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Sm RTH M O RE
COLLEGE
BULLETIN
2001-2002
Swart h more
College Bulletin 2001^2002
Volume XCVIX Number 1
Catalog Issue August 2001
Directions for Correspondence
SW A R TH M O RE CO LLEG E, 50 0 C O LLEG E AVENUE, SW A RTH M O RE, PA 19081-1390
Alfred H. Bloom
G EN ER A L C O LLEG E PO LIC Y
President
a c a d e m ic
Constance Cain Hungerford
PO LICY
Provost
Paul Aslanian
FIN A N CIA L IN FO RM A TION
Y ice President
Maurice G. Eldridge
C O LLEG E A N D C O M M U N ITY R ELA TIO N S
Vice President
Dan C. West
A LU M N I, DEVELOPMENT, A N D P U BLIC R ELA TIO N S
V ice President
Lawrence M . Schall
FA C IL IT IES A N D SER V IC ES
V ice President
Robert J . Gross
ST U D E N T SER V IC ES
Dean o f the College
James L . Bock III
A D M ISSIO N S A N D CA TA LO G S
Dean o f Admissions and Financial Aid
Martin 0 . Warner
R E C O R D S A N D T R A N S C R IP T S
Registrar
Laura Talbot
FIN A N C IA L A ID A ND
FIN A N CIN G O P T IO N S IN FORM A TION
Director o f Financial Aid
Thomas Francis
C A R EE R SER V IC ES
Director of Career Services
Tom Krattenmaker
G EN ER A L IN FO RM A TION
Director of News and Information
Diane Crompton
G IF T S
Director o f Advancement Operations
Swarthmore College does not discriminate in
education or employment on the basis o f sex,
race, color, age, religion, national origin, mari
tal status, sexual orientation, veteran status,
medical condition, pregnancy, disability, or any
other legally protected status. This policy is
consistent with relevant governmental statutes
and regulations, including those pursuant to
Title IX o f the Federal Education Amendments
o f 1972 and S e ctio n 5 0 4 o f the Federal
Rehabilitation A ct o f 1973.
T his Bulletin contains policies and program
descriptions as of July 31, 2001, the date of
publication, and should be used solely as an
informational guide. T h e College reserves the
right to alter or amend at any time the policies
or programs contained in the Bulletin. Students
are responsible for informing themselves of
current policies and m eeting all relevant
requirements.
T h e Sw arthm ore C ollege Bulletin (ISS N 08882126), o f which this is Volume X C V IX , num
ber 1, is published in August, September,
December, March, and June by Swarthmore
College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore PA
19081-1390.
Periodical postage paid at Swarthmore PA
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number 0530-620. Postmaster: Send address
changes to Sw arthm ore C ollege Bulletin, 500
College Avenue, Swarthmore PA 19081-1390.
Phone (610) 328-8000
Printed in U .S.A .
Table of Contents
C O LLEG E CA LEN D A R
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IN TR O D U C T IO N 9
E D U C A TIO N A L R E SO U R C E S
ENDO W ED C H A IR S 19
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A D M ISSIO N S 23
EXPEN SES 27
FIN A N CIA L A ID 29
III
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C O LLEG E LIFE
45
E D U C A TIO N A L PR O G R A M 66
FA CU LTY R EG U LA T IO N S 77
DEG REE REQ U IR EM EN T S 81
AW ARDS AN D F R IZES 82
FELLO W SH IPS 87
C O U R SE S O F IN ST R U C T IO N
90
A rt 91
Asian Studies 99
Biology 105
Black Studies 112
Chemistry 116
Classics 122
Cognitive Science 128
Comparative Literature 130
Computer Science 133
Economics 140
Education 146
Engineering 153
English Literature 165
Environmental Studies 191
Film and Media Studies 194
Francophone Studies 197
Germ an Studies 201
History 203
VI
Interpretation Theory 219
Latin American Studies 222
Linguistics 224
Mathematics and Statistics 232
Medieval Studies 242
M odem Languages and Literatures 244
Music and Dance 274
Peace and C onflict Studies 294
Philosophy 297
Physical Education and A thletics 302
Physics and Astronomy 304
Political Science 312
Psychology 323
Public Policy 332
Religion 336
Sociology and Anthropology 345
W om en’s Studies 362
T H E C O R PO R A T IO N and B O A R D O F M A N A G E R S 366
A LU M N I A SSO C IA T IO N O FFIC ERS and A LU M N I C O U N C IL
FA CU LTY 372
A D M IN ISTRA TIO N 390
V IS IT IN G EXA M IN ER S 403
DEG REES C O N FERRED 406
AW ARDS A N D D IST IN C T IO N S 412
ENRO LLM EN T ST A T IS T IC S 416
IN DEX
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SW A R TH M O RE C O LLEG E C A M PU S M A P
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D IR E C T IO N S F O R R EA C H IN G SW A R TH M O RE C O LLEG E
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College Calendar
2001
Fall Semester
August 28
Residence halls open for new students.
August 28-Septem ber 2
New student orientation and placement days
August 31
Residence halls open for returning students. Board plan starts at
dinner for returning students.
Septem ber 1
Registration
Septem ber 3
Glasses and seminars begin.
Septem ber 22
Board o f Managers meeting
O ctober 12
O ctober holiday begins at end o f last class or seminar.
O ctober 19-21
Alumni Council meeting
O ctober 22
O ctober holiday ends at 8:30 a.m.
N ovem ber 12-20
Advising period
N ovem ber 21
Thanksgiving vacation begins at end o f last class or seminar.
N ovem ber 26
Thanksgiving vacation ends at 8:30 a.m.
N ovem ber 26-28
Pre-enrollment for spring semester
D ecem ber 1
N ote: A ll accounts must show a $0 or positive balance to enroll
and select a room for spring semester. Students who do not have
all fall charges paid will not be able to enroll and could lose
their room.
D ecem ber 7-8
Board o f Managers meeting
D ecem ber 10-11
Advising follow-up days
D ecem ber 11
Classes end
Lottery for spring housing
D ecem ber 12
Enrollment for spring semester
D ecem ber 14
Seminars end.
Final examinations begin.
D ecem ber 14-22
N ote: Final exams are not rescheduled to accommodate travel
plans. If you must make travel arrangements before the exam
schedule being published midsemester, do not expect to be able
to leave until after the last day o f finals.
D ecem ber 22
Final examinations end.
Residence halls close at 6 p.m. Board plan ends at lunch.
2002
Spring Semester
January 19
Residence halls open at noon.
January 20
Board plan starts at dinner.
January 21
Classes and seminars begin
February 22-23
Board o f Managers meeting
March 8
Spring vacation begins at end o f last class or seminar.
M arch 15
N ote: A ll accounts must show a $0 or positive balance to enroll
and select a room for fall semester. Students who do not have
all spring charges paid will no t be able to enroll and may not
participate in the fall housing selection lottery.
March 18
Spring vacation ends at 8:30 a.m.
March 22-24
Black Alumni Weekend
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College Calendar
M arch 29-31
Alum ni Council meeting
A pril 8-18
Advising period
A pril 12-13
Family Weekend
A pril 22-24
Pre-enrollment for fall semester
M ay 2-3
Advising follow-up days
M ay 3
Classes and seminars end.
M ay 3-4
Board of Managers meeting
M ay 6
Enrollment for fall semester
M ay 9
Final course and written Honors examinations begin.
M ay 18
Course examinations end.
M ay 20
W ritten Honors examinations end.
M ay 19
Board plan ends at dinner for all but seniors.
M ay 20
Residence halls close to all but seniors at 8 a.m. (Non-seniors
are expected to leave the College within 24 hours after their
last examination.)
M ay 20-21
Senior comprehensive examinations
M ay 23-25
Oral Honors examinations
Ju n e 1
Baccalaureate
Ju n e 2
Commencement
Ju n e 3
Residence halls close to seniors at 9 a.m.
Ju n e 1-9
Alum ni Weekend
2002
Fall Semester
T en ta tiv e
August 21
Residence hails open for new students.
August 21-Septem ber 1
New student orientation and placement days
August 30
Residence halls open for reluming students. Board plan starts at
dinner for returning students.
August 31
Registration
Septem ber 2
Classes and seminars begin.
Septem ber 20-21
Board o f Managers meeting
O ctober 1
O ctober holiday begins at end o f last class or seminar.
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O ctober 21
O ctober holiday ends at 8:30 a.m.
O ctober 2 5-21
Alum ni Council meeting
N ovem ber 11-22
Advising period
N ovem ber 25-21
Pre-enrollment for spring semester
N ovem ber 21
Thanksgiving vacation begins at end o f last class or seminar
D ecem ber 1
N ote: A ll accounts must show a $0 or positive balance to enroll
and select a room for spring semester. Students who do not have
all fall charges paid will not be able to enroll and could lose
their room.
D ecem ber 2
Thanksgiving vacation ends at 8:30 a.m.
D ecem ber 6 -1
Board o f Managers meeting
D ecem ber 9-10
Advising follow-up days
D ecem ber 10
Classes end.
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D ecem ber 10
Lottery for spring housing
D ecem ber 11
Enrollment for spring semester
D ecem ber 13
Seminars end.
D ecem ber 13-21
N ote: Final exams are not rescheduled to accommodate travel
plans. If you must make travel arrangements before the exam
schedule being published midsemester, do not expect to be able
to leave until after the last day of finals.
D ecem ber 21
Final examinations end.
Final examinations begin.
Residence halls close at 6 p.m. Board plan ends at dinner.
2003
Spring Semester
T en tativ e
January 18
Residence halls open at noon.
January 19
Board plan starts at dinner.
January 20
Classes and seminars begin.
February 21-22
Board of Managers meeting
M arch 7
Spring vacation begins at end o f last class or seminar.
M arch 15
N ote: A ll accounts must show a $0 or positive balance to enroll
and select a room for fall semester. Students who do not have
all spring charges paid will not be able to enroll and may not
participate in the fall housing selection lottery.
M arch 17
Spring vacation ends at 8:30 a.m.
March 21-23
Black Alumni Weekend
M arch 28-30
Alumni Council meeting
April 7-18
Advising period
April 11-12
Family Weekend
April 21-23
Pre-enrollment period for fall semester
May 1-2
Advising follow-up days
May 2
Classes and seminars end.
May 2-3
Board o f Managers meeting
May 5
Enrollment meeting for fall semester
May 8
Final course and written Honors examinations begin.
May 17
Course examinations end.
May 18
Board plan ends at dinner for all but seniors.
May 19
W ritten Honors examinations end.
Residence halls close to all but seniors at 8 a.m. (Nonseniors
are expected to leave college within 24 hours after their last
examination.)
May 19 -20
Senior comprehensive examinations
May 22-24
Oral Honors examinations
May 31
Baccalaureate
June 1
Commencement
June 2
Residence halls close to seniors at 9 a.m.
June 6-8
Alumni Weekend
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I
Introduction to
Swarthmore College
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Educational Resources
Endowed Chairs
Introduction to Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College, founded in 1864 by
members o f the Religious Society o f Friends as
a co-educational institution, occupies a cam
pus o f more than 3 0 0 acres o f rolling wooded
land in and ad jacen t to the borough o f
Swarthmore in Delaware County, Pa. It is a
small college by deliberate policy. Its present
enrollment is about 1,400 men and women stu
dents. T h e borough o f Swarthmore is a resi
dential suburb within half an hour’s commut
ing distance of Philadelphia. College students
are able to enjoy both the advantages of near
by rural settings and the opportunities offered
by Philadelphia. T h e College’s location also
makes possible cooperation with three nearby
institutions, Bryn Mawr and Haverford col
leges and the University o f Pennsylvania.
OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSES
Swarthmore students are expected to prepare
themselves for full, balanced lives as individu
als and as responsible citizens through exacting
intellectual study supplemented by a varied
program o f sports and other extracurricular
activities. T h e purpose o f Swarthmore College
is to make its students more valuable human
beings and more useful members o f society.
Although it shares this purpose with other edu
cational institutions, each school, college, and
university seeks to realize that purpose in its
own way. Swarthmore seeks to help its students
realize their fullest intellectual and personal
potential combined with a deep sense o f ethi
cal and social concern.
VARIETIES OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Education is largely an individual matter, for
no two students are exactly alike. T h e Swarth
more College curriculum is designed to give
recognition to this fact and seeks to evoke the
maximum effort and development from each
student. T h e Swarthmore College,Honors pro
gram offers additional enriching and exciting
intellectual experiences to students who
choose to prepare for evaluation by examiners
from other colleges and universities. Through
out the curriculum, options for independent
study and interdisciplinary work offer opportu
nities for exploration and development over a
wide range o f individual goals. These opportu
nities typically include considerable flexibility
o f program choices from semester to semester,
so that academic planning may be responsive
to the emerging needs o f students.
THE RELIGIOUS TRADITION
Swarthmore College was founded by members
o f the Religious So ciety o f Friends (the
Quakers). Although it has been nonsectarian
in control since 1908, and although Friends
now compose a small minority of the student
body, the faculty, and the administration, the
College still values highly many of the princi
ples o f that Society. Foremost among these
principles is the individual’s responsibility for
seeking and applying truth and for testing
whatever truth one believes one has found. As
a way o f life, Quakerism emphasizes hard work,
simple living, and generous giving as well as
personal integrity, social justice, and the peace
ful settlement of disputes. T h e College does
not seek to impose on its students this Quaker
view of life or any other specific set of convic
tions about the nature of things and the duties
o f human beings. It does, however, encourage
ethical and religious concern about such mat
ters and continuing examination of any view
that may be held regarding them.
TRADITION AND CHANGE
A college draws strength from tradition and
energy from the necessity o f change. Its pur
poses and policies must respond to new condi
tions and new demands. By being open to
change, Swarthmore tries to provide for its stu
dents, by means appropriate to the times, the
standard o f excellence it has sought to main
tain from its founding.
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Educational Resources
T h e primary educational resources o f any col
lege are the quality o f its faculty and the spirit
of the institution. Financial as well as physical
resources play an important supportive role.
THE ENDOWMENT
T h e educational resources at Swarthmore
College have been provided by gifts and
bequests from many alumni, foundations, cor
porations, parents, and friends. In addition to
unrestricted gifts for the operating budget,
these donors have contributed funds for build
ings, equipment, collections o f art and litera
ture, and permanently endowed professorships,
scholarships, awards, book funds, and lecture
ships. T heir gifts to Swarthmore have not only
provided the physical plant but also have cre
ated an endowment fund o f $964 million at
market value on June 30, 2000. Swarthmore
ranks 12 th in the country in endowment per
student. Income from the endowment during
the academic year 1 9 9 9 -2 0 0 0 contributed
approximately $ 2 3 ,9 0 0 to m eet the total
expense o f educating each student and provid
ed about 3 4 percent of the College’s operating
revenues.
T h e College’s ability to continue to offer a
high quality of education depends on continu
ing voluntary support. Swarthmore seeks addi
tional gifts and bequests for its current opera
tions, its permanent endowment, and its capi
tal development programs to maintain and
strengthen its resources. T h e vice president in
charge of development will be pleased to pro
vide information about various forms o f gifts:
bequests, outright gifts o f cash or securities,
real estate or other property, and deferred gifts
through charitable remainder trusts and life
income contracts in which the donor reserves
the right to the annual income during his or
her lifetime.
LIBRARIES
T h e College Library is an active participant in
the instructional and research program of the
College. T h e primary mission o f the library is
to instruct students in effective, efficient use of
the library and to encourage them to develop
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habits o f self-education so that they may use
books, libraries, and recorded communication
in all forms for a lifetime o f intellectual devel
opment. To this end, the library acquires and
organizes books, journals, audiovisuals, and
electronic information in a variety o f digital
and other formats for the use of students and
faculty. Although the library’s collections are
geared primarily toward undergraduate instruc
tion, the scope, nature, and depth o f student
and faculty research require providing a greater
quantity of source materials than is typically
found in undergraduate libraries. Further needs
are met through interlibrary loan, document
delivery, and other cooperative arrangements.
T h e Swarthmore College libraries together
with those o f Bryn Mawr and Haverford col
leges are linked through Tripod, their shared
on-line catalog. Tripod as well as other net
worked information sources can be accessed
through the library’s home page on the World
Wide W eb. T h e U R L is http://www.swarthmore.edu/library. O n-line bibliographic indices
and full-text databases have become increas
ingly important to undergraduate research.
Swarthmore College provides a growing selec
tion o f research databases (currently about
150) that provide access to historical, statisti
cal, visual, and bibliographic information. The
College continues to add to its already consid
erable digital library o f e-journals (more than
5000) in all disciplines.
Total library holdings amount to more than
800.000 volumes with some 20,000 volumes
added annually. T h e library receives about
1,900 print periodicab. T h e College partici
pates in th e Federal and Pennsylvania
Depository Library Program and selects those
government documents most appropriate to
the needs o f the curriculum and the public and
catalogs them in Tripod. T h e library abo hous
es an extensive audiovbual collection, includ
ing 4 ,000 videotapes and DVDs; more than
13.000 music recordings, and 1,400 spoken
word recordings. T h e video collection supports
all disciplines and includes U .S. and foreign
classic films as well as documentary and exper
imental films.
T h e collections are housed in three libraries.
T h e Thomas B. and Jeannette L. McCabe
Library is the center o f the college library sys
tem and is home to the major portion o f the
collection s, extensive public computing
resources, a wide variety o f reading and study
areas, a video classroom with conferencing
facilities and administrative offices. A recent
renovation has added a small coffee bar, which
is located near daily papers and other light
reading materials.
T h e Cornell Library o f Science and Engineer
ing houses nearly 60,000 volumes and serves
the scientific curricular and research needs of
students and faculty. It also provides public
computing resources and is home to the SW IL
Science Fiction Collection.
T he Daniel Underhill Music Library contains
20,000 books on music and dance as well as the
sound recordings mentioned earlier. It provides
a wide variety of listening and viewing facili
ties, which overlook the Crum Woods. A small
collection of relevant material is located in the
Black Cultural Center.
Special Library C ollections
T he College Library contains certain special
collections: B ritish A m erican a, accounts of
British travelers in the U nited States; the
works o f English poets Wordsworth and
Thomson bequeathed to the library by Edwin
H . W ells; the works o f Seam us H eaney, winner
of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1995; the W.
H. A u den C o llection comm emorating the
English poet who taught at Swarthmore in the
mid-1940s; the B athe C ollection o f the history
of technology donated by Greville Bathe; and
the Private Press C ollection , representing the
work of more than 680 presses, an exemplary
collection o f “book arts.”
The A udiovisual C ollection with 3,160 video
tapes and discs and 1,400 spoken word record
ings on disc and tape includes contemporary
writers reading from and discussing their works;
full-length versions o f Shakespearean plays
(both videocassettes and audiodiscs) and other
dramatic literature; the literature o f earlier
periods read both in modem English and in the
pronunciation o f the time; recordings o f liter
ary programs held at Swarthmore; and video
recordings o f U .S . and foreign classic feature
films as well as educational, documentary, and
experimental films. These materials support all
areas of study and are housed in all three
libraries with the appropriate subjects.
W ithin the M cCabe Library building are two
special libraries that enrich the academic back
ground of the College:
T he Friends H istorical Library, founded in 1871
by Anson Lapham, is one of the outstanding
collections in the United States o f manu
scripts, books, pamphlets, and pictures relating
to the history of the Society of Friends. T h e
library is a depository for records o f Friends
Meetings belonging to Baltimore, New York,
Philadelphia, and other Yearly Meetings. More
than 10,000 record books, dating from the
1670s until the present, have been deposited.
Additional records are available on microfilm.
T h e William Wade Hinshaw Index to Quaker
Meeting Records lists material o f genealogical
interest. Special collections include materials
on various subjects of Quaker concern such as
abolition, Indian rights, utopian reform, and
the history of women’s rights. Notable among
the other holdings are the W hittier Collection
(first editions and manuscripts o f Jo h n
G reenleaf W hittier, the Quaker poet), the
M ott manuscripts (more than 500 autograph
letters o f Lucretia M o tt, antislavery and
women’s rights leader), and the Hicks manu
scripts (more than 40 0 letters of Elias Hicks, a
prominent Quaker minister). T h e library’s col
lection of books and pamphlets by and about
Friends numbers more than 43,000 volumes.
More than 200 Quaker periodicals are current
ly received. There is also an extensive collec
tion of photographs o f meetinghouses and pic
tures o f representative Friends and Quaker
activities as well as a number o f oil paintings,
including “T h e Peaceable Kingdom” by
Edward Hicks. It is hoped that Friends and oth
ers will consider the advantages of giving to
this library any books and family papers that
may throw light on the history of the Society
of Friends.
T he Sw arthm ore C ollege P eace C ollection is of
special interest to research students seeking the
records of the peace movement. T h e records of
the Women’s International League for Peace
and Freedom and the personal papers of Jane
Addams o f Hull-House, Chicago, formed the
original nucleus o f the C ollection (1930).
Over the years, other major collections have
been added including the papers o f Devere
A llen, Emily Greene Balch, Julien Cornell,
Homer Jack, Lucy Biddle Lewis, A .J. Muste,
Lawrence Scott, Joh n N evin Sayre, W illiam
Sollm ann, E. Raymond Wilson, and others as
well as the records o f the American Peace
Society, A Quaker A ction Group, Business
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Executives Move, C C C O , Fellowship of R ec
o f the building is the T arble A trium , an inspir
onciliation, Friends Committee on National
ing wooden staircase crafted from cherry and
Legislation, T h e Great Peace March, Lake
birch with expansive landings oh each level
Mohonk Conferences on International A rbi
that function as student lounges and are sup
tration, National Interreligious Service Board
plied with seating and computer hookups.
for Conscientious Objectors, National Council
Views from this building overlook the Rose
for Prevention o f War, National Council to
Garden to the south and the Nason Garden
Repeal the Draft, SA N E , W ar Resisters
and Outdoor Classroom to the north.
League, W om en Strik e for Peace, World
K ohlberg H all, an entirely new academic build
Conference o f Religion for Peace, and many
ing completed in 1996, features spaces for use
others. T h e Peace C ollection serves as the offi
by the entire College community on the
cial repository for the archives o f many o f these
ground floor, including a lounge complete with
organizations, incorporated here in more than
a coffee bar and fireplace; the Scheuer Room, a
10,000 document boxes. T h e C ollection also popular place for lectures and gatherings with a
houses more than 12,000 books and pamphlets
window wall and modem audiovisual equip
and about 3,0 0 0 periodical titles. Four hundred
ment; and the Cosby Courtyard, a dramatic
periodicals are currently received from 22
outdoor space with a lawn panel and stone sit
countries. T h e comprehensive G uide to the
ting walls that double as an outdoor classroom.
Sw arthm ore C ollege P eace C ollection , published
O n the upper two floors are modem classrooms
in 1981, and the G uide to Sources on W om en in
and intim ate sem inar rooms, a language
the Sw arthm ore C olleg e P eace C ollection
resource center, and faculty offices. Kohlberg
describe the archival holdings. W eb site:
Hall— home to the M odem Languages and
http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace.
Literatures, Econom ics, and Sociology/
Anthropology Departments— demonstrates
that a new building with award-winning archi
tectural design can be integrated into an estab
PHYSICAL FACILITIES
lished campus.
W hen Swarthmore College opened in the fall
o f 1869, it consisted o f one building— Parrish
Hall— set on farmland serving 199 students.
Today, it encompasses more than 4 0 buildings
used by 1,350 students on 3 3 0 acres.
T h e College provides an impressive range of
m odem facilities for students’ intellectual
growth, cultural enrichm ent, and physical and
social development. A t the same time, it main
tains an intimate campus exemplifying the
concept o f academic study in an idyllic setting.
Intellectual Growth
Parrish H all, the original College building, still
lies at the heart o f the campus with classroom
buildings clustered around it. T h e second old
est building on campus, T rotter H all, was com
pletely renovated and reopened in 1997.
Today, in a building that respects the past but
embraces m odem technology and design,
Trotter provides the space for the History,
Political Science, and Classics departments;
the Center for Social and Policy Studies; pro
grams in W om en’s Studies, Black Studies, and
Asian Studies; the W riting Center; and sever
al classrooms and seminar rooms. A t the center
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N ext door to Kohlberg lies the Lang Perform ing
A rts C en ter, home to the English, Dance, and
T heater departments. Although most o f the
spaces in this building provide for cultural
enrichm ent (more about that later), class
rooms and offices are found on the second and
third floors.
H icks, B eardsley, and P earson H alls are clustered
together on the north end o f the academic
campus, forming with Trotter Hall a quadran
gle now known as the Nason Garden. Hicks is
home to the Engineering Department and con
tains laboratories, with several equipped for
computer-assisted and -controlled experimen
tation. Beardsley, renovated in 1990, houses
the A rt Department; Pearson, renovated in
1998, is home to the Linguistics, Education,
and Religion departments. Cothpleting the
cluster o f north campus academic buildings is
P apasjan H all, which houses the Psychology
and Philosophy departments.
Renovation studies were conducted in 1998 on
Martin H all and D uPont S cience Building, two
buildings devoted to the sciences. T h e College
is embarking on a major project to create a uni
fied science center with modem laboratories
for the Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry,
M athem atics and Statistics, Biology, and
Computer Science departments. Construction
of this new facility began in 2001.
In 1999, the Martin G reenhouse was renovated
so it can support a broader research program.
Sfrroul O bservatory, with its 2 4 'in ch visual
refracting telescope, is the center o f fundamen
tal research in multiple star systems, and a 24inch reflecting telescope on Papazian Hall is
used for solar and stellar spectroscopy.
In the management, design, and construction
of all physical facilities, the College recognizes
the importance o f employing environmentally
sound practices, acknowledging its commit
ment to current and future societies. A n exam
ple o f Swarfhmore’s commitment to sustain
ability is the biostream bed, located between
M cCabe Library and W illets Hall and designed
to filter runoff from upper-campus building
roofs.
Inform ation Technology Services (IT S ), with
offices located in Beardsley H all, provides com
puting and telecommunication resources and
support to all faculty, registered students, and
College staff. Academic computing resources
comprise several components: a number of
U N IX servers managed by the Computing
Center, a network o f SU N Sparc workstations
in the Computer Science Department, a net
work o f HP workstations in the Engineering
Department, a Power M acintosh lab in the
Mathematics Department, and software servers
in the Chem istry and the Physics and
Astronomy departments. A specialized multimedia facility in Beardsley gives faculty a place
to try out new technology and create presenta
tions and multimedia projects for their courses.
Servers running Oracle and S C T Banner are
used for the College’s administrative data man
agement needs. Fiber optic cabling ties these
components together into a campuswide net
work. T h e campus network is linked to the
Internet, allowing communication and data
access on a global scale.
Power M acintosh computers are available in
public areas in Beardsley, DuPont, Kohlberg,
and M cCabe and Cornell libraries. Virtually
every adm inistrative and faculty office is
equipped with computers. Students may con
nect M acintosh or Windows computers to the
campus network from their rooms. A ny
Macintosh connected to the network can be
used to gain access to electronic mail, bulletin
boards, the World Wide Web, Tripod (the
library system shared with Bryn Mawr College
and Haverford College), and a variety of soft
ware programs. Windows computers connected
to the campus network from residence hall
rooms have access to the World Wide Web,
electronic mail, and Tripod.
Copies of several commonly used commercial
software packages are available on a restricted
basis on the public-area hard drives or on file
servers connected to the network. Som e of
these file servers also contain an assortment of
shareware and public domain software.
A computer repair service is located in
Beardsley. T h e College Bookstore sells a vari
ety o f software at very reasonable prices. T he
repair service provides on-campus repair ser
vices for student-owned computers.
T h e Telecommunications Department o f the
Computing Center provides telephone and
voice-mail services to faculty, staff, and stu
dents. Every student residing in a college dor
mitory room is provided with a private tele
phone and personal telephone number as well
as a voice-mail account. Long-distance calling
is available to students.
Assistance with the use o f the College’s com
puting resources is available on several levels.
Students may seek help from student consul
tants who are available most o f the day and
night, seven days a week. Faculty may seek
assistance through a Help Desk or through IT S
staff assigned to their respective division for
curricular support.
Cultural Enrichment
T he Lang M usic Building, opened in 1973, con
tains an auditorium seating nearly 400 while
providing an expansive view into the Crum
Woods. It also is home to the D aniel U nderhill
M usic L ibrary, classrooms, practice and
rehearsal rooms, and an exhibition area. It is
the central facility for the Music Department
and for musical activities at the College.
Greatly enhancing performance venues, the
Eugene M . and T heresa Lang Perform ing Arts
C en ter (LPA C) opened in 1991. T h e building
contains P earson-H all T heater, with a seating
capacity o f 825. T h e theater can be divided
with a 40-ton movable soundproof wall, which
is raised and lowered hydraulically. W hen
raised, the space may be used simultaneously as
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a cinem a theater seating more than 30 0 and a
theater space o f about equal seating capacity.
T h e stage o f the theater may also be trans
formed from its traditional configuration into a
thrust stage.
O n the lower level o f the LPA C is another
more intim ate theater, the Frear Ensem ble
T heater, a “black box” that serves as an experi
mental and instructional studio as well as the
P atricia W itky B oyer D ance Studio and D ance
L ab. T his building also provides an elegant
facility for changing art exhibits, student art
exhibitions, and a display o f holdings o f
Swarthmore College’s permanent art collec
tion in its List Art G allery.
Physical Development
T h e College maintains about 80 acres o f play
ing fields around the academic heart o f the
campus to support a wide range o f sports,
including rugby, field hockey, lacrosse, base
ball, and football. Track sports are supported by
both an outdoor track around the C lothier Field
and indoor track in the Lam b-M iller Field
H ouse, which also provides indoor basketball
courts and exercise rooms. N ext to the Field
House lies the Squash Court building and W are
P ool, with a 50-m eter pool. Twelve outdoor
tennis courts are supplemented with the newly
opened M ullan Tennis C en ter, an indoor tennis
and fitness pavilion. Ample open lawn areas,
an integral part o f the Swarthmore College
campus, accommodates and inspires a range of
informal and spontaneous physical activity
from Frisbee throwing to water sliding.
Social Development
Several residence halls are close to the core of
the campus. Rooms are assigned by a lottery
system. A ll students have private telephone
and computer hookup capabilities in their
rooms. A ll halls have common lounges for
socializing, and Swarthmore’s Sharpies Dining
H all provides an impressive single dining space,
ensuring students have the opportunity to
interact regularly a t mealtimes. Sm all dining
rooms within the dining hall are frequently
used for special-interest groups such as lan
guage discussion groups.
O ther student activity and organization space
on campus includes Parrish Parlors in the heart
o f campus; Parrish C om m ons a level up; T arble
in C lothier, with a snack bar, game room, the
college bookstore, a large all-campus space
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used for dances and other events; and P aces, a
student coffeehouse; the Intercultural C en ter,
with both private organization space and a
large meeting room for collective events; the
B lack C ultural C en ter; B ond H all, home to the
religious advisers and religious organizations;
Sharpies 111, a student-run art association; and
O lde C lu b, the party place.
Scott Arboretum
About 325 acres are contained in the College
property, including a large tract o f woodland
and the valley o f Crum Creek. Much o f this
tract has been developed as a horticultural and
botanical co llectio n o f trees, shrubs, and
herbaceous plants through the provisions of
the S co tt Arboretum, established in 1929 by
Mrs. A rthur Hoyt S c o tt and Ow en and
Margaret M oon as a memorial to Arthur Hoyt
Scott o f the Class o f 1895. T h e plant collec
tions are designed both to afford examples of
the better kinds o f trees and shrubs that are
hardy in the climate o f eastern Pennsylvania
and suitable for planting by the average gar
dener and to beautify the campus. A ll collec
tions are labeled and recorded. T here are
exceptionally fine displays of hollies, Japanese
cherries, flowering crabapples, magnolias, tree
peonies, lilacs, rhododendrons, azaleas, and
daffodils. C hoice specimens from the collec
tions are displayed in several specialty gardens
including T h e Terry Shane Teaching Garden,
T h e Theresa Lang Garden o f Fragrance, the
Dean Bond Rose Garden, the Isabelle Bennett
Cosby ’28 Courtyard, the Nason Garden and
outdoor classroom, and the Metasequoia Allée.
Many interested donors have contributed gen
erously to the collections, and the arboretum is
funded primarily by outside grants and restrict
ed endowment funds with a combined market
value o f $19.8 million as o f June 30, 2000.
T h e arboretum conducts applied research on
ornamental plants and serves as a test site for
three plant evaluation programs: the Gold
Medal Award o f Garden M erit through the
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the perfor
mance of hollies through the American Holly
Society, and the National Crabapple Evalua
tion Program.
T h e arboretum offers horticultural educational
programs to the general public and Swarth
more students. These workshops, lectures, and
classes are designed to cover many facets of the
science/art called gardening. Tours are con
ducted throughout the year for college people
and interested public groups.
Aiding the arboretum’s staff, in all of its efforts,
are the “Associates o f the S co tt Arboretum.”
T his membership organization provides not
only financial support but also assistance in
carrying out the myriad operations that make
up the arboretum’s total program, such as plant
propagation, public lectures, and tours to other
gardens. More than 100 “arboretum assistants”
aid in campus maintenance on a regular basis
by volunteering. Student memberships are
available. T h e arboretum’s newsletter, H ybrid,
serves to publicize their activities and provides
up-to-date information on seasonal gardening
topics. Maps for self-guided tours and
brochures o f the arboretum’s plant collections
are available at the Scott Offices (610) 3288025, located in the Cunningham House.
T h e Scott Arboretum was accredited by the
American Association o f Museums in 1995,
signifying its professional standards of opera
tion as an arboretum.
SPECIAL FUNDS AND LECTURESHIPS
T he C atherine G . '72 and E rnest B . A bbott '72
Partners in Ministry Endow m ent was created in
recognition o f the importance of a distinctive
ecumenical program of spiritual nurture servic
ing the entire Swarthmore College community.
Income from the A bbott endowment is distrib
uted to Partners in Ministry to help provide for
the compensation o f the religious adviser and
supporting staff of the Swarthmore Protestant
community.
John W . A nderson ’5 0 M em orial Internship was
created by his wife, Janet Ball Anderson ’51.
The Anderson internship supports students
teaching science to disadvantaged children,
with preference for students interested in
working with children in grades K -12.
Preference will also be given to students par
ticipating in the W O W program in the city of
Chester.
T he Barnard Fund was established in 1964 by
two graduates o f the College, Mr. and Mrs.
Boyd T. Barnard of Rosemont, Pa. T h e fund
has been augmented by the 50-year class gifts
from the classes o f 1917 and 1919 and other
friends. T h e income from the fund may be used
for any activity th at contributes to the
advancement o f music at the College. It has
been used, for example, for concerts on the
campus, for the purchase o f vocal and orches
tral scores and other musical literature, and to
provide scholarships for students in the
Departm ent o f Music who show unusual
promise as instrumentalists or vocalists.
T he B audelaire A w ard is supported by the
Jeannette Streit Rohatyn ’46 Fund. It was cre
ated by Jeannette Streit Rohatyn ’46 in 2000.
It is named after one o f her favorite poets and
is conferred each semester upon a Swarthmore
student participating in the Swarthmore
College Program in Grenoble. Recipients are
chosen by members of the French faculty, with
preference for students who show strong acad
em ic promise.
T he A lbert H . B eeldiuis M usic Fund was created
in 1989 by a generous bequest o f Mr. Beekhuis,
neighbor, friend, and patron o f Swarthmore
music. T h e fund supports the acquisition and
maintenance of musical instruments and brings
musical performers to the College, especially
for the Music and Dance Festival.
T he A lfred H . B loom Jr. and M artha B . Bloom ,
parents of Alfred H. Bloom, Memorial Visiting
Scholar Fund is the gift o f Frank Solom on Jr.
’50. It brings visiting scholars to campus at the
discretion o f the president.
T he P atricia B oyer Music Fund was created in
1989. Income from the Boyer fund supports the
Dance program.
T he R ichard B . Brandt Fund was established in
1986 by Phillip J. Stone ’62 in honor of
R ichard B. Brandt, a member o f the
Philosophy Department from 1937 to 1964.
T h e fund supports visiting speakers chosen by
the department.
T he Philip A . Bruno Fine A rts Endow m ent was
created by Philip A . Bruno in 1988. T h e fund
supports the acquisition of artwork for the
Swarthmore College collections.
T he B arbara W eiss Cartw right Fund fo r Social
Responsibility was created in 1993 by a gift from
Barbara W. Cartwright ’37 and Dorwin P.
Cartwright ’37. T h e fund supports new or
existing programs that encourage involvement
in addressing societal problems through pro
jects initiated by the College or created by cur
rent students. In addition, it will provide
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opportunities for faculty and students to partic
ipate in volunteer service projects linked to the
academic program.
Durkan, librarian emeritus, to support library
collections and to help bring Irish writers to
campus.
W endy Susan C h eek '38 M em orial Fund fo r
W om en’s Studies. Established in 1998 by Aimee
Lee and W illiam Francis Cheek, the fund sup
ports student and/or programming needs o f the
W om en’s Studies program, including the cap
stone seminar for Honors and course students.
T h e fund shall be spent at the direction of the
W omen’s Studies coordinator.
T he Jam es A . Field Jr. M em orial Fund was estab
lished by family and friends o f James A . Field
Jr. Clothier Professor Emeritus of History, to
support library collections.
T h e George R . Cooley Curatorship was estab
lished in 1986. T h e Cooley endowment sup
ports the curatorship o f th e Swarthmore
College Peace Collection.
T he W illiam J . C ooper Foundation provides
funding for a varied program o f lectures,
exhibits, and concerts, which enriches the aca
demic work and cultural experience o f the
College and the community. Established by
W illiam ]. Cooper, a devoted friend of the
College whose wife Emma M cllvain Cooper
served as a member o f the Board o f Managers
from 1882 to 1923, the foundation provides
annual funds that are used “in bringing to the
College from time to tim e, em inent citizens of
this and other countries who are leaders in
statesmanship, education, the arts, sciences,
learned professions and business, in order that
the faculty, students and the college communi
ty may be broadened by a closer acquaintance
with matters of world [interest].”
T he C ooper Foundation C om m ittee, composed of
students, faculty, and staff, works with mem
bers o f all campus constituencies to arrange
lectures, exhibitions, and performances of
College-wide interest as well as to bring to the
College speakers o f note who will remain in
residence long enough to enter into the life of
the community. In the past, some speakers
have been invited with the understanding that
their lectures would be published under the
auspices o f the foundation. This arrangement
has produced 18 volumes.
T he P riscilla H ayw ard C rago ’53 Fund was
established in 1998. T h e Crago fund supports
the faculty at Swarthmore College.
Bruce C ratsley '66 M em orial Fund was created
in 1998 and supports lectures about photogra
phy and exhibitions.
T he M ichael J . D urban M em orial Fund was
established by family and friends o f M ichael J.
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T he L ee Frank M em orial A rt Fund, endowed by
the family and friends o f Lee Frank, Class of
1921, sponsors each year a special event in the
A rt Department: a visiting lecturer or artist, a
scholar or artist in residence, or a special
exhibit.
T he D onald J . G ordon A rt Fund was established
in 1998 by a gift from his children and their
spouses, on the occasion o f his 70th birthday
and the 50th anniversary o f his graduation
from Swarthmore College. T h e fund supports
visiting artists.
T he H arry D . G otw als Fund was established in
1997 in memory of the distinguished service of
Harry D. Gotwals as vice president for develop
ment, alumni, and public relations from 19901997. T h e fund supports th e professional
development o f members o f the division.
T he B ruce H annay Fund was established by a
gift from the General Signal Corporation in
honor of N . Bruce Hannay ’42. T h e fund will
provide support for the academic program,
with special consideration given to chemistry.
Bruce Hannay was a research chemist with Bell
Laboratories and received an honorary doctor
of science degree from Swarthmore in 1979.
T he M arjorie H eilm an Visiting A rtist Fund was
established by M . G rant Heilman, Class of
1941, in memory of Marjorie Heilman to stim
ulate interest in art, particularly the practice of
art, on campus.
T he Jam es C . H orm el ’55 Endow m ent fo r Stu
dent Services was established by James Hormel
’55 to support staffing and programs related to
student services and activities, including stu
dent involvement in volunteering and pro
grams to encourage greater understanding of,
sensitivity to, and incorporation into the great
society of the differences in culture, sexual ori
entation, or race.
T h e W illiam L . H uganir Sum m er R esearch
Endow m ent is awarded each spring by the
chairs of the Social Science Division based on
the academic interests o f a student or students
who wish to pursue summer research on global
population issues.
T he W illiam 1. H ull Fund was established in
1958 by Mrs. Hannah Clothier Hull, Class of
1891, in memory of her late husband. Dr. Hull
was professor of history and international law
at Swarthmore College for 4 8 years. T h e fund
enables the College to bring a noted lecturer
on peace to the campus each year in memory of
Dr. and Mrs. Hull who were peace activists.
The Richard M . H urd ’4 8 Engineering R esearch
Endowm ent was created in 2000 in memory of
distinguished alumnus and former member of
the Board o f Managers Richard M . Hurd ’48.
The fund supports students interested in pursu
ing engineering research during the summer
months.
The Jon athan R . L ax Fund, created by his
bequest in 1996, supports an annual Lax C on
ference on Entrepreneurship and Econom ic
Anthropology. Jonathan Lax, Class o f 1971,
was class agent and a reunion leader. His par
ents, Stephen ’41 and Frances Lax, and broth
ers Stephen G . Lax Jr. (Gerry) ’74 and Andrew
Lax ’78 have been actively involved at the
College.
The L ist G allery E xhibit Fund, established
through the generosity of Mrs. A lbert List, sup
ports exhibits in the List Gallery o f the Eugene
M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center.
The Joan n a Rudge Long ’5 6 C on flict Resolution
Endowment was created in 1996 in celebration
of the donor’s 40th reunion. T h e stipend is
awarded to a student whose meritorious pro
posal for a summer research project or intern
ship relates to the acquisition o f skills by ele
mentary school or younger children for the
peaceful resolution o f conflict.
The Ju lia and Frank L . Lym an ’43 Partners in
Ministry Endow m ent was created in February
2000 in recognition of the importance o f a dis
tinctive ecumenical program of spiritual nur
ture servicing the entire comm unity of
Swarthmore College. Incom e from this endow
ment will help provide for the compensation of
the religious adviser and supporting staff o f the
Swarthmore Protestant Community.
The Ju lia and F ran k L . Lym an ’43 Student Sum
mer Research Stipend was created in February
2000. It is awarded each spring by the provost
upon receiving recommendations from memI bers of the faculty involved with Peace and
Conflict Studies.
T h e P en elope M ason E ndow m ent fo r A sian
Studies was created via the estate of Penelope
E. Mason ’57. T h e fund supports courses taught
in the departments o f art, modem languages,
economics, history, music and dance, political
science, religion, and sociology/anthropology.
T he Jam es H . M iller '58 Partners in M inistry
Endow m ent was created in recognition o f the
importance of a distinctive ecumenical pro
gram of spiritual nurture servicing the entire
Swarthmore College community. Income from
the M iller endowment is distributed to
Partners in Ministry to help provide for the
compensation of the religious adviser and sup
porting staff o f the Swarthmore Protestant
community.
T he M argaret W . and Joh n M . Moore Endow
m ent was created in September 1999 via a life
income gift contract. Income provides research
stipends for selected scholars using the
resources of the Friends Historical Library
and/or the Peace C ollection at Swarthmore
College.
T he H elen F. N orth Fund in C lassics, established
in 1996 by Susan Willis Ruff ’60 and Charles
F. C . Ruff ’60 to honor the distinguished career
o f Helen F. N orth and her enduring impact on
generations of Swarthmore students, is award
ed to support the program of the Classics
Department. A t the discretion of the depart
ment, it shall be used to fund annually the
Helen F. North Distinguished Lectureship in
Classics and, as income permits, for a confer
ence or symposium with visiting scholars; sum
mer study of Greek or Latin or research in
Classics-related areas by students majoring in
the field; or study in Greece or Italy in Classics
by a graduate o f the department.
T he G en e D . O verstreet M em orial Fund, given
by friends in memory of G ene D. Overstreet
(1 9 2 4 -1 9 6 5 ), a member o f the Political
Scien ce Departm ent, 1 9 57-1964, provides
income to bring a visiting expert to the campus
to discuss problems of developing or moderniz
ing nations and cultures.
T he Prom ise Fund, established anonymously by
an alumnus on the occasion of his graduation,
is administered by T h e Cooper Foundation
Committee. Income from the Promise Fund
brings guest speakers, artists, and performers in
music, film, dance, and theater who show
promise of distinguished achievement.
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Educational Resources
T he Edgar and H erta R osenblatt Fund was cre
ated in 1967 and supports the work o f the fac
ulty at Swarthmore College.
T he R uach Endow m ent was created in 2000 to
support Hillel activities on campus.
T he Sager Fund o f Swarthmore College was
established in 1988 by alumnus Richard Sager
’73, a leader in San Diego’s gay community. To
combat homophobia and related discrimina
tion, the fund sponsors events that focus on
concerns of the lesbian, bisexual, and gay com
munities and promotes curricular innovation
in the field of lesbian and gay studies. T h e fund
also sponsors an annual three-day symposium.
T h e fund is administered by a committee of
women and m en from the student body, alum
ni, staff, faculty, and administration.
T he Savage Fund, created in 1996 in honor of
Professor Emeritus o f Biology Robert Savage,
supports student research and other activities
in cellular and molecular biology.
T he Scheuer-Pierson Fund, established in 1978
by W alter and Marge Scheuer ’48, supports the
Economics Department.
T he G il and M ary R oelofs Stott C on cert Fund
was established in 1997 on the 25th
Anniversary of the Lang Music Building. T h e
Fund was created as an expression o f deep
affection for the Stotts by Eugene M. Lang,
Class o f 1938, to recognize their special artistic
talents and all that they have meant to the
Swarthmore community. Each year, a new
musical composition will be commissioned by
the College to be performed at an annual G il
and Mary Roelofs S to tt C oncert at which the
G il and Mary Roelofs Sto tt Resident Student
A rtist will perform.
T he M ary and G ilm ore Stott H onors Philosophy
Sem inar Endow m ent was created in 1998 by
W illiam G . S to tt ’75 and by Christopher
Niemczewski ’74. T h e fund supports a seminar
offered by the Philosophy Department. It was
established in honor o f the parents of W illiam
G . S to tt ’75.
T he Sw arthm ore C hapter o f Sigm a Xi lecture
series brings em inent scientists to the campus
under its auspices throughout the year. Local
members present colloquia on their own
research.
T he T hatcher Fund provides individualized
assistance to students with disabilities. T h e
purpose o f the fund is to enable such students
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to take full advantage o f the academic and
extracurricular life o f the College and to make
Swarthmore a desirable choice for prospective
students with disabilities. T h e fund was estab
lished in 1997.
T he P hoebe A nna T hom e M em orial Endowm ent
was created by a T hom e family member in
1911. T h e endowment supports the faculty of
Swarthmore College.
T he P. Linw ood U rban Jr. Partners in Ministry
Endow m ent was created in recognition o f the
importance o f a distinctive ecumenical pro
gram of spiritual nurture servicing the entire
Swarthmore College community. Income from
the U rban endowment is distributed to
Partners in Ministry to help provide for the
compensation o f the religious adviser and sup
porting staff o f the Swarthmore Protestant
community.
T he Benjam in W est L ectu re, made possible by
gifts from members of the Class of 1905 and
other friends of the College, is given annually
on some phase o f art. It is the outgrowth of the
Benjam in W est Society, which built up a col
lection o f paintings, drawings, and prints,
which are exhibited, as space permits, in the
college buildings. T h e lecture owes its name to
the Am erican artist, who was bom in a house
that stands on the campus and who became
president o f the Royal Academy.
K enneth R . W ynn ’74 Fund fo r Interdisciplinary
Program s was created in 1998 to support inter
disciplinary, language-based programs that
embrace a more global view o f language learn
ing than traditional sources.
Endowed Chairs
The Edmund A llen Professorship o f Chem istry
was established in 1938 by a trust set up by his
daughter Laura A llen, friend o f the college and
niece o f Manager Rachel Hillbom.
T he A lexander G risw old Cum m ins Professorship
o f English Literature was established in 1911 in
honor o f Alexander Griswold Cummins, Class
o f 1889, by Morris L. Clothier, Class o f 1890.
T he F ran klin E . and B etty B arr C h air in
Econom ics was established in 1989 as a memorial to Franklin E. Barr Jr. ’48 by his wife, Betty
Barr.
T he H ow ard N . and A da J . Eavenson P rofessorship in Engineering was established in 1959 by a
trust bequest of Mrs. Eavenson, whose husband
graduated in 1895.
The A lbert L . and E dna Poum all Buffington Professorship was established by a bequest from
Albert Buffington, Class of 1896, in 1964, in
honor of his wife, Edna Pownall Buffington,
Class of 1898.
T he Jam es H . H am m ons Professorship was estab
lished in 1997 by Jeffrey A . Wolfson, Class of
1975, to recognize the inspiring academic and
personal guidance provided by James H.
Hammons, professor o f chemistry, who began
his distinguished teaching career at Swarthmore in 1964. T h e professorship may be award
ed in any division, with preference given to the
Department of Chemistry.
The D arwin P. Cartw right P rofessorship in Social
Theory and S ocial A ction was created in 1993 by
Barbara Weiss Cartwright, Class of 1937, to
honor her husband, Dorwin P. Cartwright,
Class o f 1937. T h e professorship shall be
awarded for a period of five years to a full pro
fessor who has contributed to and has the
promise of continuing major contributions to
the understanding o f how social theory can be
brought to bear on creating a more humane
and ethically responsible society.
Centennial chairs. Three professorships, unre
stricted as to field, were created in 1964 in
honor of Swarthmore’s Centennial from funds
raised during the Centennial Fund Campaign.
The Isaac H . C lothier Professorship o f H istory
and International R elations was created in 1888
by Isaac H. Clothier, member of the Board of
Managers. Originally in the field of Civil and
Mechanical Engineering, he later approved its
being a chair in L atin, and in 1912 he
approved its present designation.
The Isaac H . C lothier Jr. Professorship o f Biology
was established by Isaac H. Clothier Jr. as a
tribute of gratitude and esteem for Dr. Spencer
Trotter, Professor of Biology, 1888-1926.
The M orris L . C lothier P rofessorship o f Physics
was established by Morris L. Clothier, Class o f
1890, in 1905.
The Ju lien an d V irginia C orn ell V isiting
Professorship was endowed by Julien Cornell
’30, member, and Virginia Stratton Cornell
30, former member o f the Board of Managers,
to bring professors and lecturers from other
nations and cultures for a semester or a year.
Since 1962, from every com er o f the world,
Cornell professors and their families have
resided on the campus so that they might deep
en the perspective o f both students and faculty.
T he Jam es C . H orm el P rofessorship in Social
Ju stice, established in 1995 by a gift from James
C . Hormel, Class o f 1955, is awarded to a pro
fessor in any academic division whose teaching
and scholarship stimulate increased concern
for and understanding of social justice issues,
including those pertaining to sexual orienta
tion.
T he H ow ard M . and C harles F. Jen kin s Pro/essorship o f Q u aker H istory and R esearch was
endowed in 1924 by Charles F. Jenkins, Hon.
’26 and member o f the Board o f Managers, on
behalf o f the family o f Howard M. Jenkins,
member o f the Board of Managers, to increase
the usefulness o f the Friends Historical Library
and to stimulate interest in American and
C olonial history with special reference to
Pennsylvania. T h e fund was added to over the
years through the efforts o f the Jenkins family
and by a 1976 bequest from C . Marshall Taylor
’04.
T he W illiam R . K enan Jr. P rofessorship was
established in 1973 by a grant from the
William R . Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust to “sup
port and encourage a scholar-teacher whose
enthusiasm for learning, com m itm ent to
teaching, and sincere personal interest in stu
dents will enhance the learning process and
make an effective contribution to the under
graduate community.”
T he Eugene M . Lang R esearch Professorship,
established in 1981 by Eugene M. Lang ’38,
member of the Board of Managers, normally
rotates every four years among members of the
Swarthmore faculty and includes one year
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Endowed Chairs
devoted entirely to research, study, enrich
m ent, or writing. It carries an annual discre
tionary grant for research expenses, books, and
materials.
T he Jan e Lang Professorship in M usic was estab
lished by Eugene M . Lang, Class o f 1938, to
honor his daughter, Jane Lang, Class of 1967.
T h e Jane Lang Professorship is awarded to a
member o f the faculty whose teaching or pro
fessional activity promotes the centrality of
music in the educational process by linking it
to other disciplines.
T he Stephen Lang Professorship o f Perform ing
A rts was established by Eugene M. Lang, Class
o f 1938, to honor his son, Stephen Lang, Class
o f 1973. T h e Stephen Lang Professorship of
Performing Arts is awarded for five years to a
member of the faculty whose teaching or pro
fessional activity promotes excellence in the
performing arts at Swarthmore.
T h e E ugene M . L an g V isiting P rofessorship
endowed in 1981 by Eugene M . Lang ’38,
brings to Swarthmore College for a period of
one semester to three years an outstanding
social scientist or other suitably qualified per
son who has achieved prominence and special
recognition in the area of social change.
T he Sara Law rence Lightfoot Professorship was
created by the College in 1992 in recognition
o f an unrestricted gift by James A . Michener,
Class o f 1929. T h e professorship is named in
honor o f Sara Lawrence Lightfoot, Class of
1966, Doctor o f Humane Letters, 1989, and
former member o f the Board o f Managers.
T he Susan W . Lippincott Professorship o f French
was endowed in 1911 through a bequest from
Susan W. Lippincott, member o f the Board of
Managers, a contribu tion from her niece
Caroline Lippincott, Class of 1881, and gifts by
other family members.
T h e E dw ard H icks M agill P rofessorship o f
M athem atics an d A stronom y was created in
1888 largely by contributions o f interested
friends of Edward H. Magill, president o f the
College from 1872-1889, and a bequest from
Joh n M. George.
T he C harles and H arriett C ox M cD ow ell P rofes
sorship o f Philosophy and Religion was established
in 1952 by Harriett C ox McDowell, Class of
1887 and member of the Board of Managers, in
her name and that o f her husband, Dr. Charles
McDowell, Class o f 1877.
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T he M ari S . M ichener P rofessorship was created
by th e C ollege in 1992 to honor Mrs.
Michener, wife o f James A . Michener, Class of
1929, and in recognition o f his unrestricted
gift.
T he G il and F ran k M ustin P rofessorship was
established by G ilbert B. Mustin ’42 and Frank
H. Mustin ’44 in 1990. It is unrestricted as to
field.
T he R ichter Professorship o f P olitical Science was
established in 1962 by a bequest from Max
R ichter at the suggestion o f his friend and
attorney, Charles Segal, father o f Robert L.
Segal ’46 and Andrew Segal ’50.
T he Scheuer Fam ily C hair o f H um anities was cre
ated in 1987 through the gifts o f James H.
Scheuer ’4 2; W alter and Marge Pearlman
Scheuer ’44; and their children, Laura Lee ’73,
Elizabeth H elen ’75, Jeffrey ’75, and Susan ’78
and joined by a challenge grant from The
National Endowment for the. Humanities.
T he H ow ard A . Schneiderm an ’48 Professorship
in Biology was established by his wife, Audrey
M . Schneiderman, to be awarded to a professor
in the Department o f Biology.
T he C lau de C . Sm ith '14 P rofessorship was
established in 1996 by members of the Smith
family and friends o f Mr. Sm ith. A graduate of
the Class o f 1914, Claude Sm ith was an
esteemed lawyer with the firm o f Duane,
Morris and Heckscher and was active at the
College including serving as chairman of the
Board o f Managers. T his chair is awarded to a
member o f the Political Science Department
or the Economics Department.
T h e H enry C . and C harlotte Turner Professorship
was established in 1998 by the Turner family.
Henry C . Turner ’93 and J. A rcher Turner ’05
served as members o f the Board of Managers of
Sw arthmore C ollege, as officers o f the
Corporation, and as members o f various com
mittees. Henry Turner was founder o f the
Turner Construction Company; his brother, J.
A rcher Turner, was the firm’s president. Four
generations of Turners have had ties with the
College, and Sue Thomas Turner ’3 5, wife of
Robert C . Turner ’36 (son o f Henry C . Turner)
is a current Board member. Howard Turner ’33,
son o f J. A rcher Turner, has also been very
active as past chair and member o f the Board of
Managers over the years.
The J . A rcher and H elen C . Turner Professorship
was established in 1998 by the Turner family.
Henry C . Turner ’93 and J. A rcher Turner ’05
served as members of the Board o f Managers of
Swarthmore College, as officers o f the Corpor
ation, and as members o f various committees.
Henry Turner was founder o f the Turner
Construction Company; his brother, J. Archer
Turner, was the firm’s president. Four genera
tions of Turners have had ties with the College,
and Sue Thomas Turner ’3 5 , wife o f Robert C .
Turner ’3 6 (son o f Henry C . Turner) is a cur
rent Board member. Howard Turner ’33, son of
J. Archer Turner, has also been very active as
past ch air and member o f th e Board o f
Managers over the years.
The H enry C . and J . A rcher Turner Professorship
of Engineering was established with their con
tributions and gifts from members o f the
Turner family in 1946 in recognition o f the
devoted service and wise counsel o f Henry C .
Turner, Class of 1893 and member o f the Board
of Managers, and his brother ]. A rcher Turner,
Class o f 1905 and member o f the Board of
Managers.
The D aniel U nderhill P rofessorship o f M usic was
established in 1976 by a bequest from Bertha
Underhill to honor her husband, Class o f 1894
and member of the Board o f Managers.
The M arian S nyder W are P rofessorship o f
Physical E ducation and A thletics was established
by Marian Snyder Ware ’3 8 in 1990. It is to be
held by th e ch air o f th e Departm ent o f
Physical Education and A thletics.
The Joseph W harton Professorship o f P olitical
Economy was endowed by a trust given to the
College in 1888 by Joseph W harton, president
of the Board o f Managers.
The Isaiah V. W illiam son Professorship o f C ivil
and M echanical Engineering was endowed in
1888 by a gift from Isaiah V. Williamson.
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Admissions
Inquiries concerning admission and applica
tions should be addressed to the Dean of
Admissions, Swarthmore College, 500 College
Avenue, Swarthmore PA 1 9 0 81-1390 or
admissions@swarthmore.edu.
GENERAL STATEMENT
In the selection of students, the College seeks
those qualities o f character, social responsibili
ty, and intellectual capacity that it is primarily
concerned to develop. It seeks them not in iso
lation but as essential elements in the whole
personality o f candidates for admission.
Selection is important and difficult. N o simple
formula will be effective. T h e task is to choose
those who give promise o f distinction in the
quality of their personal lives, in service to the
community, or in leadership in their chosen
fields. Swarthmore College must choose its stu
dents on the basis of their individual future
worth to society and o f their collective realiza
tion of the purpose o f the College.
It is the policy of the College to have the stu
dent body represent not only different parts of
the United States but also many foreign coun
tries, both public and private secondary
schools, and various economic, social, reli
gious, ethnic, and racial groups. T h e College is
also concerned to include in each class sons
and daughters o f alumni and members of the
Society of Friends.
Admission to the first-year class is normally
based on the satisfactory completion o f a fouryear secondary school program. Under some
circumstances, students who have virtually
completed the normal four-year program in
three years will be considered for admission,
provided they meet the competition o f other
candidates in general maturity as well as readi
ness for a rigorous academic program. Students
who have already completed a tertiary degree
are not eligible for admission to Swarthmore.
All applicants are selected on the following
evidence:
1. Record in secondary school.
2. Recommendations from the school princi
pal, headmaster, or guidance counselor, and
from two academic teachers.
4- Three SA T-II scores, one of which must be
the SA T-II W riting test. Applicants consid
ering a major in engineering are strongly
encouraged to take the SA T-II M ath IIC
test.
5. A brief statement about why the student is
applying to Swarthmore, a brief essay on a
meaningful activity or interest, and a longer
essay (subject specified).
6. Co-curricular and extracurricular activities.
Applicants must have satisfactory standing in
school and standardized tests as well as strong
intellectual interests. O ther factors of interest
to the College include strength o f character,
promise of growth, initiative, seriousness of
purpose, distinction in personal and extracur
ricular interests, and a sense o f social responsi
bility. T h e College values the diversity that
varied interests and backgrounds can bring to
the community.
PREPARATION
Swarthmore does not require a set plan of sec
ondary school courses as preparation for its
program. T h e election o f specific subjects is left
to the student and school advisers. In general,
preparation should include the following:
1. Accurate and effective use of the English
language in reading, writing, and speaking.
2. Com prehension and application o f the
principles of mathematics.
3. T h e strongest possible command of one or
two foreign languages. T h e College encour
ages students to study at least one language
for four years, if possible.
4. Substantial course work in (a) history and
social studies; (b) literature, art, and music;
and (c) mathematics and the sciences.
Variations o f ch oice and emphasis are
acceptable, although some work in each of
the three groups is recommended.
Those planning to major in engineering should
present work in chemistry, physics, and four
years of mathematics, including algebra, geom
etry, trigonometry, and calculus.
3. SAT-I or A C T scores.
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Admissions
APPLICATIONS AND EXAMINATIONS
Regular D ecision
Closing date for applications
Application to the College may be submitted
through either the Regular Decision or one of
the Early Decision plans. Applicants follow the
same procedures, submit the same supporting
materials, and are evaluated by the same crite
ria under each plan.
T h e Regular D ecision plan is designed for those
candidates who wish to keep open several dif
ferent options for their undergraduate educa
tio n throughout th e admissions process.
Applications under this plan will be accepted
at any time up to the January 1 deadline, but
Form 1 should be submitted as early as possible
to create a file for the candidate to which sup
porting material will be added up to the dead
line.
T h e Early D ecision plans are designed for can
didates who have thoroughly and thoughtfully
investigated Swarthmore and other colleges
and found Swarthmore to be an unequivocal
first choice. U pon applying to Swarthmore,
Early Decision candidates may not file early
decision/early action applications at other col
leges, but they may file regular applications at
other colleges with the understanding that
these applications will be withdrawn upon
admission to Swarthmore.
A ny Early Decision candidate not admitted
will receive one of two determinations: a defer
ral o f decision, which secures reconsideration
for the candidate among the Regular Decision
candidates, or a denial o f admission, which
withdraws the application from further consid
eration. If one o f these determinations is made,
the applicant is free to apply to other institu
tions.
Application under any plan must be accompa
nied by a nonrefundable application fee o f $60
or fee waiver. Timetables for the plans are the
following:
F all E arly D ecision
Closing date for applications
November 15
N otification o f candidate
on or before
December 15
W inter Early D ecision
Closing date for applications
N otification o f candidate
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January 1
on or before
February 1
N otification o f candidate
Candidate reply date
January 1
on or before
April 1
May 1
Under certain circumstances, admitted stu
dents may apply in writing to defer their admis
sion for one year. These requests must be
received by May 1 and approved in writing by
the dean of admissions, and students must con
firm their plans for the year by June 1. The
dean o f admissions may choose to review other
requests o n a case-by-case basis. Students
granted deferment may neither apply to nor
enroll at another degree-granting college/university program.
Swarthmore College places strong emphasis on
academic achievement and personal character.
A n offer o f admission to Swarthmore College
is dependent upon a student maintaining his or
her standard of academic achievement prior to
enrolling at the College. A n offer o f admission
is also dependent on a student’s continued
demonstration o f character and high standards
for personal conduct. Lapses in either category
may be grounds for rescinding an offer of
admission.
For U .S . citizens and permanent residents
applying as first year or transfer students,
admission to Swarthmore is determined with
out regard to financial need. Information con
cerning financial aid is on pages 29-43.
THE INTERVIEW
A n admissions interview with a representative
of the College is a recommended part of the
first-year application process. (Applicants for
transfer are not interviewed.) Prospective firstyear applicants should take the initiative in
arranging for this interview. On-campus inter
views are available to rising seniors from June
through early December. Students need not
have applied to the College before scheduling
an interview. Those who can reach Swarth
more with no more than a half-day’s trip are
urged to make an appointment to visit the
College for this purpose.* O ther students may
contact the Admissions O ffice to request a
meeting with an alumni representative in their
own area. Interviews with alumni representa
tives take longer to arrange than interviews on
campus; therefore, applicants must request an
alumni interview by November 15.
Arrangements for on-campus or alumni inter
views can be made by writing to the Office of
Admissions or by calling (6 1 0 ) 328-8300 or
(800) 667-3110.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT
Enrolled first-year students with special cre
dentials may be eligible during the first semes
ter for advanced placement (placement into
courses w ith prerequisites) and/or credit
toward graduation from Swarthmore (32 cred
its are required). A ll decisions are made on a
subject-by-subject basis by the registrar in con
sultation with individual Swarthmore depart
ments. Typically, special credentials consist of
Advanced Placem ent exam inations o f the
College Entrance Examination Board, higher
level exam inations o f the International
Baccalaureate, certain other foreign certifica
tions (such as British A-Levels or the German
Abitur), or courses taken at another college.
Every effort is made to place students at the
appropriate level, but no department is
required to give credit for work done else
where. Credit is denied if a student chooses to
take a course at Swarthmore that essentially
repeats the work covered by the credit.
In some cases, students may qualify for
advanced standing: T hey may become juniors
in their second year. To qualify for advanced
standing, a student must (1 ) do satisfactory
work in the first semester; (2 ) obtain 14 credits
by the end o f the first year; (3 ) intend to com
plete the degree requirements in 3 years; and
(4) signify this intention when she/he applies
for a major during the spring o f the first year.
Those students who wish to have courses taken
at another college considered for eith er
advanced placement or credit must provide an
official transcript from the institution attended
as well as written work (papers, examinations),
syllabi, and reading lists in order that the
course work may be evaluated by the depart
ment concerned. Such requests for credit must
be made within the first year at Swarthmore.
Departments may set additional requirements.
For instance, students may be required to take
a placement examination at Swarthmore to
validate their previous work.
INTERNATIONAL ADMISSIONS
T h e College is deeply committed to a strong
international presence on campus. T h e appli
cation process is the same as for U .S. citizens
and permanent residents of the United States
with the following exceptions:
1. Admissions is not need-blind. Students
must submit additional financial documen
tation to the Financial Aid O ffice.
Applying for financial aid places the stu
dent in the most selective subgroup of the
total application pool regardless o f the
parental contribution.
2. Demonstrated proficiency in English is
required o f those for whom English is not
their first language. T his may be in the form
o f a standardized test for non-native speak
ers o f English, such as TO EFL or APIEL,
superior academic achievement in a school
where English is the language o f instruc
tion, or a portfolio of graded English writing
samples in conjunction with the ELPT.
Although not required, an interview on
campus or with a College admissions repre
sentative overseas is considered to be very
helpful.
3. Required SAT-I and SAT-II tests are waived
for those who live in countries where such
testing is unavailable. In countries where
testing is available, applicants are strongly
advised to make test arrangements early and
to have scores reported directly to
Swarthmore College by the appropriate
application deadline.
4. It is the applicant’s responsibility to guaran
tee the authenticity o f all credentials sub
mitted. T his includes notarized translations
of official documents and certified school
transcripts signed by the appropriate school
staff member.
5. T h e College does not accept transfer appli
cations from foreign nationals who require
financial aid.
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APPLICATIONS FOR TRANSFER
S
T h e College welcomes well-qualified transfer
students. Applicants for transfer must have had
an outstanding academic record in the institu
tion attended and must present transcripts for
bo th college and secondary school work,
including an official statement indicating that
th e student is leaving in good standing.
Students who have completed the equivalent
o f two or more semesters o f university-level
work must apply for transfer admission.
Admission status for students who have com
pleted less than the equivalent o f two semes
ters o f university-level work will be decided on
a case-by-case basis. Transfer applicants must
take the SAT-I or the A C T if one o f these tests
has not been taken previously.
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Four semesters of study at Swarthmore College
constitute the minimum requirement for a
degree, two o f which must be those of the
senior year. Applications for transfer must be
filed by April 1 o f the year in which entrance
is desired. Swarthmore does no t have a midyear
transfer application process. Need-based finan
cial assistance is available for transfer students
who are U .S . citizens or permanent residents.
Transfer applications are not accepted from
international students who require financial
aid.
Transfer applicants are notified o f decisions on
or before May 30.
*D irections for reaching the College can be
found on p. 4 24 o f this catalog.
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Expenses
STUDENT CHARGES
Total charges for the 2001-2002 academic year
(two semesters) are as follows:
Tuition
$26,098
Room
4,188
Board
3,974
Student activities fee
278
$34,538
These are the annual charges billed by the
College. Students and their parents, however,
should plan for expenditures associated with
books, travel, and other personal items. In
addition, the College will bill for unpaid library
fines, Health Center fees, and other fees and
fines not collected at the source.
Students engaged in independent projects
away from the College for which regular aca
demic credit is anticipated are expected to reg
ister in advance in the usual way and pay nor
mal tuition. If the student is away from the
College for a full semester, no charge for room
and board will be made; however, if a student is
away only for a part of a semester, the above
charges may be made on a pro rata basis.
Late fees o f 1.5 percent per m onth will accrue
on all past due balances. Students with past
due balances will not be permitted to enroll for
the following semester, participate in the room
lottery, graduate, nor obtain a transcript.
The regular College tuition covers the normal
program o f four courses per term as well as vari
ations of as many as five courses or as few as
three courses. Students who elect to carry more
than five courses incur a unit charge for the
additional course ($ 3 ,2 6 2 ) or half-course
($1,631), although they may within the regular
tuition vary their programs to average as many
as five courses in the two semesters o f any aca
demic year. College policy does not permit pro
grams of fewer than three courses for degree
candidates in their first eight semesters of
enrollment.
Study abroad: Students who wish to receive
Swarthmore credit for study abroad must, for
the semester or year abroad, pay the full
Swarthmore charges (excluding the student
activities fee). Financial aid is normally applic
able to study abroad, with the approval of the
Office for Foreign Study. Students contemplat
ing study abroad should contact Steven Piker,
foreign study adviser, well in advance for aca
demic and administrative planning.
PAYMENT POLICY
Sem ester bills are mailed in July and
December. Payment for the first semester is due
by August 13, 2001, and for the second semes
ter by January 14, 2002. A 1.5 percent late fee
will be assessed monthly on payments received
after the due date. Many parents have indicat
ed a preference to pay College chargés on a
monthly basis rather than in two installments.
For this reason, Swarthmore offers a monthly
WITHDRAWAL POLICY
Charges for tuition and fees will be reduced for students who withdraw for reasons approved by
the dean prior to or during a semester. Reductions in charges will be made in the following ways:
For Students W ho W ithdraw
Tuition and F ees R educed
B oard Reduced
R oom R educed
Before start o f classes
To $0
To $0
To $500
During first 2 weeks o f classes
To $200
To $100
To $500
During week 3
By 90 percent
By 90 percent
To $500
During week 4
By 80 percent
By 80 percent
To $500
During week 5
By 70 percent
By 70 percent
To $500
During week 6
By 60 percent
By 60 percent
To $500
During week 7
By 50 percent
By 50 percent
To $500
During week 8
By 40 percent
By 40 percent
To $500
During week 9 and beyond
N o further reduction on tuition, fees, board, or rooms
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Expenses
payment plan, which provides for payment in
installments without interest charges. Informa
tion on the plan is mailed to all parents in
April 2002.
HOUSING FINES
A ny time you select a room in the lottery that
you do no t use, the minimum fine is $100.
O ther fines follow:
F o r Fall Semester: If you select a room in the
lottery and
1. Choose to live off-campus but are still
enrolled, you will be assessed
a. A $ 5 0 0 penalty unless everyone in the
space notifies the Residential Life Office
by June 1 that they will no t be occupy
ing the room. T h e n the fine will be $100
each.
b. N otice between June 1 and week 8 of
classes will cost $ 500 for each person
moving off campus.
c. N otice after week 8 will have no room
refund.
2. Take a leave o f absence and notify the
Dean’s Office
a. By August 1, a $ 1 0 0 penalty.
b. Between August 1 and week 8 o f classes,
a penalty o f $500.
c. A fter week 8, there will be no room
refund.
F o r Spring Sem ester: If you select a room in
the December lottery or already have a room
from fall semester and
1. Choose to live off-campus but are still
enrolled, you will be assessed
a. A $ 2 5 0 penalty unless everyone in the
unit leaves this space and notifies the
Residential Life O ffice by December 1.
b. N otice between December 1 and week 8
will cost $ 5 0 0 each.
c. N otice after week 8 will receive no room
refund.
2. Take a leave o f absence and notify the
Dean’s Office.
a. By December 1, no penalty.
b. Between December 1 and January 5, a
$ 1 0 0 penalty.
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c. Between January 5 and week 8, $500.
d. Leave after week 8, there will be no
room refund.
Inquiries: A ll correspondence regarding pay
m ent o f student charges should be addressed to
Linda Weindel, student accounts manager, or
phone (610) 328-8396.
Financial Aid
The College strives to make it possible for all
admitted students to attend Swarthmore, re
gardless o f their financial circumstances, and to
enable them to complete their education if fi
nancial reversals take place. About 50 percent
of the total student body currently receives aid
from the College. Most financial aid awarded
by the College is based on demonstrated finan
cial need and is usually a combination of schol
arship, loan, and campus employment. T h e
College is committed to meeting all demon
strated financial need, and demonstrated need
is assessed by a careful review of families’ fi
nancial circumstances.
A prospective student must apply for
Swarthmore and for outside assistance while
applying for admission: admission and finan
cial aid decisions are, however, made separate
ly. Instructions for obtaining and filing an ap
plication are included in the admissions appli
cation. Financial assistance will be offered if a
family does not have the capacity to meet
College costs. T h e amount a family is expected
to contribute is determined by weighing the
family’s income and assets against such de
mands as taxes, living expenses, medical ex
penses, and siblings’ undergraduate tuition ex
penses, etc. Family contribution also includes a
$1,450 to $1 ,8 9 0 summer earnings contribu
tion as well as a portion o f the student’s per
sonal savings and assets.
For 2001-2002, the College bill, w hich in
cludes tuition, room, and board, and a compre
hensive fee, will be $34,538. T his comprehen
sive fee covers no t only the usual student ser
vices— health, library, laboratory fees, for ex
ample— but admission to all social, cultural,
and athletic events on campus. T h e total bud
get figure against which aid is computed is
$36,360. This allows $1,822 for books and per
sonal expenses. A travel allowance is added to
the budget for those who live in the U nited
States but more than 100 miles from the
College.
In keeping with the policy o f basing financial
aid upon need, the College reviews each stu
dent’s award annually. Midyear, each student
who would like to be considered for our sup[ port for the next year must submit a new fi
nancial aid application. A student’s aid is not
withdrawn unless financial need is no longer
demonstrated. Assistance is available only dur
ing a normal-length undergraduate program
(eight semesters) and while a student makes
satisfactory academic progress. These limita
tions are also applied in our consideration o f a
sibling’s undergraduate educational expenses.
Students who choose to live off campus will
not receive College scholarship or College
loan assistance in excess o f their College bill.
T h e cost o f living off campus will, however, be
recognized in the calculation of a student’s fi
nancial need, and outside sources of aid may be
used to help m eet off-campus living expenses
once the College bill is satisfied.
U .S . students who have not previously re
ceived financial aid may become eligible and
may apply to receive aid if their financial situ
ations have changed. A student who marries
may continue to apply for aid, but a contribu
tion from the parents is expected equal to the
contribution made were the student single.
T h e College has, by action o f our Board, reaf
firmed its need-blind admission policy and the
related practice o f meeting the demonstrated
financial need of all admitted or enrolled stu
dents. Eligibility for federal aid funds is now
limited to those who are able to complete and
submit to us the Statem ent of Registration
Compliance, but additional funds have been
made available for those who are unable to ac
cept need-based federal aid because they have
not registered with the Selective Service.
Financial support for foreign citizens is limited
and must be requested during the admission
application process. New aid applications from
foreign nationals can be considered after ad
mission.
A special brochure has been prepared to advise
families o f the various sources of aid as well as
a variety o f financing options. Please request a
copy from our Admissions Office. You may also
find the answers to most o f your financial aid
questions on our W eb site, www.swarthmore.edu (click on “campus links” to find financial
aid).
SCHOLARSHIPS
For the academic year 2001-2002, we awarded
more th an $ 1 4 m illion in Swarthmore
Scholarship funds. A bout one-half of that sum
was provided through the generosity o f alumni
and friends by special gifts and the endowed
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Financial Aid
scholarships listed on pp. 31-43. It is no t nec
essary to apply for a specific College scholar
ship; the College decides who is to receive en
dowed scholarships, and others are helped from
general scholarship funds. Although some en
dowed scholarships are restricted by locality,
sex, religion, or physical vigor, the College’s
system o f awarding aid makes it possible to
meet need without regard to these restrictions.
Financial need is a requirement for all College
scholarships unless otherwise indicated. T h e
federal government also makes Pell Grants and
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants
available to eligible students.
LOAN FUNDS
Long-term, low-interest loan funds with gener
ous repayment terms combine with Swarthmore’s scholarship programs to enable the
College to meet the needs of each student.
Although most offers o f support from the
College include elements of self-help (campus
work and borrowing opportunities), the
College strives to keep a student’s debt at a
manageable level.
Aided students are expected to meet a portion
of their demonstrated need (from $1,000 to
about $4,5 0 0 each year) through the federal
Stafford Loan Programs, Perkins Loan, or the
Swarthmore College Loan (S C L ); the College
determines which source is appropriate for
which student. Each of these programs allows
the borrower to defer repayment until after
leaving school, and each allows further defer
ment o f the debt if the borrower goes on to
graduate school. Up to 10 years may be taken
to repay Stafford, Perkins, or Swarthmore
College Loans. N o separate application is
needed for the Perkins or SC L loans because
the College administers these funds. Stafford
Loan applications must be initiated by the stu
dent with a bank.
Parents who wish to borrow might consider the
Federal PLU S Loan. Up to $34,500 per year is
available at a variable interest rate. Repayment
may be made over a 10-year period.
For more information about these loan pro
grams, read our Financial Aid Brochure (avail
able from our Admissions O ffice), or visit our
Website at www.swarthmore.edu.
T h e College also maintains the following spe
cial loan funds:
T he Jay and Sandra Levine L oan Fund
T he T hatcher Fam ily L oan Fund
T he Sw arthm ore C ollege Student L oan Fund
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Student employment on the Swarthmore cam
pus is coordinated by the Student Employment
Office, which is under student direction. Jobs
are available in such areas as the library, de
partmental offices, the post office, the studentrun coffee house, etc., and placements can be
arranged when students arrive in the fall. Oncampus rates of pay run from $6.25 to $7 per
hour. Students receiving financial aid are usu
ally offered the opportunity to earn up to
$1,360 during the year and are given hiring
priority, but there are usually jobs available for
others who wish to work on campus.
T h e Student Employment Office publicizes
local off-campus and temporary employment
opportunities. Students are generally able to
carry a moderate working schedule without
detriment to their academic performance. We
hope that students will not work more than
about seven or eight hours weekly.
For students who qualify under the federal
College Work-Study Program (most aided stu
dents), off-campus placements in public or pri
vate, nonprofit agencies in the local or
Philadelphia area can be arranged through the
Financial Aid Office during the academic year
or nation-wide during the summer (when fed
eral funds are sufficient). Among suitable agen
cies are hospitals; schools; museums; and social
service agencies; and local, state, or federal
government agencies.
Scholarships
A ll students who demonstrate financial need
are offered our scholarship aid, some of which
is drawn from the following endowments.
Students need not worry if they do not fit spe
cific restrictions listed below, however, for
their scholarships will be drawn from other
sources not listed here.
(F in an cial n eed is a requirem ent fo r all scholar-
ships unless otherw ise indicated.. N o separate ap
plication is n eeded.)
The C atherine G . A bbott ’72 and E rnest B .
A bbott ’7 2 Scholarship was established by
Catherine ’72 and Ernest B. A bbott ’72 and is
awarded to a man or woman who gives great
promise. T h e award assumes both need and
academic excellence and is awarded to a firstyear student. T h e scholarship is renewable.
The A etn a Foundation Scholarship Grant pro
vides assistance to minority students with fi
nancial need.
The L isa P. A lbert Scholarship is awarded to a
young man or woman on the basis of scholar
ship and need with preference given to those
with a demonstrated interest in the humanities.
The George I. A lden Scholarship Fund estab
lished as a memorial by the A lden Trust is
awarded on the basis of merit and need with
preference to a student from New England
studying in the sciences or engineering.
The Vivian B . AUen Foundation provides schol
arship aid to enable foreign students to attend
Swarthmore College, as part o f the founda
tion’s interest in the international exchange of
students.
The Jon athan Leigh Altman Scholarship, given in
memory of this member of the Class o f 1974 by
Shing-mei P. A ltm an ’76, is awarded, on the
recommendation o f the Department o f A rt, to
a junior who has a strong interest in the studio
arts. It is held during the senior year.
The Alum ni Scholarship is awarded to students
on the basis o f financial need. Established in
1991, this endowment is funded through alum
ni gifts and bequests.
The Evenor Armingtcm Scholarship is given each
year to a worthy student with financial need in
recognition o f the long-standing and affection
ate connection between the Armington family
and Swarthmore College.
The Frank and M arie A ydelotte Scholarship is
awarded to a new student who shows promise
of distinguished intellectual attainment based
upon sound character and effective personality.
The award is made in honor o f Frank
Aydelotte, president of the College from 19211940 and originator of the Honors program at
Swarthmore, and of Marie Osgood Aydelotte,
his wife.
The David Baltim ore ’60 Scholarship was estab
lished by an anonymous donor in 2000. It is
awarded with preference for a junior or senior
majoring in biology or chemistry. T h e scholar
ship is renewable.
T he Philip and Roslyn B arbash, M .D ., Scholar
ship was endowed in 1990 as a memorial by
their daughter and son-in-law, Babette B.
Weksler, M.D. ’58 and Marc E. Weksler, M.D.
’58. It is awarded on the basis of merit and need
and is renewable through the senior year.
Preference is given to women with interest in
the sciences and, in particular, in the environ
ment.
T he Philip H . Barley M em orial Scholarship, es
tablished in memory of Philip H. Barley ’66, by
his family and friends and the Class of 1966,
which he served as president, provides finan
cial assistance for a junior or senior who has
demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities
at Swarthmore.
T he Franklin E . B an Jr. ’48 Scholarship is
awarded to a first-year student who has broad
academic and extracurricular interests and who
shows promise of developing these abilities for
the betterment of society. T his scholarship is
based on need and is renewable for three years.
T he H . A lbert B eekhuis Scholarship in engineer
ing is awarded on the basis o f merit and need to
a first-year student and is renewable through
the senior year as long as that student retains a
major in engineering. This scholarship is en
dowed through the generous bequest o f Mr.
Beekhuis, neighbor, friend, and successful engi
neer.
P atty Y. an d A .J. B ek av ac S cholarship.
Established in 1997 by their daughter, Nancy
Y. Bekavac ’69, the scholarship is awarded on
the basis o f need, with preference given to stu
dents from western Pennsylvania.
T he M argaret F raser B ell ’53 Scholarship was cre
ated in her memory by her husband, Monroe
Bell. It is awarded to a junior each year on the
basis of need and merit, with preference given
to a student majoring in Russian.
T h e G eorge an d Josep h in e C larke B raden
Scholarship, established in 1999 by their ch il
dren in honor o f George ’38 and in memory of
Josephine ’41, is awarded to a student with
demonstrated need for financial assistance,
with preference for a child o f immigrant par
en tis) or guardian(s), and is renewable through
the senior year.
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Financial Aid
T he Brand and Frances Blanshard Scholarship is
given in their memory to a deserving student
with high academic promise.
T he C urtis B ok Scholarship was established in
the College’s Centennial Year 1964 in honor of
the late Philadelphia attorney, author, and ju
rist, who was a Quaker and honorary alumnus
o f Swarthmore. T h e scholarship is assigned an
nually to a junior or senior whose qualities of
mind and character indicate a potential for hu
manitarian service such as Curtis Bok himself
rendered and would have wished to develop in
young people. Students in any field o f study,
and from any part o f this country or from
abroad, are eligible. T h e scholarship is renew
able until graduation.
T he Edw ard S. B ow er M em orial Scholarship, es
tablished by Mr. and Mrs. Ward T. Bower in
memory of their son, Class o f ’42, is awarded
annually to a man or woman student who
ranks high in scholarship, character, and per
sonality.
T he C arol Paxson Brainerd ’26 Scholarship is
awarded on the basis of financial need and aca
demic merit.
T he D aniel W alter B renner M em orial Scholarship,
established by family and friends in memory of
Daniel W. Brenner, Class o f 1974, is awarded
to a senior majoring in biology who is distin
guished for scholarship and an interest in plant
ecology, or wildlife preservation, or animal be
havior research. T h e recipient is chosen with
the approval of biology and Classics faculty.
T he M alcolm C am pbell Scholarship, established
by M alcolm Campbell ’44 on the occasion of
his 50th reunion, is awarded to a student who
is an active U nitarian Universalist with finan
cial need and a strong academic record. T he
scholarship is renewable through the senior
year.
T he W illiam and E lean or S tabler C larke Scholarships, established in their honor by Cornelia
Clarke Schm idt ’4 6 and W. Marshall Schm idt
’47, are awarded to two worthy first-year stu
dents with need. Preference is to be accorded
to members of the Society o f Friends. These
scholarships are renewable through the senior
year.
T he C lass o f 1925 Scholarship was created on
the occasion o f the class’s 50th reunion. It is
awarded on the basis o f academic merit and fi
nancial need.
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T he C lass o f 1930 Scholarship was endowed by
the class on the occasion o f their 60th reunion.
It is awarded alternately to a woman or a man
on the basis o f sound character and academic
achievement, with preference to those who ex
ercise leadership in athletics and community
service. T h e scholarship is renewable through
the senior year.
T he C lass o f 1939 Scholarship was established at
the 50th reunion o f the class in fond memory
of Frank Aydelotte, president o f the College
from 1921 to 1940, and his wife, Marie
Aydelotte. It is awarded to a worthy student
with need and is renewable through the senior
year.
T he C lass o f 1941 Scholarship was created in cel
ebration o f the 50th reunion of the class. It is
awarded on the basis o f merit and need and is
renewable through the senior year.
T he C lass o f 1943 Scholarship, established to
honor the 5 0 th reunion o f that class, is
awarded to a student in the sophomore class on
the basis o f sound character and academic
achievement, with preference given to those
participating in athletics and community ser
vice. T h e scholarship is renewable through the
senior year.
T he C lass o f 1946 Scholarship, established on
the occasion o f the class’s 50th reunion in
recognition o f the Swarthmore tradition that
so influenced its members.
T he C lass o f 1949 Scholarship was established in
1999 in celebration o f the class’s 50th reunion.
It is awarded on the basis o f merit and need and
is renewable through the senior year.
T he C lass o f 1950 Scholarship, established on
the occasion o f the class’s 50th reunion, is
awarded to one or more deserving students.
T h e scholarship is renewable.
T he C lass o f 1956 Scholarship was established
on the occasion of the class’s 25th reunion. It
is awarded on the basis o f academic merit and
financial need.
T he C lass o f 1963 Scholarship is awarded on the
basis o f merit and need and is renewable
through the senior year. T h e scholarship was
created in honor of the class’s 25th reunion.
T he C lass o f 1969 Scholarship was established at
the 25th reunion o f the class in honor of the
contributions made by .Courtney Sm ith, presi
dent o f Swarthmore College from 1953 to
1969. T h e scholarship was given with bitter
sweet memories o f the campus turmoil of the
1960s and with confidence in the power of
open discussion and reconciliation. T h e schol
arship is awarded on the basis of merit and
need and is renewable through the senior year.
T he B eatrice R . an d Josep h A . C olem an
Foundation Scholarship was established by
Elizabeth Colem an ’6 9 to be awarded to a stu
dent with need from a middle-income family.
The N . H arvey C ollisson Scholarship, estab
lished by his family and the O lin Mathieson
Charitable Trust in memory o f N . Harvey
Collisson of the Class of 1922, is awarded to a
first-year man or woman. Selection will place
emphasis on character, personality, and ability.
The D avid S. C ow den Scholarship was estab
lished by Professor David S. Cowden, Class of
1942, who taught English literature at
Swarthmore from 1949 until his death in May
1983. It is awarded on the basis o f financial
need.
The Crum M eadow Scholarship was created by
an anonymous donor in 2001. It is awarded on
the basis of academic merit and financial need.
The scholarship is renewable.
T he M arion L . D annenberg S cholarship is
awarded to a first-year student with financial
need who ranks high in personality, character,
and scholarship. T his endowment is in memo
ry of Mrs. Dannenberg, who was mother and
grandmother o f six students who attended
Swarthmore.
T he Edith T hatcher ’5 0 and C . Russell '47 de
Burlo Scholarship is awarded alternately to stu
dents intending to major either in engineering
or in the humanities. It is awarded on the basis
of need and merit and is renewable annually. It
is the gift o f Edith and Russell de Burlo.
T he D istrict o f C olum bia Scholarship was estab
lished by alumni residents in the area of
Washington, D .C ., to encourage educational
opportunity for qualified minority and disad
vantaged students. Awards are made on the
basis o f merit and need.
Edward L . D obbins ’39 M em orial Scholarship.
Established by Hope J. Dobbins in memory of
her hustand, the Dobbins scholarship is award
ed to a worthy student who demonstrates a
commitment to the betterm ent o f society
through involvement in community or envi
ronmental activism. T h e scholarship is renew
able through the senior year. (Preference is
given to residents of Berkshire County, Mass.)
T he Francis W . D ’O lier Scholarship, in memory
o f Francis W. D ’O lier o f the Class of 1907, is
awarded to a first-year student. Selection will
place emphasis on character, personality, and
ability. It is renewable through the senior year.
T he Agnes B . D oty M em orial Scholarship, estab
lished in 2000 by her daughter, Christine M.
Doty ’70, is awarded each year with a prefer
ence for students majoring in Asian Studies.
T h e scholarship is renewable.
T h e M arjorie V anD eusen ’38 and J . E arle
Edwards ’36 Scholarship was established by an
anonymous donor in 2000. It is awarded with
preference for a junior or senior who has
demonstrated a commitment to socially re
sponsible citizenship with a special interest in
Peace and C onflict Studies. T h e scholarship is
renewable.
T he M aurice G . Eldridge ’61 Scholarship is one
of several created by an anonymous donor in
recognition of outstanding administrators at
Swarthmore College. T h e Eldridge Scholar
ship was established in 1999 to honor Maurice
G . Eldridge ’61, vice president of college and
community relations and executive assistant to
the president. T h e Eldridge fund is awarded to
a student with merit and need who has demon
strated a commitment to socially responsible
citizenship, with a preference for a student
from the Washington, D .C ., public school sys
tem , especially from eith er the Banneker
A cadem ic H igh School, Duke Ellington
School of the Arts, or the Bell Multicultural
School. T h e scholarship is renewable.
T he R obert K . Enders Scholarship, established by
his friends and former students, to honor Dr.
Robert K. Enders, a member o f the College fac
ulty from 1932 to 1970, is awarded annually to
a worthy student with an interest in the study
o f biological problems in a natural environ
ment.
T he Philip Evans Scholarship is established in
fond memory o f a member of the Class of 1948
by his friend Jerome Kohlberg ’46 and seeks to
expand the diversity o f the Swarthmore com
munity by bringing to this campus outstanding
students with need, whether from near or far.
T h e scholarship is awarded to members of the
first-year class and is renewable annually, and
provides a summer opportunity grant that is
awarded on the recommendation o f the dean.
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Financial Aid
T h e S am u el and G retchen V ogel F eldm an
Scholarship is awarded to a student interested in
pursuing a teaching career. It is awarded on the
basis o f need and is renewable through the
senior year.
T he Sam uel M . and G retchen Vogel Feldm an
1956 Scholarship II is awarded to a student in
terested in pursuing a teaching career after
graduating from Swarthmore College. It is
awarded on the basis o f need and is renewable
through the senior year.
T he E lizabeth P ollard F etter String Q u artet
Scholarships, endowed by Frank W. Fetter ’20,
Robert Fetter ’53, Thomas Fetter ’56, and Ellen
Fetter G ille in memory o f Elizabeth P. Fetter
’25, subsidize the private instrumental lessons
o f four top-notch student string players at the
College. Interested applicants should write to
th e chairman o f the Department o f Music and
should plan to play an audition at the College
when coming for an interview. Membership in
the quartet is competitive. A t the beginning of
any semester, other students may challenge and
compete for a place in the quartet.
T he Polly and G erard Fountain Scholarship has
been established in their honor by Rosalind
Chang W hitehead ’58 in appreciation o f their
kindness and support during her college years.
It is awarded to a first-year student with need
and merit and is renewable through the senior
year.
T he D avid W . Fraser Scholarship. T his endowed
scholarship has been established by the Board
of Managers and friends of David Fraser in
honor o f his service as president o f Swarthmore
College from 1982 to 1991. This need-based
scholarship will be awarded each semester to
one student enrolled in an approved program
of academic study outside the boundaries o f the
U nited States. Preference will be given for stu
dents studying in Asian, Middle Eastern, and
A frican countries.
T he T heodore and E lizabeth Friend Scholarship is
established as an expression of respect and ap
preciation by Board members and others who
have been associated with them in the service
o f Swarthmore College. T h e scholarship will
be awarded each year on the basis o f need to a
worthy student.
T he Toge and M itsu Fujihira Scholarship was cre
ated in 2000 by their son, Donald Fujihira ’69.
It is awarded to a man or woman who shows
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great promise and assumes both financial need
and academic excellence. Preference is given
to students o f Asian descent. T h e scholarship
is renewable.
T he Ernesto G alarza Scholarship, funded in party
by the Ahmanson Foundation and Joh n C.
Crowley ’41, is named in honor o f the late
M exican-American labor activist, scholar, and
nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature. T he
Galarza Scholarship supports students from the
Latino/a community, with preference for stu
dents from the western states.
T he M artha Salzm ann G ay ’79 Scholarship was
created in 2000 by Martha S . Gay 7 9 . It is
awarded to a man or woman who gives great
promise. T h e award assumes both academic ex
cellence and financial need and is awarded to a
first-year student. T h e scholarship is renew
able.
T he Joy ce Mettz G ilm ore Scholarship is awarded
to an entering first-year student and may be re
newed for each of the following three under
graduate years. T h e recipient is chosen on the
basis o f mental vigor, concern for human wel
fare, and the potential to contribute to the
College and the community outside. T he
award was established in 1976 by Harold Mertz
’26 in memory o f Joyce Mertz Gilmore, who
was a member of the Class o f 1951.
T he B arbara Entenberg G im bel Scholarship Fund
was endowed in memory o f Barbara Entenberg
Gim bel ’39 by her husband, Dr. Nicholas S.
Gimbel. T h e scholarship is awarded on the
basis o f need to a worthy student, with prefer
ence to a black candidate.
T he Joh n D . G oldm an ’71 Scholarship is awarded
on the basis o f need to a student with a strong
academ ic record and leadership qualities.
Preference is given to students from northern
California.
T he B erda G oldsm ith Scholarship, established in
1991 in memory o f Mrs. Goldsmith, is a needbased scholarship awarded annually to a music
major beginning in his or her junior year. Mrs.
Goldsmith was a music lover and patroness o f
the Settlem ent Music School. Accordingly, in
the selection o f T h e Berda Goldsmith Scholar,
preference will be given to a student who at
tended the Settlem ent Music School; prefer
ence also will be given to a student who shows
interest and proficiency in playing the piano.
T he K erm it G ordon ’38 Scholarship was created
by an anonymous donor in 2000. It is awarded
on the basis o f need, merit, and an interest in
public policy. T h e scholarship is renewable.
T he Neil R . G rabois ’5 7 Scholarship was created
by an anonymous donor in 2001. It is awarded
on the basis of academic merit and financial
need, with preference for students from urban
public high schools who wish to study engi
neering or science.
T he Lucinda Buchanan T hom as '34 and Joseph
H . H afkenschiel ’3 7 Scholarship Fund was estab
lished as a memorial to Lucinda Thomas in
1989 by her husband and sons, Joseph III ’68,
B.A. Thomas ’69, Mark C . ’72, and John
Proctor ’80. Lucinda’s father, B.A . Thomas,
M.D., graduated with the Class of 1899. This
scholarship is awarded to a junior and is re
newable for the senior year, based on need.
Preference is given to students who have
demonstrated proficiency in water sports or
who have shown talent in studio arts and who
have been outstanding in service to the
College.
T he Mason H aire Scholarship is given by his
wife, Vivian, in honor o f this member o f the
Class of 1937, a distinguished psychologist and
sometime member o f the Swarthmore College
faculty. T h e scholarship is awarded to a firstyear student with financial need who is distin
guished for intellectual promise and leadership.
It is renewable through the senior year.
T he M argaret John son H all Scholarship fo r the
Perform ing A rts is the gift of Margaret Johnson
Hall, Class o f 1941. It provides financial assis
tance based on merit and need, with preference
to students intending to pursue a career in
music or dance.
T he Edith O gden H arrison M em orial Scholarship
was created by her daughter, Arm ason
Harrison ’35. It is awarded to a first-year stu
dent, with a preference for children o f mem
bers of the Religious Society of Friends or to
Native American students. T h e scholarship is
renewable.
T he W illiam Randolph H earst Scholarship Fund
fo r M inority Students, established by the Hearst
Foundation, Inc., provides financial assistance
to minority students with need.
T he E . Dyson and C arol H ogeland H erting ’38
Scholarship was created in 1999 by Eugene M.
Lang ’38. T h e scholarship is awarded with pref
erence to a junior or senior woman majoring in
political science who plans to attend law
school. T h e scholarship is renewable.
T he Stephen B . H itchner Jr. ’67 Scholarship was
established in 1990 by the Board of Managers
in memory of Stephen B . H itchner Jr. with
gratitude for his strong leadership o f the
Student Life Comm ittee and his previous ser
vice to the College. Recipients o f this needbased scholarship will be selected from the ju
nior class for their interest in a career in the
public or nonprofit sectors and is renewable in
the senior year.
T he Betty S tem H offen berg Scholarship, estab
lished in 1987 in honor o f this member o f the
Class o f 1943, is awarded to a junior or senior
with m erit and need who shows unusual
promise, character, and intellectual strength.
Strong preference is given to a student major
ing in history.
T he H ollen bergS her Scholarship was created in
1998 and is awarded to a first-year student. T h e
scholarship is renewable.
T he C arl R . H orten ’4 7 Scholarship was created
by the Ingersoll-Rand Company. Preference in
the awarding is given to students planning to
major in engineering or prelaw.
T he E verett L . H unt Scholarship, endowed by
the Class o f 1937 in the name of its beloved
emeritus professor and dean, provides an unre
stricted scholarship to be awarded annually by
the College.
T he Betty P. H unter Scholarship Fund. Betty P.
Hunter, Class o f 1948, one of the first black
students to attend Swarthmore College, estab
lished this fund through a bequest “to provide
scholarship aid to needy students.”
T he R ichard M . H urd ’48 Scholarship was creat
ed in 2000. It is awarded with preference to a
student majoring in engineering. T h e scholar
ship is renewable.
T he W illiam Y. ln ou ye ’44 Scholarship, estab
lished in loving memory by his family, friends,
and colleagues in recognition of his life o f ser
vice as a physician, is awarded to a worthy ju
nior premedical student with need. T h e schol
arship is renewable in the senior year.
T he G eorge B . Jackson ’21 Scholarship has been
endowed by Eugene M. Lang ’38 in honor of
the man who guided him to Swarthmore. It is
to be awarded on the basis o f need and merit
with preference given to a student from the
New York metropolitan area.
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T he H ow ard M . and E lsa P. Jen kin s Scholarship
in engineering provides financial assistance to
a promising sophomore or junior with need
who is interested in pursuing a career in engi
neering. It is the gift o f Elsa Palmer Jenkins ’22,
Swarthmore’s first woman graduate in engi
neering.
T he H ow ard C ooper John son Scholarship, estab
lished by Howard Cooper Johnson ’96, is
awarded on the basis o f all-around achieve
m ent to a male undergraduate who is a member
o f the Society o f Friends.
T he Edm und A . Jon es Scholarship Fund was cre
ated in 1965, awarding a grant each year to a
graduate o f Swarthmore High School and,
since 1983, to a graduate o f Strath Haven High
School. In 1997, this four-year, renewable
scholarship was designated for graduates of
Strath Haven High School with demonstrated
financial need who attend Swarthmore
College. Edmund A . Jones was the son of
Adalyn Purdy Jon es, Class o f 1940, and
Edmund Jones, Class o f 1939, longtime resi
dents o f Swarthmore.
T he Jen n ie K eith Scholarship is one o f several
created by an anonymous donor in recognition
o f outstanding administrators at Swarthmore
College. T h e Keith Scholarship was estab
lished in 2000 to honor Jennie Keith, professor
o f anthropology, who served as provost from
1992 to 2001. T h e scholarship is awarded to a
student who shares the donor’s and Jennie
K eith’s commitment to the use o f intellectual
excellence in the service o f positive social
change.
T he K ennedy Scholarship is given in honor of
the parents and with thanks to the children of
Christopher and Jane Kennedy. T h e scholar
ship is awarded on the basis o f need and merit
and is renewable through four years.
T he C lark K e rr’32 Scholarship was created by an
anonymous donor in 2000. It is awarded with
preference to a student entering his or her se
nior year, who meets the model described by
President Aydelotte o f the all-around student
with strong interests in academic achievement,
athletics, and interests in debating and other
aspects o f student life and community service.
T he Florence and M elville Kershaw Scholarship is
endowed in their honor by their son Thomas
A . Kershaw, Class o f 1960. It is awarded to a
first-year student on the basis o f need and
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merit, with preference to those intending to
major in engineering, and is renewable through
the senior year.
T he W illiam H . K istler ’4 3 Scholarship is en
dowed in his memory by his wife, Suzanne, and
his friends and former classmates. It is awarded
to a needy and deserving student majoring in
engineering or economics.
T he Paul and M ary Jan e K opsch Scholarship
Fund, established through a gift o f Paul J.
Kopsch o f the Class o f ’46, is awarded each year
to a junior premedical student(s) with finan
cial need. T h e scholarship is renewable in the
senior year.
T he W alter W. K rider ’09 M em orial Scholarship.
Established by his wife and daughter in 1965,
the Krider scholarship is awarded to a student
who ranks high in scholarship, character, and
personality and has financial need.
T he K yle Scholarship, established in 1993 by
Elena Sogan Kyle ’54, Frederick W. Kyle ’54,
and Robert B. Kyle Jr. ’52, is awarded in the ju
nior or senior year to a student who has shown
leadership capability, made significant contri
butions to the life o f the College, and demon
strated the need for financial assistance.
T he Laurence L afore ’38 Scholarship was estab
lished in his memory in 1986 by family, friends,
classmates, and former students. Professor
Lafore, author o f numerous books and essays,
taught history at Swarthmore from 1945 until
1969. T his scholarship is awarded to a needy
student showing unusual promise and is renew
able through four years.
T he R obert E . 1903 and W alter L am b 1939
Scholarship was established by W alter Lamb ’39.
It is awarded on the basis o f academic merit
and financial need.
T he B arbara Lang Scholarship is awarded to a
student in the junior class whose major is in
the arts, preferably in music, who ranks high in
scholarship and has financial need. It is renew
able in the senior year. T his scholarship was es
tablished by Eugene M. Lang ’38 in honor of
his sister.
Eugene M . Lang O pportunity G rants are award
ed each year to as many as six entering students
who are selected by a special committee on the
basis o f distinguished academic and extracur
ricular achievement and demonstrable interest
in social change. Stipends are based on finan
cial need and take the form o f full grants up to
the amount of total college charges. Each Lang
Scholar is also eligible for summer or academ
ic-year community service support, while an
undergraduate, up to a maximum of $14,000.
Projects, which must be approved in advance
by a faculty committee, are expected to facili
tate social change in a significant way. T h e
program is made possible by the gift of Eugene
M. Lang ’38.
T he Id a an d D aniel Lang Scholarship, established
by their son, Eugene M . Lang o f the Class of
1938, provides financial assistance for a man or
woman who ranks high in scholarship, charac
ter, and personality.
T he E lean or B . and Edw ard M . L ap h am jr. '30
Scholarship established in 1996, is awarded to a
first-year student on the basis o f merit and
need. T h e scholarship is renewable for his or
her years o f study at Swarthmore.
The Frances R einer and Stephen G irard Lax
Scholarship has been established with prefer
ence for minority or foreign students who show
both merit and need. T his scholarship has been
endowed by the family o f Stephen Girard Lax
’41, who was chairm an o f the Board of
Managers o f Swarthmore College from 1971 to
1976.
The Stephen G irard L ax Scholarship, established
by family, friends, and business associates of
Stephen Lax ’41, is awarded on the basis of fi
nancial need every two years to a student en
tering the junior year and showing academic
distinction, leadership qualities, and definite
interest in a career in business.
T he C arl M . Levin ’5 6 Scholarship was created
by an anonymous donor in 2000. It is awarded
to a student with merit and need who has over
come obstacles, with a preference for graduates
of Michigan public high schools. T h e scholar
ship is renewable.
T he Scott B . Lilly Scholarship, endowed by Jacob
T. Schless o f the Class o f 1914 at Swarthmore
College, was offered for the first time in 1950.
This scholarship is in honor o f a former distin
guished professor o f engineering, and, there
fore, students who plan to major in engineering
are given preference. A n award is made annu
ally.
The Lloyd Fam ily Scholarship was established in
2000 by May Brown Lloyd ’27, G . Stephen
Lloyd ’57, and A nne Lloyd ’87. It is awarded
with preference for a man or woman who gives
great promise. T h e scholarship is renewable.
T he Lloyd-Jones Fam ily Scholarship is the gift of
Donald ’52 and Beverly M iller ’52 Lloyd-Jones
and their children A nne ’79, Susan ’84,
Donald ’8 6, and Susan’s husband Bob
Dickinson ’83. It is awarded on the basis of
merit and need and is renewable through the
senior year.
Amy C hase Lo/tin ’29 Scholarship. Established in
1998, the Loftin scholarship is awarded to a
sophomore, with preference given to Native
Americans and African Americans. T h e schol
arship is renewable through the senior year.
T he Jo a n Longer ’78 Scholarship was created as a
memorial in 1989 by her family, classmates,
and friends, to honor the example of Joan’s per
sonal courage, high ideals, good humor, and
grace. It is awarded on the basis o f merit and
need and is renewable through the senior year.
T he D avid Laurent Low M em orial Scholarship,
established by M artin L. Low, Class o f 1940;
his wife, A lice; Andy Low, Class of 1973; and
Kathy Low in memory o f their son and broth
er, is awarded to a man or woman who gives
the great promise that David himself did. T h e
award assumes both need and academic excel
lence and places emphasis, in order, on quali
ties o f leadership and character, or outstanding
and unusual promise. T h e scholarship is award
ed to a first-year student and is renewable for
the undergraduate years.
T he Lym an Scholarship, established by Frank L.
Lyman Jr. ’43 and his wife, Julia, on the occa
sion o f his 50th reunion in 1993, is awarded to
a student who is a member o f the Religious
Society o f Friends or whose parents are mem
bers of the Religious Society o f Friends, on the
basis o f need, and is renewable through the se
nior year.
T he Leland S. M acP hailJr. Scholarship, given by
M ajor League Baseball in recognition o f 48
years o f dedicated service by Leland S .
MacPhail Jr. ’39, will be awarded annually to a
deserving student on the basis of need and
merit.
T he T hom as B . M cC abe A w ards, established by
Thomas B. M cCabe ’15, are awarded to enter
ing students from the Delmarva Peninsula, and
Delaware County, Pa. In making selections,
the com m ittee places emphasis on ability,
character, personality, and service to school
and community. These awards provide a mini-
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mum annual grant of tuition, or a maximum to
cover tuition, fees, room, and board, depending
on need. Candidates for the M cCabe Awards
must apply for admission to the College by
D ecem ber 15. T h e N ation al M cC abe
Scholarship will be based on a student’s finan
cial need.
T h e C h arlotte G oette ’2 0 an d W allace M .
M cCurdy Scholarship is awarded to a first-year
student on the basis o f need and merit and is
renewable annually. It has been endowed by
Charlotte McCurdy ’20.
T he C orn elia D ashiell and D ino E nea P etech
M cC urdy, M .D . ’35 Fam ily Scholarship was en
dowed by Cornelia and Dino E.P. McCurdy,
M .D. ’35. It is awarded each year to a wellrounded student with need who demonstrates
academic and extracurricular interests based
upon sound character and healthy personality
traits, with preference given to graduates of
George School.
T h e D orothy S hoem aker '29 an d H ugh
M cD iarm id ’3 0 Scholarship is awarded to a firstyear man or woman on the basis o f merit and
need and is renewable through the senior year.
It is the gift o f the McDiarmid family in com
memoration o f their close association with
Swarthmore College.
T he H elen O sier M cK endree ’23 Scholarship was
created in 1998. T h e scholarship is awarded to
a junior majoring in a foreign language or lan
guages.
T he N orm an M einkoth Scholarship, established
by his friends and former students, to honor Dr.
Norm an A . M einkoth, a member o f the
College faculty from 1947 to 1978, is awarded
annually to a worthy student with an interest
in the study o f biological problems in a natural
environment.
T he P eter M ertz Scholarship is awarded to an en
tering first-year student outstanding in mental
and physical vigor, who shows promise o f
spending these talents for the good o f the
College community and o f the larger commu
nity outside. T h e award was established in
1955 by Harold, LuEsther, and Joyce Mertz in
memory of Peter Mertz, who was a member of
the Class o f 1957. It is renewable for the un
dergraduate years.
T he M ari M ichener Scholarship provides financial
support to four students on the basis o f merit
and need. It is the gift o f James Michener ’29.
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T he H ajim e M itarai Scholarship, established in
1995 by Eugene M. Lang ’38 in memory o f his
close friend and the father o f Tsuyoshi Mitarai
’98, is awarded to students with financial need.
Preference is given to students with interna
tional backgrounds.
T he Margaret M oore Scholarship Fund provides
scholarships to foreign students with a prefer
ence given to students o f South A sian origin.
T h e Kathryn L . M organ Scholarship was estab
lished by an anonymous donor in 2000. T he
scholarship was created in recognition of
Professor Morgan’s distinguished teaching and
scholarly contributions to the life o f the
College. Preference is given to students with
an interest in Black Studies. T h e scholarship is
renewable.
T h e F loren ce E ising N aum burg S cholarship,
named in 1975 in honor of the mother o f an
alumna of the Class o f 1943, is awarded to a
student whose past performance gives evidence
o f intellectual attainm ent, leadership, and
character and who shows potential for future
intellectual growth, creativity, and scholarship
and for being a contributor to the College and
ultimately to society.
T he T hom as S . ’3 0 and M arian H am m ing N icely
’3 0 Scholarship is awarded to a first-year student
with need who shows promise of academic
achievement, fine character, and athletic abil
ity. Preference will be given to a person who
has been on the varsity tennis, squash, rac
quets, golf, or swimming teams in high or
preparatory schools.
T he John H . Nixon Scholarship was established
by Joh n H. N ixon, Class of ’35, to assist Third
World students, especially those who plan to
return to their country o f origin.
T he Edw ard L . N oyes ’31 Scholarship has been
endowed in his memory by his wife, Jean
W alton Noyes ’32, his three sons, and his many
friends. T h e scholarship is available to an in
com ing first-year student, w ith preference
given to those from the Southwest, especially
Texas. It is awarded on the basis o f need and
merit to students with broad interests and is re
newable through four years.
T he Tory Parsons ’63 Scholarship was established
in 1991 in his memory by a member o f the
Class o f 1964 to provide scholarship aid to stu
dents with demonstrated need.
T he J . R oland Pennock Scholarships were estab
lished by A nn and Guerin Todd ’38 in honor of
) i Roland Pennock 7 7 , R ich ter Professor
Emeritus o f Political Science. Income from this
endowment is to be used to award four scholarships on the basis of merit and need, preferably
to one scholar in each class.
T he W innifred Poland P ierce Scholarship Fund is
awarded on the basis of merit and financial
need and is renewable through the senior year.
T he C orn elia C hapm an and N icholas O . Pittenger
Scholarship, established by family and friends, is
awarded to an incoming first-year man or
woman who ranks high in scholarship, charac
ter, and personality and who has need for fi
nancial assistance.
Lauram a Page Pixum ’4 3 Scholarship provides fi
nancial assistance for foreign students studying
at Swarthmore, with preference for those from
the former Soviet U nion and Eastern Europe.
It is a gift of her brother Edward Page, Class of
1946.
The Anthony B eekm an P ool Scholarship. T his
scholarship is awarded to an incoming firstyear man o f promise and intellectual curiosity.
It is given in memory o f Tony Pool of the Class
of 1959.
The Richard ’36 and H elen Shilcock Post ’36
Scholarship, established in 1995 by H elen
Shilcock Post ’36, B ill ’61 and Suzanne Rekate
Post ’65, Carl ’66 and Margery Post A bbott ’67,
Barbara Post W alton, Betsy Post Falconi,
Richard W. ’9 0 and Jennifer Austrian Post ’90
and their families, is awarded to a wellrounded first-year student who demonstrates
merit, need, and an interest in athletic en
deavors. It is renewable through four years.
The Henry L . Price J r ., M .D . ’4 4 Scholarship in
N atural Sciences was established in 1994 by Hal
and Meme Price and is awarded to a student
who has declared the intention to choose a
major in the Division of Natural Sciences ex
cluding engineering. It is awarded on the basis
of merit and need and is renewable through the
senior year. T his scholarship is in memory of
Dr. Price’s parents Sara Millechamps Anderson
and Henry Locher Price.
T he Martin S. and K atherin e D . Q uigley
Scholarship was established by their son, Kevin
F.F. Quigley ’74, in honor of his parents’ steady
commitment to family, lifetime learning, and
international understanding. T h e scholarship
is awarded each year on the basis of academic
merit and financial need and is renewable.
Preference is given to outstanding internation
al students attending Swarthmore.
T he R aruey-C handra and N iyom sit Scholarships
are given by Renoo Suvamsit ’47 in memory of
his parents. T hey are given in alternate years:
the Raruey-Chandra Scholarship to a woman
for her senior year, and th e Niyomsit
Scholarship to a man for his senior year, who
has high academic standing and real need for
financial aid. Preference is given to a candidate
who has divorced or deceased parents or a de
ceased mother or father.
T he Byron T . Roberts Scholarship, endowed by
his family in memory o f Byron T. Roberts 7 2 ,
is awarded annually to an incoming student
and is renewable for his or her years o f study at
Swarthmore.
T he Louis N . R obinson Scholarship was estab
lished during the College’s Centennial year by
the family and friends o f Louis N . Robinson.
Mr. Robinson was for many years a member of
the Swarthmore College faculty and founder of
the Economics Discussion Group. A member
of the junior or senior class who has demon
strated interest and ability in the study of eco
nomics is chosen for this award.
T he Edwin P. Rome Scholarship provides finan
cial assistance to worthy students with need. It
was established in memory of Edwin P. Rome
’37 by his wife, Mrs. R ita Rome, and T he
William Penn Foundation, on whose board he
served.
T he A lexis R osenberg Scholarship Fund, estab
lished by T h e A lexis Rosenberg Foundation,
provides aid for a first-year student. It is award
ed annually to a worthy student who could not
attend the College without such assistance.
T he G irard Bliss Ruddick ’27 Scholarship is
awarded to a junior on the basis o f merit and
need, with preference to an economics major.
It is renewable in the senior year. T h e Marcia
Perry Ruddick Cook 7 7 Scholarship is award
ed to a junior on the basis of merit and need,
with preference to an English literature major,
and is renewable for the senior year. Both
scholarships are endowed by J. Perry Ruddick
in memory of his parents.
T he C harles F .C . R u ff ’60 D istrict o f C olum bia
Scholarship memorializes distinguished alumnus
Charles F.C. Ruff ’60, who died in 2000.
Preference is given to students with financial
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need who live in the District of Columbia.
T he D avid B arker Rushm ore Scholarship, estab
lished in honor o f David Barker Rushmore,
Class of 1894, by his niece Dorothea Rushmore
Egan ’24, is awarded annually to a worthy stu
dent who plans to major in engineering or eco
nomics.
T he C arl E . Russo ’79 Scholarship was estab
lished by Carl E. Russo 7 9 in 2000. It is award
ed to a man or woman who gives great promise.
Preference is given to students demonstrating
leadership skills and a desire to pursue entre
preneurship.
T he K atharine Scherm an Scholarship is awarded
to a student with a primary interest in the arts
and the humanities, having special talents in
these fields. Students with other special inter
ests, however, will no t be excluded from con
sideration. Awarded in honor o f Katharine
Scherman, o f the Class of 1938, it is renewable
for the full period o f undergraduate study.
T he P eter '57 and D avid '58 Schickele Scholarship
was established by an anonymous donor in
2001. Named for Peter ’57 and in memory of
his brother David ’58, it is awarded on the basis
o f academ ic m erit and fin ancial need.
Preference is given to students from the Native
A m erican community in the plains, desert, and
mountain states west of the Mississippi River.
T he W alter Ludwig Schnaring Scholarship was es
tablished in 1998 by a gift from the estate of
H elen H illbom Schnaring, in memory o f her
husband. T h e scholarship is unrestricted and
renewable.
T he H ow ard A . Schneiderm an ’48 Scholarship,
established in 1991 by his family, is awarded to
a first-year student and is renewable through
the senior year. Preference is given to students
with interest in the biological sciences.
T he Jo e and Terry Shane Scholarship, created in
honor of Joe Shane ’25, who was vice president
of Swarthmore College’s Alumni, Develop
ment, and Public Relations from 1950-1972,
and his wife, Terry, who assisted him in count
less ways in serving the College, was estab
lished by their son, Larry Shane ’56, and his
wife, Marty Porter Shane ’57, in remembrance
of Joe and Terry’s warm friendship with gener
ations o f Swarthmore alumni. T his award is
made to a first-year student on the basis of
merit and need. It is renewable through four
years.
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T he Floren ce C reer Shepard ’26 Scholarship, es
tablished by her husband, is awarded on the
basis o f high scholastic attainment, character,
and personality.
T he W illiam C . an d B arbara Tipping S ieck
Scholarship is awarded annually to a student
showing distinction in academics, leadership
qualities, and extracurricular activities and
who indicates an interest in a career in
business.
T he N ancy B axter Skallerup Scholarship, estab
lished by her husband and children, is awarded
to an incoming first-year student with financial
need. It is renewable through four years.
T he W illiam W . Slocum '43 Scholarship was es
tablished in 1981 and is awarded to a deserving
student on the basis o f merit and need.
T he C ourtney C . Sm ith Scholarship is for stu
dents who best exemplify the characteristics of
Swarthmore’s ninth president: intellect and in
tellectual courage, natural dignity, humane
purpose, and capacity for leadership. Normally,
the award will be made to a member o f the
first-year class on the basis o f merit and need.
It is renewable during the undergraduate years.
Holders of this scholarship gain access to a spe
cial file in the Friends Historical Library left by
the scholarship’s creator, the Class o f 1957,
inviting them to perpetuate the memory of this
individual’s 16 years of stewardship o f the
College’s affairs and his tragic death in its
service.
T h e W .W . Sm ith C haritable T rust provides
scholarships to students who qualify on the
basis o f need and merit.
T he H arold E . and Ruth CalweU Snyder Prem edical Scholarship is the gift of Harold E.
Snyder, Class of 1929. It provides support up to
full tuition and fees for junior or senior pre
medical students and is awarded on the basis of
merit and need.
T he C indy Solom on M em orial Scholarship is
awarded with preference to a young woman in
need o f financial assistance and who has spe
cial talent in poetry or other creative and
imaginative fields.
T he F ran k Solom on M em orial Scholarship was
created in 1955. T h e scholarship is awarded on
the basis o f academic merit and financial need,
and is renewable.
T he H elen Solom on Scholarship is given in her
memory by her son, Frank Solom on Jr. o f the
Class of 1950. It is awarded to a first-year stu
dent on the basis of merit and need and is re
newable through the senior year.
T he B abette S . Spiegel Scholarship A w ard, given
in memory o f Babette S. Spiegel, Class of 1933,
is awarded to a student showing very great
promise as a creative writer (in any literary
form) who has need o f financial assistance.
T he English Department determines those
eligible.
T he H arry E . Sprogell Scholarship was estab
lished in 1981 in memory o f Harry E. Sprogell
’32 and in honor of his class’s 50th reunion. It
is awarded to a junior or senior with financial
need who has a special interest in law or music.
C.V. Starr Scholarship Fund, established by T h e
Starr Foundation as a memorial to its founder,
provides scholarship assistance on the basis of
merit and need.
T he D avid Parks Steelm an Scholarship Fund, es
tablished in his memory in 1990 by C . William
’63 and Linda G . Steelm an, is awarded annual
ly to a deserving male or female student on the
basis of merit and need, with a preference for
someone showing a strong interest in athletics.
The Stella Steiner Scholarship, established in
1990 by Lisa A . Steiner ’54, in honor of her
mother, is awarded to a first-year student on
the basis o f merit and need. T his scholarship is
renewable through the senior year.
The C laren ce K . Streit Scholarship is awarded to
a student entering the junior or senior year and
majoring in history. Preference is given to per
sons, outstanding in initiative and scholarship,
who demonstrate a particular interest in
Am erican pre—Revolutionary W ar history.
This scholarship honors Clarence K. Streit, au
thor of Union N ow : A Proposal fo r an A tlantic
Federal U nion o f the F ree, whose seminal ideas
were made public in three Cooper Foundation
lectures at Swarthmore.
T he K atharine B ennett Tappen, C lass o f 1931,
M em orial Scholarship, established in 1980 is
awarded to a first-year student. T h e scholarship
is renewable for four years at the discretion of
the College. Preference is given to a resident of
the Delmarva Peninsula.
T he N ew ton E . T arble A w ard, established by
Newton E. Tarble o f the Class o f 1913, is grant
ed to a first-year man who gives promise of
leadership, ranks high in scholarship, charac
ter, and personality and resides west of the
Mississippi River or south of Springfield in the
State o f Illinois.
T he P hoebe A nna T hom e M em orial Scholarship
was established by a T hom e family member in
1911. Preference is given to members o f the
New York Quarterly Meeting o f the Religious
Society of Friends. T h e scholarship is renew
able.
T he A udrey Friedm an Troy Scholarship, estab
lished by her husband, Melvin B. Troy ’48, is
awarded to a first-year man or woman. T h e
scholarship is renewable through four years at
the discretion o f the College. In awarding the
scholarship, prime consideration is given to the
ability of die prospective scholar to profit from
a Swarthmore education and to be a contribu
tor to the College and ultimately to society.
T he Jan e H ausm an and G eoffrey M .B . Troy ’75
Scholarship, established in 1999, is awarded an
nually to a deserving student on the basis of
merit and need, with preference given to stu
dents majoring in art history.
T h e R obert C . an d Sue T hom as Turner
Scholarship is awarded to a deserving student on
the basis of merit and financial need.
T he Vaughan-Berry Scholarship was established
by Harold S. Berry ’28 and Elizabeth Vaughan
Berry ’28 through life income gifts, to provide
financial assistance to needy students.
T he Stanley and C onn n e W eithom Scholarship
was established in 1981. It is awarded with
preference to a student who has expressed a se
rious interest in the area of social justice and
civil rights. T h e scholarship is renewable.
T he Suzanne P. W elsh Scholarship was created by
an anonymous donor in recognition o f out
standing administrators at Swarthmore College
in 2000. T h e W elsh fund was established in
honor o f Suzanne P. Welsh, who joined the
College staff in 1983 and became its treasurer
in 1989. T h e fund is awarded on the basis of
academic merit and financial need and is re
newable.
T he D avid ’51 and A nita W esson '51 Scholarship
was established on the occasion o f their 50th
reunion in honor of their parents, Eleanor and
Castro Dabrouhua and Marion and Philip
Wesson. It is awarded to a first-year student on
the basis of academic merit and financial need
and is renewable. Preference is given to a stu
dent who is the first in his or her family to at
tend college.
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Financial Aid
T he R achel Leigh W ightm an Scholarship was cre
ated by A nne Bauman W ightman ’82 and
C olin W. W ightman ’82 in memory o f their
daughter. It is awarded to a gentle person
whose quiet, unrelenting love of learning in
spires similar passion in those around them.
T h e scholarship is awarded on the basis of need
to a worthy student and is renewable through
the senior year.
T he E lm er L . W inkler Scholarship Fund, estab
lished in 1980 by a member o f the Class of
1952, is awarded annually to a deserving stu
dent on the basis o f merit and need.
T he R obert W olf ’39 Scholarship was endowed in
his memory by his sisters, Ruth W olf Page ’42
and Ethel W olf Boyer ’41. It is awarded each
year on the basis o f need and merit to a junior
or senior majoring in chemistry or biology. T h e
scholarship is renewable in the senior year.
T he L etitia M . W olverton Scholarship Fund,
given by Letitia M. W olverton o f the Class of
1913, provides scholarships for members of the
junior and senior classes who have proved to
be capable students and have need for financial
assistance to complete their education at
Swarthmore College.
T he Frances '28 and John W orth '30 Scholarship
was established by Frances Ramsey W orth in
1993 and is awarded to a first-year student with
strong academic credentials and with financial
need. T h e scholarship is renewable through
the senior year.
T he H arrison M . W right Scholarship was created
by friends, colleagues, and former students of
Harrison M. W right, Isaac H. C lothier Profes
sor o f History and International Relations,
upon the occasion o f his retirement from the
College. T h e annual scholarship supports a stu
dent for a semester o f study in Africa.
T he M ichael M . and Zelm a K . W ynn Scholarship
was established in 1983 by K enneth R . Wynn
’73 in honor o f his mother and father. It is
awarded annually to a student on the basis of
need and merit.
T h e income from each o f the following funds is
awarded at the discretion o f the College.
T he B arcus Scholarship Fund
T he Belville Scholarship
T he A lphonse N . B ertrand Fund
T he B ook and K ey Scholarship Fund
T he L eon W illard Briggs Scholarship Fund
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T he John S . Brod Scholarship
T he R obert C . B rooks Scholarship Fund
T he C hi O m ega Scholarship
T he C lass o f 1913 Scholarship Fund
T he C lass o f 1914 Scholarship Fund
T he C lass o f 1915 Scholarship Fund
T he C lass o f 1917 Scholarship Fund
T he Susan P. C obbs Scholarship
T he C ochran M em orial Scholarship Fund
T he Sarah A ntrim C ole Scholarship Fund
T he C harles A . C ollins Scholarship Fund
T he Stephanie C ooley ’70 Scholarship
T he Ellsw orth F. C urtin M em orial Scholarship
T he D elta G am m a Scholarship Fund
T he G eorge E llsler Scholarship Fund
T he J . H orace E m ien Scholarship Fund
T he H ow ard S . and G ertrude P. Evans
Scholarship Fund
T he E lean or F lexner Scholarship
T he Joseph E . Giliingfiam Fund
T he M ary U ppincott G riscom Scholarship
T he Stella and C harles G uttm an Foundation
Scholarhips
T he Fladassah M .L . H olcom be Scholarship
T he J . Philip H errm ann Scholarship
T he A . Price H eusner Scholarship
T he R achel W . H illbom Scholarship
T he A aron B . Ivins Scholarship
T he W illiam and F loren ce Ivins Scholarship
T he George K . and Sallie K . John son Scholarship
Fund
T he K appa K appa G am m a Scholarship
T he Jessie Stevenson K ovalen ko Scholarship Fund
T he John L afore Scholarship
T he E . H ibberd Law rence Scholarship Fund
T he T hom as L . L eedom Scholarship Fund
T he Sarah E . U ppincott Scholarship Fund
T he M ary T . Longstreth Scholarship Fund
T he C lara B . M arshall Scholarship Fund
T he Edw ard Martin Scholarship Fund
T he Franz H . M autner Scholarship
T he Jam es E . M iller Scholarship
T he H ow ard O sborn Scholarship Fund
T he H arriet W . Paiste Fund
T he Rogers P alm er Scholarships
T he Susanna H aines '80 and B eulah H aines
Parry Scholarship Fund
T he T .H . D udley Perkins Scholarship Fund
T he M ary C oates P reston Scholarship Fund
T he D avid L . Price Scholarship
T he R obert Pyle Scholarship Fund
T he G eorge G . and H elen G askill Rathje ’18
Scholarship
T he R eader’s D igest Foundation Endow ed
Scholarship Fund
T he Fred C . and Jessie M . Reynolds
Scholarship Fund
T he Lily lily Richards Scholarship
The A dele M ills Riley M em orial Scholarship
The Edith A . Runge Scholarship Fund
T he A m elia Em hardt Sands Scholarship Fund
T he W illiam G . and M ary N . Serrill H onors
Scholarship
T he C linton G . S hafer Scholarship
T he C arolin e Shero Scholarship
T he A nnie Shoem aker Scholarship
T he Sarah W . Shreiner Scholarship
T he W alter Frederick Sims Scholarship Fund
T he Mary Sproul Scholarship Fund
T he H elen G . S tafford Scholarship Fund
T he Francis H olm es Strozier M em orial
Scholarship Fund
T he Joseph T . Sullivan Scholarship Fund
T he Titus Scholarships Fund
T he D aniel U nderhill Scholarship Fund
T he W illiam H illes W ard Scholarships
The D eborah F. W harton Scholarship Fund
T he T hom as H . W hite Scholarship Fund
T he Sam uel W illets Scholarship Fund
T he l.V . W illiam son Scholarship
T he Edw ard C larkson W ilson and E lizabeth T.
W ilson Scholarship Fund
T he M ary W ood Scholarship Fund
T he Roselynd A therholt W ood ’23 Fund
College Life
STATEMENT OF STUDENT RIGHTS,
RESPONSIBILITIES, AND CODE OF
CONDUCT
Preamble
Under O bjectives and Purposes of this publica
tion it is stated that: “T h e purpose o f
Swarthmore College is to make its students
more valuable human beings and more useful
members o f society... Swarthmore seeks to
help its students realize their fullest intellectu
al and personal potential combined with a
deep sense o f ethical and social concern.”
Although the College places great value on
freedom o f expression, it also recognizes the re
sponsibility to protect the structures and values
of an academic community. It is important,
therefore, that students assume responsibility
for helping to sustain an educational and social
community where the rights o f all are respect
ed. This includes conforming their behavior to
standards o f conduct that are designed to pro
tect the health, safety, dignity, and rights of all.
The College community also has a responsibil
ity to protect the possessions, property, and in
tegrity of the institution as well as of individu
als. T h e aim of both this statement and the
Student Judicial Procedures is to balance all
these rights, responsibilities, and community
values fairly and efficiently.
Swarthmore College policies and jurisdiction
normally apply only to the conduct of matricu
lated students occurring on Swarthmore
College property or at College-sanctioned
events that take place off campus. In situations
in which both the complainant and accused
are matriculated Swarthmore College students,
however, College policies and jurisdiction may
apply regardless of the location of the incident.
Students should also realize that they have the
responsibility to ensure that their guests do not
violate College policies, rules, and regulations
while visiting and that students may be subject
to disciplinary action for misbehavior o f their
guests.
A complaint against a student may be made to
the deans by a student, a Public Safety officer,
a member of the College’s faculty or staff, or a
College department. If the alleged incident
represents a violation of federal, state, or local
law, the complainant also has the option o f ini
tiating proceedings in the criminal or civil
court system regardless of whether a complaint
is filed within the College system.
T h e following is a summary and explanation of
the rights, responsibilities, and rules governing
student conduct at Swarthmore College. This
statement serves as a general framework and is
not intended to provide an exhaustive list of
all possible infractions. Students violating any
o f the following are subject to disciplinary ac
tion. A ll sanctions imposed by the judicial sys
tem must be obeyed or additional penalties will
be levied. For a description o f the College’s ju
dicial process, please see the section below on
Student Ju dicial System .
1 . Academic and Personal Integrity
A cad em ic F reed om an d Responsibility
T h e following is excerpted from T he Faculty
H an dbook (Section II.A .2):
Swarthmore College has long subscribed to the
fundamental tenets of academic freedom artic
ulated in the 1940 Statem ent of Principles on
Academic Freedom and Tenure by the Amer
ican Association o f University Professors. This
doctrine has been reiterated and amplified in
the association’s 1970 Statem ent on Freedom
and Responsibility. Swarthmore College ad
heres to the 1970 Statem ent, relevant portions
o f which are reproduced below. T h e complete
texts o f the association’s 1940 and 1970
Statements may be found in A .A .U.P. publica
tions.
Membership in the academic community im
poses on students, faculty members, adminis
trators, and trustees an obligation to respect
the dignity of others, to acknowledge their
right to express differing opinions, and to foster
and defend intellectual honesty, freedom of in
quiry and instruction, and free expression on
and off the campus. T h e expression o f dissent
and the attempt to produce change, therefore,
may not be carried out in ways that injure in
dividuals or damage institutional facilities or
disrupt the classes o f one’s teachers or col
leagues. Speakers on campus must not only be
protected from violence but also be given an
opportunity to be heard. Those who seek to
call attention to grievances must not do so in
ways that significantly impede the functions of
the institution.
Students are entitled to an atmosphere con
ducive to learning and to even-handed treat
ment in all aspects of the teacher-student rela-
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tionship. Faculty members may not refuse to
enroll or teach students on the grounds o f their
beliefs or the possible uses to which they may
put the knowledge to be gained in a course.
T h e student should not be forced by the au
thority inherent in the instructional role to
make particular personal choices as to political
action or his own part in society. Evaluation of
students and the award o f credit must be based
on academic performance professionally judged
and not on matters irrelevant to that perfor
mance, such as personality, race, religion, de
gree o f political activism, or personal beliefs.
If a student has a grievance against a faculty
member th a t can n o t be resolved directly
through the faculty member involved, the stu
dent should take her or his concerns to the de
partment chair. If the grievance remains unre
solved, the student should contact the provost.
A cad em ic M iscon d u ct
T h e following procedures were adopted by the
faculty on Feb. 16, 2001, and are excerpted
from T he Faculty H andbook (Section II.B .7):
I. C onsidering A cadem ic M isconduct C ases
i. Academic misconduct is defined as a vio
lation of the college’s standards o f academic in
tegrity whether these violations are intention
al or unintentional.
ii. T h e College Judicial Comm ittee (C JC )
will adjudicate academic misconduct cases.
iii. In academic misconduct cases the dean of
the College, who chairs the C JC , acts as a neu
tral procedural facilitator, not as an advocate or
a judge. T h e dean o f the College, as chair, and
the associate dean for student affairs, as observ
er, are ex officio, nonvoting members o f C JC .
II. Procedures
i.
A n instructor who has good evidence
suspect a student or students o f academic mis
conduct (e.g., cheating on an exam; plagiarism
on a paper, lab reports, problem sets, or Honors
work) will, at the instructor’s discretion, con
sult the department chair about the case. Mere
suspicion on the part o f a faculty member that
the student’s work does not sound right is nor
mally not by itself sufficient grounds to bring a
case forward in the absence o f good evidence.
Good evidence may include, but is not limited
to, the following:
properly acknowledged. Sources that must be
acknowledged include, but are not limited to,
books, articles in books, journal articles, Web
pages, graphs, charts, tables, data sets, etc. in
any o f the sources just mentioned. Proper ac
knowledgment must indicate both the source
and how it served as a source for any specific
portions o f the student’s work that have been
based on it.
b.
Glaring coincidences in the work o f stu
dents on exams, papers, problem sets, etc.,
where cooperation in producing the work was
not permitted.
ii. In any event, the instructor will meet with
the student (or students) to present evidence
to the student and may, at the instructor’s dis
cretion, invite the department chair to be pre
sent.
iii. A fter this meeting, if the instructor’s sus
picions are not allayed, the instructor will sub
mit a report to the associate dean o f the
College for student life. T h e report will include
a narrative of the incident and evidence sup
porting the charge.
iv. T h e associate dean will provide copies of
the report to all faculty members of the College
Judicial Comm ittee including alternates, and
will call a preliminary meeting o f the faculty
members o f the C JC for the purpose o f deter
mining the merits o f the case. If in the judg
ment of this group there are sufficient grounds
to warrant a hearing, the associate dean will
schedule the hearing at a time mutually conve
nient to the committee members o f the C JC
and the student charged with academic mis
conduct. T h e associate dean will inform the
student of the charge and his or her right to
have a support person present at . the hearing.
toT h e support person may be a fellow student, a
faculty member, or a member o f the staff.
Normally, all evidence to be considered must
be submitted by the accuser and the defendant
to the associate dean for student life prior to
the hearing.
v. Before academic misconduct cases are
heard, the associate dean will provide the com
m ittee with an updated summary of the previ
ous years’ cases and their disposition.
III. Sanctions
i.
T h e C JC will consider the case, make a
a.
Som e o f the student’s work coincides finding o f guilty or not guilty on the basis of
with or closely paraphrases a source that is not
the preponderance o f the evidence, and deter
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mine an appropriate sanction if a finding of
guilty is reached.
ii. In determining a sanction, the committee
will consider all the circumstances o f the case,
including the intent o f the student, the char
acter and magnitude o f the offense, the consid
ered evidential judgment o f the faculty mem
ber bringing the accusation, and mitigating cir
cumstances. It is the opinion of the faculty that
for an intentional first offense, failure in the
course normally is appropriate. Suspension for
a semester or deprivation o f the degree in that
year may also be appropriate when warranted
by th e seriousness o f the offense.
iii. For a second offense, the penalty normally
should be expulsion.
IV. A ppeals
A request for an appeal may be brought to the
president and the provost within 10 days fol
lowing a guilty decision by the C JC , but only
on the grounds o f new evidence or procedural
error. If the president and the provost decide
that this new information warrants an appeal,
they will appoint a new committee o f two fac
ulty and two students to review the case. T he
decision of the appeal committee is final. T he
committee may confirm the decision of the
C JC , reduce or increase the sanctions, or dis
miss the original charges.
V . Inform ing F acu lty A nd Students A bou t
Sw arthm ore’s A cadem ic M isconduct Policy
The integrity of a liberal arts education de
pends on the principle o f academic integrity.
Educating the community about the academic
misconduct policy is essential to the educa
tional goals of the college.
Both students and faculty will be regularly in
formed about the college’s academic miscon
duct policy in a variety of ways such as the fol
lowing: by their instructors or advisors, by the
Dean’s Office, and by means o f statements in
such places as the College catalog, faculty and
student handbooks, the College W eb site, de
partmental or divisional handouts, etc.
Discussion of the policy may also be part of
such sessions as orientation for first-year stu
dents in the fall, orientation for new faculty,
and in writing associate and student academic
mentor training. Students must finally take the
responsibility for understanding the rules with
respect to proper citation of sources and the
College’s academic misconduct policy.
Standard Citation P ractices
Writers may refer to a handbook on scholarly
writing for information about correct citation
procedures. T h e M LA H andbook is particularly
useful because it also provides examples o f pla
giarism. Supplementary departmental regula
tions governing jo in t projects, etc., may be
found on file in departmental offices. T h e in
formal nature o f some writing may obviate the
necessity o f rigorously formal citation, but still
requires honest attribution to original authors
o f all borrowed materials. Students should feel
free to consult with instructors whenever there
is doubt as to proper documentation.
Fear of being charged with plagiarism need not
inhibit anyone from appropriately using anoth
er’s ideas or data in a piece o f writing. Even di
rect quotation frequently serves as an effective
device in developing an argument. Academic
honesty requires only that writers properly ac
knowledge their debts to other authors at least
by means of quotation marks, footnotes, and
references, if not also with in-text phraseology
like “Einstein argued in 1900 that....” or “As
Melville implies in Chapter 3 o f M ob y -D ick ...”
Such usage is fully within the tradition of
forthright academic work.
Subm ission o f the Sam e W ork in M ore T h a n
O ne C ourse
W hen submitting any work to an instructor for
a course, it is assumed that the work was pro
duced specifically for that course. Submission
o f the same work in more than one course
without prior approval is prohibited. If the
courses are being taken concurrently, approval
o f the professors for both courses is required. If
a student wishes to submit a paper that was
written for a course taken in a previous semes
ter, the student need only obtain the permis
sion o f the professor teaching the current
course involved.
Library/Educational M aterials E thics
Students may not hinder the educational op
portunity of other students by behavior such as
removing, hiding, or defacing educational ma
terials.
Statem ent on Com puting
Use of the Swarthmore College computer sys
tem and networks is governed by the general
norms o f responsible community conduct de
scribed in the student, faculty, and staff hand
books, by local, state and federal laws, and by
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College policies specific to use o f the comput
er systems and networks, which are described
in the following sections.
and maintains these systems to further its aca
demic mission, using computers for nonacade
mic purposes has low priority.
Swarthmore College normally grants access to
its computing network and systems to current
ly enrolled students, to current and emeritus
faculty, and to currently employed staff. By
users, this document refers to all who use the
computers, networks, and peripherals owned or
operated by the College, or who gain access to
third-party computers and networks through
the College’s system, whether these individuals
have regular accounts or are system adminis
trators.
f.
To avoid engaging in any activity that
may reasonably be expected to be harmful to
the systems operated by the College or a third
party or to information stored upon them.
W hen a system vulnerability is discovered,
users are expected to report it to a system ad
ministrator.
1. Users o f services operated by Swarthmore
College have the following obligations and re
sponsibilities:
a. To respect software copyright. T h e copy
ing or use o f copyrighted software in violation
o f vendor license requirements is strictly for
bidden. N ot only does such violation (“soft
ware piracy”) wrongly appropriate the intellec
tual property o f others, but it places the indi
vidual user and the College at risk o f legal ac
tion.
b. To protect their accounts from unautho
rized use by others. Users are responsible for all
activities under their user ID, and must take
reasonable steps to ensure that they alone, or
some authorized person under their direct con
trol, have access to the account.
c. To respect the integrity o f other user’s ac
counts. Individuals must not use another per
son’s user ID without express permission or at
tempt to decode passwords or to access infor
mation illegitimately. A system administrator
is allowed to decode passwords as part o f regu
lar operations.
d. N ot to send forged e-mail (mail sent
under another user’s nam e) or to read e-mail
addressed to another user, for example, by ac
cessing their electronic mailbox or mail resid
ing in system files. Potentially offensive elec
tronic communication shall be considered as it
would be if conveyed by other media.
e. To avoid excess use o f shared resources,
whether through monopolizing systems, over
loading networks, misusing printer or other re
sources, or sending “junk mail.” Information
Technology Services (IT S ) will from time to
time issue guidelines to the use o f shared re
sources. Because Swarthmore College provides
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Violations o f these rules that come to the at
tention of IT S will be referred as appropriate to
the offices o f the dean, provost, or human re
sources. These offices will consider violations
using information provided by IT S . In cases of
violation o f “f” above, IT S may temporarily
withhold services from students, faculty or
staff. T h e case will then be referred in a timely
manner to the appropriate College authorities.
2. Swarthmore College for its part assures
users that College personnel are obliged:
a. To grant personal files on College com
puters (e.g., files in a user’s account) the same
degree o f privacy as personal files in Collegeassigned space in an office, lab, or dormitory
(e.g., files in a student’s desk); to grant private
communications via computer the same degree
o f protection as private communications in
other media; and to treat an article on a
U SE N E T newsgroup or other bulletin board
analogously to a poster or a College publica
tion.
b. To take reasonable steps to protect users
from unauthorized entry into their accounts or
files, whether by other users or by system ad
ministrators, except in instances where a sys
tem-related problem requires such entry.
c. To take reasonable steps to prevent the
dissemination o f information concerning indi
vidual user activities, for example, records of
users entering a bulletin board network.
A cknow ledgm ents. Some o f the above rules and
guidelines have been adapted from earlier
statements in the Sw arthm ore C ollege Student
H an dbook and from materials made available
from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, in
cluding the policy statements of the American
Association of University Professors, Columbia
University, the University o f Delaware, the
U niversity o f Southern C alifornia at Los
Angeles, and Virginia Tech University.
F alse Inform ation, M isrepresentation, and
Identification
A student may not knowingly provide false in
formation or make misrepresentation to any
College office. Students are obligated to pro
vide College personnel with accurate identifi
cation upon request.
Forgery,
F ra u d ,
Possession
a nd
U nauthorized
In addition to the forgery, alteration, or unau
thorized possession or use o f College docu
ments, records, or instruments of identifica
tion, forged communications (paper or elec
tronic mail) are prohibited.
tempts to use intim idation or retaliation
against someone who reports an incident,
brings a complaint, or participates in an inves
tigation in an attempt to influence the judicial
process will be subject to serious sanctions.
H arassm ent
T h e College seeks to sustain an environment
in which harassment has no place. Those who
harass others will be subject to serious sanc
tions.
Verbal, written, or electronic threats o f vio
lence or other threatening behavior directed
toward another person or group that reason
ably leads the person or persons in the group to
fear for their physical well-being constitutes in
timidation and is prohibited. Anyone who at
D efinition, principles, an d criteria: Harassment
can take many forms, and it needs to be em
phasized that harassment can be and often is
nonphysical, including words, pictures, ges
tures, and other forms of expression. To count
as harassment, such expression must be reason
ably regarded as (a) taunting,1 vilifying,12 or de
grading3 whether (b) directed at individuals or
groups (subject to the clarification and qualifi
cation below) and (c) where reasonable people
may suppose that such expression harms its
target(s) by substantially interfering with their
educational opportunities, peaceful enjoyment
of residence and community, or terms o f em
ployment. Further, to count as harassment sub
je c t to possible formal grievance procedures,
such expression must (d) be taken either with
the intent to interfere with the protected in
terests mentioned in (c), above, or with reck
less disregard to the nature o f the conduct.
Such intent or recklessness must be inferred
from all the circumstances. Finally, (e) such ex
pression must be repeated and persistent. To be
“repeated and persistent,” the offending con
duct must have been brought to the attention
o f the defendant (though not necessarily by
the complainant), be o f the same kind, and re
peated. There are two reasons for adding (e):
first, the College wishes to have the opportuni
ty to educate those who may not realize that
certain expression constitutes harassment; sec
ond, by requiring that the expression be re
peated and persistent, the College helps estab
lish intent or recklessness. However: (f) before
any expression can be considered for possible
1 Derisive, mocking, ridiculing, or jeering ex
pression.
disregarding the effects o f one’s expression in
these respects.
2. Violence, Assault, Intimidation, and
Harassment (For sexual violations see Sexual
Misconduct)
Swarthmore College seeks to m aintain an en
vironment of mutual respect among all its
members. A ll forms of violence, assault, intim
idation, and harassment, including that based
on sex, race, color, age, religion, national ori
gin, sexual preference, or handicap, undermine
the basis for such respect and violate the sense
of community vital to the College’s education
al enterprise. T his statement o f policy should
not be taken to supersede the Colleges com
mitment to academic freedom, which it hereby
reaffirms. T h e reasoned expression o f different
views plays a particularly vital part in a college
community. Freedom o f expression, fundamen
tal to an exchange o f views, carries with it
corollary responsibilities equally basic to rea
soned debate.
Violence and A ssault
Students may not engage in physical violence
against others. Those who do will be subject to
serious sanctions.
In tim idation
2 Forceful defaming or degrading expression
with intent to make the target o f the offend
ing expression vile or shameful or recklessly
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Subjecting one to public shame that normal
ly cause feelings of inferiority or loss o f selfrespect.
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formal grievance procedures, it must be clear
that no substantial free expression interests are
threatened by bringing a formal charge of ha
rassing expression. T his strict cfiterion for pos
sible formal grievance procedures must be im
posed to ensure that the College does nothing
that would tend to diminish free expression or
compromise principles o f academic freedom in
the vigorous and often contentious examina
tion and criticism of ideas, works o f art, and po
litical activity that marks Swarthmore College.
Because groups have been included in (b),
above, the following clarification and qualifi
cation is in order. If expression that would be
regarded as harassing if directed at an individ
ual is directed at a group— where no individu
als are specifically named or referred to as tar
gets— any member of that group will have an
adjudicable complaint only i f it can be estab
lished that a reasonable person would regard
that offending expression as harassing each and
every member o f the group as individuals.
Stalking
Stalking is a form of harassment, which, fol
lowing the Pennsylvania Crim inal Code, oc
curs when a person engages in a course of con
duct or repeatedly commits acts toward anoth
er person, including following the person with
out proper authority, under circumstances that
demonstrate either of the following: placing
the person in reasonable fear o f bodily injury;
or reasonably causing substantial emotional
distress to the person.
3. Sexual Misconduct
Sexual misconduct represents a continuum of
behaviors ranging from physical sexual assault
and abuse to sexual harassment and intimida
tion and is a serious violation of the College’s
code of conduct. Both women and men can be
subject to and can be capable of sexual mis
conduct. It can occur between two people
whether or not they are in a relationship in
which one has power over the other, or are of
different sexes.
Charges o f sexual misconduct may be handled
according to either informal or formal proce
dures. Regardless o f whether or no t options for
resolution are pursued within the College sys
tem, complainants always have the option of
filing charges in civil or criminal court. It is im
portant to note that discussing concerns with
or seeking clarification or support from the
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gender education adviser, a dean, or others
does not obligate a person to file a formal com
plaint initiating judicial procedures. T h e gen
der education adviser will register each request
for assistance in resolving a case involving
charges o f sexual misconduct, whether formal
or informal. These records will be kept confi
dential to the extent permitted by law.
Sexual A ssault and A buse
Students are prohibited from engaging in sexu
al assault or abuse o f any kind.
D efinition: Sexual assault is defined as any sex
ual contact that occurs without the consent of
the other person. Specifically, it is intentional
physical contact with an intimate part of the
body or with clothes covering intimate body
parts w ithout the consent o f th e person
touched. Sexual assault includes but is not lim
ited to sexual penetration o f an unwilling per
son’s genital, anal, or oral openings; touching
an unwilling person’s intimate parts such as
genitalia, groin, breasts, lips, buttocks, or the
clothes covering them; or forcing an unwilling
person to touch another person’s intimate parts
or clothes covering them. W hen sexual assault
occurs repeatedly between individuals, it is re
ferred to as sexual abuse.
C onsent: Students have the responsibility to
ensure that any sexual interaction occurs only
with mutual consent. If a person indicates that
she/he does not want sexual contact, then any
further sexual contact is considered to be with
out the person’s consent. If the person has
agreed to sexual interaction, she or he has the
right to change her/his mind and indicate that
she/he no longer wants to continue the inter
action. A person has the right to indicate
she/he does not want any further sexual con
tact no matter how much sexual interaction
has already taken place. Valid consent cannot
be obtained from someone who is asleep, un
conscious, coerced, or is otherwise unable to
give informed, free, and considered consent. It
must be emphasized that the consumption of
alcohol and other drugs may substantially im
pair judgment and the ability to give consent.
Those who willingly permit themselves to be
come impaired by alcohol or other drugs may
be putting themselves at greater risk, but this
impaired state provides no defense for those
who take advantage of people whose judgment
and control are impaired.
Sexual H arassm ent
The following definition is based on that for
mulated by the Federal Equal Opportunity
Commission. Sexual harassment, a form of dis
crimination based on sex, gender, or sexual ori
entation, clearly endangers the environment of
mutual respect and is prohibited. Because be
havior that constitutes sexual harassment is a
violation of federal law (Title V II of the Civil
Rights A ct o f 1964, Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972), any individual who
feels that she or he has been subjected to sexu
al harassment has the right to initiate legal
proceedings in criminal or civil court in addi
tion to or in lieu o f a complaint pursuant to
this policy.
Definition: Sexual harassment is of two basic
types: (a) any action, verbal expression, usual
ly repeated or persistent, or series of actions or
expressions that have either the intent, or are
reasonably perceived as having the effect, of
creating an intimidating, hostile, or demeaning
educational, employment, or living environ
ment for a student or College employee, by fo
cusing on that person’s gender. A hostile envi
ronment is defined as one that interferes with
the ability to learn, exist in living conditions,
work (if employed by the College), or have ac
cess and opportunity to participate in all and
any aspect of campus life (harassment creating
a hostile environment); (b) any action in
which submission to conduct of a sexual nature
is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or
condition of an individual’s education or em
ployment, or submission to or rejection of such
conduct is used as the basis for academic or em
ployment decisions affecting that individual,
(quid pro quo harassment).
Because at Swarthmore it is not unusual for
students to supervise other students or for stu
dents to have actual or perceived power or in
fluence over another students academic perfor
mance (e.g., student graders, student laborato
ry assistants, and student writing associates),
there can exist a power imbalance between stu
dents that makes it possible for quid pro quo
harassment to occur between them.
Descriptions: Sexually harassing behaviors differ
in type and severity and can range from subtle
verbal harassment to unwelcome physical con
tact. Sexual harassment includes but is not lim
ited to (a) unwelcome verbal or physical ad
vances, persistent leers, lewd comments; (b)
the persistent use o f irrelevant references that
insult or degrade a person’s gender, or the use of
sex stereotypes to insult or degrade; (c) the use
by a person in authority of his or her position
to coerce another person to do something o f a
sexual nature that she or he would not other
wise do. Coercion need not involve physical
force.
Scope and resolution: There is a wide range of
behaviors that falls within the general defini
tion o f sexual harassment and many differing
notions o f what behaviors are and are not ac
ceptable. Key factors that determine instances
o f sexual harassment are that the behavior is
unwelcome, is gender based, and is reasonably
perceived as offensive and objectionable. Such
behavior need not produce or threaten some
tangible loss to the receiver in order to be
deemed harassment. If it is unclear that the be
havior constitutes harassment, a person who
thinks she or he has been harassed should not
spend considerable time struggling alone with
this issue. Students are strongly encouraged to
bring their issues to the gender education ad
viser, a dean, or others trained in this area for
support, clarification, and to discuss options for
informal resolution or formal adjudication.
In cases in which the harassment is subtle, it
cannot be assumed that the offending person is
aware o f the way in which his or her behavior
has been interpreted. There are several ways to
make a person aware that his or her behavior
constitutes sexual harassment. T h e grievant is
never under any obligation to take any steps
that would cause him or her to come into con
tact with the harasser in ways he or she is un
willing to do. Instead, the grievant can consid
er all the informal and formal means open to
him of her for resolution and choose what
seems most useful and workable in his or her
particular case. T h e grievant must also weigh,
however, the fact that without in some way
being made aware o f his or her actions, the ha
rasser may continue the offensive behavior. In
the most serious instances o f sexual harass
ment, it is unreasonable to expect grievants to
confront their perceived harassers; in these
cases the grievant should enlist the help of a
trained third party such as the gender educa
tion adviser, a dean, or another person trained
in this area.
It is important to remember that any member
o f the community can be guilty o f sexually ha-
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rassing any other member regardless o f position
of authority or status. Although students have
often found it difficult to come forward when
the perceived harasser is in a position of au
thority or is threatening, procedures are in
place to respond and to provide support
throughout the resolution process.
Support
Support is available through the gender educa
tion adviser, a group o f trained faculty and staff
members comprising the response team, and
the deans for students who feel that they have
been subjected to any form of sexual miscon
duct. Consultation with any o f these individu
als in no way limits a student’s options for res
olution nor commits the student to a particular
course o f action. T h e College also provides
support when requested through the Deans
Office to those students charged with sexual
misconduct. T here are specific rights for com
plainants o f sexual misconduct and for those
students accused o f sexual misconduct; these
rights are listed in detail in th e Student
H an dbook. In addition, students are encour
aged to discuss their concerns with a dean
when deciding whether to file a formal com
plaint.
R elated Policies
T h e College also has sexual misconduct poli
cies as they relate to staff-student behavior and
faculty-student behavior. T h e College policy
governing staff and the related grievance pro
cedure can be found in the S ta ff H andbook. T he
College policy governing faculty and the relat
ed grievance procedure can be found in the
Facuity H andbook.
4. Actions Potentially Injurious to Oneself
or Others
A lcohol and O ther D rugs
T h e possession and use o f alcoholic beverages
on the campus are regulated by federal, state,
and local law and are limited to those areas of
the campus specified by Student Council and
the dean. T h e observance o f moderation and
decorum with respect to drink is a student
obligation. In addition to accountability for
specific behavior and guidelines described in
the College policy on alcohol and other drugs,
it is important to note that being under the in
fluence of alcohol or other drugs is no t an ex
cuse for violation of the Statem ent o f Student
Rights, R esponsibilities, and C ode o f C onduct and
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does n o t reduce a students accountability. For a
complete description of the Colleges alcoholic
beverage policy guidelines, please see the sec
tion in the Student H andbook.
T h e use, possession, or distribution o f injurious
drugs or narcotics without the specific recom
mendation of a physician and knowledge o f the
deans subjects a student to possible suspension
or expulsion.
Sm oking
Smoking is prohibited in all public spaces
throughout th e C ollege: m eeting rpoms,
lounges, offices, and halls. A $25 fine will be
charged for violating this policy, and students
can be removed from nonsmoking College
housing if they smoke in rooms on nonsmoking
halls. Smoking is allowed outdoors and in the
student’s room (in certain residence halls), pro
vided that the door remains closed.
Climbing on College Buildings or Structures
Climbing on any College building, or being
present on building roofs is not allowed. In un
usual circumstances, arrangements to climb
predesignated locations may be coordinated
through the Public Safety Department.
F ire Safety E quipm ent and Alarm s
Tampering or interference with, as well as de
struction or misuse of, fire safety and fire pre
vention equipment is prohibited and is a viola
tion of state law. A n automatic fine of $125 for
each piece o f equipment plus the cost of re
placement of equipment is charged to any stu
dent violating this regulation, and further dis
ciplinary action may be taken. A ny student
who causes an alarm to be set off for improper
purposes is liable for the expenses incurred by
the fire department(s) in responding to the
alarm. If no individuals accept responsibility
when a violation o f this policy occurs in a res
idence hall, all residents of that residence hall
are subject to fines and charges for costs in
curred by the College and/or fire departm ent(s).
F irea rm s; Firew orks
No student may possess or use a firearm on
Swarthmore College property or its environs.
Firearms, including rifles, shotguns, handguns,
air guns, and gas-powered guns and all ammu
nition or hand-loading equipment and supplies
for the same are no t allowed in any student res
idence or in any College building. Requests for
exceptions must be made to the dean. No stu
dent may possess or use fireworks on
Swarthmore College property or its environs.
Reckless C on du ct
Conduct that places oneself or another in im
minent danger o f bodily harm is prohibited.
The standard as to what constitutes imminent
danger is solely at the discretion o f the dean
and/or the judicial body hearing the case.
5. College and Peisonal Property
Illegal E n try
Unauthorized entry into or presence within
enclosed and/or posted College buildings or
areas, including student rooms or offices, even
when unlocked, is prohibited and may subject
a student to fines and other sanctions.
Locks and Keys
Tampering with locks to College buildings,
unauthorized possession or use of College keys,
and alteration or duplication o f College keys is
against college policy.
T heft or D am age
Theft and negligent or intentional damage to
personal or College property will subject a stu
dent to paying for the repair or replacement of
the damaged property as well as to disciplinary
action. In the event that damage occurs in a
residence hall for which no one assumes re
sponsibility, payment for damages will be di
vided equally among all residents o f that hall.
For damage that occurs during a student event
in a space other than a residence hall and for
which no individual student(s) accept(s) re
sponsibility, the sponsoring students and/or or
ganization will be held accountable for the
money for replacement or repair o f the dam
aged property and may be subject to further
disciplinary action.
Parking
No student may park an autom obile on
College property without permission from the
Car Authorization Comm ittee, a student-ad
ministration group.
6. Guests
Friends of Swarthmore students are welcome
on campus. If a guest of a student will be stay
ing in a residence hall over night, the resident
assistant and the housekeeper must be notified.
A guest is not permitted to stay in a residence
ball more than four consecutive nights.
Requests for exceptions must be made to the
director of residential life.
Student hosts are responsible for the conduct
o f their guests on campus and will be held ac
countable for any violation o f the code o f con
duct or other rules o f the College committed
by a guest.
7 . Disorderly Conduct
Students at Swarthmore College have the right
to express their views, feelings, and beliefs in
side and outside the classroom and to support
causes publicly, including by demonstrations
and other means.
These freedoms o f expression extend so far as
conduct does no t impinge on the rights of
other members o f the community or the order
ly and essential operations o f the College.
Disorderly conduct is not permitted.
V iolation o f the orderly operation o f the
College includes but is not limited to (1) ex
cessive noise, noise, once identified, which in
terferes with classes, College offices, dorm
neighbors, or other campus and community ac
tivities; (2) unauthorized entry into or occupa
tion o f a private work area; (3) conduct that re
stricts or prevents faculty or staff from perform
ing their duties; (4) failure to m aintain clear
passage into or out o f any college building or
passageway.
8. Violation of Local, State, or Federal
Law
V iolation o f the laws o f any jurisdiction,
whether local, state, federal, or (when on for
eign study) foreign, may at the discretion o f the
dean, subject a student to College disciplinary
action. A pending appeal o f a conviction shall
not affect the application o f this rule.
STUDENT JUDICIAL SYSTEM
T h e formal judicial system at Swarthmore
College has two main components: (1) adjudi
cation by individual deans o f minor infractions
o f College regulations, where a finding of guilt
would result in a sanction less severe than sus
pension; and (2) adjudication by the College
Judicial Comm ittee (C JC ) o f serious infrac
tions o f College regulations, including all for
mal charges o f academic dishonesty, assault,
harassment, or sexual misconduct. T h e C JC is
composed of faculty, staff, and administrators
who have undergone training for their role.
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In all cases o f formal adjudication, whether by
a dean or by the C JC , the deans will keep
records of the violation(s) and o f the sanc
tio n ^ ) imposed on a student. Sanctions are cu
mulative, increasing in severity for repeat of
fenders. N otational sanctions are recorded per
manently on the back o f the students record
card but do no t appear on the face o f the acad
em ic record. Therefore, an official transcript of
an academic record, which is a copy o f the face
o f the record card, does no t reflect notational
sanctions. Non-notational sanctions are not so
recorded but are entered into the students per
sonal file as a separate letter that is destroyed at
the time o f the student’s graduation.
These formal procedures are separate from the
various informal methods o f conflict resolution
available such as facilitated discussion by a
dean or other trained facilitators, or mediation,
a nonadversarial method o f resolving interper
sonal disputes. It is important to remember
that all possible avenues o f conflict resolution
be considered thoroughly when deciding on a
course o f action. A more complete description
o f the judicial system is available from the
Office of the Dean or in the Student H andbook.
HOUSING
Swarthmore is primarily a residential college,
conducted on the assumption that the close as
sociation of students and instructors is an im
portant elem ent in education. Most students
live in College residence halls. New students
are required to live in the residence halls.
R esid en c e H alls
Twelve residence halls, ranging in capacity
from 21 to 214 students, offer a diversity of
housing styles. Several o f the residence halls
are a 5- to 15-minute walk to the center of
campus. Swarthmore’s residence halls are Dana
and Hallowell halls; one building on the Mary
Lyon School property; Mertz Hall, the gift of
Harold and Esther Mertz; Palmer, Pittinger,
and Roberts halls on South Chester Road; the
upper floors in the wings o f Parrish Hall;
W harton Hall, named in honor o f its donor,
Joseph W harton, a one-tim e president o f the
Board of Managers; W illets Hall, made possible
largely by a bequest from Phebe Seaman and
named in honor o f her mother and aunts;
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W oolman House; and W orth Hall, the gift of
William P. and J . Sharpies Worth, as a memor
ial to their parents.
A bout 85 percent o f residence hall areas are
designated as coeducational housing either by
floor, section, or entire building; the remaining
areas are single-sex housing. Although single
sex options are offered, they are no t guaran
teed. Students should not expect to live in sin
gle-sex housing for all four years. In these sin
gle-sex sections, students may determine their
own visitation hours up to and including 24hour visitation.
First-year students are assigned to rooms by the
deans. Efforts are made to follow the prefer
ences indicated and to accommodate special
needs, such as documented disabilities. Other
students choose their rooms in an order deter
mined by lot or by invoking special options—
among these are block housing, allowing
friends to apply as a group for a section of a par
ticular hall. There is also the opportunity to re
side at neighboring Bryn Mawr and Haverford
Colleges in a cross-campus housing exchange
that proceeds on a matched one-for-one basis.
First- and second-year students typically reside
in one-room doubles while juniors and seniors
have a wider selection o f room types. A ll stu
dents are expected to occupy the rooms to
which they are assigned or which they have se
lected through the regular room choosing
process unless authorized by the deans to move.
Permission must also be obtained from the
deans to reside outside College housing.
Resident assistants, selected from the junior
and senior classes, are assigned to each of the
residence hall sections. These leader? help cre
ate activities for students, serve as support ad
visers to their hallmates, and help enforce
College rules for the comfort and safety of the
residents.
Residence halls remain open during October,
Thanksgiving, and spring breaks but are closed
to student occupancy during winter vacation.
N o meals are served during October and spring
breaks. A t the end of the fall semester, students
are expected to vacate their rooms within 24
hours after their last scheduled examinations.
Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors are expect
ed to leave immediately after their last exami
nation in the spring so that their rooms may be
prepared for use by Commencement visitors.
Storage areas are provided in each residence
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SOCIAL CENTERS
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strongly urged to review their insurance program in order to be sure that coverage is extended to include personal effects while at
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are found in the Student H an dbook, updated
and distributed each year, and in the G uide to
the H ousing L ottery, published before the
spring housing lottery.
Sharpies D in in g H a ll
All students living on campus are required to
I subscribe to the College board plan for meals
in the Philip T . Sharpies D ining Hall.
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| available from the dining services. W ithin the
| contracted 20-meal program, each student has
| access to three admissions to Sharpies Dining
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| be used at Sharpies for a meal or Essie Mae’s
| in Tarble in exchange for meal credit. T h e
| $100 per semester declining balance can be
| used as cash at Sharpies, Essie Mae’s or the
| coffee bar at Kohlberg Hall. If you do not use
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to reside off campus after their first year at
Swarthmore will be extended to students not
able to participate in the board plan. T h e dining hall is closed during the fall, winter, and
spring breaks.
Through the original generosity o f Newton E.
Tarble of the Class o f 1913 and his widow,
Louise A . Tarble, the reconstructed Tarble
Social Center in Clothier Memorial opened
in April 1986. T h e facility includes recre
ational areas, a snack bar, lounge, student ac
tivities offices, a multipurpose performance
space as well as the bookstore. Under the
leadership o f a Student A ctivities Coordi
nator, student co-directors, and the Social
Affairs Committee, many major social activi
ties (parties, concerts, plays, etc.) are held in
Tarble.
O ther C enters
T he W om en’s R esource C en ter (W R C ) is a
space open to all women on campus. It is or
ganized and run by a student board of direc
tors to bring together women of the commu
nity with multiple interests and concerns.
T h e resources o f the center include a library,
kitchen, various meeting spaces, computer,
and phone. T h e W R C also sponsors events
throughout the year that are open to any
member o f the College community.
T he B lack C ultural C en ter (B C C ), located in
the Caroline Hadley Robinson House, pro
vides a library, classroom, computer room, T V
lounge, kitchen, all-purpose room, a living
room/gallery, two study rooms, and adminis
trative offices. T h e B C C offers programming,
activities, and resources designed to stimulate
and sustain the cultural, intellectual and so
cial growth of Swarthmore’s black students,
their organizations and community. Further,
the B C C functions as a catalyst for change
and support to the College’s effort to achieve
pluralism. T h e B C C ’s programs are open to all
members o f the College community. T h e
B C C is guided by the director, Tim Sams,
with the assistance o f a committee o f black
students, faculty, and administrators. See the
B C C ’s W eb site at www.swarthmore.edu/admin/bcc/, or contact us at 610-328-8456.
T he Intercultural C en ter (IC ) is a multipurpose
center devoted to developing greater aware
ness o f Asian/Asian A m erican, Latino/
Hispanic, gay/lesbian/bisexual, and Native
A m erican contributions to Swarthmore
College as well as the broader society. T h e IC
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provides a supportive environment where stu
dents are welcomed to discuss and understand
the educational, political, and social concerns
that affect their groups. T h e IC fosters the ed
ucation o f its members and the wider commu
nity about cultural, ethnic, class, gender, and
sexual orientation differences. Through co
sponsoring programs and building alliances
with the administration, other campus groups
and departments, the IC increases diversity
and respect for differences at all levels o f cam
pus life.
T h e new Intercultural C en ter
Resource C enter will be in place by fall 2001.
T h e Resource C en te r will include A sian
American, Hispanic/Latino/a, Native Amer
ican and queer books, journals, films, videos,
scholarships, academic resources and alumni
outreach information such as the alumni data
base, alumni m entor program, and alumni
speaker series. T h e IC center and its programs
are directed by A ctin g D irector M eghna
Bhagat with the assistance o f three interns and
administrative assistants. See the IC W eb site
at www.swarthmore.edu/admin/IC, or tele
phone (6 1 0 ) 328-7350.
T h e director, interns, and the administrative
assistant are responsible for the center’s pro
gramming and operational functions. T h e 1C is
located in the far southern com er of Tarble in
Clothier. T h e center is open Monday through
Sunday, 8 :30 a.m. to midnight. To reach the IC
director or any o f the three organizations,
please call (6 1 0 ) 328-7350.
Adjunct cen ters: There are two fraternities at
Swarthmore: Delta Upsilon, affiliated with a
national organization, and Phi Om icron Psi, a
local association. T h e fraternities are student
organizations considered adjuncts to the
C ollege social program; they receive no
College or Student A ctivities funds. T h e fra
ternities, Delta Upsilon and Phi Om icron Psi,
m aintain separate lodges on campus that they
rent from the College. T h e lodges do not con
tain dormitory accommodations or eating facil
ities. New members' usually jo in fraternities
after at least one semester at the College. In re
cent years, about 7 percent o f male students
have decided to affiliate with one of the frater
nities.
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RELIGIOUS ADVISERS
Religious advisers are located in the Interfaith
Center in Bond Hall and currently consist of
Jewish, C atholic, and Protestant professionals.
T h e advisers and the Interfaith C enter provide
members of the Swarthmore community op
portunities and resources, in an atmosphere
free from the dynamics of persuasion, in which
they can explore a variety o f spiritual, ethical,
and moral meanings; pursue religious and cul
tural identities; and engage in interfaith educa
tion and dialogue. T h e center comprises of
fices, a large common worship room, and a pri
vate meditation room.
Student groups o f many faiths also exist for the
purpose o f studying religious texts, participat
ing in community service projects, and explor
ing common concerns o f religious faith, spiri
tuality, and culture.
Various services are available on campus, and
area religious communities welcome Swarth
more students.
HEALTH
W orth H ealth Center
T h e W orth H ealth Center, a gift o f the Worth
family in memory o f W illiam Penn W orth and
Caroline Hallowell, houses offices o f the nurs
es, consulting physicians, nutritionist, H IV test
counselor, outpatient treatment facilities, of
fices of Psychological Services staff, and rooms
for students who require inpatient care.
Psychological Services is administered sepa
rately from the H ealth Service and is housed in
the North W ing o f W orth Health Center.
H ealth and Psychological Services open with
the arrival o f the first-year class in the fall and
close for the winter break and for the summer
following com m encem ent in the spring.
Students must make their own arrangements
for health and psychological care when the
H ealth Center is closed.
T h e C ollege contracts w ith the Crozer
Keystone Health System for physician services.
Should in-hospital treatment be indicated, one
o f these consultant physicians will oversee the
care if the student is admitted to Crozer
Chester Medical Center, a medical school-af
filiated teaching hospital.
Insurance
The medical facilities o f the College are avail
able to students who are ill or who are injured
in athletic activities or otherwise, but the
College cannot assume additional financial re
sponsibility for medical, surgical, or psycholog
ical expenses that are not covered by an indi
vidual’s health insurance. W e expect most stu
dents to be insured through family or other
plans. For those who have no health insurance
or whose insurance does not meet our specifi
cations, we offer a functional plan at a cost of
$639.- Students on financial aid may have a
portion of the cost o f the premium defrayed.
Students and family are responsible for medical
expenses incurred while students are enrolled
at college. Students who have no insurance, or
students with insurers who have no local office
or arrangements with local HM Os, do not pro
vide for emergency and urgent care locally, do
not cover hospital admissions locally, or do not
provide coverage while studying abroad should
enroll in the College Plan. T h e College pro
vides health insurance for students who are ac
tively participating in intercollegiate and club
sports. For further information, please consult
the insurance leaflet mailed to all students at
the beginning o f each academic year, the
Health Center administrative assistant, or the
trainer.
Health Services
Physicians and nurse practitioners hold hours
every weekday at the College, where students
may consult them without charge. Students
should report any illness to the H ealth Center
staff but are free to seek treatment at another
facility if they prefer to do so. Also, the Health
Service staff members are willing to coordinate
care with personal health care providers.
As a part o f the matriculation process, each
student must submit a brief medical history and
health certificate prepared by the family health
care provider on the health certificate supplied
by the College. Pertinent information about
such matters as medical or psychological prob
lems, handicaps, allergies, medications, or psy
chiatric disturbances will be especially valuable
to the College Health Service in assisting each
student. A ll this information will be kept con
fidential.
Each student is allowed 10 days in-patient care
in the Health Center per term without charge.
Students suffering from communicable disease,
such as chicken pox, may no t remain in their
residence hall room and, therefore, must stay
in the H ealth Center or go home for the peri
od o f their illness. Ordinary medications are
furnished without cost up to a total of $300 per
semester. A charge is made for special medi
cines and immunizations, certain laboratory
tests, and transportation when necessary to
local hospitals.
T h e Health Center staff cooperates closely
with the Physical Education and A thletics
Department. Recommendations for limited ac
tivity may be made for those students with
physical handicaps. Rarely are students ex
cused entirely from the requirements of the
Physical Education Department because adap
tive programs are offered.
Psychological Services
Services for students include counseling and
psychotherapy, after-hours emergency-on-call
availability, consultation regarding the use of
psychiatric drugs or other concerns, and educa
tional talks and workshops. Psychological
Services participates in training resident assis
tants and provides consultation to staff, facul
ty, and parents.
T h e staff o f Psychological Services comprises a
diverse group o f psychological, social wod offk,
and psychiatric professionals. T h e director and
staff collectively provide regular appointment
times Monday through Friday. Students may be
referred to outside mental health practitioners
at their request or when long-term or highly
specialized services are needed.
W e m aintain a strict policy o f confidentiality
except where there may be an imminent threat
o f life or safety.
Requests for service may be made in person or
by phone (x8059) between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday. In the event of
an after-hours emergency, contact the Health
Center (x8058) or Public Safety (x8333).
Information regarding readmission after with
drawal for health related reasons may be found
in the section o f Student Leaves o f Absence,
Withdrawal, and Réadmissions (pp. 79-80).
For more detailed information about our ser
vices, please check our pages on the World
Wide W eb at http://swarthmore.edu/Admin/deans/psychservices.html.
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STUDENT ADVISING
A cadem ic A dvising
Each first-year student is assigned to a faculty
member or administrator who acts as the acad
em ic adviser until this responsibility falls to the
chair, or the chair’s designate, o f the student’s
major department at the end o f the sophomore
year. Requests for a change o f adviser should be
addressed to the associate dean and will be
freely granted, subject only to equity in the
number o f advisees assigned to individual fac
ulty members.
T h e deans hold overall responsibility for the
advising system. They are themselves available
to all students for advice on any academic or
personal matter and for assistance with special
needs, such as those arising from physical dis
abilities.
A cadem ic Support
A program of academic support is available to
help all students with difficulties they might
encounter in their courses. R ecent innovations
include a Student Academic Mentoring pro
gram open especially to first-year students as
well as upper-class students, and a January
Academic Skills Workshop. Additional pro
grams include time management workshops;
test-taking workshops; special review sections
and clinics attached to introductory courses in
the natural sciences, philosophy, and econom
ics; a mathematics lab; an expository writing
course; a reading and study skills workshop;
and tutors. These programs are overseen by the
deans in cooperation with the academic de
partments. There are no fees required for any of
these supportive services.
To meet the needs of writers who would like as
sistance or feedback, a W riting Center has
been established. T h e center is staffed by writ
ing associates, students trained to assist their
peers with all stages of the writing process. T h e
center is located in Trotter Hall and operates
on a drop-in basis. W riting associates are as
signed on a regular basis to selected courses.
C a reer Services
T h e Career Services Office works with stu
dents to help them develop knowledge of
themselves, o f careers, and o f the world of
work, to advance their career planning and de
cision-making abilities, and to help them de
velop job-finding and application skills.
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Individual counseling and group sessions help
students expand their career options through
exploration o f their values, skills, interests,
abilities, and experiences. Programs are for stu
dents in all classes and are developmental in
nature.
Career exploration and experiential education
are encouraged during summer internships and
jobs, during a semester or year off, ahd during
the school year. Students taking a leave of ab
sence from Swarthmore can participate in the
College Venture Program, which assists under
graduates taking time off from school with
finding worthwhile employment during their
time away. Assistance is provided ih helping
students locate and secure appropriate jobs, in
ternships, and volunteer opportunities and to
help students gain the most they can from
these experiences. Sophomore and junior stu
dents, in particular, are encouraged to test op
tions by participating in the Extern Program.
T his program provides on-site experience in a
variety of career fields by pairing students with
an alumnus/a to work on a mutually planned
task during one or more weeks of vacation.
Additional help is provided through career inform ation panels and presentations, attendance at off-campus job and career fairs, field
trips to work sites, workshops on topics such as
resume writing and cover letter writing, interviewing skills, and job search techniques. The
office cooperates with the Alum ni Office, the
Alumni Association, and the Parents Council
to help put students in touch with a wide network o f people who can be of assistance to
them. T h e Career Resources library includes
many publications concerning all stages of the
job search process. T h e office hosts on-campus
recruiting by representatives from business, industry, government, nonprofit organizations,
and graduate and professional schools. Access
is provided to the programs and information of
Experience.com, an on-line provider of recruiting and career information. On-campus and
off-campus recruiting processes are managed
through eRecruiting.com software. Notices of
job vacancies are collected, posted, and made
available to students, alumni, and the campus
community. T h e office maintains a significant
W eb site to make information about many of
its activities and programs available to students
wherever they are around th e world.
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STATEMENT OF SECURITY POLICIES
AND PROCEDURES
Swarthmore College’s Statem ent o f Security
Policies and Procedures is written to comply
with the (PA) College and University Security
Information A ct - 24 P.S., Sec. 2502-3© , and
the federal “Jean n e Clery Disclosure o f
Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime
Statistics A ct.” This annual report includes
statistics for the previous three years concern
ing reported crimes that occurred on campus,
in certain off-campus buildings owned or co n
trolled by Swarthmore College, and on public
property within or immediately adjacent to
and accessible from the campus. T h e report
also includes institutional policies concerning
campus security, such as policies concerning al
cohol and drug use, crime prevention, the re
porting of crimes, sexual assault, and other
matters. To obtain a full copy o f this document,
or to discuss any questions or concerns, contact
Owen Redgrave, director o f public safety.
COCURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Student Council
The 13-member, semiannually elected Student
Council is the ch ief body o f student govern
ment and exists to serve and represent the stu
dents of Swarthmore College. T h e powers and
responsibilities o f the Student Council are (1)
the administration of the Student Activities
Fund; (2) the appointment of students to those
committees within the college community
upon which student representatives are to
serve; (3) the oversight o f those students of
those committees; (4 ) the operation o f just
elections; (5 ) the execution of referendums;
(6) the representation o f the student body to
the faculty, staff, and administration, and to
outside groups, as deemed appropriate; (7) the
formulation o f rules needed to exercise these
powers and to fulfill these responsibilities.
Student Council provides a forum for student
opinion and is willing to hear and, when
judged appropriate, act upon the ideas, griev
ances, or proposals o f any Swarthmore student.
Major committees o f the Student Council in
clude the Appointments Committee, Budget
Committee, and Social Affairs Committee.
T h e five-member Appointments Committee
selects qualified student applicants for posi
tions on student, faculty, and administration
committees. T h e Budget Committee, made up
o f 10 appointed members, a treasurer, and two
assistant, treasurers, allocates and administers
the Student A ctivity Fund. T h e Social Affairs
Comm ittee (S A C ) allocates funds to all cam
pus events, maintains a balanced social calen
dar, and is responsible for organizing formats
and various other activities that are designed
to appeal to a variety of interests and are open
to all students free o f charge. S A C consists of
10 appointed members and two co-directors
who are hired by the Concessions Committee.
M usic
T h e Music Department administers and staffs
several performing organizations. T he C ollege
C horus, directed by Joh n A lston, rehearses
three hours per week. T he C ollege C ham ber
C hoir, a select small chorus drawn from the
membership o f the chorus, rehearses an addi
tional two hours twice a week. T he C ollege
O rchestra, directed by Daniel A . Wachs, re
hearses once a week. T he C ham ber O rchestra
gives one concert each semester; its rehearsals
closely precede the concert, and its members
are drawn from T h e College Orchestra. T h e
O rchestra (Cham ber O rchestra), Chorus
(Chamber C hoir), and Jazz Ensemble require
auditions for membership. T he W ind E nsem ble,
which rehearses one night weekly and gives
two major concerts each year, is under the di
rection o f M ichael Johns. T he B aroqu e
Ensem ble, directed by Richard Stone, meets
each week and gives two concerts during the
year. G am elan Sem ara Sand performs tradition
al and m odem compositions for Balinese
Gam elan (Indonesian percussion orchestra)
under the direction o f Thomas W hitm an. T his
group rehearses three hours per week and gives
one concert each semester. T he Jazz Ensem ble,
the department’s large jazz group directed by
Joh n Alston, rehearses weekly and gives two
concerts each year. More information about
joining these performing groups can be found
on the bulletin boards on the upper level of
Lang.
Instrumentalists and singers can also partici-
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pate in the chamber music coaching program
coordinated by Dorothy Freeman. Several stu
dent chamber music concerts (in which all in
terested students have an opportunity to per
form) are given each semester. These concerts
also provide an opportunity for student com
posers to have their works performed.
T he Sw arthm ore C ollege String Q uartet, com
posed of four outstanding student string players
who also serve as principal players in the
College Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra,
performs frequently at the College and else
where.
W e offer academic credits in conjunction with
subsidies to support private instrumental and
vocal lessons for qualified students; please refer
to pp. 8 2 -8 9 (Awards and Prizes and
Fellowships) and p. 276 (Music Department,
M U SI 048).
T h e Orchestra each year sponsors a C oncerto
C om petition, open to all Swarthmore College
students. Auditions for the competition are
normally held right after winter vacation. T he
winner performs the entire concerto with the
orchestra at its spring concert.
Practice and performance facilities in the Lang
Music Building include 16 practice rooms
(most with at least one piano), a concert and a
rehearsal hall (each with its own concert
grand), two organs, and one harpsichord. T he
D aniel U nderhill M usic Library has excellent
collections o f scores, books, and records.
T he W illiam J . C ooper Foundation presents a dis
tinguished group o f concerts each year on the
campus. T h e Department o f Music and Dance
administers a separate series o f public concerts.
Orchestra 2001, an acclaimed professional en
semble devoted to the performance o f contem
porary music, is in residence at the College.
Under the direction of Professor o f Music
James Freeman, the group gives an annual se
ries o f four or five concerts in Lang Concert
Hall, exploring music o f the present time and
often including recent works by composers at
the College. World renowned soloists are fea
tured, and student musicians are often invited
to perform with the ensemble.
D ance
T h e Swarthmore College Dance Program, di
rected by Professor Sharon Friedler, strives to
foster a cooperative atmosphere in classes and
performance situations.
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T h e Swarthmore College Dancers regularly
perform public concerts with works choreo
graphed by students, the dance faculty, and
other professional choreographers.
Each year, there are a series o f formal concerts
at the end of each semester as well as informal
performances throughout the year, including a
series o f exchange concerts with other area col
leges. Lecture demonstrations for public
schools and for organizations within the sur
rounding communities are also a regular part of
the yearly dance performance schedule.
In conjunction with the William J. Cooper
Foundation, the Dance program brings out
standing professional dance companies to cam
pus for short-term residencies.
These residencies typically last from three days
to two weeks and include master classes; lec
tures; performances; and, sometimes, the cre
ation o f a new work by a guest artist for student
performers.
T h e student organization, Dance Forum, also
sponsors classes, workshops, and performances.
Scholarships for summer study are available to
dance students through funds provided by the
Friends o f Music and Dance. T h e Halley Jo
Stein Award for Dance and the M elvin B . Troy
Award for Composition are also awarded annu
ally by the program.
T h e Department o f Physical Education and
A thletics sponsors a class in Folk Dance.
T h ea tre
Associate Professor A llen Kuharski is director
o f the Theatre Studies Program. Interested stu
dents should consult the departmental state
ment for Theatre Studies.
T h e Theatre Studies program provides a vari
ety o f cocurricular opportunities for interested
students. Students interested in acting are en
couraged to participate in student-directed
projects in the program’s directing workshops
taught by A llen Kuharski or Ursula Denzer
(T H E A 0 3 5 and 0 5 5 ) and the Senior
Company class (T H E A 0 9 9 ). T h e program also
hires qualified students every semester for a va
riety o f jobs related to curricular production
projects and other functions. T h e LPAC staff
office is another potential source o f theatre-re
lated student employment. For information,
contact Susan Smythe.
Professional internships are strongly recom
mended to Theatre Studies majors and minors
and are available at theatres throughout the
Philadelphia area and around the country. See
Professor Marshall or Denzer for details.
Athletics
Swarthmore’s athletic policy is based on the
premise that any sports program must be justi
fied by the contributions that it can make to
the educational development o f the individual
student who chooses to participate. In keeping
with this fundamental policy, Swarthmore’s
athletic program is varied, offering every stu
dent a chance to take part in a wide range of
sports. W ithin the limits o f finance, personnel,
and facilities, the College feels that it is desir
able to have as many students as possible com
peting on its intercollegiate or club teams, or in
intramural sports. Many faculty members serve
as advisers for several o f the varsity athletic
teams. They work closely with the teams, at
tending practices and many o f the scheduled
contests.
Extracurricular A ctivities
There is a great variety o f extracurricular life
more fully detailed in the G uide to Student L ife.
The more than 100 student organizations
range in scope from Stu dent C o u n cil to
Amnesty International to W SR N (the student
radio station). Social, athletic, political, cul
tural, and community groups also provide stu
dents with a wealth o f opportunity and choice.
The College encourages students to participate
in whatever activities best fit their personal
talents and inclinations.
Publications and M edia
The Phoenix, the weekly College newspaper;
the H alcyon, the college yearbook; and W SR N ,
the campus radio station are completely stu
dent-run organizations. In addition, there are
more than 14 other student publications, in
cluding literary magazines and newsletters.
The current list o f publications can be found in
the Guide to Student L ife.
OUTREACH PROGRAMS
T h e Sw arthm ore C ollege T R IO /U pw ard
B ound Program
TRIO/Upward Bound develops young leaders.
TRIO/Upward Bound offers academic and cul
tural enrichm ent activities to high school stu
dents in the surrounding community and pri
marily the city o f Chester. T h e primary goal of
this national program is to prepare urban high
school students for postsecondary education.
T h e TRIO/Upward Bound Program at
Swarthmore College began in 1964 and con
tinues with federal support from the U .S.
Department o f Education. More than 1,200
T R IO programs exist on college campuses
throughout the U nited States. TRIO/Upward
Bound is one of the oldest and most active
community outreach programs at Swarthmore
College.
TRIO/Upward Bound offers both a six-week
residential
summer school
in
which
Swarthmore students may serve as tutor/counselors and a series o f activities during the acad
em ic year in which Swarthmore students serve
as tutors. For more than 3 0 years, Swarthmore
College students have volunteered time to suc
cessfully tutor and mentor hundreds o f TRIO/
Upward Bound participants. T h e program is
administered by a full-time project director,
C . Kemal Nance.
THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE
LEARNING PROGRAMS
O ne o f the College’s most tangible examples of
its commitment to foster a deep sense o f ethi
cal and social concern is its support o f student
involvement in community service learning,
advocacy, and social change. T h e office of
Community Service Learning Programs, locat
ed in Parrish 294, connects community-articu
lated needs with students, faculty, and staff in
terested in making a difference; and promotes
student leadership in development and imple
m entation o f community-based initiatives.
T h e office coordinates community-based ser
vice and learning initiatives o f students, facul
ty, and staff and is a liaison between the
College and community partners. T h e office is
staffed by Director Patricia James.
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C om m unity-based learning. T h e office supports
the College’s commitment to employ commu
nity-based learning in the curriculum. T h e of
fice maintains a clearinghouse o f nearly 500 in
ternship and volunteer opportunities and sup
ports students and faculty to identify intern
ship and service learning opportunities congru
ent with students’ interests, skills, and person
al and academic goals. T h e office also supports
faculty to develop and implement curricula
that employ community-based learning.
T h e C hester Road O rien tation Program
(C R O P ) is a preorientation program for firstyear and transfer students interested in multi
cultural leadership in service and activism. T he
goals of the program are to foster an early in
terest in civic involvement, community ser
vice, and activism; introduce participants to
Swarthmore’s commitment to build a welcom
ing multicultural College community; and
forge relationships between participants and
community partners that last beyond the scope
of the program. C R O P combines small-group
experiential exercises with intensive, commu
nity-based service. Skilled staff trainers, stu
dent facilitators, and community leaders coor
dinate activities, discussions, and guided reflec
tions. A ctivities include walking from the
College to Chester, meeting with community
activists, and exploring service and social ac
tion opportunities in Chester and the sur
rounding area.
Special projects. T h e office works with the col
lege community to develop and implement ser
vice and social change projects, including the
M artin Luther King Day o f Service, class pro
jects, and initiatives by student organizations.
C IV IC (C ooperative Involvem ent o f V olunteers in
C om m unities). T h e office works closely with
C IV IC , a coalition of student-led organizations
engaged in a wide array o f service efforts in
Chester and the Greater Philadelphia metro
politan area. C IV IC is coordinated by the
C IV IC Council, composed of leaders from
each organization,, and several at-large mem
bers.
C IV IC G roups include the follow ing:
1.
C C lP /H abitat. Student volunteers work
w ith C hester Com m unity Improvement
Corporation and Habitat for Humanity to
build homes for and with families in Delaware
County.
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2 C hester Tutorial works one to one with
middle school students in weekly tutoring and
homework enrichm ent sessions.
3.
C hinatow n T utorial provides academic en
richm ent
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Philadelphia’s Chinatown, most o f whom are
recent immigrants. T his is a cooperative pro
gram with Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and the
University o f Pennsylvania.
4- C H O P K ids facilitates student volunteerism at th e C hild ren’s Hospital of
Philadelphia.
5. Learning fo r L ife pairs trained students with
college staff to work on literacy, math, comput
er, history, and creative writing skills.
6. N orris Square A lternative B reak Project.
Students Participate in Alternative Breaks in
Norris Square, a m ultiethnic neighborhood in
N orth Philadelphia, participating in communi
ty projects and children’s programs.
7. Positive A lternatives in Chester works with
girls at the Y W C A in Chester.
8. S cien ce fo r K ids introduces science to
fourth graders at Stetser Elementary School in
Chester.
9. SH IP (Serving the H om eless in Philadelphia)
volunteers provide food, clothing, referrals,
and conversation to hom eless people in
Philadelphia.
10. Sw arthm ore-Rutledge School Program (SRS)
pairs students with children once a week to
work on schoolwork or play games.
T h e Sw arthm ore Foundation
T h e Swarthmore Foundation provides grants
twice a year to support faculty, staff, and stu
dents (including graduating seniors) to under
take community service projects; Recipients
may use awards to create new projects, to pur
chase materials for projects in which they par
ticipate, and to cover basic living expenses
while working with service or activist organiza
tions. T h e foundation also administers the
Landis Community Service Fellowship and
T h e Jo h n W. N ason Comm unity Service
Fellowship.
T h e foundation, administered by the office,
provides grants o f up to $2,500 for students,
faculty, and staff to conduct community service
and social change projects. Grants support pro
gram and living expenses and are offered two
times per year. T h e office supports the work of
Lang S cholars and coordinates th e Lang
Opportunity O pen C om petition, which provides
grants o f up to $ 1 0,000 to conduct more sub
stantive service and social change projects.
The John W . N ason Comm unity Service
Fellowship
The Joh n W. Nason Comm unity Service
Fellowship celebrates th e contribu tion o f
Swarthmore’s eighth president by supporting
students to conduct off-campus community
service projects related to their academic pro
grams. T h e Nason Fellowship was initiated by
members o f the Class of 1945 in anticipation of
their 50th reunion.
Summer of S erv ice: L et Your L ife Speak
George Fox said to his Quaker congregation,
“Let your life speak.” During the summer of
2000, the College initiated a program called
Summer of Service, pairing 25 students with
paid community service internships and giving
them the opportunity to “let their lives speak.”
The eventual goal o f the program is to enable
all students to participate in one Summer of
Service before graduation. T h e purpose of
Summer of Service is to provide opportunities
to all students to participate in summer com
munity service, regardless o f their financial sit
uations; and to give them valuable hands-on
experience in organizational and community
settings that make a difference.
1882, and to the Alumni Council, the govern
ing body of the Alumni Association. T he
Alumni Office also gives staff support to re
gional alumni and parent groups, called
C onn ections, in A ustin, Texas; Boston;
Charlottesville, Va.; Chicago; Los Angeles;
M etro DC/Baltimore; M etro N Y C ; N orth
Carolina; Paris, France; Philadelphia; Pitts
burgh; San Francisco; and Seattle.
There are 17,425 alumni: 8,946 men, 8,479
women, and 1,206 married to each other, giv
ing substance to the traditional appellation for
the College o f the “Quaker M atchbox.” T he
College defines an alumnus/a as anyone who
has completed one semester.
COLLEGE PUBLICATIONS
T h e Publications Office creates a variety of
printed communications for the College com
munity. T h e quarterly Sw arthm ore C ollege
Bulletin is sent free o f charge to all alumni, par
ents, friends, and members o f the senior class.
O ther publications produced by the office in
clude an annual engagement calendar, a report
o f donations to the College, a parents newslet
ter, and this catalog. Members o f the publica
tions staff and a student intern provide editor
ial, photographic, graphic design, and print
production services to other offices on campus.
ALUMNI RELATIONS
NEWS AND INFORMATION
Alumni Relations is the primary communica
tion link between the College and its alumni,
enabling them to m aintain an ongoing rela
tionship with each other. Som e of the office’s
programs and activities include A lum ni
Weekend, an Alumni College, alumni gather
ings all over the country, and alumni travel.
The Alumni Office hires students as interns
and to help at alumni events on campus.
The Alumni Office works closely with Career
Services to facilitate networking between stu
dents and alumni and among alumni, to take
advantage of the invaluable experience repre
sented among the alumni. T h e Alumni Office
also helps officers o f the senior class and alum
ni groups plan special events.
The Alumni Office gives staff support to the
Alumni Association, which was founded in
T h e Office o f News and Information works
with the faculty, students, and staff to commu
nicate information about Swarthmore to the
public, primarily through media relations, the
Internet, and direct mailings. T h e office publi
cizes campus events, programs, and research
and works to position faculty members as ex
pert news sources. T h e office also responds to
information requests from the media, initiates
coverage o f Swarthmore in the media, and
leads the development and m aintenance of the
College W eb site. T h e News and Information
Office prepares two publications. On C am pus,
a monthly schedule o f campus activities that
are open to the public, is distributed on request
to more than 2 ,0 0 0 households in the
Philadelphia area. T h e W eekly N ew s, a news-
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letter o f events and announcements, is distrib
uted to faculty, staff, and students. T h e office
lends support for special events and projects
and provides public relations counsel for the
College.
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IV
Educational Program
Faculty Regulations
Degree Requirements
Awards and Prizes
Fellowships
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Educational Program
GENERAL STATEMENT
Swarthmore College offers the degree of bach
elor o f arts and the degree o f bachelor o f sci
ence. T h e latter is given only to students who
major in engineering. Four years o f resident
study are normally required for a bachelor’s
degree (see p. 8 1 ), but variation in this term,
particularly as a result o f Advanced Placement
credit, is possible (see p. 25).
T h e selection o f a program will depend upon
the student’s interests and vocational plans.
T h e purpose o f a liberal arts education, howev
er, is no t primarily to provide vocational
instruction, even though it provides the best
foundation for one’s future vocation. Its pur
pose is to help students fulfill their responsibil
ities as citizens and grow into cultivated and
versatile individuals. A liberal education is
concerned with the development o f moral,
spiritual, and aesthetic values as well as analyt
ical abilities. Furthermore, just as a liberal edu
cation is concerned with the cultural inheri
tance o f the past, so too it is intended to devel
op citizens who will guide societies on a sus
tainable course where future culture will no t be
compromised in the development o f the pre
sent. Intellectually, it aims to enhance
resourcefulness, serious curiosity, open-mind
edness, perspective, logical coherence, and
insight.
During the first half o f their college program,
all students are expected to satisfy most, if not
all, o f the distribution requirements, to choose
their major and minor subjects, and to prepare
for advanced work in these subjects by taking
certain prerequisites. T h e normal program
consists o f four courses each semester, chosen
by the student in consultation with his or her
faculty adviser.
A ll students must fulfill the requirements for
the major, and before the end o f the senior
year, students are required to pass a compre
hensive exam ination or its equivalent, given
by the major department.
For Honors candidates, courses and seminars
taken as preparation for external evaluation
occupy approximately one-half o f the student’s
work during the last two years. In addition to
work taken as a part o f the Honors program,
the students take other courses which provide
opportunities for further exploration. During
the senior, year many departments offer a spe
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cially designed Sen ior Honors Study for
Honors m ajors and minors to encourage
enhancem ent and integration o f the Honors
preparations. A t the close o f the senior year,
candidates for Honors will be evaluated by vis
iting examiners.
In the spring o f 2000, the faculty voted to
make minors available to all students, whether
Honors or not and to place a limit on the num
ber o f majors and minors a student can pursue.
Students in the Class o f ’02 will be governed by
the policies o f the old program o f major(s) and
concentration(s). Students in the Class of ’04
and thereafter will be governed by the rules of
the new program o f major(s) and minor(s).
Students in the Class o f ’03 may choose to fol
low the old program or the new program. For
details o f the old and new programs, see below
under “Majors, Minors, and Concentrations.”
T h e program for engineering students follows a
similar basic plan, with certain variations,
which are explained on p. 153. Courses outside
the technical fields are distributed over all four
years.
T h e course advisers o f freshmen and sopho
mores are members o f the faculty appointed by
the dean. For juniors and seniors, the advisers
are the chairs o f their major departments or
their representatives.
PROGRAM FOR FRESHMEN
AND SOPHOMORES
T h e major goals o f the first two years of a
Swarthmore education are to introduce stu
dents to a broad range o f intellectual pursuits,
to equip them with the analytic and expressive
skills required to engage in those pursuits, and
to foster a critical stance toward learning and
knowing. T h e College distribution require
ments are designed to aid students in achieving
these goals.
To m eet the distribution requirem ents, a student
m ust:
1. Complete at least 20 credits outside the
major department before graduation.
2. Take at least 3 credits in each o f the three
divisions o f the College (listed later), the third
credit o f which can be A P credit or credit
awarded for work done elsewhere.
3. O f the 3 credits in each division, take at
least 2 credits that are in different departmen
tal subjects and are also designated primary dis
tribution courses. T his will make a total o f six
primary distribution courses, each in a different
department or program, and spanning the
three divisions equally.
For purposes o f the distribution requirements
the three divisions o f the College are consti
tuted as follows:
H um anities: A rt, Classics (literature), English
Literature, M odem Languages and Literatures,
Music and Dance, Philosophy, Religion.
N atural S cien ces an d E ngineering: Biology,
Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering,
M athematics and Statistics, Physics and
Astronomy.
Social S cien ces: Classics (an cien t history),
Economics, Education, History, Linguistics,
Political Science, Psychology, Sociology and
Anthropology.
A few courses do not satisfy the divisional dis
tribution requirement. These are identified as
such in the catalog or the official schedule of
courses.
Primary distribution courses place particular
emphasis on the mode o f inquiry in a particu
lar discipline. In teaching students to be selfconscious about how knowledge is generated,
these courses seek to develop an appreciation
of both the power and the limits o f each disci
pline within a broader system o f knowledge. In
recognition of the importance o f writing as an
integral part of the learning process in disci
plines across the curriculum, primary distribu
tion courses also provide considerable practice
in expressing analytic and synthetic thought in
writing. Primary distribution courses are
intended to be appropriate both for those stu
dents who continue in a field and for those
who do not. To promote discussion, they are
restricted to 25 students or have accompanying
small laboratories or discussion sections.
Courses that count for primary distribution are
designated in the departmental listings. T h e
requirement o f six primary distribution courses
must be satisfied by courses taken at
Swarthmore and, with the exception of litera
ture courses taught in a language other than
English, will normally be completed before the
student enters the junior year.
Any course credit in a division (with the
exception o f EN G L 0 01B or C , Music courses
numbered 0 4 0 -0 5 l)m ay be chosen as the third
distribution course in that division, including
A P credit or credit awarded for work done else
where.
Courses that are cross-listed between two
departments in different divisions may (with
the permission o f the instructors, departments,
and divisions involved) fulfill the distribution
requirement in one o f the following ways: (1)
in only one o f the divisions so identified but
not in the other; (2) in either division (but not
both), depending on the departmental listing
of the course on the academic record; (3 ) in
neither o f the divisions. In certain cases, the
course may fulfill the distribution requirement
according to the nature of the work done in the
course by the individual student (i.e., a long
paper in one of the departmental disciplines).
T h e distributional status of such courses is nor
mally indicated in the catalog description for
each course.
Students who have been granted credit and
advanced placement in two departments in the
same division for work done prior to matricula
tion at Swarthmore will be exempted from one
primary distribution requirement in that divi
sion on the condition that they take an addi
tional course in one o f those departments.
T hey will be exempted from both primary dis
tribution requirements in that division on the
condition that they take an additional course
in each o f those departments. Students who
enter Swarthmore as transfer students with 8
credits of college work will be exempted from
one primary distribution requirement in each
division. Students who enter Swarthmore with
at most four semesters remaining to complete
their degree will be exempted from the prima
ry distribution component o f the distribution
requirement.
It is most desirable that students include in
their programs some work in a foreign lan
guage, beyond the basic language requirement
(see p. 81). A student who intends to major in
one o f the natural sciences, mathematics, or
engineering should take an appropriate mathe
matics course in the freshman year. Students
intending to major in one of the social sciences
should be aware o f the increasing importance
of mathematical background for these subjects.
In the freshman and sophomore years, all stu
dents not excused for medical reasons are
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required to com plete a four-quarter (two
semester) program in physical education. T he
requirements are stated in full o n p. 80.
Early in the sophomore year, the student
should identify two or three subjects as possible
majors, paying particular attention to depart
mental requirements and recommendations. In
the spring o f the sophomore year, each student
will, with the guidance o f his or her adviser,
prepare a reasoned plan o f study for the last two
years. This plan will be submitted to the chair
o f the student’s proposed major as a part o f the
application for a major. A cceptance will be
based on the student’s record and an estimate
o f his or her capacities in the designated major.
Students who fail to secure approval o f a major
may be required to withdraw from the College.
Although faculty advisers assist students in
preparing their academic programs, students
themselves are individually responsible for
planning and adhering to programs and for the
completion o f graduation requirements. Facul
ty advisers, department chairs, other faculty
members, the deans, and the registrar are avail
able for information and advice.
PROGRAMS FOR JUNIORS AND SENIORS
T h e major goals o f the last two years o f a
Swarthmore education are to engage students
with a chosen field o f inquiry and to assist
them in assuming an independent role in cre
ating and synthesizing knowledge within it.
T h e breadth o f exposure, acquisition o f skills,
and development o f a critical stance during the
first two years prepare students to pursue these
goals. W ith the choice o f a major, the focus
shifts from scope to depth. Students become
involved for two years with a discrete field of
inquiry and demonstrate their mastery o f that
field through the completion o f courses within
the major and courses taken outside the major
that serve to expand and deepen the student’s
perspective on the major.
A ll students are required to include sufficient
work in a single department or program (desig
nated as a “major”) to make an equivalent o f at
least eight courses before graduation.
To complete a departmental major, a student
must be accepted as a major and, in addition to
the standard eight courses and comprehensive
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requirement in the major department, must
fulfill other specific departmental require
ments. T h e requirements for acceptance to
departmental majors and for completion of
them are specified in this catalog under the
respective departm ental listings and are
designed to ensure a comprehensive acquain
tance with the field. T h e completion o f two
majors is allowed, depending upon the permis
sion o f both departments o f the proposed dou
ble major for the student. Triple majoring is
no t allowed. A student must accumulate 20
course credits outside his or her major, but
there is no other lim it on the number of
courses that a student may take in his or her
major.
W ith departmental permission(s), it is possible
for a student to plan an individualized special
major that includes closely related work in one
or more departments. In some areas, such as
biochemistry, film and media studies, and psy
chobiology, in which special majors are done
frequently, the departments and programs
involved provide recommended programs.
These regularized special majors are described
in the relevant department sections o f the cat
alog or in material available from department
chairs. A special major is expected to be inte
gral in the sense that it specifies a field o f learn
ing (not necessarily conventional) or topic or
problems for sustained inquiry that crosses
departmental boundaries, or it may be treated
as a subfield within the normal departmental
major. Special majors consist o f at least 10
credits and normally o f no more than 12 cred
its. Students with special majors normally com
plete a minimum o f six courses in the primary
department or program, om itting some o f the
breadth requirements o f the major field; but
course requirem ents cen tral to systematic
understanding o f the major field will not be
waived. Students with special majors must
complete the major comprehensive require
ment, which may consist o f a thesis or other
written research project(s) designed to inte
grate the work across departmental boundaries
or a comprehensive examination. By exten
sion, special majors may be formulated as joint
majors between two departments, normally
with at least 5 credits in each department and
11 in both departments, which, in such pro
grams, collaborate in advising and in the com
prehensive exam ination. Students are not
allowed to pursue more than one individual
ized special major.
During the junior and senior years, students are
advised by the chair o f the major department
(or a member o f the department designated by
the chair) whose approval must be secured for
the choice o f courses each semester.
MAJORS, MINORS, AND CONCENTRATIONS
In May 2000, the faculty voted to make minors
outside o f the Honors program available to stu
dents and added certain restrictions as to the
number o f majors and minors that a student
could pursue. Most (but not all) departments
and programs have developed such minors to
offer students.
The timing and implementation of the new
program in course minors was left up to the
Curriculum Comm ittee. T h e comm ittee has
decided that students in the Class o f ’02 will
operate under the rules o f the old program that
offers majors and interdisciplinary concentra
tions. Students in the Class o f ’04 and there
after will operate under the rules o f the new
program, w hich offers majors and minors
(including interdisciplinary minors) but which
limits the number o f majors and minors a stu
dent may pursue. Students in the Class o f ’03
will be able to choose either the old program or
the new program but not som e m ixture o f the
two. T he old and new program rules are out
lined briefly below. A ll majors, minors, and
concentrations, whether under the old pro
gram or the new, must be approved by the
departments or programs.
Old Program: M ajor(s) and Concentration(s)
1. Students are required to have one major.
This is the only requirement. A second major,
concentrations, and Honors are optional.
2. Students may have up to two majors.
3. Students may have one minor, available
through the Honors program only.
4. Departmental or interdisciplinary minors in
course, outside Honors, are not available.
5. Students may have as many approved con
centrations as they can fit into their schedules,
though the practical lim it is typically one or
two.
N ew Program : M ajor(s) and M inor(s)
1. Students are required to have one major.
T his is the only requirement. A second major,
minors, and Honors are optional.
2. Students may have up to two majors; a stu
dent with two majors may not have a minor.
a.
E xception: A student who chooses an
Honors major plus minor may have a second
major outside o f Honors if that second major is
the same subject as the Honors minor. T his is
the only circumstance in which a student may
major and minor in the same subject.
3. Students may have one or two minors, if
they have only one major.
a. A minor may be completed in course or
as part o f an Honors program.
b. Most departments and programs, though
no t all, will offer course minors. Those depart
ments or programs that will not offer course
minors under the new program are
Comparative Literature, Economics, Political
Scien ce, Sociology and Anthropology, and
Studio A rt. (These departments or programs
will continue to offer Honors minors.)
c. “Concentrations” under the old program
are now considered to be interdisciplinary
minors (though the rubric and requirements
may have changed).
d. A student who chooses an Honors major
plus minor may have an additional course
minor outside the Honors program.
4. Minors will include at least 5 credits, 4 of
which may not overlap with the student’s
major or other minor. T h e overlap rule applies
to any two entities taken at one time but not
collectively to three entities taken together (it
is a pair-wise, not a global overlap rule). This
means that a student who has a major in
Medieval Studies, for example, and minors in
English and W om en’s Studies, must meet the
overlap rule in each possible pairing but not in
the three taken together. So a course might
overlap between Medieval Studies and English
and a different course might overlap between
Medieval Studies and Women’s Studies. T h e
exceptions to the overlap rule are as follows:
Exceptions
T h e overlap constraint is not applicable to
courses that departm ental majors or minors must
take in other departments; for example, m ath
ematics courses required for an engineering
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major are no t automatically excluded from a
m inor defined by th e D epartm ent o f
Mathematics and Statistics.
For an Honors major who is also a double
major, the overlap constraint does not apply to
the relationship between the Honors minor
and the second major because these will always
be in the same field (see 2a above). Thus, an
English Honors major who is a history Honors
minor and also a history course m ajor as part of
a double major is not violating the constraint.
HOMORS PROGRAM
T h e Honors program, initiated in 1922 by
President Frank Aydelotte and modified most
recently in 1994, is a distinctive part o f
Swarthmore’s educational life.
T h e Honors program has as its main ingredi
ents student independence and responsibility
in shaping the educational experience; colle
gial relationships between students and faculty;
peer learning; opportunity for reflection on,
and integration of, specific preparations; and
evaluation by external examiners. Honors
work may be carried out in the full range of
curricular options, including studio and per
forming arts, study abroad, and communitybased learning.
Students and their professors work in collegial
fashion as Honors candidates prepare for eval
uation by external examiners from other acad
em ic institutions and the professional world.
Although Swarthmore faculty grade most of
the specific preparations, the awarding o f honorifics on a student’s diploma is solely based on
the evaluation o f the external examiners.
Preparations for Honors are defined by each
department or program and include seminars,
theses, independent projects in research as well
as in studio and performing arts, and specially
designated pairs o f courses. In addition, many
departments offer their own format for Senior
Honors Study, designed to enhance, and where
appropriate integrate, the preparations in both
major and minor.
Each Honors candidate’s program will include
three preparations for external exam ination in
a major and one in a minor, or four prepara
tions in a special or interdisciplinary major.
Students offering three preparations in a major
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or four preparations in a special or interdisci
plinary major will be exempted from compre
hensive exams in those majors. (Under the
rules o f the new program available to the Class
o f ’03 (optional) and required o f classes there
after, a student who chooses an Honors major
plus minor may have a second major outside of
Honors if that second major is the same as the
Honors minor.)
Honors program preparations for both majors
and minors will be defined by each depart
ment, program, and interdisciplinary major
that sponsors a major. In addition, minors may
be defined by any department or program.
A ll preparations will be graded by Swarthmore
instructors with the exception o f theses and
other original work. Grades for theses and
other similar projects will be given by external
examiners. Except in the case o f theses or other
original work, modes o f assessment by the
external examiners will include written exams
and/or other written assignments completed in
the spring o f the senior year. In addition, dur
ing Honors week at the end of the senior year,
every Honors candidate will meet on campus
with external evaluators for an oral examina
tion o f each preparation. Specific formats for
preparations and for Senior Honors Study are
available in each department office.
Students will normally include their intention
to prepare for Honors in their Plan o f Study for
the Last Two Years, written in the spring of
their sophomore year. They must also submit to
the Office o f the Registrar a formal application
for a specific program o f Honors preparation.
T h e registrar provides a form for this purpose.
Departments, programs, and concentrations
will make decisions about acceptance of
Honors programs at the end o f the sophomore
year. Students will be accepted into Honors
with the proviso that their work continue to be
o f Honors quality. Students may also apply to
enter Honors during their junior year. Any pro
posed changes to the Honors program must be
submitted for approval on a form provided for
this purpose by the registrar. Normally, Honors
programs may not be changed after December
1 o f a student’s senior year, depending on
departmental policies. T h e decision o f the
departments or interdisciplinary programs will
depend on the proposed program o f study and
the quality o f the student’s previous work as
indicated by grades received and upon the stu
dent’s apparent capacity for assuming the
responsibility o f Honors candidacy. T h e major
department or interdisciplinary program is
responsible for the original plan of work and
for keeping in touch with the candidate’s
progress from semester to semester. Students
may n o t withdraw from Honors after
December 1 of the senior year except under
extraordinary circumstances and with the per
mission o f the major and minor departments
and the Curriculum Committee. Further infor
mation about Honors policies may be found in
the Student H andbook o f P olicies and Procedures
for the Honors Program, which is available in
the Registrar’s Office.
At the end of the senior year, the decision of
the degree of Honors to be awarded the candi
dates is entirely in the hands o f the visiting
examiners. U pon their recommendation, suc
cessful candidates are awarded the bachelor’s
degree with Honors, with High Honors, or
with Highest Honors.
EXCEPTIONS TO THE FOUR-YEAR
PROGRAM
Although the normal period of uninterrupted
work toward the bachelor o f arts and bachelor
of science degrees is four years, graduation in
three years is freely permitted when a student
can take advantage of Advanced Placement
credits, perhaps combining them with extra
work by special permission. In such cases, stu
dents may qualify for advanced standing— they
may become juniors in their second year. To
qualify for advanced standing, a student must
(1) do satisfactory work in the first semester;
(2) obtain 14 credits by the end of the first
year; (3 ) intend to com plete the degree
requirements in three years; and (4) signify this
intention when she/he applies for a major by
writing a sophomore paper during the spring of
the first year.
When circumstances warrant, a student may
lengthen the continuous route to graduation to
five years by carrying fewer courses than the
norm of four, although College policy does not
permit programs o f fewer than 3 credits for
degree candidates in their first 8 semesters of
enrollment. A course load lower than the norm
may be appropriate for students who enter
Swarthmore lacking some elements of the
usual preparation for college, who are physical
ly handicapped, or who wish to free time for
activities relating to their curricular work,
although not done for academic credit. Such
five-year programs are possible in Music and
Studio A rts for students who are taking
instruction off campus or who wish to pursue
studio or instrumental work without full credit
but with instruction and critical supervision;
however, such programs are possible only on
application to, and selection by, the depart
m ent concerned, which will look for excep
tional accomplishment or promise. In all cases
where it is proposed to reduce academic credit
and lengthen the period before graduation, the
College looks particularly to personal circum
stances and to careful advising and necessarily
charges the regular annual tuition (see the pro
visions for overloads, p. 27). Full-time leaves of
absence for a semester or a year or more are
freely permitted and in some cases encouraged,
subject also to careful planning and academic
advising. Information about work opportuni
ties for leave takers available through the
College Venture Program is in Career Services.
NORMAL COURSE LOAD
T h e academic year at Swarthmore is 32 weeks
long, during which time students are expected
to complete 6 to 8 semester course credits of
work. Normal progress toward the degree of
bachelor of arts or bachelor of science is made
by eight semesters’ work of four courses or the
equivalent each semester, though the object of
progress toward the degree is not the mere
accumulation of 32 credits. Students may and
frequently do vary this by programs of five
courses, or three courses, with special permis
sion. College policy does not permit programs
of fewer than three course credits within the
normal eight semester enrollment. Programs of
more than 5 credits or fewer than 4 credits
require special permission (see p. 27 on tuition
and pp. 78-79 on registration).
T h e definitions of upper-class levels are as fol
lows: Students become sophomores when they
have earned 6 to 8 semester course credits
toward their degree. Students become juniors
when they have earned 14 to 16 credits.
Students becom e seniors when they have
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earned 22 to 2 4 credits. Som e offices on cam
pus, such as the Housing Office, may have
additional requirements in their definitions of
the student classes.
may range from a course o f reading to a specif
ic research project. Such work is available pri
marily to juniors and seniors in accordance
with their curricular interests and as faculty
time permits.
FORMATS OF INSTROCTION
T h e faculty regulation on student-run courses
permits a group o f students to propose a topic
to an instructor for 0.5 or 1 credit and to run
their own course with a reading list approved
by the instructor and a final examination or
equivalent administered by him or her, but
normally with no further involvement of facul
ty. In organizing such a course, students obtain
provisional approval and agreement to serve as
course supervisor from a faculty member by
December 1 (for the spring term) or May 1 (for
the fall term) on the basis o f an initial memo
randum emphasizing the principal subject mat
ter to be studied, the questions to be asked
about it, the methods of investigation, and pro
viding a preliminary bibliography. T h e course
is then registered by its organizers with the
provost, who has administrative supervision of
such work and who may waive the foregoing
deadlines to recognize problems in the organi
zation o f such courses. T h e course supervisor
consults his or her department, and in the case
o f an interdepartmental course, any other
department concerned, whose representatives
together with the provost will decide whether
to approve the course. T h e supervisor also
reviews the course outline and bibliography
and qualifications and general eligibility of stu
dents proposing to participate in the course.
A fter a student-run course has been found
acceptable by the appropriate department (or
departments) and the provost, the course
supervisor’s final approval is due 10 days before
the term begins, following which a revised
reading list and class list are given to the librar
ian, and the course title and class list are filed
with the registrar. A t the end o f the course, the
supervisor evaluates and grades the students’
work in the usual way or arranges for an outside
examiner to do so.
Student-Run C ourses
Although classes and seminars are the normal
curricular formats at Swarthmore, faculty regu
lations encourage other modes as well. These
include various forms o f individual study, stu
dent-run courses, and a limited amount of
“practical” or off-campus work.
T h e principal forms o f individual work are
attachments to courses, directed reading, and
tutorials. T h e faculty regulation on attach
ments provides that a student may attach to an
existing course, with permission o f the instruc
tor, a project o f additional reading, research,
and writing. If this attachm ent is taken con
currently with the course, it is normally done
for 0.5 credit. If it is taken in a later semester
(preferably the semester immediately follow
ing), it may be done for either half or full cred
it. This kind o f work can be done on either a
small-group or individual basis. It is not possi
ble in all courses, but it is in most, including
some introductory courses. For first-year stu
dents and sophomores, it is a way of developing
capacities for independent work, and for
Honors candidates, it is an alternative to sem
inars as a preparation for papers. Students who
decide before the middle o f the semester to do
a half-credit attachm ent may, with permission,
withdraw from a regular course and carry 3.5
credits in that term to be balanced by 4.5 cred
its in another term. Students may do as many
as two attachments each year.
D irected Reading and Independent Study
Directed reading and independent study are
similar, but the faculty role in the former is
more bibliographical than pedagogical, and,
because they require somewhat less faculty
tim e, opportunities .for directed reading are
more frequent in most departments than are
opportunities for independent study. In both
cases, substantial written work and/or written
examinations are considered appropriate, and
it is generally desirable that the work be more
specialized or more sharply focused than is usu
ally the case in courses or seminars; the work
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Student-run courses may vary in format and
content. In particular, they may be provision
ally proposed for half credit to run in the first
half of the semester, and at midterm, may be
either concluded or, if the participants and
course supervisor find the work profitable, con
tinued for the balance o f the term for full cred
it. Alternatively, student-run courses may be
started after the beginning of the semester (up
to midsemester) for half credit and then be
continued, on the same basis, into the follow
ing term. O r they may be taken for half credit
over a full term. T h e role of the course super
visor may exceed that in planning and evalua
tion outlined above and extend to occasional
or regular participation. T h e only essentials,
and the purpose o f the procedures, are suffi
cient planning and organization of the course
to facilitate focus and penetration. T h e course
planning and organization, both analytical and
bibliographical, are also regarded as important
ends in themselves, to be emphasized in the
review of proposals before approval. Up to 4 of
the 32 credits required for graduation may be
taken in student-run courses.
Finally, as to applied or practical work, the
College may under faculty regulations grant up
to 1 course credit for practical work, which
may be done off campus, when it can be shown
to lend itself to intellectual analysis and is like
ly to contribute to a student’s progress in regu
lar course work, and subject to four conditions:
(1) agreement of an instructor to supervise the
project; (2 ) sponsorship by the instructor’s
department, and in the case of an interdiscipli
nary project, any other department concerned,
whose representatives together w ith the
provost will decide whether to grant permis
sion for the applied or practical work before
that work is undertaken; (3 ) a basis for the pro
ject in some prior course work; and (4) nor
mally, the exam ination of pertinent literature
and production of a written report as parts of
the project. T his option is intended to apply to
work in which direct experience o f the offcampus world or responsible applications of
academic learning or imaginative aspects of
the practice o f an art are the primary elements.
Because such work is likely to bear a loose rela
tion to organized instruction and the regular
curriculum, the College limits academic credit
for it while recognizing its special importance
for some students’ programs.
INTERDISCIPLINARY WORK
The requirements o f the major typically leave
room for significant flexibility in students’ pro
grams, both within and outside the major. This
may be used to pursue a variety of interests and
to emphasize intellectual diversity; it may also
be used for the practical integration o f individ
ual programs around interests or principles sup
plementing the major. T h e College offers
interdepartmental majors in Asian studies,
medieval studies, and comparative literature,
and formal interdisciplinary programs (termed
“concentrations” under the old program and
“interdisciplinary minors” under the new pro
gram) in black studies, cognitive science, envi
ronmental studies, film and media studies,
Francophone studies, Germ an studies, inter
pretation theory, L atin A m erican studies
(interdisciplinary minor only under the new
program), peace and conflict studies, public
policy, and women’s studies. T h e specific
requirements for these programs are outlined in
the relevant sections of the catalog.
It should be recognized that some departments
are themselves interdisciplinary in nature; that
a considerable number o f courses are cross-list
ed between departments; that each year some
courses are taught jointly by members o f two or
more departments; and that departments com
monly recommend or require supporting work
for their majors in other departments. Many
other opportunities exist informally (e.g., in
African studies, in Am erican studies, in reli
gion and sociology and anthropology, in engi
neering and social sciences, and in chemical
physics). Students are encouraged to seek the
advice o f faculty members on such possibilities
with respect to their particular interests.
HEALTH SCIENCES ADVISORY PROGRAM
T h e function of the health sciences advisory
program is twofold: to advise students interest
ed in a career in the health professions, and to
prepare letters of recommendation for profes
sional schools to which students apply. T h e let
ters are based on faculty evaluations requested
by the student, the student’s academic record,
and nonacademic activities.
Students intending to enter a career in the
health professions, especially those applying to
medical, dental, or veterinary schools, should
plan their academic programs carefully to meet
the professional schools’ requirements as well
as the general College requirements. T h e fol
lowing courses fulfill the basic requirements of
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most medical schools: BIO L 001, 002; CH EM
010, 02 2 , 032, 038; PH YS 003, 004; M ATH
005 and one additional math course; and
English, two semester courses. Dental and vet
erinary schools have more variable require
ments, in addition to the biology, chemistry,
and physics listed earlier. Students interested
in these fields should meet with the health sci
ences adviser to plan their programs. Specific
requirements for each medical, dental, and vet
erinary school, along with much other useful
information, are given in the following publi
cations, which are available in the Health
Scien ces O ffice: M edical S chool A dm ission
Requirem ents, A dm ission Requirem ents o f U .S .
and C anadian D ental Schools, and V eterinary
M edical School A dm ission Requirem ents.
T h e work of the junior and senior years may be
completed in any major department o f the stu
dent’s choice. A ll required courses should be
taken on a graded basis after the first semester
o f the freshman year.
T h e health sciences adviser meets periodically
with students interested in health careers and
is available to assist students in planning their
programs in cooperation with students’ own
academic advisers. T h e H ealth Sciences Office
publishes G u ide to P rem edical Studies at
Sw arthm ore C ollege and F requen tly A sked
Preveterinary Q uestions to help new students
plan their academic program and understand
what schools look for in applicants. T h e G uide
fo r Applying to M edical School fo r Sw arthm ore
U ndergraduates and A lum ni/ae contains detailed
information about the application process.
Further information on opportunities, require
ments, and procedures can be obtained from
the health sciences adviser and from the
H ealth Scien ces O ffice’s pages on the
Swarthmore College W eb site.
COOPERATION WITH NEIGHR0RING
INSTITUTIONS
W ith the approval o f their faculty adviser and
the registrar, students may take a course offered
by Bryn Mawr or Haverford College or the
University of Pennsylvania without the pay
m ent of extra tuition. Students are expected to
know and abide by the academic regulations of
the host institution. (This arrangement does
n o t apply to the summer sessions o f the
University of Pennsylvania and Bryn Mawr
College.) Final grades from such courses are
recorded on the Swarthmore transcript, but
these grades are not included in calculating the
Swarthmore grade average required for gradua
tion.
STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
To provide variety and a broadened outlook for
interested students, the College has student
exchange arrangements with Harvey Mudd
College, Middlebury College, Mills College,
Pomona College, R ice University, and Tufts
University. Selection is made by a committee
o f the home institution from among applicants
who will be sophomores or juniors at the time
of the exchange.
W ith each institution, there is a limited and
matched number o f exchanges. Students settle
financially with the home institution, thus
retaining during the exchange any financial
aid for which they are eligible. Exchange
arrangements do not permit transfer o f partici
pants to th e institution w ith w hich the
exchange takes place.
STUDY ADR0AD
CREATIVE ARTS
W ork in the creative arts is available both in
the curriculum of certain departments and on
an extracurricular basis. Interested students
should consult the departmental statements in
A rt, English Literature (including T heatre),
and Music and Dance.
T h e College emphasizes the importance of
study abroad and encourages all students to
explore possibilities for doing so as integral
parts o f their degree programs. T h e Office for
Foreign Study, and the foreign study adviser,
will help all interested students at every
stage— planning, study abroad, and return— of
the process.
To be accepted for credit toward the
Swarthmore degree, foreign study must meet
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Swarthmore academic standards. W ith proper
planning, this condition normally is readily
met. Proper planning begins with seeing the
foreign study adviser as early as possible in
one’s college career. Credit for study abroad is
awarded according to College regulations for
accrediting work at other institutions, and the
process must be completed within the semester
following return to the College.
the full academic year or for either the fall or
spring semester. (Credit at Swarthmore must
be obtained through the departments con
cerned.) T h e program attempts to take full
advantage o f the best facilities and teaching
staff o f the Spanish community, while adhering
to the code of intellectual performance charac
teristic o f the most demanding Am erican insti
tutions.
The Sw arthm ore Program in G ren oble, France,
inaugurated in the fall of 1972. Students entering this program spend either one or two
semesters at the University of G renoble, where
their course of study is the equivalent of one or
two semesters at Swarthmore. This program,
under the auspices o f the M odem Languages
and Literatures Department, is open to stu
dents from any department but especially those
in the humanities and social sciences. Should
there be places available, applications from stu
dents at other institutions are accepted. T h e
number o f participants is limited to 25.
A distinguishing aspect of the program is the
individual guidance provided students in non
academic areas, especially in (1) the efforts
that are made to find homes well suited for stu
dent lodging, and (2) the activities that are
planned to ensure ample contact with Spanish
students.
Students are integrated into the academic life
at the University o f G renoble through regular
courses, when their language com petence
allows, or through special courses for foreign
students. Individual programs are arranged to
suit the needs and competencies o f students.
Preparation of External Examination papers is
possible in certain fields. T h e program is
designed primarily for juniors and secondsemester sophomores, but seniors can be
accommodated in special cases.
A member o f the M odem Languages and
Literatures Department acts as resident direc
tor. T he director teaches a course or a seminar,
supervises the academic program and the living
arrangements of the students, and advises on
all educational or personal problems. A coordi
nator of the program at Swarthmore handles
such matters as admissions to the program (in
consultation with the deans), financial aid,
transfer o f academic credit to departments
within the College and to institutions whose
students participate
in
the
program.
Applications for the fall semester must be sub
mitted by M arch 15 and for the spring semes
ter by O ctober 15.
Academ ic Year in M adrid, Spain. T his program is
administered by the R om ance Language
Department o f Hamilton College, in coopera
tion with faculty members of Williams and
Swarthmore colleges. Students may enroll for
T h e program is based in Madrid, where the cul
tural, educational, and geographic benefits are
optimal. Classrooms and office space are locat
ed at the International Institute (Miguel Angel
8, Madrid). T h e institute houses a library emi
nently suited for study and research, and it
sponsors a series o f lectures, concerts, and
social activities.
T h e program is under the general guidance o f a
com m ittee comprising members o f the
Hamilton College Department of Romance
Languages, who, in rotation with professors
from Williams and Swarthmore colleges, serve
also as directors-in-residence in Madrid.
Applications and further information are avail
able from the M odem Languages and
Literatures Department.
In addition to the programs in Grenoble and
Madrid, there are a number of excellent foreign
study programs throughout the world. T h e
Office for Foreign Study, along with the acade
mic departments and programs o f the College,
will advise students on this. Information on
foreign study programs is available in the
Office for Foreign Study.
Financial aid may be applied to study abroad,
with the approval o f the Office for Foreign
Study. For students who are in good academic
standing and who plan to attend academically
and credit-worthy programs, approval is nor
mally routine.
Study abroad students who wish to receive
credit toward the Swarthmore degree for their
completed work will pay, for the semester or
year abroad, full Swarthmore tuition, room,
and board to Swarthmore, and Swarthmore
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will pay the foreign study programs on their
behalf. Complete information on payment pro
cedures for study abroad is available in the
Office for Foreign Study.
T he O lga Lam kert M em orial Fund. Incom e from
a fund established in 1979 by students o f Olga
Lamkert, professor o f Russian at Swarthmore
College from 1949 to 1956, is available to stu
dents with demonstrated financial need who
wish to attend a Russian summer school pro
gram in this country or either the Leningrad or
Moscow semester programs. Awards based on
merit and financial need will be made on the
recommendation o f the Russian section o f the
M odem Languages and Literatures Depart
ment.
T he Eugene M . W eber M em orial Fund. Income
from a fund established in 1986 to honor the
memory o f Eugene M . Weber, professor of
German at Swarthmore College from 1973 to
1986, is available to students with demonstrat
ed financial need who wish to attend an acad
em ic program in a German-speaking country.
Awards based on merit and financial need will
be made on the recom m endation o f the
Germ an section o f the M odem Languages and
Literatures Department.
STUDENT RIGHT TO KNOW
Swarthmore College’s graduation rate is 92.06
percent (this is the percent graduating within
six years, based on the most recent cohorts,
calculated according to “Student Right to
Know” guidelines).
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Faculty Regulations
ATTENDANCE AT CLASSES
Regular atten d an ce is expected. Faculty
members will report to th e dean th e nam e of
any student whose repeated absence is in
their opinion impairing the student’s work.
The number o f absences allowed in a given
course is no t specified, a fact that places a
heavy responsibility o n all students to make
sure th at their work is no t suffering as a result
of absences. Because first-year students must
exercise particular care in this respect and
because th e faculty recognizes its greater
responsibility toward them in th e m atter o f
class attendance, it is expected that first-year
students, especially, will attend all classes.
W hen illness necessitates absence from class
es, the student should report at on ce to the
Health Center.
A student may obtain credit for a course
without attending class meetings by reading
the material prescribed by a syllabus and tak
ing a final exam ination, under the following
conditions:
1. T he student must signify in ten t to do so at
the time o f registration, having obtained the
instructor’s approval in advance.
2. If after such registration the student wishes
to resume norm al class atten d an ce, th e
instructor’s approval must be obtained.
3. T h e student may be required to perform
such work, in addition to th e final exam ina
tion, as th e instructor deems necessary for
adequate evaluation o f his or her perfor
mance.
4. T h e final grade will be recorded by the reg
istrar exactly as if the student had attended
classes normally.
GRADES
Instructors report to th e D ean’s and
Registrar’s offices at intervals during th e year
upon th e work o f students in courses.
Informal reports during the semester take the
form o f comments on unsatisfactory work. A t
the end o f each semester, formal grades are
given in each course eith er under the credit/no credit (CR/N C) system, or under the
letter system, by w hich A means excellent
work; B, good work; C , satisfactory work; D,
passing but below the average required for
graduation; and N C (no credit), uncompleted
or unsatisfactory work. L etter grades may be
qualified by pluses and minuses. W signifies
th at the student has been permitted to with
draw from the course. X designates a condi
tion; X means th at a student has done unsat
isfactory work in the first half o f a year course,
but by creditable work during th e second half
may earn a passing grade for the full course
and thereby remove the condition. R is used
to designate an auditor or to indicate cases in
w hich the work o f a foreign student cannot
be evaluated because o f d eficien cies in
English.
In Progress
IP (In Progress) is the grade used when nor
mally everyone in a class continues working
o n a project into the n ext semester; IP is
given at the end o f the first semester to indi
cate “In Progress.” Final grades are normally
due at th e end o f the succeeding semester.
ln com pletes
Inc. means th at a student’s work is incom
plete w ith respect to specific assignments or
exam inations. T h e faculty has voted th at a
student’s final grade in a course should incor
porate a zero for any part o f th e course not
completed by the date o f the final exam ina
tion, or the end o f the exam ination period.
However, if circumstances beyond the stu
dent’s control (e.g., illness, family emergency)
preclude th e com pletion o f the work by this
date, a grade o f Incom plete (In c.) may be
assigned w ith the permission o f th e faculty
instructor and the registrar. N ote th at “hav
ing too m uch work to do” is not, in fairness to
oth er students, considered a circumstance
beyond the student’s control. A form for the
purpose o f requesting an Incom plete is avail
able from the Registrar’s O ffice and must be
filled out by the student and signed by the
faculty instructor and th e registrar and
returned to the registrar no later than th e last
day o f final exam inations. In such cases,
incom plete work must normally be made up
and graded, and the final grade recorded
w ithin five weeks after the start o f the follow
ing term. Except by special permission o f the
registrar and the faculty instructor, all grades
o f In c. still outstanding after that date will be
replaced o n the student’s permanent record
by N C (no credit). W aiver o f this provision
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by special permission shall in n o case extend
beyond one year from th e tim e th e In c. grade
was incurred.
such work done elsewhere, th e chair’s permis
sion needs to be obtained as a part o f the
credit approval and validation processes.
C redit/N o C redit
For repeated courses in w hich the student
withdraws w ith th e notation W, th e grade
and credit for the previous attem pt will stand.
For other repeated courses, th e registration
and grade for the previous attem pt will be
preserved o n th e p erm anent record but
marked as excluded, and any credit for the
previous attem pt will be permanently lost;
the final grade and any credit earned in the
repetition are th e grade and credit applicable
to th e Swarthmore degree. Repeated courses
may n o t be taken credit/no credit.
T h e only grades recorded on students’ records
for courses taken during their first semester o f
the freshman year are C R (credit) and N C
(no credit). In th e balance o f their work at
Sw arthm ore, students may exercise the
option to take up to four more courses for
credit/no credit by informing the Registrar’s
O ffice w ithin the first two weeks o f th e term
in w hich th e course is taken. U n til the end o f
th e n in th week o f classes, students may
reconsider and opt to receive a formal grade
in the course. T h is course will count as one o f
th e four optional credit/no credit courses.
Repeated courses may n o t be taken credit/
no credit. Courses only offered as credit/no
credit do n o t count in the four optional elections. For first-year students and sophomores,
C R will be recorded for work th at would earn
a grade o f straight D or higher; for juniors and
seniors (th at is, students w ith at least 16 cred
its, n o t counting A P credits), th e minimum
equivalent letter grade for C R will be straight
C . Instructors are asked to provide th e stu
dent and the faculty adviser w ith evaluation
o f th e student’s credit/no credit work. T h e
evaluation for first-sem ester freshm en
includes a letter-grade equivalent; for other
students, the evaluation may be either a let
ter-grade equivalent or a com m ent. Su ch
evaluations are no t a part o f th e student’s
grade record. If available, letter-grade equiva
lents only, for first-semester freshmen courses
only, may be provided to other institutions if
requested by th e student and absolutely
required by the other institution. Students
should save their copies o f these evaluations
for their records.
R epeated C ourses
Som e courses can be repeated for credit; these
are indicated in departmental course descrip
tions. For other courses, the following rules
apply: Permission to repeat a course must be
obtained from th e Sw arthmore instructor
teaching the repetition. T o take a course at
another school to serve as a repeat o f a course
previously taken at Swarthmore, permission
must be obtained from th e ch air o f the
Swarthmore department in w hich th e origi
nal course was taken. For possible credit for
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Reports o f grades are sent to students at the
end o f each semester. T h ey are n o t routinely
sent to parents or guardians, but such infor
m ation may be released w hen students
request it.
A C (2 .0 ) average is required in th e courses
counted for graduation. A n average o f C is
interpreted for this purpose as being a numer
ical average o f at least 2 .0 (A + , A = 4 .0 , A - =
3 .6 7 , B+ m 3 .3 3 , B = 3 .0 , B - = 2.67, C + =
2.33, C = 2.0, C - = 1.67, D+ = 1.33, D = 1.0,
D- = 0 .6 7 ). Grades o f credit/no credit and
grades o n the record for work n o t taken at
Swarthmore College are n o t included in com
puting this average.
REGISTRATION
A ll students are required to register and
en roll at th e tim e specified in official
ann ou ncem en ts and to file programs
approved by their faculty advisers. Fines are
imposed for late or incom plete registration or
enrollm ent.
A regular student is expected to take th e pre
scribed num ber o f courses in each semester. If
more than 5 or fewer than 4 credits seem
desirable, the faculty adviser should be con
sulted and a petition filed w ith the registrar.
A pplications for late entrance into a course
or for withdrawal (w ith deleted course regis
tration) must be delivered to the Registrar’s
O ffice w ithin th e first two weeks o f the
semester. A pplications to withdraw from a
course and receive th e perm anent grade nota
tio n W (W ithdraw n) must be received no
later than the end o f the n in th week o f class
es or the fifth week o f the course if it meets for
only on e-half o f the semester. A fter that time,
late withdrawals are recorded on the student’s
record with the notation N C (no credit)
unless th e student withdraws from the
College.
Students do n o t register for audits. Success
fully completed audits are recorded (w ith the
notation R ) at th e end o f th e semester
(except in cases where the student has w ith
drawn after the first two weeks o f the semes
ter,-in w hich cases the appropriate withdraw
al notation stands).
A deposit o f $ 1 0 0 is required o f all returning
students prior to their enrollm ent in bo th the
spring and fall semesters. T h is deposit is
applied to charges for th e semester and is not
refundable.
EXAMINATIONS
Any student who is absent from an exam ina
tion, announcem ent o f w hich was made in
advance, shall be given an exam ination at
another hour only by special arrangement
with the instructor in charge o f th e course.
Final E xam inations
The final exam ination schedule specified in
official announcem ents directs the place and
time o f all finals unless the instructor has
made special arrangem ents otherw ise.
However, College policy holds th at students
with three final exam inations w ith 24 hours
are allowed to reschedule one o f these exams
in consultation w ith the instructor.
By College policy, a student who is no t in the
Honors program, but who is taking an Honors
written exam as a course final and has an
exam conflict, should take the course final
exam and postpone the Honors w ritten exam
until the student’s n e xt free exam period;
conversely, a student in the Honors program
who has a co n flict w ith a course final exam,
takes the Honors exam and postpones the
course exam in consultation w ith the profes
sor. In no case may a student take an Honors
exam before th e Honors w ritten exam ination
period for that exam.
STUDENT LEAVES OF ABSENCE,
WITHDRAWAL, AND READMISSION
Readm ission Follow ing W ithdrawal
A student who has withdrawn from the
College for any reason, voluntarily or invol
untarily, may apply for readmission by writing
to the D ean o f the College, R obert Gross.
Normally, the College will no t accept appli
cations for readmission until a full semester,
in addition to th e semester in w hich the stu
dent has withdrawn, has passed.
A student applying to the College for readmission after withdrawal is required to pro
vide appropriate docum entation o f increased
ability to function academically and in a resi
dential environm ent, and/or o f decreased
hazard to health and safety o f self and/or oth
ers. In the case o f withdrawal for m edical rea
sons, this docum entation must include an
evaluation from the student’s personal health
care provider. In addition, the student will
generally be required to show evidence o f suc
cessful social, occupational, and/or academic
functioning during the tim e away from the
College. T h is evidence must include the
com pletion o f any outstanding “Incom plètes”
on record.
A fter such evidence has been provided, the
materials will be forwarded to the Evaluation
C om m ittee, chaired by A ssociate D ean Joy
C harlton and including A ssociate Dean Tedd
Goundie and Assistant D ean Myrt W estphal.
In the case o f health-related withdrawals, the
materials will be reviewed by the director of
W orth H ealth C en ter and/or the director of
Psychological Services, and the student will
be required to be evaluated in person by the
appropriate health care professional at the
College. A t the discretion o f the Evaluation
C om m ittee, such evaluations may be required
for other types o f withdrawals as appropriate.
T hese evaluations will provide adjunctive
inform ation to the com m ittee’s d ecision
making process. T h e Evaluation Com m ittee
will normally m eet w ith the student and will
make a determ ination regarding the student’s
readiness to resume study at Swarthmore.
Short-term H ealth-related A bsen ces
Students who are hospitalized for a period
during th e semester are subject to the readmission procedures described above before
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they may return to campus to resume their
studies. In these situations, the Evaluation
Com m ittee may also counsel and advise the
student about options for how best to
approach the rem aining academic work in
the semester. In all cases, a student returning
to campus from the hospital must report to
the W orth H ealth C en te r and get clearance
from the appropriate health care professional
b efore returning to th e dormitory to ensure
the student’s readiness to resume college life
and so th at follow-up care can be discussed.
T h e C ollege V enture Program
T h e College Venture Program, supported by
Swarthmore College, Bates College, Brown
University, Franklin & Marshall, th e College
o f Holy Cross, Sarah Lawrence, Syracuse
University, Vassar College, and W esleyan
University, provides work experiences for stu
dents taking tim e away from college. Venture
jobs are usually full-tim e, paid positions in a
variety o f fields including the environm ent,
education, business, social change, govern
m ent, and the arts. Students do n o t receive
academic credit for these work experiences.
T h e College Venture coordinator is in the
Career Services O ffice.
SUMMER SCHOOL WORK AND OTHER
WORK DONE ELSEWHERE
Stu dents desiring to receive Sw arthm ore
College credit for work at another school
must obtain preliminary approval and afterth e -fa c t valid ation by th e ch a ir o f th e
Sw arthm ore departm ent or program co n
cerned. Preliminary approval depends upon
adequate inform ation about the co n ten t and
instruction o f the work to be undertaken.
Preliminary approval is tentative. Final vali
dation o f th e work for credit depends upon
evaluation o f the materials o f the course,
including syllabus transcript, w ritten work,
exams, indication o f class hours, etc. W ork in
other programs, especially summer school
programs, may sometimes be given less credit
th an work a t Sw arthm ore, but this will
depend upon the nature o f the program and
the work involved. Validation may include an
exam ination, w ritten or oral, administered at
Swarthmore. A ll decisions are made on a
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case-by-case basis.
A n official transcript from the other school
must be received by th e O ffice o f the
R egistrar before validated work ca n be
recorded for credit. By College policy, in
order for work done elsewhere to be granted
Swarthmore College credit, the grade for that
work must be the equivalent o f a straight C or
better, but a better than C grade does n o t in
itself constitute Swarthmore accreditability.
Requests for credit must be made w ithin the
semester following the term in w hich the
work was done. Credit is lost if a student takes
a course at Sw arthm ore th a t essentially
repeats the work covered by the credit.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
In the freshman and sophomore years, all
non-veteran students no t excused for medical
reasons are required to com plete a four-quar
ter (two-semester) program in physical educa
tion. A ll students must pass a survival swim
ming test or take up to one-quarter o f swim
m ing instruction. (S e e th e departm ental
statem ent o f the Departm ent o f Physical
Education and A th letics.)
EXCLUSION FROM COLLEGE
T h e College reserves the right to exclude at
any tim e students whose academic standing it
regards as unsatisfactory and without assign
ing any further reason therefore, and neither
th e College nor any o f its officers shall be
under any liability whatsoever for such exclu
sion.
Degree Requirements
BACHELOR OF ARTS AND BACHELOR
OF SCIENCE
The degree of bachelor o f arts or bachelor of
science is conferred upon students who have
met the following requirements for graduation.
The candidate must have:
1. Completed 32 course credits or their equiv
alent.
2. A t least an average grade of C in the
Swarthmore courses counted for graduation
(see p. 78). A student with more than 32 cred
its may use the Swarthmore credits within the
highest 3 2 for the purposes of achieving the C
average.
3. Complied with the distribution require
ments and have completed at least 20 credits
outside the major department (see pp. 66-68).
4. Fulfilled the foreign language requirement,
having either: (1 ) passed three years or their
equivalent (as determined by the provost) of
one foreign language while in grades 9 through
12, (2) achieved a score o f 6 0 0 or its equivalent
in a foreign language on a standard achieve
ment test, or (3 ) passed one year of a foreign
language while at Swarthmore.
5. Met the requirements in the major and sup
porting fields during the last two years. (For
requirements pertaining to majors, minors, and
concentrations under the new program and the
old, see the previous section on “Majors,
Minors, and Concentrations.”)
6. Passed satisfactorily the comprehensive
examinations in his or her major field, or met
the standards set by visiting examiners for a
degree with Honors.
7. Completed four semesters o f study at
Swarthmore College. Two o f these must con
stitute the senior year (i.e., the last two, full
time semesters o f degree work), with the
exception that seniors during the first semester
of their senior year, with the approval o f the
chair(s) of their major department(s), may par
ticipate in the Swarthmore Semester/Year
Abroad Program.
8. Completed the physical education require
ment set forth on p. 8 0 and in statements of
the Department of Physical Education and
Athletics.
9. Paid all outstanding bills and returned all
equipment and library books.
MASTER OF ARTS AND MASTER OF SCIENCE
T h e degree of master o f arts or master o f sci
ence may be conferred subject to the following
requirements:
Only students who have completed the work
for the bachelor’s degree with some distinction,
either at Swarthmore or at another institution
o f satisfactory standing, shall be admitted as
candidates for the m aster’s degree at
Swarthmore.
T h e candidate’s record and a detailed program
setting forth the aim of the work to be pursued
shall be submitted, with a recommendation
from the department or departments con
cerned, to the Curriculum C om m ittee. If
accepted by the comm ittee, the candidate’s
name shall be reported to the faculty at or
before the first faculty meeting of the year in
which the candidate is to begin work.
T h e requirements for the master’s degree shall
include the equivalent o f a full year’s work of
graduate character. This work may be done in
courses, seminars, reading courses, regular con
ferences w ith members o f the faculty, or
research. T h e work may be done in one depart
m ent or in two related departments.
A candidate for the master’s degree shall be
required to pass an exam ination conducted by
the department or departments in which the
work was done. T h e candidate shall be exam
ined by outside examiners, provided that where
this procedure is not practicable, exceptions
may be made by the Curriculum Committee.
T h e department or departments concerned, on
the basis o f the reports o f the outside examin
ers, together with the reports of the student’s
resident instructors, shall make recommenda
tions to the faculty for the award o f the degree.
A t the option o f the department or depart
ments concerned, a thesis may be required as
part o f the work for the degree.
A candidate for the master’s degree will be
expected to show before admission to candida
cy a competence in those languages deemed by
his or her department or departments most
essential for the field o f research. Detailed lan
guage requirements will be indicated in the
announcements o f departments that admit
candidates for the degree.
T h e tuition fee for graduate students who are
candidates for the master’s degree is $26,098.
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Awards and Prizes
T he Ivy A w ard is made by the faculty each year
to the man o f the graduating class who is out
standing in leadership, scholarship, and contri
butions to the College community.
T he O ak L e a f A w ard is made by the faculty
each year to the woman o f the graduating class
who is outstanding in leadership, scholarship,
and contributions to the College community.
T he Lang A w ard was established by Eugene M.
Lang, ’38. It is given by the faculty to a gradu
ating senior in recognition of outstanding aca
demic accomplishment.
T he M cC abe Engineering A w ard, founded by
Thomas B. M cCabe T 5 , is presented each year
to the outstanding engineering student in the
senior class. T h e recipient is chosen by a com
m ittee o f the faculty of the Department of
Engineering.
F lack A chievem ent A w ard, established by Jim
and Hertha Flack in 1985, is given to a deserv
ing student who, during his or her first two
years at the College, has demonstrated a good
record o f achievement in both academic and
extracurricular activities and has leadership
potential.
T he A dam s Prize of $200 is awarded each year
by the Department o f Economics for the best
paper submitted in quantitative economics.
T he Stanley A dam son Prize in Chemistry is
endowed in memory o f Stanley D. Adamson
’65 by his parents, June and George Adamson.
It is awarded each spring to a well-rounded
junior majoring in chemistry or biochemistry
who, in the opinion o f the department, gives
most promise o f excellence and dedication in
the field.
T he Jon athan Leigh A ltm an Sum m er Grant,
given in memory of this member o f the Class of
1974 by Shing-mei P. A ltm an ’76, is awarded
by the Department o f A rt to a junior who has
strong interest and potential in the studio arts.
It provides up to $2 ,0 0 0 to support purposeful
work in the studio arts during the summer
between the junior and senior years.
A m erican C hem ical Society A w ard is given to
the student who is judged by the Department
of Chemistry to have the best performance in
chemistry and overall academic achievement.
A m erican Institute o f C hem ists A w ard is given to
the student who is judged by the Department
o f Chemistry to have the second-best record in
chemistry and overall academic performance.
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T he Solom on A sch A w ard in psychology is given
to a student who prepares an outstanding
senior thesis.
B oyd Barnard M usic A w ards. Established in
1990, these awards subsidize the entire cost of
private instrumental or vocal lessons for a lim
ited number o f advanced students. These
awards, which are given by the music faculty
each semester to approximately six to eight
students, are determined through competition.
Recipients participate as leaders in perfor
mance on campus, normally as members of one
o f the Music and Dance Department’s perform
ing organizations, or, in the case o f pianists and
organists, as accompanists.
T he B oyd Barnard Prize. Established by Boyd T.
Barnard ’17, the Barnard Prize o f $1,000 is
awarded by the music faculty each year to a stu
dent in the junior class in recognition of musi
cal excellence and achievement.
T he Jam es H . Button ’72 A w ard, endowed in his
memory by G . Isaac Stanley ’73 and Ava Harris
Stanley, M .D. ’72, is awarded for the personal
growth or career development o f a minority
student with financial need.
T he Paul H . B eik Prize in H istory o f $100 is
awarded each May for the best thesis or
extended paper on an historical subject by a
history major during the previous academic
year.
T he B lack Alum ni Prize is awarded annually to
honor the sophomore or junior minority stu
dent who has shown exemplary academic per
formance and community service.
T he Brand Blanshard Prize, honoring Brand
Blanshard, professor o f philosophy at Swarthmore from 1925 to 1945, has been established
by David H. Scull, of the Class of 1936. The
award o f $100 is presented annually to the stu
dent who, in the opinion of the department,
submits the best essay on any philosophical
topic.
T he Sophie and W illiam Bram son Prize is award
ed annually to an outstanding student major
ing in sociology and anthropology. T h e prize
recognizes the excellence o f the senior thesis,
in either the course or external examinations
program as well as the excellence o f the stu
dent’s entire career in the department. The
Bramson prize is given in memory o f the par
ents o f Leon Bramson, founding chairman of
Swarthmore’s Sociology and Anthropology
Department, and it carries a cash stipend.
biological problems in a natural environment.
T he H einrich W . Brinkm ann M athem atics Prize,
honoring Heinrich Brinkmann, professor of
mathematics, 1933-1969, was established by
his students in 1978 in honor of his 80th birth
day. Awards o f $ 1 0 0 are presented annually to
the student or students who, in the opinion of
the Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
submit the best paper on a mathematical
subject.
T he A nne and A lexander F aber International
Travel Fund, established by family and friends
in honor o f A nne Faber and in memory of
A lexander L. Faber, parents o f three
Swarthmore graduates, provides grants for
travel outside the U nited States and Canada
for students majoring in the humanities.
The Sarah Kaighn C ooper Scholarship, founded
by Sallie K. Johnson in memory o f her grand
mothers, Sarah Kaighn and Sarah Cooper, is
awarded to the member of the junior class who
is judged by the faculty to have had, since
entering College, the best record for scholar
ship, character, and influence.
The A nna May Courtney A w ard. T h e A nna
May Courtney Award, named in honor of the
late singer who performed often in Lang
Concert Hall, is given each semester by the
music faculty to an outstanding voice student.
The award subsidizes the entire cost o f private
lessons for the semester.
The A lice L . C rossley Prize in Asian Studies is
awarded annually to the student or students
who, in the opinion of the Asian Studies
Committee, submit the best essay on any topic
in Asian Studies.
The George P. Cuttino Scholarship, established in
1992, is awarded by the Department o f History
to a junior for travel and research in Europe
during the summer before the senior year.
The D eans’ Awards are given to the graduating
seniors who, in the judgment o f the deans,
have made significant and sustained contri
butions to the building o f community at
Swarthmore.
The Rod D ow dle ’82 A chievem ent A w ard in ten
nis is given annually to the male varsity tennis
player who best exhibits qualities o f persever
ance and strong personal effort to achieve a
meaningful personal or team goal.
The W illiam C . E lm ore Prize is given in recog
nition of distinguished academic work. It is
awarded annually to a graduating senior major
ing in physics, astrophysics, or astronomy.
The Robert Enders Field Biology A w ard, estab
lished by his friends and former students, to
honor Dr. Robert K. Enders, a member of the
College faculty from 1932 to 1970, is awarded
to support the essential costs o f the study of
T he A rthur Fennim ore A w ard. T h e Arthur
Fennimore Award, named in memory of the dis
tinguished pianist who lived in Swarthmore, is
given each semester by the music faculty to an
outstanding pianist. T he award subsidizes the
entire cost of private lessons for the semester.
F etter String Q uartet A w ards. T h e Elizabeth
Pollard Fetter String Quartet Awards, endowed
by Frank W. Fetter ’20, Robert Fetter ’53,
Thomas Fetter ’56, and Ellen Fetter G ille in
memory o f Elizabeth P. Fetter ’25, subsidize the
private instrumental lessons of four top-notch
student string players at the College. Interested
applicants should write to the chair o f the
Music and Dance Department and should plan
to play an audition at the College when com
ing for an interview. Membership in the quar
tet is competitive. A t the beginning o f any
semester, other students may challenge and
compete for a place in the quartet.
Friends o f M usic and D ance Sum m er A w ards.
Each spring, the Music and Dance Department
selects recipients of Friends o f Music and
Dance Summer Awards on the basis of written
proposals. These awards provide stipends for
attendance at summer workshops in music and
in dance and for other further study in these
fields.
T he R enee G addie A w ard. In memory of Renee
Gaddie ’93, this award is given by the Music
faculty to a member o f the Swarthmore
College Gospel Choir who is studying voice
through the Music Department (M U SI 048:
Individual Instruction) program. T h e award
subsidizes the entire cost o f voice lessons for
that semester.
Edwin B . G arrigues Music A w ards. Naming
Swarthmore as having one o f the top four
music programs in the Philadelphia area, the
Edwin B. Garrigues Foundation established
awards to subsidize the entire cost of private
instrumental or vocal lessons for a limited
number of gifted students, often incoming firstyear students. These awards, which are given
each semester by the music faculty to approxi-
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mately 10-15 students, are determined by com
petition on campus and by audition (either in
person or by tape) for incoming first-year stu
dents. Recipients participate as leaders in per
formance on campus, normally as members of
one o f the Music and Dance Department’s per
forming organizations, or, in th e case o f
pianists and organists, as accompanists.
T he D orothy D itter G on dos A w ard, bequeathed
by Victor Gondos Jr. in honor of his wife, Class
of 1930, is given every other year to a student
of Swarthmore College who, in the opinion of
a faculty committee, submits the best paper on
the subject dealing with a literature of a foreign
language. T h e prize o f $ 1 0 0 or more is awarded
in the spring semester. Preference will be given
to essays based on works read in the original
language. Awarding o f the prize will be under
the direction o f the Literature Committee.
T he H ay-U rban Prize m Religion is named in
honor o f Stephen N. Hay ’51 and P. Linwood
Urban, professor emeritus o f religion. Thanks
to a generous gift from Stephen Hay ’51, and
funds given in honor o f Professor Urban’s dis
tinguished service as a Religion Department
faculty member, the Hay-Urban Prize assists in
supporting one student internship, summer
study, or research in the area o f religion studies.
T he Joh n Russell H ayes Poetry Prizes are offered
for the best original poem or for a translation
from any language.
T he Sam uel L . H ayes 111 A w ard. Established in
1991 through the generosity o f members of
Swarthmore Alumni in Finance, the Hayes
Award honors the contributions made by
Samuel L. Hayes III ’57, former member o f the
Board o f Managers and th e Jacob S c h iff
Professor o f Business at the Harvard Business
School. T h e award provides support for student
summer research in economics and is adminis
tered by the Economics Department.
T he Philip M . H icks Prizes are endowed by
friends o f Philip M. Hicks, former professor of
English and chairman o f the Department of
English Literature. They are awarded to the
two students who in the opinion o f the depart
ment submit the best critical essays on any
topic in the field o f literature.
T he Jesse H . H olm es Prize in Religion o f $150,
donated by Eleanor S . Clarke o f the Class of
1918 and named in honor o f Jesse Holmes, pro
fessor o f history o f religion and philosophy at
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Swarthmore from 1899 to 1934, is awarded to
the student who, in th e opinion o f the
Department o f Religion, submits the best essay
on any topic in the field o f religion.
T he M ichael H . K een e A w ard, endowed by the
family and friends o f this member o f the Class
o f 1985, is awarded by the dean to a worthy
student to honor the memory o f M ichael’s per
sonal courage and high ideals. It carries a cash
stipend.
T he N aom i K ies A w ard is given in her memory
by her classmates and friends to a student who
has worked long and hard in community ser
vice outside the academic setting, alleviating
discrimination or suffering, promoting a demo
cratic and egalitarian society, or resolving
social and political conflict. It carries a cash
stipend.
T he K w ink Trophy, first awarded in 1951 by the
campus managerial organization known as the
Society of Kwink, is presented by the faculty of
the Department o f Physical Education and
A thletics to the senior man who best exempli
fies the society’s five principles: Service, Spirit,
Scholarship, Society, and Sportsmanship.
T he Lande R esearch Fund was established in
1992 through a gift by S . Theodore Lande to
provide support for student research in field
biology both on and off-campus. Grants are
awarded at the direction o f the provost and the
chair o f the Department o f Biology.
T he Landis Com m unity Service Fund was estab
lished in 1991 by James Hormel and other
friends o f Kendall Landis in support o f his 18
years o f service to the College. T h e fund pro
vides grants for students (including graduating
seniors) to conduct service and social change
projects, in the City o f Chester.
T he Lang A w ard was established by Eugene M.
Lang ’38. It is given by the faculty to a gradu
ating senior in recognition o f outstanding aca
demic accomplishment.
T he Eugene M . Lang Sum m er Initiative Awards
are made each spring to 15 students who are
selected by the provost in consultation with
the appropriate division heads to support facul
ty-student research (five awards), independent
student research (five awards), and student
social service activity specifically related to
research objectives and tied to the curriculum,
under the supervision o f faculty members (five
awards).
The G enevieve Ching-u/en L ee ’9 6 M em orial
Fund, established in her memory by family and
friends, recognizes the importance o f mutual
understanding and respect among the growing
number o f ethnic groups in our society. T he
fund supports an annual lecture by a prominent
scholar o f A sian American Studies and/or an
annual award to two students to assist in pro
jects pertaining to Asian American Studies.
The L eo M . L eva M em orial Prize, established by
his family and friends, is awarded by the
Biology Department to a graduating senior
whose major is biology and whose work in the
field shows unusual promise.
The Linguistics Prizes were established in 1989
by contributions from alumni interested in lin
guistics. Two awards o f $ 1 0 0 each are presented
annually, one for linguistic theory and one for
applied linguistics, to the two students who, in
the opinion o f the program in linguistics, sub
mit the best senior papers or theses in these
areas.
The N orm an M einkoth F ield Biology A w ard,
established by his friends and former students,
to honor Dr. Norman A . M einkoth, a member
of the College faculty from 1947 to 1978, is
awarded to support the essential costs of the
study o f biological problems in a natural
environment.
The M onsky Prize was established by a gift from
his children in memory o f Morris Monsky, who
fell in love with mathematics at Boys’ High
and at Columbia University and maintained
the passion all his life. It is awarded to a firstyear student who has demonstrated outstand
ing promise and enthusiasm.
The E lla Frances Bunting Extem porary Speaking
Fund and the O w en M oon Fund provide income
for a poetry reading contest as well as funds for
visiting poets and writers.
The Kathryn L . Morgan A w ard. T h e Morgan
Award was established in 1991 in honor o f Sara
Lawrence Lightfoot Professor Em erita o f
History Kathryn L. Morgan. T h e award recog
nizes the contributions of members o f the
African-American community at the College
to the intellectual and social well-being of
African-American students. T h e Morgan fund
also supports acquisitions for the Black
Cultural Center Library. T h e fund is adminis
tered by the Dean’s Office and the Black
Cultural Center in consultation with alumni.
T he Lois M orrell Poetry A w ard, given by her
parents in memory of Lois Morrell o f the Class
of 1946, goes to that student who is judged to
have submitted the best original poem in the
annual competition for this $200 award. T h e
fund also supports campus readings by visiting
poets.
Music 048 Special A w ards. Endowed by Boyd T.
Barnard T 7 and Ruth Cross Barnard T 9 , grants
are given by the music faculty to students at
the College who show unusual promise as
instrumentalists or vocalists. A ll grants subsi
dize two-thirds o f the cost of 10 lessons, as part
o f the Music 048 program. For more informa
tion, please refer to Credit for Performance—
Individual Instruction (M U SI 048).
T he A . Edw ard N ew ton Library Prize, endowed
by A . Edward Newton, to make permanent the
Library Prize first established by W.W. Thayer,
is awarded annually to that undergraduate
who, in the opinion of the Comm ittee of
Award, shows the best and most intelligently
chosen collection o f books upon any subject.
Particular emphasis is laid not merely upon the
size o f the collection but also upon the skill
with which the books are selected and upon
the owner’s knowledge o f their subject matter.
T he M ark L . O sterw eil ’94 M em orial Fund was
established by his family and friends to assist stu
dents conducting historical research. Preference
shall be given to independent or joint facultystudent research projects dealing with European
history or U.S.-European relations.
T he M ay E . Parry M em orial A w ard, donated by
the Class of 1925 o f which she was a member,
is presented by the faculty o f the Department
o f Physical Education and A thletics to the
senior woman who by her loyalty, sportsman
ship, and skill in athletics has made a valuable
contribution to Swarthmore College.
T he D rew Pearson Prize o f $100 is awarded by
the dean on the recommendation of the editors
o f T he Phoenix at the end o f each staff term to
a member of T he Phoenix for excellence in
journalism. T h e prize was established by the
directors o f T h e Drew Pearson Foundation in
memory o f Drew Pearson, Class o f 1919.
T he D avid A . P eele ’5 0 Sportsm anship A w ard is
made to a tennis player after submission of a
written essay. It is endowed by Marla Hamilton
Peele in memory o f her husband’s love and
advocacy o f tennis and carries a cash stipend.
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T he Joh n W . Perdue M em orial Prize, established
in 1969 in memory of an engineering student
o f the Class o f 1969, is awarded by the
Department o f Engineering to the outstanding
student entering the junior class with a major
in engineering.
T he W illiam Plum er P otter Public Speaking Fund,
established in 1927, in addition to providing
funds for the collection of recorded literature
described on page 11, sponsors awards for the
best student short stories, and is a major source
o f funds for campus appearances by poets and
writers.
T he Dinny R ath A w ard. T h e R ath Award is
given to a senior woman who demonstrates the
highest degree o f achievement, commitment
to intercollegiate athletics, high regard for fair
play, and awareness o f the positive values of
competition. T h e R ath Award is administered
by the A thletics Department.
Judith Polgar Ruchkin Prize Essay is an award for
a paper on politics or public policy written dur
ing the junior or senior year. T h e paper may be
in satisfaction o f a course, a seminar, or an
independent project, including a thesis. T he
paper is nominated by a faculty member and
judged by a committee o f the Department of
Political Science to be of outstanding merit
based upon originality, power of analysis and
written exposition, and depth o f understanding
of goals as well as technique.
T he Jam es H. Scheuer Sum m er Internship in
E nviron m en tal
an d
P opu lation
Studies
Endow m ent. Established in 1990, the Scheuer
Summer Internship supports student research
in environmental and public policy issues.
Interns are selected by the coordinators o f the
environmental studies and public policy con
centrations in alternate years.
T h e F ran k S olom on Jr . Student A rt P rize
Purchase Fund permits the A rt Department to
purchase for the College one or two of the most
outstanding student works from the year’s stu
dent art exhibitions.
T he H ally Jo Stein A w ard, endowed in her
memory by her brother Craig Edward Stein ’78,
is given to an outstanding student who in the
view o f the dance faculty best exemplifies
Hally Jo ’s dedication to the ideals o f dance. It
carries a cash stipend.
T he K aren D vonch Steinm etz ’76 Prize, endowed
in her memory by many friends and family, is
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awarded annually to a junior who will be
applying to medical school and who demon
strates a special compassion for others.
T he P eter G ram Swing Prize. A t graduation
time, the Peter Gram Swing Prize o f $1,000 is
awarded by the music faculty to an outstanding
student whose plans for graduate study in
music indicate special promise and need. The
endowment for the prize was established in the
name o f Ruth Cross Barnard T 9.
T h e P at T arble Summer R esearch Fund.
Established in 1986 through the generosity of
Mrs. Newton E. Tarble, the Tarble Summer
R esearch Fund supports undergraduate
research. T h e fund is administered by the
Office of the Provost.
T he M elvin B . Troy Prize in Music and Dance of
$250 is given each year for the best, most
insightful paper in music or dance, or composi
tion or choreography by a student, judged by
the Music and Dance Department. T h e prize
was established by the family and friends of
M elvin B. Troy ’48.
T he A lbert V ollm ecke Engineering Service Award.
Established in 1990 in memory o f Albert
Vollmecke, father o f Therese Vollmecke ’77,
the Vollmecke prize is awarded for service to
the student engineering community. T h e fund
is administered by the Engineering Department.
T he Eugene W eber M em orial Fund. T h e Eugene
W eber Fund was established in honor o f the
late Eugene Weber, professor o f German. The
Weber Fund supports foreign study by students
o f Germ an language and literature.
FACULTY AWARD
T he F lack Faculty A w ard is given for excellence
in teaching and promise in scholarly activity to
a member o f the Swarthmore faculty, to help
meet the expenses o f a full year of leave devot
ed to research and self-improvement. This
award acknowledges the particularly strong
link that exists at Swarthmore between teach
ing and original scholarly work. T h e award
itself is to be made by the president upon the
recommendation o f the provost and the candi
date’s academic department. T his award is
made possible by an endowment established by
James M. Flack and Hertha Eisenmenger Flack
’38.
Fellowships
Three fellowships (the Leedom , Lippincott, and
Lockw ood fellowships— see below) are awarded
annually by the faculty, and two fellowships
(the M ott and Tyson fellowships— see below)
are awarded by the Somerville Literary Society,
to seniors or graduates o f the College for the
pursuit of advanced work. These awards are
made on recommendation o f the Committee
on Fellowships and Prizes for a proposed pro
gram o f study that has the approval o f the fac
ulty. Applications must be in the hands of the
committee by March 23. T h e committee con
siders applicants for all of these fellowships for
which they are eligible and makes recommen
dations which overall do not discriminate on
the basis of sex. These fellowships are:
The H annah A . Leedom Fellow ship founded by
the bequest o f Hannah A . Leedom.
The Joshu a Lippincott Fellow ship founded by
Howard W. Lippincott, o f the Class o f 1875, in
memory o f his father.
The John L ockw ood M em orial Fellow ship, found
ed by the bequest o f Lydia A . Lockwood, New
York, in memory o f her brother, Jo h n
Lockwood. It was the wish o f the donor that
the fellowship be awarded to a member o f the
Society o f Friends.
The Lucretia M ott Fellow ship, founded by the
Somerville Literary Society and sustained by
the contributions o f Swarthmore alumnae. It is
awarded each year to a woman senior who is to
pursue advanced study in an institution
approved by the committee.
The M artha E . Tyson Fellow ship, founded by the
Somerville Literary Society in 1913 and sus
tained by the contributions of Swarthmore
alumnae. It is awarded each year to a woman
senior or graduate who plans to enter elemen
tary or secondary school work. T h e recipient of
the award is to pursue a course o f study in an
institution approved by the committee.
Other fellowships are awarded under the con
ditions described below:
Susan P. C obbs Prize Fellow ship, established to
honor the memory of Dean Susan P. Cobbs, is
awarded at the discretion o f the Classics
Department to a student majoring in classics
for study in Greece or Italy.
The G en eral E lectric F ou n dation G radu ate
Fellowship, to be awarded to a graduating senior
for the first year of graduate work, is intended
to encourage outstanding scholars to pursue an
academic career. T h e recipient, who must be a
U .S. citizen or permanent resident, will receive
the amount necessary to cover tuition, fees,
and subsistence allowance for study directed
toward a Ph.D. in engineering or computer sci
ence at another institution in the United
States. T h e precise amount o f each fellowship
will be based on the costs and policies o f the
university and department chosen for graduate
work.
Phi B eta K appa Fellow ship. T h e Swarthmore
Chapter o f Phi Beta Kappa (Epsilon of Penn
sylvania) awards a fellowship for graduate study
to a senior who has been elected to Phi Beta
Kappa and has been admitted to a program of
advanced study in some branch of the liberal
arts.
T he T hom as B. McCabe Jr. and Yvonne Motley
M cC abe M em orial Fellow ship. T his fellowship,
awarded annually to graduates o f the College,
provides a grant toward an initial year of study
at the Harvard Business School, or at other
business schools as follows: Chicago, MIT,
Northwestern, University o f Pennsylvania, or
Stanford. T h e M cCabe Fellowship is subject to
application for renewal for a second year on
the same program. Yvonne and Thomas B.
M cC abe Jr. were for a tim e residents of
Cambridge, Mass., and Mr. M cCabe received
the M .B.A . from Harvard and was a visiting
lecturer there. In selecting the recipient, the
Comm ittee on Fellowships and Prizes follows
the standards that determine the M cCabe
Achievem ent Awards, giving special consider
ation to applicants who have demonstrated
superior qualities of leadership. Young alumni
and graduating seniors are eligible to apply.
M ellon Minority U ndergraduate Fellow ship
Program . T h e Andrew W. M ellon Foundation
has provided a grant to establish an undergrad
uate fellowship program intended to increase
the number o f minority students who choose to
enroll in Ph.D. programs and pursue an acade
mic career. T h e foundation’s grant provides
term and summer stipends for students to work
with faculty mentors as well as a loan-forgive
ness com ponent to reduce undergraduate
indebtedness for those fellows who pursue
graduate study. T h e fellowships are limited to
the humanities, a very few o f the social sci
ences, and selected physical sciences. A facul
ty selection comm ittee invites nominations of
sophomore students in February and awards
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Fellowships
the fellowships in consultation with the dean
and provost.
T he John W . N ason Com m unity Service Fellow
ship. T h e Joh n W. Nason Community Service
Fellowship celebrates the contributions of
Swarthmore’s eighth president by supporting
students pursuing off-campus community ser
vice related to their academic program. T h e
Nason Fellowship was initiated by members of
the Class o f 1945 in anticipation o f their 50th
reunion. T h e Nason Fellowship is adminis
tered by the Swarthmore Foundation.
T he J . R oland P ennock U ndergraduate Fellow ship
in Public A ffairs. T h e fellowship, endowed by
friends o f Professor J. Roland Pennock at his
retirement in 1976 and in recognition of his
many years of distinguished teaching of politi
cal science at Swarthmore, provides a grant for
as much as $3,500 to support a substantial
research project (which could include inquiry
through responsible participation) in public
affairs. T h e fellowship, for Swarthmore under
graduates, would normally be held off campus
during the summer. Preference is given to
applicants from the junior class.
T he D avid G . Sm ith Internship in H ealth and
S ocial P olicy, endowed by alumni, faculty,
friends, and former students o f David G .
Sm ith, is to support an internship in the social
services, with priority for the field of health
care, for a Swarthmore undergraduate, during
the summer or a semester on leave.
T eachers fo r Tom orrow Fellow ships are offered to
10 outstanding graduating seniors from mem
ber colleges o f th e Venture Consortium
(Swarthmore College, Bates College, Brown
University, C onnecticut College, Hobart and
W illiam Sm ith colleges, the College o f Holy
Cross, Vassar College, and Wesleyan Univer
sity). T h e program is designed to provide
recent graduates, from all academic majors,
with a unique opportunity to work in public
education without requiring that they be certi
fied to teach. Fellows will work alongside
exceptional teachers in alternative East
Harlem public schools that are nationally rec
ognized as meeting the challenge o f educating
children in the inner city.
T he H ans W allach R esearch Fellow ship, endowed
in 1991 by colleagues and friends, honors the
em inent psychologist Hans W allach (19041998), who was for more than 60 years a dis
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tinguished member o f the Swarthmore faculty.
T h e fellowship supports one outstanding sum
mer research project in psychology for a rising
Swarthmore College senior or junior, with
preference given to a project leading to a
senior thesis.
FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS
T h e M ary A lbertson Faculty Fellow ship was
endowed by an anonymous gift from two of her
former students, under a challenge grant
issued by the National Endowment for the
Humanities. It will provide an annual award of
a semester’s leave at full pay, to support
research and writing by members o f the
humanities faculty. Mary Albertson joined the
Swarthmore faculty in 1927 and served as
chairman o f the History Department from
1942 until her retirement in 1963. Sh e died in
May 1986.
T h e G eorge B ecker Facu lty F ellow ship was
endowed by Ramon Posel ’50 under a chal
lenge from the National Endowment for the
Humanities, in honor o f this former member of
the English department and its chairman from
1953-70. T h e fellowship will provide a semes
ter of leave at full pay for a member of the
humanities faculty to do research and write, in
the fields o f art history, classics, English litera
ture, history, linguistics, modem languages,
music, philosophy, or religion but with prefer
ence to members o f the Department o f English
Literature.
T he Brand Blanshard Faculty Fellow ship is an
endowed faculty fellowship in the humanities
established in the name of philosopher and for
mer faculty member Brand Blanshard.
Blanshard taught philosophy at Swarthmore
from 1925 to 1944- T h e fellowship will provide
a semester leave at full pay for a member of the
humanities faculty to do research and to write.
U pon recom m endation o f the Selection
Comm ittee, there may be a small additional
grant for travel and project expenses. Any
humanities faculty member eligible for leave
may apply. Fellows will prepare a paper about
the work o f their leave year and present it pub
licly to the College and wider community. The
Blanshard Fellowship is made possible by an
anonymous donor who was Blanshard’s student
at Swarthmore, and a challenge grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities.
T he E ugene M . Lang Faculty Fellow ship is
designed to enhance the educational program
of Swarthmore College by contributing to fac
ulty development, by promoting original or
innovative scholarly achievement o f faculty
members, and by encouraging the use o f such
achievements to stimulate intellectu al
exchange among scholars. T h e fellowship will
provide financial support for faculty leaves
through a grant of about one-half the recipi
ent’s salary during the grant year. U pon recom
mendation o f the Selection Comm ittee, there
may be a small additional grant for travel and
project expenses and for library book purchas
es. T he Selection Committee shall consist of
the provost, three divisional chairmen, and
three others selected by the president, o f whom
at least two must be Swarthmore alumni. Any
faculty member eligible for leave may apply,
and up to four may be chosen. Fellows will be
expected to prepare a paper or papers resulting
from the work o f their leave year, presented
publicly for the College and wider community.
T he Selection Committee may support wholly
or in part the cost of publishing any o f these
papers. These fellowships are made possible by
an endowment established by Eugene M. Lang
’38.
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Courses of Instruction
T h e semester course credit is the unit o f credit.
O ne semester course credit is normally equiva
lent to four semester hours elsewhere. Seminars
and colloquia are usually given for 2 credits. A
few courses are given for 0.5 credit.
Courses are numbered as follows:
001
to 0 1 0
Introductory courses
011 to 0 99
O ther courses (Som e o f these
courses are no t open to freshmen
and sophomores.)
100 to 199
Seminars for upperclass persons
and graduate students.
Yearlong courses, the numbers for which ate
joined by a hyphen (e.g., 001-002) must be
continued for the entire year; credit is not
given for the first semester’s work only, nor is
credit given for the first semester if the student
fails the second semester. In cases where credit
is not earned for the second half o f a yearlong
course, the first semester is excluded from
counting toward degree credit, although the
registration and grade for the first semester
remain on the permanent record.
Course listings in this catalog are intended to
facilitate planning. They represent offerings
projected for a two-year period but are subject
to change. A better guide to course offerings in
any particular semester is the schedule of
classes available before enrollment for that
semester.
FOOTNOTE KEY
1 A bsent on leave, fall 2001.
2 A bsent on leave, spring 2002.
3 A bsent on leave, 2001-2002.
4 A bsent on administrative leave, 2001-2002.
5 Fall 2001 (appointment that semester only).
6 Spring 2002 (appointment that semester
only).
7 Join t appointment with Philosophy.
8 Visiting faculty, 2001-2002.
9 Affiliated faculty.
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10 Ex-officio.
11 Members o f the Steering Committee.
12 Campus coordinator, Swarthmore Program
in Grenoble, fall 2001.
13 Campus coordinator, Swarthmore Program
in Grenoble, spring 2002.
14 Program director, Swarthmore Program in
Grenoble, fall 2001.
15 Program director, Swarthmore Program in
Grenoble, spring 2002.
MICHAEL W. COTHREN, Professor of A rt History
RANDALL L . EXON, Professor o f Studio A rt3
CONSTANCE CAIN HUNGERFORD, Professor o f A rt History4
BRIAN A. MEUNIER, Professor of Studio A rt and Chair
SYDNEY L . CARPENTER, Associate Professor of Studio A rt
JANINE MILEAF, Assistant Professor of A rt History
PATRICIA L . REILLY, Assistant Professor of A rt History
CELIA B.REISM AN, Assistant Professor o f Studio A rt
JOAN WADLEIGH CURRAN, Visiting Assistant Professor o f Studio A rt
ANDA DURINSKIS, Visiting Assistant Professor o f Studio A rt
NICOLE FARRICAND-PERSON, Visiting Assistant Professor o f A rt History
MICHELLE OOSTERDAAN, Visiting Assistant Professor o f Studio A rt
JUNE V. CIANFRANA, Administrative Assistant
3 Absent on leave, 2001-2002.
4 A bsent on administrative leave, 2001-2002.
The Department of A rt offers historical, criti
cal, and practical instruction in the visual arts.
Courses in art history consider questions hav
ing to do with the forms, traditions, meanings,
and historical contexts of works of art and
architecture; studio arts courses explore practi
cal, theoretical processes that arise in the cre
ation of objects in various media.
exhibitions offer opportunities for interdiscipli
nary study and are often co-sponsored by other
departments. Located in the Lang Performing
Arts Center, the List Gallery’s 1,200-squarefoot facility was made possible, in part, through
generous gifts by Vera G . List and by Eugene
and Theresa Lang. T h e Phillip Bruno Fine A rt
Fund supports work with the permanent col
lection. T h e A nn Trimble Warren Exhibition
Fund supports List Gallery exhibitions.
List G allery: T h e List Gallery was established
to enhance the art curriculum. Each year, the
gallery mounts five or six exhibitions o f both
emerging and nationally known artists; the
months of April and May feature a series of
senior thesis exhibitions by art majors, and an
Alumni Weekend exhibition takes place in
June. Together with the gallery director, the
Exhibition Committee selects exhibitions that
complement and strengthen the studio arts and
art history curriculum. Exhibiting artists come
to campus as visiting critics and lecturers, giv
ing students access to a broad range of media
and interpretation. A selection of works from
Swarthmore’s permanent collection can be
viewed in the inner room of the List Gallery.
Occasionally, the gallery presents historical ex
hibitions that offer art history students oppor
tunities for direct observation and analysis.
Both contemporary and historical exhibitions
demonstrate excellence in the visual arts and
engage the college community in an ongoing
dialogue. Because artists raise important ques
tions about history, society, and identity, major
D onald Ja y G ordon Visiting A rtist; H eilm an
A rtist: Each year, the Department o f A rt
invites distinguished artists to the College as
the Marjorie Heilman Visiting Lecturer or the
Donald Jay Gordon Visiting A rtist. T h e work
o f the invited artist is exhibited in the List
Gallery, and while on campus, she or he gives a
public lecture, critiques work in the studios,
and meets with both majors and nonmajors.
L ee Frank L ectu re: See p. 16.
Benjam in W est L ectu re: See p. 18.
Jon athan Leigh A ltm an Scholarship: See p. 31.
Jon athan Leigh Altman Summer Grant: See p.
82.
Frank Solom on Jr. Student A rt P rize: See p. 86.
REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Prerequisites: A R T H 001 or A R T H 004 is the
prerequisite for most other art history courses
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Art
in the A rt Department. S T U A 001 is the pre
requisite for all studio arts courses, even for
seniors; it may be waived only by presenting a
portfolio for evaluation. Students are advised
that graduate work in art history requires a
reading knowledge o f at least Germ an and
French. T h e A rt Department approves a credit
for Advanced Placement, grade 5 in A rt His
tory and Studio Arts (with submission o f a
portfolio), but it does no t normally waive the
prerequisite.
Study A broad: T h e A rt Department strongly
encourages those with an interest in art to con
sider incorporating foreign study— either dur
ing a summer or a regular academic term— into
their Swarthmore program. Important exam
ples o f art and architecture are scattered
throughout the world, and the encounter with
works still imbedded in their original context is
vital to an understanding o f their historical
and contemporary significance. Past experi
ence has shown, however, that art courses in
most foreign study programs fell considerably
below the academic standards o f comparable
courses at Swarthmore. To aid students in their
attempt to gain Swarthmore credit for study
abroad, the A rt Department has established
the following guidelines. (1) N o request for
transfer credit in art history will be considered
unless a student has already taken an art histo
ry course at Swarthmore before taking a course
abroad. (2 ) Students who are interested in bet
tering their chances o f gaining a full
Swarthmore credit for a course taken in a for
eign program are advised to attempt to arrange
with a Swarthmore professor, before leaving
the campus, to write, if necessary, a supple
mentary research paper as a part o f the course.
Such papers will be evaluated by the A rt
Department as part o f the process o f determin
ing transfer credit. (3 ) Students interested in
Studio Arts, Design, and A rchitecture are par
ticularly encouraged to consider the Pitzer
College in Parma, Italy, which offers courses at
the Istituto dell’A rte Paolo Toschi; a semester
o f Italian preceding going abroad is well
advised.
T he C ourse M ajor in A rt H istory: A rt History
majors are required to take A R T H 001 or
A R T H 0 04, A R T H 0 0 2 ,1 credit in Asian A rt,
A R T H 0 9 8 ,5 other credits in art history, and 1
course in studio arts. T h e 5 elective credits
must include (1 ) 1 credit in Western A rt
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before 1700, (2 ) 1 credit in Western A rt after
1700, and (3 ) one seminar (2 credits). The
comprehensive consists o f a special essay, com
pleted in conjunction with A R T H 098 in
spring o f the senior year.
T he C ourse Minor m A rt H istory: T h e course
minor in A rt History will consist o f 5 credits in
A rt History, including A R T H 098: Senior
Workshop. Four o f the 5 credits must be taken
at Swarthmore.
T he C ourse M ajor m A rt: T h e course m2ajor in
A rt consists o f four courses in A rt History
(A R T H 001, A R T H 0 0 2 , A R T H 003, or
A R T H 004 or another course on art before
1700, and 3 elective credits) and 7 courses in
Studio Arts (including courses in drawing,
another two-dimensional medium, and a
three-dimensional medium). T h e comprehen
sive consists o f a senior exhibition and written
artist statement prepared during the fall and
spring o f the senior year. Studio Arts facilities
are closed during summer and normally during
October, winter, and spring holidays.
T he C ourse M inor in A rt: N ot offered.
Majors and M inors m the E xternal Examination
program : Students may form ulate Honors
Programs as either majors or minors, in either
art history or art. For details, consult guidelines
available in the department office.
Art History
ARTH 001. Critical Study in the Visual Arts
T his introduction to the study of the visual arts
will investigate formal analysis, iconography,
and methods o f historical interpretation, using
examples o f art and architecture drawn from a
variety o f cultures and historical periods. The
course will emphasize learning to see vividly
and systematically and to write accurately
about what is seen. Topics for discussion will
include technique and production, visual nar
rative and didacticism, patronage and biogra
phy, and approaches such as psychoanalysis,
Marxism, and feminism.
Primary distribution course.
1 credit.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
ARTH 002. Western Art
A historical introduction to the forms, mean
ings, functions, and contexts o f Western art
and architecture from ancient Mediterranean
civilizations to the twentieth century.
No prerequisite.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Reilly.
and Cistercians.
Prerequisite: A R T H 001 or 004.
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credit.
F all 2001. Cothren.
ARTH 015. Renaissance and Baroque Art
Counts as a foundation course in A sian
Studies.
A n introduction to painting, sculpture, draw
ings, prints, and architecture produced in
Europe from the late fourteenth to the seven
teenth century. W e will consider a full range of
issues related to the production and reception
o f these works including the representation of
individuals, the state, and religion; the context
in which these works were used and/or dis
played; art and anatomy; art and gender; the
critical responses these works elicited; and the
theories o f art developed by artists and
nonartists alike.
No prerequisite.
Prerequisite: A R T H 001, 002, or 004.
ARTH 003. Asian Art
A selective introduction to the forms, func
tions, and contexts o f Asian art, from prehis
toric to early modem times. T h e course intro
duces a wide geographic range of A sian region
al cultures (India, Southeast Asia, China, and
Japan) as well as basic art historical strategies
for analyzing architecture, sculpture, painting,
and the decorative arts.
1 credit.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Fabricand-Person.
F all 2001. Reilly.
ARTH 004. Critical Study: Picasso
ARTH 0 17. Art and Society in HineteenthCentury Europe
No prerequisite.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Not offered 2001 -2002.
ARTH 013. The Art and Architecture of
Ancient Greece and Rome
This chronological survey will begin with a
glance at the art o f the Aegean and conclude
with a study of the art and architecture o f late
Imperial Rome. W e will consider issues such as
mythology in daily ritual; the religious, social,
and political functions o f sculpture; the use of
architecture as propaganda; and the invention
of the ideal warrior, athlete, and maiden.
Prerequisite: A R T H 001, 002, or 004.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Reilly.
ARTH 014. Medieval Art and Architecture
An introduction to European art and architec
ture from late antiquity to the twelfth century.
Special attention will be given to the “Romanization” o f Christian art under Constantine,
the Celtic Christian heritage of the British
Isles and its culmination in the Book o f Kells,
Justinianic Constantinople and Ravenna, the
Carolingian Renaissance, Romanesque sculp
ture as ecclesiastical propaganda, and the efflo
rescence of monastic art under the Cluniacs
European art o f the nineteenth century will be
considered in its political, theoretical, and
social contexts. Topics to be considered
include the age o f revolution, the salon and the
academy, the rise o f an independent art mar
ket, realisms, modernism and modernity, gen
der, the invention o f photography, urbanism,
leisure, visionaries, Impressionism, Symbolism,
and the decorative.
Prerequisite: A R T H 0 0 1 ,0 0 2 , or 004.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Mileaf.
ARTH 018. Twentieth-Century Western Art:
The Cube, The Drip, and the Can uf Soup
T his course surveys significant artistic trends in
Europe and A merica from 1905 to the present.
W e consider such movements and genres as
Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, the
Russian Avant-Garde, American Modernism,
Abstract Expressionism, Pop art, Minimalism,
conceptual art, performance art, and installa
tion in their historical and theoretical con
texts. Them es that will be raised include modem/postmodem, formalism, primitivism, ab
straction, representation, art and everyday life,
the m achine, the city, originality, mass media,
appropriation, and authorship.
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Art
Prerequisite: A R T H 001, 002, or 004.
I
credit.
Foil 2001. Mileaf.
ARTH 025. Arts Of Africa
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2002.
ARTH 027. African-American Art
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
ARTH 029. Film: Form and Signification
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
ARTH 031. Traditional Japan
(Cross-listed as H IS T 010)
A n interdisciplinary introduction to Japan,
from prehistoric times to the early nineteenth
century, exploring relationships between visual
and material culture and social and political
institutions. Topics include archaeology and
myth, the imperial system, samurai values,
Buddhist and castle architecture, the popular
culture o f the urban m erchant class, and
Japan’s changing relations to C hina and the
W est.
ARTH 056. Print Culture in Early Modern
Europe
A study of the role o f printed images in the
visual culture o f early modem Europe. W e will
consider the ways in which prints actively
shaped and reflected the larger social, religious,
and political cultures o f which they were part.
Topics will include the technologies of print
making, the relationship betw een printed
images and texts, the reproductive versus orig
inal print, the markets for prints, and prints
and the transmission of culture.
Prerequisite: A R T H 001, 002, or 004.
1 credit.
Spring 2003. Reilly.
ARTH 064. Philadelphia and American
Architecture
American architecture, especially in Philadel
phia, with European parallels: Palladianism,
historic revivals and Victorian architecture,
the Anglo-Am erican house, the skyscraper,
A rt Nouveau, A rt Deco, the International
Style, Kahn and Venturi, and Postmodernism.
Lectures and four guided tours; papers.
Prerequisite: A R T H 001 or 004.
1 credit.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
ARTH 074. The History of Photography:
Writing With Light
ARTH 033. Special Topics in Asian Art
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
ARTH 038. Ritual and Image in the
Ruddhist Traditions
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
ARTH 046. Monasticism and the Arts in
the Christian Middle Ages
(Cross-listed as RELG 029)
T his course will investigate the significance of
C hristian m onastic comm unities as major
artistic centers during the middle ages with an
emphasis on the way the social context o f pro
duction and consumption effected the works of
art themselves and the way we have tradition
ally chosen to study them.
Prerequisite: A R T H 001 or 0041 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Cothren and Ross.
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T his course will offer a history o f photography
in Europe and the U nited States from 1839 to
the present. W e will consider the profound
effects of the invention o f photography on the
visual culture o f our times by focusing on such
topics as pictorialism, amateurism, documen
tary and straight photography, technological
developments, Western expansion, photojour
nalism, the nature o f objectivity, theories of
vision and reproduction, advertising, the rela
tionship o f science and art, pornography, and
anthropological research.
Prerequisite: A R T H 0 0 1 ,0 0 2 , or 004.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 3 . Mileaf.
ARTH 076. The Rody in Contemporary Art
T his course examines the use o f the body as a
subject and medium in art o f the past few
decades. W hile poking, prodding, fragmenting,
and displaying the bodies o f themselves and
others, recent artists have called into question
everything from conventional uses of the nude
to the viewer’s own physical experience of art.
Themes to be considered include the abject,
health and sickness, performance, fetishism,
masquerade, identity politics, and technology.
This course will require careful reading of
assigned texts, active participation in regular
discussions, and frequent writing assignments.
Prerequisite: A R T H 0 18 or permission of the
instructor.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Mileaf.
ARTH 0 77. Exhibiting the Modern
This course surveys major exhibitions of mod
em art in Europe and America, along with
questions about modernist exhibition strategy
and practice. W e will consider such watershed
exhibitions as the Salon des refusés (Paris), the
Armory Show (New York), the First Interna
tional Dada Fair (B e rlin ), and the 0 .1 0
Exhibition (Moscow) as well as such venues as
the Museum o f M odem A rt, A n American
Place, Julian Levy Gallery, A rt of this Century,
and Leo Castelli Gallery.
Prerequisite: A R T H 001, 002, or 004.
1 credit.
Spring 2004. Mileaf.
ARTH 096. Directed Reading
1 credit.
Staff.
ARTH 098. Senior Workshop: Art History
This capstone colloquium for art history majors
will explore various approaches to historical
interpretation o f the visual arts. A ttention will
be given to art historiography— both theory
and practice— through the critical reading of
some important recent texts which propose
and/or challenge novel interpretive strategies
from a variety of perspectives. As a part of the
course, students will write the senior essay
,which constitutes the comprehensive require
ment for the art history major.
(Students who are not art history majors but
have taken A R T H 001 or 0 04 and three other
credits in art history will be admitted to this
course with the permission of the instructor.)
1 credit.
Spring semesters. Cothren.
ARTH 180. Thesis
A 2-credit thesis normally carried out in the
fall o f the senior year. T h e topic must be sub
mitted and approved by the instructor-in
charge before the end of the junior year.
2
credits.
Staff.
SEMINARS
Unless otherwise noted, the prerequisite for all
seminars is two courses in A rt History, includ
ing A R T H 001 or 004.
ARTH 132. Arts of the Ruddhist Temple
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
ARTH 138. Islamic Painting
A fter a brief general introduction to Islamic
art, the seminar will explore the history and
evolution of the pictorial narrative tradition
within Islamic culture from 691 to 1548.
2
credits.
O ffered occasionally. Cothren.
ARTH 145. Gothic Art and Architecture
T h e formation o f ”T h e G othic” around 1140
and its development and codification in the
Ile-de-France to the middle o f the thirteenth
century; monasteries, cathedrals, and chapels;
neo-platonism and the new aesthetic; ’’court
style” and political ideology; structural tech
nology and stylistic change; patronage and pro
duction; contextualizing liturgy and visualizing
dogma.
2
credits.
Spring 2004. Cothren.
ARTH 147. Visual Narrative in Medieval Art
This seminar examines how and why tenden
tious stories are told in pictures during the
European Middle Ages and the various ways
art historians have sought to interpret their
design and function. A fter introductory discus
sions on narratology, the class focuses on an
intensive study o f a few important and com
plex works of art that differ in date of produc
tion, geographic location, viewing context,
artistic tradition, and medium. In past years,
these have included the Bayeux Embroidery of
ca. 1070, the stained-glass windows o f the
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Parisian Sainte-Chapelle o f ca. 1245, and
G iotto’s frescos in the Arena Chapel in Padua
o f 1303-1305.
2
credits.
Spring 20 0 2 . Cothren.
AR TH 15 1. The Visual Culture of Rome:
1400-1700
From the fourteenth to the seventeenth centu
ry, Rome was transformed from a "dilapidated
and deserted” medieval town to a center of
spiritual and worldly power. T his seminar will
consider the defining role that images played
in that transformation. In addition to studying
the painting, sculpture and architecture of
artists such as Fra A ngelico, Bram ante,
M ichelangelo,
Raphael,
B ernini,
and
Caravaggio, we will study the creation and use
o f objects such as banners, furniture, and tem
porary festival decorations. Topics will include
papal reconstruction of the urban landscape;
the re-birth of classical culture, art and the
liturgy, private devotion and public ritual, and
the construction of the artist as genius.
2
credits.
Spring 2002 and 20 0 3 . Reilly.
ARTH 164. Modern Art
Current discussions from multiple theoretical
perspectives o f artists such as Courbet, M anet,
Degas, Gauguin, Cezanne, Picasso, and Pollock
and the issue o f “Modernism” in nineteenthand twentieth-century painting.
2
credits.
ARTH 168. Dada and Surrealism
Signing a name, going into a trance, collecting
dust, shopping in a flea market, dreaming,
scribbling, playing a game— all o f these activi
ties were investigated as methods of art pro
duction by artists associated with Dada and
Surrealism in the early decades o f the twenti
eth century. T his seminar examines not only
these new modes of making art but also the
artists’ political, cultural, and theoretical rea
sons for developing them. By carefully reading
primary and secondary texts, we consider the
questions, aims, and desires o f these revolu
tionary art movements as well as the methods
o f art history that have been conceived to
address them.
2
credits.
F all 2001 and 20 0 2 . Mileaf.
Studio Arts
STUA001. Foundation
A theoretical and practical exploration of the
elements of visual thinking. Through weekly
assignments, primarily in drawing, attention
will be given to the following elements of pic
torial and spacial design: value, color, perspec
tive, proportion, figure/ground and volume/
mass. (This course is a prerequisite for all other
courses in studio art.)
1 credit.
E ach semester. Staff.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
STIIA 602. Projects in Ceramics
ARTH 166. The Avant-Garde in Art
T his class examines a variety of technical and
conceptual approaches to clay. Students are
encouraged to work toward developing their
own vocabulary of design and form within a
series o f class projects. T hey will acquire a fun
damental understanding o f processes, contem
porary developments, and traditions with an
emphasis on hand building. Open to begin
ning, intermediate, and advanced students.
T his seminar examines case studies in Euro
pean and Am erican avant-garde art from the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries. M ajor
theoretical texts by Poggioli and Bürger will
act as a background for discussions about the
July Monarchy, the Paris Commune, the Third
R eich, and the Russian Revolution as well as
such artistic movements as Cubism, Futurism,
Die Brücke, Devetsil, Dada, Surrealism, Rus
sian Constructivism, the Bauhaus, and A b
stract Expressionism. By developing a working
understanding o f both historical and conceptu
al avant-gardes, we will question whether there
can be an avant-garde today.
2
credits.
F all 2003. Mileaf.
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1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Carpenter.
STUA 003. Drawing
spacial conventions, light, and atmosphere.
Work in various media directed toward a clear
er perception of space, light, and form. A
course for all levels of ability. Weekly outside
drawing problems and a final project.
F all 20 0 1 . Reisman.
1 credit.
Fall 20 0 1 . Dubinskis.
STUA 004. Sculpture
A nonfigurative exploration of a large range of
modem and contemporary sculptural concepts
and techniques. Through individual projects,
several different mediums will be explored.
These will include clay modeling, plaster cast
ing, woodworking, stone carving, and assem
blage.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Meunier.
STUA 005. Ceramics
This class examines a variety o f technical and
conceptual approaches to clay. Students are
encouraged to work toward developing their
own vocabulary o f design and form within a
series o f class projects. They will acquire a fun
damental understanding of processes, contem
porary developments, and traditions with an
emphasis on the potter’s wheel. O pen to begin
ning, intermediate, and advanced students.
1 credit.
Fall 20001. Carpenter.
STUA 006. Photography
Introduction to the technical processes and
visual and theoretical concepts o f photography,
both as a unique medium and as it relates to
other forms of nonphotographic composition.
Prerequisite: S T U A 001, even for seniors. .
1 credit.
Each sem ester. Meunier.
STUA 007. The Printed Page
1 credit.
STUA 009. Figure Sculpture
A study o f the human figure, from a traditional
understanding o f human anatomy, to the more
contemporary use of the body form as abstrac
tion. Emphasis will be placed on the principles
and practice o f life modeling in clay. A lterna
tive explorations of human and animal forms
in other mediums will be encouraged.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Meunier.
STUA 010. Life Drawing
Work in various media directed toward a clear
er perception o f the human form. T h e class is
centered on drawing from the model, and with
in this context. T h e elements of gesture, line,
structure, and light are isolated for the purpose
o f study.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Staff.
STUA 0 11. Watercnlor
A complete exploration of water soluble media
with an emphasis on transparent, gum arabic
based watercolor. O ther materials and tech
niques will include ink wash, gouache, silk col
ors, collage, hand-made papers, matting, and
pen-making using reeds and quills. W hen in
the studio, the class will work from the figure
and still life. T h e central motif, however, will
be painting the landscape. W henever possible,
we shall work outdoors. T here will be occa
sional field trips to locales other than the cam
pus.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Exon.
STUA 012. Figure Composition
Introduction to the art o f the book. Included
will be an investigation into typesetting and
printing, binding, wood engraving, and alter
native forms of book construction and design.
A n advanced course in painting and drawing
the human form. Emphasis will be given to the
methods, them atic concepts, conventions, and
techniques associated with multiple figure
design and composition.
1 credit.
Prerequisite: S T U A 008 and/or S T U A 010.
Spring 2002. Staff.
STUA 008. Oil Painting
I credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Exon.
Investigation into the pictorial structure o f oil
painting and the complex nature o f color.
Included will be a thorough study of texture,
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STUA 015. Hie Fe tte r* Wheel
T his class provides experience on the potter’s
wheel through intensive practice, demonstra
tions, and slide lectures. Students gain profi
ciency as well as insights into the traditional
and contemporary application o f the art o f the
potter. Weekly critiques o f homework assign
ments encourage students to consider design
and craftsmanship in their developing work.
O pen to beginning and intermediate students.
dio course in beginning ceramics. Students will
learn co il building and surface treatments
reflective o f African stylistic and formal influ
ences. Through exploration o f technical,
iconographie, and aesthetic considerations,
students will gain insight into the range of
visual languages represented in this art form.
Guest artists will present lectures and demon
strations.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Carpenter.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Carpenter.
STUA 019. Works on Paper
STUA 025. Advanced Studies II
Investigations into printmaking and other
materials that use paper as a support. Emphasis
will be placed on drawing concepts. In addition
to class assignments, students will be encour
aged to work on independent projects.
C ontinuation o f S T U A
advanced level.
I credit.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
0 2 0 o n a more
Prerequisite: S T U A 020.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Reisman.
STUA 030. Senior Workshop
STUA 020. Advanced Studies
A course designed to strengthen critical, theo
retical, and practical skills on an advanced
level. Critiques by the resident faculty and vis
iting artists, as well as group critiques with all
members of the workshop, will guide and assess
the development of the students’ individual
directed practice in a chosen field. Assigned
readings and scheduled discussions will initiate
the writing o f the thesis for the senior exhibi
tion. (This course is required o f senior art
majors.)
020A . Ceramics
020C . Painting
020E. Sculpture
020B . Drawing
020D . Photography
020F. Printmaking
These courses are designed to usher the inter
mediate and advanced student into a more
independent, intensive study in one or more of
the fields listed above. A discussion o f formal
issues generated at previous levels will contin
ue, with greater critical analysis brought to
bear on stylistic and them atic direction. Each
student will enroll under the guidance of a pro
fessor in the chosen medium, to whom a writ
ten statement o f purpose must be submitted at
the time o f pre-registration. In addition to
individual conferences, a colloquium meeting
may be scheduled every two or three weeks.
During these gatherings, the entire studio fac
ulty (and occasional visiting artists), all
advanced study students, and art majors will
critique and share issues o f artistic intent.
N ote: Although this course is for full credit, a
student may petition the studio faculty for a
0.5-credit semester.
Prerequisite: Foundation and at least one pre
vious course in the chosen medium.
1 credit.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
STUA 021. African Pot
Traditional forms in a wide range o f A frican
pottery making will serve as models for this stu
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F all 2001. Reisman.
STUA 040. Senior Advanced Study
During the spring semester o f the senior art
major, students will write their senior artist
statement and mount an exhibition in the Vera
List Gallery o f the Performing Arts Center.
T h e artist statement is a discussion o f the
development o f the work to be exhibited. The
exh ibitio n represents th e comprehensive
examination for the studio art major. Students
may choose advanced study credit for work
completed for the comprehensive. Gallery
exhibitions are reserved for studio art majors
who have passed the senior workshop and ful
filled all requirements, including the writing of
the senior art major statement.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Staff.
Asian Studies
Chair:
ALAN BERKOWiTZ (M odem
Faculty:
John Crespi (M odem Languages and Literatures, Chinese)8
Bruce Grant (Sociology/Anthropology)9
Steven Hopkins (Religion)23
Haiti Kong (M odem Languages and Literatures, C hinese)2
Gerald Levinson (M usic)2
Lillian Li (History)3
Jeanne Marecek (Psychology)9
Stephen Piker (Sociology/Anthropology)9
Matthew Sommer (History)3
Donald Swearer (Religion)2
Katherine Ulrich (Religion)8
Larry Westphal (Economics)
lyrene White (Political Science)
Thomas Whitman (Music)
Jenny Gifford (Administrative Assistant)
Languages and Literatures, Chinese)
2 Absent on leave, spring 2002.
3 Absent on leave, 2001-2002.
5 Fall 2001 (appointment that semester only).
Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary program
that aims to introduce students to the immea
surably vast range o f human experience, both
historical and contemporary, on the Asian
continent— from South Asia, to peninsular
and insular Southeast Asia, to East Asia.
Courses on Asia are offered by the Asian
Studies program and in the Departments of
Art, Economics, History, M odem Languages
and Literatures (Chinese), Music and Dance,
Political Scien ce, R eligion, Sociology and
Anthropology, and T heatre Studies. Asian
Studies offers majors in course and Honors, an
Honors minor, and (beginning with the Class
of ’03) a course minor. Asian Studies majors
construct individualized programs o f study,
with a focus on a comparative theme or on a
particular country or region. (Examples of
comparative themes include classical traditions
in Asian literature and art, Buddhist studies,
Asian nationalisms and the emergence of
nation-states, or the political economy of
Asian development— to name only a few of
the possibilities.) In all cases, however, the
core of the major lies in exposure to multiple
8 Visiting faculty, 2001-2002.
9 Affiliated faculty (do not teach courses on
Asia but available for independent study
projects).
regions, for cross-cultural comparisons, and
multiple disciplines.
Students interested in Asian Studies are urged
to consult our W eb site, http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/asian/, for up-to-date
information on courses and campus events
related to Asia; you should also meet with the
chair well in advance of preparing a sophomore
paper, to discuss how to plan an individualized
program with intellectual coherence and rigor.
Advance planning is especially critical for stu
dents contemplating the Honors program and
to integrate study abroad into the major.
Language Study and Study A broad
Although not required, majors are strongly
encouraged to consider the study of an Asian
language and a period o f study abroad in Asia.
A t Swarthmore, we presently offer only
Chinese, but it is possible to study Japanese at
Haverford, and many other Asian languages
can be studied at U Penn during the regular
academic year, in summer language programs,
or abroad. (Experience has shown, however,
that off-campus language courses may create
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scheduling difficulties; for that reason, many
students elect the summer or study abroad
option.) For languages offered at Swarthmore
(Chinese), courses above the first-year level
count toward the major. For Asian languages
not offered at Swarthmore, courses at the entry
level may be approved if at least the equivalent
o f 1.5 credits is successfully completed in a pro
gram approved by the Asian Studies faculty.
T h e Asian Studies faculty can recommend aca
demically rigorous programs in several Asian
countries, often tailored to a student’s particu
lar interest. Study abroad is the ideal arena for
intensive language study; and nonlanguage
courses taken abroad may also be applied
toward the major, if credit has been granted by
the College, subject to the approval o f the
Asian Studies Comm ittee. However, normally
at least h a lf o f the credits tow ard a student's A sian
Studies program (w hether m ajor or m inor) should
be taken at Sw arthm ore.
T h e A lice L. Crossley Prize in A sian Studies:
See p. 83.
REQUIREMENTS
T he A sian Studies C ourse M ajor
T h e Asian Studies major inherently makes
greater demands than a departmental major,
for the final responsibility falls on each student
to make connections between courses that dif
fer widely in content and method. W hen con
sidering applicants to the major, therefore, the
Asian Studies Comm ittee looks for evidence of
intellectual flexibility and independence as
well as the demonstrated ability to do work at
the B- level or above in at least two Asia-relat
ed courses, in different departments.
T h e major in Asian Studies consists o f a mini
mum o f 9 credits, with requirements and distri
bution as follows:
1. G eographic breadth: Coursework must be
completed concerning more than one of
the regions o f Asia (South, Southeast, and
East A sia). T his can be accomplished by
taking at least two courses that are panAsian or comparative in scope; or by taking
at least one full course on a country other
than that o f the principal focus in an indi
vidual student’s program.
2. D isciplinary breadth: Classes must be taken
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in at least three different departments.
3. Foundations: A t least 1 credit must be taken
from the following range of courses:
C om parative Studies
A R T H 003 (Asian A rt)
M U SI 008 (Music o f Asia)
RELG 008 (Patterns o f Asian Religions)
RELG 009 (T h e Buddhist Tradition)
Focused on a Single C ountry or Region
CH IN 016/LITR 016C H (Substance,
Shadow, and Spirit in Chinese Literature
and Culture)
CH IN 018/LITR 018C H (Classical
Tradition in Chinese Literature)
H IS T 009A (Chinese Civilization)
H IS T 0 1 0 (Traditional Japan)
RELG 012 and 013 (History, Religion,
and Culture o f India, I and II)
4. Interm ediate an d advanced w ork: A mini
mum o f 5 credits o f work must be complet
ed at the intermediate or advanced level in
at least two departments.
5. A sian language study: Asian language study
is not required but strongly recommended.
Up to 4 credits in language study may be
applied toward the major. For languages
offered at Swarthmore [Chinese], courses
above the first-year level may count toward
the major; courses above the second-year
level count as “intermediate/advanced.” For
Asian languages not offered at Swarthmore,
courses at the entry level may count toward
the major if at least the equivalent o f 1.5
credits is successfully completed in an ap
proved program; courses above the first-year
level count as “intermediate/advanced.”
6. C ulm inating exercise: Students in the Asian
Studies course major have a choice o f cul
minating exercise.
a. T hesis option : a 1- (or 2-) credit thesis,
followed by an oral examination. The
thesis must be interdisciplinary, to the
extent that two members o f the Asian
Studies faculty from different depart
ments participate in the direction o f its
research and the exam ination o f its
results. Students must enroll for the
thesis (A S IA 096) no later than fall
semester of the senior year. For more
information about the thesis, see the
departmental W eb site (http://www.
swatthmore.edu/Humanities/asian/) or
sophomore paper guidelines,
b. Honors seminar option: W ith the prior
approval o f the Asian Studies Comm it
tee, students may fulfill the requirement
for a culminating exercise by taking a
2-credit honors seminar in an Asian
Studies topic, in either their junior or
senior year. (Note: A two-course combi
nation for external examination, or a
co u rse-p lu s-d irected -read in g -attach ment, will not satisfy this requirement.)
T h e 2-credit Honors seminar will count
as 1 of 9 “credits” toward the Asian
Studies course major. (T h at is, you will
still need 8 other credits).
7. G rade-point average requirem ent: A student
must have at least a C average across all
courses applied to the course major.
The A sian Studies C ourse M inor (N ew fo r the
Class o f 2003 and B eyond)
Students will be admitted to the minor after
having successfully completed at least two
Asia-related courses, in different departments,
with grades of B- or better. Students may apply
for the minor as early as the sophomore paper
and as late as the first week o f the senior year.
T he A sian Studies Interdisciplinary Minor in
course consists o f five courses, distributed as
follows:
1. G eographic breadth: Course work must be
completed concerning more than one of
the regions o f Asia (South, Southeast, and
East Asia). T his can be accomplished by
taking at least two courses that are panAsian or comparative in scope or by taking
at least one full course on a country other
than that of the principal focus in an indi
vidual student’s program.
2. Disciplinary breadth: Courses must be taken
in at least two departments outside o f the
disciplinary major. Only one course may
overlap the Asian Studies minor and a dis
ciplinary major.
3. Foundations: Students are encouraged, but
not required, to include at least one course
from the list of “foundation courses” (see
earlier).
4. Interm ediate and advanced w ork: A t least 2
credits o f work must be completed at the
intermediate or advanced level. N ote that
there is no “capstone seminar” or thesis for
the interdisciplinary minor in course.
5. Asian language study: Asian language study
is no t required, but courses in Asian lan
guages may count toward the course minor.
For languages offered at Swarthmore
[Chinese], courses above the first-year level
may count toward the minor; courses above
the second-year level count as “intermediate/advanced.” For Asian languages not
offered at Swarthmore, courses at the entry
level may count toward the minor if at least
the equivalent o f 1.5 credits is successfully
completed in an approved program; courses
above the first-year level count as “intermediate/advanced.”
6. G rade-point average requirem ent: A student
must have at least a C average across the
five courses applied to the minor.
T he A sian Studies H onors M ajor
To be admitted to the Honors major, students
should have completed at least two Asia-relat
ed courses, in different departments, at the
level of B+ or above.
T h e Honors major in Asian Studies consists of
a minimum of 10 credits (including 4 Honors
preparations).
1. G eographic and disciplinary breadth require
m ents are the same as those for the course
major (see earlier).
2. Foundations: Normally, at least one course
should come from the list o f “foundation
courses” (see earlier).
3. B ecau se A sian Studies is an interdisciplinary
m ajor, all four fields presented for external
exam ination must be Asian Studies sub
jects. T h e student has the option of omit
ting a m inor field designation. A lter
natively, one o f the four fields can be desig
nated as a minor, in which case the student
must fulfill all the requirements o f that
department or program for an Honors
minor.
4. Honors preparations m ust represent at least
two differen t disciplines: Careful advance
planning is essential to make certain that
the prerequisites and requirements estab
lished by separate departments and/or pro
grams have been met. Honors preparations
in Asian Studies may consist of 2-credit
seminars, designated pairs o f courses, 1credit attachments to designated 1-credit
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courses, a 1-credit thesis in conjunction
with a 1-credit course, or a 2-credit thesis.
W e especially encourage students to con
sider a course-plus-1-credit thesis combina
tion, when the combination would allow
for an interdisciplinary perspective on a
particular issue or them e. W ith the
advance approval o f the Asian Studies
Comm ittee, course work or research done
in study abroad may be incorporated into
the preparation.
5. Senior H onors Study (SH S) fo r m ajors, usu
ally done in the spring semester of the
senior year, will normally follow the criteria
established for minors by the department in
which the Honors preparation is done.
SH S for interdisciplinary preparations will
be determined in consultation with the rel
evant professors and the Asian Studies pro
gram chair. No course credit will be given
for S H S for majors. A student may choose
to have one o f the four preparations serve
as a minor in a discipline; if so, the SH S for
that preparation will be governed by the
host department’s practice. S H S materials
may be examined in regular written exams;
they must be examined in oral exams.
6. G rade-point average requirem ent: A student
must have at least a B+ in all courses applied to
the Honors major.
T he A sian Studies H onors M inor
To be admitted to the Honors minor, students
should have completed at least two Asia-relat
ed courses, in different departments, at the
level of B+ or above.
A n Honors minor in A sian Studies consists of
a minimum o f 5 credits, distributed as follows:
1. G eographic breadth: There are two “tracks”
within the minor. Students should specify
which track they intend to pursue when
writing sophomore papers.
a. C om parative A sian cultures: T h e selec
tion o f courses and Honors preparation
should allow a comparative perspective
on the traditional or modem cultures of
Asia. Individual programs should be
worked out in close consultation with
the Asian Studies chair. (Language study
does not count toward this track.)
b. Focus on a single country or region: A ll
courses in the program should focus on
the same region or country. Up to 2 cred
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its o f language study may be counted.
2. Disciplinary breadth: Courses must be taken
in at least two departments outside o f the
disciplinary Honors major. Only one course
may overlap with the Honors minor and
the Honors major.
3. Foundations: Normally at least one o f the
five courses should come from the list of
“foundation courses” (see earlier).
4. A sian language study: Asian language study
is no t required, but courses in Asian lan
guages may count toward the Honors
minor. For languages offered at Swarthmore
[Chinese], courses above the second-year
level count toward the minor. For Asian
languages no t offered at Swarthmore,
courses at the entry level may be approved
if at least the equivalent o f 1.5 credits is
successfully com pleted in a program
approved by the Asian Studies faculty.
5. H onors preparation: A n Honors minor in
Asian Studies will submit one preparation,
normally a 2-credit seminar, for examina
tion. For alternative formats o f Honors
preparations, see section (4) o f the Asian
Studies Honors major (earlier).
6. Senior H onors Study (SH S) for minors, nor
mally done in the spring semester o f the
senior year, will follow the norms estab
lished by the department in which the
Honors preparation is done. N o course
credit will be given for SH S for minors.
SH S materials may be examined in regular
written exams; they must be examined in
oral exams.
7. G PA requirem ent: A student must have at
least a B+ in all coilrses applied to the hon
ors minor.
COURSES
(See descriptions under individual departments
to determine offerings for each semester.)
Art (Art History)
A R T H 003. Asian A rt
ASIAN STUDIES
ASIA 093. Directed Reading
1 credit.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
ASIA 096. Thesis
CH IN 091.
Special Topics in Chinese
Literature and Culture in
Translation
CH IN 093.
Directed Reading
CH IN 104.
Lu Xun and M odem Chinese
Literature
CH IN 105.
Topics in Traditional Chinese
Literature
1 credit.
Fall 2001 and 2002. Staff.
ASIA 180. Thesis
2 credits.
Fall 2001 and 20 0 2 . Staff.
ASIA 199. Senior Honors Study
0.5 credit.
Economics
Fall 2001 and 2 0 0 2 . Staff.
ECO N 081.
Econom ic Development*
Chinese Language and Literature
ECON 083.
Asian Economies
Economic Development+
CHIN 003B .
Second-year Mandarin
Chinese (first semester)
ECON 181.
CHIN 004B.
Second-year Mandarin
Chinese (second semester)
H IS T 001G .
Women, Family, and the State
in China
CHIN 011.
Third-year Chinese
H IS T 009A .
Chinese Civilization
CHIN 011 A . Third-year Chinese
Conversation
H IS T 009B .
M odem China
H IS T 010.
Traditional Japan
H IS T 073.
Mao’s Cultural Revolution
H IS T 075.
M odem Japan
H IS T 076.
Topics in Japanese History
H IS T 077.
Orientalism East and W est
H IS T 078.
Beijing and Shanghai: Tale of
Two Cities
H IS T 144.
State and Society in China,
1750-2000
CHIN 012.
Advanced Chinese
CHIN 0 1 2A. Advanced Chinese
Conversation
CHIN 016.
CHIN 017.
Substance, Shadow, and
Spirit in Chinese Literature
and Culture
Legacy o f Chinese Narrative
Literature: T h e Story in
Dynastic China
CHIN 018.
T h e Classical Tradition in
Chinese Literature
CHIN 020.
Readings in M odem Chinese
CHIN 021.
Topics in M odem Chinese
CHIN 023.
M odem Chinese Literature
CHIN 025.
Contemporary Chinese Fiction:
Mirror o f Social Change
CHIN 027.
W om en Writers in
Twentieth-Century China
CHIN 033.
Introduction to Classical
Chinese
CHIN 055.
Contemporary Chinese
Cinema
CHIN 056.
History of Chinese Cinema
(1905-1995)
CHIN 063.
Comparative Perspectives:
China in the A ncient World
CHIN 066.
Chinese Poetry
CHIN 081.
Transcending the Mundane:
Taoism in Chinese Literature
and Culture
History
Linguistics
LIN G 004.
Comparative Phonology o f the
East Asian Languages
LIN G 033.
Introduction to Classical
Chinese
Literature
L IT R 016C H . Substance, Shadow, and
Spirit in Chinese Literature
and Culture
L IT R 017C H . Legacy of Chinese Narrative
Literature: T h e Story in
Dynastic China
L IT R 018C H . T h e Classical Tradition in
Chinese Literature
L IT R 023C H . M odem Chinese Literature
L IT R 025C H . Contemporary Chinese
Fiction: Mirror of Social
Change
L IT R 027C H . W om en Writers in TwentiethCentury China
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Asian Studies
L IT R 055C H . Contemporary Chinese
Cinema
Sociology and Anthropology
L IT R 066C H . Chinese Poetry
SO A N 020E. Comparative Study o f C hina
and Japan
L IT R 081C H . Transcending the Mundane:
Taoism in Chinese Literature
and Culture
SO A N 003B . Nations and Nationalisms*
SO A N 043B . Shamanism
SO A N 093.
Southeast Asia: Culture and
History, Independent Study
SO A N 102.
History and Myth+
Music and Dance
D A N C 048.
Performance Dance: Kathak
M U SI 008.
T h e Music o f Asia
Theatre Studies
M U SI 049.
Balinese Gamelan
T H E A 015.
Political Science
PO LS 055.
China and the World
PO LS 056.
Patterns o f Asian Development
PO LS 064.
American-East Asian
Relations*
PO LS 108.
Comparative Politics:
East Asia Religion
Religion
RELG 008.
Patterns o f A sian Religions
RELG 009.
T h e Buddhist Traditions of
Asia
RELG 012.
History, Religion, and Culture
o f India, I
RELG 013.
History, Religion, and Culture
o f India, II
RELG 026B .
Buddhist Social Ethics
RELG 027B .
Asian Religions in A m erica*
RELG 028.
Ritual and Image in Buddhist
Traditions
RELG 030B .
T h e Power o f Images: Icons
and Iconoclasts*
RELG 0 3 IB .
Religion and Literature:
From the Song o f Songs to the
Hindu Saints*
R ELG 037.
Buddhism and Ecology*
R ELG 049.
Goddesses and Gods o f India
R ELG 104.
Buddhism and Society in
Southeast Asia
R ELG 108.
Poets, Saints, and Storytellers:
Religious Literatures o f India
RELG 110.
Religious B elief and Moral
A ction+
RELG 113.
From Buddha’s Relics to the
Body o f God: Hindu and
Buddhist Devotion
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Directing I/Performance
Theory*
* Cognate cou rse: Counts toward Asian Studies
if all papers/projects are focused on Asian
topics. N o more than 2 may be applied to the
course or Honors major; no more than 1
credit may be applied to the Honors minor.
+ Cognate sem inar: N o more than 1 credit may
be applied toward the Honors major; does
not count toward Honors minor.
Biology
SCOTT F. GILBERT, Professor
MARK JACOBS, Professor'
JOHN B. JENKINS, Professor and Chair
RACHEL A . MERZ, Professor3
TIMOTHY C. WILLIAMS, Professor
SARA HIEBERT, Associate Professor3
KATHLEEN SIWICKI, Associate Professor
AMY CHENG VOLLMER, Associate Professor
JOSE-LUIS MACHADO, Assistant Professor
COLIN PURRINGTON, Assistant Professor1
ELIZABETH A . VALLEN, Assistant Professor
PHILIP JOHNS, Visiting Assistant Professor
MARCUS McFERREN, Visiting Assistant Professor and Minority Scholar
DIANE O’BRIEN, Visiting Assistant Professor
DARLENE BRAMUCCI, Laboratory Instructor/Academic Coordinator
JOCELYNE MATTEI-NOVERAL, Laboratory Instructor
THOMAS VALENTE, Laboratory Instructor
RACHEL HEATH W ALLACE, Laboratory Instructor
MARIA MUSIKA, Administrative Assistant
in Residence
1 Absent on leave, fall 2001.
3 A bsent on leave, 2001-2002.
Students are introduced to biology by enrolling
in BIO L 001 and 002, which serve as prerequi
sites for all intermediate and advanced biology
courses. Intermediate courses are numbered
010-050; courses numbered beyond 100 are
advanced and may be used to prepare for the
Honors program. Advanced Placement 5 is
accepted for placement in some intermediate
courses. See individual instructors for permis
sion.
ST A T 001 or M A TH 003) or the completion
o f Calculus II (M A TH 0 6 A and 06B , or 06C ).
O ne semester of statistics (ST A T 002 or 002C )
is strongly recommended.
Students majoring in biology must take at least
one course or seminar in each o f the following
three groups: I. C ell and Molecular Biology, II.
Organismal Biology, and III. Population
Biology. Course majors must take at least one
advanced course or seminar in biology and sat
isfy the general college requirement of a com
prehensive experience and exam ination in
biology by participation in BIO L 097: Senior
Comprehensive Exam.
REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Students electing to major in biology must
have a grade-point average of C in BIO L 001
and 002 (or in the first two Swarthmore biolo
gy courses) and a C average in all Swarthmore
College courses in the natural sciences. T he
biology major must include the following sup
porting subjects in addition to the minimum of
8 biology credits composing either the Honors
or the course major: Introductory Chemistry, at
least one semester o f Organic Chemistry, and
two semesters of college mathematics (not
Students who wish to minor in biology must
take 6 credits, at least 4 o f which are to be
taken at Swarthmore. T h e grade requirement
to enter the minor is the same as for the biolo
gy course major. B IO L 001 and 00 2 are
required. There are no requirements for chem
istry, math, or physics, and no distribution
requirement within the department. Only one
course numbered B IO L 003-009 is allowed and
only one course in either BIO L 093 or 094Special majors in biochemistry, psychobiology,
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biostatistics, and environmental science are
also offered. W e offer teacher certification in
biology through a program approved by the
state o f Pennsylvania. Because o f a change in
teacher certification regulations that occurred
in November 2000, students completing certi
fication during 2001 to 2003 will need to fulfill
somewhat different course requirements ffom
those who complete certification in 2004 and
beyond. For further information about the rel
evant set of requirements, please contact the
Education program director, th e Biology
Department chair, or the Education program
W eb site: www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/Education/.
HONORS PROGRAM
Admission to the Honors program either as a
major or a minor is based on academic record
(average of B or better in Swarthmore College
courses in the natural sciences) and comple
tion of prerequisites for the courses or seminars
used in preparation for Honors exams.
Qualified students will prepare for two external
exams from the following areas: Anim al O rien
tation, Animal Physiology, Behavioral Ecology,
Biomechanics, C ell Biology, Developmental
G en etics, Human G en etics, Microbiology,
Neurobiology, Plant Physiology, and Plant
Ecology. Students in Honors also will under
take a substantial research project (B IO L 180)
and participate in Senior Honors Study (BIO L
199). These efforts will be evaluated by exter
nal examiners, who will determine the level of
honorific and grades for BIO L 180 and 199.
Biology course numbers reflect study at differ
ent levels o f organization— General Studies
(0 0 1 -0 0 9 ), intermediate courses in Cellular
and Molecular Biology (0 1 0 -019), Organismal
Biology (0 2 0 -0 2 9 ), Population Biology (0300 3 9 ), Seminars in Cellular and M olecular
Biology (1 1 0 -1 1 9 ), Seminars in Organismal
Biology (1 20-129) and Seminars in Population
Biology (130-139).
COURSES
GENERAL STUDIES
BIOL 001. Cellular and Molecular Biology
A n introduction to the study of living systems
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illustrated by examples drawn from cell biolo
gy, biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, neu
robiology, and developmental biology.
One laboratory period per week.
Primary distribution course. 1 credit.
Foil 2001. Staff.
BIOL 002. Organismal and Population
Biology
Introduction to the study of organisms em
phasizing morphology, physiology, behavior,
ecology, and evolution o f whole organisms and
populations.
O ne laboratory per week.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Staff.
BIOL 005. Biotechnology and Society:
The Case of Agriculture
(Cross-listed as PHIL 015)
A n introduction to biotechnology, as it per
tains to agricultural (and no t biomedical)
applications and to issues in the ethics and phi
losophy o f science. Topics to be presented and
discussed include biotechnological methods,
ethical problems raised by recent innovations
in biotechnology in agricultural practices and
associated legal matters, consumer rights, bio
diversity and environmental impact, long-term
conduct o f agricultural practices and the
growth o f agribusiness, patents/intellectual
properties and their effects on the conduct of
science, and Third W orld perspectives.
Students will be evaluated on presentations,
participation in discussions, and written work.
Prerequisites: BIO L 001 or approval o f instruc
tors.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Vollmer and Lacey.
BIOL 006. History and Critique of Biology
T h e topics o f this course focus on the history
and sociology o f genetics, development, and
evolution; science and theology; and feminist
critiques o f biological sciences.
Prerequisites: BIO L 001 and 002.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Gilbert.
GROUP I: CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR
BIOLOGY (010-019)
BIOL 010. Genetics
An introduction to genetic analysis and mole
cular genetics. T h e course explores basic prin
ciples of genetics, the chromosome theory of
inheritance, classical and molecular strategies
for gene mapping, strategies for identifying and
isolating genes, the genetics of bacteria and
viruses, replication, gene expression, and the
regulation o f gene activity. M ajor concepts will
be illustrated using human and nonhuman
examples.
One laboratory period per week.
Prerequisite: BIO L 001.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Jenkins.
BIOL 014. Cell Biology
A study of the ultrastructure, molecular inter
actions and function o f cell components, focus
ing primarily on eukaryotic cells.
One laboratory period per week.
Prerequisites: BIO L 001 and CH EM 022.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Vallen.
BIOL 016. Microbiology
Biology o f microorganisms with an emphasis
on aspects unique to prokaryotes. Topics
include microbial cell structure, metabolism,
physiology, genetics, and ecology. Laboratory
exercises include techniques for detecting, iso
lating, cultivating, quantifying, and identifying
bacteria. Students may not take both BIO L
016 and 017 for credit.
One laboratory period per week.
Prerequisites: BIO L 001 and CH EM 022.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Vollmer.
BIOL 017. Microbial Pathogenesis and
the Immune Response
A study of bacterial and viral infectious agents
and of the humoral and cellular mechanisms by
which vertebrates respond to agents.
Laboratory exercises include techniques for
detecting, isolating, cultivating, quantifying,
and identifying bacteria. Students may not
take both BIO L 0 16 and 017 for credit.
Prerequisites: BIO L 001 and 002; CH EM 022
recommended.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Vollmer.
GROUP II: 0RGANISMAL BIOLOGY
(020-029)
BIOL 020. Animal Physialogy
A n exam ination o f the principles and mecha
nisms of animal physiology ranging from the
subcellular to the integrated whole animal.
Possible topics include metabolism, thermoreg
ulation, endocrine regulation, digestion, car
diovascular physiology, and muscle physiology.
Prerequisites: BIO L 001, BIO L 002, CH EM
010 recommended.
Primary distribution course.
1 credit.
F all 2001. O ’Brien.
BIOL 021. Plants in Traditional and
Modern Medicine
This seminar-styled course is a detailed explo
ration o f the phytochemical and pharmacolog
ical aspects of medicinal and toxic plants. Lab
periods will examine methods o f phytochemical isolation, standardization, and the develop
m ent of biological assays.
Prerequisites: B IO L 001 and 002; BIO L 023 is
recommended.
I credit.
Spring 2002. McFerrren.
BIOL 022. Neurobiology
A study o f the basic principles o f neuroscience,
with emphasis on the electrical and chemical
signaling properties o f neurons and their
underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms
as well as the functional organization of select
ed neural systems.
O n e laboratory period per week.
Prerequisites: B IO L 001, CH EM 010.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 1 . Siwicki.
One laboratory period per week.
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BIOL 023. The Biology and Diversity of
Plants
week, sometimes going off-campus, with occa
sional weekend or other excursions required.
Plant form and diversity are emphasized from
an evolutionary and taxonom ic perspective.
A ttention will be paid to floral structure and
its role in taxonomy, gamete development,
plant growth, life cycles, adaptations, and the
evolutionary history o f plant life.
Prerequisites: BIO L 001 and 002 or instructor’s
approval.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Johns.
O ne laboratory period per week.
Prerequisites: BIO L 001 and 002.
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . McFerren.
BIOL 024. Embryology
T his analysis o f animal development will com
bine descriptive, experimental, and evolution
ary approaches. Laboratories will involve dis
section and manipulation o f invertebrate and
vertebrate embryos.
GROUP III: POPULATION BIOLOGY
(030-039)
BIOL 030. Field Studies in Animal
Behavior
O ne laboratory period per week.
A n introduction to the biological study o f ani
m al behavior under natural conditions.
Observation o f the behavior and natural histo
ry o f animals, including insects, birds, and pri
mates leads to an understanding o f ethology,
behavioral ecology, orientation, and migration.
Prerequisites: B IO L 001 and 002.
Three to six hours o f field work per week.
1 credit.
Prerequisite: BIO L 002.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Gilbert.
1 credit.
BIOL 026. Invertebrate Zoology
F all 20 0 1 . Williams.
Evolution, morphology, ecology, and physiolo
gy o f invertebrate animals.
O ne laboratory period per week; some all-day
field trips.
Prerequisites: BIO L 001 and 002.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Merz.
BIOL 032. Field Omithalogy
T h e biology o f birds in their natural habitats.
T h e course will emphasize the diversity of
birds, their ecology, evolution, adaptive physi
ology and behavior. A t lease three Saturday or
Sunday field trips are required.
Prerequisites: BIO L 002 or consent of instruc
tor.
BIOL 028. Plant Physiology
1 credit.
A study o f the principle physiological process
es o f higher plants, including photosynthesis,
gas exchange, water and nutrients transport,
internal metabolism, plant hormone action,
and environmental responses.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Williams.
BIOL 032-A. Spring Ornithology
A field course in bird songs, identification, and
behavior.
O ne laboratory period per week.
Prerequisite: BIO L 032.
Prerequisites: BIO L 0 01, 00 2 ; CH EM 022 rec
ommended.
0 .5 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Williams.
1 credit.
BIOL 033. Chemical Ecology
N ot offered 2001-2002. Jacobs.
Chem ical ecology is the multidisciplinary field
that asks fundamental questions about how
chemicals mediate biotic interactions. This
lecture and laboratory course is designed to
provide a survey o f the theory and research
problems in the field. Lectures will concentrate
on theories of plant defense, means o f identify
ing allelochemical agents, and the design of
BIOL 029. Insect Biology
In this small intermediate-level course, stu
dents will examine aspects o f insect biology,
including aspects o f growth and development,
locomotion, feeding, reproduction, behavior,
and systematics. Laboratories will meet once a
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biological assays. T h e experimental compo
nent will emphasize chem ical aspects o f plant
defense, plant-insect interactions, and plantplant interactions through both field and labo
ratory experiences.
INDEPENDENT STUDIES
BIOL 093. Directed Reading
Prerequisites: BIO L 001 and 002; CH EM 022
preferred.
A program o f literature study in a designated
area o f biology not usually covered by regular
courses or seminars and overseen by a biology
faculty member.
1 credit.
0 .5 or I credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. McFerren.
F all or spring sem ester. Staff.
BIOL 034. Evolution
BIOL 094. Research Project
This course focuses on how the genetic struc
ture of a population changes in response to
mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift.
Other topics, such as evolutionary rates, speciation, and extinction provide a broader view of
evolutionary processes.
W ith the permission o f the department, quali
fied students may pursue a research program for
course credit. T h e student will present a writ
ten report to the biology faculty member super
vising the work.
One laboratory period or field trip per week.
F all or spring sem ester. Staff.
Prerequisites: BIO L 001 and 002.
BIOL 094A. Research Project:
Departmental Evaluation
Fall 2001. Johns.
BIOL 036. Ecology
The scientific study o f the relationships that
determine the distribution and abundance of
organisms, with a focus on plants. Topics
include population dynamics, species interac
tions, community ecology, and nutrient cycles.
One laboratory period or field trip per week.
1 credit.
Students carrying out a BIO L 09 4 research
project will present a written and oral report
on the project to the Biology Department.
0 .5 credit.
Fall or spring sem ester. S taff.
BIOL 180. Honors Research
Prerequisites: BIO L 001 and 002.
Independent research in preparation for an
Honors research thesis.
1 credit.
F all or spring sem ester. Staff.
Fall 2001. Machado.
SENIOR COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
BIOL 038. Paleobiology
095, 097, and 199 are not part o f the 8-credit
minimum in biology.
Introduction to the fossil record and the tech
niques and theories used by paleontologists.
Current issues in paleontology will also be
examined.
BIOL 095. Senior Project
Prerequisites: BIO L 001 and 002.
W ith the permission o f the department, a stu
dent may write a senior paper in biology for sat
isfaction o f the requirement o f a comprehen
sive exam ination for graduation.
1 credit.
BIOL 097. Senior Seminar
N ot offered 2001-2002. Merz.
A consideration o f a topic from the perspec
tives o f several biological subdisciplines. Serves
as the senior comprehensive and exam;
required o f all biology majors in course.
One laboratory period or field trip per week.
BIOL 039. Marine Biology
Ecology of oceans and estuaries, including dis
cussions o f physiological, structural, and
behavioral adaptations o f marine organisms.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Staff.
One laboratory per week; several all-day field
trips.
Prerequisites: BIO L 001 and 002.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Merz.
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HONORS STUDY
O ne laboratory per week.
BIOL 199. Senior Honors Study
Prerequisites: BIO L 014, 015, or consent of
instructor.
A n interactive, integrative program to allow
Honors students to finalize their research the
sis spring semester. Staff.
2
credits.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Vallen.
BIOL 116 . Microbial Processes and
Biotechnology
SEMINARS
BIOL 110 . Human Genetics
A seminar exploring the genetic analysis o f the
human genome. Nonhuman model systems
will be examined along with human systems.
Attendance at medical genetics rounds and
seminars at the University o f Pennsylvania
School o f Medicine is required.
Prerequisites: BIO L 0 1 0 or consent o f instruc
tor.
2
credits.
Spring 2 0 0 1 . Jenkins.
BIOL 1 1 1 . Developmental Genetics
T his year’s topic will be evolutionary develop
mental genetics. T h e arrival o f the fittest is
predicated on inherited changes in develop
ment. T his means that the expression of devel
opmental regulatory genes is changed. W e will
be discussing such phenomena as the fln-tolimb transition, the evolution of the eyes and
hearts, and the nature o f co-option and homol
ogy. T h e laboratory will use molecular tech
niques to find genes involved in the produc
tion o f evolutionary novelties such as the tur
tle shell.
Prerequisites: BIO L 010, 014, 024, or consent
o f the instructor.
O ne laboratory per week.
2
credits.
A study o f microbial mechanisms regulating
gene expression in response to natural and
experimental stressors; technical and ethical
applications o f these concepts in biotechnolo
gyindependent laboratory projects.
Prerequisites: B IO L 016 or 017.
2
credits.
F all 2001. Vollmer.
BIOL 120. Biological Rhythms
A n examination o f the properties o f biological
clocks, including the molecular basis o f the
clock, neural control, and the evolutionary sig
nificance o f the rhythms they generate.
O ne seminar meeting each week and ongoing
independent projects.
Prerequisites: BIO L 001, 002, and one o f the
following courses: B IO L 014, 016, 017, 020, or
022.
Spring 20 0 2 . O ’Brien.
BIOL 12 1. Physiological Ecology
Physiological basis for interactions between
animals and the environment, including ther
moregulation, seasonality, foraging, reproduc
tion, and energetics. Laboratory exercises and
independent projects.
Prerequisites: BIO L 001, 002, and 020. or per
mission o f instructor.
2
credits.
F all 2001. Gilbert.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Hiebert.
BIOL 114 . Regulation of Cell Division
BIOL 122. Developmental Neurobiology
A study o f events o f the cell cycle necessary for
cell division and the mechanisms o f regulation
that function to control these processes. T h e
critical evaluation o f original research litera
ture and the exam ination o f current issues in
the field will be emphasized.
Seminars focusing-on cellular and molecular
mechanisms o f nervous system development
and plasticity.
Independent laboratory projects.
Prerequisites: B IO L 022 or 111.
2
credits.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Siwicki.
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BIOL 123. Learning and Memnry
BIOL 134. Plant Defense
Seminars focusing on the anatomy, physiology
and molecular biology of neural systems under
lying learning and memory.
T his seminar focuses on ecological and evolu
tionary issues relating to defensive characteris
tics o f plants.
O ne seminar meeting each week and continu
ing, independent laboratory projects.
Independent laboratory projects.
Prerequisites: B IO L 0 2 2 or permission of
instructor.
2
credits.
Fall 2001. Siwicki.
BIOL 126. Biomechanics
Basic principles o f solid and fluid mechanics will
be explored as they apply to the morphology,
ecology, and evolution of plants and animals.
Prerequisites: BIO L 001, 002, and one other
Group II or Group III Biology course.
2
credits.
Not offered 2001 -2002. Merz.
BIOL 128. Control of Plant Development
An examination o f cellular, intercellular, and
environmental control mechanisms operating
in plant growth and development. Particular
examples will be studied in depth, with an
emphasis upon critical evaluation of original
research literature.
One seminar meeting each week and continu
ing laboratory projects.
Prerequisites: B IO L 001, 002, and one other
biology course.
Prerequisites: Any biology course numbered
0 1 0 or higher.
2
credits.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Purrington.
BIOL 13 7. Biodiversity
T h e ecology o f patterns in species diversity and
their causes at global, regional, and local scales.
Readings and presentations also encompass
problems in paleobiology; systematics; biogeog
raphy; geology; macroevolution; extinction;
and ethical, cultural, and economic issues per
taining to biodiversity and its conservation.
Attendance is required on several all-day field
trips (returning as late as 7 p.m.). Students
form small research groups; each group designs
and implements an independent field research
project or a component of a larger project con
ducted by more than one group.
Prerequisites: BIO L 002 and B IO L 036 or
equivalent.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
2 credits.
Spring 2001. Jacobs.
BIOL 130. Behavioral Ecology
The study of the evolution o f behavior as an
adaption to an environment. Topics include
bioeconomics, gender roles, mating systems,
cooperation, and communication.
Prerequisites: BIO L 0 30 or 032, or 034 or 036.
Students w ith preparation outside biology
should seek permission o f the instructor.
2
credits.
Spring 2002. Williams.
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Black Studies
Coordinator:
TIMOTHY BURKE (History)
Jenny Gifford (Administrative Assistant)
Committee:
Syd Carpenter (A rt)
Maurice Eldridge (President’s O ffice)10
Charles Janies (English Literature)
Stephen O’Connell (Economics)
Micheline Rice-Maximin (M odem Languages)
Timothy Sams (Dean’s, O ffice)10
Peter Schmidt (English Literature)
Sarah Willie (Sociology and Anthropology)3
3 A bsent on leave, 2001-2002.
10 Ex-officio.
T h e purpose o f the Black Studies program is
(1) to introduce students to the history, culture
and society, and political and economic condi
tions o f black people in Africa, the Americas,
and elsewhere in the world; and (2) to explore
new approaches— in perspectives, analyses,
and interdisciplinary techniques— appropriate
to the study o f the black experience.
are required to take B L S T 015 (Introduction to
Black Studies), B L S T 091 (Special Topics in
Black Studies)— ordinarily in the last semester
o f the senior year— and three additional cours
es listed in the catalog that gain Black Studies
credit. O f these three additional courses, at
least one o f them must be outside of the depart
mental major, and at least one o f them must be
taken at Swarthmore. W e strongly advise stu
dents to take a course in African or African
diasporic history.
Black Studies has often stood in critical rela
tion to the traditional disciplines. Its scholars
have used a range o f sometimes nontraditional
methodological tools and have pursued knowl
edge that assumes the peoples and cultures of
Africa and the A frican diaspora are central to
accurately understanding th e world. T h e
courses in th e B lack Studies program at
Swarthmore enhance the liberal arts tradition
o f the C ollege, acknowledging positivist,
comparative, progressive, modernist and post
modernist, postcolonial, and A frocentric
approaches.
Students in any department may add an inter
disciplinary minor in Black Studies to their
departmental major by fulfilling the require
ments stated subsequently. Applications for
admission to the interdisciplinary m inor
should be made in the spring semester o f the
sophomore year to the coordinator o f the pro
gram. A ll programs must be approved by the
Comm ittee on Black Studies.
REQUIREMENTS
A ll Interdisciplinary minors in Black Studies
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B L S T 091, Special Topics in Black Studies,
may take the form o f a tutorial (if there are
three or fewer students in any given class) or a
seminar (if there are four or more students),
with all senior minors participating. T h e tuto
rial or seminar will normally be conducted in
the spring term of the senior year and will cul
minate in a thesis administered by the Black
Studies Comm ittee. It is often possible to com
bine the Black Studies thesis with the senior
project for the major. Students who apply their
thesis credit to both the major and the minor
must receive advanced approval from the
B lack Studies C om m ittee and th e major
department in the fall o f the senior year.
HONORS MINOR
A ll students participating in the Honors pro
gram are invited to define a minor in the Black
Studies program. Honors minors in Black Stud
ies do a single, 2-credit preparation. T his prep
aration may be based on two units of academic
credit selected from the course offerings within
the Black Studies program, or it may be a 2credit thesis written under program supervision.
Honors minors must meet all other require
ments of the interdisciplinary minor in course.
For an Honors minor in Black Studies, the 2
credits that the student uses for the minor must
come from outside of the student’s major de
partment. O ne of these credits may be B L S T
091. T he student may also pair Black Studies
courses together. Such course combinations
could include H IS T 0 0 8 B and RELG 010 or
FREN 077 and EN G L 0 78 or ECON 082 and
POLS 058. W ith respect to course combina
tions, it should be noted that all Honors work
is normally done during the junior or senior
years.
The 2-credit Honors thesis option must include
work done for the interdisciplinary minor and
should entail some unifying or integrative prin
ciple of coherence. In addition, an Honors the
sis must also include substantial work (normal
ly 50 percent or more), drawing upon a disci
pline that is outside o f the student’s major. One
unit of the 2-credit preparation by minors will
satisfy the B L S T 091 requirement. T h e propos
al for either the 2-credit Honors thesis or the
Honors course combination must be approved
by the Black Studies Comm ittee, normally in
the fall of the student’s senior year. In the case
of the thesis, a Black Studies Committee facul
ty adviser will be appointed to work with the
student. In the spring of the senior year, the
student’s Honors thesis will be examined with
a written and oral exam by an outside examin
er. (An Honors thesis may include a video or
audio tape of a creative performance activity in
dance or music or other approved creative
work.)
Courses in the Black Studies program are listed
subsequently. Courses o f independent study,
special attachments on subjects relevant to
Black Studies, and courses offered by visiting
faculty (those courses not regularly listed in the
College Bulletin) may, at the discretion o f the
Black Studies Comm ittee, be included in the
program. Students who wish to pursue these
possibilities should consult with the coordina
tor of the Black Studies Committee.
COURSES
T h e following courses may be counted toward
a concentration in Black Studies (Class o f ’02
or ’03) or a minor in Black Studies (Class o f ’03
or ’04 and thereafter.) Descriptions o f courses
listed can be found in each department’s course
listings in this catalog.
Art
A R T H 025. Arts o f Africa
A R T H 027. A frican-American A rt
S T U A 021. African Pot
Black Studies
BLST 015. Introduction to Black Studies
This course introduces students to the breadth
and depth o f the discipline o f Black Studies
using primary sources. It begins with an exam
ination o f current debates that define theory,
method, and goals in Black Studies; it exam
ines the movement from the more object-cen
tered Africana studies to subject- and agenticoriented Black Studies that occurred as a result
o f the U .S . civil rights and anticolonialist
movements in Africa, the Caribbean, and
Europe. T h e course examines the challenges
that were levied against traditional academic
disciplines with the rise o f antiracist scholar
ship. It briefly examines the conversation
between American, Caribbean, and A frican
postcolonialists, and it allows students to delve
into some o f Black Studies most current and
exciting scholarship w ith a focus on the
U nited States.
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 2 . W illie.
BLST 091. Special Topics in Black
Studies (Thesis)
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Burke.
Dance
D A N C 009. Music and Dance o f Africa
D A N C 021. Dance: Africa and Asia
D A N C 043. African Dance I
D A N C 049. Performance Dance: Repertory
Section 1. F all 2 0 0 1 : Dancing and Drumming.
Section 2 . Spring 20 0 2 : African.
D A N C 053. A frican Dance II
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Economics
ECO N 071. Labor Economics
H IS T 007A . History o f the African
Am erican People, 1619-1865
ECO N 073. Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
in Economics
H IS T 007B . History of the African
Am erican People, 1865-Present
ECO N 082. T h e Political Economy of
Africa
H IS T 008A . W est Africa in the Era o f the
Slave Trade, 1500-1850
ECO N 171. Labor and Social Economics
H IS T 008B . Mfecane, Mines, and
Mandela: South Africa from 1650 to
the Present
ECO N 181. Econom ic Development
Education
E D U C 068. Urban Education
English Literature
EN G L 057. T h e African-American W riter
EN G L 059. T h e Harlem Renaissance
EN G L 060. Sites o f Memory:
Contemporary African-American
W riting
H IS T 053. Topics in African-American
W om en’s History
H IS T 087. Development and M odem
Africa: Historical Perspectives
H IS T 137. Topics in African-American
History
H IS T 140. T h e Colonial Encounter in
Africa
EN G L 078. T h e Black African W riter
Linguistics
EN G L 121. T h e Harlem Renaissance and
the Jazz Age
LIN G 052. Historical and Comparative
Linguistics
French
Literature
FREN 012L. Introduction à l’analyse
littéraire
L IT R 028F. Francophone Cinema:
Configurations o f Space in
Postcolonial Cinema
FREN 028. Francophone Cinema:
Configurations o f Space in
Postcolonial Cinema
L IT R 070F. Caribbean and French
Civilization and Cultures
FREN 033. Fictions d’enfance dans le
monde francophone
L IT R 075F. Haiti, the French A ntilles and
Guyane in Translation
FREN 036. Poésies d’écritures françaises
Music
FREN 070F. Caribbean and French
Civilization and Cultures
M U SI 061. Jazz Improvisation
FREN 075F. Haïti, the French A ntilles and
Guyane in Translation
Political Science
FREN 076. Ecritures au féminin
PO LS 033. Race, Ethnicity, and Public
Policy
FREN 077. Prose francophone: littérature
et société
FREN 078. Théâtre et société
M U SI 003. Jazz History
PO LS 034. Race, Ethnicity,
Representation, and Redistricting in
America
FREN 08 0 . Social Issues in Caribbean
Texts
P O LS 058. A frican Politics
FREN 110. Ecritures françaises hors de
France: Fiction et réel
Religion
P O LS 110. Comparative Politics: Africa
FREN 114. Théâtre d’écritures françaises
RELG 010. A frican-American Religions
FREN 115. Paroles de femmes
RELG 024B . From Vodun to Voodoo:
A frican Religions in the Old and
New World
History
H IS T 0011. First-Year Seminar: A frican
Am erican W om en’s History
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R ELG 0 2 5 B. Black W om en and Religion
R ELG 109. A fro-A tlantic Religions
Black Studies
Sociology and Anthropology
SO AN 007B . Introduction to Race and
Ethnicity in the U nited States
SO AN 007C . Sociology Through AfricanAmerican W omen’s W riting
SO AN 020D . Cuba and Puerto Rico:
“T he Two Wings of a Single Bird?”
SOAN 020E Spirits in Exile: Afro-Latin
Religions in the Americas
SOAN 037B . Twentieth-Century Black
Political Thought
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Chemistry
ROBERT F. PASTERNACK, Professor3
JUDITH G. VOET, Professor
ROBERT S. RALEY, Associate Professor and Chair
THOMAS A . STEPHENSON, Professor
KATHLEEN P. HOWARD, Assistant Professor1
ELIZABETH A . OTTINGER, Assistant Professor
PAUL R . RABLEN, Associate Professor
KAREN R . HATWELL, Visiting Assistant Professor
SHERYL A . HEMK1N, Visiting Assistant Professor
VIRGINIA M . INDIVERO, Lecturer
MARY E . ROTH, Lecturer and Director o f Introductory Laboratories
DONNA T. PERRONE, Laboratory Instructor
BRENDA L . WIDO, Laboratory Instructor
KATHERINE R. McGINTY, Administrative Assistant
I A bsent on leave, fall 2001.
3
T h e aim o f the Chemistry Department is to
provide sound training in the fundamental
principles and basic techniques o f the science
and to provide interested students with the
opportunity for advanced work in the main
subdisciplines o f modem chemistry.
Department seminar. Students should com
plete these requirements by the fall semester of
the junior year.
REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
T h e norm al route for en trance to the
advanced-level program is to take CH EM 0 1 0
followed by 022, 03 2 , and 038. Students with
an especially strong precollege background in
chemistry are advised to begin with CH EM
010H . Such students will normally be asked to
take a placement examination. Students seek
ing Advanced Placement credit may also be
required to take this examination. Consult
with the department chair.
T h e minimum requirement for a major in
chemistry is 9 credits in the department. These
must include CH EM 0 10, 022, 032, 034, 038,
045A/B, 04 6 , 05 0 , and one single-credit semi
nar. Students should note the mathematics and
physics prerequisites for Inorganic and Physical
Chemistry. T hose considering a major in chem
istry are strongly urged to com plete M A TH 005,
00 6 A , 0 0 6 B , 0 1 8 and PHYS 0 0 3 , 004 (or 007,
008) by die en d o f the sophom ore year. In addi
tion, all students must complete CH EM 010,
02 2 , and 0 3 4 before enrolling in a Chemistry
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Absent o n leave, 2001-2002.
Those students planning professional work in
chemistry should include in their programs a
fourth semester o f mathematics and at least
two additional credits in chemistry. Accredita
tion by the American Chemical Society (A CS)
is useful for those who intend to pursue a career
in chem ical industry and requires a year of
independent research through CH EM 094,
096, or 180. Further, proficiency in reading sci
entific German, Russian, or French is an asset
to the practicing chemist.
W e offer teacher certification in chemistry
through a program approved by the state of
Pennsylvania. Because o f a change in teacher
certification regulations that occurred in No
vember 2000, students completing certification
during 2001 to 2003 will need to fulfill some
what different course requirements from those
who com plete certification in 2004 and
beyond. For further information about the rel
evant set o f requirements, please contact the
Education program director, the Chemistry De
partment chair, or the Education program Web
site: www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/Education/.
Research opportunities with individual staff
members are available through CH EM 094,
096, and 180. Majors are encouraged to consult
the staff about current research problems under
investigation.
BIOCHEMISTRY SPECIAL MAJOR
In collaboration with the Department o f Biol
ogy, the Department o f Chemistry also offers a
special major in biochemistry (see discussion of
special major, p. 6 8 ), which provides the stu
dent with the opportunity to gain a strong
background in chemistry with special emphasis
on the application o f chemistry to biochemical
and molecular biological problems. T h e re
quirements include CH EM 0 2 2 ,0 3 2 ,0 3 4 ,0 3 8 ,
045A/C, 0 4 6 ,0 5 0 , and 108. Biochemistry majors
must also complete either (1 ) a biochemically
related, sophomore-level biology course (with
lab) and a biochem ically related advanced biology
seminar (with lab), or (2 ) two biochem ically
related, sophomore-level biology courses (with
labs). T he term biochem ically related is defined
here to include all Biology Group I courses and
other courses that are deemed appropriate by
consultation among members o f the Chemistry
and Biology departments. Students should
note the mathematics, physics, chemistry, and
biology prerequisites for these courses. Those
considering a major in biochemistry are strong
ly urged to complete M A TH 0 0 5 ,006A , 006B ,
018 and PHYS 003, 0 0 4 (or 007, 0 0 8 ) by the
end of the sophomore year. In addition, all stu
dents must complete CH EM 0 1 0 ,0 2 2 , and 034
before enrolling in a Chemistry Department
seminar. Students should complete these
requirements by the fall semester o f the junior
year. Research opportunities are available in
both the Biology and Chemistry departments.
Interested students should consult the chairs of
the two departments.
either chemistry or physics is required; mathe
matics courses in linear algebra and multivari
able calculus are prerequisites to this work.
In preparation for a major in chemical physics,
students must complete by the end of the
sophomore year: (1) CH EM 010/010H and
022; (2) PH YS 0 0 6 ,0 0 7 , 008 (PH YS 003, 004
can substitute, but the 006, 007, 008 sequence
is strongly recommended); (3) further work
appropriate to the major in either chemistry
(CH EM 034, 045A/B and/or 046) or physics
(PH YS 014 and 05 0 ); (4) M A TH 016 and 018.
A n example o f a major in chem ical physics fol
lows: CH EM 0 2 2 ,0 3 4 ,045A/B, 0 4 6 ,0 5 0 ,1 0 4 ;
P H Y S 0 0 7 ,0 0 8 ,0 1 4 ,0 5 0 , 111, 113. C H E M 096
can be used for laboratory work at the advanced
level, but if a student should choose to opt out
o f the thesis requirem ent associated w ith
CH EM 096, this credit must be replaced by
either CH EM 046, CH EM 050, or PH YS 082.
CHEMISTRY MIH0R (IN COURSE)
A chemistry minor in the course program is
also available. It is a 5-credit minor, plus any
prerequisites necessary. T h e chemistry credits
must include 010, 022, and 034, plus 2 other
credits, one o f which must be numbered 04 0 or
higher. CH EM 001, CH EM 050, and research
credits (094, 096, 180) may not be used to ful
fill this requirement. Four o f the 5 credits must
be obtained here at Swarthmore.
HONORS PROGRAM
CHEMICAL PHYSICS SPECIAL MAJOR
In collaboration with the Physics and Astron
omy Department, the Chemistry Department
also offers a special major in chem ical physics
(see discussion o f special major, p. 68), which
provides the student with the opportunity to
gain a strong background in the study of chem
ical processes from a microscopic and molecu
lar point of view. T h e special major combines
course work in chemistry and physics at the
introductory and intermediate levels, along
with advanced work in physical chemistry and
physics, for a total o f between 10 and 12 cred
its. Laboratory work at the advanced level in
Fields A vailable fo r E xam ination: T h e fields
offered by the Chemistry Department for
exam ination as part of the Honors program are
Topics in M odem Organic Chemistry; Topics
in Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemis
try; Chem ical Dynamics; Theory and Applica
tions o f Spectroscopy; Topics in Biochemistry;
and Biophysics. T h e department will offer
three o f these preparations during each acade
mic year. In addition, a 2-credit research thesis
will be offered during each academic year. A ll
Honors majors in chemistry will be required to
include a research thesis as one o f their three
fields o f study.
Preparation for a research thesis within an
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Honors program consists o f enrollment in 2
credits o f CH EM 180 during the senior year.
Preparations for the other five fields consist of
completion o f the relevant single-credit semi
nar and associated prerequisites. For each of
the preparations, these prerequisites include
CH EM 010, 022, and 034; M A TH 005, 006A ,
and 006B ; PH YS 003 and 004. Individual
preparations carry additional requirements and
prerequisites, as noted below:
Topics in M odem Organic Chemistry: CH EM
0 3 2 , 102 (sem inar). C h em ical Dynamics:
CH EM 045B , 104 (seminar); M A TH 018.
Theory and Applications o f Spectroscopy:
CH EM 045B , 105 (seminar); M A TH 018.
Topics in Bioinorganic and Organometallic
Chemistry: CH EM 032, 046, 106 (seminar).
Topics in Biochemistry: CH EM 032, 038, 045
A/B or A/C, 0 1 0 8 (sem inar); B IO L 001.
Biophysics: CH EM 034, 038, 110 (seminar).
C hem istry M ajors: Honors majors in chemistry
will be required to complete three preparations
in chemistry, one o f w hich must be the
research thesis. Regardless o f the fields selected
for external examination, all Honors majors in
chemistry are required to complete CH EM
0 1 0 ,0 2 2 ,0 3 2 ,0 3 4 ,0 3 8 ,045A/B, 046, and 050.
Biochemistry M ajors: T h e Honots program in bio
chemistry will consist o f four preparations in at
least two departments, as follows: (1) Topics in
Biochem istry (C H E M 108) or Biophysics
(CH EM 110); (2 ) one biochemically oriented
preparation from the Biology Department; (3)
a 2-credit biochemically oriented research the
sis carried out under the supervision o f faculty
from the Chemistry and/or Biology depart
ments; and (4 ) one additional preparation cho
sen from the Chemistry Department or the
biochemically related preparations offered by
Biology and Psychology departments. In addi
tion to the academic credits that the Honors
program comprises, biochemistry majors are
required to complete CH EM 045A/C, 046, and
050. Students should note the chemistry, biol
ogy, physics, and mathematics prerequisites to
these courses and the seminars that are includ
ed in the Honors program.
Chem istry M inors: A ll o f the fields available to
chemistry and biochemistry majors are avail
able for students wishing to minor in chemistry
in the Honors program, with the exception of
the research thesis. A ll Honors minors must
meet the same prerequisite requirements for
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seminars established by the department for
chemistry and biochemistry majors.
COURSES
CHEM 001. Chemistry in the Human
Environment
This course will include the study o f the cen
tral concepts o f chemistry in the context of
current problems that impact on the human
environment. T his list includes the greenhouse
effect, ozone depletion, acid rain, energy uti
lization, waste disposal, air and water quality,
nutrition, food production, toxic substances,
drugs, A ID S, brain chemistry, and medicine.
Class discussion into the philosophical and
public policy aspects o f these problems as well
as the chemistry will be encouraged. Assigned
reading material will be nonmathematical and
emphasize organic and biochemistry as well as
general chem ical principles. Students may not
receive credit for CH EM 001 if they have
received credit for CH EM 010.
O ne laboratory period every second week.
Prim ary distribution course. 1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Howard.
CHEM 010. General Chemistry
A study of the general concepts and basic prin
ciples o f chemjstry; atom ic and molecular
structure, bonding theory, molecular interac
tions and the role o f energy in chemical reac
tions. Applications will be drawn from current
issues in fields such as environmental, transi
tion metal, and biological chemistry.
O ne laboratory period weekly.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 2001. Hatwell, Hemkin.
CHEM 01 OH. General Chemistry:
Honors Course
Topics will be drawn from the traditional gen
eral chemistry curriculum but discussed in greater
detail and with a higher degree o f mathemati
cal rigor. Special emphasis will be placed on
the correlation of molecular structure and reac
tivity, with examples drawn from biological,
transition metal, and environmental chem
istry. Som e familiarity with elementary calcu
lus concepts will be assumed.
Open to first-year students only.
One laboratory period weekly.
Prerequisites: A score o f at least 4 on the Advanced Placement chemistry exam or at least 6
on the International Baccalaureate advanced
chemistry exam or equivalent performance on
the departmental placement exam or permis
sion of the instructor.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Fall 2001. Ottinger.
CHEM 022. Organic Chemistry I
chem ical preparation techniques, enzyme
mechanisms and kinetics, bioenergetics, inter
mediary metabolism, and molecular genetics.
One laboratory period weekly.
Prerequisite: CH EM 032 (BIO L 001 recom
mended).
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Ottinger, Voet.
CHEM 045A. Intermediate Physical
Chemistry I
An introduction to the chemistry o f some of
the more important classes o f organic com
pounds; nomenclature, structure, physical and
spectroscopic properties, methods of prepara
tion and reactions o f aliphatic and aromatic
hydrocarbons, halides and m onofunctional
oxygen compounds, with an emphasis on ionic
reaction mechanisms.
0 .5 credit.
One laboratory period weekly.
Spring 2 0 0 2 , first half. Hemkin.
Prerequisite: CH EM 010.
CHEM 045B. Intermediate Physical
Chemistry II
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Rablen.
CHEM 032. Organic Chemistry il
A continuation o f CH EM 022 with emphasis
on more advanced aspects o f the chemistry of
monofunctional and polyfunctional organic
compounds, multistep methods of synthesis,
and an introduction to bioorganic chemistry.
One laboratory period weekly.
Continued discussion o f the principles intro
duced in CH EM 034, focusing on thermody
namics, the properties o f condensed matter,
and nonideal systems.
One laboratory period weekly.
Prerequisites: CH EM 034, M A TH 018.
Continued discussion o f the principles intro
duced in CH EM 034, focusing on chemical
bonding, spectroscopic methods, statistical ther
modynamics, and chem ical reaction dynamics.
O ne laboratory period weekly.
Prerequisites: CH EM 034, M ATH 018.
0 .5 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 , second half. Stephenson.
Prerequisite: CH EM 022.
CHEM 045C. Biophysical Chemistry
1 credit.
Continued discussion o f the principles intro
duced in CH EM 034, focusing on the applica
tion of physical chemistry to the study o f bio
logical problems such as the determination of
macromolecular structure and the measure
m ent of both intramolecular and intermolecular interactions important in stabilizing biolog
ical structures.
Fall 2001. Paley.
CHEM 034. Principles of Physical
Chemistry
A survey of some basic concepts o f physical
chemistry including states of matter, the laws
of thermodynamics, chemical equilibria, elec
trochemistry, chemical kinetics and introduc
tions to quantum theory, atomic and molecular
structure, and spectroscopy.
O ne laboratory period weekly.
Prerequisites: CH EM 034, 038.
One laboratory period weekly.
0 .5 credit.
Prerequisites: CH EM 010, M ATH 005, 006A ,
006B, PHYS 003, 0 04 (or 007, 0 08).
Spring 2 0 0 2 , second half. Howard.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Stephenson.
CHEM 038. Biological Chemistry
An introduction to the chemistry o f living sys
tems: protein conformation, principles o f bio
CHEM 046. Inorganic Chemistry
A study of the structure, bonding, and reactiv
ity o f inorganic compounds with emphasis on
the transition metals. Included in the syllabus
are discussions of crystal and ligand field theo
ries, organometallic chemistry, and bioinorganic
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chemistry. T h e laboratory component empha
sizes the synthesis, spectroscopy, and magnetic
properties o f transition metal complexes in
cluding organometallic substances and ones of
biochem ical interest.
peptidomimetics.
O n e laboratory period weekly.
CHEM 104. Chemical Kinetics and
Reaction Dynamics
Prerequisite: CH EM 034.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Hatwell.
CHEM 050. Modern Instrumental Methods
in Chemistry and Biochemistry
T his laboratory-intensive course centers on
modem instrumental methods, including fluo
rescence, infrared, ultraviolet, and mass spec
trometry. Special emphasis is given to Fouriertransform nuclear magnetic resonance.
Prerequisite: CH EM 032.
1 credit.
A lternate years. Ottinger, Paley.
A n exam ination o f the theories and experi
mental techniques that explore chem ical reac
tivity, focusing on microscopic and macroscop
ic time-resolved phenomena. Examples will be
drawn from solution and gas-phase systems,
ranging from atmospheric chemistry and mole
cular beam scattering to electron transfer and
chem ical substitution reactions in solution.
Prerequisites: C H EM 0 4 5 B , M A TH 018;
CH EM 038 or 046 recommended.
Approximately five hours o f laboratory weekly.
1 credit.
Prerequisites: CH EM 032 and either 038 or
046. Prior or concurrent registration in CH EM
0 3 4 is required.
A lternate years. Stephenson.
1 credit.
A n exam ination o f topics in molecular spec
troscopy, beginning with quantum mechanical
principles and extending to chem ical applica
tions o f N M R, electronic and ro-vibrational
spectroscopies.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Rablen, Voet. Tentatively not offered
2003-2004.
CHEM 105. Theory and Applications of
Spectroscopy
SEMINARS
Prerequisites: CH EM 045B , M ATH 018.
T h e following single-credit seminars may be
taken for credit toward a degree in course or for
papers in the External Examination program.
A ll students should note that CH EM 0 1 0 ,0 2 2 ,
and 0 34 constitute a minimum set o f prerequi
sites for enrollment in any Chemistry Depart
m ent seminar. These requirements should be
completed by the end o f the fall semester o f the
junior year. Individual seminars carry addition
al prerequisites, as listed below.
A lternate years. Not offered 2001-2002.
1 credit.
CHEM 102. Topics in Modern Organic
Chemistry
T his course will address selected advanced top
ics o f current interest in the fields o f synthetic
and bioorganic chemistry. Materials will be
drawn both from textbooks and from the cur
rent research literature and may cover such
topics as methods for forming carbon-carbon
bonds, control o f relative and absolute stereo
chemistry, applications o f stoichiom etric and
catalytic organometallic chemistry in synthe
sis, self-assembly, carbohydrates, approaches to
drug design, com binatorial chemistry, and
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CHEM 106. Topics in Bioinorganic and
Organometallic Chemistry
Topics at the interface of inorganic, bio- and
organic chemistry, including bonding theory
for transition metal complexes, physical meth
ods for their study, m echanistic and synthetic
aspects o f Werner and organometallic com
plexes, self-assembly processes, and bioinor
ganic chemistry.
Prerequisites: CH EM 032, 046.
1 credit.
A lternate years. N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Paley,
Pasternack.
CHEM 108. Topics in Biochemistry
Physical methods used to study high-resolution
biomacromolecular structure will be discussed,
using examples from the primary literature.
Techniques used to measure the forces stabiliz
ing intramolecular and intermolecular interac
tions and their application to proteins, nucleic
acids, carbohydrates, and lipid membranes will
be included.
Recent developments in the rational design of
ligands for biological receptors, based on results
from the physical methods described previous
ly, will be used to highlight the importance of
diverse approaches to the study o f biomolecular recognition.
Prerequisites: CH EM 038, BIO L 001. Prior or
concurrent enrollment in B IO L 01 0 or 014 or
016 or 017 and/or CH EM 0 45A/B or A/C is
recommended.
1 c r e d it .
Spring 2001. Voet.
CHEM 110 . The Physical Basis of
Biomolecular Structure and Function
(Cross-listed as PH YS 139)
Introduction to the interdisciplinary field of
biophysics in which biological systems are ex
plored using the quantitative perspective of the
physical scientist. Rather than provide a com
prehensive overview o f an extremely large field,
the seminar presents a consistent perspective
by focusing on two important examples o f bio
physical problems that have dominated the lit
erature: (1) How is the three-dimensional con
formation of a protein formed and stabilized?
(2) What are the physical forces responsible for
the unique properties o f lipid bilayer mem
branes? Topics will include electrostatics o f sol
vated biomolecules, statistical thermodynam
ics of polymers, physical methods for studying
macromolecules and biological energy trans
duction. T he seminar will be largely textbook
based, with regularly assigned problem sets.
CHEM 094. Research Project
T his course provides the opportunity for quali
fied students to participate in research with
individual staff members. Students who pro
pose to take this course should consult with the
staff during the preceding semester concerning
problem areas under study. T his course may be
elected more than once.
0 . 5 .or 1 credit.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
CHEM 096. Research Thesis
Chemistry and biochemistry majors will be
provided with an option o f writing a senior
research thesis in lieu o f taking comprehensive
examinations. Students are strongly urged to
participate in on-campus research during the
summer between their junior and senior years.
T h e student will form an advisory committee
to consist o f (but not be limited to) two mem
bers o f the Chemistry Department, one of
whom is to act as the student’s research men
tor. Although the details o f the research thesis
program will be determined by the committee
and the student, certain minimum require
ments must be met by all students selecting
this option:
1. A minimum of 2 credits o f CH EM 096 to
be taken during the last three semesters of
the student’s residence at Swarthmore.
2. A thesis based upon the student’s research
activity to be submitted prior to the last
week o f classes o f the final semester.
Guidelines for the preparation of the thesis
will be provided to the student.
1 credit.
Prerequisites: CH EM 0 3 4 and CH EM 038, or
CHEM 010 and PH YS 014, or permission of
the instructors.
E ach sem ester. S taff.
1 credit.
A n opportunity for students in the External
Exam ination program to participate in
research with individual staff members. T he
thesis topic must be chosen in consultation
with some member o f the staff and approved
early in the semester preceding the one in
which the work is to be done.
Not offered 2001-2002. Stout and Howard.
STUDENT RESEARCH
All students who enroll in one or more research
courses during the academic year are required
to attend weekly colloquium meetings and to
present the results o f their work during the
spring semester.
CHEM 180. Research Thesis
1 credit.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
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GILBERT P. ROSE, Professor
WILLIAM N. TURPIN, Professor23
ROSARIA V. MUNSON, Professor and A cting Chair
GRACE M . LEDBETTER, Assistant Professor3,7
ROBERT J . SKLENAR, Visiting Assistant Professor
ANDROMACHE KARANIKA, Visiting Instructor (part'tim e)
FRANCESCA GIEGENGACK, Administrative Assistant
2 A bsent on leave, spring 2002.
3 A bsent on leave, 2001-2002.
7 Join t appointment with Philosophy.
Classics is the study o f the ancient Greeks and
Romans, who produced some o f the world’s
greatest literature and who shaped Western
history and culture. T h e Department of Classics
teaches the Greek and Latin languages and lit
eratures from the beginning level through
Honors seminars. A ny student who wishes to
major or minor in G reek or Latin can do so
without having studied it before entering
college. T hose who begin a language at
Swarthmore start to read literature by the end
o f one year. A fter two years, students are usual
ly prepared for seminars, in which they read
and discuss in depth such authors as Homer,
Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Plato, Thucy
dides, Herodotus, Cicero, Tacitus, Catullus,
Horace, and Vergil.
ican School of Classical Studies in Athens, and
its students have privileges at those institu
tions. Classics students are eligible for the
Susan P. Cobbs Scholarship, the Susan P.
Cobbs Prize Fellowship, and the Helen F.
N orth Award, for study abroad or for intensive
beginning language study in the summer.
G reek and Latin are studied in courses num
bered from 001 to 019 and in seminars. Courses
listed as Classics (designated C L A S and num
bered 0 2 0 and over) have no prerequisites and
assume no knowledge o f G reek or Latin;
instead, English translations are used to intro
duce students to the history, literature, philos
ophy, mythology, religion, and archaeology of
the ancient world. C L A S courses listed under
ancient history count as prerequisites toward
advanced courses in the Department of History
and as part o f a major in history.
T h e Department of. Classics encourages stu
dents to spend a semester, usually during their
junior year, at the Intercollegiate C enter for
Classical Studies in Rome. Here students from
many American colleges study Latin, Greek,
Italian, art history, and the ancient city; they
also take field trips in Rom e and Italy.
Swarthmore College also helps to support the
Am erican Academy in Rom e and the Amer
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T h e Classics Department participates in the
Medieval Studies program, the Women’s
Studies program, the comparative literature
major, and a special major in linguistics and
languages.
REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJORS AND MINORS
Greek, Latin, or ancient history may be a stu
dent’s major or minor subject in either the
course or the Honors program.
A major in G reek consists o f at least 8 credits
in Greek beyond G REK 001-002 and at least
three seminars. A major in Latin consists of at
least 8 credits in Latin beyond LATN 001-002,
and at least three seminars. A major in ancient
history consists o f four ancient history courses
(C L A S 031, 032, 042, 044, or 056); a 1-credit
attachm ent (a substantial, independent project
consisting o f a thesis or a set o f two or three
related, shorter papers) to any o f those history
courses; another attachm ent to a second course
or else any other course in ancient history or
classical civilization; and a Latin or Greek sem
inar, specifically LATN 102, LATN 105, or
G R E K 113. Adm ittance to seminars is based
upon the student’s ability to read Greek or
Latin with the needed speed and comprehen
sion. Those who intend to major or minor in
Greek or Latin, or to major in ancient history,
should com plete the appropriate language
courses numbered O il and 012 (or their equiv
alent) as early as possible.
of 4,000 words). Majors will, therefore, submit
three such papers, and minors will submit one.
SH S is no t required for students whose Honors
preparation is a course with an attachment.
In their last semester, majors who are no t in
the Honors program take a comprehensive
examination, including written final exams in
three fields (usually corresponding to seminars
taken) and an oral exam.
T h e portfolio sent to examiners will contain
the seminar papers, together with syllabi and
related materials, if any, from the instructors. A
combination o f (three-hour) written and oral
exams will be the mode o f external assessment
for seminars. For course-plus-attachment, the
exam will be just an oral.
A course minor in Greek or Latin will consist
of 5 credits o f work in either language above
the first-year level and must include at least
one 2-credit seminar. M inors are strongly
encouraged to take more than one seminar. A
course minor in ancient history will consist of
four courses in ancient history and an attach
ment to one of them. T h a t attachm ent will be
presented to members o f the department for
evaluation and oral examination.
THE HONORS PROGRAM IN CLASSICS
For a major in G reek or Latin, preparation for
Honors exams will normally consist o f three
seminars (students may take a fourth seminar
in the major but not for external examination).
A student minoring in Greek or Latin will take
one external examination based on one semi
nar. Minors are, however, strongly encouraged
to take more than one seminar, in order to be
adequately prepared for the examination.
Greek
GREK 001-002. Intensive First-year Greek
Students learn the basics o f the language, begin
reading major classical writers, and are intro
duced to the culture and thought o f the Greeks.
T h e course meets four times a week and carries
1.5 credits each semester. There is no assump
tion that students have studied Latin.
Students who start in the G R E K 0 0 1 -0 0 2
sequence must pass G R E K 0 0 2 to receive
credit for G R E K 0 0 1 .
Prim ary distribution cou rse, hum anities.
1 .5 credits.
Year course 2001-2002. Rose.
GREK 010. Greek Prose Composition
Extensive translation o f English into Greek.
Meets 1 hour per week.
For a major in ancient history, one o f the three
preparations for Honors, as for the major itself,
must be a Greek or Latin seminar; the other
two will both normally be course-plus-attachment (this differs from the requirements for the
major itself). Students minoring in ancient his
tory will take three courses in ancient history
and add an attachm ent to one o f them. T h at
course-plus-attachment will be the preparation
for the external exam. No ancient language is
required for this minor.
0 .5 credit.
Senior majors and minors in Greek or Latin
will select one paper from each seminar to be
sent to the external examiner for that seminar.
The student is free to submit the paper with
minor or major revisions or no revisions at all.
The department suggests a word limit o f 1,500
to 2,500 words as an appropriate guideline,
although there are no absolute limits (except
the college Senior Honor Studies [SHS] limit
F all 2001. Rose.
Spring 2002. Sklenar.
GREK 0 11. Intermediate Greek
T h e ch ief reading is usually a work o f Plato.
T h e course emphasizes both language skills and
the discussion of literature and philosophy.
O ther readings may include selections from the
Greek historians, orators, or tragedians (e.g.,
Euripides’ Medea).
Prim ary distribution cou rse, hum anities. 1 credit.
GREK 012. Homer
Selections from either the Iliad or the Odyssey
are read in Greek; the remainder of the poem
is read in translation.
Prim ary distribution cou rse, hum anities. 1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Staff.
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GREK 013. Plato and Socrates
LATN 012. The Latin Nnvel
T h e course will focus on one or more dialogues
o f Plato and will examine Plato’s use of the dia
logue form both as a literary and a philosophi
cal device. In addition, we will explore the
question o f the historic Socrates and his rela
tionship to the culture of fifth-century Athens
and the Sophistic movement in particular.
T his course will consider the Rom an novel and
its relation to prose and verse satire. Texts will
be studied both as products o f Rom an imperial
society and as part o f a broader literary tradition
that extends from the ancient Greek novel down
to Cervantes, Fielding, and Fellini. Readings in
Latin will be drawn from the Satyricon o f
Petronius and Apuleius’ M etam orphoses.
Prerequisite: G R E K 011 or equivalent.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001'2002.
GREK 093. Directed Reading
Independent work for advanced students under
the supervision o f an instructor.
1 credit.
Latin
Prerequisite: LATN O il or equivalent.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
LATN 013. Literature of the Augustan Age
A portrait o f the Age o f Augustus from the
viewpoint of one or more contemporary poets,
such as Ovid, Vergil, Horace, and Propertius,
who contributed to the greatness o f the period
while often questioning its assumptions.
Prerequisite: LATN O il or equivalent.
LATN 001-002. Intensive First-year Latin
Prim ary distribution cou rse, hum anities. 1 credit.
Students learn the basics o f the language, begin
reading major classical writers, and are intro
duced to the culture and thought o f the
Romans. T h e course meets four times a week
and carries 1.5 credits each semester.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
Students u/ho start in the LA TN 00 1 -0 0 2
sequence m ust pass LA T N 002 to receive credit
fo r LA T N 0 0 1 .
LATN 014. Medieval Latin
Readings are chosen from the principal types of
medieval Latin literature, including religious
and secular poetry, history and chronicles,
saints’ lives, satire, philosophy, and romances.
Prerequisite: LATN O il or equivalent.
Prim ary distribution cou rse, hum anities. 1 credit.
Prim ary distribution cou rse, hum anities.
Spring 2002. Staff.
1 .5
LATN 015. Latin Elegy
credits.
Year course 2 001-2002. Sklenar.
LATN 009. Latin Prose Composition
Extensive translation of English into Latin.
Meets one hour per week.
0 .5 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Sklenar.
LATN 0 11. Introduction to Roman Poetry
A fter a review o f grammar, students read and
discuss some o f the major poets o f the Golden
Age o f Rom an literature (e.g., Catullus, Ovid,
and Vergil). T h e course emphasizes both lan
guage skills and literary criticism, focusing on
the special characteristics and concerns of
Rom an poetry. Normally taken after LATN
0 02 or three to four years of high school Latin.
Prim ary distribution cou rse, hum anities. 1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Sklenar.
Selected readings in the Latin poetry of love
and death. Authors may include Propertius,
Tibullus, Sulpicia, and Ovid as well as some of
the later elegists.
Prerequisite: LATN 011 or equivalent.
Prim ary distribution cou rse, hum anities. 1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
LATN 010. Republican Prose: Cicero
Cicero stood at the political and cultural cen
ter o f the late Rom an Republic. Readings are
chosen from his speeches, philosophical works,
or letters. W e examine his prose style, especial
ly his use of rhetoric and invective as a means
o f persuasion. W e also study his role in trans
mitting Greek culture to the Romans and by
extension to ourselves.
Prerequisite: LATN 011 or equivalent.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
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LAIN 017. Latin Poetry and the Modernists
This course explores Latin poems influential in
the creation o f the Modernist verse of, in par
ticular, Ezra Pound, and T .S. Eliot. T h e Latin
texts are read in the original, for their own sake
and in their own context. But we also explore
the readings given them by the Modernists, in
an attempt to assess the uses and importance of
their common literary tradition.
Prerequisite: LATN O il or equivalent.
Primary distribution cou rse, hum anities. 1 credit.
Not offered 2001 -2002.
LATN 019. Roman Imperial Literature
This course will consider selected poetry or
prose from the Rom an imperial period. Authors
may include Vergil, Ovid, Seneca, Juvenal,
Tacitus, or others. T h e course is appropriate for
students who have done at least one college
Latin course at the intermediate level and for
some students who have done college-level
Latin in high school. Students with no previ
ous Latin courses at the college level should
consult the department chair before enrolling.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Karanika.
LATN 093. Directed Reading
Independent work for advanced students under
the supervision o f an instructor.
1 credit.
the lyric poets (including Sappho), and
Herodotus.
Prim ary distribution cou rse, social sciences.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
CLAS 032. The Roman Republic
A study o f Rome from its origins to the civil
wars and the establishment of the principate o f
Augustus (753-27 B .C .). Topics include the
legends o f Rom e’s foundation and o f its repub
lican constitu tion; the conquest o f the
Mediterranean world, with special attention to
the causes and pretexts for imperialism; the
political system o f the Late Republic, and its
collapse into civil war.
Primary distribution cou rse, social sciences.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
CLAS 042. Democratic Athens
Using diverse primary sources (Thucydides’
Histories, tragedy, comedy, and others), this
course explores several aspects o f classical
A thenian culture: democratic institutions and
ideology, social structure, religion, intellectual
trends, and the major historical events that
affected all of these and shaped the Greek world
in the fifth and early fourth centuries B.C .
Prim ary distribution cou rse, social sciences.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Munson.
Ancient History
CLAS 044. The Early Roman Empire
All of the courses in ancient history are prima
ry distribution courses in social sciences. They
also count as prerequisites for advanced cours
es in the Department o f History and as part of
a major in history.
A detailed study o f the political, economic,
social, and cultural history o f the Roman world
from the fall o f the Republic through the
A ntonine Age (50 B.C .-A .D . 192). A ncient
authors read include Petronius; Apuleius;
Suetonius; and, above all, Tacitus.
CLAS 031. Greece and the Rarbarians
A study of the political and social history of
Greece from the Mycenaean Age to the cre
ation of the A thenian Empire o f Pericles.
Topics will include the Trojan War, the origins
of hoplite warfare, the rise of the G reek citystate, and the ideal o f personal freedom.
Particular attention will be given to the con
nections between Greeks and non-Greeks and
to the Greek perceptions o f their “barbarian”
neighbors. Readings include Homer, Hesiod,
Primary distribution cou rse, social scien ces.
1 credit.
F all 2001. Turpin.
CLAS 056. Pagans and Christians in the
Roman Empire
This course considers the rise o f Christianity
and its encounter with the religions and the
political institutions o f the Rom an Empire. It
examines Christianity in the second and third
centuries o f the Common Era and its relation
ship with Judaism, Hellenistic philosophies,
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state cults and mystery religions, and concen
trates on th e various pagan responses to
Christianity, from conversion to persecution.
A ncien t texts may include Apuleius, Lucian,
Marcus Aurelius, Porphyry, Justin, Origen,
Lactantius, Tertullian, and the Acts o f the
C hristian Martyrs.
There is no prerequisite, though C L A S 044
(Early Rom an Empire) and RELG 0 0 4 (New
Testament and Early Christianity) provide use
ful background.
Prim ary distribution cou rse, social scien ces.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
CLAS 093. Directed Reading
Independent work for advanced students under
the supervision o f an instructor.
1 credit.
Literature in Translation
and Classical Archaeology
CLAS 020. Plato
(Cross-listed as PHIL 020)
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Schuldenfrei.
CLAS 033. Homer and Greek Tragedy
T h e two most popular types o f literature among
the ancient Greeks were epic and tragedy. This
course studies the major works of both genres
in detail through English translations. W e
place them into their cultural and performance
contexts and discuss their exploration of such
fundamental human issues as the relations
between humans and divinity, individual and
state, and m en and women as well as their dif
fering conceptions o f the hero. Readings
include the Iliad and O dyssey and plays by
Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, no prior
knowledge o f which is assumed.
Primary distribution cou rse, hum anities. 1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
CLAS 034. Women in Classical Literature
H elen, Penelope, C lytem nestra, Electra,
Antigone, Deianira, Medea, Phaedra, Ariadne,
and Dido— these Greek and Rom an women,
admirable or dangerous, are among the most
complex literary creations o f any period. This
course concentrates on the representations of
women in the epic poems and dramas of
Greece and Rome, but it also explores the rela
tion between such portrayals and the lives of
actual women in those societies.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
CLAS 036. Classical Mythology
T h e myths o f the Greeks and Romans are cen
tral to the study o f the ancient world and have
had an enormous influence upon subsequent
literature and other arts. T his course examines
selected myths in such major works o f Greek
and L atin literature as th e Iliad and the
O dyssey, the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles,
and Euripides, and O vid’s M etam orphoses.
Myths are treated both as traditional tales
about gods and heroes and as evolving narra
tives, subject to the influences o f political,
social, and sexual ideologies.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Staff.
CLAS 052. Introduction to Greek
Archaeology
T his course traces the development o f Greek
civilization as documented by archaeology and
includes data ranging from monumental art
and architecture to coins and potsherds. There
is special emphasis on such important sites as
Knossos, M ycenae, Delphi, Olympia, and
Athens.
Prim ary distribution cou rse, hum anities. 1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
CLAS 060. Dante and the Classical
Tradition
T his course explores the ways in which Dante
and other fourteenth-century Italian authors
reinterpreted the classical tradition to create
revolutionary works o f immense influence for
later times. T h e entire D ivine C om edy and pos
sibly selections from Petrarch and Boccaccio
are read in English.
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Munson.
CLAS 093. Directed Reading
Independent work for advanced students under
the supervision o f an instructor.
1 credit.
SEMINARS
LATN102. The Roman Emperors
This seminar explores Latin authors of the first
and second centuries A .D ., with particular
attention to their responses to the social and
political structures o f the period. Expressed
attitudes toward the emperots range from adu
lation to spite, but the seminar concentrates on
authors who fall somewhere in between, writ
ing skeptically or subversively. B oth prose writ
ers (e.g., Tacitus, Suetonius, and Pliny) and
poets (e.g., Lucan, Seneca, and Juvenal) may
be included.
2 credits.
Fall 2001. Turpin.
LATN 103. Latin Epic
This seminar usually focuses on Vergil’s A eneid,
although it may include other major Latin epics.
LATN 10 7. Horace
T h e seminar emphasizes the O des and Epodes
and their place in the tradition o f Greek and
Roman lyric poetry. A ttention is also given to
the Satires and E pistles, including the A rs
P oetica, and to their importance for the history
o f satire and literary criticism. A n effort is
made to grasp the totality o f Horace’s achieve
ment in the context o f the Augustan Age.
2 credits.
Spring 20 0 2 . Sklenar.
GREK 1 1 1 . Greek Philosophers
This seminar is devoted mainly to the study of
Plato, which is supplemented by study of the
pre-Socratic philosophers and o f Aristotle and
the Hellenistic schools. T h e orientation of the
seminar is primarily philosophical, although
the literary merits o f the Greek philosophers
receive consideration.
2 credits.
2 credits.
Not offered 2001-2002.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
LATN 104. Ovid
GREK 112 . Greek Epic
This seminar is devoted to the M etam orphoses,
which is read against the background o f Ovid’s
Roman and Greek literary predecessors.
T his seminar studies either the entirety of
Homer’s O dyssey in Greek or most o f the Iliad.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
2 credits.
Spring 2001. Munson.
GREK 113 . Greek Historians
LATN 105. The Fall of the Roman
Republic
T h is sem inar is devoted to a study of
Herodotus and Thucydides, both as examples
o f Greek historiography and as sources for
G reek history.
This seminar examines Latin texts from the
traumatic period o f the Late Republic (70-40
B.C.). It focuses on the social and political cri
sis of the period as well as its connections with
the artistic and philosophical achievements of
the first great period o f L atin literature.
Authors may include Lucretius, Catullus,
Caesar, Cicero, and Sallust.
2 credits.
Not offered 2001-2002.
2 credits.
F all 2001. Munson.
GREK 1 14 . Greek Drama
T his seminar usually focuses on one play by
each o f the m ajor tragedians— Aeschylus,
Sophocles, and Euripides. O ther plays are read
in translation. T h e works are placed in their
cultural setting and are discussed as both drama
and poetry.
2 credits.
Spring 2002. Rose.
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Cognitive Science
Coordinator:
FRANK H. DURGIN
Comm ittee:
EdWSfd T. KskO (Psychology)
Hugh M . Lacey (Philosophy)
Donna Jo Napoli (Linguistics)
Tia Newhall (Computer Science)
Kathy Siwicki (Biology)
Janet C. Talvacchia (Mathem atics and Statistics)
(Psychology)
T h e concentration (Class o f ’02 or ’03) or
minor (Class of ’03 or thereafter) in cognitive
science has been developed to guide the pro
grams o f those who are interested in the inter
disciplinary study o f mind, brain, and language
with an emphasis on formal structure and com
putation. T h e program in cognitive science is
designed to emphasize both guided breadth
across various disciplines that contribute to cog
nitive science as well as depth within a chosen
discipline. T h e requirements for the concen
tration are identical to those for the minor, and
the word concentration (or concentrate) may
be substituted for minor throughout the fol
lowing for the Class o f ’02 or ’03.
There are many different reasons that one
might wish to m inor in cognitive science.
Perhaps the simplest is to indicate and explore
a particular interest in cognitive science.
W hatever your major, a minor in cognitive sci
ence indicates a kind o f specialized interest and
developing expertise. It is our hope that this
interest will be integrated with your major area
o f study, and we hope to help you formulate a
plan o f studies that achieves the requirements
o f the minor sensibly.
W e conceive o f cognitive science as a loose
federation of six specific disciplines. T h e disci
plines included are neuroscience (biology or
psychobiology), computer science (including
computer engineering), linguistics, mathemat
ics and statistics, philosophy, and cognitive
psychology. To demonstrate breadth, students
concentrating in cognitive science are required
to complete at least 2 credits in three o f these
six disciplines (see the list o f courses). Students
wishing to use 2 credits in mathematics and
statistics as one o f their disciplines for a cogni
tive science minor must chose 2 credits from a
single subarea o f mathematics and indicate its
relevance to at least one o f the two other disci
plines chosen for the minor. Minors must also
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show a particular strength or depth in one of
the six disciplines.
REQUIREMENTS
A total o f 8 credits are required for the minor.
O n e of these is a required introductory course,
one is a capstone thesis, and the remaining six
are to be distributed across three different dis
ciplines as described subsequently. Several of
these credits may also count toward the stu
dent’s major field, however, so only 5 credits
need be earned outside the major in many cases.
In addition to fulfilling these breadth require
ments, students must indicate one cognitive
science field in which they have substantial
depth o f preparation. Such depth can be docu
mented by completion o f at least four courses
from w ithin a cognitive science discipline
(even if some o f those courses are not directly
related to cognitive science). Alternative cur
ricular and extracurricular ways o f fulfilling the
depth requirement may be discussed with the
coordinator.
A ll minors must normally take Introduction to
Cognitive Science.
COGS 001. Introduction to Cognitive
Science
A n introduction to the science o f the mind
from the perspective of cognitive psychology,
linguistics, neuroscience, philosophy, and arti
ficial intelligence. T h e course introduces stu
dents to the scientific investigation of such
questions as: W hat does it mean to think or to
have consciousness? C an a computer have a
mind? W hat does it mean to have a concept!
W hat is language such that we may know it?
W hat kinds o f explanations are necessary to
explain cognition?
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Kako.
In addition, all minors must normally complete
a 1-credit thesis in cognitive science in their
senior year. This credit may either overlap with
(be embedded within) a thesis in the major
department, or it may be independent (C O G S
090). In either case, non-Honors theses in cog
nitive science will normally be examined by
Cognitive Science Committee members from
within at least two different departments to
fulfill this requirement.
Topology: M ATH 104.
COGS 090. Senior Thesis
PHIL 024/113. Theory of Knowledge
The remaining 6 required credits are to be dis
tributed equally among three different disci
plines o f cognitive science. T h at is, 2 credits of
listed courses from each o f three o f the six dis
ciplines must be completed. T h e list o f courses
currently approved as cognitive science courses
is rather selective because it is intended to
focus students on the most essential cores of
cognitive scien ce w ithin each discipline.
There are many more courses taught on
campus that are closely relevant to cognitive
science. T his list is subject to periodic re-eval
uation.
PHIL 026/116. Language and Meaning
Neuroscience
B IO L 022. Neurobiology
P SY C 030. Physiological Psychology
PSYC 130. Physiological Seminar
BIO L 123. Learning and Memory
Philosophy
PHIL 012. Logic (Eldridge or Lacey)
PHIL 086. Philosophy of Mind and
Psychology
PHIL 118. Philosophy of Psychology
Psychology
P SY C 032/132. Perception
P SY C 033/133. Cognitive Psychology
P SYC 034/134. Psychology of
Language/Psycholinguistics
P SY C 039. Developmental Psychology
P SY C 043. Evolutionary Psychology
Computer Science/Computer Engineering
CPSC 022. Structure and Interpretation of
Computer Programs
REQUIREMENTS OF THE HONORS MINOR
ENGR 027/CPSC 027. Computer Vision
To complete an Honors minor in cognitive sci
ence, students must complete all requirements
listed above. T h e Honors preparation for the
minor will normally be a 2-credit unit approved
by the relevant department from courses listed
for the minor. T h e minor preparation must be
within a discipline that is no t the student’s
Honors major. Students are encouraged to
develop an appropriate preparation in consul
tation with the coordinator.
CPSC 063. A rtificial Intelligence
ENGR 028/CPSC 081. Robotics
CPSC 128/PSYC 128. Computational
Models of Learning
Linguistics
LING 040/108. Semantics
LING 043/106. Morphology and the
Lexicon
LING 045/105. Phonetics and Phonology
LING 050/109. Syntax
Mathematics and Statistics
The subareas of mathematics and their eligible
seminars and courses are the following:
Algebra: M ATH 037, 048, 0 4 9 ,1 0 2 .
Analysis: M ATH 030, 0 4 7 ,0 8 1 ,0 8 5 , 101, 103.
Discrete M athem atics: M A TH 009, 046, 065,
072.
Geometry: M ATH 0 4 5 ,1 0 6 .
Statistics: STA T 002, 002C , 027, 053, M ATH
105, STA T 111.
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Comparative Literature
Coordinator:
CAROLYN LESJAK
Committee:
Alan BerkOWitZ (Chinese 'M odem Languages and Literatures)
Elizabeth Bolton (English Literature)
Marion Faber (German -M odem Languages and Literatures)
Sibelan Forrester (Russian -M odem Languages and Literatures)2
George Moskos (French-M odem Languages and Literatures)*2,15
Rosaria Munson (Classics)
Philip Weinstein (English Literature)
Hansjakob Werlen (German-M odem Languages and Literatures)*12
(English Literature)
2 Absent on leave, spring 2002.
12 Campus coordinator, Swarthmore
15 Program director, Swarthmore Program in
Grenoble, spring 2002.
Program in G renoble, fall 2001
T h e comparative literature major is adminis
tered by a Comparative Literature Committee
made up of the coordinator and faculty repre
senting the Classics, English Literature, and
M odem Languages and Literatures depart
ments. T h e basic requirement for the major is
w ork in two literatures in the original language.
T h e major in comparative literature is de
signed for those students who have a love for
literature and a strong desire to write and are
interested in literary critical research. N ot for
everyone, this major assumes a fair degree of
discipline, independence, and self-motivation
on the part of the student and especially in the
development and writing o f the thesis.
In planning a comparative literature major,
students should look at course listings in the
Classics, English, and M odem Languages and
Literatures departments. O f courses in the
Classics and M odem Languages and Liter
atures departments, only courses in the original
language numbered 011 or above are counted
as constituents of the comparative literature
major. O f English courses numbered 005A -X ,
only one may be counted for the major.
Students applying for the major will submit to
the comparative literature coordinator a pro
posal o f integrated study that sets forth the
courses and/or seminars to be taken and the
principle o f coherence on which the program
of study is based. T h e student will also submit
a 6- to 10-page writing sample from a previous
ly completed course. T h e com m ittee will
review the proposal and the essay and advise the
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student.
N ote: In lieu of a regular course, the Compar
ative Literature Committee will consider pro
posals for one or more research papers written
as course attachments as well as proposals to
substitute an extended research paper for
course credit.
REQUIREMENTS FOR A MAJOR IN COURSE
1. Ten credits in two or m ore literatures in the orig
in al languages, including a substantial con
centration of work— normally four or five
courses— in each of the literatures. T h e the
sis (described later) does not count toward
these 10 credits.
Students working entirely in languages
other than English may propose one course
in translation as a part o f their program, as
long as it is deeply relevant to their plan of
study. Students working in English and any
language other than Chinese must do all of
their work in the original languages.
Because of the special demands of Chinese
language and literature, students working in
Chinese may propose a program based on
attachm ents (in C h in ese) to literature
courses taught in translation.
2. A 1- or 2-credit thesis o f 50-60 pp., covering
work in at least two languages, planned in
the spring o f the junior year, and submitted
in the spring o f the senior year, no later
than April 30.
Before the end o f the junior year, the
student will submit to the committee an
outline for the thesis and propose faculty
advisors from appropriate departments. In
some cases, the committee may ask that the
thesis be written in whole or in part in the
language o f a literature studied other than
English.
3. An oral com prehensive exam ination, 1 to 1.5
hours in length, at the end o f the senior
year, based on the thesis and on the courses
and seminars comprising the major.
available, a series o f sample programs are
offered below.
SAMPLE: COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
COURSE MAJOR
Focus: T h e Black A tlantic
EN G L 005R : Fictions o f Identity
FREN 012L: Introduction à l’analyse littéraire
EN G L 054: Faulkner, Morrison, and the
Representation o f Race
FREN 025: Centers and Peripheries in the
Francophone World
REQUIREMENTS FOR A MAJOR OR MINOR
IN THE HONORS PROGRAM
EN G L 059: T h e Harlem Renaissance
FREN 077: Prose francophone
EN G L 079: Fiction from the Black A tlantic
M ajor: Four 2-credit preparations in at least
two literatures in the original language, one of
which is a thesis. O ne of the preparations may
be used as an independent minor (in Russian
or German Studies, for instance) if the minor’s
departmental requirements have been met.
Minors requiring unrelated preparations such
as biology or psychology are not allowed: all
four Honors preparations are necessary compo
nents of the comparative literature Honors
major.
FREN 110: Écritures françaises hors de France
(Caribbean)
Minor: A 2-credit thesis of 5 0-60 pp., integrat
ing preparations that have been done in two
literatures in the original language.
Focus: Modernism
Prerequisite fo r adm ission into the Honors pro
gram: Successful completion of an advanced
course in literature in each of the literatures of
the student’s program of study. A minimum
grade of a B is required.
M ode o f exam ination: For each preparation, a 3hour written exam ination prepared by the
external examiner and a 30-minute oral based
on the contents of the written examination.
Procedures fo r all m ajors: A ll majors will meet
with members o f the Comparative Literature
Committee before the end of the junior year to
review and assess the student’s program. A t this
time, both course and Honors majors will sub
mit thesis proposals and propose faculty advisers.
EN G L 086: Postcolonial Theory and
Literature
1-credit thesis.
SAMPLE: COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
HONORS MAJORS
Courses
G ER M 013: Introduction to German
Literature
G ER M 052: T h e Body Machine:
Deconstructing the Body Politic
in Postwar German Drama
EN G L 045: M odem British Poetry
EN G L 053: Am erican Poetry
Seminars
EN G L 115: M odem Comparative Literature
EN G L 121: T h e Harlem Renaissance and the
Jazz Age
G ER M 109: Rise of the M odem German
Novel
2-credit thesis.
The courses and seminars that compose the
comparative literature major’s formal field of
study will naturally differ with each major. To
give some sense of the range o f possibilities
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SAMPLE: COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
HONORS MINOR
Background C ourses
G ER M 013: Introduction to German
Literature
G ER M 091: Rethinking Representation
(plus attachm ent in German)
SPAN 013: Introduction to Spanish
Am erican Literature
SPAN 070: Rebeldía y renovación artística: la
generación de 98
2'Credit thesis: Kant’s influence on Hölderlin
and Pio Baroja.
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Computer Science
CHARLES F. KELEM EN, Professor and Chair
USA MEEDEN, Associate Professor3
TIA NEWHALL, Assistant Professor
ALI ERKAN, Visiting Instructor
JEFFR EY KHERR, System Administrator
BRIDGET ROTHERA, Administrative Assistant
3 Absent on leave 2001-2002.
Computer science is the study of algorithms
and the issues involved in implementing them.
This includes the study o f computer systems,
methods to specify algorithms (for people and
computer systems), and the formulation of the
ories and models to aid in the understanding
and analysis o f the properties o f algorithms,
computing systems, and their interrelationship.
The Computer Science program is designed to
provide students with a flexible set o f offerings
in computing that can be tailored to satisfy
interests in various areas and at several levels of
depth. A ll the courses emphasize the funda
mental concepts o f computer science, treating
today’s languages and systems as current exam
ples of the underlying concepts. T h e Computer
Science Laboratory provides up-to-date soft
ware and hardware facilities. There are three
entry points to the computer science curricu
lum at Swarthmore.
CPSC 0 1 0 : G reat Ideas in C om puter Science is
designed for freshmen with little or no experi
ence in computer science. It is an introduction
that emphasizes breadth o f coverage over
depth or skill building. Most appropriate for
first- or second-year students who lack confi
dence in their abilities in computer science.
CPSC 0 2 1 : T he Im perative Paradigm : U N IX
and C falls between C P S C 0 1 0 and C P S C 022
in pace. No previous experience with comput
ers is necessary. C P S C 021 will introduce fun
damental ideas in computer science while
building skill in software development. This
course is appropriate for all students who want
to be able to write programs. It is for students
who are comfortable with computers. This is
the usual first course for computer science
majors and minors. Students with Advanced
Placement credit or extensive programming
experience may be able to place out of this
course.
C P S C 0 2 2 : Structure an d In terpretation o f
C om puter Program s is designed for students
who plan to take several courses in computer
science. T his course is a fast-paced introduc
tion to the kind of abstraction used in all areas
o f computer science. T h e language used is a
dialect o f LISP. For students who intend to be
computer science majors or minors and are flu
ent in a language like C and feel comfortable
about their abilities, this is the best first course.
Students or advisers who want more advice on
placement in computer science courses should
feel free to contact any computer science fac
ulty member by phone or in person.
T h e Computer Science program offers course
majors and minors and Honors majors and
minors. Students interested in any o f these
options are encouraged to meet with the chair
of the Computer Science program as early in
their Swarthmore years as possible. T h e minor
in computer science is designed for students
who desire a coherent introduction to the core
topics in the field but cannot afford the num
ber o f courses required o f a major. Students
completing the minor will possess a number of
intellectual skills useful in many disciplines.
Students electing to do a course major or
minor in computer science must have a gradepoint average o f B or better in C P S C 021 (if
exempted from C P S C 021, then replace it with
another computer science course, other than
C P S C 0 1 0 ), C P S C 022, and C P S C 035.
MAJOR IH COMPUTER SCIEHCE
T h e requirements for a major in computer sci
ence consist o f the following:
A.
Two mathematics courses numbered above
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0 08 (M A TH 0 09 and M A TH 016 recom
mended).
B. Each o fC P S C 02 1 , C P S C 022, C P S C 025,
C P S C 035, C P S C 046, and C P S C 097.
C . Three o f C P S C 0 24, C P S C 027, C P SC
040, C P S C 041, C P S C 043, C P S C 044,
C P S C 045, C P S C 063, C P S C 075, C P S C
081, C P S C 129, C P S C 140.
MINOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
T h e requirements for a minor in computer sci
ence consist of the following:
A . O n e mathematics course numbered above
0 08 (M A TH 0 09 recommended).
B. Each o fC P S C 02 1 , C P S C 022, C P S C 025,
and C P S C 035.
C . Either C P S C 041 or C P S C 046.
D. O ne o f the following (must be different
than choice in part C ): C P S C 024, C P S C
027, C P S C 040, C P S C 041, C P S C 043,
C P S C 044, C P S C 045, C P S C 046, C P S C
063, C P S C 07 5 , C P S C 081, C P S C 129,
C P S C 140.
JOINT SPECIAL MAJORS
Students desiring to integrate computer science
with another discipline in a more formal man
ner are encouraged to develop a special major
combining computer science and another area.
Such special majors require the approval of
computer science and the other department
involved. Special majors should be designed in
consultation with the chair o f the Computer
Science program as early in the student’s pro
gram as possible. Approval of a special major is
not guaranteed. It will depend upon the avail
ability o f resources (both faculty and equip
m ent) and the student’s demonstrated ability
to work independently.
HONORS PROGRAM
Honors majors and minors in computer science
are available.
HONORS MAJOR
A n Honors major in computer science will
consist of: two 2-credit preparations, one 2credit research report or thesis, Senior Honors
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Study, and a minor preparation.
T h e following will be submitted to external
examiners to be evaluated:
1. Two 2-credit preparations to be selected
from the combinations o f courses listed
below. Each of these 2-credit preparations
will be examined by a three-hour written
exam and an oral exam.
T h e two 2-credit preparations must include
four distinct courses. In certain circumstances,
the Computer Science program may be willing
to consider other groupings o f courses, semi
nars, or courses with attachm ents. If the
required courses and preparations would not
satisfy a course major, additional computer sci
ence courses must be taken to meet course
major requirements. In all cases, the Computer
Science program must approve the student’s
plan o f study.
2. O n e 2-credit research report or thesis to be
read by an external examiner and exam
ined orally.
A t a minimum, this will involve a review of
scholarly papers from the primary literature of
computer science and the writing o f a scholar
ly scientific paper. W e hope that the paper will
report on a research experience involving the
student and faculty (here or elsewhere). It is
expected that most o f the research or scholarly
groundwork will be completed before the fall
semester of the senior year either by 1 credit of
work in the spring semester o f the junior year
or full-time summer work. Students will regis
ter for at least 1 credit of thesis work in the fall
o f the senior year to complete the work and
write the paper. It is expected that the paper
will be completed by the end o f the fall semes
ter.
To be eligible for an Honors major in comput
er science students must:
1. Have a B+ average in all computer science
courses completed by the end o f junior year.
These must include: C P S C 021, C PSC
022, C P S C 035, and at least one of C PSC
025 or C P S C 046.
2. Have demonstrated proficiency in mathe
m atical argument and reasoning by the end
o f the junior year. Ordinarily, this profi
ciency will be assumed if the student has:
a. Passed M A TH 009 and M A TH 016 with
a grade o f B+ or better or
DETAILS
Currently approved preparations for part A . These may no t all be available for every student
because of leave schedules of faculty.
Preparation
Course Combination
Algorithms
C P S C 041 Algorithms
M ATH 072 Combinatorial Optimization
Algorithms and Theory
C P S C 041 Algorithms
C P S C 046 Theory o f Computation
Intelligent Systems
C P S C 081 Robotics
C P S C 063 Artificial Intelligence
Compiler Design and Theory
C P S C 046 Theory of Computation
C P S C 075 Compiler Design and Construction
Computer Architecture
EN G R 024 Digital Logic Design
C P S C 025 Computer Architecture
Programming Languages
C P S C 043 Programming Languages
C P S C 075 Compiler Design and Construction
Perception and A ction Systems
C P S C 027 Computer Vision
C P S C 081 Robotics
Systems
C P S C 025 Computer Architecture
C P S C 045 Operating Systems
Visual Information Systems
CPSC
C P SC
CPSC
CPSC
Graphics
Natural Language Models
027
040
040
140
Computer Vision
Computer Graphics
Computer Graphics
Advanced Computer Graphics
C P S C 063 A rtificial Intelligence
C P S C 129 Computational Models of Language
b. Passed M A TH 016H with a grade o f B or
better or
c. Completed M A TH 047 or M ATH 049
with a grade of B- or better.
3. Complete by the end o f the senior year
both of C P S C 025 and C P S C 046 as well as
C P SC 180 (Thesis) and C P S C 199 (Senior
Honors Study, which will consist o f full
participation in C P S C 097 (Senior Confer
ence) with course students in the spring
semester of the senior year).
exam and an oral exam for the preparation.
To be eligible for an Honors minor in comput
er science a student must:
1. Have a B+ average in all computer science
courses completed by the end o f junior year.
These must include C P S C 021, C P S C 022,
C P S C 035, and at least one o f the C P SC
025 or C P S C 046.
2. Have demonstrated some proficiency in
mathematical argument and reasoning by
the end of the junior year. Ordinarily, this
proficiency will be assumed if the student
has:
HONORS MINOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
a. Passed M A TH 009 or M ATH 016 with a
grade of B or better; or
One 2-credit preparation to be selected from
combinations of courses listed above. A n
examiner will set both a three-hour written
b. Passed M A TH 016H or M ATH 047 or
M A TH 049 with a grade of B- or better.
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Computer Science
STUDY ABROAD
Students planning to major or minor in com
puter science may opt to study abroad for one
semester or a whole year. Because advanced
courses in computer science are offered only in
alternate years, some selections will be unavail
able to some students. A course o f study abroad
should be agreed upon with the chair o f Com
puter Science program before it is taken. T he
Computer Science program will give credit for
appropriate courses taken abroad. T h e program
determines credit earned by students on their
return to Swarthmore on the basis o f evidence
presented by the student. Depending on the
resources available to the program, indepen
dent study and/or reading courses may occa
sionally be offered to accommodate students
who are unable to take desired offerings because
o f study abroad.
covered include history, applications, the basic
design o f a digital computer, the programming
process, theory o f computability, artificial
intelligence, and the social implications of
computing. Students will contribute to and
modify the emphasis o f the course by writing
and presenting papers in the last third o f the
semester. No previous experience with com
puters or computing will be assumed, and pro
gramming will no t be emphasized in this
course. Nonetheless, much o f the material will
be encountered in laboratory sessions in addi
tion to the lecture-discussion sessions.
Lab work required. It is designed for freshmen,
and they will be given enrollment preference.
Prerequisite: None. N ot open to students with
college-level computer science credit.
Prim ary distribution course. 1 credit.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
CPSC 021. The Imperative Paradigm:
Unix and C
GRADUATE STUDY
Students interested in graduate study in com
puter science will be well prepared by a major
in computer science. Som e graduate programs
will also accept students who have majored in
mathematics or engineering and completed a
sufficient number and selection o f computer
science courses. T h e choice o f the appropriate
major and computing courses will depend on
the student’s interests and should be made in
consultation with the chair o f the Computer
Science program. O ther majors are also reason
able for students with special interests. For
example, a major in linguistics or psychology
might be appropriate for a student interested in
artificial intelligence or cognitive science. In
such cases, students should consult as early as
possible with the chair o f the program in order
to be sure o f taking the mathematics and com
puting courses necessary to be prepared for
graduate work in computer science.
COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES
CPSC 010. Great Ideas in Computer
Science
T his course will introduce a number of funda
mental ideas in computer science. Topics to be
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T his course introduces students to fundamen
tal aspects o f the field o f computing, focusing
on problem solving, software design concepts,
and their realization as imperative programs
run on the U nix operating system. A n intro
duction to the U nix operating system and the
C programming language for the purpose of
gaining mastery o f these principles will be pro
vided. Topics to be covered include Von
N eum ann architecture, operating system
overview, U nix, C programming, control struc
tures, arrays, procedural abstraction, pointers,
iteration, recursion, sorting, data types and
their representation, elementary data struc
tures, Lists, Stacks, Queues, informal analysis
o f algorithms, elementary U nix tools (such as
grep, sort, tr), and introduction to shell scripts.
Lab work required. Prerequisites: None.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
CPSC 022. Structure and Interpretation of
Computer Programs
This course is a serious introduction to the
study o f computer programs; and, through pro
grams, some central ideas in computer science.
By studying programs that make repeated and
deep use o f abstraction, students will learn how
to generate precise specifications from vaguely
formulated and perhaps partially understood
descriptions. T his is a skill that is essential in
writing computer programs and will be useful
in all intellectual endeavors. Topics to be cov
ered include programming idioms and para
digms (functional and object-oriented), recur
sion, abstract data structures (lists, queues,
trees, and sets), information retrieval, binding
and scope, and interpreters.
Lab work required. Prerequisite: Comfort with
your computing abilities.
Primary distribution course. 1 credit.
Each sem ester. Staff.
CPSC 024. Digital Systems Design
traction, stereovision, motion analysis, color
and reflection models, and object representa
tion and recognition. T h e course will focus on
object recognition and detection, introducing
the took o f computer vision in support of
building an automatic object recognition and
classification system. Labs will involve imple
menting both off-line and real-time object
recognition and classification systems.
Prerequisites: EN G R 012, or C P S C 021, or
permission o f the instructor. M athem atics
background at the level o f M A TH 016 or
M A TH 018 is strongly recommended.
(Cross-listed as EN G R 024)
1 credit.
This coupe covers digital systems design.
Topics include Boolean logic, digital represen
tations, and techniques for design o f combina
tional, sequential, and asynchronous circuits.
We also study I/O interfaces, communication
protocols, and micro-controller architecture.
Labs focus on C A D techniques, V H D L (very
high-speed integrated circuit hardware descrip
tion language), and programmable logic
devices.
N ext offered in 2003-2004. Maxwell.
Prerequisites: C P S C 021, or EN G R O il, or
permission o f the instructor.
1 credit.
O ffered every fa ll sem ester. Maxwell.
CPSC 025. Principles of Computer
Architecture
CPSC 035. Algurithms and ObjectOriented Computing
This course completes the broad introduction to
computer science begun in C P SC 021 and
C P SC 022. It provides a general background for
further study in the field. Topics to be covered
include object-oriented programming in Java,
advanced data structures (priority queues, trees,
hash tables, graphs, etc.) and algorithms, soft
ware design and verification. Students will be
expected to complete a number of programming
projects illustrating the concepts presented.
Lab work required. Prerequisites: C P S C 021 or
permission o f instructor. M A TH 009 strongly
recommended.
(Cross-listed as EN G R 025)
1 credit.
This course covers the physical and logical
design of a computer. Topics include current
microprocessors, C P U design, R IS C and C IS C
concepts, pipelining, superscalar processing,
cache, paging, segmentation, virtual memory,
parallel architectures, bus protocols, and I/O
devices. Labs cover analysis o f current systems
and microprocessor design using C A D tools,
including VHDL.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
Prerequisites: C P S C 021, or C P S C 024/ENGR
024, or permission o f the instructor. A course
beyond C P SC 21 is strongly recommended.
1 credit.
O ffered every spring sem ester. Maxwell.
CPSC 027. Computer Vision
(Cross-listed as E N G R 027)
This course studies how computers can analyze
and perceive the world using input from imag
ing devices. Topics include line and region ex
CPSC 040. Computer Graphics
(Cross-listed as EN G R 026)
Computer graphics deak with the manipula
tion and creation o f digital imagery. W e cover
drawing algorithms for 2D graphics primitives,
2D and 3D matrix transformations, projective
geometry, 2D and 3D model representations,
clipping, hidden surface removal, rendering,
hierarchical modeling, shading and lighting
modek, shadow generation, special effects,
fractak and chaotic systems, and animation
techniques. Labs will focus on the implementa
tion o f a 3D hierarchical modeling system that
incorporates realistic lighting modek and fast
hidden surface removal.
Lab work required. Prerequisites: E N G R 012,
or C P S C 021, or permission o f the instructor.
M athem atics background at th e level o f
M A TH 005/006 and M A TH 016 k strongly
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recommended.
N ext offered in 2003-2004. Newhall.
1 credit.
CPSC 045. Operating Systems Concepts
F all 20 0 2 . Maxwell.
T his course is an introduction to the theory,
design, and implementation o f operating sys
tems. A n operating system is the software layer
between user programs and the computer hard
ware. It provides abstractions o f the underlying
hardware that are easier to program, and it
manages the m achine’s resources. T h e follow
ing topics will be covered: processes (including
synchronization, communication, and schedul
ing), memory (main memory allocation strate
gies, virtual memory, and page replacement
policies), file systems (including naming and
im plem entation issues), I/O (including
devices, drivers, disks, and disk scheduling),
and security.
CPSC 041. Algorithms
T h e study o f algorithms found to be useful in
many diverse areas. Considerable attention is
paid to correctness and time and space resources
required. Topics to be covered include abstract
data types, trees (including balanced trees),
graphs, searching, sorting, NP— complete opti
mization problems, and the impact of several
models o f parallel computation on the design
o f algorithms and data structures.
Lab work required. Prerequisites: C P S C 022
and C P S C 035.
1 credit.
F all 2001 and 20 0 2 . Rieger.
CPSC 043. Foundations of Programming
Language Design
A study o f the organization and structure of
m odem programming languages w ith an
emphasis on semantic issues. Topics include
specifying syntax and semantics, conventional
and abstract data types, control structures, pro
cedural languages, functional languages,
object-oriented languages, other classes o f lan
guages, program correctness, concurrency and
synchronization, language design and evalua
tion, and implementation issues.
Lab work required. Prerequisites: C P S C 022
and C P S C 035.
1 credit.
O ffered w hen staffing perm its.
CPSC 044. Relational Database Systems
This course provides an introduction to rela
tional database management systems. Topics
covered include data models (ER and relational
model), data storage and access methods (files,
indices), query languages (SQ L , relational alge
bra, relational calculus, Q B E ), query evalua
tion, query optimization, transaction man
agement, concurrency control, crash recovery,
and some advanced topics (distributed data
bases, object-relational databases). A large com
ponent o f the course is a project that involves
implementing and testing components o f a
relational database management system.
Lab work required. Prerequisite: C P S C 035.
1 credit.
Lab work required. Prerequisite: C P S C 035.
C P S C 025 recommended.
1 credit.
F all 2001. Newhall.
CPSC 046. Theory of Computation
T h e study of various models of computation
leading to a characterization o f the kinds of
problems that can and cannot be solved by a
computer and, for those problems that can be
solved, a means of classifying them with respect
to how difficult they are to solve. Topics to be
covered include formal languages and finite
state devices, Turing machines and other models
o f computation, computability, and complexity.
Prerequisite: C P S C 035.
1 credit.
Spring 2003. Kelemen.
CPSC 063. Artificial Intelligence
T h e unifying theme o f this course is the con
cept of an intelligent agent. Based on this per
spective, the problem of A I is seen as describ
ing and building agents that receive percep
tions from an environment and perform appro
priate actions based on them. T his course will
examine many different methods for implement
ing this mapping from perceptions to actions
including production systems, reactive plan
ners, logical planners, and neural networks. We
will use robots to explore these methods.
Lab work required. Prerequisites: C P S C 022
and C P S C 035.
1 credit.
F all 2002. Meeden.
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CPSC 075. Principles of Compiler Design
and Construction
This course presents an introduction to the
design and construction of language translators
for imperative, procedure-oriented program
ming languages. Topics covered include formal
grammars, lexical analysis and finite automata,
syntax analysis and pushdown automata, LL and
LR parsing, semantic analysis and table han
dling, error detection and recovery, code gener
ation and optimization, compiler writing tools.
Lab work required. Prerequisite: C P S C 035.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 1 . Newhall.
CPSC 081. Robotics
This course addresses the problem o f control
ling robots that will operate in dynamic, unpre
dictable environments. In laboratory sessions,
students will work in groups to program robots
to perform a variety o f tasks such as navigation
to a goal, obstacle avoidance, and vision-based
tracking. In lecture/discussion sessions, stu
dents will examine the major paradigms of
robot control through readings with an empha
sis on adaptive approaches.
and compression (1996); and parallel process
ing (1995). C P S C 097 is the usual method
used to satisfy the comprehensive requirement
for a computer science major and the Senior
Honors Study requirement for a computer sci
ence Honors major.
Spring sem ester. Staff.
CPSC 129. Computational Models of
Language
Language is among the most complex and
robust of all human cognitive capacities. One
way to understand this capacity better is by
using computers to model it. In this course,
we’ll examine various attempts to model lan
guage using connectionist (neural network)
architectures as well as efforts to build comput
er systems that can understand the natural lan
guage produced by users. T his course includes a
laboratory com ponent in w hich hands-on
experiments with various architectures will be
conducted.
Prerequisite: C P S C 035, or P SY C 028, or per
mission o f instructors.
1
credit.
O ffered when staffing perm its. Meeden and Kako.
Lab work required. Prerequisite: C P S C 035 or
permission o f instructors.
CPSC 140. Advanced Computer Graphics
1 credit.
T his course takes an in-depth look at a series of
current topics in computer graphics, deter
mined, in part, by student interests. Topics can
include shading models, radiosity, ray tracing,
image-based rendering, modeling, texture, ani
m ation, physically based modeling, hybrid
computer vision and graphics techniques,
n on-p h oto realistic rendering, and special
effects. T h e course is taught as a seminar, and
meetings revolve around computer graphics
papers from technical proceedings, such as
A C M S IG G R A P H , and other computer
graphics journals. Students will be responsible
for reading and preparing presentations of
papers. In addition, there will be several signif
icant projects where students implement com
puter graphics programs based on the papers
and topics covered in the course.
Next offered 2002 or 2003. Maxwell and Meeden.
CPSC 091. Special Topics in Computer
Science
In general, subject m atter for C P S C 091 is
dependent on a group need or individual inter
est. Normally restricted to upper-level students
and only offered when staff interests and avail
ability make it practicable to do so.
CPSC 093. Directed Reading and/or
Research Project
With the permission o f a staff member who is
willing to supervise it, a qualified student may
undertake a program of extra reading and/or a
project in an area o f computer science.
CPSC 097. Senior Conference
This course provides Honors and course majors
an opportunity to delve more deeply into a par
ticular topic in computer science, synthesizing
material from previous courses. R ecent topics
have been networking (2001); evolutionary com
putation (1998, 1999); complexity, encryption,
(Cross-listed as E N G R 126)
Prerequisite: C P S C 040/ENGR 026.
1 credit.
O ffered w hen staffing perm its. Maxwell.
CPSC 180. Thesis
CPSC 199. Senior Honors Study
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JOHN P. CASKEY, Professor3
STEPHEN S. GOLUB, Professor
ROBINSON 0 . HOLLISTER J R ., Professor
MARK KUPERBERG, Professor and Chair
ELLEN B. MAGENHEIM, Professor3
STEPHEN A . O’CONNELL, Professor
BERNARD SAFFRAN, Professor
LARRY E . WESTPHAL, Professor
AMANDA BAYER, Associate Professor
PHILIP N. JEFFERSON, Associate Professor
THOMAS S. D EE, Assistant Professor
PEGGY dePROPHETIS, Visiting Associate Professor (part-time)
ERNEST ARYEETEY, Cornell Visiting Professor
NANCY CARROLL, Administrative Assistant
3 A bsent on leave, 2001-2002.
T h e courses in economics have three main
goals: (1) to provide insight into the processes
and accompanying institutions through which
productive activity is organized; (2 ) to develop
a set o f tools for analyzing economic processes
and institutions; and (3 ) to build a foundation
for reaching informed judgments on issues of
public policy.
ECO N 001 or its equivalent is a prerequisite fo r all
other u/ork m the departm ent. In addition, all
majors in economics must satisfy a theory re
quirement by taking ECO N 011 (Intermediate
Microeconomics) and ECO N 021 (Intermedi
ate Macroeconomics). T hey must also satisfy a
statistics requirement by taking ECO N 031
(Statistics for Economists) or its equivalent or
ST A T 053 (ST A T 001 or ST A T 002 do not
meet the requirement). T h e statistics course in
the Economics Department focuses more on
the application o f statistical tools to economic
problems; the statistics courses in the M ath
ematics and Statistics Department focus more
on the derivation of the mathematical and sta
tistical properties o f various estimators.
To read the literature in economics critically, a
knowledge of elementary calculus is extremely
useful. T h e department very strongly recom
mends that students take M A TH 005 and
either M A TH 006A and 0 0 6 C (basic calculus)
or the series o f M A TH 0 06A and 006B and
M A TH 018. M A TH 0 16 (Linear Algebra) and
M A TH 0 1 8 (Several Variable Calculus) are
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valuable for those intending to focus on the
more technical aspects o f economics. Students
planning to attend graduate school in econom
ics should give serious thought to taking addi
tional mathematics courses such as M ATH 030
(D ifferential Equations) and M A TH 047
(Introduction to Real Analysis).
Students contemplating careers in business or
law may wish to take accounting. In turn, stu
dents contemplating careers in international
economics or business are strongly urged to
have a mastery o f at least one modem foreign
language.
To graduate as a major, a student must have at
least 8 credits in economics; meet the theory
and statistics requirements; and, in the senior
year, pass the comprehensive exam ination
given early in the spring semester (course stu
dents) or the Honors examinations given at
the end o f the spring semester (Honors stu
dents). To be prepared for the comprehensive
exam, course students are strongly advised to
complete ECO N O il, ECO N 021, and ECON
031 (or its equivalent) before the second
semester o f their senior year.
Students who are contemplating a major in
economics should consult Econom ics at Swarmm ore: D epartm ent H andbook (available in the
department office) for additional information
regarding the details o f the program.
Economics majors can complete the require
ments for teacher certification through a pro
gram approved by the state o f Pennsylvania.
Because of a change in teacher certification
regulations that occurred in November 2000,
students completing certification during 2001
to and 2003 will fulfill the requirements for
Social Studies certification, and those who
complete certification in 2004 and beyond will
complete the requirements for Citizenship
Education. For further information about the
relevant set o f requirements, please contact,
the Education program director, the Economics
Department chair, or the Education program
Web site: www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/Education.
The Economics Department will not offer a minor
in economics except in the Honors program.
COURSES
cational attainm ent. It examines the facts
about student achievement and educational
expenditure in the U nited States and the rela
tionship between them. It studies what is
known about such questions as: Does reducing
class size improve student achievement? Does
paying teachers more improve teacher quality
and student outcomes? T h e course also investi
gates the relationship between educational
attainment and wages in the labor market.
Finally, it analyzes the effects o f various mar
ket-oriented education reforms such as vouch
ers and charter schools. T his course may be
counted toward a concentration in Public
Policy.
Prerequisites: ECON 001 and any statistics
course (or the consent o f the instructor):
ED U C 01 4 is strongly recommended.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
ECON 001. Introduction to Economics
Covers the fundamentals o f microeconomics
and macroeconomics: supply and demand,
market structures, income distribution, fiscal
and monetary policy in relation to unemploy
ment and inflation, econom ic growth, and
international economic relations. Focuses on
the functioning o f markets as well as on the
rationale for and the design o f public policy.
Prerequisite for all further work in economics.
ECON 010. Current Issues in Economic
Policy
Fall 2001 and spring 2002. Staff.
Examines current microeconomic and macroeconomic policy issues. Topics vary year to
year, depending on developments in the econ
omy. R ecent topics have included flagging
economy-wide performance, health care, tax
reform, and personal finance. T h e format is
seminar-like. Reading material includes the
economic and financial pages o f current peri
odicals, reports o f think tanks, and other cur
rent literature.
ECON 003. The World According to
Economics
F all 2001. Saffian.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
This course explores, from an economic per
spective, the econom ic content o f subjects
addressed by other disciplines throughout the
College. Topics include pollution, the use of
nonrenewable resources and economic growth,
international trade and underdeveloped coun
tries, and markets and social and moral devel
opment.
1 credit.
1 credit.
ECON 0 11. Intermediate Microeconomics
Provides a thorough grounding in intermedi
ate-level microeconomics. T h e standard topics
are covered: behavior o f consumers and firms,
structure and performance o f markets, income
distribution, general equilibrium, and welfare
analysis. Students do extensive problem solv
ing to facilitate the learning o f theory and see
practical applications.
N ot offered 2001 -2002.
1 credit.
ECON 005. Savage Inaccuracies: The
Facts and Economics of Education in
America
Fall 2001. Westphal.
(Cross-listed as E D U C 069)
This course investigates the relationship
between issues o f resource allocation and edu
ECON 012. Games and Strategies
How should you bargain for a used car or medi
ate a contentious dispute? T his course is an
introduction to the study o f strategic behavior
and the field o f game theory. W e analyze situa-
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tions o f interactive decision making in which
the participants attempt to predict and to
influence the actions o f others. W e use exam
ples from economics, business, biology, politics,
sports, and everyday life. T his course may be
counted toward a concentration in Peace and
C onflict Studies.
neering and economic problems to assist deci
sion making. T h e working principles of engi
neering economics are introduced in conjunc
tion with operations research topics. Normally
for junior and senior students.
1 credit.
F all 2001. Bayer.
Prim ary distribution cou rse, natural sciences only
and only i f enrolled fo r E N G R 0 5 7 . 1 credit.
ECON 021. Intermediate Macroeconomics
N ot offered 2001-2002.
T h e goal o f this course is to give the student a
thorough understanding o f the actual behavior
of the macroeconomy and the likely effects of
government stabilization policy. Models are
developed o f the determination o f output,
interest rates, prices, inflation, and other aggre
gate variables such as fiscal and trade surpluses
and deficits. Students analyze conflicting views
o f business cycles, stabilization policy, and
inflation/unemployment tradeoffs.
Prerequisites: Elementary linear algebra and
high school algebra.
ECON 033. Accounting
Spring 20 0 2 . Kuperberg.
T his course surveys financial and managerial
accounting. Covered are concepts and m eth
ods o f financial accounting following generally
accepted accounting principles and the effects
o f alternative principles on the measurement
of periodic income and financial status. R ecent
changes in accounting methods such as those
stimulated by manufacturing advances are
examined, as are concerns about ethical stan
dards. (This course cannot be used to satisfy
the College’s distribution requirements.)
ECON 022. Banking and Financial
Markets
Spring 20 0 2 . deProphetis.
T his course examines the economics o f finan
cial institutions and markets. Among the top
ics considered are (1 ) economic explanations
for the existence and operations o f banks; (2)
the regulation o f financial institutions and
markets; and (3 ) theories o f stock, bond,
futures, and option prices.
Quantitative methods used in estimating eco
nom ic models and testing economic theories
are studied. Students learn to use statistical
packages to apply these methods to problems
in business, economics, and public policy.
1 credit.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002.
ECON 031. Statistics for Economists
T h e focus o f this course is on understanding
how simple and multiple regression can be used
to estimate economic relationships (e.g., price
or interest elasticities, returns to assets, or edu
cation) and test their statistical significance.
Problems and estimation with real data sets
will be stressed. Majors may instead satisfy the
department’s statistics requirement by taking
ST A T 053.
1 credit.
F all 2001 (Dee) and spring 2002 (Hollister).
ECON 032. Operations Research
(Cross-listed as EN G R 057)
T h e principles o f operations research as
applied in defining optimal solutions to engi
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1 credit.
ECON 035. Econometrics
Prerequisite: ECO N 031 or ST A T 053.
1 credit.
F all 2001. Jefferson.
ECON 041. Public Finance
T his course focuses on government expendi
ture, tax, and debt policy. A major part of the
course is devoted to an analysis o f current pol
icy issues in their institutional and theoretical
contexts. T h e course will be o f most interest to
students having a concern for economic policy
and its interaction with politics. This course
may be counted toward a concentration in
public policy.
Recommended: ECON 011.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Dee.
ECON 042. Law and Economics
ECON 061. Industrial Organization
T h e purpose o f this course is to explore the
premises behind the use o f utilitarian con
structs in the analysis of public policy issues. In
particular, the appropriateness o f the growing
use o f economic methodology will be exam
ined through an intensive study of issues in
property, tort, contract, and criminal law. This
course may be counted toward a concentration
in public policy.
This course examines why firms and markets
are organized as they are and how their organi
zation affects the way they operate. Topics
include the relationship between market struc
ture and firm behavior; particular aspects of
firm behavior— pricing, advertising, and collu
sion; and the effects o f regulation. This course
may be counted toward a concentration in
public policy. ■
Recommended: ECON O il.
Recommended: ECO N O il.
1 credit.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Kuperberg.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
ECON 044. Urban Economics
ECON 073. Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in
Economics
The topics covered in this course include the
economic decline o f central cities, transporta
tion policies, local taxation, theories of urban
growth patterns, local economic development
initiatives, and the economics o f land use and
housing.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2002.
ECON 051. The International Economy
This course surveys the theory of trade (micro
economics) and of the balance of payments
and exchange rates (macroeconomics). T he
theories are used to analyze topics such as trade
patterns, trade barriers, flows o f labor and cap
ital, exchange-rate fluctuations, the interna
tional monetary system, and macroeconomic
interdependence. This course may be counted
toward a concentration in public policy.
Prerequisite: ECO N O il or ECO N 021; both
recommended.
1 credit.
May be offered spring 2 0 0 2 . Golub.
ECON 053. International Political Economy
(Cross-listed as PO LS 068)
This course uses political and economic per
spectives to analyze the international economy.
Topics include the rise and decline of hegemonic
powers, the controversy over “free” versus
“fair” trade under the W orld Trade
Organization, foreign debt and default, the role
of the state in economic development, interna
tional financial markets, and the history o f the
international monetary system.
Prerequisite: PO LS 0 04 and ECO N 001.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Golub and Hopkins.
This course focuses on the roles o f gender, eth
nicity and race in economic systems. Topics
include the economic status o f women and of
various racial and ethnic groups; sources of
inequality, including wage and job discrimina
tion; public policy issues (e.g., comparable
worth, affirmative action, child care, and wel
fare reform); and bias in economic theory and
policy. This course may be counted toward
concentrations in public policy, women’s stud
ies, and black studies.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Bayer.
ECON 075. Health Economics
Topics addressed in this course include the eco
nomics of health care demand and supply, the
changing organization of health care delivery,
demographic change and demands on the
health care system, problems o f access to
health care services, economic analysis of stan
dard and new medical treatments, supply and
demand for doctors and nurses, government
financing and regulation, health insurance,
and comparative analysis o f health care sys
tems in different countries. This course may be
counted toward a concentration in public pol
icy.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
ECON 076. Environmental Economics
Introduction to basic concepts and methods
used in evaluating environmental benefits and
costs and in assessing mechanisms for allocating
environmental resources among present and
future uses, with due attention to seemingly
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noneconom ic concerns. Specific topics include
pollution and environmental degradation; use
o f exhaustible and renewable resources; man
agement o f air, water, and energy resources;
sustainable economic growth; and internation
al resource management. This course may be
counted toward concentrations in environ
mental studies and public policy.
Asian studies.
Recommended: ECO N O il.
F all or spring sem ester. Staff.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Westphal.
ECON 099. Directed Reading
W ith consent o f a supervising instnictor, indi
vidual, or group study in fields o f interest not
covered by regular course offerings.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Westphal.
ECON 081. Economic Development
A survey covering the principal theories of
econom ic development and the dom inant
issues o f public policy. W ithin a perspective
that emphasizes choice and transfer of technol
ogy as well as technological development,
emphasis is given to agricultural and industrial
development, to interactions among sectors,
and to international trade and capital flows
(including foreign aid). T his course may be
counted toward a concentration in public pol
icy or peace and conflict studies as well as pro
grams in black studies and Asian studies.
SEMINARS
ECON 10 1. Advanced Microeconnmics
Subjects covered include consumer and pro
ducer theory, optimization and duality, general
equilibrium, risk and uncertainty, asymmetric
information, and game theory.
Prerequisites: ECO N O il and at leàst one of
the following: M A TH 016, M A TH 018, or
M A TH 030.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
1 credit.
ECON 102. Advanced Macroeconomics
Spring 20 0 2 . O ’Connell.
Subjects covered include microfoundations of
m acroeconom ics, growth theory, rational
expectations, and New Classical and New
Keynesian macroeconomics. Extensive prob
lem solving, with an emphasis on the qualita
tive analysis o f dynamic systems.
ECON 082. Political Economy of Africa
A survey o f economic development experience
in Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the postin
dependence period. W e study policy choices in
their political and institutional context using
case study evidence and the analytical tools of
positive political economy. Topics of current
interest include the economic role of the state,
risk management by firms and households,
devaluation in the C FA zone, and internation
al financial flows. T his course may be counted
toward concentrations in peace and conflict
studies, black studies, or public policy.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Aryeetey and O ’Connell.
ECON 083. Asian Economies
Examines economic development and current
econom ic structure, along with major policy
issues (domestic plus vis-à-vis the U nited
States), in some of the principal economies of
Asia, focusing on those in East Asia but includ
ing at least one South Asian country as well.
T his course may be counted toward a concen
tration in public policy as well as a program in
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Prerequisites: ECO N 021 and at least one of
the following: M A TH 016, M A TH 018, or
M A TH 030.
2 credits.
Spring 2002. Jefferson.
ECON 122. Financial Economics
T h e seminar examines modem developments
in the theory o f asset prices and the economics
o f financial institutions. Topics include (1)
economic explanations for the existence and
operations o f banks; (2 ) the regulation of
financial institutions and markets; and (3) the
ories o f stock, bond, futures, and option prices.
Prerequisites: ECO N O il, M A TH 06A and
06C , and ECO N 031.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
ECON135. Advanced Econometrics
ECON 1 7 1 . Labor and Social Economics
Quantitative methods used in estimating eco
nomic models and testing economic theories
are studied. Students learn to use statistical
packages to apply these methods to problems
in business, economics, and public policy.
Studies applying econom etric methods to
major economic issues are evaluated by stu
dents. A n individual empirical research project
is required.
Students discuss such topics as the organization
o f work within firms; labor market operations,
unions and labor relations, unemployment and
macroconditions; econom ic analysis educa
tion, health care, housing, and discrimination;
determinants of income inequality; govern
ment policies with respect to health, educa
tion, and welfare. T his seminar may be count
ed toward a concentration in public policy (1
credit) and black studies.
Prerequisite: ECO N 035, M A TH 016, and
either ECO N 031 or ST A T 053.
Recommended: ECO N O il.
1 credit.
2 credits.
Spring 20 0 2 . Jefferson.
F all 2001. Hollister.
ECON 14 1. Public Finance
ECON 18 1. Economic Development
This seminar focuses on the analysis o f govern
ment expenditure, tax, and debt policy. This
seminar may be counted toward a concentra
tion in public policy.
A survey of theories of growth, stabilization,
income distribution, trade policy, and house
hold behavior in developing countries. Issues
o f current interest include the Asian “miracle,”
technological change, and the political econo
my of government policy. Students write sever
al short papers examining the literature and a
longer paper analyzing a particular country’s
experience. T h is seminar may be counted
toward a concentration in public policy or
black studies or in the Asian studies program.
Prerequisite:
ECON 021.
ECON
O il.
Recom mended:
2 credits.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Dee.
ECON 15 1. International Economics
Both microeconomics and macroeconomics
are applied to an in-depth analysis o f the world
economy. Topics include trade patterns; trade
barriers; international flows of labor and capi
tal; exchange-rate fluctuations; the interna
tional monetary system; macroeconomic inter
dependence; and case studies o f selected indus
trialized, developing, and Eastern bloc coun
tries. This seminar may be counted toward a
concentration in public policy.
Prerequisite: ECO N 011 or ECO N 021.
2 credits.
F all 2001. O ’Connell.
ECON 198. Thesis
W ith consent o f a supervising instructor,
Honors majors may undertake a senior thesis
for double credit.
F all 2001 and spring 2002. Staff.
Prerequisite: ECO N 011 and ECON 021.
ECON 199. Senior Honors Study
2 credits.
Senior Honors Study for majors consists of a 1credit seminar taken in the second semester of
senior year with a faculty member in atten
dance. In this seminar, majors rewrite and pre
sent one seminar paper from each o f their three
preparations. These rewritten seminar papers
will be sent to the examiner who is examining
that preparation.
Senior Honors Study for minors consists o f a
0.5-credit seminar in which the student rewrites
and presents one seminar paper from their one
preparation. This rewritten paper will be sent
to the examiner who is examining that prepa
ration. Participation in Senior Honors Study
for minors is optional. Even if a minor does not
participate in Senior Honors Study, a seminar
paper will be submitted to the examiner.
Spring 2002. Golub.
ECON 161. Industrial Organization and
Public Policy
The seminar examines the organization of firms
and markets and the relationship between
organization and outcomes with respect to
pricing, advertising, product differentiation,
and other aspects o f behavior. O ther topics
include the effects o f antitrust policy; and eco
nomic regulation and deregulation. T his semi
nar may be counted toward a concentration in
public policy.
Prerequisite: ECO N O il.
2 credits.
Not offered 2001-2002.
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Education
K. ANN RENNINGER, Professor
LISA SMULYAN, Professor3
EVA F. TRAVERS, Professor and Program Director
DIANE ANDERSON, Assistant Professor
RODERT GROSS, Dean o f Students
ELAINE METHERALL BRENNEMAN, Visiting Assistant Professor (part-time)8
ROBERT TEMPLETON, Visiting Instructor (part-time)8
MARY ANN BLACK, Supervisor o f Student Teachers
NANCY DONALDSON, Supervisor o f Student Teachers
CAROLYN SHERMAN, Supervisor of Student Teachers
KAE KALWAIC, Administrative Assistant
3 A bsent on leave, 2001-2002.
6 Spring 2002 (appointment for that
semester only).
8 Visiting faculty, 2001-2002.
T h e Program in Education has three purposes:
to expose students to issues in education from
a variety o f disciplinary perspectives; to pro
vide a range of field experiences for students
who wish to explore their aptitude and interest
in teaching, counseling, or research in an edu
cational setting; and to prepare students to be
certified for entry into public school teaching,
in accordance w ith the requirem ents o f
Pennsylvania Chapters 354, 49, and 4- Courses
in the Program in Education are intended to be
integral to the College’s academic offerings,
and, with the exception of Practice Teaching
and the Curriculum and Methods Seminar, all
education courses include large numbers of stu
dents who do not intend to become teachers.
Introduction to Education, for instance, is
taken by approximately one-third o f each grad
uating class. T h e program’s most important
goal is to help students learn to think critically
and creatively about the process o f education
and the place o f education in society. To this
end, both its introductory and upper-level
courses necessarily draw on the distinctive
approaches o f psychology, sociology, anthro
pology, political science, economics, and histo
ry. Because students major in a variety of disci
plines, courses in education offer both an
opportunity to apply the particular skills of
one’s chosen field to a new domain and inter
action with other students whose disciplinary
approaches may differ significantly from one’s
own. There is a limit of four field-based educa
tion credits (currently ED U C 016 and 091A )
that can be counted toward graduation. EDUC
014: Introduction to Education is generally
considered a prerequisite for further work in
the program.
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SPECIAL MAJORS
There is no major in education, but special
majors with history, linguistics, political sci
ence, psychology, sociology and anthropology,
and English literature are regularly approved,
and special majors with other fields such as art,
computer science, math, and biology also have
been designed. Special majors involving edu
cation usually include 10 to 12 credits, at least
4 of which must be in education, though typi
cally there are 5 to 6 credits in each o f the two
departments that make up the major. A thesis
or a comprehensive exam ination integrating
work in the two fields is required. Both depart
ments collaborate in advising students pursu
ing special majors.
HONORS PROGRAM
Students may pursue the Honors program in
education either as a part o f a special major or
as a minor. Special m ajor H onors program s will
take one of the following forms: (1) two prepa
rations in education and two in the other dis
cipline that is part of their special major; (2)
three preparations in education and one in the
other discipline; or (3 ) two-and-a-half prepara
tions in education and one-and-a-half in the
other discipline (or vice versa) when an inte
grative, 2-credit thesis receives 1 credit from
both departments. All education special m ajors
in the Honors program will complete a 2-cred
it thesis and write a short intellectual autobi
ography that will be submitted to the Honors
examiner. E ducation m inors in the Honors pro
gram will take a 2-credit seminar, a course and
an attachment, or write a 2-credit thesis to pre
pare for the external examination. T hey will
also write an intellectual autobiography.
COURSE MINORS
The Program in Education will support two
kinds of minors: (1 ) a teaching and field-based
minor and (2 ) an educational studies minor.
Teaching and field-based m inor. Students will
complete at least 5 education credits that focus
on educational practice and the integration of
theory and practice in school placements. This
minor will normally be done in conjunction
with teacher certification. T h e credits that
comprise this minor are Educational Psychol
ogy, Curriculum and M ethods seminar,
Practice Teaching (2 credits), and one of the
following: Educating the Young Learner,
Adolescence or C hild Psychology and
Practice.
Educational studies m inor. Students will take at
least 5 credits in discipline-based education
courses. For this minor, students will identify a
focus and describe how two or more o f the
courses or seminars they are proposing for the
minor are related to this focus. Possible foci
include but are not limited to educational pol
icy, educational psychology, school and society,
urban education, environmental education, lit
eracy, gender and education, and special edu
cation. ED U C 016 and 017 will not count
toward an educational studies minor.
FOREIGN STUDY
Students may apply for education credit for
work done abroad (either in a formal course or
in a field placement in an educational setting),
provided that they have taken ED U C 014:
Introduction to Education at Swarthmore. T he
Swarthmore course may be taken prior to study
abroad or subsequent to it. Credit will be
granted once Introduction to Education has
been completed.
TEACHER CERTIFICATION
Swarthmore offers a competency-based teacher
preparation program for students who seek sec
ondary certification from the Commonwealth
o f Pennsylvania. Competency is judged by an
interdisciplinary com m ittee o f the faculty
whose members include education faculty and
faculty from the majors in which we certify stu
dents. T h e Teacher Education Committee has
established criteria for certification in biology,
chemistry, English, French, German, mathe
matics, physics, Spanish, and social studies that
m eet both the “G eneral Standards” and
“Specific Program Guidelines for State Ap
proval o f Professional Education Programs.”
Individividual student programs are designed
in conjunction with departmental representa
tives and members o f the education staff. A ll
students seeking certification must m eet
Swarthmore C ollege’s distribution require
ments in the humanities, natural sciences, and
social sciences and the requirements for a
major or special major. Students are formally
admitted to the teacher certification program
in the spring semester o f their sophomore year.
A ll students seeking teacher certification must
meet grade-point averages for entry and exit
from the program as specified in PA 354 as well
as complete college-level math and English
courses before being admitted to the program.
T hey must also pass the specific P R A X IS
exams required by Pennsylvania for their certi
fication area, either before or after they com
plete the teacher education course require
ments at the College. A full description of the
Swarthmore teacher education requirements
(in education and in specific co n ten t
fields/majors) is available on the Education
program W eb site: http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/Education/N inth-sem ester option : Students who have com
pleted all the requirements for certification in
their discipline and in education, except for
Student Teaching (ED U C 016) and Curric-
14 7
Education
ulum and Methods Sem inar (ED U C 0 1 7 ) may
apply to return following graduation to com
plete the teacher certification program during
a ninth semester. During this semester, they
take ED U C 016 (2 credits) and E D U C 017,
and they pay for a total o f one course o f tuition
and student fees. They are not eligible for cam
pus housing. Further information on the ninthsemester option is available in the Education
Office.
REQUIREMENTS FOR SECONDARY
TEACHER CERTIFICATION
Students planning to seek secondary certifica
tion should take E D U C 014: Introduction to
Education by the end o f their sophomore year
and enroll for ED U C 016: Practice Teaching (a
double-credit course) and E D U C 017: Curric
ulum and Methods Sem inar in their senior year
or during a ninth semester. In addition, they
must com plete the following sequence o f
courses:
E D U C 021. Educational Psychology
E D U C 023. Adolescence
A n additional elective course from the follow
ing:
1. E D U C 025. Counseling: Principles
and Practices
2. ED U C 026. Special Education
IssuesandPractice
3. ED U C 042. Educating the Young Learner
4. E D U C 045. Literacies and Social Identities
5. ED U C 061. Gender and Education
6. ED U C 063. School and Society
7. E D U C 065. Environmental Education
8. ED U C 068. Urban Education
A n Honors seminar in education may be sub
stituted for the elective course.
Students will be admitted to the certification
program after submitting their sophomore
paper and taking E D U C 014: Introduction to
Education. To student teach, students must be
recommended by their major department, by
their Cooperating Teacher in Introduction to
Education, and by members o f the faculty in
education who have taught the student.
Placement o f students for practice teaching is
contingent on successful interviews with the
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director o f the Education program and with
appropriate secondary school personnel.
Elem entary C ertification Option
Swarthmore College does not offer certifica
tion in elementary education. However, if stu
dents complete the Swarthmore courses, listed
below, and enroll for two courses at Eastern
College (Com munication Arts for Children
and Teaching o f Reading), they can receive
elem entary certification through Eastern
College. T h e required Swarthmore courses for
elementary certification are Introduction to
Education; Educational Psychology; Develop
m ental Psychology; T eaching th e Young
Learner; Practice Teaching; Curriculum and
Methods Seminar; and a series o f workshops in
M ath, Social Studies, and Science Methods.
TITLE II TEACHER EDUCATION REPORT
As required by Title II o f the Higher Education
A ct, Swarthmore College has submitted data
to the Pennsylvania Department o f Education
regarding the cohort o f students who complet
ed the teacher certification program between
September 1999 and August 2000. Swarth
more College secondary certification students
had a 100 percent pass rate on all o f the
required P R A X IS tests: Reading, Writing,
M ath, Listening, and the Principles of
Learning and Teachng 7-12. They also had a
100 percent pass rate on all o f the subject spe
cialty tests taken by program completers,
although because there were fewer than 10
individuals taking the tests in any o f the sub
je c t areas, these could not be officially report
ed. Swarthmore students in the 1999-2000
cohort took and passed the P R A X IS subject
area tests in biology, English, math, and social
studies. A ll o f the Swarthmore College ele
mentary certification candidates, who partici
pated in the jo in t program w ith Eastern
College also passed all of the required PRAXIS
tests. In this cohort, all o f the Swarthmore
College graduates who were certified held
teaching positions in the academic year follow
ing certification, except for two who chose to
take nonteaching jobs. T h e majority chose to
teach in the Philadelphia metropolitan area,
though in a typical year, many Swarthmore
teacher education graduates teach out o f state,
all over the country. For further information
included in this report, please see the Program
in Education W eb site: http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/Education/.
tion; and legislation regarding the rights o f stu
dents and teachers. As part o f the seminar, stu
dents take a series o f special methods work
shops in their content area.
COURSES
E ach sem ester. Staff.
1 credit.
EDUC 001C. The Writing Process
(See EN G L 001C .)
Fall sem ester. Staff.
EDUC 014. Introduction to Education
A survey o f issues in education within an inter
disciplinary framework. In addition to consid
ering the theories o f individuals such as Dewey,
Skinner, and Bruner, the course explores some
major economic, historical, and sociological
questions in Am erican education and discusses
alternative policies and programs. T h e course
gives students an opportunity to determine
their own interest in preparing to teach and
furnishes them with first-hand experience in
current elementary and secondary school prac
tice. Fieldwork is required. T his course is nor
mally a prerequisite for further course work in
Education.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Each sem ester. Staff.
EDUC 016. Practice Teaching
Supervised teaching in either secondary or ele
mentary schools. Students pursuing certifica
tion must take E D U C 0 17 concurrently.
(Single-credit practice teaching may be
arranged for individuals no t seeking secondary
certification.)
2 credits.
Each sem ester. Staff.
EDUC 017. Curriculum and Methods
Seminar
This seminar is taken concurrently with
EDUC 016. Readings and discussion focus on
the applications of educational research and
theory to classroom practice. Course content
covers: lesson planning, classroom manage
ment; inquiry-oriented teaching strategies;
questioning and discussion methods; literacy;
the integration o f technology and media;
classroom-based and standardized assessments;
instruction of special needs populations; topics
in multicultural, nonracist, nonsexist educa
EDUC 021. Educational Psychology
(Cross-listed as P SY C 021)
T his course focuses on issues in learning and
development that have particular relevance to
understanding student thinking. Research and
theoretical work on student learning and
development provide the core readings for the
course. In addition, students tutor in local
schools and participate in a laboratory section
that provides an introduction to the process of
research.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Renninger.
EDUC 023. Adolescence
(Cross-listed as P SY C 023)
This course uses a developmental perspective
to examine salient characteristics o f adoles
cence. T h e goal is to obtain a theoretical
understanding o f adolescence and an overview
o f major research. During the first part of the
term, students explore various aspects o f indi
vidual development (e.g., cognitive, affective,
physiological, etc.). T h e second part o f the
semester focuses on the adolescent’s adaptation
in major social contexts (e.g., family, peer
group, school, etc.).
1 credit.
S(m ng 2 0 0 2 . Brenneman.
EDUC 025. Counseling: Principles and
Practice
A n introductory course that critically exam
ines counseling theories and techniques used
within the context o f school and communitybased counseling agencies. Students will de
velop and practice counseling skills through
case studies, role plays, and other modeling
exercises.
I credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Brenneman.
EDUC 026. Special Education: Issues and
Practice
T his course explores current definitions, issues,
and approaches in the field of special educa-
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tion, focusing mainly on students with learn
ing and behavioral and emotional disabilities.
Class work includes readings from both educa
tio n and psychology. Field placem ent is
required.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002.
EDUC 042. Educating the Young Learner
This course explores the ways in which chil
dren construct meaning within their personal,
community, and school lives. Areas to be
explored include conditions of learning, con
structivist theory, problem solving, reading,
schema theory, the intersection o f school,
hom e, and community contexts, ways in
which we can learn from the learner, and the
similarities and differences in learning in vari
ous disciplines. Field placement is required.
Required for elementary teaching certifica
tion.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Anderson.
EDUC 045. Literacies and Social
Identities
T his course explores the intersections and
meanings o f literacies and sociocultural worlds
and identities. Topics will include orality and
literacy; race, gender, class, religious, sexual
orientation, and political identities; literacy
programs and policies; academic literacy; situ
ated, participatory, and daily literacy practices;
and practice and sacred views o f literacies.
This course will draw readings from anthro
pology, sociology, sociolinguistics, literary and
reader response theory, and education. Field
work is required.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Anderson.
EDUC 054. Oral and Written Language
(See LIN G 054.)
Prerequisite: LIN G 001, 040, 045, or 050.
1 credit.
F all 2001. Napoli.
EDUC 081. Gender and Education
This course uses historical, psychological, and
social frameworks to explore the role o f gender
in the educational process. It examines how
gender influences experiences o f teaching and
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learning and how schools both contribute to
and challenge social constructions o f gender.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Smulyan.
EDUC 063. School and Society
(Cross-listed as SO A N 069)
T his course examines various aspects and per
spectives o f K -12 education in the United
States. W e look at the multiple and contradic
tory purposes and functions of schools, focus
ing on the ways in which schools claim to be
m eritocratic while reproducing the class,
racial, gender, and sexual orders o f the U .S.
society. In the second half of the course, we
turn to experiences o f teachers and students
and ask what role schools can play in chal
lenging different forms of social oppression.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Smulyan.
EDUC 065. Environmental Education
T his course will explore the developments in
environm ental education, earth education
and Watershed programs from practical, cur
ricular and philosophical perspectives. We
will assess the possibility of making environ
mental education a central part o f the curricu
lum. Students will survey current programs,
curricula, and research and consider the role
o f formal education in generating environ
mental awareness in light o f global ecological
crises. Field work is required.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
EDUC 068. Urban Education
(Cross-listed as SO A N 020B )
T his course examines issues of practice and
policy, including financing, integration, com
pensatory education, curricular innovation,
parent involvem ent, bilingual education,
high-stakes testing, comprehensive school
reform, governance, and multiculturalism.
T h e special challenges freed by urban schools
in meeting the needs of individuals and groups
in a pluralistic society will be examined using
the approaches o f education, psychology, soci
ology, anthropology, political science, and
economics. Current issues will also be viewed
in historical perspective. Field work is
required.
1 credit.
EDUC 096-097. Thesis
Spring 2002. Travers.
l or 2 credits, norm ally in conjunction w ith a
special m ajor.
EDUC 069. Savage Inaccuracies: The
Facts and Economics of Education in
America
(See ECON 005.)
Prerequisites: ECO N 001 and any statistics
course (or the consent o f the instructor).
EDUC 014 is strongly recommended.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Kuperberg.
EDUC 0 71. Special Projects (Issues in
Music and Dance Education)
(Cross-listed as D A N C 091 and M U SI 091)
An introduction to the fields of music and
dance education. This course will involve fre
quent visits to schools, studios and other edu
cational institutions in the Philadelphia area.
We will observe a variety of teaching methods
and discuss the guiding principles of music and
dance education. W e will also address such
questions as the place o f music and dance in
higher education in general and at Swarthmore
in particular. In some cases, coursework may
include practice teaching, depending on stu
dent experience and inclination. Open to any
student who has taken at least one course in
music, dance, or education.
0.5 credits (C R /N C R ).
Spring 2002. Arrow, W hitm an.
EDUC 091 A . Special Tnpics
With the permission of the instructor, qualified
students may choose to pursue a topic o f spe
cial interest in education through a field proj
ect involving classroom or school practice.
Available as a credit/no credit course only.
0.5 or 1 credit.
Each sem ester. Staff.
EDUC 091D. Special Topics
With the permission of the instructor, students
may choose to pursue a topic o f special interest
by designing an independent reading or project
that usually requires a comprehensive litera
ture review, laboratory work, and/or field-based
research.
0.5 or 1 credit.
Each sem ester. Staff.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
SEMINARS
EDUC 12 1. Child Psychology and Practice
T his seminar focuses on (1) general develop
mental principles revealed in and applicable to
contexts of practice as well as (2) practical
applications of research and theory in develop
m ental psychology. Through field work,
directed readings, and a literature review on a
question of their choice, members of the semi
nar work together to consider topics in educa
tion (e.g., motivation, professional learning,
instructional practice), topics in cognitive sci
ence (e.g., strategy use, metacognition, and in
dividual variation) and topics in social policy
(e.g., evaluation, community initiatives, and
educational reform). T h e field work for the
seminar focuses on the evaluation o f an issue or
problem identified by the local community.
Prerequisites: ED U C 01 4 and 021.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Renninger.
EDUC 131. Social and Cultural
Perspectives on Education
In this seminar, students examine schools as
institutions that both reflect and challenge
existing social and cultural patterns of thought,
behavior, and knowledge production. Topics
that will be considered include definition and
role of literacy in schools, school-communityhome relationships, culturally relevant educa
tion and multiculturalism, and the social con
struction of gender in the schools.
Prerequisites: E D U C 014 and an additional
course in the 060s.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Smulyan.
EDUC 14 1. Educational Policy
This seminar will explore issues in the design,
implementation, and evaluation o f education
al policy at the federal, state, and local levels.
In light of the ongoing historical and cultural
debates over educational policy, the course will
examine topics, including finance and equity,
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school governance, the standards movement,
high-stakes testing, school choice, systemic
reform, curricular reform, early childhood edu
cation, immigrant and bilingual education, and
special education from the perspectives o f sev
eral social science disciplines and political per
spectives. Field work in a policy-related educa
tional organization is required.
Prerequisites: E D U C 0 14 and an additional
course in the 060s; E D U C 068 is strongly rec
ommended.
2 credits.
F all 20 0 1 . Travers.
EDUC 180. Honois Thesis
A 2-credit thesis is required for students com
pleting special Honors majors including educa
tion. T h e thesis may be counted for 2 credits in
education or for 1 credit in education and 1
credit in the other discipline in the student’s
Honors program.
2 credits.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
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Engineering
ERIK CHEEVER, Professor
NELSON A . MACKEN, Professor2
ARTHUR E . McGARITY, Professor3
FREDERICK L . ORTHUER, Professor
FARUQ M .A . SiDDIQUI, Professor and Chair
WLODZIMIERZ WOJCIK, Visiting Professor
ERICH CARR EVERRACH, Associate Professor
LYNNE A . MOLTER, Associate Professor
MICHAEL J . PI0V0S0, Visiting Associate Professor
BRUCE A . MAXWELL, Assistant Professor3
HOLLY CASTLEMAN, Administrative Assistant
2 Absent on leave, spring 2002.
3 Absent on leave, 2001-2002.
The professional practice o f engineering
requires creativity and confidence in applying
scientific knowledge and mathematical m eth
ods to the solution o f technical problems of
ever-growing complexity. T h e pervasiveness of
advanced technology within our economic and
social infrastructures demands that engineers
more fully recognize and take into account
potential economic and social consequences
that may follow from resolving significant and
analytically well-defined technical issues. A
responsibly educated engineer must, therefore,
not only be in confident command o f current
analytic and design techniques but also have a
thorough understanding of social and econom
ic influences and an abiding appreciation for
cultural and humanistic traditions. Our pro
gram supports these needs by offering each
engineering student the opportunity to acquire
a broad yet individualized technical and liberal
education.
O bjectives o f the Engineering Program : Graduates
with the bachelor o f science degree in En
gineering will have the following:
Mission o f the Engineering Program : As stated in
the introduction on p. 9 o f this catalog,
Swarthmore seeks to help its students realize
their fullest intellectual and personal potential,
combined with a deep sense of ethical and
social concern. W ithin this context, the De
partment of Engineering seeks to graduate stu
dents with a broad, rigorous education empha
sizing strong analysis and synthesis skills. Our
graduates will be well rounded and responsible
and able to adapt to new technical challenges,
communicate effectively, and collaborate well
with others.
1. Proficiency in the analysis o f engineering
systems
2. Proficiency in engineering design
3. Broad background in the liberal arts
4. Effective oral and written communica
tions skills
5. Ability to adapt to changing situations
and new technical challenges
Our departmental major program leading to
the degree of bachelor o f science in engineer
ing is accredited by the Engineering A ccredita
tion Commission o f the Accreditation Board
for Engineering and Technology.
T h e structure o f the department’s curriculum
permits engineering majors to devote as much
as three-eighths of their course work to the
humanities and social sciences. About half of
our majors pursue either a minor or a double
major leading to two degrees, the bachelor of
science in engineering, and a bachelor o f arts
in a second academic discipline within their
four-year course o f study. Departmental approval
o f a double major requires a B average among
courses in mathematics, science, and engineering.
T h e department’s physical facilities include
laboratories for general instruction and indi
vidual student projects in electronics, electro
magnetism, optics, systems dynamics and con
trol, communications, engineering materials,
solid and structural mechanics, fluid mechanics,
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fossil and solar energy conversion, acoustics,
nonlinear dynamics, and environmental water
and air pollution control. W ithin these labora
tories is a wide variety of modem measurement
equipment configured for computer-assisted data
acquisition and process control; data flies are
directly accessible from the college computer
network. A workstation laboratory with high
performance color graphics and industry-stan
dard engineering design, analysis, and graphics
software is also part of our departmental facili
ties. Electronics, metal, and woodworking shops
that support our courses and laboratories are
also available for student use.
Courses Readily A vailable to Students N ot M ajoring
or M inoring in Engineering
High Performance Composites (001), Explor
ing Acoustics (0 0 2 ), Problems in Technology
(0 0 3 ), and A rt and Science o f Structures (007)
are designed chiefly for students contemplating
only an introduction to engineering.
Mechanics (0 0 6 ) is primarily for prospective
majors, but other interested students, particu
larly those preparing for careers in architecture
or biomechanics, are encouraged to enroll.
Introduction to Environm ental Protection
(0 0 4 A ), Operations Research (0 5 7 ), Solar
Energy Systems (0 3 5 ), W ater Quality and
Pollution Control (0 6 3 ), Swarthmore and the
Biosphere (0 0 4 B ), Environm ental Systems
(0 6 6 ), and Environmental Policy and Politics
(0 0 4 C ) appeal to many students majoring in
other departments, particularly those pursuing
the Environmental Studies minor. Students
interested in computers, including Computer
Science majors or minors, may wish to consider
Digital System Design (024), Principles of
Computer A rch itectu re (0 2 5 ), Computer
Graphics (0 2 6 ), Computer Vision (027), and
Robotics (0 2 8 ). Students majoring in the phys
ical sciences or mathematics may enroll rou
tinely in advanced engineering courses. Depart
ment faculty members also support minors in
computer science and Environmental Studies
and a special major with the Linguistics program.
N ote that Engineering Methodology, High
Performance Composites, Exploring Acoustics,
Problems in Technology, A rt and Science of
Structures, Introduction to Environm ental
Protection, Swarthmore and the Biosphere,
and Environmental Policy and Politics are not
admissible as technical electives within an
Engineering major or minor but may be taken
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as free electives subject to the 20-Course Rule.
M ajoring or M inoring in Engineering
Requirements for a course major or minor:
C ourse M ajor
G eneral departmental requirements fall into
two categories: successful completion of at least
(1) 12 engineering courses and (2) 8 courses in
science and mathematics. W ithin category (2)
students must receive 2 credits in Physics, one
in Chemistry and 4 in Math. T hey must also
receive credit or placement for PH YS 003 &
004 or 007 & 008, CH EM 010, and MATH
005, 006, 018, & 030. T h e unspecified course
in category (2) should be chosen to comple
m ent the student’s overall program o f study
and will normally be from one o f the following
Swarthmore departments: Biology, Chemistry,
Computer Science, or Physics and Astronomy.
Furthermore, this unspecified course must be
acceptable for credit toward a minimal major
in the offering department to be admissible
toward an Engineering major. No courses
intended to satisfy these departmental require
ments, except those taken fall semester in the
first year, may be taken Credit/No Credit.
W ithin category (1), the following core courses
are required o f all students: M echanics, Elec
tric Circuit Analysis, Linear Physical Systems
Analysis, Experim entation for Engineering
Design, Thermofluid Mechanics, and Engineer
ing Design (EN G R 006, O il, 012, 014, 041,
and 0 90). O f these, the first four are normally
taken as follows: Mechanics in the spring
semester o f first year, Electric Circuit Analysis
in the fall semester of sophomore year, and
Linear Physical Systems Analysis and Experi
mentation for Engineering Design in the spring
semester o f sophomore year. Thermofluid
M echanics can be taken in the fall of junior
year or senior year, and Engineering Design,
the culminating experience for engineering
majors, must be taken in the spring of senior
year. Submission and oral presentation of the
Final Project Report in Engineering Design
constitutes the comprehensive examination for
majors in Engineering.
Elective Program fo r Course Majors: In consultation
with his or her adviser, each student devises a
program o f advanced work in the department.
These programs, normally including six cours
es, are submitted for departmental approval as
part of the formal application for a major in
engineering during the spring semester of
sophomore year.
A student’s elective program may or may not
conform to some traditional or conventional
area o f engineering specialization (e.g., electri
cal, mechanical, or civil). Thus, for each plan
of advanced work, the department requires a
coherent, well-justified program that, in its judg
ment, meets the student’s stated educational
objectives.
Typical elective program plans include the follow mg:
1. E lectrical engineering group: Electronic Circuit
Applications, Physical Electronics, Electro
dynamics, Communication Systems, Digital
Signal Processing, V LSI Design, and Control
Theory and Design. Students having an
interest in digital systems might replace one
or more of these courses with Digital System
Design, Principles of Computer A rchitec
ture, or Computer Graphics.
2. Com puter engineering group: Digital System
Design, Principles of Computer Architecture,
Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, and
Robotics. Students with an interest in com
puter hardware may include E lectronic
Circuit Applications, Physical Electronics,
Digital Signal Processing, V L SI Design, or
Control Theory and Design.
3. M echanical engineering group: Mechanics of
Solids, Engineering
M aterials, Fluid
Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermal Energy
Conversion, Solar Energy Systems, or
Control Theory and Design.
4. Civil and environm ental engineering group:
Basic preparation includes M echanics of
Solids, Structural Theory and Design I, Soil
and Rock Mechanics, and W ater Quality
and Pollution Control. Additional courses
include Operations Research and Environ
mental Systems for those interested in the
environment or urban planning, or Struc
tural Theory and Design II for those inter
ested in architecture or construction. O ther
recommended courses include Solar Energy
Systems, Fluid Mechanics, and Engineering
Materials.
Course Minor
Academ ic advising: Students interested in pur
suing a minor are responsible for finding a fac
ulty member within the Engineering Depart
ment to advise them. If possible, this faculty
member should have interests that overlap the
area o f the minor. If a student encounters diffi
culties in identifying an adviser, s/he should
seek the assistance o f the ch air o f the
Engineering Department. Students planning to
m inor in Engineering should consult their
Engineering advisers regularly, and the sopho
more papers of Engineering minors should indi
cate the plan to minor and the courses chosen
to fulfill the minor.
R equirem ents: A minimum of 5 credits in engi
neering is required, o f which at least two must
be core courses (EN G R 006, O il, 012, 014, or
041, but not EN G R 0 90). T h e remainder will
be selected from elective course offerings with
in the department. Only those electives that
count toward an engineering major can be
counted toward a minor.
• Supporting work in mathematics, physics,
chemistry, and computer science is only
necessary when designated as a prerequisite
to an individual engineering course.
• No directed readings may be used as one of
the 5 credits for the minor.
• A t most, 1 transfer credit, which must be
preapproved by the Engineering Depart
ment, will be accepted in partial fulfillment
o f the requirements for the minor. Transfer
credits may not be used for one of the two
courses used to fulfill the core course re
quirement o f the minor. Students should be
aware that most lecture courses at other
institutions carry only 0.75 Swarthmore
credits, unless they include a full lab
sequence. Students seeking to use foreign
study or domestic exchange work in partial
fulfillm ent o f the requirements for the
minor should consult their academic advi
sors and the C h air o f the Engineering
Department as early as possible to ensure
that all requirements are met.
• No culminating experience will be required.
O nly students pursuing th e m ajor in
Engineering may enroll in EN G R 090.
A reas o f study: Although packaged selections
o f courses will be suggested as options for stu
dents interested in a minor in engineering, stu
dents may tailor their programs to meet indi
vidual needs and interests in consultation with
their adviser(s).
Requirem ents fo r an H onors M ajor or M inor
Students with a B+ average among courses in
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the Division o f Natural Sciences and Engineer
ing may apply to stand for Honors in engineer
ing. T his B+ average must be maintained to
remain in the Honors program. A listing of
preparations supported by existing engineering
courses is appended. Credits from approved
attachments or special topics courses may sub
stitute for not more than 1 credit within any
preparation.
Honors Minor
Honors M ajor
• Every engineering Honors minor preparation
is to include two related upper-level engi
neering electives for which all prerequisites
must be satisfied. If the student is not also an
engineering course major, th en Senior
Honors Study is also required. Credits from
official Attachments or Special Topics courses
in engineering may substitute for not more
than one o f the two upper-level courses
within an engineering minor preparation.
Honors majors must complete the same require
ments as a course major in engineering. In
addition:
• T h e Honors major in engineering is a fourexam ination program, including three
preparations in engineering (th e major) and
one minor preparation. Each area comprises
2 credits o f work.
• T h e m inor preparation must comprise at
least 2 credits o f work in any department or
program outside engineering, and be among
those approved by that department or pro
gram.
• Each major candidate must accumulate 12
credits in engineering, including EN G R
09 0 , and the same number o f science and
math credits as required o f course majors.
A ll engineering graduates will therefore
receive an ABET-accredited bachelor o f sci
ence degree.
• O ne o f the major preparations must include
E N G R 09 0 , plus an appropriate related
upper-level engineering elective or a 1-credit
Honors thesis to be completed in the fall
semester o f senior year. Honors thesis credit
may not substitute for any o f the 12 engi
neering credits required for the B .S.; candi
dates electing an Honors thesis will, there
fore, complete at least 13 credits in engi
neering and 33 college wide. T h e two addi
tional major preparations are each to com
prise two related upper-level engineering
electives. A précis of not more than 12 pages
(including tables and figures) o f each candi
date’s E N G R 0 9 0 project must be submitted
by the end o f the 10th week of the spring
semester for mailing to the relevant Honors
examiner. T h e final E N G R 09 0 report will
not be mailed to any examiner but may be
brought to the oral examinations.
• Senior Honors Study by engineering majors
is not required.
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• Senior Honors Study is required for all engi
neering Honors minors, except those that
are also engineering course majors. For those
no t majoring in engineering the Senior
Honors Study is the culminating experi
ence; course majors will not take Senior
Honors Study because EN G R 09 0 serves as
the culminating experience.
• Prerequisites to upper-level engineering
electives may be waived by the department,
depending upon the student’s documenta
tion o f equivalent work in another depart
m ent at the time of application.
• Formats o f exam ination will follow those
appropriate for the engineering major.
Honors exam ination o f engineering minors
will consist of a three-hour written exam
covering the engineering preparation, plus a
subsequent oral exam ination o f each candi
date by the author o f the written exam—
either alone if need be to assure adequate
evaluation of the engineering preparation or
as an invited member o f an examining panel
convened by the major department.
More specific information about Course and
Honors programs is distributed by the depart
m ent to prospective engineering majors and
minors in December o f each year. Additional
information is also available on the engineer
ing W eb site, http://www.engin.swarthmore.edu.
Poland Foreign Study Program
A program o f study is available at theTechnical
University o f Krakow Poland for students who
desire an engineering foreign study experience
in a non-English-speaking country. Normally
occurring in the spring o f the junior year, stu
dents take courses taught in English consisting
of two engineering electives and the survey
course Environmental Science and Technology
in Poland plus an intensive orientation course
on Polish language and culture provided by the
Jagiellonian University. Coordinator: McGarity.
COURSES
ENGR 001. High-Performance Composites
Introduction to the structure, properties, and
performance o f modem composites in sports
equipment, automotive, and aerospace applica
tions. Simple models o f material behavior are
developed and used to examine products like
ski poles, fishing rods, tennis racquets, radial
tires, and human-powered aircraft. Labs
include making and testing a number o f poly
mer and ceramic matrix composites, plus a
research p ro ject o f the student’s ch oice.
Primarily for students not majoring in engi
neering. High school physics recommended.
Primary distribution cou rse. I credit.
Not offered 2001-2002.
ENGR 002. Exploring Acoustics
(Cross-listed as LIN G 002)
A course to provide students with exposure to
basic scientific and engineering principles
through an exploration o f the acoustics of
musical instruments, the human voice, struc
tures, and the environm ent. Emphasis on
hands-on analysis with a minimum use of
mathematics. For students not majoring in
engineering. Includes laboratory.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002.
ENGR 003. Problems in Technology
For students no t majoring in science or engi
neering. This year, the course will concentrate
on the automobile and its impact on society.
Technical, political, and socioeconom ic
aspects will be discussed. Class members will
also work on teams with engineering students
in designing, building, and testing a hybrid
electric car. Enrollment limited.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Fall 2001. Macken.
004: ENVIRONMENTAL COURSES FOR
N0NMAJ0RS
Courses num bered E N G R 004A -004Z serve all
students interested in environm ental scien ce, tech
nology, and policy. Indicated courses m ay be used
to satisfy the non-prim ary distribution course
(P D C ) requirem ent in the D ivision o f N atural
Sciences and Engineering. Some m ay also meet
requirem ents fo r m inors in Environm ental Studies
or public policy and special m ajors in environm en
tal scien ce or environm ental policy and technology.
T hey m ay not norm ally be used to satisfy require
m ents fo r the m ajor or m inor in engineering.
ENGR 004A. Introduction to
Environmental Protection
Fundamentals o f analysis for environmental
problems in the areas o f water pollution, air
pollution, solid and hazardous wastes, water
and energy supply, and resource depletion with
an emphasis o n technological solutions.
Scientific concepts necessary to understand
local and global pollution problems. Pollution
control and renewable energy technologies.
Public policy developments related to regula
tion o f pollutants. Methods o f computer-based
systems analysis for developing economically
effective environmental protection policies.
Counts toward distribution credit (non-PD C)
in the D ivision o f Natural Scien ces and
Engineering and satisfies the environmental
science/technology component o f the Environ
mental Studies minor.
N o prerequisites.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Everbach.
ENGR 004R. Swarthmore and the
Riosphere
A n interdisciplinary seminar-style investiga
tion of the role o f Swarthmore College and its
community within the biosphere, including an
intensive field-based analysis o f one major
aspect o f Swarthmore’s interaction with its
environment such as food procurement, waste
disposal, or energy use. Student project groups
explore the selected topic from various per
spectives, and the class proposes and attempts
to implement solutions. Faculty from various
departments provide background lectures, lead
discussions of approaches outlined in the liter
ature, and coordinate project groups. Crosslisted in the instructors’ departments. Does not
count toward distribution requirements.
N o prerequisites.
1 credit.
O ffered w hen dem and and staffing permit.
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ENGR 004C. Environmental Policy and
Politics
(Cross-listed as PO LS 043)
Topics in environmental analysis, policy for
mulation, and pollution regulation.
sion, and internal pressure. Laboratory work
includes a M A TLA B workshop, experiments
on deformable bodies, and a truss bridge team
design competition.
Prerequisite: PH YS 003 or equivalent.
1 credit.
Prim ary distribution course. 1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002.
Spring 2002. Siddiqui/Orthlieb.
ENGR 004E. Introduction to Sustainable
Systems Analysis
Definitions o f sustainability and sustainable
development. Quantitative indicators for eval
uating sustainable policy, projects, technology,
products, and education. Interactions between
ecology, society, and economy. Alternatives to
econom ic valuation, including energy and
eMergy analysis. Dematerialization and recy
cling, life-cycle analysis, sustainable industrial
production, waste minimization, clean tech
nologies, sustainable habitation and communi
ties, sustainable international, national, and
local policies. Includes laboratory, computerbased simulation exercises, field trips, and in
ternational Internet discussion groups. Counts
toward distribution credit (non-PD C) in the
Division o f Natural Sciences and Engineering
and satisfies the environmental science/technology com ponent o f th e Environm ental
Studies minor.
N o prerequisites.
1 credit.
Fall 2 0 0 1 . W ojcik.
ENGR 005. Engineering Methodology
A fall 0.5-credit course for those interested in
engineering, presenting techniques, and tools
that engineers use to define, analyze, solve, and
report on technical problems and an introduc
tion to department facilities. Designed for stu
dents who are potential majors as well as those
interested only in an introduction to engineer
ing. Although EN G R 005 is not required of
prospective engineering majors, it is strongly
recommended. Offered in the fall semester. This
course is not to be used to fulfill the require
ments for the engineering major or minor.
0 .5 credit.
F all 2001. Everbach.
ENGR 006. Mechanics
Fundamental areas of statics and dynamics.
Elementary concepts o f deformable bodies
including stress-strain relations, flexure, tor
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ENGR 007. Art and Science of Structures
A n introduction to the basic principles of
structural analysis and design including an
emphasis on the historical development of
modem structural engineering. Suitable for
students planning to study architecture, archi
tectural history, or with an interest in struc
tures. Includes laboratory. For students not
majoring in engineering. Offered in the fall
semester.
1 credit.
O ffered w hen dem and and staffing perm it.
ENGR 0 11. Electrical Circuit Analysis
A n introduction to the analysis of electrical
circuits th at include resistors, capacitors,
inductors, op-amps, and diodes. T h e student
will leam to develop equations describing elec
trical networks. Techniques for the solution of
differential equations resulting from linear cir
cuits are taught. Solutions will be formulated
both in the time domain and in the frequency
domain. There is a brief introduction to digital
circuits. Includes laboratory. E N G R Oil
offered in the fall semester. Prerequisites:
M ATH 006B and PH YS 004 (or equivalents)
or permission o f the instructor.
1 credit.
F all 2001. Molter/Cheever.
ENGR 012. Linear Physical Systems
Analysis
Involves the study o f engineering phenomena
that may be represented by linear, lumpedparameter models. It builds upon the mathe
matical techniques learned in EN G R O il and
applies them to A broad range of linear systems
including those in the mechanical, thermal,
fluid, and electrom echanical domains. Tech
niques used include Laplace Transforms, Fourier
analysis, and Eigenvalue/Eigenvector methods.
Both transfer function and state-space repre
sentations o f systems are studied. T h e course
includes a brief introduction to discrete time
systems. Includes laboratory. Offered in the
spring semester.
021 is strongly recommended.
Prerequisites: EN G R O il (or equivalent) or
permission of the instructor.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Staff.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Molter/Cheever.
ENGR 014. Experimentation for
Engineering Design
Introduction to measurement systems, instru
ments, probability, statistical analysis, measure
ment errors, and their use in experimental
design, planning, execution, data reduction
and analysis. Techniques of hypothesis testing,
confidence intervals, single and multivariable
linear and nonlinear regression. Includes labo
ratory. Offered in the spring semester.
Prerequisites: E N G R 011.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Orthlieb/Everbach.
ENGR 024. Digital System Design
(Cross-listed as C P S C 024)
This course covers digital system design. Topics
include Boolean logic, digital representations,
and techniques for design o f combinational,
sequential, and asynchronous circuits. W e also
study I/O interfaces, communication protocols,
and microcontroller architecture. Labs focus on
CAD techniques, VH DL (very high-speed inte
grated circuit hardware description language),
and programmable logic devices. Offered in the
fall semester every year.
Prerequisites: C P S C 021, E N G R 011, or per
mission of the instructor.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Piovoso.
ENGR 025. Principles of Computer
Architecture
(Cross-listed as C P S C 025)
This course covers the physical and logical
design of a computer. Topics include current
microprocessors, C P U design, R IS C and C IS C
concepts, pipelining, superscalar processing,
cache, paging, segmentation, virtual memory,
parallel architectures, bus protocols, and
input/output devices. Labs cover analysis of
current systems and microprocessor design
using CA D tools, including VH DL. Offered in
the spring semester every year.
Prerequisites: C P SC 021, EN G R 024, or per^
mission of instructor. A course beyond C P SC
1 credit.
ENGR 026. Computer Graphics
(Cross-listed as C P S C 040)
Computer graphics deals with the manipula
tion and creation o f digital imagery. W e cover
drawing algorithms for two-dimensional graph
ics primitives, 2D and three-dim ensional
matrix transformations, projective geometry,
2D and 3D model representations, clipping,
hidden surface removal, rendering, hierarchi
cal modeling, shading and lighting models,
shadow generation, special effects, fractals and
chaotic systems, and animation techniques.
Labs will focus on the implementation o f a 3D
hierarchical modeling system that incorporates
realistic lighting models and fast hidden sur
face removal.
Prerequisites: C P S C 021, or permission o f the
instructor. Recommended: Linear algebra and
some calculus is strongly recommended.
Offered fall semester, alternate years.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
ENGR 027. Computer Vision
(Cross-listed as C P S C 027)
Computer vision studies how computers can
analyze and perceive the world using input
from imaging devices. Topics include line and
region extraction, stereo vision, m otion analy
sis, color and reflection models, and object rep
resentation and recognition. T h e course will
focus on object recognition and detection,
introducing the tools o f computer vision in
support o f building an automatic object recog
nition and classification system. Labs will
involve implementing both off-line and real
time object recognition and classification sys
tems.
Prerequisites: EN G R 012, C P S C 021, or per
mission o f the instructor. M ath background at
the level o f M A TH 016 or M A TH 018 is
strongly recommended. O ffered tw ice every fou r
years.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
ENGR 028. Rubotics
(Cross-listed as C P S C 081)
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This course addresses the problems o f control
ling and motivating robots to act intelligently
in dynamic, unpredictable environments. Major
topics will include robot perception using vision
and sonar, kinematics and inverse kinematics,
navigation and control, optim ization and
learning, and robot simulation environments.
To demonstrate these concepts, we will be
looking at mobile robots, robot arms and posi
tioning devices, and virtual agents. Labs will
focus on programming robots to execute tasks,
explore, and interact with their environment.
relating to efficient manufacturing, environ
m ental pollution control, urban planning,
water and food resources, and aims control.
Includes case study project. Offered in the fall
semester.
Prerequisites: EN G R 027/CPSC 027, C P SC
063, C P S C 128, or permission of the instruc
tor. Offered when demand and staffing permit.
Introduction to the control o f engineering sys
tems. Analysis and design o f linear control sys
tems using root locus, frequency response, and
state space techniques. Also provides an intro
duction to digital control techniques, includ
ing analysis o f A/D and D/A converters, digital
controllers, and numerical control algorithms.
Includes laboratory. Offered in the spring semester.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
ENGR 035. Solar Energy Systems
Fundamental physical concepts and system
design techniques o f solar energy systems.
Topics include solar geometry, components of
solar radiation, analysis o f thermal and photo
voltaic solar collectors, energy storage, com
puter simulation of system performance, com
puter-aided design optimization, and economic
feasibility assessment. Includes laboratory.
No prerequisite.
Prim ary distribution course (natural sciences only
and only i f enrolled fo r E N G R 0 5 7 ).
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
ENGR 058. Control Theory and Design
Prerequisite: EN G R 012 or equivalent.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Piovoso.
ENGR 059. Mechanics of Solids
F all 2001. Orthlieb.
Internal stresses and changes of form that
occur when forces act on solid bodies or when
internal temperature varies. State o f stress and
strain, strength theories, stability, deflections,
and photoelasticity. Elastic and plastic theories.
Includes laboratory. Offered in the fall semester.
ENGR 041. Thermofluid Mechanics
Prerequisite: EN G R 006 or equivalent.
Prerequisites: PH YS 0 0 4 , M A TH 0 0 6 , or
equivalent or consent o f the instructor.
1 credit.
Introduction to macroscopic thermodynamics;
first and second laws, properties of pure sub
stances, applications using system and control
volume formulation. Introduction to fluid
mechanics; development of conservation theo
rems, hydrostatics, dynamics o f one-dimen
sional fluid motion with and without friction.
Includes laboratory.
Prerequisites: E N G R 012 and E N G R 014 (or
equivalent background). Offered in the fall
semester.
1 credit.
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Siddiqui.
ENGR 060. Structural Theory and Design I
Fundamental principles o f structural mechan
ics. Statically determinate analysis o f frames
and trusses. Approximate analysis of indeter
minate structures. Virtual work principles. Ele
ments o f design o f steel and concrete structur
al members. Includes laboratory. Offered in the
spring semester.
Prerequisite: EN G R 059 or permission of the
instructor.
F all 2001. Macken/Everbach.
1 credit.
ENGR 057. Operations Research
Spring 20 0 2 . Siddiqui.
(Cross-listed as ECO N 032)
ENGR 061. Geotechnical Engineering:
Theory and Design
Introduces students to computer-based model
ing and optimization for the solution o f com
plex, multivariable problems such as those
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Soil and rock mechanics, including soil and rock
formation, soil mineralogy, soil types, compac
tion, soil hydraulics, consolidation, stresses in
soil masses, slope stability, and bearing capaci
ty. Application to engineering design prob
lems. Includes laboratory. Offered in the fall
semester, alternate years.
Prerequisite: E N G R 0 06 or permission o f the
instructor. May be taken concurrently with
ENGR 059.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
Brownfields and soil remedation including
chemical and biological methods. Groundwater
contamination and remedation including oil
and toxic organics. Includes laboratory.
Prerequisite: CH EM 010, M ATH 006, or per
mission o f instructor.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . W ojcik.
ENGR 066. Environmental Systems
1 credit.
M athematical modeling and systems analysis of
problems in the fields o f water resources, water
quality, air pollution, urban planning, and
public health. Techniques o f optimization
including linear and integer programming are
used as frameworks for modeling such prob
lems. Dynamic systems simulation methods
included. Laboratory included. Offered in the
spring semester, alternate years.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
Prerequisite: EN G R 057, or equivalent.
ENGR 063. Water Quality and Pollution
Control
N ot offered 2001-2002.
ENGR 062. Structural Theory and Design II
Advanced structural analysis. Classical and
matrix methods o f analysis. Digital computer
applications. Design o f steel and concrete
structures. Includes laboratory. Offered in the
fall semester.
Prerequisite: EN G R 060.
Elements o f water quality management and
treatment o f wastewaters. Laboratory and field
measurements o f water quality indicators.
Analysis o f wastewater treatment processes.
Sewage treatm ent plant design. Computer
modeling of the effects o f waste discharge on
natural waters. Environmental impact assess
ment. Laboratory and field studies included.
Prerequisite: C H EM 0 1 0 , M A TH 006, or
equivalent or consent o f instructor. Offered in
the fall semester, alternate years.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
ENGR 064. Solid and Hazardous Waste
Management
Solid waste characteristic and composition.
Collection methods and segregation; waste
recycling; resource conservation and recovery.
Hazardous waste characteristics. Disposal by
landfilling; biochemical processes within land
fill; landfill design and operation; landfill gas
generation, leachate management including
control, recycling, and treatm ent; landfill
reclamation. W aste incineration including
hazardous waste incineration and air pollution
control. Aerobic and anaerobic waste process
ing; sludge utilization. Integration o f waste
management with wastewater sludge manage
ment. Hazardous waste treatment technologies.
1 credit.
ENGR 0 71. Digital Signal Processing
Introduction to difference equations and dis
crete-tim e transform theory; the Z-transform
and Fourier representation o f sequences; fast
Fourier transform algorithms. Discrete-time
transfer functions and filter design techniques
are introduced. Provides an introduction to
architecture and programming o f digital signal
processors. Laboratory included.
Prerequisite: E N G R 012.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Cheever.
ENGR 072. Electronic Circuit Applications
T his course is of interest to a broad range of
students in the sciences. T h e student will learn
the fundamentals o f electronic circuit design
starting with a brief survey o f semiconductor
devices including diodes and bipolar and field
effect transistors. T h e course continues with
op-amp applications, including instrumenta
tion and filter design. T h e use of digital logic is
also explored. Throughout the course, practical
considerations of circuit design and construc
tion are covered. Includes laboratory. Offered
in the fall semester.
Prerequisite: EN G R O il or PH YS 008.
1 credit.
F all 2001. Cheever.
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ENGR 072A. Electronic Circuit Applications
EN G R 0 72A is a 0.5-credit course comprising
only the laboratory section of EN G R 072. It is
intended for physics or other nonengineering
majors only. This course is taken in place of
EN G R 072, not in addition to it. T he student
will learn the fundamentals o f electronic cir
cuit design starting with a brief survey of semi
conductor devices including diodes, and bipo
lar and field effect transistors. T h e course con
tinues with op-amp applications, including
instrumentation and filter design. T h e use of
digital logic is also explored. Throughout the
course, practical considerations of circuit
design and construction are covered. Includes
laboratory. Offered in the fall semester.
Prerequisite: EN G R O il or PHYS 008.
0 .5 credit.
Fall 2001. Cheever.
ENGR 073. Physical Electronics
Physical properties of semiconductor materials,
semiconductor devices, and simple circuits.
T he physics of electron/hole dynamics; band
and transport theory; and electrical, mechani
cal, and optical properties of semiconductor
crystals. Devices examined include diodes,
transistors, FETs, LEDs, lasers, and pin photo
detectors. Modeling and fabrication processes.
Includes laboratory. Offered in the spring
semester.
Prerequisites: EN G R 011 or PHYS 008.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Molter.
ENGR 075, 076. Electromagnetic Theory I
and II
Static and dynamic treatment of engineering
applications o f Maxwell’s equations. Macro
scopic field treatment of interactions with
dielectric, conducting, and magnetic materials.
Analysis of forces and energy storage as the
basis of circuit theory. Electromagnetic waves
in free space and guidance within media; plane
waves and modal propagation. Polarization,
reflection, refraction, diffraction, and interfer
ence. EN G R 076 will include advanced topics
in optics and microwaves, such as laser opera
tion, resonators, Gaussian beams, interferome
try, anisotropy, nonlinear optics, modulation
and detection, and other current technologies.
Laboratories for both courses will be oriented
toward optical applications using lasers, fiber
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and integrated optical devices, modulators,
nonlinear materials, and solid-state detectors.
EN G R 075 is offered in the fall semester of
alternate years. EN G R 076 is offered in the
spring semester when student interest and
staffing permit.
Prerequisite: EN G R 012 or equivalent. ENGR
075 or Physics equivalent is a prerequisite for
EN G R 076.
1 credit.
EN G R 075: Fall 2001. Molter.
EN G R 076: Not offered 2001-2002.
ENGR 077. VLSI Design
This course is an introduction to the design,
analysis, and modeling of integrated circuits,
both analog and digital. T h e course will focus
on C M O S technology. T h e course will intro
duce sophisticated models of M O S transistors
and discuss how they can be used to develop
analog and digital circuitry. There will be a
heavy emphasis on computer modeling of
devices and circuits. Includes laboratory.
Prerequisite: EN G R 011 or PHYS 008.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Staff.
ENGR 078. Communication Systems
Theory and design principles of analog and
digital communication systems. Topics include
frequency domain analysis of signals; signal
transmission and filtering; random signals and
noise; A M , PM, and FM signals; sampling and
pulse modulation; digital signal transmission;
PCM ; coding; and inform ation theory.
Applications to practical systems such as tele
vision and data communications. Includes lab
oratory. Offered in the spring semester.
Prerequisite: EN G R 012 or equivalent.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002.
ENGR 081. Thermal Energy Conversion
Development and application of the principles
of thermal energy analysis to energy conver
sion systems, including cycles and solar energy
systems. T h e concepts of availability, ideal and
real mixtures, and chemical and nuclear reac
tions. Includes laboratory. Offered in the spring
semester, alternate years.
Prerequisite: EN G R 041.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Staff.
ENGR 082. Engineering Materials
ENGR 091. Special Tnpics
Introduction to material structure, properties,
and processing. Analysis o f microstructures,
physical properties, thermal and m echanical
transformation of metals, polymers, concrete,
wood, and a variety o f composites. Material
selection in design, laboratory testing for qual
ity assurance, and performance evaluation in
service are included through labs and a semes
ter project. Offered in the fell semester, alter
nate years.
Su bject matter dependent on a group need or
individual interest. Normally restricted to
seniors.
Prerequisite: E N G R 0 59 or permission of the
instructor.
1 credit.
1 credit.
O ffered only w hen staff, interest, and availability
m ake it p racticable.
ENGR 093. Directed Reading or Project
W ith the permission of the department and a
willing faculty supervisor, qualified students
may do special work with theoretical, experi
mental, or design emphasis in an area not cov
ered by regular courses.
Fall 2001. Orthlieb.
1 credit.
ENGR 083. Fluid Mechanics
O ffered only with departm ent approval and facu lty
supervision.
Fluid mechanics is treated as a special case of
continuum mechanics in the analysis o f fluid
flow systems. Conservation o f mass, momen
tum, and energy. Applications to the study of
inviscid and viscous, incompressible, and com
pressible fluids. Includes laboratory. Offered in
the spring semester, alternate years.
Prerequisite: EN G R 041.
ENGR 096. Honors Thesis
W ith approval o f the department and a faculty
adviser, an Honors major may undertake, in
addition to EN G R 090, an Honors thesis in the
fall semester of the senior year. A prospectus of
the thesis problem must be submitted and
approved no t later than the end o f junior year.
1 credit.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
O ffered only with departm ent approval and faculty
supervision.
ENGR 084. Heat Transfer
Introduction to the physical phenomena
involved in heat transfer. Analytical tech
niques are presented together with empirical
results to develop tools for solving problems in
heat transfer by conduction, forced and free
convection, and radiation. Numerical tech
niques are discussed for the solution of conduc
tion problems. Includes laboratory. Offered in
the fall semester, alternate years.
Prerequisite: EN G R 041.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
ENGR 090. Engineering Design
Students work on a design project that is the
culminating exercise for all senior engineering
majors. Under the guidance o f a faculty mem
ber, students investigate a problem of their choice
in an area of interest to them. A comprehen
sive written report and an oral presentation are
required. Offered in the spring semester.
1 credit.
ENGR 126. Advanced Computer Graphics
T his course takes an in-depth look at a series of
current topics in computer graphics, partially
determined by student interests. Topics may
include shading models, radiosity, ray tracing,
image-based rendering, modeling, texture, ani
m ation, physically based modeling, hybrid
computer vision and graphics techniques, nonphotorealistic rendering, and special effects.
T h e course is taught as a seminar, and meetings
revolve around computer graphics papers from
technical proceedings, such as A C M SIG G R A PH and other computer graphics jour
nals. Students will be responsible for reading
and preparing presentation o f papers. In addi
tion, there will be several significant projects
where students implement computer graphics
programs based on the topics covered.
Prerequisite: EN G R 026 and permission of
instructor.
I credit.
Not offered 2001-2002.
Spring 2002. Staff.
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Engineering
ENG R 199. Senior Honors Study
Materials Engineering
Senior Honors Study is available for only engi
neering minors and must include at least 0.5
credit as an attachm ent to one of the courses in
the engineering preparation. T his course may
only be taken in the spring o f the senior year.
M echanics o f Solids
0 .5 or I credit.
Robotics
Engineering Materials
Robutics and Machine Vision
Computer Vision
Signals and Systems
Control Theory and Design
PREPARATION FOR HONORS
EXAMINATIONS
T h e department will arrange Honors examina
tions in the following areas to be prepared for
by the combinations of courses indicated. Other
preparations are possible by mutual agreement.
Circuits and Systems
Control Theory and Design
Electronic Circuit Applications
Communicatiuns and Electromagnetic
Fields
Communication Systems
Electromagnetic Theory
Communications and Signal Processing
Communication Systems
Digital Signal Processing
Computer Design
Digital Systems Design
Microprocessors and Computer Architecture
Digital Systems
Digital System Design
V L SI Design
Electromagnetic Theory
Electromagnetic Theory I and II
Electronics
Electronic Circuit Applications
Physical Electronics
Environmental Systems
Operations Research
Environmental Systems
Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
Huid Mechanics
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Digital Signal Processing
Solar Thermal Systems
Solar Energy Systems
Therm al Energy Conversion or Heat Transfer
Structural Analysis and Design
Structural Theory and Design I and II
Structures and Soils
Structural Theory and Design I
G eotechnical Engineering: Theory and Design
Thermal Energy Conversion and Heat
Transfer
Therm al Energy Conversion
Heat Transfer
Visual Information Systems
Computer Graphics
Computer Vision
Water Quality and Fluid Mechanics
W ater Quality and Pollution Control
fluid Mechanics
Water Quality and Supply Systems
W ater Quality and Pollution Control
Environmental Systems
English Literature
NATHALIE ANDERSON, Professor
CHARLES L . JAM ES, Professor and Chair
PETER J . SCHMIDT, Professor
PHILIP M . WEINSTEIN, Professor
CRAIG WILLIAMSON, Professor
ELIZABETH BOLTON, Associate Professor
NORA JOHNSON, Associate Professor2
PATRICIA WHITE, Associate Professor3
EDMUND CAMPOS, Assistant Professor
RAIMA EVAN, Visiting Assistant Professor (part-time)
JILL GLADSTEIN, Assistant Professor and Director o f W riting Associates Program
KENDALL JOHNSON, Assistant Professor
CAROLYN LESJAK, Assistant Professor
JAMES 0. PETERSON II, Visiting Instructor (part-time)
CAROLYN ANDEHSON, Administrative Coordinator
NANCY BECH, Administrative Assistant (part-time)
THEATRE ST U D IE S
LEE DEVIN, Professor3
ALLEN KUHARSKI, Associate Professor, Director o f Theatre Studies, Resident Director,
Co-Director of Semester Abroad in Poland
JACEK LUMINSKI, Lang Visiting Professor o f Social Change5
WILLIAM MARSHALL, Associate Professor, Resident Designer
URSULA NEUERBURG DENZER, Instructor
ROGER BABB, Visiting Lecturer (part-time)
GABRIEL QUINN BAURIEDEL, Visiting Lecturer (part-time)6
CARLA BELVER, Visiting Lecturer (part-time)
JAMES SCHLATTER, Visiting Lecturer (part-time)5
2 Absent on leave, spring 2002.
3 Absent on leave, 2001-2002.
This department offers courses in English liter
ature, American literature, Native American
literature, African and Caribbean literatures,
Asian and Asian Am erican literatures, Gay
and Lesbian literatures, theatre, film, some for
eign literatures in translation, creative writing,
critical theory, and journalism. T h e depart
mental curriculum includes the intensive study
of works of major writers, major periods of lit
erary history, and the development of literary
types; it also provides experience in several
critical approaches to literature and dramatic
art and explores certain theoretical considera
tions implicit in literary study, such as the
problematics o f canon form ation and the
5 Fall 2001 (appointment that semester only).
6 Spring 2002 (appointment that semester only).
impact o f gender on the creation and reception
o f literary works. In addition, the Theatre
Program offers both practical and theoretical
courses in performance studies.
ENGLISH LITERATURE REQUIREMENTS
AND RECOMMENDATIONS
A ny introductory course— EN G L 0 0 5 A
through 005Z and 0 06A through 006Z— is the
prerequisite for all other courses in literature.
(Exempted from this prerequisite are seniors,
juniors). Introductory courses attempt in a
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variety o f ways to reflect the diversity o f inter
ests— with respect to subject matter, theoreti
cal approach, literary genre, historical period,
and race and gender— characteristic o f the
departm ental offerings as a whole. Intro
ductory courses are characterized by syllabi
with less reading than in advanced courses, by
frequent short papers with some emphasis upon
rewriting, by self-conscious exam ination of
methodology, and by considerable attention to
class discussion; they are viewed by the
Department as particularly appropriate for
freshmen; they are primary distribution cours
es. Enrollments are limited to 25 students per
course; priority is given to freshmen and sopho
mores. Students will not normally take a sec
ond introductory course. Only one such course
may be counted towards the major. T h e m ini
mum requirement for admission as a major or
as a m inor in English is two semester-courses in
the Department— normally an introductory
course and an advanced literature course.
(Students with A P scores o f 4-5 in English
Literature and/or English Language receive
credit toward graduation. Only the credit for
English Literature may count toward the major
requirements. A P credit does not satisfy the
prerequisite for upper-level courses. Scores o f 6
or 7 on the International Baccalaureate are
treated in the same way.)
Students considering a major in English are
strongly urged to take one or two additional
English courses during the sophomore year.
Majors and prospective majors should consult a
member o f the English Department for infor
mation about courses in other departments
complementary to their work in English; work
in foreign languages is especially recom
mended.
Students who plan to do graduate work, to fol
low a course of professional training, or to seek
teacher certification in English, should see a
member o f the Department for early help in
planning their programs, as should students
who plan to include work in English literature
in a special or cross-disciplinary major or in a
program w ith a concen tration. W e offer
English certification through a program
approved by the state o f Pennsylvania. Because
of a change in teacher certification regulations
that occurred in November 2000, students
completing certification during 2001 to 2003
will need to fulfill somewhat different course
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requirements from those who complete certifi
cation in 2004 and beyond. For further infor
mation about the relevant set o f requirements,
please contact the Education program director,
the English Departm ent C h air or the
Education Program W eb site: www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/Education/.
Students wishing to study abroad should con
sult with the Departmental C hair far enough
in advance o f such study to effect proper plan
ning o f a major or minor. In determining which
courses o f study abroad will meet Department
criteria for requirements or to receive credit
toward a major or minor, the Department will
rely both on its experience in evaluating the
work of students returning from these programs
and on careful exam ination o f course descrip
tions, syllabi, and schedules. Students may
undertake preparations for papers in the
Honors Program while studying abroad, but
should consult carefully in advance with the
appropriate Department faculty. For further
details concerning Department policies for
study abroad, consult the Department state
m ent filed with the Office o f Foreign Studies.
Major in the C ourse Program : T h e work of a
major in Course consists of a minimum of eight
units of credit in the Department including at
least three units in literature written before
1830 (such courses are marked with a * ) , and
three in literature written after 1830. Students
should also read some critical theory, but such
theory is now an important elem ent in most of
our courses. Courses marked with a * * * may be
counted as pre-1830 or post-1830 but riot both.
Introductory courses may not be counted as
part of the pre-1830 or post-1830 requirement.
Students must also write a senior essay. Details
about th e essay are available in the
Department Office. •
Minor in the C ourse Program : T h è work of a
minor in Course consists o f a minimum o f five
units of credit in the Department including at
least one unit in literature written before 1830
(such courses are marked with a * ) , and one in
literature written after 1830.
M ajor in the H onors Program : Majors in English
who seek a degree with Honors will in the
spring o f their sophomore year propose for
external exam ination a program consisting of
four fields: three in English and one in a minor.
Tire three preparations in the major (consti
tuting six units o f credit) will be constituted as
follows: A ll three preparations will normally be
done through seminars (if approved by the
Department, one preparation may be a thesis
or creative writing project); the program must
include at least one Group I and one Group II
seminar. Honors majors, as part o f their overall
work in the Department, must meet the gener
al major requirement of three units o f credit in
literature written before 1830 and three units
of credit in literature written after 1830. T h e
departmental requirements for Honors, includ
ing instructions about Senior Honors Study,
are spelled out in detail in a departmental
handout.
offered by departments other than English
Literature. Admission into the program will
depend upon the quality of the student’s writ
ten work and the availability o f faculty to
supervise the work. Students who are inter
ested in the program are urged to talk both
with the Department Chair and with one of
the Department faculty who regularly teach
the workshops.
Students who wish to write a thesis or pursue a
creative writing project under faculty supervi
sion as part of their Honors Program must sub
mit proposals to the Department; the number
of these ventures the Department can sponsor
each year is limited. Students who propose cre
ative writing projects will normally be expect
ed to have completed at least one writing
workshop as part of, or as a prelude to, the pro
ject; the field presented for examination will
thus normally consist o f a 1-credit workshop
plus a 1-credit Directed Creative W riting
Project. For further information, including
deadlines for Directed Creative W riting pro
posals, see rubric under EN G L 070K.
T h e English Department courses are grouped
together by historical period, genre, or course
level as follows:
Minor in the H onors Program : Minors must do a
single, 2-credit preparation in the Department
by means o f a seminar (or, under special cir
cumstances, a creative writing project). Minors
are required to do a total of at least five units of
work in English (including their Honors prepa
ration).
Students interested in pursuing Honors within
a faculty-approved interdisciplinary major, pro
gram, or concentration that draws on advanced
English courses or seminars should see the
Chair for early help in planning their pro
grams.
Creative W riting Em phasis: Students who want
to major in English with an emphasis in cre
ative writing— whether Course or Honors
majors— must complete three units of creative
writing in addition to the usual departmental
requirements of pre-1830 and post-1830 units.
The creative writing credits will normally con
sist of two workshops (EN G L 070A , B, C , D, E,
or G ) and EN G L 070K , Directed Creative
Writing Projects. Students may count towards
the program no more than one workshop
The English Department
Curriculum
001A , B, C : Special Courses that do not
count toward the major
005A , B, C , and 006A , B, C , etc.:
Introductory Courses: all primary
distribution courses (PDCs)
010-096: Advanced Courses
010,011: Survey Courses in British Literature
014-019: Medieval
020-029: Renaissance and 17th Century
030-039: Restoration, 18th Century,
Rom antic
040-049: Victorian to Modem
050-069: American (including African
American, Asian American, and
Native American)
070A , B, C , etc.: Creative W riting and
Journalism Workshops
071A , B, C , etc.: Genre Studies
072-079: Comparative Literature/Literature
in Translation
080-096: Critical Theory, Film, and Media
Studies
097-099: Independent Study and
Culminating Exercises
Over 100: Honors Seminars, Theses, etc.
(open to juniors and seniors only
with approval of the Department
Chair)
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001: SPECIAL COURSES
005 and 006: INTRODUCTORY COURSES
T hese courses are special uniting intensive courses
that count tow ard graduation credit but n ot tow ard
the English m ajor. T hey m ay not be substituted fo r
the English introductory course requirem ent, and
they are not PDCs.
T hese courses are all introductory courses and
PDCs. Freshm en and sophom ores m ust take one
o f these courses before taking an advanced course.
N orm ally, a student is allow ed to take only one
introductory course.
ENGL 001 A . Insights into Academic
Writing
ENGL 005C. Cultural Practices and
Social Texts
T his course offers students an opportunity to
develop their skills as college writers. Through
frequent practice, class discussion, and in-class
activities, students will become familiar with
all aspects of the writing process and will
develop their ability to write for an academic
audience. A variety of writing assignments,
given throughout the course, will offer students
an opportunity to work with different purposes
and for different audiences. Readings have
been selected to serve as an impetus for critical
reading, writing, and thinking. Students will
also participate in conferences w ith the
instructor to discuss writing related to the
course as well as other academic assignments.
W hat constitutes “culture”? W ho is entitled to
it? W hat are the effects o f no t having it? This
course will look at how different conceptual
izations of culture— in theory and in prac
tice— have at stake questions of identity (indi
vidual and collective), political practice and
agency, structures of power, and possibilities for
social transformation. Authors will include
Shakespeare, A rnold, Kipling, Raymond
Williams, Brecht, and Zora Neale Hurston.
Meets the distribution requirements but does
not count toward the major.
1 credit.
E ach sem ester. Gladstein.
F all 20 0 1 . Peterson.
ENGL 001B. English for Foreign Students
Individual and group work on an advanced
level for students w ith non-English back
grounds.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Lesjak.
ENGL 005E. The Subject in Question
How do w e become who we are? W hat social
discourses and practices enable the shaping of
identity? How does reading affect this process?
This course will explore the ways in which sub
jectivity and ideology interpenetrate within a
range of texts and our commentary upon them.
Writers will include Shakespeare, Flaubert,
Kafka, Faulkner, R ich, Morrison, and DiLillo.
Theoretical essays may also be assigned.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 2001. Weinstein.
Does not meet distribution requirements or
count toward the major.
ENGL 005F. Fairy Tales and Magic
Fictions
I credit.
T his course will explore the encounter with
the fantastic. How does fantasy comment upon
our fears and desires? How does it challenge
our habits of perception? W hat does it teach us
about the nature o f knowing? How do magic
fictions critique the social problems of the real
world? W e will read fairy tales and contempo
rary reworkings o f them, children’s literature,
science fiction, and magic realism. Selected
authors:
E ach sem ester. Evans.
ENGL 001C. The Writing Process
(Cross-listed as ED U C 001C )
This course combines study of theories of com
position and the teaching of writing with
supervised experience applying the skills
derived from that study in paper comments and
conferences. Enrollment limited to students
selected as W riting Associates.
Meets distribution requirements but does not
count toward the major.
I credit.
F all 2001. Gladstein.
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Grimm, Carroll, Shakespeare, Butler, Kafka,
Rowling, Gaarder.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
E ach sem ester. Evan.
ENGL 005G. Rites of Passage
The course will focus on various rites o f pas
sage, symbolic actions th at chart crucial
changes in the human psyche, as they are con
sciously depicted or unconsciously reflected in
different literary modes and will examine the
shared literary experience itself as ritual
process. Authors will include Shakespeare,
Blake, Conrad, Lawrence, and Walker.
Thoreau, etc.) to the environmental legisla
tion these writers helped produce and includ
ing the work o f contemporary writers such as
Terry Tempest Williams. W e’ll explore the
aims and strategies informing attempts to
translate the natural world into marks on a
page, and students will be asked to produce
some nature writing o f their own over the
course o f the semester.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Prim ary distribution course. 1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Williamson.
N ot offered 2001'2002. Bolton.
ENGL 005H. Portraits of the Artist
ENGL 005N. Illicit Desires in Literature
We will study a wide variety o f works portray
ing artists in different cultures and contexts
and media. Works read will tentatively include
T he O dyssey, selected tales from the A rabian
Nights and Ovid’s M etam orphoses, essays and
tales by Oscar Wilde, and contemporary fiction
by Charles Johnson and Ursula K. LeGuin.
This course will examine literary expressions of
a range of sexual desires from the 17th century
to the present day. Among other questions, we
will ask what differences race and gender have
made, noting, for instance, that works by
canonical writers can depict and even cele
brate forms o f sexuality that are much more
problematic for those who speak from positions
o f less privilege.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Fall 2001. Schmidt.
ENGL 005J. The Ironic Spirit
This course is interested in the risky business of
irony as discursive practice or strategy— why
and how ironies are used and understood and
the consequences o f attributing interpreta
tions. “Ironists” include Shakespeare (O thello)
Toni Morrison (Sula), Emily Dickinson (poet
ry), Mark Twain (Pudd’nhead W ilson), Ralph
Ellison (Invisible M an), Stephen Crane (sto
ries) and Audre Lorde (poetry). Required view
ing: Apocalypse N ow .
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. James.
ENGL 005K. Literature and the Grotesque
Exploring ways the grotesque may be used to
redefine the human or dramatize the limits of
human understanding, this course tracks the
comic, uncanny, and generative elements of
the grotesque through works by G arciaMirquez, Shakespeare, Baudelaire, Browning,
Kafka, Wright, and O ’Connor.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Fall 2001. Bolton.
ENGL 005L. Reading Nature
This course explores the broad and often para
doxical field o f nature writing, ranging from
Shakespeare’s “green world” through English
and Am erican Rom anticism (Wordsworth,
Prim ary distribution course. 1 credit.
N ot offered 2001'2002. N . Johnson.
ENGL 005Q. Subverting Verses
O nce history, biography, fiction, philosophy,
and even science could be written in verse
without seeming peculiar or affected, but today
the line between poetry and prose is sharply
drawn. O r is it? This course will examine
unconventional forms and uses o f poetry—
from Chaucer’s Tales to Cocteau’s O rpheus,
from Barrett Browning’s A urora Leigh to Dove’s
D arker F ace o f the E arth, from Darwin’s Loves o f
the Plants to Seth’s G olden G ate— to explore our
assumptions about the nature o f genre.
Prim ary distribution course. 1 credit.
F all 2001. Anderson.
ENGL 005R. Fictions of Identity
W hat are the assumptions behind and limits to
the modem Western understanding o f the
individual? How can we reconcile psychoana
lytic and postmodern conceptions o f the frag
mented subject with the urgency o f identity
politics for people of color, women, lesbians,
and gay men? W e will examine how identity
and difference are constructed, communicated,
and contested through language and literature
and through structures o f seeing and being seen
in film and video. Texts by Shakespeare, Mary
Shelly, Freud, Woolf, Baldwin, Orson Welles,
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and others.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. W hite.
ENGL 005T. The Mask of Love
T his course will exam ine the relationship
between love and performance. How does the
search for a loved one involve the creation of a
mask or persona? W h at is the mask’s relation to
the self? C an this character be repeatedly per
formed and sustained? How is the mask a
response to th e desired O ther? Selected
authors:
Shakespeare,
Hwang,
Pinter,
W harton, and Walker. Films by Nunn and
Wenders. Versions o f C in derella and Beauty and
the B east.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Evan.
ENGL 006A-006Z
R eserved fo r subsequent introductory courses.
ENGL 006A. Legal Fictions: Law and
Literature in the United States
In 1776, Thomas Jefferson asserted the self-evi
dent truth that “all m en are created equal.” In
this course we will read autobiographies, nov
els, plays, poems, and slave narratives o f people
who found their personhood challenged by fed
eral law. Through their stories we will examine
how these writers used words to resist historical
circumstances and to fight for legal and social
recognition. A uthors include: Franklin,
Jefferson, W heatley, Poe, Shakespeare, Apess,
Douglass, Jacobs, Twain, Zitkala-Sa, Sone, and
Petty.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
010-096: ADVANCED COURSES
T hese coteries are open to freshm en and sopho
mores w ho have succeisfuEy com pleted an intro
ductory course and to juniors and seniors without
the introductory prerequisite.
010-011. SURVEY COURSES IN BRITISH
LITERATURE
ENGL 010. Survey I: Beowulf to Milton*
A historical and critical survey of poetry, prose,
and drama from B eow u lf to M ilton. This will
include British literature from the following
periods: A nglo-Saxon, Middle English,
Renaissance, and 17th century.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Williamson.
ENGL 0 11. Survey II: Neo-Classical to
Post-Colonial
A historical and critical survey of poetry, prose,
and drama from Pope to Rushdie, focusing on
progress, modernity, and the subject as central
concepts which British literature o f this period
confronts whether in form or content.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Lesjak.
014-019: MEDIEVAL
ENGL 014. Old English/History of the
Language*
E ach sem ester. K. Johnson.
(Cross-listed as LIN G 014)
ENGL 006B. Utopias
A study o f the origins a n d . development of
English— sound, syntax, and meaning— with
an initial emphasis on learning Old English.
Topics may include writing and speech, a his
tory of morphology, the changing phonology
from Old to Middle English, Shakespeare’s
puns and wordplay, a history of sounds and
spellings, ihodem coinages, and creoles. We
range from B eow u lf to Cummings, from
Chaucer to Chomsky.
T his course explores utopia on uncharted
islands, in dark futures and in the virtual
nowhere of cyberspace. W hat is the place of
desire, technology, and the individual in utopi
an fictions? T h e textual range embraces philo
sophical treatises, political satires, travel narra
tives, and science fiction. Authors may include
Plato, Thom as M ore, Daniel Defoe, Jules
Verne, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell,
M argaret Atwood, Sam uel Delany, Toni
Morrison, and W illiam Gibson.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
E ach sem ester. Campos.
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T his course may be taken without the usual
prerequisite course in English; however, it may
not serve in the place o f a prerequisite for other
advanced courses.
Counts as H U distribution credit under this
listing.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Williamson.
ENGL 016. Chaucer*
Readings in Middle English o f most o f
Chaucer’s poetry w ith emphasis on T he
Canterbury T ales and Troilus and C riseyde. We
place the poems in a variety o f critical and cul
tural contexts— both medieval and modem—
which help to illuminate Chaucer’s art. In the
manner of Chaucer’s Oxford Clerk, we hope
“to gladly leme and gladly teche.”
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Williamson.
020-029: RENAISSANCE AND 17TH
CENTURY
ENGL 020. Shakespeare*
We’ll cover many topics in this survey of
Shakespeare’s plays, including kingship, come
dy and tragedy, father-daughter relationships,
sexuality, race, performance, the roles of
women, language, and the rewriting of history.
We will frequently return to the question of
theater’s place in 16th and 17 th century
England as represented on stage and in other
writings of the period. W e will also examine
Shakespeare’s place in the cultures we inhabit.
the richest historical questions we can ask
about subjectivity, the natural, the public, and
the private. T his course will explore such ques
tions in relation to Renaissance sexuality,
exam ining several sexual categories— the
homoerotic, chastity and friendship, marriage,
adultery, and incest— in a range o f literary and
secondary texts.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. N. Johnson.
ENGL 026. English Drama Relore 1642*
English drama began as a communal religious
event, but the theaters were shut down in 1642
because o f their reputation for impiety and
social disorder. This course will trace the drama
from its medieval forms up through its com
mercial success in the Renaissance and its ulti
mate dissolution in the Civil War.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. N . Johnson.
ENGL 027. Tudor-Stuart Drama*
A survey o f plays and masques written by
Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, Thomas
Middleton, Thomas Dekker, Joh n Webster,
Elizabeth Cary, Joh n Ford, and others. T h e
course will consider historical, socio-political,
and literary contexts; just as important, we will
look at how the plays have been and continue
to be performed.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . N . Johnson.
1 credit.
ENGL 028. Milton*
Fall 2001. Campos.
Study o f M ilton’s poetry with particular em
phasis on Paradise L ost.
ENGL 022. Literature of the English
Renaissance*
This course will begin with More’s U topia and
end with selections from Paradise L ost, paying
particular attention to literature’s political
contexts, gender, genre, and the relation of
women’s writing to the male canon. Among
the other writers included will be Wyatt,
Surrey, Philip Sidney, Mary Herbert, Mary
W roth, Spenser, Elizabeth Cary, Jonson,
Bacon, Donne, Herrick, George Herbert, and
Marvell.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. N . Johnson.
ENGL 023. Renaissance Sexualities*
The study of sexuality allows us to pose some of
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Staff.
ENGL 029. Renaissance Travel and
Discovery*
High seas adventure, first contact, conquest,
colonization, and imperial expansion. This
course examines transatlantic literature in the
Age o f Discovery by charting the influence of
the newly discovered Americas over the liter
ary production o f Renaissance England.
Readings explore the interplay between travel
narratives (Columbus, Raleigh, Drake) and a
wide range o f literary forms, including drama
(Shakespeare, Marlowe, Heywood) romance
(Spenser, Lodge) and poetry (Donne).
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1 credit.
Sjrrmg 20 0 2 . Campos.
Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Haywood, and
Austen.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Lesjak.
030-039: RESTORATION, 18TH CENTURY,
ROMANTIC
ENGL 031. Topics in the “ New” 18th
Century*
T h e 18th century has been seen as the age o f
reason and the age o f exaggerated emotion; an
era o f imperialism and expanding political par
ticipation; a time of progress and melancholy,
technical advances, and spiritual necrophilia.
W e’ll examine the 18 century’s schizophrenic
“spirit o f the age” and its implications for our
own time.
1 credit.
ENGL 036. The Age of Austen*
First we’ll read Austen’s novels and other rele
vant texts in order to sketch the general con
tours o f “T h e Age of Austen.” T h en we’ll turn
to recen t film and television remakes of
Austen novels to explore what’s gained and
lost in the translation to film— and the reasons
behind Austen’s resurgent appeal to late 20thcentury audiences.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Bolton.
040-049: VICTORIAN TO MODERN
N ot offered 2001-2002. Bolton.
ENGL 033. The Romantic Sublime*
ENGL 040. Victorian Studies
“T h e essential claim of the sublime is that man
[sic] can, in speech and feeling, transcend the
human” (W eiskel). W h at does this transcen
dence look like? How is it achieved? W hat
resources does it offer us, and at what cost?
A uthors: Burke, Blake, the Wordsworths,
Coleridge, Byron, the Shelleys, and Keats.
A n interdisciplinary study o f British cultural
formation during the Victorian period. This
semester will focus on how and why certain
cultural boundaries were drawn between civi
lized and savage, man and machine, normal
and deviant, paying particular attention to
some o f the more unsuspecting forms (gothic
horror, “sensational” mysteries, the detective
story, children’s literature)— in and through
which ideas o f gender, sexuality, domination,
and violence are approached.
I credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Bolton.
ENGL 034. Restaging Romanticism*
During the Rom antic period, the number of
women writing in all genres increased dramat
ically: many o f these women writers were con
nected with the stage as actresses, dramatists,
or critical spectators. T his course explores
some o f the connections between theatre and
politics, between genre and gender in the work
o f both male and female writers o f the period.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 001-2002. Bolton.
ENGL 035. Rise of the Novel*
T his course will look at classic 18th-century
novels considered to constitute the origins of
the novel in relation to less canonical texts—
mainly by women— in order to examine the
debate over the cultural legitimacy o f the
novel and questions regarding high/low art
(and concom itant distinctions o f gender)
raised by it. Novelists include Behn, Burney,
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I credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Lesjak.
ENGL 041. The Victorian Poets: Eminence
and Decadence
From Tennyson’s mythic moralizing to Robert
Browning’s vivid ventriloquism, from Elizabeth
Barrett Browning’s sharp-eyed social commen
tary to Oscar Wilde’s tragic outrageousness,
this course examines the responses o f the
Victorian poets to the stresses peculiar to their
era.
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Anderson.
ENGL 044. Modern Rodies in the Making:
The 19th-Century Novel
Covering a wide range of Victorian novels, this
course will exam ine how these narratives
understand and represent class and gender for
mation, national and racial definition, produc
tive and reproductive labors and sexualities,
and issues o f representation as they are rede
fined through these narratives. Authors will
include Austen, the Brontes, Dickens, Eliot,
Hardy, W ilkie Collins, W illiam Morris, and
Wilde.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Lesjak.
ENGL 045. Modern British Poetry
Steven Spender called them “recognizers,” cre
ating a complex, fractured art out o f circum
stances they experienced as extraordinary,
unprecedented. T h is course exam ines the
responses o f British male and female poets—
and some American expatriates— to the wars,
shifting beliefs, complicated gender roles, and
other dislocations o f early 20th-century life.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Anderson.
ENGL 048. Contemporary Women’s Poetry
“Merely the private lives of one-half o f human
ity”: thus Carolyn Kizer defines the 20th-cen
tury revolution through which women poets
give voice to the previously unspeakable and
explore the political implications o f the sup
posedly personal. This course considers a vari
ety of poetic styles and stances employed by
women writing in English today— feminist or
womanist, intellectual or experiential, lesbian
or straight, and mindful o f ethnic heritage or
embracing the new through artistic experimen
tation.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Anderson.
050-060: AMERICAN (INCLUDING AFRICAN
AMERICAN, ASIAN AMERICAN, AND
NATIVE AMERICAN)
ENGL 050. Borders Within: Literatures of
Euro-American and Native American
Collaboration and Conflict*
T h is course is an overview o f the complex
interaction betw een Euro-Am ericans and
Native Americans in selected geographical
locations and historical moments. W e will con
sider how the idea o f literature worked both to
resist and reinforce the westward expansion of
the U nited States. In our analysis o f novels,
autobiographies, and political tracts, we will
consider what is at stake in the authors’ com
peting definitions o f self, culture, and nation.
Authors may include: Rowlandson, Locke,
Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Irving, C atlin,
Black Hawk, Jemison, Apess, Child, Cooper,
Eastman, S.W . Hopkins, Sekaquaptewa,
Peltier, and Silko.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . K. Johnson.
ENGL 051. Fictions in American Realism
T his course considers some basic and probably
unanswerable questions about late 19th-centu
ry relationships between art and conscience,
when rapid national expansion and social dis
locations rendered Am erican romance obso
lete. T h e chosen narratives portray individuals
confronted by hardships or moral dilemmas
peculiar to early modernism. Writers include
W.D. Howells, Henry James, Kate Chopin,
Theodore Drieser, Steph en C rane, Edith
W harton, and Charles Chesnutt.
ENGL 040. Contemporary Irish Poetry
i credit.
Ireland’s complicated historical divisions have
provided fertile ground for extraordinary poet
ry, both in the Republic and in the North. This
course will consider poetry by Heaney, Boland,
Carson, M cG uckian, Muldoon, and ni
Dhomnaill (among others) within the socio
political contexts o f contemporary Ireland.
N ot offered 2001-2002. James.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Anderson.
ENGL 052A. Studies in American Prose
A study o f 19th- and 20th-century American
narratives exploring the consequences o f for
bidden border crossings— cultural, racial, sexu
al. Nineteenth-century texts: a feminist look at
the Puritans and Indians (H obom ok); Douglass’
T he H eroic S lave; Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter;
M elville’s “Benito Cereno”; and James’ Portrait
o f a Lady. More m odem works: Cather’s T he
P rofessor’s H ouse; Hemingway’s T he G arden o f
E den; Charles Johnson’s tribute to Douglass
and M elville (M iddle P assage); and Leslie
Marmon Silko’s G ardens in the D unes.
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1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Schmidt.
ENGL 052B. American Fiction: Melville
and Pynchon
T h e big hooks course, from M -D to M & D . A
study o f two writers with many shared ambi
tions, interests, and compulsions, with empha
sis o n their epics M oby -D ick, G ravity’s
R ainbow , and Mason & D ixon, along with
selected secondary sources, concordances, and
reader’s guides.
from their home and struggles to return. We
will define and trace the ideas o f home, captiv
ity, and release from the early narratives of
exploration to the years before Civil War. We
will consider how the trope of captivity worked
in different geographical spaces and in various
historical contexts to stabilize national identi
ties and promote ideas o f Am erican selfhood.
A uthors may include de V aca, Sm ith,
Shakespeare, Rowlandson, Foster, Brown,
Tyler, Child, Jem ison, B lack Hawk, Haw
thorne, Douglass, Jacobs, and Stowe.
1 credit.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Schmidt.
F all 20 0 1 . K. Johnson.
ENGL 052C. American Women’s Fiction
ENGL 056. American Feelings: The Power
of Sympathy in Early United States
Literature*
A look at romance and realism and race in
women’s fiction over two centuries. Tentative
syllabus: Lydia Maria Child’s A R om ance o f the
Republic (1 8 6 7 ); the “local color” short stories
of Mary W ilkins Freeman; Edith W harton, T he
A ge o f Innocence (1 9 2 0 ); Zora Neale Hurston,
T heir E yes W ere W atching G od (1937); plus
selected contemporary work by Toni Morrison,
Dorothy Allison, Rebecca Wells, and others.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Schmidt.
ENGL 053. American Poetry
A study o f the poetry and prose o f selected U .S.
writers, including W hitm an, Dickinson, and a
few other nineteenth-century poets to be
determined, plus twentieth-century poets such
as Williams, Stevens, H.D ., and Hayden.
1 credit.
T his course explores the role o f sentiment in
formulating national American identity from
the colonial period to the early nineteenth
century. W e will read fiction, poetry, and polit
ical tracts in which authors appeal to their
readers’ emotions in order to convince and
entertain. W e will also consider warnings
against the unreliability of feelings as well as
the politics o f race, class, and gender that per
vaded the power o f sympathy in texts selected
from: Rowlandson, Bradstreet, Locke, A.
Sm ith , Burke, Paine, Jefferson, W heatley,
W.H. Brown, C .B . Brown, Freneau, Foster,
Irving, Sedgwick, Emerson, Stowe, Kemble,
Jacobs, Douglass, Lincoln, and W hitm an.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . K. Johnson.
Spring 20 0 2 . Schmidt.
ENGL 057. The African American Writer
ENGL 054. Faulkner, Morrison, and the
Representation of Race
T his century-long overview considers the way
A frican American writers frame their doublefaced culture, foreground their history and her
itage, and portray their community’s way of
knowing itself. Writers range from Chesnutt to
M orrison and may include J.W . Johnson,
W .E.B. DuBois, Jean Toomer, Richard Wright,
Langston Hughes, or A lice Walker.
T his course has two aims: to explore in some
depth the fiction o f two major Am erican nov
elists and to work towards aesthetic criteria
attentive to both racial dynamics and formal
achievement.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . W einstein.
1 credit.
ENGL 055. Captive Audiences: Narratives
of Captivity and the Imagining of
America*
N ot offered 2001-2002. James.
T h e history of national identity in the United
States has been deeply impressed by captivity
narratives in which an individual is removed
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ENGL 059. The Harlem Renaissance
Through the lens o f the Harlem Renaissance
era, this course considers African American
modernism and cultural nationality in the
decade following World W ar I. W e will focus
largely on writings, but lectures on art and
music are included, and views concerning the
meaning of Harlem as locale are pertinent. A
day trip to Harlem will be arranged.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. James.
ENGL 060. Sites of Memory:
Contemporary African American Writing
Imaginative texts that remap the terrain of
African American cultural and social history
since the 1970s are central to this study o f con
temporary writing that focuses on “memories”
of slavery as a way o f understanding the pre
sent. W riters may include, among others,
Ernest G aines, Paule M arshall, Charles
Johnson, Toni Morrison, A lice Walker, David
Bradley, Ishmael Reed, or O ctavia Butler.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. James.
ENGL 069. Blues, Jazz, and American
Culture
Can words help us understand musicians and
the power o f music? Is W ynton Marsalis
right—jazz is the musical form that best teach
es democratic values? This course will study
how blues and jazz have shaped key modes and
ideas in American culture, including Amer
ican literature. T h e syllabus may include Ralph
Ellison, James Baldwin, George Lipsitz, and
Tricia Rose; an anthology of poetry and prose
celebrating jazz; excerpts from Ken Bums’ doc
umentary Jazz; novels about musicians by
Albert Murray, Paule Marshall, and Rafi Zabor;
and cultural histories such as Angela Davis’
Blues Legacies and B lack Fem inism , Daniel
Belgrade’s T he C u ltu re o f S pontaneity, Jo n
Panish’s T he C olor o f Ja z z : R ace and Repre
sentation in P ostw ar A m erican C ulture, and
Nathaniel Mackey’s D iscrepant Engagem ent:
D issonance, C ross-C ulturalism , and Experim en
tal Writing.
I credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Schmidt.
070: CREATIVE WRITING AND JOURNALISM
WORKSHOPS
Regular creative writing w orkshops are lim ited to
12 and require the subm ission o f writing sam ples in
order fo r students to apply fo r them . W orkshops
m arked w ith a # com bine a balance o f substantial
literary analysis o f m odels along with creative writ
ing exercises geared to the m odels; these w orkshops
are lim ited to 15, do not require the subm ission o f
m anuscripts, and have as their prerequisite (fo r
freshm en and sophom ores but not fo r juniors or
seniors) an English introductory course. Students
m ay norm ally take only on e w orkshop at a tim e.
ENGL 070A. Poetry Workshop
A class, limited to 12, in which students write,
read, translate, and talk about poetry. W e will
emphasize the discovery and development of
each individual’s distinctive poetic voice,
imagistic motifs, and them atic concerns, with
in the co n text o f contemporary poetics.
Students should submit three to five pages of
poetry for admission, at a time announced dur
ing fall semester. T h e workshop will meet once
a week for four hours. Admission and credit are
granted at the discretion o f the instructor.
1 credit.
Spring sem ester each year.
S prin g2002. Schmidt.
ENGL 070B. Fiction Writers’ Workshop
W e’ll approach the challenge of constructing
compelling narratives through a series of for
mal exercises and experiments. Students will
read and comment on each other’s writing as
they work to hone their own style and clarify
their central them atic concerns. Twelve stu
dents are admitted to the class on the basis of a
writing sample submitted during fall semester.
1 credit.
Spring sem ester each year.
Spring 20 0 2 . Bolton.
ENGL 070C. Advanced Poetry Workshop
Intensive volumes o f poetry often represent
their authors’ conscious statem ents, made
through selection, organization, and graphic
presentation. This course— in which students
design and complete volumes of their own
work— is normally intended as an advanced
workshop for students who have taken the
Poetry Workshop (EN G L 070A ), or— with the
instructor’s permission— students who have
taken EN G L 070D , 070E, or 070G . Limited to
12. Admission and credit are granted at the
discretion o f the instructor.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Schmidt.
English Literature
ENGL 070D. Grendel’s Workshop (New
Texts From Old)#
John Gardner rewrote the ancient epic B eow u lf
in modem idiom from the monster’s point of
view. Shapers like C& aire and Auden have
brought Shakespeare’s Tem pest into the 20th
century. Angela Carter’s Beauty liked the Beast
better than the Prince. Students will study old
texts and their modem revisions and then,
using these models as starting points, reshape
their own beautiful or beastly visions.
I credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Williamson.
ENGL 070E. Lyric Encounters#
Matthew Arnold called it “a criticism o f life”
and Dylan Thomas “a naked vision.” Emily
Dickinson defined it as a blow: “If I feel physi
cally as if the top o f my head were taken off, I
know that it is poetry.” Students will examine
varieties of the lyric and then shape their own
criticism s, visions, cerebral explosions in
response.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Anderson.
ENGL 070G. Writing Nature#
W riting about nature forces us to attend to
both. W e’ll work in four different modes of
writing: journals, nonfiction prose, poetry, and
experimental fiction. Most weeks, we’ll spend
the first class analyzing famous models of
nature writing and the second discussing stu
dent writing. Three times during the semester,
we’ll go on field walks to help ground our writ
ing in specific observation.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Bolton.
ENGL 070K. Directed Creative Writing
Projects
Students— w hether Course
or
Honors
majors— who plan a directed writing project in
fictio n or poetry must consult w ith the
Department Chair and with a member of the
Department’s writing faculty who might super
vise the project, and must submit a prospectus
to the Department by way o f application for
such work before the beginning of the semester
during which the project is actually done. T h e
number o f these ventures the Department can
sponsor each year is limited. Deadlines for the
written applications for the Directed Creative
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W riting Projects are the Mondays immediately
following the fall and spring breaks. Normally
limited to juniors and seniors who Have taken
an earlier workshop in the Department.
For creative writing projects in the Honors
Program, the 2-credit field will normally be
defined as a 1-credit workshop (EN G L 070A ,
070B , or 070C ) paired with a 1-credit Directed
Creative W riting Project (EN G L 070K ). The
approximate range o f pages to be seht forward
to the examiners will be 20 to 3 0 pages o f poet
ry, or 30 to 50 pages o f fiction. There will be no
written exam for the creative writing project;
the student’s portfolio will be sent directly to
the examiner, who will then give the student
an oral exam during Honors week. For purpos
es o f the transcript, the creative writing project
will be assigned a grade corresponding to the
degree o f Honors awarded it by the external
examiner. Students are advised that such inde
pendent writing projects must normally be sub
stantially completed by the end o f the fall
semester o f the senior year as the spring semes
ter is usually the time when the Senior Honors
Study essay must be written.
2 credits.
Staff.
071: GENRE STUDIES
See also EN G L 0 8 1 . T heory o f the N ovel.
ENGL 0 71D. The Lyric in English***
A survey of the history o f the lyric poem in
English from its origins in Old and Middle
English to contemporary poetry, using an
anthology. There will also be special emphasis
on the essentials of prosody, the study of meter
and rhythm. Each version of the course will
also feature the in-depth study o f one poet.
Poets who were featured in earlier versions of
this course: Elizabeth Bishop, Joh n Keats, and
Langston Hughes.
N ote: By arrangement with the professor, this
course may be counted as either pre-1830 or
post-1830, but not both.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Schm idt.
ENGL 071C. The Short Story
As we read widely in the 19th- and 20th-cen
tury short story, we’ll focus on technical devel
opments as well as certain recurring preoccu
pations of the genre: fragmentation and recon
struction; the staging o f an encounter between
the ordinary and the extraordinary; the refuta
tion of time and mortality.
1 credit.
Not offered 2 001-2002. Bolton.
ENGL 071E . Autobiographical Acts
What compels the act o f writing the self? W hat
do the acts have in common across race, culture, or gender? T his course examines impulses
to testify and considers a range o f ethnic and
cultural instances in its questioning, but exam
ples will vary from time to time.
1 credit.
Not offered 2 001-2002. James.
ENGL 071F. Gothic Possibilities
“High G othic” flourished in England in the
1790s; “Southern G othic” adapted the con
ventions o f the form to the demands of mod
ernist fiction and the culture of the American
South. Among the G othic possibilities we will
consider: sensationalism (Lewis), domestica
tion (Radcliffe), parody (A usten), autobiogra
phy (Porter), fragmentation (Faulkner), and
cultural critique (Toomer).
1 credit.
Not offered 2001*2002. Bolton.
ENGL 071G. Satire: Spirit and Art
In satire, folly lives undisturbed with wit, blas
phemy with adoration, dullness with ingenuity,
and whimsy with gravity. This course specu
lates about the odd nature of this formless and
ambiguous genre— its problematical standing,
its claims to moral purpose, its power or impo
tence. Texts, from verse to narratives in fiction
and film, include futuristic works o f Aldous
Huxley and Margaret Atwood; anachronistic
views of Ishmael Reed and Gore Vidal; extend
ed ironies of Shirley Jackson and Jonathan
Swift; dark and comic views o f urban culture by
Nathanael W est, Langston Hughes, Jo h n
Kennedy Toole, and Homer Simpson.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. James.
ENGL 071J . Cherchez la femme: The
“ Mystery” of Women in the Mystery
Genre
From Eden on, our cultural narratives o f decep
tion and discovery have often centered on
Woman, vulnerable, culpable, and duplicitous.
T h e concept o f woman as potential victim and
perpetrator powered many detective novels
popular in the 19th and 20th centuries and has
paradoxically enabled startling re-visions of
the genre by contemporary women writers. Our
investigation of this “mystery” will involve
male authorities— C onan Doyle, Chandler,
Ham m ett— and female private “I”s— Sara
Paretsky, Sue Grafton, Barbara Wilson.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Anderson.
ENGL 071K. Lesbian Novels Since World
War li
T his course will examine a wide range of nov
els by and about lesbians since World W ar II.
O f particular concern will be the representa
tio n o f recent lesbian history; how, for
instance, do current developments in cultural
studies influence our understanding o f the les
bian cultures of the 50s, 60s, and 70s ? W hat is
at stake in the description of the recent lesbian
past?
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2002. N. Johnson.
ENGL 071M . James Merrill and the Epic
Poem
A n introduction to what may be the most
important epic poem published in our lifetime,
James Merrill’s T he Changing Light at Sandover
(1984). It is a moving mixture o f tragedy and
comedy featuring conversations with the dead
via an Ouija board and the heroic exploits of
G od Biology recycling souls and cloning
genius. W e will begin the course with a brief
look at Dante’s Infern o, one earlier epic poem
important to Sandover.
Enrollment limited to 15.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2002. Schmidt.
ENGL 071R. Feminist Theatre
Feminist playwrights have used the stage to cri
tique a patriarchal discourse founded upon
woman as spectacle. A t the same time, they
have created a new theatrical language de-
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voted to staging women as subjects. W e will
start our readings with a backward glance at
the modem drama canon, then focus upon
20th-century playwrights and performance
artists, such as Glaspell, Churchill, Terry,
Fomes, Shange, Kennedy, Yamauchi, Wong,
Sm ith, and Split Britches.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Evan.
072-079: COMPARATIVE LITERATURE/
LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
ENGL 072. Proust, Joyce, and Faulkner
Selections from Proust’s R em em brance o f Things
Past, Joyce’s D ubliners and U lysses entire, and
Faulkner’s T he Sound and the Fury and A bsalom ,
A bsalom ! Emphasis on the ideological and for
mal tenets o f modernism.
1 credit.
Berman and Harvey. T h e central topics under
study are the phenomena o f the modem sub
je ct and the modem city, as expressed in liter
ature, analyzed in sociology and critical theory,
and represented in a range of cultural practices.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . W einstein and WagnerPacifici.
ENGL 074. Modern Epic: Tolstoy, Joyce,
and Garcia-Marquez
T his course will examine three “encyclopedic”
texts (W ar and P eace, U lysses, O ne Hundred
Years o f Solitude) that rehearse and transform
inherited paradigms o f cultural identity, pur
pose, and destiny. Through sustained attention
to formal and ideological tenets of these specif
ic texts, we will also seek to interrogate some of
the salient procedures o f realism, modernism,
and postmodernism^
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Weinstein.
Not offered 2 001-2002. Weinstein.
ENGL 078. The Black African Writer
ENGL 073. Modernism: Theory and
Practice
T h e texts in this course reflect the shared need
o f women and men to come to terms with a
past usurped by colonial regimes and traditions
tested by modernist visions. Writers of narra
tives and poetry meditate on the national pre
sent as well as on the shape of things to come
even as they search the past. Authors include
Chinua A chebe, Buchi Emecheta, Ama Ata
Aidoo, Amos Tutuola, Sembene Ousmane,
Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Nuruddin Farah.
Drawing on a range o f theorists and practition
ers, this course will explore some salient ener
gies and problems o f modernism. Theorists will
include Nietzsche, Freud, Weber, Sim m el,
A dom o, Benjam in, Bakhtin, and de Certeau,
among others. Practitioners will be chosen
from among the following writers: Joyce,
Kafka, Proust, R ilk e, M ann, W oolf, and
Faulkner.
1 credit.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . James.
Not offered 2 001-2002. Weinstein.
ENGL 073A. Mapping the Modern
(Cross-listed as SO A N 052)
T h e course seeks to explore some o f the salient
issues, achievements, and problems that serve
to map W estern modernity. Beginning with
“prophetic voices” from the m id-19th century,
we then concentrate upon “urban fables” of
early 20th-century high modernism, conclud
ing briefly with late-20th-century “postmodern
lenses.” Texts will be chosen from among the
following writers: Marx, Baudelaire, Nietzsche,
and Dostoevsky; Rilke, Kafka, Freud, Joyce,
and W oolf; W eber, Sim m el, A dom o,
B enjam in, and Lukács; B akhtin, A rendt,
C anetti, and de Certeau; Calvino and Borges;
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080-096: CRITICAL THEORY, FILM , AND
MEDIA STUDIES
ENGL 080. Critical and Cultural Theury
A n introduction to texts and contexts in con
temporary critical theory and cultural studies.
W e will read narrative, psychoanalytic,
Marxist, poststructuralist, feminist, queer and
postcolonial theory, raising questions o f subjec
tivity, difference, ideology, representation,
methodology, and cultural politics.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. W hite.
ENGL 081. Theory of the Novel
A study of novels representative o f the novel’s
development as a form in conjunction with dif
ferent theories of the novel. W e will consider
the origins of the novel, the relationship
between the history o f the novel and the his
tory of sexuality, and debates regarding the
novel and the politics o f realism, modernism,
and contemporary postmodernism. Authors
include: W att, Lukács, Brecht, Armstrong,
Jameson, Richardson, Eliot, and Woolf.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Lesjak.
ENGL 083. Feminist Theory
Close readings o f a range o f feminist theory,
from early feminist texts which attempt to
establish the fact o f sex-based oppression to
later works addressing psychoanalysis and the
problem of “master discourse”; die issue of
what is “woman”; and questions o f how class,
sex, gender, imperialism, and race intersect.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Lesjak.
ENGL 085. “ Whiteness” and Racial
Difference
A look at the history o f how “racial” identities
and differences have been constructed in past
and contemporary cultures, especially in the
United States. Includes writings on the subject
by cultural critics of all races.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Schmidt.
ENGL 086. Postcolonial Literature and
Theory
A comparative study o f postcolonial literature
and theory within a global framework, empha
sizing the political, historical, and cultural
dimensions of these texts. O f central concern
will be how the “empire writes back”: its repre
sentations of political and literary histories,
nationalism, race, and gender. Readings by
Said, A ijaz Ahm ad, A m in, Rushdie,
Emecheta, Ousmane, Dangarembga, A chebe,
Nwapa, and Mariamma Ba.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Lesjak.
ENGL 087. American Narrative Cinema
Considers film as narrative form, audiovisual
medium, industrial product, and social prac
tice, emphasizing the emergence and domi
nance of classical Hollywood as a national cin
ema, with some attention to independent nar
rative traditions such as “race movies.” Genres
such as the western, the melodrama, and film
noir express aspirations and anxieties about
race, gender, class and ethnicity in the United
States. Auteurist, formalist, Marxist, feminist,
and psychoanalytic methods will be explored.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. W hite.
ENGL 088. American Attractions: Leisure,
Technology, and National Identity
Visual spectacles such as Bamum’s museum,
minstrel, and Wild W est shows and vaudeville
shaped A m erican “identity” from eth n ic,
racial, religious, geographical, and gender dif
ferences and hierarchies, anticipating the
national audiences o f the Hollywood studio
system and television networks. T his teamtaught interdisciplinary class focuses on the
history and analysis o f U .S. popular culture
from the Civil W ar to the present.
I credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2 0 0 2 . Sharon U llm an
(History, Bryn Mawr) and Patricia W hite.
ENGL 089. Women and Popular Culture:
Fiction, Film, and Television
T his course looks at Hollywood “women’s
films” and television soap operas, their sources
in 19 th and 20th century popular fiction and
melodrama, and the cultural practices sur
rounding their promotion and reception. How
do race, class, and sexual orientation intersect
with gendered genre conventions, discourses of
authorship and critical evaluation, and the
paradoxes of popular cultural pleasures? U ncle
Tom ’s C abin , G on e W ith the W ind, R ebecca, T he
Joy L u ck C lub.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. W hite.
ENGL 090. Queer Media
How are sexual identities mediated by popular
culture? How do lesbian and gay film and video
makers “queer” sexual norms and standard
media forms? Challenging classic Hollywood’s
heterosexual presumption and mass media
appropriations o f lesbian and gay culture, we
will examine lesbian and gay aesthetic strate
gies and modes o f address in contexts such as
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the A m erican and European avant-gardes,
A ID S activism, and diasporan film and video
movements.
097-099: INDEPENDENT STUDY AND
CULMINATING EXERCISES
I credit.
ENGL 097. Independent Study and
Directed Reading
N ot offered 2001-2002. W hite.
ENGL 091. Feminist Film and Media
Studies
T his course focuses on critical approaches to
films and videos made by women in a range of
historical periods, national production con
texts, and styles: mainstream and independent,
narrative, documentary, video art, and experi
mental. Readings will address questions of
authorship and aesthetics, spectatorship and
reception, image and gaze, race, sexual, and
national identity, and current media politics.
1 credit.
Students who plan an independent study or a
directed reading must consult with the appro
priate instructor and submit a prospectus to the
Department by way of application for such
work before the beginning o f the semester dur
ing which the study is actually done. Deadlines
for the receipt of written applications are the
second Monday in November and the first
Monday in April. Normally limited to juniors
and seniors.
0.5-1 credit.
Staff.
N ot offered 2001-2002. W hite.
ENGL 098,098A. Senior Thesis
ENGL 092. Film Theory and Culture
1 credit.
Course majors in the Department may pursue a
thesis o f their own choosing under the supervi
sion o f a member o f the Oepartm ent. T h e the
sis may be for one (40-50 pages) or two (80-100
pages) credits. A brief prospectus for the pro
je c t must be submitted for approval by the
Department in April o f the junior year. Before
subm itting this prospectus, Course majors
should consult with the Department Chair and
with the Department member who might
supervise the project. T his work must be sepa
rate from that o f the senior culminating essay,
required o f every course major for graduation.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. W hite.
1 or 2 credits. Staff.
ENGL 093. Studies in Film and Literature
ENGL 099. Senior Culminating Essay
A study o f the complex ways in which film and
literature interact. H eart o f D arkness as the
source and inspiration for A pocalypse N ow . T h e
collaboration o f Handke and Wenders on
W ings o f D esire. T h e self-reflexive meta-forms
o f Pirandello and Resnais. Dramatic and cine
matic treatments o f Kaspar Hauser and the
E lephant M an. Versions o f Beauty an d the B east
by Cocteau and Disney.
During the fall and spring terms o f the senior
year, each course major is required to write a
senior essay. Proposals are due in the fall, and
completed essays are due in the spring. Details
about th e essay are available in the
Department Office. O ne-half credit will be
awarded for the essay, normally in the spring
term; the essay will receive a regular letter
grade.
1 credit.
0 .5 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Williamson.
Spring sem ester. Staff.
A survey o f major paradigms in classical and
contemporary film theory and historiography:
realism, montage, authorship, genre, narratology, semiotics o f image and sound, the cine
m atic apparatus, spectatorship, feminism, and
cultural studies. Directors include Eisenstein,
Vertov, Welles, Ophuls, Godard, Akerman,
Lanzman, Jarman, Trinh. Capstone in Film and
Media Studies Concentration. Background in
film studies required.
SEMINARS
H onors sem inars are open to juniors and seniors
only and retjuire approval o f the Departm ent
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Chair. Priority is given to H onors m ajors and
minors.
Group I: (Pre-1830)
ENGL 101. Shakespeare*
Study of Shakespeare as dramatist and poet.
The emphasis is on the major plays, with a
more rapid reading o f much o f the remainder of
the canon. Students are advised to read
through all the plays before entering the semi
nar.
2 credits.
Fall 2001: N. Johnson. Spring 20 0 2 : Campos.
ENGL 102. Chaucer and Medieval
Literature*
ENGL 110 . Rnmantic Poetry*
W e’ll read the women poets o f the period
(Sm ith , Robinson, B aillie, Wordsworth,
Hemans, and L.E.L.) alongside their more
famous
m ale
contemporaries
(Blake,
Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and
Keats) in order to explore issues of concern to
both: formal innovation, colonial expansion,
(counter- )revolutionary politics.
2 credits.
Spring 20 0 2 . Bolton.
Group II (Post-1030)
ENGL 1 1 1 . Victorian Literature and
Culture
A survey o f English literature, primarily poetry,
from the 8th through the 15th century with an
emphasis on Chaucer. Texts will include
Beowulf, Sir G aw ain and the G reen Knight, T he
Canterbury T ales, Troilus and C riseyde, P earl,
Piers Plow m an, selected m edieval plays,
Arthurian materials, and Margery Kempe’s
autobiography. Chaucer will be read in Middle
English; other works will be read in translation
or modernized versions.
T his seminar will treat novels, non-fictional
works, and visual art from the Victorian period
in the context of Britain’s age o f empire. W e
will consider the major issues o f the day— the
“Condition o f England” question, the “woman
question,” theories o f evolution and revolu
tion, the role of aesthetics— and how they are
engaged and represented by different media
and disciplines. Works by Carlyle, M ill, Marx,
Darwin, Gaskell, E liot, Gissing, Schreiner,
Wilde, among others.
2 credits.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Williamson.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Lesjak.
ENGL 106. Renaissance Epic*
ENGL 112 . Women and Literature
The two major English epics o f the period,
Spenser’s Farie Q ueene and M ilton’s Paradise
Lost, considered in contexts o f social and liter
ary history, including two epic antecedents,
Virgil’s A eneid and Tasso’s Jerusalem D elivered.
Women’s Poetry o f the Twentieth Century:
“Tell it slant,” Emily Dickinson advises, and
women poets— whether or not they have read
her work— have typically taken her subversive
advice to heart. How women “slant” their
truth, and how their poetic methods differ— if
at all— from those of their male counterparts
will form the cen ter o f this inquiry into
Modernist and post-Modemist feminist aes
thetics.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Staff.
ENGL 107. Renaissance Literature*
Covers a range of Renaissance writing, empha
sizing relations between texts and their social
realms. W e’ll study the private exchange of
elite poetic texts, the relation between fame
and stigma for published authors, the profes
sion of the playwright, the roles of women who
wrote, and the uses of writing in the Civil War.
Our readings will include significant amounts
of Shakespeare, non-Shakespearean drama,
criticism, and theory.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. N. Johnson.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Anderson.
ENGL 115 . Modern Comparative Literature
T h e fall semester will focus on fiction respon
sive to colonial and postcolonial conditions
associated with British and Am erican empire
and hegemony. Writers will include Conrad,
Forster, A chebe, Emecheta, Faulkner, GarciaMdrquez, M orrison, Silk o, Erdrich, and
Rushdie. Considerable attention will also be
paid to ancillary theoretical and critical
materials.
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T h e spring semester will focus on Modernism:
theory and practice. Drawing on a range of
authors writing between the 1840s and the
1940s, this seminar will attend to the concep
tual underpinnings o f European modernism
and will seek to come to terms with several of
its most salient texts. Primary readings will be
drawn from among the following writers:
Kierkegaard, Marx, Baudelaire, Dostoevsky,
Weber, Nietzsche, Rilke, Kafka, Proust, Woolf,
Adorno, and Benjam in. Secondary readings
will include essays by Lukács, B akhtin,
C anetti, De Certeau, and others. Students
should have read Joyce’s Portrait o f the A rtist as
a Young M an prior to taking this seminar.
ENGL 12 1. The Harlem Renaissance in
The Jazz Age
T his study extends and challenges received
conceptions of the Harlem Renaissance by
reading the era in relation to T h e Jazz Age—
African Am erican modernism side by side with
Am erican cultural nationalism. It weighs the
effects o f focusing on intersections between
American/African Am erican (and African)
cultural positions and their impact on each fol
lowing World W ar I. Texts may range from
Hughes and Hurston to Stein and O ’Neill.
2 credits.
Spring 2002. James.
2 credits.
ENGL 180. Thesis
E ach sem ester. W einstein.
A major in the Honors Program may, with
Department permission, elect to write a thesis
as a substitute for one seminar. T h e student
must select a topic and submit a plan for
Department approval no later than the end of
the junior year. Normally, the student writes
the thesis of 80-100 pages, under the direction
o f a member of the Department, during the fall
of the senior year.
ENGL 116 . American Literature
Advanced work in U .S . literary history.
Students who enroll in this course should nom
inate one or two works o f literature to be con
sidered for the syllabus. These will be supple
mented by other primary and secondary works
of Am erican literature and history chosen by
the instructor. Prior work in U .S. literature
and/or history is recommended.
2 credits.
F all 20 0 1 . Schmidt.
ENGL 118 . Modern Poetry
A study o f the poetry and critical prose of
Yeats, Eliot, Stevens, and H.D., in an effort to
define their differences within the practice of
“Modernism,” and to assess their significance
for contemporary poetic practice.
2 credits.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Anderson.
ENGL 120. Critical and Cultural Theory
“Culture is one o f the two or three most com
plicated words in the English language” con
cedes Raymond Williams in Keyw ords. T he
influence o f linguistics on philosophy and
anthropology will lead us to the subject o f cul
ture— and the subject in culture. Marx, Freud,
Saussure, B enjam in, Lévi-Strauss, Fanon,
Irigaray, Foucault, Sedgwick, and de Lauretis.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. W hite.
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2 credits.
Staff.
ENGL 183. Independent Study
Students may prepare for an Honors
Examination in a field or major figure compa
rable in literary significance to those offered in
the regular seminars. Independent study pro
jects must be approved by the Department and
supervised by a Departm ent member.
Deadlines for the receipt o f written applica
tions are the second Monday in November and
the first Monday in April.
2 credits.
Staff.
THEATRE STUDIES
T h e Theatre Studies major uses the study of all
aspects of dramatic art as the center o f a liber
al arts education. It is intended to be o f broad
benefit regardless o f a student’s . professional
intentions. A ll courses in the program address
the processes o f play production, especially as
they involve collaborative making; all produc
tion for performance in the program is part of
course work.
Theatre Studies emphasizes writing as an
important aspect of discursive thinking and
communication. A ll courses have a significant
writing component, the nature o f which varies
from course to course.
Because, in practice, public performance
engages theatre artists for less time and is less
complicated than rehearsal and other prepara
tions, it receives proportionally less attention
in this curriculum. Because all work in theatre
eventually issues in a public occasion, classes
are usually open to visitors.
REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Planning a program in Theatre Studies can be
complicated. First- and second-year students
thinking about a Theatre Studies major should
read these requirements and recommendations
closely and should consult with the director of
Theatre Studies early and often. Leave sched
ules, a wide variety o f intern and apprentice
programs, and the im portance o f course
sequences make long-range planning essential.
The requirements for the Theatre Studies
Program will be significantly revised beginning
with the Class of 2005. Students from the Class
of 2005 are welcome to contact Professor
Kuharski regarding the revised requirements,
as well as to consult the postings on the
Theatre Studies bulletin boards across from
308 Lang Performing Arts Center. N B: T he
requirements below still àpply to all classes
through 2004.
THEA 001 (Theatre & Performance) is a pre
requisite for all intermediate and advanced
classes and seminars.
Courses numbered 001 through 010 are intro
ductory and are prerequisite to intermediate
courses.
Courses numbered 011 through 049 are inter
mediate and are prerequisite to advanced
courses numbered 050 through 099.
Seminars carry numbers 100 and above.
Intermediate work in each o f the course
sequences requires a begirining course in that
area.
Some advanced courses carry additional pre
requisites that are listed ill the course descrip
tions.
For those majors who intend a career in profes
sional theatre, whether academic, not-for-prof
it, or commercial, internships in professional
theatres are strongly recommended. Because of
scheduling difficulties, students should plan
and apply for internships, time spent off cam
pus, and community projects as far in advance
as possible.
T h e Pig Iron Theatre Company and other
guest artists are typically in residence on cam
pus during the summer. Positions are usually
available in production, development, public
relations, marketing, box office, and house or
stage management. Positions are usually not
available in acting, directing, or design.
M ajor in the C ourse Program : Eleven credits of
work including T H E A 001 (T h eatre &
Performance), T H E A 002 (A cting I), TH E A
0 04A (S e t Design) or T H E A 004C (Costume
D esign), T H E A 0 0 4 B (Lighting Design),
T H E A 015 (Performance Theory & Practice),
T H E A 016 (Playwrights’ Lab), T H E A 106
(Th eatre History Sem inar) or T H E A 121
(Production Dramaturgy Seminar) and T H E A
09 9 (Senior Company). In addition, each
major will choose an area of specialization and
take the intermediate and advanced courses in
that area.
T h e areas o f specialization are A cting,
Directing, Scenography, Playwriting/Dramaturgy, and Theatre History. Special arrange
ments will be made for students who seek sec
ondary school certification. Prospective majors
should consult with the program director about
their choice.
In addition to these course requirements, the
major includes a comprehensive examination
in two parts: (1) an essay relating the student’s
experience in Senior Company, and (2) an oral
exam ination on the essay and related subjects
by Theatre faculty and visitors.
Minor in the C ourse Program : Seven credits of
work including T H E A 001 (T h eatre &
Performance), T H E A 002 (A cting I), TH E A
004B (Lighting Design), T H E A 015 (Per
formance Theory & Practice), and T H E A 016
(Playwrights’ Lab). In addition, each minor
will choose an area o f specialization and take
the intermediate and advanced courses in that
area. Senior Company (TH EA 099) is an elec
tive course for Course Minors in Theatre
Studies who have completed their course work
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in the Program by the end o f the junior year.
Major in H onors: Honors students majoring in
Theatre Studies will make three preparations
as follows:
1. Theatre History Seminar, written examina
tion, and an oral set by an outside examiner.
2. T H E A 121 or a thesis attachm ent to a
course to be read by an outside examiner
along with an oral.
3. A production project in one o f the following
fields:
D irecting from a script. T h e student will, under
faculty supervision, read in the playwright’s
work, make a director’s preparation for the
entire play, and rehearse for public presenta
tion a locally castable portion o f the chosen
play. T h e Program will hire one or more pro
fessional actors for a set number of rehearsal
hours in connection with the project. T h e
instructor will supervise these activities appro
priately, on the model of a special project in
Theatre. T h e external examiner will visit this
project several times (depending on schedule
and available funds). These visits (to rehearsal
or planning session) will no t include feedback
from the examiner. T h e examiner attends
rehearsal to know as much as possible about
the student’s methods o f making the work. T h e
examiner also attends one or more o f the pub
lic performances. T h e exam ination proper will
consist o f an extended interview directly fol
lowing the performance and a briefer oral dur
ing Honors weekend. T h e subject o f the first
interview will be the student’s processes as he
or she relates to the production. T h e second
oral will concern the student’s assessment of
the entire process as a part o f his or her under
graduate education and future plans. T h e stu
dent will support both interviews with an
extensive production journal.
Design from a script. T h e student will prepare
all research, sketches, and preliminary writing
for a production in a designated venue. H e or
she will make renderings, working drawings,
and a model and will prepare detailed budgets,
schedules, and so on. In addition to the model,
the student will supervise the construction of a
buildable portion o f the design. T h e local
instructor will supervise these activities appro
priately, on the model o f a special project in
Theatre. T h e external examiner will receive
copies o f all materials as the student generates
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them and will pay special attention to the way
in which the project develops under continual
revision. During the Honors weekend, the
examiner will see the full-sized portion and the
model. T h e examination proper will be an
extensive presentation by the student, o f the
en tire project, w ith special atten tio n to
processes o f development and revision. During
this presentation, the examiner (probably a
professional designer, not necessarily an acade
m ic) will question the student, on the model of
advanced classes in architecture.
D ram aturgy. T his project will be associated
w ith Dramaturgy Sem inar, D irecting, or
Playwrights’ Lab. T h e student will create a
body of writing appropriate to the specific pro
ject. This will include (but is no t limited to)
notes on production history, given circum
stances, script analysis, program and press kit
notes, study guide, and a grant proposal. For a
community, education, or other project, the
student, in consultation with an instructor, will
create and fulfill a protocol suited to the work.
O n a production project, the student will con
tinue work in rehearsal. T h e external examin
er will receive all materials as they are generat
ed. If the work is rehearsed, the examiner will
attend as many rehearsals as possible. If the
work is performed, or the project presented in
some other way, the examiner will attend. The
exam ination proper, given during the Honors
weekend, will consist o f an extended oral pre
sentation similar to a design presentation.
Acting. T his student, with the advice of an
advisor, will select and prepare a role from an
appropriate script. T h e program will hire one
or more professional actors for a set number of
rehearsal hours, which the student wilt supple
m ent with practice and other acting “home
work.” T h e advisor will assist in this work on a
regular basis. T h e external exam iner will
attend as many rehearsal sessions as possible to
observe the student’s process. T h e student will
keep a journal (an expanded version o f the pri
vate “book” actors keep) to support discussion
with the examiner in an extended interview
immediately following an in-house presenta
tion o f the work. During the Honors weekend,
the examiner will conduct a second-oral exam
ination focusing on the student’s reconsidera
tion o f the work after some time has passed.
O ne o f these combinations will constitute the
normal Honors major in Theatre Studies.
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the fall of senior year, while they are planning
their production project. T h e usual schedule
will be spring o f junior year, Theatre History
Seminar; fall of senior year, T H E A 099 and
project planning; and spring of senior year, thesis and production project.
I Double majors taking three examinations in
Theatre will also follow that schedule.
I For double majors taking one examination and
comps in Theatre, the exam ination may be a
I production project, depending on available
I resources.
Minor in H onors. Theatre Studies minors are
required to take a minimum o f 7 credits, conT
sisting of T H E A 001 (Th eatre & Perfor
mance), T H E A 0 02 (A cting I), T H E A 004B
(Lighting Design), T H E A 015 (Performance
Theory & Practice), T H E A 016 (Playwrights’
Lab), and either T H E A 106 (Theatre History
Seminar) or T H E A 121 (Production DramaI turgy Seminar). Honors minors that have comI pleted these minimum requirements and comI pleted a sequence in acting, design, directing,
I or playwriting/dramaturgy by the end o f the
I junior year may petition to enroll in T H E A
I 099 (Senior Company).
I
I Co-curricular and extracurricular work in
Theatre, although not specifically required, is
I strongly
recommended
for
majors.
I Opportunities include paid and volunteer staff
I positions with the Theatre, in-house projects
I for various classes, production work in T h e
[ Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts
I Center, and Drama Board production.
I With respect to the 20-course rule, courses in
I dramatic literature taught in the English
I Literature, Classics, or M odem Languages and
I Literatures Departments may be designated as
I part of the major. Courses in nondramatic lit■ eratures taught in those departments will not
I be considered part of the major.
SEMESTER A B R O A D IN POLAND. T he
Programs in Theatre Studies and Dance have
jointly developed a new semester-abroad program for interested Swarthmore students based
at the Silesian Dance Theatre (Slaski Teatr
Tanca) in Bytom in conjunction with the
I Jagiellonian University o f Cracow and other
I institutions in the vacinity. T h e program is
I intended to provide participating students with
I a combination o f foreign study with the expe
I
I
I
I
rience of working in various capacities (dance
performance, arts administration, scenography,
etc.) within the environment of a professional
dance
theatre
company
for
credit.
Participating students would be housed in
Bytom, and have the option of taking addi
tional courses in Cracow. Intensive study of
Polish while in the country will be required of
all participating students. Students participat
ing will be able to enroll for the equivalent of
a full semester’s credit (4 to 5 credits).
Participation in the A nnual International
Dance Conference and Performance Festival
hosted by Silesian Dance Theatre in June and
July is highly recommended for certain types of
credit. Beyond credits in Theatre Studies and
Dance, and intensive Polish, a menu of possi
ble tutorials is being developed in Polish liter
ature and history, Environm ental Studies,
Film, Religion, Jewish and Holocaust Studies,
and other fields. Interested students should
contact Professor A llen Kuharski, director of
Theatre Studies, as early as possible for advis
ing purposes and updated information on the
status of the program. See course listings in
both the Theatre Studies Program and the
Music and Dance Department for types of aca
demic credit being offered.
Theatre Studies majors and minors can also
enroll in a semester o f theatre-related study
conducted in English at the Jagiellonian
U niversity
in
Cracow.
Students
in
Com parative
Literature
and
M odem
Languages and Literatures are also welcome to
co n tact Professor Kuharski about possible
related programs o f study at the Jagiellonian
University. Intensive study of Polish is required
of all participating students.
Funding support (including travel) is available
for intensive language study in Poland during
the summer before the student's planned
semester abroad. Interested students should
contact Professor Kuharski for details.
Jacek Luminski, the founder and artistic direc
tor o f Silesian Dance Theatre, will be the Lang
Visiting Professor for Social Change in Theatre
Studies and Dance in the fall semester of 2001.
A separate but parallel semester-abroad option
in Cracow, Poland, is being offered through the
Engineering and Environm ental Studies
Departments. Interested students should con
tact Professor A rthur M cG arity in the
Engineering Department for details.
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Theatre Studies
INTRODUCTORY COURSES
THEA 001. Theatre & Performance
Combining a survey o f classical and cross-cul
tural approaches to theatrical performance
with the hands-on study o f how theater is
made. Classroom study will include history,
performance theory, and production dramatur
gy in relationship to play scripts and video
taped or live performances. Weekly lab sessions
will include exercises in acting, design, direct
ing, and text adaptation/ playwriting, applying
them to the miniature format o f toy theaters as
well as to the stage. W riting requirements will
include journal keeping; responses to readings,
performances, and your own projects; and
research papers.
THEA 0040. Lighting Design
T his is an exploratory class in the fundamen
tals o f lighting design. T h e course objective is
to introduce lighting concepts and how to
express them for both Theatre and Dance. It is
intended to demystify an enormously powerful
medium. Reading and class discussion provide
a theoretical basis for such creativity while the
assignments and projects provide the practice
for this artistic endeavor.
Text: D esigning w ith Light by J. Michael
G illette, D raw S ketches by Hans Schwarz;
Software: P ow er CA D D and MacL u x P ro (both
provided on the server network).
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Marshall.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
THEA 004C. Costume Design
F all 20 0 1 : Denzer. Spring 2 0 0 2 : Babb.
T h e purpose o f this course is to introduce stu
dents to the form and procedures used in creat
ing costume design for both theatre and dance.
Students in this class will explore costume his
tory and develop a relationship with their cre
ative imagination. Reading and class discus
sion provide a theoretical basis for such cre
ativity while the assignments and projects pro
vide the practice for this artistic endeavor.
THEA 002. Acting I
W ork on the self through fundamental exercis
es in acting: vocal and physical warm-up; focus
and release; sense and affective memory; jour
nals. W ork toward collaborative models and
the use o f improvisation as a tool for invention
and discovery. Short papers on local rehearsals
and performances. This class meets 6 hours a
week.
1 credit.
F all 2001: Schlatter. Spring 2 0 0 2 : T B A .
THEA 004A. Set Design
T h e purpose o f this course is to introduce stu
dents to the rich history and creative world of
scenography. Students taking this course will
explore design principals and the artistry used
in taping their dramatic imagination. This
course will exam ine theatrical rendering,
research, model making, and computer-aided
design. Reading and class discussion provide a
theoretical basis for such creativity while the
assignments and projects provide die practice
for this artistic endeavor.
Required reading will include T heatrical D esign
and Production (J. M ichael G illette), From Page
to Stage (Rosemary Ingham), and Plays By
A m erican W om en: 1900-1930 (Edited by Judith
Barlow).
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Marshall.
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Required text: T h e C ostum e Designer's
H an dbook by Rosemary Ingham, and A
H an dbook o f C ostum e D raw ing by Georgia
O ’Daniel Baker. Suggested text: From Page to
Stage by Rosemary Ingham, and Historic
C ostum e fo r the Stage by Lucy Barton.
1 credit.
F all 2001. Marshall.
THEA 007. Dance Theatre Workshop
(Cross-listed as D A N C 049)
T h e theory and practice o f dance/movement
theatre performance. To be taught in fall 2001
by choreographer Jacek Luminski, o f Poland’s
Silesian Dance Theatre and the Lang Visiting
Professor for Social Change, and in spring 2002
by Gabriel Quinn Bauriedel o f the Pig Iron
Theatre Company in Philadelphia. T h e class is
open to both theatre and dance students.
Prerequisites: T H E A 001 or 002; or any dance
course numbered 0 4 0 -0 4 4 ; o r ' consent of
instructor.
0 .5 credit.
F all 20 0 1 : Luminski. Spring 2 0 0 2 : Bauriedel.
THEA 008. Dance Theatre Workshop Lab
(Cross-listed as D A N C 049)
The theory and practice o f dance/movement
theatre performance. To be taught in fall 2001
by choreographer Jacek Luminski of Poland's
Silesian Dance Theatre and the Lang Visiting
Professor for Social Change, and in spring 2002
by Gabriel Q uinn Bauriedel o f the Pig Iron
Theatre Company in Philadelphia. T h e class is
open to both theatre and dance students, and
will culminate in a public performance. Must
be taken together with T H E A 007 (Dance
Theatre Workshop).
Prerequisites: T H E A 001 or 002; or any dance
course numbered 0 4 0 -0 4 4 ; or consent of
instructor.
THEA 015. Performance Theory &
Practice
(Cross-listed with Asian Studies)
T his course covers a series o f major texts on
performance theory and practice, with empha
sis on directing and acting. Assigned readings
will focus on theoretical writings by or about
the performance work o f artists such as Zeami,
Stanislavsky, A rtaud, B rech t, Grotowski,
M nouchkine, Chaikin, Suzuki, and Robert
W ilson as well as selected theoretical and crit
ical texts by nonpracticioners. T h e course
includes units on performance traditions and
genres outside of Europe and North America.
Weekly video screenings required.
Prerequisite: T H E A 001.
0.5 credit.
1 credit.
Fall 2001 : Luminski. Spring 2002: Bauriedel.
Spring 2002. Kuharski.
THEA 010. Movement Improvisation Lab
THEA 016. Playwrights’ Lab
(Cross-listed as D A N C 010)
Exercises in writing, improvisational rehearsal,
plotting, and dramaturgy, which result in a per
formance. Traditional playscript construction
as well as organizing and recording improvisa
tions.
Designed as a laboratory for both actors and
dancers to explore the elements of movement
and dance: space, tim e, force, and form.
Members of the class will investigate improvi
sation as a technique and as a tool for perfor
mance composition. Individuals work on a per
sonal vocabulary and on developing a sense of
ensemble. A journal and paper are required,
and a concurrent course in dance technique
(including T H E A 007/008) or basic acting
(THEA 002) is strongly recommended. Three
hours per week.
0.5 credit.
Fall 2001. Arrow.
INTERMEDIATE COURSES
THEA 012. Acting II
Work on playscripts through scene study and
rehearsal process: given circumstances, charac
ter biography; objectives; tasks and behavior;
activities and actions; vocal and physical
warm-up; focus, release, and body awareness.
Short papers on local rehearsals and perfor
mances. This course meets 6 hours a week.
Prerequisite: T H E A 001.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Babb.
THEA 035. Directing I: Directors’ Lab
This course focuses on the theatre director’s
role in a collaborative ensemble and on the
ensemble’s relation to the audience. U nits
cover the director’s relationship with actors,
designers, composers, technicians, and choreo
graphers as well as playwrights and their
playscripts. T h e student’s directorial self-defin
ition through this collaborative process is the
laboratory’s ultimate concern. Final project
consists of an extended scene to be performed
as part o f a program presented by the class.
Prerequisites: T H E A 001, 002, and 015.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Kuharski.
Prerequisites: T H E A 001 and 002.
I credit.
Fall 2001 and spring 2002. Belver.
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ADVANCED CODRSES
035.
THEA 052. Acting III: Ensemble Work with
an Audience
Spring 20 0 2 . Kuharski.
I credit.
Rehearsal o f a full-length work for public per
formance: ensemble techniques; improvisa
tion; using the audience as part o f the given
circumstances.
Prerequisites: T H E A 001, 002, and 012.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Denzer.
THEA 054. Advanced Design: Production
Studio
T his course is an advanced study in one o f the
three introductory courses in scenography
(T H E A 0 0 4 A S e t Design, 0 0 4 B Lighting
Design, or 0 0 4 C Costume Design). T his class
will examine complex forms and techniques of
the highest levels o f theatrical expression.
Students will collaborate, develop, explore,
and create the scenography for A cting III. T h e
class will meet once a week in studio as class, as
well as in collaboration with other members of
the production and technical staff. Lab times
will be scheduled independently as a practical
expression o f the work needed to execute the
designs.
Prerequisites: T H E A 001, 004B , and 0 04A or
004C .
Text: T heatrical D esign and Production by J.
M ichael G illette.
Required reading list before attending the
class: T he H istory and T heory o f Environm ental
Scenography by Arnold Aronson, T he T heatre o f
the Bauhaus by Arthur S . Wensinger, and Zen in
the A rt o f A rchery by Eugene Herrigel.
THEA 070. Theatre of Witness
(Cross-listed as D A N C 070)
O pen to juniors and seniors, T heatre of
Witness is a model o f theatre performance that
presents the personal and collective life stories
o f people whose voices are usually not heard in
our society. T h e stories, woven together in spo
ken word, music and dance are collaboratively
crafted into an original theatre piece and per
formed by the people themselves. T h e form
can be used with people of any background and
performances are presented in theatres, com
munity centers, schools and religious institu
tions as a vehicle to stimulate discussion and
inspire connection and healing. T h e class will
focus both on the process o f creating original
theater from real life stories as well as exploring
the social, political, psychological and spiritual
effects o f Theatre o f W itness as a community
building process o f healing, education, and
transformation. Three hours per week plus
internship.
Prerequisites: T H E A 001; T H E A 015 or 016.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Sepinuck.
THEA 073. Arts Administration for
Performance
(Cross-listed as D A N C 073)
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Marshall.
Available to students enrolled in the College’s
semester abroad program in Poland. Students
enrolled are encouraged to extend their stay in
Poland through early July 2002 to participate
in the Annual International Contemporary
Dance Conference and Performance Festival
hosted by Silesian Dance Theatre in Bytom.
THEA 055. Directing II: Advanced
Directors’ Lab
Spring 2002.
1 credit.
Director’s lab requires students to apply the
exercises from Directing II (T H E A 035) to a
variety o f scene assignments. T hese will
address a variety o f theatrical genres (farce,
epic theatre, verse drama, etc.) and various
approaches to dramatic text (improvisation,
cutting, and/or augmentation of playscripts,
adaptation o f nondramatic texts for perfor
mance, etc.). Projects will usually be presented
for public performance.
Prerequisites: T H E A 001, 002, 004B , 015, and
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By arrangement with A llen Kuharski.
THEA 074. Scenography for Dance
Theatre Performance
(Cross-listed as D A N C 074)
Available to students enrolled in the College's
semester abroad program in Poland. Students
enrolled are encouraged to extend'their stay in
Poland through early July 2002 to participate
in the Annual International Contemporary
Dance Conference and Performance Festival
hosted by Silesian Dance Theatre in Bytom.
By arrangement with W illiam Marshall.
SEMINARS
Prerequisites: T H E A 0 0 4 B and one other
Theatre Studies course in design.
THEA 106. Theatre History Seminar
Spring 2002.
THEA 076. Polish Theatre & Drama
Available to students participating in the
semester abroad in Poland. N o reading knowl
edge of Polish required.
By arrangement with A llen Kuharski.
Prerequisite: T H E A 001 or 015.
1 credit.
Spring 2002.
THEA 092. Off-Campus Projects in
Theatre
Residence at local arts organizations and the
atres. Fields include management, financial
and audience development, community out
reach, and stage and house management.
(Cross-listed with Francophone Studies and
W om en’s Studies)
A critical and comparative survey o f selected
theatrical
com panies from
th e
early
Renaissance to the 20th century. Emphasis on
collaborative relations within a given theatri
cal company, placement o f theatrical perfor
m ance within specific cultural contexts, and
their relevance to contemporary theatrical
practice. Readings will include, but not be lim
ited to, dramatic texts as one form o f artifact of
the theatrical event.
T h e fall 2001 and 2002 seminars will focus on
the work o f Ariane Mnouchkine and the
Théâtre du Soleil.
Prerequisites: T H E A 001 and 015.
Prerequisites: T H E A 001 and appropriate
preparation in the major.
2 credits.
1 credit.
THEA 12 1. Production Dramaturgy
Seminar
Fall 2001 and spring 2 0 0 2 . Staff.
THEA 093. Directed Reading
1 credit.
THEA 094. Special Projects in Theatre
1 credit.
THEA 099. Senior Company
A workshop course emphasizing issues o f col
laborative play making across lines o f special
ization, ensemble development of performance
projects, and the collective dynamics o f form
ing the prototype o f a theatre company. Work
with an audience in performance o f a single
project, or a series o f projects.
This course is required o f all Theatre Studies
majors in their senior year and will not nor
mally be taken for external examination. Class
members will consult with the instructor dur
ing spring semester o f their junior year, before
registration, to organize and make prepara
tions. Non-majors and Honors minors may
petition to enroll, provided they have m et the
prerequisites.
F all 2001. Kuharski.
Fundamentals o f dramaturgy (Lessing’s
Hamburg Dramaturgy, Piscator and Brecht’s
production dramaturgy, Peter Stein, Eugenio
Barba, e tc.), including script preparation and
analysis, given circumstances and subject relat
ed research. There will be several writing
assignments and papers. As the semester pro
gresses, students will have the opportunity to
work with theatre department projects and
possibly local professionals on planning and
production.
Prerequisites: T H E A 001 and 016.
2 credits.
Spring 20 0 2 : Denzer. Spring 20 0 3 : Devin.
THEA 130. Honors Thesis Preparation
Credit either for Honors attachments to cours
es or for Honors thesis projects in directing,
scenography, acting, and so on. By arrange
m ent with the student’s faculty advisor in
Theatre Studies.
F all and spring sem esters. Staff.
Prerequisites: T H E A 0 0 1 ,0 0 2 ,004B , 0 1 5 ,0 1 6 ,
and the com pletion o f one three-course
sequence in Theatre Studies.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Denzer.
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THE A 181. Honors Thesis Project
Credit for Honors thesis projects in directing,
scenography, acting, and so on. By arrange
m ent with the student’s faculty advisor in
Theatre Studies.
F all and spring sem esters. Staff.
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Environmental Studies
Coordinator:
CARR EVERBACH (Engineering)
Holly Castleman (Administrative Assistant)
Committee:
Elizabeth Bolton (English)
Raymond Hopkins (Political Science)
Wendy Horwitz (Psychology)
Arthur McGarity (Engineering)3
Carol Hackenoff (Political Science)
Hans Oberdiek (Philosophy)
Frederick Olthlieb (Engineering)
Colin Purrington (Biology)'
Michael Speirs (Sociology and Anthropology)
Don Swearer (Religion)12
Richard Valelly (Political Science)
Mark Wallace (Religion)
Larry Westphal (Economics)
1 Absent on leave, fall 2001.
2 Absent on leave, spring 2002.
3 Absent on leave, 2001-2002.
Profound, anthropogenic changes are occur
ring in the land, water, and air around us, and
education needs to respond to these changes.
Swarthmore’s heritage o f social concern com
pels us to educate students so that they are well
informed about vital, current issues, and capa
ble of full political participation.' T h e College
has a responsibility to provide means for the
study of environm ental problems and to
encourage students to develop their own per
spectives on these problems. T h e Environ
mental Studies concentration is one way that
the College meets these responsibilities.
Concentrators must take five courses from the
list below, including at least one course in
Environmental Science/Technology, at least
one course in Environmental Social Science/
Humanities, and at least one more from either
o f these two groups for a minimum o f three
courses in these two categories. Up to two
courses may be chosen from the list of adjunct
courses. Students should regularly check the
program’s W eb site for additions and changes
to course lists. Students may petition the
Faculty Comm ittee on Environmental Studies
to have courses taken at other institutions ful
fill some of these requirements. A t least three
of the five courses must be outside the major.
(T h e interdisciplinary minor will require four
courses outside the major for the Class of 2004
and optionally for 2003.) O ne o f the courses
may be independent work or a field study (in
the U .S. or abroad) supervised by a member of
the Comm ittee (EN V S 0 90). In addition to
the five courses, each concentrator will partic
ipate
in
th e
capstone
sem inar
in
Environmental Studies (EN V S 091) during
the spring semester o f the senior year. T h e cap
stone seminar will involve advanced interdisci
plinary work on one or more issues or problems
in environmental studies. Leadership o f the
capstone seminar rotates among the members
o f the Faculty Comm ittee on Environmental
Studies.
Environmental Studies is truly interdiscipli
nary and offers numerous opportunities for rig
orous interdisciplinary work because environ
mental issues have scientific, engineering,
social, political, economic, literary, and philo
sophical dimensions, all o f which must be
addressed. T h e concentration helps guide stu
dents to the many academic fields that afford a
perspective on environmental problems and
enables them to explore questions most com
pelling to them from the vantage point o f var
ious disciplines in the natural and social sci
ences, engineering, and the humanities.
A concentration in Environmental Studies
consists of an integrated program o f five cours
es plus a capstone seminar that a student takes
in addition to a regular major.
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Environmental Studies
COURSES IN ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
EN G R 004C/POLS 043. Environmental
Policy and Politics
EN G L 005L. Reading Nature
T h e Environmental Science/Technology cate
gory includes courses that emphasize tech
niques and methodologies o f the sciences and
engineering and whose subject is central to
Environmental Studies. Therefore, all concen
trators will be familiar with a body o f scientific
knowledge and scientific approaches to envi
ronmental problems.
CH EM 001. Chemistry in the Human
Environment
BIO L 036. Ecology
BIO L 037. Systematic Botany
PO LS 222 (Bryn Mawr College).
Introduction to Environmental Issues
P SY C 057. Psychology o f Environmental
Problems
RELG 022. Religion and Ecology
SO A N 030E. Ethnoecology: T he
Resurrection o f Traditional
Environmental Knowledge
SO A N 030B . Seeds of Change: T he
Environmental Consequences o f the
Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory
BIO L 039. Marine Biology
BIO L 116. Microbial Processes and
Biotechnology
BIO L 121. Physiological Ecology
BIO L 130. Behavioral Ecology
B IO L 137. Biodiversity
E N G R 004A . Introduction to
Environmental Protection
E N G R 004E. Introduction to Sustainable
Systems Analysis
ADJUNCT COURSES
There are other courses that are relevant to
Environmental Studies that can be included in
the five courses required for the concentration
but are not central enough to justify their
inclusion in the preceding groups.
BIO L 016. Microbiology
BIO L 017. Microbial Pathogenesis and
Immune Response
EN G R 063. W ater Quality and Pollution
Control
BIO L 026. Invertebrate Zoology
EN G R 064. Solid and Hazardous Waste
Management
EN G R 003. Problems in Technology
EN G R 066. Environmental Systems
EN G R 004B . Swarthmore and the Biosphere
G EO L 103 (Bryn Mawr College).
Environmental Geology
EN G R 035. Solar Energy Systems
COURSES IN ENVIRONMENTAL
SOCIAL SCIENCES/HUMANITIES
T h e Environmental Social
Science/Humanities category includes courses
that are central
to Environmental Studies and that focus on
values, their social contexts, and their imple
m entation in policies. Thus, all concentrators
will have studied the social context in which
environmental problems are created and can
be solved.
ECO N 076. Economics o f the Environment
and Natural Resources
ED U C 065. Environmental Education
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BIO L 027. Crop Plants
EN V S 090. Directed Reading in
Environmental Studies
(Advanced permission o f instructor is
required.)
EN V S 092. Research Project
M A TH 061. Modeling
PHYS 020. Principles of the Earth Sciences
PO LS 047. Politics of Famine and Food Policy
PO LS 065. Politics o f Population
Poland Environmental Studies Foreign
Study Program
A program o f study is available at universities
in Krakow, Poland, for students who desire a
foreign study experience in environmental
studies. Students usually take three courses
taught in English consisting o f the survey
course Environmental Science and Technology
in Poland plus two other courses that depend
on student interests. In addition, students are
required to take an intensive orientation
course on Polish language and culture.
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Film and Media Studies
Coordinators:
Committee:
PATRICIA WHITE (English Literature)3
SUNKA SIMON (German)
MIGUEL DiAZ'BARRIGA (Sociology/Anthropology)
MARION FABER (German)
KENNETH GERGEN (Psychology)
BRUCE GRANT (Sociology/Anthropology)
JENNIFER HORNE (Visiting Instructor, Film and Media Studies)
HAILI KONG (Chinese)2
CRAIG WILLIAMSON (English Literature)
CARINA YERVASI (French)
2 A bsent on leave, spring 2002.
3 A bsent on leave, 2001-2002.
Moving images have been one o f the most dis
tinctive innovations and experiences of the
past century. In today’s media-dependent cul
ture, developing a critical understanding and a
historical knowledge of media forms is vital.
Film and Media Studies provides an interdisci
plinary understanding o f the history, theory,
language, and social and cultural aspects of
film, with some emphasis on other movingimage genres such as video, television, and
computer-based media; introduces research
and analytical methods; and encourages crosscultural comparison of media forms, histories,
institutional contexts, and audiences. Film and
Media Studies incorporates courses from visual
ethnography, psychology, and literary and cul
tural studies and offers core courses in the field,
providing some opportunity for training in pro
duction to enhance critical studies.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR
Students may add a minor in Film and Media
Studies to any major, and students in the
Honors program may pursue an Honors minor
in Film and Media Studies, by meeting the
requirements set forth below. Students inter
ested in pursuing a Special M ajor in Film and
Media Studies should consult the guidelines
below and consult with the coordinator. A ll
students interested in incorporating Film and
Media Studies into their programs must submit
a proposal as part o f their sophomore paper or
apply by submitting a modified plan o f study in
the junior year or early in the senior year. This
proposal should be developed in consultation
with advisors from the Film and Media Studies
Comm ittee and is subject to approval.
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A ll students must take a minimum o f 5 credits
credits, which may be selected from the cours
es and seminars listed below or from those
taken abroad, at Bryn Mawr, Haverford, or
University o f Pennsylvania, when the work is
approved by the committee. T h e five 5 credits
should include: Film and Media Studies FM ST
001: Introduction to Film and Media Studies,
normally taken in the first or second year; and
F M S T 092: Film Theory and Culture, normal
ly taken in the senior year. Additional courses
in aesthetics, film/media history, national cine
mas, production, visual ethnography, and cul
tural studies should be selected with a broad
program in mind. Students in the Class o f 2003
may choose to graduate with either the con
centration or the minor in Film and Media
Studies; the requirements are identical.
HONORS MINOR
Students in the Honors program may minor in
Film and Media Studies by m eeting the
requirements set forth above and by preparing
for and taking one external exam. T h e prepa
ration usually consists o f F M ST 092: Film
Theory and Culture plus the 1-credit Honors
attachm ent 092A but may incorporate a 1- or
2-credit thesis or other course combination or
seminar work with the approval o f the Film
and Media Studies coordinator. A t least 2 cred
its o f the work in the Honors minor must be in
a department or field outside the student’s
Honors major. Senior Honors Study (SH S) may
consist of a revised essay submitted for a course
or seminar in the preparation or may follow the
SHS procedures for the seminar in question.
There is no S H S for a thesis.
SPECIAL MAJOR
Special course or Honors majors in Film and
Media Studies must be approved by the Film
and Media Studies Comm ittee and by the
departments from which the applicant intends
to draw 2 or more credits for the program.
Students must take a minimum of 9 credits.
FM ST 001 and F M S T 0 92 are required, and
students must also take at least 1 course in a
national cinema. Special majors will write a
thesis or do a thesis project (FM ST 098 or
FM ST 180) to fulfill the senior comprehensive
requirement. Students are encouraged to take
FM ST 002 or a film/video production course at
another institution. Remaining courses and
seminars may be drawn from a range o f depart
ments (work in at least two departments in
addition to Film and Media Studies is required
for each program). Such courses do no t have to
be selected from the list below if they are
approved by the Film and Media Studies
cCoordinator (e.g., D irecting or Lighting
Design in Theatre or Photography in A rt).
FMST 002. Video Production Workshop
Provides instruction in basic technical aspects
o f digital video production and background in
formal properties o f film- and videomaking.
Exercises are designed to ensure a sound tech
nical foundation as well as to familiarize stu
dents with the aesthetic principles underlying
a variety o f film styles and traditions. Pre
requisite: A prior film studies course and per
mission o f instructor. Limited to eight students.
Spring 2002.
FMST 092. Film Theory and Culture
Capstone course covering major paradigms and
debates in classical and contemporary film the
ory and historiography: realism, montage, narratology, semiotics, apparatus theory, theories
o f the avant-garde, Third Cinema, spectatorship, and cultural studies. For senior minors
and special majors, and other seniors and
juniors with background in film studies and in
structor’s permission. Authors: Bazin, Benjamin,
de Lauretis, Deleuze, Eisenstein, Hansen,
Kracauer, W ollen. Directors: A kerm an,
Eisenstein, Fram pton, Haynes, Godard,
Lanzman, Ophuls, Powell, Vertov, Welles.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Home.
FMST 092A. Honors Attachment to Film
Theory and Culture
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Hom e.
FMST 097. Independent Study
0.5-1 credit.
COURSES
FMST 098. Thesis
For students completing a special major in course.
FMST 001. Introduction to Film and
Media Studies
Provides groundwork for further study in the
discipline. Introduces students to concepts,
theories, and methods o f film, video, and tele
vision studies such as formal analysis of image
and sound, aesthetics, historiography, genres,
authorship, issues o f gender, race, ethnicity,
and nation, economics, and reception and
audience studies. Emphasis on developing writ
ing, analytical, and research skills. Required
biweekly discussion sections. Films and videos
by Benning, H itchcock, Godard, Mumau,
Sembene, Scorsese, Trinh, Welles, and others
and selected television genres.
Fall 2001. Simon.
1 credit.
FMST 180. Thesis
For students completing a special major in
Honors.
2 credits.
For descriptions and scheduling of courses
below, please consult the appropriate section of
the course catalog.
CH IN 055. Contemporary Chinese Cinema
(Kong)
CH IN 056. History of Chinese Cinema
(Kong)
EN G L 087A . American Narrative Cinema
(W hite)
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EN G L 087B . Topics in American Cinema
(W hite)
EN G L 088. Am erican A ttractions
(White/Ullman)
EN G L 089. W omen and Popular Culture:
Fiction, Film, and Television (W hite)
EN G L 090. Queer Media (W hite)
EN G L 091. Feminist Film and Media
Studies (W hite)
EN G L 093. Studies in Film and Literature
(W illiamson)
FREN 073. Rom an et cinéma:
Revolutionizing Everyday Life (Yervasi)
G ER M 088. Frauen und Film (Faber)
G ER M 056. Populârkultur (Sim on)
L IT R 028F. Francophone Cinema:
Configurations o f Space in
Postcolonial Cinem a (Yervasi)
L IT R 0 5 1G . R ace and Gender in European
Cinema (Sim on)
L IT R 055G . Film and Literature in Weimar
Germany (Faber)
P SY C 048. Technology, Self, and Society
(Gergen)
P SY C 068. Reading Culture (Gergen)
SO A N 091. Practicum in Visual
Ethnography (Diaz-Barriga)
SO A N 096. Soviet Cinema (Grant)
SO A N 111. Visual Ethnography
(Dfaz-Barriga)
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Francophone Studies
Coordinator:
BERNOUSSI SALTANI (French) (2001-2002)
Eleonore Baginski (Administrative Coordinator)
Committee:
Jean-Vinceilt Blanchard (French)14
Robert BuPleSSiS (History)11
James Freeman (Music)
Bruce Grant (Sociology/Anthropology)
Cynthia Halpern (Political Science)
Sally Hess (Dance)
Tamsin Lorraine (Philosophy)
George Moskos (French) “• f*
Micheline Rice-Maximin (French)11
Mark Wallace (Religion)
Philip Weinstein (English)
Carina Yervasi (French)13
11 Members o f the Steering Committee.
12 Campus coordinator, Swarthmore Program
in Grenoble, fall 2001.
13 Campus coordinator, Swarthmore Program
in Grenoble, spring 2002.
14 Program director, Swarthmore Program in
Grenoble, fall 2001.
15 Program director, Swarthmore Program in
Grenoble, spring 2002.
The concentration (Class of ’02 or ’03) or the
minor (Class o f ’03 or ’04 and thereafter) in
Francophone Studies explores areas and peo
ples significantly influenced by and participant
in Francophone cultures throughout the world:
Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Southeast
Asia. It takes a broad view of cultural achieve
ments and thus will examine cultural diversity
and identity at all community levels. Through
the use of analytical methods drawn from both
the humanities and the social sciences, the con
centration encourages interdisciplinarity in
courses, seminars, and student programs of study.
Within a cultural studies approach, various
perspectives will be used to establish new criti
cal and theoretical paradigms to understand
better the complex relations and reciprocal in
fluences between “centers” and “peripheries.”
the Department of Modem Languages, students
will have the opportunity of using French-lan
guage materials in many o f the courses and
seminars offered by other departments.
Through the study o f an important transna
tional culture, the concentration/minor will
prepare students for graduate education and
careers in international relations, business, law,
and academic disciplines and enable them to
participate better in our increasingly globalized
world. Besides the study of Francophone lan
guage, literature, and culture courses offered in
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
A concentration/minor in Francophone Studies
consists o f 5 credits from courses designated
below. Students should note that m ost courses
have prerequisites, w hich m ust be satisfied before
courses m ay be taken . N o more than 2 credits
may be from the student’s major department,
and at least 2 credits must come from courses
marked #. Only 1 credit taken abroad may
count toward the concentration. A t least 3
credits must come from core courses and semi
nars, whereas only 2 credits may come from
cognate courses or seminars. Students are ex
pected to work in at least two departments.
To ensure a strong groundwork for all concentrators/minors, one o f the credits must be a
core course; we particularly recommend FREN
025 and H IS T 022, but any o f the core courses
or seminars can function as an introductory
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course. In addition to the 5 credits, each con
centrator will complete a 15- to 20-page inde
pendent, interdisciplinary senior paper. T he
initial proposal and bibliography, which are
due immediately after the Thanksgiving break,
must be approved by two professors in two dif
ferent departments. T h e completed paper is
due at the end o f spring break.
Students are required to be proficient in the
French language: to complete FREN 004 or the
equivalent. They are strongly encouraged to
study abroad'in a French-speaking country. In
addition, they must either take an advanced
literature or culture course in French or use
French-language sources in the senior paper. In
any case, students are encouraged to read
French-language materials in the original lan
guage whenever possible.
NEW MINOR IN COURSE
T h e new Francophone minor in course is the
same as the concentration as previously defined.
Courses and seminars that may be offered for a
Francophone Studies concentration/minor are
the following (# indicates courses that cover
Francophone material outside o f France and/or
multicultural material):
C O R E C O U R S E S A N D S E M IN A R S
(75 percent to 100 percent Francophone con
tent): A t least 3 credits required.
Courses in Disciplines O ther T h an French
A R T H 017. Nineteenth-century European
A rt
Fren ch Courses Numbered 0 1 2 and Above
FREN 012C . Literature and Culture of
Quebec#
FREN 012C . Cultures française et
maghrébine#
FREN 012L. Introduction à l’analyse
littéraire
FREN 022. Le Cinéma française:
Le Ciném a de la ville
FREN 023. Topics in French Civilization#
FREN 024. Mysticisme et littérature
maghrébine#
FREN 025. Introduction to the
Francophone World#
FREN 028. Francophone Cinema:
Configurations o f Space in
Postcolonial Cinem a #,+
FREN 030. Topics in Seventeenth- and
Eighteenth-century Literature:
L’invention de la modernité féminine
en France (16e-18e)
FREN 033. Le Monde francophone:
fictions d’enfance#
FREN 036. Poésies d’écritures françaises#
FREN 037. Culture et civilisation#
FREN 040. French Theatre and Cultural
Studies
FREN 060. Le Roman du 19ème siècle
FREN 061. Odd Couplings: W riting and
Reading Across Gender Lines
FREN 062. Le Romantisme
FREN 065. Poésie de la modernité: de
Baudelaire aux Surréalistes
FREN 067. Twentieth-Century French
Theater: Reading and Performance
H IS T 022. Early M odem France and the
Francophone New World#
FREN 070. Théâtre Moderne
H IS T 027. To the Barricades: T he
European Revolutionary Tradition
FREN 070F. Caribbean and French
Civilizations and Cultures*
H IS T 030. France Sin ce 1789:
Revolutions, Republics, and Empires
FREN 071F. French Critical Discourse:
From Barthes to Baudrillard
Seminars in Disciplines O ther T h a n French
FREN 072. Le Rom an du 20ème siècle:
Women in the Literary Field
A R T H 145. G othic A rt and Architecture
A R T H 164. M odem A rt Seminar
PHIL 145. Feminist Theory Seminar
T H E A 106. Theatre History Seminar
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FREN 073. Roman et cinéma:
Revolutionizing Everyday Life
H IS T 020. Official and Popular Cultures in
Early M odem Europe
FREN 075F. Haïti and the French Antilles
and Guyane in Translation#
L IT R 014. M odem European Literature
FREN 076. Ecritures au féminin#
M U SI 009. Music o f the Caribbean
FREN 077. Prose francophone:
Littérature et société#
M U SI 022. Nineteenth-century Music
M U SI 004. Opera
M U SI 023. Twentieth-century Music
FREN 078. Théâtre et société#
M U SI 038. Color and Spirit
FREN 079F. Scandal in the Ink: Queer
Traditions in French Literature
PHIL 039. Existentialism
P O LS 0 0 3 .
Politics
FREN 080. Social Issues in Caribbean Texts
(Cross-listed as L IT R 080F, cross-listed
with Black Studies)
Introduction
to
European
PO LS 012. M odem Political Thought
FREN 091. Special Topics (Counting as #
depending on the topic o f the year)
SO A N 003B . Nations and Nationalisms
French Seminars
Cognate Seminars (30 percent Francophone
content minimum)
SO A N 023B . History of the Cultural Concept
FREN 102. Baroque Culture and Literature
H IS T 117. State and Society in Early
M odem Europe
FREN 104. Stendhal et Flaubert
FREN 105. Proust
H IS T 122. Revolutionary Europe
1750-1870
FREN 106. Poésie symboliste:Autour de
Mallarmé
H IS T 124. Europeans and Others
Sin ce 1750
FREN 108. Le Rom an du 20ème siècle:
Modem and Contemporary Novels
FREN 109. Le Romantisme
H IS T 140. T h e Colonial Encounter in
Africa#
FREN 110. Ecritures françaises hors de
France: Fiction et réel#
PHIL 139. Phenomenology,
Existentialism, and Poststructuralism
FREN 111. Espaces Francophones#
PO LS 101. Political Theory: M odem
FREN 112. Ecritures Francophones:
Fiction and History in the Frenchspeaking World#
RELG 112. Postmodern Religious Thought
SO A N 102. History and Myth
FREN 113. Voyage et littérature#
SO A N 103. G ift and Fetish
FREN 114: Théâtre d’écritures françaises#
Note: A m ong all the courses listed above, those
satisfying the requirem ent o f at least 2 credits cov
ering Francophone m aterial o u tsid e o f F ra n c e
and/or m u lticu ltu ra l m aterials are m arked #.
These can be courses in French or in other dis
ciplines. FREN 091 (Special Topics) may count
among this category, depending on the topic of
the year.
FREN 115: Paroles de Femmes#
C O G N A TE C O U R S E S A N D S E M IN A R S
(30 percent Francophone content minimum):
No more than 2 credits m ay count tow ard the
concentration.
Cognate Courses
DANC
02 2 .
History
of
Dance:
Europe’s Renaissance Through 1900
DANC 036. Dance and Gender
ECON 082. Political Economy o f Africa#
ENGL 72. Proust, Joyce and Faulkner
H IST 008B .
Present#
M odem
A frica,
1880
to
MINOR IN FRANCOPHONE STUDIES
To be eligible to m inor in Francophone Studies
for the Honors program, students must com
plete all the requirements for the Francophone
Studies concentration/minor. T his entails the
completion o f 5 credits and the writing o f the
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senior paper. T h e senior paper deadlines are as
follows: Initial proposal and bibliography are
due immediately after the fall break. T h e first
draft is due to the director immediately after
Thanksgiving break. T h e last draft is due to all
French faculty by the end o f spring break. T he
completed paper is due mid-April. T h e defense
will take place in May.
Candidates for an Honors minor will offer a
single 2-credit preparation outside the designated
H onors m ajor. T h e student will follow the re
quirements for SH S for the minor in the de
partment in which the seminar is offered and
take that exam.
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German Studies
Coordinator:
SUNKA SIMON
(German)
E le o n o re B a g in sk i (Administrative Coordinator)
Committee:
Richard Eldridge (Philosophy)
Marion Faber (German)
James Freeman (M usic)1
Pieter Judson (History)
James Kurtll (Political Science)
Tamsln Lorraine (Philosophy)
Michael Marissen (M usic)1
Braulio Munoz (Sociology and Anthropology)3
Hansjakob Werien (German)
1 Absent on leave, fall 2001.
3 Absent on leave, 2001-2002.
The concentration in German Studies grows
out of the co n n ectio n betw een G erm an
thought and art o f the nineteenth and twenti
eth centuries. Figures such as G oethe, Wagner,
Nietzsche, Marx, and Freud, for example, go
beyond the boundaries o f particular disciplines.
In addition, the study o f German history and
politics enriches and is enriched by the study of
German literature and art. A combination of
approaches to Germ an culture introduces the
student to a field o f knowledge crucial to con
temporary society and prepares the student for
graduate work in a good number o f academic
disciplines as well as for various international
careers. T h e concentration may be undertaken
in the course program or in the Honors pro
gram. Concentrators should consult the pro
gram coordinator during the sophomore year to
plan their work toward the concentration.
It is required that students do substantial work
in the German language (G ER M 004 or the
equivalent). It is also strongly recommended
that students study in Germany (for a summer
or, preferably, for a semester) if at all possible.
A fter studying abroad, concentrators must take
at least one additional class in German Studies.
Students who do not take an advanced litera
ture course must either use original German
sources in the thesis or add an attachm ent in
German to one course in the concentration.
G eneral Requirem ents
Students are required to take 5 credits from
designated courses in Germ an Studies, 3 of
which must be outside the student’s major
department. To ensure a common groundwork
for all concentrators, students must take the
core course, G E R M 0 1 4 : Introduction to
German Studies. To ensure work in depth, at
least 1 credit must be a thesis on an interdisci
plinary topic, normally to be proposed at the
end of the junior year and written in the fall
semester of the senior year. A n interdiscipli
nary thesis for the student’s major department
may fulfill this requirement.
N ote: A student can accomplish a special
major in German Studies by taking 5 addition
al credits from the courses listed below.
G erm an Studies C ourse Minor
R equ irem en ts: T h e requirem ents for the
German Studies course minor are identical to
the general requirements (5 credits, including
the core course G ER M 0 1 4 ) except th at
students need not write an interdisciplinary
thesis.
G erm an Studies Minor in the H onors Program
Requirem ents: T h e German Studies concentra
tion offers only a minor in the Honors pro
gram. Students in the German Studies Honors
program are expected to be sufficiently profi
cient in spoken and written German to com
plete all their work in German and are strongly
advised to spend at least one semester o f study
in a German-speaking country. Candidates are
expected to have a B average in course work
both in the department and at the College.
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German Studies
Prerequisites: G ER M 0 14 and an advanced
course in Germ an Studies.
SEMINARS (2 credits)
H IS T 122. Revolutionary Europe+
P reparations: A seminar in Germ an Studies (or,
in lieu of the seminar, two advanced courses in
German Studies).
H IS T 124. Europeans and Others Since
1750+
Senior H onors Study and Exam ination
H IS T 125. Fascist Europe
M U SI 101. Bach
Honors preparation will include a revised ver
sion o f a seminar paper (approximately 3,000
words) from the seminar for which the student
is being examined. Otherwise, preparation for
the examination will be discussed with the
director o f Germ an Studies on a case-by-case
basis to ensure adequate preparation for the
Honors examination. There will be no credit
given for the revised paper.
T h e Honors examination will take the form of
a 3 -hour w ritten exam ination based on a
German Studies seminar or, in lieu o f the sem
inar, two advanced courses in German Studies
and a 30- to 45-m inute oral examination based
on all previous work in the field.
PHIL 114. Nineteenth-century Philosophy
PHIL 137. Germ an Romanticism and
Idealism
PHIL 139. Phenomenology, Existentialism,
and Poststructuralism
R ELG 106. Contemporary Religious Thought
S O A N 101. Critical M odem Social Theory
S O A N 105. M odem Social Theory
SO A N 115. Freud and M odem Social Theory
G ER M 104. G oethe und seine Zeit
G ER M 105. Die deutsche Rom antik
G ERM 108. German Studies Seminar: W ien
und Berlin
T h e following courses and seminars may be
offered for a German Studies concentration:
G ER M 110. German Literature After
World W ar II
COURSES
G ER M 111. Genres
L IT R (G ) courses taught in English.
* C ognate cou rse: No more than two may be
counted toward the German Studies concen
tration.
(1 credit)
Germ an courses numbered 0 0 4 and above.
H IS T 02 8 . N ations and N ationalism
Eastern Europe
H IS T 035. T h e Jew as O ther
H IS T 036. M odem Germany
H IS T 037. History and Memory:
Perspectives on the Holocaust/
L IT R 037G
M U SI 006. Beethoven and the Rom antic
Spirit
M U SI 022. Nineteenth-century Music
M U SI 033. Lieder
M U SI 034. Bach
M U SI 035. Late Romanticism
PHIL 029. Philosophy of M odem Music*
PHIL 039. Existentialism*
PHIL 049. Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud
S O A N 083. Senior Colloquium on A rt and
Society*
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in
+ C ognate sem inar: No more than one may be
counted toward the German Studies concen
tration.
History
STEPHEN! P. BENSCH, Professor
ROBERT S. DUPLESSIS, Isaac H. Clothier Professor o f History and International Relations
LILLIAN M . LI, Professor9
MARJORIE MURPHY, Professor1
TIMOTHY J . BURKE, Associate Professor
FREDERICK R . DICKINSON, Visiting Associate Professor6
PIETER M . JUDSON, Associate Professor and Chair
MATTHEW SOMMER, Visiting Associate Professor5
ROBERT E . WEINBERG, Associate Professor1
DIEGO ARMUS, Assistant Professor
KATHLEEN CROWTHER-HEYCK, M ellon Visiting Assistant Professor23
ALLISON DORSEY, Assistant Professor
BRUCE DORSEY, Assistant Professor
THERESA BROWN, Administrative Assistant
2 Absent on leave, spring 2002.
3 Absent on leave, 2001-2002.
COURSE OFFERINGS AND PREREQUISITES
The courses and seminars offered by the
History Department attempt to give students a
sense of the past; an acquaintance with the
social, cultural, and institutional developments
that have produced the world of today; and an
understanding of the nature o f history as a dis
cipline. T h e discipline of history is a method of
analysis that focuses on the contexts in which
people have lived and worked. Our courses and
seminars emphasize less the accumulation of
data than the investigation, from various
points of view, o f those ideas and institutions—
political, religious, social, economic, and cul
tural— by which people have endeavored to
order their world. T h e History Department’s
curriculum introduces students to historical
methodology and the fundamentals of histori
cal research and writing.
The study of history prepares students for a wide
range of occupations and professions because it
develops their analytical, writing, and research
skills. Former Swarthmore history majors can
be found in all sectors of the economy, ranging
from W all Street to the world of medicine,
from elementary and high schools to trade
unions and public interest foundations and
institutes, from journalism and publishing to
consulting, and from the private to the public
5 Fall 2001 (appointment that semester only).
6 Spring 2002 (appointment that semester only).
sector. In particular, many o f our former majors
claim th at studying history was excellen t
preparation for law school and enabled them to
succeed as attorneys.
Courses and seminars offered by the History
Department are integral to most interdiscipli
nary programs, such as B lack Studies,
Francophone Studies, German Studies, Latin
A m erican Studies, Peace Studies, and
W om en’s Studies as well as to the majors in
Asian Studies and Medieval Studies. Students
interested in these programs should consult the
appropriate statements of requirements and
course offerings. In addition, we encourage stu
dents who wish to obtain teaching certification
to major in history (see section on Teaching
Certification for more information).
Survey C ou rses: Survey courses (002-011) are
open to all students without prerequisites and
are designed to serve the needs o f students who
seek a general education in the field as well as
to provide preparation for a range o f upperlevel courses. Survey courses provide broad
chronological coverage of a particular field of
history. Although these entry-level courses
vary somewhat in approach, they normally
focus on major issues o f interpretation, the
analysis of primary sources, and historical
methodology. First-year seminars (H IS T
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History
001A -001Z ) explore specific historical issues
or periods in depth in a seminar setting; they
are open to first-year students and are limited
to 12 students. Students who are not admitted
to first-year seminars in the fall will receive pri
ority for seminars in the spring. Students with
scores o f 4 or 5 in Advanced Placement exam
inations (or scores o f 6 or 7 in International
Baccalaureate [IB] examinations) may receive
preference in admission to certain first-year
seminars. Upper-division courses (H IS T 012099; 1 credit) are specifically them atic and top
ical in nature and do not attempt to provide
the broad coverage that surveys do. T hey are
generally open to students who have fulfilled
one o f the following: (1 ) taken o n e o f the
courses numbered 001-011; (2) received an
Advanced Placement score o f 3 in the same
area as the course they wish to take; (3)
received an Advanced Placement score o f 4 or
5 in any area; (4 ) received the permission of
the instructor; or (5 ) taken Classics courses
031, 03 2 , 042, 044, or 056. Exceptions are
courses designated “no t open to first-year
students” or where specific prerequisites are
stated.
Sem inars: Admission to double-credit history
seminars is selective and based on an evalua
tion o f the student’s potential to do indepen
dent work and to contribute to seminar discus
sions. A minimum grade o f B in at least two
history courses is required o f all students enter
ing seminars. In addition, the opinions of
department members who have taught the stu
dent are solicited.
Sophomores hoping to take history seminars in
their junior and senior years should give special
thought to the seminars that they list in their
sophomore papers. T h e department will weigh
the merit o f each request on the basis o f the
importance o f the seminar to the student’s pro
posed program as well as the student’s qualifi
cations. Sem inar enrollments are normally
limited to nine. If you are placed in a seminar
at the end o f your sophomore year, you will be
one o f nine students guaranteed a space and
you are, in effect, taking the space o f another
student who might also like to be in the semi
nar. Consequently, you should no t list any sem
inar in your sophomore paper without being
quite certain that you intend to take it if you
are admitted.
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REQUIREMENTS FOR HISTORY MAJORS
Admission to the department as a major nor
mally requires at least two history courses
taken at Swarthmore and a satisfactory stan
dard of work in all courses. Beginning with the
Class o f 2002, one o f these two courses will
normally be a first-year seminar. H ow ever, stu
dents w ho do n ot take a first-year sem inar can still
m ajor in history. Courses in Greek and Roman
history offered by the Classics Department
count toward this prerequisite. Students who
intend to continue the study o f history after
graduation should bear in mind that a reading
knowledge o f one or two foreign languages is
now generally assumed for admission to gradu
ate school.
A ll majors (course and Honors programs) in
history must take at least 9 credits in the
department, chosen to fulfill the following
requirements:
1. A t least 6 o f the 9 credits are normally done
at Swarthmore.
2. A t least one course or seminar at Swarth
more from each o f the following categories:
(a) all courses and seminars before 1750
(including C L A S 031, 032, 042, 044, and
0 5 6 ) and (b) all courses and seminars in
areas outside Europe and the U nited States,
specifically Africa, Asia, Latin America,
and the N ear East. T h is distribution
requirement is designed to have students
explore various fields o f history and engage
in comparative historical analysis. A list of
these distribution courses is on file in the
department office. T h e department expects
students to concentrate in topics or areas of
special interest to them and to specify them
in their sophomore papers.
C ourse M ajor
Complete the Senior Research Seminar (H IST
091) in which students write a research paper
based on primary and secondary sources. The
department strongly believes th at majors
should develop their expertise in a chosen field
o f history by producing a piece o f historical
writing and analysis. T his course satisfies the
College’s requirement that all majors and con
centrations have a culminating exercise for
their majors. T he research paper should build
upon a cluster o f courses that the student has
defin ed. T he departm ent encourages students to
suggest possible research topics in their sophom ore
papers and requires them to select topics by the end
o f their junior year. Possible research themes
include but are not limited to colonialism and
imperialism, nations and nationalism, popular
culture, urbanization, politics and diplomacy,
revolution and rebellion, and economic history.
Seminar instructors will not normally assign
grades during the course o f the seminar, but
they will meet periodically with students on an
individual basis during the course o f the semes
ter and discuss their progress.
Seminars are a collective, collaborative, and
cooperative venture among students and facul
ty members designed to promote self-directed
C ourse Minor
learning. A ctive participation in seminar is,
A minor in history consists o f 5 history credits
therefore, required o f all students. Evaluation
taken at Swarthmore College (AP, transfer
of performance in seminar will be based on the
credit, and foreign study courses do not count).
quality o f seminar papers and comments during
Two o f the 5 history credits must be above the
seminar discussions, in addition to the written
introductory level and must include H IS T 091
examination. Because the seminar depends on
and/or an Honors seminar. A “B ” average and
the active participation o f all its members, the
approval o f the department are required to be a
department expects students to live up to the
minor.
standards o f Honors. These standards include
Thesis
attendance at every seminar session, submis
A student who wishes to write a thesis should
sion of seminar papers according to the dead
state her or his intention by submitting a pro
line set by the instructor, reading o f seminar
posal at the beginning o f the senior year. T h e
papers before coming to seminar, completion of
department must approve the topic before the
all reading assignments before seminar, respect
student can enroll in H IS T 092 (Thesis). T h e
o f the needs o f other students who share the
thesis should be a work o f about 10,000 to
reserve binders and readings, and eagerness to
15,000 words (50-75 pages), and a brief oral
engage in a scholarly discussion o f the issues
examination will be conducted on completion
raised by the readings and seminar papers. T h e
of the thesis.
department reminds students that the responsi
bility for earning Honors rests squarely on the
Major and M inor in the H onors Program
students’ shoulders and will review on a regular
(External E xam ination Program )
basis their performance in the program. Failure
Seminars are the normal mode o f preparation
to live up to the standards outlined previously
for students majoring in history in the Honors
may disqualify students from continuing in the
program. Majors in the Honors program will
Honors program. Students earn double-credit
complete three double-credit preparations and
for
seminars and should be prepared to work at
revise one paper per preparation for their port
least twice as hard as they do for single-credit
folio submitted to external examiners. Revised
courses.
papers will no t be graded but will be included
T h e revised seminar papers are written in two
in the portfolio to provide examiners a context
stages. During the first stage, students must
for the evaluation o f the written examination
confer with their seminar instructor as to what
taken in the spring. Students may substitute an
papers they are preparing for Honors and what
Honors Thesis (H IS T 180) for one of their sem
revisions they plan for these papers. Seminar
inars. T h e thesis and revised seminar papers are
instructors will offer advice on how to improve
due by May 3.
the papers with additional readings, structural
Minors in the Honors program will complete
changes, and further development o f argu
one double-credit preparation and include one
ments. T h e second stage occurs when the stu
revised paper from that preparation in their
dent revises the papers independently. Faculty
portfolio. W e strongly advise minors to take
members are no t expected to read the revised
additional work in the History Department as
papers at any stage o f the revision process.
part of their preparation for Honors.
Each revised paper must be from 2,500 to 4,000
Students in seminars must take a three-hour
words and include a brief bibliography.
written examination a t the end o f each semi
Students will submit them to the department
nar and will receive a grade from the seminar
office by May 3. T h e department will assume
instructor for their overall performance in the
that students failing to submit their revised
seminar, including the written examination.
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papers by the deadline have decided not to
complete the Honors program.
In addition, the department expects students
to form their own study groups to prepare for
the external examinations. Although faculty
members may, at their convenience, attend an
occasional study session, students are generally
expected to form and lead the study groups.
O n ce again, this is in keeping with the depart
m ent’s belief that Honors is a collaborative,
self-learning exercise that relies on the com
m itm ent o f students.
Students enrolled as minors in history will sub
m it one revised paper as part o f their portfolio.
It is due by May3. T h e instructions for the
preparation o f portfolio papers are the same for
minors as they are for majors. T h e department
also encourages minors in Honors to form selfdirected study groups. T h e department will
assume that students failing to submit their
revised papers by the deadline have decided
not to complete the Honors program.
FOREIGN STUDY
T h e History Department encourages students
to pursue the study o f history abroad and grants
credit for such study as appropriate. W e believe
that history majors should master a foreign
language as well as immerse themselves in a
foreign culture and society. To receive
Swarthmore credit for history courses taken
during study abroad, or at other colleges and
universities in the U nited States, a student
must have departmental pre-approval and have
taken at least one history course at Swarth
more (normally before going abroad). T he
department is unable to offer credit for courses
taken abroad or elsewhere in the U nited States
in which no department member has expertise.
Beginning with the Class o f 2002, students
who want to receive credit for a second course
taken abroad or elsewhere in the United States
must take a second history course at
Swarthmore. Students must receive a grade of
C or higher to receive History credit at
Swarthmore.
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT/
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
T h e History Department will automatically
grant 1 credit for incoming students who have
achieved a score o f 4 or 5 in either the U .S . or
European History Advanced Placement exam
inations if they take any course numbered 001
through O il. Beginning with the Class of
2 002, students who want credit for two
Advanced Placement history examinations for
which they scored a 4 or 5 must take a second
history course at Swarthmore. This course need
not be a survey course. Moreover, a grade of C
or higher must be earned in the Swarthmore
course(s) for the credit(s) to be granted.
Advanced Placement credit may be counted
toward the number o f courses required for grad
uation and may be used to help fulfill the
College’s distribution requirements. Students
with Advanced Placement credit may elect to
take H IS T 003 or 005A , 005B , or 00 5 C (but
not more than one o f these U .S. history survey
courses). A grade o f 3 allows students to taken
an upper-division course in the same area as
the Advanced Placement credit; a grade o f 4 or
5 allows students to take any upper-division
course in the History Department.
T h e History Department will also grant 1 cred
it for incoming students who have achieved a
score of 6 or 7 in the IB examinations if they
take any course numbered 001 through 010.
Moreover, a grade o f C or higher must be
earned in the Swarthmore course for the cred
it to be granted. IB credit may be counted
toward the number o f courses required for grad
uation and may be used to help fulfill the
College’s distribution requirements. Students
with IB credit may elect to take H IS T 003 or
005A , 0 0 5 B, or 005C (but not more than one
o f these U .S. history survey courses).
LANGUAGE ATTACHMENT
Certain designated courses offer the option o f a
foreign language attachm ent, normally for 0.5
credit. Permission to take this option will be
granted to any student whose reading ability
promises the profitable use of historical sources
in a foreign language. Arrangements for this
option should be made with the instructor at
the time o f registration.
TEACHER CERTIFICATION
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Judson.
History majors can complete the requirements
for teacher certification through a program ap
proved by the state of Pennsylvania. Because of
a change in teacher certification regulations
that occurred in November 2000, students
completing certification during 2001 to 2003
will fulfill the requirements for Social Studies
certification, and those who complete certifi
cation in 2004 and beyond will complete the
requirements for Citizenship Education. For
further information about the relevant set of
requirements, please contact the Education
program director, the History Department
chair, or the Education program W eb site:
www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/Education/.
COURSES
HIST 001 A . First-Year Seminar: The
Barbarian Horth
The seminar will explore how Germ anic and
Celtic societies emerged and solidified their
identities as they came into contact with
Roman institutions and Latin Christendom
from ca. 100 to 1050 A .D . Writings concern
ing saints, scholars, kings, and Warlords of the
period will be stressed.
This course may count toward a major or
minor in Medieval Studies.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Bensch.
HIST 001B. First-Year Seminar:
Radicals and Reformers in America
Visions of social change from the American
Revolution to the twentieth century.
1 credit.
HIST 0010. First-Year Seminar:
The Cold War Era
A focused examination o f the origins and per
sistence o f the Cold W ar from the globalization
of containm ent to the pressure of domestic
conflict.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Murphy.
HIST 001G. First-Year Seminar:
Women, Family, and the State in China
This seminar will consider the roles o f Chinese
women and family both in traditional times
and in the twentieth century, including elite
and peasant society. Drawing from diverse
sources (literary, philosophical, anthropologi
cal, etc.), the seminar will examine the ways in
which culture and the state have defined these
roles.
This course may count toward a major or minor
in Asian Studies. It may also count toward a
concentration in Women’s Studies (Class of
’02 or ’03 ) or a minor in Asian Studies and
W om en’s Studies (Class o f ’03 or '04 and
thereafter).
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Li.
HIST 0011: First-Year Seminar:
African American Women’s History
A n examination of the uniqueness o f the black
female experience in Am erican society from
slavery to the contemporary period.
This course may count toward a concentration
in Black Studies and Women’s Studies (Class
o f ’02 or ’03 ) or a minor in Black Studies and
W om en’s Studies (Class of ’03 or ’04 and
thereafter).
Spring 2002. Bruce Dorsey.
1 credit.
HIST 001C. First-Year Seminar:
Sex and Gender in Western Traditions
N ot offered 2001-2002. Allison Dorsey.
How have perceived natural differences
between the sexes contributed historically to
real social and legal inequalities among men
and women?
This course may count toward a concentration
in Women’s Studies (Class of ’02 or ’03 ) or a
minor in Women’s Studies (Class of ’03 or ’04
and thereafter).
HIST 001H. First-Year Seminar:
The Production of History
In this course, we will examine public produc
tions of history and historical knowledge and
the complex dialogue between these visions of
history and the professional work of academic
historians.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Burke.
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HIST 001P. First-Year Seminar: History of
the Left
nineteenth centuries.
This seminar focuses on the people and events
that shaped the history of the Left in the
U nited States.
Spring 2002. DuPlessis.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Murphy.
HIST 001Q: First-Year Seminar: Angels of
Death: Russia Under Lenin and Stalin
T his seminar focuses on the history o f Russia
from the Revolution o f 1917 through the death
o f Stalin. Particular attention is paid to assess
ing the impact o f Lenin and Stalin on devel
opments in the Soviet U nion and the interplay
among socioeconomic, cultural, and ideologi
cal currents. Course materials include docu
ments, novels and short stories, monographs,
and films.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Weinberg.
HIST 001S. First-Year Seminar: The
American West, 1830-1950
A n introduction to the history o f the Ameri
can W est, beginning with the forced removal
o f the Cherokee and tracing the development
o f an “A m erican” culture in the region
between the Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean.
Focuses on the diversity of traditions in the
W est, including the experiences and contribu
tions of first nation peoples, African Americans,
Latinos, and Asian Americans.
1 credit.
Spring 2001. A llison Dorsey.
HIST 001T: First-Year Seminar: Cross and
Crescent: Muslim-Christian Relations in
Historical Perspective
T h e course will selectively explore the interac
tion o f Muslim and Christian communities
from the emergence o f Islam to contemporary
Bosnia.
This course may count toward a major or minor
in Medieval Studies.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Bensch.
HIST 001U: First-Year Seminar: The
Atlantic World
Study o f the cultural, social, political, and eco
nom ic movements that created a new world in
the A tlan tic basin between the fifteenth and
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1 credit.
HIST 001X . First-Year Seminar: Women
and Medicine
Survey o f the relationship between women and
medicine from antiquity to the present. This
course examines the interrelated histories of
women as medical practitioners, patients, and
objects o f medical knowledge. W e explore the
different ways women functioned as health
care providers, as domestic healers, nurses,
midwives, and physicians. A t the same time,
we discuss how women experienced illness in
the past and the expectations and norms that
shaped their illness experiences. Finally, we
look at medical knowledge about women and
how ideas about gender have been constructed
by the medical professions.
This course may count toward a concentration
in W om en’s Studies (Class o f '02 or ’03 ) or a
minor in W om en’s Studies (Class o f ’03 or ’04
and thereafter).
1 credit.
F all 2001. Crowther-Heyck.
HIST 001Y. First-Year Seminar: The
History of the Future
It is the year 2001, but there is no moonbase,
no cryogenics, no intelligent computer, no
manned mission to Jupiter. T h e future has
arrived, but it is not what it used to be. In this
seminar, we will trace the cultural and intellec
tual history o f the future, how past societies
imagined their own evolution over time and
how representing the future eventually became
a major feature o f Western modernity. W e will
deal with four major questions. W hen and
where did imagining the future become impor
tant and why? W hat does a past society’s ideas
about their future tell us about that society?
Has envisioning a particular future actually
helped to bring that future about? Finally, does
trying to imagine the future still serve any pro
ductive end, and are we coming to the end of
the future? Topics covered include cross-cultur
al ideas about time and progress, Christian millennialism, Enlightenm ent and Victorian ideas
about progress and change, early twentiethcentury utopian communities, pre-1945 mod
ernism and dystopias, postwar modernization
theory and technological utopianism, and
postmodern visions of the future.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Burke.
HIST 002A. Medieval Europe
The course will explore the emergence of
Europe from the slow decline o f the Roman
world and the intrusion o f new Germ anic and
Celtic peoples (third to the fifteenth cen
turies). Topics will include the rise o f Christi
anity, the invention of W estern government,
the rise o f vernacular culture, and the creation
of romance.
This course may count toward a major or
minor in Medieval Studies.
Primary distribution course. 1 credit.
Fall 2001. Bensch.
HIST 002B. Early Modern Europe
The modem world began to be bom in Europe
between the fifteenth and eighteenth cen
turies— replete with all the contradictions that
have marked modernity ever since. Using pri
mary sources, recent scholarship, and film, this
course explores the manifestations of that para
doxical civilization: Renaissance and Reforma
tion, secular state building and religious war,
Scientific Revolution and witch hunts, emer
gence o f capitalism and renewed serfdom,
Enlightenment and enslavement, and revolu
tion and restoration.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Spring 2002. DuPlessis.
HIST 003. Modern Europe
A survey that covers the nineteenth and twen
tieth centuries, with an emphasis on the polit
ical, social, and cultural forces that have
shaped modem Europe. Topics may include
industrialization and its social consequences,
nationalism and state building, imperialism,
mass consumerism, revolutions, socialism and
fascism, the two world wars, the Holocaust,
and the collapse o f communism.
Recommended for tea ch er certifica tio n .
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Spring 2002. Staff.
HIST 004A. Colonial Latin America
A survey of Latin America, from the preColumbian civilizations to the 1820s. Course
explores the encounter o f Amerindian and
European peoples and cultures and the process
of conquest, resistance and mutual transforma
tion that ensued over the next three centuries.
Topics may include econom ic and social
aspects of the major indigenous civilizations,
the impact o f the Iberian conquest, the emer
gence o f a colonial society, slavery, the imperi
al efforts to reform and adjust the colonies to a
changing international order, and the process
that culminated in the wars of independence.
This course may count toward a concentration
in Latin American Studies (Class of ’02 or ’03)
or a minor in Latin American Studies (Class of
’03 or ’04 and thereafter).
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 2001. Armus.
HIST 004B. Modern Latin America
Them atic course on the independence period
o f Latin American history. It emphasizes the
neo-colonial context in which regional experi
ences, particular issues, and national histories
took place. Topics include changes and conti
nuities in the formation o f nation-states, paths
o f economic development, racial and ethnic
issues, revolutionary and reformist agendas,
gender and religious changes, international
and rural-urban migrations, popular and elite
cultures, and the peripheral position of the
region vis-à-vis hegemonic European and U .S.
powers.
T his course may count toward a concentration
in Latin American Studies (Class o f ’02 or ’03)
or a minor in Latin American Studies (Class of
’03 or ’04 and thereafter).
Prim ary distribution course. 1 credit.
Spring 2002. Armus.
HIST 005A. The United States to 1877
A them atic survey o f American society, cul
ture, and politics from the A m erican
Revolution through the American C ivil War
and Reconstruction.
Recommended for teacher certification.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Bruce Dorsey.
HIST 005B. The United States from
1877 to 1945
A survey of American society, culture, and pol
itics from the Compromise o f 1877 to the
Japanese internment. Primary sources, litera
ture, song, and historical monographs will help
students explore and deepen their understand-
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ing o f the history o f the decades following the
“second Am erican revolution.”
tity and political activism are studied through
monographs, autobiography, and literature.
Recommended for teacher certification.
T his course may count toward a concentration
in Black Studies (Class o f ’02 or ’03) or a minor
in Black Studies (Class o f ’03 or ’04 and
thereafter).
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . A llison Dorsey.
HIST 005C. The United States Since 1945
1 credit.
W orld W ar II, recovery, th e C old War,
McCarthyism, domestic politics from Truman
to Reagan, suburbanization, the New Left, and
the counterculture, Civil Rights, Black Power,
W om en’s liberation, W atergate, and the impe
rial presidency, Vietnam, and the rise of the
Right.
Recommended for teacher certification.
Spring 20 0 2 . A llison Dorsey.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Murphy.
HIST 006. The Formation of the Islamic
Near East
A n introduction to the history of the Near East
from the seventh to the fifteenth centuries.
T h e course will examine the life of Muhammad,
the political dimensions of Islam, and the di
versification o f Islamic culture through law,
mysticism, philosophy, and the religious sciences.
T his course may count toward a major or
minor in Medieval Studies.
HIST 008A. West Africa in the Era of the
Slave Trade, 1500-1850
T his survey course focuses on the development
o f the slave trade and its impact on Africa.
T his course may count toward a concentration
in Black Studies (Class of ’02 or ’03) or a minor
in Black Studies (Class of ’03 or ’04 and
thereafter).
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Burke.
HIST 008B. Mfecane, Mines, and
Mandela: Southern Africa from 1650 to
the Present
A survey of southern A frican history from the
establishment of Dutch rule at the Cape of
Good Hope to the present day, focusing on the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
F all 2001. Bensch.
This course may count toward a concentration
in Black Studies (Class of ’02 or ’03 ) or a minor
in Black Studies (Class o f ’03 or ’04 and
thereafter).
HIST 007A. History of the African
American People, 1619-1865
N ot offered 2001-2002. Burke.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
A survey o f the social, political, and economic
history o f African Americans from the 1600s
to the Civil War. Focuses on slavery and resis
tance, the development o f racism, the slave
family (with special emphasis on women), and
the cultural contributions of people of A frican
descent.
T his course may count toward a concentration
in Black Studies (Class of ’02 or ’03 ) or a minor
in Black Studies (Class o f ’03 or ’04 and
thereafter).
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . A llison Dorsey.
HIST 007B. History of the African
American People, 1865-Present
A study of the history of A frican Americans
from R econstruction through the present.
Emancipation, industrialization, cultural iden
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HIST 008C. From Leopold to Kabila:
Central Africa’s Bad raentleth Century
A survey of central A frican history from the
coming o f Belgian colonial rule to recent con
flicts in the Congo and Rwanda.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Burke.
HIST 009A. Chinese Civilization
T h e history o f Chinese civilization and culture
from prehistoric times until the early nine
teen th century, emphasizing religious and
philosophical traditions, the development of
the Chinese state and empire, dynastic rule,
Confucian literati and bureaucracy, social and
econom ic change, rebellion, and disorder.
Readings include literature, philosophy,
anthropology, and other historical materials.
This course may count toward a major or
minor in Asian Studies.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 crediL
Not offered 2001-2002. Li.
HIST 009B. Modern China
The course examines the tumultuous changes
in China from the early nineteenth century
until the present. Topics include the Opium
War, the treaty ports and imperialism, the
Taiping and Boxer rebellions, the reform
movement, the Communist revolution, and
the post-Maoist era. Emperors, scholar-officials,
rebels, peasants, Maoist, and entrepreneurs are
the figures in this tale.
This course may count toward a major or
minor in Asian Studies.
Primary distribution course. 1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Li.
HIST 010: Traditional Japan
(Cross-listed as A R T H 031)
An interdisciplinary introduction to Japan,
from prehistoric times to the early nineteenth
century, exploring relationships between visual
and material culture and social and political
institutions. Topics include archaeology and
myth, the imperial system, samurai values, Bud
dhist and castle architecture, the popular cul
ture of the urban merchant class, and Japan’s
changing relations to C hina and the West.
1 credit.
F all 2001. Crowther-Heyck.
HIST 012. Chivalric Society:
Knights, Ladies, and Peasants
T h e emergence o f a new knightly culture in
the 11th and 12th centuries will be explored
through the Peace of God, crusades, courtly
love, lordship, and seigneurialism.
T his course may count toward a major or
minor in Medieval Studies.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2002. Bensch.
HIST 014. Friáis, Heretics, and Female
Mystics: Religious Turmoil in the Middle
Ages
A n exploration o f radical m ovem ents of
C hristian perfection, poverty, heresy, and
female mystics that emerged in Europe from
the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries.
T his course may count toward a major or
minor in Medieval Studies.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Bensch.
HIST 015. Medieval Towns
Not offered 2001-2002. Li.
From the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, the
medieval Church confronted radically new
versions o f Christianity and religious move
ments inspired by evangelical poverty, preach
ing, and a need to find a place for women in
ecclesiastical institutions. T h e course will
explore the aspirations, doctrines, and forms of
expression of these religious manifestations
and the Church’s response to them.
HIST 011. Modern Medicine:
A Historical Introduction
This course may count toward a major or
minor in Medieval Studies.
This course may count toward a major or
minor in Asian Studies.
1 credit.
This course examines the history of modem
medicine in Europe and America from the
18th century, a period in which traditional,
holistic views o f the body prevailed and the
most common therapy was bloodletting; to the
late twentieth century, a time when under
standings of the body have been transformed
by developments in genetics and biochemistry
and the therapeutic arsenal includes antibi
otics, AZT, and organ transplants. Throughout
the course, we will seek to connect medical
ideas and medical practices to the broader
social and cultural contexts in which they were
developed.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Bensch.
HIST 016. Sex, Sin and Kin in Early Europe
Western kinship and sexual mores will be
examined as they crystallized from Roman,
Christian, Germanic, and C eltic traditions.
T his course may count toward a major or
minor in Medieval Studies or a concentration
in W om en’s Studies (Class o f ’02 or ’03) or a
minor in W om en’s Studies (Class of ’03 or ’04
and thereafter).
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Bensch.
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HIST 019. The Italian Renaissance
T h e emergence o f a new culture in the citystates o f Italy between the fourteenth and six
teenth centuries.
1 credit.
Not offered 2 001-2002. DuPlessis.
HIST 020. Official and Popular Cultures in
Early Modern Europe
Explorations o f thought and practice in
W estern Europe between the later fifteenth
and eighteenth centuries.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 001-2002. DuPlessis.
HIST 022. Early Modern France and the
Francophone Hew World
France and its North Am erican and Caribbean
colonies from the late fifteenth to the eigh
teenth centuries.
T his course may count toward a concentration
in Francophone Studies (Class o f ’02 or ’03) or
a minor in Francophone Studies (Class of ’03
or ’0 4 and thereafter).
Optional Language A ttachm ent: French.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 001-2002. DuPlessis.
HIST 023. The Sacred and the Social in
Early Modern Europe
Examination o f changes in European religious
beliefs and practices between the fifteenth and
eighteenth centuries. Topics include theologi
cal and ecclesiological Reformations, women
in religious movements, religious roots of rebel
lion, Inquisition and witch hunts, toleration
and skepticism, Protestantism and capitalism,
Christian confessionalism, and trends within
Judaism.
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . DuPlessis.
HIST 024. Transitions to Capitalism
Capitalism, now the globally dominant form o f
econom ic organization, was bom in early mod
em Europe. T his course analyzes the complex,
protracted, uneven, and contested emergence
o f the new economic and social order. Among
the topics considered are the end o f feudalism,
the agricultural and consumer “revolutions,”
capitalism and slavery, gender divisions of
labor, proletarianization, work cultures and
consciousness, labor protest, mercantilism and
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economic ideology, proto-industries, and early
factories, and theories o f capitalism.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . DuPlessis.
HIST 027. To the Barricades: The
European Revolutionary Tradition
A n exam ination o f Europe’s revolutionary tra
dition, starting with the French Revolution
and ending w ith the Russian Revolution.
Topics include class formation, revolutionary
ideologies, and the cultures and mythologies of
revolution, such as socialism, anarchism and
socialist-feminism, and the culture of mythology
o f revolution.
T his course may count toward a concentration
in Francophone Studies (Class o f ’02 or ’03) or
a minor in Francophone Studies (Class of ’03
or ’04 and thereafter).
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Weinberg.
HIST 028. Natiuns and Nationalism in
Eastern Europe, 1848-1998
T his class traces the historical construction of
nationalist identities, social movements and
self-proclaimed nation-states out o f multieth
n ic communities and multicultural empires in
Eastern Europe, from the revolutions o f 1848
to the fall o f Yugoslavia.
First-year students admitted with permission of
professor.
Optional language attachm ent: German.
T his course may count toward a concentration
in Peace Studies (Class o f ’02 or ’0 3 ) or a minor
in Peace Studies (Class o f ’03 or ’04 and
thereafter).
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Judson.
HIST 029. Sexuality and Society In
Modem Europe
T his class examines historical constructions of
sex, sexual identities, and sexual practices in
W estern societies since 1700.
This course may count toward a concentration
in W om en’s Studies (Class o f ’0 2 or ’03) or a
minor in W om en’s Studies (Class o f ’03 or ’04
and thereafter).
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Judson.
HIST 030. France Since 1789:
Revolution and Empire
The political, social, cultural, and economic
history o f France and its global empire since
the great revolution.
This course may count toward a concentration
in Francophone Studies (Class of ’02 or ’03 ) or
a minor in Francophone Studies (Class o f ’03
or ’04 and thereafter).
Optional language attachm ent: French.
I credit.
Not offered 2001 -2002. Judson.
HIST 035. From Emancipation to
Extermination: European Jewry’s
Encounter With Modernity
This course focuses on the fate o f European
Jewry from the beginning o f emancipation in
the late eighteenth century to the Holocaust.
Major themes include the process o f emancipa
tion, Jewish and non-Jew ish responses to
emancipation, religious reform, the transfor
mation o f Jewish identity, and Jewish reactions
to modem anti-Semitism. Readings include
primary documents, memoirs, and literature.
This course may count toward a concentration
in German Studies (Class o f ’02 or ’03 ) or a
minor in German Studies (Class o f ’03 or ’04
and thereafter).
1 credit.
Not offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Weinberg.
HIST 036. Modern Germany
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German politics, society, and culture in the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics
include the revolutions of 1848, industrial soci
ety and the Imperial state, Germ an political
culture and its critics, World War I and revolu
tion, politics, culture and society under the
Weimer and Nazi regimes, the social costs of
postwar reconstruction in East and W est
Germanys, recent reunification, and the legacy
of the Holocaust.
HIST 037. History and Memory:
Perspectives on the Holocaust
(Cross-listed as L IT R 037G )
This course explores the roots o f Nazism, the
implementation o f the Final Solution, and the
legacy o f the Holocaust through an interdisci
plinary approach relying on primary sources,
historical scholarship, memoirs, music, paint
ing, and film. Authors include Primo Levi, A rt
Spiegelm an, and Nietzsche. Films include
Trium ph o f the W ill, S hoah, T h e W annsee
C on feren ce, and Ju d Suss.
T his course may count toward a concentration
in German Studies or Peace Studies (Class of
’02 or ’03 ) or a minor in German Studies or
Peace Studies (Class o f ’03 or ’04 and there
after) and toward the social science or human
ities distribution requirements.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2002. Faber and Weinberg.
HIST 038. Russia in the Twentieth Century
T his course focuses on the Bolshevik seizure of
power, consolidation o f communist rule, rise of
Stalin, de-Stalinization, and the collapse o f the
Soviet U nion.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Weinberg.
HIST 041. The American Colonies
T h e history of the mainland British American
colonies within an A tlantic colonial world
from 1600 to 1760.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Bruce Dorsey.
HIST 042. The American Revolution
Revolutionary developments in British North
America between 1760 and 1800.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Bruce Dorsey.
HIST 045. Themes in U.S. History: The 1950s
This course may count toward a concentration
in German Studies (Class o f ’02 or ’03 ) or a
minor in German Studies (Class o f ’03 or ’04
and thereafter).
Postwar America, suburbanization, rock ’n roll,
baby boom, the revival o f Hollywood, televi
sion, the Red Scare, cold war politics, and
domestic bliss.
Optional Language A ttachm ent: German.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Murphy.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Judson.
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HIST 046. The Coming of the Civil War
Social change on the eve of the C ivil War; the
conflict over free and slave labor; slavery and
an African-American culture; and causes of
the C ivil War.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 001-2002. Bruce Dorsey.
HIST 048. Murder in a Mill Town:
A Window on Social Change During
the Early Republic
Explores topics in the social and cultural history
o f Am erica between the American Revolution
and the C ivil War.
1 credit.
F all 2001. Bruce Dorsey.
HIST 049. Race and Foreign Affairs
HIST 053. Topics in African American
Women’s History
Black women in the modem civil rights move
ment (1945-1975). Study of black women’s
experiences in the struggle for equal rights in
m id-tw entieth-century A m erica. Examines
gendered notions o f political activism, leader
ship styles, and the rise o f black feminism.
T his course may count toward a concentration
in Black Studies and Women’s Studies (Class
o f ’02 or ’03) or a minor in Black Studies and
W om en’s Studies (Class o f ’03 or ’04 and
thereafter).
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. A llison Dorsey.
HIST 054. Women, Society, and Politics
A history o f U .S. foreign affairs with attention
paid to the origins o f racialism and the impact
o f expansionism on various ethnic and racial
groups.
Women in American society from the colonial
period to the present, with emphasis on the
changing nature o f work and the separation of
spheres, the rise of feminism, and the resis
tance to women’s rights.
T his course may count toward a concentration
in Public Policy or Peace Studies (Class of ’02
or ’0 3 ) or a minor in Public Policy or Peace
Studies (Class o f ’03 or ’0 4 and thereafter).
T his course may count toward a concentration
in W om en’s Studies (Class of ’02 or ’03) or a
minor in Women’s Studies (Class o f ’03 or ’04
and thereafter).
1 credit.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Murphy.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Murphy.
HIST 050. The Making of the American
Working Class
HIST 062. Health, Medicine, and the Body
in Modern Africa
A colloquium on the history of the industrial
revolution in America.
This course examines the history o f African
practices and ideas o f healing in the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries and their encounter
with European medical institutions in the
colonial and postcolonial eras.
T his course may count toward a concentration
in Public Policy (Class of ’02 or ’03) or a minor
in Public Policy (Class of ’03 or ’04 and
thereafter).
1 credit.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Burke.
N ot offered 2 001-2002. Murphy.
HIST 064. Migrants and Migrations:
Europeans in Latin America and Latinos
in the United States
HIST 052. History of Manhood in America,
1750-1920
Examines the meanings of manhood and the
various constructions o f masculine identity in
Am erica between the eighteenth and twenti
eth centuries.
This course may count toward a concentration
in W om en’s Studies (Class o f ’02 or ’03 ) or a
minor in W om en’s Studies (Class o f ’03 or ’04
and thereafter).
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Bruce Dorsey.
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T h e course will explore th e interaction
between global forces and local and individual
circumstances in the migration experience. We
will focus on two movements o f people: those
who emigrated from Europe to certain areas in
Latin A m erica and Latin Am ericans who
moved to the U nited States and are becoming
Latinos. Topics may include problems of urban
ecology; ethnic segregation; class formation;
the reproduction o f social inequalities; the use
o f social networks; patterns o f socializing;
work, cultural, social, and political citizenship;
nationalism; assimilationism and cultural plu
ralism; and the construction of ethnicity.
This course may count toward a concentration
in Latin American Studies (Class o f ’02 or ’03)
or a minor in Latin American Studies (Class of
’03 or ’04 and thereafter).
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Arraus.
HIST 067. The Urban Experience In
Modern Latin America
This course will focus on the transformation of
the Latin American urban world from the
1870s to the 1980s. Topics include social con
ditions o f urban life and labor, international
and rural-urban migration, modernity in the
periphery, urban econom ies, and popular
protests and responses to new forms o f social
control, state repression, and professional
expertise. Readings include books and articles
written by historians, sociologists, urban plan
ners, and anthropologists.
This course may count toward a concentration
in Latin Am erican Studies (Class o f ’02 or ’03)
or a minor in Latin American Studies (Class of
’03 or ’0 4 and thereafter).
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Armus.
HIST 073. Mao’s Cultural Revolution
T h e “G reat Proletarian Cultural Revolution”
(official dates: 1966-76) can be seen as the cul
mination o f Maoist idealism, with faith in
Chairman Mao Zedong and in human capacity
for self-improvement reaching the level o f reli
gious mania. A t the same time, the Cultural
Revolution developed the most vicious and
dishonest aspects of the Maoist regime to their
logical extreme. T h e revolution turned on and
devoured its own true believers, the best people
it had— and the lies that justified such vio
lence became too absurd to be believed by any
one for long. As a result, the Chinese Com
munist party today must reckon with an almost
complete lack of faith in socialism on the part
o f the people whose support it seeks.
To try to make sense of this paradoxical period
of recent Chinese history, students will read a
variety o f memoirs, propaganda literature, and
scholarly analyses. T he course will emphasize
the historical background and human experi
ence o f the Cultural Revolution rather than
the details o f elite power struggle.
T h e prerequisite for this course is a prior course
in either history (of any type) or Asian Studies,
or permission o f the instructor.
This course may count toward a major or
minor in Asian Studies.
HIST 068. Primary Text Workshop
1 credit.
This is a course in applied history. Working
with materials in M cCabe library and in close
cooperation with the M cCabe staff, students
will create a join t project intended to be of
some practical use to a wider community. This
project will be based on historical documents
and archival materials. In fall 2002, we will be
creating an annotated hypertext version o f an
important document from colonial African
history, Frederick Lugard’s T he D ual Mandate in
British T ropical A frica, with the intent o f mak
ing the resulting document available for online
use by the public. In 2002-2003, we will be
working on assembling the materials for a
three-dimensional interactive simulation of
eighteenth-century Philadelphia. Enrollment
in this class is restricted to 12 students, juniors
and seniors only. History majors will be given
preference.
F all 20 0 1 . Sommer.
HIST 075. Modern Japan
T h e amazing transformation o f Japan from a
feudal society to a modem nation-state from
the early nineteenth century to the late twen
tieth, including both its successful and its tragic
elements. Topics include Tokugawa feudalism,
the M eiji restoration, the Japanese empire,
economic and social development, Japanese
militarism and the Pacific War, Japan’s postwar
growth, and its contemporary society.
T his course may count toward a concentration
in Asian Studies (Class o f ’02 or ’03) or a
minor in Asian Studies (Class o f ’03 or ’04 and
thereafter).
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Li.
1 credit.
Not offered 2 001-2002. Burke.
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History
HIST 076. Empire, War, and National
identity in Modern Japan
T his course examines the history o f modem
Japan, 1868-1950, from the perspective o f its
two most salient national experiences, war and
empire building. Special emphasis will be given
to the role o f imperialism and war in the for
m ation and transform ation o f a m odem
national identity.
T his course may count toward a major or
minor in Asian Studies.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Dickinson.
HIST 0 77. Orientalism East and West
From Marco Polo to Madame Butterfly, from
Pearl Buck to Fu Manchu, Westerners have
constructed images o f the “O rient” that have
ranged from fantastic to dem onic. Using
images mainly from China to Japan, and occa
sionally from India and the Middle East, this
course will consider their contexts; their
authors; and the political, ideological, and
other purposes that they served. Materials will
include literature, memoirs, wartime and Cold
W ar propaganda, art, opera, and film. This
course will also consider the “O rien tal’s
O rientalism ”— A sian self-images that have
been influenced by the West.
course is also open to other students.
T his course may count toward a major or
minor in Asian Studies.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Li.
HIST 086. The Whole Enchilada:
Debates in World History
In the first part o f the course, we will read a
number o f the major attempts at writing com
prehensive world history, including works by
Braudel, M cNeill, and Wolf. For the balance of
the semester, we will discuss various debates in
the field o f world history, ranging from the tim
ing and location o f the Industrial Revolution
to the nature o f contemporary globalization.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Burke.
HIST 087. Develnpment and Modern
Africa: Historical Perspectives
T his course examines the idea and practice of
“development” in the last century o f African
life through its intellectual, institutional, and
economic history.
Prerequisite: A prior course in the social sci
ences.
Prerequisite: A n introductory history course or
permission o f the instructor.
This course may count toward a concentration
in Black Studies (Class o f ’02 or ’0 3 ) or a minor
in Black Studies (Class o f ’03 or ’04 and
thereafter).
T his course may count toward a major or
minor in Asian Studies.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Burke.
I credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Li.
HIST 070. Beijing and Shanghai:
Tale of Two Cities
Study o f C hina’s two major cities since the
early nineteenth century: Beijing— the imperi
al capital, twice marauded by foreign troops,
contested by warlords, and later the capital of
the People’s Republic o f China— and Shang
hai— treaty port governed by Western powers,
center of business and labor, radical politics,
crime and corruption, and modem culture. In
the second half o f the course, students will
develop research projects using English-lan
guage sources.
History majors anticipating H IS T 091 or 092
and A sian Studies majors developing thesis
topics may find this useful preparation, but this
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1 credit.
HIST 088. The Social History of
Consumption
T his course examines the role o f consumption
and commodities in the making of the modem
world, focusing largely but not exclusively on
the history of European and N orth American
societies.
I credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Burke.
HIST 089. The History of Reading
W e will examine the intertwined histories of
reading, writing and printing, with particular
attention to the global dissemination and evo
lution o f practices and institutions of literacy
since the invention o f the printing press.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Burke.
HIST 091. Senior Research Seminar
Students are expected to write a 25-page paper
based on primary and secondary sources.
nomic development, and social change in con
tinental Europe and England from the six
teenth to the eighteenth centuries.
Required o f all course majors.
2 credits.
I credit.
N ot offered 2001'2002. DuPlessis.
Fall 2001. Burke.
HIST 122. Revolutionary Europe,
1750 to 1071
HIST 092. Thesis
A single-credit thesis, available to all majors in
their senior year, on a topic approved by the
department. Students may no t register for
HIST 092 Credit/No Credit.
1 credit.
Fall 2001 and spring 2002. Staif.
HIST 093. Directed Reading
Individual or group study in fields o f special
interest to the student not dealt with in the
regular course offerings. T h e consent of the de
partment ch air and o f the instructor is
required.
HIST 093 may be taken for 0.5 credit as H IST
093A.
SEMINARS
HIST 1 1 1 : The Medieval Mediterranean
Beginning with common Roman traditions, the
Mediterranean during the Middle Ages became
divided into three great civilizations: Byzan
tium, Islam, and W estern Christendom. T h e
course will examine the interchange and fric
tion among these three cultures as the sea
passed from Islamic to Christian control from
the seventh to the fourteenth centuries.
Selected topics in the social, economic, and
political history o f Europe from the French
Revolution to the Paris Commune.
This course may count toward a concentration
in German Studies and Francophone Studies
(Class o f ’02 or ’03) or a minor in German
Studies and Francophone Studies (Class o f ’03
or ’04 and thereafter).
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Weinberg.
HIST 125. Fascist Europe
T his seminar studies European fascism in the
context o f societies tom by world war and eco
nom ic depression. T h e primary focus will be on
fascist movements, regimes, and cultural policy
in Italy and Germany, with a secondary com
parative focus on Hungarian, Romanian, and
French varieties of fascism.
T his course may count toward a concentration
in German Studies (Class o f ’02 or ’03 ) or a
minor in German Studies (Class o f ’03 or ’04
and thereafter).
Spring 20 0 2 . Judson.
HIST 120. Russian Empire in the
Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
2 credits.
Focus on the social, economic, political, and
intellectual forces leading to the collapse of the
autocracy and the rise o f Stalin. Particular
attention is devoted to the dilemmas of change
and reform, and the problematic relationship
between state and society.
Spring 2002. Bensch.
2 credits.
HIST 116. The Italian Renaissance
N ot offered 2001-2002. Weinberg.
Topics in the development o f the Renaissance
state, society, and culture in Italian communes
between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries.
HIST 133. U.S. Political and Diplomatic
History I: The Age of Nationalism
This course may count toward a major or
minor in Medieval Studies.
2 credits.
Fall 2001. DuPlessis.
HIST 1 1 7 . State and Society in Early
Modern Europe
Comparative analysis o f state form atio n, e c o
T h e history o f nation building, national iden
tity, political ideologies and movements, party
politics, expansionism, empire, and imperial
ism from the American Revolution through
the U.S.-Philippines W ar (1899-1902).
2 credits.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Bruce Dorsey.
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HIST 134. U.S. Political and Diplomatic
History II: The Rise of Globalism
T h e emergence o f the U nited States as a world
power, w ith emphasis on expansionism,
national interest, and global mission.
T his course may count toward a concentration
in Peace Studies (Class o f ’02 or ’03) or a minor
in Peace Studies (Class o f ’03 or ’04 and
thereafter).
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Murphy.
HIST 135. American Social History
Everyday life in Am erica from the colonial era
to the present. Topics include conflicts
betw een N ative A m erican and European
Am erican cultures, slavery and its aftermath,
constructions o f race, and industrialization and
changing patterns o f work. O ther themes
include religious revivalism and reform, work
ing-class culture, gender, family and sexuality,
immigration, urbanization and suburbaniza
tion, and popular culture.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2 001-2002. Murphy.
HIST 13 7. Topics in African American
History
Seminar focused on the study of slavery in the
U nited States between 1550 and the end o f the
C ivil War. Emphasis placed on the link
between black enslavement and the develop
m ent of democracy, law, and economics. Topics
addressed include the A tlan tic Slave Trade,
development o f the southern colonies, black
cultural traditions, and slave community.
T his course may count toward a concentration
in Black Studies (Class o f ’02 or ’03) or a minor
in Black Studies (Class of ’03 or ’04 and
thereafter).
2 credits.
F all 20 0 1 . A llison Dorsey.
HIST 140. The Colonial Encounter in Africa
Focus on the social, economic, and cultural
dimensions o f the colonial era in modem
Africa. Topics discussed include the complicat
ed construction of the colonial state, migrancy
and colonial labor systems, struggles over reli
gious and cultural practices, the making of
African modernities, gender and sexuality, and
the contemporary legacy o f colonial rule.
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This course may count toward a concentration
in Black Studies (Class of ’02 or ’03 ) or a minor
in Black Studies (Class o f ’03 or ’04 and
thereafter).
2 credits.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Burke.
HIST 144. State and Society in China,
1750-2000
From the height o f imperial grandeur, through
the turmoil o f rebellion, war, and foreign dom
ination, to the upheavals of the Maoist era, the
relationship between state and society in
China has undergone many changes while
retaining familiar characteristics. Some have
seen in China “a state stronger than society,”
whereas others have found signs of an emerg
ing “civil society.” Using the latest historical
scholarship, this seminar will explore the last
emperors, the bureaucracy and examination
system, law and family, local elites, cities and
merchants, popular religion and rebellions,
political reform and revolution, and other top
ics spanning three periods: the mid-Qing
(1750-1850), late Qing and Republic (18501950), and the People’s Republic o f China
(1950-2000).
This course may count toward a major or
minor in Asian Studies.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Li.
HIST 148. Race, Class, and Nationalism
in Modern Latin America
Explores the conflictive process of nation mak
ing in multiracial societies from the early nine
teenth century wars of independence through
the revolutionary upheavals o f the twentieth
century. Takes a comparative approach focus
ing on the role of diverse actors in struggles
over citizenship and nationhood in neocolo
nial contexts.
T his course may count toward a concentration
in Latin American Studies (Class of ’02 or ’03)
or a minor in Latin Am erican Studies (Class of
’03 or ’04 and thereafter).
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
HIST 180. Honors Thesis
For students writing an Honors thesis.
2 credits. 2001-2002. Staff.
Interpretation Theory
Coordinator:
BRUCE GRANT
Committee:
Jsan-VillCCnt Blanchard (M odem Languages and Literatures)14
Timothy Burke (History)
Michael Cothren (A rt)
Nathaniel Beutsch (Religion)
Richard Eldridge (Philosophy)'
Sibelan Forrester (M odem Languages and Literatures)12
Kenneth Gergen (Psychology)
Scott Gilbert (Biology)
Bruce Grant (Sociology and Anthropology)
Cynthia Halpern (Political Science)
Carolyn Lesjak (English Literature)
Tamsin Lorraine (Philosophy)
Braulio Muñoz (Sociology and Anthropology)3
Robin Wagner-Pacificl (Sociology and Anthropology)
Mark Wallace (Religion)
Patricia White (English Literature)3
Philip Weinstein (English Literature)
(Soc iology and Anthropology)
1 Absent on leave, fall 2001.
2 Absent on leave, spring 2002.
3 A bsent on leave, 2001-2002.
14 Program director, Swarthmore Program in
Grenoble, fall 2001.
Since 1992, the concentration in Interpreta
tion Theory has been providing students and
faculty with an interdisciplinary forum for
exploring the nature and politics o f representa
tion. W hether it be through art, biology, cine
ma, ethnography, literature, historiography,
philosophy, politics, psychology, religion, or
sociology, work done in the concentration
reflects a long-standing drive to understand the
world through the constructs o f its interpretive
propositions.
program by fulfilling the requirements stated
subsequently. Students should submit their
proposed program to the coordinator of the
concentration.
Propositions about persons, texts, works of art,
or nature inevitably require acts o f interpreta
tion. A ll fields o f knowledge, then, are wedded
to interpretive processes. A program in
Interpretation Theory provides students with
the opportunity to explore processes o f inter
pretation, inquiring into their nature across the
disciplines, forces impinging upon interpretive
acts, and the results o f varying forms of inter
pretation both within knowledge-generating
communities and the culture more generally.
Students in any major may add either a con
centration or a m inor for External
Examination in Interpretation Theory to their
CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS
Students complete 6 credits toward the con
centration. Three general rules guide the selec
tion.
jg A ll concentrators take a 1-credit capstone
seminar, team taught by two faculty from dif
ferent departments. Students complete this
capstone in the spring o f the senior year.
2. W ith a view to both historical depth and
m ethodological breadth, students select at
least one course from the “one-asterisk” group
(historical development of interpretive prac
tices) and at least one course from the “twoasterisk” group (breadth of current interpretive
perspectives
across
the
disciplines).
“Asterisked” courses must be chosen from dif
ferent departments. These depth/breadth re-
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Interpretation Theory
quirements are normally completed by the end
of the junior year.
EN G L 086. Postcolonial Literature and
Theory (Lesjak)*
3. T h e three remaining courses are elective
but draw on at least one further department.
A ll told, at least 4 o f the 6 Interpretation
Theory credits must be outside the major.
EN G L 092. Film Theory and Culture
(W h ite )**
Currently offered courses relevant to the con
centration include:
INTP 091. Capstone Seminar:
Mind, Body, Machine
This seminar fosters a discussion on the rela
tionship between intellect, living matter, and
technical artifacts by bringing forward con
cepts o f the mind, body, and m achine from the
A ncien t Greeks to the Postmodems. To pro
vide a historical understanding of these issues,
we will read from the works o f Aristotle,
Descartes, La M ettrie, Sade, Marx, and Freud.
T h e course materials also include texts by Jean
Baudrillard, W alter
B enjam in ,
M ich el
Foucault, Donna Haraway, Jacques Lacan,
Evelyn Fox Keller, and phenomenologically
oriented thinkers. T his permits us to consider
the following questions: How are discoveries in
biology, medicine, and computer technology
shaping the hum an subject? C an we still
assume that bodies and machines are distinct,
or are cyborgs and cyberpunks among us
already? W hat are the progressive political
consequences, but also the perils, o f such
changes? W ho owns the body?
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Blanchard and Gilbert.
EN G L 115. Modernism (W ein stein)**
EN G L 120. Critical and Cultural Theory
(W h ite )**
F M ST 091. Feminist Film and Media Studies
(W h ite )**
FREN 061. Writing and Reading Across
Gender Lines (Moskos)
FREN 076. Femmes et écrivains (R iceMaximin)
FREN 079. Scandal in the Ink: Queer
Traditions in French Literature (Moskos)
* 1* *
FREN 116. La critique littéraire (Blanchard)
H IS T 029. Sexuality and Society in Modem
Europe (Judson)
H IS T 068. Primary Text Workshop (Burke)
H IS T 088. Social History of Consumption
(Burke)
IN TP 090. Directed Reading
IN TP 091. Capstone Seminar
IN TP 092. Thesis
L IT R 0 7 IF. French Critical Discourse: From
Barthes to Baudrillard (Blanchard )**
PHIL 017. Aesthetics (Eldridge)*
PHIL 019. Philosophy of Social Sciences
PHIL 026. Language and M eaning (Eldridge)
PHIL 079. Poststructuralism (Lorraine)**
PHIL 106. Aesthetics (Eldridge)*
A R T H 001. Critical Study in the Visual Arts
(Staff)*/**
PHIL 114. Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
(Eldridge)
B IO L 006. History and Critique o f Biology
(Gilbert)
PHIL 116. Language and Meaning (Eldridge)
C L A S 036. Classical Mythology (M unson)**
PHIL 139. Phenomenology, Existentialism,
and Poststructuralism (Lorraine)*
EN G L 073A . Mapping the M odem (WagnerPacifici, W einstein )**
PHIL 145. Feminist Theory Sem inar
(Lorraine)
EN G L 073. Modernism: Theory and Practice
(W ein stein)**
PH YS 029. Gender and Physical Science
(B u g)**
EN G L 081. Theory of the Novel (L esjak )**
EN G L 083. Feminist Theory (L esjak )**
PO LS 011. A ncient Political Theory
(H alp em )**
EN G L 085. “W hiteness” and R acial
Differences (Sch m id t)**
PO LS 012. M odem Political Theory
(H alp em )**
P O LS 013. Feminist Political and Legal
Theory (Halpem and Nackenhoff)
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POLS 100. A ncient Political Theory
(H alpem )**
POLS 101. Political Theory: Modem
(H alpem )**
PSYC 037. Concepts o f the Person
(G ergen)**
N ote: O ther courses may be considered upon
petition to the Interpretation Studies
Comm ittee. These may include relevant cours
es offered at Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and the
University o f Pennsylvania.
PSYC 044. Psychology and W omen
(M arecek)**
PSYC 048. Technology, Self, and Society
(Gergen)
PSYC 068. Reading Culture (G erg en )**
PSYC 089: Psychology, Economic Rationality,
and Decision Making (Schw artz)**
PSYC 106. Personality Theory and
Interpretation (G ergen)*
RELG 005. Problems o f Religious Thought
(W allace)**
RELG 015B . Philosophy o f Religion
(W allace)*
RELG 018B . M odem Jewish Thought and
Literature (D eutsch)**
RELG 112. Postmodern Religious Thought
(W allace)**
SO AN 0 0 3 B. Nations and Nationalisms
(G ra n t)**
SO AN 006B . Symbols and Society (WagnerP acifici)**
SO AN 026B . Discourse Analysis (WagnerP acifici)**
SO AN 026D . Mapping the M odem (WagnerPacifici, W einstein )**
SO AN 023B . History o f the Culture Concept
(G rant)*
SO AN 022B . Cultural Representations (DiazBarriga)**
SO AN 026C . Power, Authority, and Conflict
(Wagner-Pacifici)
SO AN 043B . Shamanism (G ra n t)**
SO AN 044B . Colloquium: A rt and Society
(M uñoz)**
SO AN 044D . Colloquium: C ritical Social
Theory (Muñoz)
SO AN 101. Critical M odem Social Theory
(Muñoz)*
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Latin American Studies
Chair:
HUGH LACEY (Philosophy)
Jenny Gifford (Administrative Assistant)
Comm ittee:
Diego Annus (History)
Miguel Diaz-Barriga (Sociology and Anthropology)
Joan Friedman (M odem Languages and Literatures)
John J . Hassett (M odem Languages and Literatures)'
Asima F.X . Saad Maura (M odem Languages and Literatures)
BtauliO Munoz (Sociology and Anthropology)3
Steven Piker (Sociology and Anthropology)
Aurora Camacho de Schmidt (M odem Languages and Literatures)
Kenneth Sharpe (Political Scien ce)31
1 Absent on leave, fall 2001.
3 A bsent on leave, 2001-2002.
Latin A m erican (L A S ): Interdisciplinary M inor
Requirem ents fo r the H onors Minor
A ll students must complete the following
requirements.
To complete an Honors minor in L A S, stu
dents must have completed all requirements
for the interdisciplinary minor. From within
these offerings, they may select for outside
exam ination a seminar taken to fulfill the
interdisciplinary m inor’s requirements. The
seminar chosen, however, may not be an offer
ing within their major department.
1. Language. L A S requires the successful com
pletion o f SPAN 0 0 4B or its equivalent.
T his requirement is waived for native speak
ers o f Spanish or Portuguese and for students
who demonstrate sufficient competence in
either one o f these languages.
2. Study abroad. A ll students are required to
spend a minimum o f one semester abroad in
a program approved by both L A S and the
Office o f Foreign Study. Only in exceptional
cases, with the support o f a faculty member
and the approval o f the L A S Committee,
will a semester’s internship or a community
service project in Latin Am erica fulfill this
requirement. Study abroad must be pursued
in Spanish or Portuguese.
3. C ourses. A ll students must take a minimum
o f 5 credits in (L A S ), which may include
seminars and courses taught at the College
or courses taken abroad in an approved pro
gram. A minimum o f 1 credit must be taken
in each o f the minor’s three areas: (1) Latin
Am erican Politics and History, (2) Latin
Am erican Literature, and (3 ) Latin Ameri
can Societies and Cultures. O f the required
five courses, at least 1 credit must be taken
at Swarthmore in each of two different
areas. Only 1 o f the total 5 credits required
by the L A S minor may overlap with a stu
dent’s major or other minor.
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COURSES
T h e following courses may be counted toward
a concentration in L A S (Class o f ’02 or ’03)
or a minor in L A S (Class of ’03 or ’04 and
thereafter).
L atin A m erican P olitics and H istory
H IS T 004A . Colonial Latin America
H IS T 004B . M odem Latin America
H IS T 064. Migrants and Migrations:
Europeans in Latin America and
Latinos in the U nited States
H IS T 067. T h e Urban Experience in
M odem Latin America
H IS T 148. Race, Class, and Nationalism
in M odem Latin America
P O LS 057. Latin Am erican Politics
P O LS 109. Comparative Politics: Latin
America
Latín American Literature
LITR 052SA . Contemporary Latin
American Literature
SO A N 030A . Cuba and Puerto Rico:
“T h e Two Wings o f a Single Bird”?
SO A N 031. Latin American Society and
Culture
LITR 060SA . Spanish Am erican Society
Through Its Novel
SO A N 032. Latin American Urbanization
LITR 0 6 IS A . W omen’s Testimonial
Literature o f Latin America
SO A N 033. Indigenous Resistance and
Revolt in Latin American
LITR 063SA . La Frontera: T h e Many
Voices o f the U .S.-M exico Border
SO A N 034. Ecology, Peace, and
Development in El Salvador
LITR 065SA . Indigenous Peoples in Latin
America
SO A N 035. Latin American Social
Movements
LITR 066SA . Latin American Poetry of
Resistance
SO A N 037. Spanish Society Through Its
Novel
SPAN 013. Introducción a la literatura
hispanoamericana
SO A N 118. Chicano/a Culture, Politics,
Practice
SPAN 076. Grandes voces de América:
la poesía del siglo X X
SPAN 01 OSA. En busca de América Latina
SPAN 078. Literatura M exicana y
movimientos sociales del siglo X X
SPAN 080. La narrativa chilena desde el
golpe militar
SPAN 082. La Mujer Mirando al Hombre
SPAN 083. El tirano latinoamericano en
la literaturea
SPAN 085. Narrativa hispánica
contemporánea de los Estados Unidos
SPAN 086. El “Nuevo Mundo”: magia,
visión y realidad
SPAN 101. La novela hispanoamericana
del siglo X X
SPAN 106. Visiones narratives de
Carlos Fuentes
SPAN 108. La narrativa de Isabel Allende:
la escritura como Sobrevivencia
SPAN 110. Política y póetica: los mundos
de Pablo Neruda, O ctavio Paz y
Ernesto Cardenal
Latín American Societies and Culture
MUSI 009. Music of the Caribbean
PHIL 058. Nonviolence and Violence in
Latin America
RELG 107. Liberation Theology
SOAN 012. Introduction to Latinos in the
United States
SOAN 030. Spirits in Exile: Afro-Latin
Religions in the Americas
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Linguistics
DAVID HARRISON,Visiting Assistant Professor and M ellon Postdoctoral Fellow
SEAN CRIST, Visiting Lecturer and Phonetics Laboratory Coordinator
THEODORE FERNALD, Associate Professor3
DONNA JO NAPOLI, Professor and Program Director
ERIC RAIMY, Visiting Assistant Professor
KARI SWINGLE, Instructor
CHANDRA FLINT, Administrative Assistant
3 A bsent on leave, 2001-2002.
T h e discipline: Linguistics is the study of lan
guage. O n the most general level, it deals with
the internal structure o f language, the history
o f the development of language, the informa
tion language can give us about the human
mind, and the roles language plays in influenc
ing the entire spectrum o f human activity.
T h e relevance o f linguistics to the disciplines
o f psychology, philosophy, sociology, anthro
pology, and language study has been recognized
for a long time. But recently, a knowledge of
linguistics has become important to a much
wider range o f activities in today’s world. It is a
basic tool in artificial intelligence. It is increas
ingly a valuable tool in literary analysis. It is
fundamental to an understanding of communi
cation skills. It is a foundational discipline to
cognitive science. A nd, because the very
nature o f modem linguistic inquiry is to build
arguments for particular analyses, the study of
linguistics gives the student finely honed argu
m entation skills, which stand in good stead in
careers in law, business, and any other profes
sion where such skills are crucial.
Linguistics is at once a discipline in itself and
the proper forum for interdisciplinary work of
any number o f types. T his is because language
is both the principal medium that human
beings use to communicate with each other
and the bond that links people together and
binds them to their culture. T h e study of lan
guage is the study o f the very fabric o f our
humanity.
through the Linguistics program: LIN G and
the special Honors major LL.
A ll LIN G and LL majors (Honors or course)
must take one course or seminar from each of
the following three lists:
1. Sounds: LIN G 045, 052
2. Forms: LIN G 050
3. Meanings: LIN G 026, 0 4 0 ,1 1 6
A ll LIN G and LL majors (Honors or course)
will be expected to take LIN G 006 or 061. If
the student speaks a non-Indo-European lan
guage, this requirement is waived.
A ll LIN G and LL majors (Honors or course)
must write a thesis in the fall o f the senior year.
For course students, this is LIN G 100. For
Honors students, this is LIN G 195.
Students are encouraged to study abroad, and
all departmentally approved courses taken in
linguistics abroad can be used to fulfill require
ments for the major or minor.
LINGUISTICS
T his major consists o f 8 credits in linguistics,
where the student may choose to count LING
001 as part o f the major or not.
LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGES
There are two majors in the course program
administered through the Linguistics program.
These are linguistics (LIN G ); and the special
major in linguistics and languages (LL).
T h e student may combine the study o f linguis
tics with the serious study of two foreign lan
guages. T h e languages can be modem or
ancient. For this major, precisely 6 credits in
linguistics and 3 credits in each o f the two lan
guages, for a total of 12 credits, are required.
There are two Honors majors administered
For a modem language taught by the Depart-
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For a classical language taught by the Depart
ment o f Classics, there must be one intermedi
ate-level course (numbered 011-014) and one
seminar.
papers by taking at least 4 credits of course
work (2 credits in each o f the research paper
areas). T h e students will work independently
on these papers, without collaboration and
without faculty guidance in the spring o f the
senior year in LIN G 199 (SH S) for 1 credit.
T h e “examination” will consist o f a 30-minute
discussion with the reader for each paper.
Some work in each foreign language included
in the major must be done in the student’s
junior or senior year.
T h e Linguistics program puts no restrictions on
the minors that can be combined with this
major.
If one or both o f the foreign languages is mod
em, the student must study abroad for at least
one semester in an area appropriate for one of
the foreign languages.
SPECIAL HONORS MAJOR: LINGUISTICS
AND LANGUAGES
ment o f M odem Languages and Literatures,
there must be one Composition and Diction
course (numbered 0 04 or above) and two other
courses (numbered 011 or above) or a seminar.
Students at Bryn Mawr College (BMC) or
Haverford College (HC)
Any student from the tricollege community is
welcome to major in Linguistics. H C and BM C
students need only talk with their home cam
pus dean and the ch air o f Linguistics at
Swarthmore College to arrange a major plan.
T h e major consists of 6 credits in linguistics,
not counting SH S, plus 3 credits in each of two
languages (as in the course major in Linguistics
and Languages). T h e portfolio for this special
major will consist o f (1) a 2-credit thesis, (2)
three research papers that follow the same
guidelines as those above under the Honors
major in Linguistics, with the proviso that one
o f the relevant language departments will ad
minister one o f those research papers. T he
“examination” will consist of a single 90-minute
panel discussion with all four external readers.
HONORS MAJOR: LINGUISTICS
The major consists o f 8 credits in Linguistics,
not counting Senior Honors Study (SH S)
credits, where the student may choose to count
LING 001 as part o f the major or not.
The thesis and two research papers will consti
tute the portfolio for Honors.
The thesis may be on any topic in linguistics. It
need not be related to course work. It will be
written in fall of the senior year in LIN G 195.
Work may be collaborative with at most one
other student at the discretion of the faculty.
The “examination” will consist of a 1-hour dis
cussion with the external reader.
The research papers will be on topics selected
from a list prepared by the external readers and
will be on core areas o f linguistics and directly
related to course work the student has taken.
The areas will be selected from any combina
tion or blend o f the following: phonetics,
phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, his
torical, comparative, and social linguistics.
The student will prepare for these research
MINORS
There are three minors administered through
the Linguistics Department, each o f which can
be done in the course or the Honors programs.
T h e requirements are the following:
1. Theory: LIN G 040, 045, and 050
2. Phonology/Morphology: LIN G 043, 045,
and 025 or 052
3. Syntax/Semantics: LIN G 040, 043, 050
In addition, students must complete any two
other credits in Linguistics.
HONORS MINOR
Students who do a course major in linguistics
may count linguistics for the minor in the
Honors program. In that case, the portfolio for
Honors will consist o f a 2-credit thesis written
in fall of the senior year in LIN G 195. T h e stu-
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dent will also take LIN G 199 (SH S) for 0.5
credit in spring of the senior year.
LING 005. Structure of the Japanese
Language
Students who do no t do a course major in lin
guistics have different requirements for the
minor. A single research paper will constitute
the portfolio for Honors. T his research paper
will have the same topics and guidelines for
preparation and exam ination as the research
papers described above for the majors. In addi
tion, all Honors minors must take LIN G 199
(S H S ) in the spring o f the senior year for 0.5
credit, which is beyond the 5 credits required
for all minors.
W e will examine the major structures of the
Japanese language. In addition to covering the
phonological, morphological, and syntactic
subsystems of Japanese, we will discuss the
writing system, sociolinguistic variation, and
possible relationships with other languages, all
in the context o f Japanese culture. No previous
knowledge of Japanese or o f Linguistics will be
assumed. T his course counts toward Asian
Studies.
T h e Linguistics program puts no restrictions on
the majors that can be combined with this minor.
A ll students are allowed to participate in a
rudimentary introduction to the Japanese lan
guage for an additional 0.5 credits. Sign up for
LIN G 005A .
Prerequisite: None.
COURSES
1 credit (plus optional 0 .5 credits under 005A ).
N ot offered 2001-2002.
LING 001. Introduction to Language and
Linguistics
LING 006. Structure of American Sign
Language
Introduction to the study and analysis of
human language, including sound systems, lex
ical systems, the formation o f phrases and sen
tences, and meaning, both in modem and
ancient languages and with respect to how lan
guages change over time. O ther topics that
may be covered include first language acquisi
tion, sign languages, poetic metrics, the rela
tion between language and the brain, and soci
ological effects on language.
In this course, we look at the linguistic struc
tures o f Am erican Sign Language: phonology,
morphology, syntax, semantics, and history of
A SL. W e also discuss issues o f culture, literacy,
and politics pertinent to deaf communities.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 : Raimy. Spring 2002: Napoli.
LING 002. Exploring Acoustics
(See E N G R 002.)
T his course counts for distribution in N S only,
regardless o f rubric.
1 credit.
Everbach.
LING 004. Comparative Phonology of the
East Asian Languages
W e will explore and contrast the systems of
speech sounds o f several East Asian languages,
including but not limited to Korean, Japanese,
and the Chinese language family. T his course
counts toward Asian Studies.
Prerequisite: None.
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Crist.
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A ll students are required to participate in a
rudimentary introduction to A S L for an addi
tional 0.5 credits. Sign up for LIN G 006A .
Prerequisites: at least two out o f LIN G 001,
040, 043, 045, and 050.
1 credit (plus 0 .5 credit under 0 0 6 A ).
Spring 2002. Napoli.
LING 014. Old English/History of the
Language
(See EN G L 014.)
T his course counts for distribution in humani
ties (H U ) under the English rubric, and in
social sciences (S S ) under the Linguistics
rubric.
1 credit.
Williamson.
LING 016. History of the Russian Language
(See R U S S 016.)
This course counts for distribution in HU
under the Russian rubric, and in S S under the
Linguistics rubric.
1 credit.
Forrester.
LING 018. Language Policy in the United
States
This course will survey the present policies and
laws relevant to language use in the United
States and the relevance o f these policies to
public access to social services, education, and
the judicial system. T h e three major topics will
be national language policy in the United
States, language policy in education, and lan
guage policy in the judicial system.
Prerequisite: None.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Raimy.
particulars of which will be determined later.
The course will probably deal heavily with creoles.
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 2 . Anyidoho.
LING 030. Languages of the World
T his is a course in the richness and variety of
human languages. W e consider languages from
all over the world, focusing on cross-linguistic
generalizations and variations to develop an
appreciation o f the intricate conceptual, logi
cal, and physiological resources that each lan
guage draws on.
N o prerequisites.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
LING 033. Introduction to Classical
Chinese
(See CH IN 033.)
T his course counts for distribution in H U or
S S under either rubric.
LING 024. Discourse Analysis
1 credit.
(See SO A N 026B .)
Berkowitz.
1 credit.
Wagner-Pacifici.
LING 034. Psychology of Language
(See P SY C 034.)
LING 025. Language, Culture, and Society
1 credit.
(Cross-listed as SO A N 040B .)
Kako.
An investigation of the influence o f cultural
context and social variables on verbal commu
nication. Topics covered include dialectal vari
eties, creoles, language and gender, and lan
guage and education.
LING 040. Semantics
(Cross-listed as PHIL 040.)
(See PHIL 026.)
In this course, we look at a variety o f ways in
which linguists, philosophers, and psycholo
gists have approached meaning in language.
W e address truth-functional semantics, lexical
semantics, speech act theory, pragmatics, and
discourse structure. W hat this adds up to is an
examination o f the meaning o f words, phrases,
and sentences in isolation and in context.
This course counts for distribution in H U
under the Philosophy rubric, and in S S under
the Linguistics rubric.
This course counts for distribution in H U under
the philisophy rubric, and in S S under the lin
guistics rubric. T h e PDC, however, is only in SS.
1 credit.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Prerequisite: A t least one linguistics course.
Primary distribution course. 1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
LING 026. Language and Meaning
Eldridge.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Swingle.
LING 027. Sociolinguistics of African
Languages
LING 043. Morphology and the Lexicon
Professor Akosua Anyidoho o f the University
of Ghana will be on campus in 2002-2003. She
will offer a course in the general area of soci
olinguistics regarding African languages, the
T his course looks at word formation and the
meaningful ways in which different words in
the lexicon are related to one another in the
world’s languages. Sometimes the course focus
es on a particular language. In fall 2000, for
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example, we focused on Italian. A ll students
were invited to participate in language drills a
week for an optional 0.5 credits.
Prerequisite: LIN G 001, 040, 045, or 050.
1 credit (plus optional 0 .5 credits under 043A ).
N ot offered 2001-2002.
LING 045. Phonetics and Phonology
Phonetics explores the full range o f sounds pro
duced by humans for use in language and the
gestural, acoustic, and auditory properties that
characterize those sounds. Phonology investi
gates the abstract cognitive system humans use
for representing, organizing, and combining
the sounds o f language as well as processes by
which sounds can change into other sounds.
T his course covers a wide spectrum o f data
from languages around the world and presents
the theories that account for them.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 2001. Harrison.
LING 046. Experimental Phonetics
T his class will explore the main areas in pho
netics through hands-on experimental work.
M echanism s o f speech production, the
acoustic analysis o f speech, and speech percep
tion will be covered in typical lecture format,
but the core work for the class will be a series
o f laboratory projects designed to give students
a rigorous understanding o f phonetic theory as
well as a foundation in data collection, analy
sis, and interpretation using statistical models.
T his is a Q uantitative Reasoning course.
Prerequisite: None.
1 credit.
N ot offered in 2001-2002.
LING 050. Syntax
W e study the principles that govern how words
go together to make phrases and sentences in
natural language. Much time is spent on learn
ing argumentation skills. T h e linguistic skills
gained in this course are applicable to the study
of any natural language, modem or ancient.
T h e argumentation skills gained in this course
are applicable to law and business as well as
academic fields.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Swingle.
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LING 052. Historical and Comparative
Linguistics
W e study the reconstruction o f prehistoric lin
guistic stages, the establishment o f language
families and their interrelationships, and the
exam ination o f processes o f linguistic change,
In spring 2002, there will be a special focus on
the Germ anic language family and on the use
of computers in historical linguistics.
Prerequisite: LIN G 001, LIN G 030, or LING
045 or permission o f the instructor.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Crist.
LING 054. Oral and Written Language
(Cross-listed as E D U C 0 5 4 ) (Studio course)
This course examines children’s dialogue and
its rendering in children’s literature. Each stu
dent will pick an age group to study. There will
be regular fiction writing assignments as well as
research assignments. T his course is for lin
guists and writers o f children’s fiction and any
one else who is strongly interested in child
development or reading skills.
Prerequisite: O ne o f LIN G 001, 040, 045, or
050.
1 credit.
F all 2001. Napoli.
LING 055. Writing Systems,
Decipherment, and Cryptography
T h e course is an introduction to the represen
tation o f natural language in a nonfundamen
tal, more or less permanent form. W e begin
with a typology o f the writing systems of the
world. T h en we will look at some o f the great
archaeological decipherments o f the past (e.g.,
Egyptian hieroglyphic, Linear B, and
Mesoamerican), and we will decipher some
Maya texts together. N ext we consider cryp
tography, focusing on the Navajo Code and the
Enigma M achine o f World W ar II, and we will
finish up with modem encryption techniques
for electronic transmissions.
Prerequisite: O ne o f LIN G 001, 030, or 045.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
LING 057. Movement and Cognition
(Cross-listed as D A N C 0 76 and M A TH 007)
(Studio course)
English, Scottish, Balkan, and Italian folk dance
are analyzed, using group theory, graph theory,
morphological theory, and syntactic theory, in
an effort to understand the temporal and spa
tial symmetries o f the dances. O ne focus will be
a comparison o f the insights offered by the
mathematical and linguistic approaches.
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for
dance and math. A ll necessary concepts and
movements will be taught in the class. You
must be willing to approach formal systems and
to move your body. O ne course in linguistics.
This course counts for distribution in H U or
SS under any rubric. It does not count for N S
distribution.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
LING 070R. Translation Workshop
(See L IT R 070R .)
T his course counts for distribution in H U
under the Literature rubric, and in S S under
the Linguistics rubric.
1 credit.
Forrester.
LING 080. Intermediate Syntax and
Semantics
T his course is designed to provide theoretical
and cross-linguistic breadth in topics involving
the interaction of syntax and semantics. You
will refine your skills o f analysis and argumen
tation. Topics and languages considered will
vary. T his course is open to all students who
have taken syntax or semantics. In spring
2002, this course is a continuation o f LING
050, with a particular focus on current syntac
tic analyses o f extraction.
Prerequisite: LIN G 050.
LING 061. Structure of Navajo
1 credit.
A n examination o f the major phonological,
morphological, syntactic, and semantic struc
tures in a non-Indo-European language. W e
will also consider the history o f the language
and its cultural context.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Swingle.
Prerequisites: A t least two out o f LIN G 001,
030, 040, 0 4 3 ,0 4 5 , and 050.
LING 092. Research Practicum in
Psycholinguistics
(See P SY C 092.)
1 credit.
Kako.
1 credit.
LING 094. Research Project
N ot offered 2001-2002.
W ith the permission o f the program, students
may elect to pursue a research program.
LING 063. Structure of an African
Language
Professor Akosua Anyidoho o f the University
of Ghana will be on campus in 2002-2003.
She will offer the structure o f an A frican lan
guage to be determined, most probably A kan,
Ewe, or Twi.
Prerequisites: A t least two out o f LIN G 001,
030, 040, 043, 045, and 050.
1 credit.
Spring 2003. Anyidoho.
LING 070F. Caribbean and French
Civilizations and Cultures
(See FREN 070F.)
This course counts for distribution in H U only,
under either rubric.
I credit.
F all or spring. Staff.
LING 095. Community Service Credit:
Language and the Deaf
T his course offers credit for community service
work. You may work with children at the Oral
Program for the Hearing Impaired at the Kids’
Place in Swarthmore. Prerequisites are LIN G
045, the permission o f the chairs of both Lin
guistics and Education, and the agreement o f a
faculty member in Linguistics to mentor you
through the project. You would be required to
keep a daily or weekly journal o f your experi
ences and to write a term paper (the essence of
which would be determined by you and the lin
guistics faculty member who mentors you in this).
1 credit.
1 credit.
Rice-Maximin.
F all or spring. Napoli.
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LING 096. Community Service Credit:
Literacy
T his course offers credit for community service
work. You may work with children in Chester
public schools on literacy. T h e prerequisites are
LING/EDUC 05 4 , the permission o f both
Linguistics and Education, and the agreement
o f a faculty member in Linguistics to mentor
you through the project. You will be required
to keep a daily or weekly journal o f your expe
riences and to write a term paper (the essence
o f which would be determined by you and the
linguistics faculty member who mentors you in
this.)
1 credit.
F all or spring. Napoli.
LING 100. Research Seminar
A ll course majors in LIN G and LL must write
their senior paper in this seminar. O nly seniors
are admitted.
I o r 2 credits.
F all 2001. Swingle.
LING 195. Senior Honors Thesis
A ll Honors majors in linguistics and Honors
minors who are also course majors must write
their thesis for 2 credits in the seminar.
F all 2001. Swingle.
LING 199. Senior Honors Study
Honors majors may write their two research
papers for 1 credit in this course. Honors
minors may take this course for 0.5 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Napoli.
SEMINARS
LING 105. Seminar in Phonology
T his seminar will consider recent develop
ments in the theory of phonology. Topics vary.
W hen it is metrical phonology, a poetry work
shop will be incorporated into the seminar.
I or 2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
LING 106. Seminar in Morphology
T his seminar will consider recent develop
ments in the theory of morphology. Topics vary.
1 o r 2 credits.
N ot offered 2001 -2002.
LING 108. Seminar in Semantics
T his seminar will consider recent develop
ments in the theory of semantics. Topics vary.
I or 2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
LING 109. Seminar in Syntax
T his seminar will consider recent develop
ments in the theory o f syntax. Topics vary.
1 o r 2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
LING 110 . Seminar in Syntax and
Semantics: Negation
T h is sem inar w ill investigate the syntax,
semantics, and pragmatics o f negation. The
first half o f the seminar will review recent pro
posals concerning the syntactic analysis, of
negation in various languages. T h e second half
o f the seminar will review literature (ancient
and modem) addressing the meaning and use
o f negation in natural language.
Prerequisite: LIN G 050 or permission of the
instructor.
1 or 2 credits.
LING 102. Prosodic Phonology: Theory
and Application
T his seminar will review recent literature in
the theory of Prosodic Phonology and its appli
cations. W e will begin by looking at the theo
ry o f Prosodic Phonology and then investigate
(1 ) claims that prosody and syntax interact in
interesting ways and (2 ) claims that prosody
plays a role in first language acquisition.
I or 2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
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N ot offered 2001-2002.
LING 116 . Language and Meaning
(See PHIL 116.)
T his seminar counts for distribution in HU
under the Philosophy rubric, and in S S under
the LIN G rubric.
Eldridge.
LING 119. Evolution, Culture, and Creativity
(S e e S O A N 119.)
Piker.
LING 120. Anthropological Linguistics:
Endangered Languages
In this seminar, we address some traditional
issues o f concern to both linguistics and
anthropology, framed in the context o f the
ongoing, precipitous decline in human linguis
tic diversity. W ith the disappearance o f lan
guages, cultural knowledge (including entire
technologies such as ethnopharmacology) is
often lost, leading to a decrease in humans’
ability to manage the natural environment.
Language endangerment thus proves relevant
to questions o f the language/ecology interface,
ethnoecology, and cultural survival. T h e semi
nar also addresses the ethics o f field work and
dissemination o f traditional knowledge in the
Internet age and includes a practical workshop
on field methods.
Prerequisites: one course in linguistics or
anthropology or permission o f the instructor.
Spring 2002. Harrison.
LING 134. Psycholinguistics Seminar
(See PSYC 134.)
Kako.
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Mathematics and Statistics
DEBORAH J . BERGSTRAND, Professor
CHARLES M . GRINSTEAD, Professor and Chair
GUDMUND R. IVERSEN, Professor2
EUGENE A . KLOTZ, Professor3
STEPHEN B. MAURER, Professor
HELENE SHAPIRO, Professor
THOMAS HUNTER, Associate Professor
DON H. SHIMAMOTO, Associate Professor
JANET C. TALVACCHIA, Associate Professor
GARIKAI CAMPBELL, Assistant Professor
TODD A . DRUMM, Assistant Professor
PHILIP J . EVERSON, Assistant Professor
CHERYL P. GROOD, Assistant Professor3
AIMEE S .A . JOHNSON, Assistant Professor
JAMES WISEMAN, Visiting Assistant Professor
STEVEN AMGOTT, Computer Laboratory Coordinator
2 Absent on leave, fall 2001.
3 A bsent on leave, 2001-2002.
People study mathematics and statistics for
several reasons— for the pleasure o f it or for its
usefulness as a tool. T h e Departm ent o f
M athematics and Statistics aims to meet vary
ing needs— to offer a program that will enable
students both to develop a firm foundation in
pure mathematics and to see mathematical and
statistical methods used to solve in a precise
way problems arising in physical science, com
puter science, social science, and operations
research. M athem atics and statistics have
grown enormously in recent years, developing
an increasing number of specialties and appli
cations. A ll mathematical endeavor, however,
is based upon logical argument, abstraction,
and an analytical approach to problem solving.
Ideally, the study o f m athematical sciences
develops the ability to reason logically from
hypothesis to conclusion, to analyze and solve
quantitative problems, and to express one’s
thoughts clearly and precisely. In addition, the
department hopes that studying mathematics
will foster an appreciation for the beauty and
power o f its methods, abstract approach, and
rigorous structure.
(Statistical Thinking), ST A T 002 (Statistical
M ethods), M A TH 003 (Introduction to
M athem atical T h in k in g ),
M ATH
004
(Calculus Concepts), M A TH 005 (Calculus I),
M A TH 0 0 5 S (Calculus I Sem inar), and
M A TH 009 (Discrete M athem atics). STAT
001, M A TH 003, M A TH 004, M A TH 005S,
and M A TH 009 are primary distribution cours
es. More advanced courses are available to
first-year students as explained below. Students
who would like to begin calculus (M A TH 004,
005, or 0 0 5 S ) but are no t sure they are pre
pared should take the departmental calculus
readiness exam when they arrive on campus.
Entering students may place into higher-level
courses (typically the half-semester courses
006A , 006B , and 00 6 C or the semester courses
006S, 016, 016H , and 018) by scoring suffi
ciently well on the departmental calculus
placement exam or by taking certain standard
ized exams (see later).
First Year C ou rses: M athematics and statistics
courses appropriate for incoming first-year stu
dents w ith traditional (precalculus) high
school preparation include S T A T 001
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Placem ent P rocedure: To gain entrance to any
mathematics course (but not to gain entrance
to statistics courses), students m ust take at least
on e o f the follow ing exam s the A P or IB (stan
dardized) exams, Swarthmore’s calculus place
m ent exam , or Swarthmore’s calculus readiness
exam . Even students who do take one of the
standardized exams may be required to take the
departmental exams as well. T h e calculus
placement exam is sent to entering first-year
students over the summer, along with detailed
information about the rules for placement and
credit. T h e calculus readiness exam is given
during first-year orientation only.
A dvanced P lacem en t an d C red it P olicy:
“Advanced Placement” and “credit” mean dif
ferent things. Placement allows students to
skip material they have learned well already by
starting at Swarthmore in more advanced
courses. Credit confers placement as well but
also is recorded on the student’s Swarthmore
transcript and counts toward the 32 credits
needed for graduation.
The Swarthmore calculus placement exam is
used for placement only, not credit. Credit is
awarded on the basis o f the A P and the IB
exams, as follows:
• 1 credit (for ST A T 0 0 2 ) for a score o f 4 or
5 on the Statistics Advanced Placement (A P)
Test of the College Board.
• 1 credit (for M A TH 0 0 5) for a score o f 4
on the A B or B C Calculus Advanced
Placement (A P) Test o f the College Board, or
for a score o f 5 o n th e H igher Level
Mathematics T est o f the International
Baccalaureate (IB ).
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• 1.5 credits (for M A TH 005 and 006A ) for
a score of 5 on the A B Calculus Advanced
Placement Test (or for the A B subscore o f the
BC Test) or a score o f 6 or 7 on the Higher
Level IB.
• 2 credits (for M ath 0 0 5 ,006A , and 006B )
for a main score o f 5 on the B C Calculus
Advanced Placement Test.
Alternatively, any entering student who places
out of MATH 005, 006A , or 00 6 B may receive
credit for the courses placed out o f by passing
the final exams in these courses with a grade of
straight C or better. These exams must normal
ly be taken during the student’s first semester at
Swarthmore, at the tim e when the final exam
>s given for the course. Students who wish to
take these exams must arrange to do so with
the departmental placement coordinator and
should do so during their first semester at
Swarthmore. Students who are eligible for
Advanced Placement credit for a course but
who take the course anyway will no t receive
the Advanced Placement credit.
First-year
students
seeking
Advanced
Placement and/or credit for calculus taken at
another college or university must normally vali
date their work by taking the appropriate
Swarthmore examination, as described earlier.
For work beyond calculus completed before
entering Swarthmore, students should consult
the departmental placement coordinator to
determine the Swarthmore course into which
they should be placed. T h e department will
not normally award advanced placement cred
it for work above the M A TH 006 level, how
ever.
Introductory Statistics: Students who do not
know calculus can take ST A T 001 or 002.
ST A T 001 is intended to show how statistics is
used to help obtain an understanding o f the
world around us. ST A T 002 is a more practical
course for students who expect to use statistics
in their own work. Students who know a
semester o f calculus should take ST A T 002C
instead o f ST A T 002. Both ST A T 002 and
0 0 2 C lead to ST A T 027 on multivariate statis
tical analysis. Students with a strong back
ground in mathematics can begin with the
more theoretical ST A T 053 and continue with
the 1-credit seminar ST A T 111.
R equirem ents fo r a m ajor in M athem atics:
Students apply for a major in the middle of the
second semester o f the sophomore year. A
prospective applicant should expect typically
that, by the end of the sophomore year, he or
she will have received credit for, or placement
out of, at least four o f the following five cours
es: Calculus I (M A TH 005 or 0 0 5 S ), Calculus
II (M A TH 0 06A and 0 06B or 00 6 S ), Discrete
Mathematics (M A TH 0 0 9 ), Linear Algebra
(M A TH 016 or 016H ) and Several Variable
Calculus (M A TH 01 8 or 018H ). In any event,
all majors must complete M ATH 016 and 018
by the end o f the first semester o f the junior
year.
In addition, a candidate should have a gradepoint average in mathematics and statistics
courses to date o f at least C + . This should
include at least one grade at the B level. In
some cases, applicants may be deferred pending
successful work in courses to be designated by
the department.
By graduation, a mathematics major must have
at least 10 credits in mathematics and statistics
courses. A t most, 5 o f the credits counted in
the 10 may be for courses numbered under 025.
(Certain courses in this category are not to
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count toward the major. These are so indicated
under the course listings in this catalog.)
Furthermore, every major is required to obtain
credit for, or place out of, each o f the following
courses: M ATH 005 or 00 5 S ; M A TH 006A
and 00 6 B or 0 06S; M A TH 016 or 16H; MATH
0 18 or 018H ; M A TH 047; and M A TH 049.
T h e two upper-level core courses, M A TH 047
(Introduction to Real Analysis) and M ATH
0 49 (Introduction to M odem Algebra), will be
offered every fall semester. A t least one of these
two should be taken no later than the fall
semester o f the junior year. Finally, majors not
in the Honors program must satisfy the depart
mental comprehensive requirement by passing
M A TH 097: Senior Conference. Progress of
majors will be reviewed at the end o f each
semester. Students no t making satisfactory
progress may be dropped from the major.
Mathematics majors are urged to study in some
depth a discipline that makes use o f mathe
matics and to acquire some facility with the
computer. Students bound for graduate work
should obtain a reading knowledge o f French,
German, or Russian.
S pecial em phases: T h e above requirements
allow room to choose an optional special
emphasis within the M athematics major. For
instance:
A student may major in M athematics with an
em phasis on statistics by taking the following
courses at the advanced level: (1) the core
analysis
course
(M A T H
0 4 7 );
(2 )
Mathematical Statistics I (ST A T 053) and pos
sibly Mathematical Statistics II (ST A T 111;
(3 ) Probability (M A TH 105); (4) Multivariate
Statistics
(S T A T
027)
or,
perhaps,
Econometrics (ECO N 135); and (5) another
mathematics course numbered 025 or above.
Students are encouraged but not required to
select the core algebra course (M A TH 049) if
they choose this emphasis.
Students interested in m athem atics and com put
er scien ce should consider a Mathematics major
with a Concentration in Computer Science or
an Honors program with a Mathematics major
and a Computer "Science minor. Details on
these options are in the catalog under
Computer Science.
Sample program for majors thinking of gradu
ate work in social or m anagem ent scien ce or an
M .B.A . Basic courses: M A TH 005 (or 005S),
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0 06A and 006B (or 0 0 6 S ), 009, 016, and 018;
C P S C 020. Advanced courses: (1) Modeling
(M A TH 0 6 1 ); (2) at least one o f Probability
(M A T H 1 0 5 ), M athem atical Statistics I
(ST A T 0 5 3 ), and possibly M athem atical
Statistics II (ST A T 111); (3) at least one of
Combinatorics (M A TH 065) or Operations
Research (ECO N 0 3 2 ); (4) the two required
core courses (M A TH 047 and M A TH 049);
and (5) Differential Equations (M A TH 030).
Because this is a heavy program (one who
hopes to use mathematics in another field must
have a good grasp both of the mathematics and
o f the applications), one o f the core course
requirements may be waived with permission
o f the department.
Sample program for students thinking of grad
uate work in operations research. Basic courses:
same as previous paragraph. Advanced courses:
(1) the two required core courses (M A TH 047
and M A TH 0 4 9 ); (2 ) Combinatorial
O ptim ization (M A T H 0 7 2 ) and Com bin
atorics (M A T H 0 6 5 ); (3 ) M athematical
Statistics (ST A T 0 5 3 ); and (4) at least one of
Num ber Theory (M A T H 0 3 7 ), Modeling
(M A TH 0 6 1 ), or Probability (M A TH 105).
T eacher C ertification : W e offer teacher certifica
tio n in M athem atics through a program
approved by the state of Pennsylvania. Because
o f a change in teacher certification regulations
that occurred in November 2000, students
completing certification during 2001 to 2003
will need to fulfill somewhat different course
requirements from those who complete certifi
cation in 2004 and beyond. For further infor
mation about the relevant set o f requirements,
please contact the Education program director,
the Mathematics Department chair, or the
Education program W eb site: www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/Education/.
Requirem ents fo r a course m inor in M athem atics:
By graduation, a mathematics course minor
should have obtained 6 credits in mathematics
or statistics. Furthermore, every mathematics
course minor is required to obtain credit for, or
place out of, each o f the following courses:
M A TH 005 or 005S; M A TH 006A -006B or
00 6 S ; M A TH 016 or 016H ; and M A TH 018 or
018H . In addition, every mathematics course
minor must obtain at least 2 credits in mathe
matics or statistics courses whose numbers are
greater than 030. A t least one o f these 2 cred
its must be obtained from M ATH 047 or
MATH 049. Progress o f mathematics course
minors will be reviewed at the end o f each
semester. Students not making satisfactory
progress may be dropped from the minor.
Requirements fo r a course m inor in Statistics: By
graduation, a statistics course minor should
have obtained 6 credits in mathematics or sta
tistics. Furthermore, every statistics course
minor is required to obtain credit for, or place
out of, each of the following courses: M ATH
005 or 0 05S; M A TH 0 06A -006B or 006S;
MATH 0 16 or 016H ; and M A TH 018 or
018H. In addition, every statistics course
minor must credit for, or place out of, STA T
053 and STA T 111. Progress of statistics course
minors will be reviewed at the end o f each
semester. Students n o t making satisfactory
progress may be dropped from the minor.
The H onors program : Requirements for accep
tance as a mathematics major in the Honors
program are more stringent than those for the
course major and include a grade-point average
in mathematics and statistics courses of B+ or
better. Potential Honors majors may want to
consider including in the sophomore year a
course that emphasizes theory and provides an
opportunity for writing proofs. Department
faculty can give advice on appropriate courses.
Beginning with the Class o f 1999, the program
for an Honors major in mathematics shall con
sist of preparations for external exam ination in
three fields of 2 credits each, and an addition
al credit in one o f the three chosen prepara
tions, for a total o f 7 distinct credits. Each
preparation consists o f a required core course
together with a second credit in that field
selected from a list o f courses and seminars des
ignated by the department. For the Honors
major, two of the preparations shall be in
Algebra and Analysis, and every program must
include at least one o f M A TH 101 (Real
Analysis Seminar) or M A TH 102 (Algebra
Seminar). These two seminars will be offered
every spring semester. Each student may select
the third preparation from a list o f fields that
includes Discrete M athem atics, Geometry,
Statistics, and Topology. A ny alternatives to
these must be approved by the department.
Students wishing to com plete an Honors
minor in mathematics must have credit for, or
place out of, M A TH 005 or 00 5 S , M A TH
006A and 006B or 0 06S, M ATH 016 or 016H ,
and Math 018 or 018H . For the Honors por
tion o f their program, minors must complete
one 2-credit preparation chosen from among
any o f the fields described earlier. Again, any
alternatives must have departmental approval.
COURSES
STAT 001. Statistical Thinking
Statistics provides methods for how to collect
and analyze data and generalize from the
results o f the analysis. Statistics is used in a
wide variety o f fields, and the course provides
an understanding o f the role of statistics. It is
intended for students who want an apprecia
tion o f statistics without having the need to
learn how to apply statistical methods. It pro
vides an intuitive understanding o f statistical
concepts and makes use o f modem statistical
software for the M acintosh computer. This
course cannot be counted toward a major in
Mathematics.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
STAT 002. Statistical Methods
(Cross-listed as SO A N 010E)
Data on one variable are examined through
graphical methods and the computations of
averages
and
measures
o f variation.
Relationships between two variables are stud
ied using methods such as chi-square, rank cor
relations, analysis o f variance, and regression
analysis. T h e course is intended for students
who want a practical introduction to statistical
methods and who intend to do statistical
analysis themselves, mainly in the biological
and social sciences. It is not a prerequisite for
any other department course except STA T
027, nor can it be counted toward a major in
the department. Recommended for students
who have not studied calculus (those who
know a semester of calculus are advised to take
ST A T 002C instead).
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Everson.
STAT 002C. Statistics
(Cross-listed as SO A N 010F)
T his calculus-based introduction to statistics
covers most o f the same methods examined in
ST A T 002, but the course is taught on a high-
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er mathematical level. T h e course is intended
for anyone who wants an introduction to the
application o f statistical methods.
Prerequisite: M A TH 0 04 or 005.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Everson.
MATH 003. Introduction to Mathematical
Thinking
W hat are some o f the important mathematical
ideas o f the 20th century, and how did they
come about? How did and does mathematics
evolve over the years? How does one approach
a mathematical problem, and how can that be
useful outside of mathematics? These questions
and many others will be answered throughout
the course by reading several books and doing
problems related to those readings. T h e course
will be run in seminar style, with most class
time spent discussing the problems, presenting
solutions, and doing group work. T his course is
recommended for students who plan to never
take another math course again, for those who
want to ease into mathematics, and for those
who are interested in a broad introductory
level survey o f mathematics. T h e course cannot be counted toward a major in mathematics.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. I credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Bergstrand.
MATH 004. Calculus Concepts
Introduction to the concepts, methods, and
applications o f calculus. Intended primarily for
students whose preparation is limited or weak,
M A TH 0 04 proceeds more gently and less far
than M A TH 005. Students who have had cal
culus in high school may no t take M A TH 004
without permission o f the instructor. Students
who complete M A TH 0 0 4 are encouraged to
continue on to M A TH 005 or M A TH 006A
(or 0 0 6 S ); with permission o f the department,
they may receive credit for M A TH 005 by tak
ing it after M A TH 004. Otherwise, credit is
no t granted for both M A TH 004 and M A TH
005.
Prerequisite: Permission to take this course
through Swarthmore’s calculus readiness exam
or calculus placement exam (see “Placement
Procedure” above).
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Spring 2001.
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MATH 005. Calculus I
This first-semester calculus course will intro
duce topics in the differentiation and integra
tion of functions o f one variable. These topics
include limits and the definition o f the deriva
tive, interpretations and applications o f the
derivative, techniques o f differentiation,
graphing and extreme value problems, the log
arithm and exponential functions, the integral,
and the Fundamental Theorem o f Calculus.
Prerequisite: Permission to take this course
through Swarthmore’s calculus readiness exam
or calculus placement exam (see “Placement
Procedure’” earlier).
1 credit.
F all 2001. Shapiro, Wiseman.
MATH 005S. Calculus I Seminar
M A TH 0 0 5 S covers the same material as the
lecture-based M A TH 005 but uses a seminar
format (10-14 students) with additional meet
ings and lots o f hands-on activities (e.g., writ
ing, oral presentations, group work, and com
puter work). Intended for students who think
that they could benefit from the collaborative
seminar format and who wish to be challenged
to excel in calculus so that they gain more con
fidence to continue with mathematics and sci
ence.
Prerequisite: Permission to take this course
through Swarthmore’s calculus readiness exam
or calculus placement exam (see “Placement
Procedure’” above).
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Grinstead.
Note on MATH 006
T h e material following M A TH 005 is divided
into four half-credit courses, 006A , 006B,
006C , and 006D . Each course will run full time
for one-half semester. Students may take any
number o f these courses. Normally, however,
students coming from M A TH 005 will take
006A and either 006B or 006C . Students
enroll at the beginning o f each semester for all
versions o f M A TH 006 they plan to take at any
time during the semester. M A TH 006S is a fullsemester seminar version o f M A TH 006A and
006B .
MATH 006A. Calculus IIA
This course is a continuation o f the material
begun in M A TH 005 and is the prerequisite for
MATH 016 (Linear Algebra) and M ATH 018
(Several Variable Calculus) as well as for 006B
and 006C . Topics will include applications of
the integral, inverse trigonometric functions,
methods o f integration, and improper integrals.
MATH 0 0 6 A is a 0.5- credit course.
Prerequisite: M A TH 005 or 0 0 5 S or placement
by examination (see “Advanced Placement
and Credit Policy” earlier).
0.5 credit.
Each sem ester (first h a lf).
Fall 2001. Campbell, Hunter.
MATH 006B. Calculus IIB
This course is an introduction to infinite series
and approximation. Topics include Taylor
polynomials and Taylor series, convergence
tests, and the use o f power series. O ther topics,
such as applications to differential equations
and Fourier series, may be introduced, time
permitting. M A TH 0 0 6 B should be taken by
anyone planning to take mathematics courses
beyond the freshman-sophomore level. It is
required o f all students m ajoring in
Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, or Engi
neering. M A TH 0 0 6 B is a 0.5-credit course.
Prerequisite: M A TH 006A or placement by
examination (see “Advanced Placement and
Credit Policy” earlier).
0 .5 credit.
E ach sem ester (secon d h a lf).
F all 20 0 1 . Campbell.
MATH 006D. Postcalculus
A special course, in the second half o f the fall
semester, primarily for first-year students who
place into M A TH 006B in August. M ATH
006D is for students who like mathematics and
are curious to know what it might be like to
major in it. Each year, the contents of 006D
will be selected from the wealth o f modem
mathematics that cannot be introduced in
standard freshman-sophomore courses. M ATH
006D is a 0.5-credit course.
Prerequisites: M ATH 006B (in exceptional
cases, M A TH 006A ) and either departmental
recommendation or permission o f the instruc
tor.
0 .5 credit.
F all 2001 (secon d h alf). Shapiro.
MATH 006S. Calculus II Seminar
A continuation o f M A TH 005S, in the same
style. Covers the material of M A TH 006A and
006B .
Prerequisite: M A TH 0 0 6 A or placement by
examination (see “Advanced Placement and
Credit Policy” earlier).
Prerequisite: M ATH 005 or 005S or placement
by exam ination (see “Advanced Placement
and Credit Policy” earlier).
0.5 credit.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Fall sem ester (each half) and spring sem ester
(second h alf).
Fall 2001. Hunter, Shapiro.
MATH 006C. Calculus IIC
This course emphasizes the differential aspects
of several variable calculus covered in the first
half of MATH 018. In addition, multivariable
integration may be touched on as well as such
topics as differential equations and probability.
MATH 006C is intended primarily for students
interested in applications (especially in eco
nomics) who look upon M A TH 006 as one of
their last mathematics courses and who do not
plan to take M A TH 018. Students may (but
normally will not) take both M A TH 006C and
MATH 018. T his course cannot be counted
toward a major in Mathematics. M A TH 0 0 6 C
is a 0.5-credit course.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
Math 007. Elementary Tonics in
Mathematics in Applied Contexts
This course is offered occasionally and is inter
disciplinary in nature. It provides an introduc
tion to some area o f mathematics in the con
text o f its use in another discipline. A recent
version o f this course was taught in the
Linguistics Department. T his course does not
count toward a major in mathematics.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
MATH 009. Discrete Mathematics
A n introduction to noncontinuous mathemat
ics. T h e key theme is how induction, iteration,
and recursion can help one discover, compute,
and prove solutions to various problems—
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often problems o f interest in computer science,
social science, or management. Topics include
algorithms, graph theory, counting, difference
equations, and fin ite probability. Sp ecial
emphasis on how to write mathematics.
one section for students who have had linear
algebra (M A TH 016 or 016H ) and another for
students who have not.
Prerequisite: M A TH 006A or equivalent or
placement by examination (see “Advanced
Placement and Credit Policy” earlier).
Prerequisite: Permission to take this course
through Swarthmore’s calculus readiness exam
or calculus placement exam (see “Placement
Procedure’” earlier). Familiarity with some
computer language is helpful but not necessary.
E ach sem ester.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Drumm, Wiseman.
E ach sem ester.
MATH 018H. Several Variable Calculus
Honors Course
F all 2001. Berstrand.
MATH 016. Linear Algebra
This course covers vector spaces, matrices, and
linear transformations with applications to
solutions o f systems o f linear equations, deter
minants, and eigenvalues.
Prerequisite: A grade o f C or better in M ATH
0 0 6 A or M A TH 0 0 9 or placement by exami
nation (see “Advanced Placement and Credit
Policy” earlier).
1 credit.
Recommended: M A TH 016.
I credit.
T his Honors version o f M A TH 018 will be
more theoretical, abstract, and rigorous than
its standard counterpart (the subject matter
will be equally as valuable in applied situations,
but applications will be less dwelt upon). It is
intended for students with exceptionally strong
mathematical skills and primarily for those
who have completed M A TH 016H success
fully.
Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in MATH
016H or permission o f the instructor.
E ach sem ester.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Johnson, Shimamoto.
Spring 2002.
MATH 016H. Linear Algebra Honnrs
Course
STAT 026. Topics in Statistics
This Honors version o f M A TH 016 will be
more theoretical, abstract, and rigorous than
its standard counterpart (the subject matter
will be equally as valuable in applied situations,
but applications will be less dwelt upon). It is
intended for students with exceptionally strong
m athem atical skills, especially if they are
thinking o f a mathematics major.
Prerequisite: A grade of B or better in M ATH
0 0 6 A or M A TH 0 09 or placement by exami
nation (see “Advanced Placement and Credit
Policy” earlier).
1 credit.
F all 2001. Hunter, Maurer.
MATH 016. Several Variable Calculus
T his course considers differentiation and inte
gration o f functions o f several variables with
special emphasis on two and three dimensions.
Topics include partial differentiation, extreme
value problems, Lagrange multipliers, multiple
integrals, line and surface integrals, G reen’s,
Stokes’, and Gauss’ Theorems. O ften there is
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T h e choice o f topics will depend somewhat on
the interest and mathematical background of
the students, but they will include a study of
issues in multivariate analysis and statistical
inference (Bayesian statistics in particular).
Prerequisite: O ne course in statistics.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Iversen.
STAT 027. Multivariate Statistical
Methods
G iven as a continuation of ST A T 002 or STAT
002C , the course deals mainly with the study of
relationships between three or more variables.
Prerequisite: A ny one of ST A T 002, 002C,
053, or ECO N 031.
1 credit.
A lternate years.
Not offered 2001-2002.
MATH 030. Differential Equations
A n introduction to differential equations that
includes such topics as first-order equations,
linear differential equations, series solutions,
first-order systems o f equations, Laplace trans
forms, approximation methods, some partial
differential equations.
Prerequisites: M A TH 0 0 6 B and either 018 or
006C or permission of the instructor. M ATH
016 recommended strongly.
1 credit.
Spring 2002.
MATH 037. Number Theory
The theory o f primes, divisibility concepts, and
the theory o f multiplicative number theory will
be developed. Students are also expected to
learn how to construct a mathematical proof.
Prerequisites: M ATH 0 16 and 018 or permis
sion of the instructor.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
A lternate years.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
MATH 045. Topics in Geometry
Course content varies from year to year, but
recently the focus has been on the careful
development o f plane geometry, including
basic axioms and the geometries that result:
Euclidean, projective, and hyperbolic.
Prerequisites: N one, but the course will be
taught at a level suitable for students who have
completed M A TH 0 1 6 and 018. See the
instructor if in doubt.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Alternate years.
Fall 2001. Drumm.
MATH 046. Theory of Computation
(Cross-listed as C P S C 046)
MATH 048. Topics in Algebra
Course co n ten t varies from year to year
depending on student and faculty interest.
R ecen t offerings have included Coding
Theory, Groups and Representations, Finite
Reflection Groups.
Prerequisite: M A TH 016 and possibly M ATH
049.
1 credit.
Alternate years.
Spring 2002.
MATH 049. Introduction to Modern
Algebra
T his course is an introduction to abstract alge
bra and will survey basic algebraic systems—
groups, rings, and fields. Although these con
cepts will be illustrated by concrete examples,
the emphasis will be on abstract theorems,
proofs, and rigorous mathematical reasoning.
Prerequisite: M A TH 016 or permission of the
instructor.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Shimamoto.
STAT 053. Mathematical Statistics I
Based on probability theory, this course exam
ines the statistical theory for the estimation of
parameters and tests o f hypotheses. Both small
and large sample properties o f the estimators
are studied. T h e course concludes with the
study o f models dealing with relationships
between variables, including chi-square and
regression analysis.
Prerequisites: M A TH 016 and 018 or permis
sion of the instructor.
Please see Computer Science for description.
1 credit.
MATH 047. Introduction to Real Analysis
A lternate years.
This course concentrates on the careful study
of the principles underlying the calculus o f real
valued functions of real variables. Topics will
include continuity, compactness, connected
ness, uniform convergence, differentiation,
and integration.
Prerequisites: M A TH 006B , 016, and 018 or
permission of the instructor.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Fall 2001. Johnson.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
MATH 061. Modeling
A n introduction to the methods and attitudes
o f mathematical modeling. Because modeling
in physical science and engineering is already
taught in courses in those disciplines, applica
tions in this course will be primarily to social
and biological sciences. Various standard
methods used in modeling will be introduced:
differential equations, Markov chains, game
theory, graph theory, computer simulation.
T h e emphasis, however, will be on how to
apply these subjects to specific modeling prob-
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lems, no t on their systematic theory. T h e for
mat o f the course will include projects as well
as lectures and problem sets.
course is an introduction to the calculus of
variations. Additional topics depend on the
interests o f the students and instructor.
Prerequisites: M A TH 016 and 018 or permis
sion o f the instructor.
Prerequisites: M A TH 016, 018, and either
M A TH 03 0 or PHYS 0 5 0 or permission o f the
instructor.
1 credit.
A lternate years.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
A lternate years.
MATH 065. Combinatorics
Spring 2002.
This course continues the study o f noncontinuous mathematics begun in M A TH 009. T he
topics covered include three broad areas:
Counting Theory, Graph Theory, and Design
Theory. T h e first area includes a study o f gen
erating functions and Polya counting. T h e sec
ond area is concerned with relations between
certain graphical invariants. Topics such as
Extremal Graph Theory and Ramsey Theory
may be introduced. T h e third area introduces
com binatorial structures such as matroids,
codes, and Latin squares.
Prerequisites: M A TH 0 09 and at least one
other course in mathematics.
1 credit.
A lternate years.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
MATH 072. Topics in Combinatorial
Optimization
Topics vary from year to year. Past topics have
included linear programming, game theory,
com binatorial algorithms number theoretic
algorithms, and complexity theory. T h e topic
for spring 2002, will be the study o f the deter
m ination o f rational solutions o f equations.
Applications to the factoring o f integers, cryp
tography, and other parts o f number theory will
also be studied.
Prerequisites: M A TH 0 09 and at least one
higher-numbered mathematics course.
Recommended: C P S C 020.
1 credit.
MATH 085. Topics in Analysis
Course co n ten t varies from year to year.
R ecent topics have included dynamical sys
tems and the mathematics o f financial deriva
tives. In 1999, the topic was Fourier analysis:
Fourier series and integrals, inversion, applica
tions to probability, number theory, and partial
differential equations.
Prerequisites: M A TH 016 and M A TH 018.
M A TH 047 is also recommended.
1 credit.
A lternate years.
N ot offered 2001 -2002.
MATH 093/STAT 093. Directed Reading
MATH 096/STAT 096. Thesis
MATH 097. Senior Conference
Required o f all senior mathematics majors in
the course program, this 0.5-credit course pro
vides them an opportunity to delve more
deeply and on their own into a particular topic
agreed upon by the student and the instructor.
This is accomplished through a written paper
and an oral presentation. In addition, Honors
minors will satisfy the Senior Honors Study
component o f the minor typically by enrolling
in Senior Conference for the purpose o f writ
ing a paper that extends the work within the
minor. T h e work is spread throughout the year
with the talks and/or papers normally present
ed in the spring. Students register for this
course for the spring semester but must also
sign in with the instructor for the fall semester.
A lternate years.
0 .5 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Campbell.
F all 2001. Shapiro.
MATH 081. Partial Differential Equations
T h e first part of the course consists o f an intro
duction to linear partial differential equations
o f elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic type via
the Laplace equation, the heat equation, and
the wave equation. T h e second part o f the
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MATH 105. Probability
This seminar is a continuation of Introduction
to Real Analysis (M A TH 0 4 7). Topics may
include the inverse and implicit function theo
rems, differential forms, calculus on manifolds,
and Lebesgue integration.
A n introduction to measure-theoretic proba
bility theory. Topics may include branching
processes, renewal theory, random walks, sto
chastic processes, laws of large numbers, char
acteristic functions, the C en tral Lim it
Theorem , Markov chains, the Poisson process,
and percolation.
Prerequisite: M A TH 047.
Prerequisite: ST A T 053.
MATH 10 1. Real Analysis II
1 credit.
1 credit.
Spring 2002.
A lternate years.
MATH 102. Modern Algebra II
F all 20 0 1 . Grinstead.
MATH 106. Advanced Topics in Geometry
This seminar is a continuation o f Introduction
to Modem Algebra (M A TH 0 4 9). Topics cov
ered usually include field theory, Galois theory
(including the insolvability of the quintic), the
structure theorem for modules over principal
ideal domains, and a theoretical development
of linear algebra. O ther topics may be studied
depending on the interests o f students and
instructor.
A lternate years.
Prerequisite: M A TH 049.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
1 credit.
STAT 1 1 1 . Mathematical Statistics II
Spring 2002.
T his 1-credit seminar is offered as a continua
tion of ST A T 053. It deals mainly with statisti
cal models for the relationships between vari
ables. T h e general linear m odel, which
includes regression, variance, and covariance
analysis, is examined in detail. Topics also
include nonparametric statistics, sampling the
ory, and Bayesian statistical inference.
MATH 103. Cnmplex Analysis
A brief study of the geometry o f complex num
bers is followed by a detailed treatment o f the
Cauchy theory o f analytic functions o f a com
plex variable: integration and Cauchy’s
Theorem, power series, residue calculus, con
formal mapping, and harm onic functions.
Various applications are given, and other top
ics, such as elliptic functions, analytic continu
ation and the theory o f Weierstrass, may be dis
cussed.
Prerequisite: M A TH 047.
Course content varies from year to year to be
chosen from among differential geometry, dif
ferential topology, and algebraic geometry. In
2000, the topic was differential geometry.
Prerequisites: Depend upon the topic chosen.
1 credit.
Prerequisite: ST A T 053.
1 credit.
A lternate years.
Spring 20 0 2 . Everson.
1 credit.
Alternate years.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
MATH 104. Topology
An introduction to point-set, combinatorial,
and algebraic topology: topological spaces,
classification o f surfaces, the fundamental
group, covering spaces, simplicial complexes,
and homology (including related algebra).
Prerequisites: M ATH 047 and 049.
2 credits.
Alternate years.
Spring 2002.
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Medieval Studies
Coordinator:
STEPHEN P. BENSCH
Comm ittee:
Michael W. Cothren (A rt History)
Nathaniel Deutsch (Religion)
Michael Marissen (M usic)'
Rosaria V. Munson (Classics)
Ellen Ross (Religion)
William N. Turpin (Classics)
Craig Williamson (English Literature)1
(History)
1 Absent on leave, fall 2001.
T his interdisciplinary program offers an oppor
tunity for an integrated study o f European and
Mediterranean civilization from the fourth
century to the fifteenth. T h e period, which has
a critical importance for the understanding of
W estern culture, can be approached best
through a combination o f several disciplines.
Hence, six departments (A rt, Classics, English
Literature, History, Music, and Religion) coop
erate to provide a course o f study that may be
offered as a major or minor in the course pro
gram or as a major or minor in the Honors pro
gram.
A ll students who major in the course program
or major or minor in the Honors program must
satisfy the following distribution requirements:
tion o f the various subjects and methods
involved in the interdisciplinary field of
Medieval Studies.
3.
Students must complete 8 credits (at least)
in Medieval Studies in order to graduate
with a Medieval Studies major. (In addition
to courses, these credits may include direct
ed readings in medieval subjects and/or a
thesis written during the first semester of
the senior year.)
For a m inor in the course program (available to the
C lass o f 2003 and thereafter), the requirem ents
are as follow s:
O ne course in History (H IS T 002A , 006, 01201 7 , or 112)
A minor in Medieval Studies will consist of 5
credits in Medieval Studies (see course and
seminar options as listed below). These 5 cred
its must include work in at least three separate
departments. Students are reminded that only
1 of the 5 credits can be in the department of
his or her major.
O ne course in Literature (EN G L 010, 014,
016, 102, or C L A S 0 1 4 or 060)
For a m ajor in the H onors program , the require
m ents are as follow s:
O ne course in A rt History (A R T H 0 1 4 ,0 4 7 , or
145)
O ne course in Religion (RELG 014B , 020B ,
114, or 116) or Philosophy (medieval)
(Please note possible prerequisites for the
above courses.)
For a m ajor in the course program , the require
m ents are as follow s:
1. Distribution requirements as listed above.
2. Seniqr comprehensive examinations. Each
major in course is required to complete the
senior comprehensive w ritten and oral
examinations (normally taken at the end of
the second semester o f senior year). These
examinations are planned as a culminating
exercise to facilitate the review and integra
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1. Distribution requirements as listed above.
2. T h e four preparations for the Honors pro
gram should reflect the interdisciplinary
nature o f this major and must include work
in three o f the following five areas: art his
tory, history, literature, music, or religion/
philosophy. T h e preparations may be con
stituted by some combination of the follow
ing: seminars, preapproved two-course com
binations, courses with attachments, or a
thesis. Students may design an integrated
minor in another field by counting one of
the Medieval Studies preparations in its
home department. Students who minor in
another department will have to fulfill the
m inor prerequisites and Requirements
(including Sen ior Honors Study minor
requirements) stipulated by that depart
ment.
3. Senior Honors Study for m ajors in
Medieval Studies will follow the policies of
the individual departmental preparations
used in the program. Majors will have a 90minute oral panel with all four examiners
present. Majors will have the regular indi
vidual oral for the single preparation.
For a m inor in the H onors program , the require
ments are as follow s:
1. Distribution requirements as listed above.
2. T he one preparation for the Honors pro
gram should reflect the interdisciplinary
nature of this minor and may be satisfied by
one o f the following: one seminar, a preap
proved two-course com bination, or one
course with an attachm ent. T h e minor
preparation must be in a department dis
tinct from the student’s major.
3. Senior Honors Study for minors in
Medieval Studies will follow the policies of
the individual departmental preparations
used in the program. Minors will have a 90minute oral panel with all four examiners
present. Minors will have the regular indi
vidual oral for the single preparation.
Ages
H IS T 015. Medieval Towns
LATN 014. Medieval Latin
M U SI 020. Medieval and Renaissance Music
M U SI 045. Performance (early music ensem
ble)
RELG 014B . Christian Life and Thought in
the Middle Ages
RELG 020B . Prophets and Visionaries:
Christian Mysticism Through the Ages
RELG 030B . T h e Power of Images: Icons and
Iconoclasts
RELG 0 3 IB . Religion and Literature
M D ST 096. Thesis
SEMINARS
Seminars currently offered in Medieval
Studies:
A R T H 145: G othic A rt and Architecture
EN G L 102: Chaucer and Medieval Literature
H IS T 111. T h e Medieval Mediterranean
RELG 116. T h e Body in Late Antiquity
RELG 114. Love and Religion
COURSES
Courses currently offered in Medieval Studies
(see catalog sections for individual depart
ments to determine specific offerings in 2001-
2002):
ARTH 014. Medieval Survey
ARTH 046/RELG 029. Monasticism and the
Arts in the Christian Middle Ages
ARTH 047. Special Topics in Medieval A rt
CLAS 060. Dante and the Classical Tradition
ENGL 010. Survey I: B eow u lf to M ilton
ENGL 014. Old English/History of the
Language
ENGL 016. Chaucer
HIST 002A . Medieval Europe
HIST 006. T h e Formation of the Islamic Near
East
HIST 012. Chivalric Society
HIST 014. Friars, Heretics, and Female
Mystics: Religious Turmoil in the Middle
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Modera Languages and Literatures
GERTY DAMBURY (French), Lang Visiting Professor6
MARION J . FABER (Germ an), Professor
JOHN J . HASSETT (Spanish), Professor1
GEORGE MOSKOS (French), Professor12,15
ALAN BERKOWITZ (Chinese) , Associate Professor
AURORA CAMACHO de SCHMIDT (Spanish) , Associate Professor
SIBELAN FORRESTER (Russian), Associate Professor12
MARIA LUISA GUARDIOLA (Spanish), Associate Professor
HAILI KONG (Chinese), Associate Professor2
MICHELINE RICE-MAXIMIN (French) , Associate Professor
BERNOUSSISALTANI (French), Associate Professor
HANSJAKOB WERLEN (Germ an) , Associate Professor and Chair
JEAN“VINCENT BLANCHARD (French), Assistant Professor15
JOHN A . CRESPI (Chinese), Visiting Assistant Professor
ANN KOMAROMI (Russian) , Assistant Professor
ASIMA F .X . SAAD MAURA (Spanish), Visiting Assistant Professor
SUNKA SIMON (G erm an), Assistant Professor
SUJANE WU (Chinese), Assistant Professor
CARINA YERVASI (French), Assistant Professor12
KIMBERLY FEDCHAK (Russian), Instructor (part-time)
JOAN FRIEDMAN (Spanish), Instructor (part-time)
WOL-A KANG (Chinese), Instructor (part-time)
MARY K. KENNEY (Spanish), Instructor (part-time)
ELKE PLAXTON (Germ an), Instructor (part-time)
KIRSTEN E . SPEIDEL (Chinese), Instructor (part-time)
PATRICIA VARGAS (Spanish) , Instructor (part-time)
BENEDICTE LETURCQ (French), Visiting Language Instructor
MICHAEL JONES, Language Resource C en ter Director
ELEONORE BAGINSKI, Administrative Coordinator
DEBORAH DIFILIPPO, Administrative Assistant (part-time)
1 A bsent on leave, fall 2001.
2 A bsent on leave, spring 2002.
6 Spring 2002 (appointment that semester
only).
12 Campus coordinator, Swarthmore Program
in G renoble, fall 2001.
13 Campus coordinator, Swarthmore Program
in Grenoble, spring 2002.
14 Program director, Swarthmore Program in
Grenoble, fall 2001.
15 Program director, Swarthmore Program in
Grenoble, spring 2002.
T h e Department o f M odem Languages and
Literatures— consisting o f Chinese, French,
German, Russian, and Spanish sections— pro
vides Swarthmore students with an under
standing o f foreign cultures through their orig
inal languages and prepares students to engage
effectively in an increasingly internationalized
world. In addition to language courses, the
department also offers a large variety o f semi
nars and courses (some in English) that explore
authors, genres, aesthetic theories, and periods
o f literary and cinem atic production and that
investigate literature and culture as sites of
contending social forces and values. In con
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junction with demonstrated competence in the
language, a foreign literature major will nor
mally complete a minimum of 8 credits in
advanced language literature, or culture cours
es, and a culminating exercise, such as a com
prehensive examination. O ne of the required
courses for the foreign literature major may be
taken in English provided it is pertinent to the
student’s specific major. T h e department en
courages interdisciplinary approaches within
the guidelines of the programs in Asian Studies,
Francophone Studies, German Studies, Latin
American Studies, and Slavic Studies. Stu
dents interested in the literature of more than
one language are encouraged to consider a
comparative literature major. Students should
also take note of the related major in Linguis
tics and Languages.
Courses numbered 0 0 1 B to 0 0 4B are primarily
designed to help students acquire the linguistic
competence necessary to pursue literary and
cultural studies in a foreign language through
work with the language and selected texts of
literary or cultural interest.
For a detailed description o f the orientation in
these courses, see the explanatory note on
these language courses later. Courses numbered
Oil or above emphasize the study o f literature
and culture as a humanistic discipline as well as
competence in the spoken and written lan
guage.
Students who enter with no previous knowl
edge of a language and who are interested in
majoring in a foreign literature should register
for the intensive language courses (0 0 1 B002B) in the freshman year. Language courses
numbered 0 0 3 B and above, with the exception
of Spanish, count toward the 8 credits required
for the major.
Students who wish to continue a language
begun elsewhere will be placed at the course
level where they will profit best according to
their score on the College Entrance Examina
tion or placement tests administered by the
department in the fall.
Prerequisites for majors are noted under the
listing of each of the literatures taught. Excep
tions to course requirements are made for those
who show competence in the language o f spe
cialization. Students who speak C hinese,
French, German, Russian, or Spanish fluently
should consult with the department before
electing courses.
Majors are urged to select supporting courses in
other literatures, in history, philosophy, lin
guistics, or art history. T h e department also
recommends participation for a minimum o f a
summer and a semester in an academic pro
gram abroad. Linguistically qualified students
in French may apply to the Swarthmore
Program in Grenoble at the University of
Grenoble, for one or two semesters in the
sophomore or junior year. T his program is par
ticularly suited for majors in the humanities
and the social sciences. Students competent in
Spanish should consider the Flamilton College
Program in Madrid, Spain, which is coopera
tively sponsored by Swarthmore. O ther recom
mended programs include R ice U niversityC hile; the University o f Kansas-Costa Rica;
the University o f Pennsylvania-M exico; Pitzer
College-Ecuador. For a complete listing of
approved programs, students should consult
with members o f the Spanish section. (The
Spanish section requires that its majors spend a
minimum o f one semester o f study abroad in a
program approved by the section). Students of
German have the opportunity to jo in the
Dickinson College program in Bremen during
the spring semester o f each year. O ther pro
grams students should consider are the Wayne
State Junior Year in Germany (at the Univer
sity o f M unich or the University o f Freiburg),
the Wesleyan University Program in Regens
burg, or the Duke Program in Berlin. Students
in Russian are strongly encouraged to spend at
least one semester in the A .C .T .R . or C.I.E.E.
language programs among others in Russia.
Study abroad is particularly encouraged for stu
dents o f Chinese; academic credit (full or par
tial) is generally approved for participation in
the several programs of varying duration in the
People’s Republic of China and in Taiwan, rec
ommended by the Chinese section. In the
People’s Republic these include, but are not
limited to, the IU B Inter-University Board
Program at Tsing-hua University, the A C C
Associated Colleges in C hina Program, and
the CIEE program in Beijing, and the C E T
program in Harbin. In Taiwan, these include
the IC L P International Chinese Language
Program and the Mandarin Training Center in
Taipei; and the University o f Massachusetts
program in Tunghai. Students on scholarship
may apply scholarship monies to designated
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Modem Languages and Literatures
programs of study abroad.
W e offer teacher certification in modem lan
guages (French, German, and Spanish) through
a program approved by the state of Pennsyl
vania. Because o f a change in teacher certifica
tion regulations that occurred in November
2000, students completing certification during
2001 to 2003 will need to fulfill somewhat dif
ferent course requirements from those who
complete certification in 2004 and beyond. For
further information about the relevant set of
requirements, please contact the Education pro
gram director, the M odem Languages Depart
ment chair, or the Education program Web
site: www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/Education/.
Students planning to do graduate work are
reminded that, in addition to the language of
specialization, a reading knowledge of other
languages is often required for admission to
advanced studies.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT
or minor in the original languages, but a stu
dent may take one of these courses to satisfy
the 8-credit requirement o f a foreign literature
major provided that the course is pertinent to
the specific literature o f the major.
LITR 013R. The Russian Novel
(Cross-listed as R U S S 013)
T h e Russian novel represents Russia’s bestknown contribution to world culture, with
well-known authors and famously thought-pro
voking works. W e will survey the Russian novelistic tradition in classics from the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries to gain a basic under
standing o f Russian literary history, including
the developments of Romanticism, Realism,
Symbolism, Modernism, the Picaresque Novel,
and Postmodernism. W e shall explore how the
constantly evolving genre took shape in the
Russian context from the period o f Tsarist
empire through restless pre-revolutionary
years, the underground classics and émigré
writings of the Soviet period, to innovations in
the post-Stalin period and beyond.
N o prerequisite.
T h e department will grant 1 credit for incom
ing students who have achieved a score o f 4 or
5 in Advanced Placement French, German, or
Spanish examinations when they have success
fully completed a 1-credit course in that lan
guage at the College.
INTERNATIONAL RACCALAUREATE
T h e department will grant 1 credit for incom
ing students who have achieved a score o f 6 or
7 in a foreign language on the International
Baccalaureate after they have successfully com
pleted a 1-credit course in that language at the
College.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Komaromi.
LITR 014. Modern European Literature
Studying key m odernist works o f fiction
between 1900 and 1930, we will work in semi
nar format (presentation and critical discussion
o f student papers). A uthors will include
Nietzsche, Conrad, Joyce, Kafka, Proust,
Thomas M ann, and Virginia Woolf. Intended
especially for freshmen with an interest in lit
erature. Limited to 12-13 first- and second-year
students.
Prim ary distribution course. 1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Faber.
LITR 015R. East European Prose
(Cross-listed as R U S S 015)
Literatures in Translation
Students acquainted with a particular foreign
language are urged to elect an appropriate lit
erature course taught in the original language.
L IT R courses provide students with the oppor
tunity to study a literature that they cannot
read in the original. These courses cannot be
substituted for the 11- or 12-level courses to
satisfy the departmental prerequisites for a major
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Novels and stories by the most prominent
twentieth-century writers o f this multifaceted
and turbulent region. Analysis o f individual
works and writers with the purpose of appreci
ating the religious, linguistic, and historical
diversity o f Eastern Europe in an era of war,
revolution, political dissent, and outstanding
cultural and intellectual achievement. Read
ings, lectures, writing and discussion in Eng
lish; qualified students may do some readings in
the original language(s). W riting-intensive
course.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
T h e class will discuss fundamental issues of
modernity and new literary developments under
the impact o f the May Fourth Movement.
O ffered in 2 002-2003. Forrester.
1 credit.
LITR 016CH. Substance, Shadow, and
Spirit in Chinese Literature and Culture
Not offered 2001-2002. Kong.
(Cross-listed as CH IN 016)
This course will explore the literary and intel
lectual world of traditional Chinese culture,
through original writings in English transla
tion, including both poetry and prose. Topics
to be discussed include Taoism, Confucianism,
and the contouring of Chinese culture; immor
tality, wine, and allaying the mundane; and the
religious dimension, disengagement, and the
appreciation o f the natural world. T h e course
also will address cultural and literary formula
tions o f conduct and persona and the ex
pression o f individualism in an authoritarian
society.
LITR 025CH. Contemporary Chinese
Fiction: Mirror of Social Change
(Cross-listed as CH IN 025)
Literary narratives o f post-M ao C h in a in
translation. T h e selected stories and novellas
articulate the historical specificity of ideologi
cal dilemmas and cultural dynamics in the
imaginary process of dealing with love, politics,
sex, morality, economic reform, and feminist
issues.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Kong.
LITR 027CH. Women Writers in
IWentieth-century China
No prerequisites.
(Cross-listed as CH IN 027)
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
T his course will be a close study of the litera
ture written by Chinese women, particularly
focusing on social, moral, political, cultural,
psychological, and gender-related issues
through their texts as well as on their writing
styles and literary contributions to modem
Chinese literature. T h e chosen women writers
will include those from Mainland, Taiwan,
Hong Kong, and overseas expatriate Chinese
writers as well as from different social and
political groups. A ll the readings are in English
translation. N o previous preparation in
Chinese is required. Open to the entire tricol
lege student body and taught on the Bryn
Mawr campus.
Fall 2001. Berkowitz.
LITR 017CH. The Legacy o! Chinese
Narrative Literature: The Story in
Dynastic China
(Cross-listed as CH IN 017)
Tales of the strange, biographies and hagiogra
phies, moral tales, detective stories, literary jo t
tings, drama, novellas and novels, and masterworks o f the C hinese literary tradition
throughout the centuries of imperial China.
No prerequisites and no knowledge o f Chinese
or of China required.
1 credit.
Not offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Berkowitz.
LITR 018CH. The Classical Tradition in
Chinese Literature
(See CHIN 018).
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Kong.
LITR 028F. Francophone Cinema:
Configurations of Space in
Postcolonial Cinema
1 credit.
(Cross-listed as FREN 028)
Not offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Berkowitz.
W e will examine historical and social displace
m ent and mobility through narrative tech
nique and themes in W est African cinema.
Films engage contemporary issues o f diasporic
cultures, immigration, and politics as they
allow us to question the representations of
space and mapping; sex and mobility; class and
geography; violence, national identity, and
desire. Discussions will cen ter o n both
LITR 023CH. Modern Chinese Literature:
A New Novelistic Discourse (1918-1948)
(Cross-listed as CH IN 02 3 )
Modem Chinese literary texts created between
1918 and 1948, presenting a series of political,
social, cultural, and ideological dilemmas un
derlying twentieth-century Chinese history.
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metaphorical and physical displacement.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Yervasi.
LITR 037G. History and Memory:
Perspectives on the Holocaust
(Cross-listed as H IS T 03 7)
Despite an enormous amount o f research and
testimony, the Holocaust o f European Jewry
continues to generate compelling historical
and interpretive questions. How, in fact, did it
come about? C an we establish its connection
to nineteenth-century Germ an culture? How
have feminist and revisionist interpretations
changed our understanding? W hat has been
the impact o f the Holocaust on contemporary
Am erican and Germ an identity and politics?
T his course explores the roots o f Nazism, the
implementation o f the Final Solution, and the
legacy of the Holocaust through an interdisci
plinary approach relying on primary sources,
historical, scholarship, memoirs, music, paint
ing, and film.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 001-2002. Faber and Weinberg.
LITR 051G. Gender and Race in
European Cinema
W hat are the historical, structural, them atic,
and imaginary links between race and gender
in the visual landscape o f a postwar Europe
struggling to come to terms with the Third
R eich, the Holocaust, and the Second World
War? How do contemporary films visualize,
analyze, resist, and (re-)produce the tensions in
the united Europe’s multicultural and multi
ethnic societies? In consultation with pertinent
film criticism, literary theory, and journalistic
inquiries, we will seek to come to an under
standing of the complex interrelations between
race, gender, visual representation, and twenti
eth-century European history.
1 credit.
and “post-boom” periods. Special attention
will be paid no t only to the formal aspects of
these novels but also to the sociopolitical con
texts in which they were written. Selected
authors: Maria Luisa Bombal (C hile); Juan
Rulfo (M exico ); Carlos Fuentes (M exico);
Gabriel G arcía Márquez (Colum bia); Mario
Vargas Llosa (Peru); Manuel Puig (Argentina);
Claribel Alegría (El Salvador); Isabel Allende
(C hile); Luisa Valenzuela (A rgentina); Rosario
Ferré (Puerto R ico).
N ot offered as prim ary distribution course. 1 credit.
F all 20 0 2 . Hassett.
LITR 054G. Post-War German Cinema
(Cross-listed as G ER M 054)
A study o f German Cinem a from the “rubble
films” of the immediate postwar period through
the advent of the New Germ an Cinem a in the
sixties to the present state o f Germ an film in
the “postwall” era.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
LITR 055CH. Contemporary Chinese Cinema
(Cross-listed as CH IN 055)
Cinem a has become a special form of cultural
mirror representing social dynamics and drastic
changes in contemporary China. T h e course
will develop a better understanding o f chang
ing Chinese culture through analyzing cine
matic texts.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Kong.
LITR 055G. Film and Literature in
Weimar Germany
(Cross-listed as G ER M 055)
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Faber.
LITR 055SA. The Fiction of Contemporary
Spanish-American Women Writers
N ot offered 2 001-2002. Sim on.
1 credit.
LITR 052SA. Contemporary SpanishAmericanLiterature
N ot offered 2001-2002.
T h e fiction of Spanish A merica has established
itself as one o f the most innovative and
provocative o f contemporary world literature.
T his course will begin by examining the roots
o f such innovation followed by a study o f rep
resentative texts o f the Latin American “boom”
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LITR 056CH. History of Chinese Cinema
(1905-1995)
(Cross-listed as CH IN 056)
This course investigates Chinese cinem a in its
90-year developm ent throughout different
political regimes and cultural milieus. Cine
matic texts, from silent film to the post-fifth-
generation filmmaker’s films, will focus on the
issues related to nationhood, gender, and
modernity, along with the development o f the
cinematic discourse in China.
1 credit.
Not offered 2 001-2002. Kong.
LITR 060SA. Spanish American Snciety
Through Its Novel
(See SO A N 037.)
This course will explore the relationship
between society and the novel in Spanish
America. Selected works by Carlos Fuentes,
Mario Vargas Llosa, Isabel Allende, Gabriel
García Márquez, Luisa Valenzuela, Elena
Poniatowska, and others will be discussed in
conjunction with sociological patterns in con
temporary Spanish America. This course is not
a primary distribution course.
1 credit.
Not offered 2 001-2002. Hassett and Muñoz.
LITR 061SA. Women’s Testimonial
Literature of Latin America
Marginal women— peasants, Indigenous lead
ers, urban squatters, guerrillas, mothers of the
disappeared, and victims o f brutal repression—
must “write” for all the world to listen. T h e fire
of their texts, often mediated by an educated
foreigner, subverts all power relations.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Cam acho de Schm idt.
LITR 063CH. Comparative Perspectives:
China in the Ancient World
(Cross-listed as CH IN 063)
Topics to be explored include obligation to self
and society; individualism and the role of with
drawal; the heroic ethos; the individual and
the cosmos; the individual and gender roles.
No prerequisites; no knowledge o f Chinese
required.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Berkowitz.
LITR 063SA. La frontera: The Many
Voices of the U.S.-Mexico Border
Sometimes defined as a wound, the U .S . south
ern border was created by war and is today the
porous gate to capital, commodities, immigrant
labor, refugees, drugs, and arms. A membrane
where cultural integration is negotiated, the
border is rich in tradition, resiliency, and ab
sorbing capacity. It is also the scenario of new
nationalistic forces that can erupt with vio
lence. O n both sides o f the border, a literature
o f uncommon vitality records the binational
experience.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Cam acho de Schmidt.
LITR 065SA. Indigenous Peoples in Latin
American Literature
This course looks critically at the representa
tion o f native peoples in Latin America, from
the definition o f “the Indian problem” to the
idealization o f ancient utopian kingdoms to
which we must return.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Cam acho de Schmidt.
LITR 066CH. Chinese Poetry
(Cross-listed as CH IN 066)
T h is course explores C hinese poetry and
Chinese poetic culture, from early times to the
present. W hile readings and discussion will be
in English, and no knowledge o f Chinese will
be expected, an integral component o f the
class will be learning how to read a Chinese
poem and learning a number of poems in the
original.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Berkowitz.
LITR 066SA. Latin American Literature
of Resistance
In this turbulent continent, poetry has been
the site o f truth telling, denunciation, con
demnation, and hope. W hat G arcía Márquez
called “the immeasurable violence and pain of
our history” is found in poems written on
kitchen tables, in trenches, in exile and in
prison, even in places of torture. Texts are the
works o f masters like Vallejo, Neruda, and
Cardenal but also of younger women poets who
have changed pain into song.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Cam acho de Schmidt.
LITR 067S. The Ttoentieth-century
Spanish Novel
T his course will examine in English major
works of Spanish writers who chose to remain
in Spain after the C ivil W ar o f 1936 to 1939,
even though they were opposed to the Franco
regime. W e will explore the variations o f the
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social novel and testimonial literature as well
as the ways in which authors sought to sup
plant the lack o f a free press without sacrificing
the aesthetic quality o f their works. Texts will
include works by Cam ilo José Cela, A na Maria
M atute, C arm en Laforet, Miguel Delibes,
Carmen M artin G aite, Luis M artin Santos, and
others.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
LITR 068G. History of Germao Film
(Cross-listed as G ER M 068)
T his course will be a thorough introduction to
Germ an film history from its inception in the
late 1890s until the present. It will include an
exam ination o f early, “primitive” Germ an cin
ema, expressionist film, the film of the avant
gardes in the ’20s and ’30s, fascist cinema, post
war “rubble” films, the “young Germ an film of
the ’60s” and its developments into the new
Germ an Cinem a o f the ’70s. A lso included will
be a section on East Germ an film, both before
and after the fall of the wall. Taught in English.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
LITR 070F. Caribbean and French
Civilizations and Cultures
(Cross-listed with Black Studies and as FREN
070F)
Study o f the history o f the French overseas
departments with collateral readings o f literary
texts.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 001-2002. Rice-M axim in.
LITR 070R. Translation Workshop
(Cross-listed as LIN G 0 7 0 and R U S S 070)
This workshop in literary translation will con
centrate on both translation theory and prac
tice, working in poetry, prose, and drama as
well as editing. Students will participate in an
associated series o f bilingual readings and will
produce a substantial portfolio o f work. There
are no prerequisites, but excellent knowledge
o f a language other than English (equivalent to
a 0 0 4 B course at Swarthmore or higher) is
highly recommended or, failing that, access to
at least one very patient speaker o f a foreign
language.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Forrester.
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LITR 071F. French Critical Discourse:
From Barthes to Baudrillard
(Cross-listed with Interpretation Theory and
as FREN 071)
A n introduction to the major thinkers o f postmodernity (Barthes, Lacan, Foucault, Derrida,
and Baudrillard). W e will read at the crossroads
o f literature, philosophy, history o f science, and
art to examine how the question o f visual per
ception and representation has informed the
critique o f traditional conceptions of the tex
tual sign. Taught in English.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Blanchard.
LITR 075F. Haiti, the French Antilles, and
Guyane in Translation
(Cross-listed with Black Studies and as FREN
075F)
Study o f literary texts and their rewri[gh]ting of
the local colonial history.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Rice-M axim in.
LITR 075F. French Language Attachment
to Haiti, the French Antilles, and Guyane
in Translation
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Rice-M axim in.
LITR 079F. Scandal in the Ink:
Queer Traditions in French Literature
(Cross-listed as FREN 079)
In this course, we will use contemporary lesbian/gay/queer theory to reconsider French lit
erary tradition(s). W riters will include Nicole
Brossard, C o lette, M ich el Foucault, Jean
G enet, André G ide, Hervé G uibert, Guy
Hocquenghem, V iolette Leduc, Marcel Proust,
Monique W ittig, Christiane Rochefort, Renée
Vivien, among others.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Moskos.
LITR 079R. Russian Women Writers
(Cross-listed as R U S S 079)
T his course balances the picture o f Russian lit
erature by concentrating on the female authors
whose activities and texts were for a long time
excluded from the canon. From the memoirs of
the first fem ale president o f the Russian
Academy of Sciences and a female cavalry offi
cer in the Napoleonic Wars, through the rise of
the great prose novel and Modernist poets such
as Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetaeva, to
the stunning frankness o f post-Soviet authors
and dramatists such as Arbatova, Petrushevskaia
and Vasilenko. Although the course is in trans
lation, students with good Russian skills may
do part or all o f the readings in the original.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Forrester.
UTR 080F. Social Issues in Caribbean Texts
The Caribbean region faces certain economic
and social problems such as family breakdown,
health, poverty, etc. Caribbean writers con
front these critical issues in various ways. In
this course we will study the contemporary
social situation of certain islands through the
writings o f M . Condé, G . Dambury, E.
Danticat, M . Hodge, D. Maximin, and E.
Ollivier, among others.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Dambury.
LITR 091 CH. Special Topics in Chinese
Literature and Culture in Translation
(Cross-listed as CH IN 091)
T h e topic for spring 2002 is “Exploring the
M odem Chinese Lyric.” In this course, we will
explore multiple forms o f lyrical expression in
modem China. T h e ideology of the expressive
lyric voice occupies a dominant place in the
mainstream o f premodem Chinese literary tra
dition, but what happens when this tradition
has to adapt to a modem era o f nationalism,
revolution, war, and new technology in the
twentieth century? Focusing on cultural activi
ties in mainland China, we will consider this
problem by examining lyrical links among the
genres o f poetry, prose, and music as well as
film and other visual arts. N o previous prepara
tion in Chinese is required. Open to the entire
tricollege student body and taught on the Bryn
Mawr campus.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Crespi.
LITR 080R. Literature of Dissent
(Cross-listed as R U S S 080)
This course will address the central place of
dissent in Russian literature, its flowering in
reaction to Tsarist and Soviet censorship. T h e
theme leads to some of the most important
works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century
Russian poetry and prose.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001 -2002. Forrester.
LITR 081CH. Transcending the Mundane:
Taoism in Chinese Literature and Culture
(Cross-listed as CH IN 081 and RELG 081)
Chinese civilization has been imbued with
Taoism and Taoist topoi for some two and onehalf millennia, from popular belief and custom
to intellectual and literary culture. In addition
to consideration o f the texts and contexts of
both philosophical and religious Taoism, the
class will examine the articulation and role of
Taoism in Chinese literature and culture and
the enduring implications o f the Taoist ethos.
All readings will be in English.
Prerequisite: O n e introductory course on
Chinese culture or religion or permission of the
instructor.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Berkowitz.
EXPLANATORY NOTE OF FIRST- AND
SECOND-YEAR LANGUAGE COURSES
Courses numbered 001B -002B , 003B , 004B
carry 1.5 credits per semester. Three semesters
in this sequence are equivalent to two years of
work at the college level. Designed to impart
an active command o f the language and com
bine the study or review of grammar essentials
and readings o f varied texts with intensive
practice to develop the ability to speak the lan
guage. Recommended for students with no pre
vious knowledge o f the language and those
who are interested in preparing for intermedi
ate or advanced courses in literature and cul
ture taught in the original language. These
courses (1) meet alternately as sections for
grammar presentation and small groups for oral
practice and (2) require work in the language
resource center.
Students who start in the 001B -002B sequence
must complete 0 0 2 B to receive credit for
0 0 1 B . However, students placing directly in
0 0 2 B can receive 1.5 semester credits for that
course. Courses numbered 0 0 3 B and 0 0 4 B
may be taken singly for 1.5 sem ester credits.
Students cannot take a first-year language
course for credit, after having taken the lan
guage in the second-year at Swarthmore.
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Chinese
Introductory and intermediate Chinese lan
guage courses are intensive and carry 1.5 cred
its per semester. Students should plan to take
these courses as early as possible so that study
ing in C hina can be incorporated into their
curriculum. Study abroad is particularly en
couraged for students o f Chinese; academic
credit (full or partial) is generally approved for
participation in the several programs of varying
duration in the People’s Republic of C hina and
in Taiwan, recommended by the Chinese sec
tion. In the People’s Republic, these include,
but are not limited to, the IU B Inter-University
Board Program at Tsing-hua University, the
A C C Associated Colleges in C hina Program,
and the CIEE program in Beijing, and the C E T
program in Harbin. In Taiwan, these include
the IC L P International Chinese Language
Program, and the Mandarin Training C enter in
Taipei; and the University o f Massachusetts
program in Tunghai. First through fourth-year
Chinese-language courses are offered each
year. A n introduction to Classical Chinese is
offered every year. Literature and culture cours
es in translation are offered regularly each year
and are open to the entire student community.
Students o f Chinese are particularly urged to
take these classes as a means o f gaining per
spective on Chinese literature and culture.
M ajoring and M inoring in C hinese
Qualified students may construct a special
major in Chinese, containing components of
language, literature, and culture. Study abroad
is strongly encouraged and supported and con
tributes directly to a m ajor or m inor in
C h inese. A ll C hinese m ajors (course or
Honors) normally must complete the following
courses: 02 0 , 021, 033, one course o n modem
literature or film, and one course on premodem
literature and culture.
Requirements for the new course m inor in
C hin ese are the following: (1) a minimum o f 5
credits o f work in courses numbered 004B and
above; (2 ) at least one course in literature, or
film, in translation; (3 ) at least three o f the
courses taken to complete the minor must have
been taken at Swarthmore; (4) study abroad in
a program approved by the section is strongly
recom mended; transferred credits may be
counted toward the minor.
Interested students should consult with the
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section head in Chinese. Students o f Chinese
also may major and minor in A sian Studies,
where Chinese language courses above the
first-year level as well as Chinese literature and
culture courses and credit for study abroad nor
mally may be counted toward the major and
minor (see under Asian Studies).
M ajoring and M inoring in C hinese in the Honors
Program
Students o f Chinese may major in the Honors
program through a special major in Chinese, or
through a m ajor in Asian Studies. A special
major in Chinese will consist o f exams in
C hinese language, literature, and culture.
Work done abroad may be incorporated where
appropriate. Interested students should consult
with the section head in Chinese. Senior
Honors Study is mandatory and is to be
arranged on an individual basis; candidates will
receive up to 1 credit for completion o f this
work. Honors exams normally will consist of a
3-hour written exam and a 30-m inute oral.
A sian Studies majors should refer to the entry
for Asian Studies for further information.
H onors M inor m C hin ese: It is possible to pre
pare for a minor in Chinese in the Honors pro
gram, in eith er C hinese language, or in
Chinese literature in translation; work done
abroad may be incorporated where appropriate.
Interested students should consult with the
section head in Chinese. Senior Honors Study
is mandatory for a minor in Chinese and is to
be arranged on an individual basis; candidates
will have the option of receiving 0.5 credit for
completion o f this work. T h e Honors exam for
a minor in Chinese will consist o f a 3-hour
written exam and a 30-m inute oral.
COURSES
CHIN 001B-002B. Introduction to
Mandarin Chinese
Students w ho start in th e 0 01B -002B
sequence must complete 0 0 2 B to receive
credit fo r 0 0 I B .
A n intensive introduction to spoken and writ
ten Mandarin Chinese, with emphasis on oral
practice. Designed to impart an active com
mand o f basic grammar. Introduces 3 5 0 to 400
characters and develops the ability to read and
write in simple modem Chinese.
1.5
credits.
CHIN 001B, fa ll 2001. Wu, Speidel.
CHIN 002B, spring 2002. Wu, Speidel.
CHIN 003B, 004B. Second-year Mandarin
Chinese
Designed for students who have mastered basic
grammar and 3 5 0 to 4 00 characters. Combines
intensive oral practice with writing and read
ing in the modem language. Emphasis is on
rapid expansion o f vocabulary, idiom atic
expressions, and thorough understanding of
grammatical patterns. Prepares students for
advanced study at the College and in China.
cluding selected movies/dips). Students are re
quired to read chosen texts (including Internet
materials and short stories) and prepare assign
ments all for the purpose o f generating discus
sion in class. Moreover, students have to write
out skits or reports for oral presentation in
Chinese before they present them in class. T h e
class is conducted entirely in Chinese.
Prerequisite: C H IN 004B or equivalent lan
guage skills.
0 .5 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Kang.
CHIN 004B is a primary distribution course.
CHIN 012. Advanced Chinese
1.5 credits.
A multimedia course concentrating on greatly
expanding skills in understanding and using
modem Chinese in a broad variety o f cultural
and literary contexts, through a diversity of
authentic materials in various media, including
the Internet.
CHIN 003B, fa ll 2001. Crespi, Kang.
CHIN 004B, spring 2002. Crespi, Kang.
CHIN 005. Chinese for Advanced
Beginners
Designed for heritage students who are able to
communicate in Chinese on simple daily life
topics and perhaps read Chinese with a limited
vocabulary (about 100 characters). A n inten
sive introduction to spoken and written M an
darin Chinese, with emphasis on the develop
ment of reading and writing ability. Prepares
students for advanced studies at the College
and in China.
Prerequisite: Permission o f the instructor.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Wu.
CHIN 011. Third-year Chinese
Concentrates on strengthening and further
developing skills in reading, speaking, and
writing modem Chinese, through a diversity of
materials and media. Classes conducted in
Chinese, with precise translation also a com
ponent. To be taken in conjunction with
CHIN O il A.
Prerequisite: CH IN 0 0 4 B or equivalent lan
guage skills.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Prerequisite: CH IN 011 or equivalent language
skills.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Berkowitz.
CHIN 012A. Advanced Chinese Conversation
A 0.5-credit course that meets once a week for
75 minutes. T h e course concentrates on the
further development o f skills in speaking and
listening through multimedia materials (in
cluding movies/clips). Students are required to
read chosen texts (including Internet materials
and short stories) and prepare assignments all
for the purpose o f generating discussion in
class. Moreover, students have to write out
skits or reports for oral presentation in Chinese
before they present them in class. T h e class is
conducted entirely in Chinese.
Prerequisite: C H IN 011 and/or 011 A , or
equivalent language skills.
0 .5 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Kang.
CHIN 016. Substance, Shadow, and Spirit
in Chinese Literature and Culture
Fall 2001. Berkowitz.
(Cross-listed as L IT R 016C H )
CHIN 011 A. Third-year Chinese
Conversation
T his course will explore the literary and intel
lectual world o f traditional Chinese culture,
through original writings in English translation,
including both poetry and prose. Topics to be
discussed include Taoism, Confucianism, and
the contouring of Chinese culture; immortality,
A 0.5-credit course that meets once a week for
75 minutes. T h e course concentrates on the
further development o f skills in speaking and
listening through multimedia materials (in
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wine, and allaying the mundane; the religious
dimension, disengagement, and the apprecia
tion o f the natural world. T h e course also will
address cultural and literary formulations of
conduct and persona, and the expression of
individualism in an authoritarian society.
N o prerequisites.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Berkowitz.
(Cross-listed as L IT R 023C H )
CHIN 017. The Legacy of Chinese Narrative
Literature: The Story in Dynastic China
(Cross-listed as L IT R 017C H )
T h is course explores the developm ent o f
diverse genres o f Chinese narrative literature
through readings o f original writings in transla
tion. Readings include tales o f the strange,
biographies and hagiographies, moral tales,
detective stories, literary jottings, drama,
novellas and novels, and masterworks o f the
Chinese literary tradition throughout the cen
turies o f imperial China.
1 credit.
CHIN 018. The Classical Tradition in
Chinese Literature
(Cross-listed as L IT R 018C H )
Exploration o f major themes, ideas, writings,
and literary forms that have contributed to the
development o f traditional Chinese civiliza
tion through directed readings and discussions
o f English translations o f original sources from
early through medieval times.
No prerequisites and no knowledge o f Chinese
or o f C hina required.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
CHIN 020. Readings in Modern Chinese
T his course aims to perfect the student’s M an
darin Chinese skills and at the same time to
introduce a few m ajor topics concerning
Chinese literature and other types o f writing
since the May Fourth Movement.
Prerequisite: Three years o f Chinese or its
equivalent.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Crespi.
CHIN 025. Contemporary Chinese Fiction:
Mirror of Social Change
Literary narratives o f p ost-M ao C hina in
translation. T h e selected stories and novellas
articulate the historical specificity o f ideologi
cal dilemmas and cultural dynamics, in the
imaginary process of dealing with love, politics,
sex, morality, economic reform, and feminist
issues. A ll the readings are in English transla
tion.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Kong.
CHIN 027. Women Writers in
IVrentieth-century China
T his course will be a close study o f the litera
ture written by Chinese women, particularly
focusing on social, moral, political, cultural,
psychological, and gender-related issues through
their texts as well as on their writing styles and
literary contributions to modem Chinese liter
ature. T h e chosen women writers will include
those from Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and
overseas expatriate Chinese writers as well as
from different social and political groups. All
the readings are in English translation.
I credit.
CHIN 021. Topics in Modern Chinese
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1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Kong.
(Cross-listed as L IT R 027C H )
N ot offered 2001-2002. Berkowitz.
exam ination
M odem Chinese literary texts created between
1918 and 1948, presenting a series o f political,
social, cultural, and ideological dilemmas un
derlying 20th-century Chinese history. The
class will discuss fundamental issues of moder
nity and new literary developments under the
impact o f the May Fourth Movement. No pre
vious preparation in Chinese is required.
(Cross-listed as L IT R 025C H )
N ot offered 2001-2002. Berkowitz.
and
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Crespi.
CHIN 023. Modern Chinese Literature:
A New Novelistic Discourse (1918-1948)
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Reading
authors, selected themes, genres, and periods,
for students with strong Chinese language pro
ficiency. A ll readings, writing, and discussion
in Chinese.
of
individual
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2 0 0 2 . Kong.
CHIN 033. Introduction to Classical Chinese
CHIN 066. Chinese Poetry
(Cross-listed as LIN G 033)
(Cross-listed as L IT R 066C H )
Classical Chinese includes both the language
of C hina’s classical literature as well as the lit
erary language used for writing in China for
well over two millennia until earlier this cen
tury. This course imparts the principal structures
of the classical language through an analytical
presentation o f the rudiments of the language
and close reading o f original texts. T h e course
is conducted in English; it is not a lecture course
and requires active, regular participation on
the part of the student, with precise translation
into English an integral component.
T h is course explores C hinese poetry and
Chinese poetic culture, from early times to the
present. Although readings and discussion will
be in English, and no knowledge o f Chinese
will be expected, an integral component of the
class will be learning how to read a Chinese
poem and learning a number of poems in the
original.
I credit.
Spring 2002. Berkowitz.
CHIN 055. Contemporary Chinese Cinema
(Cross-listed as L IT R 055C H )
Cinema has become a special form o f cultural
mirror representing social dynamics and drastic
changes in contemporary China. T h e course
will develop a better understanding o f chang
ing Chinese culture through analyzing cine
matic texts.
1 credit.
Not offered 2 001-2002. Kong.
CHIN 056. History of Chinese Cinema
(1905-1995)
(Cross-listed as L IT R 056C H )
This course investigates Chinese cinem a in its
90-year developm ent throughout different
political regimes and cultural milieus. Cinema
in China, as a tw entieth-century cultural
hybrid of W est and East, reflects social change
and intellectual reaction, both collectively and
individually, in a changing era.
1 credit.
Not offered 2 0 01-2002. Kong.
CHIN 063. Comparative Perspectives:
China in the Ancient World
(Cross-listed as L IT R 063C H )
Topics to be explored include obligation to self
and society, individualism and the role o f with
drawal, the heroic ethos; the individual and the
cosmos, and the individual and gender roles.
No prerequisites; no knowledge o f Chinese
required.
I credit.
1 credit.
S prin g2002. Berkowitz.
CHIN 081. Transcending the Mundane:
Taoism in Chinese Literature and Culture
(Cross-listed as L IT R 081C H )
Chinese civilization has been imbued with
Taoism and Taoist topoi for some two-and-onehalf millennia, from popular belief and custom
to intellectual and literary culture. In addition
to consideration of the texts and contexts of
both philosophical and religious Taoism, the
class will examine the articulation and role of
Taoism in Chinese literature and culture, and
the enduring implications of the Taoist ethos.
A ll readings will be in English.
Prerequisite: O n e introductory course on
Chinese culture or religion or permission o f the
instructor.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Berkowitz.
CHIN 091. Special Topics in Chinese
Literature and Culture in Itanslation
(Cross-listed as L IT R 091C H )
T h e topic for spring 2002 is “Exploring the
M odem Chinese Lyric.” In this course, we will
explore multiple forms o f lyrical expression in
modem China. T h e ideology of the expressive
lyric voice occupies a dominant place in the
mainstream o f premodem Chinese literary tra
dition. But what happens when this tradition
has to adapt to a moderen era o f nationalism,
revolution, war, and new technology in the
twentieth century? Focusing on cultural activi
ties in mainland China, we will consider this
problem by examining lyrical links among the
genres of poetry, prose, and music as well as
film and other visual arts. No previous prepara
tion in Chinese is required. O pen to the entire
tricollege student body and taught on the Bryn
Mawr campus.
Not offered 2001-2002. Berkowitz.
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1 credit.
Spring 2002. Crespi.
CHIN 092. Special Topics in Chinese
Literature and Culture in Chinese
T h e topic for fall 2001 is “Literary Writings of
Post-Mao China.” This course will concentrate
on selected themes, genres, or critical problems
in Chinese literature; all readings in Chinese.
Prerequisite: Four years o f Chinese or its equiv
alent.
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Staff.
CHIN 093. Directed Reading
SEMINARS
CHIN 104. Lu Xun and Modern Chinese
Literature
CHIN 105. Topics in flraditional Chinese
Literature
French
T h e purpose of the major is to acquaint stu
dents (1 ) with important periods and principal
figures o f literatures written in French and (2)
with the diversity of French-speaking cultures.
It is intended to develop an appreciation of lit
erary and cultural values, to provide training in
critical analysis, and to foster an understanding
o f the sociohistorical forces underlying these
various literatures and cultures.
C urrent C ourse and H onors Program
French may be offered as a major or minor in
the course program or as a major or minor in the
Honors program: a minor in French consists of
two external examinations. (See later for Honors
program.) Prerequisites for both course and
Honors students are as follows: 004, any course
in the 0 12 sequence, the equivalent, or evi
dence o f special competence.
Recommended supporting subjects: See the
introductory departmental statement.
A ll majors including students preparing a sec
ondary school certificate are expected to spend
at least one semester abroad in the Grenoble
program. Programs o f study in other Frenchspeaking countries may be substituted upon
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request and with the approval of the French
section.
Majors in the course and Honors programs, as
well as minors in the Honors program, are
expected to be sufficiently proficient in spoken
and written French to do all o f their work in
French (i.e., discussions and papers in courses
and seminars, and all oral and written exami
nations, including comprehensive and Honors
examinations).
Course majors are required to (1) take eight
advanced courses numbered 003B or above; (2)
study abroad; (3 ) take at least one advanced
course in literature before 1800; (4) take one
advanced Francophone course with a Franco
phone component; (5 ) take one advanced
course in civilization or culture; (6 ) take
Special Topics in the fall of senior year; (7)
write a senior research paper, at least 20 pages
long, on an area o f concentration chosen in
conjunction with the section (this area can be
defined broadly in terms o f a genre or theme as
well as narrowly in terms of one author or
text). T his paper will form the basis o f an oral
exam ination given in the spring. T h e senior
paper deadlines are as follows: Initial proposal
and bibliography are due immediately after the
fall break. T h e first draft is due to the director
immediately after Thanksgiving break. The
last draft is due to all French faculty by the end
o f spring break. T h e completed paper is due
mid-April. T h e defense will take place in May.
Courses and seminars in literature before 1800
are marked w ith a * , those with a Francophone
component are marked with a #, and those in
culture/civilization are marked with a +.
T h e department also offers courses in French
literature in translation, but no more than one
such course may count to satisfy the require
ments in the major. T h e French section is also
offering a new concentration in Francophone
Studies in cooperation with other departments
and programs abroad. See “Francophone Stud
ies” for description of program and requirements.
NEW MINOR IN COURSE
Requirem ents for a M inor in Course
1. Complete 5 credits in courses or seminars
numbered 004 or above. Four o f these cred
its must be completed on the Swarthmore
campus. N ote that A P credits won’t count
toward the minor.
2. Complete at least a six-week program of
study in a French-speaking country. It is
strongly recommended that minors spend at
least one semester abroad in the Grenoble
program. In any case, only 1 credit from this
study abroad may count toward the minor.
3. Complete “Special Topics” (FREN 091) in
the fall semester of the senior year.
Honors Program in French
R eq u irem en ts: M ajors and minors in the
Honors program are expected to be sufficiently
proficient in spoken and written French to
complete all their work in French (i.e., discus
sions and papers, and all oral and written
assignments). A ll majors in Honors must com
plete at least one semester of study abroad in a
French-speaking country. Minors must com
plete at least a six-week program o f study in a
French-speaking country. It is strongly recom
mended that they spend at least one semester
abroad in Grenoble
Candidates are expected to have a B average in
course work both in the department and at the
College and to have demonstrated interest in
and aptitude for the study of literature or cul
ture in the original language.
P rereq u isites: To demonstrate the linguistic
and analytical abilities necessary for seminar
work, students must take the following before
taking a seminar:
1. Major: A t least one advanced course in lit
erature or culture (above FREN 0 1 2C or
FREN 012L ).
2. Minor: A t least two advanced courses in lit
erature or culture (above FREN 0 1 2C or
FREN 012L ).
one question for each seminar and prepare a
2,500- to 4,000-word paper in French in
response to that question. T h e preparation
of this essay will not be supervised by mem
bers o f the faculty. Conversation among stu
dents preparing these essays is encouraged,
but each student must produce an indepen
dent, original essay o f his or her own. T he
essays must be submitted to the department
the first day o f the written exam period, to
be forwarded to the examiner.
T h e paper will form part o f the student’s
portfolio.
2. Paired course preparation: A one-page pros
pectus on a topic that addresses and inte
grates the two courses in a meaningful way
must be approved by the instructor of each
o f the courses by the end o f the fall semes
ter. O nce the prospectus has been approved,
the essay will not be supervised by members
o f the faculty. Conversation among students
preparing these essays is encouraged, but
each student must produce an independent,
original essay o f his or her own. T h e essays
must be submitted to the department the
first day o f the written exam period, to be
forwarded to the examiner. T h e paper will
form part of the student’s portfolio.
Mode o f Exam ination
A three-hour written exam ination and a onehalf-hour oral examination, both in French,
will be required for each preparation.
Portfolio
1. T he syllabus o f the seminar or paired courses
2. T h e SH S paper if student chooses to com
plete SH S
COURSES
P rep a ration s: M ajors in the Honors program
must do three preparations (consisting o f 6 units
of credit). Two o f the preparations must be
done through seminars. T h e third preparation
may be a seminar, a 2-credit thesis, or two
paired courses chosen from a list available from
the department. Minors must do a single, 2credit seminar.
N o t all advanced courses are offered every
year. Students wishing to m ajor or m inor in
French should plan their program in consul
tation with the department.
Senior Honors Study (SH S) (FR E N 199)
(SHS is option al.)
+ = Culture/civilization
1. Sem inar preparation: A t the end o f the fall
term, students will be given a list o f ques
tions related to the seminar. They will chose
Students who start in the 001B -002B sequence
must complete 0 0 2 B to receive credit for 0 0 1 B .
* = Pre-1800
# = Francophone
FREN 001R-002R, 003B Intensive French
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For students who begin French in college.
Designed to impart an active command o f the
language. Combines the study o f grammar with
intensive oral practice, writing, and readings in
literary and expository prose.
1.5
credits.
FREN 001B,/aü 20 0 1 . Moskos, Rice-M axim in,
Leturcq.
FREN 002B, spring 2002 . Rice-Maximin,
Yervasi, Leturcq.
FREN 003B , fa ll 2001. Saltani, Yervasi, Leturcq.
FREN 004. Advanced French: La France:
société en voie de transformation
How does one document a society undergoing
transformation? W h at are the literary and
film ic representations o f a changing postwar
society? T h e study o f literary texts will identify
the important themes of France’s sociocultural
changes from the Liberation to today. T h e
course offers an introduction to strategies of
reading and textual analysis with an emphasis
on developing written and spoken French.
1 credit.
F all 2001. Yervasi.
Spring 20 0 2 . Saltani.
FREN 004A. French Conversation
A 0.5-credit conversation course concentrat
ing on the development of the students’ ability
to speak French. May be repeated once for
credit.
Prerequisite: For students presently or previ
ously in FREN 0 04 or the equivalent Placement
Test score.
0 .5 credit.
F all 2001 and spring 2 0 0 2 . Leturcq.
FREN 012C. Cultures française et
maghrébine+
Even 50 years after independence, stormy debates
mark Franco-North Africa relations over such
questions as language, identity, lifestyles, world
vision, and the dichotomy between the self and
the other as well as historical problems associ
ated with colonialism, neo-colonialism, emi
gration and immigration. Only in the arts (from
culinary to literary ones) has the dialogue been
really fruitful.
Prerequisite: FREN 004, a score o f 675 on the
College Entrance Examination or 5 on the AP
Exam, or the equivalent with special permis
sion.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 2001. Saltani.
FREN 012C. Literature and Culture of
Québec#,'1'
T h e topics discussed (the 1960s revolution in
Montréal; nationalism, language laws, and eth
n ic minorities; the queer writings o f Michel
Tremblay and N icole Brassard) will also allow
us to define key concepts for the study o f liter
ary texts within a cultural context.
Prerequisite: FREN 004, a score of 675 on the
College Entrance Examination or 5 on the AP
Exam, or the equivalent with special permis
sion.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Blanchard.
FREN 012L. Introduction à l’analyse
littéraire
Close reading o f various texts (poetry, theater,
and prose) from and beyond the Hexagon as an
introduction to the central concepts and
modes o f literature and literary analysis in
French.
Prerequisite: FREN 004, a score o f 675 on the
College Entrance Examination or 5 on the AP
Exam, or the equivalent with permission.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 2001 and spring 2 0 0 2 . Rice-M axim in.
N ote: 012L or 01 2 C is required to take any
other French literature or culture courses.
FREN 022. Le Cinéma français: Le Cinéma
de la ville
T h e history o f French cinem a is closely
enmeshed with the development o f the city.
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Films use the city to create setting, mood, tone
and style but also to represent and re-imagine
the changing urban spaces in which actions
take place. W e will examine a history o f the
French cinem atic representations o f the city in
the culture of the modem urban. T his course
will focus on film aesthetics and close analysis
of film texts.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002.
FREN 023. Topics in French Civilization #,+
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002.
FREN 024. Mysticisme et littérature
maghrébine
Not offered 2001-2002. Saltani.
FREN 025. Introduction to the
Francophone World #,+
and challenging the classical ideal o f literature.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Blanchard.
FREN 033. Le Monde francophone:
fictions d’enfance #,+
(Cross-listed with Black Studies)
Study of the experiences of French-speaking
peoples as reflected in various coming-of-age
literary texts by Zobel, C ondé, Ferraoun,
Lefèvre, Carrier, Oyono, etc.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Rice-M axim in.
FREN 036. Poésies d’écritures
françaises #,*
A them atic study o f poetry with an emphasis
on both pre-18th-century hexagonal and con
temporary A frican and Caribbean authors.
1 credit.
Introduction to the French-speaking world and
the historical relations between the countries
that form it. Introductory course for the
Francophone Studies.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Rice-M axim in.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
Spring 20 0 2 . Saltani.
FREN 040. French Theatre and Cultural
Studies
FREN 028. Francophone Cinema:
Configurations of Space in
Postcolonial Cinema
(Cross-listed as L IT R 028F)
We will examine historical and social displace
ment and mobility through narrative tech
nique and themes in W est A frican cinema.
Films engage contemporary issues o f diasporic
cultures, immigration, and politics as they
allow us to question the representations of
space and mapping; sex and mobility; class and
geography; violence, national identity and
desire. Discussions will cen ter on both
metaphorical and physical displacement.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Yervasi.
FREN 030. Topics in 17th- and 18thCentury Literature: L’ invention de la
modernité féminine en France (16e-18e)*
Works by authors such as Molière and Diderot
will help us in locating changes in the cultural
history of women. W e will also examine how
women writers (Seudéry, La Fayette, and
Sévigné), notably in novels, conversations, let
ters, and memoirs, had a key role in defining
FREN 037. Culture et civilisation #,+
1 credit.
(Cross-listed with Interpretation Theory)
T h e course will explore the works o f Corneille,
Racine, M olière, and others as well as the ide
ologies o f a spectacle society in the light of
postmodern theory.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Blanchard.
FREN 060. Le Roman du 19e Siècle
A study of the main themes and technical
innovations in narrative fiction as it reflects an
age o f great sociopolitical change. Based pri
marily on novels o f Stendhal, Balzac, Flaubert,
and Zola.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Moskos.
FREN 061. Odd Couplings: Writing and
Reading Across Gender Lines
A comparative study o f texts by men and
women interrogates the role played by genderidentity construction in writing and reading.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Moskos.
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FREN 062. Le Romantisme
T h e trauma o f the Revolution o f 1789 gave
birth to the individual even as it put the very
concept o f individual agency into question. W e
will interrogate the theater, poetry, and prose
o f this period as imaginary, sometimes almost
magical, solutions to cultural, political, and
personal dislocations.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Moskos.
FREN 065. Poésie de la modernité de
Baudelaire aux Surréalistes
Poetic texts o f the nineteenth/twentieth cen
turies will be our guide to analyses o f the phe
nom enon o f urban modernity and o f poetic
vision at key historical moments. T h e study of
poems, historical documents, photography, and
film will help establish connections between
poetic writing and other arts. Students will
improve their written and oral expression in
French as they develop a writing practice.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Yervasi.
FREN 067. IWentieth-Century French
Theater: Reading and Performance
T his course focuses on the study o f French the
atre and performance. Topics include re-writings o f classical models; allegories o f war;
explorations o f sexual, racial, ethnic identities
and o f such leading philosophies as existential
ism and surrealism; and new forms o f dramatic
expressions and theatrical experience. Read
ings will include plays and essays by Anouilh,
Artaud, B eckett, Cixous, C octeau, G enet,
Ionesco, and Sartre.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Yervasi.
FREN 070. Théâtre Moderne
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Yervasi.
FREN 070F. Caribbean and French
Civilizations and Cultures # ,*
(Cross-listed with Black Studies and as L IT R
070F)
Study o f the history o f the French overseas
departments with collateral readings o f literary
texts.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Rice-M axim in.
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FREN 071F. French Critical Discourse:
From Rarthes to Raudrillard
(Cross-listed as L IT R
Interpretation Theory)
07 IF
and
with
A n introduction to the major thinkers o f postmodernity (Barthes, Lacan, Foucault, Derrida,
and Baudrillard). W e will read at the crossroads
o f literature, philosophy, history o f science and
art to examine how the question o f visual per
ception and representation has informed the
critique o f traditional conceptions o f the tex
tual sign. Taught in English.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Blanchard.
FREN 072. Le Roman du 20e Siècle:
Women in the Literary Field
In this in-depth study o f the novel in France,
we look at how women’s writing in the literary
field participates in and reflects the changing
cultural and sociopolitical movements
throughout the century. Topics will include
gender representation, social constructions of
fem ininity, and theories o f feminisms.
Readings will be drawn from the works of
Colette, Sim one de Beauvoir, Charlotte Delbo,
Assia Djebar, Marguerite Duras, Christiane
Rochefort, Françoise Sagan, Nathalie Sarraute,
Leila Sebbar, and Monique Wittig.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Yervasi.
FREN 073. Roman et cinéma:
Revolutionizing Everyday Life
In this course, we will focus on French novels
and films as they reflect, reinforce, and critique
French society from the early 1950s through
the end o f the 1960s. W e will study fiction and
film in relation to modernization, decoloniza
tion, and the growing discontent o f youth cul
ture in 1960s with theoretical guidance from
Henri Lefebvre and the Situationnistes. Close
readings o f fiction and films will allow us to
draw conclusions about the relationship of new
cultural movements— consumer culture, radi
cal political movements, youth culture, and
the women’s m ovem ent— to France and
French society.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Yervasi.
FREN 075F. Haiti, the French Antilles,
and Guyane in Translation
and Renée Vivien, among others.
(Cross-listed as L IT R 075F and with Black
Studies)
N ot offered 2001-2002. Moskos.
Study o f literary texts and their rewri[gh]ting of
the local colonial history.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Rice-M axim in.
FREN 075F. French Language Attachment
to Haiti, the French Antilles, and Guyane
in Translation
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Rice-M axim in.
1 credit.
FREN 080. Social Issues in Caribbean Texts
(Cross-listed as L IT R 080F)
T h e Caribbean region faces certain economic
and social problems such as family breakdown,
health, poverty, etc. Caribbean writers con
front these critical issues in various ways. In
this course, we will study the contemporary
social situation o f certain islands through the
writings o f M . Condé, G . Dambury, E.
Danticat, M . Hodge, D. Maximin, and E.
Ollivier, among others.
FREN 076. Ecritures au féminin#
1 credit.
(Cross-listed with Black Studies)
S[mng 20 0 2 . Dambury.
A study o f the work o f women from Africa, the
Caribbean, France, and Québec. Material will
be drawn from diverse historical periods and
genres.
FREN 091. Special Topics: Villes de la
littérature maghrébine francophone#
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Rice-M axim in.
FREN 0 77. Prose Francophone: littérature
et société#
(Cross-listed with Black Studies)
Close readings and discussions o f works from
the first and the new generations o f writers
from the Francophone world. Topics will
include the impact of the oral tradition, aes
thetics, politics, and the role o f the writer.
N orth A frican cities, surrounded by the sea
and the desert, are places where one’s identity
is threatened and where the voices, of women,
children, and marginal people have been
silent. W e will study the ambiguities o f these
cities through the works of M . Dib, K. Yacine,
M . Khair-Eddine, Tahar B en Jelloun , M.
Bolurboune, A . Meddeb, and many others.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Saltani.
FREN 093. Directed Reading
1 credit.
Not offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Rice-M axim in.
FREN 078. Théâtre et scciété*
(Cross-listed with Black Studies)
Close exam ination o f plays and their staging
from and beyond the Hexagon.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Rice-M axim in.
FREN 079. Scandal in the Ink:
Queer Traditions in French Literature
(Cross-listed as L IT R 079F)
In this course, we will use contemporary lesbian/gay/queer theory to reconsider French
literary tradition (s). W riters will include
Nicole Brassard, C olette, M ichel Foucault,
Jean G enet, André Gide, Hervé Guibert, Guy
Hocquenghem, Violette Leduc, Marcel Proust,
and Monique W ittig. Christiane Rochefort
SEMINARS
FREN 102. Baroque Culture and
Literature: The Comic World of Molière*
(Cross-listed with Interpretation Theory)
T h e seminar is designed to acquaint students
with the major works o f Molière and 17th-cen
tury French culture. W e will investigate his
political relationship with Louis X IV at Ver
sailles, the discourse on early modem feminism
o f the précieuses and femmes savantes; the cri
tique o f religious hypocrisy, and the influence
o f early modem notions o f anthropology (most
notably medicine) on Molière’s representation
o f identity. These aspects will be brought for
ward through close attention to the poetics of
comedy and court spectacles.
2 credits.
Spring 20 0 2 . Blanchard.
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F R E N 104. Stendhal et Flaubert
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . M oshos.
FREN 105. Proust
FREN 1 1 1 . Espaces Francophones # ,*
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Saltani.
N ot offered 2001 -2002.
FREN 112 . Ecritures francophones:
Fiction and History in the Frenchspeaking World#/
FREN 106. Poésie symboliste:
Autour de Mallarme
Historical and literary exam ination o f texts
from Africa, the Caribbean, and Vietnam.
2 credits.
Centering on Mallarmé’s poetry, critical essays
and society, we will examine the Parisian liter
ary avant-garde in late nineteenth century.
Readings will include the work o f other poets
within the Parnassian, Symbolist, and Decadent
movements.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Rice-M axim in.
FREN 113 . Le Roman poème maghrébin
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Saltani.
2 credits.
FREN 114 . Théâtre d’écritures françaises*
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Yervasi.
A close examination o f plays in French, from
and beyond the Hexagon. Topics discussed will
include representation o f collective conscious
ness, myths and politics in post/neocolonial sit
uations, theater and therapy, rituals and sub
version, the different theatrical texts, and stag
ing.
FREN 108. Le Roman du 20e siècle:
Modern and Contemporary Novels
From realism to the nouveau roman to experi
mental writing, from Proust to Pennac, this
course looks at the interconnections between
novels and history, visual culture, and theoret
ical questions o f representation. Discussion
will center on them atic developments o f these
intersections, and readings will be taken from a
wide selection o f writers from throughout the
twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Yervasi.
FREN 109. Le Romantisme
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Rice-M axim in.
FREN 115 . Paroles de Femmes#
Close reading o f texts o f women writers from
A frica, France, th e French A n tilles, and
Vietnam. Love relationships being one com
mon theme, we will particularly focus on their
cultural, feminist, aesthetical, and literary dif
ferences, among others.
T h e trauma o f the Revolution o f 1789 gave
birth to the individual even as it put the very
concept o f individual agency into question. We
will interrogate the theater, poetry, and prose
o f this period as imaginary, sometimes almost
magical, solutions to cultural, political, and
personal dislocations. Particular attention will
be paid to questions o f gender and power.
# = Francophone
2 credits.
+ = Culture/civilization
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Rice-M axim in.
FREN 180. Thesis
FREN 199. Senior Honors Study
* = Pre-1800
F all 2 0 0 1 . Moskos.
FREN 110 . Ecritures françaises hors de
France: Fiction et réel'*'
German
W e will explore the relationships between fic
tion, history, and the real in a selection of texts
from the French overseas departments.
Germ an may be offered as a major or minor in
course or as a m ajor or minor in the Honors
program.
2 credits.
See the introductory departmental statement
for recommended supporting subjects, and see
also Germ an Studies program description.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Rice-M axim in.
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Courses and seminars in literature are conduct
ed in German. Students are expected to be suf
ficiently proficient in Germ an to do written
and oral work in German. To this end, we
strongly advise students to spend an academic
semester in a German-speaking country before
their senior year.
Minors: G ER M 013 and one course numbered
05 0 or above.
Requirements for the M ajor in Course
P rep a ra tio n s: Majors will prepare for exams by
taking three seminars. W ith the approval of
the department, it is possible to combine
advanced 1-credit courses or attachm ents,
taken either at Swarthmore or elsewhere, to
form a preparation.
1. Completion o f a minimum of 8 credits in
courses numbered 0 0 3 B and above.
Minors will prepare for exams by taking one
seminar.
2. O ne o f the 8 credits may be taken in
English from among the courses on German
literature listed in the catalog under Liter
ature in Translation (e.g., L IT R 037G ).
Senior H onors Study and M ode o f Exam ination
3. Seniors in course are required to (a) take
G ER M 091: Special Topics; (b) submit an
extended, integrative paper (approximately
15 double-spaced pages in length) on a gen
eral literary topic agreed to by the section.
This paper, due before the date for the com
prehensive examination, is complemented
by a discussion o f the paper with members
of the section, in German.
4. Majors in course are encouraged to enroll
for at least one seminar in the junior or
senior year. (See the note on enrolling in
seminars.)
5. After studying abroad, majors must take two
additional German classes.
For SH S, students are required to present an
annotated bibliography of criticism— articles
or books— concerning at least 5 o f the texts in
each sem inar offered for external exam.
Students are required to meet with the respec
tive instructor(s) o f the sem inar(s) being
examined by February 15 to discuss their
planned bibliography, and to meet with the
instructor(s) for a second tim e when the
approved bibliography is handed in by May 1.
T h e annotated bibliography, which carries no
credit, will be added to course syllabi in the
Honors portfolio. T h e Honors examination
will take the form of a three-hour written exam
based on each seminar and its SH S preparation
as well as a one-hour oral panel exam based on
the three written exams for majors or a 30- to
45-m inute oral exam for minors.
Requirements for the M inor in Course
Students must complete 5 credits in courses
and seminars numbered 0 04 or above. O f these
courses, G ER M 0 9 1 : Sp ecial Topics, is
required.
Students are strongly encouraged to spend a
semester in Germany or at least participate in
a summer program in a German-speaking
country. O f the classes taken abroad, a max
imum o f 2 credits will count toward the minor.
H onors P rog ram in Q erm an
R eq u irem en ts: M ajors and minors in the
Honors program are expected to be sufficiently
proficient in spoken and written German to
complete all their work in German. A ll majors
and minors in Honors are strongly advised to
spend at least one semester o f study in a
German-speaking country. Candidates are
expected to have a B average in course work
both in the department and at the College.
P rereq u isites
Majors: G ERM 013.
COURSES
N ot all advanced courses or seminars are
offered every year. Students wishing to major
or minor in German should plan their program
in consultation with the section. A ll courses
numbered 050 and above are open to students
after G ER M 013. (See note on enrolling in
seminars.)
GERM 001R-002B, 003B. Intensive German
Stu den ts w ho start in the 0 0 1 B - 0 0 2 B
sequence must complete 0 0 2 B to receive
credit for 0 0 1 B .
For students who begin German in college.
Designed to impart an active command o f the
language. Combines the study of grammar with
intensive oral practice, writing, and readings in
expository and literary prose. See the explana
tory note on language courses above. Normally
followed by 004, 013, or 014.
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1.5
credits.
G ER M 0 0 IB , fa ll 2001. Sim on, Plaxton.
G ER M 002B , spring 20 0 2 . Faber, Plaxton.
G ER M 003B , fa d 20 0 1 . Faber, Plaxton.
GERM 004. Advanced Conversation and
Cnmpositinn
Emphasis is on the development o f communi
cative skills in speaking and writing. Selected
readings of general interest, newspaper and
magazine articles, radio and T V programs,
films as well as some literary texts. Recom
mended for students who plan to study in a
German-speaking country.
May be counted toward the m ajor and minor
in Germ an and the concentration in German
Studies.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Simon.
GERM 005A. German Conversation
A 0.5-credit conversation course, concentrat
ing on the development o f the students’ speak
ing skills.
Prerequisite: Germ an 0 0 4 in current or a previ
ous semester or the equivalent Placement Test
score.
0 .5 credit.
F ad 2 0 0 1 . Plaxton.
Spring 20 0 2 . Plaxton.
GERM 013. Introduction to German Literature
A survey o f Germ an literature through close
readings o f canonical texts (prose, drama, and
poetry) from the late eighteenth century to the
present. T h e selections will be read in the con
text o f the artistic and sociopolitical develop
ments o f the era and include authors like
G oethe, Tieck, Buchner, Keller, T. Mann,
Kafka, Brecht, and Bachmann. W hile the main
goal o f the course is the development o f skills
in literary analysis, considerable attention will
be given to w riting skills and speaking
German.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F ad 2 0 0 1 . W erlen.
GERM 014. Introduction to German
Studies: The Places of “ Culture” in
IWentieth-century Germany
A n introduction to the interdisciplinary field
o f Germ an Studies, this course incorporates
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historical, political, and philosophical texts as
well as music, art, film, and personal memoirs.
T h e course will have a dual focus: after study
ing cultural constructions of ethnicity, class,
and gender in works of the Weimar and Nazi
periods, we will then explore the impact of
those years, and o f World W ar II in particular,
on a reunited Germany and its youth.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Spring 2002. Faber.
GERM 054. Post-War German Cinema
(Cross-listed as L IT R 054G )
A study o f Germ an Cinem a from the “rubble
film s” o f th e immediate post-war period,
through the advent o f the New German
Cinema in the ’60s to the present state of
Germ an film in the “postwall” era.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
GERM 055. Film and Literature in Weimar
Germany
(Cross-listed as L IT R 0 55G )
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Faber.
GERM 066. Gegenwartsliteratur
(Cross-listed as G ER M 091)
In this course, we will read a wide variety of
texts representing the literary production of
Germ an speaking countries from the mid
nineties until the present. T h e selected texts
are meant as buoys in the vast sea o f recent lit
erature, marking them atic and stylistic preoc
cupations o f contemporary authors. W e will
analyze and discuss texts from various literary
genres.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Werlen.
GERM 068. History of German Film
(Cross-listed as L IT R 0 68G )
This course will be a thorough introduction to
German film history from its inception in the
late 1890s until the present. It will include an
exam ination o f early, “primitive” German cin
ema, expressionist film, the film o f the avantgardes in the twenties and thirties, fascist cine
ma, postwar “rubble” films, the “young German
film o f the sixties and its developments into
the New Germ an Cinema o f the seventies.
A lso included will be a section on East
German film, both before and after the fall of
the wall. Taught in English.
poetics, including the influence o f German
Idealism.
1 credit.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
GERM 091. Special Topics
GERM 108. Wien und Derlin
(German Studies Seminar)
Advanced literature and culture course in
German required for all German majors and
minors. For Honors students, this class togeth
er with an attachment counts as an Honors
preparation.
Topics change each year and include (partial
list):
• Frauen und Film
• Populärliteratur
• Nietzsche and/in Literature
• T he Rom antic Tradition
• Die deutsche Postmodeme
• Hören, Lesen, Sehen: die deutsche
Medienlandschaft
• Literatur und Kultur der DDR
Topic for spring 2002: Gegenwartsliteratur (see
description under G ER M 066).
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . W erlen.
GERM 093. Directed Reading
SEMINARS
Five Germ an seminars are normally scheduled
on a rotating basis. Preparation o f topics for
Honors may be done by particular courses plus
attachments only when seminars are not avail
able.
N ote: Students enrolling in a seminar are
expected to have done the equivalent of at
least one course beyond the G ER M 013 level.
Between 1871 and 1933, Vienna and Berlin
were two cultural magnets drawing such diverse
figures as Sigmund Freud, Ludwig W ittgen
stein, Gustav Klimt, Gustav Mahler, Leon
Trotsky, Gerhard Hauptman, Käthe Kollwitz,
R ainer M aria R ilke, B ertolt B rech t, Kurt
Tucholsky, Else Lasker-Schiiler, Richard Strauss,
Arnold Schönberg, and A dolf Hitler. This
course will examine the multiple tensions that
characterized “fin-de-siecle” Vienna and Ber
lin, such as the connection between gender
and the urban landscape, the pursuit o f plea
sure and the attempt to scientifically explore
human sexuality, and the conflict between
avant-garde experimentation and the disinte
gration of political liberalism.
2 credits.
F all 20 0 1 . Simon.
GERM 110 . German Literature After
World War II
T h e aim of the seminar is to acquaint students
with literary developments in the Germanspeaking countries after the end of World War
II. T h e survey o f texts will address questions of
“Vergangenheitsbewältigung” and social cri
tique in the 1950s, the politicization o f litera
ture in the 1960s, the “Neue Innerlichkeit” of
the 1970s, and literary postmodemity o f the
1980s. W e will also study the literature of the
Germ an Democratic Republic and texts deal
ing with post-wall, unified Germany. Authors
included are Böll, Eich, Grass, Frisch, Bachmann, Handke, Bernhard, Jelinek, Strauss,
W olf, Delius, Plenzdorf, Siiskind and Menasse.
GERM 104. Goethe und seine Zeit
2 credits.
A study o f G oethe’s m ajor works in the context
of his life and times.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Werlen.
2 credits.
GERM 1 1 1 . Genres
Not offered 2001-2002. W erlen.
This seminar will explore in depth a particular
genre o f literary and media production.
GERM 105. Die deutsche Romantik
Scheduled topics include the following:
Romanticism as the dominant movement in
German literature, thought, and the arts from
the 1790s through the first third of the 19th
century. Focus on Rom antic aesthetics and
• Deutsche Lyrik
• Populärliteratur
• Der deutsche Film
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• Das deutsche Drama
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
GERM 199. Senior Honors Study
Russian
Russian may be offered as a major or minor in
the course program or as a major or minor in
the Honors program. Prerequisites for both
Course students and Honors candidates are:
R U S S 004B , O il, and 013, or equivalent work.
Recommended supporting subjects: see the
introductory department statement.
Russian is the language o f instruction in all
courses and seminars numbered 003B and
above (except courses in the literature pro
gram). Course majors are required to take
Special Topics (R U S S 091) and are expected
to take at least two seminars. One interdisci
plinary or cross-departmental course might be
ofjfered toward the course major requirements.
T h e Comprehensive Examination is based on
work completed in courses and seminars num
bered 011 and above.
Requirem ents fo r a m inor in cou rse: 5 or 5.5 cred
its, which must include (1) 004B (or place
m ent above 0 0 4 B ); (2 ) either R U S S O il or
R U S S 013, or an equivalent course in Russia;
(3 ) one o f the following: R U S S 013 (if not
used to fulfill item 2 above); another course in
Russian literature in translation, L IT R 015R ,
or a comparable literature course taken while
studying in Russia or at Bryn Mawr; (4) one
seminar in Russian. Only one o f these courses
may overlap with a second m inor or the stu
dent’s major. Study abroad in Russia is recom
mended but not required.
H onors Program in R ussian Language and
Literature
M ajors
P rerequisites
1. A t least one semester o f study in Russia
2. R U S S 0 0 4 B
3. R U S S O il (or a comparable course in
Russian)
4. R U S S 013 and R U S S 079, or R U S S 080, or
another advanced literature course in
another language (e.g., CH IN 018, CH IN
066, FREN 040, FREN 060, SPAN 060,
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5.
Minimum grade for acceptance into the
Honors program: B-level work in courses
taken at Swarthmore in language and in the
introductory culture course R U S S 011 or its
equivalent.
M inors
P rerequisites
1. A t least one semester o f study in Russia
2. R U S S 0 0 4 B
3. R U S S O il (or a comparable course in
Russian
4. R U S S 013 or R U S S 079 or R U S S 080, or
another advanced literature course in
another language (e.g., CH IN 018, 066,
FREN 040, FREN 060, SPAN 060, SPAN
077)
5. Minimum grade for acceptance into the
Honors program: B-level work in courses
taken at Swarthmore in language and in the
introductory literature course R U S S O il or
its equivalent.
Senior H onors Study
A t the beginning o f their final semester, seniors
will meet with the Russian section head. (1) In
consultation with the section head, majors will
prepare during the first four weeks o f the last
semester a bibliography o f additional readings
related to the content o f their three (2-credit)
Honors preparations. Majors will be expected
to write three 2,500- to 3,000-word papers, one
for each Honors preparation, as expanded on
and extended by the spring senior Honors
study work, or a 7,500-word paper that inte
grates the three Honors preparations as they
have been expanded on and extended by the
spring senior Honors work. These three papers
(or one long paper) will become part of the
portfolio that will be presented to the external
examiners along with the syllabi o f the three
(2-credit) Honors preparations and any other
relevant material. (2) In consultation with the
section head, minors will prepare during the
first four weeks o f the last semester a bibliogra
phy o f additional readings related to the con
tent o f their one (2-credit) Honors prepara
tion. Minors will be expected to write one
2,500-word paper that expands on and extends
the single Honors preparation and integrates it
with the major Honors program, whenever
possible. T his paper will become part of the
portfolio that will be presented to the examin
er along with the syllabus of the one (2-credit)
Honors preparation and any other relevant
material. (3 ) M ode o f exam ination: Majors will
be expected to take three 3-hour written exam
inations prepared by the external examiners as
well as a half-hour oral for each based on the
contents o f each written exam ination and the
materials submitted in the portfolio. Minors
will be expected to take a 3-hour written
examination prepared by the external examin
er as well as a half-hour oral examination based
on the contents o f the written examination
and the materials submitted in the portfolio.
COURSES
RUSS 006A. Russian Conveisation
A 0.5-credit conversation course that meets
once a week for 1.5 hours. Students will read
journals and newspapers and watch films and
videos to prepare for conversation.
Prerequisite: 004B in current or a previous
semester or permission of instructor.
0 .5 credit.
Spring 2002. Staff.
RUSS 0 11. Introduction to Russian Culture
A n interdisciplinary introduction to contem
porary Russian culture and the field o f Slavic
Studies. Readings, lectures, papers, and discus
sions in -English. A n optional fourth-hour
attachm ent (for an additional 0.5 credit) sup
plements the course for Russian majors or minors,
with readings and discussion in Russian.
Not all advanced courses or seminars are offered
every year. Students wishing to major or minor
in Russian should plan their program in con
sultation with the department. Course majors
are required to take Special Topics (R U S S 091).
Prim ary distribution cou rse. I credit.
RUSS 001B-002R, 003B. Intensive Russian
T h e Russian novel represents Russia’s bestknown contribution to world culture, with
well-known authors and famously thought-pro
voking works. W e will survey the Russian novelistic tradition in classics from the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries to gain a basic under
standing o f Russian literary history, including
the developments o f Romanticism, Realism,
Symbolism, Modernism, the Picaresque Novel
and Postmodernism. W e shall explore how the
constantly evolving genre took shape in the
Russian context from the period o f Tsarist em
pire through restless pre-revolutionary years,
the underground classics and émigré writings of
the Soviet period, to innovations in the postStalin period and beyond.
Students w ho start in th e 0 0 1 B - 0 0 2 B
sequence m ust complete 0 0 2 B to receive
credit for 0 0 I B .
For students who begin Russian in college.
Designed to impart an active command of the
language. Combines the study o f grammar with
intensive oral practice, writing, video and film,
and readings in literary or expository prose. See
the explanatory note on language courses
above. Normally followed by 004B and O il.
1.5 credits.
R U SS 001B , fa ll 20 0 1 . Komaromi, Fedchak.
R U SS 002B , spring 2002. Komaromi, Fedchak.
R U SS 003B , fa ll 2001. Forrester, Fedchak.
RUSS 004B. Advanced Intensive Russian
For majors and those primarily interested in
perfecting their command o f language.
Advanced conversation, composition, transla
tion, and stylistics. Considerable attention
paid to writing skills and speaking. Readings
include short stories, poetry, and newspapers.
Conducted in Russian.
1.5 credits.
Spring 2002. Staff, Fedchak.
F all 2001. Fedchak.
RUSS 013. The Russian Novel
(Cross-listed as L IT R 013R )
No prerequisite.
Primary distribution cou rse. I credit.
F all 2001. Komaromi.
RUSS Ü15. East European Prose
(Cross-listed as L IT R 015R )
Novels and stories by the most prominent
twentieth-century writers of this multifaceted
and turbulent region. Analysis o f individual
works and writers with the purpose of appreci
ating the religious, linguistic, and historical
diversity o f Eastern Europe in an era o f war,
revolution, political dissent, and outstanding
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cultural and intellectual achievement. Read
ings, lectures, writing, and discussion in Eng
lish; qualified students may do some readings in
the original language(s). W riting-intensive
course.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
O ffered in 2 002-2003. Forrester.
RUSS 016. History of the Russian Language
A n introductory course, studying the origin of
the Russian language and its place among the
other modem Indo-European and Slavic lan
guages. T h e uses o f philology and linguistics for
the ideological and stylistic analysis o f literary
texts. Satisfies the linguistics requirement for
teacher certification.
RUSS 080. Literature of Dissent
(Cross-listed as L IT R 080R )
This course will address the central place of
dissent in Russian literature, its flowering in
reaction to Tsarist and Soviet censorship. T he
theme leads to some o f the most important
works o f nineteenth- and twentieth-century
Russian poetry and prose.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Forrester.
RUSS 091. Special Topics
For senior majors. Study o f individual authors,
selected themes, or critical problems.
1 credit.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Komaromi.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002.
RUSS 093. Directed Reading
RUSS 070. Translation Workshop
(Cross-listed as LIN G 0 70 and L IT R 070R )
T his workshop in literary translation will con
centrate on both translation theory and prac
tice, working in poetry, prose, and drama as
well as editing. Students will participate in an
associated series pf bilingual readings and will
produce a substantial portfolio o f work. There
are no prerequisites, but excellent knowledge
o f a language other than English (equivalent to
a 004B course at Swarthmore or higher) is highly
recommended or, failing that, access to at least
one very patient speaker of a foreign language.,
SEMINARS
RUSS 10 1. Tolstoy
2 credits.
RUSS 102. Russian Short Story
2 credits.
RUSS 103. Pushkin and Lermontov
2 credits.
RUSS 104. Dostoevsky
1 credit.
2 credits.
F all 20 0 1 . Forrester.
RUSS 105. Literature of the Soviet Period
RUSS 079. Russian Women Writers
2 credits.
(Cross-listed as L IT R 079R )
RUSS 106. Russian Drama
This course balances the picture o f Russian lit
erature by concentrating on the female authors
whose activities and texts were for a long time
excluded from the canon. From the memoirs of
th e first female president o f the Russian
Academy o f Sciences and a female cavalry offi
cer in the Napoleonic Wars, through the rise of
the great prose novel and Modernist poets such
as A nna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetaeva, to
the stunning frankness o f post-Soviet authors
and dramatists such as Arbatova, Petrushevskaia,
and Vasilenko. Although the course is in trans
lation, students with good Russian skills may do
part or all o f the readings in the original.
2 credits.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Forrester.
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RUSS 10 7. Russian Lyrical Poetry
2 credits.
RUSS 108. Russian Modernism
2 credits.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Staff.
RUSS 109. Chekhov
2 credits.
RUSS 110 . Bulgakov
Doctor, dramatist, and dissident, M ikhail
Bulgakov is one o f the most significant prose
authors o f the Soviet period. His writings
embody scrupulous honesty, recognition of
moral complexity, deeply thoughtful awareness
of political, religious, and philosophical tradi
tions, and the life-affirming force of humor. W e
will read from his short stories, feuilletons, and
dramatic works, ending the semester with his
masterpiece, Master i M argarita, which if not
the greatest novel o f the twentieth century is
certainly the most fun.
2 credits.
Fall 2 0 0 1 . Forrester.
RUSS 1 1 1 . The Hysterical Poets:
Tsvetaeva and Mayakovsky
2 credits.
RUSS 112 . The Acmeists
2 credits.
RUSS 113 . Russian Cinema
2 credits.
RUSS 114 . Folklore in Russian Literature
2 credits.
Spanish
Requirements for the major are the following:
(1) T h e completion o f at least one semester of
study in a Spanish-speaking country in a pro
gram approved by the Spanish section; (2) the
completion o f a minimum o f 8 credits o f work
in courses numbered 0 0 4 B and above; (3) one
of these courses must be 011 or 013; (4) A stu
dent may not present both 0 0 4 B and 0 1 0 as
part of the 8-credit requirement. SPAN 006A
will not count toward fulfillment o f the major;
(5) 1 of the 8 credits o f advanced work may be
taken in English from among those courses list
ed in the catalog under Literatures in
Translation, provided that it is a course perti
nent to the student’s major; (6 ) all majors are
strongly encouraged to take at least one semi
nar offered by the section.
Requirements for the minor are the following:
(1) T he completion of at least one semester of
study in a Spanish-speaking country in a pro
gram approved by the Spanish section. Only
two of the courses taken abroad that pertain to
the curriculum o f th e section may count
toward fulfillment o f the minor; (2) all minors
must take a total o f five course and/or seminar
offerings numbered 0 0 4 B and above. Four of
these offerings may not overlap with the stu
dent’s major or other minor. A student may not
present both 004B and 010 as part o f the fivecourse requirement. Only one of these may sat
isfy the requirement. SPAN 006A and courses
in English translation will not count toward
fulfillment of the minor; (3) all minors must
take either SPAN 011 or 013 unless in special
cases the section deems it unnecessary and
therefore waives this requirement; (4 ) all
minors are strongly encouraged to take semi
nars offered by the section.
H onors Program in Spanish
Candidates for the major or minor in Spanish
must meet the following requirements before
being accepted for the program in Honors: (1)
a B average in Spanish course work at the
College; (2) the completion at Swarthmore of
either Spanish 011 or 013 and one course num
bered above 013; (3) the completion o f at least
one semester o f study in a Spanish-speaking
country in a program approved by the Spanish
section; and (4) demonstrated linguistic ability
in the language. Students may present fields for
external exam ination based on any o f the fol
lowing: (1) 2-credit seminars offered by the
section or (2) the combination of two advanced
courses numbered above 013 that form a logi
cal pairing. A ll majors in the Honors program
must do three preparations for a total of 6 units
of credit, whereas all minors must complete
one preparation consisting o f 2 units o f credit.
Mode o f Examination
Majors will take three 3-hour written examina
tions prepared by the external examiners as
well as three 0.5-hour oral exams based on the
contents o f each field o f preparation. M inors
will take one 3-hour written exam ination pre
pared by the external examiner as well as one
0.5-hour oral exam based on the contents of
the written examination. A ll exams will be
conducted exclusively in Spanish.
COURSES
N ot all advanced courses are offered every year.
Students wishing to major in Spanish should
plan their program in consultation with the
department.
SPAN 001B-002B, 003B. Intensive Spanish
Stu den ts w ho start in th e 0 0 1 B - 0 0 2 B
sequence m ust complete 0 0 2 B to receive
credit for 0 0 1 B .
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For students who begin Spanish in college.
Designed to impart an active command o f the
language. Combines the study of grammar with
intensive oral practice, writing, and readings in
literary or expository prose. See the explanato
ry note on language courses above. Normally
followed by 0 04B , 010, 01 1 , or 013.
1.5 credits.
SPAN 002B-2. Intensive Spanish
Offered in the fall semester to students who
have had at least a year o f Spanish.
1 .5 credits.
SPAN 004B. Intensive Spanish
For majors and others who wish an advanced
language course. M uch attention paid to pro
nunciation, writing skills, speaking, and the
most difficult concepts o f Spanish grammar.
A n ideal course before study abroad.
1.5 credits.
E ach sem ester.
SPAN 006A. Spanish Conveisation
A 0.5-credit conversation course that meets
once a week for 1.5 hours. T h e class will be
divided into small groups to facilitate discus
sion. Students are required to read newspapers
and other contemporary journals, see movies,
read plays that might be performed for and by
the class, and prepare assignments that will
generate conversation among the group.
Prerequisite: 0 0 4 B or its equivalent, or permis
sion o f instructor.
0 .5 credit.
E ach sem ester. Friedman.
SPAN 01 OS. La EspaRa actual
This course has a dual focus: to study various
aspects of Spanish contemporary society through
literature, music, film, and art and to enhance
the communicative capacities o f students of
Spanish. T h e emphasis of SPAN 0 10S will be
primarily cultural and linguistic as well as liter
ary. Works by young authors such as David
Trueba and Laura Freixas will be read for their
significance as new democratic voices. In music,
the focus will be on the “mestizaje” o f flamen
co, salsa, rock, jazz, and A rabian music by
artists such as K iko V eneno, Ketam a,
Lebrijano, and others. In the area of cine
matography, we will study the evolution from
the early 1980s to the present o f the work of
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the world-famous director Almodóvar as well
as the work o f directors no t yet known in the
United States, such as the recent films Perdita
D urango or Torrente. A rt selections from con
temporary C atalan artists such as A m at,
Tapias, or Hernández Pijoan will offer a multi
cultural perception of the diversified Spain of
today. A ll readings and discussions will be in
Spanish. There will be an e-mail exchange with
a Barcelonian school as well as ample opportu
nities for students to polish their written
Spanish in more traditional ways.
Prerequisite: 0 0 4 B or its equivalent, or permis
sion o f instructor. Spanish majors should note
that this course does not count toward fulfill
m ent o f the requirements for the major.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 2 . Staff.
SPAN 01 OSA. En Busca de América Latina
Although some literary texts will be used in
this course, the primary focus will be linguistic
and cultural rather than literary. Through selec
tions of pertinent essays, films, poetry, and novels,
the class will explore how Spanish Americans
view themselves and their culture. Course con
ducted in Spanish. Papers, presentations.
Spanish majors should note that this course
does n o t count toward fulfillm ent o f the
requirements for the major.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Saad Maura.
SPAN 0 11. Introduction to
Spanish Literature
Come with us on a literary tour o f the last three
centuries in Spain! W e disembark in the intel
lectually stimulating and urbane illustration,
make numerous stopovers in the tumultuous
19th century, and continue our journey
through the varied twists and turns o f realism,
modernism, vanguardism, surrealism, and
other “isms.” Be with us as we pass through the
shadowy postwar years o f the twentieth centu
ry, when literature became an important venue
for public discourse on contemporary events,
into the exciting transition to democracy.
Read about times o f political and civil upheaval,
o f soaring ideologies and crushing defeats, with
restful side trips to such familiar themes as life
and love and death. See how the changing
social, economic, and political conditions in
Spain gave rise to a unique national literature,
how the particulars of a country and a time and
the universal o f the human condition inter
twine. A ll o f this in some o f the most striking
and beautiful prose and poetry ever written in
any language!
And to help you keep up with our itinerary,
you may visit the SPAN O il W eb site at any
time, where you will find background informa
tion about all the topics covered in the course
and up-to-the-minute announcements about
class activities. It’s a trip you won’t want to miss!
Prerequisite: SPA N 0 0 4 B or 01 0 or their
equivalent or permission o f instructor.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Fall 2001. Guardiola.
SPAN 013. Introduction to Spanish
American Literature
This course presents a selection o f texts from
the m id-nineteenth century until today. Stu
dents develop skills in literary analysis, increase
their power to speak and write Spanish, and
acquire a foundation for the future exploration
of Latin America’s literary production. Read
ings include narrative, essays, and poetry repre
senting the romantic, naturalist, realist, mod
ernist, vanguardist, and other contemporary
trends, studied in their historical context.
Prerequisite: SPAN 0 0 4 B or 010 or their equiv
alent or permission o f instructor.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Spring 2002. Cam acho de Schmidt.
N ote: SPAN O il or 013, the equivalent, or
consent o f instructor is prerequisite for the
courses in literature that follow:
SPAN 066. Escritoras españolas del siglo
19 y 20
T he course will explore the literary production
that results from the struggle o f 19th-century
women such as Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda,
Carolina Coronado, Rosalía de Castro, Cecilia
Bohl de Faber, and Emilia Pardo Bazán to use
the pen as a means o f self-expression and free
dom, to the works of postwar authors such as
Carmen Laforet, A na M aría M atute, and
Mercé Rodoreda; and the contemporary ones:
Carmen Martin Gaite, Montserrat Roig; Esther
Tusquets, and others.
1 credit.
Fall 2002. Guardiola.
SPAN 067. La guerra civil española en la
literatura y el cine
W e will study the impact of the Spanish Civil
War and the postwar years in Spanish society
as reflected in the literature, film, music, and
other testimonials of several generations. T he
course will present works by poets such as
A ntonio Machado, who felt the war as premo
nition. Alternative texts such as testimonial
war references, both visual and written, will
offer the experience of the men and women
who lived the war. T h e Franco postwar years
will be treated in novels that refer to the Civil
W ar by A na María Matute, Juan Goytisolo,
Miguel Delibes, and Mercé Rodoreda. T he
final years of the regime will be revealed by the
music o f Maria del Mar Bonet, one o f the dis
senting voices that worked toward a peaceful
transition to democracy. T h e films and novels
of the democratic years referring to the war,
will offer the necessary tools to uncap the col
lective memory in order to observe important
aspects o f present Spanish society.
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Guardiola.
SPAN 072. Homenaje a Carmen Martin Gaite
Carmen Martin G aite (1925-2000) was one of
the most prominent women writers of Spain in
the twentieth century. T his course/homage to
the recently deceased author will examine her
works as a quest for self-knowledge, identify,
and freedom in a world that embodied oppres
sion and submission for women. T h e span of
her literary career will offer us a view o f the
changes and transformations that took place in
Spanish society during the last century. W e
will read different texts o f the author, including
poetry, short stories, theater, novels, and essay.
T hey will range from earlier texts from the
censorship years like E l balneario or Entre visil
los, to her masterpiece of the late seventies, E l
cu arto de atrás, as well as the most recent nov
els and short stories that focus on the need for
communication and the written word in an
increasingly dehumanized society.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Guardioala.
SPAN 078. Social Movements and
Literature in Mexico’s Twentieth Century
T h e 1910 Revolution defined M exico’s twenti
eth century and produced an artistic and liter-
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ary explosion. T h e revolutionary pact between
government and people was seriously eroded in
moments like 1968, with the repression o f the
student movement; in 1985, with the authori
ties’ failure to respond to the effects o f a major
earthquake; and in 1994, with the Indigenous
Zapatista insurrection. M exican literature,
more than merely reflecting the social move
ments that accompanied these events, has been
part o f them. In this course, we read novels,
poetry, and essays, looking at how these texts
interrogate history and express the aspirations
o f popular struggles. Authors include Mariano
Azuela, Garro, Castellanos, Fuentes, Revueltas,
Leñero, Poniatowska, Monsiváis, Pacheco,
Arturo Azuela, Volpi, and the Subcomandante
Marcos.
F all 2001. Saad Maura.
Courses to be offered in subsequent years:
SPAN 041. Obras maestras de la Edad
Media y del Renacim iento
SPA N 043. Multiculturalismo y subversión
en Cervantes
SPAN 070. Rebeldía y renovación artística:
el modernismo y la generación del 98
SPAN 071. Literatura española
contemporánea
SPAN 074. Literatura española de posguerra
SPAN 076. Grandes voces de America:
la poesía del siglo X X
SPA N 077. La novela hispanoamericana
del siglo X X
1 credit.
SPAN 079. El cuento hispanoamericano
Spring 20 0 3 . Cam acho de Schmidt.
SPAN 080. La narrativa chilena desde el
golpe militar
SPAN 083. El tirano latinoamericano en
la literatura
Self-infatuated and grotesque, almighty and
naive, manly and insecure ... the Latin Amer
ican dictator may have borrowed from fiction
before fiction looked at history for inspiration.
T h is course deals w ith tw entieth-century
works that explore the incontestable power of
a Jefe Maximo as the young republics look for
democracy, prosperity, and sovereignty.
Complexity, humor, irony and narrative bril
liance are the marks o f novels by M artin Luis
Guzman, Miguel A ngel Asturias, A lejo
Carpentier, Demetrio Aguilera M alta, Augusto
R oa Bastos, M arta Traba, G abriel G arcía
Márquez, and Elizabeth Subercaseaux.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 2 . Cam acho de Schmidt.
SPAN 086. El “ Nuevo Mundo” :
magia, visión y realidad
SPAN 082. La mujer mirando al hombre:
Escritoras hispanoamericanas del
siglo X X
SPAN 85. Narrativa Hispánica
Contemporánea de los Estados Unidos
SEMINARS
Students wishing to take seminars must have
completed at least one course in Spanish num
bered 03 0 or above or obtained permission
from the instructor.
SPAN 10 1. La novela hispanoamericana
del siglo XX
2 credits.
SPAN 102. Cervantes
2 credits.
SPAN 103. La guerra civil española
This course will discuss through close textual
analysis several o f the most important chroni
cles o f the Conquest o f the New World. We
will read selections from Columbus’ diary,
Cortés’ Segunda C arta de R elación as well as
parts o f Las Casas’ B revísim a relación . In addi
tion, we will analyze León Portilla’s Visión de
¡os vencidos as a counterpoint to the initial
readings. Also included in the course will be
selections from E rcilla’s L a A rau can a and
Balbuena’s G randeza m exicana.
SPAN 106. Visiones narrativas de
Carlos Fuentes
1 credit.
2 credits.
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2 credits.
SPAN 104. La narrativa de Mario Vargas
Llosa
2 credits.
SPAN 105. Federico Garcia Lorca
2 credits.
SPAN 10 7. Heroes y villanos: el siglo XIX
español y la democratización literaria
From the liberal vindication o f individualism
and the popular spirit, to the depiction o f the
virtues and evils o f the middle class.
Nineteenth-century Spanish literature offers a
wide array o f works: romantic plays such as E l
trovador and Don Ju an T enorio; the poetry of
Rosalia de Castro and Bécquer; the critical and
nonconformist journalism of Larra; realist nov
els by Valera and Galdós, and the later works of
Clarín and Emilia Pardo Bazán.
2 credits.
Spring 2 0 0 3 . Guardiola.
SPAN 108. La narrativa de Isabel Allende:
la escritura como sobrevivencia
2 credits.
SPAN 109. Unamuno o el hambre de Dios
2 credits.
SPAN 110 . Política y poética: los mundos
de Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz y Ernesto
Cardenal
Three great voices from Latin America strad
dled the spheres o f politics and poetics, one
searching for a Marxist utopia, a second one
warning the world against it, and the third
forging the dream o f a Christian revolutionary
order. T his seminar looks at three of the world’s
most influential poets o f the twentieth century
through poetry, essays, and journalistic texts.
2 credits.
Spring 2002. Cam acho de Schmidt.
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Music and Dance
M U SIC
MARCANTONIO BARONE, Visiting Professor o f Music (part-time)5
JAMES 0. FREEM AN, Professor of Music1
GERALD LEVINSON, Professor o f Music*2
JULIAN RODESCU, Visiting Professor of Music (part-time)6
DEBRA SCURTO-DAVIS, Visiting Professor o f Music (part-time)6
JOHN ALSTON, Associate Professor o f Music and Chair (fall 2001 )
MICHAEL MARISSEN, Associate Professor of Music and Chair (spring 2 0 0 2 )1
ROBIN 0 . MOORE, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music (part-time)5
ALEXANDER ROZIN, Visiting Assistant Professor o f Music (part-time)
THOMAS WHITMAN, Assistant Professor o f Music
DOROTHY K. FREEM AN, Associate in Performance (Music)
MICHAEL JOHNS, Associate in Performance (Music)
GWYN ROBERTS, Associate in Performance (Music)
RICHARD STONE, Associate in Performance (Music)
DANIEL A . WACHS, Associate in Performance (Music)6
JUDY LORD, Administrative Coordinator
D A N CE
SHARON E . FRIEDLER, Professor o f Dance, Director o f the Dance
JACEK LUMINSKI, Lang Professor of Social Changes
KIM 0 . ARROW, Assistant Professor o f Dance (part-time)
SALLY HESS, Assistant Professor o f Dance (part-time)
PALLABI CHAKRAV0RTY, M ellon Postdoctoral Fellow (Dance)
CHRISTOPHER CAINES, Associate in Performance (D ance)6
LaDEVA DAVIS, Associate in Performance (Dance)
DOLORES LUIS GMITTER, Associate in Performance (D ance)2
C. KEMAL NANCE, Associate in Performance (Dance)
PAULA SEPINUCK, A djunct Associate in Performance (D ance)6
JON SHERMAN, Associate in Performance (Dance)
LEAH STEIN, Associate in Performance (D ance)6
STEPHEN WELSH, Associate in Performance (Dance)
HANS B0MAN, Dance Accompanist
JUDY LORD, Administrative Coordinator
SASHA WELSH, Arts Administration Intern
Program
ORCHESTRA 2001, ENSEMBLE IN RESIDENCE
1 Absent on leave, fall 2001.
2 A bsent on leave, spring 2002.
5 Fall 2001 (appointment that semester only).
MUSIC
T h e study o f music as a liberal art requires an
integrated approach to theory, history, and per-
6 Spring 2002 (appointment that semester
only).
formance, experience in all three fields being
essential to the understanding o f music as an
artistic and intellectual achievement. Theory
courses train the student to work with musical
material, to understand modes o f organization
in composition, and to evolve methods of
musical analysis. History courses introduce stu
dents to methods o f studying the development
of musical styles and genres, and the relation
ship of music to other arts and areas o f thought.
The department encourages students to devel
op performing skills through private study and
through participation in the Chorus, Baroque
Ensemble, Gamelan, Jazz Ensemble, Orchestra,
Wind Ensemble, and chamber music coaching
program, which it staffs and administers. T he
Department also assists instrumentalists or
singers to finance the cost o f private instruc
tion. Up to 16 half-credits may be granted
toward graduation. Music majors receive 100
percent subsidy for the cost of 10 private
lessons each semester (see M U SI 048).
Major in the course program . Two semester courses
in theory and one semester course in history
are prerequisite for acceptance as a major.
Majors will normally take five semester courses
in theory (including M U SI 015, 016, or 0 17),
four semester courses in history (including
MUSI 020 and either 021 or 0 2 2 ), meet the
basic piano requirement, pass five repertory
exams, and pass the comprehensive exam.
Majors normally participate in at least one of
the department’s performing organizations.
M ajor in the H onors program .A student intend
ing to major in the Honors program will fulfill
the same prerequisites as listed above, will pass
five repertory exams, will meet the basic piano
requirement, and will normally submit three
preparations (including at least one prepara
tion in theory and one in history), subject to
departmental approval. A ny Theory/Composition course numbered 015 or higher, or any
history course, can be used as the basis o f a
paper when augmented by a concurrent or sub
sequent attached unit of additional research, or
by directed reading, or by a tutorial.
Mmor in the H onors program . A student intend
ing to minor in the Honors program will fulfill
the same prerequisites as those for a major in
course, will meet the basic piano requirement,
and will normally submit one preparation in
music. For further details, consult the guide
lines for Honors Study available in the depart
ment office.
Language requirem ents fo r graduate schools.
Students are advised that graduate work in
music requires a reading knowledge o f French
and German. A reading knowledge o f Latin is
also desirable for students planning to do grad
uate work in musicology.
Proficiency on an instrum ent. A ll majors in music
will be expected to play a keyboard instrument
well enough by their senior year to perform a
two-part invention o f J.S . Bach and a first
movement o f an easy late eighteenth- or early
nineteenth-century sonata. In addition, they
must demonstrate skill in score reading and in
realizing figured basses. T h e department rec
ommends that majors take two semesters of
M U SI 042 to develop these skills.
T he basic piano program . This program is designed
to develop keyboard proficiency to a point
where a student can effectively use the piano as
a tool for study and also to help students meet
the keyboard requirements outlined above. It is
open to any student enrolled in a theory course
numbered 011 or higher. No academic credit is
given for basic piano.
A unique resource o f the department is its
ensemble in residence, Orchestra 2001, direct
ed by Professor James Freeman. T his national
ly renowned ensemble offers an annual concert
series at the College, focusing on contemporary
music. T h e series features distinguished soloists
and often includes advanced Swarthmore stu
dents in its concerts.
Special scholarships and aw ards in m usic include
T h e Edwin B. Garrigues Music Awards: See p.
83.
T h e Fetter String Quartet Awards: See p. 83.
T h e Renee Gaddie Award: See p. 83.
Music 048 Special Awards: See p. 85.
Friends of Music and Dance Summer Awards:
See p. 83.
T h e Boyd Barnard Prize: See p. 82.
T h e Peter Gram Swing Prize: See p. 86.
T h e Melvin B. Troy Prize: See p. 86.
CREDIT FOR PERFORMANCE
N ote: A ll performance courses are for half
course credit per semester. A total o f not more
than 8 full credits (16 0.5-credit courses) in
music and dance may be counted toward the
degrees o f bachelor o f arts and bachelor o f sci
ence. N o retroactive credit is given fo r perfor
m ance courses.
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Individual Instruction (M U SI 048)
Music majors and members o f the W ind En
semble, Chorus, Baroque Ensemble, Gamelan,
Gospel Choir, Jazz Ensemble, and Orchestra
may, if they wish, take lessons for credit.
Instrumentalists for whom opportunities do
no t exist in the above ensembles may qualify
for M U SI 0 48 by taking part in the depart
m ent’s Program for Accompanists. For further
details, consult the M U SI 04 8 guidelines avail
able from the department office.
Students who wish to take M U SI 048 (Indi
vidual Instruction) must register for the course
and submit an application to the department at
the beginning o f each semester; forms are
available in the department office. Although it
is necessary to be a member in good standing of
a department performance group or the Gospel
Choir, it is not necessary to be registered for
credit in that performing group.
A student applying for Individual Instruction
should be at least at an intermediate level of
performance. T h e student will arrange to work
with a teacher o f her or his choice, subject to
the approval of the department, which will
then supervise the course o f study and grade it
on a credit/no credit basis. Teachers will submit
written evaluations, and the student will per
form for a jury at the end of the semester and
submit to the faculty a short paper on the piece
to be performed at the jury. T h e department
will then decide whether the student should
receive credit and whether the student may re
enroll for the next semester.
For students enrolled in M U SI 048, approxi
mately one-third of the cost o f 10 lessons will
be paid by the department to the teacher.
Section leaders in the chorus and orchestra
receive subsidies o f two-thirds the cost o f 10
lessons. Music majors in their junior and senior
years receive 100 percent subsidies o f the cost
o f 10 lessons each semester. Gaddie, Fetter,
Garrigues and other scholarships may subsidize
up to the entire cost o f private lessons for the
more m qsically advanced students at the
College.
A ll students enrolled in M U SI 048 are strong
ly encouraged to perform in student chamber
music concerts and to audition for concertos
with the orchestra and solos with the chorus.
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O rchestra, C horu s, W ind E nsem ble, B aroque En
sem ble, G am elan, C ham ber M usic, Jazz Ensem ble,
and K eyboard W orkshop
Students may take Perform ance Chorus
(M U SI 0 4 4 ), Performance Orchestra (M U SI
0 4 3 ), Performance Jazz Ensemble (M U SI 041),
Performance W ind Ensemble (M U SI 046),
Performance Baroque Ensemble (M U SI 045),
Cham ber M usic (M U S I 0 4 7 ), Gam elan
(M U SI 0 4 9 ), or Keyboard Workshop (M U SI
050) for credit with the permission of the
department member who has the responsibility
for that performance group. T h e amount of
credit received will be a half-course in any one
semester. Students applying for credit will ful
fill requirements established for each activity,
i.e., regular attendance at rehearsals and per
formances and participation in any supplemen
tary rehearsals held in connection with the
activity. Students are graded on a Credit/No
Credit basis.
Students taking M U SI 047 (Cham ber Music)
for credit should submit to the department at
the beginning of the semester a repertory of
works to be rehearsed, coached, and performed
during the semester. It should include the
names of all students who have agreed to work
on the repertoire, the names o f all coaches who
have agreed to work with them, and the pro
posed dates for performance in a student cham
ber music concert.
A student taking M U SI 047 for credit will
rehearse with her/his group(s) at least two
hours every week and will meet with a coach at
least every other week. A ll members of the
group should be capable of working well both
independently and under the guidance of a
coach, also capable o f giving a performance of
high quality. It is no t necessary for every person
in the group to be taking M U SI 047 for credit,
but the department assumes that those taking
the course for credit will assume responsibility
for the group, making sure that the full group is
present for regular rehearsals and coaching ses
sions.
Students taking the Keyboard Workshop
(M U SI 050) will develop and refine skills in
accompanying and sight-reading through work
with the chamber, song, and four-hand reper
toire.
COURSES AND SEMINARS
MUSI 001. Introduction to Music
This course is designed to teach intelligent lis
tening to music by a conceptual rather than
historical approach. Although it draws on
examples from folk music and various nonWestem repertories, the course focuses primar
ily on the art musics o f Europe and the United
States. Prior musical training is no t required.
Open to all students without prerequisite.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Marissen.
MUSI 002A. How to Read Music
An introduction to the elements o f music
notation and theory (clefs, pitch, and rhythmic
notation, scales, keys, and chords). Meets once
a week.
0.5 credit.
Spring 2002. W hitm an.
MUSI 002B. How to Read Music—Intensive
Same as M U SI 0 0 2 A but with an additional
weekly class focused on sight singing and gen
eral musicianship. Strongly recommended as
preparation for all upper-level music courses.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. W hitman.
MUSI 003. Jazz History
This course traces the development o f jazz from
its roots in W est Africa to the free styles o f the
1960s. Included are the delineation o f the var
ious styles and detailed analysis o f seminal fig
ures. Emphasis is on developing the student’s
ability to identify both style and significant
musicians.
Open to all students without prerequisite.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002.
MUSI 004. Opera
Combine great singing with the vivid colors of
an orchestra, with acting and theater, with
poetry, dance, painting, spectacle, magic, love,
death, history, mythology, and social commen
tary, and you have opera: an art of endless fas
cination. T his course will survey the history of
opera (from M onteverdi through Mozart,
Wagner, and Verdi to Gershwin and Stravin
sky), with special emphasis on and study of
scenes from selected works. A final project will
involve informal stagings o f some of these
scenes, with students acting, singing, directing,
and providing technical assistance. N o prior
musical experience or performance skills are
required.
Open to all students without prerequisite.
Primary distribution course.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . J. Freeman.
MUSI 005. Rock and Roll
A survey o f rock and roll o f the 1960s. This
course will focus on the music o f the Beatles,
Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan,
Motown, and Woodstock participants. Prior
musical training is not required.
Open to all students without prerequisite.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
MUSI 006. Beethoven and the
Romantic Spirit
A n introduction to Beethoven’s compositions
in various genres. W e will consider the artistic,
political, and social context in which he lived
and examine his legacy among composers later
in the nineteenth century (Berlioz, Chopin,
Schumann, Brahms, Wagner, and Mahler).
Open to all students without prerequisite.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Whitman.
MUSI 007. W .A. Mozart
Study of Mozart’s compositions in various gen
res and of the peculiar interpretive problems in
Mozart biography.
O pen to all students without prerequisite.
Prim ary distribution course.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
MUSI 008. The Music of Asia
A n introduction to selected musical traditions
from the vast diversity of non-W estern cul
tures. T h e music will be studied in terms of
both its purely sonic qualities and its cultural/philosophical backgrounds.
O pen to all students without prerequisite.
Prim ary distribution course.
1 credit.
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T his course counts toward a program in Asian
Studies.
skills are required to take piano.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
F all 2 0 0 1 . W hitman.
1 credit.
MUSI 009. Music of the Caribbean
MUSI 012. Harmony and Counterpoint 2
Together with Brazil and the United States,
Caribbean countries have been among the
most influential exporters o f music and expres
sive culture globally during the past century.
T his course provides an introduction to the
complex cultural history o f the Caribbean as
well as its traditional and commercial music.
T h e Hispanic Caribbean serves as the primary
focus of study, with some attention to Frenchand English-speaking regions as well. This
course may count toward a concentration in
Francophone Studies or L atin A m erican
Studies.
W ritten musical exercises include composition
o f original materials as well as commentary on
excerpts from the tonal literature.
Open to all students without prerequisite.
I credit.
F all 2001. Moore.
MUSI 010. Women in Music: Composers
T his course traces some o f the contributions
made by women composers to the art of music
from the Middle Ages to the present.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
THEORY AND COMPOSITION
Students who anticipate taking further courses
in the department or majoring in music are
urged to take M U SI O il and M U SI 012 as
early as possible. Placement exams are given
each year at the first meeting o f that course for
students who feel they may be able to place out
o f it. Majors will normally take M U SI O il,
01 2 , 0 13, 014, and one o f 015, 016, or 017 in
successive years.
A ll M U SI 012 students must register for one
section o f M U SI Q40B, with or without 0.5
credit.
Basic piano is also required for some students.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . W hitman.
MUSI 013. Harmony and Counterpoint 3
Continued work with tonal harmony and
counterpoint at an interm ediate level.
Detailed study o f selected works with assign
ments derived from these works as well as orig
inal compositions.
A ll M U SI 013 students must register for one
section o f M U SI 040C , with or without 0.5
credit.
Basic piano is also required for some students.
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Rozin.
MUSI 014. Harmony and Counterpoint 4
Advanced work with chrom atic harmony and
tonal counterpoint.
A ll M U SI 014 students must register for one
section o f M U SI 040D , with or without 0.5
credit.
Basic piano is also required for some students.
Spring 20 0 2 . Rozin.
MUSI 015. Harmony and Counterpoint 5
Detailed study o f a limited number of works
both tonal and nontonal, with independent
work encouraged.
Prerequisite: M U SI 014-
MUSI 0 11. Harmony and Counterpoint 1
1 credit.
Musical exercises include harmonic analysis
and four-part choral style composition.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Rozin.
Prerequisite: knowledge o f traditional nota
tion, major/minor scales, ability to play or sing
at sight simple lines in treble and bass clef.
A ll M U SI 011 students must register for one
section o f M U SI 040A , with or without 0.5
credit.
In addition, students with minimal keyboard
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MUSI 016. Schenker
A n introduction to Schenkerian analysis. An
extension of traditional analytical techniques,
incorporating Schenker’s principles o f voice
leading, counterpoint, and harmony.
Prerequisite: M U SI 014.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
MUSI 0 17. History o! Music Theory
A survey o f primary sources (in translation)
from Boethius, Tinctoris, and Zarlino through
Rameau, Riem ann, and Schoenberg.
these with similar works by other composers of
the same period.
Prerequisite: A
notation.
knowledge o f traditional
Prerequisite: M U SI 014.
1 credit.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Barone.
N ot offered 2001 -2002.
MUSI 023. TWentieth-century Music
MUSI 018. Conducting and Orchestration
A study o f the various stylistic directions in
music o f the twentieth century. Representative
works by composers from Debussy, Stravinsky,
and Schoenberg through Copland, Messiaen,
and postwar composers such as Boulez and
Crumb, to the younger generation will be
examined in detail.
A study o f orchestration and instrumentation
in selected works of various composers and
through written exercises, in combination with
practical experience in conducting, score read
ing, and preparing a score for rehearsal and per
formance.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002.
MUSI 019. Composition
1 credit.
Prerequisite: A
notation.
knowledge o f traditional
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
Fall 2001. Levinson.
MUSI 031. Russian Music
MUSI 061. Jazz Improvisation
A survey o f Russian music from the early nine
teenth century (G linka) through Mussorgsky,
Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Rimsky, and into the
twentieth century: Scriabin, Stravinsky, Prokofief, Shostakovich, Schnittke, Gubaidulina,
and Ustvolskaya.
A systematic approach that develops the abili
ty to improvise coherently, emphasizing the
Bebop and Hard Bop styles exemplified in the
music of Charlie Parker and Clifford Brown.
1 credit.
Prerequisite: A
notation.
Fall 2001. A lston.
knowledge o f traditional
N ot offered 2001-2002.
HISTORY OF MUSIC
MUSI 020. Medieval and Renaissance
Music
A survey of European art music from the late
Middle Ages to the sixteenth century. Rele
vant extramusical contexts will be considered.
Prerequisite: A
notation.
knowledge o f traditional
¡cred it.
Spring 2002. Marissen.
MUSI 021. Baroque and Classical Music
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002.
MUSI 022. Nineteenth-century Music
The music o f Johannes Brahms: A performer’s
perspective. A n in-depth study of works in dif
ferent genres by Brahms and a comparison of
MUSI 032. History of the String Quartet
A history o f the string quartet from
to its development into one o f the
Western classical music. T h e course
on the quartets o f Haydn, Mozart,
thoven.
Prerequisite: A
notation.
its origins
genres of
will focus
and Bee
knowledge o f traditional
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2002.
MUSI 033. The Art Song
A study o f various solutions by various com
posers to the problems o f relating poetry and
music. T h e emergence o f the German Lied in
the nineteenth century (Schubert, Schumann);
its later development (Brahms, Strauss, Wolf,
Mahler, Schoenberg, Berg); and its adaptation
by French (Debussy, Ravel, Messiaen) and
American (Ives, Barber, Crumb) composers.
For students who are either singers or pianists,
informal performances may replace papers.
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Prerequisite:
notation.
a
knowledge
o f traditional
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Rodescu and Scurto-Davis.
MUSI 034. J .S . Bach
Study o f Bach’s compositions in various genres.
For the instrumental music, this involves close
consideration of style and signification. For the
vocal music, it also involves study o f ways
Bach’s music interprets, not merely expresses,
his texts.
Prerequisite: A
notation.
knowledge o f traditional
I credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2002.
MUSI 035. Women Composers and
Choreographers
A survey o f women choreographers and com
posers. Choreographers range from Sallé and
Duncan through Graham, Tharp, and Zollar;
composers from Hildegard through Zwilich.
Topics include form, phrasing, tex t, and
social/political comment. Open to all students.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
MUSI 036. Music Since 1945
A study o f contemporary co n cert music,
including such composers as Messiaen, Crumb,
Boulez, Cage, Babbit, Carter, Lutoslawski,
Ligeti. Electronic music, collage, chance and
improvisation, and minimalism will also be
examined as well as the current trends toward
Neo-Romanticism and stylistic pluralism.
MUSI 038. Color and Spirit: Music of
Debussy, Stravinsky, and Messiaen
A study o f twentieth-century music focusing
on the great renewal o f musical expressions,
diverging from the Austro-German classicromantic tradition, found in the works of these
three very individual composers, as well as the
connections among them, and the resonances
o f their music in the work o f their contempo
raries and successors.
Prerequisite: A knowledge o f traditional musi
cal notation.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
MUSI 039. Music and Dance:
Criticism and Reviewing
T his course, team taught by music and dance
faculty with supplemental visits by guest lec
turers who are prom inent in the field of
reviewing, will cover various aspects o f writing
about the performance o f music and dance:
previewing, reviewing, the critic’s role and
responsibilities, and the special problems of
relating performance to the written word.
Prerequisite: O ne previous course in music or
dance, concurrent enrollment in a music or
dance course, or permission o f the instructor.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
MUSI 092. Independent Study
1 credit.
MUSI 093. Directed Reading
1 credit.
1 credit.
MUSI 095. Tutorial
N ot offered 2001-2002.
Special work in composition, theory, or history.
MUSI 037. Contemporary American
Composers
1 or 2 credits.
A study o f the works and thought o f six impor
tant Am erican composers. T h e course will
stress intensive listening and will include dis
cussion meetings with each o f the composers.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
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MUSI 096. Senior Thesis
1 or 2 credits.
MUSI 099. Senior Honors Recital
Honors music majors who wish to present a
senior recital as one o f their Honors prepara
tions must register for M U SI 099, after consul
tation with the music faculty. See Honors pro
gram guidelines.
SEMINARS
0 .5 credit.
Spring 20 0 1 . Wachs.
MUS1100. Harmony and Counterpoint 5
(See M U SI 015.)
Prerequisite: M U SI 014.
MUSI D40C. Elements of Musicianship III
Prerequisite: Music 40B.
MUS110 1. J .S . Bach
Sight-singing, rhythmic, and melodic dicta
tion. Required for all M U SI 013 students, with
or without 0.5 credit. Also open to other stu
dents.
(See M U SI 034.)
0 .5 credit.
1-credit sem inar.
Spring 2002. Rozin.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Rozin.
Study o f Bach’s compositions in various genres,
examining music both as a reflection of and
formative contribution to cultural history.
Prerequisite: M U SI 040C .
Prerequisites: M U SI O il and G ER M 001B
(higher levels in both strongly recommended;
RELG 0 18 also recommended), or permission
of instructor.
Sight-singing, rhythmic and melodic dictation.
Required for all M U SI 01 4 students, with or
without 0.5 credit. Also open to other stu
dents.
1-credit seminar.
0 .5 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Wachs.
MUS1102. Color and Spirit: Music of
Debussy, Stravinsky, and Messiaen
(See M U SI 038.)
Prerequisite: M U SI 013 (concurrent enroll
ment possible by permission o f the instructor).
MUSI M OD . Elements of Musicianship IV
MUSI M l . Performance (Ja s Ensemble)
Meets Monday nights.
0 .5 credit.
F all 2001 and spring 2 0 0 2 . Alston.
1-credit sem inar equivalent to a 2-credit sem inar.
MUSI M 2 . Keyboard Musicianship
Not offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 .
0 .5 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
MUSI 043. Performance (Chorus)
0 .5 credit.
PERFORMANCE
Note: T he following performance courses are
for 0.5 -course credit per semester. See p. 275
for general provisions governing work in per
formance for credit toward graduation.
F all 2001 and spring 20 0 2 . Alston.
MUSI 044. Performance (Orchestra)
0 .5 credit.
F all 2001 and spring 20 0 2 . Wachs.
MUSI 045. Performance (Baroque Ensemble)
MUSI 040A. Elements of Musicianship I
0 .5 credit.
Sight-singing, rhythmic and melodic dictation.
F all 2001 and spring 2 0 0 2 . Roberts and Stone.
Required for all M U SI 011 students, with or
without 0.5 credit. Also open to other stu
dents.
0 .5 credit.
0.5 credit.
F all 2001 and spring 2 0 0 2 . Johns.
Fall 2001. Rozin.
MUSI M 7 . Performance (Chamber Music)
MUSI (MOB. Elements of Musicianship II
Prerequisite: M U SI 040A .
Sight-singing, rhythmic and melodic dictation.
Required for all M U SI 012 students, with or
without 0.5 credit. A lso open to other stu
dents.
MUSI 046. Performance (Wind Ensemble)
(See guidelines for this course on p. 276.)
0 .5 credit.
F all 2001 and spring 20 0 2 . Dorothy Freeman.
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MUSI 048. Performance (Individual
Instruction)
student who has taken at least one course in
music, dance, or education.
(See the guidelines for this course on p. 276.)
Specific and updated guidelines are distributed
at the beginning o f each semester.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Arrow, Whitman.
0 .5 credits (C R /N C R ).
0 .5 credit.
F all 2001 and spring 2002.
DANCE
MUSI 049. Performance (Balinese Gamelan)
Performance o f traditional and modem compo
sitions for Balinese Gamelan (Indonesian per
cussion orchestra). Students will leam to play
without musical notation. N o prior experience
in W estern or non-W estern music is required;
open to all students w ith the instructor’s
approval.
0 .5 credit.
F all 2001 and spring 20 0 2 . W hitm an.
MUSI 050. Keyboard Workshop
Developing and refining skills in accompany
ing and sight reading through work with the
chamber, song, and four-hand repertoire.
0 .5 credit.
Dance, a program within the Music and Dance
Department, shares the department philosophy
that courses in theory and history should be
integrated with performance. By offering a bal
ance o f cognitive, creative, and kinesthetic
classes in dance, we present a program that
stands firmly within the tradition o f Swarthmore’s liberal arts orientation. Dance instruc
tors strive to create an atmosphere o f coopera
tive learning, one that affirms group process
and fosters camaraderie. Information about the
dance program in addition to that listed below
is available via the World Wide W eb at the fol
lowing address: http://www.swarthmore.edu/humanities/dance/.
N ot offered 2001 -2002.
MUSI 071. Rhythmic Analysis and Drumming
(Cross-listed as D A N C 071)
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR IN
COURSE: DANCE
0 .5 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Arrow.
Prerequisites for the M ajor
MUSI 072. Asian Performance Theory:
Indonesia, China, Japan: Looking at the
East Through Western Eyes
• D A N C 0 0 2 , D A N C 0 1 0 or 0 7 1 , and
D A N C O il with a grade of B or better; and
(Cross-listed as D A N C 072)
0 .5 credit.
• A conference with dance faculty to assess
familiarity w ith dance vocabularies and
determine additional course work in dance
technique(s)
N ot offered 2000-2001.
MUSI 091. Special Projects (Issues in
Music and Dance Education)
C ou rse R eq u irem en ts
(Cross-listed as E D U C 071 and D A N C 091)
D A N C 012. Dance Composition II (1 credit)
and either D A N C 013 Dance
Composition Tutorial (0.5 credit) (twice)
or
A n introduction to the fields o f music and
dance education. T his course will involve fre
quent visits to schools, studios, and other edu
cational institutions in the Philadelphia area.
W e will observe a variety o f teaching methods
and discuss the guiding principles of music and
dance education. W e will also address such
questions as the place o f music and dance in
higher education in general and at Swarthmore
in particular. In some cases, course work may
include practice teaching, depending on stu
dent experience and inclination. Open to any
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Credits
Composition
2
D A N C 014. Special Topics in Dance
Composition (1 credit)
H istory (2 of the following 6)
D A N C 021. History o f Dance: Africa and
Asia (1 credit)
D A N C 022. History of Dance: Europe’s
Renaissance Through 1900 (1 credit)
2
DANC 023. History of Dance: Twentieth and
Twenty-first Centuries (1 credit)
ulty in response to the written comprehensives
previously submitted by the students.
DANC 024. Dance as Social History (1 cred
it)
A senior colloquium with monthly meetings
will be held during the final semester senior
year. These meetings, which will be led by
dance faculty, will be linked to concert perfor
mances, guest lecturers, and assigned articles.
DANC 025. Mapping Culture Through
Dance (1 credit)
DANC 028. Special Topics in Dance History
(1 credit)
Theory (2 o f the following 5 )
2
DANC 035. W om en Choreographers and
Composers (1 credit)
DANC 036. Dancing Identities (1 credit)
DANC 037. T h e Politics of Dance
Performance (1 credit)
DANC 038. Dance and the Sacred (1 credit)
DANC 03 9 . Music and Dance: Criticism and
Reviewing (1 credit)
Technique (2 o f the following)
1 .5 -2
DANC 050. Performance Dance: M odem
Dance II (0.5 credit)
DANC 051. Performance Dance: Ballet II
(0.5 credit)
DANC 053. Performance Dance: African
Dance II (0.5 credit)
One or two additional dance technique cours
es for academic credit or
DANC 094. Senior Project (1 credit)
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR IN
COURSE: DANCE
T h e goal o f the course minor in dance is to
expose a student to the broad scope of the field.
T h e distribution o f required courses for the
minor provides students with an introduction
to composition, history, technique, and theory
and allows them to direct their final credit in
the minor toward a specific area o f interest. It
is also possible for students to align required
courses within the minor to reflect that specif
ic interest, if any. Minors will participate in the
senior colloquium and will be encouraged, but
not required, to develop an extended paper or
a significant dance performance piece as part of
the program.
Prerequisites for the M inor
• D A N C 0 1 0 (Im provisation)
(Rhythm ic Analysis) and
or
071
DANC 049. Performance Dance: Repertory
(0.5 credit)
D A N C 002 (World Dance Forms) or Dance
140 (Approaches to Dance) at Bryn Mawr
College
Senior Project/Thesis*
Total prerequisite credits: 1.5
Repertory (once or twice)
0 .5 -1
1-2
DANC 094. Senior Project (1 credit) or
Course R eq u irem en ts
DANC 095. and/or 096: Senior Thesis
(1 or 2 credits)
Composition
Total credits for the m ajor
9 -1 1
*The dance faculty encouragesstudents to pur
sue a senior project/thesis that incorporates a
comparison or integration o f dance and some
other creative/performing art (creative writing,
music, theater, or vjsual art).
Additional Requirem ents for the M ajor
A comprehensive experience including essays
on course work, reading/video lists, and the
senior project/thesis. T h e written essays will be
set by the faculty and responded to by the stu
dents during the first half of the final semester.
The oral examination will be held at the end of
the term, consisting o f questions set by the fac
Credits
1
D A N C 011. Dance Composition 1 (1 credit)
H istory (1 o f the following 6)
1
D A N C 021. History o f Dance: Africa and
Asia (1 credit)
D A N C 022. History o f Dance: Europe’s
Renaissance Through 1900 (1 credit)
D A N C 023. History of Dance: Twentieth and
Twenty-first Centuries (1 credit)
D A N C 024. Dance as Social History (1 credit)
D A N C 025. Mapping Culture Through
Dance (1 credit)
D A N C 028. Special Topics in Dance History
(1 credit)
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T h eo ry (1 o f the following 5 )
1
D A N C 035. W om en Choreographers and
Composers ( 1 credit)
D A N C 036. Dancing Identities (1 credit)
D A N C 037. T h e Politics o f Dance
Performance (1 credit)
D A N C 038. Dance and the Sacred ( 1 credit)
D A N C 03 9 . Music and Dance: Criticism and
Reviewing ( 1 credit)
Technique
1
Two semesters o f dance technique for academ
ic credit: one 0.5 course in a Western-based
technique and one 0 .5 course in a nonWestem-based technique.
Additional Course W ork
1
O ne additional credit will be taken from any
single 1-credit course in the dance curriculum
or from any two 0.5-credit courses (such as
D A N C 049 (Repertory), D A N C 013 (Dance
Composition Tutorial), or additional dance
technique classes. This final credit will be
selected in consultation with a dance program
faculty adviser.
Total Credits for D ance M inor
5
Total of Prerequisite and M inor C redits: 6 .5
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SPECIAL COURSE
MAJOR IN DANCE AND A SECOND DISCIPLINE
T h e program for a special major in dance com
prises 12 units o f course work: 6 in dance and 6
in another discipline. T h e two disciplines in
this m ajor may be philosophically linked or
may represent separate areas o f the student’s
interest.
Required D ance Courses
T h e core program (totaling 6 credits) includes
the following courses:
1. 2 composition/improvisation (D A N C 012
or 0 1 4 [1 credit] and D A N C 01 0 [1 credit])
2. 2 history/theory (one from D A N C 021025 or 0 28 [1 credit] and one from D A N C
0 35-039 [1 credit])
3. 2 in performance technique (D A N C 050
[0.5 credit] and one other technique at the
5 0 level or above [0.5 credit])
4. 1 senior project or thesis (D A N C 0 9 4 ,0 9 5 ,
or 0 96 [1 credit])
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These 6 credits from the core program will be
joined by 6 credits from (an)other discipline(s). Courses for the program must be
approved both by the faculty o f the other
departments(s) and by the dance faculty. The
senior project or thesis must also be approved
and monitored by those departments involved.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR IN
HONORS: DANCE
T h e minimum requirement for admission to
the major (Honors) is at least two courses in
dance; normally an introductory history/theory
course (D A N C 00 2 or 0 0 9 ) and Dance
Composition I (D A N C O il). Majors in the
Honors program must also have an overall B
grade average before admission. In addition to
the guidelines written below, each Honors
major will be responsible for the material des
ignated on the Reading and Video Lists for
Senior Honors Study (S H S ) available from the
department office. Honors majors will also be
expected to participate in the senior colloqui
um.
A ll dance majors in the Honors program must
do three preparations in the department and
one outside (in a related or unrelated minor).
Two o f the departmental preparations will be
based on course combinations (one in histo
ry/theory and one in composition). T h e third
will take the form o f either a senior project
(D A N C 0 9 4 ) or a senior thesis (D A N C 095,
0 9 6 ). T h e portfolio submitted by each student
will include both w ritten materials and a
videotape that provides examples o f the stu
d ent’s choreographic/performance work at
Swarthmore (a maximum o f 20 minutes in
length). Each student’s program will include
the following:
1. H istory/theory. O ne area o f emphasis link
ing a course from (D A N C 021-025 or 028)
with a course from (D A N C 035-039).
Each student will demonstrate this integra
tion via a paper written as an attachment.
T his paper, along with appropriate papers
from each history/theory class submitted
for preparation, will be sent to the examin
er. T h e written exam for this preparation
will consist o f a response to three questions
set by the examiner.
2. C om position. Each student may submit a
combination o f Composition I (D A N C
01 1 ) plus either Composition II (D A N C
0 1 2 ) , Sp ecial Topics in Com position
(D A N C 0 1 4 ), or two Com position
Tutorials (D A N C 01 3 ). T h e syllabi (where
appropriate), a videotape o f the final work,
and a paper concerning the choreographic
process from each class will be submitted to
the examiner.
3. Senior project/thesis. These projects/theses
will be individually determined. Each stu
dent will be assigned a faculty advisor who
will assist the student in the creation o f an
initial bibliography and/or videography as
well as an outline for the project or thesis.
It will then be the student’s responsibility
to proceed with the work independently.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR IN
HONORS: DANCE
Students in the Honors program who are pre
senting a major in another discipline and a
minor in dance must do one preparation in
dance. This preparation will take the form of
either 1 or 2 described above in the text con
cerning honors majors in dance. T h e choice
regarding focus for a student’s minor will be
determined in consultation with an advisor
from the dance faculty. Honors minors will also
be expected to participate in the senior collo
quium.
Majors P resen tin g a R e la ted M in or
Dance majors in the Honors program who are
presenting a related minor in another disci
pline must follow the preparation guidelines
listed earlier. For these students, the third
preparation will take the form o f either a senior
project (D A N C 0 9 4 ) or a senior thesis
(DANC 095, 0 9 6 ), which, although it follows
the guidelines stated in 3 earlier, draws on a
cross-disciplinary perspective.
Cross-disciplinary project or thesis. These prepa
rations will be individually determined. In
each case, the student will present either one
dance history/theory or one composition course
in combination with one upper-level course
outside the department. T hen , as an attach
ment the student will submit a performance
(videotape) and/or a paper in which the cross
disciplinary nature o f the study is discussed.
Each student will be assigned a faculty advisor,
who will assist the student in the creation of an
initial bibliography and/or videography as well
as an outline for the project or thesis. It will
then be the student’s responsibility to proceed
with the work independently.
M ajors P resen tin g a n U n rela ted M inor
Students in the Honors program who are pre
senting a major in dance and a minor in an
unrelated discipline will follow the guidelines
described above for the major.
Additional guidelines concerning the Honors
major and minor in dance are available from
the Department of Music and Dance office or
from the director o f dance.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING
THE DANCE PROGRAM
P erfo rm a n ce D a n c e: T ech n iq u e C ou rses
In a typical semester, more than 25 hours of
dance technique classes are offered on graded
levels presenting a variety o f movement styles.
Technique courses, numbered 04 0 through
048, 0 5 0 through 058, and 0 6 0 or 061, may be
taken for academic credit or may be taken to
fulfill physical education requirements.
Advanced dancers are encouraged to audition
for level III technique classes and for Dance
Repertory (D A N C 049). A total of not more
than 8 full credits (1 6 0.5-credit courses) in
performance dance technique classes and in
music performance classes may be counted
toward the degrees of bachelor o f arts and
bachelor o f science. N o retroactive credit is
given for performance classes.
D an ce P rog ram P erfo rm a n ce O p p ortu n ities
A ll interested students are encouraged to
enroll in repertory classes (D A N C 0 4 9 ) and/or
to audition for student and faculty works.
These auditions take place several times each
semester; dates are announced in classes, in
postings outside the dance studios, and in the
W eekly Netus. Formal concerts take place
toward the end o f each semester; informal stu
dio concerts are scheduled throughout the year.
T h e dance program regularly sponsors guest
artist residencies, which in 2001-2002 will
include the Silesian D ance T h eatre from
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Poland (Jacek Luminski, d irector). Mr.
Luminski will be a Lang Visiting Professor dur
ing the fall semester o f 2001. Teaching and per
formance residencies with the Jump Rhythm
Jazz P roject, D ance Alloy, and Arangham
Dance Theatre from India will also be part of
the 2001-2002 dance season. O ne symposium
o n th e developm ent o f Eastern European
Dance Theatre and one on Dance in South
A sia: New A pproaches, P olitics, and
Aesthetics will also be held during the 20012002 year.
Scholarships and Awards
Scholarships for summer study in dance are
available through funds provided by T h e
Friends o f Music and Dance. T h e Halley Jo
Stein Award for Dance and T h e Melvin B.
Troy Award for Composition are also awarded
annually by the department.
F o reign Study Initiatives
G hana Program
T h e dance program has an ongoing relation
ship with the International Centre for African
Music and D ance and th e Sch o o l of
Performing Arts at the University o f G hana in
Legon, a suburb o f the capital city, Accra.
Students choosing to study in G hana can
anticipate opportunities that include a com
posite o f classroom learning, tutorials, some
organized travel, and independent study and
travel. Beyond credits in Dance, Music, Theatre,
A frican Studies, and intensive Twi (an Akan
language widely spoken in G hana), a menu of
possible tutorials is available. Students partici
pating are able to enroll for the equivalent o f a
full semester’s credit (4 to 5 credits). Interested
students should contact the director o f the
Dance Program as early as possible for advising
purposes and for updated information. Please
see dance catalog listings for information on
some types o f academic credit offered.
Poland Program
T h e Programs in Dance and Theatre Studies
offer a semester-abroad program based at the
Silesian Dance Theatre ( 'Slacski Teatr T a'nca)
in Bytom in conjunction with the Jagiellonian
University o f Cracow and other institutions in
the vicinity. T h e program provides participat
ing students with a combination o f foreign
study and the experience o f working in various
capacities (dance performance, arts adminis
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tration, scenography, etc.) within the environ
m ent o f a professional dance theatre company
for credit. Participating students are housed in
Bytom and attend weekly tutorials in Cracow.
Intensive study o f Polish while in the country
will be required o f all participating students.
Students participating are able to enroll for the
equivalent o f a full semester’s credit (4 to 5
credits). Participation in the Annual Interna
tional Dance Conference and Performance
Festival hosted by Silesian Dance Theatre in
June and July is highly recommended for cer
tain types o f credit. Beyond credits in Theatre
Studies, Dance, and intensive Polish, a menu
o f possible tutorials is available in Polish liter
ature and history, Environm ental Studies,
Film, Religion, Jewish and Holocaust Studies,
and other fields. Interested students should
contact Professor A llen Kuharski, Director of
Theatre Studies, as early as possible for advis
ing purposes and updated information on the
status o f the program. See course listings in
both Dance and Theatre Studies for types of
academic credit being offered.
INTRODUCTORY COURSES
DANC 002. World Dance Forms
A survey course that introduces students to
theoretical and practical experiences in dance
forms from various cultures and time periods
through a combination of lectures, readings,
video and film viewings, and workshops with a
wide variety o f guest artists from the field. The
particular forms will vary each semester but
may include A frican, A sian, and Native
A m erican forms, Flam enco, contemporary
social dances, and various forms o f concert
dance. Open to all students; no prior dance
training required.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Friedler.
DANC 009. Music and Dance of Africa
A n introduction to selected musical and dance
traditions of Africa. T his course will involve all
students in the practice of dancing and drum
ming as well as in the study o f those forms
through lectures, reading, listening, and view
ing. N o prior m usical or dance training
required.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
DANC 010. Dance Improvisation
DANC 013. Dance Composition: Tutorial
(Cross-listed as T H E A 010)
Designed as a tutorial for students who have
previously taken D A N C 011 or the equivalent.
T h e student enrolling for a tutorial will enter
the semester having identified a choreographic
project and will be prepared to present materi
al weekly. Projects in any dance style are
encouraged. A ll students proposing tutorials
are advised to discuss their ideas with a mem
ber of the dance faculty prior to enrollment.
Choreography o f a final piece for public perfor
mance is required. Weekly meetings with the
instructor and directed readings, video and
co n cert viewings. A journal may also be
required. A course in dance technique must be
taken concurrently.
Designed as a movement laboratory in which
to explore the dance elements: space, time,
force, and form. Members o f the class will
investigate improvisation as a performance
technique and as a tool for dance composition.
Individuals work on a personal vocabulary and
on developing a sensé o f ensemble. A journal
and paper are required, and a concurrent
course in dance technique is strongly recom
mended. Three hours per week.
0.5 credit.
Fall 2001. Arrow.
COMPOSITION/HISTORY/THEORY COURSES
DANC 0 11. Dance Composition I
A study of the basic principles o f dance com
position through exploration of the elements
of time, space, and force, movement invention,
and movement themes to understand various
choreographic structures. Considerable read
ing, video and live concert viewing, movement
studies, journals, and a final piece for public
performance in the Troy dance lab are
required. A course in dance technique must be
taken concurrently.
Prerequisite: D A N C 010, D A N C 071, or per
mission o f the instructor.
I credit.
Spring 2002. Staff.
DANC 012. Dance Composition il
An elaboration and extension of the material
studied in D A N C O il. Stylistically varying
approaches to making work are explored in
compositions for soloists and groups. Course
work emphasizes utilizing various approaches
and methods, e.g., theme and variation, m otif
and development, structured improvisation,
and others. Reading, video and live concert
viewing, movement studies, journals, and a
final piece for public performance that may
include a production lab com ponent are
required. A course in dance technique must be
taken concurrently. Students must have previ
ously taken D A N C 011 or its equivalent.
I credit.
0 .5 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 : Hess. Spring 20 0 2 : Staff.
DANC 014. Special Topics in Dance
Composition
A course that focuses on intensive study of spe
cific compositional techniques and/or subjects.
Topics may include autobiography, dance and
text, partnering, interdisciplinary collabora
tion, reconstruction, and technology/videography. Choreography o f a final piece for perfor
mance is required. Weekly meetings with the
instructor, directed readings, video and concert
viewing, and a journal will be required. A
course in dance technique must be taken con
currently.
Prerequisite: D A N C O il.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. S ta ff
DANC 021. History of Dance: Africa and Asia
T his course will move through an exploration
o f dance forms from Africa, from Africanist
cultures and from Asian cultures, from the per
spectives o f stylistic characteristics, underlying
aesthetics, resonances in general cultural traits,
and developmental history. Course work will
occasionally focus on one dance style for close
examination. Study will be facilitated by guest
lecturers, specialists in particular dance forms
from these cultures.
Prerequisite: D A N C 002. Two lectures and
one-hour video viewing per week.
1
credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
Fall 2001. Hess.
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DANC 022. History of Dance: Europe’s
Renaissance Through 1900
A study o f social and theatrical dance forms in
the context o f various European societies from
the Renaissance through the nineteenth cen
tury. Influential choreographers, dancers, and
theorists representative o f the periods will be
discussed.
Prerequisite: D A N C 002; D A N C 0 2 4 strongly
recommended. Two lectures and one hour
video viewing per week.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2002.
DANC 023. History of Dance: IWentieth
and IWenty-first Centuries
T his course is designed to present an overview
o f twentieth and twenty-first century social
and theatrical dance forms in the context of
W estern societies with an emphasis on North
America. Focusing on m ajor stylistic tradi
tions, influential choreographers, dancers, and
theorists will be discussed. Through readings,
video and concert viewings, research projects,
and class discussions, students will develop an
understanding o f these forms in relation to
their own dance practice.
Prerequisite: D A N C 00 2; D A N C 021 and 022
strongly recommended. Two lectures and onehour video viewing per week.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
DANC 024. Dance as Social History
T his course focuses on dance as a locus for dis
cussing power relations through gender, race,
and class in the period from 1880 to the 1950s
in Europe, North America, the Caribbean, and
South America. Analysis o f a variety o f dance
forms in their historical/cultural co n text.
Readings, video and concert viewings, research
projects, and class discussions are all included.
Prerequisite: D A N C 002, or permission o f the
instructor.
Three hours per week.
dance with social relations o f culture and
power. T h e course will be shaped as a cross-cul
tural journey, which will include East Indian,
Brazilian, Haitian, African, and other dance
styles. Dance will be analyzed in terms of ritu
al, national/gender identity, and spirituality
and as commodities o f value and resistance.
T h e overall approach will be to situate dance
forms in their historical and contemporary
social, political, and economic contexts.
Prerequisite: D A N C 0 0 2 , an introductory
course in anthropology, or permission o f the
instructor.
1 credit.
N ot offered 200 1 -0 2 . Chakravorty.
DANC 028. Special Topics in Dance
History: Politics and Aesthetics of
Classical Indian Dance
T h is course will exam ine classical Indian
dance in the context o f national and gender
identity formation. In the process, it will also
examine notions o f tradition, modernity, and
globality in relation to dance in contemporary
India. There will be two major elements: a his
torical analysis o f the nationalist and revivalist
movement in India that shaped classical dance,
focusing on issues o f gender, class, and religion
in the formation o f ideology; and, second, situ
ating classical Indian dance in the current con
text o f cultural globalization. Anthropological,
culture studies, and feminist theories will be
used to analyze the changing meaning of clas
sical dance in India.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Chakravorty.
DANC 035. Women Choreographers and
Composers
A survey o f women choreographers and com
posers. Choreographers range from Salld and
Duncan through Graham, Bausch, Tharp, and
Zollar, composers from Hildegard through
Zwilich. Topics include form, phrasing, text
and social/political comment. Open to all stu
dents.
1 credit.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . S taff.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
DANC 025. Mapping Culture Through
Dance
T h is course will use anthropological ap
proaches to examine the interrelationship of
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DANC 036. Dancing Identities
This course explores ways that age, class, gen
der, and race have informed dance, particular
ly performance dance, since 1960. T h e impact
o f various cultural and social contexts will be
considered. Lectures, readings, and video/concert viewings will all be included. Students will
be expected to design and participate in
dance/movement studies as well as to submit
written work.
Prerequisite: D A N C 002, or permission o f the
instructor.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Friedler.
DANC 037. Current Trends in Dance
Performance
An investigation o f the aesthetic principles of
perception, symbolism, abstraction, and cre
ativity in relation to the viewing and interpre
tation of dance performance. Emphasis will be
placed on political interpolation and ramifica
tions o f the act of public performance. Topics
of discussion will include the “politically cor
rect” paradox, government funding, art as cul
tural intervention, the evolution o f styles, and
various historical perspectives. Open to all stu
dents without prerequisite.
dance, concurrent enrollment in a music or
dance course, or permission o f the instructor.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002.
DANCE TECHNIQUE AND REPERTORY
COURSES
Note: Technique courses (040-048, 050-058,
060, and 061) may be taken for 0.5 academic
credit or may be taken for physical education
credit.
DANC 040. Performance Dance: Modern I
A n introduction to basic principles o f dance
m ovem ent: body alignm ent, coordination,
strength and flexibility, and basic locomotion.
N o previous dance experience necessary. If
taken for academic credit, concert attendance
and one or two short papers are required.
0 .5 credit.
I credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Arrow.
Not offered 2001 -2002.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Staff.
DANC 038. Dance and the Sacred
DANC 041. Performance Dance: Ballet I
Planned both as a studio and a lecture class.
We will explore movement and readings/discussions regarding the presence o f the sacred
through performance and contemplative prac
tices in several dance traditions from the
ancient (Ind ia)
to the contemporary
(American modem dance). Students will be
expected to design and participate in
dance/movement studies as well as to write.
Some dance experience necessary in any tech
nique.
A n introduction to fundamentals o f classical
ballet vocabulary: correct body placement,
positions o f the feet, head and arms, and basic
locomotion in the form. No previous experi
ence necessary. If taken for academic credit,
concert attendance and one or two short
papers are required.
1 credit.
A frican D ance I introduces students to
U m fundalai. In a contemporary context, the
U m fundalai dance tradition surveys dance
styles of A frican people who reside on the con
tinent o f Africa and in the Diaspora. Upon
completion o f the course, students will gain a
beginning understanding o f how to approach
African dance and the aesthetic principles
im plicit in A frican-oriented m ovem ent.
Students enrolled in D A N C 043 for academic
credit are required to keep a weekly journal
and write two short papers.
Not offered 2001-2002.
DANC 039. Music and Dance: Criticism
and Reviewing
(Cross-listed as M U SI 039)
This course, team taught by music and dance
faculty with supplemental visits by guest lec
turers who are prominent in the field of
reviewing, will cover various aspects o f writing
about the performance of music and dance:
previewing, reviewing, the critic’s role and
responsibilities, and the special problems of
relating performance to the written word.
0 .5 credit.
F all 2001 and spring 2 0 0 2 . Sherman.
DANC 043. African Dance I
0 .5 credit.
F all 2001 and spring 2002. Nance.
Prerequisite: O ne previous course in music or
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DANC 044. Performance Dance: Tap
T his course is available to all tappers* from
beginning to advanced. Such forms as softshoe, waltz-clog, stage tap, and “hoofin” will be
explored. If taken for academic credit, concert
attendance and one or two short papers are
required.
DANC 049. Performance Dance: Repertory
(Cross-listed as T H E A 007)
0 .5 credit.
T h e study o f repertory and performance.
Students are required to perform in at least one
scheduled dance concert during the semester.
Placement by audition or permission of the
instructor. Three hours per week. A course in
dance technique must be taken concurrently.
S{mng 2 0 0 2 . Davis.
0 .5 credit.
DANC 045. Performance Dance:
Hatha Yoga
E ach sem ester.
T h e course will focus on experience/understanding of a variety o f asanas (physical pos
tures) from standing poses to deep relaxation.
Following the approach developed by B .K .S.
Iyengar, its aim is to provide the student with a
basis for an ongoing personal practice. If taken
for academic credit, required reading and one
paper. O pen to all students.
F all 2 0 0 1 : Section I: Dance and Drumming
Ensemble, Arrow/Friedler.
Draws on a variety of dancing and drumming
traditions from around the world as well as cre
ating new hybrid forms. In 2001, beginning
with a focus on G hanaian and Japanese Taiko
forms. Open "to all students.
F all 2 0 0 1 : Section 2: Tap, Davis.
F all 20 0 1 : Section 3: M odem, Luminski.
0 .5 credit.
F all 20 0 1 : Section 4: Kathak, Chakravorty.
F all 2001 and spring 2002. Hess.
T h e two aspects o f Kathak technique nrtta
(abstract movement) and nritya (expressive
gestures) will be used to create a dance. Work
will include teen tala or metrical scales of 16
beats to leam complex rhythmical structures
(bols). T h e various patterns o f bols such as
tukra, tehai, and paran will also be explored.
DANC 048. Performance Dance: Special
Topics in Technique
Intensive study o f special topics falling outside
the regular dance technique offerings. Topics
may include such subjects as Alexander tech
nique, various classical East Indian dance
forms, co ntact improvisation, jazz, pilates,
and/or musical theatre dance. If taken for aca
demic credit, concert attendance and one or
two short papers are required.
0.5 credit.
Section 1. F all 20 0 1 : Flamenco, Gmitter.
Section 2. Spring 2 0 0 2 : C ontact Improvisation,
Stein.
Section 3. F all 2001 and spring 2 0 0 2 : Kathak,
Chakravorty.
T his course will introduce the basic principles
of performance technique in the North Indian
classical form Kathak. T h e focus will be on
studying abstract movements and miming/
expressive gestures and the rhythmic musical
patterns th a t structure the dance vocabulary.
In addition, videos, photographs, paintings,
and live performances will be used to provide
context. Students who are enrolled for acade
mic credit will be required to write papers
and/or
create
perform ance
texts/
choreographies. N o previous dance experience
necessary.
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Spring 20 0 2 : Section 1: M odem, Caines.
A n original modem dance work will be creat
ed for course participants by New York-based
choreographer/composer Christopher Caines.
T h e music for this dance will be performed live
by the Swarthmore Fetter String Quartet. All
dance students are welcome.
Spring 20 0 2 : Section 2: African, Nance.
Spring 2 0 0 2 : Sectio n 3: Le C oq and the
Theatre of Gesture, Bauriedel.
DANC 050. Performance Dance: Modern II
A n elaboration and extension o f the principles
addressed in D A N C 040. For students who
have taken D A N C 0 4 0 or the equivalent. If
taken for academic credit, concert attendance
and one or two short papers are required.
0 .5 credit.
F all 2001 and spring 2002. Welsh.
DANC 051. Performance Dance: Ballet II
A n elaboration and extension of the principles
addressed in Ballet I. For students who have
taken Ballet I or its equivalent. If taken for aca
demic credit, concert attendance and one or
two short papers are required.
0.5 credit.
Fall 2001 and spring 2002. Sherman.
DANC 053. African Dance II
African Dance for experienced learners gives
students an opportunity to strengthen their
technique in African Dance. T h e course will
use the Umfundalai technique allied with some
traditional W est A frican D ance forms to
enhance students’ learning. Students who take
African Dance II for academic credit should be
prepared to explore and access their own
choreographic voice through a choreographic
project.
0.5 credit.
Fall 2001 and spring 20 0 2 . Nance.
DANC 055. Performance Dance:
Hatha Yoga II
Open to students who have completed D A N C
045 or the equivalent with permission of the
instructor. A continuation and deepening of
practice o f the asanas explored in D A N C 045.
Work in several of the more advanced asanas,
particularly in th e backward-bending and
inverted poses.
If taken for academic credit, required reading
and one paper.
0.5 credit.
Fall 2001 and spring 2002. H ess.
DANC 058. Performance Dance: Special
Topics in Technique II
An elaboration and extension of principles
addressed in D A N C 048. If taken for academ
ic credit, concert attendance and one or two
short papers are required.
Permission o f the instructor required.
0.5 credit.
Not offered 2001 -2002.
DANC 060. Performance Dance: Modern III
Continued practice in technical movement
skills in th e m odem idiom , including
approaches to various styles. Placement by
audition or permission of the instructor.
If taken for academic credit, concert atten
dance and one or two short papers are required.
0.5 credit.
DANC 061. Performance Dance: Ballet III
Continued practice in technical movement
skills in the ballet idiom; with an emphasis on
advanced
vocabulary
and
musicality.
Placement by audition or with permission of
the instructor. If taken for academic credit,
concert attendance and one or two short
papers are required.
0 .5 credit.
F all 2001 and spring 20 0 2 . Sherman.
CROSS-LISTED COURSES
DANC 070. Theatre of Witness
O pen to juniors and seniors, T h eater of
Witness is a model of theater performance that
presents the personal and collective life stories
o f people whose voices are usually not heard in
our society. T h e stories, woven together in spo
ken word, music, and dance are collaboratively
crafted into an original theater piece and per
formed by the people themselves. T h e form
can be used with people of any background and
performances are presented in theaters, com
munity centers, schools and religious institu
tions as a vehicle to stimulate discussion and
inspire connection and healing. T h e class will
focus both on the process of creating original
theater from, real-life stories as well as explor
ing the social, political, psychological, and
spiritual effects o f Theater o f W itness as a com
munity building process o f healing, education,
and transformation. Three hours per week plus
internship.
T h e class will have three components:
k Experiential practice of all of the elements
that go into creating and directing Theater
o f Witness projects.
2. T h e study of various T O V A Theater of
W itness projects including communitybased work as well as issue-driven pieces.
3. A n intemship/apprenticeship in a T O V A
Theater o f Witness project.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Sepinuck.
DANC 0 71. Rhythmic Analysis and
Drumming
Fall 2001. Luminski.
(Cross-listed as M U SI 071)
Spring 2002. Welsh.
A theoretical and practical analysis o f rhyth-
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mic structure applying techniques o f AfroCuban drumming and East Indian rhythmic
theory. For the general student, emphasis will
place the investigation of rhythmic structure
within a cultural and contemporary context.
For students o f dance, additional focus will be
provided on the uses o f drumming in dance
composition, improvisation and as accompanim ent in the teaching o f dance technique.
O pen to all students. T hree hours per week.
0 .5 credit.
tial symmetries o f the dances. O n e focus will be
a comparison o f the insights offered by the
mathematical and linguistic approaches.
Prerequisites: O ne course in linguistics and a
willingness to move your body and learn some
basic math.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
DANC 091. Special Projects (issues in
Music and Dance Education)
Spring 2002. Arrow.
(Cross-listed as ED U C 071 and M U SI 091)
DANC 073. Arts Administration for
Performance
DANC 074. Scenography for Dance
Theatre Performance
A n introduction to the fields o f music and
dance education. T his course will involve fre
quent visits to schools, studios, and other edu
cational institutions in the Philadelphia area.
W e will observe a variety o f teaching methods
and discuss the guiding principles o f music and
dance education. W e will also address such
questions as the place o f music and dance in
higher education in general and at Swarthmore
in particular. In some cases, course work may
include practice teaching, depending on stu
dent experience and inclination. Open to any
student who has taken at least one course in
music, dance, or education.
(Cross-listed as T H E A 074)
0 .5 credits (C R /N C R ).
Available to students participating in the
Poland program. W ill require students to
extend their stay in Poland through early July
Spring 20 0 2 . Arrow, W hitm an.
(Cross-listed as T H E A 073)
Available to students participating in the
Poland Program. W ill require students to
extend their stay in Poland through early July
2002.
By arrangement with A llen Kuharski.
1 credit.
Spring 2002.
2002 .
By arrangement with W illiam Marshall.
Prerequisites: T H E A 0 0 4B and 014.
1 credit.
Spring 2002.
DANC 075. Special Topics in Dance Theatre
Available to students participating in the
G hana or Poland programs.
By arrangement with Sharon Friedler.
Prerequisites: D A N C 0 02 or 011 or consent of
dance program director.
ADVANCED INDEPENDENT WORK
DANC 092. Independent Study
Available on an individual basis, this course
offers the student an opportunity to do special
work w ith performance or compositional
emphasis in areas not covered by the regular
curriculum. Students will present performances
and/or written reports to the faculty supervisor,
as appropriate. Permission must be obtained
from the program director and from the super
vising faculty.
1 credit.
I credit.
F all 2001 and spring 2002.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
Dance 076. Movement and Cognition
DANC 093. Directed Reading
(Cross-listed as LIN G 0 57 and M A TH 007)
Available on an individual or group basis, this
course offers the student an opportunity to do
special work with theoretical or historical
emphasis in areas not covered by the regular
curriculum. Students will present written
reports to the faculty supervisor. Permission
English, Scottish, and Italian folk dance are
analyzed, using group theory, graph theory,
morphological theory, and syntactic theory, in
an effort to understand the temporal and spa
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must be obtained from the program director
and from the supervising faculty.
1 credit.
Each sem ester. Staff.
DANC 094. Senior Project
Intended for seniors pursuing the special major
or the major in course or Honors, this project
is designed by the student in consultation with
a dance faculty adviser. T h e major part o f the
semester is spent conducting independent
rehearsals in conjunction with weekly meet
ings under an adviser’s supervision; the project
culminates in a public presentation and the
student’s written documentation o f the process
and the result. A n oral response to the perfor
mance and to the documentation follows in
which the student, the adviser, and several
other members o f the faculty participate. In the
case of Honors majors, this also involves exter
nal examiners. Proposals for such projects must
be submitted to the dance faculty for approval
during the semester preceding enrollment.
Previous or concurrent enrollm ent in an
advanced-level technique course or demonstra
tion of advanced-level technique is required.
1 credit.
Each sem ester. Friedler, Hess, or Arrow.
DANC 095,096. Senior Thesis
Intended for seniors pursuing the special major
or the major in course or Honors, the thesis is
designed by the student in consultation with a
dance faculty adviser. T h e major part o f the
semester is spent conducting independent
research in conjunction with weekly tutorial
meetings under an adviser’s supervision. T h e
final paper is read by a committee o f faculty or,
in the case o f Honors majors, by external
examiners who then meet with the student for
evaluation o f its contents. Proposals for a the
sis must be submitted to the dance faculty for
approval during the semester preceding enroll
ment.
1 or 2 credits.
Each sem ester. Friedler, Hess, or Arrow.
DANC 199. Senior Honors Study
A close study o f a single dance work, from the
multiple points o f view o f dance history, com
positional analysis, and/or performance.
1 credit.
Each sem ester. Friedler, Hess, or Arrow.
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Peace and Conflict Studies
Chair:
AMANDA BAYER (Economics)
Jenny Gifford (Administrative Assistant)
Comm ittee:
Wendy E . ChmieleWSki (Peace C ollection)
Raymond F. Hopkins (Political Science)
J . William FrOSt (Religion)
Hugh Lacey (Philosophy)
Andrew Ward (Psychology)
T h e program in Peace and C onflict Studies at
Swarthmore College provides students with
the opportunity to examine conflict and coop
eration within and between nations. T h e mul
tidisciplinary curriculum explores the causes,
practices, and consequences of collective vio
lence and terrorism as well as peaceful or non
violent methods o f conflict management and
resolution. T h e program offers courses in the
following areas: (1 ) alternatives to fighting as a
way o f settling disputes, including conflict
resolution, rituals, nonviolence, mediation,
peace-keeping forces, private peace-fostering
organizations, arms control, econom ic sanc
tions, international law, and international
organizations; (2 ) the causes o f collective vio
lence, including aggression and human nature,
the state system and international anarchy, sys
tem ic injustice, com petition for scarce
resources, diplomacy, ethnocentrism, ideologi
cal and religious differences, insecure bound
aries, minorities within states, and arms races;
(3 ) the nature of war and conflict, including
civilian and military objectives, the political
economy of war, strategy and tactics, deterrence
theory, low-intensity conflict, psychology of
battle, prisoners of war, neutral rights, draft and
conscientious objectors, the experience of war
by soldiers and civilians, conventional,
nuclear, and guerrilla wars, how to end a war,
and the aftereffects o f war; and (4) the evalua
tion o f war and violence, including the moral
ity o f war and violence, just war theory, paci
fism, war mentality, the utility o f war, war nov
els, and the responsibilities o f citizens directly
or indirectly involved in war and violence.
Students with any major, whether in course or
in the Honors program, may add a concentra
tion, or a course minor, in Peace and C onflict
Studies. Alternatively, students in the Honors
program may choose an Honors minor in Peace
and C onflict Studies. Students intending a
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concentration or a minor in Peace and Conflict
Studies should submit a copy o f their sopho
more paper to the chair o f the program during
the spring o f the sophomore year, after consul
tation with faculty members who teach in the
program. T h e paper should present a plan of
study that satisfies the requirements stated
below, specifying the courses to count toward
the concentration or minor. A ll applications
must be approved by the Peace and Conflict
Studies Committee.
REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
A concentration in Peace and C onflict Studies
consists o f six courses o f which only two may
be taken in the student’s major. Introduction to
Peace Studies (PE A C 0 1 5 ), offered yearly, is
the only required course; it is recommended
that students have a background in history,
international relations, or ethics prior to taking
Introduction to Peace Studies. In addition, a
concentration requires a thesis or final exercise.
Student programs can include an internship or
field work component, e.g., in a peace or con
flict management organization such as the
U nited Nations or Suburban Dispute Settle
ment. A n internship is highly recommended.
Normally, field work and internships do not
receive College credit, but for special pro
jects— to be worked out with an instructor and
approved by the Peace and C onflict Studies
Comm ittee in advance— students can earn up
to 1 credit.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE HONORS MINOR
Students in the Honors program who wish to
minor in Peace and C onflict Studies must
complete one preparation for external exami
nation. T his 2-credit preparation can be a
combination of two courses in different depart
ments, a 2-credit thesis, or a combination o f a
thesis and a course. A ny thesis must be multi
disciplinary. T h e com bination o f courses,
course and thesis, or thesis must be approved
by the Peace and C onflict Studies Committee.
Any student minoring in Peace Studies must
meet the requirement of six units o f study, of
which no more than 2 credits can come from
the major department. Introduction to Peace
Studies (PE A C 0 1 5 ) is required and should be
taken no later than the junior year. Again,
field work or an internship is highly recom
mended.
Students whose minor in Peace Studies can be
incorporated into the final requirements for
Senior Honors Study in the major should do
so. T h e Peace and C onflict Studies Committee
will work out with the student and the major
department the guidelines for the integration
exercise. In cases where the Comm ittee and
the student conclude that integration is not
feasible or desirable, the Committee will pro
vide a reading list o f books.
cussing the ethics o f war and causes o f conflict.
T his course can be counted for distribution as
a social science unit, but it is not a primary dis
tribution course. Normally, it may not be used
to fulfill any department’s major requirements.
I credit.
Foil 20 0 1 . Frost.
PEAC 030. Nunviolence and Social Change
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Staff.
PEAC 070. Research Internship/Field Work
C redit hours to be arranged with the chair.
PEAC 090. Thesis
C redit hours to be arranged with the chair.
ECO N 012. Games and Strategies
ECO N 051. T h e International Economy*
ECO N 053. International Political
Economy*
ECO N 081. Econom ic Development*
ECO N 082. Political Economy of Africa
ECO N 151. International Economics:
Sem inar*
H IS T 028. Nations and Nationalism in
Eastern Europe: 1848-1998
COURSES
H IS T 037. History and Memory: Perspectives
on the Holocaust
The following courses constitute the founda
tion for work in Peace and C onflict Studies.
Student programs may, subject to prior approval
by the comm ittee, also include independent
study, special attachments to courses that are
not listed here, and courses offered at Haverford
College, Bryn Mawr College, and abroad.
H IS T 049. R ace and Foreign Affairs
PEAC 015. Introduction to Peace Studies
This course begins with an exam ination of per
spectives on the causes o f war using many dis
ciplines (including biology, psychology, history,
political science, sociology and anthropology,
and economics), then considers various gov
ernmental and private organizations and m eth
ods supposed to alleviate the causes of war.
Topics to be discussed include the United
Nations, international law, arms control, disar
mament, and the work o f nongovernmental
organizations for peace.
Prerequisite: A course in history or political
science dealing with foreign policy or war; a
course in religion, sociology, or psychology dis
H IS T 134. U .S . Political and Diplomatic
History
P O LS 004. International Politics
PO LS 045. Defense Policy
P O LS 047. Politics o f Famine and Food
Policy
PO LS 068. International Political
Economy*
PO LS 074. International Politics: Special
Topics*
PO LS 111. International Politics: Seminar
P SY C 026. Prejudice and Social Relations
P SY C 045. Psychology o f Oppression and
Resistance
PSYC 047. Applications of Social
Psychology*
RELG 006. W ar and Peace
RELG 026B . Buddhist Social Ethics
RELG 107. Liberation Theology: Seminar
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RELG 110. Religious B elief and Moral
A ction
SO A N 003B . Nations and Nationalism
SO A N 022E. Indigenous Resistance and
Revolt in Latin America
SO A N 022G . Social Movements in Latin
America
SO A N 026C . Power, Authority, and Conflict
SO A N 046B . Social Inequality
Please consult departmental course listings for
descriptions and scheduling.
* Courses marked with an asterisk are eligible
for the Peace and C onflict Studies concentra
tio n upon special arrangem ent w ith the
instructor and the concentration chair.
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Philosophy
RICHARD ELDRIDGE, Professor1
HUGH M . LACEY, Professor
HANS F. OBERDIEK, Professor
CHARLES RAFF, Professor2
RICHARD SCHULDENFREI, Professor
PETER BAUMANN, Visiting Associate Professor
GRACE LEDBETTER, Assistant Professor3
TAMSIN LORRAINE, Associate Professor and A cting Chair
JACQUELINE RODINSON, Administrative Assistant
1 Absent on leave, fall 2001.
3 Absent on leave, 2001-2002.
2 A bsent on leave, spring 2002.
Philosophy analyzes and comments critically
on concepts that are presupposed, embodied,
and developed in other disciplines and in daily
life: the natures o f knowledge, meaning, rea
soning, morality, the character of the world,
God, freedom, human nature, justice, and his
tory. Philosophy is thus significant for everyone
who wishes to live and act in a reflective and
critical manner.
o f Psychology, Philosophy of Mathematics, and
Philosophy o f Religion. From time to time,
there are courses and seminars on meaning,
freedom, and value in various domains of con
temporary life: Values and Ethics in Science
and Technology, Fem inist Theory, and
Biotechnology and Society.
COURSE OFFERINGS AND PREREQUISITES
The Philosophy Department offers several
kinds o f courses, all designed to engage stu
dents in philosophical practices. There are
courses and seminars to introduce students to
the major systematic works o f the history of
Western philosophy: works by Plato and
Aristotle (A n cien t Philosophy); Descartes,
Hume, and Kant (M odem Philosophy); Hegel
and Marx (Nineteenth-Century Philosophy);
Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre, Heidegger, and
de Beauvoir (Existentialism); and Russell and
W ittgenstein (Contem porary Philosophy).
There are courses and seminars that consider
arguments and conclusions in specific areas of
philosophy: Theory o f Knowledge, Logic,
Moral Philosophy, Metaphysics, A esthetics,
and Social and Political Philosophy. There are
courses and seminars concerned with the con
ceptual foundations o f various other disci
plines: A esthetics, Philosophy o f Scien ce,
Philosophy o f Language, Philosophy o f Law,
Philosophy o f the Social Sciences, Philosophy
Students majoring in philosophy must com
plete at least one course or seminar in (1) Logic
and (2) either A ncien t or M odem Philosophy
and earn a total of 8 credits, not counting
Senior Course Study or Sienior Honors Study.
In addition, students majoring in philosophy
are urged to take courses and seminars in
diverse fields of philosophy. Prospective majors
should complete the logic requirement as early
as possible. Course majors are encouraged to
enroll in seminars. Mastery o f at least one for
eign language is recommended. A ll course
majors will complete Senior Course Study in
Philosophy.
Students may com plete a m inor in
pPhilosophy by earning any 5 credits in philos
ophy courses. There is no distribution require
m ent for the minor.
Satisfactory completion o f either any section of
PHIL 001: Introduction to Philosophy or PHIL
012: Logic are prerequisites for taking any fur
ther course in philosophy. A ll sections of
Introduction to Philosophy are primary distrib
ution courses in the humanities. Students may
not take two different sections o f Introduction
to Philosophy, with one exception: the section
o f Introduction to Philosophy that focuses on
the philosophy o f science may be taken after
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completing another section of Introduction to
Philosophy.
PHIL 015. Biotechnology and Society:
The Case of Agriculture
PHIL 001. Introduction to Philosophy
(Cross-listed as B IO L 005)
Philosophy addresses fundamental questions
that arise in various practices and inquiries.
Each section addresses a few o f these questions
to introduce a range o f sharply contrasting
positions. Readings are typically drawn from
the works o f both traditional and contempo
rary thinkers with distinctive, carefully argued,
and influential views regarding knowledge,
morality, mind, and meaning. Close attention
is paid to formulating questions precisely and
to the technique o f analyzing arguments,
through careful consideration o f texts.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
A n introduction to biotechnology, as it per
tains to agricultural (and no t biomedical)
applications and to issues in the ethics and phi
losophy of science. Topics to be presented and
discussed include biotechnological methods,
ethical problems raised by recent innovations
in biotechnology in agricultural practices and
associated legal matters, consumer rights, bio
diversity and environmental impact, long-term
conduct o f agricultural practices and the
growth o f agribusiness, patents/intellectual
properties and their effects on the conduct of
science, and T hird W orld perspectives.
Students will be evaluated on presentations,
participation in discussions, and written work.
PHIL 0 11. Moral Philosophy
Prerequisites: BIOL 001 or approval of instructors.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Though there will be some attention paid to
contemporary thinkers, the focus of this course
will be traditional views of substantive ethics.
W e will discuss and compare views of how one
should live, contrasting different views on the
relative importance and relationship of, for
example, knowledge, freedom, and pleasure.
Among other values, which may be discussed,
are tranquility, human relationships, autono
my, and the search for objective good.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Oberdiek.
PHIL 012. Logic
A n introduction to the principles o f deductive
logic with equal emphasis on the syntactic and
semantic aspects o f logical systems. T h e place
of logic in philosophy will also be examined.
N o prerequisite. Required of all philosophy
majors.
1 credit.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Lacey and Vollmer.
PHIL 016. Philosophy of Religion
(See RELG 015B .)
PHIL 0 17. Aesthetics
O n the nature o f art and its roles in human life,
considering problems o f interpretation and
evaluation and some specific medium o f art:
W ho should care about art? Why? How?
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHIL 019. Philosophy of Social Science:
Methodologies of the Study of Poverty
T his course will study standard problems in the
philosophy of the social sciences as they are
exemplified in recent studies o f urban poverty.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Lacey.
F all 2001. Lacey.
PHIL 020. Plato
PHIL 013. Modern Philosophy
A n introduction to the thought o f Plato
through close readings o f some o f the major
dialogues. Topics will vary from year to year.
Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century sources
o f modernity in philosophical problems of
knowledge, freedom, humanity, nature, and
G od. Readings from Descartes, Spinoza,
Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant.
1 credit.
F al12 0 0 1 . Raff.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Schuldenffei.
PHIL 021. Social and Political Philosophy
(See PHIL 121.)
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Baumann.
PHIL 023. Contemporary Philosophy
Classical texts by twentieth-century authors
illustrate the Revolt Against Idealism (Frege,
Moore, Russell), Logical Positivism (Carnap,
Q uine), Ordinary Language Philosophy
(Austin, Ryle), later W ittgenstein, Rorty.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHIL 024. Theory of Knowledge
Perplexities about the nature, limits, and vari
eties of rationality, knowledge, meaning, and
understanding. Readings from current and tra
ditional sources.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHIL 025. Philosophy of Mathematics
Topics will include the nature o f mathematical
objects and mathematical knowledge, proof
and truth, mathematics as discovery or cre
ation, the character o f applied mathematics,
the geometry o f physical space. A considerable
range of twentieth-century views on these top
ics will be investigated including logicism
(Frege and Russell), formalism (H ilbet), intuitionism (Brouwer, D um m ett), platonism
(Gödel), and empiricism (K itcher). Important
mathematical results pertaining to these top
ics, their proofs and their philosophical impli
cations, will be studied in depth (e.g., the para
doxes of set theory, Gôdel’s incompleteness
theorems, relative consistency proofs for nonEuclidean geometries).
Prerequisites: Logic, or acceptance as a major
in mathematics, or approval o f instructor.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHIL 026. Language and Meaning
(See PHIL 116.)
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHIL 029. Philosophy of Modern Music
This course will survey the rise and evolution
of so-called absolute music (purely instrumen
tal music, without either text or immediate
liturgical function) as a significant form o f cul
tural expression from 1750 to the present. T h e
focus of attention will be various historicophilosophical accounts o f the meanings and
functions o f such musical works in culture,
ranging from how they present images of
human freedom to how they encode gender
oppositions and social antagonisms. A n ability
to follow a score and some awareness (but not
substantial music historical knowledge) of the
relative dates o f major composers o f Western
art music (e.g., Beethoven is just before
Schubert) is required. Som e attention will be
paid both to twentieth-century developments
(serialism; modal composition; Jo h n Cage,
New Romanticism, etc.) and to contemporary
popular music. Major theorists of music who
will be covered include Leonard Meyer, Carl
Dahlhaus, Theodor Adorno, Susan McClary,
Rose Rosengard Subotnik, Lawrence Kramer,
and Jacques A ttali.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHIL 039. Existentialism
In this course, we will examine existentialist
thinkers such as Nietzsche, Kierkegaard,
Heidegger, Sartre, Beauvoir, G en et, and
Camus in order to explore themes o f contem
porary European philosophy, including the self,
responsibility and authenticity, and the rela
tionships between body and mind, fantasy and
reality, and literature and philosophy.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHIL 040. Semantics
(See LIN G 040.)
PHIL 044. Torah and Logos: Judaism and
Philosophy
(Cross-listed as RELG 045)
This course will compare and contrast two world
views: Judaism and philosophy. Among the
topics we will examine are ethics, history and
memory, the role o f reason, and hermeneutics.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHIL 045. Philosophical Approaches to
the Question of Woman
W e will examine definitions o f woman in
W estern philosophy and explore how women
are currently defining themselves in various
forms o f feminist thought.
I credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
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PHIL 049. Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud
This course will examine the work o f three
nineteenth-century “philosophers o f suspicion”
who challenged the self-presence o f conscious
ness by considering consciousness as an effect
of other forces. T heir investigations into one’s
understanding o f truth as the effect o f will-topower (Nietzsche), one’s understanding o f real
ity as the effect o f class position (M arx), and
consciousness as the effect o f unconscious forces
(Freud), provide an important background to
contemporary questions about the nature of
reality, human identity, and social power.
1 credit. W riting-intensive course. Limited to
12 students.
F all 2001. Lorraine.
PHIL 055. Philosophy of Law
A n inquiry into major theories o f law, with
emphasis on implications for th e relation
between law and morality, principles o f crimi
nal and tort law, civil disobedience, punish
m ent and excuses, and freedom o f expression.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHIL 079. Poststructuralism
T his course will examine “poststructuralist”
thinkers such as Foucault, Derrida, Kristeva,
and Deleuze in light o f contemporary questions
about identity, embodiment, the relationship
between self and other, and ethics.
SEMINARS
PHIL 10 1. Moral Philosophy
A n exam ination o f the principal theories of
value, virtue, and moral obligation, and of
their justification. T h e focus will be primarily
on contemporary treatments o f moral philoso
phy. A central question o f seminar will be the
possibility and desirability o f moral theory.
2 credits.
Spring 20 0 2 . Oberdiek.
PHIL 102. Ancient Philosophy
A study o f the origins o f W estern philosophical
thought in A ncien t G reece, from the preSocratics through the H ellenistic schools. We
will examine the doctrines o f the Milesians,
Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, the
Epicureans, the Stoics, and the Skeptics.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHIL 103. Selected Modern Philosophers
Two or more philosophical systems o f Descartes,
Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, or
K ant and their relations.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHIL 104. Contemporary Philosophy
N ot offered 2001 -2002.
Twentieth-century classics by Frege, Moore,
Russell, and W ittgenstein selected for inten
sive treatment and as ground for one or more
current philosophical issues.
PHIL 086. Philosophy of Mind and
Psychology
N ot offered 2001-2002.
1 credit.
T his course will deal with the concept of mind,
the relation o f the mental and the physical, the
nature o f consciousness and intentionality, the
nature o f personhood and related topics.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Baumann.
PHIL 093. Directed Reading
E ach sem ester. Staff.
PHIL 096. Thesis
E ach sem ester. Staff.
PHIL 099. Senior Course Study
Spring sem ester. Staff.
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2 credits.
PHIL 105. Tho Analytic Tradition
T his seminar will give an overview over one of
the major currents in contemporary philoso
phy: A nalytical Philosophy. W e will read and
discuss classical authors o f this tradition (Frege,
Russell, W ittgenstein, Carnap, Quine, Ryle,
and Austin) as well as more recent authors.
2 credits.
Spring 20 0 2 . Baumann.
PHIL 106. Aesthetics and Theory of
Criticism
O n the nature of art and its roles in human life,
considering problems o f interpretation and
evaluation and some specific medium of art.
2 credits.
PHIL 12 1. Social and Political Philosophy
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHIL 1 1 1 . Philosophy of Religion
Sources for this sem inar will range from
ancient to contemporary. Among the theorists
who may be considered are Plato, Hobbes,
Locke, Rousseau, Rawls, MacIntyre, Taylor,
Shklar, Rorty, and Habermas.
(See Religion Department.)
2 credits.
Preparation by course and attachm ent.
F all 20 0 1 . Oberdiek.
PHIL 109. Semantics
(See LIN G 109.)
PHIL 113 . Theory of Knowledge
PHIL 122. Philosophy of Law
Traditional and current theories o f knowledge
and their alternatives. Topics include selfdeception, dreaming, perception, theorizing,
and the nature o f knowledge.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHIL 139. Phenomenology,
Existentialism, and Post-Structuralism
2 credits.
In this course, we will examine the themes of
reality, truth, alienation, authenticity, death,
desire, and human subjectivity as they emerge
in contemporary European philosophy. W e will
consider thinkers such as Nietzsche, Husserl,
Heidegger, Derrida, and Irigaray in order to
place contemporary themes o f poststructuralist
thought in the context o f the phenomenologi
cal, existential, and structuralist thought out of
which they emerge.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002.
2 credits.
PHIL 116 . Language and Meaning
F all 2 0 0 1 . Lorraine.
Behaviorist theories o f meaning, cognitivist
theories o f meaning, and conceptions o f lan
guage as a social practice will be surveyed and
criticized.
PHIL 145. Feminist Theory Seminar
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHIL 114 . Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
The historicist treatment o f such topics as
knowledge, morality, God’s existence, and free
dom in Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Feverbauk, Marx,
and Nietzsche.
2 credits.
Spring 2002. Eldridge.
PHIL 118. Philosophy of Psychology
This course explores the extent to which the
categories o f explanation o f thought and
action that come from practical life (reasons
and goals) constrain or lim it scientific expla
nations of the kinds put forward in cognitive
psychology, behaviorism, and artificial intelli
gence theory.
If the power o f a social critique rests on its abil
ity to make general claims, then how do we
account for the particularity o f women’s vari
ous social situations without sacrificing the
power o f a unified theoretical perspective? In
this course, we will explore possibilities opened
by poststructuralist theory, postcolonial theory,
French feminist theory, and other forms of fem
inist thought, in order to examine questions
about desire, sexuality, and embodied identi
ties, and various resolutions to this dilemma.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002.
2 credits.
PHIL 180. Thesis
Fall 2001. Lacey.
A thesis may be submitted by majors in the
department in place o f one Honors paper, upon
application by the student and at the discre
tion o f the department.
PHIL 119. Philosophy of Science
Selected issues, for example, the nature o f sci
entific explanation and evidence, the relation
ship between theory and observation, the
rationality o f science, the alleged value free
dom of science.
PHIL 199. Senior Honors Study
Spring sem ester.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
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Physical Education and Athletics
ROBERT E . WILLIAMS, Professor and Chair
SUSAN P. DAVIS, Professor1
MICHAEL L . MULLAN, Professor
KAREN BORBEE, Associate Professor
LEE WIMBERLY, Associate Professor
ADRIENNE SHIBLES, Assistant Professor
ADAM HERTZ, Associate A thletic Director
AM Y L . BRUNNER, Coach/Instructor
PAT GRESS, Coach/Instructor
FRANK AGOVINO, Coach/Instructor
PETER CARROLL, Coach/Instructor
MARK DUZENSKI, Coach/Instructor
MITCH KLINE, Coach/Instructor
DON NORTON, Coach/Instructor
DAN SEARS, Coach/Instructor
SHARON GREEN, Administrative Assistant
MARIAN FAHY, Administrative Assistant
1 A bsent on leave, fall 2001.
T h e aim of the department is to contribute to
the total education o f all students through the
medium o f physical activity. W e believe this
contribution can best be achieved through
encouraging participation in a broad program
of individual and team sports, aquatics, physi
cal fitness, and wellness. T h e program provides
an opportunity for instruction and experience
in a variety o f these activities on all levels. It is
our hope that participation in this program will
foster an understanding of movement and the
pleasure of exercise and will enhance, by prac
tice, qualities of good sportsmanship, leader
ship, and cooperation in team play. Students
are also encouraged to develop skill and inter
est in a variety o f activities that can be enjoyed
after graduation.
T h e intercollegiate athletic program is com
prehensive, including varsity teams in 21 dif
ferent sports: 10 for men and 11 for women.
Ample opportunities exist for large numbers of
students to engage in intercollegiate competi
tion, and those who qualify may be encouraged
to participate in regional and national champi
onship contests. Several club teams in various
sports are also organized, and a program of
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intramural activities is sponsored.
Students are encouraged to enjoy the instruc
tional and recreational opportunities offered by
th e departm ent throughout their college
careers. A ll students no t excused for medical
reasons are required to complete a four-quarter
(two-semester) program in physical education.
A ll students must pass a survival swimming test
or take up to one quarter o f swimming instruc
tion. T h e swim test and the two semesters of
physical education are requirements for gradu
ation.
Courses offered by the department are listed
below. Credit toward completion o f the physi
cal education requirement will also be given
for participation in intercollegiate athletics as
well as the listed dance courses, which are
semester-long courses. To receive credit for any
part o f the program, students must participate
in their chosen activity a minimum o f three
hours a week. Students are encouraged to com
plete the requirement by the end o f their
sophomore year.
Fall Activities
Aerobics
A erobic Conditioning
Aikido I, II
Aquatics I, II, III
Basketball
* * * * Cross-Country
t Field Hockey
Fitness Training
Folk Dance
Med X
t * *Soccer
Squash
Spring Activities
Aerobics
Aquatics Techniques and Fitness
* * * Baseball
Folk Dance continued
* * * G olf
* * * * Lacrosse
Med X
$ Softball
Tennis
* * * * Track and Field
Volleyball
Advanced W eight Training
Aquatics Techniques and Fitness
* t Tennis
* * Volleyball
W eight Training
Winter Activities
t Intercollegiate competition for women.
* Intercollegiate competition for men and
course instruction for men and women.
* * Intercollegiate competition for women
and course instruction for men and women.
* * * Intercollegiate competition for men.
Aerobics
* * Badminton
* * * * Intercollegiate competition for men and
women.
Basketball
Fencing
Fitness Training
Folk and Square Dance
* * * * Indoor Track and Field
Lifeguard Training
Med X
Squash
* * * * Swimming
Aquatics Techniques and Fitness
Tennis
Volleyball
W eight Training
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Physics and Astronomy
JOHN R. BOCCIO, Professor
PETER J . COLLINGS, Professor
FRANK A . MOSCATELLI, Professor
AMY L.R . BUG, Associate Professor and Chair
CARL H. GROSSMAN, Associate Professor
MICHAEL R. BROWN, Associate Professor3
DAVID H. COHEN, Assistant Professor o f Astronomy
ERIC L.N . JENSEN, Assistant Professor o f Astronomy3
ANDREA L . STOUT, Assistant Professor
CHRISTOPHER BURNS, Visiting Assistant Professor
LUBNA RANA, Visiting Assistant Professor
MARY ANN KLASSEN, Lecturer
PRUDENCE G. SCHRAN, Lecturer
STEVEN PALMER, M echanician
DAVID E . RADCLIFF, Instrumentation/Computer Technician
DEBORAH J . ECONOMIDIS, Administrative Assistant
3 A bsent on leave, 2001-2002.
T h e program of the Physics and Astronomy
Department stresses the concepts and methods
that have led to an understanding o f the fun
damental laws explaining the physical universe.
Throughout the work o f th e department,
emphasis is placed on quantitative, analytical
reasoning, as distinct from the mere acquisition
o f facts and skills. Particular importance is also
attached to laboratory work because physics
and astronomy are primarily experimental and
observational sciences.
W ith the awareness th at involvem ent in
research is a major component in the educa
tion o f scientists, the department offers a num
ber o f opportunities for students to participate
in original research projects, conducted by
members o f the faculty, on campus.
Several research laboratories are maintained by
the department to support faculty interests in
the areas o f laser physics, high-resolution
atomic spectroscopy, plasma physics, computer
simulation, liquid crystals, biophysics, and
observational and theoretical astrophysics.
T h e department maintains the historic Sproul
telescope, a 61-cm refractor, equipped with a
C C D camera, plus several small telescopes for
instructional use. A monthly visitors’ night at
the observatory is announced in T he W eekly
N ew s.
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Two calculus-based introductory sequences are
offered. PH YS 003, 004 covers both classical
and modem physics and is an appropriate
introductory physics sequence for those stu
dents majoring in engineering, chemistry, and
biology. PHYS 007 and 008, on the other
hand, which is normally preceded by PHYS
006 or A S T R 003, is at a higher level. It is
aimed toward students planning to do further
work in physics or astronomy and is also appro
priate for engineering and chemistry majors.
T h e four-course sequence 006, 007, 008, and
014 is designed to provide a comprehensive
introduction to all major areas o f physics.
Additional information is available via the
World Wide Web at http://laser.swarthmore.edu/.
REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Major D egree Requirem ents
T h e basic program in Physics is intended for
students not planning to pursue graduate work.
It consists o f PH YS 006 (or A S T R 0 0 3 ), 007,
0 0 8 ,0 1 4 , and 050 in the first two years followed
by PH YS 111, 1 1 2 ,1 1 3 , and 114 in the last two
years. In addition, the shop course PH YS 063
and the advanced laboratory courses ENGR
0 72A and PHYS 082, and M A TH 005, 006A ,
006B, 016, and 0 18 must be taken.
The basic program in astronomy is intended for
students not planning to pursue graduate work.
It consists o f A S T R 003 or PH YS 006, and
PHYS 007, 008, 01 4 , and A S T R 016. In addi
tion, four astronomy seminars and M A TH 005,
006A, 006B , and 0 18 must be taken.
The basic programs listed above cover all of
the fundamental areas in the discipline.
Students preparing for graduate study in
physics or astronomy should choose one o f the
advanced programs listed below.
The advanced program in physics is A S T R 003
or PHYS 006, and PH YS 007, 008, 014, and
050 in the first two years followed by PHYS
111, 112, 113, 114, 115, and 116 in the last
two years. In addition, the shop course PHYS
063 and the advanced laboratory courses
ENGR 072A and PH YS 082, and M A TH 005,
006A, 006B , 016, and 0 1 8 must be taken.
The advanced program in astrophysics is
A ST R 003 or PH YS 006, and PH YS 007, 008,
014, 050, and A S T R 016, followed by PHYS
111, 112, 113, and 114, plus two astronomy
seminars. In addition, M A TH 005, 006A ,
006B, 016, and 018 must be taken.
Students wishing an even stronger background
for graduate work and a deeper look at one or
more special fields may take an extended pro
gram by adding elective seminars in physics or
astronomy and/or a research project/thesis.
Seniors not taking the External Examinations
must complete a Comprehensive Exercise in
the senior year, which is not only intended to
encourage review and synthesis but also requires
students to demonstrate mastery o f fundamen
tals studied during all four years.
Criteria fo r acceptan ce as a m ajor. A student
applying to become a physics major should
have completed or be completing PH YS 014,
PHYS 050, and M A TH 018. If applying for an
astrophysics or astronomy major, they should
also have completed A S T R 016. T h e applicant
must normally have an average grade in all
physics and/or astronomy courses as well as in
MATH 016, 018, o f C or better.
Because almost all advanced work in physics
and astronomy at Swarthmore is taught in sem
inars, where the pedagogical responsibility is
shared by the student participants, an addi
tional consideration in accepting (retaining)
majors is the presumed (demonstrated) ability
of the students not only to benefit from this
mode of instruction but also to contribute pos
itively to the seminars.
A dvanced laboratory program . T h e advanced
laboratory courses, namely, EN G R 072A (elec
tronics lab), PH YS 063, and PH YS 082 (each
0.5 credit) require approximately one after
noon a week. Students enrolled in these must
arrange their programs so that they can sched
ule a time for lab each week, free o f conflicts
with other classes, seminars, extracurricular
activities, and sports.
Indepen den t w ork. Physics and astronomy
majors are encouraged to undertake indepen
dent research projects, especially in the senior
year, either in conjunction with one o f the
senior seminars or as a special project for sepa
rate credit (PHYS/ASTR 094). There are many
opportunities for students to work with faculty
members on research projects during the sum
mer or semester. In preparation for indepen
dent experimental work, prospective physics
majors are urged to take the required course
P H Y S 0 6 3 : Procedures in Experim ental
Physics during the fall semester o f their sopho
more year, which will qualify them to work in
the departmental shops.
T eacher certification . W e offer teacher certifica
tion in physics through a program approved by
the state o f Pennsylvania. Because of a change in
teacher certification regulations that occurred in
November 2000, students completing certifica
tion during 2001 to 2003 will need to fulfill
somewhat different course requirements from
those who complete certification in 2004 and
beyond. For further information about the rel
evant set of requirements, please contact the
Education program director, the Physics De
partment chair, or the Education Program Web
site: www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/Education/.
Minor D egree Requirem ents
Our department offers two types of couise minor:
one in physics and one in astronomy.
T h e physics minor consists o f PH YS 006 or
A S T R 003, PHYS 0 0 7 ,* PH YS 0 0 8 ,* PHYS
014, PHYS 050, and PHYS 111 and PH YS
113.+ Corequisites are M A TH 005, 006, and
018. (* In some cases, PH YS 003 and/or PH YS
004 may be substituted for PH YS 007 and/or
P H Y S 0 0 8 .) (+M inors should have two
advanced seminars, preferably one in “classi
cal” and one in “quantum” physics. PH YS 111
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is a prerequisite for the future seminars and ful
fills the “classical” requirement. Although we
recommend PH YS 113 as the second advanced
seminar, a different seminar may be substituted
upon consultation with the chair.)
introductory quantum physics. Includes one
laboratory weekly.
T h e astronomy minor consists o f A S T R 003 or
PH YS 006, PH YS 007 or PH YS 003, PHYS
008 or PH YS 004, A S T R 016, one astronomy
seminar numbered 100 or above, and one sem
ester o f A S T R 061 (0.5 credits). Co-requisites
are M A TH 005 and 006.
Spring 2002. Bug.
EXTERNAL EXAMINATION PROGRAM
To be accepted into the External Examination
program in the department, the applicant must
normally have an average grade in all physics
and/or astronomy courses of B or better.
External examinations are based on the topics
covered in the following seminars: Physics:
PH YS 111, 112, 113, 114, and 115, plus a
research or library thesis; Astrophysics: three of
the following (PH YS 111, 112, 1 1 3 ,1 1 4 ); two
of the following (A S T R 121, 123, 126, 128),
plus a research or library thesis; Astronomy:
A S T R 121, 123, 126, 128, plus a 2-credit
research or library thesis.
Minors in physics, astrophysics, and astronomy
take an external exam ination based on two
seminars from the previous lists.
Prerequisite: M A TH 006A (can be taken con
currently). PH YS 003 or permission.
1 credit.
PHYS 006. The Character of Physical Law
A n introduction to the concepts of physics and
the thought processes inherent to the disci
pline. T h e primary emphasis of the course will
be on the accepted principles o f physics and
their application to specific areas. Attention
will be given to philosophical aspects of
physics, discussions of what kind o f problems
physicists address, and how they go about
addressing them. T h e course includes a sub
stantial writing component. Three lecture/discussion sections per week and a laboratory.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Boccio, Bug.
PHYS 007. Introductory Mechanics
A n introduction to classical mechanics and
special relativity. Includes the study of the
kinematics and dynamics o f point particles;
conservation principles involving energy,
momentum, and angular momentum; rotation
al motion o f rigid bodies; oscillatory motion;
and relativistic kinem atics and dynamics.
Includes one laboratory weekly.
Prerequisite (can also be taken concurrently):
M A TH 006A . PH YS 006 or permission.
1 credit.
PHYSICS COURSES
Spring 2002. Grossman.
PHYS 003. General Physics I
PHYS 008. Electricity, Magnetism, and
Waves
Topics include vectors, kinematics, Newton’s
laws and dynamics, conservation laws, work
and energy, oscillatory motion, systems o f par
ticles, rigid body rotation, special relativity,
and thermodynamics. Includes one laboratory
weekly.
Prerequisite: M A TH 005 (can be taken con
currently).
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Rana.
PHYS 004. General Physics II
Topics include wave phenomena, geometrical
and physical optics, electricity and magnetism,
direct and alternating-current circuits, and
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A sophisticated introductory treatm ent of
wave and electric and magnetic phenomena,
such as oscillatory motion, forced vibrations,
coupled oscillators, Fourier analysis o f progres
sive waves, boundary effects and interference,
the electrostatic field and potential, electrical
work and energy, D .C . and A .C . circuits, the
relativistic basis o f magnetism, and Maxwell’s
equations. Includes one laboratory weekly.
Prerequisites: PHYS 007. M A TH 006A , 006C;
016 or 018 (can be taken concurrently).
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Stout:
RHYS 014. Thermodynamics and Modern
Physics
PHYS 029. Seminar on Gender and
(Physical) Science
A n introduction to thermodynamics and tem
perature, heat, work, entropy, modem physics,
including relativistic dynamics, wave mechan
ics, Schrodinger equation applied to one
dimensional systems, and properties of atoms,
molecules, solids, nuclei, and elementary parti
cles. T he quantum aspects o f the interaction of
photons with matter. Includes one laboratory
weekly.
T his seminar will take a multifaceted approach
to the question: “W hat are the connections
between a person’s gender, race, or class and
their practice of science?” T h e history o f sci
ence, the education of women, and the inter
play between technology and society will be
addressed. Physical science will be the princi
pal focus. Includes some laboratory work.
Prerequisites: PH YS 003, 0 04 or PH YS 007,
008.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Moscatelli.
PHYS 020. Principles of the Earth Sciences
An analysis of the forces shaping our physical
environment, drawing on the fields o f geology,
geophysics, meteorology, and oceanography.
Includes some laboratory and field work.
Primary distribution cou rse. I credit.
Spring 2002. Collings.
PHYS 021. Light and Color
The fundamentals o f light from the classical
and quantum physical viewpoint. Extensive
use of examples from art, nature, and technol
ogy will be made. Two or three lectures per
week plus a special project/laboratory.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHYS 023. Relativity
A nonmathematical introduction to the spe
cial and general theories o f relativity as devel
oped by Einstein and others during the twenti
eth century.
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHYS 025. In Search of Reality
By investigating the assumptions, theories, and
experiments associated with the study o f reali
ty in quantum physics, we will attempt to
decide whether the question o f the existence of
an intelligible external reality has any mean
ing.
1 credit.
PHYS 050. Mathematical Methods of
Physics
A survey o f analytical and numerical tech
niques useful in physics, including multivari
able calculus, optimization, ordinary differen
tial equations, partial differential equations
and Sturm-Liouville systems, orthogonal func
tions, Fourier series, Fourier and Laplace trans
forms, and numerical methods.
Prerequisites: M A TH 016 and either 006C or
018; a knowledge o f some programming lan
guage.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Collings.
PHYS 093. Directed Reading
T his course provides an opportunity for an
individual student to do special study, with
either theoretical or experimental emphasis, in
fields not covered by the regular courses and
seminars. T h e student will present oral and
written reports to the instructor.
0 .5 , l , o r 2 credits.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
PHYS 094. Research Project
Initiative for a research project may come from
the student, or the work may involve collabo
ration with ongoing faculty research. T h e stu
dent will present a written and an oral report to
the department.
0 .5 , l , or 2 credits.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
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PHYSICS SEMINARS
PH YS1 1 1 . Analytical Dynamics
Intermediate classical mechanics. M otion o f a
particle in one, two, and three dimensions.
Kepler’s laws and planetary m otion. Phase
space. Oscillatory motion. Lagrange equations
and variational principles. Systems o f particles;
collisions and cross sections. M otion o f a rigid
body. Euler’s equations. Rotating frames o f ref
erence. Sm all oscillations and normal modes.
W ave phenomena.
Prerequisites: PH YS 111 and M ATH 006C or
018.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Stout.
PHYS 115 . Quantum Applications
Applications o f theory developed in PHYS 113
and 114. Topics selected from: A tom ic physics.
Solid-state physics. Nuclear physics. Particle
physics. Molecular physics.
Prerequisites: PH YS 111, 113.
Prerequisites: PHYS 0 14, 050; M A TH 018.
1 credit.
I credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Grossman.
F all 20 0 1 . Boecio.
PHYS 116 . Modern Optics
PHYS 112 . Electrodynamics
W ave equations, superposition, interference,
Frauenhofer and Fresnel diffraction, polariza
tion. O p tical instrum ents: spectrometers,
interferometers, etalons. Propagation in fibers,
Fourier optics, spatial and temporal coherence,
lasers, and elem ents o f nonlinear optics.
Quantum theory o f light: blackbody radiation,
modes, quantization o f the electromagnetic
field, photons, and intensity fluctuations.
Electricity and magnetism using vector calcu
lus. Electric and magnetic fields. Dielectric and
magnetic materials. Electromagnetic induc
tion. Maxwell’s field equations in differential
form. Displacement current. Poynting theorem
and electromagnetic waves. Boundary-value
problems. Radiation. Four-vector formulation
o f relativistic electrodynamics.
Prerequisite: PH YS 014, 050; M A TH 018.
I credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Moscatelli.
PHYS 113 . Quantum Theory
Postulates o f quantum mechanics. Operators,
eigenfunctions, and eigenvalues. Function spaces
and herm itian operators; bra-ket notation.
Superposition and observables. Time develop
ment, conservation theorems, and parity. Angular
momentum. Three-dimensional systems. Matrix
mechanics and spin. Coupled angular momenta.
Time-independent and time-dependent pertur
bation theory. Transition rates.
Prerequisites: PH YS 112, 113.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Collings.
PHYS 130. General Relativity
Newton’s gravitational theory. Special relativi
ty. Linear field theory. G ravitational waves.
Measurement of spacetime. Riemannian geom
etry. Geometrodynamics and Einstein’s equa
tions. T h e Schwarzschild solution. Black holes
and gravitational collapse. Cosmology.
Prerequisites: PH YS 111 and 112.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
Prerequisites: PH YS 111 and M A TH 016.
PHYS 13 1. Particle Physics
1 credit.
A study o f the ultimate constituents o f matter
and the nature o f the interactions between
them. Topics include relativistic wave equa
tions; symmetries and group theory; Feynman
calculus; quantum electrodynamics; quarks;
gluons; and quantum chromodynamics; weak
interactions; gauge theories; the Higgs particle;
and, finally, some of the ideas behind lattice
gauge calculations.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Boecio.
PHYS 114 . Statistical Physics
T h e statistical behavior o f classical and quan
tum systems. Temperature and entropy, equa
tions of state, engines and refrigerators, statisti
cal basis o f thermodynamics, microcanonical,
canonical and grand canonical distributions,
phase transitions, statistics o f bosons and
fermions, black body radiation, electronic and
thermal properties o f quantum liquids and
solids.
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Prerequisites: PH YS 113 and 115.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Rana.
PHYS132. Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
PHYS 136. Quantum Optics and Lasers
Nonlinear mappings, stability, bifurcations,
and catastrophe. Conservative and dissipative
systems. Fractals and self-similarity in chaos the
ory.
Prerequisite: PH YS 111.
Atom-field interactions, stimulated emission,
cavities, transverse and longitudinal mode
structure, gain and gain saturation, nonlinear
effects, coherent transients and squeezed states.
Pulsed lasers and super-radiance.
1 credit.
Prerequisites: PHYS 113 and 116.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
1 credit.
PHYS 133. Atomic Physics and
Spectroscopy
N ot offered 2001-2002.
Review o f quantum theory. Hydrogen atom.
Multielectron atoms. Atom s in external fields.
Optical transitions and selection rules. Hyperfine structure. Lasers. A tom ic spectroscopic
techniques: atomic beams methods, Dopplerfree spectroscopy, time-resolved spectroscopy,
and level crossing spectroscopy.
Computer simulations are a powerful way of
solving problems in various fields o f physics.
Students will learn concepts o f robust scientific
computing and explore techniques like Monte
C arlo, fin ite-elem ent, FFT, and molecular
dynamics. O ther topics may include high-per
formance computing and making the W eb a
part o f one’s problem-solving and informationdissemination strategies. As a culmination to
the seminar, students will do an extended inde
pendent project o f their choice.
Prerequisites: PH YS 1 1 3 ,1 1 5 , and 116.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2002.
PHYS 134. Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Photon polarization. Quantum interference
effects. Measurement theory. Potential scatter
ing. Time-independent and time-dependent
perturbation theory. Interaction o f the quan
tized radiation field with matter. Addition of
angular momenta. Rotations and tensor opera
tors. Identical particles. Second quantization.
Atoms and molecules. Relativistic spin zero
particles. T h e Klein-Gordon equation. T he
Dirac equation.
Prerequisites: PH YS 113 and 115.
I credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2002.
PHYS 135. Solid-State Physics
Crystal structure and diffraction. T h e recipro
cal lattice and Brillouin zones. Lattice vibra
tions and normal modes. Phonon dispersion.
Einstein and Debye models for specific heat.
Free electrons and the Fermi surface. Electrons
in periodic structures. T h e Bloch theorem.
Band structure. Semiclassical electron dynam
ics. Semiconductors. M agnetic and optical
properties of solids. Superconductivity.
Prerequisites: PH YS 113, 114, and 115.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHYS 13 7. Computational Physics
Prerequisite: PH YS 050, 111, and taken previ
ously or concurrently, PHYS 113, 114.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHYS 138. Plasma Physics
A n introduction to the principles o f plasma
physics. Treatment will include the kinetic
approach (orbits o f charged particles in electric
and magnetic fields, statistical m echanics of
charged particles) and the fluid approach (single
fluid magnetohydrodynamics, two fluid theory).
Topics may include transport processes in plas
mas (conductivity and diffusion), waves and
oscillations, controlled nuclear fusion, and
plasma astrophysics.
Prerequisite: PH YS 112.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHYS 139. The Physical Basis of
Biomolecular Structure and Function
(Cross-listed as CH EM 110)
Introduction to the interdisciplinary field of
biophysics in which biological systems are
explored using the quantitative perspective o f
the physical scientist. Topics will include elec
trostatics o f solvated biomolecules, statistical
thermodynamics o f polymers, physical meth
ods for studying macromolecules, and biologi-
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ASTRONOMY COURSES
Prerequisites: CH EM 0 1 0 , CH EM 034, or
CH EM 038; PHYS 014; or permission o f the
instructors.
ASTR 001. introductory Astronomy
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PHYS 180. Honors Thesis
Theoretical or experiment work culminating
in a written Honors thesis. Also includes an
oral presentation to the department.
0 .5 , 1, o r 2 credits.
T h e scientific investigation o f the universe by
observation and theory, including the basic
notions o f physics as needed in astronomical
applications. Topics include astronomical
instruments and radiation; the sun and planets;
properties, structure, and evolution of stars; the
Galaxy and extragalactic systems; the origin
and evolution o f the universe. Includes some
evening labs.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
PHYS 199. Senior Honors Study
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Cohen.
A review o f the subject matter covered in
PH YS 111, 1 1 2 ,1 1 3 ,1 1 4 , and 115. Open only
to students in the External Examination pro
gram.
0 .5 credit.
Spring 2002. Staff.
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ASTR 003. The Physical Universe
T his is an introductory astrophysics course
emphasizing three major areas o f astronomy
and modem physics. These include birth of the
universe, the theory o f special relativity, and
the formation o f the solar system. Questions
regarding the presence o f life beyond the earth
are also addressed.
PHYSICS LABORATORY PROGRAM
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
PHYS 063. Procedures in Experimental
Physics
ASTR 016. Modern Astrophysics
Techniques, materials, and the design of exper
imental apparatus. Shop practice. Printed cir
cu it design and construction. H alf-credit
course. O pen only to majors in physics, astro
physics, or astronomy.
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E ach sem ester. Bums.
T his is a one-semester introduction to astrophysics as applied to stars, the interstellar
medium, galaxies, and the large-scale structure
o f the universe. T h e course includes some
evening laboratories and observing sessions.
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Prerequisites: M A TH 005, 006A B , and PHYS
0 0 3 ,0 0 4 or PH YS 0 0 7 ,0 0 8 . (PH YS 004 or 008
may be taken concurrently.)
ENGR 072A. Electronic Circuit
Applications
1 credit.
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E ach sem ester. Cohen.
(See Engineering for description.)
ASTR 061. Current Problems in Astronomy
and Astrophysics
0 .5 credit.
PHYS 082. Advanced Laboratory
Experiments in m echanics, electricity and
magnetism, waves, therm al and statistical
physics, atomic, .and nuclear physics.
0 .5 credit.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
Reading and discussion of selected research
papers from th e astronom ical literature.
Techniques o f journal reading, use of abstract
services and other aids for the efficient mainte
nance of awareness in a technical field. May be
repeated for credit. Credit/no credit only.
Prerequisite: A S T R 016.
0 .5 credit.
E ach sem ester. Bums, Cohen.
ASTR 093. Oirected Reading
(See PH YS 093.)
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ASTR 094. Research Project
ASTR 128. Galaxies and Galactic Structure
(See PHYS 094.)
Study o f our own galaxy and other galaxies.
Galaxy morphology. Observational properties
of galaxies. Kinematics: stellar motions, galaxy
rotation, spiral density waves, instabilities.
Galaxy and star formation. Starburst galaxies.
Quasars and active galaxies. Galaxy clusters
and interactions. Large-scale structure of the
universe.
Prerequisite: A S T R 016.
ASTRONOMY SEMINARS
ASTR 12 1. Research Techniques in
Observational Astronomy
This course covers many o f the research took
used by astronomers. These include instru
ments used to observe at wavelengths across
the electromagnetic spectrum; techniques for
photometry, spectroscopy, and interferometry;
and various methods by which images are
processed and data are analyzed. Students will
perform observational and data analysis pro
jects during the semester.
Prerequisite: A S T R 016.
I credit.
A lternate years.
Spring 20 0 2 . Bums.
ASTR 180. Honors Thesis
(See PHYS 180.)
ASTR 199. Senior Honors Study
Not offered 2001-2002.
A review o f the subject matter covered in ad
vanced physics and astronomy courses. Open
only to students in the External Examination
program.
ASTR 123. Stars and Stellar Structure
0 .5 credit.
An overview o f physics o f the stars, both
atmospheres and interiors. Topics include
hydrostatic and thermal equilibrium, radiative
and convective transfer, nuclear energy gener
ation, degenerate matter. Calculation o f stellar
modek. Interpretation o f spectra. Stellar evo
lution. W hite dwarfs and neutron stars.
Nucleosynthesk. Supernovae. Star formation.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Staff.
1 credit.
Alternate years.
Prerequkite: A S T R 016.
1 credit.
Alternate years.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
ASTR 126. The Interstellar Medium
Study of the m aterial betw een the stars.
Radiative processes in space. Heating and cool
ing mechanisms. Phyics o f interstellar dust.
Chemistry of interstellar molecules. Magnetic
fields. Emission nebulae. Hydrodynamics and
shock waves. Supernova remnants. Star-form
ing regions. A ctive galactic nuclei. X-ray and
gamma-ray sources.
Prerequisite: A S T R 016.
1 credit.
Alternate years.
Pad 2001. Cohen.
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Political Science
RAYMOND F. HOPKINS, Professor
JAMES R. KURTH, Professor
CAROL NACKENOFF, Professor and Chair
RICHARD L . RUBIN, Professor (part-time)3
KENNETH E . SHARPE, Professor3
DAVID G. SMITH, Professor Emeritus
RICHARD VALELLY, Professor
CYNTHIA PERWIN HALPERN, Associate Professor
KEITH REEVES, Associate Professor3
TYRENE WHITE, Associate Professor
ROBERT BOATRIGHT, Assistant Professor
JEFFR EY MURER, Assistant Professor
KATHLEEN KERNS, Administrative Assistant
DEBORAH SLOMAN, Administrative Assistant
3 A bsent on leave, 2001-2002.
COURSE OFFERINGS AND PREREQUISITES
Courses and seminars offered by the Political
Science Department deal with the place of
politics in society and contribute to an under
standing o f the purposes, organization, and
operation o f political institutions, domestic
and international. T h e department offers
courses in all four of the major subfields o f the
discipline: Am erican politics, comparative pol
itics, international politics, and political theory.
Questions about the causes and consequences
o f political action and normative concerns
regarding freedom and authority, power and
justice, and human dignity and social responsi
bility are addressed throughout the curriculum.
Prerequisites. Students planning to study politi
cal science are advised to start with two o f the
following introductory courses: Political Theory,
Am erican Politics, Comparative Politics, and
International Politics (PO L S 001, 002, 003,
and 0 0 4 ). Normally, any two o f these courses
constitute the prerequisite for further work in
the department.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR
P rerequ isites an d gen eral recom m en dation s.
Students who intend to m ajor in political sci
ence should begin their work in their first year
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at college if possible. Completion o f at least
two courses at the introductory level (POLS
001, 002, 003, and 004) is required for admis
sion to the major. Supporting courses strongly
recommended for all majors are Statistical
Thinking or Statistical Methods (M A TH 001
or 0 0 2 ) and Introduction to Economics
(EC O N 001).
C ourse requirem ents fo r m ajors. To graduate with
a major in political science, a student must
complete the equivalent o f at least eight courses
in the department. T h e department expects
that at least five of these eight courses be taken
at Swarthmore.
D istribution requirem ents. A ll political science
majors are required to take one course or semi
nar in each o f the three subfield areas: (1)
Am erican politics, (2) comparative or interna
tio nal politics, and (3 ) political theory.
Completion o f any o f the following will satisfy
the political theory requirement: PO LS Oil,
012, 100, or 101.
T h e department recommends that majors plan
course and seminar programs that afford some
exposure above the introductory level to at
least three o f the four major subfields o f politi
cal science (listed in the introductory para
graph earlier).
C om prehen sive requ irem en t. M ajors in the
course program can fulfill the College compre
hensive requirement in one o f two ways. The
preferred option is the oral thesis. Students are
examined orally on a body o f literature that
best captures their interests and range of prepa
ration within the discipline. Under the second
option, the written thesis, students complete a
written thesis based on in-depth research into
a topic of their choice. To be eligible for this
option, students must normally have at least an
A - average in their political science courses,
demonstrate the merit and rigor o f their pro
posal, and secure the approval of a faculty advi
sor. Detailed information about these options is
available at the beginning o f the junior year.
tions before their senior year.
Senior Honors majors are invited to take the
Senior H onors C olloquium , a 2-credit colloqui
um normally offered in the fall term o f their
senior year. Work done in this colloquium will
satisfy the College’s Senior Honors Study re
quirement and will be submitted to the exter
nal examiners. A ny Senior Honors Major who
does no t elect to take the Senior Honors C ol
loquium will revise a paper written for one of
their other department seminars for submission
to the external examiners. For this method to
fulfill the department’s Senior Honors Study
requirements, students register for 0.5 credit.
HONORS MAJORS
HONORS MINORS
To be accepted into the Honors program, stu
dents should normally have at least an average
of B+ inside the departm ent (th e grade equiva
lent of an “Honors”) and B outside the depart
ment and should give evidence of their ability
to work independently and constructively in a
seminar setting. Seminars will normally be lim
ited to eight students, and admission priority
will go to Honors majors. Political science
Honors majors must meet all current distribu
tional requirements for majors, including the
political theory requirement. They need 10
political science credits. Normally, 6 o f these
credits will be met with three two-unit prepa
rations, which will help prepare Honors majors
for outside examinations, both written and
oral. These two-unit preparations will normal
ly be either a 2-credit Honors seminar or a
course-plus” option. O f these three two-unit
preparations, no more than two may be in a
single field in the department. T h e “courseplus” option will normally consist o f two oneunit courses or seminars that have been desig
nated to count as an Honors preparation. A n
example includes P O LS 0 1 3 (Fem inist
Political Theory) plus eith er P O LS 031
(Difference and Dominance) or PO LS 032
(Gender, Politics, and Policy in Am erica). T h e
department does not normally advise dieses,
course attachments, or directed readings as a
substitute for the Honors seminars and “courseplus options, but, on occasion, some faculty
members may direct such work to create a 2credit Honors preparation.
All prospective Honors majors should have
completed one o f their four Honors prepara
Honors minors in political science will be
required to have at least 5 credits in political
science. Among these 5 credits, minors must
normally meet the subfield distribution require
ment, that is, at least one course in American
politics, in political theory, and in comparative
politics/intemational relations. Minors will be
required to take one of the two-unit Honors
preparations offered by the department.
HONORS EXAMS
T h e Honors exams will normally consist of a
three-hour written exam in each o f the stu
dent’s seminars, and an oral exam conducted
by the external examiner.
CONCENTRATION IN PUBLIC POLICY
Students have the option o f pursuing interdis
ciplinary work as an adjunct to a major in
political science in the concentration of Public
Policy. Com prehensive requirem ents (for
course majors) or the external examination
requirements (for candidates for Honors) will
be adjusted to allow students to demonstrate
their accomplishments in the concentration.
For further information, consult the separate
catalog listing for Public Policy (p. 3 3 2 ). For
2001-2002, Robinson Hollister is the coordi
nator o f the concentration in public policy.
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THE DEMOCRACY PROJECT
T h e purpose o f this project is to deepen students’
understanding o f and commitment to democ
ratic citizenship in a multicultural society
through participation in community politics.
A central feature o f the Democracy Project is
community-based learning through public ser
vice and community organizing internships as
part o f the course work. By integrating reflec
tion and experience, the project will enable
students to study the ways in which diverse
communities define and seek to empower them
selves in the U nited States and to discover the
relationship betw een individual activism ,
social responsibility, and political change at
the grassroots level.
Not available 2001-2002.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT
T h e department grants one unit of college credit
to students who have achieved a score of 5 on
the College Board Advanced Placement (A P)
examination in Government and Politics (either
United States or Comparative but not both).
T his credit may be counted toward the major
and toward satisfaction of the College distribu
tio n requirem ent in the S o cial Scien ces.
Normally, students awarded A P credit will still
be expected to complete two introductory
courses at Swarthmore as a prerequisite for
more advanced work in the department.
TEACHER CERTIFICATION
Political science majors can complete the re
quirements for teacher certification through a
program approved by the state o f Pennsylvania.
Because o f a change in teacher certification
regulations that occurred in November 2000,
students completing certification during 2001
to 2003 will fulfill the requirements for Social
Studies certification, and those who complete
certification in 2004 and beyond will complete
the requirements for Citizenship Education.
For further information about the relevant set
o f requirements, please contact the Education
program director, the Political Science Depart
m ent chair, or the Education Program W eb
site: www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/Education/.
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POLS 001. Political Theory
T his course is an introduction to political the
ory by way o f an introduction to some of its
most important themes, problems, and texts. It
seeks to elicit understanding o f theory as a way
of thinking about the world, as related to polit
ical practices and institutions, and as a form of
politics. Different instructors and sections will
emphasize different central issues o f politics
such as (1) justice, (2) freedom, (3 ) power and
knowledge, and (4) religion and politics.
Prim ary distribution course. 1 credit.
F all 2001. Halpem.
POLS 002. American Politics
How do American institutions and political
processes work? To what extent do they pro
duce democratic, egalitarian, or rational out
comes? T h e course examines the exercise and
distribution o f political power. Topics can
include presidential leadership; legislative pol
itics; role o f the Supreme Court; federalism;
parties, groups, and movements; public policy;
the politics o f class, race, and gender; voting;
mass media; and public discontent with gov
ernment.
Prim ary distribution course. 1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Boatright, Valelly.
POLS 003. Comparative Politics
A n introduction to the major themes and
methods o f com parative p o litical analysis
through a study o f the history and character of
contemporary politics in various states and
world regions. Topics include the formation of
states, the growth o f nationalism and ethnic
conflict, patterns o f state building and socioe
conom ic development, the role o f institutions
and social transformation in promoting politi
cal change, the causes of regime change, and
pathways to democracy.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 : Murer. Spring 20 0 2 : W hite.
POLS 004. International Politics
A n introduction to the analysis o f the contem
porary international system and its evolution
in the twentieth century. T h e course will
exam ine various approaches to explaining
major international wars, ethnic conflicts, and
economic problems.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Spring 2002. Hopkins, Kurth.
POLS 0 11. Ancient Pnlitical Theory: Plato
Through Machiavelli
Reason, force, and persuasion are major tools
of politics considered and used by political
philosophers as they seek to legitimate their
vision concerning the proper organization of
political life. Each tends to reflect particular
views about human capacities and differences,
and each entails certain difficulties. T his
course explores these issues and other key con
cepts of political thought, drawing on major
works in the W estern tradition, including
Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Augustine, Aquinas,
and Machiavelli.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Nackenoff.
POLS 012. Modern Political Theory
This course will be concerned with the nature
of modernity, theory, and politics. W e will
study the roots o f modernity in the Reforma
tion and the Renaissance (Luther, Calvin, and
Machiavelli); the foundations o f modernity in
the construction of liberty, property, and equal
ity (Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau); the culmi
nation of modernity in the Enlightenment pro
jects of Kant, M ill, and Marx; and the break
down of the Enlightenment (Freud, Nietzsche,
and Foucault). W e analyze both historical con
text and theory, authority, and revolution,
which contributed to the great democratizing
impulse in the West.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Halpem.
POLS 013. Feminist Political Theory
Contemporary feminism transforms central
questions o f political theory. T h is course
explores key contributions and debates in fem
inist political, philosophical, and legal theory
and draws on feminist psychoanalytic theory,
poststructuralist theories, and queer theory to
engage the contentious issues at the heart of
contemporary theory. Although we focus pri
marily on W estern theory, the course engages
feminists from non-W estern cultures on the
capacity of Western feminists to speak to dif
ferent experiences. T h e course considers vari
ous feminist problematizations o f traditional
concepts of human nature and the public and
the private. It emphasizes the centrality o f the
body in political theorizing from several per
spectives. We analyze personhood and citizen
ship; voice and the law; theorizing otherness,
discourses privileged and silenced; and the lim
its o f subjectivity, privacy, universality, and
identity. T h e course focuses on the historicity
and situatedness o f the self and other, and the
relationships between power, sexuality, class,
race, identity, and time.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Halpem and Nackenoff.
POLS 015. Ethics and Public Policy
This course will examine the nature and valid
ity o f ethical arguments about moral and polit
ical issues in public policy. Specific topics and
cases will include ethics and politics, violence
and war, public deception, privacy, discrimina
tion and affirmative action, environmental risk,
health care, education, abortion, surrogate
motherhood, world hunger, and the responsi
bilities o f public officials. This course may be
counted toward a concentration in public policy.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Halpem.
POLS 016. Liberal Individualism
T his course will explore the conceptions of
human nature that underlie liberalism in mod
em society, with attention to what current
research and theory in psychology have to say
about these assumptions.
1 credit.
N ext offered spring 20 0 3 . Sharpe and Schwartz.
POLS 0 17. American Political Thought
Explorations in Am erican political thought
and political culture. Topics include national
identity; struggles o f inclusion/exclusion; indi
vidualism and community; moral crusades;
democratic visions; race, class, ethnicity, and
gender; and the role o f the state.
I credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Nackenoff.
POLS 019. Democratic Theory and
Practice
T h e relationship between theories and prac
tices of democracy, focusing on the gap between
the nearly universal commitment to “the rule
o f the people” and the fact that very few peo
ple exercise such power today.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
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POLS 020. Theories of Political
Representation
W hat does it mean to say that one is represented politically? W h at are the best ways to
represent diverse citizens and diverse views
within government? In this class, we will study
different concepts o f what political representa
tion entails, how those concepts have evolved
over history, and how we might use those con
cepts to understand contemporary political
problems. These problems include race-based
districting schemes and representation o f
minority interests in the U nited States; differ
ences in representation between the U .S .
House o f Representatives and the Senate,
debates over the effects o f census undercounts
in representation; representation o f separatist
groups in Canada; and the different representa
tional qualities o f different voting systems.
equality. Exploration o f judicial review, judicial
activism and restraint, and theories o f consti
tutional interpretation.
1
credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Nackenoff.
POLS 025. Congressional Committees and
Legislative Organization
A study o f the organizational structure and the
comm ittee system o f both houses o f Congress.
W e will entertain questions regarding the
incentives that have led to the manner in
which Congress is structured, the role elections
play in determining congressional organiza
tion, and the implications the structure of
Congress has for policy making, for public
influence, and for interest group activity. We
will also study changes in the structure of
Congress over the past 30 years.
1 credit.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Boatright.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
POLS 022. American Elections: Ritual,
Myth, and Substance
POLS 027. Interest Groups in American
Politics
A n exam ination o f the role o f policy issues,
candidate images, media, marketing, and polit
ical parties in the Am erican electoral process.
T his class surveys interest in group formation,
m aintenance, campaigning, and lobbying
strategies. W e will contrast the imperatives of
organized interests with those o f political par
ties, elected and unelected officials, and unor
ganized public interests. W e will also consider
the influence that organized interests have on
public policy by considering the effect of legis
lation written to change interest group activi
ties and considering case studies o f particular
policy initiatives.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Nackenoff, Reeves.
POLS 023. Presidency, Congress, and
Court
Topics include presidential policy and gover
nance strategies, types o f presidential and con
gressional involvement in federal bureaucra
cies, the development o f norms to tame con
flicts, partisan and group insertion into gover
nance, and roles o f the Supreme Court and
judicial review.
Prerequisite: P O LS 002.
1 credit.
N ext offered 2002 -2 0 0 3 . Valelly.
POLS 024. American Constitutional Law
T h e Supreme Court in Am erican political life,
with emphasis on civil rights and civil liberties
and on constitutional development. T h e class
examines the Court’s role in political agenda
setting in arenas, including econom ic policy,
property rights, separation o f powers, federal
ism, presidential powers and war powers, and
interpreting the equal protection and due
process clauses as they bear on race and gender
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1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Boatright
POLS 028. Political Participation
In this class, we will consider different types of
political activity in which Am erican citizens
engage, evidence regarding changes in Ameri
cans’ political participation over time, and tech
niques that have been proposed to increase
political participation. W e will consider survey
evidence o f who participates in different types
o f activities, considering the role that race,
gender, education, income, and other demo
graphic variables have on political activity. We
will consider (among other things) trends in
citizens’ support and activity in political par
ties, citizens’ decisions about whether to vote,
interest group participation, jury service, and
participation in religious and public service
organizations.
POLS 033. Race, Ethnicity, and Public
Policy: African Americans
1 credit.
T his course investigates the relationship o f
race, Am erican political institutions, and the
making of public policy. Race, class, and ethnic
analyses are made with particular focus on how
racial policy was made through the electoral
system, the courts, the Congress, and the pres
idency. T h e separation between black and
white is analyzed over time and in contempo
rary politics and also in comparative perspec
tive with other groups. This course may be
counted toward a concentration in public poli
cy.
Spring 2002. Boatright.
POLS 029. Polling, Public Opinion, and
Public Policy
Public opinion polling has become an essential
tool in election campaigning, public policy
decision making, and media reporting o f poll
results. As such, this course focuses on helping
students interested in these areas learn the fun
damental skills required to design, empirically
analyze, use, and critically interpret surveys
measuring public opinion. Because the course
emphasizes the application o f polling data
about public policy issues and the political
process, we will examine the following topics:
abortion, affirmative action, the economy, gun
control, foreign policy, and social security
reform. This course may be counted toward a
concentration in public policy.
Prerequisite: PO LS 002 or permission o f the
instructor.
1 credit.
Next offered spring 20 0 3 . Reeves.
POLS 031. Difference, Dominance, and
the Struggle for Equality
This course examines how unequal power rela
tions are m aintained and legitimated and
explores different strategies and routes for
achieving equality. Struggles involving gender,
race, ethnicity, class, and colonial and post
colonial relationships are examined and com
pared.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Nackenoff.
POLS 032. Gender, Politics, and Policy In
America
Gender issues in contemporary Am erican poli
tics, policy, and law. Policy issues include fem
inization of poverty, employment discrimina
tion, pornography, surrogate parentage, privacy
rights and sexual practices, workplace hazards,
and fetal protection.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Nackenoff.
1 credit.
N ext offered fa ll 2 0 0 2 . Reeves and Rubin.
POLS 034. Race, Ethnicity, Representation,
and Redistricting in America
T his course will explore the controversial polit
ical and public policy questions surrounding
the reshaping and redrawing o f congressional
districts to increase minority-black, Latino, and
Asian-political representation in the United
States. W hy was stringent and comprehensive
voting rights legislation needed in 1965? W hat
has been the impact o f the Voting Rights A ct
on minority disenfranchisement? How have
minority voters and candidates fared in the
Am erican electoral process? Has the Voting
Rights A ct evolved into an “affirmative action
tool in the electoral realm”? How will the U .S.
Supreme Court’s developing jurisprudence of
racial redistricting alter the political and racial
landscape o f this country. A nd what are the
public policy implications against the backdrop
o f the Court’s rulings where the decennial cen
sus is concerned? T his course may be counted
toward a concentration in public policy and
Black Studies.
1 credit.
Not offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Reeves.
POLS 036. Multicultural Politics in the
United States
Is the U nited States a melting pot; a mosaic; or
a battlefield o f racial, ethnic, and cultural dif
ferences? T his course explores past and present
multicultural politics, including the efforts of
subordinated groups to empower themselves,
and such issues as immigration, poverty, affir
mative action, and cultural identity.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Kurth.
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POLS 038. Public Service, Community
Organizing, and Social Change
Through community-based learning, this sem
inar explores democratic citizenship in a multi
cultural society. Semester-long public service
and community organizing internships, dia
logue with local activists, and popular educa
tion pedagogy allow students to integrate
reflection and experience.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2002.
POLS 041. Political Economy and Social
Policy in the United States
Considers how government buffers the risks for
individuals of a market system and what that
means for citizenship. Also treats macroeco
nom ic policy making and how it affects poli
tics. Third major topic is the governance o f the
labor market.
Prerequisite: PO LS 0Ô2.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Valelly.
POLS 043. Environmental Policy and
Politics
(Cross-listed as EN G R 004C )
1 credit.
N ext offered fa ll 2002.
POLS 044. Social Choice, Game Theory,
and Politics
Introduction to formal discovery and description
o f various paradoxes, limits, and equilibria in
different sorts of democratic political processes.
Applications may include party competition,
legislative agenda control, taxation, group for
mation, protest, and other topics. N o special
background o f any kind required.
1 credit.
N ext offered spring 2 0 0 3 . Valelly.
POLS 045. Defense Policy
Analysis o f Am erican defense policy since
World W ar II, with particular emphasis on for
eign interventions, military strategies, weapons
systems, and race and gender issues. T his
course may be counted toward a concentration
in public policy.
Prerequisite: PO LS 004.
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Kurth.
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POLS 047. Global Policy and International
Institutions: Hunger and Environmental
Threats
Causes and proposed solutions to major global
problems— hunger, poverty, and environmen
tal loss— are explored. T h e role o f government
policy, shaped by international institutions, in
food production, distribution and consumption
and the effects on the environment are ana
lyzed. Cases include the Am erican experience
and its global impact, the special problems of
developing countries, the dynamics of trade
and aid, the special problems o f developing
countries, and the role of international institu
tions.
A n early final exam and a substantial paper are
features o f the course. A “laboratory” session
replaces a regular class meeting. Students with
little work in political science may be admitted
with consent of the instructor. This course may
be counted toward the concentration in public
policy.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Hopkins.
POLS 048. The Politics of Population
Examines global, regional, and national popu
lation issues in historical perspective. Topics
include the relationship between population
and development; the causes o f fertility decline
in different cultural settings; the political
impact o f demographic trends; and contempo
rary issues such as aging population, global
migration, the A ID S epidemic, and the politics
of census taking. T his course may be counted
toward a concentration in public policy.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. W hite.
POLS 051. Socialism in Europe
T his course traces more than 150 years of
socialist political efforts in Europe. Beginning
with the revolutions o f 1848, we will examine
the political circumstances and theories that
made revolution possible as well as the condi
tions that threatened these movements. Stu
dents will encounter the Marxist and Christian
Socialist movements o f the late nineteenth
and early twentieth centuries and the many
Soviet revolutionary movements after World
W ar I— from Moscow to M unich and from
Berlin to Budapest. W e will examine the social
ist resistance to fascism in Vienna and Spain,
and trace the development o f Western Euro
pean leftist movements, both communist and
social democratic. T h e last half of the course
will compare the socialist welfare systems in
Western Europe and attempts to build social
ism with a “human face” in Eastern Europe
during the 1950s and 1960s. Finally, the course
Will examine the failures o f leftist terrorist
organizations and o f “realized socialism.”
development in East Asia, comparing paths to
development, the role o f authoritarianism and
democracy in the development process, the
conditions that promote or impede democracy,
sources of regime legitimacy, and the impact of
regional and global forces on domestic politics.
Primary focus will be the states of Japan, China,
North and South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, and
India.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Murer.
T his course may be counted toward a program
in Asian Studies.
POLS 053. The Politics of Eastern Europe:
Polities in Transition
F all 20 0 1 . W hite.
This course will examine the challenges facing
the states of Central and Eastern Europe since
the end of the Cold War. It will trace the
events that brought about the end o f “realized
socialism” in the region and explore the diffi
culties these societies have faced since those
heady days in 1989 through 1991. Students
will examine the processes o f political and eco
nomic transformation within the context o f a
global neo-liberal project. Thus, students will
explore the meaning of democracy, the tension
between collective and individual rights, the
place of economic steering initiatives within
any society, and the integration o f institutions.
The course will also explore antiliberal reac
tions in the region, including the rise o f xeno
phobia, conflicts o f ethnic nationalism, and
the resurgence of fascist econom ic and political
movements.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Murer.
POLS 055. China and the World
Explores the rise o f C hina in the late twentieth
century and its implications for domestic,
regional, and international politics. Topics
include China’s reform and development strat
egy, the social and political consequences of
reform, the prospects for regime liberalization
and democratization, and the China-H ong
Kong-Taiwan nexus. A lso examines C hina’s
changing role in East Asia and the world.
This course may be counted toward a program
in Asian Studies or a program in public policy.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. W hite.
I credit.
POLS 057. Latin American Politics
A comparative study o f the political economy
o f the region focusing on M exico, Chile,
G uatem ala, Nicaragua, and Cuba. Topics
include the tensions between representative
democracy, popular democracy, and market
economies; the conditions for democracy and
authoritarianism; the sources and impact of
revolution; the political impact o f neo-liberal
economic policies, and the economic impact of
state intervention; and the role o f the United
States in the region.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Sharpe.
POLS 061. American Foreign Policy
A n exam ination o f the making o f American
foreign policy and o f the major problems faced
by the U nited States in the contemporary era.
T h e course will focus on the influence of polit
ical, bureaucratic, and economic forces and on
the problems o f war, intervention, globaliza
tion, and human rights.
Prerequisite: PO LS 004 or equivalent.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Kurth.
POLS 064. American-East Asian Relatinns
Examines the historic and contemporary world
views o f the major Pacific countries and inter
national relations across the Pacific. Topics
include the impact of growing Chinese power
in the region, and the role o f culture, image,
and perception in cross-Pacific affairs.
This course may be counted toward a program
in Asian Studies.
POLS 056. Patterns of Asian Development
1 credit.
Examines patterns o f p o litica l and eco n o m ic
Spring 2 0 0 2 . W hite.
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POLS 068. International Political Economy
(Cross-listed as ECO N 053)
T his course uses political and economic per
spectives to analyze the international econo
my. Topics include the rise and decline o f hegemdnic powers, the controversy over “free” ver
sus “fair” trade under the W T O , foreign debt
and default, the role o f the state in economic
development, international financial markets,
the history o f the international monetary sys
tem. This course may be counted toward a con
centration in public policy.
Prerequisite: PO LS 0 04 and ECON 001.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Hopkins, Golub.
POLS 072. Constitutional Law:
Special Topics
A n in-depth exploration o f several recent issues
and controversies, most likely drawn from 1st,
4th , 5th, 6th, and/or 14th Amendment juris
prudence. A tten tion will also be given to the
ories o f interpretation. Designed for students
who want to deepen their work in constitu
tional law.
Prerequisite: P O LS 024.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Nackenoff.
POLS 073. Comparative Politics:
Special Topics
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
POLS 074. International Politics:
Special Topics
Each year, this course will study a major topic
in international politics, with different topics
being studied in different years. T h e course will
examine development o f the topic from histor
ical origins to contemporary issues. In 2001 the
topic will be the contemporary American empire
(i.e., the role o f the U nited States as the sole
superpower, the engine o f globalization, the
leader o f the information revolution, and the
creator o f a new kind of multicultural society).
Prerequisite: P O LS 004.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Kurth.
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POLS 076. Theory, Method, and Research
Design in the Social Sciences
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
POLS 090. Directed Readings in Political
Science
Available on an individual or group basis, sub
je c t to the approval o f the chairman and the
instructor.
1 credit.
POLS 095. Thesis
A 1-credit thesis, normally written in the fell
o f the senior year. Students need the permis
sion o f the department chair and a supervising
instructor.
1 credit.
SEMINARS
T h e following seminars prepare for examina
tion for a degree with Honors:
POLS 100. Political Theory: Plato to
Hobbes
This seminar will examine in detail both major
ancient traditions that ultimately led to the
modem— both the Greek and the biblical tra
ditions. W e will study ancient Greek tragedy
through Sophocles, and G reek philosophy
through Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. In the
second half o f the seminar, we will study the
Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the
G nostic Gospels, and how they were written,
and show how both traditions culminate in the
work o f Augustine. W e will study the historical
contexts o f these texts and contemporary criti
cal and gender interpretations in order to con
sider the questions o f theory, interpretation
and justice as they pertain to this period and
kind o f inquiry.
2 credits.
Fall 2 0 0 1 . Halpem.
POLS 10 1. Political Theory: Modern
W e will study in this seminar the construction
o f the modem liberal state and capitalism
through the works o f Hobbes, Locke, and
Rousseau, and then in more detail we will
examine the greatest critics o f the modem
age— Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, and Foucault.
The question o f how to read and contextualize
texts, and how competing perspectives and
theories construct and reconstruct the nature
of the real and the political, contribute to an
inquiry into the politics o f theory and interpre
tation in the modem era and what doing the
work of political theory means and accom
plishes.
equality. Exploration o f judicial review, judicial
activism and restraint, and theories o f consti
tutional interpretation.
2 credits.
When is professional political inquiry or polit
ical thought socially useful? Colloquium this
issue through analysis of exemplary works,
debates, and policy issues. Recommended for
all senior Honors majors.
T his course traces the development o f the con
cept of Europe. W e will examine the array of
state forms from the early modem to the con
temporary period, and interrogate how these
variations contribute to the conceptual bound
aries o f Europe. Topics include state construc
tion, nationalism, ethnic conflict, economic
development, and the political impact o f glob
al neo-liberalism.
2 credits.
2 credits.
Foil 2001. Valelly.
Spring 20 0 2 . Murer.
Spring 2002. Halpem.
POLS 102. Senior Colloquium
2 credits.
Spring 2002. Nackenoff.
POLS 10 7. Comparative Politics: Greater
Europe
POLS 103. American Politics
POLS 108. Comparative Politics: East Asia
The relationship between Am erican political
thought and political practice. Interpreting the
character of Am erican politics with classic
authors and texts, accompanied by investiga
tion of political narratives and the impact of
popular culture on forms o f public discourse.
Examines patterns o f political and economic
development in East Asia, comparing paths to
development, the role o f authoritarianism and
democracy in the development process, the
conditions that promote or impede democracy,
sources o f regime legitimacy, and the impact of
regional and global forces on domestic politics.
Primary focus will be the states of Japan, China,
N orth and South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, and
Singapore.
2 credits.
Not offered 2001 -2002. Nackenoff.
POLS 104. American Political System
Seminar aims to confound simple views of con
temporary American politics and its perfor
mance by empirically emphasizing the com
plexity of American politics. Standard topics
are covered, though topical emphasis may vary
from year to year.
Prerequisite: P O LS 0 0 2
American politics course.
or
interm ediate
2 credits.
Spring 2002. Valelly.
POLS 105. Constitutional Law in the
American Polity
The Supreme Court in Am erican political life,
with emphasis on civil rights and civil liberties
and on constitutional development. T h e semi
nar examines the Court’s role in political agen
da setting in arenas, including econom ic poli
cy, property rights, separation o f powers, feder
alism, presidential powers and war powers, and
interpreting the equal protection and due
process clauses as they bear on race and gender
This course may be counted toward a concen
tration in Public Policy or a Program in Asian
Studies (Class o f ’02 or ’03 ) or a minor (Class
o f ’03 or ’04).
2 credits.
Fall 2001. W hite.
POLS 109. Comparative Politics: Latin
America
A comparative study o f the political economy
o f the region focusing on M exico, C hile,
Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Cuba.
Topics include the tensions between represen
tative democracy, popular democracy, and mar
ket economies; the conditions for democracy
and authoritarianism; the sources and impact
o f revolution; the political impact of neo-liber
al economic policies, and the economic impact
of state intervention; and the role o f the
U nited States in the region.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
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POLS 110 . Comparative Politics: Africa
A review o f the historical evolution and cur
rent problems in politics of sub-Saharan Africa.
Topics, will include colonial legacies, national
ism, class, ethnicity, economic development,
and the character o f the state. Problems o f pub
lic policy will be given special attention.
Readings will focus on selected countries in
Southern Africa, East Africa, and W est Africa.
T his course may be counted toward a concen
tration in public policy.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Hopkins.
POLS 1 1 1 . International Politics
A n inquiry into problems in international pol
itics. Topics include major theories o f interna
tional politics, war and the uses o f force, and
the management o f various global economic
issues.
Prerequisite: PO LS 004 or equivalent.
2 credits.
Spring 20 0 2 . Hopkins.
POLS 180. Thesis
W ith th e permission o f the department,
Honors candidates may write a thesis for dou
ble course credit.
POLS 199. Senior Honors Studies
Integrative revisions o f earlier work in a sem
inar or the senior colloquium.
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Psychology
ALFRED H. BLOOM, Professor*
KENNETH J . BERGEN, Professor
DEBORAH G. KEMLER NELSON, Professor and Chair
JEANNE MARECEK, Professor
ALLEN M. SCHNEIDER, Professor
BARRY SCHWARTZ, Professor
FRANK H. DURGIN, Associate Professor3
JANE E . GILLHAM, Visiting Assistant Professor (part-time)
WENDY A . HORWITZ, Visiting Assistant Professor (part-time)
EDWARD T. KAKO, Assistant Professor
MICHELE REIMER, Visiting Assistant Professor (part-time)
ANDREW H. WARD, Assistant Professor
JU U A L.W ELB O N , Academic Coordinator
JOANNE M. BRAMLEY, Administrative Coordinator
* President of the College.
3 A bsent on leave, 2001-2002.
The work o f the Department o f Psychology
concerns the systematic study of human behav
ior and experience; processes o f perception,
learning, thinking, and m otivation are consid
ered in their relation to the development of
the individual. T h e relations of the individual
to other persons are also a topic o f study.
other departments. Four should be core courses
(with course numbers in the 030s): Physiologi
cal Psychology, Learning and Action, Perception,
Cognitive Psychology, Psychology of Language,
Social Psychology, Concepts of the Person,
A bnorm al Psychology, and Developmental
Psychology.
The courses and seminars o f the department
are designed to provide a sound understanding
of the principles and methods o f inquiry o f psy
chology. Students learn the nature of psycho
logical inquiry and psychological approaches to
various problems encountered in the humani
ties, the social sciences, and the life sciences.
Students are required to meet a comprehensive
requirement in their majors. In psychology,
this may be accomplished in one of two ways
for each class of graduates, but the process dif
fers for the Class of 2002 and for the Classes of
2003 and beyond.
A special major in psychobiology is offered in
cooperation with the Department o f Biology.
Consult either department chair.
REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
PSYC 001: Introduction to Psychology is nor
mally a prerequisite for further work in the
department.
A course major consists o f at least 8 credits or
8.5 credits for students who meet the compre
hensive requirement by completing P SY C 098:
Senior Comprehensive Project. T h e minimum
requirement excludes courses cross-listed in
psychology that are taught only by members of
For the Class o f 2002: T h e first way, open to all
majors, is to successfully complete the compre
hensive examination, prepared independently
and completed early in the spring semester of
the senior year, without course credit. T h e sec
ond way is to complete a 2-credit senior thesis
(1 credit each semester o f the senior year). T h e
senior thesis program is open to students who
have B+ averages both in psychology and over
all. Students must have an acceptable propos
al, an advisor and sufficient background to
undertake the proposed work. See P SY C 096,
097, and the department brochure.
For the Classes of 2003 and beyond: T h e first
way, open to all majors, is to successfully com
plete the comprehensive project, a substantial
paper on a topic of the student’s choice in psy
chology, approved by the faculty. See PSYC
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0 98 for further details. T h e second way is to
complete a 2-credit senior thesis, as discussed
earlier. Students in the Class o f 2003 who meet
the comprehensive requirement in the depart
m ent with the Comprehensive Project must
meet the eight-course requirement for the psy
chology major in addition to receiving 0.5
credit for the project.
Students should take at least one course that
provides them with experience in conducting
research, ordinarily P SY C 0 2 5 : Research
Design and Analysis.
Students majoring in psychology who wish to
include study abroad are advised to complete
the time away before the second semester of
the junior year.
Students intending to pursue graduate work in
psychology should take either ST A T 002 or
0 0 2 C , offered by the Department o f M athe
matics and Statistics. In addition, they should
take PSY C 02 5 : Research Design and Analysis.
If possible, students should complete first
Statistics and then Research Design before
their senior year.
A course minor, available to students in the
Classes o f 2003 and beyond, consists o f at least
5 credits in psychology at Swarthmore. These
five courses must include P SY C 001: Introduc
tion to Psychology and two core courses.
T he Honors Program in Psychology
T h e psychology department offers qualified
students the option o f study in the Honors pro
gram. Students majoring in psychology in
Honors must prepare three fields for external
examination. Two o f these preparations involve
a 1-credit seminar and its approved prerequi
site; the third is a thesis, completed over the
course o f the senior year. T here is no Senior
Honors Study in psychology. Students must
also meet the requirement for study in four
core areas, as described previously.
T h e psychology department also offers a minor
in the Honors program. Students with Honors
minors in psychology must take at least 5 cred
its in psychology at Swarthmore, including two
core courses. They must prepare one field for
external examination, involving either a twounit approved sequence o f courses or a 2-cred
it seminar. A detailed description o f the pro
gram is available in the departmental brochure.
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TEACHER CERTIFICATION
Students wishing to pursue certification at the
secondary school level should consult faculty
in the Education program.
Psychology majors can complete the require
ments for teacher certification through a pro
gram approved by the state o f Pennsylvania.
Because o f a change in teacher certification
regulations that occurred in November 2000,
students completing certification during 2001
to 2003 will hilfill the requirements for Social
Studies certification, and those who complete
certification in 2004 and beyond will complete
the requirements for Social Science certifica
tion. For further information about the relevant
set o f requirements, please contact the Educa
tion program director, the Psychology Depart
m ent chair, or the Education program Web
site: www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/Education/.
COURSES
PSYC 001. Introduction to Psychology
A n introduction to the basic processes under
lying human and animal behavior, studied in
experimental, social, and clinical contexts.
Analysis centers on the extent to which nor
mal and abnormal behavior are determined by
learning, motivation, neural, cognitive, and
social processes.
In addition to the course lectures, students are
required to participate in a total o f four small
group discussions during the semester, each
meeting for 1 hour and 15 minutes during the
Monday, Wednesday (1:15-4 p-m.), or Friday
(2:15-5 p.m.) afternoon class periods. Students
will be assigned to a group after classes begin
but should keep at least one period open.
P SY C 001 is prerequisite to further work in the
department.
1
credit.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
PSYC 005. Nature and Nurture
A n entry-level course that focuses on how
nature and nurture combine to produce human
universals as well as human differences. It
draws on insights derived from studies of the
human infant, language and language acquisi
tion, the perception and experience o f emo
tions, and human intelligence. Consideration
is given to the variety o f methodologies and
approaches that can shed light on nature/nurture issues— including those o f evolutionary
psychology and behavior genetics. PSYC 005
does not serve as prerequisite for further work
in psychology.
No prerequisite.
Primary distribution course. 1 credit.
Fall 2 0 0 1 . Kemler Nelson.
Note: T h e following three courses are offered
by the Education program. They do not count
toward the minimum required credits for a psy
chology major.
PSYC 021. Educational Psychology
(See ED U C 021.)
Fall 2001. Renninger.
PSYC 022. Counseling
(See E D U C 025.)
Fall 2001. Brenneman.
PSYC 023. Adolescence
(See E D U C 023.)
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Brenneman.
PSYC 025. Research Design and Analysis
How can one answer psychological questions?
What counts as evidence for a theory? This
course addresses questions about the formula
tion and evaluation o f theories in psychology.
The scientific model of psychological hypothe
sis testing is emphasized, including a treatment
of statistical inference and the "rigorous evalua
tion of empirical evidence. Emphasis is placed
both on issues surrounding the formation of an
effective research program and on developing
critical skills in the evaluation o f theories.
Pitfalls and alternative approaches are also dis
cussed.
(See C O G S 001.)
Spring 20 0 2 . Kako.
PSYC 030. Physiological Psychology
A survey o f the neural and biochemical bases
o f behavior with special emphasis on sensory
processing, motivation, emotion, learning, and
memory. Both experimental analyses and clin
ical implications are considered.
Spring 20 0 2 . Schneider.
PSYC 031. Learning and Action
T h is course explores elementary learning
processes and how they combine with complex
cognitive, motivational, and social factors to
influence what organisms do.
F all 20 0 1 . Schwartz.
PSYC 032. Perception
Is seeing really as simple as opening your eyes?
W hy don’t trees have eyes? W hy do unfamiliar
languages seem to be spoken so rapidly?
Perception is sometimes assumed as the foun
dation of our knowledge about the world, but
how does perception work? T his course covers
the science o f vision and other modes o f per
ception in order to explain how we can avoid
assuming th at inside our head is a little
homonculous watching the world.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Spring 20 0 3 . Durgin.
PSYC 033. Cognitive Psychology
A n overview o f the psychology o f knowledge
representation, beginning from the foundations
of perception, attention, memory, and lan
guage to examine concepts, imagery, thinking,
decision making, and problem solving.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . F all 2002. Durgin.
PSYC 034. The Psychology of Language
Workshop format.
(Cross-listed as LIN G 034)
1 credit.
T h e capacity for language sets the human mind
apart from all other minds, both natural and
artificial, and so contributes critically to mak
ing us who we are. In this course, we ask sever
al fundamental questions about the psychology
o f language: How do children acquire it so
quickly and so accurately? How do we under
stand and produce it, seemingly without effort?
W hat are its biological underpinnings? W hat is
the relationship between language and thought?
Fall 2001. Ward.
PSYC 020. Introduction to Cognitive
Science
Formerly offered in the psychology depart
ment, this course is now C O G S 001 in the cog
nitive science concentration. W hen taught by
a member o f the Psychology Department,
COGS 001 will count toward the minimum
tequired credits in a psychology major.
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Psychology
How did language evolve? And to what extent
is the capacity for language “built in” (geneti
cally) versus “built up” (by experience)?
other social agents on the development of the
child.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Reimer.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Kako.
PSYC 041. Children at Risk
PSYC 035. Social Psychology
Chronic illness, divorce, war, homelessness,
and chronic poverty form the backdrop of
many children’s lives. T his course considers
children’s responses to such occurrences from
clinical, social, and developmental perspec
tives. Special emphasis is placed on the contri
butions o f family and the social environment
to the child’s well-being or distress.
Social psychology argues that social context is
central to human experience and behavior.
T his course provides a review o f the field with
special attention to the historical context of
the theory and research. T h e dynamics of
cooperation and conflict, group identity, con
formity, social influence, help giving, aggres
sion, persuasion, attribution, and attitudes are
discussed.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Ward.
PSYC 037. Concepts of the Person
A n exploration o f central conceptions o f psy
chological functioning from both historical,
cultural and ideological perspectives. Central
attention is given to the developing concept of
the person within the discipline o f psychology
from the turn o f the century to the present.
Theories of Freud, Jung, and the neo-Freudians
receive attention as well as more recent cogni
tive and trait formulations. Special attention is
given to the conception o f the person emerg
ing within the postmodern period.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Gergen.
PSYC 038. Abnormal Psychology
A consideration o f major forms o f psychologi
cal disorder in adults and children. Biogenetic,
sociocultural, and psychological theories of
abnormality are examined, along with their
corresponding modes o f treatment.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Gillham.
PSYC 039. Developmental Psychology
A selective survey o f cognitive and social
development from infancy to adolescence.
M ajor theoretical perspectives on the nature of
developmental change are examined, includ
ing those o f Piaget and his critics. Topics
include the formation o f social attachments,
the foundations and growth of perceptual, cog
nitive, and social skills, gender typing, moral
development, and the impact o f parents and
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Not offered 2001-2002. Horwitz.
PSYC 042. Human Intelligence
T his course adopts a broad view o f its topic,
human intelligence. O ne major set of subtopics
is drawn from the intelligence-testing (IQ ) tra
dition. O ther concerns include cognitive theo
ries of intelligence, developmental theories of
intelligence, everyday conceptions of intelli
gence, the relation between infant and adult
intelligence, and the relation between human
and animal intelligence.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Kemler Nelson.
PSYC 043. Evnlutionary Psychology
Recently, psychologists have begun to explore
human nature through the lens o f evolution by
natural selection. Just as it has shaped our bod
ies, natural selection has also shaped our
minds, endowing us with abilities and habits of
thought that increase the chances we’ll pass
our genes on to future generations. In this
course, we apply the framework o f natural
selection to six questions about human psy
chology: W hy do we eat the foods we do? How
do we decide who our mates will be? W hat is
friendship? W hy do we have a sense of justice,
o f right and wrong? W hat is the nature o f intel
ligence? W hy do we have language? W e also
explore the limits o f this approach as an
account o f human nature.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Kako.
PSYC 044. Psychology and Gender
T his course concerns psychological approaches
to studying women and gender as well as femi
nist critiques o f psychological theories and
methods of inquiry. In addition, we study the
ways that gender is represented in research and
clinical theories and in popular psychology.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Marecek.
PSYC 046. Psychology of Self-Control
W hat are the processes and strategies involved
in the control o f our own emotions, thoughts,
and behaviors? W hen do these strategies serve
us well, and when do they contribute to
pathology? This course examines the principle
of self-control from a number o f perspectives.
Topics include delay o f gratification, dieting,
aggression, emotional regulation (e.g., control
of anger and depression) and the disinhibiting
effects o f alcohol. Emphasis is placed on suc
cesses and failures o f self-control and their con
sequences for physical and psychological well
being.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Ward.
PSYC 047. Applications of Social
Psychology
In what areas have the lessons o f more than
50 years o f social psychological research been
applied, and how have those applications
fared? This course examines both the successes
and failures o f those who have tried to put the
theories and findings of social psychology into
practice. Domains o f inquiry include the appli
cation o f social psychology to law, education,
business, public policy, gender relations, clini
cal disorders, and peace and conflict.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Ward.
PSYC 048. Technology, Self, and Society
This course brings critical attention to the
technological transformation o f cultural life.
Discussions treat issues o f personal and cultur
al identity; conceptions of rationality and the
body; and the production of intimacy. T he
implications for freedom and control, the
democratization o f pedagogy, and the poten
tials for community are also discussed.
Fall 2 0 0 1 . Gergen.
PSYC 049. Thinking, Judgment, and
Decision Making
In the modem world, people are flooded with
decisions, both major and minor, on a daily
basis. T h e available information is overwhelm
ing, and there is little certainty about the out
comes o f any o f the decisions people face. This
course explores how people should go about
making decisions in a complex, uncertain
world; how people do go about making deci
sions in a complex uncertain world; and how
the gap between what people should do and
what they do do can be closed.
Prerequisite:
(P SY C 001).
Introduction
to
Psychology
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Schwartz.
PSYC 050. Abnormal Child Psychology
This course covers several psychological disor
ders that often first appear in childhood and
adolescence, including autism and other devel
opmental disorders, attention deficit disorder,
conduct disorder, eating disorders, and emo
tional disorders. Theories about the causes and
treatment are discussed. T here is a heavy
emphasis on current research questions and
empirical findings related to each disorder.
Prerequisite: A bnorm al (P S Y C 0 3 8 ), or
Developmental (PSY C 039) Psychology, or
instructor’s permission.
F all 20 0 1 . Gillham.
PSYC 055. Family Perspectives on
Psychological Functioning
T h is course focuses on the connections
between individual development and the fam
ily system. It includes exploration o f several
theories o f family functioning and highlights
both theory and research on the role of family
processes in individual development. Topics
include concepts o f normality, the roles o f gen
der and power or mental illness in family func
tioning, ethnicity and sociocultural influences,
and linkages between the family and other sys
tems, such as peers and schools.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Psychology and
one o f the following: Concepts o f the Person
(P S Y C 0 3 7 ), A bnorm al (P S Y C 0 3 8 ), or
Developmental (PSY C 039) Psychology.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Reimer.
PSYC 057. Psycholugy of Environmental
Problems
Humans face severe environm ental crises,
including global wanning, resource depletion,
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and a precipitous decline in biodiversity. W hat
are the psychological dimensions o f environ
mental problems, and how can psychology
contribute to potential solutions? Readings
comprise empirical and theoretical literature in
psychology as well as relevant work from phi
losophy and history.
P SY C 057 fulfills the S o cial Sciences/
Humanities requirement in Environm ental
Studies (and counts as a course in a Psychology
major).
T h e course is taught in a seminar and work
shop format, including the formulation of
research projects on psychology and nature.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Horwitz.
PSYC 058. Gender, Culture, and Mental
Health
This courses concerns women, men, and men
tal health. Many psychological problems are
markedly more common for one or the other
gender. In asking why this is so, we examine
cultural, sociological, psychological, and bio
logical lines o f evidence. W e also ask which
women and which men are at risk. O ther
emphases include conceptions o f normality
and abnormality and feminist approaches to
diagnosis and treatment.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Psychology
(P S Y C 0 0 1 ) or Introduction to W om en’s
Studies (W M S T 001).
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Marecek.
PSYC 059. Cultural Psychology
Much of psychology has been concerned with
discovering universals o f human behavior.
However, people in different cultural settings
understand themselves and their social worlds
in radically different ways. T heir ways o f being,
emotional life, moral and ethical ideas, inti
mate relationships, and ideals differ radically.
T his course explores psychological dimensions
of culture, focusing on South Asia (especially
India and Sri Lanka) and East Asia (especially
Japan and C hina). W e take up issues such as
the construction o f emotion; love and sexuali
ty; idioms of mental well-being and distress as
well as cultural-specific modes of healing; and
ethnicity and ethnopolitical conflict.
Is culture a force external to individuals that
determines their behavior, or do people pro
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duce culture through their everyday ways of
living and habits of language? W hat research
tools can help us study cultural life? W hat eth
ical issues emerge when we enter a cultural set
ting different from our own?
Prerequisites: Introduction to Psychology
(PSY C 001) and one of the following: Social
Psychology (P S Y C 0 3 5 ), Concepts o f the
Person (PSY C 0 3 7 ), Abnormal (PSY C 038),
or Developmental (PSY C 0 3 9 ) Psychology.
I credit.
Spring 2002. Marecek.
PSYC 063. Special Topics in Cognitive
Psychology
Selected problems from the current literature
on human information processing and cogni
tive psychology are considered in detail.
Emphasis is placed on the relationship between
theories of cognition and current experimental
findings. Also, the development of cognitive
skills receives attention.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PSYC 084. Research Issues in Clinical
Child Psychology
T his course addresses clinical topics (e.g., per
vasive developmental disorder, anxiety, depres
sion, chronic illness, sexual abuse), while con
sidering specific problems o f research (e.g.,
sampling strategies, reliability and validity,
cross-sectional vs. longitudinal designs, quali
tative analysis) as they pertain to clinical child
psychology. Students learn to locate and evalu
ate current empirical studies as they discuss
childhood problems.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Psychology and
one of the following: Abnormal (PSY C 038) or
Developm ental Psychology (P S Y C 039),
A bnorm al C hild Psychology (P S Y C 050),
Research Design and Analysis (P SY C 025) or
Children at Risk (P SY C 041).
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Horwitz.
PSYC 067. Research Issues In
Developmental Psychology
Childhood is a period o f incredible change and
growth; this rapid development makes design
ing developmental experiments fun and chal
lenging. T his course covers basic experimental
terminology, design and psychological proce
dures and methods while allowing the student
to design and perform a research project tai
lored to her or his interests.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002.
PSYC 068. Reading Culture
A course in seminar format concerned with the
values, ideologies, myths, and power dynamics
manifest in the ordinary, taken for granted
world o f everyday life. A tten tion is given to
television, news reporting, film, advertising,
music, clothing, architecture, and other cultur
al artifacts, and the ways in which they are
shaped by psychological, social, rhetorical, and
ideological processes. Also focal is the forma
tion o f subcultures, identity politics, and the
postmodern cultural transformation.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Gergen.
PSYC 089. Psychology, Economic
Rationality, and Decision Making
How should people make decisions, and how do
people make decisions? T h e theory o f rational
choice, developed in economics and profound
ly important throughout the social sciences,
offers powerful answers to both o f these ques
tions. This course provides a critical examina
tion o f the theory o f rational choice. It focuses
on the theory’s empirical inadequacies as an
account o f how people do choose and on its
social and moral inadequacies as an account of
how people should choose.
arranging a placement, in consultation with
the instructor in advance o f the semester.
Students should select several possible sites,
make contact with them, and review the sites
with the instructor. T h e department has a file
o f previous practicum sites. T his helps students
identify general categories as well as specific
options. Students applying for this course must
have at least a B average in psychology.
Consult the department for details and an
application form.
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 : Reimer. Sirring 20 0 2 : Gillham.
PSYC 091. Research Practicum in
Physiological Psychology
A n examination o f current issues in physiolog
ical psychology with emphasis on how lower
animal research is used to understand the phys
iological basis o f normal and abnormal human
behavior. Topics include learning and memory,
drug addiction and tolerance, obsessive-com
pulsive disorder, Alzheimer’s disease, and cere
bral lateralization.
Prerequisite: PSYC 03 0 or permission o f the
instructor.
F all 20 0 1 . Schneider.
PSYC 094. Independent Research
Prerequisite: O pen by application to advanced
students in psychology, economics, or philoso
phy.
Students conduct independent research pro
jects. T h ey typically study problems with
which they are already familiar from their
course work. Students must submit a written
report o f their work. Registration for Indepen
dent Research requires the sponsorship of a
faculty member in the Psychology Department
who agrees to supervise the work.
1 credit.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
Fall 20 0 1 . Schwartz.
PSYC 095. Tutorial
PSYC 090. Practicum in Clinical
Psychnlngy
A ny student may, under the supervision o f a
member o f the Psychology Department, work
in a tutorial arrangement for a single semester.
T h e student is thus allowed to select a topic of
particular interest and, in consultation with a
faculty member, prepare a reading list and work
plan. Tutorial work may include field research
outside Swarthmore.
An opportunity for advanced psychology stu
dents to gain supervised experience in off-campus clinical settings. Requirements include, but
are not limited to, 8 hours per week in an offcampus placement, guided readings throughout
the semester, and a major term paper. Students
are expected to have “face-to-face” contact
with clients/patients and to have an on-site
supervisor. Students meet regularly with the
instructor for discussion o f readings and work
experience. Students are responsible for
E ach sem ester. Staff.
PSYC 096 and 097. Senior Thesis
W ith the permission o f the department, quali
fied students may conduct a yearlong 2-credit
research project in the senior year as one way
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to meet the comprehensive requirement. Such
theses must be supervised by a member of the
Psychology Department. T h e final product is
evaluated by the supervisor and an additional
reader. Students should develop a general plan
by the end of the junior year and apply for
departmental approval. By application.
1 credit each sem ester.
B oth sem esters. Staff.
PSYC 098. Senior Comprehensive Project
A s one means of meeting the comprehensive
requirement for the Classes of 2003 and beyond,
each student selects a topic in psychology with
the approval o f the psychology faculty. During
either the fall or the spring semester o f the
senior year, the student writes a substantial
paper on the topic based on library research or
some original empirical research. In addition to
submitting their written reports, all students
will make oral presentations on their topics in
the middle o f the spring semester. O ne-half
credit with a letter grade will be awarded for
the written and oral work. See the department
brochure for further details.
0 .5 credit.
E ach sem ester. Staff.
SEMINARS
PSYC 130. Physiological Psychology
A n analysis o f the neural bases o f motivation,
em otion, learning, memory, and language.
Generalizations derived from neurobehavioral
relations are brought to bear on clinical issues.
Prerequisite: P SYC 030. By permission.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Schneider.
PSYC 132. Perception and Attention
(See description o f P SY C 032.)
In this course, we do advanced theoretical and
empirical work on psychological aspects of
human perception. Emphasis is on individual
research projects exploring forefront issues of
visual learning and representation in domains
o f visual attention and eye movements, space
perception, object recognition, and the percep
tion o f visual qualities.
Prerequisite: P SY C 032. By permission.
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1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Durgin.
PSYC 133. Cognitive Psychology
(See description o f P SY C 033.)
Examination o f foundational issues and theo
ries in the empirical study o f human cognition
with an emphasis on insights from cognitive
and biological sciences. Topics include think
ing and deciding, memory, language, concepts,
and perception.
Prerequisite: PSYC 033. By permission.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Spring 20 0 3 . Durgin.
PSYC 134. Psycholinguistics
(See description o f P SY C 034.)
T h e seminar considers in-depth special topics
o f interest within the field. A research compo
nent is frequently included.
Prerequisite: P SY C 034. By permission.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Kako.
PSYC 135. Seminar in Social Psychology
(See description of P SY C 035.)
A critical exploration of substantive topics in
social psychology and an interrogation of the
field’s perspectives and methods.
Prerequisite: P SY C 035. By permission.
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Ward.
PSYC 13 7. Personality Theory and
Interpretation
A n exploration o f major theories of human
psychological functioning, with special empha
sis on the process of exploration itself. Thus,
critical inquiry is made into the theories of
Freud, Jung, the neo-Freudians, Existential
theory, and trait methods. A t the same time, a
variety o f readings in literary theory, rhetoric,
hermeneutics, and related realms are used to
elucidate the process by which views of the
human personality are developed and sus
tained.
Prerequisite: O ne of the following: Concepts of
the Person (P SY C 0 37); Technology, Self, and
Society (P SY C 0 4 8 ); Reading Culture (PSYC
068), or by permission.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Gergen.
PSYC138. Abnormal Psychology
A study in depth o f several psychological con
ditions and their treatment. These include
chronic mental illness, suicide, eating disor
ders, and depression.
Prerequisite: P SY C 038. By permission.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Marecek.
PSYC 139. Developmental Psychology
(See description o f P SY C 039.)
T he seminar considers in depth special topics
of interest within the field. A n original group
research component is included.
Prerequisite: PSYC 039. By permission.
I credit.
Spring 2002. Kemler Nelson.
PSYC 180. Honors Thesis
A n Honors thesis must be supervised by a
member of the department. Must be taken as a
two-semester sequence for 1 credit each semes
ter. A thesis is required for an Honors major in
psychology.
1 credit each sem ester.
Both sem esters. Staff.
Public Policy
Coordinator:
ELLEN MAGENHEIM (Economics)3
Cathy Wareham (Administrative Assistant)
A cting Coordinator: RobinSOU H o llis te r (Economics)
Comm ittee:
John Caskey (Economics)3
Thomas Doc (Economics)
Raymond Hopkins (Political Science)
Gudmund Iversen (Mathem atics and Statistics)3
Arthur McGarity (Engineering)3
Carol Hackonoff (Political Science)
Keith Reeves (Political Scien ce)3
Richard Rubin (Political Scien ce)3
Eva Travers (Education)
Richard Vaielly (Political Science)
Robert Weinberg (History)3
2 A bsent on leave, fall 2001.
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T h e concentration in public policy enables
students to combine work in several depart
ments toward both critical and practical under
standing o f public policy issues, including those
in the realm o f social welfare, health, energy,
environm ent, food and agriculture, and
national and global security. These issues may
be within domestic, foreign, or international
governmental domains. Courses in the con
centration encompass the development, for
mulation, implementation, and evaluation of
policy.
economic analysis, (2 ) political analysis, and
(3 ) quantitative analysis. These may each be
met by taking one course or seminar in each of
the three categories; courses that fulfill these
requirements are listed below.
REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
T h e concentration in public policy may be
taken together with a course or Honors exami
nation major in any field or a minor in the
Honors program -A t a minimum, the concen
tration consists o f 6 credits and an internship.
T h e program o f each concentrator should he
worked out in consultation with the coordina
tor o f the public policy concentration and
approved by the coordinator, preferably at the
same time as majors in the course and Honors
programs are planned.
T h e public policy concentration consists of 6
credits o f work. Basic academic requirements
for the concentration cover three areas: (1)
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In addition to these three foundation courses,
3 credits must be taken from among the sub
stantive policy courses listed below, one of
which must be the public policy thesis. These
courses deal with substantive sectors and insti
tutional aspects o f public policy analysis. The
substantive policy requirement may be fulfilled
through courses and seminars. Only 1 credit of
a 2-credit seminar can be counted toward the
public policy requirements. Please note that
seminars are limited in size and that most
departments give priority to departmental
majors and minors, so public policy concentra
tors might no t be admitted. In addition, stu
dents should consider course prerequisites
when planning the concentration program.
INTERNSHIP
Som e direct experience or practical responsi
bility in the field, through work in a public, pri
vate, or voluntary agency, is required for grad
uation with a concentration in public policy.
Normally, students will hold internships
between their junior and senior years. T he
internship program is supervised by the coordi
nator for the concentration. Planning for the
internship experience should begin six to eight
months before the time it might commence.
The College has developed a network of con
tacts in Washington, D .C ., and overseas and
would like to have qualified students each year
to fill positions already identified. Funding for
an internship is occasionally provided by the
agency in which a person serves. Typically,
however, students require support to cover
their travel and m aintenance costs during the
8 to 10 weeks o f a summer internship.
For students who are concentrators, the
College attempts to provide support to those
unable to fund themselves, but such support
cannot be guaranteed. O ther possible sources
of support for an internship include the James
H. Scheuer Summer Internships in Environ
mental and Population Studies, the J. Roland
Pennock Fellowships in Public Affairs, the Joel
Dean Awards, the Sam Hayes III Research
Grant, the Lippincott Peace Fellowships, and
the David G . Sm ith Internship in H ealth and
Social Policy. Public policy concentration
funding for domestic internships will be limit
ed to $3,000; funding for international intern
ships will be limited to $3,500. T h e total award
from all College sources may no t exceed
$3,500. Information on each o f these sources
can be obtained in the Public Policy C oncen
tration Office, 105 Trotter.
PUBLIC POLICY THESIS
One of the requirements o f the concentration,
providing one of the three units o f substantive
policy work, is a senior thesis. T h e thesis
requirement is designed to provide a structured
opportunity to write a substantial paper on a
public policy issue. It is especially aimed to
allow those who have cultivated (through
internships and academic work) a well-devel
oped understanding o f some policy question to
complete research and analysis under the
supervision o f the coordinator o f the public
policy concentration and one or more other
core faculty. Paper topics may focus on nation
al or international policy issues and may range
widely within areas o f competence.
Students writing a 1-cred it thesis should regis
ter for PPOL 097 in the fall o f the senior year;
students doing a 2-credit thesis should register
for PPOL 097 in the fall and PPOL 098 in the
fall or spring o f the senior year. Only 1 credit of
the 2-credit thesis will count toward the 6
credits required by the concentration.
HONORS PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Students sitting for Honors may have a minor
in public policy in one o f three ways. First, they
may complete a 2-credit policy thesis and sub
m it it as their minor preparation. Second, and
alternatively, they may submit for external ex
amination course or seminar work amounting
to 2 credits in the policy concentration. Third,
they may combine a 1-credit thesis with a
course or seminar. In the second case, they still
must do their required concentration thesis.
Two-credit work in policy issues might com
bine work in two policy courses for which a
reasonable examination can be constructed
and a suitable visiting examiner recruited.
Policy work examined as a minor should meet
three criteria: (1) that the policy work fit
together in some fashion that is coherent and
examinable; (2) that each student should take
responsibility for developing the course and/or
seminar combination (which will be judged on
its practicability by the Public Policy C oncen
tration Com m ittee); and (3 ) the work must
meet the College requirement that the work be
outside the student’s major department. In
those circumstances in which it is essential to
include work from the student’s major depart
ment, a student can offer a three-unit package
o f courses, two o f which must be from outside
the student’s major department. Examples of
such policy study for a minor in Honors are (1)
the combination o f a course on welfare policy
and a course on health policy or (2) the com
bination o f work on economic development
and a history or political science class on some
region in which development issues are a cen
tral them e. These are but two illustrative
examples. Combinations o f this sort would be
arrived at through consultation with the coor
dinator o f the concentration who could then
recom mend them to the com m ittee for
approval.
T h e requirement that public policy Honors
work be done, at least in part, outside the stu-
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dent’s major department is relevant also to
those students offering a 2-credit thesis for
examination. In the case of a 2-credit thesis,
the concentration coordinator will determine
that at least half o f the thesis represents work
done outside the student’s major department.
Policy Courses and Seminars
(Arranged by Department)*
T h e form o f external exam ination (e.g., 3-hour
written exam, oral exam alone) will depend on
the nature o f the student’s preparation (e.g.,
thesis, course, or seminar combination).
P O LS 029. Polling, Public Opinion, and
Public Policy
AREAS OF POLICY FOCUS
PPOL 097/098. Public Policy Thesis
PO LS 015. Ethics and Public Policy
PO LS 023. Presidency, Congress, and Court
PO LS 032. Gender, Politics, and Policy
P O LS 033. Race, Ethnicity, Representation,
and Redistricting in America
PO LS 041. Political Economy and Social
Policy in the U nited States
P O LS 045. Defense Policy
Som e students may wish to focus their substan
tive work in policy heavily in a particular field
(e.g., environmental studies, food studies, wel
fare issues, health, or education). G iven the
size and interests o f the faculty, not every area
o f public policy is well represented in courses
and faculty. Nevertheless, there are a number
o f policy areas in which a student can take
multiple courses, often in a variety o f depart
ments. Courses that fulfill the public policy
foundation requirements in political analysis,
economic analysis, and quantitative analysis as
well as other courses that count toward the
concentration are listed below. Note: These
courses may be counted toward a concentra
tion in public policy (Class of ’02 or ’03 ) or a
minor in public policy (Class o f ’03 or ’04 and
thereafter).
Foundation Requirements
P olitical A nalysis C ourses
PO LS 002. Am erican Politics
Econom ic Analysis C ourses
ECO N O il. Intermediate Microeconomics
ECO N 041. Public Finance
ECO N 141. Public Finance*
Q uantitative A nalysis C ourses
ST A T 002. Statistical Methods
ST A T 002C . Statistics
PO LS 047. G lobal Policy and International
Institutions: Hunger and Environmental
Threats
PO LS 055. China and the World
PO LS 065. Politics of Population
PO LS 068. International Political Economy
(Cross-listed as ECO N 053)
P O LS 076. Theory, Method, and Research
Design in the Social Sciences
P O LS 107. Comparative Politics: Greater
Europe
PO LS 108. Comparative Politics: East Asia*
PO LS 109. Comparative Politics: Latin
A m erica*
P O LS 111. International Politics*
ECO N 005. Savage Inaccuracies: T h e Facts
and Economics o f Education in America
(Cross-listed as E D U C 069)
ECO N 022. Banking and Financial Markets
ECO N 041. Public Finance
ECO N 042. Law and Economics
ECO N 044. Urban Economics
ECO N 051. T h e International Economy
ECO N 053. T h e International Political
Economy
ECO N 061. Industrial Organization
ST A T 053. Mathematical Statistics
ECO N 073. Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in
Economics
ECO N 031. Statistics for Economists
ECO N 075. Health Economics
ECO N 035. Econometrics
ECO N 076. Environmental Economics
EN G R 057/ECON 032. Operations Research
ECON 081. Econom ic Development
SO A N 02 8 . Statistics (Cross-listed as ST A T
002C )
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ECON 082. Political Economy o f Africa
ECO N 083. Asian Economies
ECON 141- Public Finance*
ECON 151. International Econom ics*
ECON 161. Industrial Organization and
Public Policy*
ECON 171. Labor and Social Econom ics*
ECON 181. Econom ic Development*
EDUC 068. Urban Education (Cross-listed as
SO AN 020B )
EDUC 069. Savage Inaccuracies: T h e Facts
and Economics o f Education in America
(Cross-listed as ECO N 005)
EDUC 141. Educational Policy
H IST 049. Race and Foreign Affairs
H IST 054. W omen, Society, and Politics
SO AN 020B . Urban Education (Cross-listed
as ED U C 068)
BIO L 210. Biology and Public Policy (Bryn
Mawr)
Descriptions of the courses listed previously
can be found in each department’s course list
ings in this catalog.
*N ote: Seminars are limited in size, and most
departments give priority to departmental
majors and minors, so public policy concentra
tors might not be admitted.
For more information on the public policy con
centration, internships, theses, and related
topics, please see our W eb site at: http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/PublicPolicy.
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Religion
J . WILLIAM FROST, Professor, Director of the Friends Historical Library and Acting Chair (fell 2001)
DONALD K. SWEARER, Professor2
ELLEN M . ROSS, Associate Professor
MARK I. WALLACE, Associate Professor
YVONNE P. CHIREAU, Associate Professor and Chair (spring 2002)
NATHANIEL DEUTSCH, Associate Professor
STEVEN P. HOPKINS, Associate Professor3
S C O n KUGLE, Visiting Assistant Professor and M ellon Postdoctoral Fellow
KATHERINE E . ULRICH, Visiting Assistant Professor
EILEEN McELRONE, Administrative Assistant
2 A bsent on leave, spring 2002.
3 A bsent on leave, 2001-2002.
T h e Religion Department investigates the
phenomenon o f religion through the study of
ritual and symbol, myth and legend, story and
poetry, scripture and theology, festival and cer
emony, art and music, and moral codes and
social values. T h e department seeks to develop
ways o f understanding these phenomena in
terms of their historical and cultural particular
ity as well as their common patterns.
courses is normally required for admission to
seminars, and is also prerequisite for admission
to a major in course or a major or minor in
Honors.
Courses offered on a regular cycle present the
development o f Judaism and Christianity as
well as the religions o f India, China, Japan,
Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Breadth in
subject m atter is complemented by strong
m ethodological diversity; questions raised
include those o f historical, theological, philo
sophical, literary-critical, feminist, sociologi
cal, and anthropological interests. T his m ulti
faceted focu s m akes religious studies an ideal liber
a l arts m ajor.
REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Students are encouraged to begin their study of
religion with RELG 001 or one of the courses
numbered 001 through 013. (Majors are re
quired to take at least one o f these courses.) As
primary distribution courses, R ELG 001 and
R EL G 0 0 8 introduce students to seminal
themes and methods in the study o f religion.
O ther courses in this group prepare students in
comparative, historical, philosophical, literary,
and phenomenological approaches to religion.
Successful completion o f at least two religion
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T h e major in religion is planned through con
sultation with faculty members in the depart
ment. To ensure breadth in the program of
study, all majors must take at least one course
from two curricular groups that include the
several religious traditions and the varied modes
of analysis represented in the department (see
“Majoring in Religion at Swarthmore”). Stu
dents in both course and the Honors program
are expected to have taken the background
courses required for work in specific seminars.
A component o f a major’s program o f study
may include study abroad planned in collabo
ration with the department. In addition to the
introductory course and distributional require
ments, majors are required to complete the
religion capstone, RELG 095: Religion Café:
Senior Symposium, a weekly symposium for
senior majors on important themes, theories,
and methods in the comparative, cross-cultur
al study o f religion.
Majors are required to complete at least 8 cred
its in Religion, including the Senior Sym
posium, to m eet department graduation
requirements. Minors are required to take five
religion courses but not the Senior Symposium.
MAJOR AND MINOR IN THE HONORS
PROGRAM (EXTERNAL EXAMINATION
PROGRAM)
The normal method o f preparation for the
Honors major will be done through three sem
inars, although, with the consent o f the depart
ment, a 1-credit thesis/course corhbination or a
combination o f two courses (including attach
ments and study-abroad options) can count for
one Honors preparation. In general, only one
such preparation can consist of nonseminarbased studies.
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2-credit preparations in religion (seminars or
course combinations but not 2-credit theses)
will be a 3-hour written exam ination set by an
external exam iner. In addition, w ith the
exception of a thesis preparation, a student will
submit to the external examiner a Senior
Honors Study (SH S) paper for each prepara
tion. SH S papers will be approximately 4,000
words and will normally be a revision o f the
final seminar paper or, in the event o f a non
seminar mode of preparation, a revised course
paper. Honors minors will be examined on one
2-credit sem inar preparation. T hey are
required to complete 5 credits in the depart
ment but will not take T h e Senior Symposium
required for majors. S H S for Honors minors
will consist o f one revised seminar paper.
Seminars and the written and oral external
examination are the hallmarks o f Honors.
Seminars are a collaborative and cooperative
venture among students and faculty members
designed to promote self-directed learning.
The teaching faculty evaluates seminar perfor
mance based on the quality o f seminar papers,
comments during seminar discussions, and
(where appropriate) a final paper. Because the
seminar depends on the active participation of
all its members, the department expects students to live up to the standards o f Honors.
These standards include attendance at every
seminar session, timely submission o f seminar
papers, reading o f seminar papers, and completion of the assigned readings before the seminar, active engagement in seminar discussions,
and respect for the opinions o f the members of
the seminar. Students earn double-credit for
seminars and should expect twice the work
normally done in a course. T h e external exammation, both written and oral, is the capstone
o f the Honors experience.
Students enrolled in SH S as majors in Religion
will revise one paper for each o f the three
preparations (one preparation for minors),
with the exception o f a thesis, which has no
SH S component, and submit them to the
department as part o f their portfolio for the
external examiners. Honors majors and minors
will register for a half-credit SH S in the second
semester o f their senior year. In addition, the
department expects students to form their own
study groups to prepare for the external exami
nations. T his is an important extension o f the
cooperative and collaborative aspect o f Honors
preparation.
COURSES
RELG 001. Religion and Human
Experience
This course introduces the nature o f religious
worldviews, their cultural manifestations, and
their influence on personal and social self
understanding and action. T h e course explores
various themes and structures seminal to the
nature o f religion and its study: sacred scrip
ture; visions of ultimate reality and their vari
ous manifestations; religious experience and its
expression in systems o f thought; ritual behav
ior and moral action. Members o f the depart
m ent will lecture and lead weekly discussion
sections.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Deutsch, U lrich.
RELG 002B. Religion in America:
A Multicultural Approach
A n introductory survey that explores religion
in the U nited States from a historical perspec
tive, emphasizing cultural diversity and reli
gious pluralism.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Chireau.
RELG 003. Hebrew Bible and the Ancient
Near East
A n introduction to the Hebrew Bible and the
religion of ancient Israel within the context of
other ancient Near Eastern religious traditions.
T h e Hebrew Bible will be read closely in
English translation with special attention to
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mythological, exegetical, sociological, gender,
and body issues. In addition to the Hebrew
Bible, literature from Mesopotamia, Egypt, and
Canaan will be read, including T he E pic o f
G ilgam esh, T he Enum a EUsh, and T he T heology
o f M em phis.
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Deutsch.
RELG 004. New Testament and Early
Christianity
A n introduction to the New Testament and its
development with special attention to prob
lems o f redaction and literary construction as
well as the formation o f early Christian ortho
doxy and heresy.
RELG 008. Patterns of Asian Religions
A them atic introduction to the study of reli
gion through an exam ination of selected texts,
teachings, and practices o f the religious tradi
tions o f South and East Asia structured as pat
terns o f religious life. Materials are drawn from
the Buddhist traditions o f India, Tibet, China,
and Japan; the Hindu and Jain traditions of
India; the Confucian and Taoist traditions of
China; and the Sh into tradition o f Japan.
Them es include deities, the body, ritual, cos
mology, sacred space, religious specialists, and
death and the afterlife.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . U lrich.
1 credit.
RELG 009. The Buddhist Traditions of Asia
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Deutsch.
T his course explores the unity and diversity of
the Buddhist tradition within the historical
and cultural contexts o f South, Central, and
East Asia. T h e course focuses, in particular, on
th e form ation o f Buddhism in India,
Therevada in Southeast Asia, Vajrayana in
Tibet, and Zen in C hina and Japan.
RELG 005. Problems of Religious Thought
Study o f the contemporary global crisis and the
resources within different religious traditions
for ameliorating the crisis.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. W allace.
1 credit.
RELG 006. War and Peace
Spring 20 0 2 . Ulrich.
A n exam ination of religious perspectives about
and influences on organized violence. T h e first
part concentrates on war and peace in the for
mative periods o f Judaism, Christianity, Islam,
and Hinduism. Topics include holy war, just
war, and pacifism. T h e last half deals with the
impact o f religion on World W ar I and II, the
founding o f Israel, the Cold War, Kuwait, and
Bosnia/Kosova.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Frost.
RELG 007B. Wnmen and Religion
This course will examine the variety of women’s
religious experiences in the U nited States. W e
will read a number o f primary and secondary
texts that explore the diverse ways that women
have historically experienced/made sense of
the sacred. Topics will include the construction
of gender and religion, religious experiences of
women o f color, spiritual autobiographies and
narratives by women, W IC C A and witchcraft
in the U nited States, and feminist and womanist theology.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Chireau.
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RELG 010. African American Religions
W h at makes A frican-A m erican religion
“African” and “American”? Using texts, films,
and music, we will examine the religious histo
ry o f people of African descent in the United
States.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Chireau.
RELG 011B . Introduction to Islam:
Religious Symbols and Islamic
Experience
W hat are the basic symbols o f Islam, and how
are they understood and experienced by
Muslims? T his course will introduce students
to the methodology o f religious studies con
centrating on symbols, myth, and ritual. We
will apply these theoretical concepts to the
Muslim experience of religion by exploring
textual and historical sources, classical and
contemporary, from Africa, Arabia, and Asia.
1 credit.
F all 2001. Kugle.
RELG 012. The History, Religion, and
Culture of India I: From the Indus Valley
to the Hindu Saints
A study o f the religious history o f India from
the ancient Indo-Aryan civilization of the north
to the establishment o f Islam under Moghul
rule. Topics include the ritual system o f the
Vedas, the philosophy o f the Upanishads, the
rise of Buddhist and Jain communities, and the
development o f classical Hindu society. Focal
themes are hierarchy, caste and class, purity
and pollution, gender, untouchability, world
renunciation, and the construction of a reli
giously defined social order.
RELG 016R. Rabbinic Thought and Literature
T his course will examine the thought, litera
ture, and social context o f rabbinic religion
from the fall o f Jerusalem to the redaction of
the Babylonian Talmud.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Deutsch.
RELG 018B. Modern Jewish Thought and
Literature
I credit.
A close reading of modem Jewish works. W e
will examine topics such as Hasidism, Haskalah
(Jewish Enlightenment), Zionism, the Holocaust,
and twentieth-century Jewish philosophy.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Ulrich.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Deutsch.
RELG 013. History, Religion, and Culture
of India II: From Akbar to Gandhi and the
Voices of Untouchable Liberation
RELG 019B. Introduction to Jewish
Mysticism
The religious history o f India from the advent
of Islam to the present. From the Moghuls to
the Hindu nationalist m ovements and
Ambedkar’s legacy to the present.
T his course will survey the history and litera
ture o f Jewish mysticism, beginning w ith
Merkabah mysticism, continuing through the
German Pietists and the Kabbalah, and ending
with Sabbatianism and Hasidism.
I credit.
1 credit.
Not offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Hopkins.
Spring 20 0 2 . Deutsch.
RELG 014B. Christian Life and Thought In
the Middle Ages
RELG 020B. Prophets and Visionaries:
Christian Mysticism Through the Ages
Survey o f W estern religious culture and
thought from the early to the late Middle Ages.
Among other topics, the course will consider
debates about the nature o f the Divine, the
person and work o f Jesus Christ, heresy and dis
sent, bodily devotion, love mysticism, scholas
ticism, and holy persons. Readings may include
Augustine, A nselm , A vicenna, A belard,
Hildegard o f Bingen, Francis o f Assisi,
Catherine of Siena, Thomas Aquinas, Julian of
Norwich, and Joh n Wyclif.
T his course considers topics in the history of
Christian mysticism.
1
credit.
Fall 2001. Ross.
RELG 015R. Philosophy of Religion
(Cross-listed as PHIL 016)
This course considers Anglo-Am erican and
Continental philosophical approaches to reli
gious thought using different disciplinary per
spectives.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Wallace.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Ross.
RELG 022. Religion, the Environment, and
Contemplative Practice
T h e challenge o f the ecological crisis to con
temporary religious thought and practice.
Topics include the history o f environmental
thought in Western philosophy, theology, and
biblical studies; the value o f Native American
and Am erican nature writings; and the con
temporary relevance o f neopagan, ecofeminist,
deep ecology, and Asian ecological worldviews.
A field work component and optional practice
in meditative disciplines will be features o f this
course. Readings will be drawn from M.
Heidegger, B ook o f Jo b , Buddhist scriptures, J.
Muir, Black Elk, E. Abbey, S. Griffin, B.
M cKibben, C . Hyun-Kyung, and R . Ruether.
1 credit.
F all sem ester. Wallace.
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REUS 023B. Quakerism
RELG 026B. Buddhist Social Ethics
T h e history o f the distinctive religious and
social ideas and practices o f Friends from the
1650s to the present. Special emphasis will be
placed on changes in worship and theology
caused by the enlightenment, evangelicalism,
and modernism. There will be comparisons
among English, American, and Third World
Friends. There will be assessment o f the contri
butions o f Quakers to reform movements:
Indian rights, antislavery, the treatment of the
insane, prison reform, temperance, women’s
movements, and peace. T h is seminar will
emphasize the reading o f primary sources found
in the Friends Library. O pen to freshmen.
A study o f th e d octrinal foundations of
Buddhist social ethics, classical conceptions of
individual and social well-being, and contem
porary interpretation o f Buddhism as a program
for social, economic, and political transforma
tion in South and Southeast Asia. Sources
include Pali texts, studies by modem scholars,
and the work o f contemporary Buddhist
activists.
1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Frost.
RELG 024B. From Vodun to Voodoo:
African Religions in the Old and New
Worlds
Is there a kindred spirituality in the cere
monies, music, and movements o f African reli
gions? T his course explores the dynamics of
A frican religions throughout the Diaspora and
the A tlan tic world. Using text, art, film, and
music, we will look at the interaction o f society
and religion in the black world, beginning with
traditional religions in W est and C entral
Africa, examining the impact o f slavery and
migration, and the dispersal o f A frican reli
gions throughout the W estern Hemisphere.
T h e course will focus on the varieties o f reli
gious experiences in Africa and their transfor
mations in the Caribbean, Brazil, and North
A m erica in the religions o f Candom blé,
Santeria, C onjure, and other New W orld
Traditions. A t the end o f the term, in consul
tation with the professor, students will create
their own C D -R O M in lieu o f a final paper.
1 credit.
Foreign study credit m ay be available.
Fall 2001. Chireau.
RELG 025B. Black Women and Religion in
the United States
T his course explores how social, cultural, and
political forces have intersected to inform
black women’s personal and co llective
attempts at the definition o f a sacred self.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2000 -2 0 0 1 . Chireau.
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1 credit.
Fall 2001. Swearer.
RELG 027B. Asian Religions in America
A n exploration o f various forms of the appro
priation, establishment, and transformation of
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam in America.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Swearer.
RELG 029. Monasticism and the Arts in
the Christian Middle Ages
(Cross-listed as A R T H 046)
Survey o f Christian monastic contributions to
the arts in the Middle Ages.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Ross and Cothren.
RELG 030B. The Power of Images: Icons
and Iconoclasts
A cross-cultural, comparative study o f the use
and critique o f sacred images in Biblical
Judaism,
Eastern
Christianity,
Hindu,
Buddhist, and Jain traditions o f India.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Hopkins.
RELG 031B. Religion and Literature: From
the Song of Songs to the Hindu Saints
A cross-cultural, comparative study of religious
literatures in Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and
Hindu traditions. How “secular” love poetry
and poetics have both influenced and been
influenced by devotional poetry in these tradi
tions, past and present.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2002.
RELG 037. Greek and Roman Religion
(See C L A S 037.)
RELG 038B. Religion as a Cultural
Institution
(See SO A N 070.)
RELG 045. Torah and Logos: Judaism and
Philosophy
(Cross-listed as PHIL 045)
This course will consider the relations between
Judaism and philosophy. Among the topics we
will examine are ethics, history and memory,
the role o f reason, and hermeneutics.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001 -2002. Deutsch and Schuldenffei.
RELG 047. Islamic Poetry and Prophecy
An investigation o f inspiration, metaphor, and
interpretation in Islamic discourses. Islam has
been characterized as “religion of the word.”
Whether in scripture or poetry, song or calli
graphic art, the word and its adornment are
central features o f the civilization created by
Muslims. T his course will begin with the reve
lation of the Qur’an, as the speech o f God
inspired in the Prophet Muhammad. How is
the Qur’an as scriptural revelation different
from poetic inspiration? How did Muslims
approach its interpretation (tafsir) and meta
phorical understanding (ta ’w il)? How did
Muslims create mystical, devotional, and erot
ic poetry that reverberated w ith Qur’anic
images? T h e course will include poetry from
Arabic, Persian, and Urdu (Hindi) in transla
tion and original languages.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Kugle.
RELG 048. The Summoned Self: Levinas
and Ricoeur
Paul Ricoeur and Emmanuel Levinas are two of
the most important religious philosophers in
our time. This course will ask how Ricoeur and
Levinas use philosophical and biblical texts to
construe the project o f selfhood in terms of
being called to take responsibility for one’s
neighbor— even at great cost to oneself. In a
seminar-like format, this course will consider
thinkers such as A ristotle, M aimonides,
Descartes, Kant, Rosenzeig, and Heidegger
along with topics such as Christian-Jewish dia
logue, rabbinic exegesis, moral philosophy,
political theory, and biblical hermeneutics.
1 credit.
RELG 049. Goddesses and Gods of India
T h is course explores four questions about
deities in India: W hat are goddesses and gods?
W hat are their relationships with each other,
male and female human beings, and their
social and religious contexts? W hat difference,
if any, does the gender o f a deity make? And
what are the methodological debates involved
in the academic study of Indian deities? In the
course o f exploring these questions, we will
familiarize ourselves with the major Indian
deities, along with their history, myths, rituals,
and iconography. Materials for this course are
drawn from textual, historical, and ethno
graphic studies from the various regions and
religious traditions of India.
Prerequisite: RELG 012 or the permission of
the instructor.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Ulrich.
RELG 093. Directed Reading
1 credit.
Staff.
RELG 095. Religion Café:
Senior Symposium
A weekly symposium for all senior majors on
seminal themes, theories, and methods in the
comparative, cross-cultural study o f religion.
Course will argue for the inherently multidisci
plinary nature o f religious studies by examining
various approaches to the phenomenon of reli
gion, from psychoanalysis and poststructuralist
theory to anthropology, literature, philosophy,
and social history. Them es include religion,
violence, and the sacred; ritual, symbol, and
pilgrimage; purity and pollution; religious
experience, gender, and embodiment; civil
religion, orientalism, colonialism, and power.
Interpreters will include Mircea Eliade, Victor
Turner, R ené Girard, Mary Douglas, Mikhail
Bakhtin, Caroline W alker Bynum, Jacques
Derrida, and M ichel Foucault.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Wallace.
RELG 096. Thesis
1 credit.
Staff.
Spring 2002. Deutsch and W allace.
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SEMINARS
R E LG 10 1. Jesus in History, Literature,
and Theology
This seminar explores depictions of Jesus in
narrative, history, theology, and popular culture.
W e investigate canonical and extra-canonical
scriptural portraits of Jesus, theological expli
cations o f the work and person o f Christ, pop
ular devotion to Jesus, and portrayals of Jesus
Christ in literature, film, and art. W e consider
Jesus as historical figure, trickster, mother,
healer, suffering savior, visionary, embodiment
o f the Divine, lover, victorious warrior, politi
cal liberator, and prophet.
2 credits.
RELG 105. Religion and Society
How have religious ideas and institutions
shaped or been influenced by Am erican cul
ture? Topics include th e varieties of
Protestanism from Puritanism to the Christian
Right, Rom an-Catholicism and Judaism (the
impact o f Am erican context), encounters with
Indians and blacks with Christianity, and con
temporary religious practices.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Frost.
RELG 106. Contemporary Religious
Thought
Study of the major theological options in the
W est since the Enlightenment.
Sirring 2002. Ross.
2 credits.
RELG 102. Folk and Popular Religion in
the United States
N ot offered 2001-2002. Wallace.
T his seminar investigates the cultural com
plexity o f the Am erican religious experience
through the lens of folk and popular traditions.
How do we understand th e relationship
between formal and informal religious belief
and practice? How have regional or ethnic in
fluences shaped the “official” religions? Special
attention is given to expressions o f belief in rit
ual, festival, and sacred ceremonies. Topics
include folk Catholicism in America, local
religious celebrations, nineteenth-century pop
ular movements, and public celebrations in
folk religion.
A study o f the principal themes o f liberation
theology as it has developed in Latin America
during recent decades.
RELG 10 7. Liberation Theology
2 credits.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Lacey.
RELG 108. Poets, Saints, and Storytellers:
Religious Literatures of India
T h e major forms o f Indian religious culture
through the lenses o f its varied regional and
pan-regional literatures, focusing on gender,
the passions, constructions of the body, and
religious devotion.
2 credits.
2 credits.
Spring 20 0 2 . Chireau.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Hopkins.
RELG 103. Women and Spirituality
RELG 109. Afro-Atlantic Religions
Using various methodological approaches and
texts by Native American, African-American,
and Euro-American women writers, we will
examine women’s spiritual experiences, tradi
tions and religious healing cross-culturally.
Is there a kindred spirituality in the ceremonies,
music, and movements o f African religions?
T his course explores the dynamics of African
religion throughout the Diasporas.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2 001-2002. Chireau.
RELG 104. Buddhism and Society in
Southeast Asia
A multidisciplinary study of Theravada Budd
hism against the historical, political, social,
and cultural backdrop o f Sri Lanka, Burma,
and Thailand.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1'2 0 0 2 . Swearer.
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2 credits.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Chireau.
RELG 110 . Religious Belief and Moral
Action
T h e seminar will explore the relationship
between religion and morality. Basic moral
concepts in Buddhism, Christianity, and
Hinduism will be studied in relationship to
their cosmological/theological frameworks and
their historical contexts. T h e course will ana
lyze concepts o f virtue and moral reasoning,
the religious view o f what it means to be a
moral person, and the religious evaluation o f a
just society. T h e course includes a considera
tion of M artin Luther King Jr., Dorothy Day,
Mahatma Gandhi, and T h ich N hat Hanh.
RELG 1 1 7 . Hasidism: From Bialystok to
Brooklyn
2 credits.
W e will examine the origins o f Hasidism, read
the tales of its legendary founder (in Shivhei
H a-Besht), and discuss the rapid spread of the
movement throughout Eastern Europe.
Fall 2001. Swearer.
2 credits.
RELG112 . Postmodern Religious Thought
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Deutsch.
The problem o f ethics and belief beyond the
philosophical foundations o f traditional reli
gious thought. Readings include Kierkegaard,
Nietzche, Heidegger, Barth, Derrida, Levinas,
Bataille, and Kristeva.
RELG 119 . Islamic Mysticism in
Southeast Asia
2 credits.
Not offered 2001-2002. W allace.
RELG 113 . From Buddha’s Relics to the
Rody of God: Hindu and Buddhist Devotion
A comparative historical and them atic explo
ration o f Hindu and Buddhist forms of devo
tion in South and Southeast Asia.
2 credits.
Not offered 2001-2002. Hopkins.
RELG 114 . Love and Religion
An exploration of the concept o f “love” in
selected Western, Near-Eastern, and Indian
traditions.
2 credits.
Not offered 2001-2002. Hopkins.
RELG 115 . The Gnostic Imagination:
Dualism from Antiquity to Harold Bloom
This course examines the problem of dualism
and the history o f dualistic religious traditions
from the Gnostics and Mandeans o f Late A nti
quity to the recent writings o f Harold Bloom.
2 credits.
Not offered 2001-2002. Deutsch.
RELG 116. The Body in Late Antiquity
An examination o f different views of the body
(human, angelic, and divine) in Late
Antiquity, with special emphasis on sexuality,
gender, divinity, and mystical transformation.
2 credits.
Not offered 2001-2002. Deutsch.
A n exploration o f mystical experience, saint
hood, and literary expression among Muslims
in South Asia. Islam is one of the most active
and widespread religious traditions in Asia;
Sufi mysticism is the religious practice o f most
Muslims in Asia. These two often-ignored facts
act as the frame for this seminar that focuses on
Sufi communities and saints in South Asia.
T h e seminar will cover material from the
medieval period through the present, primarily
from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and
Afghanistan. Poems, saint’s biographies, guides
to mystical contemplation, and parables will be
presented in translation from Persian, Urdu
(H indi), Punjabi, and Bengali. T h e seminar is
multidisciplinary, involving interpretive strate
gies from religious studies, history, literature,
anthropology, ethnomusicology and gender
studies.
2 credits.
Foil 2001. Kugle.
RELG 12 1. Midrash Tisch
Before Deconstructionism there was Midrash,
a sophisticated, imaginative, and entertaining
method o f interpreting the Bible. Open to stu
dents with intermediate knowledge of Hebrew
and above.
2 credits.
F all 20 0 1 . Deutsch.
RELG 122. Sacrifice: Theory and Practice
T his seminar will be an in-depth examination
o f the phenomenon o f animal sacrifice in
world religions. W e will analyze historical,
liturgical, legal, and ethnographic evidence
from a variety of religious and cultural tradi
tions: Hinduism, Judaism, A ncien t Greek reli
gions, African religions, and Afro-Caribbean
religions in contemporary America. W e will
also consider several influential theories about
the reasons people perform sacrifice, the differ-
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ences and similarities between sacrifice and
other types o f violence (murder, warfare, hunt
ing, secular butchering), and the broader theo
logical and social implications of this ritual.
2 credits.
Spring 2002. Ulrich.
R E LG 199. Senior Honors Study
0 .5 credit. Staff.
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JOY CHARLTON, Professor4
JENNIE KEITH, Professor3
MICHAEL MULLAN, Professor
BRAULIO MUÑOZ, Professor and Chair3
STEVEN I. PIKER, Professor
ROBIN E . WAGNER-PACIFICI, Professor
MIGUEL DÍAZ-BARRIGA, Associate Professor and A cting Chair
BRUCE GRANT, Associate Professor
SARAH WILLIE, Associate Professor3
FARHA GHANNAM, Assistant Professor
VIRGINIA O’CONNELL, Visiting Assistant Professor
RAQUEL ROMBERG, Visiting Assistant Professor
MICHAEL SPEIRS, Visiting Instructor
ROSE MAIO, Administrative Coordinator
3
Absent on leave, 2001-2002.
The program o f this department emphasizes
that sociology and anthropology are engaged in
a common intellectual task. Studies in the
department are directed toward understanding
the order, meaning, and coherence o f life in
human societies and cultures as well as the
pressures and contradictions that produce pat
terns of conflict and change. Courses variously
emphasize the comparative study o f societies
and cultures, the conditions o f social organiza
tion as well as disorganization, evolution and
the bases of human adaptation, change as well
as continuity, gender and culture, and the sym
bolic aspects o f human social life. Emphasis is
also placed on the relevance o f sociology and
anthropology to the study o f contemporary
and, particularly, Am erican society, and to
contemporary social problems. T h e depart
ment strongly encourages students to carry out
their own research and offers internship oppor
tunities as well as courses in research methods.
In addition to exploring the mutuality o f soci
ology and anthropology, members o f the
department and their courses have many links
to neighboring disciplines such as biology, edu
cation, English, history, literature, philosophy,
psychology, and religion. T h e department also
participates in a special major in linguistics and
in the following concentrations for the Class of
2002 and 2003: Asian Studies, Black Studies,
Environmental Studies, Francophone Studies,
4
A bsent on administrative leave, 2001-2002.
Germ an Studies, and Interpretation Theory
and a minor in these same areas for students in
the Class o f 2003 and 2004.
REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Courses numbered SO A N 001 to 0 2 0 serve as
points of entry for students wishing to begin
work in the department. Enrollment in these
courses is unrestricted, and completion of one
o f them will normally serve as prerequisite to
higher-level work in the department (SO A N
0 21-099). (Some higher courses may, however,
with permission o f the instructor, be taken
without prerequisite.) Seminars are numbered
SO A N 100 to 199. For current seminar list
ings, please contact our department adminis
trative coordinator.
(N ote: Course labeling within each o f the
three tiers of offerings— introductory courses
[SOA N 001-019], regular courses [SOA N 020099] and seminars [SOA N 100-199]— reflect
internal departmental codes rather than levels
o f advancement or particular research areas.
Please consult the listings for prerequisites par
ticular to each course.)
Applicants for the major normally have com
pleted at least two courses in the department.
Majors complete a minimum o f 8 units o f work
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in the department, including a double-credit
thesis tutorial normally to be taken during the
fell and spring semesters o f the senior year. T he
Research Design course (SO A N 0 2 I B ) is
strongly recommended for m ajors: spring
semester o f the junior year is the ideal time to
take it, as it offers important preparation for
the senior thesis project.
Students contemplating teacher certification
would normally schedule their program in a
semester, which does no t conflict with their
senior thesis. Such programs should be devel
oped in close consultation with advisers in the
Education program.
T h e department emphasizes the importance of
familiarity with appropriate elementary statis
tics, both for work taken at the College and for
subsequent career development. Toward under
lining this, the department cross-lists Statistics
courses 002 and 0 0 2 C (listed as SO A N 010E
and SO A N 010F, respectively).
M ajor and m inor in the H onors program . Candi
dates for Honors in sociology and anthropology
must complete three Honors preparations, one
o f which must be SO A N 180: Thesis. T h e other
two preparations may be a seminar, or, with
permission, course plus attachm ent, paired
upper-level courses, or foreign study. Minors in
the Honors program must complete only one
preparation, although they must take addition
al elective work to ensure a proper content for
this preparation. See “Majoring in Sociology
and Anthropology” for additional information.
AREAS OF SPECIAL CONCENTRATION IN
SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
Teaching and research interests o f members of
the department cluster to create a number of
subject matter areas. Students who are inter
ested in one o f these are encouraged to meet
with the indicated department members to
plan a program o f study.
1. Social Theory and Social Philosophy
(Diaz-Barriga, Grant, Muñoz, Piker,
Wagner-Pacifici, W illie)
2. Human Adaptation, Cultural Ecology,
and Human Evolution (Piker, Speirs)
3. M odem Society (Charlton, Diaz-Barriga,
G rant, Mullan, Wagner-Pacifici, W illie)
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4. Cultural and Ethnic Pluralism (Charlton,
Diaz-Barriga, Ghannam, G rant, Muñoz,
Romberg, W illie)
5. Religion and Culture (Charlton, Grant,
Piker, Romberg)
6. Psychology and Culture (Charlton, Piker)
7. Sociology o f A rt and Intellectual Life
(Grant, Muñoz, Wagner-Pacifici)
8. Modernization and Development (DiazBarriga, Ghannam )
9. Inequality (Charlton, Diaz-Barriga,
Wagner-Pacifici, W illie)
10. Political Behavior and Culture (DiazBarriga, G rant, Wagner-Pacifici, W illie)
CERTIFICATION FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
TEACHING
Sociology/anthropology majors can complete
the requirements for teacher certification
through a program approved by the state of
Pennsylvania. Because of a change in teacher
certification regulations th at occurred in
November 2000, students completing certifica
tion during 2001 to 2003 will fulfill the re
quirements for Social Studies certification, and
those who complete certification in 2004 and
beyond will complete the requirements for
Social Science certification. For further infor
mation about the relevant set of requirements,
please contact the Education program director,
the Sociology/Anthropology Department
chair, or the Education program Web site:
www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci.Education/.
COURSES
SOAN 0020. Cultural Borderlands
T his course focuses on the anthropology and
sociology o f gender, ethnic, and class relations
in the U nited States. T h e course emphasizes
current discussions o f inequality and multiculturalism as well as case studies, including
C hicano feminism, working-class sexuality,
gendered “back talking.” T h e course is
designed to introduce the student to the basic
concepts of both anthropology and cultural
studies for understanding cultural “border
lands” in the U nited States.
Primary distribution course. 1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Diaz-Barriga.
SOAN 002C. Introduction to Latinos in the
United States
The course is an introduction to anthropologi
cal, sociological, and literary w riting on
Mexican-American culture. T h e course focus
es on ethnic identity, covering such topics as
border ballads and folklore, inner-city life, and
Chicana feminism. Authors studied in the
course include Cisneros, Garza, Lim on,
Moraga, Paredes, Rodriguez, and Rosaldo. This
course m ay be counted tow ard a concentration in
Latin A m erican Studies fo r the C lasses o f 2002
and 2003 and a m inor in this sam e area fo r stu
dents in the C lasses o f 2003 and 2004.
I credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Diaz-Barriga.
SOAN 003B. Nations and Nationalisms
Nationalist movements around the world have
risen to the fore in the late twentieth and early
twenty-first centuries by drawing on malleable
images o f culture, patriotism, and belonging.
This course examines different kinds of nation
alist discourse through recent anthropological
and sociological analyses o f ethnicity, class,
and the use o f symbolism in complex societies.
This course m ay be counted tow ard a num ber o f
concentrations fo r the Classes o f 2002 and 2003
and a m inor in these sam e areas fo r students in the
Classes o f 2003 and 2004Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Fall 2001. Grant.
SOAN 004B. Freshman Seminar:
Introduction to Contemporary Social
Thought
A general introduction to major theoretical
developments in the study o f social life since
the nineteenth century. Selected readings will
be drawn from the work o f such modem social
theorists as Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Freud,
and Simmel. Readings from contemporary
authors such as Geertz, Goffman, Adom o, and
Arendt will also be included. These develop
ments will be studied against the background
of the sociophilosophical climate of the nine
teenth century.
Primary distribution course. 1 credit.
Fall 2001. Munoz.
SOAN 005B. Freshman Seminar:
Religion in Lives and Culture
Religion is universal to human cultures; and,
everywhere, religiousness suffuses lives and
communities and history. T his seminar looks at
religion as it is experienced by looking at case
materials drawn from several cultures (nonW estem , Western, modem America; nonliter
ate as well as modem) as well as interpretations
o f religious case materials. T h e biographical,
social, and psychological contexts o f religion
are emphasized, as are both cultural psycholog
ical perspectives on religion. T h e dynamics of
religious change are explored, particularly with
reference to contemporary Theravada Buddhist
Southeast Asia and the modem United States.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Piker.
SOAN 005C. Learning Cultures
This course intends to enable students to learn
about how cultures work at the most local,
human level (i.e., in the context o f routine,
everyday social encounters and activities and
endeavors, as experienced by natives). Toward
this end, the course will include field work and
use of films as cultural documents. Readings
will include the works o f Edward T. Hall,
Erving Goffman, and James Spradley, and field
work reports will be reviewed and discussed by
members of the class. T his course will be espe
cially useful for students who subsequently do
foreign study. For those who will be doing for
eign study the following semester, some o f the
assigned field work for the course can be done
during the foreign study semester. T h e course is
open equally to students from Bryn Mawr,
Haverford, Penn, and Swarthmore and will
have in progress status.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Piker.
SOAN 0050. Psychological Anthropology
T h e relationship between the individual and
his or her culture is psychologically mediated.
This course explores this relationship through
treatment o f the following topics or issues: (1)
socialization, or the transmission o f culture from
generation to generation; (2) the psychology of
meaningfulness, with special reference to gen
der definitions and within this— to misogyny;
and (3) evolutionary perspectives on human
nature and cultural elaboration of same.
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Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Piker.
SOAN 006B. Symbols and Society
T his course examines the ways in which we
orient ourselves in a world o f constant and
contradictory symbols. National symbols, ideo
logical symbols, status symbols, and others will
be analyzed with the approaches of sociologists,
semioticians, and anthropologists.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Wagner-Pacifici.
SOAN 007B. Introduction to Race and
Ethnicity in the United States
T his course uses classic ethnographies, current
race theory, and journalistic accounts to exam
ine the experiences of selected ethnic groups in
the U nited States and to investigate theories of
racism, the meaning o f race and ethnicity in
the tw entieth century, and contemporary
racialized public debates over affirmative
action, welfare, and English-only policies. This
cou rse m ay be counted tow ard a concentration in
B lack Studies fo r the C lasses o f 2002 and 2003
and a m inor in this sam e area fo r students in the
C lasses o f 2003 an d 2004.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. W illie.
SOAN 007C. Sociology Through African
American Women’s Writing
Interrogating the explicit and implicit claims
that black women writer’s make in relation to
work by social scientists, we will read texts
closely for literary appreciation, sociological
significance and personal relevance, examin
ing especially issues that revolve around race,
gender, and class. O f special interest will be
where authors position their characters vis-àvis white supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism,
and the U nited States. T his course m ay count
tow ard a concentration in B lack Studies and
W om en’s Studies fo r the C lasses o f 2002 and 2003
and a m inor m these sam e areas fo r students in the
C lasses o f 2003 and 2004.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . W illie.
SOAN 008C. Bioethics: A Sociological
Perspective
T his course will look at the field o f bioethics
and its impact on medical practice in the
U nited States. W hat led to the development of
the field o f bioethics, and what is the ideologi
cal base o f the bioethical discourse? What
issues are discussed by biothicists and hospital
committees, and what other issues are not
broached? A ll o f these questions will be
addressed employing broader theories o f social
structure and culture with some cross-cultural
comparisons. W hy is cloning a hot bioethical
issue but not the lack o f medical insurance for
44 million Americans?
Primary distribution course (status pending). 1 credit.
F all 2001 and spring 20 0 2 . O ’Connell.
SOAN 009B. Islam in Global Context
A religion that started in M ecca, Saudi Arabia,
Islam is currently the religion o f millions in the
Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the
Americas. This class looks at the origin of
Islam, its expansion, and its current articula
tion in different societies. First, we survey some
basic aspects o f Islam such as the five pillars,
Shari’a, Umma, Jihad, veiling, and Sufisim.
T h en , we examine how Islam is experienced
and practiced in different parts o f the world.
W e look at historically Muslim countries such
as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia, and we
also trace the recent movement (through
m igration and conversion) o f Islam and
Muslims to Western countries (U nited States
and Europe). In exploring Islam and its current
articulation in the West, we address questions
such as: How is Islam represented in Western
media? How do Muslims work to maintain
their religious identities in New York, Berlin,
and Paris? How is Islam used for political pur
poses by different groups in and outside the
Middle East?
I credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Ghannam.
SOAN 009C. Cultures of the Middle East
Looking at ethnographic texts, films, and liter
ature from different parts o f the region, this
class examines the complexity and richness of
culture and life in the Middle East. T h e topics
we will cover include orientalism, coloniza
tion, gender, ethnicity, tribalism, nationalism,
migration, nomadism, and religious beliefs. We
will also analyze the local, national, and global
forces that are reshaping daily practices and
cultural identities in various Middle Eastern
countries.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Ghannam.
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SOAN 009D. Creation and Persistence of
Community
Explores the condition under which both feel
ings and structures o f community emerge and
persist, especially in the context o f modem
society. Readings will include case studies of
various types o f community, including utopian
experiments, retirement villages, communes,
and religious communities.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. K eith.
SOAN 01 OB. Human Evolution
This course surveys both the fossil record of
human evolution and the archaeological, primatological, and ethnographic evidence that
has contributed to its interpretation. It evalu
ates the interpretive frameworks in which the
data have historically been placed and assesses
how these schemes have been influenced by
ideological and scientific biases. T h e course
assumes no prior knowledge o f paleoanthropol
ogy but integrates information and perspec
tives from anatomy, primatology, evolutionary
biology, and the geosciences.
is special emphasis on such important sites as
Knossos, M ycenae, D elphi, Olympia, and
Athens.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Staff.
SOAN 010E. Statistical Methods
(Cross-listed as ST A T 002)
Data on one variable are examined through
graphical methods and the computations of
averages and measures o f variation. Relation
ships between two variables are studied using
methods such as chi-square, rank correlations,
analysis o f variance, and regression analysis.
T his course is intended for students who want
a practical introduction to statistical analysis
methods and who intend to do a statistical
analysis themselves, mainly in the biological
and social sciences. It is no t a prerequisite for
any other department course except ST A T
028, nor can it be counted toward a major in
the department. Recommended for students
who have no t studied calculus (those who
know a semester o f calculus are advised to take
ST A T 023 instead).
Primary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Speirs.
F all 2 0 0 1 . Staff.
SOAN 010C. The Social Development
of Sport
SOAN 01 OF. Statistics
The course is designed as an introduction to
the subfield o f sport sociology. T h e primary
focus of the course will rest on the develop
mental history o f the institution o f Western
sport and the principal analytical frameworks
constructed to explain its origins. Although
the historical and theoretical material is cen
tered on European developments, contempo
rary issues and debates on the relationship of
gender, race, and ethnicity to sport will con
centrate on American society. Readings will be
drawn from the work o f sociologists and histo
rians working directly in sport studies.
T h e calculus-based introduction to statistics
covers most o f the same methods examined in
ST A T 002, but the course is taught on a high
er mathematical level. T his course is intended
for anyone who wants an introduction to the
application o f statistical methods.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Mullan.
SOAN 010D. An Introduction to Greek
Archaeology
(Cross-listed as C L A S 052)
This course traces the development of Greek
civilization as documented by archaeology and
includes data ranging from monumental art
and architecture to coins and potsherds. There
(Cross-listed as ST A T 002C )
Prerequisite: M A TH 0 0 4 or 005.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Staff.
SOAN 010G. Editing Cultures: Folklore,
Identity and Heritage
W hat makes a tradition, heritage? Focusing on
vernacular, unofficial cultural expressions in
different places and times, this course will ex
plore the often ambiguous relation o f vernacu
lar cultures to dominant or elite cultures. T h e
first part o f the course will look at the emergent
aspects o f folklore in forging individual and
communal ethnic, race, gender, and class iden
tities via storytelling, the play with words in
jokes and proverbs as well as the display of the
body and house, the exchange o f food in secu-
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lar and scared events, and the performance of
music and dance during festivals and proces
sions. T h e second part will look at the co-optation o f folklore in tourist attractions, school
education programs, governm ent projects,
advertisement, and national museums, by pon
dering on the effects of the global village, on
the one hand, and multiculturalism and identi
ty politics, on the other, in discussing the co
optation o f folklore in tourist attractions,
school education programs, government pro
jects, advertisement, and national “heritage”
museums.
spectives o f K 12 education in the United
Sates. W e look at the multiple and contradic
tory purposes and functions o f schools, focusing
on the ways in which schools claim to be mer
itocratic while reproducing the class, racial,
gender, and sexual orders o f the U .S. society. In
the second half of the course, we turn to expe
riences o f teachers and students and ask what
role schools can play in challenging different
forms o f social oppression.
1 credit.
SOAN 0200. Cuba and Puerto Rico:
“ The Itoo Wings of a Single Bird” ?
F all 2 0 0 1 . Romberg.
SOAN 01 OH. The Tribal Identity of Sport:
Nationalism, Ethnicity, and the Rise of
Sport in the Modern Era
T his course focuses on the development of
modem sport at multiple levels o f analysis.
First, it is a primer on the descriptive facts of
sport development in the late nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries and the social theory
employed to study it. Second, it is more
detailed at the connections between national
ism and sport, the nexus o f national, commu
nal association with sporting achievement as a
social mechanism in the construction of group
identity.
I credit.
F all 2001. Mullan.
SOAN 020B. Urban Education
(Cross-listed as ED U C 068)
T his course examines issues o f practice and
policy, including financing, integration, com
pensatory education, curricular innovation,
parent involvem ent, bilingual education,
high-stakes testing, com prehensive school
reform, governance, and multiculturalism. T h e
special challenges faced by urban schools in
meeting the needs o f individuals and groups in
a pluralistic society will be examined using the
approaches of education, psychology, sociology,
anthropology, political science, and econom
ics. Current issues will also be viewed in his
torical perspective. Field work is required.
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Travers.
SOAN 020C. School and Society
(Cross-listed as ED U C 063)
T his course examines various aspects and per
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1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Staff.
Puerto R ico and Cuba share several aspects of
their history such as Spanish-Catholic colonial
rule, slavery, evangelization, nationalism, and
the Spanish-Am erican war yet also differ in
the kind o f solutions given to decolonization,
capitalism, progress, development, and mod
ernization. From a comparative perspective,
this course will examine, for instance, how the
particular social organization o f slavery and
evangelization, and the participation in the
global economy was differentially implemented
in both islands, and to what extent these
processes can explain later postcolonial and
nationalist developments and interventions.
From this vantage point, we will also discuss
migration to and from the U nited States and
examine how the different geopolitical status
o f these islands shape the identity politics of
Cubans and Puerto Ricans vis-à-vis the United
States and Latin America. Counts tow ard a con
centration in B lack Studies fo r the C lasses o f 2002
and 2003 and a m inor in this sam e area fo r stu
dents in the C lasses o f 2003 and 20041 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Romberg.
SOAN 020F. Spirits in Exile: Afru-Latin
Religions in the Americas
T his course examines the often-misunderstood
practices o f Cuban Santeria, Haitian Vodou,
Brazilian Candomble, and U .S. Orisha-Voodoo
in terms o f their colonial, national, and trans
national trajectories. Differences in Portuguese,
Spanish, and French colonial rule will become
evident as we look at processes o f syncretism
and mimesis from historical, political, and reli
gious perspectives. T h e unique multichanneled,
performative aspects o f these Afro-Latin reli-
gions will be illustrated through video and
music recordings o f spiritual events in which
divination, drumming, myth, dance, trance,
and healing come to life. Confronting practi
tioners’ experiences with the exoticizing and
frightening images produced by Hollywood
reveal some o f the problems that these reli
gions and their practitioners face in contempo
rary societies.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Romberg.
SOAN 020G. Cruising the Caribbean:
From Colonization to Tourism
Shaped by transnational desires; the displace
ment of people from Africa, Asia, Europe, and
Latin America; and the intense circulation of
goods and ideas since its inception, the
Caribbean is a challenge for the multidiscipli
nary study o f cultural change. In this introduc
tory course on the Caribbean, we will critical
ly examine the creolization processes at social,
religious, political, economic, and artistic lev
els. Drawing from works in folklore, history,
anthropology, music, religion, and literature,
we will ask, for instance, in which ways did the
French Revolution propel the creation o f the
first Black Republic of Haiti, and the sugar
boom boost the formation o f Cuban Santeria?
How has the image of the sensuous/threatening
mulatta evolved? W hat is the nature o f the
national icons o f the Trinidadian carnival and
the rhetoric used by the tourism industry in
order to package “pleasure islands” for global
consumption? W hy did Reggae and Merenge
succeed on the global stage?
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Romberg.
SOAN 021B. Research Design
Introduction to the process o f research on
social life: creation o f research questions,
strategies for gathering evidence, techniques of
analysis, and generating theory. T h e roles of
theory, ethical issues, and cultural and histori
cal context in the research enterprise will be
addressed. Students will get direct hands-on
experience with design, data gathering, and
analysis and will have professional researchers
visit the class.
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SOAN 022B. Cultural Representations
T h e course looks at models used by anthropologist/sociologists to analyze culture. Readings
for the course will focus on symbolic analysis,
practice and meaning, experimental ethnogra
phy, structuralism, and postmodernism. Most
readings center on current debate in theories
about culture. This course m ay be counted tow ard
a concentration in Interpretation T heory fo r the
C lasses o f 2002 and 2003 and a m inor in this
sam e area fo r students in the C lasses o f 2003 and
20 0 4 .
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Diaz-Barriga.
SOAN 022C. Visual Anthropology
Visual Anthropology looks at visual communi
cation both as a tool for academic work and the
object o f anthropological study. In this course,
we look at the processes and politics o f repre
sentation, focusing on the use o f film and pho
tography both “within” cultures and by anthropologists/sociologists to convey the complexi
ties of cultural practices. Among the issues
covered in the class are the relationship of doc
umentary realism to ethnographic film, the
emergence o f indigenous media, and debate
over “postmodern” forms of representation.
(N ote: U nlike SO A N 121, this class does not
have a production component.)
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Diaz-Barriga.
SOAN 022D. Latin American Urbanization
T his course is designed as an introduction to
problems and issues related to Latin America
urbanization. It provides an overview o f the
processes behind the urbanization of Latin
America and explores housing policy options.
Members o f the class will be introduced to con
cepts such as dependency, underdevelopment,
the informal sector, marginality, the culture of
poverty, self-construction, and self-help. T h e
role o f the informal sector in urban develop
ment, housing, and the dependent economy is
a particular focus.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Diaz-Barriga.
credit.
Spring 2002. Charlton and O ’Connell.
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SOAN 022E. Indigenous Resistance and
Revolt in Latin America
dents in the C lasses o f 2003 and 2004.
T h e course explores ethnic conflict and revo
lution in Latin America, focusing on Guatemala,
M exico, Peru, and Bolivia. Readings for the
course include ethnographies on rural and
urban culture as well as more general works on
anthropological theory.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Grant.
Not offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Diaz-Barriga.
SOAN 0226. Social Movements in
Latin America
Over the last 4 0 years, a number o f social
movements have emerged in Latin America,
including urban, women’s; indigenous, and
ecological. These movements have arisen, in
some cases, as a result o f the emergence of new
social and political perspectives, such as libera
tion theology. In other cases, they have formed
as reactions to inequality and crises in devel
opment, such as massive urbanization and the
impact o f neoliberal economic policies. This
class explores the range of social movements by
focusing on their attempts to articulate new
visions o f society and culture. T h e aim o f the
class is to understand the heterogeneity of
social movements in Latin A merica and under
stand how Latin Americans have conceptual
ized their meaning and impact. T his course m ay
be counted tow ard a concentration in P eace and
C on flict Studies fo r the C lasses o f 2002 and 2003
and a m inor in this sam e area fo r students in the
C lasses o f 2003 and 2004.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Diaz-Barriga.
SOAN 0236. History of the Culture Concept
W e traffic in presumptions of culture and soci
ety every day, relying on elastic ideas o f what
constitutes a people, culture, or nation, and yet
few o f us have the chance to step back and
interrogate the intellectual genealogies that
inform these central concepts. T his course ex
amines a handful o f paradigmatic moments in
modernist culture theory— evolutionism, func
tionalism, cultural relativism, structuralism,
cultural materialism, and symbolic studies— to
study a repertoire o f responses to the issue of
representation in anthropology and cultural
studies more broadly. This course m ay be count
ed tow ard concentrations in Francophone Studies
and Interpretation T heory fo r the C lasses o f 2002
and 2003 and a m inor in this sam e area fo r stu
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SOAN 0230. Soviet Cinema
T h e early years of the Soviet state produced
some o f the world’s finest filmmakers, revolu
tionizing cinem atic form through new visions
o f the political in the aesthetic. T his course
organizes a critical look at the modernist patri
otic statements forged by early Soviet directors,
w ith an emphasis o n the work o f Sergei
Eisenstein. A background in Soviet history or
permission of the instructor is required.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Grant.
SOAN 024B. Latin American Society and
Culture
A n introduction to the relationship between
culture and society in Latin America. Recent
and historical works in social research, litera
ture, philosophy, and theology will be exam
ined.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Muñoz.
SOAN 024C. Spanish-American Society
Through Its Novel
(Cross-listed as L IT R 060SA )
T h is course will explore th e relationship
between society and the novel in Spanish
America. Selected works by Carlos Fuentes,
Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel G arcía Márquez,
Isabel A llende, Luisa Valenzuela, Elena
Paniatowska, and others.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Hassett and Muñoz.
SOAN 0240. Topics in Social Theory
T his course deals with K ant’s and Hegel’s social
philosophy insofar as it influenced the devel
opment o f modem social theory. Works by
Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Freud, and critical
theorists, neo-conservatives, and postmod
ernists will also be discussed.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Muñoz.
SOAN 026B. Discourse Analysis
(Cross-listed as LIN G 024)
W e are what we speak— or largely so. This is
the premise o f “Discourse Analysis.” This
course will concentrate on language in a variety o f social contexts: conversations, media
reports, and legal settings. W e will analyze
these speech and writing interventions via the
tools o f sociolinguistics, ethnomethodology,
critical legal studies, and discourse analysis.
The essential issue of the course can be boiled
down to the question: W ho gets to say what to
whom? T his course m ay be counted tow ard a con
centration in Interpretation T heory fo r the C lasses
o f 2002 and 2003 and a m inor m this sam e area
for students in the Classes o f 2003 and 20041 credit.
Fall 2001. Wagner-Pacifici.
SOAN 026C. Power, Authority, and Conflict
This course analyzes the way in which power
emerges, circulates, and is augmented and
resisted in diverse political contexts. Historical
and contemporary cases are interrogated with
the theoretical frameworks o f Marx, Weber,
Gramsci, Arendt, Parsons, and Foucault. Issues
include the question o f state autonomy, politi
cal legitimacy, and the interpenetration o f the
personal and the political. T his course m ay be
counted tow ard concentrations in Interpretation
Theory and P eace and C on flict Studies fo r the
Classes o f 2002 and 2003 and a minor in this
same area fo r students in the C lasses o f 2003 and
2004.
of cultural practices.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . W einstein and WagnerPacifici.
SOAN 0Z7B. The Constitution of
Knowledge in Modern Society
T his course takes classic sociology o f knowl
edge texts as a starting place for an interroga
tion and discussion of how knowledge is con
structed in this culture. Additional texts will
be drawn from Women’s Studies, Black Studies,
and Media Studies as we examine the powerful
ways that knowledge can be and is differently
constructed within our own culture as well as
the ways that some kinds of knowledge seem to
be categorically intractable across time and
space. Prerequisite: A course in theory, sociology/anthropology, literature, or philosophy.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. W illie.
SOAN 027C. Classical Theory
Through the works of Marx, Weber, Durkheim,
Simmel, DuBois, and Freud, the recurrent and
foundational themes o f late nineteenth- and
early twentieth-century social theory will be
examined: capitalism, class conflict and soli
darity, alienation and loneliness, social disorga
nization and community, secularization, and
new forms o f religiosity.
1 credit.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. Wagner-Pacifici.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. W illie.
SOAN 026D. Mapping the Modern
SOAN 0290. Ethnography: Theory and
Practice
(Cross-listed as EN G L 0 7 3 A and in
Interpretation Theory)
The course seeks to explore some o f the salient
issues, achievements, and problems that serve
to map Western modernity. Beginning with
“prophetic voices” from the m id-nineteenth
century, we then concentrate on “urban fables”
of early twentieth-century high modernism,
concluding briefly with late twentieth-century
“postmodern lenses.” Texts will be chosen from
among the following writers: Marx, Baudelaire,
Nietzsche, and Dostoevsky; R ilk e, Kafka,
Freud, Joyce, and W oolf; Weber, Sim m el,
Adorno, B enjam in , and Lukács; B akhtin,
Arendt, C anetti, and de Certeau; Calvino and
Borges; and Berman and Harvey. T h e central
topics under study are the phenomena of the
modem subject and the m odem city, as
expressed in literature, analyzed in sociology
and critical theory, and represented in a range
T his class maps anthropological theories and
methods through reading and critically analyz
ing the discipline’s flagship genre, ethnography.
W e work historically by reading classical texts
that exemplify different approaches (such as
functionalism, structuralism, symbolic anthro
pology, and reflexive anthropology) used to
analyze culture and social structure. W e address
questions such as: How did Malinowski under
stand ethnography? How does this understand
ing compare to more recent views o f anthro
pologists such as Geertz? How did the meaning
o f field work change over time? W e pay special
attention to the politics of representation and
the anthropologists’ continuous struggle to find
new ways to write about culture.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Ghannam.
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SOAN 030B. Seeds of Change: The
Environmental Consequences of the
Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory
T his course investigates the impact o f the
Agricultural Revolution in prehistory on phys
ical and social environments. W e examine the
coevolutionary processes th at transformed
mobile foraging groups into sedentary farmers
and herders following the end o f the last Ice
Age and focus on the ecological and paleodemographic impacts o f increased reliance on
domesticated plants and animals for subsis
tence. W e will examine myths about prehis
toric edens and indigenous populations as
“Ecologically Noble Savages” and will attempt
to use the archaeological record as a guide for
selecting appropriate options for future agricul
tural development. This course m ay be counted
tow ard concentrations in Environm ental Studies
and public policy fo r the C lasses o f 2002 and 2003
and a m inor in this sam e area fo r students in the
C lasses o f 2003 and 2004.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Speirs.
SOAN 030C. The Hominid Heritage:
Special Topics in Paleoanthropology
T h e evolution o f four presumably adaptive
hom inid behavioral repertoires and their
anatomical substrates will be the focus o f this
course. Emphasizing the development o f ana
lytical competence in evaluating paleoanthropological data, as well as critical reading o f the
primary literature, we will examine changes in
dietary, locomotor, symbolic, and reproductive
behavior over the course o f human evolution
and consider the implications o f these devel
opments for understanding and coping with
several contemporary health and biocultural
issues.
Prerequisite: SO A N 0 1 0B or equivalent or
instructor’s permission.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Speirs.
SOAN 0300. Human Biodiversity
A n introduction to the evolving concept of
“race” in biological anthropology and its lega
cy for the contemporary exploration o f modem
human variation as a product o f population
history, evolution, and adaptation. In addition
to the exam ination o f the dynamic interaction
o f genotype and phenotype— whether physio
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historical and scientific perspectives, we will
scrutinize the use and abuse o f racial perspec
tives in the biomedical sciences and current
efforts to catalogue the human genome.
1 credit.
Not offered 2001-2002. Speirs.
SOAN 030E. Ethnoecology: Hie Resurrection
of Tlraditional Environmental Knowledge
Anthropologists are increasingly examining
what it means to peoples across the globe to
“think locally,” as ethnographers record and
analyze systems o f traditional environmental
knowledge. Ethnoecology offers a way o f look
ing at the relationship between humans and
the natural world, which emphasizes the role of
cognition in framing behavior, and offers a
powerful perspective from which to understand
resource recognition and management. We
will use this perspective to investigate the
schemas and action plans that orient people in
the world and determine the productivity,
equity, and sustainability o f their practices.
T h e utility o f traditional environmental
knowledge for resolving global problems aris
ing from the integration o f conservation and
development will also be considered. This
course m ay be counted tow ard a concentration m
Environm ental Studies fo r the C lasses o f 2002 and
2003 and a m inor in this sam e area fo r students in
the C lasses o f 2003 and 2004.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Speirs.
SOAN 030F. Poetics and Politics of
Speech Genres
T his class will familiarize students with the
ethnography o f communication, an exciting
field of interdisciplinary research that has been
growing since the ’70s. In exploring the rela
tion between language use and the construc
tion o f social worlds, we will focus on how peo
ple manage to do things with words. Drawing
from studies in linguist anthropology, sociolin
guistics, literary criticism, and folklore, we will
ask, for instance, how geopolitical word battles
are scripted in epic genres; politicians play with
semantics; artists play with grammar, mediaraised teenagers develop their own cool syntax;
a young generation o f urban Latinos in the
U nited States empower themselves through
Spanglish; and Rastafarians resist colonial con
sciousness by using Dread Talk. W e will exam
ine various speech communities and their
poetic/aesthetic modes o f communication, and
ask when and why certain forms o f speech turn
into cultural capital. W hat is their exchange
value, and how do people manage various
speech genres in everyday situations?
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Romberg.
SOAN 037B. Twentieth-Century Black
Political Thought
Engaging the work o f a handful of this centu
ry’s most noted black authors with the under
standing that literature transcends the written
word, we will examine how black scholars,
politicians, lawyers, ministers, hymn writers,
and playwrights help us to exam ine how
African Americans have wrestled with the
existence of self, understood community, and
conceived o f citizenship as well as what their
ideas reveal about the dominant culture.
Prerequisite: one course in sociology and
anthropology, Black Studies, or philosophy.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. W illie.
SOAN 038B. Healers In Raining: the
making of medical professionals
The socialization o f the medical professional:
This course will focus on the structure and cul
ture of medical education in the United States.
Although the course will focus on the social
ization of medical doctors, other health profes
sionals, including the experience o f nurses and
other paraprofessionals, will provide compari
son. How and why do people chose to become
medical professionals? How has the structure
and culture o f medical education changed in
the last 50 years? How will the increasing diver
sity of the medical school student body effect
changes in medical education? T h e course will
analyze both macrolevel forces behind changes
in medical education as well as personal
accounts o f the experience.
1 credit.
Fall 2001. O ’Connell.
SOAN 040B. Language, Culture, and Society
eties, creoles, languages and gender, and lan
guage and education.
Prerequisite: A t least one linguistics course.
Prim ary distribution cou rse. 1 credit.
N ot offered 2001'2002. Raimy.
SOAN 043B. Shamanism
From New Age sweat lodges to Soviet Siberia,
shamanic spirit mediums have been construed
as everything from healers to magistrates to
visionaries to political subversives. T his course
explores anthropological literature on shaman
ism in the U nited States, Russia, and South
America to ask ourselves how we constitute
and appropriate the exotic.
1 credit.
F all 20 0 1 . Grant.
SOAN 044B. Cnlloquium: Art and Suciety
T h e course examines the relationship between
art and society from a sociological perspective.
This semester, we shall use hermeneutics as a
sociological method for the interpretation of
literature. Selected works by Borges, Mann,
Dostoevski, Neitzsche, and Plato will be exam
ined. T his course m ay be counted tow ard a con
centration in Interpretation T heory fo r the C lasses
o f 2002 and 2003 and a m inor in this sam e area
fo r students in the C lasses o f 2003 and 2004.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Muñoz.
SOAN 044C. Colloquium: Contemporary
Social Theory
A discussion o f contemporary social theory and
its antecedents. T h e first part of the course will
be devoted to a discussion o f works by
Nietzsche, Marx, and Freud. T h e second part
will deal with works by contemporary theorist
such as Charles Taylor, Jürgen Habermas,
M ichael Foucault, A nthony Giddens, Pierre
Bourdieu, Jana Sawicki, Luce Irigaray, and Jean
Baudrillar.
Prerequisite: M odem Social Theory. Limited
enrollment.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Muñoz.
(See LING 025 for description.)
SOAN 0440. Cnlloquium: Critical Social
Theory
An investigation o f the influence o f cultural
context and social variables on verbal commu
nication. Topics covered include dialectal vari
A n overview o f major development o f critical
social theory since the nineteenth century.
Readings from M arx, Freud, Nietszche,
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A dom o, Horkheimer, Benjam in, Habermas,
Foucault, and Freier.
SOAN 049B. Comparative Perspectives on
the Body
1 credit.
Everything humans do is culturally construct
ed. Our experiences o f health, illness, and
healing are no exception to this. This course
examines the cultural construction o f health,
illness, and healing by looking at (mainly)
anthropological treatments o f these issues.
Case materials will be drawn from a number of
cultures, non-W estern as well as Western, and
will treat the intersection o f non-W estern and
Western healing systems. W e’ll wind up with
an anthropologically informed, social histori
cal look at the biomedical model that domi
nates the modem Am erican experience of
health, illness, and healing.
T his class explores how different societies reg
ulate, discipline, and shape the human body. In
the first part, we examine theories o f the body
and how they have evolved over time. In the
second part, we focus on in-depth ethnograph
ic cases and compare diverse cultural practices
that range from the seemingly traditional prac
tices, such as circumcision, foot binding, and
veiling to the currently fashionable, such as
piercing, tattooing, dieting, and plastic surgery.
By comparing body modification through space
and time, we ask questions such as: Is contem
porary anorexia similar to wearing the corset
during the 19th century? Is female circumci
sion
different
from
breast
implants?
Furthermore, we investigate how embodiment
shapes personal and collective identities (espe
cially gender identities) and vice versa.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Ghannam.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Piker.
SOAN 049C. Globalization and the
Production of Locality: Theoretical
Debates and Ethnographic Explorations
N ot offered 2001-2002. Munoz.
SOAN 045B. Culture, Illness, and Health
SOAN 045C. Religion as a Cultural
Institution
(Cross-listed as R EL G 030)
T h e focus is primarily cross-cultural, and reli
gion case materials will be drawn from both
preliterate and civilized traditions, including
the modem W est. T h e following topics will be
emphasized: religious symbolism, religious evo
lution, religion as a force for both social stabil
ity and social change, psychological aspects of
religious belief; and religious change in modem
America. May be taken without prerequisites
with permission o f instructor.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Piker.
SOAN 046B. Social Inequality
T his course analyzes conflicting theoretical
perspectives on the origins and meaning of
social inequality. Empirical studies o f both a
historical and cross-cultural nature will be
examined for the ways in which they engage
alternative readings o f such issues as the nature
and representations o f work, property, body,
and mind in revealing and reproducing social
inequalities. T h e approach is phenomenologi
cal: How are inequalities made social, and how
are they disrupted?
1 credit.
Spring 20 0 2 . Wagner-Paciflci.
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T his class examines how globalization (i.e., the
flows o f capital, labor, discourses, images, and
commodities) is shaping different parts of the
world. It explores debates in social theories and
looks at ethnographic cases (texts and films)
that reveal the complex articulation between
global forces and “local” contexts. Is the eco
nom ic and political domination o f the West
translated into global cultural hegemony? How
is locality produced? How can we study and
conceptualize the relationship between the
local and the global? W e will address such
questions by looking at a wide range of topics
such as migration, transnationalism, diaspora,
consumption, and cosmopolitanism.
I credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Ghannam .
SOAN 0490. Transnational Islam
T his class focuses on how globalization (flows
o f capital, labor, discourses, images, and com
modities between different parts o f the world)
shape the articulation o f Islam in various cul
tural settings. W e first take a quick look at the
history o f Islam and its basic concepts (such as
shari’a, umma, jihad, and sufism). T hen, we
explore how Muslims negotiate their religious
beliefs and cultural identities in different soci
eties. W e look at historically Muslim countries
(such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia)
and trace the recent movem ent (through
migration and conversion) o f Islam and
Muslims to W estern countries (U nited States
and Europe). W e use films, printed texts, and
Internet material to explore questions such as:
How do Muslims work to maintain their reli
gious identities in New York, Berlin, and Paris?
How compatible is Islam with modem notions
such as nationalism, democracy, feminism, and
human rights? How is Islam used to establish
and reinforce transnational (including but not
limited to political) connections?
1 credit.
Not offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Ghannam.
SOAN 050B. Global Cultures: Issues of
Hybridity and Creolization in Postcolonial
Societies
One of the main aims o f this course is to ques
tion the unidirectionality implied in most
global theories. Via a combined macro and
micro lens, we will assess no t only the impact
of global processes on particular local histories
but also how the sets o f voices that are margin
alized by global discourses reenter them, speak
ing within and to them. From this vantage
point, we will examine the notions o f hybridi
ty, creolization, and diaspora. T h e first part of
the course will exam ine m ajor theoretical
issues of globalization, and the second will test
their applicability and validity in exploring
particular processes in postcolonial societies.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Romberg.
SOAN 055B. The Only Good Indian
The arrival o f Europeans in the New World a
half a millennium (or longer) ago initiated, for
Native Americans, a litany o f cultural catastro
phe that continues to this day. So also did it
initiate a complex process o f cross-cultural
communication and mutual adaptation that
repeatedly confounded th e intentions and
expectations o f parties in both cultural camps.
From an anthropological perspective, this
course treats this process, as it took place
North off the R io Grande River, attending
especially to the issues, tradition, mutual
accommodation, resistance, revitalization, and
modernity. Case materials will be drawn from
among the following cultures: Navaho,
Iroquois, Creek, Nez Pierce, Crow, and Ojibwa
cultures.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Piker.
SOAN 056B. Standoffs, Breakdowns, and
Surrenders
A central aim of sociology is to track the some
times mysterious, often disjunctive relation
ship between order and disorder. Organizations
and institutions as small as the family and as
large as th e Sta te experience manifold
moments o f breakdown, where the internal
and external boundaries o f the designated
group vibrate. T his seminar explores the phas
es and modes o f such breakdowns via an analy
sis o f accidents, mistakes, negligence, miscommunications, enmity, perfidy, and colloquy.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Wagner-Pacifici.
SOAN 058B. America by the Numbers:
An Introduction to Oemography
T his course will introduce students to key
demographic methods, including life tables,
fertility rates, and mortality statistics. Using
data from the latest U .S . census, we will
explore the changing com position o f the
Am erican population, including the structure
o f the family, the face of the workforce, the
aging o f the population, and the growing rep
resentation o f minorities. W hat impact will
these changes have on the way we organize our
politics, our employment, and our social lives?
W hat major effect will these changes have on
Am erican culture? Students will explore the
relationship between proportions and human
interactions.
1 credit.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . O ’Connell.
SOAN 059B. The Life Cuuise
Examines the way human cultures define the
passage from birth to death, including the
expectations associated with different stages of
life, the ritual processes through which transi
tions are made from one stage to another, age
and life stage as a basis o f group formation, gen
erational conflicts. Students will carry out life
history interviews with older individuals.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2001-2002. K eith.
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SOAM 090. Research Internship
(See SO A N 0 9 0 A and 090B .)
Interns receive research experience through
placements in professional research settings.
T h e availability o f internship in the depart
m ent varies from year to year.
and feature file, while giving students the
chance to complete a video project. Students
will work together in a production crew while
sharpening their digital editing skills.
Prerequisites: SO A N 121.
1 credit.
S0AN090A
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Diaz-Barriga.
Juniors and seniors with a B average willing to
commit 6 to 12 hours o f work per week on a
research project with professional researchers
are eligible. Credit is normally awarded on a
credit/no credit basis, for 0.5 to 1 credit.
Because available projects change, interested
students should see the instructor before regis
tration. Interested students are also encouraged
to take SO A N 01 IB .
SOAN 093. Directed Reading
Section 1 is fo r 1 credit. Section 2 is fo r 0 .5 cred
it.
SOAN 096-097. Thesis
F all 2001 and spring 2 0 0 2 . Charlton.
1 credit.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Keith.
S0AN090B
Internships in professional organizations, such
as W HYY, Scribe Video Center, Mosaic Media,
and other settings provide training in both
research and video production skills.
Depending on availability, interns might work
with visual ethnographers, documentary film
makers, community-based filmmakers, and/or
video editors on projects that require research
on sociology and anthropology-related themes.
Interns will normally receive 0.5 credit (grade
based on Credit/No Credit) for comm itting to
their projects for 6 to 12 hours a week.
Students who wish to receive a full credit (and
receive a letter grade) must com plete a
research paper based on their video production
project and keep a field journal. Because these
internships change, and filmmakers/editors
require different levels o f skills for the intern
ship, students should see Professor Diaz-Barriga
before registration. Students who plan to com
plete a film/video production internship are
advised to take SO A N 121.
Section 1 is fo r 1 credit. Section 2 is fo r 0 .5 credit.
F all and spring 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Diaz-Barriga.
SOAN 091B. Practlcum in Visual
Ethnography
T his practicum explores the ethnography of
visual communication, including photography
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Individual or group study in fields o f special
interest to the students not dealt with in the
regular course offerings. Consent o f the depart
m ent chair and o f the instructor is required.
0 .5 or 1 credit.
F all 2001 and spring 2 0 0 2 . Members o f the
department.
Theses will be required o f all majors. Seniors
will normally take two consecutive semesters
o f thesis tutorial. Students are urged to discuss
their thesis proposals with faculty during the
spring semester o f their junior year, especially if
they are interested in the possibility o f field
work.
1 credit each sem ester.
F all 2001 and spring 20 0 2 . Members of the
department.
SEMINARS
SOAN 100. Modern Social Theory
A n analysis o f selected works by the main
founders o f m odem social theory. Works by
Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Freud will be dis
cussed. This course may be counted toward a
concentration in Interpretation Theory. This
seminar is strongly recommended for those stu
dents planning to take SO A N 101: Critical
Social Theory.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Munoz.
SOAN 10 1. Critical Social Theory
T h e development o f critical theory from Kant
to Habermas. Works by Hegel, Marx, Nietsche,
Lukács, A dom o, Benjam in, Horkeimer, and
Foucault will be examined.
Prerequisites: advanced work in Sociology/
Anthropology, Philosophy, or Political Science;
or permission o f the instructor. Students are
advised to take S O A N 100 (M odem Social
Theory) as preparation for this seminar. This
sem inar m ay be counted tow ard a concentration m
Interpretation T heory fo r the C lasses o f 2002 and
2003 and a m inor in this sam e area fo r students in
the C lasses o f 2003 and 2004.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001 -2 0 0 2 . Muñoz.
SOAN103. Gift and Fetish
Can objects lead social lives? T his improbable
proposition finds currency in some o f the most
classic works o f anthropology and political
economy. In the first half of this course, we
ground ourselves with a series o f foundational
texts, from early anthropological theories of
gift exchange as proxies for the social (Boas,
Malinowski, and Mauss), to their later cri
tiques (Derrida and Bourdieu), to Marx on
commodity fetishism and Jean-Joseph Goux on
symbolic economies. In the second half o f the
semester, we examine a handful o f recent
ethnographies that locate these modem ani
misms in the contemporary globalized world.
2 credits.
Not offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Grant.
SOAN 104. Culture and Creativity
Evolutionary perspective on the question: How
do we creatively make use o f cultural resources
to construct ourselves and our life ways? Vast
diversity o f human lifeways argues that such
creative construction is a— perhaps the— hall
mark of human adaptation. Specific topics:
human evolution, foraging band as the basic
human pattern, speech, human intelligence,
human emotion, gender, biography, and histo
ry. Readings include ethnographies, novels,
and native narratives.
2 credits.
Not offered 2001-2002. Piker.
SOAN 107. Religion as a Cultural
Institution
The following specific topics will be treated:
religious evolution, religion as a force for both
social stability and social change, and the psy
chological bases for religious belief. M ajor the
ories to be considered include those o f M ax
Weber, Emile Durkheim, and Sigmund Freud.
A cross-cultural perspective will be empha
sized, and attention will be paid to religious
change in modem America.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Piker.
SOAN 109. Standoffs, Breakdowns, and
Surrenders
A central aim of sociology is to track the some
times mysterious, often disjunctive relation
ship between order and disorder. Organizations
and institutions as small as the family and as
large as the state experience manifold
moments o f breakdown, where the internal
and external boundaries o f the designated
group vibrate. T his seminar explores the phas
es and modes o f such breakdowns via an analy
sis o f accidents, mistakes, negligence, miscommunications, enmity, perfidy, and colloquy.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Wagner-Pacifici.
SOAN 112 . Cities, Spaces, and Power
T his seminar explores recent interdisciplinary
insights to the analysis o f spatial practices,
power relationships, and urban forms. In addi
tion, we read ethnographies and novels and
watch films to explore questions such as: How
is space socially constructed? W hat is the rela
tionship between space and power? How is this
relationship embedded in urban forms under
projects o f modernity and postmodemity? How
do the ordinary practitioners o f the city resist
and transform these forms? Our discussion will
pay special attention to issues related to racism
and segregation, ethn ic enclaves, urban dan
ger, gendered spaces, colonial urbanism, and
the “global” city.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Ghannam.
SOAN 1 14 . Political Sociology
T his seminar analyzes the ways in which power
emerges, circulates, is augmented, and resisted
in diverse political contexts. Readings include
Marx, Weber, Gramsci, Arendt, Parsons, and
Foucault. T his course m ay be counted tow ard a
concentration in Interpretation T heory fo r the
C lasses o f 2002 and 2003 and a m inor in this
sam e area fo r students in the C lasses o f 2003 and
20 0 4 .
2 credits.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Wagner-Pacifici.
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SOAN115. Freud and Modem Social Theory
T h e seminar divides into two parts. T h e first
part is devoted to a close reading o f selected
items from the Freudian canon. T h e second
part will examine Freud’s contribution to cur
rent social and cultural analysis. Besides works
by Freud, works by M itchell, Rieff, Habermas,
and Foucault will be examined.
Prerequisites: advance work in Sociology and
Anthropology, Philosophy, or Political Science;
or permission o f the instructor. This course m ay
be cou n ted tow ard a con cen tration in
Interpretation T heory fo r the C lasses o f 2002 and
2003 and a m inor in this sam e area fo r students in
the C lasses o f 2003 and 20042 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Munoz.
SOAN 119 . Evolution, Culture, and
Creativity
(Cross-listed as LIN G 119)
R ecent major syntheses harvest the fruits of
decades o f productive scholarship pertaining to
evolutionary perspectives on human nature
and cultural elaboration o f same. To tap into
these resources, this seminar consults the work
o f Diamond, Sulloway, Gardiner, Gould, and
Pinker, with reference to human intelligence,
emotion, speech, biography, gender, and histo
ry. T h e human capacity for creativity, and its
expression in lives and lifeways, is the focus.
T h e adaptive importance for humans o f this
capacity is considered in light o f ethnographic,
historical, and biographical case materials.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2 0 0 1 -2002. Piker.
SOAN 12 1. Visual Ethnography and
Documentary Film: Theory and Production
T his seminar examines the use o f film and
video by sociologist and anthropologist to con
vey and communicate aspects o f culture that
are visible— from rituals, performance, and
dance to disputes and violence. T h e course will
look at the history o f visual ethnography and
explore the m ajor issues w ithin the field,
including the relationship between ethnogra
phers and filmmakers, and the appropriateness
o f the conventions o f documentary film, pay
ing special attention to the influences o f poli
tics, economics, and technical advances. T h e
course will include readings on visual ethnog
raphy and documentary film techniques. T h e
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main goals o f the seminar are for students to
understand the links between anthropological
and sociological theory and the production of
ethnographic and documentary film and to
have the production skills necessary for direct
ing their own work.
2 credits.
F all 20 0 1 . Diaz-Barriga.
SOAN 122. Urban Ethnographies Through
Time and Space
A s key players in the global economy, cities are
becoming the focus o f a growing number of
studies that show how urban life is shaped by
the complex interplay o f global, national, and
local processes. In this class, we look at urban
ethnographies (texts and films) through space
and examine how the representation o f the
city has changed over time. These ethnogra
phies are conducted in Western cities such as
New York, London, and Paris as well as cities
in other parts o f the world such as Cairo,
Casablanca, Bombay, Sao Paolo, and Shanghai.
W e read these ethnographies to (1) discuss dif
ferent techniques and approaches used to study
urban cultures and identities; (2 ) examine how
the collection o f data relates to anthropologi
cal theories and methods; (3) explore how
research in cities shape the field o f cultural
anthropology. In our discussions, we also
explore important urban problems such as
poverty, gangs, violence, and homelessness.
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Ghannam.
SOAN 123. Culture, Power, Islam
This seminar will be an interdisciplinary inves
tigation into the shifting manners by which
Islam is multiply understood as a creatively
mystical force, a canonically organized reli
gion, a political platform, a particular approach
to economic investment, and a secular but
powerful identity put forth in interethnic con
flicts, to name only a handful o f incarnations.
Though wide ranging in our theoretical per
spective, a deeply ethnographic approach to
the lived experience o f Islam in a number of
cultural settings guides this study.
2 credits.
Spring 2 0 0 2 . Ghannam and Grant.
SOAN12 7. Race Theories
Contemporary theories o f race and racism by
sociologists such as W inant, Gilroy, Williams,
Gallagher, Ansell, Om i, and others will be
explored. Concepts and controversies explored
will include racial identity and social status,
the question o f social engineering, the social
construction o f justice, social stasis, and
change. U nited States is focus o f course but
other countries will be examined. W ithout
exception, an introductory course on race
and/or racism is a prerequisite.
2 credits.
Not offered 2001-2002. W illie.
SOAN 130. Social Inequality
This seminar analyzes conflicting theoretical
perspectives on the origins and meaning of
social inequality. Empirical studies o f both a
historical and cross-cultural nature will be
examined for the ways in which they engage
alternative readings o f such issues as the nature
and representations o f work, property, body,
and mind in revealing and reproducing social
inequalities. T h e approach is partly phenome
nological: how are inequalities made social and
how are they disrupted?
2 credits.
N ot offered 2001-2002. Wagner-Pacifici.
SOAN 180. Thesis
Candidates for Honors will usually write theses
during the senior year. Students are urged to
have their thesis proposals approved as early as
possible during the junior year.
2 credits.
Fall 2001 and spring 20 0 2 . Members of the
department.
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Women’s Studies
Coordinator:
NORA JOHNSON (English Literature) (fall 2001 )2
TAMSIN LORRAINE (Philosophy) (fall 2001)
JEANNE MARECEK (Psychology) (spring 2002)
Jenny Gifford (Administrative Assistant)
Committee:
Amy Rug (Physics)
Cynthia Haipern (Political Science)
Carolyn Lesjak (English Literature)
Carol Nackenoff (Political Science)
Sunka Simon (M odem Languages)
2 A bsent on leave, spring 2002.
T h e program in Women’s Studies provides stu
dents with the opportunity to leam the contri
butions o f women to society, science, and the
arts; to study gender and gender roles in a vari
ety o f social and historical contexts; to relate
issues o f gender to those o f race, class, and sex
ual preference; and to explore new methods
and theories arising from interdisciplinary
study. W om en’s Studies encourages students to
exam ine critically the representations o f
women in religion, in the arts and literature, in
social and political theory, and in the sciences.
Students in any major, whether in course or in
the Honors program, may add a concentration
in W om en’s Studies to their program by fulfill
ing the requirements stated below. Students in
the Honors program may minor in W om en’s
Studies or design a special major in consulta
tion with the W omen’s Studies coordinator,
following the guidelines outlined below. A ll
students intending to pursue W om en’s Studies
should submit their proposed program to the
coordinator when they submit their sophomore
papers. A ll program proposals must be
approved by the W om en’s Studies Committee.
T h e Jean Brosius W alton ’35 Fund and the
Wendy S . Cheek Memorial Fund contribute to
the support o f activities sponsored by the
W omen’s Studies Committee.
Studies is an interdisciplinary program, the
courses (or seminars) in each concentration
must be selected from at least two different
divisions. Students may elect, with the ap
proval o f the coordinator, to write a 1-credit
thesis or pursue an independent study as a sub
stitute for regular course work. Students may
also, with the approval o f the coordinator,
include in their programs courses on women
and gender offered at Bryn Mawr, Haverford,
the University o f Pennsylvania, and abroad. If
the institution in which the course was offered
has a Women’s Studies program, the course in
question must be part o f that program to be
accepted as a W om en’s Studies course at
Swarthmore. Students will normally take the
senior seminar in the spring semester o f the
senior year.
It is recommended that potential concentra
tors take W M S T 001: Introduction to Women’s
Studies in their first or second year.
Students graduating in the year 2003 or later
may elect to do a course minor in Women’s
Studies. T h e requirements for the course minor
are identical to those for the concentration,
with one exception: only one course counted
for W om en’s Studies may overlap with the stu
dent’s major.
HONORS PROGRAM
CONCENTRATION OR COURSE MINOR
Each concentration must include a minimum
o f 5 credits in W om en’s Studies. O ne course
must be the senior seminar. Because W om en’s
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Students in the Honors program may minor in
W om en’s Studies by completing 6 credits in
W om en’s Studies and preparing for and taking
one external exam. T h e preparation consists of
W M ST 091: Seminar in W omen’s Studies for
seniors plus the 1 'credit W M S T 091 A : Honors
Attachm ent to Seminar in W omen’s Studies.
Courses on women and gender regularly offered
for the concentration include the following:
WMST 001. Introduction to Women’s Studies
An interdisciplinary course designed around an
issue central to women’s lives and the repre
sentation o f women’s experiences. T h e course
introduces students to concepts, questions, and
analytic tools that have been developed by
Women’s Studies scholars in diverse fields.
WMST 091 A . Honore Attachment to
Seminar in Women’s Studies
A n advanced seminar or tutorial required of
students who complete an Honors minor in
W om en’s Studies.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Staff.
WMST 092. Thesis
1 credit.
WMST 192. Thesis
1 credit.
For students completing a special major in
Honors.
Spring 2002. Lesjak.
2 credits.
WMST 030. Women and Technology
The course will explore the relationships
between women and technology in western
industrial society. Three aspects to be consid
ered are the effect of technology on women,
the role of female technologists in shaping that
technology, and the effect on technology of
average women acting as consumers, voters,
and citizens. Students will research an area of
personal interest and make a presentation to
the class. Possible topics include reproductive
technologies, the Internet, feminist utopias in
science fiction, and others. Expected workload
is two long papers and several short ones, with
no midterm, final, or labs.
W M ST 0 30 does no t fulfill a College-wide dis
tribution requirement. However, it can be used
to satisfy the distribution requirement for the
concentration.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Everbach.
WMST 091. Seminar in Women’s Studies
An advanced seminar emphasizing theoretical
and methodological questions that arise when
women are placed at the center o f study and in
which students engage in research projects
based upon their prior work with gender in the
various disciplines. T his class is required of,
and normally limited to, W om en’s Studies con
centrators and special majors. It must be taken
in the senior year and cannot be used to fulfill
distribution requirements in the concentra
tion.
1 credit.
Spring 2002. Staff.
B IO L 006. History and Critique of Biology
B IO L 093. Directed Reading in Feminist
Critiques of Biology
D A N C 025. Mapping Culture Through Dance
D A N C 035. Women Choreographers and
Composers
D A N C 036. Dancing Identities
ECO N 043. Public Policy and the
Am erican Family
ECON 073. Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in
Economics
E D U C 061. Gender and Education
EN G L 005N . Illicit Desires in Literature
EN G L 005R . Fictions of Identity
EN G L 023. Renaissance Sexualities
EN G L 034. Romanticism and the
Performance o f Gender
EN G L 036. Colloquium: T h e Age of Austen
EN G L 048. Contemporary W om en’s Poetry
EN G L 07 IJ. Cherchez la femme: T he
“Mystery” o f Women in the
Mystery Genre
EN G L 07 IK . Lesbian Novels Since
World W ar II
EN G L 0 7 1R. Feminist Theatre
EN G L 083. Feminist Theory
EN G L 084. Lesbian Representation
EN G L 089. W om en and Popular Culture:
Fiction, Film, and Television
EN G L 090. Queer Media
ENGL 091. Feminist Film and Media Studies
EN G L 112. Women and Literature
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Women’s Studies
the U nited States
FREN 061. Odd Couplings: Writings and
Readings Across Gender Lines
RELG 103. Women and Spirituality
FREN 076. Femmes écrivains
R U S S 079R . Russian W om en Writers
G ER M 077. Literature o f Decadence
SO A N 0 0 IB . Gender, Power, and Identity
G ER M 088. Frauen und Film
G ER M 108. W ien und Berlin
SO A N 007C . Sociology Through African
American Women’s Writing
H IS T 001C . S e x and Gender in Western
Traditions
SO A N 020E. Comparative Studies o f China
and Japan
H IS T 001G . W omen, Family, and the State
in China
SO A N 049B . Comparative Perspectives in
the Body
H IS T 0011. African-American W om en’s
History
SO A N 132. Gender and Culture
H IS T 001X . W om en and Medicine
SPAN 066. La escritora española en los
siglos X IX y X X
H IST 016. Sex, Sin, and K in in Early Europe
T H E A 106. Theatre History Seminar
H IS T 029. Sexuality and Society in
M odem Europe
H IS T 052. T h e History o f Manhood in
America, 1750-1920
H IS T 053. Topics in African American
W omen’s History
H IS T 054. W omen, Society, and Politics
L IT R 0 5 1G. Gender and R ace in
European Cinema
L IT R 0 61SA . W om en’s Testimonial
Literature o f Latin America
L IT R 077G . Literature o f Decadence
L IT R 079R . Russian W om en Writers
M U SI 010. W om en in Music: Composers
M U SI 035. W om en Composers and
Choreographers
P EA C 040. Peace Movement in the
U nited States: W omen and Peace
PHIL 045. Philosophical Approaches to
the Question of Woman
PHIL 145. Feminist Theory Seminar
PH YS 029. Seminar on Gender and
(Physical) Science
PO LS 013. Feminist Political Theory
PO LS 031. Difference, Dominance, and
the Struggle for Equality
PO LS 032. Gender, Politics, and Policy in
AmericaP SY C 044. Psychology and Women
P SYC 058. Gender, Culture, and Mental
Health
RELG 007B . W omen and Religion
RELG 025B . Black W om en and Religion in
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VI
The Corporation
Board of Managers
Alumni Association
Officers &. Alumni
Council
The Faculty
Administration
Visiting Examiners
Degrees Conferred
Awards and Distinctions
Enrollment Statistics
365
The Corporation
January 1, 2001 to D ecem ber 3 1 , 2001
J. Lawrence Shane, C hair
21 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081
Maurice G . Eldridge, Assistant Secretary
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA 19081
Marge Pearlman Scheuer, V ice C hair
101 Central Park W est
New York, NY 10023
Suzanne P. Welsh, T reasurer
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA 19081
Lillian E. Kraemer, Secretary
2 Beekman Place
Apartment 14C
New York, N Y 10022
Louisa C . Ridgway, Assistant T reasurer
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA 19081
Board of Managers
J. Lawrence Shane, C hair
21 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081
E x officio
Alfred H. Bloom
Marge Pearlman Scheuer, V ice C hair
101 Central Park W est
New York, N Y 10023
Eugene M . Lang
912 Fifth Avenue
New York, N Y 10021
C hairm an o f the B oard Em eritus
Lillian E. Kraemer, Secretary
2 Beekman Place
Apartment 14C
New York, NY 10022
Current Term E xpires D ecem ber 2001
Nancy Y. Bekavac
Office o f the President
Scripps College
1030 Columbia Avenue
Clarem ont, C A 91771
Freeman L. Palmer
363 Canal Street, Apt. 3
New York, N Y 10013
Barbara Hall Partee
5 0 Hobart Lane
Amherst, M A 01002
C urrent Term Expires D ecem ber 2002
Catherine Good A bbott
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.
12801 Fair Lakes Parkway
Fairfax, VA 22033
366
Asahi Pompey
666 W est End Avenue, Apt. 10F
New York, NY 10025
J. Lawrence Shane
21 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081
Marc J. Sonnenfeld
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP
1701 Market Street, 13 th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Paul 1. Corddry
601 G ulf Shore Boulevard North
Naples, FL 34103
Current Term Expires D ecem ber 2002 (con t.)
Carol Lesley Cunniff
1 W est 72nd Street
New York, NY 10023
Elizabeth Scheuer
4730 Fieldston Road
Bronx, N Y 10471
Michael ]. Kuh
65 Fourth Avenue, Apt. 5D
New York, N Y 10003
A lan A . Symonette
717 Dorset Street
Philadelphia, PA 19119
Jane Lang
Sprenger & Lang
1614 Twentieth Street, N W
Washington, D C 20009
Current Term Expires Ju n e 2003
Richard Truitt, Alum ni Council President
4621-B S W Caldew Street
Portland, O R 97219
Current Term Expires D ecem ber 2003
Sherry F. Bellamy
Bell Atlantic-Maryland, Inc.
1 E. Pratt Street, 8th Floor, M S01
Baltimore, M D 21202
Neil Grabois
Vice President for Strategic Planning
and Program Coordination
Carnegie Corporation o f New York
437 Madison Avenue
New York, N Y 10022
Samuel L. Hayes III
345 Nahatan Street
Westwood, M A 02090
James C . Hormel
Equidex, Inc.
19 Sutter Street
San Francisco, C A 94104-4901
Current Term Expires D ecem ber 2004
Dulany Ogden Bennett
Oregon Episcopal School
6300 SW N icol Road
Portland, O R 97223
John D. Goldman
Richard N . Goldman & Co.
One Bush Street, Suite 900
San Francisco, C A 94104
Julie Lange Hall
1161 Pine Street
Winnetka, IL 60093
Barbara W. Mather
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
18 th and A rch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799
Marge Pearlman Scheuer
101 Central Park West
New York, N Y 10023
David W. Singleton
8 South Hampshire Court
Wilmington, DE 19807
Jeremy M. W einstein
788 Euclid Avenue
Berkeley, C A 94708
Lillian E. Kraemer
2 Beekman Place
Apartment 14C
New York, N Y 10022
Frederick W. Kyle
1900 Rittenhouse Square, 15B
Philadelphia, PA 19103
W ilma Lewis
No. 5008
4301 Massachusetts Avenue, N W
Washington, D C 20016
367
Board of Managers
Current Term Expires D ecem ber 2004 (con t.
W illiam G . Nelson IV
Box 1105
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
Thomas E. Spock
43 Stoneyside Drive
Larchmont, N Y 10538
Joh n A . Riggs
5 2 3 0 W atson Street N W
Washington, D C 20016
Pamela Wetzels
4807 Placid Place
Austin, T X 78731
Carl R . Russo
Cisco Systems
170 W est Tasman Drive
San Jose, C A 95110
Kenneth Wynn
3145 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, N V 89109
Salem D. Shuchman
1820 Rittenhouse Square
Apartment PH-2
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Em eriti
Joh n C . Crowley
615 Linda Vista Avenue
Pasadena, C A 91105-1122
Eugene M . Lang
912 Fifth Avenue
New York, N Y 10021
Clark Kerr
8300 Buckingham Drive
El Cerrito, C A 94530
Elizabeth J . McCormack
Rockefeller Family & Associates
Room 5600
3 0 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
Jerome Kohlberg Jr.
Kohlberg & Company
111 Radio Circle
M t. Kisco, N Y 10549
W alter Lamb
147 Tannery R un Circle
Waynesborough Woods
Berwyn, PA 19312
Sue Thomas Turner
17211 Quaker Lane
Sandy Spring, M D 20860
Richard B. W illis
1314 Foulkeways
Gwynedd, PA 19436
Committees of the Board
T h e Chairman of the Board is an ex officio member o f every Committee.
E xecutive
D evelopm ent
J. Lawrence Shane, Chair
Marge Pearlman Scheuer, Vice Chair
Joh n D. Goldman
N eil Grabois
Julie Lange Hall
Samuel L. Hayes 111
James C . Hormel
Lillian E. Kraemer
Eugene M. Lang
Barbara W. Mather
Marge Scheuer, Chair
William G . Sto tt, V ice Chair
Sherry Bellamy
Joh n D. Goldman
James C . Hormel
Frederick W. Kyle
Eugene M. Lang
Marc J. Sonnenfeld
A lan A . Symonette
Davia B. Temin
Jeremy M . W einstein
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Lilliam E. Kraemer, ex officio
Elenor G . Reid, ex officio
John A . Riggs, ex officio
Finance and Trusts A dm inistration
Barbara W. Mather, Chair
Thomas E. Spook, Vice Chair
Lillian E. Kraemer
Walter Lamb
Freeman Palmer
Elizabeth H. Scheuer
Marc J. Sonnenfeld
Property
Joh n D. Goldman, Chair
David W. Singleton, Vice Chair
Joh n C . Crowley
Samuel L. Hayes III
W alter Lamb
Marge Pearlman Scheuer
Thomas E. Spock
Pamela Wetzels
Two faculty members
Two student members
S ocial Responsibility
Instruction and Libraries
Julie Lange Hall, Chair
Elizabeth H. Scheuer, Vice Chair
Catherine Good Abbott
Nancy Y. Bekavac
John D. Goldman
Neil Grabois
Lillian E. Kraemer
Michael J. Kuh
Jane Lang
Barbara W. Mather
William G . Nelson
Barbara Hall Partee
Asahi Pompey
Marge Pearlman Scheuer
Sue Thomas Turner
Investment
Samuel L. Hayes III, Chair
Paul I. Corddry
Carol Lesley Cunniff
Terry G lenn
J. Parker Hall
Graham O . Harrison
Jerome Kohlberg Jr.
Eugene M . Lang
Christopher M. Niemczewski
Salem Shuchman
N eil R . Grabois, Chair
James C . Hormel
M ichael J. Kuh
Eugene M. Lang
Jane Lang
Asahi Pompey
Salem Shuchman
A lan A . Symonette
Jeremy M. W einstein
Pamela Wetzels
Four students
Four staff members
Four faculty members
Student L ife
James C . Hormel, Chair
Asahi Pompey, Vice Chair
Nancy Y. Bekavac
N eil Grabois
Julie Lange Hall
Eugene M . Lang
Jane Lang
William G . Nelson IV
Freeman Palmer
Barbara Hall Partee
Sue Thomas Turner
Three faculty members
Five student members
Nominating
Lillian Kraemer, Chair
Carley Cunniff
John Goldman
Neil Grabois
Jerome Kohlberg Jr.
Alan A . Symonette
369
Alumni Association
Officers and Alumni Council
President
Richard R . Truitt ’66
President-Designate
Melissa Kelley ’80
Vice President
Susan R ico Connolly ’78
Vice President
George B. Telford III ’84
Secretary
Jed S . R akoff ’644
Chair, Nominating
Committee
Larchmont, NY
Erika Teutsch ’443
New York, NY
Zone C
C onnecticut, M aine,
M assachusetts, N ew
H am pshire, Rhode Island,
and Verm ont
Maria Tikoff Vargas ’853
Arlington, M D
Zone E
Illinois, Indiana, Iow a,
K ansas, M ichigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, N ebraska, N orth
D akota, O hio, O klahom a,
South D akota, T exas, W est
V irginia, and W isconsin
David Bamberger ’623
Lakewood, O H
Christopher B. Branson ’842
Falmouth, M E
M artha A . Easton ’8 9 ‘
Minneapolis, MN
Andrew A . Caffrey *99*
Somerville, M A
Robert G . Grossman ’532
Houston, T X
Kevin C . Chu ’7 2‘
Falmouth, M A
Jenneane Jansen ’883
Minneapolis, MN
A llen Dietrich ’693
Hanover, N H
Vida A . Praitis ’882
Chicago, IL
Hugh P. Nesbitt ’6112
Wexford, PA
Rosemary Werner
Putnam ’622
Lexington, M A
Ashwin L. Rao ’9 9 1
Hinckley, O H
Richard I.P. Ortega ’73‘
G len Mills, PA
Dorothy K. Robinson ’72‘
Hamden, C T
Barbara Seymour ’644
Moylan, PA
Susan Turner ’603
Weston, M A
M ilton W ohl ’4 6 3
Schwenksville, PA
David W right ’6 9‘
Wellesley, M A
Zone B
Zone D
N ew Jersey , N ew York
D istrict o f C olum bia,
Maryland, and Virginia
A llison Anderson
Acevedo ’89
Zone A
D elaw are, Pennsylvania
Robin Shiels Bronkema ’891
Wallingford, PA
Carol Lorber ’633
Elkins Park, PA
Joko Agunloye ’013
New York, NY
G lenn S . Davis ’732
Kingston, N]
Nancy L. Hengen ’7 3 ‘
New York, NY
A nick Jesdanun ’913
New York NY
T. Alexander Aleinikoff ’743
Chevy Chase, M D
Steven D. Gordon ’71*
Falls Church, VA
Benjam in Keys ’003
W ashington D C
Burnham Terrell ’4 5 ‘
Minneapolis, MN
Hugh M. W eber ’002
Watertown, SD
Zone F
A labam a, A rkan sas, Florida,
G eorgia, K entucky, Louisiana,
M ississippi, N orth C arolina,
South C arolin a, T ennessee,
territories, dependencies, and
foreign countries
Jonathan S . Berck ’812
Tuscaloosa, A L
P. William Curreri ’58'
Daphne, A L
David Lyon ’733
Melbourne, Australia
Juan Dejesus Martinez ’9 14
New York, NY
Elizabeth Probasco
Kutchai ’662
Charlottesville, VA
A nna C . Otgera ’832
Harrison, NY
M. Regina Maisog ’8 9 ‘
Baltimore, MD
Joanna R . Vondrasek ’942
Chapel Hill, N C
David M. U hlm ann ’842
Silver Spring, M D
Katharine E. W inkler ’93V
Durham, N C
1 Term ends 2002.
2 Term ends 2003.
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Gertrude Jock Robinson ’503
Canada
3 Term ends 2004.
4 Nominating Committee.
Zone G
A laska, A rizona, C aliforn ia,
C olorado, H aw aii, Idaho,
M ontana, N evada, N ew
M exico, O regon, U tah,
W ashington, and W yoming
Janet Alexander ’683
Palo A lto, G A
Virginia L. Boucher ’731
Santa Ynez, C A
Wilburn T. Boykin Jr. ’7712
Parker, C O
Virginia Paine DeForest ’582
Mercer Island, WA
Ariss DerHovanessian ’002
Glendale, C A
Richard W. Kirschner ’49'
Albuquerque, NM
Leonard Rorer ’543
Santa Cruz, C A
Members at Large
Cynthia Graae ’62'
National Extern Coordinator
Washington, D C
Dawn Porter ’882
New York, NY
Connection
Representatives
Deborah Branker Harrod ’89
Jersey City, NJ
N orth C arolin a
George Brown Telford III ’84
Durham, N C
Philadelphia
Bruce Gould ’54
Philadelphia, PA
Jim Moskowitz ’88
Philadelphia, PA
Pittsburgh
Melissa Kelley ’80
Pittsburgh, PA
San Francisco
Neal D. Finkelstein ’86
R ebecca Johnson '86
Oakland, C A
Seattle
Deborah Read ’87
Seattle, WA
Paris
Robert Owen ’74
Paris, France
National Chair
Don Fujihira ’69
New York, NY
Austin
Jo n Safiran ’94
Austin, T X
Boston
Leah G otcsik ’97
Boston, M A
C hicago
Marilee Roberg ’73
W ilm ette, IL
M etro D .C ./B altim ore
Sampriti Ganguli ’95
Metro N .Y .C .
Sanda J. Balaban ’94
New York, N Y
1 Term ends 2002.
2 Term ends 2003.
3 Term ends 2004.
4 Nominating Committee.
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Faculty
FOOTNOTE KEY
1 Absent on leave, fall 2001.
2 Absent on leave, spring 2002.
3 Absent on leave, 2001-2002.
4 A bsent on administrative leave, 2001-2002.
5 Fall 2001 (appointment that semester only).
6 Spring 2002 (appointment that semester
only).
7 Jo in t appointment with Philosophy.
8 Visiting faculty, 2001-2002.
9 Affiliated faculty.
10 Ex-officio.
11 Members o f the Steering Committee.
12 Campus coordinator, Swarthmore Program
in Grenoble, fall 2001.
13 Campus coordinator, Swarthmore Program
in Grenoble, spring 2002.
14 Program director, Swarthmore Program in
Grenoble, fall 2001.
15 Program director, Swarthmore Program in
Grenoble, spring 2002.
Alfred H. Bloom, B .A ., Princeton
University; Ph.D., Harvard University,
President and Professor o f Psychology and
Linguistics. 3 2 4 Cedar Lane.
Lydia Baar,
Constance Cain Hungerford,
B.A .,
Wellesley College; M .A ., Ph.D ., University of
California, Berkeley, Provost and Mari S.
M ichener Professor o f A rt History. 410
Dickinson Avenue.
Robert C. Bannister, B.A . and Ph.D., Yale
University; B .A . and M .A ., University of
Oxford, Scheuer Professor Emeritus o f History.
Strath Haven Condominiums, Apt. 1224, 801
Yale Avenue.
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College; M .A ., University o f Pennsylvania,
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Condominiums, A pt. 719, 801 Yale Avenue.
B .A ., Goucher
College; M .A . and Ph.D., State University of
New York at Binghamton, Cooley Curator of
the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
Swarthmore College.
David Ramirez,
B .A ., M .A ., and Ph.D.,
University o f Texas, Director o f Psychological
Services. Swarthmore College.
Peggy Ann Seiden, B .A ., Colby College;
M .A ., University o f Toronto; M .L.I.S.,
Rutgers University, College Librarian.
Swarthmore College.
Martin 0 . Warner, B.A ., University o f North
Carolina at Chapel H ill; M .A ., Duke
University, Registrar. Swarthmore College.
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Professor Emerita o f Spanish. Apt. 8 3 5 0 ,3 3 0 0
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George C. Avery, B .A ., M .A ., and Ph.D.,
University o f Pennsylvania, Professor
Emeritus o f German. 2 30 Haverford Avenue.
372
B .A ., O berlin College; M .A . and
Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania, Professor
Emerita o f German, c/o Staff Leasing Group,
P.O. Box 25020, Bradenton, FL 34206-5020.
Paul H. Beik,
B .A ., U nion College, M.A.
and Ph.D., Columbia University, Centennial
Professor Emeritus of History. 2229 Earleaf
Court, Longwood FL 32779-7003.
Oleksa-Myron Bilaniuk, Cand. Ingeanieur,
Universitea de Louvain; B .S.E ., B .S., M .S.,
M .A ., and Ph.D., University o f Michigan,
Centennial Professor Emeritus o f Physics. 100
Plush M ill Road, Wallingford, PA 19086.
Thomas H. Blackburn,
B .A ., Amherst; B.A.
and M .A ., University o f Oxford; Ph.D.,
Stanford University, Centennial Professor
Emeritus o f English Literature. 801 Yale
Avenue #1001.
David L . Bowler, B .S. in E.E., Bucknell
University; M .S. in E.E., Massachusetts
Institute o f Technology; M .A . and Ph.D.,
Princeton University, Howard N. and Ada J.
Eavenson Professor Emeritus o f Electrical
Engineering. 535 Gradyville Road, Newtown
Square, PA 19073.
Thompson Bradley,
B .A ., Yale University;
M.A., Columbia University, Professor
Emeritus o f Russian. Price’s Lane, Moylan, PA
19065.
Mark A . Heald, B.A ., Oberlin College; M .S.
and Ph.D., Yale University, Morris L. Clothier
Professor Emeritus o f Physics. P.O. Box 284,
Pleasant Hill, T N 38578.
Tatiana M . Cosman,
Wulff D. Heintz,
B.A . and M .A .,
Middlebury College; M .A ., Columbia
University; Ph.D., New York University,
Assistant Professor (part-time) Emerita of
Russian. Riddle Village, #215 Williamsburg,
Media, PA 19063-6032.
Gomor H. Davies,
B.S., East Stroudsburg
State College; Ed.M., Temple University,
Professor Emeritus of Physical Education. 212
Plush M ill Road, Wallingford, PA 19086.
H. Searl Dunn, B .S.E. and M .S.E., Princeton
University; Ph.D., Brown University, Henry
C. and ]. A rcher Turner Professor Emeritus of
Engineering. Swarthmore College.
William C. Elmore,
B .S., Lehigh University;
Ph.D., Yale University, Morris L. Clothier
Professor Emeritus of Physics. Dunwoody
Village C H 3 ,3 5 0 0 W est Chester Pike,
Newtown Square, PA 19073.
Edward A . Fehnel, B .S., M .S., and Ph.D.,
Lehigh University, Edmund A llen Professor
Emeritus o f Chemistry. 120 Paxon Hollow
Road, Rose Tree, Media, PA 19063.
Launce J . Flemister,
B .A ., M .A ., and
Ph.D., Duke University, Professor Emeritus of
Zoology. 3 6 Deerfield Road, H ilton Head, S C
29926.
John E . Gaustad,
A .B ., Harvard University;
Ph.D., Princeton University, Edward Hicks
Magill Professor Emeritus o f Astronomy. 430
S. Chester Road.
CharlSS E . G ilb e rt, B .A ., Haverford College;
Ph.D., Northwestern University, Professor
Emeritus o f Political Science and Provost
Emeritus. 223 Kenyon Avenue.
Barbara Lange Godfrey, Dean Emerita of
Women. W hite Horse Village, B102
Gradyville Road, Newtown Square, PA
19073.
James H. Hammons,
B .A ., Amherst
College; M .A . and Ph.D., T h e Johns Hopkins
University, Professor Emeritus o f Chemistry.
17 Furness Lane, Wallingford, PA 19086.
Dr. rer. nat. München
University, Professor Emeritus o f Astronomy.
540 Riverview Avenue.
Eleanor K. Hess,
B .S. and M .S., University
o f Pennsylvania, Professor Emerita of Physical
Education. 5 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford,
PA 19086.
T. Kanri Kitao, B .A . and M .A ., University of
California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Harvard
University, W illiam R . Kenan, Jr., Professor
Emerita o f A rt History. 540 Westminster
Avenue.
George Krugovoy,
B .A ., M .A ., and Ph.D.,
Philosophical Institute, Salzburg, Austria,
Professor Emeritus o f Russian. 562 Juniata
Avenue.
Asmarom Legesse,
B .A ., University College
o f Addis Ababa; Ed.M. and Ph.D., Harvard
University, Professor Emeritus of
Anthropology. Swarthmore College.
Paul C. Mangelsdorf J r ., B.A ., Swarthmore
College; Ph.D., Harvard University, Morris L.
C lothier Professor Emeritus o f Physics. 110
Cornell Avenue.
John D. McCrumm, b .a . and M .S.,
University o f Colorado, Howard N. and Ada
J. Eavenson Professor Emeritus of
Engineering. Arlington #417, Riddle Village,
Media, PA 19063.
Ann Kosakowski McNamee, B.A .,
Wellesley College; M .Phil. and Ph.D., Yale
University, Professor Emerita o f Music. 1850
Sandhill Road # 21, Palo A lto, C A 94304.
Philip Metzidakis, B .A ., Dartmouth
College; Ph.D., Yale University, Professor
Emeritus o f Spanish. 64 Tonset Road,
Orleans, M A 02653.
Kathryn L . Morgan, B.A ., Virginia State
College; M .A ., Howard University; M .A . and
Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania, Sara
Lawrence Lightfoot Professor Emerita of
History. Apt. 710, Strath Haven
Condominiums.
373
Faculty
Bernard Morrill, B .S. in M .E., Massachusetts
Institute o f Technology;
University
of Delaware; Ph.D., University of Michigan,
Henry C . and ]. A rcher Turner Professor
Emeritus o f Engineering. 535 Fanshaw, Boca
Raton, FL 33434-6140.
Jane Mullins,
B .A ., Swarthmore College,
Registrar Emerita. 11 South Princeton
Avenue.
Helen F. North,
B.A ., M .A ., and Ph D.,
Cornell University, Centennial Professor
Emerita of Classics. 6 04 Ogden Avenue.
Martin Ostwald, B .A ., University of
Toronto; M .A ., University o f Chicago; Ph.D.,
Columbia University, W illiam R . Kenan, Jr.,
Professor Emeritus o f Classics. 408 Walnut
Lane.
Harold E . Pagliaro, A .B ., M .A ., Ph.D.,
Columbia University, Alexander Griswold
Cummins Professor Emeritus o f English
Literature and Provost Emeritus. 536 Ogden
Avenue.
Dean Peabody, B.A ., Swarthmore College;
Ph.D., Harvard University, Professor Emeritus
o f Psychology. 312 C atch Penny Lane, Media,
PA 19063-5443.
Jean Ashmead Perkins,
B .A ., Swarthmore
College; M .A . and Ph.D., Columbia
University, Susan W. Lippincott Professor
Emerita o f French. 44 Crosslands Drive,
K ennett Square, PA 19348.
Ernest J . Prudente, B .S. and M .S.,
University o f Pennsylvania, Professor
Emeritus o f Physical Education. 612
Rockbume Mills Court, Wallingford, PA
19086.
Frederic L . Pryor, B.A ., Oberlin College;
M .A . and Ph.D., Yale University, Professor
Emeritus of Economics. 740 Harvard Avenue.
David Rosen, B .A ., New York University;
M .A . and Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania,
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics. 394
Riverview Road.
Alburt M . Rosenberg, B .A ., Harvard
University; M.S.,University o f Florida; Ph.D.,
University o f Pennsylvania, Associate
Professor Emeritus o f Natural Science. P.O.
Box 1593, Harwich, M A 02645.
374
Robert Roza, B.A ., University of Toronto;
M .A . and Ph.D., Princeton University, Susan
W. Lippincott Professor Emeritus o f French.
233 Cornell Avenue.
Robert E . Savage,
B .A ., O berlin College;
M .S. and Ph.D., University o f Wisconsin,
Isaac H. Clothier, Jr., Professor Emeritus of
Biology. 411 Vassar Avenue.
Rernard S. Smith, B.A . and M .A .,
University o f Oxford; Ph.D., Harvard
University, Professor Emeritus o f History. The
C oach House, Glascwm, Llandrindod Wells,
Powys LD1 5SE , England.
David G. Smith, B.A ., and M .A ., University
o f Oklahoma; Ph.D., T h e Johns Hopkins
University, R ichter Professor Emeritus of
Political Science. 448 S . Jackson Street,
Media, PA 19063.
Susan Snyder,
B .A ., Hunter College; M.A.
and Ph.D., Columbia University, G il and
Frank Mustin Professor Emerita o f English
Literature. 2939 Van Ness Street,
Washington, D C 20008-4607.
Gilmore Stott, B.A . and M .A ., University of
Cincinnati; B.A . and M .A ., University of
Oxford; M .A . and Ph.D., Princeton
University, Associate Provost Emeritus and
Associate Dean o f the College Emeritus. 318
Dartmouth Avenue.
Rarbara Yost Stewart, B .A ., Swarthmore
College; M .A . and Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College,
Professor Emerita o f Biology, 102 3rd Street,
Oxford, M D 21654-1249.
Francis P. Tafoya, B .S. and M .A .,
University o f Colorado; Ph.D., Yale
University, Professor Emeritus of French and
Spanish. 620 North Chester Road.
Peter T. Thompson,
B.A ., T h e Johns
Hopkins University; Ph.D., University of
Pittsburgh, Professor Emeritus o f Chemistry.
203 College Avenue.
Derek Travers), B.A. and M .A ., University
o f Oxford, Alexander Griswold Cummins
Professor Emeritus o f English. 12 Richmond
Mansions, Denton Road, Twickinham, Midd,
T W 1, 2HH, England.
P. Lin wood Urban Jr., B .A ., Princeton
University; S.T .B ., S.T.M ., and Th.D .,
General Theological Seminary, Charles and
Harriett C ox McDowell Professor Emeritus of
Religion. 2 0 South Princeton Avenue.
Nathalie F. Anderson, B .A ., Agnes Scott
College; M .A ., Georgia State University;
Ph.D., Emory University, Professor of English
Literature. 3 Rutledge Avenue, Rutledge, PA
19070.
Douglas M . Weiss, A .T .C .,
Diego Annus, B.A ., University of Buenos
Aires; M .A . and Ph.D., University of
California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of
History. Swarthmore College.
Professor
Emeritus o f Physical Education. 117 S.
Chester Road.
M. Joseph Willis, B.C.E., University of
Washington; M .S., Cornell University; Ph.D.,
The Johns Hopkins University, Professor
Emeritus of Engineering. 103 Jefferson Street,
Oxford, M D 21654.
Harrison M . Wright,
B .A ., M .A ., and Ph.D.,
Harvard University, Isaac H. Clothier
Professor Emeritus o f History and
International Relations and Provost Emeritus.
P.O. Box 209, Jamestown, R I 02855.
Sarah Lee Lippincott Zimmerman,
B.A .,
University o f Pennsylvania; M .A .,
Swarthmore College; D .Sc., Villanova
University, Professor Emerita o f Astronomy
and Director Emerita o f the Sproul
Observatory. 29 Kendal Drive, K ennett
Square, PA 19348-2323.
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Frank Agovino, B .S., St. Joseph’s University,
Coach/Instructor in Physical Education.
Swarthmore College.
John Alderete,
B.A ., M .A ., University of
California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, Visiting Assistant
Professor of Linguistics and M ellon
Postdoctoral Fellow.
John Alston,
B.M ., Yankton College; M.M .,
University o f Northern Iowa; Ph.D., Indiana
University, Associate Professor o f Music.
Swarthmore College.
Diane Anderson,
B .A ., M ontclair State
College; M .S., Drexel University, Ph.D.,
University o f Pennsylvania, Assistant
Professor of Education. 210 Yale Avenue.
K im D . A n O W , B .S., Temple University;
M.F.A., New York University, Assistant
Professor o f Dance (part-time). Swarthmore
College.
Ernest Aryeetey, B .A ., University o f Ghana;
M .S., University o f Science and Technology,
Kumasi, Ghana; Ph.D., Universitaet
Dortmund, Germany, Cornell Visiting
Professor, Department o f Economics. 405
W alnut Lane.
Roger Rabb, B .A ., Empire State University,
Visiting Lecturer in Theatre (part-time),
Swarthmore College.
Marcantonio Barone,5B.M ., T h e Curtis
Institute o f Music; Artists Diploma, Peabody
Conservatory o f Music, Visiting Professor
Music (part-time), 509 Montgomery Avenue,
Haverford, PA 19041.
Peter Baumann, M .A . and Ph.D., University
o f Gottingen, Visiting Associate Professor of
Philosophy. 404 Elm Avenue, Apt. D.
Gabriel Quinn Baurjedel,6B .A ., Swarthmore
College; Certificate École Internationale de
Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, Visiting Lecturer in
Theatre Studies (part-time). Swarthmore
College.
Amanda Bayer,
B .A ., Williams College;
M .A ., M .Phil, and Ph.D., Yale University,
Associate Professor of Economics.
Swarthmore College.
Carla Belver,
B .A ., Temple University;
M .A ., Villanova University, Visiting Lecturer
in Theatre Studies (part-time). 121 Dundee
Mews, Media, PA 19063.
Stephen P. Bensch, M .A ., University of
Toronto; Ph.D., University o f California,
Berkeley, Professor of History. 614 Yale
Avenue.
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Deborah J . Bergstrand, B .S., Allegheny
College; M .S. and Ph.D., University of
Illinois, Professor o f Mathematics/Statistics.
Swarthmore College.
B.A ., Williams College;
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute o f Technology,
Associate Professor o f Physics. 302 Cornell
Avenue.
Alan BerkOWitZ,
Timothy J . Burke, B .A ., Wesleyan
University; M .A . and Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
University, Associate Professor o f History.
Swarthmore College.
M .A . and Ph.D., University
o f Washington, Associate Professor of
Chinese. Swarthmore College.
Mary Ann Black, B .S., W est Chester
University, Supervisor o f Student Teachers,
402 G lenloch Road, Ridley Park, PA 19078.
Jean-Vincent Blanchard,14 b .a . and M .A .,
Université de Montréal; Ph.D., Yale
University, Assistant Professor o f French.
Swarthmore College.
Robert Boatright,
B .A ., Carleton College;
Ph.D., University o f Chicago, Assistant
Professor o f Political Science.
Jo h n R . BoCCiO , B .S., Polytechnic Institute
o f Brooklyn; Ph.D., Cornell University,
Professor o f Physics. 3 18 N orth Chester Road.
Amy L.R . Bug,
Christopher Burns,
B .S., Bishops University;
M .S. and Ph.D., University o f Toronto,
Visiting Assistant Professor o f Astronomy.
Swarthmore College.
Aurora Camacho de Schmidt,
M .A . and
Ph.D., Temple University, Associate Professor
o f Spanish. 204 W est Street, Media, PA
19063.
Garikai Campbell, B .A ., Swarthmore
College; Ph.D., Rutgers University, Assistant
Professor of Mathematics. Swarthmore
College.
Elizabeth Bolton, B.A ., Middlebury College;
M .Phil. and Ph.D., Yale University, Associate
Professor o f English Literature. Swarthmore
College.
Edmund Campos, B .A ., University of
California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Stanford
University. Assistant Professor o f English
Literature. Swarthmore College.
Hans Boman, Bachelor o f Music in Piano
Performance, Philadelphia College of
Performing A rt. Dance Accompanist.
Swarthmore College.
Sydney L . Carpenter, b .f a . and M.F.A.,
Tyler School o f A rt, Associate Professor of
Studio A rt. Swarthmore College.
Karen Borbee,
B .S., University o f Delaware;
M.Ed., W idener University, Associate
Professor o f Physical Education. Swarthmore
College.
Darlene D. Bramucci, b .a . and M .S.,
University o f Maryland, Laboratory Instructor
in Biology. Swarthmore College.
Elaine Brenneman,8b .a ., University of
Vermont; M.Ed. and Ph.D., University of
Delaware, Visiting Assistant Professor of
Education (part-time). 443 Chambers Lane,
W est Chester, PA 19382
Michael R. Brown,3B.A .,
Pomona College;
Ph.D., Dartmouth College, Associate
Professor o f Physics. 4 0 9 Turner Road,
Wallingford, PA 19086.
Amy L . Brunner,
B .S., Bates College; M .S.,
Sm ith College, Coach/lnstructor in Physical
Education. Swarthmore College.
376
Peter Carroll, B .S. and M .A ., Villanova
University, Coach/lnstructor in Physical
Education. Swarthmore College.
John P. Caskey,3B .A .,
Harvard University;
Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor of
Economics. 220 W est Rittenhouse Square,
Apt. 23C , Philadelphia, PA 19103.
Joy Charlton,
B.A ., University o f Virginia;
M .A . and Ph.D., Northwestern University,
Professor o f Sociology. 503 North Chester
Road.
Pallabi Chakravorty, b .a ., jadavpur
University; Ph.D., Temple University, Mellon
Postdoctoral Fellow in Dance. Swarthmore
College.
Erik Cheever, B.S., Swarthmore College;
M .S.E. and Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania,
Professor o f Engineering. 423 S . Olive Street,
Media, PA 19Ó63.
Yvonne P. Chireau,
B.A ., Holyoke College;
M.T.S., Harvard University; Ph.D., Princeton
University, Associate Professor o f Religion.
600 Elm Avenue.
David H. Cohen,
B.A ., Harvard University;
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Assistant
Professor o f Astronomy. 509 Rutgers Avenue.
Peter J . Codings,1 B .A ., Amherst College;
M.Ph. and Ph.D., Yale University, Morris L.
Clothier Professor o f Physics. 123 Locust
Lane, Media, PA 19063.
Michael W. Cothren, B .A ., Vanderbilt
University; M .A . and Ph.D., Columbia
University, Professor o f A rt History. 611
Strath Haven Avenue.
John A . Crespi,
B .A ., Brown University;
M.A. and Ph.D., University of Chicago,
Visiting Assistant Professor o f Chinese.
Swarthmore College.
Kathleen Crowther-Heyck, A .B ., Bryn
Mawr College; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
University, M ellon Visiting Assistant
Professor of History. Swarthmore College.
Joan Wadleigh Curran, B .S., Skidmore
College; M .E A ., Yale University, Visiting
Assistant Professor o f Studio A rt. Swarthmore
College.
Gerty Dambury, Licence et maîtrise
d’anglais, Université de Paris V III, Playwright,
Novelist and Stage-Director, Lang Visiting
Professor of Social Change. Swarthmore
College.
Peggy deProphetis, A .B., Vassar; M .B.A .,
W harton School, University o f Pennsylvania;
Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania. Visiting
Professor in Economics (part-time).
Swarthmore College.
Nathaniel Deutsch, B.A ., M .A ., and Ph.D.,
T h e University o f Chicago, Associate
Professor o f Religion. Swarthmore College.
Lee Devin,3B .A .,
San Jose State College;
M .A . and Ph.D., Indiana University, Professor
o f English Literature, Theatre Studies. 603
Hillbom Avenue.
Miguel Diaz-Darriga, B .A ., University of
Chicago; M .A . and Ph.D., Stanford
University, Associate Professor of
Anthropology. 420 Rutgers Avenue.
Frederick R . Dickinson,6B .A., University
o f Notre Dame; M .A ., Kyoto University,
Japan; M .A . and Ph.D., Yale University,
Visiting Associate Professor of History.
Swarthmore College.
Nancy Donaldson, B.A ., Swarthmore
College, Supervisor o f Student Teachers, 765
E. Forge Rd., Media, PA 19063.
Allison Dorsey,
B .A ., University o f San
Francisco; M .A . and Ph.D., University of
California, Irvine, Assistant Professor of
History. Swarthmore College.
Druce A . Dorsey, B .A ., Biola University;
A .M . and Ph.D., Brown University, Assistant
Professor o f History. Swarthmore College.
Todd A . Drumm,
Associate in Performance (Dance).
Swarthmore College.
B .S., Westminster College;
Ph.D., University o f Maryland, College Park,
Assistant Professor o f Mathematics.
Swarthmore College.
Susan P. DaviS,'
B .S., Springfield College;
M.S., Sm ith College, Professor o f Physical
Education. 2411 W hitehouse Road, Berwyn,
PA 19312.
Anda DubinskiS,
Thomas S. Dee,
Robert S. DuPlessiS, B.A ., Williams
College; M .A . and Ph.D., Columbia
University, Isaac H. C lothier Professor of
History and International Relations. 211
Rutgers Avenue.
LaDeva Davis, B •M.Ed., Temple University,
B .A ., Swarthmore College;
M.A. and Ph.D., University o f Maryland,
Assistant Professor o f Economics. 739
Harvard Avenue.
Ursula Neuerburg Denzer, B .A ., Freie
Universität; M. A ., New York University,
Instructor in English Literature, Theatre
Studies Program. 2 0 O berlin Avenue.
B.F.A., Cooper U nion;
M.F.A., University o f Pennsylvania, Visiting
Assistant Professor o f Studio Art. Swarthmore
College.
Frank H. Durgin,
B .A ., S t. Joh n’s College;
M .A ., University o f Pennsylvania; Ph.D.,
University o f Virginia, Associate Professor of
Psychology. 631 Parrish Road.
3 77
Faculty
Mark Dlizenski, B .S., Trenton State
University, Coach/Instructor in Physical
Education. Swarthmore College.
Richard Eldridge, A .B ., Middlebury
College; M .A . and Ph.D., University of
Chicago, Professor o f Philosophy. 423 Harvard
Avenue.
AH Erkail,
B .S., M .S., Lehigh University,
Visiting Instructor o f Computer Science, 4
Crum Ledge Lane.
Raima Evan, B .A ., Radcliffe College,
Harvard University; M .A . and Ph.D.,
University o f Pennsylvania, Visiting Assistant
Professor o f English Literature (part-time).
602 Elm Avenue.
Erich Carr Everbach, A .B ., Harvard
College; M .S. in M .E., and Ph.D., Yale
University, Associate Professor of
Engineering. Swarthmore College.
Philip J . Everson, B .A .,
Pomona College;
M .A . and Ph.D., Harvard University,
Assistant Professor o f Statistics. Swarthmore
College.
Randall L . Exon,3B.F.A., Washbum
University; M .A . and M.F.A., University of
Iowa, Professor of Studio A rt. 431 Rogers
Lane, Wallingford, PA 19086.
Marion J . Faber, B.A . and M .A ., University
o f California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Harvard
University, Professor o f German. 234
Benjam in W est Avenue.
Nicole Fabricand-Person, A .B ., M .A .,
Ph.D., Princeton University, Visiting
Assistant Professor o f A rt History.
Swarthmore College.
Ina J . FandriCh, B .A ., M.Div., University of
Hamburg, Germany; M .A . and Ph.D., Temple
University, Visiting Assistant Professor of
Religion, Swarthmore College.
Kimberly Fedchak, B .A ., Oberlin College;
M .A ., Bryn Mawr College, Instructor in
Russian (part-time). Swarthmore College.
Theodore R. Fernald,
B.A . and M .A ., O hio
State University; Ph.D., University of
California at Santa Cruz, Assistant Professor
o f Linguistics. Swarthmore College.
378
Sibelan Forrester,2B .A .,
Bryn Mawr
College; M .A . and Ph.D., Indiana University,
Associate Professor o f Russian. Swarthmore
College.
Dorothy K. Freeman, B.M ., M .M ., Boston
University, Associate in Performance (Music).
206 Martroy Lane, Wallingford, PA 19086.
James D. Freeman,1 B .A .,
M .A ., and Ph.D.,
Harvard University, Daniel Underhill
Professor of Music. 206 Martroy Lane,
Wallingford, PA 19086.
Sharon E . Friedler,
B .A ., Colby College;
M.F.A., Southern Methodist University,
Professor o f Dance and Director o f the Dance
Program. 220 Vassar Avenue.
Joan Friedman, M .A ., University of
W isconsin, Instructor in Spanish (part-time).
421 Cornell Avenue.
J . William FrOSt,
B .A ., DePauw University;
M .A . and Ph.D., University o f Wisconsin,
Howard M. and Charles F. Jenkins Professor of
Quaker History and Research, and Director of
the Friends Historical Library. Swarthmore
College.
Kenneth J . Bergen, B .A ., Yale University;
Ph.D., Duke University, G il and Frank Mustin
Professor o f Psychology. 331 Rogers Lane,
Wallingford, PA 19086.
Farha N. Ghannam, B.A . and M .A .,
Yarmouk University; Ph.D., University of
Texas at Austin, Assistant Professor of
Anthropology. Swarthmore College.
Scott F. Gilbert,
B .A ., Wesleyan University;
M .A . and Ph.D., T h e Johns Hopkins
University, Professor o f Biology. 224 Cornell
Avenue.
Jane E . Gillham,
B .A ., Princeton Univeisity;
Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania, Visiting
Assistant Professor o f Psychology (part-time).
631 Parrish Road.
Jill Gladstein, B .S ., University o f Wisconsin,
Madison; M .S.E.D ., University of
Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University of
Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor.
Swarthmore College.
Dolores Luis Gmitter,2B .A ., S t. Francis
College; M.Ed., Temple University, Associate
in Performance (D ance). Swarthmore
College.
Stephen S. Golub,
B.A ., Williams College;
M.A. and Ph.D., Yale University, Professor of
Economics. 215 College Avenue.
Bruce Grant,
B .A ., M cG ill University; M .A .
and Ph.D., R ice University, Associate
Professor o f Anthropology. Swarthmore
College.
Adam Hertz,
B.A ., University o f Redlands;
M.Ed., Temple University, Associate Director
of A thletics. Swarthmore College.
Sally HeSS,
B.A ., Barnard College; M.Phil.,
Yale University, Assistant Professor o f Dance
(part-time). Swarthmore College.
Sara Hiebeit,3B .S.,
University of St.
Andrews; Ph.D., University of Washington,
Associate Professor o f Biology. Swarthmore
College.
Pat Gress,
Robinson G. Hollister J r ., B .A ., Amherst
College; Ph.D., Stanford University, Joseph
W harton Professor of Economics. 1 W hittier
Place.
Charles M . Grinstead, B .A ., Pomona
College; M .A . and Ph.D., University of
California, Los Angeles, Professor of
Mathematics. 8 W hittier Place.
Raymond F. Hopkins, B .A ., O hio Wesleyan
University; M .A ., O hio State University;
M .A . and Ph.D., Yale University, Richter
Professor of Political Science. 308 Ogden
Avenue.
B .S., Towson University, M .S.,
West Chester University, Coach/Instructor in
Physical Education. Swarthmore College.
Cheryl P. Grood, B .A ., University of
Michigan; M .A . and Ph.D., University of
Wisconsin, Visiting Assistant Professor of
Mathematics. Swarthmore College.
Carl H. Grossman,
B .Sc. and Ph.D.,
University o f Pennsylvania, Associate
Professor of Physics. 3 W hittier Place.
Maria Luisa Guardlola, Licenciada,
Universität autonoma de Barcelona; Ph.D.,
University o f Pennsylvania, Associate
Professor of Spanish. Swarthmore College.
Cynthia Perwin Halpern,
B .A ., Tulane
University; M .A ., T h e London School of
Economics; Ph.D., Princeton University,
Associate Professor o f Political Science.
Swarthmore College.
Karen R. Hatwell, B .S., Mary Washington
College; M .S. and Ph.D., University of
Massachusetts, Visiting Assistant Professor of
Chemistry.
John J . Hassett,
B .A ., St, Francis College;
M.A., University o f Iowa; Ph.D., University
of Wisconsin, Professor o f Spanish. 514 S.
Providence Road, Wallingford, PA 19086.
Sheryl A. Hemkin, A .B ., University of
Chicago; M .S., University o f Illinois at
Chicago; Ph.D., Purdue University, Visiting
Assistant Professor o f Chemistry.
Steven P. Hopkins,3B.A .
and M .A .,
University o f California, Santa Barbara; A.M .
and Ph.D., Harvard University, Associate
Professor of Religion. 312 S. Chester Road.
Jennifer Horne,
B .A ., Syracuse University;
M .A ., University o f Minnesota, Visiting
Instructor in Film and Media Studies.
Swarthmore College.
Wendy A . Horwitz,
A .B ., Harvard
University; M .A . and Ph.D., Temple
University, Visiting Assistant Professor of
Psychology (part-time). 502 Westview St.,
Philadelphia, PA 19119.
Kathleen P. Howard,1 B .A .,
Princeton
University; Ph.D., Yale University, Assistant
Professor o f Chemistry. Swarthmore College.
Thomas J . Hunter,
B .S., University of
Chicago; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Associate Professor of
Mathematics. Swarthmore College.
Virginia M . Indivero,
B .S., Elizabethtown
College; M .S., Villanova University, Lecturer
in Chemistry. 2915 Wakefield Drive, Holmes,
PA 19043.
Gudmund R. Iversen,
M .A ., University of
Michigan; Ph.D., Harvard University,
Professor o f Statistics. 212 Elm Avenue.
379
Faculty
Laura Jackson, B .A ., Hollins College; M .A .,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, Visiting Lecturer in
Sociology/Anthropology. Swarthmore
College.
Mark Jacobs,'
B .A ., Harvard University;
Ph.D., Stanford University, Centennial
Professor o f Biology. 112 N orth Providence
Road, Wallingford, PA 19086.
Charles L . James,
B .S., State University of
New York at New Paltz; M .S., State
University o f New York at Albany, Sara
Lawrence Lightfoot Professor o f English
Literature. 4 02 Laurel Lane, Wallingford, PA
19086.
Philip N. Jefferson, B.A ., Vassar College;
M .A ., Ph.D., University o f Virginia, Associate
Professor of Economics. 625 Elm Avenue.
John B. Jenkins,
B .S. and M .S., U tah State
University; Ph.D., University o f California,
Los Angeles, Isaac H. Clothier Jr. Professor of
Biology. 3 3 0 Cornell Avenue.
Eric L.N . Jensen,’
B .A ., Carleton College;
M .S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin,
Assistant Professor of Astronomy. Swarthmore
College.
Michael Johns,
B .A ., New England
Conservatory; M .M . and D octor o f Musical
Arts, Temple University, Associate in
Performance (Music). Swarthmore College.
Philip Johns, B .A ., Carleton College; M .S.,
University o f Chicago; Ph.D., University of
Chicago, Visiting Assistant Professor of
Biology. Swarthmore College.
Pieter M . Judson, B .A ., Swarthmore
College; M .A . and Ph.D., Columbia
University, Associate Professor o f History.
1108 Spruce Street, #2F.
Edward T. Kako, B .A ., Brown University;
M .A . and Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania,
Assistant Professor o f Psychology. 4708
Springfield Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19143.
Wol-A Kang,
B .A ., Fu-Jen Catholic
University, Taipei, Taiwan; M .A ., Peking
University, Beijing, C hina, Instructor in
Chinese (part-time). Swarthmore College.
Andromache Karanika,
B .A ., Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Visiting Instructor
of Classics (part-time). 13 Hamilton Street,
Englishtown, NJ 07726.
Tracy R. Kay,
B .S., St. Lawrence University;
M.F.S., Yale University; Executive Director,
Schuylkill C enter for Environmental
Education, Instructor o f Education (parttim e). Swarthmore College.
Jennie Keith,3B .A .,
Pomona College; M.A.
and Ph.D., Northwestern University,
Centennial Professor o f Anthropology. 612
Ogden Avenue.
Charles F. Kelemen, B .A ., Valparaiso
University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State
University, Professor o f Computer Science
and Mathematics. 776 Hillview Road,
Malvern, PA 19355.
Deborah 6. Kemler Nelson, B .A .,
M .A .,
and Ph.D., Brown University, Professor of
Psychology. 211 Benjam in W est Avenue.
Almee S .A . Johnson,
Mary K. Kenney, A .B ., Chestnut Hill
College; M .A ., Villanova University,
Instructor in Spanish (part-time). Swarthmore
College.
Kendall Johnson,
Mary Ann Klassen, B .A ., Agnes Scott
College; M .S;, University o f Wyoming,
Lecturer in Physics and Astronomy.
Swarthmore College.
B .A ., University of
California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of
Maryland, College Park, Assistant Professor of
Mathematics. Swarthmore College.
B.A ., University of
Michigan; M .A ., University o f Pennsylvania;
Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania. Assistant
Professor o f English Literature. Swarthmore
College.
Nora Johnson,2B .A ., University of
California, Los Angeles; M .A . and Ph.D.,
University o f California, Berkeley, Associate
Professor o f English Literature. Swarthmore
College.
380
MitCh Kline,
B .S ., Penn State University;
Ed.M., Temple University, Coach/Instructor
in Physical Education.
Eugene A . Klotz,
B .S., A ntioch College;
Ph.D., Yale University, A lbert and Edna
Pownall Buffington Professor o f Mathematics.
735 Yale Avenue.
Ann Komaromi, B .A ., Northwestern
I University; M .A . and Ph.D., T h e University
I of Wisconsin-Madison, Assistant Professor of
I Russian. Swarthmore College.
Gerald Levinson,2B .A ., University of
I Haiti Kong ,2M .A .,
Lillian M . L I,3A .B.,
People’s University,
I Beijing; Ph.D., University o f Colorado at
I Boulder, Associate Professor o f Chinese.
I Swarthmore College.
I Scott Kugle,
B .A ., Swarthmore College;
I Ph.D., Duke University, Visiting Assistant
I Professor o f Religion and M ellon Postdoctoral
I Fellow. Swarthmore College.
I Allen Kllhaiski, B .A .,
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
University of
Wisconsin-Madison; M .A . and Ph.D.,
University of California, Berkeley, Associate
Professor o f English Literature, Resident
Director, Director of Theatre Studies
Program, and Co-D irector o f Semester
Abroad in Poland. 317 N. 3 5 th Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104.
I Mark Kuperberg,
B.A ., Amherst College:
I M.A. and Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of
I Technology. Professor o f Economics. 147 Park
II Avenue.
I Jam8S R. Kurth,
B .A ., Stanford University;
I M.A. and Ph.D., Harvard University, Claude
II C. Smith Professor o f Political Science. 100
11 Rutgers Avenue.
I Hugh M . Lacey, B.A .
and M .A ., University
I I of Melbourne; Ph.D., Indiana University,
I Professor of Philosophy. 3 36 Park Avenue.
I Grace Ledbetter,”
A .B., Bryn Mawr College;
M.A., University o f Virginia; Ph.D., Cornell
I University, Assistant Professor o f Classics and
Philosophy. 241 Rutgers Avenue.
Carolyn Lesjak,
B.A ., Swarthmore College;
M.A., Duke University; Ph.D., Duke
I University, Assistant Professor of English
Literature. 2036 Delancey Place, Philadelphia,
PA 15103.
Bénédicte Leturcq,
Licence LVE Anglais
(Charles de Gaulle-Lille III); Maîtrise de lin
guistique anglaise (Charles de Gaule-Lille III);
Maîtrise de Français Langue Etrangère
(Stendhal-Grenoble 3 ), Visiting Language
I Instructor. Swarthmore College.
Pennsylvania; M .A . and Ph.D., University of
Chicago, Jane Lang Professor o f Music. 307
Maple Avenue.
Raddiffe College; A .M .
and Ph.D., Harvard University, Professor of
History. 308 Chestnut Avenue.
Tamsin Lorraine, B .A .,
Middlebury College;
Ph.D., University o f Massachusetts, Associate
Professor of Philosophy. 314 N . Providence
Road, Wallingford, PA 19086.
Jacek Luminski,
State Higher School of
Ballet, Warsaw; A ctor’s Studio, Jewish State
Theatre, Warsaw; Frédéric Chopin Academy
o f Music, Warsaw; Lang Visiting Professor of
Social Change in Theatre Studies and Dance.
Swarthmore College.
JOSe-LuiS Machado,
B .S. Universidad de
Los Andes, Bogota; M .S., University of
Vermont; Ph.D., University o f Minnesota,
Assistant Professor o f Biology. Swarthmore
College.
NelSOn A . Macken, B.S., Case Institute of
Technology; Ph.D., University o f Delaware.
Howard N. and Ada J. Eavenson Professorship
in Engineering. 250 Haverford Avenue.
Ellen B. Magenheim,
B .A ., University of
Rochester; M .A ., Ph.D., University of
Maryland, Professor o f Economics.
Swarthmore College.
Jeanne Marecek,
B .S., Loyola University;
Ph.D., Yale University, Professor of
Psychology. 325 S . Monroe Street, Media, PA
19063.
Michael Marissen,1 B .A .,
Calvin College;
Ph.D., Brandeis University, Associate
Professor o f Music. 915 Harvard Avenue
#1301.
William Marshall, B.F.A., University of
Florida; M.F.A., Virginia Tech, Associate
Professor o f English Literature and Resident
Designer, Theatre Studies Program.
Swarthmore College.
Jocelyne Mattei-Noveral,
B .S ., Orsay
University, Laboratory Instructor in Biology.
Swarthmore College.
381
Faculty
Stephen B. Maurer,
B .A ., Swarthmore
College; M .A . and Ph.D., Princeton
University, Professor of Mathematics. 206
Benjam in W est Avenue.
Frank A . Moscatelli, B.S., c.w. Post
College; M.S. and Ph.D., New York
University, Professor o f Physics. 302 Avondale
Road, Wallingford, PA 19086.
Bruce A . Maxwell,3B .A .
and B.S.,
Swarthmore College; M .Phil, Cambridge
University; Ph.D., Cam egie-M ellon
University, Assistant Professor of Engineering,
951 Beatty Road, Springfield, PA 19064.
George Moskos,12,! B .A ., Davidson College;
M .A . and Ph.D., University o f Wisconsin,
Madison, Professor o f French, James C.
Hormel Professor in Social Justice. 730 Yale
Avenue.
M arCUS M c F e rre n , B .S., Cornell University;
Ph.D., Cornell University, Visiting Assistant
Professor of Biology and Minority Scholar in
Residence. Swarthmore College.
Michael L . Mullan, B .A ., University of
California, Berkeley; M.Ed., Temple
University; Ph.D., University o f Delaware,
Professor o f Physical Education. 401 Rogers
Lane, Wallingford, PA 19086.
Arthur E . McGarlty, B.S., Trinity
University; M .S.E., Ph.D., T h e Johns Hopkins
University, Professor o f Engineering. 135
Rutgers Avenue.
Lisa Meeden,3B .A ., G rinnell College; M .S.
and Ph.D., Indiana University, Associate
Professor o f Computer Science. 12 Shepherds
Lane, Wallingford, PA 19086.
Rachsl A . Merz, B .A ., W estern New
M exico University; M .S., University of
Florida; Ph.D., University o f Chicago,
Professor o f Biology. 401 Dickinson Avenue.
Brian A . Mauniar, B.F.A., University of
Massachusetts, Amherst; M.F.A., Tyler School
of A rt, Temple University, Professor o f Studio
A rt. Swarthmore College.
Janina Milaaf,
B.A ., Wesleyan University;
M .A ., Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania,
Assistant Professor o f A rt History.
Swarthmore College.
Lynna A . Mattar, B .S. and B .A ., Swarthmore
College; S.M . and Sc.D ., Massachusetts
Institute o f Technology, Associate Professor of
Engineering. Swarthmore College.
Robin B. Moore,' B.A . and M .A ., University
o f California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D.,
University o f Texas at Austin, Visiting
Assistant Professor o f Music (part-time).
Swarthmore College.
Vam B. Moraan,
B .A ., Princeton University;
M .A . and Ph.D., Harvard University, Visiting
Associate Professor o f Religion (part-time).
Swarthmore College.
382
Braulio Muhoz,’ B .A .,
University of Rhode
Island; M .A . and Ph.D., University of
Pennsylvania, Professor of Sociology. 500
Harvard Avenue.
Rosaria V. Munson, Laurea in Lettere
Classiche, Università degli Studi, Milano;
Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania, Associate
Professor o f Classics. Swarthmore College.
Jeffrey S. Murer,
B.A . University of
Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of Illinois at
Chicago, Assistant Professor o f Political
Science. Swarthmore College.
Marjorie Murphy,3B .A ., Jersey City State
College; M .A ., San Jose State University;
Ph.D., University o f California, Davis,
Professor o f History. Swarthmore College.
Carol Nackenoff, A .B ., Sm ith College; M.A.
and Ph.D., University o f Chicago, Associate
Professor o f Political Science. 302 S. Chester
Road.
C. Remai Nance, B .A ., Swarthmore College;
M .A ., Tempie University, Associate in
Performance (D ance) and Director o f Upward
Bound. Swarthmore College.
Bonna Jo Napoli, B.A ., M .A ., and Ph.D.,
Harvard University, Professor of Linguistics.
226 Park Avenue.
Carole Netter, Maitrisse and DEA,
University o f Paris, Instructor in French (parttim e). Swarthmore College.
Tla Newhall, B.S.-SE D , M .S., Ph.D.,
University o f W isconsin-M adison, Assistant
Professor of Computer Science, #5 Crum
Ledge.
Don Norton,
B .A ., Gettysburg College; M .A .,
Rowan University, Coach/lnstructor in
Physical Education. Swarthmore College.
Steven I. Piker,
Hans F. Oberdiek,
Michael J . PiOVOSO, B.S., University of
Delaware, M .S.E.E., University o f Michigan,
Ph.D., University o f Delaware. Visiting
Associate Professor o f Engineering.
Swarthmore College.
B .S. and Ph.D.,
University of W isconsin, Henry C . and
Charlotte Turner Professor o f Philosophy. 410
Dickinson Avenue.
Diane O’Brien,
B.A . Amherst College; M .A .,
Ph.D. Princeton University. Visiting Assistant
Professor in Biology. Swarthmore College.
Stephen A. O’Connell, A .B ., Oberlin
College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Professor o f Economics. 509
Harvard Avenue.
Virginia Adams O’Connell,
B .A ., Haverford
College; M .A., University o f Pennsylvania,
Visiting Assistant Professor o f Sociology and
Anthropology. 509 Harvard Avenue.
Frederick L . Orthlieb, B .s . and M .S.,
Massachusetts Institute o f Technology; Ph.D.,
Camegie-Mellon University. Professor of
Engineering. T h e Isaiah V. Williamson Chair
of Civil and M echanical Engineering. 13
Green Valley Road, Wallingford, PA 19086.
Michelle Oosterbaan,
B.F.A., Washington
University; M.F.A., Indiana University,
Visiting Assistant Professor o f Studio Art.
Swarthmore College.
Elizabeth A. Ottinger,
B .A ., Franklin and
Marshall College; Ph.D., University of
Minnesota, Assistant Professor o f Chemistry.
Swarthmore College.
Robert S. Raley, B .S ., M cG ill University;
M.S. and Ph.D., University o f Michigan,
Associate Professor o f Chemistry. 404 Elm
Avenue.
Robert F. Pasternack,3B.A .
and Ph.D.,
Cornell University, Edmund A llen Professor
of Chemistry. 8 00 Avondale Road,
Wallingford, PA 19086.
Donna T. Perrone, B .S ., University of
Delaware, Laboratory Instructor in Chemistry.
1002 Beech Road, Wallingford, PA 19086.
James B. Peterson II,
B .A ., Duke
University; M .A ., N orth Carolina State,
Visiting Instructor of English Literature (parttime). Swarthmore College.
B.A ., Reed College; Ph.D.,
University o f Washington, Professor of
Anthropology. 125 Rutgers Avenue.
Elke Plaxton, B .A ., Brigham Young
University; M .A ., University of Colorado,
Instructor in German (part-time). 2022
Brandywine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
Colin Purrington,' B .A .,
Reed College;
Ph.D., Brown University, Assistant Professor
o f Biology. Swarthmore College.
Paul R. Rablen, B .A ., Haverford College;
M .A ., Columbia University; Ph.D., Yale
University, Associate Professor of Chemistry.
404 Elm Avenue.
Charles Raff,2B .A .,
University o f Rochester;
M .A . and Ph.D., Brown University, Professor
o f Philosophy. 214 Rutgers Avenue.
Eric Raimy,
B .A ., University of Toronto;
Ph.D., University o f Delaware, Visiting
Assistant Professor o f Linguistics and
Phonetics Laboratory Coordinator. 46 Julie
Lane, Newark, DE 19711.
Lubna Rana, B .S.
and Ph.D., University of
Maryland, Visiting Assistant Professor of
Physics. Swarthmore College.
Keith Reeves,3B .A .,
Swarthmore College;
Ph.D., University o f M ichigan, Associate
Professor of Political Science and Director,
C enter for Social and Policy Studies. 308 S.
Chester Road.
Patricia L . Reilly, B .A ., University of
California; M .A ., Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D.,
University o f California, Assistant Professor of
A rt History. Swarthmore College.
Michele Reimer, B .A ., Yale University;
M .S.W ., Sm ith College School for Social
Work; Ph.D., Temple University, Visiting
Assistant Professor o f Psychology (part-time).
50 Rosedale Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096.
Celia B. Reisman,
B.F.A., Cam egie-M ellon
University; M.F.A., Yale University, Assistant
Professor o f Studio A rt (part-time). 49
Merbrook Lane, Merion Station, PA 19066.
383
Faculty
K. Ann Renninger, B.A ., University of
Pennsylvania; M .A . and Ph.D., Bryn Mawr
College, Professor o f Education. 20 President
Avenue, Rutledge, PA 19070.
Bernard Saffran, B .A ., City College of New
York; Ph.D., University o f Minnesota,
Franklin and Betty Barr Professor o f
Economics. 201 G arrett Avenue.
Micheline Rice-Maximin, Licence and
Maitrise Universite de la Sorbonne, Paris-IV;
M .A ., University o f North Texas; Ph.D.,
University o f Texas-A ustin, Associate
Professor o f French. 525 Elm Avenue.
Bernoussi Saltani, Maîtrise de langue et de
littératures françaises, Faculté des lettres;
DEA (lettres modernes), Thèse de troisième
cycle, Université d’Aix-en-Provence;
Doctorat d’état, université de la Sorbonne
nouvelle, Paris III, Associate Professor of
French. Swarthmore College.
Gwyn Roberts, B.A ., Bryn Mawr College;
Performer’s Certificate, U trecht Conservatory,
Associate in Performance (Music).
Swarthmore College.
Julian Rodescu,6B.M .,
M .M ., T h e Juilliard
School, Visiting Professor o f Music (parttim e). 1420 Locust Street, A pt. 36-1,
Philadelphia, PA 19102.
Raquel Romberg, B.A . and M .A ., Tel Aviv
University; Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania,
Visiting Assistant Professor in Sociology and
Anthropology (part-time). 7946 Montgomery
Avenue, Elkins Park, PA 19027.
James Schlatter,3B .A ., University of
M innesota at Minneapolis; M .A ., Villanova
University; Ph.D., CUNY. Visiting Lecturer
in Theatre Studies (part-time).
Peter J . Schmidt, B .A ., Oberlin College;
M .A . and Ph.D., University o f Virginia,
Professor o f English Literature. 606 Elm
Avenue.
Allen M . Schneider,
B.S., Trinity College;
Ph.D., Indiana University, Eugene M . Lang
Research Professor o f Psychology. 608 Elm
Avenue.
Gilbert P. Rose, B.A . and Ph.D., University
o f California, Berkeley, Susan Lippincott
Professor o f M odem and Classical Languages.
551 M arietta Avenue.
Prudence G. Schran, B .S., University of
Maine; M .A ., W est Chester University,
Lecturer in Physics. Swarthmore College.
Ellen M . Ross, B .A ., Princeton University;
M .A . and Ph.D., University o f Chicago,
Associate Professor o f Religion. 604 Elm
Avenue.
Richard Schuldenfrei, b .a . and M .A .,
University o f Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University
o f Pittsburgh, Professor o f Philosophy. 19
W hite Pine Lane, Rose Valley, PA 19065.
Mary E . Roth, B .A ., Kenyon College; Ph.D.,
Massachusetts Institute o f Technology,
Lecturer in Chemistry and Director of
Introductory Laboratories. 119 Chapel Hill
Drive, Newark, DE 19711.
Barry Schwartz, B .A ., New York University;
M .A . and Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania,
Dorwin P. Cartwright Professor o f Social
Theory and Social A ction. 279 S . Fifth
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Alexander Rozin,
Debra Scurto-Davis,6B .M. Ed., Evangel
University; M .M . Baylor University; Sp. Deg.
University o f Michigan, Visiting Professor of
Music (part-time). 251 Congress Avenue,
Lansdowne, PA 19050.
B .A ., University o f
California, Berkeley: Ph.D., University o f
Pennsylvania, Visiting Assistant Professor of
Music (part-time).
Richard L . Rubin,3A .B ., Brown University;
M .A . and Ph.D., Columbia University,
Professor o f Political Science and Public
Policy (part-time). Swarthmore College.
Asima F.X . Saad Maura, B .A ., Universidad
Católica de Puerto R ico; M .A ., Universidad
de Puerto R ico; Ph.D., University of
Pennsylvania, Visiting Assistant Professor of
Spanish. Philadelphia, PA.
384
Dan Sears, B .S., Pennsylvania State
University, Coach/lnstructor in Physical
Education. Swarthmore College.
Paula Sepinuck,6B •A., Bennington College;
M .A ., Villanova University, Adjunct
Associate in Performance (Dance).
Swarthmore College.
Helene Shapiro,
B.A ., Kenyon College;
Ph.D., California Institute o f Technology,
Professor of Mathematics. Swarthmore
College.
Lisa Smulyan,3B .A ., Swarthmore College;
M .A .T., Brown University; Ed.D., Harvard
Graduate School o f Education, Professor of
Education. 35 0 Vassar Avenue.
Kenneth E . Sharpe,3B .A ., Dartmouth
College; M .S., London School of Economics
and Political Science; Ph.D., Yale University,
Professor o f Political Science. 521 Elm
Avenue.
Matthew Sommer,’ B .A ., Swarthmore
College; M .A . and Ph.D., University of
California, Los Angeles, Visiting Associate
Professor o f History. Swathmore College.
Caroline Sherman,
Kirsten E . Speidel, B .A ., Oberlin College;
M .A ., Johns Hopkins University, Instructor of
Chinese (part-time). Swarthmore College.
Jon Sherman,
Michael Speirs, B.A. and M .A ., University
o f Pennsylvania, Visiting Instructor in
Sociology and Anthropology. 545 Strath
Haven Avenue.
B.A ., College of
Wooster, M .A ., University o f Pennsylvania,
Supervisor o f Student Teachers, 620 West
Wayne Avenue, Wayne, PA 19087.
B.A ., Temple University,
Associate in Performance (Dance).
Swarthmore College.
Adrienne Shibles,
B .A ., Bates College; M .S.,
Smith College, Assistant Professor o f Physical
Education. Swarthmore College.
Don ShimamOtO,3B .S.,
Stanford University;
M.A. and Ph.D., Brandeis University,
Associate Professor o f Mathematics.
Swarthmore College.
Wesley Shumar,
B .A ., University of
Pennsylvania; M .A ., New York University;
Ph.D., Temple University, Visiting Assistant
Professor o f Education. 577 W est Orange
Street, Media, PA 19063.
Faruq M .A . Siddiqui, B .S., Bangladesh
University o f Engineering and Technology;
M.S. and Ph.D., University o f Pittsburgh,
Professor o f Engineering. 6 36 Yale Avenue.
Slinka Simon,
M .A ., Universitadt Hamburg;
Ph.D., T he Johns Hopkins University,
Assistant Professor o f German. Swarthmore
College.
Kathleen K. Siwicki,
B.S., Brown
University; M. Phil., Cambridge University;
Ph.D., Harvard University, Associate
Professor o f Biology. 15 W hite Pine Lane,
Media, PA 19063.
Robert J . Sklenar,
B .A ., University of
Michigan; M .A ., Princeton University; J.D.
and Ph.D., University of M ichigan, Visiting
Assistant Professor of Classics. Swarthmore
College.
Leah Stein,6B .A .,
Wesleyan University,
Associate in Performance (Dance).
Swarthmore College.
Thomas A . Stephenson,
B .S., Furman
University; Ph.D., T h e University o f Chicago,
Professor of Chemistry. 737 Harvard Avenue.
Richard Stone, B.F.A., SU N Y Purchase,
Associate in Performance (Music).
Swarthmore College.
Andrea L . Stout,
B .A ., Lawrence University;
Ph.D., University o f Michigan, Assistant
Professor of Physics. Swarthmore College.
Donald K. Swearer,2B .A ., M .A ., and Ph.D.,
Princeton University; B.D. and S.T.M ., Yale
Divinity School, Charles and Harriett Cox
McDowell Professor of Religion. 109
Columbia Avenue.
Kari Swingle,
B.A . and M .A ., University of
Minnesota, Instructor in Linguistics. 1511A
Wallingford Road, Springfield, PA 19064.
Janet C. Talvacchia, M .A .,
Bryn Mawr
College; Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania,
Associate Professor of Mathematics.
Swarthmore College.
Robert Templeton,6A .B ., Loyola College,
M .A ., Villanova University, Ph.D., University
of Pennsylvania, Visiting Instructor of
Education (part-time). 13 W est Jefferson
Street, Media, PA 19063.
Eva F. Travers, B .A ., C onnecticut College;
M .A . and Ed.D., Harvard University,
Professor o f Education. 416 Park Avenue.
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Faculty
William N. Turpin,2M .A ., University o f St.
Andrew H. Ward, A .B .,
Andrews; M. A ., University o f Toronto; Ph.D.,
Cambridge University, Professor o f Classics. 7
Sylvan Avenue, Rutledge, PA 19070.
Harvard University;
Ph.D., Stanford University, Assistant
Professor of Psychology. 801 Yale Avenue
#704.
Katherine E . Ulrich,8B.A ., University of
California at Berkeley; Ph.D., University of
Chicago, T h e Divinity School, Visiting
Assistant Professor.
Robert E . Weinberg,3B .S., Cornell
University; M .A ., Indiana University; Ph.D.,
University of California, Berkeley, Associate
Professor of History. 940 Harvard Avenue.
Beatriz Urraca, Licenciatura, Universidad
Complutense; M .A ., University of Michigan;
Ph.D., University o f Michigan, Visiting
Assistant Professor of English (part-time).
Swarthmore College.
Philip M . Weinstein, A .B ., Princeton
University; A.M . and Ph.D., Harvard
University, Alexander Griswold Cummins
Professor o f English Literature. 510 Ogden
Avenue.
Richard Valelly,
B .A ., Swarthmore College;
Ph.D., Harvard University, Professor of
Political Science. Swarthmore College.
Stephen Welsh,
Thomas Valente, B .S.,
Hansjakob Werlen, M .A ., University of
Notre Dame; Ph.D., Stanford University,
Associate Professor of German. 515 Elm
Avenue.
Montana State
University, Laboratory Instructor in Biology.
Swarthmore College.
Elizabeth A . Vallen, B .A ., Case Western
Reserve University; Ph.D., Princeton
University, Assistant Professor o f Biology.
Swarthmore College.
Patricia Vargas, M .A ., Inca Garcilaso de la
Vega University, Lima, Peru, Instructor in
Spanish (part-time). Swarthmore College.
Judith G. Voet,
B .S., A ntioch College;
Ph.D., Brandeis University, James H.
Hammons Professor of Chemistry. 9
Tanglewood Circle, Wallingford, PA 19086.
Amy Cheng Vollmer,
B.A ., William Marsh
R ice University; Ph.D., University o f Illinois,
Associate Professor o f Biology. Swarthmore
College.
Robin E . Wagner-Pacifici, B .A ., Brown
University; M .A . and Ph.D., University of
Pennsylvania, Professor o f Sociology. 330
North Princeton Avenue.
Mark I. Wallace, B .A ., University of
California at Santa Barbara; M. Div.,
Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D.,
University of Chicago, Associate Professor of
Religion. 604 Elm Avenue.
Rachel Heath Wallace, B.A . Skidmore
College, M .Sci. O hio State University,
Laboratory Instructor in Biology. Swarthmore
College.
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B .A ., Swarthmore College;
M.F.A., Temple University, Associate in
Performance (D ance). Swarthmore College.
Larry E . Westphal,
B .A ., Occidental
College; Ph.D., Harvard University, J. Archer
and Helen C . Turner Professor of Economics.
Swarthmore College.
Patricia White,3B .A .,
Yale University;
Ph.D., University o f California, Santa Cruz,
Associate Professor o f English Literature and
Film Studies. Swarthmore College.
lyrene White,
B .A ., Middle Tennessee State
University; M .A ., Ph.D., O hio State
University, Associate Professor o f Political
Science. 4 W hittier Place.
Thomas Whitman, B .A ., Swarthmore
College; Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania,
Assistant Professor o f Music. Swarthmore
College.
Brenda L . Wido, B .S., Elizabethtown
College; M .C .C ., Hahnemann University,
Laboratory Instructor in Chemistry. 705 Erlen
Road, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462.
Robert E . Williams, B.S., Delaware State
College; M .S., Rutgers University, Marian
Snyder Ware Professor of Physical Education
and A thletics. 507 O ak Crest Lane,
Wallingford, PA 19086.
Timothy C. Williams,
B.A ., Swarthmore
College; A .M ., Harvard University; Ph.D.,
Rockefeller University, Professor of Biology.
314 Rutgers Avenue.
Craig Williamson,
B .A ., Stanford
University; M .A ., Harvard University; Ph.D.,
University of Pennsylvania, Professor of
English Literature. 602 Elm Avenue.
Sarah Willie,3B .A .,
Haverford College;
M.A. and Ph.D., Northwestern University,
Associate Professor of Sociology. Swarthmore
College.
Lee Wimberly, B.A . Stanford University;
J.D., University o f California at Berkeley,
Associate Professor o f Physical Education.
Swarthmore College.
James S. Wiseman,
S.B ., Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; M .S. and Ph.D.,
Northwestern University, Visiting Assistant
Professor of Mathematics. Swarthmore
College.
Wlodzimierz Wojcik,
M .Sc. and Ph.D.,
Technical University of Cracow. Visiting
Professor o f Engineering and Environmental
Studies. Swarthmore College.
Sujane Wu,
B .A ., Soochow University,
Taipei, Taiwan; M .A . and Ph.D., University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Assistant Professor of
Chinese. Swarthmore College.
Carina Yervasi,13B .A .,
Hofstra University;
Ph.D., the City University of New York,
Assistant Professor of French. Swarthmore
College.
Faculty
Divisions and Departments
t DIVISION OF THE HUMANITIES
M ichael Cothren, Chair
Mathematics and Statistics
Charles M. Grinstead, Chair
Philosophy
Tamsin Lorraine, A cting Chair
Art
Physics and Astronomy
Brian A . Meunier, Chair
Amy L.R. Bug, Chair
Asian Studies (Program)
Psychology
A lan Berkowitz, Chair
Deborah G . Kemler Nelson, Chair
Classics
Rosaria Munson, A cting Chair
English Literature
Charles L. James, Chair
History
III.
D IV ISIO N O F T H E SO C IA L
SC IEN C E S
Robin Wagner-Pacifici, Chair
Pieter M . Judson, Chair
Economics
Mathematics and Statistics
Mark Kuperberg, Chair
Charles M . Grinstead, Chair
Education (Program)
Modern Languages and Literatures
Eva F. Travers, Program Director
Hansjakob W erlen, Chair
Engineering
Music and Dance
Faruq M .A . Siddiqui, Chair
Jo h n Alston, Chair (fall 2001)
M ichael Marissen, Chair (spring 2002)
History
Philosophy
Linguistics (Program)
Tamsin Lorraine, A cting Chair
Donna Jo Napoli, Program Director
Pieter M. Judson, Chair
Psychology
Mathematics and Statistics
Deborah G . Kemler Nelson, Chair
Charles M. Grinstead, Chair
Religion
Philosophy
J. W illiam Frost, Chair (fall 2001)
Yvonne B. Chireau, Chair (spring 2002)
Tamsin Lorraine, A cting Chair
Political Science
Carol Nackenoff, Chair
Psychology
II.
D IV ISIO N O F T H E N A TU RA L
SC IEN C E S A N D EN G IN EERIN G
Charles Kelemen, Chair
Biology
Jo h n B. Jenkins, Chair
Deborah G . Kemler Nelson, Chair
Sociology and Anthropology
Miguel Diaz-Barriga, A cting Chair
Braulio Muñoz,3 Chair
Chemistry
Robert S . Paley, Chair
Computer Science (Program)
Charles Kelemen, Program Director
Engineering
Faruq M .A . Siddiqui, Chair
Linguistics (Program)
Donna Jo Napoli, Program Director
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Rose Maio, Administrative Coordinator for
the Divisions o f Humanities, Social Sciences,
and Natural Sciences and Engineering
Standing Committees
of the Faculty
Academic Requirements
Advisory Council to the Dean o f Admissions
Advisory Council to Physical Education and
Athletics
Council on Educational Policy
Committee on Faculty Procedures
Computing Services
Special Assignments
Search Committee for the Dean of
Multicultural Affairs
Land Use Planning Committee
Committees of the Board
Property
Social Responsibility
Student Life
Cooper
Curriculum Committee
Fellowships and Prizes
Foreign Study
Health Sciences Advisory
Intellectual Property Task Force
Library
Promotion and Tenure
Research Ethics
Science Planning
Women’s Concerns
Programs and
Concentrations
Asian Studies
Black Studies
Cognitive Science
Comparative Literature
Environmental Studies
Film Studies
Francophone Studies
German Studies
Special Appointments
Athletics Review Committee
Writing Program Task Force
Interpretation Theory
Latin American Studies
Medieval Studies
Peace and C onflict Studies
Other Committees With
Faculty Representation
Public Policy
Teacher Education
W om en’s Studies
Advisory Council to the Dean
Advisory Council to the V ice President for
Facilities and Services
Ad Hoc Committee on A D A Planning
Animal Use and Care Committee
College Budget Committee
College Judiciary Committee
Community Services Advisory Board
Cultural Diversity
Equal Opportunity Advisory Committee
Faculty and Staff Benefits
Honorary Degrees
Lang Scholarship
Sager
Swarthmore Foundation
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Administration
Alfred H. Bloom, B .A ., Princeton
University; Ph.D., Harvard University,
President and Professor of Psychology and
Linguistics.
Constance Cain Hungerford,
B .A .,
Wellesley College; M .A ., Ph.D., University of
California, Berkeley, Provost and Mari S.
M ichener Professor o f A rt History
Paul J . Aslanian,
B .A ., M .B.A ., University
of Washington; C.P.A., V ice President for
Finance and Planning.
Stew ardship
Susan H. Levin,
B .A ., W heaton College;
M .A ., University o f Pennsylvania, Director of
Donor Relations.
Carole Roinestad,
B.A . Queens College,
Assistant Director.
Tarsia Duff, Rose Martin, Administrative
Assistants.
Anita Pace,
Administrative Assistant.
James L . Bock III,
B .A ., Swarthmore
College; M.Ed., University of Virginia, Dean
of Admissions and Financial Aid.
Maurice G. Eldridge, B .A ., Swarthmore
College; M.Ed., University of Massachusetts,
V ice President for College and Community
Relations and Executive Assistant to the
President.
Robert J . GrOSS,
B .A ., Swarthmore College;
M .S.S., Bryn Mawr College Graduate School
o f Social Work; M .A .T. and Ed.D., Harvard
University, Dean of the College.
Lawrence M . Schall,
B .A ., Swarthmore
College; J.D ., University o f Pennsylvania,
V ice President for Facilities and Services.
Ban C. West, B .A ., Austin College; B.D.,
U nion Theological Seminary in Virginia;
D.Div., Vanderbilt University; Ed.D., Harvard
University, V ice President for Alumni
Development and Public Relations.
PROVOST’S OFFICE
Constance Cain Hungerford,
B.A .,
Wellesley College; M .A ., Ph.D., University of
California, Berkeley, Provost and Mari S.
M ichener Professor o f A rt History.
Craig Williamson, B .A ., Stanford
University; M -A., Harvard University; Ph.D.,
University o f Pennsylvania, Associate Provost
and Professor of English Literature.
Stephen B. Maurer,
B .A ., Swarthmore
College; M .A . and Ph.D., Princeton
University, Professor o f Mathematics and
Associate Provost for Information
Technology.
Marcia C. Brown, B .A ., Villanova
University; M.Ed., University of
Pennsylvania, Executive Assistant to the
Provost and Faculty Grants Administrator.
Cathy Pescatore, Administrative
Coordinator.
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
Joanne Kimpel,
Administrative Coordinator
Alfred H. Bloom, B .A .,
Princeton
University; Ph.D., Harvard University,
President and Professor o f Psychology and
Linguistics.
Maurice G. Eldridge,
B .A ., Swarthmore
College; M.Ed., University o f Massachusetts,
V ice President for College and Community
Relations and Executive Assistant to the
President.
Laura Moreno, Social Coordinator.
Laura K. Warren, Executive Coordinator.
Donna G. Ruane, Administrative Assistant.
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DEAN’S OFFICE
Robert J . Gross,
B .A ., Swarthmore College;
M .S.S., Bryn Mawr College Graduate School
of Social Work; M .A .T., Ed.D., Harvard
University, Dean o f the College.
Joy Charlton,
B .A ., University o f Virginia;
M .A . and Ph.D., Northwestern University,
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
Gilmore Stott,
B .A . and M .A ., University of
Cincinnati; B .A . and M .A ., University of
Oxford; M .A . and Ph.D., Princeton
University, Associate Provost Emeritus and
Associate Dean o f the College.
Bernadette Dunning, Sheila Y. Gonzales,
Barbara Hirshfeld, A .B., Cornell University;
Ruthanne Krauss, Devonia “ Bonnie”
Lytle, Joanna K. Nealon, A .B ., immaculata
College; Diane E . Watson, Administrative
Tedd R. GOUndie,
Assistants.
B .S., Muhlenberg College;
M.S., Bowling G reen State University,
Associate Dean o f the College for Student
Life.
Meghna Bhagat,
B.A ., Drew University,
Acting Director o f the Intercultural Center.
Timothy E . Sams,
B .A ., U nion College;
M.A., SU N Y at Albany, Assistant Dean of
the College and Director of the Black
Cultural Center.
Gloria Carey Evans,
B.A ., Western
Washington College of Education; M .S.,
University o f Washington; Ph.D., Stanford
University, Consultant for Testing and
Guidance and Adviser to Foreign Students.
Myrt Westphal, A .B., O ccidental College;
Ed.M., Boston University, Assistant Dean of
the College and Director of Residential Life
and Coordinator for Services for Students
with Disabilities, Lang Scholarship Adviser.
Karen M . Henry,
B .A ., Swarthmore College;
M.S.S., Bryn Mawr College Graduate School
of Social Work; Ph.D., Temple University,
Assistant Dean o f the College and Gender
Education Adviser.
Angela “ Gigi” Simeone,
A .B., Wellesley
College; Ed.M., Boston University; Ph.D.,
University of Pennsylvania, Health Science
Adviser.
ADMISSIONS OFFICE
James L . Bock III,
B .A ., Swarthmore
College; M.Ed., University o f Virginia, Dean
o f Admissions and Financial Aid.
Sheila L . Baisden,
B .A ., Lafayette College,
Associate Dean o f Admissions.
Kennon L . Dick, B .A ., College of W illiam
and Mary; M .A ., Drexel University, Associate
Dean of Admissions.
Tracy Collins Matthews,
B .A ., Swarthmore
College; M .A ., Syracuse University, Associate
Dean o f Admissions.
Susan K. Untereker, B .A .,
Sm ith College;
M .A ., Columbia Teachers College, Associate
Dean of Admissions.
Manuel Carballo, B .A ., Swarthmore
College; Ed.M., Harvard University, Assistant
Dean o f Admissions.
Elizabeth E . Geiger,
B.A ., Swarthmore
College, Assistant Dean of Admissions.
Alexis Kingham,
B .S., Mary Washington
College, Admissions Counselor.
Samuel Prouty,
B.A ., Swarthmore College,
Admissions Counselor.
Jenny H. Yim,
Wallace Ann Ayres,
Patricia James,
Margaret T. Kingham, B.A ., Mary
Washington College, Admissions Officer.
B .A ., Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, M .A ., Ball
State University, Coordinator of Student
Activities.
B .A ., Colorado College;
M.Ed., Temple University, Director of
Community Service Learning.
Ida Leader Miller, B .A ., Princeton
University, Academic Support Coordinator.
Patricia A . Coyne, Administrative
Coordinator.
B .A ., Swarthmore
College; Ed.M., Harvard University,
Admissions Officer.
Deborah L . Thompson, B.S., Kutztown
University, Admissions Information
Specialist.
Maureen Plummer, Office Manager.
Yvetta Moat, Administrative Coordinator.
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Administration
Bernadette Carroll, Catherine Custer,
B .S., Lockhaven University; Maureen
McKeon, Dianna Mullen, B.S., Millersville
University; M .A ., W est Chester University;
Susan Wallace, Administrative Assistants.
Arlene K. Mooshian, B .S., W est Chester
University; Jeanette Richardson, B.S.,
Drexel University, Receptionists.
P lanned Qiving
Edward H. Mills J r ., B.A ., University of
Virginia; J.D ., Harvard Law School; Director
of Planned Giving.
Stephen D. Dayer, B .A ,Tufts University;
J.D ., Emory University School o f Law;
Associate Director o f Planned Giving.
C a p ita l Q iving
Anne Bonner,
ALUMNI, DEVELOPMENT,
AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
Dan C. West,
B .A ., Austin College; B.D.,
U nion Theological Seminary in Virginia;
D.Div., Vanderbilt University; Ed.D., Harvard
University, V ice President for Alumni,
Development, and Public Relations.
Alma E . Stewart, Administrative
Coordinator.
Connie Baxter,
Administrative Coordinator.
D evelopm ent
John M . Malcolm,
B .A ., cum laude,
Williams College, Director of Development.
Joan Berry, A .S ., W idener University,
Administrative Assistant.
A nnual Q iving
Patricia A . Laws, B .A ., Lehigh University,
Director o f Annual Giving.
B .A ., University o f Wyoming;
M .A ., University o f Washington, Associate
Director.
Catherine Parker Brown, B .A ., Emory
University, Director o f Parent and Family
Programs/Associate Director o f M ajor Gifts.
Douglas B. Hasbrouck, B .A , Hampshire
College, Associate Director.
Debra Kardon-Drown, B .S , Penn State
University, Kathy Marshall, B .A , Goucher
College, Administrative Assistants.
N ew s and Inform ation
Tom Krattenmaker, b .a . University of
Minnesota, Director o f News and
Information.
Barbara Gifford, Administrative Assistant.
Marsha Nishi Mullan, B .A , Washington
State University, Associate Director o f News
and Information.
A . Christine Baxter,
Mark Duzenski, B .S , Trenton State
University, Sports Information Director.
Mary Beth Mills,
Alisa Giardinelli, B .A , Pennsylvania State
University, W riter (shared with Publications).
B .S., Gettysburg
College, Assistant Director of Annual Giving.
Assistant Director of
Annual Giving.
Jennifer Sabatini,
B .A ., Gettysburg College,
Assistant Director of Annual Giving.
Eileen Pothier, Administrative Assistant.
Foundation and Corporate Relations
Ellen Wylie, B.A ., Colgate University; M .A .,
Temple University, Director o f Corporate,
Foundation, and Governm ent Relations.
Diane D. Modes, B.A ., Swarthmore College;
J.D ., Widener University School o f Law,
G rant Associate.
Steven Lin,
B .A , University o f Maryland,
World Wide Web Editor/Intemet
Coordinator.
A dvancem ent O perations
Diane C. Crompton, B .S , Rosemont
College, Director o f Advancement
Operations.
Anita Pace, Administrative Assistant.
A lum ni and G ift Inform ation Systems
Ruth Krakower, B .F.A , University of
Hartford, Hartford School o f A rt, Director of
Alumni and G ift Records.
Jacqueline West, Alumni Information
Specialist.
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AliSOn Tenny, B .A ., University of California
at Santa Cruz, Records Recorder.
Ann E . M c L a u g h lin , B.F.A., Tyler School of
Art, Temple University, Administrative
Assistant.
R esearch
Kay Draper, B.S.Ed., Northwestern
University; J.D ., University of Illinois,
Director o f Prospect Research.
Linda M c C iO S k e y, B .A ., Widener University,
Research Associate/Writer.
Florence Ann Roberts, B.A . Gettysburg
College; M .S., University o f Pennsylvania,
Research Associate/Writer.
Carol Brevart-Demm,
B .A ., University
College, London, Assistant Director of
Publications and Class Notes Editor of the
Sw arthm ore C ollege Bulletin.
Cathleen McCarthy,
B .A ., University of
Maryland, Staff Writer and Collection Editor
o f the Sw arthm ore C ollege Bulletin.
Audree Penner,
B .A ., University of
Missouri-Columbia, Desktop Design
Specialist.
Phillip Stern, B .A ., Swarthmore College;
M.F.A., University of Pennsylvania,
Production Coordinator.
Janice Merrill-Rossi,
Administrative
Assistant.
Kay W atS O n, A .A .A ., Penn State University,
Administrative Assistant.
A dvancem ent Inform ation Systems
M im i G eiSS , Manager o f Advancement
Information Systems.
Barbara Mann, B .S., W est Chester
University, Programmer/Analyst.
Alum ni Relations
Kathleen K. Grace, B .S., Elizabethtown
College; M .B.A ., Philadelphia University,
Director.
Steve Levin,
B .A ., Temple University, Book
Manager.
Lisa Lee,
B .A ., Swarthmore College; M.Ed.,
Boston University, Director o f Alumni
Relations.
Astrid Devaney, Associate
BDDKSTORE
Director of
Linda Bnrdley, Office Coordinator.
Charles Stasiunas, Bookstore Assistant.
Tom Ermel, Bookstore Assistant.
Alumni Relations.
Patricia Maloney,
B .A ., T h e Pennsylvania
State University, Assistant Director of
Alumni Relations.
Geoff Semenuk,
B.A ., University of
Delaware, Production Coordinator.
Millie Dappollone, A .A .S., Community
College o f Philadelphia, Administrative
Assistant.
Publications
Jeffrey B. Lott,
B .A ., Middlebury College;
M.A.T., Rhode Island School of Design,
Director of Publications and Editor o f the
Swarthmore C ollege Bulletin.
Andrea K. Hammer,
B .A ., Franklin and
Marshall College, Associate Director of
Publications and Managing Editor of the
Swarthmore C ollege Bulletin.
CAREER SERVICES
H. Thomas Francis, B .A ., Kalamazoo
College; M .A ., Western Michigan University,
Director.
Jennifer Barrington,
B .A ., Gettysburg
College; M.Ed., University of Delaware,
Assistant Director.
Amy L . Pszczolkowski,
B .A ., Allegheny
College; M .S., Miami University of Ohio,
Assistant Director.
Patricia E . Winder, A .B ., Oxford College of
Technology, Recruitment Manager.
Leslie M . Brubaker, B .A ., Cedar Crest
College; Jaime M . Trapp, Administrative
Assistants.
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Administration
CENTER FOR SOCIAL AND POLICY STUDIES
Keith W. Reeves, R .A ., Swarthmore
College, Ph.D., University o f Michigan,
Director.
Christopher E . Couples, B.A . and M .A .,
Virginia Tech, Associate Director for
Technology.
Marie Me Rride, Student Accounts
Assistant.
O ffice Services
Cheryl Robinson, A .A .S., Delaware County
Community College, Manager.
Marie Kirlin, Joann M . Massary,
Administrative Assistants.
Gudmund R. Iversen,
M .A ., University of
Michigan; Ph.D., Harvard University,
Director Emeritus and Statistical Consultant.
Tere 0. Jackson,
DINING SERVICES
B .A ., University of
California at Berkeley; Ph.D., University of
Michigan, Program Consultant.
Linda McDougall,
Cathy Wareham, A .S ., Wesley College,
Administrative Assistant.
Laurie Dibeler, B .A ., Pennsylvania State
University, Catering Manager.
Student Research Assistants:
Janet A . Kassab, Director of Purchasing.
Lisa Scolaro, Culinary Institute, Catering
A llan
Friedman ’02, Danielle Harris ’02, Tanea
Harris ’02, Erica Kaufman ’03, C olin Moore
’02, Liane R ice ’03, and Payal Shah ’03.
CONTROLLER’S OFFICE
B .A ., Temple University,
Director o f Dining Services.
Chef.
Marie Dalton, Cash Operations Manager.
Therese Hopson, Front-of-House Manager.
Scott Tutton, B.A ., Johnson & Wales, Backof-House Manager.
A ccounting
Lynn Grady,
Administrative Assistant.
Robert Lopresti,
B .S., Rutgers, C.P.A.,
Manager o f Financial Information Systems.
Christina Mahoney, Controller, B .S., Penn
State University, C.P.A., M .B.A . Drexel
University.
Joseph Cataldi,
Assistant Controller, B.S.,
LaSalle University; M .B .A ., LaSalle
University.
Denise A . Risoli, Restricted Funds
Accountant, B .S. LaSalle University.
B u sin ess O ffice
Nancy E . Sheppard,
Manager, Business
Office Operations.
Jean English, Administrative Assistant.
Catherine Cinquina, Purchasing
Coordinator.
Catherine Wilson,
Accounts Payable Clerk.
B u rsa r
Linda Weindel,
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Student Accounts Manager.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OFFICE
Sharmaine R. LaMar,
B.S., Sain t Joseph’s
University; J.D ., University o f Richmond,
Equal Opportunity Officer.
FACILITIES AND SERVICES
Lawrence M . Schall, B.A ., Swarthmore
College; J.D ., University of Pennsylvania,
Vice President for Facilities and Services.
Karen Mazza,
Auxiliary Services Assistant.
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
Woodford Frazier, Facilities Information
Manager.
C. Stuart Hain,
B.A ., Roanoke College,
Director o f Facilities Management.
Susan Sayer,
B . s . Cornell University,
Planner/Project Manager
Claire Ennis, Facilities Management
Coordinator.
Alice Balbierer, Director o f Special Projects.
Paula Dale, B .A ., W ake Forest University;
M .A ., University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, Facilities Coordinator and Director of
Summer Programs.
Steve Borger, Crew Leader, Support Services
Crew.
M aintenance
Ralph P. Thayer, Director o f Maintenance.
Bill Maguire, Foreman, Maintenance/Trades.
Gary Morrissey, Painter Foreman/Work
FINANCE AND PLANNING
Paul J . Aslanian, B.A ., M .B.A ., University
o f Washington; C.P. A ., Vice President for
Finance and Planning.
Robin H. Shores, B .A ., M .A ., Ph.D.,
University o f Delaware, Director of
Institutional Research.
Elaine Rullo, Administrative Coordinator.
FINANCIAL AID OFFICE
Coordinator, Faculty Housing.
Environm ental Services
Patricia Fitzgerald, Supervisor.
Judy Majors, Supervisor.
Alvin Miser, Supervisor.
Patti Shields, Supervisor.
Q rounds
Jeff Jabco,
B .S., Penn State; M .S., North
Carolina State University, Director of
Grounds/Coordinator of Horticulture.
Paul Eriksen, B .S., University o f Delaware,
Garden Supervisor.
Laura Talbot,
B .A ., W heaton College,
Director of Financial Aid.
Judith A . Strauser,
B .S.B .A ., G annon
University, Associate Director of Financial
Aid.
Robyn Rarto, B .A ., Sweet Briar College;
M .A ., Indiana University, Assistant Director.
Joanne Barracliff, Loan Coordinator.
Sydney Pasternack, B .A ., s u n y Cortland,
Grants Coordinator.
Lisa GOUndie, B .A ., Muhlenberg College,
Administrative Assistant.
Chuck Hinkle, B .S., Temple University,
Garden Supervisor.
Jim McKenna, M otor Pool Foreman.
Greg Paige, A .A ., Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, Volunteer and
Integrated Pest Management Coordinator/
Gardener III.
Planning and C on stru ction
FOREIGN STUDY OFFICE
Steven I. Piker,
B .A ., Reed College; Ph.D.,
University o f Washington, Professor of
Anthropology, Foreign Study Adviser.
Rosa M . Bernard,
B .S., Pace University,
Foreign Study Coordinator.
Janet M . Semler,
B.S., Penn State
University, M .S., Drexel University, Director
of Planning and Construction.
Michael Boyd, Senior Project Manager.
Tom Cochrane, Senior Project Manager for
Engineering Systems.
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Administration
HEALTH SCIENCES ADVISORY PROGRAM
Gigi Simeone,
A .B ., Wellesley College;
Ed.M., Boston University; Ph.D., University
of Pennsylvania, H ealth Sciences Adviser.
Barbara Hirshfeld, A .B ., Cornell University,
Administrative Assistant.
Rima Hlmelstein, M .D .; B .S., University of
Pennsylvania; Adolescent Medicine;
Consultant.
Charles 0. Hummer III, M .D .; B .A ., M .A .,
Amherst College; M .D ., Jefferson Medical
College; Fellowship, T h e Christ Hospital,
University o f Cincinnati; Consultant,
Orthopedic Medicine.
Arthur Laver, M .D.;
HEALTH SERVICES
B .A ., Swarthmore
College; M .D ., Hahnemann University,
Consultant, Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Linda Echols,
Vinisha J . Patel,
R .N ., CRN P; Diploma,
Hospital of the University o f Pennsylvania;
B .S.N ., M .S.N ., Ph.D., University of
Pennsylvania; M .B .A ., W harton School; NP
Certificate, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Director
o f W orth H ealth Center.
Donna Bartenbach, R.N .; A .S ., Delaware
County Community College, Nurse.
Geraldine Cole, R.N ., C.R.N.P.; A .S.,
Delaware County Community College;
B .S.N ., M .S.N ., and F.N.P. Certificate,
W idener University, Nurse and Nurse
Practitioner.
Constance C. Jones,
R .N .C .; Diploma,
Hospital o f the University o f Pennsylvania,
Nurse.
Ethel Kaminski, R .N .; A .S ., Mt. Aloysius
Junior College; B .S.N ., Gwynedd Mercy
College; M .S.N ., University o f Pennsylvania.
Barbara Krohmer, R.N .; A .S .,
Delaware
M.D.; B .S., U nion
College; M .D ., Albany Medical College,
Consultant, Internal Medicine.
Kim Paterson, M .D.; B .S., Cornell
University; M .D ., Temple Medical School,
Consultant, Internal Medicine.
Barry Rinker, M.D.; B.S., Muhlenberg
College, M .S., University o f Michigan, M.D.,
Jefferson Medical College, Consultant,
Internal Medicine.
Paul S. Zamostien, M.D.; B .S., Ursinus
College; M.D., Jefferson M edical College,
Consultant, Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Alan Zweben,
M.D.; B .S., SU N Y, Stoney
Brook; M .D ., New York Medical College,
Consultant, Internal Medicine.
Bonnie Ermel, Nursing Assistant.
Carolyn D. Evans, A .A ., Neumann College,
Administrative Assistant.
County Community College.
Anne Yost Nichols,
M .S.N ., C.R.N.P.;
B .S.N ., Gwynedd Mercy College, M .S.N .,
W idener Univeristy, Certified Nurse Nurse
Practitioner.
Mari Clements, R .D .; B .S., Immaculata
College; M.H.Ed., St. Joseph’s University,
Nutrition C linical Specialist.
Andrea Sconler LaBoo,
B .A ., Swarthmore
College; M .A ., Pennsylvania State University,
H IV Test Counselor.
James E . Clark, M .D .; B .A ., W est Virginia
University; M .D ., Jefferson Medical College,
Director of Medical Education, Crozer
Chester Medical Center, Consultant.
HUMAN RESOURCES
Melanie Young, B .A ., Michigan State
University; M .C ., Arizona State University,
Associate Vice President, Human Resources.
Lee Robinson, B.A ., Rhode Island College,
Associate Director, Employee Relations.
Joan K . Krehnbrink,
B .A ., Pennsylvania
State University, Associate Director,
Recruitment.
Mildred L . Connell, Human Resources
Administrator.
Theresa Handley,
Coordinator.
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Administrative
Carole Forsythe,
Senior Human Resources
Assistant.
Sara Hoffman, Human Resources Assistant.
Donald Osborne, A .A ., Gloucester County
College, Telecommunications Services
Coordinator.
Tom Palm,
B .S., Drexel University, User
Services Coordinator.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Adam Preset, B .A ., Swarthmore College,
U N IX System Manager.
Judy R. Downing, Director o f Computing
Michael W. Rapp,
and Communication Services.
Technician.
Doug Willen, B .A ., Princeton University;
Ph.D., University of California, Academic
Computing Coordinator.
David Robinson, B.B.M ., Widener
University, Computer Operator.
Eric Behrens,
B .A ., Swarthmore College,
Humanities Computing Coordinator and
Manager, Academic Computing.
Katie BoumO,
B .A ., Lock Haven University;
M .S., Drexel University, Banner Application
Support Analyst.
Lisa Brunner-Bireley, A .A .S.,
R. Glenn Stauffer,
B.B.A ., Temple
University, Database Manager.
D on a ld TedeSCO , B .A ., Rutgers University,
Systems Analyst.
Robert Velez, B .S., Liberty University,
Network Administrator.
Delaware
County Community College,
Purchasing/Accounting.
Mark J . DumiC, B .A ., M .B.A ., University of
Rochester, Manager o f Networking and
Systems.
Heather Dumigan,
Hardware Support
User Services
Coordinator.
Seth Frisbie-Fulton, B .A ., A ntioch College,
User Services Coordinator.
Mary K. Hasbrouck,
B.A ., O berlin College,
Technology Coordinator.
Robin Jacobsen,
B .B .S ., Temple University,
Manager, User Services.
Jane F. James,
B .S., State University of
New York at New Paltz, User Services and
Training Coordinator.
LANG PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Susan Dinsmore Smythe,
B .A ., Wesleyan
University, Managing Director.
N ic k K O U ltid eS , Production Intern.
James P. Murphy,
B.F.A., State University
o f New York at Albany, Manager of
Operations.
M edia Services
Andrew Metherall, B .S., Lyndon State
College, Manager o f Media Services.
Michael Bednarz, B .A ., Pennsylvania State
University, Media Services Technician.
David T. Neal J r .,
B .A ., Temple University,
Media Services Technician.
Steven Kane, B.S., Millersville University,
User Services Coordinator.
Deirdre McGoldrick,
B .A ., Boston
University, Banner Application Support
Analyst.
Alice H. McGovern,
B .S., Fordham
University, A IM S Associate.
Frank Milewski, B .S ., Saint Joh n’s
University, Banner Application Support
Manager.
LIBRARIES
C O LLEG E LIBR A RY
Peggy Ann Seiden, B .A ., Colby College;
M .A ., University o f Toronto; M .L.I.S.,
Rutgers University, College Librarian.
Amy V. Morrison,
B .A . and M .L.S., Rutgers
University, Associate College Librarian.
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Administration
Ushi Tandon, R .S., Pennsylvania State
University; M .A ., University of
Pennsylvania, Administrative Assistant.
Tammy Rabideau, B .S., Skidmore College;
M .L.S., State University o f New York at
Albany, Digital Services Librarian.
Technical S erv ices
Barbara J . Weir, B .S., Pennsylvania State
University; M .L.S., Drexel University,
Assistant Director for Acquisitions, Systems,
and Data Management.
Amy McGoll,
B .A ., University o f Delaware;
M .L.S., Drexel University, Assistant Head
o f Technical Services for Monographs,
Special Collections, and Preservation.
Margaret J . Brink,
B.A ., University of
Iowa, Technical Services Specialist.
So-Young Jones,
B .A ., Euha W om en’s
University, Korea; M .L.S., Simmons
College, Technical Services Specialist.
David A . Loynds, B .S., Swarthmore
College, Technical Services Assistant.
Jacqueline Magagnosc,
B ■A., University
of California, Berkeley; M .S., Drexel
University, Governm ent Documents
Specialist.
Andrew Miller,
B .A ., Villanova University;
M .A ., Villanova University, Technical
Services Specialist.
Louise Petrilla,
A .A ., Delaware County
Community College, Technical Services
Specialist.
Margaret Rivello, Technical Services
Specialist.
Netta Shinbaum, B .A ., State University of
New York Oswego, Technical Services
Specialist.
Gretchen Stroll,
B .S., Philadelphia College
o f Textiles and Science, Technical Services
Specialist.
Sandra M . Vermeychuk, B .A .,
Swarthmore College; M .S. in Ed.,
University o f Pennsylvania, Interlibrary
Loan Specialist.
Elizabeth Woolson, A .B .,
Chestnut Hill
College, Technical Services Serials
Specialist.
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A ccess a n d L en d in g S erv ices
Alison J . Masterpasqua,
B .S., Millersville
State College, Access and Lending Services
Supervisor.
Mary Ann Wood, B .S., Pennsylvania State
University; M.Ed., Temple University,
Evening Circulation Supervisor.
Linda Hunt, B .A ., W est Chester University,
Access and Lending Services Specialist.
Donny Smith, B .S., University of Nebraska,
Access and Lending Services Specialist.
Anna M . Agenbroad, Receptionist.
Florence Bendrick, B .A ., immaculata
College, M.Ed., Cheyney University,
Weekend Circulation Specialist.
B e n e d ic t A . CriSCUOlO, Receptionist.
Viola G. Holdsworth, B .S., Westminster
College; M.Ed., Temple University,
Receptionist.
B ib lio g ra p h ic In stru ctio n an d R e fer en c e
Megan Adams, B .A ., College o f St.
Benedict, St. Joseph; M .L.S., Syracuse
University, Social Sciences Librarian.
Anne Garrison,
B .A ., Drew University;
M .A ., University of Washington; M .L.S.,
University o f Washington, Humanities
Librarian.
Pam Harris, B .A ., Mary Washington
College; M .L.S., Drexel University,
Outreach, Instruction, and Reference
Services Librarian.
Edward H. Fuller, B .A ., Widener College;
M .S. in L.S., Drexel University, Reference/
Video Resources Librarian.
Cornell S c ien c e L ib rary
Meg E . Spencer, B .A ., University of
Richmond; M .S., Drexel University, Head
of Cornell Library o f Science and Science
Subject Specialist.
Teresa E . Heinrichs,
B .A ., Waynesburg
College, Cornell Access and Lending
Services Supervisor.
Kerry Masbburn, B.A ., State University of
New York, Serials and Access Specialist.
Underhill M usic Library
GbOTQB K. Huber,
B.A ., University of
Pennsylvania; M .S. in L .S., Drexel
University, Performing Arts Librarian.
Tri'CoIlege Library Autom ation
Unde G. Bills, B .A ., University of
California, Los Angeles; M .S.L.S., Case
Western Reserve University, Library
Automation Coordinator.
FRIENDS H IST O R IC A L LIBRA RY
J. William Frost,
B .A ., DePauw
University; M .A . and Ph.D., University of
Wisconsin, Director.
Christopher Densmore,
B.A ., Oberlin
College; M .A ., University o f Wisconsin,
Curator.
Patricia Chapin O’Donnell,
B.A . and
M.A., University o f Pennsylvania; M .A .,
University of Delaware, Archivist.
Barbara E . Addison, B .S., University of
Wisconsin (Milwaukee); M .S. in
Librarianship, University o f Wisconsin
(Madison), Technical Services Coordinator.
Susanna K. Morikawa, B.A ., Dickinson
College; M.F.A. and Ph.D., Syracuse
University, Archival Specialist.
Charlotte A . Blandford, Administrative
Assistant.
Honorary C urators of the Friends
Historical Library
Margaret Hope Bacon, Esther Leeds
Cooperman, Mary Dunlap, David C.
Elkinton (emeritus), Philip L . Gilbert,
Valerie Gladfelter, James E . Hazard,
Adalyn Purdy Jones, Elizabeth H.
Moger, Jane Rittenhouse Smiley
(emerita), Ronald Stroud, Robert C.
Turner, Alson D. VanWagner, Nancy V.
Webster, Signe Wilkinson, and Harrison
M. Wright.
S/uiarthmore College P eace Collection
Barbara E . Addison, B .S., University of
W isconsin (Milwaukee); M .S. in
Librarianship, University of W isconsin
(Madison), Technical Services Coordinator.
Anne Yoder, B.A ., Eastern M ennonite
College; M .L.S., K ent State University,
Archivist.
Susanna K. Morikawa,
B.A ., Dickinson
College; M.F.A. and Ph.D., Syracuse
University, Archival Specialist.
Advisory C ouncil o f the Sw arthm ore
College P eace Collection
Harriet Hyman Alonso, Irwin Abrams
(emeritus), Asia Bennett, Katherine
Camp, Kevin Clements, Hilary Conroy
(emeritus), John Dear, Donald B.
Lippincott, Hannah and Felix
Wasserman.
LIST GALLERY
Andrea Packard,
B .A ., Swarthmore
College; Certificate, T h e Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts; M.F.A.,
American University, Director.
OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
SAFETY
Paul T. Rogers, B .S., Millersville
University; M .S. in Safety Sciences, Indiana
University o f Pennsylvania, Occupational
and Environmental Safety Officer.
PAYROLL
Karen Phillips, Payroll Administrator.
Kathryn Timmons, Payroll Assistant.
Bonnie Gasperetti, Payroll Clerk.
Wendy E . Chmielewski,
B .A ., Goucher
College; M .A . and Ph.D., State University
of New York at Binghamton, Cooley
Curator.
POST OFFICE
Vincent J . Vagnozzi,
B .S., W est Chester
University, Supervisor.
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Administration
Joseph Quinn, Assistant Supervisor.
John Quinn, Window Clerk.
Mary Hamilton, Clerk.
John Steel, Earl Leight, Russ Quann,
Couriers.
PUDLIC SAFETY
Owen Redgrave, B .S., W est Chester
University; A .A .S ., Delaware County
Community College, Director o f Public
Safety.
Leon Francis, Assistant Director o f Public
Safety.
PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES
Marty Dietz,
A .A .S., Criminal Justice,
Philadelphia Community College; Brian
Harris; Pat Laurenzi, Patrol Sergeants.
David Ramirez, B .A ., M .A ., and Ph.D.,
University o f Texas, Director of
Psychological Services.
Jim Ellis, Kathy Agostinelli, A .A .S.,
Paula S. Rosen, B .A .,
Bakir Fareed, Joe Louderback, Drian
Matuliewich, Rob Warren, Public Safety
University of
Rochester; M .S.S., Bryn Mawr College;
Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College Graduate School
of Social W ork and Social Research, Senior
C linical Social Worker.
Sabrina Ford,
B .S., University of
M ichigan; M .A ., University o f Iowa; Ph.D.,
University o f Iowa, C linical Psychologist.
Jack L . Solomon,
B .S., Villanova
University; M .D ., Hahnemann University,
Consulting Psychiatrist.
Delaware County Communitiy College,
Officers.
Dob Stephano, Patrol Corporal.
Ellie Jamison, George Darbes, Fire
Protection Engineering, A .A .S., Safety
Management, Delaware Technical
Community College; B ill Kaeser,
Communications Center Staff.
Terri Narkin, Sally Coultes,
Administrative Assistants.
David M . Astorlno,
B.A ., Temple
University; M.Ed., Temple University;
Doctoral Candidate, W idener University
Institute o f Graduate C linical Psychology,
Psychology Intern.
Winnie Eng,
B .A ., Brown University;
M .A ., Temple University; Doctoral
Candidate, Temple University Clinical
Psychology Program, Psychology Intern.
Nadine E . Rogers,
B .A ., T h e Univesity of
Montana; M .D., T h e Medical College of
Pennsylvania, Psychology Resident.
Nicholas C. Scull, B .A ., University of
Arizona; Master’s Candidate, Bryn Mawr
College Graduate School o f Social Work
and Social Research, Psychology Intern.
Dhavna Shyamalan, B.A ., New York
University; M .A ., Bryn Mawr College;
Doctoral Candidate, Bryn Mawr College
C linical Developmental Psychology
Program, Psychology Intern.
Birgitte Haselgrove, Administrative
Assistant.
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REGISTRAR’S OFFICE
Martin 0. Warner, B .A ., University of
N orth Carolina at Chapel Hill; M .A ., Duke
University, Registrar.
Diane M . Codings,
B .A ., Sm ith College,
Assistant Registrar.
Elaine Hamilton, Recorder.
THE S C O n ARBORETUM
Claire Sawyers, B .S. and M .S., Purdue
University; M .S., University o f Delaware,
Director.
Andrew Bunting,
A .A .S., Joliet Junior
College; B .S., Southern Illinois University,
Curator.
James Duell, Curatorial Intern.
Josephine 0 . Hopkins, Office Manager.
Jeff JabCO,
DEPARTMENT/CONCENTRATION
ASSISTANTS AND TECHNICIANS
Julie Jenney,
Art: June V. Cianffana, A .A .S.,
B.S., Penn State University;
M.S., North Carolina State University,
Horticultural Coordinator.
B .A ., University o f Oregon,
Education and Special Events Coordinator.
Rhoda Maurer, B .A ., University of
Washington, Plant Records Supervisor.
AlliSOn Necaise,
B .S., James Madison
University, Assistant Education
Coordinator.
Helen DiFeliciantOniO,
Administrative
Assistant.
TREASURER’S OFFICE
Suzanne P. Welsh, B .A ., B .S., University
of Delaware; M .B .A ., University of
Pennsylvania, Treasurer.
Louisa C. Ridgway,
B.A ., Vassar College;
M.B.A., University o f Pennsylvania,
Assistant Treasurer.
Carmen Duffy,
Administrative Assistant.
Delaware
County Community College,
Administrative Assistant; N ick Haney,
B.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University;
M.F.A., Tyler School of A rt, Studio
Technician.
Asian Studies: Jenny Gifford,
Administrative Assistant.
Riology: M att Powell, Administrative and
Technology Manager, B .S ., Central
Michigan University; Maria E. Musika,
Administrative Assistant; Joh n Kelly,
A . A .S., Community College of
Philadelphia; B .S., T h e W harton School,
University of Pennsylvania, Sr. Technical
Specialist; Gwen Rivnak, B .S. Denison
University; M .E., Widener University,
Laboratory Coordinator; B ill Pinder, B.A .,
Swarthmore College, Biology Greenhouse
Manager.
Slack Studies: Jenny Gifford,
Administrative Assistant.
Chemistry: Katherine
UPWARD SOUND
C. Kemal Nance, B .A .,
Swarthmore
College; M .A ., Temple University, Director.
DeLoiS M . Collins,
B.A ., Temple
University, Associate Director.
Sharon D. White,
B .A ., Eastern College;
M.S.W., Bryn Mawr College, Academic
Coordinator.
R . McGinty, B.A .,
M .A ., California State University at Long
Beach, Administrative Assistant; Ryan
Christ, B .S., O hio University, Instrument
Coordinator.
Classics: Francesca Giegengack,
Administrative Assistant.
Computer Science: Bridget M. Rothera,
Administrative Assistant; Jeffrey M . Knerr,
B. S ., W illiam and Mary College; M .S. and
Ph.D., University o f North Carolina,
Lab/System Administrator.
Economics:
VISUAL RESOURCES COLLECTIONS,
DEPARTMENT OF ART
Tessa Izenour, B .A ., Swarthmore College;
M.F.A., Yale University, Curator.
Laura Grutzeck, B.F.A., Tyler School of
Art; M .S., Drexel University, Assistant
Curator.
Nancy Carroll, B .A ., Barat
College, Administrative Assistant.
Education: Kae Kalwaic, B.S.,
Shippensburg University; M.Ed., Temple
University, Administrative Assistant.
Engineering: Holly A .
Castleman,
Administrative Assistant; G rant Lee Sm ith,
M echanician; Charles A . W hite, Electronics
Technician.
English Literature: Carolyn Anderson,
Administrative Coordinator; Nancy Bech,
Administrative Assistant.
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Administration
Environmental Studies: Holly Castleman,
Administrative Assistant.
Francophone Studies: Eleonore Baginski,
B .S., St. Joseph’s University, Administrative
Coordinator.
Psychology: Joanne Bramley,
Administrative Coordinator; Julia Welbon,
B.A ., William Sm ith College, Academic
Coordinator; Donald Reynolds,
Instrumentation Technician.
German Studies: Eleonore
Public Policy: Catherine Wareham, A .S.,
Wesley College, Administrative Assistant.
History: Theresa
Brown, A .A .S., Delaware
County Community College, Adminis
trative Assistant.
Assistant.
Latin American Studies: jenn y
Women’s Studies: jenn y Gifford,
Administrative Assistant.
Baginski, B.S.,
St. Joseph’s University, Administrative
Coordinator.
Gifford,
Administrative Assistant.
Linguistics: Sean Crist, B.A ., M .A ., West
Virginia University; M .A ., University of
Delaware; Ph.D., University of
Pennsylvania, Administrative Assistant.
Modern Languages and Literatures:
Eleonore Baginski, B .S., S t. Joseph’s
University, Administrative Coordinator;
M ichael Jones, B .A ., SU N Y, Buffalo,
Language Resource C enter Director;
Deborah DiFilippo, Administrative
Assistant.
Music and Dance: Judy Lord, A .A .,
Wesley College, Administrative
Coordinator.
Philosophy: Jacqueline Robinson,
Administrative Assistant.
Physical Education and Athletics:
Marian Fahy, Administrative Assistant;
Sharon J. Green, Administrative Assistant;
Ray Scott, David Lester, Equipment/
Facilities Managers; Marie Mancini,
A . T., C ., B .S., W est Chester University.
Physics and Astronomy: Deborah j.
Economidis, A .A ., C ecil Community
College, Administrative Assistant; Steven
Palmer, M echanician; David E. Radcliff,
B. A ., Rutgers University, Instrumentation/
Computer Technician; Christopher D.
Cothran, B .S., Stanford University; Ph.D.,
University o f Virginia, Postdoctoral
Research Scientist.
Political Science: Kathleen Kerns, B.A .,
University o f Pennsylvania, Deborah
Sloman, Administrative Assistants.
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Religion: Eileen McElrone, Administrative
Sociology and Anthropology: Rose Maio,
Administrative Coordinator.
Visiting Examiners 2001
ART
Professor Jesse Amar, T hiel C ollege
Professor H. Perry Chapman, U niversity o f
D elaw are
Professor M ichael David, Lesley University
Professor Paul Jaskot, D ePaul University
Professor A lyce Jordan, N orthern A rizona
University
Ms. Denise Leidy, M etropolitan M useum o f A rt
Professor Quitman E. Phillips, U niversity o f
W isconsin-M adison
BIOLOGY
Professor Carole Conn, U niversity o f N ew
M exico
Professor Robert Jinks, Franklin & M arshall
C ollege
Professor S co tt Poethig, U niversity o f
Pennsylvania
Professor Marc Schm idt, U niversity o f
Pennsylvania
Professor Diane Shakes, C ollege o f W illiam
& M ary
Professor M itch Singer, U niversity o f
C aliforn ia, D avis
Professor Forrest Spencer, John s H opkins
University School o f M edicine
Professor Robert Janice Voltzow, U niversity
o f Scranton
Professor Jerry W ilkinson, U niversity o f
M aryland
CHEMISTRY
Professor Lynn Francesconi, H unter
C ollege-C U N Y
Professor Esther Gibbs, G oucher C ollege
Professor Helen Leung, M t. H olyoke C ollege
Professor Dewey McCafferty, U niversity o f
Pennsylvania
Professor Thomas Sm ith, W illiam s C ollege
Professor Douglas Turner, U niversity o f
Rochester
CLASSICS
Professor T. Corey Brennan, Rutgers University
Professor Joseph Farrell, U niversity o f
Pennsylvania
Professor Deborah Roberts, H averford C ollege
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Professor Douglas Blank, U niversity o f
Arkansas
Mr. Barry Brummitt, M icrosoft C orporation
Professor Bruce Char, D rexel U niversity
Professor Karen Karavanic, Portland State
U niversity
Professor Mark Stevens, Worcester Polytechnic
Institute
DANCE
Professor Ze’eva Cohen, Princeton U niversity
ECONOMICS
Professor Scott Bierman, Carieton C ollege
Professor Eleanor Brown, Pom ona C ollege
Dr. N eil Ericsson, F ederal R eserve— B oard o f
G overnors
Professor Keith Head, U niversity o f British
C olum bia
Professor Christopher Kilby, V assar C ollege
Professor Jens Ludwig, Georgetown University
Professor S co tt Redenius, Bryn Maw r C ollege
EDUCATION
Professor Barbara Beatty, W ellesley C ollege
Professor Sam Intrator, Sm ith C ollege
Professor Cynthia Lightfoot, Pennsylvania
State U niversity-D elaw are C o .
Professor Robert Siegler, C arnegie M ellon
U niversity
ENGINEERING
Professor Maurice Aburdene, B ucknell
U niversity
Professor James Baish, B ucknell U niversity
Professor Khondokar Billah, Stevens Institute
o f Technology
Professor Charles Haas, D rexel University
Professor Gerard Jones, V dlanova U niversity
Professor Jo A nn Koskol, W idener U niversity
Professor Susan Lord, U niversity o f San D iego
Dr. Jhih'Shyang Shih, R esources fo r the Future
Professor W ole Soboyejo, Princeton University
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Professor R ita Barnard, U niversity o f
Pennsylvania
Professor Ian Baucom, Duke University
Professor W oon Ping C hin, G oddard C ollege/
D artm outh C ollege
Professor Katherine Eggert, U niversity o f
C olorado, B oulder
Professor Elaine Freedgood, U niversity o f
Pennsylvania
Mr. Jonathan Kahana, Bryn Mawr C ollege
Professor Peggy Knapp, Carnegie M ellon
U niversity
403
Visiting Examiners
Professor Vicki Mahaffey, University o f
Pennsylvania
Professor A nna McCarthy, N ew York
U niversity
Ms. Margaret Robinson, W idener University
Professor Erik Simpson, U niversity o f
Pennsylvania
Professor Amy Villarejo, C orn ell University
Professor Leah Hewitt, A m herst C ollege
Professor Francis Higginson, Bryn M awr
C ollege
Dr. Marjorie Salvodon, Independent Scholar
HISTORY
Professor Sergei Davydov, M iddlebury C ollege
Professor Robin Feuer Miller, Brandéis
U niversity
Professor James Bums, C lem son U niversity
Professor R ebecca B. Edwards, V assar C ollege
Professor David Engerman, Brandéis University
Professor Leslie Harris, Em ory U niversity
Professor Ian Lekus, D uke U niversity
Professor David Montgomery, Yale University
Professor Donald Raleigh, U niversity o f N orth
C arolin a
Professor Joh n Theibault, D igital Learning
Institute
Professor Helmut W alser-Smith, V anderbilt
University
LINGUISTICS
Professor Ellen Broselow, SUNY—Stony B rook
Professor Jacob Hoeksma, U niversity o f
G ronigen
Mr. Richard Janda, O hio State U niversity
Ms. Brian Joseph, O hio State University
Professor Richard Larson, SUNY—Stony B rook
Professor Ove Lorentz, U niversity o f
Trom so/U niversity o f C alifom ia-S an ta C ruz
Professor Carol Neidle, Boston University
Professor Leslie Saxon, U niversity o f V ictoria
Professor W alt Wolfram, N orth C arolin a State
U niversity
MODERN LANGUAGES—GERMAN
Professor Imke Meyer, Bryn Matar C ollege
MODERN LANGUAGES—RUSSIAN
MODERN LANGUAGES—SPANISH
Professor Linda Materna, Rider U niversity
Professor Lucia Melgar-Palacios, Princeton
U niversity
MUSIC
Professor Charles Abramovic, Tem ple
U niversity
Professor Thomas Lloyd, H averford C ollege
Professor Robert Maggio, W est C hester
U niversity
Professor Daniel Melamed, Indiana University
PHILOSOPHY
Professor Theodore Brennan, Yale University
Professor John Christman, Pennsylvania State
U niversity
Professor M artin Donougho, U niversity o f
South C arolin a
Professor Joh n Greenwood, C ity U niversity o f
N ew York
Professor Julie Klein, V illanova University
Professor Joel Pust, U niversity o f D elaw are
MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Professor Eric Bradlow, W harton School o f
Business, U niversity o f Pennsylvania
Professor Donald Davis, Lehigh University
Professor Thomas Halverson, M acalester
C ollege
Professor Paul Klingsberg, St. Joseph’s
U niversity
Professor Eric Quinto, Tufts University
Ms. Richard Ellis, U niversity o f M aryland
Professor Bhuvnesh Jain, U niversity o f
Pennsylvania
Professor Elizabeth McCormack, Bryn M awr
C ollege
Professor Richard Wolfson, M iddlebury C ollege
MODERN LANGUAGES—CHINESE
Professor Charles Laughlin, Yale U niversity
Professor Yingjin Zhang, Indiana University
MODERN LANGUAGES —FRENCH
Professor Gerty Dambury, L’Education
N ationale
404
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Professor Marc Blecher, O berlin C ollege
Professor Thomas Callaghy, U niversity o f
Pennsylvania
Professor Marcus Kruezer, V illanova University
Professor W illiam LeoGrande, A m erican
U niversity
Professor Joshua Miller, L afayette C ollege
Professor A nne Norton, U niversity o f
Pennsylvania
Professor Kenneth Oye, M assachusetts Institute
o f Technology
Professor Stephen Salkever, Bryn M aun
C ollege
Professor Steven Teles, Brandeis U niversity
PSYCHOLOGY
Professor Robert DeRubeis, University o f
Pennsylvania
Dr. Jennifer Henderlong, U niversity o f
C alifom ia-L os A ngeles
Professor Kenneth Short, Grinneli C ollege
Professor Jennifer Sm ith, Stanford U niversity
Professor M ichael Spivey, C orn ell University
RELIGION
Professor David Haberman, Indiana U niversity
Professor Charles Hallisey, H arvard U niversity
Professor Carol Karlsen, U niversity o f M ichigan
Ms. Anne M cGuire, Haverford C ollege
Professor Julie Meisami, O riental Institute,
O xford
Professor Anselm M in, C larem ont G raduate
University
Professor Leigh Schmidt, Princeton U niversity
SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
Professor Harold Bershady, U niversity o f
Pennsylvania
Ms. Sarah Diamond, Bryn M aw r C ollege
Professor Kathryn Lynn Geurts, School o f
American R esearch
Professor Jeffrey Himpele, Princeton U niversity
Professor David Karen, Bryn Matvr C ollege
Professor Sharon Nagy, D ePaul University
Professor Nancy Ries, C olgate University
FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES
Professor Gary Roodman, Binghamton
University
Professor Phillip Wegner, U niversity o f Florida
THEATER STUDIES
Professor Judith Miller, N ew York University
(in France)
WOMEN’S STUDIES
Professor Janet Golden, Rutgers University
405
Degrees Conferred
June 4, 2001
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Marie Abe, Sociology and A nthropology and
Special M ajor in Ethnom usicology
Amber Pauline Adamson, Special M ajor in
E ducation and English L iterature12,13
N ii Antiaye Addy, Econom ics
Lisa M artine Adler, P olitical Science
Kwabena Adowah Adu, C om puter Science
Diana Starr Aehegma, English Literature
Vanessa A thalia Agosto, Special M ajor in
Environm ental Science
Jokotade Adeola Agunloye, Econom ics
Crystal Gayle Akers, Linguistics
Sandra Leigh A lbro, Special M ajor in
Psychobiology
Erwin Alemany, Psychology
Elaine Cristina Allard, English Literature9
Sari B eth Altschuler, English Literature and
Biology
Eric Paul Anderson, M athem atics1
32
Erica Lynn Anderson, Biology
David W illiam Auerbach, Physics
M ichael Lee Baldwin, Biology
W ilhelmina Jacobi Bandler, A rt H istory
Patricia Ivette Barrientos, Special M ajor in
Biological Anthropology'1
A nne Baumgartner, French
Daniel Mark Bennett, E conom ics"
N icole Sadie Bensoussan, A rt H istory
Julia A nne Benton, Biology
Keith Henry Bentrup, Special M ajor in
Biochem istry3
Sharukh Jamshid Bhavnagri, Psychology and
Econom ics
Laura Jean Blume, Biology4765
Patrick Lindley Boe, C om puter Science
N icole Denise Bouttenot, Special M ajor in
Education and M athem atics12
Sabrina N icole Boyer, Biology4
Jordan Isaac Brackett, P olitical Science and
Econom ics
Andrew Thomas Breitenberg, Special M ajor in
C ritical V isual Studies
1 with the concentration in B lack Studies
2 with the concentration in Cognitive Science
3 with the concentration in C om puter Science
4 with the concentration in Environm ental Studies
5 with the concentration in Film and M edia
Studies
6 with the concentration in Francophone Studies
7 with the concentration in G erm an Studies
406
Brian Pierce Bumheter, P olitical S cience and
German
Ibrahim Busnaina, Biology
Rodney Everett Buttermore, P olitical Science
Sofiya C olette Cabalquinto, English Literature
Jason Hassan Caldwell, English L iterature1
Jennifer A nn Callaghan, English Literature and
Religion
Cristina Veloso Cardemil, Biology
Aaron Byrd Carlisle, C om puter Science
Cynthia Marie Carras, Special M ajor in
International S ocial Science
Julio Carreon-Reyes, Sociology and
A nthropology
Siobhan Kenny Carty, Psychology and History
Robert Thomas Castellucci, Religion
Kristin N icole Chadderton, M usic and
Engineering
Benjam in Man Hon Chan, Phdosophy
Marisa Chavez, Biology
A nthony Cheng, Econom ics and C om puter
Science
Dennis W. Cheng, P olitical Science and
E conom ics10
N ina Chisan C hien, Special M ajor in Education
and Psychology
A nthony C ho, Econom ics an d H istory
Elizabeth C ho, C om parative Literature
David Jefferson Choe, P olitical Science and
Econom ics
Joh n Paul Christy, G reek
Paul Hyun Chung, English Literature
Hilary Clay, Biology
Xavier Cobos, Sociology and A nthropology
Laura Elizabeth Cohen, English Literature
Carlos-Antonio Nkuma Colon, Political
Science
Patrick James Connolly, Physics and Special
M ajor in Film Studies
Kimberly Corbette, Econom ics
Nancy Jane Craig, H istory
Joanna Elisabeth Curtis, H istory1
Matthew Hanscom Davis, Biology1
8 with the concentration in Interpretation Theory
9 with the concentration in Latin A m erican
Studies
10 with the concentration in P eace and C onflict
Studies
11 with the concentration in Public Policy
12 with the concentration in W om en’s Studies
13 Pennsylvania T eacher C ertification
Robert Anthony Earle Delgado, M athem atics
Leah Katherine Deni, Special M ajor in
Biological Anthropology
Elizabeth Spear Derickson, Psychology"
Uma Shekhar Deshmukh, Sociology and
Anthropology
Lynne Marie DeSilva-Johnson, A rt and
Sociology and A nthropology
Ambrose Edward Dieringet, Econom ics1
Mark Frederick Dingfield, P olitical Science7 "
Bjorn M ichael Dittmer-Roche, M athem atics3
John Henry Dolan, P olitical Science and Special
M ajor in C hinese Studies
Vasiliy Mikhaylovich Dostoinov, Econom ics4
Deirdre A nn Downey, Econom ics"
Michael Christopher Duffy, M usic
Allyn Dullighan, Special M ajor in Astrophysics
Susanna C . Eng, Special M ajor in C om parative
A m erican Ethnic Studies
Kristen M cCabe English, Psychology
Gregory Nicholas Erskine, English Literature56
Samuel M atlack Evans, Psychology
Nathaniel James Stoltzfus Fairfield, C om puter
Science
Katherine A lice Fama, English Literature
Laura Ellen Farra, Special M ajor in
Psychobiology
Claire Kathleen Feldman-Riordan, Special
M ajor in Education and Sociology and
A nthropology11
Ann Kayla Finkelstein, Biology
Aaron Alexander Firestone, Psychology1
Charles Joseph Fischette, Philosophy
Allison M ichelle Floyd, Biology
Rose Joy Fox, A rt
Jeanette Elizabeth Francis, Psychology
Arianna Julia Freeman, P olitical Science
Bonnie Elizabeth French, Music
Helen Chia Lun Fu, Biology and Econom ics
Clara Agnes Edna Fuchsman, Special Major in
Biochem istry
Shreena Niketa Divyakant Gandhi, Religion
1 with the concentration in B lack Studies
2 with the concentration in C ognitive Science
3 with the concentration in C om puter Science
4 with the concentration in Environm ental Studies
5 with the concentration in Film and M edia
Studies
6 with the concentration in Francophone Studies
7 with the concentration in German Studies
Sutharsan Ganesan, Sociology and
A nthropology
Benjam in David Geller, Chem istry
Joseph Charles Genereux, Chem istry
George Harold Gibbard, Linguistics
Janine Marie Gibbons, Religion
Keith Gilmore, Physics
Lindsay Thompson Goldsmith, Special M ajor
in Education and Sociology and Anthropology
Allegra Raboff Gordon, Special M ajor in
E ducation and Environm ental Studies4
Vanessa A nne Gorman, Special M ajor in
Education and English Literature
S co tt Wagner G rant, Philosophy
Timothy G arrett Gray, Physics
Alisa Jennifer Greenberg, Psychology
Sarah Marcia Greenberger, Psychology
Evan David Gregory, Music and C om puter
Science
Elizabeth Christine Hakala, English Literature
Kimberly LaTriece Harris, Spanish
G ina Susan Hart, Special M ajor in Education
and English Literature13
Peter Winslow Hastings, Physics
Tony M ichael Hillery, Econom ics
Kelly Elaine Hines, English Literature
Jenny Kathryn Hoedeman, Sociology and
A nthropology
Krista A nn Hollis, Econom ics"
Peter M ichael Holm, P olitical Science
Kathleen A nne Holscher, Religion and English
Literature
M ichael Jason Hopper, P olitical Science
Ethan Gregory Houle, Religion
A ri Nathaniel Houser, Physics and Engineering
Soenda Rashida Howell, Econom ics
R ebecca Ella Howes-Mischel, Sociology and
A nthropology
Ian Darin Huntington, Biology and Sociology
and Anthropology
Katharine Burrell Hutchinson, Special M ajor
in E ducation and Psychology'1
2
Sarah Elizabeth Jay, English Literature
8 with the concentration in Interpretation Theory
9 with the concentration in Latin A m erican
Studies
10 with the concentration in P eace and C onflict
Studies
11 with the concentration in Public Policy
12 with the concentration in Women’s Studies
13 Pennsylvania T eacher C ertification
Am
Degrees Conferred
Nikolas Anders Johnson, C om puter Science
Valeria Jokisch Sagrera, Economics and P olitical
Science
Edward Gilkison Jones, C om puter Science
Andrea Joy Juncos, Special Major in Education
and English Literature
A nna Electra Kaczorowski, Sociology and
A nthropology
Molly W isch Kalkstein, English Literature and
A rt
Polina Dimitrova Kehayova, Econom ics and
Special M ajor in Biochem istry
Portia Cadwailader Kelly, Biology
Benjam in Jaffer Keys, Econom ics and Political
Science
Jennifer Erin Kidwell, English Literature
Kenneth Hyun-Chung Kim, Biology
Diana King, English Literature
A nne Frances Kittler, Sociology and
A nthropology and Biology
Joshua David Klotz, Special Major in Education
and English Literature'3
M ichael Klunder, P olitical Science
Vanessa Laraine Knoedler, French an d Special
M ajor in Biochem istry
James Zhen Bei Kong, M athem atics and
C om puter Science
Sarah Tarr Kowalski, H istory
M artin Felix Krafft, C om puter Science1
276543
Natania Emmaline Kremer, Special M ajor in
E ducation and Psychology
Andrea Caroline Kussack, Psychology12
Emily Myers Kutolowski, Religion
Christine R enee Lattin, Linguistics
Rochelle D. Laws, Econom ics
Thomas Dong Joon Lee, Econom ics
Eric Wayne Leive, Art
Ilya Boris Leskov, Biology
Dimitriy Levin, Special M ajor in Psychobiology
Sean-M ichael Lewis, Linguistics?
Yingjie Elizabeth Li, Economics
Peter Jin Lim, English Literature
Wen-Tsong Lin, Economics
1
2
3
4
5
with the concentration in B lack Studies
with the concentration in Cognitive Science
with the concentration in C om puter Science
with the concentration in Environm ental Studies
with the concentration in Film and M edia
Studies
6 with the concentration in Francophone Studies
7 with the concentration in G erm an Studies
408
Joachim Patric Lindgren, H istory
Ira Kenneth Lindsay, H istory
Joshua Taylor Lindsey, C om puter Science
Margaret Flynn Lippincott, Biology and
Economics
Dana E-Yuan Liu, Econom ics
Regina Dionisia Liu, Econom ics and Psychology
Jeffrey Andrew Loesel, H istory and Econom ics
Aryani Elisabeth Manring, Sociology and
A nthropology
Eve Isabella Manz, Special M ajor in Education
and Psychology
Daniel James Patrick Marrin, Sociology and
Anthropology5,9
Lillian Elena Marsh, Special M ajor in Biological
A nthropology
Lisa Nomsa Massengale, English Literature'
Charlotte Amanda McDowell, Sociology and
Anthropology®
Mary Theresa McGuire, Sociology and
A nthropology
M ichelle N icole M cKeithan, Sociology and
A nthropology
Joshua David McKinley, Econom ics and Special
M ajor in C hinese Language and Literature
Tracy Marie M cN eil, Religion
Elizabeth Selm a Meehan, Philosophy
Marietta Karen Melhunek, Special M ajor in
G erm an Studies
Katrina Elizabeth Mergen, English Literature3
Aviva Sari Meyer, Special M ajor m
Biochem istry
A ileen Kilpatrick Miller, Biology
Isaac Mireles, Special M ajor in E ducation and
P olitical Science
Emily Lehua Moore, Art H istory
Kristine Frances Moore, Russian
Amalia Avellana Morales, Music
Rodney James Morris, English Literature
N icole Leah Moss, C om parative literatu re
Matthew N oce Murphy, C om puter Science
and M usic
8 with the concentration in Interpretation Theory
9 with the concentration in Latin A m erican
Studies
10 with the concentration in P eace and C onflict
Studies
11 with the concentration in Public Policy
12 with the concentration in W om en’s Studies
13 Pennsylvania T eacher C ertification
Brian Patrick Murray, Special M ajor in
Biochem istry
Scott Thomas Murray, M athem atics and
C om puter Science
James Alexander Muspratt Jr., Philosophy
Eben Isaac Myers, Art
Grant Norden Nachman, Econom ics
Kimberly Kikue Nakashima, Spanish
Vani Murali Natarajan, English Literature
Derek Philip Nathan, History
Ryan James Neiheiser, Art and Engineering
Clark Scott Nesbit Jr., Latin
Benjamin Newman, Special M ajor in
C om putational C ognitive Science3
Jane Yuenkay Ng, Art
David Kim Nguyen, Econom ics
Clarissa Jane Nobile, Biology
Uzoamaka Nzegwu, Econom ics
Clarissa Pombo de Oliveira, Sociology and
A nthropology and Linguistics
Kevin Singleton O ’Neil, Econom ics
Anthony Luis Ortegon, Biology
Catherine Rhiannon Osborne, Art H istory
Kristen A nne Panfilio, Biology
Aymeric Pansu, H istory10
Jennifer Yi-Chih Pao, Econom ics
Tushar A nil Parlikar, M athem atics and
Engineering
Alissa A nne Parmelee, Special M ajor in
Education and Psychology
Sabrina Elisa Parra-Garcia, Economics
Bianca Passarelli, Psychology8
Emilia Catherine Pastor Bottenberg, Special
M ajor in Education and P olitical Science"
Walter Jose Perez, H istory8
Sean Brendan Peterson, C om parative Literature
Trang Doan Pham, P olitical Science and
Econom ics
Samuel Donovan Land Picard, H istory and
Religion
Tracy Kathleen Powell, Biology and Art
David Martin Ramirez, P olitical Science
1 with the concentration in B lack Studies
2 with the concentration in Cognitive Science
3 with the concentration in C om puter Science
4 with the concentration in Environm ental Studies
5 with the concentration in Film and M edia
Studies
6 with the concentration in Francophone Studies
7 with the concentration in G erm an Studies
Stephen Andrew Rauch, Psychology and
Religion
Demetra Fatima Ray, Psychology1, ,3‘
Amy Beth Reighard, Special M ajor in
A strophysics
Amy Retsinas, Sociology and Anthropology
Mariel Rivero, Psychology
Nicholas Philip Robbins, M athem atics
Marc Etienne Benjam in Rockmore, Economics
Adam M ichael Rogers, Biology
Andrew Nicholas Bingham Romero, English
Literature
George Johnson Rosenbaum, Biology
Erica Lynn Rosenthal, Special M ajor in
Psychobiology12
Brandon Foster Roth, Philosophy
Julie Levin Russo, English literatu re*
Christopher Anthony Sajdera, P olitical Science
Mark Atienza Samols, Special M ajor in
Biochem istry
Tenaya M ichelle Scheinm an, Economics
James Robert Schembs, Econom ics and P olitical
Science
Sonia Rebecca Scherr, English Literature
Peter Fredrick Schilla, P olitical Science
C aitlin A nn Schlapp-Gilgoff, H istory
David J. Schlossberg, Physics
M am i Deborah Schultz, P olitical Science
Jessica A nne Schwartz, Psychology
M att Samuel Schwartz, Philosophy
Joshua Barton Scott, English Literature and
Religion
Laura Jane Seeley, English Literature
M ichael David Fuller Seifert, Physics
Kristen Rutkowski Sharpless, Biology
Edward Harding Sherer, Econom ics
Ruth Shoemaker, German and Special M ajor in
Education and English Literature
Nakeeb Mian Siddique, History
Eli M ichael Silk, C om puter Science
Naomi Ruth Silva, Special M ajor in Education
and Sociology and A nthropology13
8 with the concentration in Interpretation Theory
9 with the concentration in Latin A m erican
Studies
10 with the concentration in P eace and C onflict
Studies
11 with the concentration in Public Policy
12 with the concentration in W om en’s Studies
13 Pennsylvania T eacher C ertification
409
Degrees Conferred
Daniel A ron Sim kin, Econom ics and
Engineering
Jaspal Singh, Econom ics
Yasemin Sirali, Econom ics
Andrew Franklin Sm ith, Special M ajor in Film
Studies8
Laurie Kay Sm ith, C om parative Literature9
Jared G arth Solom on, P olitical Science
Daniel Sherwood Sotelino, Sociology and
A nthropology
Kara Rebecca Spangler, Russian
Amy R uth Squire, Biology4
Sujatha Aravinda Srinivasan, C om parative
Literature
Dionne Kimberly Stanfield, T heatre Studies
M ichael Christopher Stanley, Economics"
Seth Adam Steed, P olitical Science
Horatiu G ratian Stefan, Economics and
P olitical Science
Rachel Lee Stein, P olitical Science
Robyn Banerji Stewart, Special M ajor in
Education and Psychology
Abigail Clare Stewart-Teitelbaum, Psychology
and Religion
Timothy David Stewart-Winter, H istory
Zenzile Rageena Stokely-W hite, Special M ajor
in B lack Studies and Econom ics
Nathanael Mark Stulman, Econom ics and
P olitical Science
Katherine Rosellen Surrence, English
Literature
Lena Sze, Latin
Aisha Talib, Economics"
Philisa A nntoinette Thomas, Psychology
Marguerite Thomer, Biology
Patrick Alexander Thrasher, English Literature
Benjam in N athaniel Tiven, G reek
Kathryn Godffed Tong, P olitical Science
Julia Lippincott Trippel, Special M ajor in
B iological A nthropology
Joshua Loring Colvin Tropp, Philosophy
Jonah McDonald Tully, English Literature
Eugene Reed Turk, C om puter Science
Gabriel Stephen Turzo, Econom ics
Jennifer Elizabeth Tyson, Linguistics and Special
M ajor in C ultural C om m unication
Catherine Lee Vaughan, H istory
Maureen Vernon, Sociology and A nthropology1
11
Kathleen Lynn Komar Vivalo, Special M ajor in
E ducation and Sociology and A nthropology
Stacey Lynn Wagaman, P olitical Science
Valerie A nne Walbek, Philosophy
Joel Palmer Weber, P olitical Science9
Talia Rose Weiner, English Literature and
Psychology
Martha Sara Weiss, P olitical Science
Heather Marie Weyrick, T heatre Studies and
Sociology and A nthropology
Zoe N icole Whitley, A rt H istory
Elizabeth Ty W ilde, Econom ics
Emily Elizabeth W ilkins, Psychology
Beth Ellen Williams, Biology
Erika L. Williams, Art H istory
A n n Marie W illman, Biology4
Darren Prince Wood, Religion
Christopher David Woodrell, Special M ajor in
Biochem istry
Sarah Rose Yahm, H istory
Lily Yang, Physics
Peter Jun Yoo, Music
Bohee Yoon, P olitical Science12
Talia Young, Biology
Jenny Chihyun Yun, H istory
Leah A nne Zallman, Biology"
Claudia Zambra, P olitical Science
Ben Zhuk, Philosophy
1
2
3
4
5
8 with the concentration in Interpretation Theory
9 with the concentration in Latin A m erican
Studies
10 with the concentration in P eace an d C onflict
Studies
11 with the concentration in Public Policy
12 with the concentration in W om en’s Studies
13 Pennsylvania T eacher C ertification
with the concentration
with the concentration
with the concentration
with the concentration
with the concentration
Studies
6 with the concentration
7 with the concentration
410
in B lack Studies
in C ognitive Science
in C om puter Science
in Environm ental Studies
in Film and M edia
in Francophone Studies
in German Studies
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Richard Warren Aleong, Engineering
Stephen Emmanuel Armah, Engineering
Kristin N icole Chadderton, Engineering and
M usic
Jesse Kenneth Colm an-M cG ill, Engineering
Roger David Foltz, Engineering
Ari Nathaniel Houser, Engineering and Physics
Marc A llan Jeuland, Engineering
James Calvin Jones, Engineering
Michael W illiam Lloyd, Engineering
Heather Leigh Marandola, Engineering
Michelle M ichiko Mizumori, Engineering
Ryan James Neiheiser, Engineering and A rt
Tushar A nil Parlikar, Engineering and
M athem atics
Luis A ntonio Alejandro Quinones,
Engineering
Hannah Ellee Rakoff, Engineering
Charles Edward Riley, Engineering
Daniel A ron Simkin, Engineering and
Econom ics
Frances Berkeley Sm ith, Engineering
Kyla Tomheim, Engineering
Jordan Joseph Wales, Engineering
Jesse Potter Wells, Engineering
Francisco Cordova Yeo, Engineering
Xiang Lan Zhuo, Engineering
1 with the concentration
2 with the concentration
3 with the concentration
4 with the concentration
5 with the concentration
Studies
6 with the concentration
7 with the concentration
in
in
in
in
in
B lack Studies
Cognitive Science
C om puter Science
Environm ental Studies
Film and M edia
in Francophone Studies
in German Studies
8 with the concentration in Interpretation Theory
9 with the concentration in Latin A m erican
Studies
10 with the concentration in Peace and C onflict
Studies
11 with the concentration in Public Policy
12 with the concentration in W om en’s Studies
13 Pennsylvania T eacher C ertification
411
Awards and Distinctions
HONORS AWARDED BY THE VISITING
EXAMINERS
HIGHEST HONORS
Peter M ichael Holm, Rebecca Ella HowesMischel, Ira Kenneth Lindsay, Eve Isabella
Manz, James Alexander Muspratt Jr., Kevin
Singleton O ’Neil, Jessica A nne Schwartz,
M ichael David Fuller Seifert, Andrew
Franklin Sm ith, Timothy David StewartW inter, Jordan Joseph Wales, B eth Ellen
Williams, Sarah Rose Yahm
HIGH HONORS
David W illiam Auerbach, Daniel Mark
Bennett, Rodney Everett Buttermore, Jennifer
A nn Callaghan, Julio Carreon-Reyes, Kristin
N icole Chadderton, Elizabeth C ho, Hilary
Clay, Patrick James Connolly, Joanna
Elisabeth Curtis, N athaniel James Stoltzfus
Fairfield, Katherine A lice Fama, Clara Agnes
Edna Fuchsman, Joseph Charles Genereux,
Scott Wagner Grant, Kathleen A nne
Holscher, Ari N athaniel Houser, Sarah
Elizabeth Jay, Marc A llan Jeuland, Edward
Gilkison Jones, Jennifer Erin Kidwell, Sarah
Tarr Kowalski, M artin Felix Krafft, Christine
R enee Lattin, Ilya Boris Leskov, Margaret
Flynn Lippincott, Katrina Elizabeth Mergen,
Aviva Sari Meyer, Emily Lehua Moore, Vani
Murali Natarajan, Jane Yuenkay Ng, Clarissa
Pombo de Oliveira, Catherine Rhiannon
Osborne, Tushar A nil Parlikar, Sean Brendan
Peterson, Nicholas Philip Robbins, Brandon
Foster Roth, Julie Levin Russo, Tenaya
M ichelle Scheinm an, Peter Fredrick Schilla,
C aitlin A n n Schlapp-Gilgoff, M att Samuel
Schwartz, Joshua Barton Sco tt, Ruth
Shoemaker, Sujatha Aravinda Srinivasan,
Rachel Lee Stein, Katherine Rosellen
Surrence, Lena Sze, Joshua Loring Colvin
Tropp, Catherine Lee Vaughan, Zoe Nicole
W hitley, Elizabeth Ty Wilde, Darren Prince
Wood, Ben Zhuk
HONORS
Crystal Gayle Akers, Sari B eth Altschuler,
N icole Sadie Bensoussan, Patrick Lindley
Boe, Jordan Isaac Brackett, Brian Pierce
Bumheter, Benjam in M an Hon Chan, N ina
Chisan Chien, Joh n Paul Christy, Laura
Elizabeth Cohen, Joh n Henry Dolan, Charles
Joseph Fischette, Arianna Julia Freeman,
Timothy G arrett Gray, Nikolas Anders
412
Johnson, A nna EleCtra Kaczorowski, Yingjie
Elizabeth Li, Jeffrey Andrew Loesel, Aryani
Elisabeth Manring, Elizabeth Selm a Meehan,
Rodney James Morris, N icole Leah Moss,
Derek Philip Nathan, Benjam in Newman,
Trang Doan Pham, Samuel Donovan Land
Picard, Amy B eth Reighard, Marc Etienne
Benjam in Rockmore, David J. Schlossberg,
Marni Deborah Schultz, Nakeeb Mian
Siddique, Eli M ichael Silk, Yasemin Sirali,
Laurie Kay Sm ith, Jared G arth Solom on,
Nathanael Mark Stulman, Patrick Alexander
Thrasher, Jonah McDonald Tully, Gabriel
Stephen Turzo, Jenhifer Elizabeth Tyson, Joel
Palmer Weber, Jenny Chihyun Yun
ELECTIONS TO HONORARY SOCIETIES
PHI BETA KAPPA
Diana Starr Aehegma, A nne Baumgartner,
Sharukh Jamshid Bhavnagri, Laura Jean
Blume, Cynthia Marie Carras, Elizabeth Cho,
Joh n Paul Christy, Matthew Hanscom Davis,
Elizabeth Spear Derickson, N athaniel James
Stoltzfus Fairfield, Claire Kathleen FeldmanRiordan, H elen C hia Lun Fu, Benjam in
David Geller, Allegra Raboff Gordon, A ri
N athaniel Houser, R ebecca Ella HowesMischel, Sarah Elizabeth Jay, Marc A llan
Jeuland, Polina Dimitrova Kehayova, Jennifer
Erin Kidwell, Emily Myers Kutolowski, Ira
Kenneth Lindsay, Margaret Flynn Lippincott,
Eve Isabella Manz, Emily Lehua Moore,
Kimberly Kikue Nakashima, Kevin Singleton
O ’N eil, Catherine Rhiannon Osborne,
Kristen A nne Panfilio, Tushar A nil Parlikar,
Stephen Andrew Rauch, Mariel Rivero,
Adam M ichael Rogers, Brandon Foster Roth,
Julie Levin Russo, Sonia R ebecca Scherr,
M am i Deborah Schultz, Jessica A nne
Schwartz, Joshua Barton Scott, M ichael
David Fuller Seifert, Kristen Rutkowski
Sharpless, Rachel Lee Stein, Timothy David
Stewart-Winter, Katherine Rosellen Surrence,
Joshua Loring Colvin Tropp, Jordan Joseph
Wales, Heather Marie Weyrick, Elizabeth Ty
Wilde, B eth Ellen Williams, Sarah Rose Yahm
SIGMA XI
N ii Antiaye Addy, Sandra Leigh Albro,
Richard Warren Aleong, Sari B eth
Altschuler, Erica Lynn Anderson, Keith
Henry Bentrup, Patrick Lindley Boe, Ibrahim
Busnaina, Cristina Veloso Cardemil, Kristin
Nicole Chadderton, Marisa Chavez, Elizabeth
Spear Derickson, A llyn Dullighan, Nathaniel
James Stoltzfus Fairfield, Aaron Alexander
Firestone, Roger David Foltz, Clara Agnes
Edna Fuchsman, Benjam in David Geller,
Joseph Charles Genereux, Sarah Marcia
Greenberger, A ri N athaniel Houser, Ian Darin
Huntington, Marc A llan Jeuland, Nikolas
Anders Johnson, Edward Gilkison Jones,
Polina Dimitrova Kehayova, Vanessa Laraine
Knoedler, Ilya Boris Leskov, Dimitriy Levin,
Margaret Flynn Lippincott, Eve Isabella
Manz, Aviva Sari Meyer, M ichelle M ichiko
Mizumori, Matthew N oce Murphy, Brian
Patrick Murray, Jane Yuenkay Ng, Clarissa
Jane Nobile, A nthony Luis Ortegon, Kristen
Anne Panfilio, Tushar A n il Parlikar, Hannah
Ellee Rakoff, Amy B eth Reighard, Charles
Edward Riley, Mark Atienza Samols, Jessica
Anne Schwartz, Eli M ichael Silk, Daniel
Aron Simkin, Frances Berkeley Sm ith,
Eugene Reed Turk, Jordan Joseph Wales,
Emily Elizabeth W ilkins, B eth Ellen Williams,
Ann Marie W illman, Christopher David
Woodrell, Lily Yang, Talia Young, Leah A nne
Zallman
TAU BETA PI
M cC abe M em orial Fellow ship to Theodore S.
C ho ’93
T he M ellon M inority U ndergraduate Fellow ship
to C hela Delgado ’03, Lashanna Lawler ’02,
Elizabeth Lindsey ’02, A licia Muñoz ’03 and
Jonathan Rosa ’03
T he L u cretia M ott Fellow ship to Shreena
Gandhi ’01, Erika Rauer ’97, Rani Shankar
’98, and Katy Yanda ’96
T h e ]. R oland Pennock U ndergraduate
Fellow ship in Public Affairs to Tamara ManikPerlman ’02, Dann Naseemullah ’02, Benedict
Schw eigen ’02, R enee W iden ’02, and A nna
Woodiwiss ’02
T he M artha E . Tyson Fellow ship to Nicole
Bouttenot ’01, Lisa Massengale ’01
AWARDS AND PRIZES
T h e Adams Prize for 1999-2000 to Elizabeth
Ty W ilde ’01 and Dimo Pramatarov ’02
T h e Adams Prize for 2000-2001 to Benjam in
Keys ’01
T he Stanley A dam son Prize in Chem istry to
Leslie Murray ’02
T he Jon athan Leigh Altman Sum m er Grant to
Lauren Tobias ’02
Kristin N icole Chadderton, Ari Nathaniel
Houser, Marc A llan Jeuland, M ichelle
Michiko Mizumori, Tushar A nil Parlikar,
Jordan Joseph Wales
T he A m erican C hem ical Society Scholastic
A chievem ent A w ard to Polina Kehayova ’01
and Benjam in G eller ’01
FELLOWSHIPS
T he A m erican C hem ical Society U ndergraduate
Award in A nalytical Chem istry to Bruce
Lichtenstein ’02
T he Susan P. C obbs Prize Fellow ship to John
Paul Christy ’01 and Joseph Spadola ’04
T he A m erican C hem ical Society U ndergraduate
A w ard in Polym er C hem istry to Krista Marshall
’03
T he Sarah Kaighn C ooper Scholarship to
Matthew Landreman ’02, and R ebecca Paul
T he A m erican Institute o f Chem ists Student
H onor A w ard to Mark Samols ’01
’02
T he Solom on A sch A w ard in Psychology to Eve
Isabella Manz ’01 and Jessica A nne Schwartz
The H annah A . Leedom Fellow ship to Elizabeth
Weber ’98, Zoe W hitley ’01
’01
The Joshu a Lippincott Fellow ship to Tobie
Barton ’99, James Harker ’99, Ruth
Shoemaker ’01
T he B oyd Barnard Prize to Alyson Jones ’02
T he John L ockw ood M em orial Fellow ship to
Brynnen Louise Ford ’92, Matthew S t. Clair
’97, Joseph Tucker ’00, M ichael Waddington
T he Tim Berm an M em orial A w ard to Edward
Sherer ’01 and Peter Schilla ’01
’00
T he Paul H . B eik Prize in H istory to Timothy
Stewart-W inter ’01
T he B lack Alum ni Prize to Rodliz GilpinJackson ’02 and Aduke Thelw ell ’03
T he Thom as B . M cC abe Jr. and Yvonne M otley
413
Awards and Distinctions
T he Brand Blanshard Prize in Philosophy to
Benjam in M an H on C h an ’01
’01, Sonia Scherr ’0 1, Timothy StewartW inter ’0 1, and Katherine Surrence ’01
T he Sophie and W illiam Bram son Prize to Claire
Feldman-Riordan ’01 and Heather Weyrick ’01
T he Jesse H . H olm es Prize in Religion to Bart
S co tt ’01
D aniel W alter Brenner M em orial Scholarship to
Lisa Ladewski ’02
T he Brinkm ann Prize to Kate Minear ’04 and
Tushar A n il Parlikar ’01
C hem istry D epartm ent Service Awards to Leslie
Murray ’02
T he Susan P. C obbs Scholarship to Philip
Garboden ’02
T he G ladys Irish A w ard to Kristen English ’01
T he Ivy A w ard to Timothy David StewartW inter ’01
T he M ichael K een e A w ard to Jared G .
Solom on ’01
T he N aom i K ies A w ard to Elizabeth Derickson
’01, Susan Ansell ’02
T he Kw ink Trophy to Joshua Lindsey ’01
T he C R C Press Freshm an Chem istry
A chievem ent Award to James Maiolo ’04
T he Lande Field R esearch Award to Amanda
Schneider ’02
T he A lice L . C rossley Prize in A sian Studies to
R ebecca Schultz ’02, C hika W atanabe ’02,
and Andrea W ong ’02
T he Lang A w ard to Eve Isabella Manz ’01
T he D eans’ Awards to Jordan I. Brackett ’01,
Brian P. Bum heter ’01, Jennifer Callaghan
’01, Cristina Cardemil ’01, Marc A . Jeuland
01, Kenneth H. Kim ’01, Rodney J . Morris
’01, Jane Y. Ng ’01, Julie L. Russo ’01, Ruth
Shoemaker ’01, Jared G . Solom on ’01,
Timothy D. Stew art-W inter ’01, Lena Sze ’01
T he D epartm ent o f English Literature Sum m er
W riting Stipend to Diana M etrick ’02
T he R obert D unn A w ard to K enneth Clark ’03
T he W illiam C . E lm ore Prize in Physics to
M ichael Seifert ’01
T he L eo M . L eva M em orial Prize in Biology to
Adam Rogers ’01, Margaret Lippincott ’01,
Kristen Sharpless ’01, and Talia Young ’01
T he Linguistics Prizes to Henrike Blumenfeld
(Bryn Mawr College ’01 ) (theoretical linguis
tics) and Christine Lattin ’01 (applications of
linguistics)
Edw ard M artin Scholarship to B eth Williams
’01
T he M cC abe Engineering A w ard to Tushar A nil
Parlikar ’01
T he N orm an M einkoth Field Biology A w ard to
Marilyn Guzman ’02
T he Lew Elverson Trophy to Marc Jeuland ’01
T he M orris M onsky Prize in M athem atics to
M atti Klock ’04
T he R obert Enders Field Biology A w ard to
Amanda Schneider ’02
T he L ois M orrell Poetry A w ard to Kara Levy
’03
T h e Friedman Field Research Award to L au ra
B arker ’03
T he A . Edw ard N ew ton Student Library Prizes
to LiErin Probasco ’04
T he D orothy D itter G ondos A w ard to Emily
Moore ’01
T he H elen F. N orth A w ard to Claire Weiss ’03
and Kellam Conover ’03
T he G onzalez'V ilaplana Prize fo r O utstanding
A chievem ent in Chem istry to Polina Kehayova
’01 and Benjam in G eller ’01
T he O ak L e a f A w ard to R ebecca Ella HowesMischel ’01 and Sarah Elizabeth Jay ’01
T he H ay-U rban A w ard in Religious Studies to
Daniel Koltonski ’02
T he John Russell H ayes Poetry Prizes to Sofiya
Cabalquinto ’01 and Lena Sze ’01
T he Sam uel H ayes III R esearch G rant to Olga
Rostapshova ’02
T he E leanor K ay H ess A w ard to Sarah Tufano
’03
T he Philip M . H icks Prize fo r Literary C riticism
Essay to Elizabeth Goldsmith ’02, Julie Russo
414
T he M ark O sterw eil Prize (not awarded this
year only)
T he M ay E . Parry A w ard to R ebecca HowesMischel ’01 and Sarah Jay ’01
T he D rew P earson Prize to Justin Kane ’02
T he Perdue A w ard (not awarded this year)
T he W illiam Plum er P otter Prizes in Fiction to
Amalie Dublon ’04 (first prize), Kara Levy ’03
(second prize), Emily Moore ’01 (third prize),
and Elaine Allard ’01 and Jonah Tully ’01
(Honorable Mentions)
T he Ernie Prudente A w ard to Kathleen Vivalo
’01 and Tony Hillery ’01
T he Dinny R ath A w ard to Heather Marandola
’01 and Jokotade Agunloye ’01
T he Judith Polgar Ruchkin Prize to Cynthia
Carras 01 and Leah Zallman ’01
T he Jam es H . Scheuer Environm ental Fellow ship
to Sierra Curtis-McLane ’02
T he Frank Solom on Jr. Student A rt Prize to
Molly Kalkstein ’01, Eric Leive ’01 and Jane
Ng ’01
T he H ally Jo Stein M em orial A w ard fo r D ance
to Emily Moore ’01, Jennifer Pike ’01, and
Christopher Woodrell ’01
T he K aren D vonch Steinm etz ’76 M em orial
Award to Emily Bobrow ’9 6 and Aymeric
Pansu ’01
T he P eter G ram Swing Prize to Kristin
Chadderton ’01
T he Melvin B . Troy Award to Mackenzie
Carlson ’04 (music); Aryani Manring ’01
(dance)
T he V ollm ecke Service Award (not awarded
this year)
T he Jerom e H . W ood Prize in Latin A m erican
Studies (not awarded this year)
Enrollment Statistics
ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS BY CLASSES (Fall 2000)
TOTAL
MEN
W OM EN
Seniors
160
184
344
Juniors
160
180
340
Sophomores
173
195
368
Freshmen
172
195
367
665
754
1419
Graduate Students
0
0
0
Special Students
3
6
9
668
760
1428
TO TAL
N ote: These counts include 73 students studying abroad.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS (Fall 2000)
A labam a.................................... 6
A lask a........................................4
Arkansas.................................... 3
Arizona............. .......................12
Army Post Offices.................. 2
California............................. 126
C olorad o.................................17
C o nn ecticu t...........................37
Delaw are................................. 12
District o f Colum bia............18
Florida..................................... 40
Georgia......... J........................... 9
Hawaii.....................................13
Illin ois..................................... 33
Indiana.................................... 10
Iowa....................
2
K ansas........................................2
Kentucky................................... 7
Louisiana................................... 1
M ain e....................................... 11
Maryland.................................86
M assachusetts....................... 86
M ichigan.................................26
M innesota.............................. 20
Missouri................................... 11
M ontana.................................... 3
N ebraska...... ............................3
N evada...................................... 6
New Hampshire....................14
New Jersey.............................. 84
New M exico............................. 3
New Y ork............................. 205
416
N orth C arolin a..................... 18
N orth Dakota...........................1
40
O h io ........................
O klahom a.................................2
O regon....................................22
Pennsylvania........................179
Puerto R ic o .............................. 3
Rhode Island............................6
South C arolin a....................... 4
Tennessee..................................9
T ex as........................................26
U ta h ................................
3
V erm ont.................................. 10
Virgin Islands...........................1
V irginia...................................42
W ashington............................34
W est V irginia...........................3
W isconsin..................................8
Total U .S .A ....................... 1323
A rgentina............. ....................2
B olivia........................................ 1
Brazil.......................................... 5
Bulgaria..................................... 5
Canada...................
8
Colombia................................... 2
Egypt.......................................... 1
Ethiopia......................................1
France........................................ 3
G erm any...................................3
G h a n a ........................................7
G reece........................................ 1
Hong Kong............................... 4
In dia............................................1
Indonesia...................................2
Italy ............................................ 2
Jam aica............................
2
Ja p a n ..........................................9
K enya............................
2
M alaysia.................................... 4
Mauritius.......................... ........1
M ex ico .......................................2
Nepal.......................................... 2
New Zealand............ ...............2
Pakistan......................................1
Peoples Republic o f C hina ..5
Philippines............................... 2
Rom ania........................
1
Saudi A rab ia............................ 1
Singapore.......................1........ 3
South A frica ....................
.0
South K orea............................. 1
Sp ain ...................
1
Taiwan........................................2
Tanzania.................................... 1
Thailand.................................... 0
Trinidad and Tobago............. 3
Turkey........................................5
U nited Kingdom.....................3
Venezuela................................. 2
Vietnam ......................................1
Zimbabwe.................................. 1
Total From A broad........ ..105
G R A N D T O T A L ..........1428
Index
Absence from examinations, 79
Academic misconduct, 46
Administration and staff, 390
Admissions procedure, 23
Application dates, 24
Scholastic Aptitude and Achievem ent
Tests, 23
School subjects recommended, 23
Advanced degrees, 81
Advanced Placement, 25
Advanced standing, 25
Advising, 58
Alumni Association officers, 370
Alumni Council, 370
Alumni Relations Office, 63
Ancient history, 125
Art/List Gallery, 91
Art history, 92
Arts, studio, 96
Asian Studies, 99
Astronomy, 3 10
Athletics, 61, 302
Attachments to courses, 72
Attendance a t classes, 77
Auditing courses, 77
Automobiles, regulations, 53
Awards and Distinctions (awarded), 412
Awards and Prizes (described), 82
Bachelor o f arts degree, 81
Bachelor o f science degree, 81
Bequests, 10
Biology, 105
Black Cultural Center, 55
Black Studies, 112
Board of Managers, 366
Committees of, 368
Botany, see Biology
Bursar, 2 8 ,3 9 4
Calendar, College, 5
Career Services, 58
Chemistry, 116
Chinese, 252
C IV IC , 62
Classics, 122
Cocurricular activities, 59
Code of Conduct, 45
Cognitive Science, 128
College entrance examinations, 23
College jobs, 3 0
Comparative literature, 130
Comprehensive examinations, 66, 68, 81
Computer science, 133
Computing services, 13
Cooper (W illiam ].) Foundation, 16
Cooperation with neighboring institutions, 74
Cornell Library of Science and Engineering, 11
Corporation, officers of, 366
Courses of instruction, 90
Course numbering system, 90
Creative arts, 74
Credit/no credit, 77
C R O P (Chester Road Orientation Program), 62
Cross-listed course rules, 67
Curriculum, 66
Dance, 60, 274, 282
Degree requirements, 81
Degrees offered, 81
Degrees conferred, 406
Dining hall, 55
Directed reading, 71
Directions for correspondence, 2
Directions for reaching the College, 424
Distribution requirements, 66
Divisions and departments, 388
Divisions for distribution requirements, 67
Drama, 6 0 ,1 6 5 ,1 8 2
Drop/add, see Registration, 78
DuPont (Pierre S .) Science Building, 12
Economics, 140
Education, 146
Education abroad, 74
Emeritus professors, 372
Endowed chairs, 19
Endowment, 10
Engineering, 153
English literature, 165
Enrollment in courses, see Registration, 78
Enrollment statistics, 416
Environmental Studies, 191
Equal Opportunity Office, 394
Equal Opportunity Statem ent, 2
Examination regulations, 79
Exceptions to the four-year program, 71
Exclusion from College, 80
Expenses, 27
Extracurricular activities, 61
Faculty advisers, 58, 66, 68
Faculty members, 372
Faculty regulations, 77
Fees (tuition, residence, e tc.), 27, 81
Fellowships, 87
Final examinations, 79
Financial aid, 29
4 17
Fine arts, see art history
Footnote key, 90, 372
Foreign language requirement, 81
Foreign students, 4 16
Foreign study, see study abroad, 27, 74, 185
Formats o f instruction, 72
Francophone Studies, 197
Fraternities, 56
French, 256
Friends Historical Library, 11
Geographical distribution o f students, 416
German, 262
Germ an Studies, 201
Gifts, 2 ,1 0
Grades, 77
Graduate study, 81
Graduation requirements, 81
(see also distribution requirements)
Greek, 123
Grenoble program, 75
Health care, 56
Health Sciences Advisory program, 73
History, 203
Honors program, 66, 70
Honors examiners, 70, 403
Housing, 54
Incomplete grade policies, 77
Independent study, 72
Information technology, 13
Insurance, 57
Intercultural Center, 55
Interdisciplinary work, 73
Interpretation Theory, 219
Judicial bodies, 53
Kohlberg Hall, 12
Lang Music Building, 12, 60
Lang Performing Arts Center, 12
Latin, 124
Leaves o f absence, 79
Libraries, 10
Linguistics, 224
List A rt Gallery, 14
Literature (see Comparative Literature)
Loans to students, 3 0
Madrid program, 74
Map o f College grounds, 422
Martin Hall, 12
418
Master’s degrees, 66
Mathematics and Statistics, 232
M cCabe Library, 10
Media Services, 397
Media, student, 61
Medieval Studies, 242
M odem Languages and Literatures, 244
Music, 59, 274
Music, performance, 275, 281
Nason Fellowships, 88
News and Information Office, 63
Normal course load, 71
Observatory, 1 3 ,3 0 4
O ffice o f Community Service Learning pro
grams, 61
Orchestra, 59
Outreach programs, 61
Papazian Hall, 12
Pass/fail, see credit/no credit, 77
PD C (primary distribution courses), 66
Peace and C onflict Studies, 294
Philosophy, 297
Physical Education and A thletics, 302
Physical Education requirements, 80, 302
Physics and astronomy, 304
Plagiarism, 46
Poland program, 185
Political science, 312
Practical work, 72
Premedical advising, 73
Primary distribution courses (P D C ), 66
Prizes, 82
Program o f study, 66
Freshmen and sophomores, 66
Juniors and seniors, 68
Honors program, 70
Psychological Services, 56
Psychology, 323
Public policy, 332
Publications, College, 63
Publications, student, 61
Readmission to the College, 79
Registration, 78
Religion, 336
Religious life, 8, 56
Repeated course rules, 78
Requirements for admission, 23
Requirements for graduation, 81
(see also distribution requirements)
Residence halls, 54
Index
Residence, regulations, 54
Russian, 266
W riting Center, 58
Scholarships, 29, 30
Scholastic Aptitude Test, 23
Scott Arboretum, 14
Security policies and procedures, 59
Senior-year residency requirement, 81
Sharpies Dining Hall, 55
Social Affairs Comm ittee, 59
Social centers, 55
Sociology and Anthropology, 345
Spanish, 269
Special major, 68
Sproul Observatory, 13, 304
Standing committees o f the faculty, 389
Statistics, 232
Student conduct, 45
Student Council, 59
Student employment, 30
Student exchange programs, 74
Student Right to Know, 76
Student Rights, 45
Student-run courses, 72
Study abroad, 74, 185
Submission o f the same work in more than
one course, 47
Summer o f Service, 63
Summer school work, 80
Swarthmore College Peace Collection, 11
Swarthmore Foundation, 62
Tarble Social Center, 55
Teacher certification, 147
Theatre, courses in, 186
Transfer, application for, 26
Transfer credit
(see work done elsewhere), 79
Tuition and other fees, 27, 81
Twenty-course credit rule, 68
Underhill Music Library, 11
Upward Bound, 61
Venture Program, 80
Visiting Examiners, 403
Vocational Advising, 58
Withdrawal from the College, 79
Withdrawal from courses, 78
Women’s Resource Center, 55
Women’s Studies, 362
Work done elsewhere, 80
W orth Health Center, 56
419
S w a r t h m o r e C o lle g e
Cam pus M ap
V is ito r In fo rm a tio n
B e n ja m in W e st H o u se ( 4 3 )
A d m issio n s O ffic e
P a rris h H a ll ( 2 8 )
( ? ) V is ito r P a rk in g
SEPTA
Railroad
Station
S o u th E n tra n c e
/ A t h l e t i c F iè ld s
Swarthmore
R e sid e n c e H a ll (S e e In s e t)
1. Ashton House— C ollege guest house
2. Beardsley Hall— A rt H istory, Studio A rt,
Com puting C en ter
3. Bond and Lodges— Student residence and m eeting
room s
4. Clothier Memorial Hall— Tarble S ocial C enter,
sn ack bar, student offices, bookstore, Intercultural
C en ter
5. Cornell Science and Engineering Library
6. Cosby Courtyard
7. Courtney Sm ith House— President's residence
8. Cratsley House— C ollege guest house (In set)
9. Cunningham House— Scott A rboretum O ffices and
Terry Shane Teaching G arden
10. Dana Hall— Student residence
11. DuPont Science Building— Chem istry,
M athem atics and Statistics, Physics an d Astronom y
12. Hallowell Hall— Student residence
13. Heating Plant
14. Hicks Hall— Engineering
15. Kohlberg Hall— E conom ics, M odem Languages and
L iteratures, Sociology and A nthropology, Language
R esource C enter, Scheuer R oom , C orddry Wing, credit
union, coffee bar
16. Lamb-Miller Field House
17. Lang Music Building— M usic, U nderhill M usic
Library
18. Eugene M . and Theresa Lang Performing Arts
Center— T heatre, D ance, English Literature
19. List Gallery
20. Martin Building and Animal Laboratory— Biology,
Kirby Lecture H all
21. Mary Lyon Building— Student residence (In set)
22. McCabe Library
23. Mertz Hall— Student residence
24. Mullan Tennis Center
25. Old Tarble
26. Palmer Hall— Student residence
27. Papazian Hall— Philosophy, Psychology, Engineering
Laboratory
28. Parrish Hall— A dm issions O ffice, adm inistration
offices, student residen ce, m ail room
29. Pearson Hall— Education, Linguistics, Religion,
H um an R esources, Foreign Study O ffice
30. Pittenger Hall— Student residence
31. Roberts Hall— Student residence
32. Robinson House— B lack C ultural C enter
33. Sco tt Amphitheater
34- Service Building— M aintenance, G rounds, and
Environm ental Services
35. Sharpies Dining Hall
36. Sproul Observatory— A stronom y, C om puter
S cien ce, Alum ni and G ift Records
37. Squash Court Building
38. Strath Haven Condominiums
39. Swarthmore Friends Meetinghouse
40. Tarble Pavilion— Physical Education
41. Trotter Hall— P olitical S cience, H istory, C lassics
42. Ware Pool
43. Benjamin West House— V isitor inform ation,
Public S afety, C om m unications
44. W harton Hall— Student residence
45. W hittier House
46. W illets Hall— Student residence
47. Women’s Resource Center
48. Woolman House— Student residence
49. W orth Hall— Student residence
50. W orth Health Center
Directions for Reaching
Swarthmore College
DRIVING
From th e Pen nsylvan ia Turnpike, going E ast
From Exit 24 (Valley Forge) take 1-76 East (Schuylkill Expressway) about 2 lA
miles to 1-476 South. Take 1-476 approximately 13 miles to Exit 2, Media/
Swarthmore. A t the bottom of the exit ramp, follow the sign for Swarthmore by
turning left onto Baltimore Pike. (See below for “. . . the rest of the way.”)
From th e Pen nsylvan ia Turnpike, going W est
Take Exit 25A (1-476 South). Stay on 1-476 approximately 17 miles to Exit 2,
Swarthmore/Media. A t the bottom of the exit ramp, follow the sign for
Swarthmore by turning left onto Baltimore Pike. (See below for “. . . the rest of
the way.”)
From th e New Je rs e y Turnpike
Take Exit 6 (PA Turnpike) and proceed as directed above “From the Penn
sylvania Turnpike, going West.”
From th e South
Traveling north on 1-95, pass the Chester exits and continue to Exit 7, 1-476
North/Plymouth Meeting. Take 1-476 to Exit 2, Media/Swarthmore. A t the
bottom of the exit ramp, follow the sign for Swarthmore by turning right onto
Baltimore Pike. (See below for “. . . the rest of the way.”)
. . th e re s t o f th e w ay”
On Baltimore Pike, stay in the right lane. In less than one mile, turn right onto
Route 320 South. (A t the next light, Route 320 turns right.) Proceed through
the light at College Avenue to the first driveway on the right to visitor parking
at the Benjamin West House (the College’s Visitor’s Center).
TRAIN
The College is readily accessible from Philadelphia by train. Amtrak trains from
New York and Washington arrive hourly at Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station.
From 30th Street Station, the SEPTA Media/Elwyn Local (R3) takes 22 minutes
to reach the Swarthmore station, which is adjacent to campus.
AIR
An express train runs from the airport to 30th Street Station, where you can take
the SEPTA Media/Elwyn Local (R3) train directly to the Swarthmore campus.
The combined fare is about $10, and the trip requires about one hour. Taxi ser
vice is also available. The fare is approximately $30, and the trip requires about
20 minutes. By car from the airport, take 1-95 South to Exit 7, 1-476
North/Plymouth Meeting. Take 1-476 North to Exit 2, Media/Swarthmore. At
the bottom of the exit ramp, follow the sign for Swarthmore by turning right
onto Baltimore Pike. (See above for “. . . the rest of the way.”)
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Swarthmore College Catalogue, 2001-2002
A digital archive of the Swarthmore College Annual Catalog.
2001 - 2002
428 pages
reformatted digital