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	LALL 801 French I Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course Students study the basic elements of French grammar through conversation and drills derived from readings of easy modern prose and from a cultural reader. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 802 French I Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course Students study the basic elements of French grammar through conversation and drills derived from readings of easy modern prose and from a cultural reader. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 803 German I Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course One-year course of basic grammar. The aim of the course is to develop reading, writing, and conversing skills of the first-year German student. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 804 German I Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course One-year course of basic grammar. The aim of the course is to develop reading, writing, and conversing skills of the German student. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 805 Italian I Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course This course covers conversation about everyday Italian life and culture and basic grammar through reading of Italian prose. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 806 Italian I Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course This course covers conversation about everyday Italian life and culture and basic grammar through reading of Italian prose. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 807 Spanish I Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 800 level undergraduate course This introduction to Spanish is open to students who have had little to no previous Spanish language experience. In this course, the fundamentals of Spanish grammar, pronunciation and Spanish culture are introduced. Students will develop listening comprehension, speaking, and writing skills. Emphasis on conversational Spanish. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103*
	LALL 808 Spanish II Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 800 level undergraduate course Spanish II is the continuation of Spanish I. It is open to students who have had Spanish I or equivalent high school experience. In this course, the fundamentals of Spanish grammar, pronunciation and Spanish culture are further developed. Students will improve listening comprehension, speaking, and writing skills. Emphasis on conversational Spanish. Prerequisites *LACR102 and LALL807 or permission from the department*
	LALL 809 Latin I 3 cr, 3 hrs This course introduces the Latin language, some Latin authors in translation, and aspects of Roman culture. The course will cover approximately half of standard Latin grammar. Assignments will include reading and translation exercises and selections from ancient Latin texts. By the end of the course, students should understand the fundamentals of Latin grammar, have a basic working vocabulary, and be able to read simple Latin texts. Prerequisites Prerequisite: LACR 102
	LALL 811 Western Literary Masterpieces I Ancient to Medieval Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course Works from antiquity through the Middle Ages that form the foundation of Western literature. Focuses on the creation of character, the structure and form of the works and the perspectives and values they reveal. Examines the questions asked by different cultures and how human potential, fate, and reality are defined. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill an art history elective.
	LALL 812 Western Literary Masterpieces II Renaissance to Neoclassical Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course Works from the Renaissance through the Neoclassical period that form the foundation of Western Literature. Focuses on the creation of character, on structure and form, but also on tone (humor, parody, satire, and irony) and the perspectives and the values that the works reveal. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill an art history elective.
	LALL 815 Romanticism 3 credits 45 A study of the Romantic movement in England, including the major poets (Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats), several novelists (including Bronte’s “”Wuthering Heights”” and Mary Shelley’s “”Frankenstein”“), samplings from the letters and essays. Some of the predominant Romantic themes - the artist as outcast, revolution, man’s relation to nature - are addressed. Prerequisites *LACR102**
	LALL 821 Lyric Poetry Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course A survey of lyric poetry, with particular emphasis on a single period or a group of poets, e.g., Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Wallace Stevens, Allen Ginsberg, Sylvia Plath, and the English Romantics. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 822 Haiku: Classical to Contemporary Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course A survey of Haiku poetry from its development in Japan to its influence on American and world poets of the 20th century. This short, enigmatic poetic form is approached from three perspectives. First, we will focus on understanding the craft of haiku and the use of that knowledge to interpret the individual poems. Second, the foundations of haikus aesthetic principles as they developed over the centuries in Japan. And third, the influence of Japanese haiku on such 20th century poets such as Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, and the Beat poets. Throughout the course, English language haiku of contemporary North American poets is read, and students write their own haiku verses. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 823 Women Writers Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course explores and perhaps reclaims, the provocative treasures of women writers, ancient and contemporary, and their potential capacity to transform us as human beings. The various works studied, from the ancient poetic fragments of Sappho to the solitary lyrics of Emily Dickinson, from the fictional classics of Bronte, Austen, Wharton, and Virginia Woolf, to the twentieth century voices of Adrienne Rich, Toni Morrison, and Julia Alvarez, all give us the spectrum of authenticity in the female voice. In our reading, the questions will emerge: Do women think/write differently from men? What is the role of gender in the artistic imagination? As a counter example, students will also look at Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, with its classical work in feminine psychology, and Gilbert and Gubar’s groundbreaking textual analysis of women writers. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 825 The Short Story Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course A study of the short story from Poe to the present. Samplings from the British, the American, and the European, with particular attention to the major authors who reinvented the genre. At the end of the semester, students look at developments in contemporary fiction, the anti-story, the new wave, the surreal, the minimal, the funny, the mythic. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 831 19th Century American Writers Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course From the Gothic darkness of Edgar Allan Poe to Stephen Crane’s Red Badge, from Irving’s mystic Sleepy Hollow to Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter, from Thoreau’s idyll on Walden Pond to Melville’s terror rounding Cape Horn, from Whitman’s barbaric shout to Emily Dickinson’s lyric whisper, from Emerson’s ‘Self-Reliance’ to Mark Twain’s despairing loss of innocence, the trajectory of American Literature in the 19th century traces a movement from the past to the future. This course looks at the major writers of 19th century America, a fascinating and revolutionary period in American art, where an American past becomes an American Voice and our Original Sins form our future. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 832 20th Century American Writers Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course An introduction to 20th century American literature and its roots. What can be traced in that literature is a movement from idealism to cynicism or, perhaps, from idealism to realism. As America from an agrarian, small town culture to an increasingly urban and industrialized society, the American Dream of infinite potential and freedom for each citizen was re-mapped, just as the Western movement changed the geographical landscape of America. How the individual - the ‘little guy’ marginalized from self and society - reacted to this aloneness, this powerlessness is the focus of the course. We ask, as a new American century begins, what does it mean now to dream dreams, to endure nightmares? What truths do Americans continue to hold as self-evident in the wake of international terrorist violence and the uncharted seas of a new future? Of what use is literature in this? Prerequisites *LACR102 LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 833 African American Literature Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course Readings may include works by Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Imamu Baraka, and Gwendolyn Brooks, focusing on the larger question of the role of the African-American writer in American society. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 835 American Politics and Culture: 1945-1975 Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course The interaction of politics and culture from 1940 to 1975. Course material includes fiction and poetry, history and journalism, and film. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 841 Introduction to Mythology Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course defines mythmaking and analyzes different approaches to myth. The class will explore the function of different myths, their relevance to the culture that created them, and the forms through which the myths survive, particularly the epic and tragedy. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 842 Literature of the Roman Empire Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course After a glance at Greek influences, the course focuses on the literature of classical Rome. Readings from epic, drama, and lyric, with an emphasis on the interaction between those classical forms and the culture that produced them. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 843 Latin American Literature Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course The major literary trends and writers of Latin America where the way in which writers such as Rulfo, Marquez, Lezama Lima, and Mutis reinvented the Western literary tradition as they incorporated a common landscape and history into their work. The origins of both their style and imagery are traced by looking at earlier exponents of Latin American literatures. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 851 Greek Drama Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes are examined to understand their integrity as works of art and to develop an appreciation of the extraordinary accomplishment of Greek drama. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 852 Modern Drama Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course A study of the modern theater from the end of the 19th century to the mid-20th century. Students read some of the world’s most famous playwrights: Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Shaw, Pirandello, Lorca, Brecht, and Beckett. Theater trips are part of the experience of this course. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 853 Contemporary Drama Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course A study of the experimental developments in today’s theater, both on Broadway and off, from ‘Waiting for Godot’ to the present moment. Students read some of the most famous playwrights of our times: Genet, Beckett, Ionesco, Albee, Pinter, and Shepard, as well as some not so well-known. Theater trips are part of the experience of this course. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 860 Literature & Film Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course This course explores different subjects through the arts of literature and film. Among the topics treated have been images of Vietnam, the thriller, and science fiction. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course may be completed 2 times for credit
	LALL 861 Film History Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course A survey of the history of film. Films to be shown are selected from the following categories: early film forms (Lumiere, Griffith, and De Mille); Dada and Surrealist influences (Leger, Bunuel, Marx Brothers, and Resnais); the impact of Constructivism and the Machine Aesthetic (Eisenstein, Vertov, and Chaplin); German Expressionists’ influence on Hollywood (Ford, Welles, Wyler, and Hitchcock); modern European and American films (Bergman, Godard, Kubrick, and Altman); and avant-garde art influences on new American cinema (Deren and Brakhage). Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 862 Issues in National Cinema Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course selects films from modern and post-modern European cinema and from emerging national cinema. The films chosen will demonstrate both their interaction with politics and culture and an alternative discourse to Hollywood commercial filmmaking. Films are selected from the following: Italian Neo-Realism; French Revised Wave; postwar European national cinema; other national cinemas (China, Japan, Brazil, Chile, etc.). Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 871 Poetry Writing Workshop Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course Students’ poems are discussed, criticized, revised, and improved. Principles governing the decision to change a poem in various ways, the study of poems by American and English poets, the reading of some criticism, and concentration on the basic principles of craft are all included. Theories involve sound, content, meaning, and purpose of student poems and of poetry in general. The poet’s sense of an audience also figures in the discussion. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 873 Playwriting Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course This workshop course introduces students to the discipline of writing for theater and radio. Focusing on the elements necessary for the creation of producible scripts, the student develops practical skills leading to the creation of a short work for stage or radio by the end of the semester. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* Priority enrollment to Theater Management and Production majors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course is equated with the following courses: LALL873, LALL873, THEA*355
	LALL 875 Fiction Writing Workshop Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course This course focuses on writing short fiction in a workshop setting. Students study the elements of creative writing, experiment with several forms, and develop a clear voice. The goal is to produce a portfolio of finished pieces. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 901 French II Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course is open to students who have completed French I or have had two years or more of high school French. Emphasis speaking French and reading French short stories, modern poetry, newspapers and magazines. Prerequisites *LALL802** This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 902 French II Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course is open to students who have completed French I or have had two or more years of high school French. Emphasis speaking French and reading French short stories, modern poetry, newspapers and magazines. Prerequisites *LALL901** This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 905 Italian II Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course Open to students who have completed Italian I or have had two or more years of high school Italian. Verbal skills in Italian are developed as well as the ability to read poetry, short stories, and newspaper articles in Italian. Prerequisites LALL 806 This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 906 Italian II Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course A continuation of LALL 905. Open to students who have completed Italian I or have had two or more years of high school Italian. Verbal skill in Italian and ability to read poetry, short stories, and newspaper articles in Italian. Prerequisites *LALL905** This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 907 Spanish III Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course An accelerated course which reviews the basic principles of the Spanish language for students with some background of high school Spanish or Spanish I and II at UArts. Spanish grammar and culture are introduced in the context of short literacy readings, and articles from newspapers and periodicals. This course helps students develop listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. It is given predominantly in Spanish. Prerequisites *LALL807 and LALL808 or permission from the department.* Experience Required- See Dept.
	LALL 908 Spanish IV Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course This course will offer a content-based review of Spanish grammar and systematic vocabulary and skill development. At this level, more advanced grammatical structures are presented. The course integrates language, culture, art, and literature. It is given predominantly in Spanish. Prerequisites *LACR102 and LALL907 or permission from the LA department* Experience Required- See Dept.
	LALL 911 Major Writers Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course Focuses on the life and work of a single important writer. Among the authors who have received this intense examination have been James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Emily Dickinson. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 913 Nineteenth Century Novel Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course We study some of the most admired, best loved books of the world, written in the heyday of the novel, the 19th-century: ‘Crime and Punishment’ by Dostoevsky, ‘Madame Bovary’ by Flaubert, ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Bronte, ‘Great Expectations’ by Dickens, ‘Portrait of a Lady’ by James. This is a course for people who love to read. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 914 Contemporary Novel Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course This is a course for people who like to read. We study 10 (count ‘em 10!) novels by some of the most interesting authors of the past two decades including works from North and South America and Eastern and Western Europe. Some are weird, some beautiful, some sexy, some funny. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 915 Modern Poetry Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course The course considers both the central figures and central movements in modern poetry. The first part of the semester will look at the stylistic changes and the ideological currents which shaped the high modernist mode. The second part of the course will explore the major figures through their most important works. Figures include Yeats, Pound, Eliot, Stevens, Williams, and Frost. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 916 The Contemporary Poem Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course The Contemporary Poem explores the ways in which the post-war lyric defined itself by negotiating the tensions between the subjective first person confessional’ voice, and the social and political anxieties of the post-war period. In doing so, the course will explore how poets’ styles emerge from just such tensions, rejections, and adoptions. The course will begin by comparing two extremes, the demotic, politically engaged Ginsberg and the reclusive, private Elizabeth Bishop. It will then move to the confessional voice. The course will also consider how poets with different cultural and political priorities have borrowed, appropriated, added to, or challenged the contemporary tradition. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill an art history elective.
	LALL 921 Superheroes Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course examines the most important heroes of popular culture in the Middle Ages - Beowulf, Roland, Siegfried, and King Arthur. What do these heroes and the epics in which they appear reveal about their culture? How do they compare to modern popular superheroes? Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 922 Big Fat Famous Novel Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course Three of the world’s best and most important novels: Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace,’ Melville’s ‘Moby Dick,’ and Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ are read. Each provides great pleasure to the serious reader and much material for intense discussion. Each novel has the equivalent of its own little course, about one month long. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 923 Children’s Literature Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course investigates the oral traditions of world literature, which continue to nurture the imagination and sense of identity of children today, and the modern tradition of children’s literature. The course focuses on children’s literature as an introduction to the principles and forms of art and to the rule of the imagination in child development. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 925 The Uncanny Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course This course explores the phenomenon of the uncanny as it has been represented in literature, the graphic arts, and film. Material varies but may include artists from Holbein and Bosch to Poe, Kafka, Lynch, and Hitchcock. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 927 Detective Film and Fiction Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course An examination of the genre known as hard-boiled detective fiction as it developed in literature and then was extended by feature films. Among the authors to be considered are Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross MacDonald; among the films are ‘The Maltese Falcon,’ ‘The Big Sleep,’ and ‘The Long Goodbye.’ Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 929 Introduction to Southern Writers Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course Introduction to Southern Writers will explore writers who have greatly affected the landscape of southern literature such as Flannery O’Connor, William Faulkner, and James Dickey, to current writers who continue to work through issues of race, religion, gender, and nostalgia, such as Wells Tower and ZZ Packer. The course will contextualize our understanding of the South and what makes current Southern Fiction uniquely Southern.”“ Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 930 Shakespeare Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course The dramatic works of the supreme writer of the English Renaissance: Shakespeare. A selection of his comedies, histories, tragedies, and romances are read. Focuses on the plays not only as literary accomplishments but also as theatrical performances existing in three-dimensional space. Concerned with both the parameters of the original Renaissance stage and with modern translations and transformations of the plays. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill an art history elective.
	LALL 951 American Playwrights Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course A study of the American theater in the past 75 years, looking at the works of such authors as O’Neill, Miller, Williams, Albee, and Shepard. Theater trips as well as showings of filmed plays. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 953 Art of Song Lyric Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course A study of how modern song lyrics developed from the ancient tradition of lyric poetry and folk ballads and hymns. Close analysis of notable song lyrics in terms of the theme, settings narrative, character, imagery, drama and emotion. Genres include opera, blues, jazz, cabaret, musical comedy, rock, and hip-hop. Popular and classical songs are examined to show the problems and challenges of putting words to music. Performance and interpretation will also be considered. There is a substantial writing requirement: students may elect to study song lyrics or librettos or to write original song lyrics of their own. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 955 Dante in the Modern World Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course The course explores Dante’s journey in the Divine Comedy, his search for order, for answers to ultimate questions, and his inspiration of artists in various media, such as Baudelaire, T.S. Eliot, Tchaikovsky, Puccini, Rodin, Rauschenberg. The main subject for the study is ‘Inferno’ with references to the Purgatorio and the Paradiso. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 961 Avant Garde Cinema Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course This course examines the arts and history of experimental film and video. The class emphasizes the development of non-traditional forms and structures, specifically the exploration of mental states, visual metaphors and process. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 963 American Film Genres Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course A consideration of a particular film genre and style in cinema, which may include film noir, horror, comedy, political film, and independent film, and varying from semester to semester. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course may be completed 2 times for credit
	LALL 964 Electronic Video 3 credits 45 The course traces the history of video as an art form from the early 1960s to the present. Basic film concepts are reviewed in their application to emerging new electronic formats. Video art is examined in all of its aspects as computer art, installation, and sculpture. The survey explores the variety of styles, genres, and forms that constitute the distinctive achievement of American video art. The videotapes and documentation of artists’ projects are examined and placed within the social and cultural context in which they were produced. The market forces and the political/psychological systems shaping the audience and creating an increasingly problematic role for artists are an important consideration. Prerequisites *LACR102**
	LALL 965 Literature and Film: From Text to Screen Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course Explores the conceptual and the technical leap between the written text and its transformation to a cinematic text on the screen. The students examine what happens to plot, characterization, bound and free description when a narrative text is converted to an audio-visual presentation. In certain examples, the transformation of narrative structure is from the novel to the screenplay to the finished film. Students gain insights into the relationships between written and filmed dialogue, between written description and cinematic mise-en-scene, between the novel’s omniscient narrator and the film’s voice-over. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 966 Becoming an Artist Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course Texts by Mann, Rilke, Joyce, and Cather are used to explore the idea of artistic vocation in the modern era, leading to exploration in the fields of poetry, sculpture, painting, music, and opera. Prerequisites *LACR102** This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 971 Contemporary Poetry: The Book Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course This course will explore notable tendencies in current poetry by focusing on book-length poetic projects, sequences, and series published in the last five years. We will consider the qualities of craft and sensibility that distinguish some of the most exciting new poetry, as well as how those elements interact with a book’s arrangement, design, and cultural positioning. Considered texts will include works in translation and those that engage with documentary poetics, ecopoetics, conceptualism, and digital/multimedia approaches. Students will write two major essays in response to course material and will complete a final project that combines creative and critical modes; this final project may include collaborative or interdisciplinary methods. The course will feature visits from some of the studied authors. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 973 Advanced Playwriting Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course A follow-up to Playwriting. Students further develop their writing and revising skills. In addition, the class analyzes selected contemporary plays and write playwrights’ critiques of modern theatrical practices. Students complete a polished one-act or radio drama. Prerequisites *LALL873** This course is not repeatable for credit. This course is equated with the following courses: THEA356, LALL973
	LALL 974 Advanced Poetry Workshop Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course An extension of the knowledge and experience of reading and writing poetry that students gained in the Poetry Writing Workshop. Students write, revise, and critique original poems, review individual books of poems, and survey the broad sweep of contemporary poetry. Prerequisites *LALL871** This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LALL 975 Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course A follow-up to the Fiction Writing Workshop. Students produce, critique, read, and revise short stories in a more intensive environment. Goals are to hone critical skills, develop and refine students’ individual voices, and provide a portfolio of finished pieces. Prerequisites *LALL875** This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 8XX Liberal Arts Period Interpretation - Pre-20th Century 3 credits 3 hours Period Interpretations are an array of interdisciplinary courses that explore the process by which we understand cultural areas. Students consider both conventional and innovative interpretations of cultural history. All students are required to take two Period Interpretation courses, one 20th Century, and one pre-20th Century. Most students will take PI courses in the junior and/or senior years. General Objectives for all Period Interpretation Courses (to which specific objectives for individual courses will be added) By the end of this course, successful students will: Demonstrate mature skills interpretive reading (and viewing), critical thnking, research techniques, and academic writing; Outline the social, artistic, and political forces that define the cultural history of the period the course explores; Prepare a reasoned and persuasive scholarly argument in a independent and/or group project; Use primary and secondary sources from diverse disciplines to demonstrate comprehension of cultural history. Prerequisites Prerequisite: LACR 102 and LACR 210; must have completed 45 credits.
	LAPI 9XX Liberal Arts Period Interpretation - 20th Century 3 credits 3 hours Period Interpretations are an array of interdisciplinary courses that explore the process by which we understand cultural areas. Students consider both conventional and innovative interpretations of cultural history. All students are required to take two Period Intrepretation courses, one 20th Century, and one pre-20th Century. Most students will take PI course in the junior and/or senior years. General Objectives for all Period Interpretation Course (to which specific objectives for indi\vidual courses will be added) By the end of this course, successful students will: Demonstrate mature skills in interpretive reading (and viewing), critical thinking, research techniques, and academic writing; Outline the social, artistic, and political forces that define the cultural history of the period the course explores; Prepare a reasoned and persuasive scholarly argument in an independent and/or group project; Use primary and secondary sources from diverse disciplines to demonstrate comprehension of cultural history. Prerequisites *Prerequisite: LACR102 and LACR210; must have completed 45 credits.*
	LAPI 811 Art Nouveau and Aestheticism Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 800 level undergraduate course Many threads of social, political, cultural, technological, architectural, crafts, and art history are drawn together to explore the foundations of Art Nouveau and Aestheticism and their manifestations in Europe and the United States. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 817 Self and Nature: the Dynamics of Romantic Landscape Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 800 level undergraduate course This course features literature and painting of the Romantic era in England and Germany, with excursions to France and America and into the medium of music. We observe how landscape description in Romanticism developed a new vocabulary for experience of the self and the self’s relation to nature and community. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 820 Rome From Julius Caesar Through Nero Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 800 level undergraduate course This course is a study of the transition of Rome from a Republic to an Empire, focusing on the Julio-Claudian line, which began with Julius Caesar and ended with Nero. This course examines the historical background and the religious, social, and economic issues that facilitated such a transition. Accompanying the transition was a flourishing of poetry, due in part to the patronage system and in part to increased literacy of the Roman people. Economic prosperity among the upper classes led to an increased demand for architecture, visual arts (painting and sculpture), and public entertainment (theater, music and dance, spectacles, gladiatorial combats). At the same time, the division among the social classes became even more dramatic, and government censorship and intrusion into private life emerged as major concerns under Augustus. Through the use of primary sources, class handouts, and independent study, students are encouraged to investigate the transition from Republic to Empire and to explore possible parallels in contemporary U.S. history. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 821 Religion, Art and the Apocalypse: 1850 - 1914 Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 800 level undergraduate course An examination of the apocalyptic themes in the context of modern intellectual and artistic developments in the West at the turn of the 20th century. Connections are drawn between religious interpretations of the Apocalypse and the apocalyptic motifs in modern art and literature. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 822 Age of Reason, Age of Satire: 18th Century England Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 800 level undergraduate course The course examines the cultural history of England in the 18th century, focusing on two preoccupations of the day: rationalism and satire. The class introduces the philosophic and political documents that justified the American and French Revolutions, and then turns to satire in fiction in the visual arts. The term closes with a discussion of 20th century satire, our legacy from the Enlightenment and Revolutionary periods. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 823 Victorian England: Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 800 level undergraduate course This course is a study of the two faces of Victorian England: 1) the respectable and highly moralistic image reflected in much of the art as well as in social and cultural norms, and 2) the underbelly of violence and perversion, reflected not only in the decadent artists of the 1890s but also in the social underworld of Jack the Ripper and the increasing population of prostitutes. The course also examines the historical background and the political, social, and economic issues that made such a dichotomy virtually inevitable. Artists who understood this dichotomy, in varying terms, are emphasized: Stevenson, Tennyson, Browning, the Pre-Raphaelites, Gilbert and Sullivan, Wilde, and Beardsley. Through reading, lectures, class discussion, and independent study students investigate the two faces of Victorian England and explore possible parallels in contemporary U.S. society. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 824 ‘Orientalism’: 19th Century European Eyes on the Middle E. Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 800 level undergraduate course The ‘Orient’ (the land and its peoples included in the Ottoman Empire in the Near East, North Africa, Egypt, Palestine, and the Arabian peninsula) as seen by 19th century European travelers, artists, poets, adventures, wayfarers, do-gooders, soldiers, and colonial officials; i.e., ‘outsiders’ in cultures they observed, imagined, marveled at, or exploited - sometimes all of them simultaneously - in their art. The history and culture of 19th century colonial expansion is studied as is the modern discourse surrounding it. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 825 Age of Melancholy Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 800 level undergraduate course Renaissance models of the self and their assimilation into artistic work. An exploration of how social forces drove individuals toward subjectivity and looks at how the then current medical models coped with this new concern through 16th and 17th century lyric and dramatic poetry. Parallels are also traced among literature, print culture, and music. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 826 Renaissance: Politics, Religion and Money Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 800 level undergraduate course A exploration of three modern interpretations of the Renaissance, political, religious and economic against central texts from the period to both test their validity and gain a wider understanding of the texts themselves. Modern interpretations include those of Burckhardt, Weber, and Marx. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 827 Greece: Democracy and Empire Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 800 level undergraduate course Greece: Democracy and Empire is an introduction to classical Greece. It explores the historic forces, intellectual currents, and cultural and social phenomena that shaped 5th century Athens and analyzes the tensions between imperialistic aspirations and artistic production. The course investigates the way in which the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars shaped and challenged Greek ideas about humanness and civilization. It analyzes and interprets Greek drama to see the extent to which it attempted to work out the often contradictory values in the culture. Students examine both extant theoretical writings on dance and the vase painting to understand their performative aspect. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 828 Philadelphia in the Age of Enlightenment Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 800 level undergraduate course Philadelphia in the Age of Enlightenment considers the history of Philadelphia from 1750 to 1800, and the place of Philadelphia within the history of colonial British North America and the early United States. This multi-disciplinary course focuses on the history, politics, art, literature, science, and philosophy of that place and time. The course emphasizes Philadelphia’s role as the center of Enlightenment thought in America. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 830 19th Century Gothic Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 800 level undergraduate course This course examines the 19th century Gothic Arts Movement in literature, dance, painting, architecture, and music. The irrational, nightmare world of the Gothic revolts against the orderly Enlightenment, immerses us in the darker side of Romanticism, and leads us to the 20th century’s fascination with the subconscious and the shadow self. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 831 Chartres Cathedral: Politics, Society, And the Arts in 12th - 13th Century France Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 800 level undergraduate course A consideration of the architecture, sculpture, stained glass, illuminated manuscripts, costume and liturgical vessels, and music that contributed to Chartres Cathedral, the major gothic monument of the 12th-13th century France. At the end of the course, we consider the work presently being done to configure a sacred space in New York to honor the 9/11 site. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 832 Bodily and Spiritual Love in the Middle Ages Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 800 level undergraduate course An investigation of the language of erotic and religious love in the rich art and thought of the late Middle Ages. Resources include painting, book illumination, music, spiritual literature, theology, philosophy. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 834 Age of the Medici: 1375-1500 Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 800 level undergraduate course A study of Florence in the Renaissance in the context of other Italian city-states. Covering the period from the republican regime at the end of the 14th century to the Medici’s assumption of power as dukes, the course examines the pursuit of humanistic studies that sustained the republican ideology of that society; Florence’s political and societal evolution from a republic to an autocratic regime; the flourishing arts and sciences, particularly under the rule of the Medici. It also investigates why, at that time, the city enjoyed an exceptional burst of intellectual and artistic creativity despite the erosion of political freedom. In the course we make use of primary sources and modern scholarship. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 836 Study Abroad: 18th Century London and Bath 3 cr, 3 hrs This course complements LAPI 822 Age of Reason, Age of Satire. The 14 day excursion will consider essential aspects of English Enlightenment culture - architecture, collecting and museum building, spa and social life, science, imperial expansion - with site visits to Bath, Greenwich, the British Museum, John Soane’s House, Kenwood House, the Tate Britain, the Wallace Collection, etc. Students willl attend twice-weekly lectures, keep a trip journal, and, after our return, submit a substantial paper on Enlightenment England. Prerequisites Prerequisites: LACR 102 and LACR 210 Not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 920 Berlin: The 1920s Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course The 20th century saw a cultural shift of nearly seismic proportions from communal sources of identity to an apparent freedom to invent the self, from work ethic to consumer values, from traditional word-based forms of expression to a visual culture. The artists and writers of Weimar, Germany were among the first to register these revolutionary social changes and to articulate the tensions they continue to generate. The course emphasizes film, photographic and graphic arts, and performance from Berlin. Examples include works by Bertolt Brecht, Fritz Lang, and John Heartfield. The course connects the past to the present by comparing issue-based art of the 1920s with cultural critiques by contemporary media artists. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 923 The Age of Apartheid Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course By focusing on the apartheid era of South Africa, this interdisciplinary course explores critical issues of the 20th century, such as racism, economic exploitation, urbanization, and political protest. We use South African theater, literature, and music to understand the culture that gave them birth, and read original sources written by leaders such as Gandhi, De Klerk, and Mandela. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 924 Existentialist Paris: 1938-1959 Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course An examination of the central ideas and creative works associated with Parisian Existentialism and the way in which they both shaped, and were shaped by, the cultural period in which they emerged: Nazi-occupied Paris, the liberated Paris after World War II, and the Cold War. Other artistic productions not specifically linked with existentialism but which emerged during its period of ascendance are also explored. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 925 New York in the 1950’S Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course An examination of the central ideas and major artistic works and movements associated with the emergence of the American avant-garde in the years after World War II. Likely topics of exploration include Abstract Expressionism; neoclassical ballet and postmodern dance; serialist and aleatory musical composition; free jazz, hard bop, the folk revival, and the early years of rock-and-roll; confessional and ‘New York School’ poets; and the political and social ferment connected to the Red Scare and a growing nuclear arsenal. Postwar innovations in music, literature, dance, and visual art are commonly linked to the downtown Manhattan bohemia of the early years of the Cold War, but the scope of the course is not limited to artists from a single locality or decade: ‘New York in the 1950s’ will serve us more as an evocative touchstone than a strict definition of focus. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 926 Les Amis de Paris: 1920-1929 Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course This course examines the friendship and work of a select group of artists living in Paris between 1904 and 1913. Studying the biographical and interpersonal layers of their relationships and artwork provides new insight into the legacy of these masters. The literature of Gertrude Stein, Apollinaire, and others, the visual art of Picasso, Matisse and the Cubists, as well as other materials and mediums contribute to understanding how this particular circle of friends cultivated the artistic and intellectual leaps that created Modernism. Interdisciplinary methods for creating cultural models are explored. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 927 Becoming Modern: 1900-1914 Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course An exploration of the innovations in the arts in the first decade and a half of the 20th century when becoming Modern was the challenge facing every artist. The results were works that called into question almost every previous assumption about the arts. This was a period also characterized by radical changes in technology, in science, in philosophy, and in politics. This course investigates a wide range of material in order to bring some clarity to the elusive term “modern.” In addition to the assigned readings, papers, and discussions, students pursue their own interests in the decade through independent study side trips in the second half of the course. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 928 Franco’s Spain: An Open Wound Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course Spanish history from 1700 to the present, focusing most heavily on the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and the dictatorship of Francisco Franco (1939-1975). Students learn about the War of Spanish Succession (1702-1713), the Bourbon Monarchy and Eighteenth Century Reforms (1700-1808), the Peninsular War (1808-1814), the turbulent 19th century, the First Republic (1873-74), the military dictatorship of Primo de Rivera (1923-1930), the Second Republic (1831-36), the transition to democracy (1975-1978), and Spain since the death of Franco. Students also discuss Spanish poetry (Miguel de Unamuno), art (Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, and Pablo Picasso), novels and plays (Hemingway’s ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ and Lora’s ‘Yerma’), and memoirs about the Spanish Civil War (George Orwell’s ‘Homage to Catalonia’). Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 929 Age of the Masses Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course Age of the Masses: From Versailles to September 1, 1939, focuses on the aftermath of WWI and looks at the period as one where the dissolution of old social orders led to the emergence of the crowds as catalysts in the tensions between liberalism, conservativism and socialism. Students will look at essays, poems, films, and listen to music. The most extensive part of the course, however, will consider the work of three poets, Cesar Vallejo, W.H. Auden, and Bertolt Brecht to analyze the ways in which each of these writers commented on central historic events, while exploring the tensions between art and wider social concerns, ultimately testing the humanistic assumptions inherent to all works of art against historical reality. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 930 Age of Consumer Culture 1945 - 1972 Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course The course explores the way in which consumer culture redefined America in the post-war period and transformed its culture. This course explores the reconfiguration of space, focusing in particular on the rise of the suburb, television and malls, and the ways in which these redefined the role of public and private, reshaping art, politics and audiences. Students will look at poetry, fiction, and the visual arts and trace their reaction from an initial anti-materialistic critique to gradual incorporation and appropriation. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 931 Thunder At Dusk: Art and Politics in Turn-Of-The-Century Vienna Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course This course examines signature developments in painting, theater, music, poetry, fiction, philosophy, psychology and design in the extraordinary environment of turn-of-the-century Vienna. Figures sure to be covered include Freud, Mahler, Schoenberg, Kafka, Trakl, Klimt, Schiele, and others. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 932 Race At the End of the 20th Century Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course n the last decade of the 20th century, many writers, politicians, and artists attempted to take stock of race relations in the United States. Bill Clinton’s assertion that Americans still had some “unfinished business’ in this area was demonstrated by events such as the LA riots and the OJ Simpson verdict. By focusing on this period, we will explore the ongoing issues of race and racism in our society, as well as how they intersect with issues like class and gender. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 933 Hard Times: Arts of the Great Depression Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course In 1935, Congress voted a New Deal for artists. This experiment in public arts funding was short-lived (Congress soon had second thoughts), but the writers, actors and photographers of “The Project” left a remarkable testimony to what we were, what we still are - and to what we long become as a nation. Tax dollars for federal theatre wasn’t a vote-getter in Texas, but during The Great Depression everyone went to the movies. Gangster movies, screwball comedies, and musicals gave a everybody a good time during hard times. Furthermore, even the funniest period films take a serious look at our American ambivalence toward success, wealth and power. New cultural forces changed public life; it was in 30s radio that we first see media transforming American politics. Although we will look at traditional mediums - murals, prints, posters, and public sculpture - and read poetry and novels from the period, our emphasis will be on media culture. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 934 The Blues Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course This course examines African-American social and cultural history at the crossroads of folklore, literacy narrative, and politics as it is reflected in and expressed by the musical idiom of the blues. Drawing from folk traditions, song, historical texts, documentary film, recorded and live music, dramatic literature, and dance, the course will apply interdisciplinary and ethnographic modes of analysis to interpret modern American cultural and social history. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 935 Spain After Franco: the Flowering of the Arts Since 1975 Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course This course provides a close examination of the visual and performing arts of Spain, from the 1980s to the present day. Through selected readings, in-class discussions, film screenings, field trips, guest speakers, lecture-demonstration, and student presentations, we will develop an in-depth understanding of what this complex culture is like, how it became that way, and how it is likely to develop in the future. Artists to be studied include Basque sculptor Cristina Ignesias, ballet choreographer Nacho Duato, flamenco superstars Paco de Lucia, Estrella Morente, and Sara Baras, plus filmmaker Pedro Almodovar. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 936 Post-World War II Amsterdam Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course Amsterdam is known as a place of tolerance. By concentrating on Amsterdam’s history, art, and culture following World War II, this concept of tolerance will be described and analyzed, with the ultimate purpose of seeing if it really exists, and if it does exist, what it is and why it is. Also, given the recent murders of politician Pim Fortuyn and filmmaker Theo Van Gogh by extremists in traditionally non-violent Holland, the course will examine whether this famed tolerance in now under threat. The first part of the course will look at early Dutch history and culture as a prerequisite for understanding contemporary Amsterdam. The great bulk of the course will concentrate on the post-World War II period through a study of history, philosophy, literature, film, architecture, painting and photography. Included in this course will be a reading of Albert Camus’s novel ‘The Fall’, an analysis of art movements like DeStijl and CoBrA, a look at modern Dutch architectural movements such as the Amsterdam School, a viewing of the film ‘Submission’, directed by Theo Van Gogh, and a reading of ‘Infidel’, an autobiographical work by the controversial politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 937 The Jazz Age Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course This course explores The Jazz Age, the years immediately following World War I. Topics include The Roaring 20s, The Jazz Age and Race in New Orleans, The Harlem Renaissance, The Literature of the Period, and The Stock Market Crash of 1929. Course materials include music, pictiom, historical documents, and essays on cultural history. Prerequisites *LACR210 or one HUMS course** Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPI 938 N. Ireland and the Troubles Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 900 level undergraduate course An examination of the political, social and cultural history of Northern Ireland from 1965 to 2000 and the responses of poets, dramatists, writers, musicians, and artists to the sectarian calamity in Northern Ireland known as the ‘troubles.’ Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPR 811 Topics in Philosophy Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course examines selected topics in Western philosophy. Primary sources comprise most of the readings. The course focuses on developing an understanding of the arguments of selected Western philosophers and attempting to analyze the various ideas they present. To do this, we examine some of the “big questions” that appear in philosophy - questions concerning the nature of reality, the definition of terms such as “justice” and “happiness”, and the meaning of “values.” Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPR 812 Chinese Philosophy Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course This course introduces basic principles in Chinese philosophy, particularly Daoism and Confucianism. Students examine philosophical texts such as the Dao De Jing, the Zhuangzi, and the Analects, working from primary sources. In the process, students will gain an understanding of Chinese thinking in metaphysics, ethics, and other areas of philosophy. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.
	LAPR 813 Greek Philosophy Division of Liberal Arts 3 credits 45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course Topics in Greek philosophy, with an emphasis on the works of the pre-Socratics, Plato, and the Stoics. Emphasizes the development of ability to understand the arguments of selected Greek philosophers and analyze the various ideas they present. To do this, some of the “big questions” that appear in Greek philosophy - questions concerning the nature of reality, the definition of terms such as “justice” and “happiness”, and the meaning of “values” is examined. Primary sources comprise most of the readings. Prerequisites *LACR102 or LACR103* This course is not repeatable for credit.

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LALL 801 French I

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LALL 803 German I

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LALL 808 Spanish II

LALL 809 Latin I

LALL 811 Western Literary Masterpieces I Ancient to Medieval

LALL 812 Western Literary Masterpieces II Renaissance to Neoclassical

LALL 815 Romanticism

LALL 821 Lyric Poetry

LALL 822 Haiku: Classical to Contemporary

LALL 823 Women Writers

LALL 825 The Short Story

LALL 831 19th Century American Writers

LALL 832 20th Century American Writers

LALL 833 African American Literature

LALL 835 American Politics and Culture: 1945-1975

LALL 841 Introduction to Mythology

LALL 842 Literature of the Roman Empire

LALL 843 Latin American Literature

LALL 851 Greek Drama

LALL 852 Modern Drama

LALL 853 Contemporary Drama

LALL 860 Literature & Film

LALL 861 Film History

LALL 862 Issues in National Cinema

LALL 871 Poetry Writing Workshop

LALL 873 Playwriting

LALL 875 Fiction Writing Workshop

LALL 901 French II

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LALL 907 Spanish III

LALL 908 Spanish IV

LALL 911 Major Writers

LALL 913 Nineteenth Century Novel

LALL 914 Contemporary Novel

LALL 915 Modern Poetry

LALL 916 The Contemporary Poem

LALL 921 Superheroes

LALL 922 Big Fat Famous Novel

LALL 923 Children’s Literature

LALL 925 The Uncanny

LALL 927 Detective Film and Fiction

LALL 929 Introduction to Southern Writers

LALL 930 Shakespeare

LALL 951 American Playwrights

LALL 953 Art of Song Lyric

LALL 955 Dante in the Modern World

LALL 961 Avant Garde Cinema

LALL 963 American Film Genres

LALL 964 Electronic Video

LALL 965 Literature and Film: From Text to Screen

LALL 966 Becoming an Artist

LALL 971 Contemporary Poetry: The Book

LALL 973 Advanced Playwriting

LALL 974 Advanced Poetry Workshop

LALL 975 Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop

LAPI 8XX Liberal Arts Period Interpretation - Pre-20th Century

LAPI 9XX Liberal Arts Period Interpretation - 20th Century

LAPI 811 Art Nouveau and Aestheticism

LAPI 817 Self and Nature: the Dynamics of Romantic Landscape

LAPI 820 Rome From Julius Caesar Through Nero

LAPI 821 Religion, Art and the Apocalypse: 1850 - 1914

LAPI 822 Age of Reason, Age of Satire: 18th Century England

LAPI 823 Victorian England: Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?

LAPI 824 ‘Orientalism’: 19th Century European Eyes on the Middle E.

LAPI 825 Age of Melancholy

LAPI 826 Renaissance: Politics, Religion and Money

LAPI 827 Greece: Democracy and Empire

LAPI 828 Philadelphia in the Age of Enlightenment