Summer & Continuing Studies 2013

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AAAS 70a - Introduction to Afro-American History

4 credit hours
Instructor: Chad Williams
Requirements Fulfilled: ss
Online-M, W 07:30 - 09:00 PM

Extended Summer Session: June 3 to August 9, 2013
A survey of the Afro-American experience from the era of slavery to the present. Topics include the rise of a distinct community and its institutions, reconstruction and segregation, the contributions of blacks to American society, and the struggles for freedom and equality. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2108
Course Tuition: $2,475 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

ANTH 55a - Anthropology of Development

4 credit hours
Instructor: Mrinalini Tankha
Requirements Fulfilled: ss, nw
M, T, Th 06:30 - 08:50 PM

Summer Session II: July 8 to August 9, 2013
This course combines an examination of the historical development of "development" concepts and institutions with case studies of particular developmental projects in the United States and abroad. Throughout the course, we will sustain a dynamic interplay between development theory and practice. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2076
Course Tuition: $2,320 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

ANTH 144a - The Anthropology of Gender

4 credit hours
Instructor: Jessica Hardin
Requirements Fulfilled: wi, ss, nw
M, T, Th 06:30 - 08:50 PM

Summer Session I: June 3 to July 5, 2013
This course is an examination of gender constructs, sexuality, and cultural systems from a comparative perspective. Topics include the division of labor, rituals of masculinity and femininity, the vexing question of the universality of women's subordination, cross-cultural perspectives on same-sex sexualities and transsexuality, the impact of globalization on systems, and the history of feminist anthropology. You can view a syllabus for this class here. This course is available for Undergraduate Credit only in Summer 2013.
Sage class number: 2051
Course Tuition: $2,320 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

ECON 184b - Econometrics

4 credit hours
Instructor: Jing Ren
Requirements Fulfilled: ss, qr
M, T, Th 06:30 - 08:50 PM

Summer Session II: July 8 to August 9, 2013
Prerequisites: ECON 83a, ECON 80a. This course may not be taken for credit by students who have previously taken or are currently enrolled in ECON 185a or ECON 311a. This is an introductory course to the theory of econometric regression and forecasting models, with applications to the analysis of business and economic data. This course is available for Undergraduate Credit only in Summer 2013. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2084
Course Tuition: $2,320 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

FA 3b - Introduction to Drawing II: Wet Media

4 credit hours
Instructor: Alfredo Gisholt
Requirements Fulfilled: ca
M, T, Th 06:30 - 08:50 PM

Summer Session I: June 3 to July 5, 2013
This is a art course for beginners. This course may be repeated once for credit if offered by different instructors.
This art course is an introduction to the materials and methods of drawing. A topic based course, this section of FA 3b will offer basic drawing instruction through focus on a particular theme: drawing with the "wet media" of ink and watercolor. Students will work from still life, the figure and landscape, and will consider how pens and brushes can be used in expressive and inventive ways.
Sage class number: 2060
Course Tuition: $2,320 plus a $40 Studio Art Fee and a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

HIST 147b - Twentieth-Century Russia

4 credit hours
Instructor: Marlyn Miller
Requirements Fulfilled: ss
Online-T, Th 07:30 - 09:00 PM

Extended Summer Session: June 3 to August 9, 2013
This course traces Russian history from the 1905 revolution to the present day, with particular emphasis on the Revolution of 1917, Stalinism, culture, and the decline and fall of the USSR. This course is available for Undergraduate Credit only in Summer 2013. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2112
Course Tuition: $2,475 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

JOUR 45a - Sports Writing

4 credit hours
Instructor: Peter May
Requirements Fulfilled: wi, ss
Online-T, Th 06:00 - 07:30 PM

Extended Summer Session: June 3 to August 9, 2013
This course applies skills in research, interviewing, and direct observation to write game stories, features, and opinion pieces about sports. Students learn to also see and write about sports in the broader context of business, political and social issues. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2113
Course Tuition: $2,475 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

LGLS 131b - Patient Autonomy: Law, Medicine, and Ethics

4 credit hours
Instructor: Sarah Elisabeth Curi
Requirements Fulfilled: ss
M, W 05:30 - 07:30 PM

Extended Summer Session: June 3 to August 9, 2013
This course is designed to examine how health care decisions are made, and by whom. With a focus on patient rights, together, we will:
- explore how health care decisions are made, and by whom
- explore a range of current issues in the field of biomedical ethics, including the legal and ethical aspects of the physician-patient relationship, the doctrine of informed consent, medical futility, assisted reproduction, physician-assisted suicide, personhood, the right-to-die, clinical research, and emerging technologies.
- consider the conflicting roles and responsibilities for medical professionals and caregivers, and
- analyze hard and often tragic choices involving life, quality of life, and death
- assess the ability of the legal system to set standards and resolve conflict.

This course is about making choices - hard choices. Not only are these choices hard because they involve decisions about life, quality of life, and death, but also because there are often persuasive arguments on both sides of the issues. There are few easy answers. And, there is certainly much to think about and to discuss. Furthermore, we will find that patient autonomy impacts much more than just the individuals involved in making choices. The choices that we make - as individuals, groups, and public policy makers - influence the kind of society we have today and the one we will have in the future.

Thoughtful class participation is an essential element of this course.
After successful completion of this course, students will be able to thoughtfully consider and discuss a range of current and emerging ethical issues in modern medicine.

You can view a syllabus for this class here. This course is available for Undergraduate Credit only in Summer 2013.
Sage class number: 2102
Course Tuition: $2,320 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

PSYC 1a - Introduction to Psychology

4 credit hours
Instructor: Brittany Cassidy
Requirements Fulfilled: ss
M, T, Th 06:30 - 08:50 PM

Summer Session II: July 8 to August 9, 2013
This course is a survey of contemporary psychology. Topics include brain and behavior, perception, memory, learning, cognitive processes, plasticity, intelligence, child and adult development, personality, social behavior, and the relationship between normal and abnormal behavior. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2095
Course Tuition: $2,320 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

THA 71a - Playwriting

4 credit hours
Instructor: Joseph Coroniti
Requirements Fulfilled: wi, ca
Online T, Th 06:00 - 07:30 PM

Extended Summer Session: June 3 to August 9, 2013
This is an experiential learning course. This course may not be taken for credit by students who took THA 104a in prior years. Please Note: This course does not count toward a Major or Minor in Creative Writing, but does fulfill the Writing Intensive Requirement for Degree Requirements.
In this online playwriting workshop, members will create three-dimensional characters in action; dramatic tension and conflict; and cadenced dialogue that grips the audience. As models for writing, we will consider a small number of plays and film adaptations, drawn from such works as Glengarry Glen Ross (David Mamet), The Heidi Chronicles (Wendy Wasserstein), Topdog/Underdog (Suzan-Lori Parks), Angels in America (Tony Kushner), Waiting for Godot, and Amadeus. However, the focus of this workshop will be on students' original scripts. Participants will write one ten-minute play and one one-act play.
You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2114
Course Tuition: $2,475 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

UWS 6b - University Writing Seminar: Writing Mental Illness

4 credit hours
Instructor: Laura Hill
Online-M, W 06:00 - 07:30 PM

Extended Summer Session: June 3 to August 9, 2013
Mental illness occurs in all groups, yet a very particular type of mental illness narrative became common - we could even say popular - in the twentieth century: stories of mental illness in young women. Almost always dramatic and frequently romanticized, the experience of mental illness as recounted in these books deserves to be examined. In this class, we will explore novels and memoirs that articulate and narrate experiences of mental illness while we interrogate gendered aspects of those experiences and narratives. Texts we may look at include "The Yellow Wallpaper," The Bell Jar, and Prozac Nation. We will use critical theory to discuss the ways that mental illness functions as a metaphor.By the end of the course, students will have written three essays: a close reading essay; a lens essay (one that uses one text to analyze another); and a research essay. As a University Writing Seminar, this class's primary goal is to prepare students for college-level academic writing. Students will develop a critical vocabulary for thinking about the process of composition and revision as well as cultivate crucial research skills that will help them make the most of the information resources available through Brandeis. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2115
Course Tuition: $2,475 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee