College Bulletin 2022-2023

Apr 28, 2024

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Classical Studies
	CLST 060. Dante’s Divine Comedy We shall study the entire work and journey with the Pilgrim through the three realms of the world beyond. Special attention will be devoted to Dante’s re-reading of previous texts, from the Latin classics to the burgeoning vernacular literatures of his own time. We shall also attempt to reconstruct Dante’s world view in the context of Medieval culture: his thoughts on life, death, love, art, politics, history, his personal story, and God. Humanities. 1 credit. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CLST 091. Classical Studies Capstone: Interpreting the Classical Tradition: Neoclassicism and Romanticism ARTH 098 INTP 091 This course will focus on conceptions of the “Classical” during the artistic and literary movements known as Neoclassicism (1750-1850) and Romanticism (1800-1850). Neoclassicism was a period of new attitudes towards Greco-Roman antiquity that were stimulated by archaeological discoveries extending from Italy and the Mediterranean to Egypt and the Near East. Whereas Neoclassicism interpreted the “Classical” as calm and restrained in feeling and clear and complete in expression, Romanticism subsequently viewed antiquity differently and as characterized by a highly imaginative and subjective approach, emotional intensity, and a dreamlike or visionary quality. Seminar topics will include: art, architecture, decorative arts and aesthetics, mythology and religion, philosophy, literature, education and the academy, cultural and political debates, archaeology, and translation. We will consider the works of philosophers and political thinkers such as: Winkelmann, Handel, Gluck, Pope, Shelley, Keats, Byron, Schliemann, Goethe and Hegel. We will consider the works of artists and architects such as: Jacques-Louis David, Piranesi, Robert Adam, Blake, Angelica Kauffman, Ingres, Hamilton, Benjamin West, Canova, Flaxman, and Nash. CLST course majors planning to use CLST 091 and CLST 091A as their required capstone must enroll in both sections. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for ARTH, CLST, INTP Spring 2024. Ledbetter. Reilly. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CLST 091A. Classical Studies Capstone: Interpreting the Classical Tradition: Neoclassicism and Romanticism Attachment ARTH 098 INTP 091 This course will focus on conceptions of the “Classical” during the artistic and literary movements known as Neoclassicism (1750-1850) and Romanticism (1800-1850). Neoclassicism was a period of new attitudes towards Greco-Roman antiquity that were stimulated by archaeological discoveries extending from Italy and the Mediterranean to Egypt and the Near East. Whereas Neoclassicism interpreted the “Classical” as calm and restrained in feeling and clear and complete in expression, Romanticism subsequently viewed antiquity differently and as characterized by a highly imaginative and subjective approach, emotional intensity, and a dreamlike or visionary quality. Seminar topics will include: art, architecture, decorative arts and aesthetics, mythology and religion, philosophy, literature, education and the academy, cultural and political debates, archaeology, and translation. We will consider the works of philosophers and political thinkers such as: Winkelmann, Handel, Gluck, Pope, Shelley, Keats, Byron, Schliemann, Goethe and Hegel. We will consider the works of artists and architects such as: Jacques-Louis David, Piranesi, Robert Adam, Blake, Angelica Kauffman, Ingres, Hamilton, Benjamin West, Canova, Flaxman, and Nash. This is the attachment which must be taken by CLST course majors planning to use this preparation with CLST 091 to fulfill their capstone requirement for two credits. Corequisite: CLST 091 Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for ARTH, CLST, INTP Spring 2024. Ledbetter. Reilly. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CLST 092. Directed Readings in Classical Hebrew Humanities. .5 credits. Fall 2023. Plotkin. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CLST 093. Directed Reading Independent work for advanced students under the supervision of an instructor. 1 credit. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CLST 098. Senior Course Study Independent study taken normally in the spring of senior year by course majors. Students will prepare for a graded oral exam held in the spring with department faculty. The exam will be based on any two-credit unit of study within the major (Honors seminar or course plus attachment), with students submitting their final exam and a paper, which can be revised. 0.5 credit. Spring 2023. Turpin. Spring 2024. Turpin. Spring 2025. Turpin. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
Classics - Honors Seminars and Capstone Seminars
	CLST 094. Capstone: Ancient Drama in Performance What does it mean to study the performance of plays that were composed and staged more than two thousand years ago? How is this approach different from simply reading the texts? Focusing on Greek and Roman tragedy, comedy, and satyr plays (all of which we will read in English translation), we will examine approaches to ancient drama that emphasize its performance, including historical and cultural conditions; the physical realities of ancient theaters; staging conventions; acting and actors; and the various ways in which Greek and Roman plays are continually rediscovered and reinvented through modern performances on stage and screen. May be taken with CLST 094A for a total of 2 credits. Humanities. 1 credit. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CLST 094A. Attachment: Ancient Drama in Performance See CLST 094 for description. May be taken with CLST 094 for a total of 2 credits. Humanities. 1 credit. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CLST 102. Capstone: Sanskrit and Greek Epic Epic literature is integral to the cultures of ancient India and ancient Greece. This course will critically analyze selections of Sanskrit and Greek epics, comparing the two using a variety of criteria, including but not limited to themes, character development, morality, language, aesthetics, and ornamentation. Humanities. 2 credits. Eligible for ASIA, CPLT Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CLST 104. Classical Studies Seminar: Ancient Storytelling and Fiction This course will explore the origins, uses and genres of ancient Greek and Latin narratives in prose. We will be reading (in English translation) different types of fables, specimens of anecdotes, novelle, and myths embedded in the works of Herodotus, Xenophon, Plato, Plutarch and others, as well as the first representatives of the Westsern genre of the novel, such as the works of Petronius, Apuleius, Chariton, and Longus. With the help of narratological theory and parallels with modern narratives, we will especially pay attention to the voice of the narrator, the character of the narrate as inscribed in the text, and the different discourse techniques used for creating a narrative. We will also explore the ways in which a narrative advertises itself as a fiction, a piece of history, or a parable, and learn to recognize a narrative’s rhetorical purpose and the more or less covert message it intends to convey. Humanities. Writing course. 2 credits. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CLST 105. Classical Studies Capstone: The Classical in Art and Literature Layers of representation, interpretation, and theoretical frameworks filter our view of Greco-Roman Antiquity, and continually reconfigure the meaning of the “classical”. This seminar will examine the histories, texts, theories, and works of art through which the classical tradition continues to evolve. Topics and authors may include: Greek mythology in contemporary art and fiction, theories of mythology, adaptation studies, the figure of Oedipus (Sophocles, Freud, Girard, Stravinsky, Pasolini), classicism in the history of art and architecture (Michelangelo, Palladio, Jacques-Louis David, Thomas Jefferson, Picasso), antiquity in modernism. Humanities. Writing course. 2 credits. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CLST 106. Classical Studies Capstone: Dante: Christianity and the Classical Tradition (Cross-listed as CPLT 106 ) In the Divina Commedia, Dante adapts the Classical theme of the heroic journey to the Underworld to his task as a visionary poet and Christian prophet. We will read the Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso in English translation, exploring its different levels of meaning and Dante’s surprising reinterpretation of the ancient authors. We will reconstruct his world view in the broader context of Medieval culture:his thought on life, death, love, language, the visual arts, politics and history. Humanities. 2 credits. Spring 2025. Munson. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CLST 108. Capstone: Greek and Roman Religion: Text, Theory and Archaeology This seminar focuses upon religion in the ancient Mediterranean world. Through a comprehensive approach that combines reading ancient texts, the discussion of modern theories of religion, and a thorough investigation of archaeological sites and monuments, we will reconstruct the cult practices, ideologies, and belief systems of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Particular emphasis will be placed upon how such systems changed over time. This course will also introduce students to Greek and Latin epigraphy, or the study of ancient texts inscribed in stone, bronze, and clay. Humanities. 2 credits. Spring 2023. Mahoney. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CLST 154. Capstone: Myth and Opera Humanities. 2 credits. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	GREK 111. Greek Philosophers This seminar usually focuses on selected literary and philosophical topics in the Presocratics and Plato. Humanities. 2 credits. Fall 2022. Ledbetter. Fall 2024. Ledbetter. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	GREK 112. Greek Epic This seminar studies either the entirety of Homer’s Odyssey in Greek or most of the Iliad. Humanities. Writing course. 2 credits. Spring 2023. Lefkowitz. Spring 2025. Munson. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	GREK 113. Greek Historians This seminar is devoted to a study of Herodotus and Thucydides, both as examples of Greek historiography and as sources for Greek history. Humanities. Writing course. 2 credits. Fall 2023. Munson. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	GREK 114. Greek Drama This seminar usually focuses on one play by each of the major tragedians-Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Other plays are read in translation. The works are placed in their cultural setting and are discussed as both drama and poetry. Humanities. Writing course. 2 credits. Eligible for CPLT. Spring 2024. Ledbetter. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	GREK 115. Greek Lyric Poetry This seminar will focus on the development of archaic Greek elegy (Archilochus, Tyrtaeus, Solon, Xenophanes, Semonides, Theognis) monodic lyric (Sappho, Alcaeus, Anacreaon, and Simonides) and choral lyric (Pindar and Bacchylides), paying particular attention to lyric’s dialogue with the epic tradition, the so-called rise of the individual, political and performative contexts, and modern interpretive approaches. Humanities. 2 credits. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	LATN 102. The Roman Emperors This seminar explores Latin authors of the first and second centuries, with particular attention to their responses to the social and political structures of the period. Expressed attitudes toward the emperors range from adulation to spite, but the seminar concentrates on authors who fall somewhere in between, writing skeptically or subversively. Both prose writers (e.g., Tacitus, Suetonius, and Pliny) and poets (e.g., Lucan, Seneca, and Juvenal) may be included. Humanities. 2 credits. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	LATN 103. Latin Epic This seminar usually focuses on Vergil’s Aeneid, although it may include other major Latin epics. Humanities. Writing course. 2 credits. Fall 2023. Lefkowitz. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	LATN 104. Ovid’s Metamorphoses This seminar is devoted to the Metamorphoses, which is read against the background of Ovid’s Roman and Greek literary predecessors. Humanities. Writing course. 2 credits. Fall 2024. Turpin. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	LATN 105. The Fall of the Roman Republic This seminar examines Latin texts from the traumatic period of the Late Republic (70-40 B.C.E.). It focuses on the social and political crisis of the period as well as its connections with the artistic and philosophical achievements of the first great period of Latin literature. Authors may include Lucretius, Catullus, Caesar, Cicero, and Sallust. Humanities. 2 credits. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	LATN 106. Tacitus The seminar will read extensive excerpts from the Annals of Tacitus, usually including at least one complete book. Additional readings from the Histories and the Agricola may also be included. The principal questions addressed will include: Tacitus’ accuracy and objectivity as a historian, the importance of rhetorical techniques on Tacitus’ language and narrative, and the question of his attitude to particular emperors (Augustus, Tiberius, Claudius, Nero, Vespasian, and Domitian). Above all we will consider the question of Tacitus’ ideas about the imperial system of government: to what extent did he think Romans should resist monarchy or tyranny, and to what extent should they adjust their morality to accommodate it? Humanities. 2 credits. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	LATN 107. Horace Students can sign up for 107A for one credit, or 107 A and B for two credits. Students taking the course for one credit will read selected odes and epodes of Horace; these are short poems amenable to secondary reading, extended discussion, and short interpretative essays. Students taking the course for two credits will also read satires of Horace in Latin and the Ars Poetica, Horace’s influential work of literary criticism; one credit students will read these poems in English. Latin 107A is appropriate for advanced Latin students, but also at the intermediate level, i.e., those with at least one semester of college or four years of Latin in high school; it will include grammar review and vocabulary acquisition. Humanities. Writing course (Section A) 1 or 2 credits. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	LATN 108. Roman Comedy This seminar is devoted to Plautus and Terence, whose adaptations of Greek plays are among the oldest surviving works of Latin literature. The primary focus will be on close study of the language and structure of the plays, but students will also become familiar with a range of critical and theoretical approaches to comedy. Specific topics to be explored include the production and performance of ancient drama; the Roman appropriation of Greek literary genres; representations of slaves, prostitutes, and other marginal figures on the comic stage; and the influence of Roman Comedy on post-classical European drama. Humanities. 2 credits. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	LATN 110. Cicero and Sallust This seminar will focus on Roman rhetoric. We will read speeches delivered in the Roman Senate, before the popular assembly, or before juries. The principal author will be Cicero, but we will also read discussions of rhetorical theory and practice, both ancient and modern. In addition, students will have the opportunity to explore a number of topics related to ancient oratory and rhetoric, including (among others) public performance; theories of persuasion; the relationship between rhetoric and Roman law; Roman (and Greek) education practices; and the enduring influence of ancient rhetoric and oratory in the contemporary world. Humanities. 2 credits. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
Cognitive Science
	COGS 001. Introduction to Cognitive Science An introduction to the science of the mind from the perspective of cognitive psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, philosophy, and artificial intelligence. The course introduces students to the scientific investigation of such questions as the following: What does it mean to think or to have consciousness? Can a computer have a mind? What does it mean to have a concept? What is language? What kinds of explanations are necessary to explain cognition? Non-distribution. 1 credit. Eligible for COGS, PSYC Fall 2022. Durgin. Fall 2023. Durgin. Fall 2024. Durgin. Catalog chapter: Cognitive Science Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/cognitive-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	COGS 090. Senior Thesis The one-credit thesis project can be supervised by any of a number of faculty members associated with the departments in the program but should be approved in advance by the program coordinator. A thesis may be used to establish depth in an area and is normally a required component of a special major in cognitive science. 1 credit. Eligible for COGS Fall 2022. Staff. Spring 2023. Staff. Fall 2023. Staff. Spring 2024. Staff. Fall 2024. Staff. Spring 2025. Staff. Catalog chapter: Cognitive Science Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/cognitive-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	COGS 092. Independent Study With permission by faculty and the coordinator. 1 credit. Eligible for COGS Fall 2023. Staff. Spring 2024. Staff. Fall 2024. Staff. Spring 2025. Staff. Catalog chapter: Cognitive Science Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/cognitive-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	COGS 180. Senior Honors Thesis With permission of faculty and the coordinator. 1 or 2 credits Eligible for COGS Fall 2022. Staff. Spring 2023. Staff. Fall 2023. Staff. Spring 2024. Staff. Fall 2024. Staff. Spring 2025. Staff. Catalog chapter: Cognitive Science Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/cognitive-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
Comparative Literature
	CPLT 014. Intro to Comparative Literature How do we read comparatively across national literatures, languages, genres and media? This course will introduce major models of comparative analysis through a wide range of literary and cultural productions from diverse periods and regions of the world. This survey will enable us to highlight and assess various conceptions of the cultural functions of literature and of literary critical knowledge. This is an introductory level theory and analysis course, and all texts will be in English, though working with a few short originals in other languages will be possible and encouraged. Pre-requisite: one course in literature (any language). Humanities 1 credit. Spring 2024. Gueydan-Turek. Catalog chapter: Comparative Literature Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/comparative-literature Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPLT 021. Performance in Early Modern Europe (Cross-listed as DANC 021 ) How do we define performance in early modern Europe? This course explores multi-genre traditions through forms including court ballet, comedy-ballet, opera, bourgeois drama, and ballet d’action in order to raise questions that are equally relevant for us today: How do we study something that is fleeting? What is the relationship between “text” and performance? This course explores the hybrid genres of dance, mime, music, and drama from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in order to analyze their present relevance as “art.” Artists and theorists studied will include Diderot, Noverre, Molière, Garrick, Goldoni, Sulzer, and others. Taught in English. There is a .5 credit attachment for students reading in French. A version of this course has been offered in the past as a First-Year Seminar, Dance 002, but this new version is open to any student, without any prerequisite. If you have taken Dance 002, you are not able to enroll in CPLT 021. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for GLBL-paired Fall 2022. Sabee. Catalog chapter: Comparative Literature Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/comparative-literature Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPLT 029. Sign Language Literature (Cross-listed as LING 029 ) We look at literature presented/performed in a sign language, comparing to spoken language literature with respect to: storytelling methods, definitions of rhyme, notions of closure, role of paralinguistic features, relationship of storyteller to audience, and role of stories in their communities. We examine linguistic creativity in storytelling, humor, poetry, and taboo language across modalities. Prerequisite: No prerequisites. Social sciences. Writing. 1 credit. Fall 2024. Napoli. Catalog chapter: Comparative Literature Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/comparative-literature Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPLT 050. Literature and Music (Cross-listed as LITR 020 ) Literature and music have at some times been viewed as natural allies, and at others - in philosopher Peter Kivy’s phrase - as “antithetical arts.” This course approaches the rich relationship between music and literature from a variety of angles, including aesthetics, form, style and genre, reception, and adaptation. Case studies toward the end of the semester will explore the literary legacy of Richard Wagner’s provocative music drama Tristan and Isolde as well as two very different adaptations of Tolstoy’s War and Peace: an opera by Sergei Prokofiev and an electropop musical by Dave Molloy. No prior musical training is required, though students with score-reading ability may be given alternate assignments. Humanities. 1 credit. Catalog chapter: Comparative Literature Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/comparative-literature Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPLT 070. Writing and Screening the Nation: A Comparative Perspective (Cross-listed as FREN 070, GMST 070) This course explores the continued relevance and resonance of the First and Second World War across European cultural productions, be they literary, cinematic or graphics works. More specifically, through a comparative lens of mostly French and German works, we investigate how these works participate in the formation and re-shaping of national and transnational memories: the relationship between what disappears, what remains, and what re-emerges in that process. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for FREN, GMST Spring 2024. Gueyda-Turek, Simon. Catalog chapter: Comparative Literature Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/comparative-literature Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPLT 096. Senior Thesis With permission of the instructor and program coordinator. 1 credit. Fall 2022. Staff. Fall 2023. Staff. Spring 2024. Staff. Fall 2024. Staff. Spring 2025. Staff. Catalog chapter: Comparative Literature Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/comparative-literature Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPLT 106. Classical Studies Capstone: Dante: Christianity and the Classical Tradition (Cross-listed as CLST 106 ) In the Divina Commedia, Dante adapts the Classical theme of the heroic journey to the Underworld to his task as a visionary poet and Christian prophet. We will read the Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso in English translation, exploring its different levels of meaning and Dante’s surprising reinterpretation of the ancient authors. We will reconstruct his world view in the broader context of Medieval culture: his thought on life, death, love, language, the visual arts, politics and history. Humanities. 2 credits. Eligible for MDST. Catalog chapter: Comparative Literature Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/comparative-literature Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPLT 180. Senior Honors Thesis With permission of the instructor and the program coordinator. 1 or 2 credits. Eligible for CPLT. Spring 2023. Staff. Fall 2023. Staff. Spring 2024. Staff. Fall 2024. Staff. Spring 2025. Staff. Catalog chapter: Comparative Literature Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/comparative-literature Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	LITR 020. Literature and Music (Cross-listed as CPLT 050 ) Literature and music have at some times been viewed as natural allies, and at others - in philosopher Peter Kivy’s phrase - as “antithetical arts.” This course approaches the rich relationship between music and literature from a variety of angles, including aesthetics, form, style and genre, reception, and adaptation. Case studies toward the end of the semester will explore the literary legacy of Richard Wagner’s provocative music drama Tristan and Isolde as well as two very different adaptations of Tolstoy’s War and Peace: an opera by Sergei Prokofiev and an electropop musical by Dave Molloy. No prior musical training is required, though students with score-reading ability may be given alternate assignments. Humanities. 1 credit. Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: Literatures in Translation Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/modern-languages-literatures Access the class schedule to search for sections.
Computer Science
	CPSC 013. Computational Linguistics Cross-listed as LING 073 Natural Science. 1 credit. Spring 2023. Washington. Catalog chapter: Linguistics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/linguistics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 015. First-Year Seminar: Ethics and Technology (Cross-listed as PHIL 007 ) Natural science and engineering. 1 credit. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 016SR. StuRun:Critical Theory of Technology When we take away the technical, coding aspects of Computer Science, what’s left? This course aims to explore this question through a holistic pedagogical approach to the questions that aspiring computer scientists as well as users of technology must confront. What are the detrimental effects of the ways in which exponential production and use of technical products come to reinforce inequalities around the globe? What are the beauties and blooming potentials of the digital age? How can we come to oscillate within that dyadic tension of criticism and hope? How can conversations about tech colonialism, disability theory, critical race theory, etc. come to enhance our understanding about who is propelling the trajectory and direction of where technology is headed? This course will also heavily integrate trauma-based pedagogy as well as the space to reflect on one’s own educational experiences at Swarthmore College. Clearly this is a unique course style. How can we take agency in the type and modes of learning that serve our best interests? What is information worth paying attention to and how can we form spaces of community to have these conversations? https://www.cs.swarthmore.edu/courses/CS16/F21/ Role of Student Facilitators The student facilitators have created the syllabus as well as the general curriculum for each week. Our main goal is for the classroom to collectively engage with the readings that spark fruitful dialogue and highlight myriad perspectives. While we completely endorse the spirit of an autonomous, free-spirited discussion, having some relative structure will guide in streamlining the collective engagement regarding the topic at hand. The student facilitators will be in charge of starting off activities and discussions, assigning written assignments, and hosting guest speakers. Role of Professor(s) The professor(s) may sit in on any class discussion but are not required to. They can guide and provide input on assignments. They will facilitate grading papers and other assignments. Natural science and engineering. 1 Credit. Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 017SR. StuRun: Foundations of Technical Entrepreneurship 0.5 credit. Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 021. Introduction to Computer Science This course presents fundamental ideas in computer science while building skills in software development. Students implement algorithms as programs in a high-level programming language. Introducing object-oriented programming and data structures allows students to construct correct, understandable, and efficient algorithms. CPSC 031 and CPSC 035 present a deeper coverage of these topics. CPSC 021 is appropriate for all students who want to be able to write programs. It is the usual first course for computer science majors and minors. Students with Advanced Placement credit or extensive programming experience may be able to place out of this course. Students who think that they may fall into this latter category should consult with any computer science faculty member. Natural sciences and engineering practicum. Lab work required, programming intensive. 1 credit. Eligible for DGHU Fall 2022. Wicentowski, O’Hara, Mitchell. Spring 2023. Fontes, Chaganti, Qu. Fall 2023. Danner. Webb. Wicentowski. Spring 2024. Staff. Fall 2024. Staff. Spring 2025. Staff. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 031. Introduction to Computer Systems This course is a broad introduction to computer science that focuses on how a computer works and how programs run on computers. We examine the hardware and software components required to go from a program expressed in a high-level programming language like C or Python to the computer actually running the program. This course takes a bottom-up approach to discovering how a computer works. Topics include theoretical models of computation, data representation, machine organization, assembly and machine code, memory, I/O, the stack, the operating system, compilers and interpreters, processes and threads, and synchronization. This course also introduces parallel and distributed computing with a specific focus on shared memory parallelism for multicore and SMP systems. Prerequisite: CPSC 021 or equivalent. Natural sciences and engineering practicum. Lab work required. 1 credit. Fall 2022. Webb, Kazer. Spring 2023. Wicentowski. Fall 2023. Chaganti. Spring 2024. Staff. Fall 2024. Staff. Spring 2025. Staff. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 035. Data Structures and Algorithms This course completes the broad introduction to computer science begun in CPSC 021 . It provides a general background for further study in the field. Topics to be covered include object-oriented programming in C++, advanced data structures (trees, priority queues, hash tables, graphs, etc.) and algorithms, and software design and verification. Students will be expected to complete several programming projects illustrating the concepts presented. Prerequisite: CPSC 021 or equivalent. Discrete Mathematics is recommended. Natural sciences and engineering practicum. Lab work required. 1 credit. Fall 2022. Fontes, Palmer, Kazer. Spring 2023. Meeden. Fall 2023. Meeden. Brody. Spring 2024. Staff. Fall 2024. Staff. Spring 2025. Staff. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 040. Computer Graphics (Cross-listed as ENGR 026 ) Computer graphics focuses on the creation and manipulation of digital imagery. We cover the modeling, rendering, and animating of geometric object in two (2D) and three (3D) dimensions. Topics include drawing algorithms for 2D geometric primitives (points, lines, polygons), geometric matrix transformations, projective geometry, geometric object representations, hidden surface removal, hierarchical modeling, shading, lighting, shadows, ray-tracing, procedural (non-geometric) modeling, texture mapping, and animation. Labs will explore various tools for rendering graphics, including pixel buffers, OpenGL, shading languages, and general purpose GPU computing. Group 3 course. Prerequisite: CPSC 031 , CPSC 035 and Linear Algebra required or permission of the instructor. Corequisite: (Linear Algebra may be taken concurrently.) Natural sciences and engineering practicum. Lab work required. 1 credit. Eligible for DGHU Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 041. Algorithms The study of algorithms is useful in many diverse areas. As algorithms are studied, considerable attention is devoted to analyzing formally their time and space requirements and proving their correctness. Topics covered include abstract data types, trees (including balanced trees), graphs, searching, sorting, NP complete optimization problems, and the impact of several models of parallel computation on the design of algorithms and data structures. Group 1 course. Prerequisite: CPSC 035 required. Mathematics background at the level of Linear Algebra or higher is required (may be taken concurrently). Natural science and engineering. Lab work required. 1 credit. Eligible for DGHU Fall 2022. Brody, Lutz. Spring 2023. Lutz. Fall 2023. Fontes. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 043. Computer Networks This course covers the design, implementation and applications of computer networks, primarily focused on the protocols that enable the Internet and network applications. Additionally, this course will cover network security, such as viruses, worms, and botnets. Topics will include: data communication theory; packet-switched routing; the Internet and its protocols; socket and network application programming; overlays and P2P networks; and network security. Group 2 course. Prerequisite: CPSC 031 and CPSC 035 Natural science and engineering. Lab work required. 1 credit. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 044. Database Systems This course provides an introduction to relational database management systems. Topics covered include data models (ER and relational model); data storage and access methods (files, indices); query languages (SQL, relational algebra, relational calculus, QBE); query evaluation; query optimization; transaction management; concurrency control; crash recovery; and some advanced topics (distributed databases, object relational databases). A project that involves implementing and testing components of a relational database management system is a large component of the course. Group 2 course. Prerequisite: CPSC 031 and CPSC 035 Natural science and engineering. Lab work required. 1 credit. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 045. Operating Systems (Cross-listed as ENGR 022 ) This course is an introduction to the theory, design, and implementation of operating systems. An operating system is the software layer between user programs and the computer hardware. It provides abstractions of the underlying hardware that are easier to program, and it manages the machine’s resources. The following topics will be covered: processes (including synchronization, communication, and scheduling); memory (main memory allocation strategies, virtual memory, and page replacement policies); file systems (including naming and implementation issues); I/O (including devices, drivers, disks, and disk scheduling); and security. Group 2 course. Prerequisite: CPSC 031 and CPSC 035 Natural sciences and engineering practicum. Lab work required. 1 credit. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 046. Theory of Computation (Cross-listed as MATH 046 ) This study of various models of computation leads to a characterization of the kinds of problems that can and cannot be solved by a computer. Solvable problems will be classified with respect to their degree of difficulty. Topics to be covered include formal languages and finite state devices; Turing machines; and other models of computation, computability, and complexity. Group 1 course. Prerequisite: CPSC 035 and Mathematics background at the level of Linear Algebra or higher (may be taken concurrently) Natural science and engineering. Lab work required. 1 credit. Fall 2022. Lutz. Spring 2023. Wehar. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 049. The Probabilistic Method (Cross-listed as MATH 059 ) In mathematics and theoretical computer science, we often consider classes of objects (say graphs, circuits or matrices) and we’d like to know if there are objects that have certain nice properties. One way to show these nice objects exist is to look at a random object, and show it has the nice property with nonzero probability. If this is true, there must be some object with this nice property. This is the Probabilistic Method in a nutshell. It has become an essential tool for understanding structure of lots and lots of things in theoretical computer science and combinatorics, even in problems and applications which involve no randomness at all. This class will start from the ground up, first introducing discrete probability theory, then covering the probabilistic method in detail: how it works, extensions, and most of all lots of applications. We’ll also spend a few weeks discussing NP-Completeness and randomized algorithms. Group 1 course. Prerequisite: CPSC 035 and MATH 039 , or permission of the instructor. Natural sciences and engineering. Lab work required 1 credit. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 052. Principles of Computer Architecture Cross-listed as ENGR 025 Natural sciences and engineering practicum. 1 credit. Spring 2023. Staff. Catalog chapter: Engineering Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/engineering Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 056. Computer Animation The goal of this course is to give students a foundation for programming animated and interactive graphics. In particular, we will “look under the hood” at the algorithms used by game engines and modeling tools to create authorable, interactive characters and special effects. Labs will give students hands on experience implementing algorithms in C++ as well as opportunities to derive their own unique animations. Topics will include mathematical foundations (coordinate systems, transformations, quaternions), interpolation techniques, keyframing, motion capture and procedural animation, and physically-based systems. Group 3 course. Prerequisite: CPSC 031 , CPSC 035 , MATH 015 (or have placed into MATH 025 ) Lab work required. 1 credit Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 063. Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) can be defined as the branch of computer science that is concerned with the automation of intelligent behavior. Intelligent behavior encompasses a wide range of abilities; as a result, AI has become a very broad field that includes game playing, automated reasoning, expert systems, natural language processing, modeling human performance (cognitive science), planning, and robotics. This course will focus on a subset of these topics and specifically on machine learning, which is concerned with the problem of how to create programs that automatically improve with experience. Machine learning approaches studied typically include neural networks, decision trees, genetic algorithms, and reinforcement techniques. Group 3 course. Prerequisite: CPSC 035 Natural sciences and engineering practicum. Lab work required. 1 credit. Eligible for COGS Fall 2022. Meeden. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 065. Natural Language Processing (Cross-listed as LING 020 ) This course is an introduction to the fundamental concepts in natural language processing, the study of human language from a computational perspective. The focus will be on creating statistical algorithms used in the analysis and production of language. Topics to be covered include parsing, morphological analysis, text classification, speech recognition, and machine translation. No prior linguistics experience is necessary. Group 3 course. Prerequisite: CPSC 035 Natural science and engineering. Lab work required. 1 credit. Eligible for COGS Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 066. Machine Learning This course will introduce algorithms and frameworks that train computers to learn from data in order to better complete specific tasks. The first part of the course will focus on the task of making predictions (supervised learning). The course will then cover other areas of the field including structured learning, unsupervised learning, and semi-supervised learning, among others. The course will also develop general machine learning methodologies; frameworks for analyzing and validating algorithms and theoretical foundations. Group 3 course. Prerequisite: CPSC 035 Natural science and engineering. Lab work required 1 credit. Eligible for COGS Fall 2022. Qu. Spring 2023. Mitchell. Fall 2023. Mitchell. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 068. Bioinformatics (Cross-listed as BIOL 068 ) This course is an introduction to the fields of bioinformatics and computational biology, with a central focus on algorithms and their application to a diverse set of computational problems in molecular biology. Computational themes will include dynamic programming, greedy algorithms, supervised learning and classification, data clustering, trees, graphical models, data management, and structured data representation. Applications will include genetic sequence analysis, pair wise-sequence alignment, phylogenetic trees, motif finding, gene-expression analysis, and protein-structure prediction. No prior biology experience is necessary. Group 3 course. Prerequisite: CPSC 035 Natural science and engineering. Lab work required. 1 credit. Eligible for COGS Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 071. Software Engineering Software engineering is the application of systematic, measurable, and disciplined approach to the creation of computer programs. In this course, students will learn how to plan, organize, and maintain large software projects. Topics include software development methodologies, design principles, collaboration techniques, the use of modern libraries and frameworks, quality assurance, and timeline management. Group 3 course. Prerequisite: CPSC 035 Natural science and engineering. Lab work required. 1 credit. Fall 2022. Wehar. Fall 2023. Wehar. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 072. Computer Vision Cross-listed as ENGR 027 Natural sciences and engineering practicum. 1 credit. Eligible for COGS Spring 2023. Staff. Spring 2024. Staff. Spring 2025. Staff. Catalog chapter: Engineering Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/engineering Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 073. Programming Languages This course presents a collection of features central to programming languages’ design and implementation. Core topics include identifiers and scope, higher-order functions, types and type checking, state and mutation, objects, and memory management. The course explores these concepts through the implementation of interpreters and other programs that manipulate programs, and through exercises that explore choices in the space of programming language design. Group 3 Course Prerequisite: CPSC 035 Group 3 course. Lab work required, programming intensive Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 075. Compilers (Cross-listed as ENGR 023 ) This course explores the conversion of programs from source code to executable forms. Topics covered include lexical analysis, formal grammars and parsing, runtime representation decisions, code transformation and generation, and static optimization techniques. Group 2 course. Prerequisite: CPSC 031 and CPSC 035 Natural sciences and engineering. Lab work required. 1 credit. Spring 2023. Palmer. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 081. Adaptive Robotics This seminar addresses the problem of controlling robots that will operate in dynamic, unpredictable environments. In laboratory sessions, students will work in groups to program robots to perform a variety of tasks such as navigation to a goal, obstacle avoidance, and vision-based tracking. In discussion sessions, students will examine the major paradigms of robot control through readings from the primary literature with an emphasis on adaptive approaches. Group 3 course. Prerequisite: CPSC 035 . Recommended: CPSC 063 Natural sciences and engineering practicum. Lab work required. 1 credit. Eligible for COGS Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 082. Mobile Robotics (Cross-listed as ENGR 028 ) Natural sciences and engineering practicum. 1 credit. Eligible for COGS Fall 2023. Staff. Fall 2024. Staff. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 087. Parallel and Distributed Computing This course covers a broad range of topics related to parallel and distributed computing, including parallel and distributed architectures and systems, parallel and distributed programming paradigms, parallel algorithms, and scientific and other applications of parallel and distributed computing. In lecture/discussion sections, students examine both classic results as well as recent research in the field. The lab portion of the course includes programming projects using different programming paradigms, and students will have the opportunity to examine one course topic in depth through an open-ended project of their own choosing. Course topics may include: multi-core, SMP, MPP, client-server, clusters, clouds, grids, peer-to-peer systems, GPU computing, scheduling, scalability, resource discovery and allocation, fault tolerance, security, parallel I/0, sockets, threads, message passing, MPI, RPC, distributed shared memory, data parallel languages, MapReduce, parallel debugging, and parallel and distributed applications. Group 2 course. Prerequisite: CPSC 031 and CPSC 035, and at least one course numbered above CPSC35 (or premission of the instructor) are required. Natural science and engineering. Writing course. Lab work required. 1 credit. Fall 2023. Newhall. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 088. Security and Privacy This course will cover the breadth of security and privacy topics in Computer Systems including software system security, applied cryptography, denial-of-service, and privacy-preserving mechanisms. This course will also include applied aspects of security and privacy including public policy and legal frameworks of censorship and anonymity. Course topics may include: Buffer overflows and defences, cryptography, symmetric encryption, hash functions, web security, certificates, authentication, denial of service attacks, internet crime - ransomware, botnets, and spam, privacy preserving mechanisms, and internet censorship. Group 2 Course. Prerequisite: CPSC 031 and CPSC035. At least one upper-level course is recommended. Natural Science and Engineering Laboratory work required. 1 credit Fall 2022. Chaganti. Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 089. Cloud Systems and Data Center Networks On the Internet today, popular services like Google, Facebook, and many others are too large to be hosted by just a few servers. Instead, service providers “scale out” across a coordinated set of hundreds to thousands of machines. Such clusters yield an interesting operating environment, the data center, in which a single administrative entity owns a network at the scale that resembles the Internet. To meet customer demands, administrators often face stringent inter-machine coordination constraints. In this course, we’ll examine the current state of the art in providing cloud-based services, including many interesting problems in distributed systems, networking, failure recovery, and OS virtualization. Group 2 course. Prerequisite: CPSC 031 and CPSC 035 Lab work required. 1 credit. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 091S. Special Topics: Game Systems This course studies games using the lens of computing systems; exploring the design and implementation of historic and modern computing systems for games, including the hardware, software, and their interface. This course will go beyond only creating games, and will challenge students to critically reflect on how the architectural and programming choices in games can encode inequality and particular worldviews procedurally, as much as other game elements like visuals, audio and narrative. We will cover the low-level aspects of games platforms: graphics programming, networking, and peripherals; mid-level concerns: software engineering, design patterns, concurrency, and interfaces; and higher-level issues related to emulation, ethics, platform studies and media archaeology. This is a Group 2 course. Prerequisite: CPSC 031 and CPSC 035 . Natural Science. 1.0 credit. Eligible for FMST. Spring 2023. O’Hara. Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 091T. Special Topics: Randomized Algorithms In the past 40 years, randomization has proved to be a key tool in the design and analysis of algorithms. Randomized algorithms can be simpler and/or more efficient than deterministic algorithms. It can also better capture several computational problems that arise in nature. This course provides an introduction to algorithm design with a focus on randomized algorithms and data structures. Topics include analysis of algorithms, basics of discrete probability including tail inequalities, the probabilistic method, NP-Completeness, and applications to graph algorithms, streaming algorithms, communication complexity, and machine learning. This is a Group 1 course. Prerequisite: CPSC035 is required. Mathematics background at the level of Linear Algebra or higher is required but may be taken concurrently. No prior knowledge of probability is necessary. Natural science. 1.0 credit Spring 2023. Brody. Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 093. Directed Reading and/or Research Project A qualified student may undertake a program of extra reading and/or a project in an area of computer science with the permission of a staff member who is willing to supervise. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 099. Senior Comprehensive For the culminating senior capstone experience, students will create a poster based on a project from either a course taken in the Computer Science Department at Swarthmore or from a summer research project with a Swarthmore CS faculty member. Seniors will present their work at a poster session to be held late in the Fall semester of their senior year. The Chair will send out information at the start of the Fall semester detailing the scheduling of the poster session and other relevant dates. This course must be satisfactorily completed in order to complete the major. 0 credit. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 180. Senior Honor Thesis For Computer Science Honors Majors only. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	CPSC 199. Senior Thesis Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science Access the class schedule to search for sections.
Dance - Introductory Courses
	DANC 001A. Introduction to Dance Studies: Bodies, Power and Resistance In this course we will use the themes of power and resistance as a lens to focus on the ways in which gender, race, class, sexuality, ethnicity, and politics affect dance creation, performance, and participation. Through critical analysis of sources such as written texts, videos, and live performances, students will learn to view dance critically and to write about dance in context. We will watch and read about different styles of theatrical and social dance in a wide range of historical periods ranging from hip hop to court ballet. Video examples of dance genres and particular dance works mentioned in assigned texts will be viewed in class. Humanities. 1 credit. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/dance-program Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 004. Arts in Action (Cross-listed as MUSI 006 ) What is art and what constitutes action? The course will explore these questions in two ways: First, we will look at the interconnections between culture, art, and community through rigorous intellectual inquiry by orienting students to some key ideas through selected readings. Second, we will engage in situated learning with local and international arts communities. We will have community leaders from our local communities as guest speakers in addition to two webinars planned for the class on the intersections of the arts, citizenship, and justice: one focusing on the U.S and Black Lives Matter movement (BLM) and the other focusing on India and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Our areas of foci will be local (Philadelphia)and international (India) for cross-cultural engagements with the arts and the burning issues of the times. Both webinars will have renowned academics and artists/activists from the U.S and India as well as emerging artists and scholars to make them rich and intergenerational conversations. As a required activity for the class you will be asked to volunteer your time as interns with the Lang center community partners. Class requirements include readings, video viewing, and discussions, participating in webinars, keeping a regular journal, volunteer work, and doing a final project to be discussed in class. This course is open to all students. This course fulfills a prerequisite requirement for dance majors and minors. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for PEAC, ESCH, GLBL-core Spring 2024. Chakravorty. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/dance-program Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 007. FYS: The Mass Ornament What does it mean for a group of bodies to move as one? When did this become a valued element of ensemble dancing in western theatrical dance? In this course, students will examine mass dancing as an idea, through theories of the chorus and the mass, as well as in practice, through viewings of mass dancing ranging in contexts ranging from the corps de ballet to the chorus line to the flashmob. Humanities. 1 credit. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/dance Access the class schedule to search for sections.
Dance - Composition, History, and Theory Courses
	DANC 003. Taiko & Asian Amer Experience MUSI 002C In this course we will examine the origins of Taiko drumming in Japan and consider how the tradition has developed in North America over the past four decades. We will discuss the role of Taiko drumming in the Asian American Movement, explore different styles of contemporary Taiko in Asian America, and gain basic drumming competency. Through the integration of academic and performance study we will consider and experience Taiko drumming as a prominent and dynamic Asian American performing art. Open to all students without prerequisite. No prior performance or musical background is required. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for ASIA Spring 2023. Ouyang. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/dance-program Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 011. Dance Lab I: Making Dance This course will explore how you might use dance to tell a story, express an emotion, respond to music or sound, or make a political statement, just to name a few possibilities. Students will use movement assignments as a way to challenge their ideas about texture and rhythm, experiment with improvisation as a way of generating material, and engage with a research-based approach to choreography. This course will feature special guest artists. Prerequisite: All are welcome, including students with dance experience, and those without any movement experience whatsoever. Corequisite: Course in dance technique, taiko, or movement techniques with instructor’s permission. Humanities. 1 credit. Fall 2022. Clark. Spring 2023. Moss-Thorne. Fall 2023. Moss-Thorne. Spring 2024. Formica Bender. Fall 2024. Staff. Spring 2025. Staff. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/dance-program Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 011A. Dance Production Practicum By individual arrangement with the dance faculty for rehearsal and performance of work in conjuction with dance program courses; DANC 012 , DANC 092 , or DANC 094 . P.E. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/dance-program Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 012. Dance Lab II: Making Dance This course focuses on developing an individual practice and approach based on their interests and questions. This course emphasizes the creative process, how our choreographic practice happens in relation to technology and ways to expand our notions of dance making. We engage in interdisciplinary practices involving new media and look closely at different artists and their processes. Students will expand their ideas of choreography through participating in compositional exercises including video shooting and framing, discussions and critical feedback sessions while creating choreography of their own. Students share bi-weekly regarding their practices and a final performance for the public is required. Students with whom the choreographer works and who commit to 3 hours weekly, may receive PE credit under DANC 011A . Dance Production Practicum. Prerequisite: DANC 011 Corequisite: A course in dance technique must be taken concurrently. Humanities. 1 credit. Spring 2023. Zhao. Fall 2023. Clark. Fall 2024. Staff. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/dance-program Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 014. Warming Up: Performing Ecology (Cross-listed asENVS 046 and THEA 005D ) This introductory course focuses on creative opportunities for students wishing to explore ecology, environmental studies, and the performing arts, specifically focusing on eco-performance and design. Class goals will aim to support a better understanding of environmental studies via an artistic lens, allowing students to combine creative processes with environmental sciences. Emphasis will be placed on interdisciplinary skills and experiences that raise awareness around environmental studies and simultaneously engage culture and community. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for ENVS. DANC. Spring 2023. Stevens. Bender. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/dance-program Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 015. Choreographing Chineseness in Sinophone Spaces. In the wake of American anti-Chinese sentiment surrounding the Covid-19 global pandemic as well as political conflict in Hong Kong and Taiwan, it is important to ask: What does “Chinese” signify? This course considers performance in Sinophone contexts outside of Mainland China in order to examine plural and persistent notions of Chineseness. By reading analyses of and viewing videos of bodily performances-ranging from traditional Chinese opera, to Broadway musicals, to contemporary dance-students will investigate how choreography provides a lens for thinking through the ways in which Chineseness is represented, stereotyped, and even contested. This course fulfills a requirement for Dance majors and minors. Open to all students. Humanities. 1 credit. Fall 2022. Gerdes. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: Music and Dance: Dance Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 017. Cross-Cultural Dance Inquiry, Choreographing Research/Dancing Knowledge. This course surveys dance studies research methods including cultural studies perspectives, historical inquiry, phenomenological approaches, ethnographic strategies, and choreographic analysis. Through reading, writing, and discussion, students will pay close attention to the complex relationship between dance and words and the ethical and cultural concerns of the dance researcher. Over the course of the semester, students will complete their own research project based on a dance topic of their interest. This course fulfills a requirement for Dance majors and minors. Open to all students. Humanities. 1 credit. Spring 2023. Gerdes. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: Music and Dance: Dance Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 021. Performance in Early Modern Europe ( Cross-listed as CPLT 021 ) How do we define performance in early modern Europe? This course explores multi-genre traditions through forms including court ballet, comedy-ballet, opera, bourgeois drama, and ballet d’action in order to raise questions that are equally relevant for us today: How do we study something that is fleeting? What is the relationship between “text” and performance? This course explores the hybrid genres of dance, mime, music, and drama from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in order to analyze their present relevance as “art.” Artists and theorists studied will include Diderot, Noverre, Molière, Garrick, Goldoni, Sulzer, and others. A version of this course has been offered in the past as a First-Year Seminar, Dance 002. If you have taken Dance 002, you are not able to enroll in DANC 021. This course fulfills a requirement for Music or Dance majors and minors. Open to all students. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for GLBL, CPLT, FRST Fall 2022. Sabee. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: Music and Dance: Dance Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 021A. Attachment: Performance in Early Modern Europe. This is a 0.5 credit attachment for students reading in French. 0.5 credit. Fall 2022. Sabee. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: Music and Dance: Dance Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 022. Ballet and Modern Dance in Europe and the USA, 1789-1960 (Cross-listed as MUSI 026 ) This survey examines the history of ballet and modern dance in Europe and North America from 1789 to the late twentieth century in context with concurrent social and political developments. Using sources including film, text, and performance, we will study the works of choreographers including George Balanchine, Katherine Dunham, Martha Graham, and Marius Petipa. Humanities. Writing course. 1 credit. Eligible for GLBL-Paired Fall 2023. Sabee. Spring 2025. Staff. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/dance-program Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 023. Contemporary Performance This course interrogates issues surrounding twenty-first-century movement-based performance including cultural hybridity and the relationship between movement and text. Using aesthetic theory and methodologies developed by performance studies and dance studies, we will ask what gets performed, where, and why. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for INTP Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/dance-program Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 023A. Defying categorization: Contemporary dance and sign language performance (Cross-listed as LING 091 ) This course interrogates issues surrounding late twentieth and twenty-first-century movement-based performance focusing on dance, storytelling, and sign poetry including cultural hybridity and the relationship between movement and text. Jumping off from the history of aesthetics and methodologies developed by performance studies and dance studies, as well as sociological distinctions of in-group/out-group, we will ask what gets performed, where, and why. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for INTP. Spring 2024. Sabee. Napoli. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/dance Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 025A. Dance and Diaspora (Cross-listed as ANTH 020J ) How do we locate competing claims of globalization, place-ness, and hybridization of cultural identity in a single frame? Dance offers an unconventional but powerful frame for studying such competing claims of identity formation. This course will explore the interrelated themes of performance, gender, personhood, and migration in the context of diasporic experiences. By focusing on specific dance forms from Asia, Africa, and Latin America, we will examine the trajectories of the global and the local in constructing identity and difference. Students will engage with theories on nationalism, transnationalism, and globalization, as well as embodiment and experience. Broadly, the course will investigate the interlocking structures of aesthetics and politics, economics and culture, and history and power, all of which inform and continue to reshape these cultures and their dance forms. The primary goal for this course is to develop an understanding of cross-cultural identity and difference through the study of dance in contemporary society. The readings will introduce students to the constructed nature of cultural traditions and the contested nature of cultural identities. The writing goals are to teach students how to read critically and write within the disciplines of Anthropology, Dance/Culture Studies, Black Studies, and Global Studies. This course is eligible for credit towards a major or minor in Black Studies. This is a reading and writing intensive course. Humanities. Writing course. 1 credit. Eligible for ASIA, BLST, GSST, GLBL-Core, ASAM Fall 2023. Chakravorty. Fall 2024. Chakravorty. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/dance-program Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 028. Ballet in the Atlantic World. This course examines 18th- and 19th-century ballet as it traveled between Europe, North, and South America between 1764 and 1914 with special attention to three areas: empire, touring, and migration. Students will use sources including videos of modern productions, text-based and visual primary sources, and secondary sources to study some of the major choreographic works of the 19th century, choreographers, and their lineages through attention to the various case studies, including adaptation to popular stages and new venues. Attention will also be paid to works now considered to be “minor” works but which reveal information about 19th-century performance especially in North and South American contexts. Specific areas of focus will include: theatrical performances in the French Caribbean colonies and the subsequent resettlement of French performers in the United States following the Haitian Revolution; the transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil and the subsequent establishment of Italian ballet in Rio de Janeiro, via Lisbon; and touring between Europe and the Americas. This course also focuses in part on developing a corpus of material through digital archives and mapping the movement of dancers, teachers, and/or theatrical works via digital humanities methods. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for GLBL-core. Spring 2023. Sabee. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/dance Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 032. The Mass Ornament What does it mean for a group of bodies to move as one? When did this become a valued element of ensemble dancing in western theatrical dance? In this course, students will examine mass dancing as an idea, through theories of the chorus and the mass, as well as in practice, through viewings of mass dancing ranging in contexts ranging from the corps de ballet to the chorus line to the flashmob. Humanities. 1 credit Eligible for INTP Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/dance Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 038. Performing Ecstasy Dancing the Sacred (Cross-listed as RELG 042 ) By locating the sacred in the experiences of ecstatic dance and music, the course will specifically examine the evolution of Bhakti (Hindu) and Sufi religious practices from ritual to performance art. By exploring the sacred in relation to social processes of culture and their transformations, it will connect the sacred not only to history, tradition, ritual, spirituality and subjectivity but also to national identity, commodity and tourism in contemporary culture. This is a reading and writing intensive course. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for ASIA, GSST Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/dance-program Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 079. Dancing Desire in Bollywood Films (Cross-listed as ANTH 079B) This course will explore the shifts in sexuality and gender constructions of Indian women from national to transnational symbols through the dance sequences in Bollywood. We will examine the place of erotic in reconstructing gender and sexuality from past notions of romantic love to desires for commodity. The primary focus will be centered on approaches to the body from anthropology and sociology to performance, dance, and film and media studies. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for ASIA, FMST, GSST, ASAM Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/dance-program Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 079A. Screening Bollywood Film Recent shifts in the representation of the “erotic” in Bollywood dances have transformed the past representations of gender and sexuality in Bollywood cinema. The course will explore the shifts in sexuality and gender constructions from national to transnational symbols through the songs and dances (item numbers) in Bollywood cinema and its most visible media platform, T.V Reality Shows. We will explore this through viewing and analyzing select screen performances in three parts: First, we will examine the place of the erotic in reconstructing gender and sexuality from past notions of romantic love (associated with ghazal songs or classical and folk dances) to desires for commodity. Second, we will explore the aesthetic shifts from the traditional song and dance repertoire to trendy MTV-inspired moves. We will examine how transnational images of commodity production intersect with sexuality, desire, spirituality, and modernity in these screen dances. This course will explore the song and dance sequences through video-viewing and studio work (with a Bollywood choreographer) as well as reading a few key texts. The list of videos will be included in the final syllabus. This is a half semester course begining the second half of the semester. 0.5 Credit. Eligible for ASIA, GSST, ASAM Spring 2024. Chakravorty. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/dance-program Access the class schedule to search for sections.
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	DANC 040. Contemporary Modern I Bethany Formica Bender uses her multi-company performance experience and eclectic skill base in a class designed to build up ideas and break down contemporary/modern dance technique. One need not be afraid to sweat, laugh, or fall over. This introductory dance class is accessible and aerobic, so humor and high energy are all that are required. Contemporary Modern I is designed to put participants in touch with their bodies, help them focus, connect, and collaborate, while allowing every individual’s voice to be heard. This course encourages a sense of playful humanism, evoking new ways of thinking and moving, problem-solving and multitasking. The dance playing field is leveled, and the value of play and laughter enlivens the body in completely unexpected ways. If taken for academic credit, concert attendance and two short papers are required. Graded CR/NC. 0.5 credit or P.E. Fall 2022. Formica Bender. Spring 2023. Formica Bender. Fall 2023. Formica Bender. Spring 2024. Staff. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/dance-program Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 041. Ballet I An introduction to the fundamentals of classical ballet vocabulary with a focus on anatomically correct alignment, movement quality, and musicality. If taken for academic credit, concert attendance, two short papers, and a vocabulary test are required.  Graded CR/NC. 0.5 credit or P.E. Fall 2022. Moss-Thorne. Spring 2023. Chipman-Bloom. Fall 2023. Moss-Thorne. Spring 2024. Staff. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/dance-program Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 043. African Diasporic Traditions I This course is an exploration of Diasporic West African dance and drum traditions through kinesthetic engagement and selected philosophical and aesthetic perspectives. This course will explore selected dance and drum traditions and their associated cultural functions as a way to enter an embodied dialogue in African Diasporic dance traditions. Primary focus will be placed on dance and drum traditions from Mali, Senegal, Guinea and Ghana as many of those dance and drum traditions have gained exposure in the West through National Dance Company tours. Dancers and drummers from these companies have relocated to the States and teach the repertory of their national dances for the last 60 years. The Philadelphia Diasporic dance and drum community is part of this rich legacy. The Swarthmore College Music and Dance Department commemorates 25 years of Diasporic African dance and drum traditions. Be part of the legacy. Students enrolled in DANC 043 for academic credit are required to write several detailed journals and a short final reflection paper. Open to all students. Graded CR/NC. 0.5 credit or P.E. Eligible for BLST Fall 2023. Osayande. Spring 2024. Osayande. Fall 2024. Osayande. Spring 2025. Osayande. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/dance-program Access the class schedule to search for sections.
	DANC 044. Tap This course is available to all tappers, from beginning to advanced. Such forms as soft-shoe, waltz-clog, stage tap, and “hoofin” will be explored. There will be research and discussions of renowned tap dancers. Opportunities for discovering historical facts about tap will be made throughout the course. If taken for academic credit, concert performance and two short papers are required. Graded CR/NC. 0.5 credit or P.E. Spring 2023. Williams. Spring 2024. Staff. Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/dance-program Access the class schedule to search for sections.

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