Courses Approved by Academic Affairs in the 2008-2009 Academic Year The following is a summary of new courses and/or existing course changes approved by the Committee on Academic Affairs during the 2008-2009 academic year. Course descriptions for these courses will be available on the "Student Web Services" system (http://sws.hws.edu) one week after date of approval. The following list is sorted by Course No: APPROVAL DATE: COURSE NO: COURSE TITLE: INSTRUCTOR: COMMITTEE ACTION: 10-07-08 ALST 305 AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY J. MCCORKLE APPROVED 02-11-09 ALST 430 THE FILMS OF SPIKE LEE M. JIMENEZ APPROVED 02-11-09 ARCH 110 INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE S. MATHEWS APPROVED 02-11-09 ARCH 200(NEW COURSE DESCRIPTION) K. MAKKER APPROVED 02-11-09 ARCH 201 DESIGN STUDIO: LANGUAGE & CRAFT K. MAKKER APPROVED 02-11-09 ARCH 303 VISUAL NOTES & ANALYSIS K. MAKKER APPROVED 02-11-09 ARCH 305 ENV DESIGN, PLANNING, PRESERVATION K. MAKKER APPROVED 02-11-09 ARCH 405 SENIOR SEMINAR: ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO S. MATHEWS APPROVED 09-29-08 ART 250 MODERN ART: 1900-1960 P. MATHEWS APPROVED 10-07-08 ART 266 TIME IN ART C. CHIN APPROVED 02-02-09 ART 307 CULTURAL THEORY AND ART HISTORY P. MATHEWS APPROVED 09-29-08 ART 410 GENRE OF FEMALE NUDE IN 19C EUR. ART P. MATHEWS APPROVED 02-19-09 BIDS 286 GENDER, NATION, & LIT IN LATIN AMERICA M. FARNSWORTH & C. RISTOW APPROVED 02-11-09 CHEM 304 BONDING WITH FOOD J. MILLER APPROVED 10-27-08 DOM 332/432 WOMEN AND THEATER IN LATIN AMERICA O. OCAMPO APPROVED 09-29-08 EDUC 210 HISTORICAL & PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS K. WILLIAMS & K. HUSSAIN APPROVED 09-29-08 EDUC 211 THE LEARNING BRAIN & EDUCATION K. WILLIAMS APPROVED 04-27-09 ENG 231 GRAPHIC NOVELS/GRAPHIC FORMS E. BULSON APPROVED 09-29-08 EDUC 307 CIVIL RIGHTS EDUCATION K. HUSSAIN APPROVED 02-11-09 EDUC 410 PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR P. KEHLE APPROVED 02-02-09 ENG 213 LITERATURE AND MEDICINE S. RUSSO APPROVED 02-19-09 ENG 217 CHAUCER: TOPICS L. ERRUSARD APPROVED 02-18-09 ENG 316 ARCHITECTURAL NOVEL N. MINOTT-AHL APPROVED 10-07-08 ENG 326 PERFORMANCE POETRY L. ALLEYNE APPROVED 10-07-08 ENG 331 CONTEMPORARY POETRY & POETICS K. PARKER APPROVED 10-17-08 ENG 357 SHAKESPEAREAN ADAPTATION R. CARSON APPROVED 02-11-09 ENG 363 THE FAERIE QUEENE R. CARSON APPROVED 04-27-09 ENG 377 MODERNIST EXPERIMENTS E. BULSON APPROVED 09-29-08 ENV 234/ASN 234 SUSTAINABLE CHINA D. MAGEE APPROVED 10-07-08 FCST 301 ANIMATING THE CYBORG J. BURCAR APPROVED 02-23-09 FSEM 082 PEACE? C. TEMPLE APPROVED 02-23-09 FSEM 085 KNOWING BODIES M. IKLE APPROVED 03-12-09 FSEM 091 SAYING YES, SAYING NO K. WILLIAMS APPROVED 02-23-09 FSEM 092 CODE MAKING AND CODE BREAKING S. BRIDGEMAN APPROVED 03-12-09 FSEM 096 ENVISIONING THE VANQUISHED C. RISTOW APPROVED 02-23-09 FSEM 097 GOING HOME R. SALTER APPROVED 03-12-09 FSEM 098 DICATATORSHIPS AND RESISTANCE E. CHOI APPROVED 03-12-09 FSEM 099 ARTS SMARTS R. CARSON APPROVED 04-13-09 FSEM 100 AS GOOD AS THE BOOK? N. MINOTT-AHL APPROVED 04-13-09 FSEM 101 NEW CHEMISTRY MEETS OLD ART W. BOWYER APPROVED 04-13-09 FSEM 103 THE REALITY EFFECT S. HESS APPROVED 03-12-09 FSEM 123 ANCIENT WARFARE L. HIMMELHOCH APPROVED 03-12-09 FSEM 194 PYSCHOLOGY OF HAVING FUN & DOING WELL J. VANLONE APPROVED 02-02-09 GAL 110 THE IRISH IN AMERICA D. GALLOWAY APPROVED 02-11-09 GENV 225 WHY PLACE MATTERS J. MERTENS APPROVED 02-02-09 GEO 140 INTRO TO ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY J. HALFMAN APPROVED 02-02-09 GEO 160 WEATHER & CLIMATE N. LAIRD APPROVED 09-29-08 GERE 220 JAZZ, JEZEBELS, GIGOLOS M. PETRESCU APPROVED 02-11-09 HIST 229 PUBLIC HISTORY J. MARKS APPROVED 02-02-09 HIST 326 AFRICAN ENVIRONMENTS A. BAMBA APPROVED 10-07-08 HIST 327 CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE U.S. C. RISTOW APPROVED 09-22-08 HIST 328 US-AFRICA RELATIONS IN 20TH CENTURY A. BAMBA APPROVED 10-07-08 HIST 392/ASN 392 (NUMBER CHANGE) L. YOSHIKAWA APPROVED 02-02-09 HIST 473 BRITAIN IN THE AGE OF INDUSTRY & EMPIRE M. KADANE APPROVED 02-11-09 MDSC 308 FILM EDITING II M. JIMENEZ APPROVED 10-10-08 MDSC 315 INTRO TO SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY L. ROBERTSON APPROVED 10-10-08 MDSC 415 ADVANCED SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY L. ROBERSTON APPROVED 10-07-08 POL 205 RELIGION AND AMERICAN POLITICS D. WELLER APPROVED 10-07-08 POL 206 AMERICAN NATIONALISM D. WELLER APPROVED 10-08-08 POL 234 THE POLITICS OF DISASTER C. JOHNSON APPROVED 02-11-09 POL 266 20TH CENTURY POLITICAL THEORY J. DEAN APPROVED 09-22-08 POL 289 POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEV. IN EGYPT S. PHILBRICK YADAV & V. YADAV APPROVED 02-11-09 REL 239 NIHILISM EAST AND WEST J. KRUMMEL APPROVED 02-11-09 REL 243 SUFFERING & SALVATION IN WORLD RELIGIONS J. KRUMMEL APPROVED 02-11-09 REL 260 REL & PHIL FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE J. KRUMMEL APPROVED 02-11-09 REL 265 THE WEST & THE QUR'AN S. KAFRAWI APPROVED 02-11-09 REL 284 CONTESTING GODS IN MULTICULTURAL AMER. S. KAFRAWI APPROVED 02-11-09 REL 304 BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY J. KRUMMEL APPROVED 02-11-09 REL 305 THE MAHABHARATA A. CERULLI APPROVED 02-11-09 REL 306 THE PERFECTIBLE BODY A. CERULLI APPROVED 02-11-09 REL 335 JIHAD S. KAFRAWI APPROVED 03-30-09 RUSE 352 NABOKOV K. WELSH APPROVED 02-11-09 SOC 202 AGRGICULTURE, FOOD, & SOCIETY D. ROY APPROVED 10-07-08 SOC 364 (NUMBER CHANGE) J. WALSH APPROVED 10-07-08 THTR 225 INTRODUCTION TO LIGHTING DESIGN W. BURD APPROVED 12-15-08 THTR 900 THEATRE PRODUCTION R. GROSS & L. BLACK APPROVED 04-20-09 WRRH 150 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I P. LAMBERT APPROVED 04-20-09 WRRH 223 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II P. LAMBERT APPROVED