Art History

• AHIS 120gp: Foundations of Western Art: Prehistoric to Renaissance

Instructor: Hector Reyes

Description: Mediterranean and European art and architecture presented in historical, cultural, and social context that introduces art history as a discipline.

• AHIS 220g: Medieval Visual Culture

Instructor: TBA

Description: Medieval visual culture as an introduction to the Christian heritage of western civilization and to the interaction of Church and state from the 3rd to the 13th century.

• AHIS 368: Modern Art I: 1700-1850

Instructor: Hector Reyes

Description: A culture and historical examination of European art and architecture from 1700 (Rococo) to 1850 (Realism), focusing on the beginnings of modernism in the age of revolution.

Classics

• CLAS 349gp: Ancient Empires

Instructor: Brandon Bourgeois

Description: History and cultures of the ancient empires of southwest Asia, from Cyrus the Great to the establishment of Islam.

English

• ENGL 230g: Shakespeare and His Times

Instructor: Steven Minas

Description: Close study of Shakespeare's plays and poems to introduce his language, stagecraft, literary "genius," social and literary contexts, precursors and rivals, and legacy.

• ENGL 261g: English Literature to 1800

Instructor: Thea Tomaini, Ben Levine

Description: Intensive reading of major writers to 1800.

• ENGL 304: Introduction to Poetry Writing

Instructor: Molly Bendall

Description: Introduction to the techniques and practice of writing poetry.

• ENGL 426: Modern English Literature

Instructor: Anthony Kemp

Description: Studies in English literary modernism, including the prose of Conrad, Joyce, and Woolf, and the poetry of Pound, Eliot, Yeats, and Auden

• ENGL 520: Renaissance English Literatures and Cultures

Instructor: Rebecca Lemon

Description: Studies in poetry and patronage, the popular traditions in literature and drama, the social and sexual dynamics of comedy, historical and cultural uses of genres, among other topics.

History

• HIST 102g: The Worlds of Medieval Europe

Instructor: Jay Rubenstein

Description: The social, political, religious, intellectual and cultural landscapes of Europe and the Mediterranean, c.300 to c.1400.

• HIST 103g: The Emergence of Modern Europe

Instructor: Karin Amundsen

Description: Political, intellectual, and cultural developments in Europe, 1300-1815. Renaissance and Reformation; absolute monarchy, scientific changes, Enlightenment; French Revolution and Napoleon.

• HIST 240gp: History of California

Instructor: Philip Ethington

Description: A thematic approach to California history from precontact to present; focus on peoples, environment, economic, social, and cultural development, politics, and rise to global influence.

• HIST 250g: Climate Change: Science, History and Solutions

Instructor: Joshua Goldstein, Victoria Petryshyn

Description: History and science of anthropogenic climate change; climate dynamics; carbon cycle; climate modeling; fossil fuel economy; climate denial and political tactics; group research of solutions.

• HIST 321: The Crusades

Instructor: Jay Rubenstein

Description: Examines wars between European Christian and Muslim armies in the Middle East, 1096-1291 and their cultural, military, religious, and artistic legacies.

International Relations

• IR 150xg: Environmental Issues in Society

Instructor: Shannon Gibson

Description: Exploration of the major social, political, economic, religious, and philosophical disagreements that exist between scholars, leaders, and citizens concerning today's most serious environmental issues and problems.

Judaic Studies

• JS 100gp: Jewish History

Instructor: Candice Levy, Leah Hochman

Description: Major ideas, personalities, and movements in Jewish history from antiquity to the present in light of interaction of the Jews with the general culture.

• JS 180gp: Judaism

Instructor: Sarah Benor, Leah Hochman

Description: Jewish beliefs, practices, and history from the biblical period to the present; Judaic contributions to Western civilization.

• JS 211gw: The Holocaust

Instructor: Leah Hochman, Benjamin Ratskoff

Description: Historical background and responses to the Holocaust, with special emphasis on ethical implications.

Philosophy

• PHIL 103g: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics in Europe, from Renaissance to Enlightenment

Instructor: Jacob Soll

Description: Introductions to the central ideas of philosophy, science, politics and economics in western European history between 1450 and 1800.

• PHIL 174gw: Freedom, Equality, and Social Justice

Instructor: Jonathan Quong

Description: Explores the nature of justice, and how apparently conflicting ideals, such as freedom and equality, are able to be balanced within a just society.

• PHIL 314: Origins of Free Market Thought in Early Modern Europe

Instructor: Jacob Soll

Description: The varied history of ideas of a free market from Cicero, through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, to the Enlightenment, Adam Smith, Colbert and beyond.

• PHIL 320: History of Western Philosophy: Modern Period

Instructor: John Dreher

Description: The development of philosophy from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries; emphasis on Continental Rationalism, British Empiricism, and the philosophy of Kant.

Religion

• REL 146gp: Spirituality in America

Instructor: Arjun Nair

Description: Examination of the historical continuities and disjunctions between "spiritual but not religious" Americans; the relationship between spirituality, politics and social change, and the role of media.

• REL 301g: Introduction to the Study of Religion

Instructor: Sheila Briggs

Description: Survey of academic approaches to the study of religion.

• REL 334g: Religion and Colonial Encounter

Instructor: Kelsey Moss

Description: Survey of religious responses to colonial encounter in the Americas. Emphasis given to a study of religious innovations of Amerindians, Africans and Europeans.

Slavic Languages and Literature

• SLL 345g: Literature and Philosphy: Dostoevsky

Instructor: Peter Winsky

Description: Dostoevsky's novels as psychological and philosophical analyses of modern alienated man. Readings in Dostoevsky and selctions from Gide, Kafka, Camus, and Sarte. Conducted in English.

Thematic Option

• Core 200: Liberal Arts Reading Salon

Instructor: Michael Petitti

Description: Critical readings of a series of texts in the liberal arts designed to promote discussion of important themes, theoretical approaches, research directions, and interdisciplinary connections.