Course: |
EUS 101 Introduction to Environmental and Urban Studies |
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Professor: |
Monique Segarra |
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CRN: |
13946 |
Schedule/Location: |
Tue Fri 10:20 AM – 11:40
AM Reem Kayden Center 103 |
Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis |
Instructional Mode: |
In Person |
Class/room cap |
20 |
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Humans have profoundly altered the character of
Earth’s biosphere since the advent of agriculture and urbanization 10,000 years
ago. This course explores how global problems such as climate disruption,
species extinction, and depletion of fossil soils, fuels, and waters are
interlinked with one another but also with social problems such as financial
instability, widening economic inequality, food insecurity, intensifying
conflict and militarization, and declining public health. We review the
empirical evidence of major environmental problems; consider which academic
disciplines and practical skills are required to tackle them; and contemplate
alternative political options open to governments and communities. Issues will be considered at a variety of
scales—from the level of individual responsibility to the local, regional,
national, and global dimensions. EUS 101 and 102 are the foundational courses
of the EUS program and are required for moderation. No prerequisite.
Course: |
EUS 102 Environmental System Science |
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Professor: |
Robyn Smyth |
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CRN: |
13947 |
Schedule/Location: Lab: |
Tue 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Reem Kayden Center 115 Fri 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Rose
Laboratories 306 |
Distributional Area: |
LS Laboratory Science |
Instructional Mode: |
Blended (class meets in person with some online components) |
Class/room cap |
16 |
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The science needed to understand and address our
complex socio-environmental challenges comes from a broad range of disciplines.
In this course, we introduce and integrate core concepts and methodologies from
physical, biological, and social sciences and practice system modeling to build
your capacity to think critically about the causes and solutions to complex
environmental problems and sustainability challenges. We will practice the
scientific method as we develop mechanistic understanding of the drivers of
climate change and the consequences for the hydrological cycle, ecological
processes, and people.
Course: |
EUS 107 Geophysics of Racism and Classism |
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Professor: |
Gidon Eshel |
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CRN: |
13945 |
Schedule/Location: |
Mon Th 10:20 AM
– 11:40 AM Olin 101 |
Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis |
Instructional Mode: |
Hybrid (class meets in person: also open to students studying remotely) |
Class/room cap |
12 |
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The focus of this discussion-based seminar is the
disproportionate shouldering by some communitie of environmental burdens
exerted by human actions. Of such
communities, we focus on those characterized by race or ethnicity, e.g., native
Americans, African Americans, central American migrants; by poverty; by
immigration status; or by a combination of those criteria. While social aspects
of this uneven burden are widely discussed, the natural science manifestations
are not. This gap is what this new course strives to bridge. While some
discussion on politics and societal considerations is inevitable, our focus
will steadfastly remain on the natural sciences, i.e., the physics, chemistry,
biology and geology that govern environmental disenfranchisement of the above
communities. The geophysical origins, mechanisms, and consequences of
preferential vulnerability of the above communities we will discuss include
storm surge, subsidence due to sediment flux cutoff, or forest fires. We will
also address agricultural chemical toxicity, water quality degradation due to
agricultural eutrophication and fracking, differential quality of municipal
water systems, as well as exposure to air pollution by proximity to oil and gas
facilities, transportation corridors or large scale agricultural production.
You do NOT need deep mathematical roots or physical intuition. When I used
math, it will be entirely self-contained and fully explained in class. Our key
tool is reading scientific papers, and discussing them in class. If you are the
silent type, who like to sit passively and not partake in the discussion, this
class is emphatically not for you. The key requirement of this class is active,
thoughtful participation in class discussion following careful, methodical
reading of assigned material. To be in this class you must feel prepared and
ready to engage with such diverse readings as scientific papers (our principal
source) as well as cogent opinion pieces. You must also be comfortable
expressing yourself clearly, using facts (as opposed to assertions) to back up
your views, and be comfortable with courteously and respectfully handling
opposing views.
Course: |
EUS 203 Geographic Information
Systems |
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Professor: |
Susan Winchell-Sweeney |
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CRN: |
13948 |
Schedule/Location: |
Fri 2:00 PM –4:20 PM |
Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis |
Instructional Mode: |
Online/Remote |
Class/room cap |
9 |
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2 credits Students will
explore the various spatial analysis methods used by scientists, planners, and
public-policy makers to improve the understanding and management of our world.
Students will learn the fundamentals of modeling, data analysis and mapping
using geospatial technologies. Practical exercises relate to themes studied
throughout the year. In this project-based class, students begin by learning
the fundamentals of using spatial information, conducting spatial analysis, and
producing and interpreting maps. In the second half of the course, they apply
these skills to a team-based research project of their own design. The program
culminates in a poster session, where the students show their work to their
peers, professors in the program, and the greater Bard community.
Course: |
EUS 215 Food Systems: Human Health and Environmental Health |
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Professor: |
Kris Feder |
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CRN: |
13948 |
Schedule/Location: |
Mon 7:30 PM – 8:50 PM Th 7:30 PM – 8:50 PM Reem Kayden Center 103 |
Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis |
Instructional Mode: |
Hybrid (class meets in person: also open to students studying remotely) |
Class/room cap |
22 |
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What on Earth are humans supposed to eat? This question
is often overlooked in critiques of industrial agriculture, yet nutrition
science and evolutionary biology indicate that today’s food system—based on
highly processed grains, soy, and seed oils—is implicated in the soaring rates
of diabetes, heart disease, obesity, autoimmune disease, and even psychological
disorders. Moreover, the industrialization of agriculture has accelerated
environmental damage from soil erosion, nutrient loss, greenhouse gas
emissions, water pollution, and deforestation. The widespread use of synthetic
nitrogen fertilizers explains much of the increase in food production since
1950, as the human population has tripled. How many humans can extract a
nutritious diet sustainably from a given land base? Globalization and rising concentration
in agricultural production, food processing, and distribution have transformed
food systems around the world. The
coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected migrant farm workers and
meat processing plant employees, and has shut restaurants and dislocated supply
chains. What are the obstacles to reforming food systems toward more
sustainable and appropriate practices? We review the history, economics, and
politics of food systems, with particular focus on United States policies. No prerequisites.
Course: |
EUS 222 AIR |
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Professor: |
Elias Dueker |
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CRN: |
14002 |
Schedule/Location: |
Mon Th 2:00 PM
– 5:00 PM Rose Laboratories 306 |
Distributional Area: |
LS Laboratory Science D+J Difference and Justice |
Instructional Mode: |
Hybrid (class meets in person: also open to students studying remotely) |
Class/room cap |
20 |
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Cross-listed: |
Architecture; Biology |
Recent global catastrophes including the Covid19 pandemic
and unusually destructive wildfires have highlighted the importance of
equitable access to clean air in human and ecological health. While air is the
fluid humans engage with most intimately, we are not generally aware of whether
or not the air we are interacting with is “clean.” Environmental racism in the
US has resulted in an inequitable distribution of clean air, which has in turn
given birth to the powerful movement for environmental justice. This class will
be devoted to learning the scientific principles behind measuring and managing
air quality on a local, regional, and global scale. We will be interacting with
other Bard (OSUN) network institutions to think cross-disciplinarily and
cross-nationally about the global nature of air “management” and to creatively
address the scientific needs of local and regional community members working
toward reducing air pollution. Lab work will be guided by scientific questions
generated by communities including Kingston, NY and Bishkek, Kyrgysztan. Specifically, students will manipulate models
to conduct field sampling, and utilize microbiological and chemical assays in
the lab to better understand sources for and tracking of contaminants in air
and the implications for people breathing that air. This course is part of the
Racial Justice Initiative, an interdisciplinary collaboration among students
and faculty to further the understanding of racial inequality and injustice in
the United States and beyond.
Course: |
EUS 311 Climate and Agroecology |
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Professor: |
Jennifer Phillips |
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CRN: |
14296 |
Schedule/Location: |
Mon Wed 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM Albee
B102 |
Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis |
Instructional Mode: |
In Person |
Class/room cap |
5 |
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In this course we examine the interactions
between agroecosystems and climate. With
food and agriculture accounting for nearly a quarter of global greenhouse gas
emissions, we will explore the contrast between current food producing systems
and the potential role agroecosystems could play in solutions to climate change
through regenerative approaches. This
requires a deep dive into soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, alternative
livestock management, and the role of perennials in food and fiber. Students will read peer-reviewed science
papers and complete a simulation modeling project. Permission of the professor required.
Course: |
EUS 339 Kingston Housing Lab |
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Professor: |
Kwame Holmes |
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CRN: |
14072 |
Schedule/Location: |
Tue Fri 12:10 PM – 1:30
PM Olin 202 |
Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
Instructional Mode: |
Blended (class meets in person with some online components) |
Class/room cap |
18 |
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Cross-listed: |
Architecture; Human Rights |
This course-practicum will bring students into
the ongoing work of the Kingston Housing Lab. This project combines critical
geography with the politics and philosophy of prison abolition, bringing both to
bear upon the struggle for housing justice in Kingston, New York and Ulster
county. Students will engage latest academic literature on housing insecurity
and evictions as an ongoing crisis in late-capitalism, receive training in
ArcGIS, and participate in our efforts to repair relationships between tenants
and landlords. Though a small town, Kingston, NY is in the midst of a housing
crisis, one that has been exacerbated by COVID-19 and which is driven by the
regional and global flow of capital into real estate in small towns near and
far. Kingston Housing Lab students will have an opportunity to directly
intervene in these issues at a critical juncture in global history.
Course: |
EUS 407 Climate Science to Justice |
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Professor: |
Robyn Smyth |
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CRN: |
14003 |
Schedule/Location: |
Wed 2:00 PM – 4:20
PM Stevenson Library 2nd
floor |
Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis |
Instructional Mode: |
In Person |
Class/room cap |
10 |
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Cross-listed: |
Human Rights |
In this senior seminar, we will critically
evaluate historic data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by country and sector
along with projected impacts of climate change on food, energy, and water
resources to demonstrate the uneven and inequitable distribution of climate
drivers, risks, and social costs. We will estimate the contributions of
proposed and enacted climate policies at the state, regional, and national
levels to GHG reductions and compare them to the magnitude of GHG reductions
recommended in scientific consensus documents. Students will write a final
paper that utilizes data to demonstrate a climate injustice and support a
policy solution.
Cross-listed courses:
Course: |
ANTH 290 Archaeology of African American Farms and Gardens |
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Professor: |
Christopher Lindner |
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CRN: |
13931 |
Schedule/Location: |
Th 3:50 PM – 5:10 PM Rose Laboratories 108 Fri 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Rose
Laboratories 108 |
Distributional Area: |
LS Laboratory Science |
Instructional Mode: |
Blended (class meets in person with some online components) |
Class/room cap |
12 |
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Cross-listed: |
Africana Studies; American Studies;
Environmental & Urban Studies; Historical Studies |
Course: |
ANTH 291 Race and the Animal |
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Professor: |
Yuka Suzuki |
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CRN: |
13933 |
Schedule/Location: |
Mon Th 12:10 PM
– 1:30 PM Olin 203 |
Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
Instructional Mode: |
Blended (class meets in person with some online components) |
Class/room cap |
20 |
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Cross-listed: |
Africana Studies; American Studies;
Environmental & Urban Studies; Human Rights |
Course: |
ANTH 324 Doing Ethnography |
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Professor: |
Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins |
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CRN: |
13938 |
Schedule/Location: |
Tue 2:00 PM – 4:20
PM |
Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis |
Instructional Mode: |
Online/Remote |
Class/room cap |
15 |
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Cross-listed: |
Environmental & Urban Studies; Human Rights
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Course: |
ANTH 362 Climate Change, Culture Change |
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Professor: |
Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins |
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CRN: |
13937 |
Schedule/Location: |
Wed 9:20 AM – 11:40
AM |
Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
Instructional Mode: |
Online/Remote |
Class/room cap |
12 |
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Cross-listed: |
Architecture; Environmental & Urban
Studies; Human Rights; Middle Eastern Studies |
Course: |
ART 100 AC Digital I:
Fabricated Landscapes |
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Professor: |
Adriane Colburn |
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CRN: |
14336 |
Schedule/Location: |
Wed 5:20 PM – 8:20
PM |
Distributional Area: |
PA Practicing Arts |
Instructional Mode: |
Online/Remote |
Class/room cap |
12 |
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Cross-listed: |
Environmental & Urban Studies |
Course: |
ART 132 Art and Climate Change |
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Professor: |
Ellen Driscoll |
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CRN: |
14150 |
Schedule/Location: |
Th 10:10 AM – 1:10 PM Fisher Studio Arts 141/161 |
Distributional Area: |
PA Practicing Arts |
Instructional Mode: |
Blended (class meets in person with some online components) |
Class/room cap |
10 |
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Cross-listed: |
Architecture; Environmental & Urban
Studies; Human Rights |
Course: |
ARTH 145 Byzantine Art and Architecture |
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Professor: |
Katherine Boivin |
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CRN: |
14104 |
Schedule/Location: |
Tue Fri 10:20 AM – 11:40
AM Campus Center Weis Cinema |
Distributional Area: |
AA Analysis of Art |
Instructional Mode: |
Blended (class meets in person with some online components) |
Class/room cap |
20 |
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Cross-listed: |
Architecture; Environmental & Urban
Studies; Medieval Studies; Middle Eastern Studies |
Course: |
ARTH 223 Wild Visions:Picturing Nature |
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Professor: |
Susan Merriam |
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CRN: |
14106 |
Schedule/Location: |
Tue Fri 10:20 AM – 11:40
AM |
Distributional Area: |
AA Analysis of Art |
Instructional Mode: |
Online/Remote |
Class/room cap |
18 |
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Cross-listed: |
Environmental & Urban Studies; Science,
Technology, Society |
Course: |
ARTH 225 Art and Environment: Perspectives on Land,
Landscape, and Ecology |
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Professor: |
Julia Rosenbaum |
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CRN: |
14112 |
Schedule/Location: |
Wed Sat 2:00 PM
– 3:20 PM Bard Chapel |
Distributional Area: |
AA Analysis of Art |
Instructional Mode: |
Blended (class meets in person with some online components) |
Class/room cap |
18 |
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Cross-listed: |
American Studies; Environmental & Urban
Studies; Experimental Humanities |
Course: |
ARTH 234 Of Utopias |
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Professor: |
Olga Touloumi |
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CRN: |
14111 |
Schedule/Location: |
Wed Sat 2:00 PM
– 3:20 PM Campus Center Weis Cinema |
Distributional Area: |
AA Analysis of Art |
Instructional Mode: |
Blended (class meets in person with some online components) |
Class/room cap |
20 |
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Cross-listed: |
Architecture; Environmental & Urban
Studies; Experimental Humanities |
Course: |
BIO 202 Ecology and Evolution |
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Professor: |
Bruce Robertson |
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CRN: |
13797 |
Schedule/Location: |
Tue Fri 8:30 AM – 11:30
AM Reem Kayden Center 114/115 |
Distributional Area: |
LS Laboratory Science |
Instructional Mode: |
In Person |
Class/room cap |
16 |
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Cross-listed: |
Environmental & Urban Studies |
Course: |
ECON 203 Game Theory |
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Professor: |
Aniruddha Mitra |
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CRN: |
13975 |
Schedule/Location: |
Mon Th 10:20 AM
– 11:40 AM Hegeman 102 |
Distributional Area: |
MC Mathematics and Computing |
Instructional Mode: |
In Person |
Class/room cap |
18 |
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Cross-listed: |
Economics & Finance; Environmental &
Urban Studies; Global & International Studies; Political Studies |
Course: |
ECON 227 The Right to Employment |
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Professor: |
Pavlina Tcherneva |
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CRN: |
13942 |
Schedule/Location: |
Tue Fri 12:10 PM – 1:30
PM |
Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
Instructional Mode: |
Online/Remote |
Class/room cap |
22 |
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Cross-listed: |
Africana Studies; American Studies;
Environmental & Urban Studies; Human Rights; Sociology |
Course: |
HIST 2308 China’s Environment |
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Professor: |
Robert Culp |
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CRN: |
13994 |
Schedule/Location: |
Mon Th 8:30 AM
– 9:50 AM Hegeman 102 |
Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
Instructional Mode: |
Hybrid (class meets in person: also open to students studying remotely) |
Class/room cap |
19 |
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Cross-listed: |
Asian Studies; Environmental & Urban
Studies; Global & International Studies; Political Studies |
Course: |
HIST 2510 Environmental Histories of the Recent United States |
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Professor: |
Jeannette Estruth |
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CRN: |
14047 |
Schedule/Location: |
Mon Th 7:30 PM
– 8:50 PM Olin 203 |
Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
Instructional Mode: |
Blended (class meets in person with some online components) |
Class/room cap |
20 |
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Cross-listed: |
American Studies; Architecture; Environmental
& Urban Studies; Experimental Humanities; Political Studies |
Course: |
HIST 382 Re-Thinking Silicon Valley |
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Professor: |
Jeannette Estruth |
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CRN: |
14082 |
Schedule/Location: |
Th 2:00 PM – 4:20 PM Olin 203 |
Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
Instructional Mode: |
Hybrid (class meets in person: also open to students studying remotely) |
Class/room cap |
15 |
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Cross-listed: |
American Studies; Architecture; Environmental
& Urban Studies; Experimental Humanities; Human Rights |
Course: |
HR 374 Beyond Colonial Distinctions: Concerning Human –
Non-Human Allyship |
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Professor: |
. TBA |
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CRN: |
13916 |
Schedule/Location: |
Tue 2:00 PM – 4:20
PM Hegeman 308 |
Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis D+J Difference and Justice |
Instructional Mode: |
In Person |
Class/room cap |
15 |
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Cross-listed: |
Environmental & Urban Studies |
Course: |
LIT 2249 Trading Fictions of Empire in the Indian Ocean |
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Professor: |
Elizabeth Holt |
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CRN: |
14017 |
Schedule/Location: |
Tue Fri 12:10 PM – 1:30
PM Olin 204 |
Distributional Area: |
LA Literary Analysis in English D+J Difference and Justice |
Instructional Mode: |
Blended (class meets in person with some online components) |
Class/room cap |
18 |
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Cross-listed: |
Environmental & Urban Studies; Middle
Eastern Studies |
Course: |
LIT 258 American Literature II: Democratic Vistas, Democratic
Crises |
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Professor: |
Elizabeth Frank |
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CRN: |
13995 |
Schedule/Location: |
Mon Th 8:30 AM
– 9:50 AM |
Distributional Area: |
LA Literary Analysis in English D+J Difference and Justice |
Instructional Mode: |
Online/Remote |
Class/room cap |
18 |
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Cross-listed: |
American Studies; Environmental & Urban
Studies |
Course: |
LIT 259 American Literature III: What Does it Mean to Be
Modern? |
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Professor: |
Peter L’Official |
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CRN: |
13996 |
Schedule/Location: |
Tue Th 12:10 PM – 1:30
PM Olin Lang Center 115 |
Distributional Area: |
LA Literary Analysis in English D+J Difference and Justice |
Instructional Mode: |
Blended (class meets in person with some online components) |
Class/room cap |
15 |
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Cross-listed: |
American Studies; Environmental & Urban
Studies |
Course: |
LIT 3251 Climate Fiction |
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Professor: |
Daniel Williams |
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CRN: |
14031 |
Schedule/Location: |
Wed 2:00 PM – 4:20
PM |
Distributional Area: |
LA Literary Analysis in English |
Instructional Mode: |
Online/Remote |
Class/room cap |
15 |
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Cross-listed: |
Environmental & Urban Studies |
Course: |
PS 2220 The Politics of Climate Change |
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Professor: |
Kellan Anfinson |
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CRN: |
13875 |
Schedule/Location: |
Tue Fri 12:10 PM – 1:30
PM |
Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis |
Instructional Mode: |
Online/Remote |
Class/room cap |
22 |
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Cross-listed: |
Environmental & Urban Studies |
Course: |
PS 314 Political Economy of Development |
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Professor: |
Sanjib Baruah |
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CRN: |
13869 |
Schedule/Location: |
Mon 2:00 PM – 4:20 PM |
Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis |
Instructional Mode: |
Online/Remote |
Class/room cap |
15 |
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Cross-listed: |
Environmental & Urban Studies; Global &
International Studies; Human Rights |
Course: |
SOC 231 The Environment and Society |
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Professor: |
Peter Klein |
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CRN: |
13859 |
Schedule/Location: |
Tue Fri 10:20 AM – 11:40
AM Olin 202 |
Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis |
Instructional Mode: |
Hybrid (class meets in person: also open to students studying remotely) |
Class/room cap |
18 |
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Cross-listed: |
Environmental & Urban Studies; Human Rights;
Science, Technology, Society |
Course: |
WRIT 231 Reading and Writing the Birds |
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Professor: |
Susan Rogers |
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CRN: |
14089 |
Schedule/Location: |
Mon 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM |
Distributional Area: |
PA Practicing Arts |
Instructional Mode: |
Blended (class meets in person with some online components) |
Class/room cap |
12 |
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Cross-listed: |
Environmental & Urban Studies |