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ARTH 362 - Northern Renaissance Art, 1400-1600
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
A selective survey of Northern Renaissance painting that considers the work of artists such as Van Eyck, Bosch, Dürer, and Bruegel in the context of Humanism, Reform, and Early Capitalism.
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ARTH 363 - Baroque
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
This course provides a survey of the visual arts in Europe including Italy, the Spanish Netherlands, the Dutch Republic, Spain, and France during the seventeenth century. Emphasis is placed on the wider artistic and political culture of the period.
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ARTH 364 - Sight and Insight: Painting in Early Modern Europe
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI
The nature and reliability of human vision was a focus of debate in Early Modern Europe. This course considers the role of the artists and the artefacts they made in shaping the attitudes f the wider visual culture. Throughout the semester we will explore how increased preoccupation with distinctily artistic concerns in intertwined with contemporaneous developments in religion and science.
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ARTH 365 - Seventeenth-Century Dutch Painting
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
A comprehensive survey of 17th-century Dutch painting. Artistic developments are placed in the context of the formation of the Dutch Republic around 1600. Artists such as Hals, Rembrandt, and Vermeer are considered.
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ARTH 366 - The Golden Age of Spain
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
An examination of the historical context and development of Spanish art, architecture, and cultural performance, 1500-1700, that explores issues of patronage, iconography, function, and reception.
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ARTH 373 - Urbanism: History and Theory
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
An examination of salient debates and approaches in the interdisciplinary field of urbanism, highlighting the role of urban form and design in shaping sustainable and livable environments and access to resources. Topics include sprawl, environmental degradation, brownfield development, gentrification, place-making, community participation, and social and ecological resilience.
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ARTH 375 - Cities in the Modern Middle East
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
An exploration of critical events and urban planning processes that have shaped cities in the Middle East and North Africa since the 1850s. Particular emphasis placed on the architectural and spatial ramifications and the lived experiences of modernization reforms, colonialism, nation building, the Cold War, the oil industry, civil war and conflict, and the new patterns of global interdependence.
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ARTH 377 - Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
The history of modern and contemporary Chinese art in relation to cultural and social changes from the first Opium War to the present, spanning the late-19th century, the 20th-century and the on-going developments of the 21st-century.
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ARTH 383 - American Art since 1900
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
North American Art from 1913 to the present , emphasizing varieties of Modernism and Postmodernism in relation to politics, industrialism, war, and other historical forces. Key movements and groups: the Stieglitz circle, Dada, Surrealism, Social Realism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop, Minimalism, Land Art, Conceptual Art, Folk and Outsider Art, Institutional Critique, Identity Politics, and Eco-art.
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ARTH 389 - Museum Internships
Credits: (1-3)
May be used as an opportunity for an off-campus experience. Must be approved in advance on a case-by-case basis by the Department Chair and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies. See Special Programs-Internships in this catalog for more information. Open only to Art and Arth History majors who have completed at least 21 credits toward the major. May not be repeated.
Note: Application through the Department and the Academic Advising Office in the preceding semester (see Special Programs-Internships in this catalog). Graded: Pass/Fail
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ARTH 392 - Buddhist Art & Architecture: Origin, Exchange & Innovation
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
A study of the origin, exchange & innovation in Buddhist art and architecture through Asia, focusing on sites and unique genres. Buddhist imagery mirrors great tolerance for regional cultures and religious debates through variation in abstract/figurative and realistic/fantastic art forms, with references to mythology and Dharmic theology.
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ARTH 395 - The Visual Culture of Colonial Mexico
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
An examination of Mexico’s cultural pluralism and visual production from the late pre-Columbian period through the colonial era to independence (ca. 1500-1810), focusing particularly on the social and material manifestations of contact between European and native cultures.
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ARTH 396 - Art of the Andes
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
A survey of the portable arts and architecture of the Ancient Andes from pre-history to the early Spanish colonial period focusing on the ways these works functioned as part of larger cultural, political, and economic spheres.
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ARTH 430 - Seminar Topics in Art History
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
Seminar topics of special subjects that involve the student in research in primary materials and involve intense writing.
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ARTH 468 - History of Prints
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
A seminar on the origins and development of printmaking from the 15th to the 20th century. Prints are viewed as part of a wider cultural and artistic context and as a means of communication.
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ARTH 476 - Ink Painting: History, Theory and Technique
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
A comprehensive study of Chinese ink painting. Artistic developments are examined against the debates on art, aesthetics, history, and cultural identity. Landscape, portraiture, birds-and-flower, narrative painting, Chan painting, the arts of the literati, the eccentrics and the courts are considered.
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ARTH 477 - Representation of Nature in Asian Art
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
The idea of nature in major Asian traditions (China, India, Japan, Korea, Persia) and beliefs (Confucian, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu and Islam), with in depth examination of the concept of representation and its limits, through different cultural perspectives and artistic genres.
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ARTH 478 - Seminar Topics in Curatorial Studies
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
Seminar Topics of special subjects in Curatorial Studies that involve students in research in primary materials and intense writing.
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ARTH 479 - Seminar Topics in Built Environment Studies
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
Seminar topics of special subjects in Built Environment Studies that involve students in research in primary materials and intense writing.
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ARTH 490 - Independent Study
Credits: (1-3)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
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ARTH 493 - Senior Research Colloquium
Credits: (3)
A required “capstone” seminar for Art History majors requiring students to expand and refine a research paper already written for an earlier art history course and deliver a related public presentation. Fulfills the Major Writing and Computing Requirements.
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ARTH 495 - Honors
Credits: (3)
Admission by consent of the departmental committee. Each candidate will be responsible for submitting by the end of their junior year a thesis proposal and a selected bibliography in some specific area of art historical literature, prepared in consultation with their advisor. Students admitted to honors study in art history will be enrolled in this course during both semesters of their senior year and will submit a scholarly thesis two weeks before the last day of classes of their graduating semester. Information is available from the department web site and the Charles Center. For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see Honors and Special Programs under Requirements for Degrees in this catalog.
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ARTH 496 - Honors
Credits: (3)
Admission by consent of the departmental committee. Each candidate will be responsible for submitting by the end of their junior year a thesis proposal and a selected bibliography in some specific area of art historical literature, prepared in consultation with their advisor. Students admitted to honors study in art history will be enrolled in this course during both semesters of their senior year and will submit a scholarly thesis two weeks before the last day of classes of their graduating semester. Information is available from the department web site and the Charles Center. For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see Honors and Special Programs under Requirements for Degrees in this catalog.
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Asian and Middle Eastern Studies |
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AMES 200 - Transfer Elective Credit
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AMES 250 - Critical Issues in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): CSI
Domain (Reaching Out): ALV
This core course employs interdisciplinary approaches to critically examine selected intellectual and cultural themes in a broadly conceived “Asia,” including East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific. Themes may vary from year to year but will focus on issues relevant to the Asian and Middle Eastern experience.
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AMES 290 - Topics in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Credits: (1-4)
Selected topics in AMES are offered occasionally. The topic to be considered will be announced prior to the beginning of the semester.
These courses may be repeated for credit if the topic varies.
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AMES 300 - Transfer Elective Credit
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AMES 312 - Global Asian Cities: Learning from Dubai
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI
The class is an exploration into the relationship between local culture, architecture, regional politics, and economic globalization in Asian and Middle Eastern Citiies, using Dubai as a model.
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AMES 320 - Islamophobia and Orientalism
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): CSI
Domain (Reaching Out): ALV
This class examines the rise of anti-Muslim sentiments (Islamophobia) in the United States and compares it to Orientalism, the ideology used to justify Western colonialism during the 19th and 20th centuries. We analyze the relationship between United States’ foreign and domestic policies, popular culture, and the mainstreaming of Muslim-baiting rhetoric. In doing so, we will ask whether Islamophobia is new? Is it only the purview of the fringe right-wing in the United States or are Islamophobic stereotypes and precepts shared throughout the political spectrum from liberal to conservative wings of each party? Is it an issue of race linked to American culture and racial history or does it have to do exclusively with American global power, security, and/or a misunderstanding of Islam? To answer whether Islamophobia in the Unites States is something new or just a refurbished paradigm of a bygone-political era, we will also keep a journal noting examples of Islamophobia, Orientalism, anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism but also ways that it is being rejected.
Cross-listed with: APIA 320
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AMES 330 - Palestine-Israel: A Dialogue
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
This course explores the lesser known histories and contemporary realities of the Palestine-Israel conflict. We examine alternate histories, social experiments, and cultural and political possibilities that have been largely overlooked in the mainstream search for a peaceful and equitable resolution to the Palestine-Israel conflict.
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AMES 331 - Political Violence in the Middle East
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 300
This class will explore the concept of “political violence,” which is often termed as “terrorism.” We will delve into the historical notion of “political violence,” examining its appearance in modernity. More specifically, we will examine how political violence has been used by state and non-state actors in the Middle East for various ends.
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AMES 332 - Sex & Race in Plays & Films: Dramatizing Diversity
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 200, ACTV, ARTS
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI
Study of sexuality, gender and race in plays and films dramatizing marginalized communities in the United States and selected countries like France, Iran, Martinique, Mexico, the Philippines, Senegal, and Turkey. Course work includes acting, creative projects, teaching methods, and analytical essays.
Cross-listed with: AFST 332, APIA 332, GSWS 332, THEA 332
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AMES 333 - South & South East Asian Folklore Performance
Credits: (3-4)
College Curriculum: COLL 200, ACTV, ARTS
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI
Interdisciplinary journey into the sociocultural history, aesthetics, languages, and performance of indigenous ceremony, ritual, folklore, oral literature, song, dance, and theatre in South and Southeast Asia. Students will learn to sing, dance, act, chant, and analyze material from sacred Hindu epics such as the “Ramayana” and “Mahabharata.”
Cross-listed with: DANC 333 or THEA 333
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AMES 351 - Short Course in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Credits: (1)
Selected topics in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies are offered occasionally. The topic to be considered will be announced prior to the beginning of the semester.
These courses may be repeated for credit.
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AMES 385 - AMES Student Think Tank
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 300
This course focuses on allowing the students to academically process within a classroom setting and build on the experiences, expertise, and cultural knowledge that they acquired during their internship, study abroad, and experience in Asia and the Middle East.
Cross-listed with: APIA 385
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AMES 390 - Topics in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Credits: (1-4)
Selected topics in AMES are offered occasionally. The topic to be considered will be announced prior to the beginning of the semester.
These courses may be repeated for credit if the topic varies.
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AMES 460 - Practicum in AMES
Credits: (1-3)
A variable (1-3) credit practicum for students to engage in AMES projects, readings, or co-requisite labs that do not entail independent research.
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AMES 480 - Independent Study in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Credits: (1-3)
For majors and minors who have completed most of their requirements and who have secured approval from a supervising instructor.
AMES 480 may be repeated for credit, if the topic varies.
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AMES 493 - Senior Research in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): AMES 250 or instructor permission.
College Curriculum: COLL 400
A research and discussion forum based around themes relevant to AMES area studies, in which students present and comment on their own and each other’s original research papers. Students will revise papers for presentation at the AMES Senior Research Colloquium held each spring. The class will read representative scholarship from multiple regions. Instructor provides overarching theme, core readings, background lectures on research methods, and guidelines on revising and presenting papers. Open to juniors and seniors only.
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AMES 495 - Senior Honors in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Credits: (3)
Please see the detailed description of the honors process in the opening of the Global Studies catalogue section.
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AMES 496 - Senior Honors in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Credits: (3)
Please see the detailed description of the honors process in the opening of the Global Studies catalogue section.
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Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies |
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APIA 205 - Introduction to Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): CSI
Domain (Reaching Out): ALV
This is an interdisciplinary study of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, including their histories, communities, cultures, socioeconomic development, political organizations, and their relationships with ancestral homelands, other Asian and Pacific Islander diasporas, and their unique roles as Americans on the world stage.
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APIA 222 - Acting Asian American: The Performance of Identity
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 200, ACTV, ARTS
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI
Beginning actor training for students who will perform from scripts dramatizing the Asian American community. Scene study involves research and analysis of the script’s socio-historical background. The scripts may cover themes such as immigration, colonialism, discriminatory laws, gender stereotypes and hyper-sexualization, the fetish and sex trade, the Japanese American internment, the farm-workers labor movement, the Vietnam War, and Terrorism. Graded course work includes monologue and scene work, analytical and reflective essays, and a public performance celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage.
Cross-listed with: THEA 222
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APIA 315 - Asian Pacific American History
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): CSI
Domain (Reaching Out): ALV
This course offers a broad survey of Asian Pacific American history. Given the immense diversity of Asian Pacific American communities, we cannot offer an exhaustive history in one semester. Instead, we cover a number of major events in Asian Pacific American history and focus on many key concepts in Asian Pacific American Studies. Furthermore, we are interested in Asian Pacific American identity as a social construct, and spend a large amount of time focusing on race discourse. Many of the readings address the ways in which Asian Pacific American racial identity was constructed in American popular culture and law. Other key topics include immigration, exclusion, citizenship, class, and gender.
Cross-listed with: HIST 315
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APIA 320 - Islamophobia
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): CSI
Domain (Reaching Out): ALV
This class examines the rise of anti-Muslim sentiments (Islamophobia) in the United States and compares it to Orientalism, the ideology used to justify Western colonialism during the 19th and 20th centuries. We analyze the relationship between United States’ foreign and domestic policies, popular culture, and the mainstreaming of Muslim-baiting rhetoric. In doing so, we will ask whether Islamophobia is new? Is it only the purview of the fringe right-wing in the United States or are Islamophobic stereotypes and precepts shared throughout the political spectrum from liberal to conservative wings of each party? Is it an issue of race linked to American culture and racial history or does it have to do exclusively with American global power, security, and/or a misunderstanding of Islam? To answer whether Islamophobia in the Unites States is something new or just a refurbished paradigm of a bygone-political era, we will also keep a journal noting examples of Islamophobia, Orientalism, anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism but also ways that it is being rejected.
Cross-listed with: AMES 320
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APIA 332 - Sex & Race in Plays & Films: Dramatizing Diversity
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 200, ACTV, ARTS
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI
Study of sexuality, gender and race in plays and films dramatizing marginalized communities in the United States and selected countries like France, Iran, Martinique, Mexico, the Philippines, Senegal, and Turkey. Course work includes acting, creative projects, teaching methods, and analytical essays.
Cross-listed with: AFST 332, AMES 332, GSWS 332, and THEA 332
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APIA 337 - Immigration, Assimilation and Ethnicity
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This course explores the forces that influence people to leave their own countries for the U.S.; how immigrants and their children adapt to their new surroundings; the role of historical and contemporary immigration on race/ethnic relations.
Cross-listed with: SOCL 337
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APIA 342 - Peoples and Cultures of East Asia
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
Introduction to the Peoples and Cultures of East Asia. The course will focus on cultural and social institutions, social norms, roles and life-styles, and the context and consequences of E. Asian diaspora. After studying the relations between America and East Asia during the past several decades, students will conduct independent field research by interviewing several Asian-Americans. The course is designed to introduce archival research, etjhnographic methodology, semiotics, cultural domain analysis and network analysis for systematic observation and investigation of human behavior and interaction.
Cross-listed with: ANTH 342
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APIA 350 - Topics in Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies
Credits: (3-4)
Relevant and critical topics explored through diverse courses taught by the affiliated and core faculty of the program of Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies.
Students may enroll for multiple sections as long as the topics are not duplicated.
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APIA 351 - Peoples and Cultures of Polynesia
Credits: (3)
This course provides an introduction to the cultures of the Polynesian Islands, from the earliest peopling to the post-colonial era. We will focus on how all Eastern Polynesian societies descended from a common ancestral culture, but how through time, with isolation and adaptation to differing island environments, each Eastern Polynesian society developed their own unique localized identity. We will end the course with a consideration of colonial encounters and the consequences for indigenous Polynesian populations, and subsequent adaptations of these societies through time, due to colonial contexts, globalization, and climate change.
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APIA 364 - Asian American Experience: Part 1, 1849-1965
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
This course is an interdisciplinary survey of the Asian American experience. Through readings in history, literature and film, we will examine the role of United States imperialism and World War II in the shaping of Asian immigration in the making of Asian Americans. Our texts include literary works by Sui Sin-Far, Maxine Hong-Kingston, Frank Chin, Hisaye Yamamoto and others. Films include Shanghai Express (1932); Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937); The Flower Drum Song (1961); and Ang Lee’s, The Wedding Banquet (1993).
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APIA 365 - Asian American Experience: Part 2, 1965-present
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): ALV
This course is an interdisciplinary survey of the cultural expressions of the Asian American experience in the United States from 1965 to the present. Through literature and film, this course explores the history of immigration in the contexts of the United States’ intervention in Southeast Asia and the cultural and social revolution of the 1960s at home. Writers include: Richard Kim, Teresa Cha, Gish Jin and Jhumpa Lahiri. We will also view documentary and feature films.
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APIA 366 - Asian American Studies
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
This course examines the history of Asian immigration to the U.S., the development of Asian-American communities, and the social incorporation of these groups within American society. Emphasis is on the prominent theories, major issues, and current controversies in Asian-American Studies.
Cross-listed with: SOCL 366
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APIA 385 - AMES Student Think Tank
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 300
This course focuses on allowing the students to academically process within a classroom setting and build on the experiences, expertise, and cultural knowledge that they acquired during their internship, study abroad, and experience in Asia and the Middle East.
Cross-listed with: AMES 385
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APIA 405 - Transnational Asian American Literature
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
Through the use of fictional and other texts, this course will examine how the Asian American is constructed in literary settings that situate this subject in multiple worlds. At several turns the model minority, the perpetual foreigner, or terrorist, how does the Asian American figure in various transnational contexts as represented by fiction? This course will analyze the intersectional constructs of race, gender, class, and sexuality in investigating how Asian Americanness is constituted within and against the concept of the nation. In so doing, the focus will be on texts that engage with colonialism, (im)migration, diaspora, and globalization as markers of identity in perpetual flux. Accordingly, we will attend to how literature characterizes the subjectivity of Asian Americans within the United States as simultaneously American and Other. At the same time, we will also scrutinize how Asian Americanness functions transnationally in literary depictions of racial and national identity at the margins of, and across, notions of inclusion and exclusion. (This course is anchored in the ALV and CSI domains.)
Cross-listed with: ENGL 371A
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APIA 423 - Topics in Post-Coloniality
Credits: (3)
Study of colonialism and post-colonialism in literature and cultural contexts ranging from the early modern period to the contemporary moment. Topics vary but may include literary representations of nationalism, transnationalism, diaspora, displacement, identity politics, and political activism in metropole and colony.
If there is no duplication of topic, may be repeated for credit. Cross-listed with: ENGL 423
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APIA 444 - Filipino American & Diaspora Studies
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Additional Domain (if applicable): CSI
Seminar on history, culture, and arts of Filipino society and its global diaspora rooted in Southeast Asian maritime mercantile polities and matriarchal cultures. Students learn how Filipinos fight for agency through humor, performing arts, film & digital space, fashion, food, basketball, and boxing as they navigate and negotiate European, Japanese, Chinese and American imperialism and colonization.
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APIA 445 - Korean American Diaspora Studies
Credits: (3)
Domain (Anchored): CSI
Interdisciplinary seminar on the imagination, creation, and evolution of Korean communities that allow Koreans to influence the diasporic spaces they inhabit such as the United States, the Americas and the world.
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APIA 480 - Independent Study
Credits: (2-4)
Student directed, designed and implemented course work towards a scholarly or creative output, after approval from solicited supervising faculty.
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APIA 495 - Honors
Credits: (3)
Students meeting the requirements to pursue Honors study design their scholarly inquiry or creative engagement of a thesis or theme previously approved and supervised by an approving faculty supervisor. Solicited faculty will only consider written proposals with project descriptions and preliminary timelines for completion. To successfully receive credit for APIA 495, students must have completed the first draft of their research output, be it a creative work or scholarly paper by the end of examination week. Faculty will decide whether the student will continue on to APIA 496 on the basis of their assessment.
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APIA 496 - Honors
Credits: (3)
Students pursuing Honors study only enroll in APIA 496 upon approval from supervising faculty of their successful completion of APIA 495. The main thrust of this course is for revision, refinement, and elaboration on the first draft. The candidate for Honors will present their body of work to the public and will be examined by their faculty committee at least two weeks before the end of the semester. In the event that faculty and/or student discern that the current progress of the work is not at full completion or if the faculty committee makes the same decision, APIA 495 and 496 will be converted into APIA 480: Independent Studies.
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APIA 499 - Senior Capstone Project
Credits: (3-4)
This course provides graduating students the opportunity to create a culminating project demonstrating their application of knowledge they have learned in Asian Pacific Islander American Studies. In addition to scholarly research papers and creative work, students may also design practical projects or feasibility studies based on their interests.
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Biology |
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BIOL 100 - Critical Questions in Biology
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 100
An exploration of significant questions and integrative concepts in Biology, their grounding in the process of scientific discovery and application, and their broader relevance to society. Designed for first-year students. Although topics vary, the courses also seek to improve students’ communication skills beyond the written word.
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BIOL 106 - Disease, Biomedicine, and Biomedical Research
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): NQR
Domain (Reaching Out): ALV, CSI
Introduction to the biology of common devastating diseases. Topics include the biological basis of specific disease and general approaches for accessing biomedical information, interpreting data from clinical trials, and appreciating the methodological approaches used by biomedical researchers to investigate disease. Not applicable toward the minimum requirements for a major or minor in Biology.
Three class hours.
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BIOL 112 - Medicine and the Mind
Credits: (3)
The first half of this course will take a historical look at medical science and those who looked into the brain for answers about its function, including Thomas Willis and Christopher Wren. The secondhalf will focus on our brains and which has more influence, nature or nurture. Not applicable toward the requirements for a major or minor in biology.
Three class hours.
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BIOL 115 - Memory and Learning: A Practical Guide for Students
Credits: (2)
A review of research on the structure and function of brain areas involved in learning and memory in relation to research on the development of expertise. Includes a review of methods to improve learning efficiency and quality.
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BIOL 150 - First-Year Seminar
Credits: (4)
College Curriculum: COLL 150
An exploration of a specific topic in Biology. A grade of C- or better fulfills the COLL 150 requirement. Although topics vary, the courses emphasize academic writing skills, reading and analysis of texts, and discussion.
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BIOL 201 - Freshman Research
Credits: (1)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of department and instructor.
Introduction to research with faculty mentor for freshmen identified by the Biology Department as having an unusually strong Biology background. Students cannot register themselves for this course.
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BIOL 203 - Introduction to Molecules, Cells, Development
Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): NQR
Lectures explore the molecular and cellular characteristics of living organisms including cell structure, biochemistry, metabolism, molecular genetics, and cellular processes in development. Recommended for science majors. Presupposes strong background in high school biology and chemistry.
Three class hours. (formerly BIOL225 lecture)
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BIOL 203L - Introduction to Molecules, Cells, Development Laboratory
Credits: (1)
Prereq/Corequisite(s): BIOL 203
Domain (Anchored): NQR
Laboratory investigations in cell, molecular, and developmental biology. (Lab) One discussion hour, three laboratory hours.
(Lab) One discussion hour, three laboratory hours. There is a fee associated with the laboratory.
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BIOL 204 - Introduction to Organisms, Ecology, Evolution
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 203 or ENSP 101
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): NQR
Course is designed for potential biology majors. Lectures explore the diversity of organisms, their interactions with each other and the environment, and the evolutionary processes that produce diversity. Topics include Mendelian genetics, major taxonomic groups, ecology, and evolution. Presupposes strong background in high school biology.
Three class hours. (formerly BIOL 220 lecture)
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BIOL 204L - Introduction to Organisms, Ecology, Evolution Laboratory
Credits: (1)
Prereq/Corequisite(s): BIOL 204
Domain (Anchored): NQR
Laboratory investigations in ecology, mendelian genetics, and animal behavior. (Lab) One discussion hour, three laboratory hours.
(Lab) One discussion hour, three laboratory hours. There is a fee associated with the laboratory.
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BIOL 298 - Freshman Honors Biology Laboratory I
Credits: (1)
Corequisite(s): BIOL 204 optional
The lab will focus on a genomics approach to bacterial pathogenicity and cell fate specification in the vertebrate nervous system. Students will master basic lab skills related to the projects, construct cDNA and genomics libraries, and conduct high throughput sequencing.
There is a fee associated with the laboratory.
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BIOL 299 - Freshman Honors Biology Laboratory II
Credits: (1)
Corequisite(s): BIOL 203 optional
The lab will focus on a genomics approach to bacterial pathogenicity and cell fate specification in the vertebrate nervous system. Students will conduct in depth bioinformatics analysis of the sequenced cDNA and genomic libraries.
There is a fee associated with this laboratory.
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BIOL 301 - Engineering Life: Scientific, Cultural, and Ethical Aspects of Synthetic Biology
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): One year of science or math coursework at the introductory level: MATH 111 and 112 or CSCI 141 and 241 or BIOL 220 and 225 (now re-numbered as 203 and 204) or CHEM 103 and CHEM 207 or 209. Corequisite(s): Participation in W&M iGEM Team
College Curriculum: COLL 300
The course will entail participation in the iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) team and competition over the summer and fall semesters. Students will design and build a novel genetic device and learn about the scientific, ethical, and cultural aspects of synthetic biology.
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BIOL 302 - Integrative Biology: Animals
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 204 , BIOL 203
The study of the evolution, classification, ecology, behavior, development and functional systems of the major animal phyla. Certain aspects of human biology will also be covered.
Three class hours, three laboratory hours. There is a fee associated with the laboratory.
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BIOL 303 - Introduction to Biological Research
Credits: (1)
Introduction to biological research in the lab or field conducted under the supervision of a faculty advisor. Biol 303 may be used as a gateway to independent research in Biology (e.g. BIOL 403). Hours to be arranged. By instructor permission only.
Graded: Pass/Fail. May be repeated once with the same or another faculty advisor.
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BIOL 304 - Integrative Biology: Plants
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 204 , BIOL 203
An examination of major groups of photosynthetic organisms, with emphasis on terrestrial plants and their interactions with other organisms. Their structure, reproduction, physiology and ecological importance are emphasized in an evolutionary context.
Three class hours, three laboratory hours. There is a fee associated with the laboratory.
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BIOL 305 - Integrative Biology: Plants (without lab)
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 204 and BIOL 203
An examination of major groups of photosynthetic organisms, with emphasis on terrestrial plants and their interactions with other organisms. Their structure, reproduction, physiology and ecological importance are emphasized in an evolutionary context. Three class hours.
Note: Integrative Biology: Plants must be taken with its associated laboratory to meet the “Integrative” requirement for biology majors.
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BIOL 306 - Microbiology
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 204 , BIOL 203 .
Introduction to the biology of prokaryotes and viruses. Classical topics such as growth, metabolism and genetics, ecology, and molecular biology are covered in the lecture section. The laboratory introduces techniques routinely in microbiology such as sterile techniques, staining and microscopy, biochemical assays, microbial ecology, and genetics.
Three class hours, three laboratory hours. (formerly BIOL 440) There is a fee associated with the laboratory.
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BIOL 310 - Molecular Cell Biology
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 204 , BIOL 203 .
Prereq/Corequisite(s): CHEM 206 .
An introduction to the principles by which eukaryotic cells function with an emphasis on the molecular biology of cells and experimental approaches to their analysis.
Three class hours. (formerly BIOL 406)
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BIOL 312 - Evolution of Organisms
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 204 , BIOL 203 .
An introduction to the mechanisms and outcomes of evolution. Examples are drawn from many disciplines (e.g. genetics, behavior, and paleontology) to discuss how researchers study the evolution of organisms and develop and test evolutionary theory using integrative approaches.
Three class hours. (formerly BIOL 448)
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BIOL 312F - Evolution of Organisms
Credits: (4)
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 204 or BIOL 203
College Curriculum: COLL 300
This field work section of BIOL 312 includes a study away enhancement to the Evolution of Organisms course with College 300 attribute. Students enrolled in this course will attend class with BIOL312 students but then also participate in a structured study away program in June, based in London, U.K. Students will visit the home of Charles Darwin, interact with numerous British scientists, and work in the extensive collections of the British Natural History Museum and Kew Gardens. There will also be several cultural trips in and around London. While in London, students will apply some of the concepts taught in the lecture course and also write a paper that analyzes the cultural differences between the US and UK in terms of how evolutionary science is communicated to the public. Will satisfy College 300. Instructor permission only.
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BIOL 314 - Biochemistry
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 207 or CHEM 209 , and CHEM 205 or CHEM 208 .
Prereq/Corequisite(s): CHEM 205 or CHEM 208
The molecular basis of living processes; the chemistry of important constituents of living matter, biosynthesis, metabolism, bioenergetics, enzyme kinetics, metabolic control, transport mechanisms.
Cross-listed with: CHEM 314
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BIOL 317 - Paleontology
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 101 , GEOL 110 , GEOL 150W , both BIOL 204 and BIOL 203 , or consent of the instructor.
The taxonomy of fossil organisms and the role of fossils in the study of organic evolution and the time relations of rock sequences. The laboratory stresses invertebrate morphology and quantitative measurement of local marine fossils. Field trips. Does not fulfill upper-division lab requirement.
Two class hours, two laboratory hours. Cross-listed with: GEOL 302
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BIOL 318 - Conservation Biology
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 204 and BIOL 204L or consent of the instructor.
An introduction to the fundamentals of conservation biology and an examination of current conservation issues. Topics include threats to biodiversity, endangered species management, and the interplay of politics, economics, or societal values in conservation decisionmaking.
Three class hours.
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BIOL 325 - Introduction to Quantitative Biology
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 204 , BIOL 203 , MATH 111 or MATH 131 Corequisite(s): BIOL 325L
Introduction to the mathematical tools used in quantitative analysis and modeling of biological systems. The goal is to develop quantitative reasoning skills through the use of mathematical modeling, data analysis, and computer simulation. Biological topics include population ecology, microbiology, epidemiology, evolutionary genetics, systems biology, and gene regulation.
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BIOL 327 - Introduction to Biostatistics
Credits: (3-4)
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 203 and BIOL 204 and MATH 111 (or MATH 131).
An introduction to statistics and research design, including statistical inference, hypothesis testing, descriptive statistics and commonly used statistical tests. Emphasis is placed on the application of quantitative techniques in the biological sciences and solution methods via use of the computer. Includes a separate lab (BIOL 327L) when offered as a 4 credit course.
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BIOL 330 - Introduction to Marine Science
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): Select at least one course from the following list: BIOL 203 or BIOL 204 or CHEM 101 or CHEM 103 or CHEM 205 or GEOL 101 or GEOL 110 or GEOL 150 or PHYS 101 or PHYS 101H or PHYS 107
Domain (Anchored): NQR
This course provides an overview of physical, chemical, biological and geological processes operating in the world ocean. The interdisciplinary nature of marine science is emphasized, providing an integrated view of factors which control ocean history, circulation, chemistry and biological productivity.
Three class hours. Cross-listed with: ENSP 249 and GEOL 330 and MSCI 330
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BIOL 345 - Neurobiology
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 203 .
An introduction to the fundamental concepts of neurobiology; this course will cover basic neuroanatomy and electrophysiology, but will emphasize the molecular basis of neuronal development and signaling, including sensory systems, motor systems, learning and memory, behavior and disease of the nervous system.
Three class hours.
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BIOL 351 - Cellular Biophysics and Modeling
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): MATH 112 or MATH 132 , BIOL 203 , or consent of instructor.
An introduction to simulation and modeling of dynamic phenomena in cell biology and neuroscience. Topics covered will include the biophysics of excitable membranes, the gating of voltage- and ligand-gated ion channels, intracellular calcium signaling, and electrical bursting in neurons.
Cross-listed with: APSC 351
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BIOL 356 - Random Walks in Biology
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): (MATH 111 or MATH 131 ) and BIOL 204
Prereq/Corequisite(s): BIOL 203 or consent of instructor.
This course introduces random processes in biological systems. It focuses on how biological processes are inherently stochastic and driven by a combination of energetic and entropic factors. Topics include diffusion, cell motility, molecular motors, ion channels, and extinction in populations.
Cross-listed with: APSC 456 and MATH 356
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BIOL 401 - Evolutionary Genetics
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 204 . BIOL 203 BIOL 312
Evolution as an ongoing process, rather than as a history, is emphasized. Topics include theoretical and experimental population genetics, ecological genetics, interactions of evolutionary forces, genetic divergence, speciation, and molecular evolution.
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BIOL 403 - Research in Biology
Credits: (Credit to be arranged)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Independent laboratory or field research under the supervision of a faculty member. A written report is required. No more than three hours may be applied toward the minimum 37 required for a biology major. Hours to be arranged.
May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 6 hours.
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BIOL 404 - Special Topics in Biology
Credits: (1-4)
Four credit courses have an associated laboratory. Credits count toward major.
If there is no duplication of topic, courses with this number may be repeated for credit.
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BIOL 405 - Research Seminar
Credits: (0)
This seminar is to be attended on a near weekly basis by Biology faculty and all students doing research in the Biology Department. Students in BIOL 201, BIOL 303, BIOL 403 and BIOL 495 are expected to enroll.
Graded: Pass/Fail
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BIOL 407 - Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory
Credits: (1)
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 310 .
An introduction to the use of cell biology laboratory techniques including light and electron microscopy, mutant analysis and selected biochemical techniques.
Three laboratory hours. There is a fee associated with the laboratory.
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BIOL 409 - Virology
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 204 , BIOL 204L , BIOL 203 , BIOL 203L , and BIOL 310
This course gives an overview of fundamental concepts In virology. Topics include the discovery of viruses, principles of viral structure, viral morphogenesis, viral detection methods, viral vaccines, and ecological significance of viruses. A strong emphasis is placed on molecular mechanisms of viral replication.
Three class hours.
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BIOL 409L - Virology Lab
Credits: (1)
Prerequisite(s): (BIOL 203, 203L, 204, 204L, 310)
Prereq/Corequisite(s): BIOL 409
The Virology lab course is designed to give students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in common laboratory techniques in modern virology. Students will learn first-hand how to perform infectious assays, microscopy techniques, and molecular protocols to detect, enumerate, and characterize viruses in environmental samples. As part of this lab, students will attempt to isolate novel bacteriophages from environmental samples. Credits count toward major. Fulfills the upper level Biology laboratory requirement.
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BIOL 410 - Animal Behavior
Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 204 .
The study of vertebrate and invertebrate behaviors as adapted traits under the influence of both genes and the environment. Animal behavior, including that of humans and endangered species, will be placed in an ecological and evolutionary context.
Three class hours.
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