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PENN SUMMER
2010 Course Guide
reVised 2/18/10
www.upenn.edu/summer

2010 Course Guide
Table of Contents
Academic Calendar and deadlines 4
Tuition, Fees, and Financial information 5
registration information 6
Housing and dining options 8
Course Listings 11
12-week summer session 11
summer session i 14
summer session ii 27
Penn summer Abroad 38
LPs online Courses 41
Master of environmental studies 43
Master of Liberal Arts 44
Master of science in Applied Geosciences 47
Wharton school undergraduate 48
Penn Language Center 50
Course and sChedule Changes
Announcements concerning new courses added to the
curriculum, cancelled courses, or other changes after the
Course Guide has been printed are listed on the LPs website:
www.sas.upenn.edu/summer/courses
College of Liberal
and Professional studies
school of Arts & sciences
university of Pennsylvania
3440 Market street, suite 100
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3335
phone 215.898.7326
fax 215.573.2053
email summer@sas.upenn.edu
web www.upenn.edu/summer
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The College of liberal
and Professional studies
@ The university of Pennsylvania
Penn summer is administered by the College
of Liberal and Professional studies, a division of
Penn’s school of Arts and sciences. LPs offers
an undergraduate education to highly qualified
adult students seeking to begin or complete
their bachelor’s degrees as well as post-baccalaureate
study in professional master’s and preprofessional
programs in the humanities and the
natural and social sciences. When you become a
student at the university of Pennsylvania, you are
joining an extraordinary community of thinkers
and doers at one of the most prestigious centers
of learning in the united states. one of eight private
universities known as the ivy League, Penn
is consistently ranked as one of the best national
universities in the u.s.
PENN SUMMER
oFFiCe Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm.
Wednesday, 9:00am–6:00pm. Prospective and current students
can call 215.898.7326 to schedule an appointment with a
recruitment specialist or 215.746.7040 with a student services
specialist.
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request. This information about Penn is available by calling the Division of Public Safety at 215.898.7297.

Penn summer Programs
Penn summer offers you the chance to engage your mind,
challenge yourself intellectually and explore new ideas. Penn
gives you more than classes—it allows you to join a vibrant, ivy
League learning community. Through Penn summer, you'll have
the opportunity to meet some of the world's top faculty and
study with fellow students from around the globe.
open enrollment
Penn summer session undergraduate courses on-campus and online are an open enrollment
program. You must complete an application if you are interested in participating in
our summer Abroad Program.
Who Can study at Penn summer?
undergraduaTe Courses
Current Penn students, visiting students, Penn and Quaker Consortium alumni, and
Penn employees can enroll in any of the more than 300 undergraduate courses available
throughout the summer session. The details are on page 11.
graduaTe Courses
Current Penn graduate students may simply enroll in summer session courses. if you’re
thinking about graduate studies and want to explore your options before applying
to a full-time program, you can take a course during Penn summer through the Non-
Traditional Graduate studies Program; see page 43 for details.
Where Will You study?
With Penn summer, you can study on Penn’s campus in historic Philadelphia, travel the
world through Penn summer Abroad, or take a course wherever you are via our revolutionary
open Learning Commons online platform.
on CaMPus onlIne aBroad

Challenge Your Mind This summer
In an economy fueled by innovation, the abilities that students develop through a liberal
education have become America’s most valuable economic assets. These abilities include
analytical, problem-solving, and communications skills that can be applied to any number
of complex questions facing the world. And while you’re developing these skills you can
enrich your mind and discover the differences—and similarities—among people around
the world, past and present.
21sT CeNTurY CiTies
beCoMiNG AN AGeNT oF CHANGe
12-Week Summer Session: Communication and Persuasion
(CoMM 275 900) offers an understanding of how communication
and persuasion work to influence people’s atti-
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Summer Session I: Public space, Public life (CoMM 300
910) ponders the ways in which public space facilitates or
hinders common life. Perspectives on urban Poverty (PsCI
139 910) draws on interdisciplinary tools to explore the
causes and consequences of inequality in the United States
and beyond. Introduction to City Planning (urBs 203 910)
introduces the concepts and practice of planning. urban
agriculture (urBs 390 910) examines urban agriculture as
an issue of sustainability, social justice, and public health.
globalization and the Welfare state (urBs 457 910) looks
at the ways in which different welfare regimes respond to
economic restructuring.
Summer Session II: urban neighborhoods (urBs 255 920)
traces the increasing interconnectedness of neighborhoods
around the world over the last several decades.
tudes, beliefs, and behavior. Political Change in the Third
World (PsCI 116 900) gives an overview of political economy
and social change in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Summer Session I: law and social Change (soCI 235 910)
examines the interdependence between changes in legal
and societal institutions.
Summer Session II: Building non-Profits from the ground up
(urBs 412 920) covers the basic elements of building a nonprofit
organization, including needs assessment, program
design, and management. Mastering the Proposal (WrIT
023 922) teaches how to create a succinct and compelling
project proposal, from grant requests to job applications.
opinion Journalism (WrIT 057 921) offers an immersion in
the Internet’s dynamic culture of opinion.

ArTs ANd HuMANiTies
Summer Session I: 20th Century literature: The horseless
Carriage (engl 104 910) traces the rise and fall of the automobile
in the American literary tradition. World Music
and Cultures (MusC 050 910)—offered both on campus
and online in different sections—tells a series of stories
Summer Session I: ancient rome (anCh 027 910) explores
the world of the people who brought us democracy, epic
poetry, history writing, and philosophy. greek and roman
Mythology (ClsT 200 936)—a fully online course—delves
about particular recordings made with, or using the music
of, peoples culturally and geographically distant from the
U.S. Middle eastern Cinema (nelC 119 910) studies recent
films addressing family issues, gender roles, and religion
from the Arab world, Turkey, Israel, and Iran. Madness and
Madmen (russ 197 910) draws on masterpieces by Russian
writers, painters, and film directors to explore the theme
of madness from the medieval period through the October
Revolution of 1917. Indian Cinema (sasT 211 910) explores
the role of cinema in Indian religious culture.
Summer Session II: european art and Civilization Before
1400 (arTh 102 920) relates the great epochs of art to corresponding
phases of Western political and sociological
history. Introduction to romanticism (engl 104 937), an
entirely online course, studies the moody literary period
that followed the Enlightenment and preceded the realist
Victorian era.
T H e A N C i e N T W o r L d :
LeNs oN soCieTY ANd CuLTure
into the nature of myth and the function it plays for individuals,
societies, and nations. Intensive elementary greek
(greK 112 910) and Intensive elementary latin (laTn
112 910) immerse beginners in these ancient languages.
out of the abyss: rediscovering the ancient sumerians,
Babylonians, and assyrians (nelC 048 910) resurrects the
great civilizations that ended more than two millennia ago.
history of ancient Philosophy (PhIl 003 910) surveys classical
Greek approaches to knowledge, the nature of the
world, the soul, ethics, and politics.
Summer Session II: ancient greece (anCh 026 920) studies
the inception of the great Mediterranean empire and
its political transformation from republic to principate.
ancient World Cultures (arTh 105 920) offers an overview
of ancient civilizations around the world.
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summer 2010 academic Calendar and deadlines
Some LPS deadlines differ from those of other schools or colleges at Penn.
12-Week
Summer Session
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Summer
Session I
Summer
Session II
Course registration Begins March 22 March 22 March 22
last day for International students to submit application April 1 April 1 April 1
last day for Visiting students to register May 14 May 14 June 25
Classes Begin May 24 May 24 July 6
last day to add language Courses and Writing seminars May 28 May 26 July 8
last day to add a Course/drop a Course with no Financial
obligation
last day to drop a course with 50% Financial obligation
student must complete late drop Form
last day to Change grade status
student must contact lPs office lps@sas.upenn.edu
last day to Withdraw from a course. Full financial
obligation will apply. Transcript to read “W”.
lPs students must complete a Withdrawal Form
June 7 June 1 July 13
August 13 July 2 August 13
June 21 June 7 Jul 20
August 6 June 25 August 6
Classes end* August 13 July 2 August 13
*Summer Sessions do not have a set schedule for final exams. All exam dates are at the discretion of the course instructor.

Tuition, Fees, and Financial Information
All tuition and fee charges are subject to the approval of the Trustees of the university of Pennsylvania and may change without
notice. Please note that tuition rates vary depending upon which of Penn’s schools is offering the course. if you have any questions
about tuition, please contact the College of Liberal and Professional studies, 215.898.7326.
The rates indicated below are for one Course unit (Cu).
CU TUiTion General Fee TeCh Fee ToTal
undergraduate Arts & sciences 1 $3,050 $236/session* N/A $3,286
12-week LPs – 900 courses** (LPs students only) 1 $2,222 $195/Cu* N/A $2,417
Graduate Arts & sciences 1 $4,583* $260* N/A $4,843
Master of environmental studies 1 $4,540 $260* N/A $4,800
Master of science in Applied Geosciences 1 $4,540 $260* N/A $4,800
Master of Liberal Arts** 1 $3,463 $195* N/A $3,658
Wharton school undergraduate Program 1 Tbd Tbd Tbd Tbd
* Final General Fee rates and Graduate Arts & Sciences tuition will be set in Spring 2010.
**Students who are formally enrolled in the College of Liberal and Professional Studies pay a reduced rate for LPS courses offered in the 12-week summer session and the Master of Liberal
Arts (MLA) program. All other students are charged the tuition rates of the School offering the course. LPS students taking courses outside of the LPS or MLA programs must pay the rates
charged by the individual Schools.
Tuition
Tuition is charged per course unit (CU). Three semester hours are
equivalent to one CU.
general Fee
The general fee constitutes a partial contribution to the support of
such essential facilities as a large library system, museums and institutes,
and special laboratories. A general fee is charged per course
unit (CU) in 12-week and per term in Summer I and II sessions.
Technology Fee
The technology fee covers all the public computing labs, networking
access, and a host of other computing services and local support. For
an overview of Penn’s technology services, refer to: www.upenn.
edu/computing/penngetsit.
online Course Fee
LPS online courses incur an additional $60 fee.
student health Clinical Fee
Full-time LPS students are charged a clinical fee, which provides
unlimited access to Penn’s Student Health Service. The clinical fee
is mandatory for full-time students and cannot be waived; however,
students may choose either to pay the clinical fee directly or satisfy
the charge for the Health Service through selection of the Pennsponsored
student insurance. Students who choose to purchase the
health plan will see a reversal of their clinical fee at the time the
insurance premium is billed. For an overview of health services, refer
to: www.vpul.upenn.edu/shs.
recreation Fee
Undergraduate students enrolled as full-time students are automatically
members of Pottruck Center, the University fitness center,
through a dedicated recreation fee. Other students may purchase
Pottruck memberships; please see www.upenn.edu/recreation for
details and costs. The basketball and squash courts in Hutchinson
Gymnasium are available to those who have a valid PennCard but do
not hold a Pottruck membership.
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egistration Information
registration for Summer 2010 begins March 22 via Penn inTouch. Please refer to
the Penn Summer Academic Calendar for the end of ADD and DROP deadlines.
All forms can be found on our web site, www.upenn.edu/summer.
Current Penn Students
Any current Penn student may enroll in Summer Session courses
through Penn InTouch. There is no application fee. Current
students from any of Penn’s undergraduate degree programs are
encouraged to speak with their advisor from their home school
(School of Arts and Sciences, Wharton Undergraduate, SEAS,
Nursing, Liberal and Professional Studies) prior to enrolling
in Penn Summer courses. Please note that LPS undergraduate
advisors may not advise undergraduate students from other
schools at Penn.
Visiting Undergraduate Students
Visiting Undergraduate Students follow a two-step registration
process to enroll in undergraduate courses at Penn during
the 12-week or the six-week summer sessions. Penn Summer
courses on campus or online are open enrollment; there is a $35
non-refundable application fee.
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Visiting students may register for classes with a course number
of 599 or below in the School of Arts and Sciences, or with a
course number of 499 or below in the School of Engineering
and Applied Sciences. Some courses may have pre-requisites or
require instructor permits; LPS cannot guarantee entry into
these courses. Registration using this process does not guarantee
admission during the fall or spring semesters.
Penn Employees
Penn Summer courses on campus or online are open enrollment
for employees. Simply complete the two-part registration process
used by Visiting Undergraduate Students to register for courses in
Penn Summer Sessions.
Graduate Students
Any current Penn graduate student may enroll in Summer Session
courses through Penn InTouch.

Visiting Graduate Students
Visiting graduate students who wish to take summer courses must
apply through the Non-Traditional Graduate Studies Program.
Penn Alumni/Quaker Consortium Alumni
Penn Alumni simply complete and submit an Alumni Registration
Form, available on our web site, through our convenient online
application system. Upon verification of alumni status by the LPS
office, alumni can enroll in classes up to and including the 599
level. There is no application fee.
Alumni who wish to take graduate-level courses should apply
to the Non-Traditional Graduate Studies Program or to the
appropriate LPS master’s program.
Working Professionals
Penn Summer is a great continuing education opportunity for
working professionals. Adult students who want to take a class to
get back into the academic world or for professional development,
or who simply want to take a class for enrichment, can choose
from hundreds of courses offered by Penn Summer. Our two-step
registration process is easy and can be done completely online;
there is no application for our undergraduate courses.
details on registering for courses can be found at:
www.upenn.edu/summer
Instructions for using Penn InTouch
for Course registration
• You will need a PennKey to register
www.upenn.edu/computing/pennkey.
• Penn InTouch is accessed through the PennPortal
www.upenn.edu/pennportal.
• Click on the Register for Courses link.
• Enter your PennKey and password to complete the
required login.
• If you need assistance with your PennKey, please review
the information at www.upenn.edu/computing/pennkey.
• On the Penn InTouch main page, click on Registration and
then select the appropriate semester.
• Penn InTouch requires the subject area code (for example:
HisT), the course number, and the course section number.
• When you request a course, you may change the grade
type from Normal to Pass/Fail, and for a variable credit
course you may change the amount of credit.
• You MUST request ALL parts of multiple-activity courses
such as lecture/lab or lecture/recitation. requests that
do not meet this requirement will be dropped at the
end of the registration period without enrolling you. For
example, if you only request a lecture but do not request
a corresponding recitation or lab, the system will not enroll
you in just the lecture.
• Do not request any course in time conflict. The system will
not schedule you in any courses that meet at overlapping
times.
• The system will not allow you to enroll in more courses
than your maximum load. if you are already enrolled
at your maximum load and you want to add another
course, use the drop/Add function on the Penn inTouch
registration menu. You must choose the course you are
willing to drop in order to add a new course. if you wish to
carry a higher maximum load than normally allowed, you
will need to consult your homeschool advisor for approval
before you can add additional courses to your schedule.
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housing and dining options
Life at Penn: The College House Experience
Every corner of the campus and every hour of the day are
filled with the activities of an extraordinary collegiate community.
A vital part of this lively picture is the University’s
College House System. Reside high above campus in a
24-story skyscraper with panoramic views of Philadelphia
in the comfort of air-conditioning and in a secure and technologically
advanced environment.
The Summer College House has a House Dean—the most
visible member of the College House—and graduate assistants
living in residence who are active participants in
group events and become trusted friends and advisors to
each resident. Collectively, they introduce summer residents
to their colleagues, other aspects of University life,
and the City of Philadelphia. This group of talented staff
has individual responsibilities in programming and events,
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governance, and they work collectively to enhance the
Summer College House experience.
Finally, Penn has a dedicated group of professional
staff in two key offices devoted to residential living. The
Department of Conference Services and the Office of
College Houses and Academic Services work as partners in
coordinating the overall housing experience. Conference
Services is responsible for staffing the Information Center
(front desk), maintaining the facilities, providing 24-hour
security and housekeeping, coordinating the on-line registration
process, room assignments and billing. College
Houses and Academic Services coordinates the hiring and
training of the graduate assistants, provides counseling
and crisis intervention and runs the computer network.

Your Room
Each air-conditioned room is equipped with one twin extra-long
bed, desk, desk chair, and dresser. Due to space constraints, any additional
furniture is discouraged. The following items are not provided:
sheets, pillows, blankets, towels, soap (laundry, dish, and bath), waste
basket, hamper, laundry bag or basket, hangers, alarm clock, surge
protector, telephone, or computer.
Having a room in the College Houses means automatic access to
more than 65 channels of cable television (including numerous foreign
language channels that serve Penn’s internationally savvy student
population).
Technology
Penn’s residential computing program is one of the most comprehensive
in the U.S. Every College House is linked to the Internet
via a high-speed network connection. Both wired and wireless connections
are available in all rooms ensuring that residents have highquality
Internet services. Internet access, email and everything else
that today’s technology has to offer is available from the comfort of
your room.
Most importantly, Penn’s commitment to technology doesn’t end
with providing a high speed network, but includes the dedicated service
of ITAs (computing assistants) available in designated College
House computer labs during published hours of operation.
Safety and Security
All University residences are equipped with 24-hour monitoring of
the building entrances. Access to residence buildings is permitted
when an individual presents a valid PennCard with magnetic strip and
PIN. Visitors are welcome, but a resident must sign them in and they
must be prepared to show an acceptable form of ID upon request.
Bon Appétit at Penn Dining
At Bon Appétit at Penn Dining, we believe food service on a college
campus serves a much larger purpose than simply sustenance. Dining
halls are gathering places. Breaking bread together helps to create a
sense of community and comfort. We recognize the important role
we fill at Penn and take great care to honor our position and demonstrate
our commitment every day by:
• Cooking food from scratch with fresh seasonal ingredients
• Serving a wide variety of menu items at each meal, every day
• Keeping things fresh, fun, and interesting
• Creating great tasting, authentic and nutritious food that exceeds
the expectations of vegetarian, vegan, and international diners
• Providing friendly customer service to create a warm, welcoming
environment
• Taking our role in the community seriously and making socially
responsible purchasing decisions from produce, meat, seafood,
eggs and coffee to disposable plates and serviceware
At the heart of our premier residential dining hall is a vibrant salad
bar featuring fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables. For all the
comforts of home cooking, including vegetarian options, stop at
the Comforts Station. A grand pizza station offers pizza by the slice,
stromboli and calzones. Burgers and your favorite hot sandwiches can
be found at The Grill. For a summer time treat build your own ice
cream sundae. Fresh hot breakfast with eggs, home-fries and breakfast
meats is available weekdays and brunch on weekends. Serving
times are as follows:
Breakfast 7:30am–10:00am
Lunch 11:00am–1:30pm
Monday–Friday Saturday & Sunday
Brunch 11:00am–3:00pm
Dinner 4:30pm–7:00pm 4:30–7:00pm
In addition to serving great food and creating a welcoming environment
where students, faculty and staff come together in our residential
dining hall, Bon Appétit at Penn Dining also offers a variety of
amazing food at our retail locations.
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neW
in 2010
global archaeology Field schools
Global Archaeology Field schools is a summer field research
opportunity in which students will learn modern archaeological
methods and theory through extensive hands-on field
experience. students will participate in archaeological survey
and mapping, excavations, artifact processing and analysis,
and architectural documentation. Through on-site lectures
and excursions, students have the opportunity to learn
about the cultural heritage of archaeological sites and their
surrounding communities.
Greece ANTH 250 950
June 15–August 3, 2010
Within the ancient Greek region of Arcadia in the southern Peloponnesos,
the sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion stands out for its great fame,
mysterious rituals and wide-ranging significance. This site, located
on the modern-day mountain of Agios Elias, held fascination for the
ancient Greeks and has continued to be important for modern-day
scholars of archaeology, classics, and Greek religion. The summer
research program, co-sponsored by the Greek Archaeological Service
under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies at
Athens, seeks to answer questions about the origins of Greek cult of
Zeus and the origins of Greek athletics. The summer 2010 field season
at the Sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion will introduce students to
archaeological excavation techniques, architectural documentation and
topographical survey. Students will also assist with ongoing geological,
geophysical and historical surveys. The summer research program is
co-directed by Dr. David Gilman Romano (University of Pennsylvania)
and Dr. Mary Voyatzis (University of Arizona).
PrograM Fee: $2,500
Program Fee covers international airfare (based on reasonable coach
class fare for period of project), local room and board, local transportation,
and local excursions during project.
Program Fee does NOT cover costs for student’s passport or visa (may
be required for non-U.S. students), medical insurance, or incidental
expenses.
Some fellowships are available; inquiries should be sent to Instructor.
inSTrUCTor
David Romano’s scholarly interests are divided between ancient city
and landscape planning, computerized applications in archaeology, and
ancient athletics. He is an Adjunct Professor of Classical Studies at Penn
and the co-director of the Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project,
which began in 2004 and explores the Sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion,
Arcadia, Greece. Dr. Romano is also director of the Corinth Computer
Project, a computerized study of the city and landscape of Roman Corinth,
and director of the Digital Augustan Rome Project, which is a living, virtual
resource for the study of Augustan Rome.
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aPPliCaTion ProCeSS
The field school programs have no pre-requisites and are open
to all Penn undergraduate and graduate students, as well
as visiting students. To register for the class please read the
complete course description and then contact the instructor
directly via the Penn Museum website:http://www.penn.museum/
archaeology-field-project.html
NOTE: You will not be able to register for a field school directly via
the Penn-In-Touch system; you must first contact the instructor.
For complete information and an application for Global Archaeology Field schools, please visit the Penn Museum website:
www.penn.museum/archaeology-field-project.html
italy ANTH 250 951
July 3–31, 2010
Little is known about the small monasteries in Latin Christendom from
the 7th to the 10th centuries. The monastery San Pietro d’Asso was
founded by King Aripert I around AD 643 and is situated just west
of the Via Cassia, a key pilgrimage route from France to Rome. The
present hilltop site includes stone architecture and is covered with
abundant 10th century artifacts, while below the hill, close to the
Asso River, lie the remains of a Roman settlement. This field course
will introduce students to Roman and Medieval Tuscany with guided
visits to regional sites. Students will learn modern archaeological
field methods through hands-on work at two locations: the bishop’s
complex at Pava in San Giovanni d’Asso and the hilltop site of San
Pietro d’Asso. The summer research program is a collaboration of Dr.
Richard Hodges (University of Pennsylvania) and Dr. Michelle Hobart
(Cooper Union, New York) with Dr. Stefano Campana (University of
Siena).
PrograM Fee : $2,650
Program Fee covers local room and board, local transportation, and local
excursions during field project.
Program Fee does NOT cover costs for student’s airfare, passport or visa
(if required), medical insurance, or incidental expenses.
Some fellowships are available; inquiries should be sent to Instructor.
inSTrUCTor
Richard Hodges is the Williams Director of the University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. A distinguished Classical and
early Medieval archaeologist, specializing in Western Europe, Hodges has
written extensively on such subjects as archaeology and the beginnings of
English society, primitive and peasant markets, and towns and trade in the
age of Charlemagne. Before coming to Penn, he served as the Director
of the Institute of World Archaeology at the University of East Anglia and
is a former Director of the British School in Rome. Hodges has published
numerous books, essays and pamphlets on archaeology in Italy, Albania,
and early northwest Europe.

Course Listings
12-week Summer Session
MAY 24-AuGusT 13, 2010
anThroPoloGY
anTh 247 900 s 9:00am–12:10pm schuyler
Archaeology Laboratory Field Project
Crosslisted with: ANTH 747 900
This course is a summer version of ANTH 220. In summer more
emphasis will be placed on field visitations. Course open to all students;
no instructor permission needed. Course may be repeated for
credit and students may take both ANTH 247 and 220. Questions:
contact Robert L Schuyler; schuyler@sas.upen.edu; 215.898.6965;
University Museum 412/6398.
AdditionAl Section:
ANTH 247 901 s 1:00pm–4:00pm schuyler
Archaeology Laboratory Field Project
BioloGiCal BaSiS oF BehaVior
BIBB 269 900 M 5:00pm–8:10pm heerding/Yee
Autonomic Physiology
Prerequisite(s): BIBB 109
This lecture course is designed to introduce the student to the functioning
of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), which is critically
involved in the maintenance of body homeostasis through regulation
of behavior and physiology. The course will begin with a review of the
basic anatomy and physiology of the ANS including the sympathetic,
parasympathetic, and enteric divisions. The mechanisms by which the
ANS regulates peripheral tissues will be discussed, including reflex
and regulatory functions, as will the effect of drugs which modulate
ANS activity. The role of the ANS in regulating behavior will be addressed
in the context of thirst, salt appetite and food intake. Finally,
the course will cover the result of over-activation of the sympathetic
nervous system as manifested in chronic stress.
BIBB 475 900 T 5:30pm–8:40pm lexow
Neurodegenerative Disease
This course will familiarize students with advances in our understanding
of the clinical features and pathogenesis of a wide range of
neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease and other
dementias, prion diseases, Parkinson’s disease and atypical parkinsonisms,
neurodegenerative ataxias, motoneuron diseases, degenerative
diseases with chorea, iron and copper disorders, and mitochondrial
diseases. Students will analyze original research reports on a
range of proposed pathological cellular processes that may represent
steps in cell death pathways leading to neuron loss seen in these dis-
eases. Significant emphasis will be placed on the fast-expanding field
exploring genetic contributions to neurodegenerative disease, as
identification of genetic mutations pathogenic for familial neurodegenerative
diseases has been a major driving force in neurodegenerative
research and pointed researchers towards essential molecular
process that may underlie these disorders. Strategies for therapeutic
intervention in the management, prevention, and cure of neurodegenerative
disease will be addressed.
BIBB 480 900 r 5:30pm–8:40pm lexow
Biological Basis of Psychiatric Disorders
Prerequisite(s): BIBB 109 or Permission of Instructor. / Previously BIBB 380
The contributions of basic sciences (neuroanatomy, neurophysiology,
neurochemistry, and neuropharmacology) to an understanding of behavior
and behavioral disorders. Important psychiatric disorders are
discussed primarily from the viewpoint of their biological aspects.
Emphasis is placed on critical evaluation of research strategies and
hypotheses.
BioloGY
BIol 202 900 W 6:00pm–9:10pm laakso
Cellular Biology and Biochemistry
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and 102, or BIOL 121. Strong high school background
in chemistry or CHEM 102 recommended
An introduction to protein structure, enzyme kinetics, mechanism of
enzyme action and allosteric regulation of enzyme activity; introduction
to cell structure and function including membrane structure,
membrane receptors and signal transduction, motility, and the cell
cycle.
BIol 215 900 W 4:30pm–7:40pm Bentz
Vertebrate Physiology
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 102 or 121 or 124
The course will focus on integrative aspects of physiological function
of vertebrates. Comparative, environmental, and quantitative
approaches will be used. Major topics include muscle, the cardiovascular
system, respiration, renal function, and the nervous system.
BIol 221 900 T 5:30pm–8:40pm staff
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 or 121
This course will survey the discipline of molecular genetics. Two
broad areas will be considered 1) Molecular Biology: DNA replication,
transcription, translation, regulation of gene expression in both
prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems, and genomics and 2) Genetics:
basic Mendelian and molecular genetics.
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BIol 402 900 M 5:30pm–8:40pm diangelo
Biochemistry
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 202, CHEM 241, the latter of which may be taken concurrently.
/ CHEM 242 is recommended and may also be taken concurrently.
Basic principles of protein characterization, enzyme kinetics and
mechanism, membrane structure and function, metabolism, and
biochemistry of energy and signal transduction. A problem-solving
approach will be employed and emphasis will be placed on the application
of quantitative methods to biochemical problems. Each of the
five major sections of the course will be concluded with group discussions
specifically directed at the solution of numerical problems
and the interpretation of experimental results. In order to maximize
the opportunities for students to think critically, analytically, and creatively,
most of the material covered in the course will be tested using
take-home examinations. Students will have the option of attending
sessions in which the recent original literature will be discussed.
BIol 404 900 W 6:00pm–9:10pm allman
Immunobiology
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 202 and BIOL 221
Early development of microbiology, pathology, and immunobiology;
molecular and cellular bases of immune phenomena including:
immunity to pathogens, immune diseases, autoimmunity, and
hypersensitivity.
CoMMUniCaTionS
CoMM 275 900 Tr 5:30pm–7:10pm Bigman-galimore
Communication and Persuasion
At its basic level, this course is designed to introduce students to the
persuasive function of communication. Understanding how communication
and persuasion work to influence people’s attitudes, beliefs,
and/or behavior is an important tool, given the significant resources
required for most persuasive efforts and the wide range of contexts in
which attempts to persuade are made. For example, students might
consider how pharmaceutical advertising, political campaigns, and/
or social marketing efforts produce change. Equipped with a foundation
in communication theory and message design, students will be
encouraged to pursue independent research projects in an area of
their choosing (e.g., public health, politics, public service).
CoMM 309 900 TBa Felzenberg
Washington Politics and the Media
Offered from May 27–Aug 15, COMM major only
This course is designed to enhance students’ understanding of the role
the media plays influencing the course public policy in the nation’s capital.
It will provide students with opportunities to assess major issues,
currently in the news, from multiple perspectives (those of Congress,
the President, interest groups, the old and new media, lobbyists, political
consultants and others). They will explore the emergence of multiple
“narratives” the media uses to frame policy debates, how these are
formed, and how they change over time. Readings and class discussions
will be supplemented by appearances by guests who have participated
in important ongoing and past policy debates.
eConoMiCS
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eCon 235 900 W 6:00pm–9:10pm staff
Industrial Organization
Prerequisite(s): ECON 101; MATH 104 and MATH 114 or MATH 115. ECON
103 is recommended. / Credit cannot be received for both ECON 035 and
235. In addition, the LPS 200-level course, when offered, WILL NOT count for
Economics Majors unless you are officially registered as an LPS student.
Theories of various industrial organizational structures and problems
are developed, including monopoly, oligopoly, nonlinear pricing and
price discrimination. These theories are used to model various industries,
antitrust cases, and regulatory issues.
enGliSh
engl 010 900 T 5:30pm–8:40pm stein
Writing Humor and Comedy
Writing Humor and Comedy is a creative writing workshop focused
on helping students to develop their skill in writing humor. Students
read work by David Sedaris, Dave Barry, Steve Martin, Douglas
Adams, P.G. Wodehouse, and others as models, and then write original
humor prose pieces. The main content of the course is the writing
and critiquing of student work. Students may write in multiple
genres (short fiction, review, essay, comedy sketch, and other forms)
as they learn about developing comedic premises and revising for
comic effect. They also gain experience as critics and editors of humor
writing.
engl 074 900 W 5:30pm–8:40pm harzewski
Contemporary U.S. Literature
In the volume An Atlas of the Difficult World, poet Adrienne Rich articulates
what may serve as a metaphor for contemporary American
literature and its diverse standpoints: “I promised to show you a map
you say but this is a mural/Then yes let it be/These are small distinctions/Where
do we see it from is the question.” In this spirit,
this course explores American voices across genres, with an emphasis
on fiction, since approximately 1970. We will explore how a various
creative writers have envisioned changing faces of the American
dream, marriage and family, the city, and the status of the artist. Texts
may include Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, Dorothy Allison’s Bastard
Out of Carolina, Jonathan Safran Foyer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly
Close, Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, Don DeLillo’s White Noise,
and Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
engl 105 900 T 5:30pm–8:40pm Wahlert
Medicine and Literature: 1650-2000
Fulfills Humanities & Social Science Sector
What is it like to live with a serious illness? How have our cultural understandings
of sickness and health changed over time? And how do
historical images and literary representations of doctors, nurses, and
sick people reveal and affect cultural assumptions about disease and
medical authority? This course offers a comprehensive study of significant
changes and continuities in the history of medicine, alongside
works of literature that exemplify the shifting notions of the doctor
and sickness in the Western medical tradition. In particular, we will
focus on fictional sources (poetry, short stories, novels, and films) as

well as on nonfictional accounts (journals, diaries, and documentaries)
that explore the emotional and somatic aspects of conditions
such as cancer, plague, hysteria, syphilis, madness, and homosexuality.
As a trans-historical study of Western medicine from classical
influences through the innovations of Paris Medicine and then to the
present day, we will be concerned with the power of narratives to
bring coherence and meaning to lives at moments of great physical
and emotional crisis. Inspired by recent historiographical trends to
study the history of medicine from the bottom up, this course moves
away from a methodology that emphasizes the great men of science
to one that centers on the concerns of sick persons. In reading
works of literature by authors such as John Milton, Molie, Frances
Burney, Daniel Defoe, William Wordsworth, Sigmund Freud, Sylvia
Plath, and others, we will study contemporaneous medical topics,
including quackery, the history of midwifery, humoural theories of
the body, advancements in autopsy, the elevation of the professional
surgeon, the birth of sexology, the rise of psychotherapy, and the
clinical gaze.
enVironMenTal STUDieS
enVs 200 900 T 5:30pm–8:30pm staff
Introduction to Environmental Analysis
Fulfills Physical World Sector, Quantitative Data Analysis Requirement
Introduction to Environmental Analysis will expose students to the
principles that underlie our understanding of how the Earth works.
The goal of Earth Systems Science is to obtain a scientific understanding
of the entire Earth system by describing its component parts (lithosphere,
hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere) and their interactions,
and describe how they have evolved, how they function, and how
they may be expected to respond to human activity. The challenge
to Earth Systems Science is to develop the capability to predict those
changes that will occur in the next decade to century, both naturally
and in response to human activity. Energy, both natural and humangenerated,
will be used as a unifying principle. Knowledge gained
through this course will help students make informed decisions in all
spheres of human activity: science, policy, economics, etc.
GeoloGY
geol 100 900 W 5:30pm–8:40pm omar
Introduction to Geology
Fulfills Physical World Sector, Quantitative Data Analysis Requirement / Field
trips required.
An introduction to processes and forces that form the surface and the
interior of the Earth. Topics include, changes in climate, the history
of life, as well as earth resources and their uses.
healTh & SoCieTieS
hsoC 131 900 W 6:00pm–9:10pm Mackenzie
Sustainability and Public Health
This course will explore how the goals of the sustainability movement
affect public health policy. It asks the question, “To what extent
is sustainability the most important public health issue of our
time?” We will examine issues related to climate change, peak oil,
environmental toxins, ecosystem destruction, water availability, and
food production through the lens of public health policy. On a more
positive note, we will learn about how applications of whole systems
thinking are transforming our culture, creating a more sustainable
and healthier society, and how these cultural trends will transform
public health policy in the future.
hiSTorY
hIsT 323 900 MW 6:00pm–7:40pm Thompson
American Cultural History to 1865
This seminar will examine the everyday lives of early Americans as
well as the key sources of cultural change between 1600 and 1865.
We will look at a range of issues, including: sexuality; changing conceptualizations
of death and childhood; the rise of consumer culture;
and the racialized and gendered politics of early modern identity. We
will visit halls, taverns, city streets, churches, slave quarters, shops,
and bed chambers where we will observe the comings and goings of
some fascinating people. We will also interrogate the pivotal interdisciplinary
methods and theoretical approaches scholars have used
to write early American cultural history. Readings will comprise a
sampling of recent scholarship as well as a variety of colorful primary
sources such as diaries and private correspondences. We will also
study objects, 18th-century prints, and photographs. Requirements
for the course include active discussion, critical reading, a mid-term
paper (3–5 pages), and a seminar paper (10–12 pages).
PhiloSoPhY
PhIl 002 900 W 6:00pm–9:10pm Meyer
Ethics
Fulfills Society Sector
How should we go about morally evaluating our actions? We will
read, discuss, and critique historical and contemporary answers to
this question. Some moral philosophers focus on evaluating our actions
in terms of their consequences, while others believe the intentions
motivating our actions are of crucial moral importance. Still
others recommend that we attend to the meaning of our actions—
what we say by acting as we do. We will also look at historical and
contemporary theories that focus on evaluating ourselves rather than
our actions. Readings in this class will concern both practical problems
(such as cosmetic surgery, abortion, affirmative action, and war)
and theoretical issues.
PoliTiCal SCienCe
PsCI 116 900 T 5:30pm–8:30pm sil
Political Change in the Third World
Fulfills Society Sector
This course will be provide a broad overview of political economy
and social change in countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. This
is not, however, a current-affairs course; the emphasis is on tracing
how historical forces have influenced political, economic, and social
institutions (or lack thereof) in countries that have endured colonialism.
Although we will study such political phenomena as nationalism
and democratization in some detail, we will also consider the linkages
between these and economic, socio-cultural, and international
factors.
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PSYCholoGY
PsYC 001 900 W 5:30pm–8:40pm Fedotova
Introduction to Experimental Psychology
Fulfills Living World Sector
Introduction to the basic topics of psychology, including learning,
motivation, cognition, development, abnormal, physiological, social,
and personality.
SoCioloGY
soCI 118 900 W 6:00pm–9:00pm Joyce
Sociology of Bioethics
This course is a study of the field of bioethics using the tools of sociology.
The study of bioethics as a discipline and as a profession will be
explored by addressing a series of topics that have been prominent in
the field. We will use sociological concepts and theory to investigate
American bioethics, rather than conduct a study of the merits of the
debates themselves. This approach will consider the cultural, social,
political, and symbolic meanings of these bioethical issues. We will
address questions about the stakeholders in the debates, the timing
of the debates, the rise and fall of certain issues, and the charismatic
influence of key players. A key component in the readings will be the
connections to bio-medicine and issues of treatment versus enhancement.
Readings will be drawn from philosophy, bioethics, sociology,
feminist studies, and sociology of medicine.
SoUTh aSia STUDieS
sasT 295 900 r 4:30pm–7:30pm roy
Gender and Globalization in South Asia
Crosslisted with: GSOC 295 900, GSOC 595 900, SAST 595 900
This is an introduction to studying gender systems and women’s
situations across cultures and countries with a special emphasis on
South-Asia. The class focuses on “globalization,” the flows of people
and culture that are increasing around the world. The class begins
with the historical background for understanding the current period
of globalization. We will look at the specific case of colonization in
South Asia and emphasize on its role in the rise of factories in both
the colonized and colonizing nations. We then consider the role of
these factories in today’s world as they employ women from the third
world (sweatshops), and explore other issues related to gender and
globalization and discuss scholarly responses to the changing world
system. This class approach stresses that in order to understand women’s
lives in the non-western world, it is important to understand
the on-going connections between the “first world” and between the
United States and the rest of the world. The larger objectives of the
course are: 1) to learn about the history and current conditions of
South Asia, particularly as they affect women and gender; 2) to be able
to identify relations between the “first world” and the “third world”
through an understanding of elements of globalization (such as mass
media and cultural productions); 3) to understand ways that colonialism,
Westernization affects gender systems and the formation of
women’s social movements that respond to these forces in the South
Asian context; 4) to offer through the lens of gender, a framework to
understand the connected effects of globalization on national politics,
economics and social issues in contemporary South Asia.
14 SUMMER SESSIOn I • MAY 24–JULY 2, 2010
SPaniSh
sPan 130 900 Tr 6:00pm–8:30pm staff
Intermediate Spanish I
Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of Span 112, 120, 121 or 125 or a score
of 450-540 on the SAT II or 384-453 on the online placement examination
SPAN 130 is a first-semester intermediate-level language course that
emphasizes the development of the four basic skills (reading, writing,
listening, and speaking skills) within a culturally based context. Class
time will focus on communicative activities that combine grammatical
concepts, relevant vocabulary, and cultural themes. Students will
participate in pair, small-group, and whole-class activities to practice
linguistics skills in meaningful contexts. Major course goals include:
the acquisition of intermediate-level vocabulary, the controlled use of
the past tense, and the development of writing skills at a paragraph
level with transitions.
WriTinG SeMinar
WrIT 039 938 MW 5:30pm–8:40pm ross/Wehner
Elements of Style
Fulfills Writing Requirement
Summer Session i
MAY 24–JULY 2, 2010
aFriCan STUDieS ProGraM
aFsT 302 910 MTWr 1:00pm–2:35pm ayoade
People, Oil, and Politics in Nigeria
Nigeria is a federation of three major ethnic groups and a host of
minority groups. Around each of the major ethnic groups are located
the minorities in a centre-periphery fashion. The ethnic minorities
lack numerical clout to gain democratic control of national decisionmaking
apparatus. They are therefore agitating for home rule resulting
in the creation of new states in the federation. But the relative
powerlessness remains. The troubling paradox of the situation is that
oil wells which account for 95% of Nigeria’s export earnings are located
in areas that lack decision-making power. The result is a combination
of resources without power or control. The minorities feel
exploited, protest the seeming colonialism, and demand resource
control.
anCienT hiSTorY
anCh 027 910 MTWr 2:40pm–4:15pm Bernard
Ancient Rome
Fulfills History & Tradition Sector / Crosslisted with: HIST 027 910
The Roman Empire was one of the few great world states—one that
unified a large area around the Mediterranean Sea—an area never
subsequently united as part of a single state. Whereas the great
achievements of the Greeks were in the realm of ideas and concepts
(democracy, philosophy, art, literature, drama) those of the Romans
tended to be in the pragmatic spheres of ruling and controlling subject
peoples and integrating them under the aegis of an imperial state.
Conquest, warfare, administration, and law making were the great

successes of the Roman state. We will look at this process from its
inception and trace the formation of Rome’s Mediterranean empire
over the last three centuries BC; we shall then consider the social,
economic and political consequences of this great achievement, especially
the great political transition from the Republic (rule by the
Senate) to the Principate (rule by emperors). We shall also consider
limitations to Roman power and various types of challenges, military,
cultural, and religious, to the hegemony of the Roman state. Finally,
we shall try to understand the process of the development of a distinctive
Roman culture from the emergence new forms of literature,
like satire, to the gladiatorial arena as typical elements that contributed
to a Roman social order.
anThroPoloGY
anTh 001 910 MW 5:30pm–8:40pm schweitzer
Introduction to Archaeology
Fulfills History & Tradition Sector
An introduction to the history, concepts, and methods of the anthropological
study of ancient peoples using archaeological illustrations
to indicate the relationships of archaeological interpretations with
cultural and physical anthropology.
anTh 002 910 MW 6:00pm–9:10pm hammarberg
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Fulfills Society Sector
An introduction to the study of culture and human institutions, how
they change, and their role in both literate and nonliterate societies.
anTh 003 910 Tr 6:00pm–9:10pm renschler
Introduction to Human Evolution
Fulfills Living World Sector
How did humans evolve? When did humans start to walk on two legs?
How are humans related to non-human primates? This course focuses
on the scientific study of human evolution describing the emergence,
development, and diversification of our species, Homo sapiens. First
we cover the fundamental principles of evolutionary theory and some
of the basics of genetics and heredity as they relate to human morphological,
physiological, and genetic variation. We then examine
what studies of nonhuman primates (monkeys and apes) can reveal
about our own evolutionary past, reviewing the behavioral and ecological
diversity seen among living primates. We conclude the course
examining the “hard” evidence of human evolution—the fossil and
material culture record of human history from our earliest primate
ancestors to the emergence of modern Homo sapiens. You will also
have the opportunity, during recitations, to conduct hands-on exercises
collecting and analyzing behavioral, morphological, and genetic
data on both humans and nonhuman primates and working with the
Department of Anthropology’s extensive collection of fossil casts.
anTh 102 910 MW 10:00am–1:10pm hammarberg
American Civilization in the 20th Century
Fulfills History & Tradition Sector / Crosslisted with: ANTH 692 910
This course covers the changing society and culture of the United
States during the 20th century. It begins with American regionalism
in 1900 and traces the rise of mass culture and economic depression
in the period from WWI through WWII, followed by the changing
conflicts of idealism, realism, and popular culture to the end of the
Cold War, the rise of the Internet, and the new problems posed by
21st-century globalism. The course will emphasize the discussion
and analysis of primary source materials, employing material culture,
texts, and film as forms of evidence. The concept of culture enables
us to treat the changing cultural context as the “natural” environment
of Americans during the 20th century.
anTh 184 910 Tr 6:00pm–9:00pm Chrzan
Medical Anthropology of Alcohol Use
Crosslisted with: HSOC 154 910
The morality, rights, and responsibilities of alcohol use are hotly debated
in the United States. The rhetoric of appropriate use ranges from
Puritan-inspired abstinence campaigns, through health-promoting
moderation arguments, to discourses legitimizing hedonism. The result
of a lack of clear cultural paradigms for intoxicant use is clearly seen on
college campuses, where movements for zero-tolerance alcohol bans
coexist with social rituals that include binge drinking. This course will
utilize medical anthropology theory to: 1) contextualize the phenomenon
historically and cross-culturally; 2) encourage students to critically
analyze existing paradigms which determine acceptable usage and
treatment modalities; 3) use the University of Pennsylvania campus as
a local case study/field site to investigate alcohol use. Students will
move from theory to action through creation of a feasible proposal addressing
alcohol-use education on Penn’s campus, or will participate in
the modification and implementation of existing proposals to promote
rational and low-risk use of alcohol in the college community.
arT hiSTorY
arTh 101 910 TBa staff
European Art and Civilization Before 1400
Fulfills Arts & Letters Sector
This is a double introduction: to looking at the visual arts; and, to the
ancient and medieval cities and empires of three continents—ancient
Egypt, the Middle East and Iran, the Minoan and Mycenaean Bronze
Age, the Greek and Roman Mediterranean, and the early Islamic,
early Byzantine and western Medieval world. Using images, contemporary
texts, and art in our city, we examine the changing forms of
art, architecture and landscape architecture, and the roles of visual
culture for political, social, and religious activity.
arTh 209 910 Tr 9:00am–12:00pm Toure
African Art
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Crosslisted with: AFRC 209 910,
AFST 209 910
This intensive 6-week course will introduce sub-Saharan African
cinema(s) in their diversity, their originality, and their importance on
and outside of the African continent. Themes will consider historical
and socio-political issues, colonial and postcolonial representations
of African arts and cultures, cultural identity, orality, aesthetics,
anthropology and ethnography, immigration and work challenges,
gender and sexuality. Film theories and methodologies will be discussed.
Class time will include film screenings, lectures, and discussions.
Movies produced by Soulemane Cisse, Cheick Oumar Sissoko,
Adama Drabo, Halime Gerima, Sembene Ousmane, Alain Resnais,
Manthia Diawara, and Zola Mazeko among others will be featured.
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BioloGY*
BIol 101 910 MTWrF 8:30am–10:00am Witmer
Introduction to Biology A
Fulfills Living World Sector /Biology Majors and Pre-Medical students should
take either BIOL 101 or 121. BIOL 101 is the companion course to BIOL 102,
may be taken before or after BIOL 102. Lab fee $150. (3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab,
1.5 CU) / Registration for course and lab section required.
General principles of biology that have been established by studies
of microbes, animals, and plants and the viruses of these organisms
will be covered. Emphasis will be on the basic chemistry of life, cell
biology, molecular biology, and genetics. The study of developmental
pathways and evolutionary trends in life cycles will be explored using
plants as model organisms.
lAb SectionS:
bioL 101 911 WF 10:00am–1:00pm robinson
bioL 101 912 WF 10:00am–1:00pm robinson
BIol 175 910 MTWr 5:00pm–8:30pm Bassiri
Principles of Microbiology
Fulfills Living World Sector / Prerequisite(s): NURS 041 or BIOL 101 or 121
or 091 and one semester of college chemistry. May not be used in the Biology
Major. / Lab fee $150.
Basic microbiology, including cell physiology and anatomy of microorganisms
and host-pathogen relationships.
CheMiSTrY*
CheM 053 910 MTWrF 10:00am–12:45pm staff
General Chemistry Lab I
Fulfills Quantitative Data Analysis Requirement / Co-requisite(s): CHEM 101
/ Lab fee $150. When a student enrolls simultaneously in a laboratory course
and a co-requisite course, but subsequently drops or withdraws from the corequisite
course, the student must drop or withdraw from the laboratory course.
A general laboratory course covering aspects of qualitative and quantitative
analysis, determination of chemical and physical properties,
and chemical synthesis.
CheM 101 910 MTWrF 8:30am–10:00am Topp
General Chemistry I
Fulfills Physical World Sector / Co-requisite(s): CHEM 053
Basic concepts and principles of chemistry and their applications in
chemistry and closely-related fields. The first term emphasizes the
understanding of chemical reactions through atomic and molecular
structure. This is a university level course, treating the material in
sufficient depth so that students can solve chemical problems and can
understand the principles involved in their solution. It includes an
introduction to condensed matter. This course is suitable for majors
or non-majors and is recommended to satisfy either major or preprofessional
requirements for general chemistry. This course is presented
for students with high school chemistry and calculus.
*Limited space Available
16 SUMMER SESSIOn I • MAY 24–JULY 2, 2010
CheM 241 910 MTWrF 8:30am–10:00am roberts
Organic Chemistry I
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 102
Fundamental course in organic chemistry based upon the modern
concepts of structure and mechanism of reactions.
CheM 245 910 TWr 10:00am–1:30pm Kozlowski
Experimental Organic Chemistry
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 241 / Co-requisite(s): CHEM 242 / Lab fee $300.
A basic laboratory course in which both the theoretical and practical
aspects of a variety of organic reactions and multistep syntheses
are emphasized. Modern chromatographic, instrumental, and spectroscopic
techniques are applied to experimental organic chemistry.
Course should be taken concurrently with CHEM 242 or in the semester
immediately following. For safety reasons students will not be
permitted to wear contact lenses in the laboratory. PLEASE NOTE
THE FOLLOWING: For the Summer and LPS offering of CHEM
245, it is a 2-semester course. Part 1 is taken in the first term for 0.0
CU and then Part 2 is taken in the second term immediately following
the first for 1.0 CU.
ChineSe
ChIn 011 910 MTWr 10:00am–12:00pm dietrich
Beginning Modern Chinese I
Along with CHIN 012, CHIN 111 and CHIN 112, this is the first
course of a four-semester sequence. By completing all four semesters,
students fulfill the College language requirement. The sequence
starts each fall. Students cannot begin their study in the spring. This
course is designed primarily for students who have little or no prior
exposure to Chinese. The objective of the course is to help students
build a solid foundation of the four basic skills—listening, speaking,
reading, and writing in an interactive and communicative learning
environment. The emphasis is on correct pronunciation, accurate
tones, and mastery of basic grammatical structures. By the end of
the second semester, students will be able to manage many situations
that have immediate concern to them, such as relating one’s personal
life and experiences, expressing preferences and feelings, ordering
meals, purchasing goods and asking for directions. In order to achieve
these goals, students are expected to thoroughly preview and review
the materials according to the weekly lesson plan (on course website)
prior to attending class. Regular attendance is mandatory and strictly
monitored.
CineMa STUDieS
CIne 202 910 MTWr 2:40pm–4:15pm steirer
The Sitcom: Television, Comedy, and the Politics
of Representation
From the 1950s until very recently, the sitcom or situation comedy
has been one of television’s most popular and emblematic genres.
Network lineups have been determined by it, household rhythms
organized around it, and legal and financial battles fought over its
content. In large part, the sitcom’s popular significance and financial
success have stemmed from its unique approach to the representation
of social, economic, and political change. Both the genre’s strict
stylistic conventions and its comedic approach to storytelling have

allowed it to function as an unusual kind of “public sphere” in which
contemporary debates about race, class, gender, and sexuality are
represented through visual and narrative forms. In this course we
will examine the sitcom from institutional, aesthetic, and historical
perspectives so as to understand its role in the negotiation of cultural
change. Students will watch episodes of The Odd Couple, Leave It to
Beaver, All in the Family, The Cosby Show, Roseanne, Friends and other
sitcoms and read work in television scholarship.
ClaSSiCal STUDieS
ClsT 185 910 MTWr 1:00pm–2:45pm labuff
Ancient Greek Political Thought: Past and
Present
Fulfills History & Tradition Sector, Cross-Cultural Analysis Course
The way in which the Greeks understood and expressed their political
institutions, activities, and challenges has deeply impressed
our own conception of politics. This course will trace the history of
this ancient heritage from its inception to today, first through a close
analysis of key texts from Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, and Polybius,
and then by considering several important moments in the reception
of the Greek political tradition, from the Renaissance and American
Revolution to the crisis of modernity and the Neo-Conservative
Movement. We evaluate the relationship between distant and recent
past as well as the influence of both on our own day.
ClsT 200 936 Tr 4:30pm–6:30pm struck
Greek and Roman Mythology
This course is delivered in a fully online format in order to allow more
flexibility for LPS students. Class sessions are offered through a course
website and include live lectures and interactive discussions through both
direct messaging and voice over internet. Between classes, the learning
experience is extended through assignments, threaded discussions and
office hours. For additional information, please visit www.sas.upenn.edu/
lps/online. Online course fee: $60.
Fulfills Arts & Letters Sector / Crosslisted with: COML 200 936, FOLK 200 936
Myths are traditional stories that have endured many years. Some of
them have to do with events of great importance, such as the founding
of a nation. Others tell the stories of great heroes and heroines
and their exploits and courage in the face of adversity. Still others
are simple tales about otherwise unremarkable people who get into
trouble or do some great deed. What are we to make of all these tales,
and why do people seem to like to hear them? This course will focus
on the myths of ancient Greece and Rome, as well as a few contemporary
American ones, as a way of exploring the nature of myth and
the function it plays for individuals, societies, and nations. We will
also pay some attention to the way the Greeks and Romans themselves
understood their own myths. Are myths subtle codes that contain
some universal truth? Are they a window on the deep recesses of
a particular culture? Are they entertaining stories that people like to
tell over and over? Are they a set of blinders that all of us wear, though
we do not realize it? Investigate these questions through a variety of
topics creation of the universe between gods and mortals, religion
and family, sex, love, madness, and death.
CoMMUniCaTionS
CoMM 237 910 TBa Martinez
Health Communication
An examination of the influence of public health communication on
health behavior. The course considers: intervention programs addressing
behaviors related to cancer, cardiovascular disease, HIV/AIDS,
drug use, obesity and others; theories of health behavior change; issues
in the design of effective health communication programs; concerns
about the portrayal of health and medicine on mass media.
CoMM 300 910 MW 1:00pm–4:10pm Crocco
Public Space, Public Life
Public space as a communicative arena. Historical aspects, varieties
of public space, public space as a cultural signifier, how public space
facilitates or hinders common life, public space as a component of
democracy.
eConoMiCS
eCon 001 910 MTWr 10:40am–12:15pm staff
Introduction to Economics: Microeconomics
Fulfills Society Sector
Introduction to economic analysis and its application. Theory of supply
and demand, costs and revenues of the firm under perfect competition,
monopoly and oligopoly, pricing of factors of production,
income distribution, and theory of international trade.
eCon 002 910 MTWr 1:00pm–2:35pm staff
Introduction to Economics: Macroeconomics
Prerequisite(s): ECON 001 / Fulfills Society Sector
Introduction to economic analysis and its application. An examination
of a market economy to provide an understanding of how the
size and composition of national output are determined. Elements
of monetary and fiscal policy, international trade, economic development,
and comparative economic systems.
eCon 101 910 MTWr 2:40pm–4:15pm staff
Intermediate Microeconomics
Prerequisite(s): ECON 001, 002; MATH 104 AND MATH 114 OR 115
Theories of consumer behavior, demand, production, costs, the firm
in various market contexts, factor employment, factor incomes, elementary
general equilibrium, and welfare.
eCon 103 910 MTWr 9:00am–10:35am staff
Statistics for Economists
Prerequisite(s): ECON 001, 002; MATH 104 AND MATH 114 OR 115
The course focuses on elementary probability and inferential statistical
techniques. The course begins with a survey of basic descriptive
statistics and data sources and then covers elementary probability
theory, sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation, and
regression. The course focuses on practical issues involved in the
substantive interpretation of economic data using the techniques of
statistical inference. For this reason empirical case studies that apply
the techniques to real-life data are stressed and discussed throughout
the course, and students are required to perform several statistical
analyses of their own.
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enGliSh
engl 104 910 Tr 1:00pm–4:10pm Malcolm
20th Century Literature: The Horseless Carriage
Fulfills Arts & Letters Sector
Exactly a century ago, Edith Wharton declared: “The motor car has
restored the romance of travel.” Much of the “modern” literature of
the 20th century turned to the car as a metaphor for newness, as
the epitome of technological progress, and as a symbol of national
identity and civic well-being—what William Carlos Williams called
the “pure products of America.” Tracing the rise and fall of the automobile
in the American literary tradition and examining the stark
contrast between Wharton’s era and our own—from the romance of
the horseless carriage to the ubiquitous hybrid, the green commuter
bike, and the collapsing auto industry—this course will explore how
car culture and its various literary incarnations inform the American
national imaginary. Examples of readings include Wharton’s Motor
Flight Through France, poems by William Carlos Williams, F.T.
Marinetti, MelvinTolson, and Kathleen Fraser, Jack Kerouac’s On the
Road, J.G. Ballard’s Crash, selections from Ralph Nader’s Unsafe at Any
Speed, Michael Moore’s Roger and Me, and Clint Eastwood’s latest film,
Gran Torino. Students will be asked to write weekly responses (one of
which will be a formal analysis of a car commercial) and to compose
two short papers.
engl 282 910 MW 1:00pm–4:10pm shashaty
Native American Literature: Trickster Tales
This course follows the escapades of the trickster figure in stories,
novels, and poetry by American Indian authors. As the trickster slips
in and out of his many identities—trouble-maker, messenger, creator,
lover, destroyer, clown—we will study his multifaceted role in Indian
narratives as an introduction to the heterogeneity of Indian writing
itself. We will also consider how the tricksters in American Indian
literature texture this body of writing with ironies, puzzles, and a
distinct unruliness that carry important political and philosophical
implications. The course will begin with 19th-century authors such
as William Apess and Zitkala-Ša, and then focus on contemporary authors,
tracing the trickster’s mischief in works by Sherman Alexie,
Leslie Marmon Silko, Thomas King, Louise Erdrich, and others.
Students will also examine current debates about authority, identity,
and politics in American Indian writing. Course requirements include
weekly reading responses and a final paper.
FolKlore
FolK 101 910 Tr 6:00pm–9:10pm lee
Introduction to Folklore
Fulfills Humanities & Social Science Sector / Crosslisted with: COML 101
910, NELC 181 910, RELS 108 910
This course introduces students to the study of Folklore, its occurrence
in daily life, and the scholarly analysis of its use in culture. As
a discipline, Folklore explores expressive cultural forms in both traditional
and modern societies, in small-scale groups where people
interact face-to-face, as well as in large-scale, often industrial societies
in which traditional themes, symbols, and forms occupy new
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positions in everyday life. We will study contemporary applications
of folklore as they relate to the formation and maintenance of individual
and group identity, belief, tradition, performance, stereotypes,
and public display. These issues will emerge in our study of
several folklore genres, including folk speech, jokes, superstitions,
folktales, contemporary legends, material culture, and musical traditions.
Through fieldwork and research assignments, students will
gain the skills necessary to conduct an ethnography study and develop
an understanding of the relationship between folk groups, folklore
genres, and the issues they express.
FolK 240 910 Tr 6:00pm–9:10pm Zolkover
Fairy Tales
Crosslisted with: COML 240 910, ENGL 290 910
An examination of the history and forms of the fairy tale (Marchen)
as an oral narrative genre and as a literary construction. Topics covered
include the history of collecting folktales in Europe and the
United States; the issue of “authenticity” of the tales; and fairy tales as
folk, popular, and high culture. This course will address the relationship
between fairy tales and geography, gender, and sexual desire.
And we will examine transformations of the genre in film, and in
the work of authors including Angela Carter, Jeanette Winterson, Bill
Willingham, and Neil Gaiman.
FrenCh
Fren 110 910 MTWrF 10:00am–12:00pm staff
Elementary French I
For students who have never studied French or who have had very
little exposure to the language. Most students with previous French
should be in FREN 121 (elementary French for “false beginners”).
All students who have already studied French elsewhere are required
to take the placement test. Class work emphasizes the development
of speaking and listening comprehension, reinforced by work in
reading and writing. Course includes an introduction to French and
Francophone culture. Out-of-class homework requires work with
workbook, audio materials, in addition to frequent writing practice.
Fren 134 910 MTWrF 9:30am–2:30pm staff
Intermediate French: Accelerated (2 CUs)
An intensive two-credit course covering the first and second semester
of the intermediate year. See descriptions of FREN 130 and 140.
Students must have departmental permit to register. Also offered in
the summer Penn-in-Tours program in France.
Fren 140 910 MTWrF 10:00am–12:00pm staff
Intermediate French II
Prerequisite(s): Completion of FREN 130 or placement into fourth-semester
French.
The second half of an intermediate-level sequence designed to develop
functional competence in the four skills. Students are expected
to have already learned the most basic grammatical structures in elementary
French and will review these outside of class. The course
focuses on the study and discussion of history and culture of the
Francophone world through film, literature, and music.

GenDer, SoCieTY & CUlTUre
gsoC 002 910 MW 1:00pm–4:00pm adley
Gender and Society
Fulfills Society Sector
This course addresses the critical ethical issues facing the country’s
youth: issues of war and peace; personal violence; government regulation
of reproduction; the impact of technology on the individual,
on the human body, on the family and society; and the social and personal
costs of racial and sexual discrimination. We will examine the
process by which our society shapes the individual and allots power.
We will focus on the ways gender and race affect access to power and
opportunity, the language we speak, and our moral perceptions.
GerManiC lanGUaGeS
grMn 101 910 MTWrF 9:00am–12:00pm staff
Elementary German I
Introduction to the basic elements of spoken and written German,
with emphasis placed on the acquisition of communication skills.
Readings and discussion focus on cultural differences.
GreeK
greK 112 910 MTWrF 9:00am–12:15pm staff
Intensive Elementary Greek (2 CU)
An introduction to the ancient Greek language for beginners, with
explanation of basic grammatical concepts and intensive exercises in
reading and writing. Ideal for undergraduates or graduate students
from Penn or elsewhere with some background in learning other languages,
or who need to learn Greek rapidly. The course covers the
first year of college-level Greek, equivalent to GREK 101 and 102 at
more than twice the normal pace.
healTh & SoCieTieS
hsoC 002 910 Tr 1:00pm–4:10pm Martucci
Medicine in History
Fulfills History & Tradition Sector / Crosslisted with: STSC 002 910
This course surveys the history of Western medical knowledge and
practice from antiquity to the present. The course has two principal
goals: to give students a practical introduction to the fundamental
questions and methods of the history of medicine, and to foster an
understanding of social and scientific issues surrounding health and
healing in both the past and present. We will explore the relationships
between patients, medical knowledge, medical practitioners,
and society–embracing the idea that medicine and healing have had
different meanings across time and place. Lectures and discussions
will take the long-discredited knowledge and treatments of the past
seriously, rather than judging them by today’s standards. Students
will learn to think critically about their relationships to our contemporary
medical system and to their own bodies as we will explore
how social, economic, geographic, and historical location influences
people’s medical experiences and beliefs.
hsoC 158 910 MW 6:00pm–9:10pm Crnic
Environments and Health
Crosslisted with: STSC 158 910
From the ancient belief that airs, waters and places impacted one’s
health, to contemporary concerns about obesity and the Swine Flu,
medical professionals and the public have long explored connections
between physical environments and human health. Using a historical
perspective, this seminar will examine changing conceptualizations
of this interrelationship, within the U.S. and abroad. Discussion
topics will include: climate and disease, imperialism, the tropics,
and health, urbanization, industrialization and illness, medical tourism,
rise of the new public health, race, class, and unhealthy places,
workers’ health in the field and the office, zoonotic diseases, political
environmentalism, Hurricane Katrina and un/natural disasters, and
contemporary diseases and medical geography. This seminar is oriented
towards students interested in public and international health,
and majors in Environmental Studies, Health and Societies, Science,
Technology and Society, and History.
hiSTorY
hIsT 001 910 Tr 1:00pm–4:10pm schur
Europe in a Wider World
Fulfills History & Tradition Sector
The rise and growth of European civilization, from the decline of
the Roman Empire, through the Middle Ages, to the religious
Reformation and the beginnings of overseas expansion.
hIsT 005 910 MW 1:00pm–4:10pm Park
East Asia Past and Present
This course surveys the history of East Asia from early times to the
present. We will discuss the establishment of various sociopolitical
orders and their characteristics along side major cultural developments.
Covered topics include: state formation and dissolution; the
role of ideology and how it changes; religious beliefs and values;
agriculture, commerce, and industry; changing family relations; responses
to Western imperialism; and East Asia’s place in the modern
world. Although a main focus will be on understanding how the regions
we now know as China, Japan, and Korea emerged with their
respective identities, the course will also give attention to various
Inner Asian groups that are rarely noticed in the contemporary West
but nonetheless historically important, such as the Khitans, Jurchens,
Mongols, and Manchus.
hIsT 020 910 MW 5:30pm–8:40pm Prykhodo
U.S. History to 1865
Fulfills History & Tradition Sector
An analysis of American society from the founding of the Colonies
to the outbreak of Civil War. Topics to be emphasized include: the
interaction among European, Indian, and African cultures in the New
World; the shaping of the distinctive American character; the creation
of an independent nation-state; and the crisis of the Union. Special attention
will be given to biographical profiles of the men and women
who helped shape American history during this period.
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hIsT 021 910 Tr 1:00pm–4:10pm Witmer
United States History 1865 to Present
Fulfills History & Tradition Sector
This course covers the social, political, and economic history of the
nation from the Civil War to the present. Topics to be discussed include
the causes and course of the Civil War, Reconstruction, politics
in the Gilded Age, late 19th-century urbanization and immigration,
Populism, Progressivism, the sociology and politics of the twenties,
the New Deal, post-World War II America, the turbulence of the
1960s, and contemporary affairs.
hIsT 201 936 MW 6:00pm–8:30pm rabberman
History of Human Sexuality in the Pre-Modern
West
This course is delivered in a fully online format in order to allow more
flexibility for LPS students. Class sessions are offered through a course
website and include live lectures and interactive discussions through both
direct messaging and voice over internet. Between classes, the learning
experience is extended through assignments, threaded discussions and
office hours. For additional information, please visit www.sas.upenn.edu/
lps/online. Online course fee: $60.
Men and boys in same-sex relationships in Ancient Greece; prostitutes
and actors in Imperial Rome; love potions in Hellenistic Egypt; adulterers
in medieval England; young betrothed couples in Renaissance
Italy; accused witches in Reformation Germany—historians of
sexuality developed their understanding of sexuality in Premodern
Europe through these examples. In this research seminar, we will
discover how these historians deciphered primary sources, including
course cases, literature, art, religious texts, and popular media, to
address the following questions: Are sexual identities constructed by
different cultures, rather than simply being determined biologically?
What influence do social, economic, and political conditions have on
societies’ definition of sexual roles? How have these societies used
sexual norms to mark “natural” practices from “deviant” ones, and
how are these norms connected to societies’ power structures? This
class fulfills the major’s historical research requirement; students will
write a 20–25 page research paper based on their critical analysis of
primary sources in translation, and will be led through this process by
sequenced writing assignments.
hIsT 205 910 MW 9:00am–12:00pm Fabella
Indians, Pirates, Slaves and Wenches: Unofficial
Histories of the Colonial Caribbean
This major seminar surveys the history of the colonial Caribbean,
not from the perspective of European colonizing powers but rather
from “below.” Beginning with European-indigenous contact in the
fifteenth century, and ending with the massive slave revolt that became
the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804), this course will focus on
the different ways in which indigenous, African, and European men
and women experienced European colonization in the Caribbean, as
agents, victims and resistors of imperial projects.
hIsT 442 910 MW 6:00pm–9:10pm Pearson
America in the Era of the Revolution, 1763–1800
As a number of historians have observed, the American Revolution
now may seem to have been the inevitable culmination of political,
economic, and cultural changes underway in the 18th century. But
for many whose lives were altered by its disruptive contours, it was
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more improbable than inevitable. How, then, are we to make sense of
the Revolution? What were its causes? Its progress? Its extended “settlement,”
or period of resolution and questions? During the course
of the semester, we will need to keep our eyes open to changes afoot
in many social fields: the ascendancy or democratic and egalitarian
thought; the widespread development of consumerism and market
capitalism; the linked forms processes of rebellion and nation-building;
and the economic and strategic progress of the conflict itself.
inTernaTional relaTionS
InTr 290 910 Tr 9:00am–12:10pm Mcann
Global Think Tanks, Policy Networks, and
Governance
Fulfills Society Sector
The course will explore how transnational issues are identified and
addressed around the world by policy, advocacy and knowledge based
institutions. Special attention will be paid to policy research organizations
(e.g., think tanks, government research, and policy planning
units) that generate and disseminate policy research, analyses
and recommendations. A selection of enduring and emerging global
policy issues will be examined to demonstrate how policy issues
take shape and are addressed by governments, intergovernmental
and non-governmental organizations. Course will feature prominent
policymakers from around the world who will comment on selected,
global policy issues and debates.
iTalian
ITal 110 910 MTWr 6:00pm–8:30pm staff
Elementary Italian I
For students who have never studied Italian or who have had very
little exposure to the language. Students who have already studied
Italian are required to take the placement test. Class work emphasizes
the development of speaking and listening comprehension, reinforced
by work in reading and writing. Course includes an introduction
to aspects of Italian culture. Out-of-class homework requires
work with the Internet, audio and video materials.
laTin
laTn 112 910 MTWrF 9:00am–12:15pm staff
Intensive Elementary Latin (2 CU)
An introduction to the Latin language for beginners, with explanation
of basic grammatical concepts and intensive exercises in reading
and writing. Ideal for undergraduates or graduate students from Penn
or elsewhere with some background in learning other languages, or
who need to learn Latin rapidly. The course covers the first year of
college-level Latin, equivalent to LATN 101 and 102 at more than
twice the normal pace.
linGUiSTiCS
lIng 001 910 Tr 9:50am–1:00pm staff
Introduction to Linguistics
Fulfills Natural Science & Math Sector
A general introduction to the scientific study of language structure,
history, and use. Topics include notions of “grammar”; written versus
spoken (and signed) language; the structure of sounds, words,

sentences, and meanings; language in culture and society; language
change over time; language acquisition and processing; comparison
with non-human communication systems.
MaTheMaTiCS
MaTh 103 910 MTWr 1:00pm–3:10pm staff
Introduction to Calculus
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course
Introduction to concepts and methods of calculus for students with
little or no previous calculus experience. Polynomial and elementary
transcendental functions and their applications, derivatives, extremum
problems, curve-sketching, approximations; integrals and the
fundamental theorem of calculus.
MaTh 104 910 MTWr 1:00pm–3:10pm staff
Calculus I
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course
Brief review of High School calculus, applications of integrals, transcendental
functions, methods of integration, infinite series, Taylor’s
theorem. Use of symbolic manipulation and graphics software in
calculus.
AdditionAl Section:
MATH 104 911 MTWr 1:00pm–3:10pm staff
MaTh 104 936 MTWr 1:00pm–3:10pm rimmer
Calculus, Part I
This course is delivered in a fully online format in order to allow more
flexibility for LPS students. Class sessions are offered through a course
website and include live lectures and interactive discussions through both
direct messaging and voice over internet. Between classes, the learning
experience is extended through assignments, threaded discussions and
office hours. For additional information, please visit www.sas.upenn.edu/
lps/online. Online course fee: $60.
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course
Brief review of high school calculus, applications of integrals, transcendental
functions, methods of integration, infinite series, Taylor’s
theorem. Use of symbolic manipulation and graphics software in
calculus.
MaTh 114 910 MTWr 1:00pm–3:10pm staff
Calculus II
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course / Prerequisite(s): MATH 104
Functions of several variables, vector-valued functions, partial derivatives
and applications, double and triple integrals, conic sections,
polar coordinates, vectors and analytic geometry, first and second order
ordinary differential equations. Applications to physical sciences.
Use of symbolic manipulation and graphics software in calculus.
MaTh 115 910 MTWr 4:00pm–6:10pm staff
Calculus, Part II with Probability and Matrices
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course / Prerequisite(s): MATH 104
Functions of several variables, partial derivatives, multiple integrals,
differential equations; introduction to linear algebra and matrices with
applications to linear programming and Markov processes. Elements of
probability and statistics. Applications to social and biological sciences.
Use of symbolic manipulation and graphics software in calculus.
MaTh 170 910 MTWr 4:00pm–6:10pm staff
Ideas in Mathematics
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course / May also be counted toward the General
Requirement in Natural Science & Mathematics
Topics from among the following: logic, sets, calculus, probability,
history and philosophy of mathematics, game theory, geometry, and
their relevance to contemporary science and society.
MaTh 240 910 MTWr 1:00pm–3:10pm staff
Calculus III
Prerequisite(s): Calculus II
Linear algebra: vectors, matrices, systems of linear equations, eigenvalues
and eigenvectors. Vector calculus: functions of several variables,
vector fields, line and surface integrals, Green’s, Stokes’ and
divergence theorems. Series solutions of ordinary differential equations,
Laplace transforms and systems of ordinary differential equations.
Use of symbolic manipulation and graphics software.
MaTh 241 910 MTWr 1:00pm–3:10pm staff
Calculus IV
Prerequisite(s): MATH 240
Sturm-Liouville problems, orthogonal functions, Fourier series, and
partial differential equations including solutions of the wave, heat
and Laplace equations, Fourier transforms. Introduction to complex
analysis. Use of symbolic manipulation and graphics software.
MaTh 361 910 MTWr 10:00am–12:10pm staff
Advanced Calculus
Prerequisite(s): MATH 360
Continuation of MATH 360.
MaTh 371 910 MTWr 1:00pm–3:10pm staff
Algebra
Prerequisite(s): MATH 370 / Students who have already received credit for
either MATH 370, 371, 502 or 503 cannot receive further credit for MATH
312 or MATH 313/513. Students can receive credit for at most one of MATH
312 and MATH 313/513.
Continuation of MATH 370.
MaTh 420 910 MTWr 1:00pm–3:10pm staff
Ordinary Differential Equations
Prerequisite(s): MATH 241 or permission of instructor
After a rapid review of the basic techniques for solving equations, the
course will discuss one or more of the following topics: stability of
linear and nonlinear systems, boundary value problems and orthogonal
functions, numerical techniques, Laplace transform methods.
MUSiC
MusC 021 910 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm Frank
1000 Years of Musical Listening
Fulfills Arts & Letters Sector
In this historical survey, students learn to listen analytically, historically,
and creatively to music from the Middle Ages to the present
day. A wide range of musical repertories including plainchant, opera,
orchestral music, and chamber music is covered. Composers studied
include Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, and Wagner. No prior musical
knowledge is required.
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MusC 050 910 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm rommen
World Music and Cultures
Fulfills Arts & Letters Sector
This course examines how we as consumers in the “Western” world
engage with musical difference largely through the products of the
global entertainment industry. We examine music cultures in contact
in a variety of ways—particularly as traditions in transformation.
Students gain an understanding of traditional music as live, meaningful
person-to-person music making, by examining the music in
its original site of production, and then considering its transformation
once it is removed, and re-contextualized in a variety of ways.
The purpose of the course is to enable students to become informed
and critical consumers of “World Music” by telling a series of stories
about particular recordings made with, or using the music of, peoples
culturally and geographically distant from the U.S. Students come to
understand that not all music downloads containing music from unfamiliar
places are the same, and that particular recordings may be
embedded in intriguing and controversial narratives of production
and consumption. At the very least, students should emerge from
the class with a clear understanding that the production, distribution,
and consumption of world music is rarely a neutral process.
MusC 053 936 TBa Muller
African Music
This course is delivered in a fully online format in order to allow more
flexibility for LPS students. Class sessions are offered through a course
website and include live lectures and interactive discussions through both
direct messaging and voice over internet. Between classes, the learning
experience is extended through assignments, threaded discussions and
office hours. For additional information, please visit www.sas.upenn.edu/
lps/online. Online course fee: $60.
near eaSTern lanGUaGeS anD
CiViliZaTionS
nelC 048 910 MTW 9:00am–10:35am Jones
Out of the Abyss: Rediscovering the Ancient
Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians
Fulfills History & Tradition Sector
In ancient Iraq, the Sumerians, Babylonians,and Assyrians, created
one of the world’s great civilizations. By the beginning of the common
era, however, their cities and culture lay lost beneath the sands.
This class focuses on how they were rediscovered and what we now
know about them. We discuss the excavation of ancient cities and the
decipherment of the Sumerian and Akkadian languages, along with,
for example: the history of ancient Iraq; the invention of writing; and
the Epic of Gilgamesh. We use both material artifacts and primary
texts in translation. The collections of the Penn Museum, including
the magnificent finds from the Royal Tombs of Ur and the largest
collection of Sumerian literature in the world, will be used to bring
the class in direct physical contact with the world we are exploring.
Finally, we analyze how the Iternet is revolutionizing the study of
these ancient societies.
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nelC 119 910 MW 10:40am–1:50pm Minuchehr
Middle Eastern Cinema
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Crosslisted with: CINE 119 910,
COML 119 910
In the past two decades, films from the Middle East have gained exceptional
international reception. This course is designed to explore
the reasons behind this reception through a study of the prevalent
social, political, and historical themes and issues in Middle Eastern
cinema. Questions such as women’s laws, literature and its function,
familial issues and gender roles, historical legacies and political tensions,
and religion, will be discussed. This course assumes no previous
knowledge of film studies or languages of the region. Films from
Israel, the Arab World, Turkey, and Iran will be shown in subtitled
versions.
nelC 382 910 TW 1:00pm–4:10pm haq
Islam and the West
Crosslisted with: HIST 302 910
Surveys in some detail the images of Islam in the West, as well as premodern
Muslim perceptions of Europe and the changing character of
these perceptions in modern times, now including the larger western
world. Particular attention is paid to the medieval period, extending
from the rise of Islam in the 7th century to the Muslim conquest
of Constantinople and the end of Muslim rule in Spain in the 15th
century. Lying at the core of the course is a deep historical irony:
the massive process of the transmission of knowledge and of intellectual
and cultural attitudes from the Greek world into Islam and
from Islam into the Latin West on the one hand, and the phenomenon
of “Orientalism” on the other, the latter embodying a doctrine of
an essential Islam-West dichotomy. Readings include Dante’s Divine
Comedy, selections from the Arabian Nights, as well as modern Iranian
polemics against the western world.
PhiloSoPhY
PhIl 003 910 MTWr 12:00pm–1:35pm staff
History of Ancient Philosophy
Fulfills History & Tradition Sector
A survey of classical Greek approaches to questions about knowledge,
the nature of the world, the soul, ethics, and politics. Will focus
on Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
PhIl 008 910 MTWr 12:00pm–1:35pm staff
The Social Contract
Fulfills Society Sector
This course examines the role of social contract doctrines in Western
thought and culture. We will focus on the political writings of the
major modern proponents of social contract theory: Thomas Hobbes,
John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and John Rawls. We will contrast
their views with the utilitarian tradition, as represented by the political
and economic philosophy of David Hume, Adam Smith and John
Stuart Mill.We will also study Karl Marx, regarded as a critic of liberal
constitutionalism. The course is designed to provide an introduction
to some of the main issues in modern political philosophy.

PhIl 072 910 MTWr 10:30am–12:05pm staff
Biomedical Ethics
Fulfills Society Sector
A survey of moral problems in medicine and biomedical research.
Problems discussed include: genetic manipulation, informed consent,
infanticide, abortion, euthanasia, and the allocation of medical
resources. Moral theory is presented with the aim of enabling
students to think critically and analytically about moral issues. The
need for setting biomedical issues in broader humanistic perspective
is stressed.
PhIl 225 910 MTWr 3:00pm–4:35pm akhundov
Philosophy of Science
Crosslisted with: COML 224 910
An introductory course in history and philosophy of science focused
on the development of the modern scientific view of the world.
Starting with ancient Greek science and philosophy, the course surveys
the history of physics, astronomy and cosmology, examining the
origin of concepts such as substance, cosmos, atom, space, time, evolution,
and law of nature. The course also covers key issues in the
Philosophy of Science, including the relationship between induction
and deduction, analysis and synthesis, theory and evidence, the nature
of scientific explanation. Readings will be drawn from the writings
of Aristotle, Copernicus, Descartes, Newton, and Einstein, as
well as secondary sources.
PhiloSoPhY, PoliTiCS, eConoMiCS
PPe 110 910 Tr 6:00pm–9:10pm sen
Introduction to Decision Theory
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course
This course will provide an introduction to models of human decision
making. One of the primary purposes of the course is to provide
a set of basic tools that will help the student translate uncertainty
into numbers. Rational choice under uncertainty is by far the most
used theory of decision making, and its applications are widespread
in economics, finance, political science, law, managerial decision
making, the economics of health care, and artificial intelligence. The
course will use examples from each of these fields (and also fun “paradoxes”
such as the Monty Hall Puzzle) in providing an introduction
to the basic foundations of decision making. We will also look at the
shortcomings of the rational choice theory: both from intuitive and
empirical perspectives. No mathematical prerequisites are necessary
beyond high school algebra and arithmetic.
PhYSiCS*
PhYs 101 910 MTWrF 10:00am–12:45pm heiney
General Physics: Mechanics, Heat, and Sound
Fulfills Physical World Sector, Quantitative Data Analysis Requirement /
Prerequisite(s): Entrance credit in algebra and trigonometry, and a background
in calculus. / Co-requisite(s): PHYS 101 LAB / Credit is awarded for only
one of This courses: PHYS 101, PHYS 150, or PHYS 170. Students with AP or
Transfer Credit for PHYS 91 or PHYS 93 who complete PHYS 101 will thereby
surrender the AP or Transfer Credit.
An introduction to the classical laws of motion requiring a background
in calculus. Suggested for students in a pre-health program.
*Limited space Available
lAb SectionS:
PHYs 101 911 MW 1:30pm–4:00pm staff
PHYs 101 912 MW 1:30pm–4:00pm staff
PHYs 101 913 Tr 1:30pm–4:00pm staff
PHYs 101 915 TbA staff
PoliTiCal SCienCe
PsCI 130 910 MTWr 10:30am–12:15pm doherty-sil
Introduction to American Politics
Fulfills Society Sector
This course is intended to introduce students to the national institutions
and political processes of American government. What are the
historical and philosophical foundations of the American Republic?
How does American public policy get made, who makes it, and who
benefits? Is a constitutional fabric woven in 1787 good enough for
today? How, if at all, should American government be changed, and
why? What is politics and why bother to study it? If these sorts of
questions interest you, then this course will be a congenial home. It is
designed to explore such questions while teaching students the basics
of American politics and government.
PsCI 139 910 Tr 1:00pm–4:10pm Funke
Perspectives on Urban Poverty
This course will explore the causes and consequences of inequality
in the United States and beyond. We will use interdisciplinary tools
and a variety of lenses to examine changing experiences and understandings
of poverty. The course begins with social history, to trace
the different forms that poverty has taken, the connections between
poverty and the economy writ large, and the shifting ideologies that
have explained and distorted what it means to be poor The course is
primarily concerned with the ways in which historical, cultural, political,
racial, social, spatial/geographical, and economic forces have
either shaped or been left out of contemporary debates on urban
poverty. We will critically analyze a wide body of literature seeking
to theorize urban poverty. Primacy will be granted to critical analysis
of course readings, particularly with regard to the ways in which various
knowledge systems—or regimes of truth—create, sustain, and
constrict meaning in reference to urban poverty.
PsCI 181 910 Tr 1:00pm–4:30pm Kennedy
Modern Political Thought
Fulfills History & Tradition Sector
This course surveys themes and concepts in modern thought about
politics. Among the topics covered are rights, sovereignty, law, and
war. Theorists will include Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau,
and Marx. This is an introductory course. It fulfills a core requirement
for the Political Science and PPE majors.
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PsCI 198 910 MW 6:00-9:00om Funke
Neoliberalism and the Global Justice Movement
This course examines the relationship between neo-liberal globalization
and transnational social movement based resistance to that kind
of globalization. We will start by examining the shifts in the global
political economy to what has been called Neo-Liberalism and Global
Governance. Theoretical as well as empirical readings will provide
us with a solid understanding of what these shifts entail. The second
part will start out by reviewing social movement theory to learn how
scholars seek to understand when, where, and why social movements
emerge, mobilize, and decline. We then examine in more detail the
emerging “new protest cycle” of the alter-globalization movements or
the Global Justice Movement, which surfaced since the mid-1990s,
when movements and groups around the world started massive protests
against the neo-liberal agenda. Among others we will be looking
at the Zapatista Movement, the Peoples Global Action Network,
“The Battle of Seattle,” the Indymedia Movement, and the World
Social Forum as well as the massive protests that are taking place at
every important meeting of multilateral organizations.
PsCI 358 910 Tr 6:00pm–9:10pm Fetni
International Law
This course intends to familiarize the student with the concept of
“law,” its use as a constitutive and regulative force in the international
arena, and the expanding scope of international law through the inclusion
of transnational law and human rights.
PSYCholoGY
PsYC 001 910 MTWr 9:00am–10:35am Mukherjee
Introduction to Experimental Psychology
Fulfills Living World Sector
Introduction to the basic topics of psychology, including learning,
motivation, cognition, development, abnormal, physiological, social,
and personality.
PsYC 109 910 TBa staff
Introduction to Brain and Behavior
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001 / Fulfills Living World Sector
Introduction to the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous
system, including the physiological bases of sensory activity, perception,
drive, motor control and higher mental processes. This course is
intended for students interested in the neurobiology of behavior.
PsYC 162 910 MTWr 10:40am–12:15pm holmes
Abnormal Psychology
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001
The concepts of normality, abnormality, and psychopathology;
symptom syndromes; theory and research in psychopathology and
psychotherapy.
PsYC 166 910 MW 5:30pm–8:40pm gohar/schueller
Introduction to Positive Psychology
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001
An introduction to the study of positive emotions, positive character
traits, and positive institutions. The positive emotions consist of
emotions about the past (e.g., serenity, satisfaction, pride), about the
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future (e.g., hope, optimism, faith), and emotions about the present
(pleasure and gratification). The distinction among the pleasant life,
the good life, and the meaningful life is drawn. The positive traits
include wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and spirituality,
and the classification of these virtues is explored. The positive
institutions are exemplified by extended families, free press, humane
leadership, and representative government. The course meets for one
two-hour lecture and one two-hour ten-student recitation weekly.
PsYC 170 910 MW 6:00pm–9:10pm Jayawickreme
Social Psychology
Fulfills Society Sector / Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001
An overview of theories and research across the range of social behavior
from intra-individual to the group level including the effects of
culture, social environment, and groups on social interaction.
PsYC 180 910 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm gentes
Developmental Psychology
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001 / Fulfills Society Sector
A developmental perspective on the general empirical and theoretical
psychology of perception, cognition, language, learning, comparative
ethology, and socialization.
PsYC 262 910 MW 5:30pm–8:40pm Parks
Special Topics in Abnormal Psychology: Positive
Interventions
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 162
This advanced seminar will focus on how theory and research in positive
psychology helps individuals live more satisfying, meaningful,
and fulfilled lives. Topics will include happiness-increasing exercises
that target positive emotion, optimism, social connections, gratitude,
strengths, and living in the present (e.g., mindfulness) with an emphasis
on nonclinical populations. Students will be encouraged to explore
how the current research may be applicable to their own lives.
Other more general topics of relevance to the study of happiness and
well-being (e.g., theories of well-being, measurement of well-being,
assessment of intervention research) will be examined as well.
PsYC 262 911 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm sockol
Special Topics in Abnormal Psych: Gender and
Psychopathology
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 162
Why are adolescent girls twice as likely as their male peers to be
depressed? Why are boys four times more likely to be diagnosed with
autism than girls? This course will cover a range of topics on the relationship
between gender and mental health, including methodological
issues in psychopathology research, gender differences in specific
psychological disorders (including depression, eating disorders, Post-
Traumatic Stress Disorder, ADHD, autism and conduct disorder), and
processes and mechanisms that may contribute to gender differences
in psychopathology.
reliGioUS STUDieS
rels 005 910 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm Comeau
Women and Religion
Fulfills Humanities & Social Science Sector

This course will look at gender in Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism.
By using historical, psychoanalytical, and anthropological tools, we
will explore the various ways in which religion shapes gender roles
and vice-versa. Aspects considered will include the representation of
the divine, the role of women in religious institutions, and rules regarding
the human body, marriage, and sexuality. We will also take
into consideration contemporary women’s self-representation in religious
literature, art, and film.
rels 173 910 MTWr 9:00am–10:35am Mcdaniel
Introduction to Buddhism
This course seeks to introduce students to the diversity of doctrines
held and practices performed by Buddhists in Asia. By focusing on
how specific beliefs and practices are tied to particular locations and
particular times we will be able to explore in detail the religious institutions,
artistic, architectural, and musical traditions, textual production
and legal and doctrinal developments of Buddhism over time and
within its socio-historical context. Religion is never divorced from its
place and its time. Furthermore, by geographically and historically
grounding the study of these religions we will be able to examine
how their individual ethic, cosmological and soteriological systems
effect local history, economics, politics, and material culture. We will
concentrate first on the person of the Buddha, his many biographies
and how he has been followed and worshiped in a variety of ways
from Lhasa, Tibet to Phrae, Thailand. From there we touch on the
foundational teachings of the Buddha with an eye to how they have
evolved and transformed over time. Finally, we focus on the practice
of Buddhist ritual, magic and ethics in monasteries and among lay
communities in Asia and even in the West. This section will confront
the way Buddhists have thought of issues such as “Just-War,” Women’s
Rights and Abortion. While no one-quarter course could provide a
detailed presentation of the beliefs and practices of Buddhism, my
hope is that we will be able to look closely at certain aspects of these
religions by focusing on how they are practiced in places like Nara,
Japan or Vietiane, Laos.
rUSSian
russ 197 910 Tr 5:00pm–8:10pm Vinitsky
Madness and Madmen
Fulfills Humanities & Social Science Sector
This course will explore the theme of madness in Russian literature
and arts from the medieval period through the October Revolution of
1917. The discussion will include formative masterpieces by Russian
writers (Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Bulgakov), painters
(Repin, Vrubel, Filonov), composers (Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky,
and Stravinsky), and film-directors (Protazanov, Eisenstein), as well
as non-fictional documents such as Russian medical, judicial, political,
and philosophical treatises and essays on madness.
russ 434 910 MW 4:30pm–7:40pm Todorov
Media and Terrorism
This course draws on fictional, cinematic, and mass-media representation
of terrorism based on Russian as well as Western examples.
We study how the magnitude of the political impact of terrorism
relates to the historically changing means of production of its striking
iconology. The course exposes students to major modes of imagining,
narrating, showing, reenacting terrorism and forging its mystique.
We examine the emergence of organized terrorism in nineteenthcentury
Russia as an original political-cultural phenomenon. We trace
its rapid expansion and influence on the public life in the West, and
on the Balkans. Historical, political, and aesthetic approaches converge
in a discussion of several case studies related to intellectual and
spiritual movements such as nihilism, anarchism, populism, religious
fundamentalism, and others. The public appearance of the terrorist
activism and its major attributes are viewed as powerful intensifiers
of its political effect: self-denial, ascetic aura, and stratagem of mystification,
underground mentality, and martyrdom. The pedagogical
goal of this course is to promote and cultivate critical view and analytical
skills that will enable students to deal with different historical
as well as cultural modes of (self-) representation of terrorism.
Students are expected to learn and be able to deal with a large body
of historical-factual and creative-interpreted information.
SCienCe, TeChnoloGY, & SoCieTY
sTsC 001 910 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm schlombs
The Emergence of Modern Science
Crosslisted with: HSOC 001 910 / May be counted toward Humanities/Social
Science or Natural Science/Math Sectors
This course examines the development of humanity’s understanding
of the natural world, from the dawn of Homo sapiens to the beginning
of the 21st century. We will explore the history of scientific
ideas, the social contexts that gave rise to them, and their social and
human implications. Topics will include: ancient Greek and Roman
learning; Medieval thought and the rise of universities; the age of exploration;
the Copernican revolution; Galileo, the telescope, and the
Church; Newton and the mechanical worldview; Enlightenment and
Romantic science; industrialization and the rise of modern chemistry;
Darwin and evolution; discoveries in electricity and magnetism;
atomic physics, Einstein, the Bomb, and its aftermath; the emergence
of modern genetics; the DNA revolution; computers and the information
age; the exploration of space and the seas; and science and the
human future.
sTsC 003 910 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm hintz
Technology and Society
Fulfills Society Sector / Crosslisted with: HSOC 003 910
This survey course examines the ways that technology has shaped our
societies and our relations with the natural world. We will trace the
origin and impact of technological developments throughout human
history and across the globe–from ancient cave paintings, primitive
stone tools, and the pyramids, to medieval European cathedrals and
windmills, to Victorian-era steam engines and railroads, to the atom
bomb, the Internet, and genetic engineering. Throughout the course,
we will consider the aesthetic, religious, and mythical dimensions of
technological change, focusing on the circumstances in which innovations
emerge and their impact on social order, on the environment,
and on the ways humans understand themselves. This course fulfills
the Society sector of the General Requirement, is a core course for
the Science, Technology and Society major, and an elective for the
Health and Societies major.
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SoCioloGY
soCI 001 910 TBa Jaeger
Introduction to Sociology
Fulfills Society Sector
Sociology provides a unique way to look at human behavior and the
world. Sociology is the systematic study of the groups and societies
in which people live. In this introductory course, we examine and
analyze how social structures and cultures are created, maintained,
and most importantly, how they affect behavior. The course deconstructs
our taken for granted world of social interactions and behaviors
and examines what theory and research can tell about human
social behavior.
soCI 003 910 TBa Joyce
Deviance and Social Control
Fulfills Society Sector
This introductory-level course deals with the construction of social
rules, the nature of rule breaking, and the consequences of rule
breaking. We will use examples from many areas of the literature in
this subfield of sociology, but the primary focus of the second half of
the semester will be social constructions of deviance in medical practice
and diagnostic labeling. The format of the class is a combination
of lectures and class discussion.
soCI 137 910 TBa danielsen
Sociology of Media and Popular Culture
Fulfills Society Sector
This course relies on a variety of sociological approaches to media
and popular, with a particular emphasis on the importance of the
organization of the culture industries, the relationship between cultural
consumption and status, and the social significance of leisure
activities from sports to shopping. Specific course topics include the
branding of Disney, Nike, and Starbucks; the globalization of popular
culture; and the rise of new media technologies in the digital age.
soCI 235 910 MW 6:00pm–9:10pm Fetni
Law and Social Change
Beginning with discussion of various perspectives on social change
and law, this course then examines in detail the interdependent relationship
between changes in legal and societal institutions. Emphasis
will be placed on how and when law can be an instrument for social
change, and how and when social change can cause legal change.
In the assessment of this relationship, the laws of the United States
and other countries as well as international law, will be studied.
Throughout the course, discussions will include legal controversies
relevant to social change such as civil liberties, gender and the law,
and issues of nation-building. A comparative framework will be used
in the analysis of this interdependent relationship between law and
social change.
SoUTh aSia STUDieS
sasT 211 910 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm dean
Media and Religion in India: Indian Cinema
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Crosslisted with: RELS 268 910,
RELS 568 910, SAST 511 910
In this course we will explore the role and depiction of religion in
Indian cinema. We will view and discuss films from a number of dif-
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ferent languages and genres, including early mythologicals, south
Indian goddess films, courtesan films, historicals, and animated epics
just to name a few. We will be interested in such themes as Indian cinema’s
portrayal of religious minorities, Hindu-Muslim conflict, and
Hindu nationalism. In order to better understand the role of cinema
in Indian religious culture (and society more broadly), our viewings
of films will be supplemented by readings which will help put these
films into context. Films in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu will be screened
with subtitles.
SPaniSh
sPan 110 910 MTWrF 10:00am–12:00pm staff
Elementary Spanish I
Prerequisite(s): A score below 380 on the SAT II or below 285 on the online
placement examination
SPAN 110 is a first-semester elementary language course designed
for students who have not previously studied Spanish. This course
emphasizes the development of foundational reading, writing, listening,
and speaking skills while exploring the rich cultural mosaic of
the Spanish-speaking world. Students will participate in pair, smallgroup,
and whole-class activities that focus on meaningful and accurate
communication skills in the target language. Students who
have previously studied Spanish must take the online placement
examination.
sPan 134 910 MTWrF 9:30am–2:30pm staff
Accelerated Intermediate Spanish (2 CU)
Prerequisite(s): Spring semester prerequisites: Permit required from the course
coordinator Summer prerequisites: Successful completion of SPAN 112, 120,
121 or 125 or a score of 450-540 on the SAT II or 384-453 on the online
placement examination.
SPAN 134 is an intensive intermediate-level language course that
covers the material presented in SPAN 130 and 140. The course emphasizes
the development of the four canonical skills (reading, writing,
listening, and speaking) within a culturally based context. Class
time will focus on communicative activities that combine grammatical
concepts, relevant vocabulary, and cultural themes. Students will
participate in pair, small-group, and whole-class activities to practice
linguistics skills in a meaningful context. Major course goals include:
the acquisition of intermediate-level vocabulary, the controlled use of
the past tense and major uses of the subjunctive, and the development
of writing skills. During the spring semester, SPAN 134 is limited to
those students who have satisfied the language requirement in another
language. During the summer, the course is open to all students
who meet placement requirements.
sPan 140 910 MTWr 6:00pm–8:30pm staff
Intermediate Spanish II
Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of SPAN 130 or 135 or a score of 550-
640 on the SAT II or 454-546 on the online placement examination
SPAN 140, the continuation of SPAN 130, is a fourth-semester language
course that offers students the opportunity to acquire communicative
skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) while
developing their awareness and appreciation of the Spanish-speaking
world. Topics studied may include the environment, the arts, social
relations, and conflict and violence.

STaTiSTiCS
sTaT 111 910 MTWr 10:40am–12:15pm aldor-noiman
Introductory Statistics
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course, Quantitative Data Analysis Requirement
Basic ideas of probability and statistics. Statistical methods for the
behavioral sciences, especially psychology. Topics include probability,
estimation, hypothesis testing, regression.
TheaTer arTS
Thar 100 910 Tr 6:00pm–9:00pm Malague
Introduction to Theatre
Fulfills Arts & Letters Sector
What is theatre? For whom—and by whom—is it created and performed?
What does it take to “make theatre?” What is the role of theatre
in society and in our culture(s)? This course is an “introduction”
to theatre as a unique art form. We will learn to read plays not merely
as pieces of literature, but as scripts designed for performance. This
summer, live viewing of plays in production will be a special feature
of the course, as our class schedule will facilitate group visits to
Philadelphia theatres. Among the productions we will see and study
are Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George at the Arden
Theatre; August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at the Philadelphia
Theatre Company; and Vaclav Havel’s Leaving at the Wilma Theater.
We will examine the roles of actor, director, designer, and playwright;
we will look back at moments in the theatrical past—and
forward to new ways of thinking about performance. The course will
also include conversations with professional practitioners and a “behind-the-scenes”
look at theatre in Philadelphia.
UrBan STUDieS
urBs 203 910 MW 4:30pm–7:40pm gorostiza
Introduction to City Planning
This course will provide a general introduction to the concepts and
practice of city planning. Topics to be discussed include: the process
and nature of planning—theories, methods and roles as manifested
in practice; history and trends in city planning; functional planning
practice; planning within constraints—a field project; planning in the
international arena; present crisis in planning.
urBs 220 910 Tr 1:00pm–4:00pm lamas
Democratic City and Sustainable Development
In an era of market-driven anomie, can we find successful ways of living
with personal dignity and social purpose? How can our concerns
and critiques regarding hierarchies of power be oriented towards
the generation of alternative, practical strategies for urban development?
What can we learn by searching philosophically, historically,
and globally? What principles, policies, and programs—secular and
religious—actually promote democratic, sustainable cities? We will
situate our inquiry at the intersection of theory and practice in a
consideration of capitalism, globalization, urbanization, gender and
racial inequality, social welfare, public health, human rights, environmentalism,
and economic democracy.
urBs 390 910 Tr 9:00am–12:00pm nairn
Urban Agriculture
Urban agriculture is a growing global trend. This course examines
urban agriculture as an issue of sustainability, social justice, public
health and vacant land. It explores the potential of urban agriculture
in both the Global North and South to provide a safe and secure
source of food to city residents. Major topics include sustainable agricultural
practices; operational and spatial requirements; distribution
systems and access to fresh food. Using Philadelphia as a laboratory,
the course explores its robust agricultural scene of community gardens,
guerilla gardens, and entrepreneurial farms, as well as its distribution
system including programs such as City Harvest, the emerging
Common Market and established farmers’ markets. The course
will integrate lectures about sustainable agricultural practices with
field trips to and hands-on work at community gardens and farms.
urBs 457 910 Tr 5:00pm–8:10pm Von Mahs
Globalization and Comparative Urban
Development: Globalization and the Welfare
State
Crosslisted with: SOCI 435 910
This seminar will explore the impact of economic globalization on
welfare states in North America and Europe. Specifically, this course
will provide a systematized account of how different welfare regimes
respond to global economic restructuring processes and thereby produce
different outcomes in the protection of their citizens against
social risks.
Summer Session ii
JULY 6–AUgUST 13, 2010
anCienT hiSTorY
anCh 026 920 MTWr 2:40pm–4:15pm gieske
Ancient Greece
Fulfills History & Tradition Sector / Crosslisted with: HIST 026 920
The Greeks enjoy a special place in the construction of western culture
and identity, and yet many of us have only the vaguest notion of
what their culture was like. A few Greek myths at bedtime when we
are kids, maybe a Greek tragedy like Sophokles’ Oidipous when we
are at school: these are often the only contact we have with the world
of the ancient Mediterranean. The story of the Greeks, however, deserves
a wider audience, because so much of what we esteem in our
own culture derives from them: democracy, epic poetry, lyric poetry,
tragedy, history writing, philosophy, aesthetic taste, all of these
and many other features of cultural life enter the West from Greece.
The oracle of Apollo at Delphi had inscribed over the temple, “Know
Thyself.” For us, that also means knowing the Greeks. We will cover
the period from the Late Bronze Age, c. 1500 BC, down to the time
of Philip of Macedon, c. 350 BC, concentrating on the 200-year interval
from 600–400 BC.
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anThroPoloGY
anTh 001 920 MW 1:00pm–4:00pm schweitzer
Introduction to Archaeology
Fulfills History & Tradition Sector
An introduction to the history, concepts, and methods of the anthropological
study of early man using archaeological illustrations to indicate
the relationships of archaeological interpretations with cultural
and physical anthropology.
arT hiSTorY
arTh 102 920 TBa Clendenin
European Art and Civilization Before 1400
This course satisfies the General Requirement in Arts & Letters for LPS Students
ONLY and is offered only through LPS.
The great epochs of art and their relation to corresponding phases of
Western political and sociological history. For the student who desires
an introduction to the arts as well as for those who seek a foundation
for more specialized study in the field.
arTh 105 920 TBa sonik
Ancient World Cultures
Crosslisted with: ANCS 101 920, CLST 104 920
This course presents a comparative overview of the ancient civilizations
around the world. It is designed as a gateway course for the
many specialized courses available at Penn. Its focus is two-fold: the
various forms that ancient cultures have developed are explored and
compared; and the types of disciplines that study these courses are
examined. The course has a number of guest lecturers, as well as
visits to museums and libraries to examine original documents. This
course meets the requirement for the Ancient Studies Minor.
arTh 209 920 Tr 5:30pm–8:30pm Toure
African Art
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course
This selective survey will examine a variety of the circumstances of
sub-Saharan African art, ranging from imperial to nomadic cultures
and from ancient times to contemporary participation in the international
market. Iconography, themes, and style will be covered, as will
questions of modernity, religious impact, tradition, and colonialism.
aSTronoMY
asTr 001 920 MTWr 2:40pm–4:20pm struble
Survey of the Universe
Fulfills Physical World Sector / Only one ASTR course below ASTR 011 may be
taken for credit. Engineering students receive no credit for this course.
A general survey, designed for the non-major, of the facts and theories
of the astronomical universe, from solar system, to stars, to galaxies
and cosmology. Topics include planets, satellites, small objects
in the solar system, and extraterrestrial life; stars, their evolution,
and their final state as white dwarfs, neutron stars, or black holes;
galaxies, quasars, large structures, background radiation, and big
bang cosmology. Elementary algebra and geometry will be used. This
course is not recommended for physical science majors or engineering
students.
*Limited space Available
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BioloGY*
BIol 101 920 MTWrF 8:30am–10:00am staff
Introduction to Biology A
Fulfills Living World Sector / Biology Majors and Pre-Medical students should
take either BIOL 101 or 121. BIOL 101 is the companion course to BIOL 102,
may be taken before or after BIOL 102. Lab fee $150. (3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab,
1.5 CU.) / Registration for course and lab section required.
General principles of biology that have been established by studies
of microbes, animals, and plants and the viruses of these organisms
will be covered. Emphasis will be on the basic chemistry of life, cell
biology, molecular biology, and genetics. The study of developmental
pathways and evolutionary trends in life cycles will be explored using
plants as model organisms.
lAb SectionS:
bioL 101 921 WF 10:00am–1:00pm robinson
bioL 101 922 WF 10:00am–1:00pm robinson
BIol 102 920 MTWrF 1:00pm–2:30pm Witmer
Introduction Biology B
Fulfills Living World Sector / BIOL 102 is the companion course to BIOL 101,
may be taken before or after BIOL 101. Lab fee $150. (3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab,
1.5 CU)
General principles of biology focusing on structure and function of
animals, with emphasis on the principles of physiology, development,
evolution, ecology, and the diversity of adaptations.
lAb SectionS
bioL 102 921 Tr 10:00am–1:00pm robinson
bioL 102 922 Tr 10:00am–1:00pm robinson
CheMiSTrY*
CheM 054 920 MTWrF 10:00am–12:45pm angiolillo
General Chemistry Lab II
Fulfills Quantitative Data Analysis Requirement / Co-requisite(s): CHEM 102
/ Lab fee $150. When a student enrolls simultaneously in a laboratory course
and a co-requisite course, but subsequently drops or withdraws from the c-orequisite
course, the student must drop or withdraw from the laboratory course.
Continuation of CHEM 053.
CheM 102 920 MTWrF 8:30am–10:00am Pietrovito
General Chemistry II
Fulfills Physical World Sector / Prerequisite(s): CHEM 101 / Co-requisite(s):
CHEM 054
Continuation of CHEM 101. The second term stresses the thermodynamic
approach to chemical reactions, electrochemical processes,
and reaction rates and mechanisms. It includes special topics in
chemistry.
CheM 242 920 MTWrF 8:30am–10:00am roberts
Organic Chemistry II
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 241
Continuation of CHEM 241.

CheM 245 920 TWr 10:00am–1:30pm Kozlowski
Experimental Organic Chemistry I
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 241 / Co-requisite(s): CHEM 242
A basic laboratory course in which both the theoretical and practical
aspects of a variety of organic reactions and multistep syntheses
are emphasized. Modern chromatographic, instrumental, and spectroscopic
techniques are applied to experimental organic chemistry.
Course should be taken concurrently with CHEM 242 or in the semester
immediately following. For safety reasons students will not be
permitted to wear contact lenses in the laboratory. PLEASE NOTE
THE FOLLOWING: For the Summer and LPS offering of CHEM
245, it is a 2-semester course. Part 1 is taken in the first term for 0.0
CU and then Part 2 is taken in the second term immediately following
the first for 1.0 CU.
CineMa STUDieS
CIne 202 920 TBa Baumli
Understanding Cinematic Adaptations:
21st-Century Literacy
Avid fans of a particular novel often eagerly await a film version. These
same enthusiasts equally often come away disappointed by the translation
of their favorite book into an altogether different work of art.
Even though 85% of blockbuster movies are adaptation of novels and
short stories, the viewing audience seldom can judge a film version of
a novel by any other criterion than faithfulness to the original. More
and more, true literacy involves the capability to evaluate a work
across several media. Moving away from this sort of “fidelity studies,”
this interdisciplinary course will examine adaptations as works
of art in their own right. Using recent scholarship from theorists of
adaptation including Deborah Cartmell, Tim Corrigan, Millicent
Marcus, James Naremore, and Imelda Whelan, students will be introduced
to the relatively new field of film adaptation studies. Further,
through close examination of film and text, students will gain new
analytic tools to evaluate both the literature they read and the movies
they watch. We will look at the Coen Brothers’ transformation of
Homer’s Odyssey into O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Danny Boyle’s incorporation
of Hindu and Greek myth into Slumdog Millionaire, Francis
Ford Coppola’s rendering of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness into
Apocalypse Now Redux, and Baz Luhrman’s Bollywood version of the
Orpheus myth into Moulin Rouge. We will also consider adaptations
across new media, such the film renditions of graphic novels like Alan
Moore’s V for Vendetta, Dan Clowe’s Ghost World, or Marjane Satrapi’s
Persepolis; and music videos, like The Smashing Pumpkins’ version of
Federico Fellini’s adaptation of Apuleius’s The Satyricon, or OutKast’s
parody of A Hard Day’s Night. The course will require two 5 page papers
and a final examination. Outside film viewing required.
CIne 202 921 TBa Fiumara
Edgar Allan Poe and the Cinema
Last year marked the bicentennial of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe
and his cultural popularity and influence show no signs of abatement.
IMDb lists over 200 films based on Poe’s oeuvre and what other literary
figure can boast a professional sports team named in their honor
(Baltimore Ravens)? This course will consider a number of canonical
Poe stories and poems and the long history of cinematic adaptations
of these classic works. We will look at popular horror films such
as Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) and Roger Corman’s Pit and the
Pendulum (1961), but will also pay attention to Poe’s important influence
on the avant-garde (German Expressionism, French Surrealism)
and the stop-motion animation of Jan Svankmajer and Tim Burton.
We will also consider Poe’s continued presence in popular culture by
looking at television parodies (The Simpsons), forensic crime dramas
(CSI), comic books (Batman Nevermore), and possibly a class trip to the
Poe House in Philadelphia.
CoMMUniCaTionS
CoMM 123 920 T 5:30pm–8:40pm rodriguez
Communication and Popular Culture
Popular culture has been alternately dismissed as mere trivia and
condemned as propaganda, a tool of mass deception. This course introduces
students to some of the most important critiques of culture
since the 1930s and to different kinds of research that can help us
understand popular culture and its effects. Students will investigate
how different cultural forms communicate ideas about the world.
Overarching questions for the course include: How do various popular
culture forms represent social life? Why do we consume popular
culture in the ways that we do? How can we look at popular culture
to understand the world better, including our place in the world? To
answer these questions, we will explore a range of media and genres,
including television, film, advertising, music, books, magazines, and
the Internet. The course develops critical reading skills that can be
applied to both scholarly and popular texts.
CoMM 130 920 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm Penney
Introduction to Mass Media and Society
Fulfills Society Sector
How might we think about the legal, political, economic, historical,
and “cultural” considerations that shape what we watch on TV, read in
books, stare at in billboards? What ideas are relevant for examining
the enormous changes in the mass media system and the consequences
of those changes? The aim of this course is to begin to answer these
questions by acquainting you with the workings of American mass
media as an integral part of American society.
CoMM 226 920 Tr 1:00pm–4:10pm roodhouse
Introduction to Political Communication
This course is an introduction to the field of political communication,
conceptual approaches to analyzing communication in various
forms, including advertising, speech making, campaign debates, and
candidates’ and office-holders’ uses of news. The focus of this course
is on the interplay in the U.S. between television and politics. The
course includes a history of televised campaign practices from the
1952 presidential contest through the election of 2008.
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eConoMiCS
eCon 001 920 MTWr 10:40am–12:15pm staff
Introduction to Economics: Microeconomics
Fulfills Society Sector
Introduction to economic analysis and its application. Theory of supply
and demand, costs and revenues of the firm under perfect competition,
monopoly and oligopoly, pricing of factors of production,
income distribution, and theory of international trade.
eCon 001 921 MTWr 1:00pm–2:35pm staff
Introduction to Economics: Microeconomics
Fulfills Society Sector
Introduction to economic analysis and its application. Theory of supply
and demand, costs and revenues of the firm under perfect competition,
monopoly and oligopoly, pricing of factors of production,
income distribution, and theory of international trade.
eCon 002 920 M 2:40pm–4:15pm staff
Introduction to Economics: Macroeconomics
Fulfills Society Sector / Prerequisite(s): ECON 001
Introduction to economic analysis and its application. An examination
of a market economy to provide an understanding of how the
size and composition of national output are determined. Elements
of monetary and fiscal policy, international trade, economic development,
and comparative economic systems.
eCon 102 920 MW 1:00pm–4:10pm staff
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Prerequisite(s): ECON 001, ECON 002, ECON 101, MATH 104 and MATH
114 or MATH 115
Facts and theories about the determination of per capita income and
its differences across countries and across time. The study of economic
fluctuations in output and employment. The role of government in
influencing these aggregate variables: monetary and fiscal policy.
eCon 104 920 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm staff
Econometrics
Prerequisite(s): ECON 101, 103, MATH 104 and MATH 114 or MATH 115
or permission from instructor.
This course is designed to introduce students to econometric techniques
and their applications in economic analysis and decision-making.
The main objective of the course is to train the student in (i) handling
economic data; (ii) quantitative analyses of economic models with
Probabilistic tools; (iii)econometric techniques, their application as
well as their statistical and practical interpretation; (iv) implementing
these techniques on a computer. Estimation and inference procedures
are formally analyzed for simple econometric models and illustrated
by empirical case studies using real-life data. The course covers linear
regression models, simultaneous-equations models, discrete choice
models and univariate time series models. Estimation and Inference is
conducted using least squares and likelihood based techniques. Students
are required to perform several econometric analyses of their own.
enGliSh
engl 101 920 MW 5:30pm–8:10pm riebling
Shakespeare
Fulfills Arts & Letters Sector
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This course is a general survey of Shakespeare’s work that focuses
especially on the interrelation of social and political issues within
their historical contexts. Beginning with texts that display primarily
“domestic” concerns, we will explore early modern gender roles,
problems with love and marriage, and conflicts between parents and
children. Next, we will read texts that display primarily “dynastic”
concerns such as conflicts over succession, tyranny, rebellion, and
regicide. Finally, we will attempt to collapse the distinction between
domestic and dynastic by analyzing plays where these social and political
issues are deeply enmeshed
engl 104 937 Tr 6:00pm–8:00pm lotto
Introduction to Romanticism
This course is delivered in a fully online format in order to allow more
flexibility for LPS students. Class sessions are offered through a course
website and include live lectures and interactive discussions through both
direct messaging and voice over internet. Between classes, the learning
experience is extended through assignments, threaded discussions and
office hours. For additional information, please visit www.sas.upenn.edu/
lps/online. Online course fee: $60.
Fulfills Arts & Letters Sector
This class serves as an introduction to a period of study as well as an
introduction to literary study. Our subject will be “Romanticism,” a
famously ill-defined term used as catch-all for the movement, mood,
theory, and revolution that followed the Enlightenment and preceded
the realism of the Victorian era. Our course will consider this period
of writing—roughly 1789–1830—as one of great fluidity and
change, as both a reaction to antiquity and a precursor to modernity.
We will read the works of the canonical poets, Blake, Wordsworth,
Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, and Byron, but will fortify our definition
of “Romanticism” by addressing the writings of Goethe, Mary Shelley,
Charlotte Smith, and Jane Austen.
engl 135 920 MTWr 1:00pm–2:35pm Burnham
Creative Non-Fiction Writing
May be repeated for credit with a different instructor.
What is creative nonfiction? In our reading and writing, we’ll explore
the fascinating and productive tension between the two poles: what
we imagine, and what “really” happened. We’ll respect our memories
and let our imaginations work in high gear as we learn ways to retrieve
material, and shape it into surprising pieces of writing. We’ll read,
and re-read, a small number of contemporary essays, mining them for
ideas and useful structures. You’ll complete three significant pieces.
One will be a profile of a person (a friend, an ex-friend, a relative, a
coach, teacher, neighbor—someone who got under your skin and/
or into your heart). You’ll also do a “profile” of a place that you know
well. This could be your workplace, your block, your gym, your studio-
any place that has its own characters and obsessions. Finally, you’ll
do a very personal essay, on a subject absolutely of your choice. Much
of our work in class will be collaborative. We’ll look at big ideas and
at short sentences, offering advice and asking questions. If you have
questions, please feel free to email dburnham@english.upenn.edu
engl 221 920 TBa rydel
Medieval Saints and Sinners
We will be exploring concepts of sin, evil, holiness, and conversion in
medieval England. The richness and complexity of this literature on
saints and sinners will bring up many questions for our consideration.

Can you really make up for a life of sin and become a good person?
When is it a good idea to steal from a saint’s grave? Do women’s efforts
to be holy differ from men’s? Are certain classes like monks,
knights, and peasants more or less likely to get to heaven? What happens
when medieval Christians imagine encounters with members of
other religions? Genres include romance, travel writing, biography,
hagiography and history. Some of our authors are Bede, Clemence
of Barking, Chaucer, Julian of Norwich, Bokenham, and that most
prolific of medieval writers, Anonymous. Assignments will include
two short papers, brief presentations, and a final exam.
FolKlore
FolK 201 920 Tr 9:00am–12:10pm Zolkover
American Folklore
This course will examine American expressive culture through an exploration
of narrative; music; dance; drama; public events; material
arts and architecture; religion; medicine; politics; foodways; ways of
speaking; and customs surround and celebrating work, leisure, childhood,
family, aging, individually and community. In other words, we
will be studying the 99% of American life that often goes unnoticed
by other college courses!
FolK 231 920 Tr 9:00am–12:10pm lee
American Popular Culture
The course will explore the history and practice of popular culture
and culture studies in the United States. We will begin by challenging
the concepts of “folk,” “mass,” and “popular” as well as “American” and
“culture.” Furthermore, we will interrogate various media such as
television, film, music, comics, and popular romances to gain insights
into the conditions for the reproduction of social relations. Through
an analysis of audience response to performed or viewed events we
will explore how and why people actively negotiate and interpret
popular materials. This class will attempt to situate popular culture
within a larger social, cultural and political framework. Some areas of
popular culture we may investigate include MTV, talk shows, fashion,
club cultures, rap and other music, snaps, pro-wrestling, professional
sports, Hollywood movies, advertising, McDonald’s and there will
be room to explore other areas students may find interesting. We will
end by looking into the exportation of American popular culture and
its reception, interpretation, adaptation and consumption around the
world.
FrenCh
Fren 120 920 MTWrF 10:00am–12:00pm staff
Elementary French II
Prerequisite(s): FREN 110
The continuation of FREN 110.
GenDer, SoCieTY & CUlTUre
gsoC 101 920 Tr 5:00pm–8:10pm Micir
Revisiting Virginia Woolf
Fulfills Arts & Letters Sector / Crosslisted with: ENGL 101 920
What does Virginia Woolf mean to us today? How do her arguments
about gender and artistry continue to influence us? Why have we seen
so many recent reinterpretations of Woolf’s novels, and what happens
when we revisit Woolf—and her legacy—in the 21st century? This
course will take up these questions as we read several of Woolf’s major
works, including A Room of One’s Own, Mrs. Dalloway, and Orlando,
alongside their more recent “covers” by Michael Cunningham,
Robin Lippincott, Patrick Garland, Sally Potter, and Stephen Daldry.
Assignments will include weekly blog posts, an exercise in adaptation,
and a final exam.
GerManiC lanGUaGeS
grMn 101 937 MW 6:30pm–8:45pm dixon
Elementary German I
This course is delivered in a fully online format in order to allow more
flexibility for LPS students. Class sessions are offered through a course
website and include live lectures and interactive discussions through both
direct messaging and voice over internet. Between classes, the learning
experience is extended through assignments, threaded discussions and
office hours. For additional information, please visit www.sas.upenn.edu/
lps/online. Online course fee: $60.
Crosslisted with: GRMN 501 937
As the first course in the first-year series, this course is designed for
the beginning student with no previous knowledge of German. As an
online course, this course will focus on the development of language
competencies in listening, speaking, reading, and writing through
innovative collaborative instruction and mentoring. Weekly sessions
will combine content from Kontakte, a communicative textbook and
materials designed by the instructor specifically for this interactive
online course. This course offers students flexibility and efficiency
in a demanding academic setting. Part of the course work will be
self-paced and will require logging into a custom-designed learning
platform that provides students with opportunities to interact with
the course materials, complete assignments, and network with each
other using tools from the social web. The synchronous part of the
course will be conducted through the online distance-learning tool
Adobe Connect, through which students will engage in online written
and verbal conversation with each other and with the instructor.
These sessions will be recorded and available at any time for review.
The instructor will be available for online office hours and individual
interviews with the instructor will complete the online assessment.
By the end of the semester you will be able to engage in simple conversations
about familiar things and develop basic survival skills in
both face-to-face situations and online settings. You will know greetings
and everyday expressions, you will be able to count and tell time,
and negate sentences in day-to-day contexts. Furthermore, you will
be able to talk about yourself and your family and friends. You will
be able to speak about events that happened in the immediate past
and express plans for the future. In addition, you will have developed
reading strategies that allow you to glean information from simple
newspaper and magazine articles and short literary texts. Because
cultural knowledge is one of the foci of GRMN 101, you will learn
about practical life in Germany and will explore German-speaking
cultures on the Internet.
grMn 102 920 MTWrF 9:00am–12:00pm staff
Elementary German II
Prerequisite(s): GRMN 101 or equivalent.
A continuation of GRMN 101. The student’s expression and comprehension
are expanded through the study of literature and social
themes.
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GreeK
greK 212 920 MTWrF 9:00am–12:15pm staff
Intermediate Greek
An introduction to the basic history and conventions of Greek prose
and poetry, with continuous readings from classical authors accompanied
by grammar review and exercises. Ideal for undergraduates or
graduate students from Penn or elsewhere who have completed the
equivalent of one year of Greek (e.g., GREK 112).The course covers
the second year of college-level Greek, equivalent to GREK 203 and
204 at more than twice the normal pace. Note: Completion of this
course fulfills the Penn language requirement.
hiSTorY
hIsT 020 937 T 6:00pm–7:00pm good
The History of the United States, 1607–1877:
Democracy and the American Experiment
This course is delivered in a fully online format in order to allow more
flexibility for LPS students. Class sessions are offered through a course
website and include live lectures and interactive discussions through both
direct messaging and voice over internet. Between classes, the learning
experience is extended through assignments, threaded discussions and
office hours. For additional information, please visit www.sas.upenn.edu/
lps/online. Online course fee: $60.
Fulfills History & Tradition Sector
This course will chart the history of the United States, from its colonial
beginnings in the 17th century to its eventual implosion in the
midst of civil war two centuries later. While we will examine the
major turning points in the American past—the formation of plantation
slavery, the stirrings of colonial revolution, territorial expansion
and the rise of industrialization—the course is organized around a
study of the promise and the shortcomings of American democracy.
We will examine both the meaning and the practice of democracy,
using primary documents to better understand how it has changed
over the centuries.
inTernaTional relaTionS
InTr 290 920 Tr 9:00am–12:10pm Mcgann
Topics in International Relations: Transnational
Issues in Global Politics
Fulfills Society Sector
This course is designed to provide students who want to know more
about the world they live in with an introduction to world politics
and to acquaint them with some of the leading issues, theories, concepts,
and processes that shape and define world events. It is expected
that students taking the course will gain an ability to analyze, understand,
objectively evaluate, and appreciate the complex dynamic that
is global politics. In order to better understand other nations, their
leaders, and their motivations, the readings and lectures in the first
segment of this course will examine the traditional and contemporary
approaches to studying world politics. Next, we will focus on the
instruments of conflict and cooperation and the forces of integration
and fragmentation in the world today. Finally, we will assess some of
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the major international issues of our time and assess the prospects
for bringing peace and prosperity to a chaotic world. The overriding
challenge in this introductory course is to appreciate international
relations from different perspectives and to be open and adaptive as
you develop this appreciation. There is rarely just one way of stating a
problem, examining it, or working for its resolution. For this reason,
we will use case studies to examine a series of international issues
from a number of different vantage points: the international system,
sovereign states and non-state actors.
iTalian
ITal 110 920 MTWr 6:00pm–8:30pm staff
Elementary Italian I
A first semester elementary language course for students who have
never studied Italian or who have had very little exposure to the language.
Students who have previously studied Italian are required to
take the placement test. Class work emphasizes the development of
the oral-aural skills, speaking and listening. Readings on topics in
Italian culture as well as frequent writing practice are also included.
Out-of-class homework requires work with the Internet, audio, and
video materials.
ITal 120 920 MTWr 6:00pm–8:30pm staff
Elementary Italian II
Continuation of Italian 110.
laTin
laTn 212 920 MTWrF 9:00am–12:15pm staff
Intermediate Latin
An introduction to the basic history and conventions of Latin prose
and poetry, with continuous readings from classical authors accompanied
by grammar review and exercises. Ideal for undergraduates or
graduate students from Penn or elsewhere who have completed the
equivalent of one year of Latin (e.g., LATN 112). The course covers
the second year of college-level Latin, equivalent to LATN 203 and
204 at more than twice the normal pace. Note: Completion of this
course fulfills the Penn language requirement.
linGUiSTiCS
lIng 102 920 MW 10:00am–1:10pm staff
Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Fulfills Quantitative Data Analysis Requirement, Society Sector
Human language viewed from a social and historical perspective.
Students will acquire the tools of linguistic analysis through interactive
computer programs, covering phonetics, phonology and morphology,
in English and other languages. These techniques will then
be used to trace social differences in the use of language, and changing
patterns of social stratification. The course will focus on linguistic
changes in progress in American society, in both mainstream and minority
communities, and the social problems associated with them.
Students will engage in field projects to search for the social correlates
of linguistic behavior, and use quantitative methods to analyze
the results.

MaTheMaTiCS
MaTh 103 920 MTWr 10:00am–12:10pm staff
Introduction to Calculus
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course
Introduction to concepts and methods of calculus for students with
little or no previous calculus experience. Polynomial and elementary
transcendental functions and their applications, derivatives, extremum
problems, curve-sketching, approximations; integrals and the
fundamental theorem of calculus.
MaTh 104 920 MTWr 10:00am–12:10pm staff
Calculus I
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course
Brief review of High School calculus, applications of integrals, transcendental
functions, methods of integration, infinite series, Taylor’s
theorem. Use of symbolic manipulation and graphics software in
calculus.
MaTh 114 920 MTWr 1:00pm–3:10pm staff
Calculus II
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course / Prerequisite(s): MATH 104
Functions of several variables, vector-valued functions, partial derivatives
and applications, double and triple integrals, conic sections,
polar coordinates, vectors and analytic geometry, first and second order
ordinary differential equations. Applications to physical sciences.
Use of symbolic manipulation and graphics software in calculus.
MaTh 114 937 MTWr 1:00pm–3:10pm rimmer
Calculus, Part II
This course is delivered in a fully online format in order to allow more
flexibility for LPS students. Class sessions are offered through a course
website and include live lectures and interactive discussions through both
direct messaging and voice over internet. Between classes, the learning
experience is extended through assignments, threaded discussions and
office hours. For additional information, please visit www.sas.upenn.edu/
lps/online. Online course fee: $60.
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course / Prerequisite(s): MATH 104
Functions of several variables, vector-valued functions, partial derivatives
and applications, double and triple integrals, conic sections,
polar coordinates, vectors and analytic geometry, first and second order
ordinary differential equations. Applications to physical sciences.
Use of symbolic manipulation and graphics software in calculus.
MaTh 115 920 MTWr 1:00pm–3:10pm staff
Calculus, Part II with Probability and Matrices
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course / Prerequisite(s): MATH 104
Functions of several variables, partial derivatives, multiple integrals,
differential equations; introduction to linear algebra and matrices
with applications to linear programming and Markov processes.
Elements of probability and statistics. Applications to social and biological
sciences. Use of symbolic manipulation and graphics software
in calculus.
MaTh 170 920 MTWr 1:00pm–3:10pm staff
Ideas in Mathematics
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course, Natural Science & Math Sector / May also
be counted toward the General Requirement in Natural Science & Mathematics
Topics from among the following: logic, sets, calculus, probability,
history and philosophy of mathematics, game theory, geometry, and
their relevance to contemporary science and society.
MaTh 240 920 MTWr 1:00pm–3:10pm staff
Calculus III
Prerequisite(s): Calculus II
Linear algebra: vectors, matrices, systems of linear equations, eigenvalues
and eigenvectors. Vector calculus: functions of several variables,
vector fields, line and surface integrals, Green’s, Stokes’ and
divergence theorems. Series solutions of ordinary differential equations,
Laplace transforms and systems of ordinary differential equations.
Use of symbolic manipulation and graphics software.
MaTh 241 920 MTWr 1:00pm–3:10pm staff
Calculus IV
Prerequisite(s): MATH 240
Sturm-Liouville problems, orthogonal functions, Fourier series, and
partial differential equations including solutions of the wave, heat
and Laplace equations, Fourier transforms. Introduction to complex
analysis. Use of symbolic manipulation and graphics software.
MUSiC
MusC 050 937 MW 5:00pm–7:00pm Muller
World Music and Cultures
This course is delivered in a fully online format in order to allow more
flexibility for LPS students. Class sessions are offered through a course
website and include live lectures and interactive discussions through both
direct messaging and voice over internet. Between classes, the learning
experience is extended through assignments, threaded discussions and
office hours. For additional information, please visit www.sas.upenn.edu/
lps/online. Online course fee: $60.
Fulfills Arts & Letters Sector, Cross Cultural Analysis Course, Cultural Diversity
in the U.S. (Class of ’12 and after)
This course examines how we as consumers in the “Western” world
engage with musical difference largely through the products of the
global entertainment industry. We examine music cultures in contact
in a variety of ways—particularly as traditions in transformation.
Students gain an understanding of traditional music as live, meaningful
person-to-person music making, by examining the music in
its original site of production, and then considering its transformation
once it is removed, and re-contextualized in a variety of ways.
The purpose of the course is to enable students to become informed
and critical consumers of “World Music” by telling a series of stories
about particular recordings made with, or using the music of, peoples
culturally and geographically distant from the U.S. Students come to
understand that not all music downloads containing music from unfamiliar
places are the same, and that particular recordings may be
embedded in intriguing and controversial narratives of production
and consumption. At the very least, students should emerge from
the class with a clear understanding that the production, distribution,
and consumption of world music is rarely a neutral process.
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MusC 070 920 Tr 9:45am–12:55pm Primosch
Theory of Musicianship I
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course / Required for music majors and minors.
An introduction to the basic notational and theoretical materials
of music, complemented by work in ear-training and sight-singing.
Topics covered include the notation of time and pitch, scales, intervals,
chords, progressions, melodic and formal construction, and key
change. Open to all students.
PhiloSoPhY
PhIl 001 920 MTWr 1:30pm–3:05pm staff
Introduction to Philosophy
In this class we will reflect on the following fundamental questions:
What is the nature of underlying reality? What are the scope and limits
of human knowledge? Does God exist? What is the ultimate nature
of persons? Do we have free will? These are questions which have
been asked since ancient times. As we shall see, they do not have
obvious or uncontroversial answers. Perhaps this is why they are still
with us. We shall examine a range of answers to these questions, and
students shall develop analytic thinking skills to defend and develop
their own answers to these questions.
PhIl 004 920 MTWr 3:00pm–4:35pm staff
History of Modern Philosophy
Fulfills History & Tradition Sector
Theories of knowledge, mind, and reality in early modern philosophy
from Descartes through Kant or Hegel.
PhIl 076 920 MTWr 1:30pm–3:05pm staff
Political Philosophy
This course examines different topics in political philosophy including
liberalism and its feminism, socialism, communitarianism critics;
economic justice and equality; democratic theory; the challenge of
multiculturalism for liberal democracies, and the problem of global
justice. The focus is on contemporary philosophical debates on these
matters though there can be references to historical writings where
relevant. Readings will be from authors such as John Rawls, Martha
Nussbaum, Amartya Sen, Will Kymlicka, Charles Taylor, and Susan
Moller Okin. The course aims to introduce students to both important
questions and debates in contemporary political philosophy and
to some of the central writings on the subject. Our approach is problems-oriented:
we are interested in getting a better understanding
of given political philosophical challenge pertaining to justice, and
to understand and evaluate different philosophical positions on the
problem.
PhiloSoPhY, PoliTiCS, eConoMiCS
PPe 110 920 Tr 6:00pm–9:00pm sen
Introduction to Decision Theory
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course
This course will provide an introduction to models of human decision
making. One of the primary purposes of the course is to provide
a set of basic tools that will help the student translate uncertainty
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into numbers. Rational choice under uncertainty is by far the most
used theory of decision making, and its applications are widespread
in economics, finance, political science, law, managerial decision
making, the economics of health care, and artificial intelligence. The
course will use examples from each of these fields (and also fun “paradoxes”
such as the Monty Hall Puzzle) in providing an introduction
to the basic foundations of decision making. We will also look at the
shortcomings of the rational choice theory: both from intuitive and
empirical perspectives. No mathematical prerequisites are necessary
beyond high school algebra and arithmetic.
PhYSiCS*
PhYs 102 920 MTWrF 10:00am–12:45pm Matlin
General Physics: Electricity, Magnetism, Optics
Fulfills Physical World Sector, Quantitative Data Analysis Requirement /
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 101 / Co-requisite(s): PHYS 102 LAB / Credit is
awarded for only one of This courses: PHYS 102, PHYS 151, or PHYS 171.
Students with AP or Transfer Credit for PHYS 92 or PHYS 94 who complete
PHYS 102 will thereby surrender the AP or Transfer Credit.
A continuation of PHYS 101 emphasizing an introduction to classical
electricity and magnetism, relativity theory, optics, and the quantum
theory of matter, requiring a background in calculus. Suggested for
students in a pre-health program.
lAb SectionS:
PHYs 102 921 MW 1:30pm–4:00pm staff
PHYs 102 922 MW 1:30pm–4:00pm staff
PHYs 102 923 Tr 1:30pm–4:00pm staff
PHYs 102 925 TbA staff
PhYs 141 920 MTWrF 10:00am–12:45pm staff
Principles of Physics II (Without Lab)
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 140 / Co-requisite(s): MATH 114 / For Engineering students
whose course of study does not require a physics laboratory course.
Electric and magnetic fields; Coulomb’s, Ampere’s, and Faraday’s
laws; Maxwell’s equations; emission, propagation, and absorption of
electromagnetic radiation; interference, reflection, refraction, scattering,
and diffraction phenomena.
PhYs 151 920 MTWrF 10:00am–12:45pm staff
Principles of Physics II
Fulfills Physical World Sector, Quantitative Data Analysis Requirement /
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 150 or PHYS 170 / Co-requisite(s): MATH 114, PHYS
151 LAB. / Credit is awarded for only one of This courses. PHYS 102, PHYS
151, or PHYS 171. Students with AP or Transfer Credit for PHYS 92 or PHYS
94 who complete PHYS 151 will thereby surrender the AP or Transfer Credit.
Electric and magnetic fields; Coulomb’s, Ampere’s, and Faraday’s
laws; Maxwell’s equations; emission, propagation, and absorption of
electromagnetic radiation; interference, reflection, refraction, scattering,
and diffraction phenomena.
lAb SectionS
PHYs 151 921 MW 1:30pm–4:00pm staff
PHYs 151 922 MW 1:30pm–4:00pm staff
*Limited space Available

PoliTiCal SCienCe
PsCI 150 920 MTWr 10:40am–12:15pm doherty-sil
International Relations in Theory and Practice
Fulfills Society Sector
This course is an introduction to the major theories and issues in international
politics. The goals of the course are to give students a broad
familiarity with the field of international relations, and to help them
develop the analytical skills necessary to think critically about international
politics. The course is divided into four parts: 1) Concepts
and Theories of International Relations; 2) War and Security; 3) The
Global Economy; and 4) Emerging Issues in International Relations.
PsCI 183 920 Tr 9:00am–12:00pm Wooten
American Political Thought
Fulfills Humanities & Social Science Sector
Whether America begins with the Puritans and the Mayflower
Compact, or with the Declaration of Independence and the
Revolution, it is founded in resistance to empire. In the generations
between, Americans have desired, dreaded and debated empire. This
course will focus on empire and imperialism in American political
thought. We will read primary texts addressing empire: from the departure
and dissent of the Puritans, and Burke’s Speech on Conciliation
with the Colonies, to 20th and 21st century debates over America’s role
in the world. These texts will include political pamphlets and speeches,
poetry, novels, policy papers and film.
PSYCholoGY
PsYC 001 920 MTWr 4:20pm–5:55pm Forgeard
Introduction to Experimental Psychology
Fulfills Living World Sector
Introduction to the basic topics of psychology, including learning,
motivation, cognition, development, abnormal, physiological, social,
and personality.
PsYC 149 920 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm Coutanche
Cognitive Neuroscience
Fulfills Living World Sector / Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001 or BIBB 109 /
Crosslisted with: BIBB 249 920
The study of the neural systems that underlie human perception,
memory and language; and of the pathological syndromes that result
from damage to these systems.
PsYC 153 920 Tr 6:00pm–9:10pm atanasov/royzman
Judgment and Decisions
Prerequisite(s): one semester of statistics OR microeconomics / Crosslisted with:
PPE 153 920
Judgment, decisions under certainty and uncertainty, problem solving,
logic, rationality, and moral thinking.
PsYC 162 920 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm Zalta
Abnormal Psychology
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001
The concepts of normality, abnormality, and psychopathology;
symptom syndromes; theory and research in psychopathology and
psychotherapy.
PsYC 166 920 MW 5:30pm–8:40pm Webb
Introduction to Positive Psychology.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 001
An introduction to the study of positive emotions, positive character
traits, and positive institutions. The positive emotions consist of
emotions about the past (e.g., serenity, satisfaction, pride), about the
future (e.g., hope, optimism, faith), and emotions about the present
(pleasure and gratification). The distinction among the pleasant life,
the good life, and the meaningful life is drawn. The positive traits
include wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and spirituality,
and the classification of these virtues is explored. The positive
institutions are exemplified by extended families, free press, humane
leadership, and representative government. The course meets for one
two-hour lecture and one two-hour ten-student recitation weekly.
PsYC 262 920 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm dingfelder
Special Topics in Abnormal Psychology:
Developmental Psychopathology
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 162. Special note: for PSYC 262-301, an additional
course from the Neural Basis of Behavior list is required.
reliGioUS STUDieS
rels 006 920 MW 6:00pm–9:10pm Fleming
Religious Violence and Cults
Fulfills Society Sector
This course will explore issues related to religion and violence in
conversation with a number of the world’s prominent religious traditions,
both past and present, including Buddhism, Christianity,
Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, and Meso-American religions.
We will focus on three major themes: Sacrifice (with focus on child
sacrifice), Iconoclasm, and Martyrdom. In each case, we will investigate
their historical roots as well as exploring their contemporary expressions
and modern theories about them. Primary source readings
will be selected from a broad variety of pre-modern literatures, including
the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, Vedas and Puranas (Hindu
Narratives), Jain Agmas, Buddhist Sutras, and Islamic ethnographic
writings. Primary and secondary sources will be paired to give students
a chance to reflect upon the major themes from both traditional
and modern scholarly perspectives. Films will provide a source of
reflection for contemporary debates surrounding religious violence,
and students will also have opportunities to explore theoretical issues
with reference to recent and current events.
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USSian
russ 432 920 Tr 6:00pm–9:00pm Zubarev
Fate and Chance in Literature and Culture
In Fate and Chance in Literature and Culture, we will explore these
two interrelated concepts in comparative perspective over a broad
historical range. As a result, the students will learn how the philosophy
of fate and chance has been reflected in works of different
Russian authors and in different cultural and political environments.
In Russian as well as western systems of belief fate and chance represent
two extreme visions of the universal order, or, perhaps, two
diametrically opposed cosmic forces: complete determinism, on the
one hand, and complete chaos or unpredictability, on the other. These
visions have been greatly reflected by various mythopoetic systems.
In this course, we will investigate religious and folkloric sources from
a series of Russian traditions compared to other Indo-European traditions
(Greek, East-European). Readings will include The Song of
Prince Igor’s Campaign, The Gambler by Dostoevsky, The Queen of Spades
by Pushkin, Vij by Gogol, The Black Monk by Chekhov, The Fatal Eggs by
Bulgakov, and more. All readings and lectures in English.
SCienCe, TeChnoloGY, & SoCieTY
sTsC 162 920 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm staff
Technology and Medicine in Modern America
Crosslisted with: HSOC 152 920
Medicine as it exists in contemporary America is profoundly technological;
we regard it as perfectly normal to be examined with instruments,
to expose our bodies to many different machines; and to have
knowledge produced by those machines mechanically/electronically
processed, interpreted and stored. We are billed technologically,
prompted to attend appointments technologically, and often buy
technologies to protect, diagnose, or improve our health: consider,
for example, HEPA-filtering vacuum cleaners; air-purifiers; fat-reducing
grills; bathroom scales; blood pressure cuffs; pregnancy testing
kits; blood-sugar monitoring tests; and thermometers. Yet even
at the beginning to the twentieth century, medical technologies were
scarce and infrequently used by physicians and medical consumers
alike. Over the course of this semester, we will examine how technology
came to medicine’s center-stage, and what impact this change
has had on medical practice, medical institutions, and medical consumers
– on all of us!
SoCioloGY
soCI 135 920 MW 6:00pm–9:10pm Fetni
Law and Society
Recommended for sophomores, juniors, and seniors
After introducing students to the major theoretical concepts concerning
law and society, significant controversial societal issues that deal
with law and the legal systems both domestically and internationally
will be examined. Class discussions will focus on issues involving civil
liberties, the organization of courts, legislatures, the legal profession
and administrative agencies. Although the focus will be on law in
the United States, law and society in other countries of Africa, Asia,
Europe and Latin America will be covered in a comparative context.
Readings included research reports, statutes and cases.
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soCI 230 920 MW 5:30pm–8:40pm lee
Sociology of Education
Schools often appear in the news media at the center of major questions:
Are students from particular schools, states, or family backgrounds
doing better than others? Who is responsible for making sure
that students learn? What benefits come from going to college, and is
it worth the high cost? The sociology of education tackles these kinds
of questions by examining the many roles that schools play in contemporary
society, from socializing individuals to reproducing status
over generations. This class provides an introduction to American
education. Readings cover primary, secondary, and higher education,
with a focus on how schools provide advantages or disadvantages to
individuals according to particular characteristics, most commonly
race, class, and gender. The course emphasizes discussion, requiring
strong course participation from each student. Students will also
write reflection statements and a research paper on a topic of their
choosing.
soCI 275 920 TBa Monahan
Sociology of Medicine
This course will give the student an introduction to the sociological
study of medicine. Medical sociology is a broad field, covering topics
as diverse as the institution and profession of medicine, the practice
of medical care, and the social factors that contribute to sickness and
well-being. Although we will not explore everything, we will attempt
to cover as much of the field as possible through four thematic units:
(1) the organization and development of the profession of medicine,
(2) the delivery of health-care, especially doctor-patient interaction,
(3) the social and cultural factors that affect how illness is defined,
and (4) the social causes of illness. The class will emphasize empirical
research especially but not only quantitative research.
SPaniSh
sPan 120 920 MTWrF 10:00am–12:00pm staff
Elementary Spanish II
Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of SPAN 110 or permission of the course
coordinator.
The continuation of SPAN 110, SPAN 120 is a second-semester elementary
language course.
UrBan STUDieS
urBs 255 920 Tr 1:00pm–4:00pm Milestone
Urban Neighborhoods
Crosslisted with: AFRC 255 920, HIST 255 920
The last several decades have witnessed a dramatic acceleration in
the interconnection of cities around the world. The globalization of
the economy, the spread of communications technology, major migrations
between urban locations, increasing disparities between rich
and poor, the dramatic growth of the “culture industries”, and the
increasingly popular quest for “place making” through urban design
have all contributed to this process. This course will examine urban
neighborhoods in the United States and elsewhere in the world. In
particular, class readings and discussions will explore the wide range
of ways (political, social, cultural; organized and informal) that individuals
and institutions in urban neighborhoods have reacted to global
transformations and what effects and consequences those reactions
have precipitated.

urBs 412 920 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm gerig/guard
Building Non-profits from the Ground Up
This course, taught by The Philadelphia Award winner (2005), will
cover the basic elements of building and growing a non-profit organization,
including the development of the mission and the board;
needs assessment, program design, development, and management;
financial management, contract compliance and understanding an audit;
fundraising, public, foundation, corporate, and individual; communication
and marketing; organizational administration including
staff and volunteer selection, management and development; public
policy, research and advocacy. Students will engage in field assignments
and role play, in addition to research and writing.
WriTinG SeMinar
WrIT 023 920 Tr 1:00pm–4:10pm Murphy
Business Writing
The emphasis in this course will be to prepare students to effectively
communicate in the workplace. The course will begin by laying the
foundation of appropriate rhetorical forms used to write clearly and
concisely with attention to the expectations of the audience. Students
will then practice these techniques by writing documents frequently
encountered in real-life work situations: cover letters, memos, status
reports, and executive summaries. Peer review feedback sessions
will be used for each exercise. Appropriate use of technology will be
discussed. The course will culminate with a research project which
will enable the student to develop skills necessary to research, summarize,
and present a persuasive case.
WrIT 023 921 MW 5:30pm–8:40pm legrand
Public Relations Writing: The Spin Starts Here
The goal of this PR writing class is to introduce students to basic
public relations principles and ethics while teaching them how to
write for a variety of publics with clarity, insight, and skill. In order
to do this well, we will focus on prioritizing information and
identifying the specific relationships and intended outcomes between
organizations and their publics to facilitate mutually beneficial relationships.
Assignments will provide the foundational knowledge and
skills for understanding news media while developing the ability to
build carefully structured persuasive writing samples. Students will
have the experience of writing both with and without deadline pressure,
to emulate professional writing environments. Specific writing
styles for print (newspapers & Magazines), online (social networking
& SEO), and broadcast media will be considered, as well as formal
and informal writing for internal communications. Students will be
expected to take on their assignments with a professional attitude and
a willingness to learn new techniques. The course will end with PR
teams developing “live” PR campaigns for non-profit organizations.
WrIT 023 922 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm alff
Business and Professional Writing: Mastering the
Proposal
This course will instruct students in the art of crafting proposals.
Whether you’re applying for a job, bidding on a federal contract,
selling an article to a magazine, seeking funding for a research project,
or submitting a grant request for a non-profit organization, proposal
writing can open up a wide range of professional opportunities.
However, this genre also places great demands on writers. A winning
proposal must be succinct, compliant, compelling, and usually by
definition the best among a field of competitors. This course will develop
your proposal writing skills by teaching you how to employ different
persuasive strategies to address targeted readers, how to revise
aggressively with the help of peer review workshops and instructor
feedback, and how to conduct research to support your arguments.
By the end of the course, all seminar participants will have written
at least one work-shopped proposal that they can use to further their
professional development.
WrIT 057 920 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm Faris
Literary Journalism (or First-person Journalism)
This course trains students in the art of reflecting on personal experiences
for public audiences, one of the most popular and enduring
forms of first-person journalism. Students will read and emulate the
work of pioneering essayists like Tom Wolfe and Joan Didion, as well
as more contemporary authors like Dave Eggers, Susan Sontag, and
Matt Taibbi. The pages (and Web pages) of magazines, newspapers,
and journals are filled with these kinds of narratives, diaries, and
more experimental forms of non-fiction, as individuals struggle to
find meaning and purpose in a globalized, atomized, commoditized
world. Students will be asked to connect their experiences—travels,
travails, tragedies, and triumphs—to broader social, political, economic,
and cultural trends. In so doing, they will blur the lines between
journalism and art, as well as between fiction and non-fiction,
with the ultimate goal of working together to create publishable
work.
WrIT 057 921 MW 1:00pm–4:10pm linker
Writing Seminar: Opinion Journalism
With ad sales and circulation figures collapsing at an alarming rate
at leading newspapers and magazines, written forms of journalism
appear to be locked in a death spiral. But there is an exception to
the decline: opinion journalism. With established news outlets transitioning
more and more of their content to the Internet, they are hosting
increasing numbers of columnists and bloggers who join a long
list of Web-based sources of commentary. Unlike more traditional
journalists, these writers do not pound the pavement, notebook in
hand, looking to report a neglected story in neutral, unbiased terms.
They set out, instead, as critics, responding sharply to the events of
the day, seeking to shape the national conversation through a mixture
of informed analysis and polemical bluster. In this class, we will begin
by reading examples of classic opinion journalism (primarily newspaper
columnists and magazine essayists) and then quickly turn to a
wide-ranging examination of the online world of criticism. This immersion
in the Internet’s dynamic culture of opinion will be treated
as preparation for direct engagement with and participation in it.
Students will accordingly be required to set up blogs of their own in
which they take public stands and attempt to spark debate with leading
bloggers and Web-based writers.
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Penn summer Abroad
arGenTina * Penn-in-BUenoS
aireS
sPan 134 955 TBa salessi
Accelerated Intermediate Spanish (2 CUs)
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 112, 120, 121, 125 at Penn or equivalent (1 year college
Spanish)
SPAN 134 combines the two semesters of second-year Spanish at
Penn. Taking advantage of the program’s cultural and linguistic immersion,
this course fosters speaking, listening, reading and writing
skills by providing instruction in a lively and motivating cultural
context. A variety of communicative and analytical teaching methods
are implemented in the classroom. Students learn to use Spanish in
increasingly complex ways, in class as well as in real life.
sPan 224 955 TBa Peller
Argentine Literature in a Cultural Context
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Prerequisite(s): Two semesters of
Spanish beyond 140. Exceptions made only for students fully functional in
Spanish. / Taught in Spanish.
SPAN 224 is a survey of major works of contemporary Argentine literature
relating to the political, social and cultural developments that
have defined the modern profile of the country. The course focuses on
the way literary works reflect the tensions of Argentine modernity;
the conflicts between the interests of Buenos Aires and those of the
provinces, between agricultural and industrial groups, neoliberalism
and protectionism, ecology and sustainable development.
sPan 229 955 TBa Cussianovich
History of Argentina
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Prerequisite(s): Two semesters of
Spanish beyond 140. Exceptions made only for students fully functional in
Spanish. / Taught in Spanish.
While focusing on economic, political and social developments,
the class will explore the tensions and paradoxes of Argentina from
the 19th century to the present: the wars of independence and the
lengthy conflict for dominance between centralist and federalist interests;
the emergence of the modern nation and its integration to
the world economy after 1880; immigration, the “alluvial society”,
the effects of rapid cultural modernization and the dramatic years of
Juan and Eva Peron; military dictatorships and the neoliberal democracy
at the end of the 20th century; the 21st century, economic default,
recuperation, and the challenges of the Argentine cultural and
economic integration to Latin America, the A.L.C.A., MERCOSUR,
and A.L.B.A.
CZeCh rePUBliC * Penn-in-PraGUe
JWsT 298 950 TBa sidenberg
Jewish Culture in Prague
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Taught in English / Crosslisted with:
FOLK 298 950
The focus of this course is on Jewish social and cultural history in
the Czech lands with a special emphasis on Prague, the capital of the
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Czech Republic with one of the oldest Jewish communities in Central
Europe. The course will give equal attention to building theoretical
knowledge on the over millennium-long presence of Jews in Bohemia
and Moravia and to providing hands-on experience by working with
historical material and visiting historical sites. Students will be required
to attend and participate in classes and field trips, to study the
prepared readers and recommended literature, and to complete a final
independent project that focuses on a chosen topic, which will allow
them to apply their newly acquired knowledge and skills.
PsCI 298 950 TBa Karan
European Union: the Politics of the European
Integration
Taught in English
In this course we will look into the development of integration processes
in Europe since the end of WWII and analyze the changing
purposes of this integration within the context of international developments.
The major themes looked at will include the problematic
of the development of Europe as a polity; of the status of nationalism
and national sovereignty within the context of this integration; the
development of democracy and citizenship in the EU; and the EU as
an international actor in the globalised world.
slaV 109 950 TBa steiner
Central European Civilization
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Taught in English
The reappearance of the concept of Central Europe is one of the most
fascinating results of the collapse of the Soviet empire. The course
will provide an introduction to the study of this region based on
the commonalities and differences among Austria, Czechoslovakia,
Hungary, Poland, and Germany. The topics will include the history of
art, music, and literature, as well as broader cultural patterns characteristic
of this part of Europe.
slaV 530 950 TBa Macurova
Elementary Czech I
The course introduces the student to spoken and written Czech. It is
designed to provide a first insight into the basics of Czech grammatical
structure and to facilitate elementary communicative competence
in Czech. The course will cover core chapters of Czech morphology
and syntax and the most frequent topics of everyday communication,
which students will be able to practice outside the classroom.
enGlanD * Penn-in-lonDon
engl 061 950 TBa espey
London in Fiction and Film
Crosslisted with: CINE 160 950, ENGL 261 950
What makes London such a vibrant city is its ethnic diversity and
rich history. In this course we will study films, novels, and stories
that feature London and surrounding environs, with attention to film
adaptations of fiction and representations of various classes and ethnic
groups. Reading about the city’s diverse neighborhoods will also
introduce you to different parts of town that offer much in the way
of culture, food, shops, architecture, and history you can explore
firsthand. There will be films from different historical periods—the
Renaissance to the Victorian, modern, contemporary, and postcolo-

nial. The course satisfies either Sector 2 or Sector 6 of the major and
may be double counted if taken as a seminar with the addition of a
research paper.
engl 068 950 TBa gamer
The London Theatre Experience
London is one of the most exciting theater centers in the world,
and the focus of this course will be on live performance. We will
attend theatrical productions approximately three times a week, seeing
a wide range of plays produced by companies such as the Royal
National, the Royal Court, and the Royal Shakespeare, and staged in
spaces such as those as well as in the West End (London’s equivalent
of Broadway) and in Fringe Theaters (what would be off-Broadway in
New York City). Tickets will be arranged in advance. The format for
the class will consist primarily of discussions of our theatre-going;
once each week the conversation will be led by Michael Billington,
the distinguished theater critic for the Guardian. Readings for the
class will consist of responses to plays and productions. The class may
also participate in field trips to other sites of theatrical interest, such
as London’s Theater Museum, the reconstructed Shakespeare Globe
Theater, and Stratford-on-Avon. This course fulfills Sector 6 of the
English Major and elective credit in the Theatre Arts major or Theatre
Arts minor.
engl 101 950 TBa espey
George Orwell
Fulfills Arts & Letters Sector / Crosslisted with: ENGL 265 950
The writing of George Orwell, a London resident for most of his life,
continues to influence literary thinking on history, politics, popular
culture, and social class. This course will trace his development as a
writer and relate his life and work to the social, political, religious,
and cultural controversies of the 20th century. We’ll read Down and
Out in Paris and London, Burmese Days, Homage to Catalonia, Animal Farm,
and 1984, as well as selected fiction and non-fiction on such British
topics as pubs, English tea, the torments of public school, the royal
family, and cartoons. We’ll visit Eton College, where he was a student,
as well as various sites in London where he lived and worked. We’ll
also take a look at the movie versions of his novels. The course may
be taken as a seminar with the addition of a research paper. Fulfills
Sector 6 of the Core Requirement for the English major.
engl 246 950 TBa gamer
Romantic Drama and Theatre
Usually considered an Age of Poetry, the half-century that comprised
the Romantic period saw two (American and French) revolutions,
years (1792–1801, 1803–1815) of world war, the cultural and critical
ascendancy of the novel, and an utter transformation of the drama.
This seminar, therefore, will focus on the relation between canonical
British Romanticism and its most popular cultural form: the theater.
We will read plays not only by Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, and
Byron, but also by Elizabeth Inchbald, Joanna Baillie, Hannah Cowley,
George Colman the Younger, and Thomas John Dibdin. We’ll focus
especially on what happens to comedy and tragedy in these years of
spectacle and circuses, and will read approximately one essay per
week on theater history to keep us grounded in the real, material
conditions of stage and stagecraft. Fulfills either Sector 4 or the pre-
1900 Seminar Requirement in the English Major.
FranCe * Penn-in-CanneS
CIne 039 950 TBa Mazaj
Perspectives on International Cinema (Cannes
Film Festival)
Crosslisted with: ENGL 039 950
The course examines the ways in which international film functions
in the context of celebrity, marketing, and festivals. It begins with
two introductory lectures held on Penn’s campus in March and April
to enable students to establish a critical vocabulary for film study. The
lectures and subsequent discussions will examine: a) The Business and
Art of the Film Festival; b) Contemporary International Cinema; c)
History of the Cannes Film Festival. The introductory lectures coincide
with the Philadelphia Cinefest, where attendance is required for
6 screenings. During both the Philadelphia CineFest and the Cannes
Film Festival, students attend screenings of current international
films, applying the critical tools and knowledge of the film industry
gained from their earlier work. They will be expected to view a certain
number of international films, submit a “pre-departure” paper,
keep a journal, attend regular meetings, and submit a final research
essay.
FranCe * Penn-in-ToUrS
Fren 134 950 MTWrF 9:00am–1:00pm rollet
Intensive Intermediate French (2 CUs)
Prerequisite(s): FREN 120, 121 or equivalent (1 year of college French)
An intensive course in intermediate French, it stresses the development
of functional proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and
writing, combined with a systematic review of grammar. It includes
a strong focus on French culture, in particular contemporary France
with a special emphasis on youth culture. Out-of-class activities are
regularly integrated into classroom assignments. FREN 134 covers
the equivalent of 130 and 140 at Penn. This course is also open to
students who have completed third-semester French or its equivalent
at Penn (FREN 130). Students who have completed FREN 130
receive credit for 140 and for one free elective at the advanced level.
The course cannot be taken Pass/Fail.
Fren 216 950 TBa McMahon
Advanced French with a Cross-cultural Focus
Prerequisite(s): FREN 140 or its equivalent
This is a third-year level French course designed to help students
become autonomous learners of the language so that they will benefit
to the maximum from their time in France. It will also give them the
tools to continue to learn the language independently in the future.
At the beginning students will explore their personal learning styles
and use of language learning strategies in order to become more reflective
learners. While the course touches on some grammar review,
its main emphasis is on colloquial French with special emphasis on
the listening and speaking skills. Readings and class discussion are
centered on cross-cultural issues that help the students in their adaptation
to life in France. Assignments regularly involve observation activities
by the students and discussion with their families. Class meets
four days a week for a total of six hours a week.
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Fren 226 950 TBa Peron
French History Seen through the Prism of Tours
Fulfills History & Tradition Sector / Taught in French
This course will introduce students to key chapters of French history
from the Gallo-Roman period to WWII. As “lieux de mémoire”
which witnessed and still bear the traces of a rich and eventful past,
the streets and monuments of Tours will guide our steps through this
historical voyage. The major chapters of the historical narrative will
focus on the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and World War II, periods
that are clearly visible in the cityscape of Tours and its surroundings.
Class will include regular outings to historical sites. This course may
also be taken for 300-level credit (additional work required). Class
meets four days a week for a total of six hours a week.
Fren 233 950 TBa Peron
Contemporary France through the Media
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Taught in French / Crosslisted with:
FREN 312 950
This course offers a socio-cultural survey of contemporary France
through its media. It acquaints students with the daily press, magazines,
and television, while tracing emerging cultural trends through
music, cinema, video, advertising and comics. Students follow recent
developments in French society, and look into the current cultural
forces at work today. This summer, particular attention will be given
to youth culture and French cinema. Cultural events such as the “Fête
de la musique” will also be discussed. Readings and documents introduce
new vocabulary in context, and provide a better grasp of the
changes shaping daily life in France. This course may also be taken for
300-level credit (additional work required). Class meets four days a
week for a total of six hours a week.
iTalY * Penn-in-FlorenCe
arTh 251 951 TBa gahtan
The Art of the Florentine Renaissance in the
Italian Context
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Taught in English / Crosslisted with:
ITAL 300 951
An introduction to the major monuments, historical movements,
theories and methods of Italian art from the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance to the present day. The course will be taught in large part
on site and will be conducted in English. Excursions will enhance the
students’ exposure to Italian art and culture. The course counts for
the Major and Minor in both Italian Culture and in Italian Literature,
and has no prerequisite.
ITal 110 950 TBa Pomponio
Beginning Italian
ITAL 110 is a first-semester elementary language course for students
who have never studied Italian before or who have taken the placement
test and received a score below 380. All students who have
studied Italian previously are required to take the placement test.
Class work emphasizes the development of listening comprehension
and speaking, with training in reading and writing.
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ITal 134 950 TBa Mcfie simone
Intensive Second Year Italian (2 CUs)
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 112 or the equivalent (1 year of college-level Italian) /
Taught in Italian
ITAL 134 is a two-credit course covering the first and second semester
of the intermediate year. The course provides for intensive study
of the structure of the Italian language at the intermediate level, emphasizing
the development of all communication skills.
ITal 220 950 TBa Consolati
Streets of Florence, Words of Italy
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Prerequisite(s): Completion of ITAL
140 or its equivalent (two years of college-level Italian) / Taught in Italian
The purpose of this course is to enable students to achieve fluency
in Italian language and facilitate their transition into more advanced
Italian studies. Frequent lessons on site will draw information and
inspiration from the roads, buildings, monuments, markets, and ordinary
life of Florence. The students will be also exposed to the living
and picturesque Florentine Italian language.
ITal 297 950 TBa Finotti
Survey of Italian History and Culture
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Taught in English / Crosslisted with:
HIST 180 950
Through lectures, discussions and field trips, students will explore
Italian civilization and culture. The emphasis of the course is on
Italian literature, art, history, political and social institutions from the
Medieval Age and Renaissance to the present. The course counts for
the Major and Minor in both Italian Culture and in Italian Literature,
and has no prerequisite.
SPain * Penn-in-aliCanTe
sPan 134 950 TBa staff
Accelerated Intermediate Spanish (2 CUs)
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 120, 121 at Penn or equivalent (1 year college Spanish)
SPAN 134 is an intensive intermediate-level language course that covers
the equivalent of SPAN 130 and SPAN 140 at Penn. The course
emphasizes the development of functional language skills within a culturally
based context. Class time will focus on communicative activities
that combine grammatical concepts, relevant vocabulary, and cultural
themes. Major course goals include: the acquisition of intermediatelevel
vocabulary, the controlled use of the past tense and major uses
of the subjunctive, and the development of writing skills. Successful
completion of this course satisfies the language requirement at Penn.
sPan 212 950 TBa staff
Advanced Spanish Syntax
Prerequisite(s): 2 years college Spanish or equivalent / Taught in Spanish
This is an advanced grammar course that emphasizes the acquisition
of a solid knowledge of all important points of Spanish grammar, plus
rules governing colloquial usage. The course is required of all majors
and minors. It is also useful for non-majors who wish to improve
their language skills before beginning advanced courses on culture,
or for those who want a practical working knowledge of Spanish for
career work. Class work consists mostly of discussion and correction
of assigned exercises.

sPan 226 950 TBa regueiro
Spanish Culture and Civilization
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Prerequisite(s): 2 years college Spanish
or equivalent / Taught in Spanish
A general introduction to the study of Spanish culture. This course
is designed to help students understand the historical foundations of
contemporary Spanish society, its values and its institutions. The focus
is on the principal events of Spanish history and the development of
political and social institutions from the Middle Ages to the present,
with special emphasis on the major artistic and literary milestones
that have marked the Spanish cultural legacy. Through this historical
overview, students will also refine their knowledge of the physical
and cultural geography of Spain.
sPan 227 950 TBa lopez
Contemporary Spain (from 1868 to the Present)
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Prerequisite(s): 2 years college Spanish
or equivalent / Taught in Spanish
In this course we study the main events, periods and policies that
formed contemporary Spain. In the first half of the course we will
study the historical conditions, including a review of the constitutional
monarchy (1875–1923) and its dissolution in Primo’s dictatorship
(1923–1931), followed by the second Republic and the Spanish Civil
War (1936–1939). At this stage we will pay special attention to the
international pressures that resulted in the defeat of the Republic followed
by the advent of Franco’s dictatorship. The second part of the
course concentrates on the study of Franco’s regime (1939–1975)
and the transition to democracy (1979) as well as the consolidation
of the monarchy and Spain’s integration into Europe.
sPan 326 950 TBa staff
Spanish Culture and Civilization
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Prerequisite(s): SPAN 219 at Penn or
equivalent / Taught in Spanish
A general introduction to the study of Spanish culture. This course
is designed to help students understand the historical foundations of
contemporary Spanish society, its values and its institutions. The focus
is on the principal events of Spanish history and the development of
political and social institutions from the Middle Ages to the present,
with special emphasis on the major artistic and literary milestones
that have marked the Spanish cultural legacy. Through this historical
overview, students will also refine their knowledge of the physical
and cultural geography of Spain.
sPan 327 950 TBa lopez
Contemporary Spain (from 1868 to the Present)
Fulfills Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Prerequisite(s): SPAN 219 at Penn or
equivalent / Taught in Spanish
In this course we study the main events, periods and policies that
formed contemporary Spain. In the first half of the course we will
study the historical conditions, including a review of the constitutional
monarchy (1875–1923) and its dissolution in Primo’s dictatorship
(1923–1931), followed by the second Republic and the Spanish Civil
War (1936–1939). At this stage we will pay special attention to the
international pressures that resulted in the defeat of the Republic followed
by the advent of Franco’s dictatorship. The second part of the
course concentrates on the study of Franco’s regime (1939–1975)
and the transition to democracy (1979) as well as the consolidation of
the monarchy and Spain’s integration into Europe.
LPs online Courses
This courses are delivered in a fully online format in order to allow
more flexibility for LPS students. Class sessions are offered through a
course website and include live lectures and interactive discussions
through both direct messaging and voice over internet. Between classes,
the learning experience is extended through assignments, threaded discussions
and office hours. For additional information, please visit www.
sas.upenn.edu/lps/online.
Students registering for LPS Online courses are charged a $60 online
course fee.
Summer Session i
MAY 24–JULY 2, 2010
hiSTorY
hIsT 201 936 MW 6:00pm–8:30pm rabberman
History of Human Sexuality in the Pre-Modern
West
Men and boys in same-sex relationships in Ancient Greece; prostitutes
and actors in Imperial Rome; love potions in Hellenistic Egypt; adulterers
in medieval England; young betrothed couples in Renaissance
Italy; accused witches in Reformation Germany—historians of
sexuality developed their understanding of sexuality in Premodern
Europe through these examples. In this research seminar, we will
discover how these historians deciphered primary sources, including
course cases, literature, art, religious texts, and popular media, to
address the following questions: Are sexual identities constructed by
different cultures, rather than simply being determined biologically?
What influence do social, economic, and political conditions have on
societies’ definition of sexual roles? How have these societies used
sexual norms to mark “natural” practices from “deviant” ones, and
how are these norms connected to societies’ power structures? This
class fulfills the major’s historical research requirement; students will
write a 20–25 page research paper based on their critical analysis of
primary sources in translation, and will be led through this process by
sequenced writing assignments.
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ClaSSiCal STUDieS
ClsT 200 936 Tr 4:30pm–6:30pm struck
Greek and Roman Mythology
Fulfills Arts & Letters Sector, Cross-Cultural Analysis Course / Crosslisted with:
COML 200 910, FOLK 200 910
Myths are traditional stories that have endured many years. Some of
them have to do with events of great importance, such as the founding
of a nation. Others tell the stories of great heroes and heroines
and their exploits and courage in the face of adversity. Still others
are simple tales about otherwise unremarkable people who get into
trouble or do some great deed. What are we to make of all these tales,
and why do people seem to like to hear them? This course will focus
on the myths of ancient Greece and Rome, as well as a few contemporary
American ones, as a way of exploring the nature of myth and
the function it plays for individuals, societies, and nations. We will
also pay some attention to the way the Greeks and Romans themselves
understood their own myths. Are myths subtle codes that contain
some universal truth? Are they a window on the deep recesses of
a particular culture? Are they entertaining stories that people like to
tell over and over? Are they a set of blinders that all of us wear, though
we do not realize it? Investigate these questions through a variety of
topics creation of the universe between gods and mortals, religion
and family, sex, love, madness, and death.
MaTheMaTiCS
MaTh 104 936 MTWr 1:00pm–3:10pm rimmer
Calculus, Part I
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course
Brief review of high school calculus, applications of integrals, transcendental
functions, methods of integration, infinite series, Taylor’s
theorem. Use of symbolic manipulation and graphics software in
calculus.
MUSiC
MusC 053 936 TBa Muller
African Music
Summer Session ii
JULY 6–AUgUST 13, 2010
enGliSh
engl 104 937 M 5:00pm–8:00pm lotto
Introduction to Romanticism
Fulfills Arts & Letters Sector
This class serves as an introduction to a period of study as well as an
introduction to literary study. Our subject will be “Romanticism,” a
famously ill-defined term used as catch-all for the movement, mood,
theory, and revolution that followed the Enlightenment and preceded
the realism of the Victorian era. Our course will consider this period
of writing—roughly 1789–1830—as one of great fluidity and
change, as both a reaction to antiquity and a precursor to modernity.
We will read the works of the canonical poets, Blake, Wordsworth,
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Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, and Byron, but will fortify our definition
of “Romanticism” by addressing the writings of Goethe, Mary Shelley,
Charlotte Smith, and Jane Austen.
GerManiC lanGUaGeS
grMn 101 937 MW 6:30pm–8:45pm dixon
Elementary German I
Crosslisted with: GRMN 501 937
As the first course in the first-year series, this course is designed for
the beginning student with no previous knowledge of German. As an
online course, this course will focus on the development of language
competencies in listening, speaking, reading, and writing through
innovative collaborative instruction and mentoring. Weekly sessions
will combine content from Kontakte, a communicative textbook and
materials designed by the instructor specifically for this interactive
online course. This course offers students flexibility and efficiency
in a demanding academic setting. Part of the course work will be
self-paced and will require logging into a custom-designed learning
platform that provides students with opportunities to interact with
the course materials, complete assignments and network with each
other using tools from the social web. The synchronous part of the
course will be conducted through the online distance-learning tool
Adobe Connect, through which students will engage in online written
and verbal conversation with each other and with the instructor.
These sessions will be recorded and available at any time for review.
The instructor will be available for online office hours and individual
interviews with the instructor will complete the online assessment.
hiSTorY
hIsT 020 937 T 6:00pm–7:00pm good
The History of the United States, 1607–1877:
Democracy and the American Experiment
Fulfills History & Tradition Sector
This course will chart the history of the United States, from its colonial
beginnings in the 17th century to its eventual implosion in the
midst of civil war two centuries later. While we will examine the
major turning points in the American past—the formation of plantation
slavery, the stirrings of colonial revolution, territorial expansion
and the rise of industrialization—the course is organized around a
study of the promise and the shortcomings of American democracy.
We will examine both the meaning and the practice of democracy,
using primary documents to better understand how it has changed
over the centuries.
MaTheMaTiCS
MaTh 114 937 MTWr 1:00pm–3:10pm rimmer
Calculus, Part II
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course / Prerequisite(s): MATH 104
Functions of several variables, vector-valued functions, partial derivatives
and applications, double and triple integrals, conic sections,
polar coordinates, vectors and analytic geometry, first and second order
ordinary differential equations. Applications to physical sciences.
Use of symbolic manipulation and graphics software in calculus.

MUSiC
MusC 050 937
World Music and Cultures
Fulfills Arts & Letters Sector
This course examines how we as consumers in the “Western” world
engage with musical difference largely through the products of the
global entertainment industry. We examine music cultures in contact
in a variety of ways—particularly as traditions in transformation.
Students gain an understanding of traditional music as live, meaningful
person-to-person music making, by examining the music in
its original site of production, and then considering its transformation
once it is removed, and re-contextualized in a variety of ways.
The purpose of the course is to enable students to become informed
and critical consumers of “World Music” by telling a series of stories
about particular recordings made with, or using the music of, peoples
culturally and geographically distant from the U.S. Students come to
understand that not all music downloads containing music from unfamiliar
places are the same, and that particular recordings may be
embedded in intriguing and controversial narratives of production
and consumption. At the very least, students should emerge from
the class with a clear understanding that the production, distribution,
and consumption of world music is rarely a neutral process.
Master of environmental
studies
The Master of Environmental Studies Program is designed to meet
the academic interests of a diverse community of college graduates
who seek an advanced degree in environmental analysis and management.
The MES program exposes students to the range of disciplines
that must be considered in addressing critical environmental
problems while ensuring that each student develops expertise in a
specific discipline to the level of a responsible professional. Students
may earn their degrees on either a part- or a full-time basis. For
more information, contact Program Director Dr. Yvette Bordeaux,
bordeaux@sas.upenn.edu.
12-week Summer Session
MAY 24-AuGusT 13, 2010
enVs 616 960 T 5:30pm–8:10pm Chu
Managing Environmental Risks in an Uncertain
World
How do government policy-makers make decisions about potential
threats to human health and the environment in the face of uncertain
scientific information? Using case studies, this course examines how
public policy decisions regarding environmental risk are made and
how effective those decisions are. The course focuses on the complex
interaction of science, economics, politics, laws, and regulations in
dealing with environmental and health risks. The course will begin
with a policy overview of the principles and methods used in evaluating
human health and environmental risks, including quantitative
and qualitative aspects of hazard identification, dose-response assess-
ment, exposure assessment, and risk characterization. The course
will then focus on how scientific uncertainty, risk perceptions, economics,
public participation, special interests, and politics influence
environmental policy decisions. Issues such as special populations
(e.g., children, environmental justice, tribes), improved materials
management, cost-benefit analysis, and the “precautionary principle”
will be discussed in the context of different types of environmental
concerns (e.g., pesticides, chemicals, climate change, air pollution,
water quality, and land use). Personal, community, corporate, and
government roles and responsibilities will also be discussed in the
context of societal risk management.
These courses, offered by other programs, are also suitable for MES
students. Course information can be found in other sections of this course
guide.
geol 659 990 W 6:00pm–9:00pm Bellini
Surface Water Hydrology
gaFl 722 900 s 2:00pm–5:30pm Phillips/sedehi
Budgeting and Financial Management for Public
and Nonprofit Entities
SPeCial SeSSion
enVs 530 960 TBa Bordeaux/giegengack
Rocky Mountain Field Ecology and Geology
Field work is done in and around Red Lodge, Montana. An additional fee for
room and board applies. Permission of the Instructor is required for non-MES
students.
This is a two-week intensive field course in the geology, natural history,
and ecology of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, which comprises
a range of environments from the mile-high semi-deserts of
intermontane basins to the alpine tundra of the Beartooth Plateau
above 12,000 feet. The program is based at the Yellowstone-Bighorn
Research Association (YBRA) field station on the northeast flank
of the Beartooth Mountains near Red Lodge, Montana. The course
includes day trips from the field station as well as overnight visits
to sites within Yellowstone National Park. Pre-trip classes will
be held online before the trip to ensure that all students are adequately
familiar with basic principles of field-based natural science.
www.pennlps.org/envs530/
enVs 610 960 W 5:30pm–8:40pm Willig
Regional Field Ecology
Five Sunday field trips and one overnight trip are required.
Over the course of six Sunday field trips, we will travel from the
barrier islands along the Atlantic Ocean in southern New Jersey to
the Pocono Mountains in northeastern Pennsylvania, visiting representative
sites of the diverse landscapes in the region along the way.
At each site we will study and consider interactions between geology,
topography, hydrology, soils, vegetation, wildlife, and disturbance.
Students will summarize field trip data in a weekly site report.
Evening class meetings will provide the opportunity to review field
trips and reports and preview upcoming trips. The six all-day Sunday
field trips are required.
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enVs 619 960 TBa laskowski
Environmental Leadership in the Philadelphia
Area: Advances in Environmental Management
and Science
5 All day week day field trips required.
Philadelphia-area individuals and organizations have provided progressive
leadership on many local, national, and international issues.
These leaders come from government, business, NGOs, and
academia. This course, given over a two week period, provides students
with an opportunity to meet with these leaders at their place
of employment. These experts will discuss their organization, their
environmental priorities, and their thoughts on career opportunities.
Each expert will also provide an in-depth explanation of one or two
of their progressive, sometimes cutting-edge, approaches to environmental
management and science. Classes will consist of five all-day
weekday trips to be held between May 24 and June 4.
enVs 642 960 TBa laskowski
Global Water Conference in Stockholm, Sweden
The global water and sanitation crisis kills over 4,000 children each
day and represents one of the biggest health problems in the world. At
the University of Pennsylvania school year 2010–2011 has been declared
the “Year of Water” in recognition of the many challenges that
lie ahead as global increases in population and affluence and the influences
of climate change will stress limited water resources. Each year
the Stockholm International Water Institute convenes a Conference
with experts from around the globe to exchange the latest water
research findings and develop new networks. The next Conference
will be on September 5–11 in Stockholm. Students will attend the
Conference, present research by presentations/posters, document a
key issue, interview experts, and meet colleagues with common interests.
They will also help other organizations at the Conference.
Summer Session i
MAY 24–JULY 2, 2010
This course, offered by another program, is also suitable for MES students.
Course information can be found elsewhere in this course guide.
urBs 457 910 Tr 5:00pm–8:10pm Von Mahs
Globalization Comparative Urban Development:
Globalization and the Welfare State
Summer Session ii
JULY 6–AUgUST 13, 2010
enVs 653 960 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm riebling
Town or Country: Warring Ideologies on Living
the Good Life
From ancient times to the present, Western literary texts have engaged
in a central cultural debate: where can we live the best life—in
the city, in the country, or in some space in between? This debate
continues into the present as we grapple with issues such as urban
decay, contaminated industrial sites, and suburban/exurban sprawl.
In this course, we will examine what social, moral, and political val-
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ues we attach to these locations—country purity, city sophistication,
suburban safety? Naturally, writers engaged in this debate not only
define themselves and their choices as ideal, they also create an opposite
other, e.g., the country bumpkin, the urban degenerate, the
suburban conformist. We will begin our discussion of city versus
country by looking at such classical authors as Aristotle, Virgil, and
Juvenal. We will trace the debate into the early modern era by reading
the city comedies of Jonson and Middleton, as well as Jonson
and Marvell’s great house poems, looking also at Wycherley’s urbane
comedy, The Country Wife. We will discuss the late nineteenth/early
twentieth-century city beautiful movement after examining works
by major Romantic poets who find salvation in the English countryside.
Finally, we will conclude the course with 20th-century utopian/
dystopian fantasy literature that reveals modern anxieties about the
environments technology has enabled our societies to construct.
This course, offered by another program, is also suitable for MES students.
Course information can be found elsewhere in this course guide.
urBs 412 920 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm gerig/guard
Building Non-profits from the Ground Up
Master of Liberal Arts
The Master of Liberal Arts degree program offers students a multidisciplinary
course of study not available within individual departments.
Students can earn their degrees on a part-time basis. The MLA
degree will be awarded after successful completion of nine graduate
courses, including one required Proseminar course and an optional
Capstone seminar. For more information contact Dr. Chris Pastore,
215.746.7756, cpastore@sas.upenn.edu.
12-week Summer Session
MAY 24-AuGusT 13, 2010
anTh 747 900 F 6:00pm–9:00pm schuyler
Historical Archaeology Laboratory
anTh 747 901 s 9:00am–12:00pm schuyler
Historical Archaeology Laboratory
anTh 550 950 romano
Global Field Archeology Greece
anTh 551 951 hodges
Global Field Archeology Italy
engl 412 940 TBa Watterson
Writing in the Moment: A Writing Workshop
As writers, whether aspiring or professional, we often struggle over
how to tell our stories most effectively. We focus on techniques—
leads, pacing, wording, point of view, action, dialogue, and plot—
because we want to inspire, if not compel, our readers to stay with
us from beginning to end in this dream we’re weaving with words.
We search for language that that will allow the reader to visualize and
experience all the nuances lurking in the details. We revise and polish.
Yet more often than not, when a perfect line comes to us, when
the shape of an entire novel appears, or when we hear fresh music and

poetry and solutions to problems plaguing us, we say, “It sprang out
of nowhere.” It came “unbidden” as we emptied the garbage, shampooed
our hair, walked by the river, danced across the room or settled
into sleep. In this workshop, we will tap into that “nowhere” place,
that deep inner wellspring of creativity that resides within us all. By
using film, literature, meditation, guided visualization, music, and a
mindful practice of breathing, we will work to be in the moment and
to write out of that moment. Whether writers are composing short
stories or personal essays, they will find fresh ways of looking at, seeing,
and opening up to their characters and their subjects. Readings
will include short stories, poetry and essays. Workshop sessions will
include peer responses, in-class exercises, and writing.
engl 430 940 TBa Valterza
Dante, Love, and the Afterlife
In his famous medieval epic, the Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri recounts
the tale of his journey to the bottom of Hell, up to the top of
the mountain of Purgatory, and finally through Heaven to the very
presence of God. During his journey he encounters dozens of famous
(and not so famous) mythological, biblical, and historical figures, who
help him describe our place in the universe. It’s a murderers’ row of
advisors: Dante gets political tutoring from the emperor Justinian,
theological lessons from Thomas Aquinas, lectures on love from his
beloved Beatrice, and answers about the meaning of life from the
poet Virgil. In this sense, the Commedia (as Dante called it) doesn’t just
describe the universe; it contains the most important figures of the
ancient and medieval world. We’ll study not just Dante’s poetry and
world, but also our own—through his uncanny ability to anticipate
modern political and philosophical questions: “What is love, and will
it hurt me?” “Do all lawyers go to hell?” “Does political independence
produce liberty?” “What constitutes a law and are we obligated to
follow it?” and “What is torture and what does it do to people?” With
this in mind, we’ll read Dante’s minor works alongside the Divine
Comedy, as well as short selections from key works that influenced
him. We will also examine a few selected critical works, as well as
some of the art and cinema inspired by the Divine Comedy.
FolK 490 940 M 6:00pm–9:10pm Beresin
Analyzing Talk
This course asks: what can be learned by listening, recording, and analyzing
human communication? “Analyzing Talk” will involve studentled
fieldwork in locations chosen by the student. Primarily about
the study of power and culture, the course introduces classics in
socio-linguistics, semiotics, and video ethnography. Students will be
learning about patterned power dynamics through the frameworks of
gender, race, ethnicity, class, and age. Like music, drama, choreography,
and visual art, human talk can be analyzed both aesthetically
and structurally.
PsCI 598 940 W 5:30pm–8:40pm doherty-sil
Conflict and Cooperation in Global Politics
The global arena is described by some theorists as a realm of perpetual
conflict. Others argue that, given the right circumstances,
sovereign states can find ways to achieve cooperation, peace and increased
global prosperity. This course will examine theoretical and
policy perspectives regarding the question of international conflict
and cooperation, with a specific focus on understanding the circumstances
under which global actors—including states, international
organizations and nongovernmental organizations—achieve sustainable
cooperative outcomes.
soCI 595 940 T 5:30pm–8:40pm grazian
MLA Proseminar: Media, Culture, and Society
This graduate course relies on a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives
to examine a number of emergent issues in the sociology of
media and mass culture. Specific course topics will include the state
of contemporary journalism; the mainstream media’s coverage of
American politics; the consolidation of corporate ownership within
the media industry; and the Internet and the digital age.
Thar 475 940 M 5:30pm–8:40pm schlatter
American Modern 1900-1950
This course will investigate the major movements in modernism in
America between 1900 and 1950. The course will focus chiefly on
movements in theatre, art, music, in particular jazz, with some attention
given to modern forms in poetry, architecture, and dance.
Subject areas to be covered in early 20th century America include
the founding of a modern American theatre through the work of the
Provincetown Players and the drama of Eugene O’Neil; the response
to the Armory Show in 1913 and the creation of an authentically
modern American painting and sculpture; and the evolution of jazz in
composition and performance. The post-World War II period will focus
on the rise of off-Broadway theatre and the work of writers such
as Edward Albee, John Guare, and LeRoi Jones; the establishment
of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism; the rise of the
Beat culture in reaction to Cold War politics and postwar conformist
culture. This course will also examine the intellectual, political, and
cultural foundations of modernism in America, and place the work
of artists and writers in the context of the “Greenwich Village idea,”
which set an ideal of communal solidarity and radical politics in opposition
to the patriarchal Victorian values of traditional American
middle-class culture and nationalist politics.
These courses, offered by other programs in LPS, are also suitable for
MLA students. Course information can be found in other sections of this
course guide.
BIol 404 900 W 6:00pm–9:10pm allman/Colpitts
Immunobiology
sasT 295 910 r 4:30pm–7:30pm roy
Gender and Globalization in South Asia
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Summer Session i
MAY 24–JULY 2, 2010
anTh 643 941 MT 5:30pm–8:40pm spooner
MLA Proseminar: Globalization and Its Historical
Significance
Globalization is one of the most comprehensive topics of our time,
and also one of the most controversial. This course assesses the current
state of globalization, considering it in terms of economic, political,
and cultural change, and follows its progress through the semester.
The class will be led through the main topics and debates, introduced
to conceptual and empirical tools for framing academic discussion
and research about its dynamics, how and when it began, and (most
particularly) how it differs from earlier episodes of historical change.
Students will monitor the course of globalization in the course of the
semester, take an exam on the readings and lectures, and develop
their own research project on a related issue of their choice.
CIne 500 941 MW 5:00pm–8:10pm Charney
Thumbs Up! How and Why to Evaluate Movies
Why do we like some movies better than others? How do we justify
those preferences? How have writers traditionally balanced the
search for objective standards with the reality of subjective differences?
How has the Internet era–in which “everyone’s a critic”–changed
the nature of criticism and the usefulness of established philosophies
of taste, aesthetics, and evaluation? This seminar examines film theory
and criticism from the perspective of film evaluation. Readings
include film critics (Pauline Kael, James Agee, André Bazin, Cahiers
du Cinéma, contemporary print and Internet critics) and philosophies
of aesthetics and value (Walter Benjamin, Stanley Fish, Martin
Heidegger, Walter Pater, Richard Rorty, Barbara Herrnstein Smith).
Other required work includes screenings, class participation, film reviews,
and short analytical essays.
engl 410 941 Tr 6:00pm–9:10pm devaney Jr
Creative Non-Fiction and Poetry
ENGL 410 is a creative writing workshop focusing on creative nonfiction
and poetry. The mode of the class is immersion and modeling.
We read. We consider. We write stories and poems that respond (in
some way—in your own way) to the writers we’ve read. Modes of
creative nonfiction, narrative, structure, aspects of style are studied.
Segments from the “This American Life” radio program are used as
models for a creative nonfiction essay. The goal of the workshop is to
submit one revised “This American Life” essay and a suite of poems in
a final portfolio of revised work.
engl 486 941 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm Powell
Viet Nam and Rock ’n’ Roll
When Jimi Hendrix greeted dawn at Woodstock with a radical reinterpretation
of the national anthem, it represented a profound statement
about how rock ’n’ roll artists were reinterpreting the foundational
myths of “America.” This course will utilize a wide variety of
texts from Neil Young’s plaintive lament, “Ohio,” in the wake of the
Kent State Riots, to a close readings of historical events in both Viet
Nam and the United States that led to an unprecedented outpouring
of politically charged art. In addition to music, the course will
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look at literature, Maya Lin’s Viet Nam memorial, and oral histories
of veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome. The Viet
Nam era will be viewed from a wide variety of cultural perspectives
including Euro-Americans, African Americans, Native Americans,
Asian Americans, and feminists. We will also consider the question of
why our how our own generation is responding, through the arts, to
the war in Afghanistan.
hIsT 610 941 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm Brown
MLA Proseminar: Readings in Atlantic History
This course introduces students to some of the major approaches and
influential studies that define the field of Atlantic history. Reading
recent as well as classic works, students will consider different ways
of conceptualizing Atlantic history and interrogate different practices
of writing and teaching it. Students interested in imperial history
(European expansion), early modern cultural history (cultures in
contact), and the history of slavery should also find substantial readings
in these areas of interest.
sTsC 465 941 Tr 6:00pm–9:10pm ensmenger
Computers, Ethics, and Society
The electronic computer is the defining technology of the modern
era. For many of us it is difficult, if not impossible, to imagine life
without computers: we use computers to do our work, to help us
study, to create and access entertainment, and to communicate with
friends and family. Computers pervade our homes, our workplaces,
our schools, and even our own bodies. But what does it mean to
live in a computer-mediated “information society”? Computers and
other information technologies pose difficult legal, social, and ethical
challenges: how do we benefit from increased communications
capability without losing our privacy? How do we enforce law, protect
our citizens, and ensure justice for all in an increasingly global
“cyberspace”?
These courses, offered by other programs in LPS, are also suitable for
MLA students. Course information can be found in other sections of this
course guide.
anTh 692 910 MW 10:00am–1:10pm hammarberg
American Civilization in the 20th Century
MaTh 420 910 MTWr 1:00pm–3:10pm staff
Ordinary Differential Equations
russ 434 910 MW 4:30pm–7:40pm Todorov
Media and Terrorism
urBs 457 910 Tr 5:00pm–8:10pm Freiherr Von Mahs
Globalization Comparative Urban Development:
Globalization and the Welfare State
Summer Session ii
JULY 6-AUgUST 13, 2010
anTh 529 942 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm Mitchell
Perspectives in Anthropological Analysis
This course provides an introduction to anthropological theory, including
its relation to other intellectual approaches within the social

and natural sciences, and to anthropological practice. The course is
structured around a series of themes and concepts central to anthropological
inquiry. We will read both classic and modern theoretical
approaches to those themes and will discuss the various strengths and
weaknesses of each approach, keeping in mind the contexts within
which each approach was introduced. We will also consider questions
of ethnographic methods and ethics. By the end of the course, students
should feel comfortable discussing and applying a wide range
of theoretical perspectives, have a strong grasp on the relationship
between theory and practice, have a sense of the principal debates
within the discipline, and be able to explain why these debates tend
to remain unresolved.
These courses, offered by other programs in LPS, are also suitable for
MLA students. Course information can be found in other sections of this
course guide.
enVs 653 960 Tr 5:30pm–8:10pm riebling
Town or Country: Warring Ideologies on Living
the Good Life
russ 432 920 Tr 6:00pm–9:00pm Zubarev
Fate and Chance in Literature and Culture
urBs 412 920 Tr 5:30pm–8:40pm gerig/guard
Building Non-Profits from the Ground Up
Master of science in
Applied Geosciences
The Master of Science in Applied Geosciences is designed to enhance
the skills of practicing engineers and geologists by exposing them to
current practices in the fields of hydrology, hydrogeology, environmental
geology, soil science, geophysics, geochemistry and engineering
geology. Students may concentrate in hydrogeology, engineering
geology, environmental geology, or develop an independent curriculum
under the guidance of an advisor. For more information, contact
Program Director Dr. Yvette Bordeaux, bordeaux@sas.upenn.edu.
12-week Summer Session
MAY 24–AuGusT 13, 2010
geol 602 990 M 6:00pm–9:00pm Calabria
Geotechnics: Introduction to Geotechnical
Engineering
The course begins with a study of the Earth’s composition, the formation
of soil materials by the weathering process (physical and chemical),
and a discussion of soil mineralogy, and clay minerals. Following
this introduction, soil classification systems and physical properties
of soils will be presented, as well as the state of stress in a soil mass
together with seepage theory and groundwater flow. The technical
portion of the course will include the development of consolidation
theory and analyses, shear strength theory, lateral earth pressure theory
and application, and slope stability analysis. The course will conclude
with the presentation of two case history sessions, presenting
applications of geotechnical engineering practice and the influence of
the geologic setting.
geol 655 990 r 6:00pm–9:00pm doheny
Engineering Geology
Engineering properties of earth materials; engineering testing, classification
and use of earth materials; geologic and geophysical investigations
and monitoring; geologic hazards; planning and use of the
geologic environment.
geol 656 990 T 6:00pm–9:00pm Mastropaolo
Fate and Transport of Pollutants
Prerequisite(s): Intro to Hydrology
This course covers basic groundwater flow and solute transport modeling
in one, two-, and three-dimensions. After first reviewing the
principles of modeling, the student will gain hands-on experience
by conducting simulations on the computer. The modeling programs
used in the course are MODFLOW (USGS), MT3D, and the US
Army Corps of Engineers GMS (Groundwater Modeling System).
geol 659 990 W 6:00pm–9:00pm Bellini
Surface Water Hydrology
This course will focus on various aspects of surface water hydrology.
Topics covered include: study of all aspects of precipitation and
runoff; study of the natural occurrences of floods and droughts; the
establishment of design floods; methods of preventing or alleviating
damages due to floods; water losses through evaporation, transpiration,
and infiltration; storm water management; and hydrologic considerations
in environmental issues.
These courses, offered by other programs in LPS, are also suitable for
MSAG students. Course information can be found in other sections of
this course guide.
enVs 610 960 W 5:30pm–8:10pm Willig
Regional Field Ecology
enVs 616 960 T 5:30pm–8:10pm Chu
Managing Environmental Risks in an Uncertain
World
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Wharton school
undergraduate
Courses may have prerequisites; by registering for the
courses with stated prerequisites you certify that you
have fulfilled this requirement.
Summer Session i
MAY 24–JULY 2, 2010
aCCoUnTinG
aCCT 101 910 MTWr 1:00pm–2:35pm Vashishta
Principles of Accounting
This course is an introduction to the basic concepts and standards
underlying the financial accounting system. Several important concepts
will be studied in detail, including revenue recognition, inventory,
long-lived assets, present value, and long-term liabilities. The
course emphasizes the construction of the basic financial accounting
statements—the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow
statements—as well as their interpretation.
FinanCe
FnCe-100 910 MW 4:30pm–7:40pm elul
Corporate Finance
Prerequisite[s] : ECON 001, 002 or ECON 10, MATH 104. By registering for
this summer course, you certify that you have fulfilled this prerequisite requirement.
/ ACCT 101 and STAT 101 may be taken concurrently. / Crosslisted
with: FNCE 601
This course focuses on the major financial decisions of corporations
and provides an introduction to the theory, the methods, and the concerns
of corporate finance. It forms the foundation for all subsequent
courses such as Advanced Corporate Finance, Financial Derivatives,
Investment Management, and Corporate Valuation. Specific attention
is given to present value and capital budgeting, risk and asset pricing,
financing decisions and market efficiency, dividend policy, and capital
structures.
FnCe 101 910 MTWr 10:40am–12:15pm shabbir
Monetary Economics and the Global Economy
Prerequisite[s] : ECON 10 or ECON 001, 002 and MATH 104. By registering
for this summer course, you certify that you have fulfilled this prerequisite
requirement. / Students cannot receive credit for both FNCE 101 and ECON
102 (ECON 4). Wharton Students are required to take FNCE 101 / Crosslisted
with FNCE 602
Monetary Economics is a intermediate course in macroeconomics
that provides a framework for understanding macroeconomic events
and policy issues. The course will cover the determination of GNP,
inflation, real and nominal interest rates, consumption, savings, investment,
unemployment, exchange rates. Special attention will be
paid to monetary and fiscal policies.
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inSUranCe anD riSK ManaGeMenT
Insr 205 910 MT 1:00pm–4:00pm Cather
Risk Management
Crosslisted with: INSR 805 910
This course explores the risk management decisions facing today’s
corporations, examining how such organizations manage and protect
their firm value from pure risks. The risks include such problem areas
as the destruction of assets or information, the growing expense of
employee retirement and health care programs, the disruptive effects
of potentially catastrophic liability suits, as well as the adverse impact
that these risks may have on corporate finance and governance.
The costs of these risks have recently prompted firms to dramatically
change the manner in which they deal with key organizational
stakeholders, as witnessed by recent changes in employee hiring and
compensation, stockholder relations, liability suits filed by consumers,
and the changing role of government in dealing with risk. This
course describes a set of tools and strategies useful in handling such
risks, and examines the key policy issues that will shape the way corporations
deal with such risks in the future.
leGal STUDieS anD BUSineSS
eThiCS
lgsT 101 910 MTW 10:40am–12:45pm rosner
Introduction to Law and the Legal Process
This course presents law as an evolving social institution, with special
emphasis on the legal regulation of business. It considers basic concepts
of law and legal process in the U. S. and other Iegal systems, and
introduces the fundamentals of rigorous legal analysis. An in-depth
examination of contract law is included.
lgsT 210 910 MTWr 10:40am–12:15pm Kim
Corporate Responsibility and Ethics
This course will explore theories of business responsibility from a
multidisciplinary and managerial perspective. Current theories of
business ethics will be presented, along with how they apply to a
number of case studies. Topics include ethical and social responsibility
issues with regard to advertising, affirmative action, employee rights,
whistle blowing, conflicts of interest, and financial management.
lgsT 206 910 MT 2:00-5:00 hohns
Negotiation/Conflict Resolution
This course examines the art and science of negotiation, which additional
emphasis on conflict resolution. Students will engage in a
number of simulated negotiations ranging from simple one-issue
transactions to multi-party joint ventures. Through these exercises
and associated readings, students explore the basic theoretical models
of bargaining and have an opportunity to test and improve their
negotiation skills.
ManaGeMenT
MgMT 101 910 MTWr 9:00am–10:35am gupta
Introduction to Management
This course addresses contemporary management challenges stemming
from changing organizational structures, complex environmental
conditions, new technological developments and increasingly
diverse workforces. It highlights critical management issues involved

in planning, organizing, controlling and leading an organization. This
course will help you understand some of the issues involved in both
managing and being managed and equip you to become more effective
contributors to organizations that you join. The course in targeted to
underclassmen and is a prerequisite for most management courses.
The course will cover several topics in management, organization and
strategy. Topics will include combinations of the following areas: organizational
structure, organizational culture, strategy, inter-organizational
relationships, job design, groups, reward systems, work force
composition, power and politics, social responsibility, organizational
change, organizational decision-making, and business history.
MarKeTinG
MKTg101 910 MTWr 1:00pm–2:35pm Verrochi
MKTg101 911 MTWr 10:40am–12:15pm Madway
Introduction to Marketing
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the concepts,
analysis, and activities that comprise marketing management, and to
provide practice in assessing and solving marketing problems. Topics
include marketing management, pricing, promotion, channels of distribution,
salesforce management, and competitive analysis.
MKTg277 910 MTWr 1:00pm–2:35pm lautman
Marketing Strategy
Prerequisite(s): MKTG 101, STAT 101. By registering for this summer course,
you certify that you have fulfilled this prerequisite requirement.
This course introduces the student to problems in high-level marketing
decision making with several strategic marketing planning frameworks
frequently applied during the analysis of those problems. The
course will focus on a variety of management problems which include
the following characteristics: 1) Several strategic business units
are involved in the decision. 2) Competitors’ behaviors are formally
taken into account. 3) Long-term marketing advantages are sought.
4) Profit and other financial consequences are considered.
oPeraTionS & inForMaTion
ManaGeMenT
oPIM 291 910 Tr 1:00pm–4:00pm Kronzon
Negotiations
Negotiation is the art and science of creating good agreements. This
course develops managerial negotiation skills by mixing lectures and
practice, using cases and exercises in which students negotiate with
each other. The cases cover a wide range of problems and settings:
one-shot deals between individuals, repeated negotiations, negotiations
over several issues, negotiations among several parties (both
within and between organizations), and cross-cultural issues.
oPIM 415 910 Tr 3:00 pm–6:00 pm Padulo
Product Design
This course provides tools and methods for creating new products.
The course is intended for students with a strong career interest in
new product development , entrepreneurship, and/or technology
development. The course follows an overall product design methodology,
including the identification of customer needs, generation
of product concepts, prototyping, and design-for- manufacturing.
Weekly student assignments are focused on the design of a new product
and culminate in the creation of a prototype.
STaTiSTiCS
sTaT 101 910 MTWr 9:00am–10:35am Yang
Introductory Business Statistics
Prerequisite(s): MATH 104 or equivalent. By registering for this summer course,
you certify that you have fulfilled this prerequisite requirement.
Display of data; probability; discrete and continuous random variables;
moments and descriptive measures; covariance, correlation
and regression; sampling, statistical inference and estimation; confidence
intervals, hypothesis tests.
sTaT 430 910 MTWr 10:40am–12:15pm Piett
Probability
Prerequisite(s): MATH 114 or equivalent. By registering for this summer course,
you certify that you have fulfilled this prerequisite requirement.
Discrete and continuous sample spaces and probability; random variables,
distributions, independence; expectation and generating functions;
Markov chains and recurrence theory.
Summer Session ii
JULY 6-AUgUST 13, 2010
aCCoUnTinG
aCCT 102 920 MTWr 1:00pm–2:35pm Friedman
Managerial Accounting
This course presents alternative methods of preparing managerial accounting
information and examines how these methods are used by
companies. Managerial accounting is a company’s internal language,
and is used for decision-making, production management, product
design and pricing, and for motivating and evaluating employees. An
understanding of managerial accounting is necessary in order to have
a thorough understanding of a company’s internal operations. This
course helps students understand the operations of future employers
(and enables them to become more successful at their jobs) and helps
students understand other companies they encounter in their roles as
competitor, consultant or investor.
FinanCe
FnCe 206 920 MW 4:30 to 7:40 elul
Financial Derivatives
Prerequisite(s): FNCE 100 and FNCE 101, STAT 101 and STAT 102. By registering
for this summer course, you certify that you have fulfilled this prerequisite
requirement. / Crosslisted with: FNCE 717
This course provides students with a more complete understanding
of how prices are determined in “speculative” contingent claims markets.
The course covers options and financial futures and their use in
risk management. Special attention is placed on the structure and
function of these markets.
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MarKeTinG
MKTg 101 920 MTWr 1:00pm–2:35pm niedermeier
Introduction to Marketing
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the concepts,
analysis, and activities that comprise marketing management, and to
provide practice in assessing and solving marketing problems. Topics
include marketing management, pricing, promotion, channels of distribution,
salesforce management, and competitive analysis.
MKTg 211 920 MTWr 2:40pm–4:15pm niedermeier
Consumer Behavior
Prerequisite: MKTG 101. By registering for this summer course, you certify that
you have fulfilled this prerequisite requirement.
An examination of the factors (both internal and external) that influence
people’s behavior in a buying situation. Course objectives
are: 1) to provide conceptual understanding of consumer behavior,
integrating theories from psychology, sociology, and economics; 2)
to provide experience in the application of buyer behavior concepts
to marketing management decisions; and 3) to introduce behavioral
research approaches.
MKTg 212 920 MTWr 1:00pm–2:35pm Madway
Marketing Research
Prerequisite: MKTG 101. By registering for this summer course, you certify that
you have fulfilled this prerequisite requirement.
Appreciation of the role of marketing research in the formulation
and solution of marketing problems and development of the student’s
basic skills in conducting and evaluating marketing research projects.
Special emphasis is placed on problem formulation, research design,
alternative methods of data collection (including data collection instruments,
sampling, and field operations), and data analysis techniques.
Applications of modern marketing research procedures to a
variety of marketing problems are explored.
STaTiSTiCS
sTaT 102 920 MTWr 9:00am–10:35am Pollak
Introductory Business Statistics
Prerequisite(s): STAT 101. By registering for this summer course, you certify that
you have fulfilled this prerequisite requirement.
Continuation, of STAT 101. Topics include regression and correlation,
multiple regression, analysis of variance. Business applications.
sTaT 431 920 MTWr 10:40am–12:15pm Zhang
Statistical Inference
Prerequisite(s): STAT 430. By registering for this summer course,
you certify that you have fulfilled this prerequisite requirement.
Special distributions, testing hypotheses, estimation, empirical distributions,
sampling, correlation and regression and goodness of fit.
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Penn Language Center
Summer Session i
MAY 24–JULY 2, 2010
aMeriCan SiGn lanGUaGe
lIng 071 980 Tr 4:30pm–6:30pm staff
American Sign Language I
Introduction to learning and understanding American Sign Language
(ASL); cultural values and rules of behavior of the Deaf community in
the United States. Includes receptive and expressive readiness activities;
sign vocabulary; grammatical structure; facial expressive, body
movement, gestures signs; receptive and expressive fingerspelling;
and deaf culture.
ChineSe
ChIn 381 980 MTWr 1:00pm–3:00pm dietrich
Business Chinese I
Prerequisite(s): CHIN 232, 312 or permission of the instructor.
This course is aimed to enhance students’ language skills in a business
context and to promote their understanding about business environment
and culture in contemporary China. The text is developed
from real business cases from real multinational companies that have
successfully embarked on the Chinese market. The forms of classes
include lectures, drills on vocabulary and sentence patterns, and
discussions. Class will be conducted in Chinese. In addition to the
course textbook, students will learn to read business news in Chinese
selected from The Wall Street Journal.
iriSh GaeliC
lIng 081 980 TBa Blyn
Beginning Irish Gaelic
A unique opportunity to learn the Irish language online and get academic
credit. Learn the four basics (reading, writing, speaking, listening)
through innovative collaborative instruction and mentoring.
Weekly sessions will combine lessons from Colloquial Irish, one of the
newest Irish language textbooks, and material specially designed by the
instructor for the online setting. Some of the work will be self-paced
and some will require logging in at specific times. “Elluminate” teaching
software will be introduced and used in this course to create flexibility,
efficiency, and an interactive language learning environment, including
online chatting, video/audio sharing, breakout room discussions, and
e-blackboard, etc. All online sessions will be recorded and available at
any time. Individual conversations will also be scheduled with the in-

structor. This course will prepare you for further study in Ireland and
travel in the Gaeltacht, add insight to reading the classic Irish authors
(such as Joyce, Synge, O’Casey, Yeats), and enhance your understanding
of Irish and Irish-American culture, folklore, and history. It also
meets the requirements for taking Intermediate Irish at Penn. Transfer
credit is available for most academic institutions.
Summer Session ii
JULY 6-AUgUST 13, 2010
aMeriCan SiGn lanGUaGe
lIng 072 981 Tr 4:30pm–6:30pm staff
American Sign Language II
Prerequisite(s): LING 071 or Permission of the Instructor
Increased communication skill in American Sign Language (ASL);
cultural values and behavioral rules of the deaf community in the
U.S.; receptive and expressive activities; sign vocabulary; grammatical
structure; receptive and expressive fingerspelling and aspects of
Deaf culture.
linGUiSTiCS
lIng 091 981 MWr 4:00pm–7:00pm staff
American Sign Language III/IV Intensive
Prerequisite(s): LING072 or by permission of instructor / Co-requisite(s):
Expanded instruction of ASL. / Permit from Penn Language Center required for
admission.
Expanded instruction of American Sign Language (ASL). Includes
receptive and expressive readiness activities; sign vocabulary; grammatical
structure; receptive and finger-spelling; narrative skills; cultural
behaviors; and aspects of Deaf culture. Increases the emphasis
on more abstract and challenging conversational and narrative range.
Abstract and conversational approach.
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studies, in an attempt to support the environment and to
reduce our operating costs, will be eliminating the printed
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higher education and to our students’ feedback.
CoMiNG sooN
Summer 2010 and Fall 2010 Online Course Guides
Please watch www.upenn.edu/summer and www.pennlps.org
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elementary German i grMn 101 937; summer session II
hIsTorY
History of Human sexuality in the Pre-Modern West
hIsT 201 936; summer session I
The History of the united states, 1607–1877:
democracy and the American experiment
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MaTheMaTICs
Calculus, Part i MaTh 104 936; summer session I
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MusIC
African Music MusC 053 936; summer session I
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