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Syllabi
Many instructors have provided draft syllabi to help you make informed decisions about summer courses. Visiting students from other colleges and universities may find these syllabi helpful when confirming that your home institution will transfer Brandeis course credits and apply them to your degree.
2013 Syllabi
Course syllabi for Summer 2013 will be posted as we receive them. Please remember these are draft syllabi and are subject to change at the discretion of the instructor. If an instructor has not submitted a 2012 syllabus, but taught the same course last summer, we have listed their Summer 2012 syllabus at the bottom of this page for reference.
AAAS 70a: Introduction to Afro-American History with Chad Williams
AMST 129a: From American Movie Musicals to Music Videos with James Mandrell
ANTH 1a: Introduction to the Comparative Study of Human Societies with Anna Jaysane-Darr
ANTH 5a: Human Origins with Javier Urcid
ANTH 55a: Anthropology of Development with Mrinalini Tankha
ANTH 61b: Language in American Life with Laura John
ANTH 116a: Human Osteology with Javier Urcid
ANTH 127a: Medicine, Body and Culture with Casey Golomski
ANTH 144a: The Anthropology of Gender with Jessica Hardin
BIOL 51a: Biostatistics with Nicholas Stevenson
BIOL 107a: Data Analysis and Statistics Workshop - Course Website with Joost Maier
BIOL 101a: Molecular Biotechnology with Chandler Fulton (Summer 2012 syllabus below)
CHEM 11a-1: General Chemistry I Claudia Novack (Summer 2012 syllabus below)
CHEM 11a-2: General Chemistry I Michael Vela (Summer 2012 syllabus below)
CHEM 11b: General Chemistry II with Claudia Novack (Summer 2012 syllabus below)
CHEM 18a-1: General Chemistry Lab I with Claudia Novack (Summer 2012 syllabus below)
CHEM 18a-2: General Chemistry Lab I with Michael Vela (Summer 2012 syllabus below)
CHEM 18b: General Chemistry Lab II with Claudia Novack (Summer 2012 syllabus below)
CHEM 25a: Organic Chemistry I with Jason Pontrello
CHEM 25b: Organic Chemistry II with Jason Pontrello
CHEM 29a: Organic Chemistry Lab I with Jason Pontrello
CHEM 29b: Organic Chemistry Lab II with Jason Pontrello
COMP 1a: Composition with Laura John
COSI 11a: Programming in Java and C with Antonella DiLillo
COSI 21a: Data Structures and the Fundamentals of Computing with Antonella DiLillo
ECON 10a: Introduction to Microeconomics with Harry Michael Coiner
ECON 80a: Microeconomic Theory with Jeremy Kronick
ECON 82b: Macroeconomic Theory with Carolina Pan
ECON 83a: Statistics for Economic Analysis with Sarah Le Tang
ECON 171a: Financial Economics with Michael Bertini (Summer 2012 syllabus below)
ECON 184b: Econometrics with Jing Ren
ENG 27b: Classic Hollywood Cinema with William Flesch
ENG 33a: Shakespeare with William Flesch
ENG 79a: Directed Writing: Beginning Screenplay with Marc Weinberg (Summer 2012 syllabus below)
ENG 129a: Writing Workshop with Joseph Coroniti
ENG 139b: Intermediate Screenwriting with Marc Weinberg
ENG 180a: The Modern American Short Story with William Flesch
FA 3a: Introduction to Drawing I with Sean Downey
FA 3b: Introduction to Drawing II with Alfredo Gisholt
FA 9a: Introduction to Digital Photography with Scott Wiener (Summer 2012 syllabus below)
FILM 110a: Film Production I with Marc Weinberg
HISP 20b: Continuing Spanish with Mary Naielskier de Burstin (Summer 2012 syllabus below)
HISP 32a: Intermediate Spanish: Conversation with Raysa Mederos (Summer 2012 syllabus below)
HIST 123a: The Renaissance with Joseph Potvin
HIST 147b: Twentieth Century Russia with Marlyn Miller
HSSP 100b: Introduction to Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Population Health with Meredith Bergey
IGS 10a: Introduction to International and Global Studies with Chandler Rosenberger
IGS 145a: Poverty, Inequalities and the Environment: An Introduction to Sustainable International Development with Laurence Simon
INT 92g: Internship - Please visit the INT 92g Internship website for more information.
JOUR 45a: Sports Writing with Peter May
KOR 29b: Pathways for Korean Literacy with Hee-Jeong Jeong
LGLS 131b: Patient Autonomy: Law, Medicine, and Ethics with Sarah Elisabeth Curi
MATH 8a: Introduction to Probability and Statistics with Tue Ly
MATH 10a: Techniques of Calculus (a) with Keith Merrill
MATH 10b: Techniques of Calculus (b) with Michael Carr
MATH 15a: Applied Linear Algebra with Cristobal Lemus
MUS 1a: Introduction to Music with Michele Zaccagnini
MUS 8a: Non-Western Musical Traditions with Joel Schwindt
MUS 36a: Introduction to Musical Technology with Michele Zaccagnini
NEJS 5a: Foundational Course in Jewish Studies with Eugene Sheppard
NEJS 185b: The Making of the Modern Middle East with Shahram Shadbash
NEJS 187a: Political Islam with Shahram Shadbash
PHIL 1a: Introduction to Philosophy with Kevin Busch
PHIL 6a: Introduction to Symbolic Logic with Matthias Jenny
PHIL 21a: Environmental Ethics with Benjamin Sherman
PHYS 10a: Introduction to Physical Laws and Phenomena I with Edward Martens (Summer 2012 syllabus below)
PHYS 10b: Introduction to Physical Laws and Phenomena II with Edward Martens (Summer 2012 syllabus below)
PHYS 18a: Introduction to Physical Laws and Phenomena I - Introductory Laboratory with Hermann Wellenstein
PHYS 18b: Introduction to Physical Laws and Phenomena II - Introductory Laboratory with Hermann Wellenstein
POL 167a: United States and China in World Politics with Ralph Thaxton, Jr.
PSYC 1a: Introduction to Psychology with Brittany Cassidy
PSYC 51a: Statistics with Grayson Kimball
PSYC 52a: Research Methods and Laboratory in Psychology with Monika Lohani
SOC 152a: Urban Life and Culture with Jaleh Jalili
SOC 155b: Protest, Politics, and Change: Social Movements with Diana Schor
SOC 191a: Health, Community, and Society with Catherine Tan
THA 15b-1: Public Speaking: The Art of Oral Communication with Jennifer Cleary
THA 15b-2: Public Speaking: The Art of Oral Communication with Jennifer Cleary
THA 71a: Playwriting with Joseph Coroniti
UWS 6b: University Writing Seminar: Writing Mental Illness with Laura Hill
UWS 12a: University Writing Seminar: Comedy and Sympathy with Steven Plunkett
2012 Syllabi
BIOL 101a: Molecular Biotechnology with Chandler Fulton
CHEM 11a-1: General Chemistry I with Claudia Novack
CHEM 11a Section 2: General Chemistry I with Michael Vela
CHEM 11b: General Chemistry II with Claudia Novack
CHEM 18a-1: General Chemistry Lab I with Claudia Novack
CHEM 18a Section 2: General Chemistry Lab I with Michael Vela
CHEM 18b: General Chemistry Lab II with Claudia Novack
ECON 171a: Financial Economics with Michael Bertini
ENG 79a: Directed Writing: Beginning Screenplay with Marc Weinberg
FA 9a: Introduction to Digital Photography with Scott Wiener
HISP 20b: Continuing Spanish with Mary Naielskier de Burstin
HISP 32a: Intermediate Spanish: Conversation with Raysa Mederos
PHYS 10a: Introduction to Physical Laws and Phenomena I with Edward Martens
PHYS 10b: Introduction to Physical Laws and Phenomena II with Edward Martens