2011 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.
Romance Languages Department
Intensive Readings in French RL 065.01
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, pass/fail, or may be audited (as a registered auditor). Students desiring a pass/fail grade must file this grading preference with the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Date, Time, and Location: Please contact Dept.
May 13 - June 22 - (No class May 31)
June 25 - August 6
The second session is a continuation of the first session.
German Studies Department
Intensive Readings in German GM 061.01
This course is intended to prepare the student for either a graduate language reading examination or a standardized test. This course provides him/her with the ability to read general or specialized material in his/her major field, as well as in related areas. No previous knowledge of German is required.
M Th - 6:15 to 9:15 p.m. - Carney 307
May 13 - June 21 - Professor Christoph Eykman (No class May 31)
June 23 - August 6 - Professor Ursula Mangoubi
The second session is a continuation of the first session.
Classics Department
Intensive Readings in Latin CL 063.01
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.
M Th - 6:15 to 9:15 p.m. - Carney 305
May 13 - June 21 - Professor Maria Kakavas (No class May 31)
June 23 - August 6 - Professor Maria Kakavas
The second session is a continuation of the first session.
English Department
Course Cost $3,618 Credit Level: 3
Introduction to Advanced Research EN 887.01
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.
M W - 2:00 p.m. to 4:25 p.m. - Carney 306 (No Class May 31)
May 17 - June 23 - Professor Robert Stanton
American Fiction to 1870 EN 733.01
This course engages the origin and development of the American short story and novel, from local beginnings in sentimental fiction to its first maturity in the American Renaissance. Novels by Brown, Cooper, Hawthorne, and Fanny Fern; stories by Irving, Poe, Melville, Bierce, and Harte. The contributions of such subgenres as the epistolary novel, bildungsroman, the historical novel, Gothic romance, and "woman's fiction" will be considered. Students are invited to incorporate pedagogical approaches and lesson plans into their coursework. The aim is to understand the work American fiction has done in the development of American political and cultural life.
T Th 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. - Carney 306
June 29 - August 3 - Professor James Wallace
History Department
Course Cost $3,618 Credit Level: 3
Colloquium: Social Criticism in America HS 864.01
Please contact professor for course description.
M Th - 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. - 21 Campanella Way 429 (No class May 31)
May 17 - June 25 - Professor John Summers
Colloquium: 20th Century Europe: Problems and Perspectives HS 853.01
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.
M W - 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. - 21 Campanella Way 429
June 28 - August 6 - Professor Devin Pendas