the ratification of the Constitution to the Coming of the Civil War. The course will cover politics and social development, while emphasizing focused reading of primary documents. Topics will include the debate over the Federal Constitution, the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, the rise of cotton slavery, Jacksonian democracy and the growth of political parties, antislavery and reform, westward expansion, and the growing social and political divisions between North and South.

Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am T Th HIS 374 History of the American West Professor(s): Martha A. Sandweiss Description/Objectives: This course examines the history of the place we now call the American West, from pre-contact to the present. Our primary focus will be on the struggles between and among peoples to control resources and political power, and to shape the ways in which western history is told. We will pay particular attention to the role of visual and popular culture in shaping the national imagination of the region. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am M W HIS 380 U.S. Foreign Relations Professor(s): Joseph M. Fronczak Description/Objectives: This course covers the history of US foreign relations from the American revolution to the present day. Lectures take up questions of diplomacy, foreign policy, ideology and culture, empire and anti-imperialism, and revolution and counterrevolution. Precepts emphasize primary sources, from the writings of Tom Paine, George Washington, William Jennings Bryan, Ho Chi Minh, Phyllis Schlafly, Elaine Scarry, and more. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm M W HIS 383 The United States, 1920-1974 Professor(s): Kevin M. Kruse Description/Objectives: The history of modern America, with focus, on domestic political and social changes. Topics include the Roaring 20s; the Great Depression and the New Deal; the homefront of World War II and the Cold War; the civil rights movement and the Great Society; the Vietnam War; the sexual revolution; the Silent Majority, the Nixon administration, and Watergate. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am M W PROGRAM IN HUMANISTIC STUDIES HUM 225 Frankenstein at 200 Professor(s): Colin N. Azariah-Kribbs, Susan J. Wolfson Description/Objectives: Conceived in 1816, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus has given a name to strange, disturbing, ominous new developments by creators failing to think through the consequences. On its 200th anniversary, we'll study this brilliant novel--about an undergraduate's independent study project conducted without a faculty advisor--in several exciting contexts: literary aesthetics, forms, and traditions; classical mythology; scientific enthusiasm and perils; other tales of transgression, outcasts and "monsters"; philosophical ethics; alter-ego psychology;

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questions of gender and sexuality; cinematic riffs and adaptations. This course is part of a year-long series of events to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the novel, including colloquia and film screenings (e.g. Bride of Frankenstein, Gods and Monsters). Schedule: 2:30 pm - 3:20 pm T Th PROGRAM IN LINGUISTICS LIN 201 Introduction to Language and Linguistics Professor(s): Christiane D. Fellbaum Description/Objectives: An introduction to the scientific analysis of the structure and uses of language. Core areas covered include phonetics and phonology, morphology, the lexicon, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, with data from a wide range of languages. Topics include the biological basis of language, language and cognition, the neurology of language and language disorders, and first and second language acquisition. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am M W MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING MAE 221 Thermodynamics Professor(s): Daniel A. Steingart, Michael Vocaturo Description/Objectives: Heat and work in physical systems. Concepts of energy conversion and entropy, primarily from a macroscopic viewpoint. Efficiency of different thermodynamic cycles, with applications to everyday life including both renewable and classical energy sources. In the laboratory, students will carry out experiments in the fields of analog electronics and thermodynamics. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am M W F MAE 223 Modern Solid Mechanics Professor(s): Andrej Kosmrlj Description/Objectives: Fundamental principles of solid mechanics: equilibrium equations, reactions, internal forces, stress, strain, Hooke's law, torsion, beam bending and deflection, and analysis of stress and deformation in simple structures. Integrates aspects of solid mechanics that have applications to mechanical and aerospace structures (engines and wings), as well as to microelectronic and biomedical devices (thin films and artificial hearts). Topics include stress concentration, fracture, plasticity, and thermal expansion. The course synthesizes descriptive observations, mathematical theories, and engineering consequences. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T Th MAE 305 Mathematics in Engineering I

Professor(s): Howard A. Stone Description/Objectives: A treatment of the theory and applications of ordinary differential equations with an introduction to partial differential equations. The objective is to provide the student with an ability to solve standard problems in this field. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am M W F MAE 324 Structure and Properties of Materials Professor(s): Craig B. Arnold Description/Objectives: Relates to the structures, properties, processing and performance of different materials including metals, alloys, polymers, composites, and ceramics. This course also discusses how to select materials for engineering applications. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm M W MAE 331 Aircraft Flight Dynamics Professor(s): Robert F. Stengel Description/Objectives: Introduction to the performance, stability, and control of aircraft. Fundamentals of configuration aerodynamics. Methods for analyzing the dynamics of physical systems. Characterization of modes of motion and desirable flying qualities. Case studies in aircraft stability and control. Schedule: 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm T Th MAE 335 Fluid Dynamics Professor(s): Daniel M. Nosenchuck Description/Objectives: The course is focused on compressible and incompressible inviscid fluid flow. Compressible subsonic and supersonic flows are studied in the first half of the course. The remaining portion of the semester addresses low-speed, incompressible fluid flows and aerodynamics of two and three-dimensional wings and bodies. Concepts of thrust, lift and drag are introduced and applied. Schedule: 8:30 am - 9:50 am T Th MAE 344 Introduction to Bioengineering and Medical Devices Professor(s): Winston O. Soboyejo Description/Objectives: An introduction to the fundamental concepts required for the design and function of implantable medical devices, including basic applications of materials, chemistry and biology to bone/implant systems. The class will discuss the interfaces between cells and the surfaces of synthetic biomaterials, and biosensors for disease detection. An introduction to bio-nanotechnology will also be presented.

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Schedule: 7:30 pm - 8:50 pm T Th MAE 423 Heat Transfer Professor(s): Daniel M. Nosenchuck Description/Objectives: This course will cover fundamentals of heat transfer and applications to practical problems in energy conversion and conservation, electronics, and biological systems. Emphasis will be on developing a physical and analytical understanding of conductive, convective, and radiative heat transfer, as well as design of heat exchangers and heat transfer systems involving phase change in process and energy applications. Students will develop an ability to apply governing principles and physical intuition to solve multi-mode heat transfer problems. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am M W F MATHEMATICS MAT 321 Numerical Methods Professor(s): Nicolas Boumal Description/Objectives: Introduction to numerical methods with emphasis on algorithms, applications and numerical analysis. Topics covered include solution of nonlinear equations; numerical differentiation, integration, and interpolation; direct and iterative methods for solving linear systems; numerical solutions of differential equations; two-point boundary value problems; and approximation theory. Lectures are supplemented with numerical examples using MATLAB. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm T Th MAT 340 Applied Algebra Professor(s): Mark W. McConnell Description/Objectives: An applied algebra course that integrates the basics of theory and modern applications for students in MAT, APC, PHY, CHE, COS, ELE. This course is intended for students who have taken a semester of linear algebra and who have an interest in a course that treats the structures, properties and application of groups, rings, and fields. Applications and algorithmic aspects of algebra will be emphasized throughout. Schedule: 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm T Th MAT 477 Advanced Graph Theory Professor(s): Maria Chudnovsky Description/Objectives: Advanced course in Graph Theory. Further study of graph coloring, graph minors, perfect graphs, graph matching theory. Topics covered include: stable matching theorem, list coloring, chi-boundedness, excluded minors and average degree, Hadwiger's conjecture, the weak perfect graph theorem,

operations on perfect graphs, and other topics as time permits. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm T Th PROGRAM IN MEDIEVAL STUDIES MED 227 The World of the Middle Ages Professor(s): Sara S. Poor Description/Objectives: An introduction to medieval culture in Western Europe from the end of the classical world to ca. 1400. The course focuses on themes such as the medieval concepts of self, humanity, and God; nation-building, conquest and crusade; relations among Christians, Jews, and Moslems; literacy, heresy, and the rise of vernacular literature; gender, chivalry, and the medieval court. Material approached through various cultural forms and media; some lectures by invited guest lecturers. Seminar discussion format with some lecturing. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T Th MOLECULAR BIOLOGY MOL 214 Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology Professor(s): Zemer Gitai, Daniel A. Notterman, Heather A. Thieringer Description/Objectives: Important concepts and elements of molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, and cell biology are examined in an experimental context. This course fulfills the requirement for students majoring in the biological sciences and satisfies the biology requirement for entrance into medical school. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T Th MOL 340 Molecular and Cellular Immunology Professor(s): Alexander Ploss Description/Objectives: A broad survey of the field of immunology and the mammalian immune system. The cellular and molecular basis of innate and acquired immunity will be discussed in detail. The course will provide frequent exemplars drawn from human biology in health and disease. Schedule: 9:00 am - 9:50 am M W F MOL 345 Biochemistry Professor(s): Frederick M. Hughson Description/Objectives: Fundamental concepts of biomolecular structure and function will be discussed, with an emphasis on principles of thermodynamics, binding and catalysis. A major portion of the course will focus on metabolism and its logic and regulation.

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Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am M W F MOL 433 Biotechnology Professor(s): Jane Flint Description/Objectives: This course will consider the principles, development, outcomes and future directions of therapeutic applications of biotechnology, with particular emphasis on the interplay between basic research and clinical experience. Topics to be discussed include production of hormones and other therapeutic proteins, gene therapy, oncolytic viruses, and stem cells. Reading will be from the primary literature. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T Th MOL 459 Viruses: Strategy and Tactics Professor(s): Lynn W. Enquist Description/Objectives: Viruses are unique parasites of living cells and may be the most abundant, highest evolved life forms on the planet. The general strategies encoded by all known viral genomes are discussed using selected viruses as examples. The first half of the course covers the molecular biology (the tactics) inherent in these strategies. The second half introduces the biology of engagement of viruses with host defenses, what happens when viral infection leads to disease, vaccines and antiviral drugs, and the evolution of infectious agents and emergence of new viruses. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am M W F MUSIC MUS 232 Music in the Renaissance Professor(s): Rob C. Wegman Description/Objectives: General historical survey of European Art Music in the period 1400-1600, covering such composers as Dufay, Ockeghem, Josquin, Byrd, Palestrina, Lasso, etc. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T Th MUS 234 Music of the Baroque Professor(s): Wendy Heller Description/Objectives: A survey of musical styles and performance traditions in European music from approximately 1600-1750, including the music of Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Handel, Rameau, and Bach. Topics to be considered include the role of music in the courts of Europe, the birth of opera, the rise of instrumental music, devotional music in the Catholic and Lutheran Church, performance practice, music and dance. Emphasis will be placed on music's cultural context in relation to the other humanistic disciplines. Schedule: 12:30 pm - 1:20 pm T Th

NEAR EASTERN STUDIES NES 201 Introduction to the Middle East Professor(s): Cyrus Schayegh Description/Objectives: A broad background, that could help you understand the complicated relationship between the United States and the Middle East. We reach back into the Middle Eastern past--the rise of Islam, the Caliphate, the coming of the Turks, the European expansion, the discovery of oil--and use these developments to explain the unsettled political, social, economic, and religious landscape of the region today. Thus we will set ourselves to explain why Turkey is a secular republic whereas Iran is an Islamic one, why religious extremism has increased, why democratic aspirations erupted in an "Arab Spring," and what role oil plays in all this. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am T Th NES 240 Muslims and the Qur'an Professor(s): Muhammad Q. Zaman Description/Objectives: A broad-ranging introduction to pre-modern, modern, and contemporary Islam in light of how Muslims have approached their foundational religious text, the Qur'an. Topics include: Muhammad and the emergence of Islam; theology, law and ethics; war and peace; mysticism; women and gender; and modern debates on Islamic reform. We shall examine the varied contexts in which Muslims have interpreted their sacred text, their agreements and disagreements on what it means and, more broadly, their often competing understandings of Islam and of what it is to be a Muslim. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am M W NES 269 The Politics of Modern Islam Professor(s): Bernard A. Haykel Description/Objectives: This course examines the political dimensions of Islam. This will involve a study of the nature of Islamic political theory, the relationship between the religious and political establishments, the characteristics of an Islamic state, the radicalization of Sunni and Shi'i thought, and the compatibility of Islam and the nation-state, democracy, and constitutionalism, among other topics. Students will be introduced to the complex and polemical phenomenon of political Islam. The examples will be drawn mainly, though not exclusively, from cases and writings from the Middle East. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm T Th NEUROSCIENCE NEU 201 Fundamentals of Neuroscience Professor(s): Ilana B. Witten

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Description/Objectives: This is an introductory course on neuroscience, overviewing a broad range of topics, including neuronal excitability, synaptic physiology, sensory processing, learning and memory, and motor processing. The course will address these broad questions: How does information from the outside world get into the brain? What signaling processes does the brain use? What neuronal pathways do these signals follow? Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am T Th NEU 314 Mathematical Tools for Neuroscience Professor(s): Jonathan W. Pillow Description/Objectives: This lecture course will cover mathematical, statistical, and computational tools necessary to analyze, model, and manipulate neural datasets. A primary goal of the course will be to introduce students to key concepts from linear algebra, dynamical systems, and probability and statistics, with an emphasis on practical implementations via programming. Lectures on each topic will focus on relevant mathematical background, derivation of basic results, and examples relevant to neuroscience. The course will include problem sets based on the MATLAB software package. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am T Th OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND FINANCIAL ENGINEERING ORF 309 Probability and Stochastic Systems Professor(s): Mykhaylo Shkolnikov Description/Objectives: An introduction to probability and its applications. Topics include: basic principles of probability; Lifetimes and reliability, Poisson processes; random walks; Brownian motion; branching processes; Markov chains Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am M W F ORF 363 Computing and Optimization for the Physical and Social Sciences Professor(s): Amir Ali Ahmadi Description/Objectives: An introduction to several fundamental and practically-relevant areas of modern optimization and numerical computing. Topics include computational linear algebra, first and second order descent methods, convex sets and functions, basics of linear and semidefinite programming, optimization for statistical regression and classification, and techniques for dealing with uncertainty and intractability in

optimization problems. Extensive hands-on experience with high-level optimization software. Applications drawn from operations research, statistics and machine learning, economics, control theory, and engineering. Other information: This course will use the MATLAB-based optimization software CVX/YALMIP. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm T Th ORF 411 Operations and Information Engineering Professor(s): Warren B. Powell Description/Objectives: The management of complex systems through the control of physical, financial and informational resources. The course focuses on developing mathematical models for resource allocation, with an emphasis on capturing the role of information in decisions. The course seeks to integrate skills in statistics, stochastics and optimization using applications drawn from problems in dynamic resource management which tests modeling skills and teamwork. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T Th ORF 455 Energy and Commodities Markets Professor(s): Ronnie Sircar Description/Objectives: This course is an introduction to commodities markets (energy, metals, agricultural products) and issues related to renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power, and carbon emissions. Energy and other commodities represent an increasingly important asset class, in addition to significantly impacting the economy and policy decisions. Emphasis will be on the application of Financial Mathematics to a variety of different products and markets. Topics include: energy prices (including oil and electricity); cap and trade markets; storable vs non-storable commodities; financialization of commodities markets; applications of game theory. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm T Th ORF 467 Transportation Systems Analysis Professor(s): Alain L. Kornhauser Description/Objectives: Studied is the transportation sector of the economy from a technology and policy planning perspective. The focus is on the methodologies and analytical tools that underpin policy formulation, capital and operations planning, and real-time operational decision making within the transportation industry. Case studies of innovative concepts such as "value" pricing, real-time fleet management and control, GPS-based route guidance systems, automated transit systems and autonomous vehicles will provide a practical focus for the methodologies. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm M W

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PHILOSOPHY PHI 203 Introduction to Metaphysics and Epistemology Professor(s): Gideon A. Rosen Description/Objectives: An introduction to central questions of philosophy. Topics include: The rationality of religious belief, our knowledge of the external world, freedom of the will and the identity of persons over time. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm M W PHI 205 Introduction to Ancient Philosophy Professor(s): Hendrik Lorenz Description/Objectives: This course discusses the ideas and arguments of major ancient Greek philosophers and thereby introduces students to the history and continued relevance of the first centuries of western philosophy. Topics include the rise of cosmological speculation, the beginnings of philosophical ethics, Plato's moral theory and epistemology, Aristotle's philosophy of nature, metaphysics and ethics. The course ends with a survey of philosophical activity in the Hellenistic period. Schedule: 11:00am – 11:50am PHI 312 Intermediate Logic Professor(s): Hans P. Halvorson Description/Objectives: Meta-theory of first-order logic. We will learn the principal concepts and results of meta-theory, such as compactness, completeness, the Lowenheim-Skolem theorem, Beth's theorem, and Lindstrom's theorem. We will also focus on theories in first-order logic, and relations between these theories (e.g. mutual interpretability, equivalence, and reducibility). These results will be brought to bear on major philosophical discussions of the past century, such as Putnam's model-theoretic argument for antirealism, Ramsey sentences, Quine's arguments against second order logic, etc.. Schedule: 12:30 pm - 1:20 pm M W PHI 318 Metaphysics Professor(s): Boris C. Kment Description/Objectives: A survey of central issue in metaphysics, such as: What is time? Is it true that the past is fixed and immutable while the future is a branching tree of alternative possibilities? Or could we in principle change the past? What makes a certain object at one time identical with a certain object at a later time? Are human beings truly free, or are their actions determined by factors beyond their control? Or both?

Schedule: 12:30 pm - 1:20 pm T Th PHI 380 Explaining Values Professor(s): Michael Smith Description/Objectives: This course will examine the way in which evaluations permeate our understanding of human action, agency, and responsibility, and what exactly such evaluations amount to. We will approach these issues primarily from a philosophical perspective, but where appropriate this will be augmented by scientific and social scientific perspectives. Topics to be covered include self-control, addiction, weakness of the will, and obedience to authority. Schedule: 2:30 pm - 3:20 pm M W PHYSICS PHY 305 Introduction to the Quantum Theory Professor(s): Shivaji L. Sondhi Description/Objectives: This course is a continuation of PHY 208. We will continue to develop the formalism of quantum mechanics and to explore its basis. We will apply our methods to phenomena from atomic, high energy, and condensed matter physics. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T Th POLITICS POL 210 Political Theory Professor(s): Melissa Lane Description/Objectives: This course explores ideas of individual ethics and political community, the ethics of political rule, freedom and slavery, democracy and representation, and equality and inequality in political thought. Readings will be drawn from both canonical and contemporary authors, including Sophocles, Machiavelli, Locke, Rousseau, and Tocqueville. This is an introductory course, which emphasizes both thematic and historical approaches to political theory, and its role in informing contemporary civic engagement. Auditor Precept: Community auditors will have the opportunity to participate in special precept discussions led by students in the course. The precept will be held from 12:00pm – 1:00pm and lunch will be served. Dates will be announced when classes begin. The CAP office will contact you regarding the precept date choices. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am T Th POL 220 American Politics Professor(s): Nolan M. McCarty Description/Objectives: A survey of the institutions of American democracy. Topics will include the Constitutional order, federalism, legislative deliberation, executive power, elections and representation, interest groups and social movements, the courts, and

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policymaking. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am M W POL 314 American Constitutional Development Professor(s): Keith E. Whittington Description/Objectives: A survey of the development of American constitutionalism, considered historically as the product of legal, political and intellectual currents and crises. Coverage includes the Founding, the Marshall and Taney eras, the slavery crisis, the rise of corporate capitalism, the emergence of the modern state, the New Deal crisis, and new forms of rights and liberties. Topics include the growth of Supreme Court power, presidential power, the Court's relation to the states and the other federal branches, and the influence on constitutional understandings of economic developments, reform movements, and wars. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm M W POL 315 Constitutional Interpretation Professor(s): Robert P. George Description/Objectives: A study of the structure of the American constitutional system and of the meaning of key constitutional provisions. Students will critically evaluate competing theories of, and approaches to, constitutional interpretation. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T POL 319 History of African American Political Thought Professor(s): Desmond D. Jagmohan Description/Objectives: This course explores central themes and ideas in the history of African American political thought: slavery and freedom, solidarity and sovereignty, exclusion and citizenship, domination and democracy, inequality and equality, rights and respect. Readings will be drawn, primarily, from canonical authors, including Harriet Jacobs, Frederick Douglass, Martin Delany, Booker T. Washington, Anna Julia Cooper, Ida B. Wells, W. E. B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Ralph Ellison, Kwame Ture and Charles Hamilton, and Martin Luther King, Jr. This is an introductory course, which emphasizes both thematic and historical approaches to political theory. Schedule: 9:00 am - 9:50 am T Th POL 329 Policy Making in America Professor(s): Charles M. Cameron Description/Objectives: This course provides a realistic introduction to how public policy is made in the United States today. It examines how people (voters, activists, wealthy individuals, lobbyists, politicians, bureaucrats, and judges), organizations (interest groups, firms,

unions, foundations, think tanks, political parties, and the media) and political institutions (Congress, the presidency, the bureaucracy, and the judiciary) come together to create and implement public policy. The course combines social science theory and systematic empirical evidence with case studies, and provides students with tools of proven usefulness for practical political analysis. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am T Th POL 341 Experimental Methods in Politics Professor(s): Ali A. Valenzuela Description/Objectives: The use of experiments to study and influence politics is widespread and growing, partly because they can give conclusive results not possible with surveys or other data. No longer confined to the lab, political scientists and campaign operatives use new technology to conduct experiments on thousands of voters in real elections. Massive political experiments have been conducted on Facebook, by mail, and telephone, but, is it ethical to influence politics in pursuit of new knowledge? What have experiments taught us about voting, race, and representation in America? This class will cover these and other aspects of using experiments in politics. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am T Th POL 347 Mathematical Models in the Study of Politics Professor(s): Matias Iaryczower Description/Objectives: An introduction to the use of formal game-theoretic models in the study of politics. Applications include: voting, bargaining, lobbying, legislative institutions, and strategic information transmission. Familiarity with mathematical reasoning is helpful. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am M W POL 351 The Politics of Development Professor(s): Jennifer A. Widner Description/Objectives: This course investigates the key political drivers of human development through careful consideration of theory and comparative analysis. Explores the effects of geography, colonial heritage, and ethnic diversity, on state formation, state capacity, and economic development. Schedule: 9:00 am - 9:50 am T Th POL 365 Democracy Professor(s): Carles Boix Description/Objectives: This course explores the following issues: the nature and exercise of power in authoritarian regimes; the economic and social conditions that lead to democracy; the relationship

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between democracy and development; the design of electoral institutions; the structure of partisan and political competition; the power of money and the impact of globalization on contemporary democracies. The course does not focus on any particular country or region of the world. Instead, it uses evidence from different geographical areas and historical periods to discuss key conceptual and theoretical problems in the study of politics. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am M W POL 366 Politics in Africa Professor(s): Jennifer A. Widner Description/Objectives: This course provides an introduction to the study of African politics. The lectures and readings briefly review the social and historical context of contemporary political life. They then profile the changes of the early post-Independence period, the authoritarian turn of the 1970s and 80s, the second liberation of the 1990s, and problems of war, state-building, and development. Although the lectures trace a narrative, each also introduces a major analytical debate and an important policy problem. Broadly comparative with some special attention to selected countries. Schedule: 9:00 am - 9:50 am M W POL 367 Latin American Politics Professor(s): Maria Paula Saffon Sanin Description/Objectives: This is an introductory course to Latin American politics. It studies the main puzzles that the literature has addressed concerning the region's historical political developments, the main theoretical and empirical approaches from which those puzzles have been addressed, and the concepts that have been applied to explain them. We will critically analyze basic political science concepts, such as inequality, development, liberalism, oligarchy, democratic contestation and participation, populism, corporatism, authoritarianism, political violence, constitutionalism, social movements, political identities, institutional strength, the rule of law. Schedule: 3:30 pm - 4:20 pm T Th POL 387 International Intervention and the Use of Force Professor(s): Melissa M. Lee Description/Objectives: This lecture course for advanced undergraduates examines the politics of armed international intervention. Because the United States is uniquely positioned to intervene abroad militarily, the course approaches intervention primarily from an American lens. The aims of the course are threefold. First, we will discuss the domestic and international determinants of the decision to use force, as well as different justifications for intervention abroad. Second, we will assess the record of intervention in several post-

Cold War cases. Third, we will consider the criteria for thinking about when the United States should intervene with military force. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am M W PSYCHOLOGY PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology Professor(s): Joel Cooper Description/Objectives: The study of human nature from the viewpoint of psychological science. Topics range from the biological bases of human perception, thought and action to the social-psychological determinants of individual and group behavior. This course can be used to satisfy the science and technology with laboratory general education requirement. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am M W PSY 304 Social Cognition: The Psychology of Interactive Minds Professor(s): Alin I. Coman Description/Objectives: Individuals are rarely isolated from one another. In our day-to-day lives, interactivity is ubiquitous, from communicating with one another, to jointly remembering the past, to coordinating our actions. The course is based on the assumption that exploring humans in interaction will lead to significant advances in understanding the mind, and at the same time it will illuminate the emergent properties of interactive minds at a collective level. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am M W PSY 329 Psychology of Gender Professor(s): Keiko T. Brynildsen Description/Objectives: Gender is a topic with which everybody feels intimately familiar. Indeed, people hold strong beliefs about how women and men are similar to and different from each other and about why gender differences exist. This course holds those beliefs up to scientific scrutiny, examining major theories and empirical findings in psychological research on gender. Topics include empirical comparisons of men and women, gender stereotypes and their perpetuation, and the role of gender and gendered beliefs in interpersonal relationships and physical and psychological well-being. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am M W PSY 331 Introduction to Clinical Neuropsychology: Case Studies in Cognitive Neuroscience Professor(s): Sabine Kastner Description/Objectives: Much of what we know about the brain systems underlying perception, attention,

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memory, and language was first derived from patients with brain lesions or other brain pathology. This course provides an introduction to major syndromes in clinical neuropsychology such as object agnosia (deficits in object recognition), amnesia, visuospatial hemineglect (attention deficits), aphasia (language deficits), and others through careful analysis of clinical cases and their underlying pathology. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm T Th PROGRAM IN QUANTITATIVE AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY QCB 455 Introduction to Genomics and Computational Molecular Biology Professor(s): Anastasia Baryshnikova, Michael S. Levine, Mona Singh Description/Objectives: The course will provide a detailed overview of experimental and computational approaches used to study molecular systems. We will focus on modern technologies used to generate and analyze "omics" data, such as genome sequences, gene expression, transcriptional and post-transcriptional modification, proteomics and mass spectrometry, molecular interaction networks and chemical genomics. We will also discuss and apply fundamental statistical concepts relevant to genomics (data evaluation, estimation of true and false positives, significance testing, multiple testing correction) and learn basic programming tools. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T Th RELIGION REL 225 The Buddhist World of Thought and Practice Professor(s): Jacqueline I. Stone Description/Objectives: This course surveys the development of Buddhism from its beginnings in India through some of its later forms in East Asia, Tibet, and the West. Attention will be given to continuity and diversity within Buddhism, its modes of self-definition as a religious tradition, the interplay of its practical and trans-worldly concerns, and its transformations in specific historical and cultural settings. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm M W SOCIOLOGY SOC 210 Urban Sociology: The City and Social

Change in the Americas Professor(s): Patricia Fernandez-Kelly Description/Objectives: By taking a comparative approach, this course examines the role of social, economic, and political factors in the emergence and transformation of modern cities in the United States and selected areas of Latin America. We consider the city in its dual image: both as a center of progress and as a redoubt of social problems, especially poverty. Attention is given to spatial processes that have resulted in the aggregation and desegregation of populations differentiated by social class and race. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am M W SOC 227 Race and Ethnicity Professor(s): Patricia Fernandez-Kelly Description/Objectives: Our goal in this course is (a) to understand various definitions of race and ethnicity from a theoretical perspective and in a plurality of contexts and (b) to account for the rise of ethnicity and race as political and cultural forces in the age of globalization. Why are ethnic and racial delimitations expanding in areas of the world where such distinctions were formerly muted? Is race and racial discrimination all the same regardless of geographical region? What are the main theories and methodologies now available for the study of race and ethnicity from a comparative point of view? These are among the questions our course aims to answer. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am T Th SOC 250 The Western Way of War Professor(s): Miguel A. Centeno Description/Objectives: A historical and analytical overview of war focusing on the origins and consequences of organized violence, the experience of battle, the creation and behavior of warriors, and the future of such conflicts. Schedule: 12:30 pm - 1:20 pm T Th SOC 308 Communism and Beyond: China and Russia Professor(s): Deborah A. Kaple Description/Objectives: This course focuses on the communist experiment in the Soviet Union and China. The first half of the course presents the political, social and economic histories that characterize the USSR's and China's particular path to communism. The second half of the course focuses on the consequences of communism by examining each country's demographics, environment, social structures and so on. Schedule: 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm M W SOC 345 Money, Work, and Social Life

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Professor(s): Viviana A. Zelizer Description/Objectives: The course offers a sociological account of production, consumption, distribution, and transfer of assets. Examining different sectors of the economy from corporations and finance to households, immigrants, welfare, and illegal markets, we explore how in all areas of economic life people are creating, maintaining, symbolizing, and transforming meaningful social relations. Economic life, from this perspective, is as social as religion, family, or education. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am M W TRANSLATION AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION TRA 200 Thinking Translation: Language Transfer and Cultural Communication Professor(s): Karen R. Emmerich Description/Objectives: What is translation? What is a language? So essential and widespread is translation today that it has become a central analytic term for the contact of cultures, and a paradigm for studying many different aspects of our multilingual world. This course will consider translation as it appeared in the past, but especially as it constructs everyday life in the contemporary world. It will look at issues of anthropology, artificial intelligence, diplomacy, film, law and literature that involve inter-lingual and intercultural communication. Students should acquire an understanding of the problems and practices of modern translation. Schedule: 11:00 am - 12:20 pm T PROGRAM IN URBAN STUDIES URB 200 Urbanism and Urban Policy Professor(s): Douglas S. Massey Description/Objectives: Introduces students to social scientific thinking on cities and urbanism and then builds on this base to consider and evaluate various approaches to urban policy. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am M W WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL WWS 302 International Development Professor(s): Alicia Adsera Description/Objectives: This course will focus on less developed countries and will consider topics such as economic growth and personal well-being; economic inequality and poverty; intra-household resource allocation and gender inequality; fertility and population

change, credit markets and microfinance; labor markets and trade policy. The course will tackle these issues both theoretically and empirically. Schedule: 10:00 am - 10:50 am M W WWS 307 Public Economics Professor(s): Elizabeth C. Bogan Description/Objectives: The role of government in promoting efficiency and equity in the U.S. economy. Conditions when markets fail to be efficient. Problems with government allocation of resources. Economic analysis and public policies regarding health care, education, poverty, the environment, financial regulations and other important issues. Schedule: 3:30 pm - 4:20 pm T Th WWS 370 Ethics and Public Policy Professor(s): Stephen J. Macedo Description/Objectives: The course examines major moral controversies in public life and differing conceptions of justice and the common good. It seeks to help students develop the skills required for thinking and writing about the ethical considerations that ought to shape public institutions, guide public authorities, and inform the public's judgments. The course will focus on issues that are particularly challenging for advanced, pluralist democracies such as the USA, including justice in war, terrorism and torture, paternalism, markets and distributive justice, abortion, the law of marriage and the place, if any, of religious arguments in politics. Schedule: 11:00 am - 11:50 am T Th

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