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MATH 352 Complex Functions
Credit: 0.5 QR
The course starts with an introduction to the complex numbers and the complex plane. Next students are asked to consider what it might mean to say that a complex function is differentiable (or analytic, as it is called in this context). For a complex function that takes a complex number z to f(z), it is easy to write down (and make sense of) the statement that f is analytic at z if
exists. In the course we will study the amazing results that come from making such a seemingly innocent assumption. Differentiability for functions of one complex variable turns out to be a very different thing from differentiability in functions of one real variable. Topics covered will include analyticity and the Cauchy- Riemann equations, complex integration, Cauchy's theorem and its consequences, connections to power series, and the residue theorem and its applications.
ARHS 216 Writing about Art
Credit: 0.5
This course is designed to give students of art history an opportunity to expand their knowledge of the many ways of writing about art. Assignments will include description and analysis of individual works of art, art criticism, and catalogue entries, as well as more complex research. In order to provide examples of different types of writing about art, students will be assigned a wide variety of readings. This course is designed particularly for students in art history, but others interested in writing and art may find it useful as well.
Instructor: Staff
ITAL 213Y Language and Culture
Credit: 0.5
TThis first half of the intermediate-level course develops speaking, reading, and writing skills, while considering cultural themes. The activities and materials introduce modern history, literature, film, and music. Written themes develop writing skills. Aural activities develop verbal skills. There are bi-weekly chapter tests, a midterm, and an end-of-semester exam, as well as a short essay in Italian. Two fifty-minute practice sessions are required weekly. Attendance at evening film showings (alternate weeks) is also required. The class is conducted in Italian. Prerequisite: ITAL 111Y-112Y. Offered every year.
Instructor: Dubrovic
SOCY 103 Society and Culture
Credit: 0.5
This course introduces students to the field of sociology through studying the role of culture in society. We examine the connections between culture and society by following four major sociological traditions, and we combine theoretical discussions with concrete sociological studies. For the Conflict Tradition, we read Marx's writing on alienation as well as a study about the complex relationship between domestic help and their employers in contemporary America; for the Durkheimian Tradition, we discuss Durkheim's view of religion and morality while reading about why women turn to orthodox Judaism in New York City today; for the Utilitarian and Rational Choice Tradition, we discuss rational choice theory by examining a sociological and historical analysis of the rise of early Christianity; for the Microinteractionist Tradition, we explore the ideas of Goffman and Bourdieu through reading a French sociologist's ethnographic account of training to be a boxer in an African-American gym in Chicago. This course helps students develop a sociological imagination, as well as familiarity with research methods and social theory. Prerequisites: first- and second-year students only. Offered every year.
Instructor: Sun