Ramachandran
» 20th-Century Fiction
Lecture. Tradition and innovation in representative fiction of the early modern period. Recurring themes: the role of the artist in the modern period, the representation of psychological and sexual experience, the virtues (and defects) of the aggressively ...
» A Passage to India: Introduction to Modern Indian Culture and Society
Lecture. This course introduces students to Indian Culture through films, short-stories, novels, essays, and newspaper articles. The course examines some major social and political controversies of contemporary India through discussions centered on India\'...
» Advanced Japanese I
Lecture. This course covers lessons 22 through 27 of Japanese: The Spoken Language by Eleanor H. Jordan with Mari Noda. The goal of the course is to continue to build oral proficiency by expanding your knowledge of vocabulary and grammar. Class hours will ...
» Advanced Japanese II
Lecture. This course covers Lessons 27 through 30 of Japanese: The Spoken Language by Eleanor H. Jordan with Mari Noda. The goal of the course is to continue expanding grammar and vocabulary by further developing four skills: speaking, listening, reading, ...
» Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition: Perspectives on Technology and Culture
Lecture. En este curso el estudiante perfeccionar? su comunicaci?n oral y escrita mediante el estudio y la discusi?n de temas relacionados al impacto social y cultural de la ciencia y la tecnolog?a en ciertas sociedades hispanas. Algunos de los temas que s...
» Advanced Speaking and Critical Listening Skills (ELS)
Lecture. This course is for advanced students who wish to build confidence and skills in spoken English. It focuses on the appropriate oral presentation of material in a variety of professional contexts: group discussions, classroom explanations and intera...
» Advanced Topics: Plotting Terror in European Culture
Lecture. This interdisciplinary course surveys modern European culture to disclose the alignment of literature, opposition, and revolution. Reaching back to the foundational representations of anarchism in nineteenth-century Europe (Kleist, Conrad) the cur...
» Advanced Workshop in Writing for Science and Engineering (ELS)
Lecture. Analysis and practice of various forms of scientific and technical writing, from memos to journal articles. Strategies for conveying technical information to specialist and non-specialist audiences. Comparable to 21W.780 but methods designed to de...
» Advanced Workshop in Writing for Social Sciences and Architecture (ELS)
Lecture. This workshop is designed to help you write clearly, accurately and effectively in both an academic and a professional environment. In class, we analyze various forms of writing and address problems common to advanced speakers of English. We will ...
» After Columbus
Lecture. Sometime after 1492, the concept of the New World or America came into being, and this concept appeared differently — as an experience or an idea — for different people and in different places. This semester, we will read three groups of tex...