Course Announcements for Arts and Sciences Students

New Courses: effective spring 2008 | fall 2008
Courses Recently Approved to Meet General Ed Requirements: effective spring 2008 | fall 2008
Changes in Majors: effective spring 2008 | fall 2008
Changes in Minors: effective spring 2008
New Minors: effective spring 2008
Changes in Certificates: effective spring 2008

New Courses (effective spring 2008/term code 2084)

AFRCNA 1655: African Cinemas/Screen Griots
AFRCNA 1725: Community and Health Issues in East Africa
ANTH 1725: Community and Health Issues in East Africa
BIOSC 0191: Intro to the Biological World 2
BIOSC 1545: The Mathematics of Biological Systems
CHIN 1999: Senior Project
CLASS 1402: Greco-Roman Religions
COMMRC 1160: Visual Rhetoric
ENGCMP 0520: Integrating Writing and Design
ENGLIT 1615: The War Film
GER 1053: Major Cultural Periods 2
GER 1325: Durrenmatt’s Detective Fiction
HAA 1656: Issues of Authority in Japanese Art and Architecture
HIST 1152: Modern European Intellectual History 1
HIST 1153: Modern European Intellectual History 2
HIST 1157: UHC Geography and Empire: Islands and Nationhood in Early Modern British Writing
HIST 1159: Great South Sea: Britain and the Pacific
HIST 1631: History of the American Left in the Twentieth Century
HIST 1720: West Africa in the Era of Slave Trade
HIST 1752: UHC The Lore of Utopias in the 19th and 20th Centuries
HPS 1528: Modern European Intellectual History 1
HPS 1530: Modern European Intellectual History 2
ITAL 0055: Italian Conversation and Culture
KOREAN 0005/1005: Third Year Korean 1
KOREAN 0006/1006: Third Year Korean 2
LING 1724: The Deaf & Society
PHYS 0520: Modern Physics Measurements
PHYS 1310: Undergraduate Seminar 1
PHYS 1311: Undergraduate Seminar 2
RELGST 1145: Greco-Roman Religions
RELGST 1372: Catholicism in the New World
RELGST 1540: Saints East and West
SLAV 0550: Literary Masochism

New Courses (effective fall 2008/term code 2091)

AFRCNA 0601: Xhosa 1 (cross-listed with LING 0601)
CS 1666: Principles of Computer Game Design and Implementation
ENGFLM 1930: Film Studies Internship
ENGLIT 0655: Representing Adolescence
FILMST 0130: Computer Animation
FILMST 0420: Advanced Digital Editing Techniques
FILMST 1120: Directing Actors
FILMST 1134: Writing and Producing the Short Script
GER 0031: Introduction to Yiddish Language and Culture
HAA 0101: Foundations of Art History
HAA 1303: Renaissance Portraiture
HIST 0700: World History
HIST UHC 1165: Immigration and the Transformation of Europe, 1945-2005
HIST 1180: Britain in the Age of the Industrial Revolution 1750-1880
HIST 1181: Britain in the 20th Century
HIST 1721: History of Southern Africa
LING 0601: Xhosa 1 (cross-listed with AFRCNA 0601)
LING 1523: Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature
PS 0700: Research Methods in Political Science
RUSS 0014: Russian for Heritage Learners 1
RUSS 0015: Russian for Heritage Learners 2

Courses Recently Approved to Meet General Education Requirements (effective spring 2008/term code 2084)

Writing: COMMRC 1160: Visual Rhetoric; HIST 1631: History of the American Left in the Twentieth Century
Literature: ENGLIT 0330/0331: Great Books: A Seminar in the Modern Humanities; GER 1053: Major Cultural Periods 2; HIST 1157: UHC Geography and Empire: Islands and Nationhood in Early Modern British Writing; SLAV 0550: Literary Masochism
The Arts: AFRCNA 1655: African Cinemas/Screen Griots; ENGLIT 1615: The War Film
2nd course in Literature or the Arts or Creative Expression: ENGLIT 1615: The War Film; GER 1325: Durrenmatt's Detective Fiction
Philosophy: HIST 1152: Modern European Intellectual History 1; HIST 1157: UHC Geography and Empire: Islands and Nationhood in Early Modern British Writing; HPS 1528: Modern European Intellectual History 1
Social Sciences: HIST 1153: Modern European Intellectual History 2; HPS 1530: Modern European Intellectual History 2
Historical Change: HIST 1152: Modern European Intellectual History 1; HIST 1153: Modern European Intellectual History 2; HIST 1157: UHC Geography and Empire: Islands and Nationhood in Early Modern British Writing; HIST 1159: Great South Sea: Britain and the Pacific; HIST 1631: History of the American Left in the Twentieth Century; HIST 1720: West Africa in the Era of Slave Trade; HPS 1528: Modern European Intellectual History 1; HPS 1530: Modern European Intellectual History 2
International/Foreign Culture - Comparative: ENGLIT 0330/0331: Great Books: A Seminar in the Modern Humanities; HIST 1152: Modern European Intellectual History 1; HIST 1153: Modern European Intellectual History 2; HIST 1159: Great South Sea: Britain and the Pacific; HPS 1528: Modern European Intellectual History 1; HPS 1530: Modern European Intellectual History 2; RELGST 1540: Saints East and West
International/Foreign Culture - Regional: AFRCNA 1725: Community and Health Issues in East Africa; ANTH 1725: Community and Health Issues in East Africa; CLASS 1402: Greco-Roman Religions; HAA 1656: Issues of Authority in Japanese Art and Architecture; HIST 1157: UHC Geography and Empire: Islands and Nationhood in Early Modern British Writing; HIST 1159: Great South Sea: Britain and the Pacific; HIST 1720: West Africa in the Era of Slave Trade; ITAL 0055: Italian Conversation and Culture; RELGST 1145: Greco-Roman Religions
International/Foreign Culture - Non-Western: AFRCNA 1655: African Cinemas/Screen Griots; AFRCNA 1725: Community and Health Issues in East Africa; ANTH 1725: Community and Health Issues in East Africa; HAA 1656: Issues of Authority in Japanese Art and Architecture; HIST 1159: Great South Sea: Britain and the Pacific; HIST 1720: West Africa in the Era of Slave Trade; RELGST 1540: Saints East and West

Courses Recently Approved to Meet General Education Requirements (effective fall 2008/term code 2091)

Writing: HIST UHC 1165: Immigration and the Transformation of Europe, 1945-2005
Literature: ENGLIT 0560: Children and Culture; LING 1523: Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature
2nd course in Literature or the Arts or Creative Expression: JPNSE 1058: Westerns and Samurai Films
Historical Change: HIST 0700: World History; HIST UHC 1165: Immigration and the Transformation of Europe, 1945-2005; HIST 1721: History of Southern Africa
Foreign Language: CHIN 0025: Basic Chinese 1 Speaking/Listening; CHIN 0026: Basic Chinese 2 Speaking/Listening; CHIN 0027: Basic Chinese 3 Speaking/Listening; CHIN 0028: Basic Chinese 4 Speaking/Listening
International/Foreign Culture - Comparative: HIST UHC 1165: Immigration and the Transformation of Europe, 1945-2005
International/Foreign Culture - Regional: HIST 1180: Britain in the Age of the Industrial Revolution 1750-1880; HIST 1181: Britain in the 20th Century; HIST 1721: History of Southern Africa; LING 1523: Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature
International/Foreign Culture - Global: HIST 0700: World History
International/Foreign Culture - Non-Western: HIST 0700: World History; HIST 1721: History of Southern Africa; LING 1523: Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature

Changes in Majors (effective spring 2008/term code 2084)

Revision to the Religious Studies Major: Students will be required to complete 10 rather than nine courses, to include: one designated introductory course in Western religious traditions and one designated introductory course in Eastern religious traditions; two courses acquainting the student with specific methodological approaches to the study of religions (one methods course reflecting historical approaches and the other reflecting philosophical, social scientific, and/or literary approaches); three courses at the 1000-level from each of three different categories reflecting different areas of the world and different historical periods (religions of the East, premodern religions of the West, and modern/contemporary religions of the West); any two additional courses in Religious Studies, at least one of which must be at the 1000-level. Students will complete the major with a capstone seminar that satisfies the school's requirement of a writing course in the major. For a list of specific courses that fulfill the requirements, see the Department's Web site.

Changes in Majors (effective fall 2008/term code 2091)

French Major Revised: In addition to currently required courses, majors must take FR 0027: The French Atlantic. FR 0058: Advanced French Conversation is now required rather than optional. Note that FR 0057: Written French II is no longer required and will no longer be offered.

German Major Revised: In addition to currently required courses, majors must take GER 1051: Introduction to Literary Analysis, GER 1052: Major Cultural Periods I, GER 1053: Major Cultural Periods II, and GER 1900: Senior Seminar, as well as three courses from GER 1200 - 1399. Note that GER 1002: German Phonetics and GER 1518: Bertolt Brecht are no longer required for the major.

History of Art and Architecture Major Revised: The "standard" HA&A major track has been redesignated as a "secondary major option" and modified to require 27 credits rather than 24. Required courses for the standard track are: HAA 0010: Introduction to World Art, HAA 0101: Foundations of Art History, and HAA 1010: Research and Writing Seminar for Majors (9 credits). HA&A standard majors must take one class each in: Ancient art across the globe; Asian art; European art before 1750; and Modern and contemporary art across the globe (12 credits). Finally, HA&A standard majors must take two 1000-level courses in any topic (6 credits). Students who pursue this major track must have a second field in which they are majoring.; Students who wish to pursue an HA&A major only must pursue the new 36-credit HA&A major track. This track requires: HAA 0010: Introduction to World Art, HAA 0101: Foundations of Art History, and HAA 1010: Research and Writing Seminar for Majors (9 credits). HA&A standard majors must take one class each in: Ancient art across the globe; Asian art; European art before 1750; and Modern and contemporary art across the globe (12 credits). Finally, HA&A standard majors must take four 1000-level courses, one of which must be in an Asian topic (12 credits), and they must take one additional HA&A class in any topic at any level. HA&A recommends that students take HAA 1903: History of Art and Architecture Internship to satisfy this requirement.

Music Major Revised: MUSIC 0141: Talking and Writing about Music is no longer required for music majors. Instead, the writing intensive course MUSIC 1904 Senior Seminar is required for majors. All other requirements in the music major remain the same.

Changes in Minors (effective spring 2008/term code 2084)

Revision to the Religious Studies Minor: Students will be required to take two courses from a list of survey and introductory courses, one course at the 1000-level in western religion, one course at the 1000-level in eastern religion, and one elective course at the 1000-level. These new requirements will become effective for students applying to graduate in April 2008 or after. Students applying for graduation in August or December 2007 may choose to fulfill the existing minor requirements or the new ones. Also, any student who has completely fulfilled the old minor requirements prior that the 2007-2008 academic year but who will not graduate until April 2008 or later will be permitted to graduate with the "old" minor. For a list of specific courses that fulfill the requirements, see the Department's Web site.

New Minors (effective spring 2008/term code 2084)

New Minor in Film Studies: The Film Studies Program has been approved to establish a Minor in Film Studies. The current Certificate in Film Studies will be made inactive. Students currently enrolled in the Certificate Program will be grandfathered. The Minor program is a planned, interdisciplinary sequence of six courses (18 credits) that provides the student with a broad introduction to the field of Film Studies.

The 18 credits are to be distributed as follows:

Two required courses (6 credits):
World Film History – ENGLIT 0540 or HAA 0820
Film Analysis – ENGLIT 0530 or HAA 0801

Four Film Studies electives (12 credits): These courses must be taken from at least two of the three categories of Film Studies Courses. No more than two courses can be taken from Category III.
Category I: National Cinemas and Filmmakers
Category II: Themes, Genres and Theory
Category III: Film Photography, Video Production

Additional requirements include: 2.0 GPA. More than 50 percent of the courses must be taken at Pitt. Courses taken at other schools must be approved by the Film Studies Program. Each term, in addition to meeting with their Major advisors, Film Studies Minor students should meet with a Film Studies advisor as well to check their progress through the curriculum. S/NC may be used for only one Minor course except for Film Analysis and World Film History, which shall be assigned a letter grade only.

Changes in Certificates (effective spring 2008/term code 2084)

Film Studies Certificate: The current Certificate in Film Studies will be made inactive. Students currently enrolled in the Certificate Program will be grandfathered. The Film Studies Program has been approved to establish a new Minor in Film Studies (listed above).