Courses

• CAS BI 584: Seminar: Progress in Cell and Molecular Biology
  Facilitates presentation and discussion of research ideas, preliminary data, and research progress by all graduate students in Cell & Molecular Biology (CM). All CM graduate students are encouraged to participate every semester, but receive two credits toward the degree only once, for CAS BI 583 or for CAS BI 584.
• CAS BI 594: Topics in Neurobiology
  Examines contemporary topics in neurobiological research, drawing from recent literature. Students critically evaluate papers, assess the soundness of methods, distinguish correct from incorrect interpretations of data, and discuss the soundness of conclusions. Topic for Spring 2015: Channelopathies: When Ion Channels Go Bad. Also offered as CAS NE 594.
• CAS CC 101: Core Humanities I: Ancient Worlds
  An interdisciplinary study, beginning with the origins of Mesopotamian civilization and the Hebrew Bible. We then examine the beginning and development of Greek civilization through Homer, Greek tragedy, and Plato. Students also engage with the visual culture of Greece, and the relation of beauty and power, and of beauty and mathematics, by examining the Parthenon and works at the Museum of Fine Arts. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS CC 102: Core Humanities II: The Way: Antiquity and the Medieval World
  A conversation between Core's Humanities classes begins as we examine Aristotle, Confucius, Laozi, the Bhagavad-gita, Virgil, the Gospels, and Dante. Students compare Biblical and Classical views of the "way," or the best human life, and look at the synthesis of the two in Dante. A study of Western and Asian art at the Museum of Fine Arts brings out the contrast of traditions and highlights our focus on the relation of the individual to culture and to nature. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS CC 111: Core Natural Science I: Origins: The Cosmos, Earth, Life, and Human Beings
  Core Natural Science parallels the Humanities course by studying the origins of the physical world. The course looks at how the interlocking fields of astronomy, earth science, biology, and anthropology complement and contrast to a humanities-based understanding of our place in the cosmos. Topics include Big Bang theory, evolution of the stars and earth, evolution of life, the origins of human life, and the evolutionary source of human society. Assignments include computer-based and experimental laboratory work. Carries natural sciences (with lab) divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS CC 112: Core Social Science I: Religion, Social Thought, and the Roots of Society
  Examines some of the earliest attempts to understand other peoples in Herodotus and Tacitus and looks at Durkheim's view that religion is fundamentally about society. We consider as well the encounter of Spanish missionaries with South America, of Jesuits with the traditions of China, and works including Augustine, Joinville's history of the Crusades, Locke, William James and modern anthropology. Carries social sciences divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS CC 201: Core Humanities III: The Renaissance
  From the late Middle Ages to the beginning of the modern world. We examine the Renaissance revival of Classics, its emphasis on the individual and its rediscovery of the physical world. Topics studied include the rise of national literatures, the origins of modern political and scientific thought, and the beginning of the novel. Students look at Petrarch, Montaigne, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Descartes, and Milton, and explore the music of Bach and the art of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS CC 202: Core Humanities IV: From the Enlightenment to Modernity
  From the Age of Reason through the Romantic Revolt to the Modern World. We examine questions of social hierarchy and what it means to know, as well as subjectivity and its relation to reason through Kant, Rousseau, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, the Romantic poets, Thoreau and Emily Dickinson, and the art of Goya and the music of Beethoven. We look at the radical perspectivism of Nietzsche, return to 20th century America with DuBois' The Souls of Black Folk and end with Virginia Woolf's Modernist response to WWI in Mrs. Dalloway. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS CC 211: Core Social Science II: Power, Political Forms, and Economics
  Looks at ideas of human rights and self-determination, the relation of the individual and society, and the relation of power and economics to society. We consider the major events and processes that have shaped the modern world both in the United States and globally and look at the roots of these changes in the works studied in first year Core. Readings are drawn from classic works of social and political theory: Thucydides, Ibn Khaldun, Hobbes, Rousseau, Tocqueville, Weber, Adam Smith, Marx, Durkheim and Malinowski. Carries social science divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS CC 212: Core Natural Science II: Reality: Science and the Modern World
  Studies the paradigm-shifting scientific theories which created a new world-view and forced the 20th century into a new understanding of our relation to reality, beginning with quantum theory and relativity and then exploring the Second Law of Thermodynamics, emergent properties, neuroscience and artificial intelligence. Carries natural science divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS CG 111: Beginning Modern Greek 1
  Course may not be elected by anyone with previous study of modern Greek without consent of the department. Provides a basic reading knowledge of modern Greek (demotic) and introduces students to the spoken language.
• CAS CG 112: Beginning Modern Greek 2
  Review of grammar and syntax of modern Greek, reading in both prose and poetry, intensive oral practice.
• CAS CG 211: Intermediate Modern Greek 1
  Intensive review of modern Greek grammar and syntax and drill material from CAS CG 111 and 112. Development of advanced oral and reading skills.
• CAS CG 212: Intermediate Modern Greek 2
  Discussion in Greek on everyday themes. Development of reading skills through the analysis of contemporary texts. Analysis of contrasting modes of expression and their influence on separate national cultures in Greek and in English.
• CAS CG 350: The Modern Greek Short Story
  A study of Greek short fiction from its beginnings to the present with emphasis on its historical context and cultural ideologies. Close reading of Papadiamantis, Vizyenos, Myrivilis, Venezix, Nollas, Gritse-Milliex, and others. Conducted in Greek.
• CAS CG 356: The Modern Greek Novel
  A study of representative modern Greek novels with analysis relating the author's work to the rest of his life and the situation in Greece. Cannot be taken for credit in addition to CAS CL 356.
• CAS CG 357: Modern Greek Culture and Film
  Introduction to Greek cultural, social, historical, political, economic, and religious issues through a range of films that have reflected and shaped contemporary Greek society. Entertainment, education, popular culture, propaganda, and identity- and nation-building practices as reflected in Greek cinema. Also offered as CAS CI 378.
• CAS CG 359: Cavafy and History
  A study of the Modern Greek poet, Konstantinos Kavafis (Cavafy), addressing the historical background, themes, and settings of his works, which treat periods ranging from the Trojan War through the Hellenistic Period to Late Antiquity. Taught in English. Also offered as CAS CL 359.
• CAS CH 101: General Chemistry 1
  For science majors and minors who require a two-semester general chemistry course. Topics include: atoms and molecules; molecular connectivity, infrared spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry; stoichiometry and introduction to reactions in aqueous solutions; thermochemistry and the first law of thermodynamics; quantum aspects of light and matter; and bonding in diatomic and polyatomic molecules. Laboratory exercises include: the size of an atom, qualitative analysis, thermochemistry, and quantum aspects of light and matter. Students must register for the following four course components: lecture, discussion, pre-lab lecture and laboratory. Carries natural science divisional credit (with lab) in CAS.
• CAS CH 102: General Chemistry 2
  For science majors and minors who require a two-semester general chemistry course. Topics include: properties of gases; solutions and solubility; equilibrium; acids, bases, and buffers; electrochemistry; spontaneity, free energy and the second law of thermodynamics; and chemical kinetics. Students must have completed CAS CH 101 prior to enrolling in CAS CH 102. Students must register for the following four course components: lecture, discussion, pre-lab lecture, and laboratory. Carries natural science divisional credit (with lab) in CAS.

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