2012 Summer Courses
graduate school of arts and sciences
If you are already a student in the Graduate School you can register for the following summer courses through Agora.
If you are not a current student, you can apply as a Summer Special Student.
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Romance Languages and Literatures
Classics
CL063 Intensive Latin
The goal of this course is to build solid reading skills in the Latin language by providing an intensive and comprehensive introduction to the basics of Latin grammar and syntax. The course meets for twelve weeks and is divided into two sessions.
The first session will begin to guide students through the fundamentals of the language using Wheelock’s Latin. The second session will complete Wheelock’s Latin and proceed to readings in the original from Caesar, Cicero, Catullus and others.
Sessions I and II (Session II is a continuation of Session I)
M Th 6:15-9:15 p.m. - Gasson 210
Maria Kakavas
German Studies
GM061 Intensive Readings in German
Although the Department of Germanic Studies does not offer a graduate degree, the following course is available to graduate students from various departments. This course is intended to prepare the student for either a graduate language reading examination or the standardized Princeton type of test and provides him or her with the ability to read general or specialized material in his or her own major field as well as in related areas. No previous knowledge of German is required.
Sessions I and II (Session II is a continuation of Session I)
M Th 6:15-9:15 p.m. - Carney 307
Christopher Eykman/ Ursula Mangoubi
English
EN887 Introduction to Advanced Research
This course will acquaint you with the essential resources to carry out the central tasks of literary scholarship. Bibliography (broadly defined as the investigation of the production, dissemination, collection, location, and identification of literary artifacts) is indispensable to scholarship and criticism of all kinds, just as a critical sensibility guides our choice of what books to look for. You will be guided through the reference works and databases available in the Boston College library and others, discuss the goals, purposes, and future of the field of literary studies, and produce an original project based on archival sources.
Session I
M W 2:00-4:30 p.m. - Campion 306
Robert Stanton
EN702 The 9/11 Novel
In a little more than a decade, a significant body of novels have directly addressed the 9/11 attacks and the repercussions that have followed. An even larger body of novelists have written about this subject indirectly. This course will survey these novels, reading critical works alongside them to consider what they can tell us both about how national traumas are remembered and how singular events can have lasting consequences. We will also consider why an event like Hurrican Katrina has not generated such an outpouring of literary expression, and what might have happened if it did.
Session II
T Th 12:00-2:30 p.m. - Carney 203
Min Song
History
HS853 Twentieth Century Europe: Problems and Perspectives (Colloquium)
Europe has never been a peaceful place. Yet even by the low standards of that bloody continent, the 20th century had a rather bad start. This makes the second half of the 20th century all the more surprising, as Europe emerged from two world wars into a difficult, divided, but stable postwar period, one marked by integration and prosperity in the West and stagnation and repression in the East. This course will examine the political, cultural and economic dimensions of Europe's dark century.
Session I
M W 6:30-8:30 p.m. - History Conference Room 412-S
Devin Pendas
HS878 American Slavery (Colloquium)
No field in American history has been more dynamic and more debated than the history of slavery in the United States. This course covers a broad range of critical questions and historical debates about slavery in the United States, including the diversity of slave labor, the evolution of slavery over time, slavery and gender roles, slave families, slave resistance, the position of free blacks in a slave society, slave religion, and the impact of slavery on the nation. From a few of the classic texts on slavery to the most recent and acclaimed scholarship, we will explore some of the more controversial, innovative, and provocative works in the field.
Session II
M W 6:30-8:30 p.m. - History Conference Room 412-S
Cynthia Lyerly
Earth and Environmental Sciences
GE515 Geological Field Research
This course focuses on geological field work in eastern Massachusetts through inquiry-based research and hypothesis-testing. In the first week, students write a brief research proposal including hypotheses, tests and a work plan for the next two weeks. We will study appropriate literature and take an introductory field trip to the field area. The second week will focus on field work. In the third week, students prepare a geological map and appropriate cross sections, and a report presenting rock descriptions, structural analysis, a geological history, and interpretation of results in the context of the hypotheses posed in the proposal.
Session I
Daily, May 16-June 5, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. - Devlin 307
Yvette Kuiper
Romance Languages and Literatures
RL065 Intensive Reading in French
The course objectives are (1) to develop the ability to read French readily and accurately through the study of grammatical structures and vocabulary; (2) to develop techniques for the reading of French-language material; and (3) to provide practice in the translation of French texts in general and of texts related to the students’ major fields of study and research. This course may be taken for a grade, for pass/fail, or audited (as a registered auditor). Students desiring a pass/fail grade must file this grading preference with the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Sessions I and II (Session II is a continuation of Session I)
M W 12:00-3:00 p.m. - Devlin 216
Stephen Bold