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| African-American and African Studies | |
| AAS 1010 | Introduction to African-American and African Studies I (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This introductory course surveys the histories of people of African descent in Africa, the Americas, and the Caribbean from approximately the Middle Ages to the 1880s. Emphases include the Atlantic slave trade and its complex relationship to Africa; the economic systems, cultures, and communities of Africans and African-Americans in the New World, in slavery and in freedom; the rise of anti-slavery movements; and the socio-economic systems that replaced slavery in the late 19th century. |
| AAS 1020 | Introduction to African-American and African Studies II (4) |
| This introductory course builds upon the histories of people of African descent in Africa, the Americas, and the Caribbean surveyed in AAS 1010. Drawing on disciplines such as Anthropology, History, Religious Studies, Political Science and Sociology, the course focuses on the period from the late 19th century to the present and is comparative in perspective. It examines the links and disjunctions between communities of African descent in the United States and in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa. The course begins with an overview of AAS, its history, assumptions, boundaries, and topics of inquiry, and then proceeds to focus on a number of inter-related themes: patterns of cultural experience; community formation; comparative racial classification; language and society; family and kinship; religion; social and political movements; arts and aesthetics; and archaeology of the African Diaspora. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| AAS 1559 | New Course in African and African American Studies (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of African American Studies. | |
| AAS 2210 | Introduction to African Literatures & Cultures (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is a survey of literary texts in English by contemporary African writers. Students will read a variety of texts including novels, short stories, poetry, film and songs and critically analyze the cultural and aesthetics of the literary landscape. Particular attention will be on how authors engage themes such as identity, patriarchy, gender, class, and politics in post-colonial structures. |
| AAS 2220 | Introduction to Race, Class, Politics & the Environment (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Students will be introduced to the evidence and debates surrounding the claims that racialized and poor communities disproportionately shoulder society's environmental burdens. Through a variety of analytical and contextual lenses, we examine fundamental environmental problems faced by individuals and communities of color and the policies and initiatives designed to address them. |
| AAS 2224 | Black Femininities and Masculinities in the US Media (3) |
| This course, taught as a lower-level seminar, will address the role the media has played in creating images and understandings of 'Blackness' in the United States, particularly where it converges with popular ideologies about gender. Course was offered Summer 2025, January 2025, Summer 2024, January 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, January 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Janiuary 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013 | |
| AAS 2225 | Black Love: Media Representations vs. Reality (3) |
| How do media representations shape our perceptions and lived experiences of Black love? In this course, we will examine media portrayals of Black love alongside theoretical readings about the historical, social, and cultural elements that impact the development of Black relationships. In addition to exploring examples of Black romantic relationships, we will also explore Black love in the context of family, friendships, and community. | |
| AAS 2230 | African Refugees Cultures & Stories (3) |
| This course examines the experiences of African migrants and refugees through the lens of race, ethnicity, and migration. Through an engagement with the International Rescue Committee in Charlottesville and migrants in the area as well as literary and other written sources, notions of displacement, migration, genocide, ethnic and racial formation among other factors that are important in understanding international migration. | |
| AAS 2240 | Africans in America (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will focus on recent African arrivals to the United States, exploring the history of Africans who voluntarily entered the country. We will examine the lives of Africans who came to the US in the late 19th, 20th, and 21st century as students, visitors, missionaries, & temporary residents, as well as the reasons for African migration, settlement patterns and adjustment issues, and immigrant relationships with Americans, black and white. |
| AAS 2263 | UVA in Kenya - Swahili Cultures: Then & Now (3) |
| Located in Kenya as a study abroad experience, this course is aimed at providing students with an immersive, interactive and intellectually enriching experience of the Swahili coast. Some of the main themes covered include language, cultures and practices, a critical understanding of the experience of race and racism, slavery and enslavement in the Swahili coast, and the historical cultural context of the region. | |
| AAS 2450 | The Health of Black Folks (3) |
| An interdisciplinary course analyzing the relationship between black bodies and biomedicine both historically and in the present. The course is co-taught by Norm Oliver, M.D. (UVa Department of Family Medicine), and offers political, economic, and post-structuralist lenses with which to interpret the individual and socio/cultural health and disease of African-Americans. Readings range across several disciplines including anthropology, epidemiology/public health, folklore, history, science studies, political science, sociology and literary criticism. Topics will vary and may include: HIV/AIDS; reproductive issues; prison, crime and drugs; and body size/image and obesity; the legacy of the Tuskegee Syphilis Trials. Cross listed as ANTH 2450. | |
| AAS 2500 | Topics Course in Africana Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Lower-level topics course: reading, class discussion, and written assignments on a special topic in African-American and African Studies Topics change from term to term, and vary with the instructor. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022 |
| AAS 2559 | New Course in African and African American Studies (3) |
| New course in the subject of African and African American Studies Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, January 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, January 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, January 2014, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011 | |
| AAS 2657 | Routes, Writing, Reggae (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In this course, we will trace the history of reggae music and explore its influence on the development of Jamaican literature. With readings on Jamaican history, we will consider why so many reggae songs speak about Jah and quote from the Bible. Then, we will explore how Marcus Garvey's teachings led to the rise of Rastafarianism, which in turn seeded ideas of black pride and black humanity into what would become reggae music. |
| AAS 2710 | Introduction to Afro-Latin America (3) |
| This seminar examines the historical and contemporary trajectories and the cultural and intellectual contributions of Afro-descendant peoples in Latin America. Students explore the myriad ways in which Afro-Latin Americans have shaped their societies from the colonial period to the present day. | |
| AAS 2740 | Peoples and Cultures of Africa (3) |
| In this course, students will gain an understanding of the richness and variety of African life. While no course of this kind can hope to give more than a broad overview of the continent, students will learn which intellectual tools and fundamental principles are necessary for approaching the study of the hundreds of cultural worlds that exist today on the African continent. This course will draw from ethnographic texts, literary works and film. | |
| AAS 2751 | African History through the Novel (3) |
| This course will introduce students to themes in the history of Africa and the African Diaspora through novels. The class encourages students to read several novels as history. The novels will help us understand various themes in African history from the precolonial era to independence, exploring the role of religion, gender, slavery, and colonialism, and relationship with the African Diaspora in the lives of African peoples. | |
| AAS 2760 | Empowered Women of Africa (3) |
| In this interdisciplinary survey course on women leaders in urban areas in Africa, we will examine the experiences of women from diverse societies across the Eastern and Southern regions of Africa during the colonial and postcolonial periods. Of particular importance is how women in these societies have faced challenges and how they emerge as leaders in their communities. Course was offered Summer 2025 | |
| AAS 3000 | Women and Religion in Africa (3) |
| This course examines women's religious activities, traditions and spirituality in a number of different African contexts. Drawing on ethnographic, historical, literary, and religious studies scholarship, we will explore a variety of themes and debates that have emerged in the study of gender and religion in Africa. Topics will include gendered images of sacred power; the construction of gender through ritual; sexuality and fertility; and women Course was offered Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| AAS 3113 | Horror Noire: A History of Black Americans in Horror (3) |
| The horror genre provides daring, unflinching lessons. It is a syllabus of our social, political, and racial world. Black horror, in particular, has established itself as a primer on the quest for social justice. What can such a boundary-pushing genre teach us about paths to solidarity and democracy? What can we learn about disrupting racism, misogyny, and anti-Blackness? Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| AAS 3157 | Caribbean Perspectives (3) |
| Breaking with popular constructions of the region as a timeless tropical paradise, this course will re-define the Caribbean as the birthplace of modern forms of capitalism, globalization, and trans-nationalism. We will survey the founding moments of Caribbean history, including the imposition of slavery, the rise of plantation economies, and the development of global networks of goods and peoples. | |
| AAS 3158 | Haiti and the US (3) |
| What are the origins of anti-Haitian antagonism in the U.S. and why has it persisted? From zombies to AIDS to the sensational headlines animating recent presidential debates, we uncover why Haiti has played a central role in U.S. political discourse, immigration policy, and popular culture for centuries. Explore the connection between history, film, photography, literature, and more! | |
| AAS 3160 | African Americans in Sport (3) |
| This course provides a historical and analytical understanding of the issues involving race, racism, race relations in American sport. This course provides an overview of the sporting events, activism, icons, and time periods that have been shaped by Americas continued struggle to improve race relations. | |
| AAS 3200 | Martin, Malcolm and America (3) |
| An intensive examination of African-American social criticism centered upon, but not limited to, the life and thought of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. We will come to grips with the American legacy of racial hatred and oppression systematized in the institutions of antebellum chattel slavery and post-bellum racial segregation and analyze the array of critical responses to, and social struggles against, this legacy. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| AAS 3220 | Environmental Justice: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Policy & Practice (3) |
| Through selected case studies, we will examine theories of racism and justice, the conceptual history and definitions of environmental racism, the historical development and goals of the environmental justice movement, stakeholder responses to environmental inequities , the impact of environmental justice policies on environmental inequities as well as their impact on subsequent political behavior and the impact of environmental justice policies | |
| AAS 3231 | Rise and Fall of the Slave South (3) |
| A history of the American South from the arrival of the first English settlers through the end of Reconstruction in 1877. Cross-listed with HIUS 3231. | |
| AAS 3300 | Social Science Perspectives on African American and African Studies (3) |
| This course will focus on major debates, theories, and methodological approaches in the social sciences that contribute to African American Studies. The course helps students to consider how a multidisciplinary approach enriches efforts to analyze such issues as health disparities, education, and incarceration as they relate to the African Diaspora. | |
| AAS 3310 | Environmental Justice in the Mid-Atlantic Region (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is dedicated to examining government responses to environmental injustice. Our readings and discussions will use an interdisciplinary social-science perspective to track the trajectory of environmental justice activism and official responses to it in the five states (DE, MD, PA, VA, WVA) the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has designated as comprising the important but understudied mid-Atlantic region. |
| AAS 3450 | Race, the Law, and the American Constitution (3) |
| This course will introduce students to the substance of the Constitution, the conditions under which it was developed, what it means, how its meaning has been determined, changed, interpreted and the ways in which it has shaped and has been shaped by ideas about and considerations of race. | |
| AAS 3500 | Intermediate Seminar in African-American & African Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Reading, class discussion, and written assignments on a special topic in African-American and African Studies. Topics change from term to term, and vary with the instructor. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| AAS 3559 | New Course in African and African American Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | New course in the subject of African and African American Studies. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2010 |
| AAS 3645 | Musical Fictions (3) |
| Over the course of the semester, we will explore the genre of the contemporary musical novel in order to better understand why writers and readers are so intrigued by the figure of the musician as a literary trope. Pairing close listening and music theory with close readings of seminal blues, jazz, reggae, mambo, calypso and rock novels set in the US, UK, Jamaica, Trinidad, France and Germany. | |
| AAS 3652 | African American History since 1865 (3) |
| This course surveys the major political, economic, and cultural developments in black America from the end of the Civil War to the present. Through an engagement with various primary and secondary texts, and multimedia, students examine African Americans' endeavors to build strong families and communities, create socially meaningful art, and establish a political infrastructure capable of bringing into existence a more just and humane world. Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2011 | |
| AAS 3671 | History of the Civil Rights Movement (3) |
| This course examines the history and legacy of the African American struggle for civil rights in twentieth century America. It provides students with a broad overview of the civil rights movement -- the key issues, significant people and organizations, and pivotal events -- as well as a deeper understanding of its scope, influence, legacy, and lessons for today. Course was offered January 2024, Fall 2020 | |
| AAS 3710 | African Worlds through Life Stories (3) |
| This course examines an array of African cultural worlds from the perspective of a variety of different life story genres. We will be addressing biography, autobiography, autofiction, memoirs, diaries, biographical documentary film and various artistic representations. Some critics claim that such genres, concentrating on the 'individual' in Western terms, are not appropriate for representing African experiences of personhood. | |
| AAS 3745 | Currents in African Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In this course, we will read a sampling of some exciting new works of fiction from Africa's young and established writers. In particular, we will examine the literary innovations that African writers use to narrate issues affecting the continent such as dictatorship, the lingering effects of colonization, the postcolonial nation state, the traumas of war and geo-politics, religion, gender and sexuality, and migration, among others. Course was offered Spring 2021, Fall 2019 |
| AAS 3749 | Food and Meaning in Africa and the Diaspora (3) |
| This course investigates the traditions and symbolics of food and eating in Africa and throughout the African Diaspora -- wherever people of African descent have migrated or have been forced to move. This course will help students to investigate the way the foods people eat' or don't eat' hold meaning for people within a variety of cultural contexts.Topics will include symbol, taboo, sexuality, bodies, ritual, kinship & beauty, among others. Course was offered Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013 | |
| AAS 3750 | Women in African History (3) |
| This course explores themes and issues in the lives of women in Africa. These include women in early African history, culture, and the role of gender in Africa, encounter with Islam and the West, womens search for autonomy, etc. Emphasis is placed, as much as is possible, on the perspectives of women, how they view their history and their ongoing struggle for self-determination. | |
| AAS 3760 | Reading Black Digital Culture (3) |
| Using a mix of scholarly and popular-press readings and an examination of digital artifacts, we will analyze the creations and contributions of Black digital culture from the mid-90s to the present. Covering topics including the early Black blogosphere; the creation of niche content sites like BlackPlanet.com; the emergence of Black Twitter; the circulation of memes, and the use second-screening. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| AAS 3770 | Black Girlhood & the Media (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | How do movies, viral videos, and memes impact the material lives of Black girls? This course offers an introduction to the emergent and growing field of Black Girlhood Studies, especially in relation to media representation and engagement. The course will cover foundational texts about Black girlhood alongside a range of media to explore the ways in which Black girlhood has been constructed and portrayed through these platforms. |
| AAS 3810 | Race, Culture and Inequality (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will examine how culture matters for understanding race and social inequality. It will survey social science research about cultural forms such as everyday discourse, styles of dress, music, literature, visual arts, and media as they relate to race and inequality. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019 |
| AAS 3830 | Being Human: Race, Technology, and the Arts (3) |
| This course is an introduction to Afrofuturism, exploring race and alienness, race and technology, and race and modernity through global futuristic representations of blackness in TV, film, music, art, and literature. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2020 | |
| AAS 3853 | From Redlined to Subprime: Race and Real Estate in the US (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course examines the history of housing and real estate and explores its role in shaping the meaning and lived experience of race in modern America. We will learn how and why real estate ownership, investment, and development came to play a critical role in the formation and endurance of racial segregation, modern capitalism, and the built environment. |
| AAS 4005 | Morven's Enslaved and Descendant Communities (3) |
| This course invites students to explore the complex, multilayered history and evolving interpretation of UVA's Morven Farm, with a focus on the site's 19th century enslaved and descendant communities. The course combines lectures, research, and seminar-style discussions with field trips to area archives and historic sites. Does not count toward 4000-level seminar requirement. Course was offered Summer 2023 | |
| AAS 4070 | Distinguished Major Thesis I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Students in the Distinguished Majors Program should enroll in this course for their first semester of thesis research. |
| AAS 4080 | Distinguished Major Thesis II (3) |
| Second-semester DMP students should enroll in this course to complete their theses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| AAS 4109 | Civil Rights Movement and the Media (3) |
| Course examines the crucial relationship between the Civil Rights Movement and mass media from 1950s through early 1970s, looking at a variety of media forms: Hollywood cinema, network television, mainstream newspapers, photojournalism, the black press, and news as primary documents that can tell us something about American race relations during this period and how the nation responded to challenges posed by a powerful social change movement. | |
| AAS 4500 | Advanced Seminar in African-American and African Studies (3) |
| Reading, class discussion, and research on a special topic in African-American and African Studies culminatiing in the composition of a research paper. Topics change from term to term, and vary with the instructor. Primarily for fourth-year students but open to others. Course was offered Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| AAS 4501 | Advanced Research Seminar in History & AAS (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Reading, class discussion, and research on a special topic in African-American and African Studies culminating in the composition of a research paper. Topics change from term to term, and vary with the instructor. Primarily for fourth-year AAS and History students--double majors and others. Crosslisted with the History major seminar. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 |
| AAS 4559 | New Course in African and African American Studies (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of African and African American Studies. | |
| AAS 4570 | Advanced Research Seminar in African-American & African Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Reading, class discussion, and research on a special topic in African-American and African Studies culminating in the composition of a research paper. Topics change from term to term, and vary with the instructor. Primarily for fourth-year students but open to others. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| AAS 4725 | Queer Africas (3) |
| How does "Africa" shape the contours of queerness? We will explore the complex iterations of afro-queer subjectivities in the the circum-Atlantic world. Importantly, we will examine the extent to which the afterlife of slavery in the Americas intersect with the state of postcoloniality in Africa, and how blackness and queerness get conditioned at these intersections. By providing an introduction to various artists, activists, and intellectuals in both Africa and its myriad diasporas, this interdisciplinary seminar will thus examine what it means to be both black and queer historically, spatially, and contemporarily. | |
| AAS 4749 | Engaging Local Histories: River View Farm (4) |
| This course situates and sheds light on various aspects of Black history and culture in Albemarle County and the surrounding regions through the lens and example of River View Farm and those who lived there, farmed there, and led local and regional communities. Part of the work of this class involves actively working with the Ivy Creek Foundation to support their mission of providing education about local Black histories to the public. | |
| AAS 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 12) |
| Allows students to work on an individual research project. Students must propose a topic to an appropriate faculty member, submit a written proposal for approval, prepare an extensive annotated bibliography on relevant readings comparable to the reading list of a regular upper-level course, and complete a research paper of at least 20 pages. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, January 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| AAS 5559 | New Course in African and African American Studies (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of African and African American Studies. | |
| AAS 7000 | Introduction to Africana Studies (3) |
| This is an introductory course that will survey selected recent and classic texts in the interdisciplinary fields of African American, African, and Caribbean Studies. By the end of the course, students will be prepared to identify and understand major themes that have shaped the development of the discipline of Africana Studies. | |
| AAS 9710 | Woodson Institute Fellows Pre- and Post-Doctoral Research (12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This is a supervised research course without formal classroom instruction. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 |
| American Studies | |
| AMST 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| AMST 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| AMST 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| AMST 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| AMST 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| AMST 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| AMST 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| AMST 1050 | Slavery and Its Legacies (3) |
| This course examines the history of slavery and its legacy at UVA and in the central Virginia region. The course aims to recover the experiences of enslaved individuals and their roles in building and maintaining the university, and to contextualize those experiences within Southern history. | |
| AMST 1060 | The Aftermath of Slavery at UVA and in Virginia (3) |
| This course examines the post-1865 history at UVA and in the region, recovering the experiences of African Americans in building community in the face of racism, and also contextualizing those experiences within U.S. history. The course situates that local history in political and cultural context, tracing the advent of emancipation, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, desegregation, civil rights change, and even twenty-first century racism and inequality. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| AMST 1559 | New Course in American Studies (1 - 4) |
| New Course in the subject of American Studies | |
| AMST 2001 | Introduction to American Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course introduces students to American Studies, the interdisciplinary study of US culture. Students will be exposed to the three main categories of American Studies methods, historical analysis, close analysis, and fieldwork and to a broad variety of cultural forms, including films, photographs, music, sermons, journalism, fiction, speeches, court decisions, government documents, and web-based materials including social media sites. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| AMST 2130 | Narratives of Girlhood (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course treats a range of contemporary English language literatures about girlhood. Our comparative analyses of texts will pay particular attention to their play with genre and their use of literary devices -- e.g., structure, voice, point of view, dialogue, temporality, language ¿ to render narratives about girlhood in contexts of (im)migration, loss, displacement, violence, revolution, war, and trauma. Course was offered Fall 2024 |
| AMST 2321 | Latinx Fiction and Film (3) |
| This course explores the diverse and also converging experiences of Latinos in the US. We will read contemporary novels and poetry by Latinx authors from different Latinx groups (Chicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central American and South American). We will discuss reasons for migration, concepts of the "border" and the impact of bilingualism on group identity. We will view films that depict the Latinx experience in the US. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2018 | |
| AMST 2420 | Cultural Landscapes of the United States (3) |
| This course introduces the study of everyday landscapes as cultural spaces that illuminate the history of social and political developments in the U.S. It encourages a broad understanding of landscape across genres-painting, photography, fiction, journalism. Particular focus will be paid to the political economy of landscapes to explore the connections between landscape and public policy from multiple vantage points. | |
| AMST 2500 | Major Works for American Studies (3) |
| Topics vary according to instructor. The goal of the course is to introduce students to interdisciplinary work in American Studies by juxtaposing works across disciplinary boundaries and from different methodological perspectives. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, January 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, January 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| AMST 2559 | New Course in American Studies (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | New Course in subject of American Studies. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 |
| AMST 2660 | Spiritual But Not Religious: Spirituality in America (3) |
| What does "spiritual but not religious" mean, and why has it become such a pervasive self-description in contemporary America? This interdisciplinary course surveys spirituality in America, with a particular eye for the relationship between spirituality and formal religion, on the one hand, and secular modes of understanding the self, such as psychology, on the other. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| AMST 2753 | Arts and Cultures of the Slave South (4) |
| This interdisciplinary course covers the American South to the Civil War. While the course centers on the visual arts- architecture, material culture, decorative arts, painting, and sculpture- it is not designed as a regional history of art, but an exploration of the interrelations between history, material and visual cultures, foodways, music and literature in the formation of Southern identities. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| AMST 3001 | Theories and Methods of American Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This seminar course will introduce majors to various theories and methods for the practice of American Studies. The three goals of the seminars are (1) to make students aware of their own interpretive practices; (2) to equip them with information and conceptual tools they will need for advanced work in American Studies; and (3) to provide them with comparative approaches to the study of various aspects of the United States. Prerequisites: American Studies Major Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| AMST 3180 | Introduction to Asian American Studies (3) |
| An interdisciplinary introduction to the culture and history of Asians and Pacific Islanders in America. Examines ethnic communities such as Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Asian Indian, and Native Hawaiian, through themes such as immigration, labor, cultural production, war, assimilation, and politics. Texts are drawn from genres such as legal cases, short fiction, musicals, documentaries, visual art, and drama. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| AMST 3200 | African American Political Thought (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course explores the critical and the constructive dimensions of African American political thought from slavery to the present. We will assess the claims that black Americans have made upon the polity, how they have defined themselves, and how they have sought to redefine key terms of political life such as citizenship, equality, freedom, and power. |
| AMST 3221 | Hands-On Public History: Slavery and Reconstruction (3) |
| "Public history" is delivered to a non-academic audience, often at historic sites, museums, archives, and on digital platforms. Some films, podcasts, fiction, and poetry might also be considered public history. This course uses all of those formats to investigate how the history of slavery and Reconstruction are presented to the public. Collaboration with local community groups and field trips to historic sites are key components of this class. Course was offered Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| AMST 3222 | Hands-On Public History: Slavery and Reconstruction, Part II (3) |
| Hands-On Public History is designed as a year-long course. This course continues the curriculum of AMST 3221. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| AMST 3250 | Black Protest Narrative (3) |
| This course studies modern racial protest expressed through African American narrative art from the 1930s to 1980s, focusing on Civil Rights, Black Power, Black Panthers, womanism, black gay/lesbian liberation movements, and black postmodernism. We begin our study with the most famous protest novel, Richard Wright's Native Son. Then we examine other narratives including works by Angelo Herndon, Ann Petry, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Jr. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| AMST 3280 | Introduction to Native American Studies: (Mis)Representations (3) |
| An intro to the broad field of Native Studies, this class focuses on themes of representation and erasure. We read Indigenous scholars and draw from current events, pop culture, and historical narrative to explore complex relationships between historical and contemporary issues that Indigenous peoples face in the US. We examine the foundations of Native representations and their connections to critical issues in Native communities. | |
| AMST 3300 | Introduction to Latinx Studies (3) |
| AMST 3300 offers students close study of significant texts and other cultural forms representing the perspective and contributions of the main Latinx populations in the United States--including those of Puerto Rican, Chicano, Dominican, Central American and Cuban American origin--in historical context and within a theoretical, analytical framework. | |
| AMST 3321 | Race and Ethnicity in Latinx Literature (3) |
| This course examines the construction of race and ethnicity in Latinx literature by examining key texts by individuals from varying Latinx groups in the US. We will examine how US-American identity shapes Latinx notions of race and how the authors' connections with Latin America and the Caribbean do the same. We will explore from a hemispheric perspective how race and ethnicity are depicted in Latinx literature and culture. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2018 | |
| AMST 3323 | Hemispheric Latinx Literature and Culture (3) |
| This course offers a survey of Latinx literature and film from a hemispheric perspective. Engaging texts from colonial times to the present day, we explore how the histories of the US, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia come together to produce novels, poems, essays and films that are now referred to as distinctly Latinx. | |
| AMST 3326 | Latinx and Indigenous Environmentalisms (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course examines the relationship between Latinx and Indigenous communities and the environment from a sociocultural, anthropological and historical perspective.Texts encompass the fields of history, anthropology, sociology, environmental studies, and often require thinking and analysis that questions understandings of land, development, race, science, health, and wellness on a state, local, and international level. |
| AMST 3407 | Racial Borders and American Cinema (3) |
| This class explores how re-occurring images of racial and ethnic minorities such as African Americans, Jews, Asians, Native Americans and Latino/as are represented in film and shows visual images of racial interactions and boundaries of human relations that tackle topics such as immigration, inter-racial relationships and racial passing. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2019 | |
| AMST 3422 | Point of View Journalism (3) |
| This course analyzes 'point-of-view' journalism as a controversial but credible alternative to the dominant model of 'objectivity' in the U.S. news media. It will survey point-of-view journalists from Benjamin Franklin to the modern blog. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| AMST 3427 | Gender, Things, and Difference (3) |
| This class explores how material culture, the physical stuff that is part of human life, is used to help to construct and express gendered and other forms of difference. We will look at how bodies and clothes shape our understanding of our own and others' identities, how we imbue objects with gender, how the food we cook and eat carries cultural meanings, and how the design of buildings and spaces structures gender. | |
| AMST 3471 | American Cinema (3) |
| This course provides an introduction to film studies through an examination of American film throughout the 20th & 21st centuries. We will learn basic film techniques for visual analysis, and consider the social, economic, and historical forces that have shaped the production, distribution & reception of film in the US Examples will be drawn from various genres: melodrama, horror, sci-fi, musical, Westerns, war films, documentary, animation, etc. | |
| AMST 3472 | Hollywood Exile: German Filmmakers Flee Fascism (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In the 1930s, many people employed in the German film industry whose lives were threatened by Nazism took refuge in Hollywood. This course examines the contributions exiled directors, writers, actors, and others made in genres ranging from comedy and melodrama to film noir. In addition to indicting fascism and reflecting on the trauma of forced migration these films often turned a critical eye on the U.S.. |
| AMST 3491 | Rural Poverty in Our Time (3) |
| This course will use an interdisciplinary format and document based approach to explore the history of non-urban poverty in the US South from the 1930s to the present. Weaving together the social histories of poor people, the political history of poverty policies, and the history of representations of poverty, the course follows historical cycles of attention and neglect during the Great Depression, the War on Poverty, and the present. | |
| AMST 3500 | Topics in American Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topics vary according to instructor. |
| AMST 3559 | New Course in American Studies (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | New Course in the subject of American Studies Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2012, Fall 2010 |
| AMST 3610 | Asian Americans & Popular Culture (3) |
| Asian Americans and Popular Culture surveys a history of Asian American racialization, experiences, and subject formation in the United States through film, comics, TV, theatre, music, public protest, sports, and social media. Students will learn how to analyze and develop creative work to respond to and re/frame debates on the politics of representation, exoticization, cultural appropriation, transnationalism, hybridity, and US immigration laws. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| AMST 3630 | Vietnam War in Literature and Film (3) |
| In the US, Vietnam signifies not a country but a lasting syndrome that haunts American politics and society, from foreign policy to popular culture. But what of the millions of Southeast Asian refugees the War created? What are the lasting legacies of the Vietnam War for Southeast Asian diasporic communities? We will examine literature and film (fictional and documentary) made by and about Americans, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Laotians, and Hmong. | |
| AMST 3710 | Mapping Black Landscapes (3) |
| Students will learn to use digital mapping and narratives as tools of reparative history. The class will partner with community organizations documenting Black history in Virginia. Students will do research in historical archives and public records; interview community members; and participate in field work. Readings will address ethical aspects of doing community history and explore approaches to the history of slavery and Reconstruction. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| AMST 3740 | Cultures of Hip-Hop (3) |
| This course explores the origins and impacts of American hip-hop as a cultural form in the last forty years, and maps the ways that a local subculture born of an urban underclass has risen to become arguably the dominant form of 21st-century global popular culture. While primarily focused on music, we will also explore how forms such as dance, visual art, film, and literature have influenced and been influenced by hip-hop style and culture. | |
| AMST 3790 | Moving On: Migration in/to the US (3) |
| This class examines the history of voluntary, coerced, and forced migration in the U.S., tracing the paths of migrating groups and their impact on urban, suburban, and rural landscapes. We'll dig for cultural clues to changing attitudes about migration over time. Photographs, videos, books, movies, government records, poems, podcasts, paintings, comic strips, museums, manifestos: you name it, we'll analyze it for this class. | |
| AMST 3880 | Literature of the South (3) |
| Analyzes selected works of literature by major Southern writers. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| AMST 4060 | Politics and Literature (3) |
| This advanced, interdisciplinary seminar considers how works of fiction enhance our understanding of the terms of democratic life. The theme of the seminar is the life and afterlife of slavery in American political experience. Our core texts will be Moby Dick, Invisible Man, and Beloved. Additionally, we will read related work by writers from the antebellum, Jim Crow, and post-civil rights eras. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| AMST 4210 | Refugee Aesthetics (3) |
| Refugee Aesthetics is a survey course that examines histories of racialization, war, forced migration, nation-state formation, humanitarian aid, and resettlement alongside questions of the politics of aesthetics, ethics of representation, and social justice. Students will explore how refugee aesthetics is broadly defined, performed, and contested through maps, graphic novels, films, and various mixed media. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| AMST 4321 | Caribbean Latinx: Cuba, Puerto Rico and the DR (3) |
| In this course we will read texts by Latinx writers from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. We will explore how their works speak to issues of race, colonialism and imperialism based on their individual and shared histories. We will discuss their different political histories and migration experiences and how these in turn impact their literary and artistic productions in the US. | |
| AMST 4351 | Aural Histories: Edison to Auto-Tune (3) |
| This is a course about the role of technology and technological innovation in the production and consumption of 20th and 21st century music. We will begin with the invention of the phonograph and the birth of the recording industry and continue up through the present day. Course was offered Spring 2020 | |
| AMST 4401 | Literature of the Americas (3) |
| This course explores a wide range of (broadly defined) fictions from and about the Americas, from writings by Columbus and the conquistadors through modern and contemporary novels, novellas, and short stories. Students consider the intersection of fiction and history through topics that include New world "discovery" and conquest; borderlands and contact zones; slavery and revolution; and the haunting of the global present by the colonial past. | |
| AMST 4462 | Harlem Stories (3) |
| Harlem has been many things to many people - capital of a global African diaspora, an early instance of Italian and Jewish immigrant communities, home to an important "el barrio," a representative site of contemporary gentrification and, above all, a place for racial and ethnic minoritization. This course will explore many of those lived and symbolic Harlems from the early twentieth century to the present. Course was offered Fall 2022 | |
| AMST 4500 | Fourth-Year Seminar in American Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This seminar is intended to focus study, research, and discussion on a single period, topic, or issue, such as the Great Awakening, the Civil War, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Depression, or the 1960s. Topics vary. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| AMST 4559 | New Course in American Studies (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | New Course in the subject of American Studies. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 |
| AMST 4601 | Gender, Race, and the Prison (3) |
| In this course, we will study the intersection of social scientific and humanistic scholarship, showing how the prison deploys and produces gender and its imbrications with race, class, and sexuality as a tool of control, punishment, and dehumanization. Our materials will highlight the experiences of women as we consider the carceral state that is fundamentally organized by gendered assumptions that shape the experiences of all social groups. Course was offered Summer 2025 | |
| AMST 4893 | Independent Study in Asian Pacific American Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An elective course for students in the Asian Pacific American Studies minor. Students will work with an APAS core faculty member to support the student's own research. Topics vary, and must be approved by the APAS Director. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| AMST 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An elective course for American Studies majors who have completed AMST 3001-3002. Students will work with an American Studies faculty member to support the student's own research. Topics vary, and must be approved by the Program Director. Prerequisite: AMST 3001, 3002, Instructor Consent. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| AMST 4998 | Distinguished Majors Program Thesis Research (3) |
| Students spend the fall semester of their 4th years working closely with a faculty advisor to conduct research and begin writing their Distinguished Majors Program (DMP) thesis. | |
| AMST 4999 | Distinguished Majors Thesis Seminar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This workshop is for American Studies majors who have been admitted to the DMP program. Students will discuss the progress of their own and each other's papers, with particular attention to the research and writing processes. At the instructor's discretion, students will also read key works in the field of American Studies. Prerequisites: admission to DMP. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| AMST 5232 | Oral History Workshop: A Hands-On Approach to Researching the Past (3) |
| The course is run as a workshop, a space for students to learn oral history methodologies in a hands-on manner. In partnership with local/regional organizations, students will learn to conduct interviews and related research, which may include completing historical surveys, doing genealogical work, & completing archival or database research. Students will learn new skills while helping expand historical archives and knowledge of regional history. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2023 | |
| AMST 5500 | Graduate Topics in American Studies (3) |
| Various topics offered in American Studies at the graduate level Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| AMST 5559 | New Course in American Studies (1 - 4) |
| New Course in the subject of American Studies. | |
| AMST 5710 | Mapping Black Landscapes (3) |
| Students will hone their digital mapping and digital narrative skills and learn how to use them as tools of reparative history. The class will partner with community organizations documenting Black history. Students will do research in archives and public records; interview community members; and participate in fieldwork. In addition, students will do a focused set of readings by members of the Black Geographers movement. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| AMST 7559 | New Courses in American Studies (3) |
| First and one-time graduate course offerings in American Studies. | |
| AMST 8001 | Approaches to American Studies (3) |
| This course introduces graduate students to the field of American Studies, the interdisciplinary study of US culture. Students will be exposed to a variety of influential theoretical and methodological interventions that have occurred over the field's history, and will also be introduced to some of the principal intellectual, political, and professional issues they will face while pursuing a career in the field. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017 | |
| AMST 8570 | Studies in American Culture (3) |
| Topics vary from year to year Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| AMST 8993 | Independent Study in American Studies (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A single semester of independent study under faculty supervision for students doing intensive research on a subject not covered in the usual courses. Requires approval by a faculty member who has agreed to supervise a guided course of reading and substantial written exercise, a detailed outline of the research project, and authorization by the Director of the AMST program. |
| Anthropology | |
| ANTH 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| ANTH 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| ANTH 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| ANTH 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| ANTH 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| ANTH 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| ANTH 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| ANTH 1010 | Introduction to Anthropology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This is a broad introductory course covering race, language, and culture, both as intellectual concepts and as political realities. Topics include race and culture as explanations of human affairs, the relationship of language to thought, cultural diversity and cultural relativity, and cultural approaches to current crises. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, January 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, January 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 1050 | Anthropology of Globalization (3) |
| Anthropology of Globalization Course was offered Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2011 | |
| ANTH 1559 | New Course in Anthropology (3) |
| New course in the subject of anthropology. | |
| ANTH 2120 | The Concept of Culture (3) |
| Culture is the central concept that anthropologists use to understand the striking differences among human societies and how people organize the meaningful parts of their lives. In this course we explore this diversity, examine its basis in neuroplasticity and human development, and consider its implications for human nature, cognition, creativity, and identity. By learning about other cultures, we gain new understanding of ourselves. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| ANTH 2160 | Culture and the Environment (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course explores anthropological understandings of culture and the environment, particularly with respect to the ecology of human perception, histories of colonialism and related inequalities, food production, consumerism, nature conservation, the Anthropocene concept, and pervasive environmental logics of globalizing capitalism. |
| ANTH 2190 | Desire and World Economics (3) |
| This course offers an insight into the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services practiced by peoples ignored or unknown to classic Western economics. Its principle focus will open upon the obvious differences between cultural concepts of the self and the very notion of its desire. Such arguments as those which theorize on the "rationality" of the market and the "naturalness" of competition will be debunked. | |
| ANTH 2250 | Nationalism, Racism, Multiculturalism (3) |
| Introductory course in which the concepts of culture, multiculturalism, race, racism, and nationalism are critically examined in terms of how they are used and structure social relations in American society and, by comparison, how they are defined in other cultures throughout the world. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017 | |
| ANTH 2260 | Water Worlds: the Anthropology of Water (3) |
| This course examines the many ways that people have managed, shared and made claim to water¿the construction of water worlds. It also looks at waterscapes, dam projects, water in cities, and wastewater and sewage systems globally. Importantly, the course addresses conflicting notions of how to value water, including contemporary debates about the sale of water and water rights, and examines the notion that water will be the locus of future wars. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| ANTH 2270 | Race, Gender, and Medical Science (3) |
| Explores the social and cultural dimensions of biomedical practice and experience in the United States. Focuses on practitioner and patient, asking about the ways in which race, gender, and socio-economic status contour professional identity and socialization, how such factors influence the experience, and course of, illness, and how they have shaped the structures and institutions of biomedicine over time. | |
| ANTH 2280 | Medical Anthropology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The course introduces medical anthropology, and contextualizes bodies, suffering, healing and health. It is organized thematically around a critical humanist approach, along with perspectives from political economy and social constructionism. The aim of the course is to provide a broad understanding of the relationship between culture, healing (including and especially the Western form of healing known as biomedicine), health and political power. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 |
| ANTH 2285 | Anthropology of Development and Humanitarianism (3) |
| This course explores anthropological writings on development and humanitarianism to better understand the historical context and contemporary practice of these distinct modes of world saving. We will attend to critiques of development and humanitarianism, and will also consider writings by anthropologists who champion the humanitarian project Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2016 | |
| ANTH 2325 | Anthropology of God (3) |
| How does the study of society and culture create an intellectual space for any explanation and experience of the Divine? How does anthropology deal specifically with explaining (rather than the explaining away) knowledge and understanding about divinity? Is God an American? If God has a gender and race, what are they? These and many other pertinent questions will be engaged and tackled in this cross-cultural study of the divine. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Summer 2011 | |
| ANTH 2400 | Language and Culture (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the interrelationships of linguistic, cultural, and social phenomena with emphasis on the importance of these interrelationships in interpreting human behavior. No prior knowledge of linguistics is required. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 2405 | Your Heritage Language (3) |
| This course explores the languages spoken with varying degrees of fluency within students' own families and home communities, either at present or in recent generations. The course prepares students to draw upon linguistic diversity as a positive resource in developing their own identities and interacting with others in our multicultural society. | |
| ANTH 2410 | Sociolinguistics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Reviews key findings in the study of language variation. Explores the use of language to express identity and social difference. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2012 |
| ANTH 2415 | Language in Human Evolution (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Examines the evolution of our capacity for language along with the development of human ways of cooperating in engaged social interaction. Course integrates cognitive, cultural, social, and biological aspects of language in comparative perspective. How is the familiar shape of language today the result of evolutionary and developmental processes involving the form, function, meaning and use of signs and symbols in social ecologies? |
| ANTH 2440 | Language and Cinema (3) |
| Looks historically at speech and language in Hollywood movies, including the technological challenges and artistic theories and controversies attending the transition from silent to sound films. Focuses on the ways that gender, racial, ethnic, and national identities are constructed through the representation of speech, dialect, and accent. Introduces semiotics but requires no knowledge of linguistics, or film studies. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2015, Fall 2014 | |
| ANTH 2450 | Language & Environment (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In this course, students rethink assumptions about what "language" and "environment" are. Both depend on living systems to be rendered meaningful, and together we will wrestle with how these two ideas can be brought into relation and the implications associated with different frames of understanding. There are many perspectives on the issues raised in this course, and you will receive a broad introduction to that diversity. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 |
| ANTH 2470 | Reflections of Exile: Jewish Languages and their Communities (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Covers Jewish languages Yiddish, Judeo-Arabic, Ladino, and Hebrew from historical, linguistic, and literary perspectives. Explores the relations between communities and languages, the nature of diaspora, and the death and revival of languages. No prior knowledge of these languages is required. This course is cross-listed with MEST 2470. |
| ANTH 2500 | Cultures, Regions, and Civilizations (3) |
| Intensive studies of particular world regions, societies, cultures, and civilizations. Course was offered Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, January 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, January 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011 | |
| ANTH 2541 | Topics in Linguistics (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with linguistics. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2015 | |
| ANTH 2557 | Culture Through Film (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester covering the diversity of human cultural worlds and the field of anthropology as presented through film. A variety of ethnographic and commercial films will be viewed and discussed in conjunction with readings. Course was offered Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, January 2018, Summer 2017, January 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2014, Fall 2011, Summer 2011 | |
| ANTH 2559 | New Course in Anthropology (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of anthropology. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, January 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, January 2015, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 2560 | Hierarchy and Equality (3) |
| Provides an anthropological perspective on relations of inequality, subordination, and class in diverse societies, along with consideration of American ideas of egalitarianism, meritocracy, and individualism. Specific topics will be announced prior to each semester. | |
| ANTH 2575 | Migrants and Minorities (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with migration and migrants, and the experience of ethnic and racial minorities. Course was offered Fall 2013 | |
| ANTH 2589 | Topics in Archaeology (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with archaeology. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| ANTH 2590 | Social and Cultural Anthropology (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with social and cultural anthropology. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, January 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, January 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, January 2011 | |
| ANTH 2620 | Sex, Gender, and Culture (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Examines the manner in which ideas about sexuality and gender are constructed differently cross-culturally and how these ideas give shape to other social phenomena, relationships, and practices. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2015, Summer 2014 |
| ANTH 2625 | Imagining Africa (3) |
| Africa is commonly imagined in the West as an unproblematically bounded and undifferentiated entity. This course engages and moves beyond western traditions of story telling about Africa to explore diverse systems of imagining Africa's multi-diasporic realities. Imagining Africa is never a matter of pure abstraction, but entangled in material struggles and collective memory, and taking place at diverse and interconnected scales and locales.
Prerequisite: ANTH 1010 | |
| ANTH 2800 | Introduction to Archaeology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topics include alternative theories of prehistoric culture change, dating methods, excavation and survey techniques, and the reconstruction of the economy, social organization, and religion of prehistoric societies. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, January 2020, Fall 2019, January 2019, Fall 2018, January 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, January 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, January 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 2810 | Human Origins (3) |
| Studies the physical and cultural evolution of humans from the initial appearance of hominids to the development of animal and plant domestication in different areas of the world. Topics include the development of biological capabilities such as bipedal walking and speech, the evolution of characteristics of human cultural systems such as economic organization and technology, and explanations for the development of domestication. Course was offered Spring 2021, Summer 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010 | |
| ANTH 2820 | The Emergence of States and Cities (3) |
| Surveys patterns in the development of prehistoric civilizations in different areas of the world including the Inca of Peru, the Maya, the Aztec of Mexico, and the ancient Middle East. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 2830 | Ancient Cities of the Americas (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | When colonial empires invaded the Americas in the 16th century, Europeans marveled at the Indigenous cities distributed across the continent. This course examines the ancient cities of the Americas: their origins, their configurations, their operations, and their representations. It considers how archaeologists define urbanism among ancient societies, and why not every human settlement qualifies as a city. |
| ANTH 3010 | Theory and History of Anthropology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Overview of the major theoretical positions which have structured anthropological thought over the past century. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 3020 | Using Anthropology (3) |
| The theoretical, methodological and ethical practice of an engaged anthropology is the subject of this course, We begin with a history of applied anthropology. We then examine case studies that demonstrate the unique practices of contemporary sociocultural, linguistic, archaeological and bioanthropological anthropology in the areas of policy and civic engagement. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| ANTH 3100 | Indigenous Landscapes (3) |
| This course engages with ways that historical process are inscribed in landscapes, which are the traditional territories of indigenous communities and have also been shaped by colonialism, extractive enterprise, and nature conservation. It challenges students to examine their assumptions to examine ways in which dominant values and stories are inscribed in landscapes and made to appear natural, and how indigenous people contest these processes. | |
| ANTH 3129 | Marriage, Mortality, Fertility (3) |
| Explores the ways that culturally formed systems of values and family organization affect population processes in a variety of cultures. Course was offered Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 3152 | Rainforests of Flesh / Peoples of Spirit (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Ethnographies of Amazonian Peoples and the new anthropological theories about their way of life. |
| ANTH 3170 | Anthropology of Media (3) |
| Explores the cultural life of media and the mediation of cultural life through photography, radio, television, advertising, the Internet, and other technologies. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| ANTH 3220 | Economic Anthropology (3) |
| Comparative analysis of different forms of production, circulation, and consumption in primitive and modern societies. Exploration of the applicability of modern economic theory developed for modern societies to primitive societies and to those societies being forced into the modern world system. | |
| ANTH 3240 | The Anthropology of Food (3) |
| This course approaches food from various social science perspectives, focusing on historically and culturally variable forms of food production, exchange, preparation and consumption as the means through which both individual and social bodies are constructed and reproduced. We examine food and the environment; food and colonialism; the globalization of food and food production; food and identities; and food and bodies. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Janiuary 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2012, Summer 2011 | |
| ANTH 3260 | Globalization and Development (3) |
| Explores how globalization and development affect the lives of people in different parts of the world. Topics include poverty, inequality, and the role of governments and international agencies. Course was offered Spring 2012, Fall 2010 | |
| ANTH 3275 | The Corporation: History, Culture, Capital (3) |
| What is a corporation? Contrary to wide belief, the corporation is a very ancient social form that arose in diverse world regions and is the heritage of many civilizations. In this course, we explore its history and relation to culture, economics, and law. How has financialization shaped today's major business corporations and theories of corporate social responsibility? How might we improve the corporations of the future? | |
| ANTH 3280 | Introduction to Native American Studies: (Mis)Representations (3) |
| An intro to the broad field of Native Studies, this class focuses on themes of representation and erasure. We read Indigenous scholars and draw from current events, pop culture, and historical narrative to explore complex relationships between historical and contemporary issues that Indigenous peoples face in the US. We examine the foundations of Native representations and their connections to critical issues in Native communities. | |
| ANTH 3290 | Biopolitics and the Contemporary Condition (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Biopolitical analysis has become one of the prominent critical approaches across the social sciences and humanities. This course will consider various biopolitical theories and the ways in which they help us understand diverse phenomena of our contemporary condition, which will be examined through various case studies. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018 |
| ANTH 3295 | Moral Experience (3) |
| This course introduces students to one of the key frameworks in anthropology's "ethical turn": moral experience. The investigation of moral experience explores questions of ethics from a phenomenological-hermeneutic perspective and attends closely to subjectivity, affect, and embodiment. We will explore moral experiences such as ethical self-cultivation, empathy, love, hope, breakdown, mood, and moral transformation. | |
| ANTH 3300 | Tournaments and Athletes (3) |
| A cross-cultural study of sport and competitive games. Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or instructor permission. Course was offered Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| ANTH 3325 | Capitalism: Cultural Perspectives (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Examines capitalist relations around the world in a variety of cultural and historical settings. Readings cover field studies of work, industrialization, "informal" economies, advertising, securities trading, "consumer culture," corporations; anthropology of money and debt; global spread of capitalist markets; multiple capitalisms thesis; commodification; slavery and capital formation; capitalism and environmental sustainability. Course was offered Spring 2016 |
| ANTH 3332 | Anthropology of Disability (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Disabled people are considered the "world's largest minority," but does a shared disability experience exist? In this course we examine the diverse ways disability is understood in different social contexts. We use disability studies as a critical lens to examine issues of power and to ask key questions of anthropology, including; What does it mean to have an anthropology of embodied experience? An anthropology of the mind? |
| ANTH 3340 | Ecology and Society: An Introduction to the New Ecological Anthropology (3) |
| Forges a synthesis between culture theory and historical ecology to provide new insights on how human cultures fashion, and are fashioned by, their environment. Although cultures from all over the world are considered, special attention is given to the region defined by South and East Asia, and Australia. Prerequisite: At least one Anthropology course, and/or relevant exposure to courses in EVSC, BIOL, CHEM, or HIST or instructor permission Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 3344 | Anthropology and Anarchy (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Anarchy - organizing society through horizontal relations of free association - has a modern European history contemporary with Anthropology and has Indigenous histories in many places where people decided together to organize society against the state and hierarchy. Readings survey anthropology of non-state societies and engage questions of how non-European anarchies of Black and Indigenous authors and organizers critique anthropological methods. Course was offered Spring 2025 |
| ANTH 3360 | The Museum in Modern Culture (3) |
| Topics include the politics of cultural representation in history, anthropology, and fine arts museums; and the museum as a bureaucratic organization, as an educational institution, and as a nonprofit corporation. | |
| ANTH 3370 | Power and the Body (3) |
| Studying the cultural representations and interpretations of the body in society. Prerequisite: ANTH 1010 or permission of the instructor. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 3390 | Pregnancy, Birthing and the Post-Partum (3) |
| There's no debate that human reproduction is a biological universal, but it's also an intensely cultural phenomenon with widely disparate, & often contested, specific cultural routines, symbolic systems, ideas & practices whether focused on mothers, fathers, infants or communities or who is recognized as a birthing expert. Course examines variations in physiological & cultural processes globally & explores both the individual experiences & and systemic patterns associated with the phases of reproduction from pregnancy through to post-partum. | |
| ANTH 3392 | African American Women and the Cultural Politics of Body Size (3) |
| This course will examine the cultural politics of body size norms drawing on a range of perspectives within anthropology and related fields and from the lived experiences of diverse African American women. | |
| ANTH 3430 | Pidgins, Creoles, and Contact (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The study of pidgins and creoles emerged as a subfield of linguistics in the latter half of the 20th century. Its ideas have been borrowed, notably by anthropologists, to analyze the increased diversity and fusion we confront in a globalizing world. Where did such ideas come from? What are their (un)intended consequences? This course will trace the epistemological development of Creole studies and consider its historical and contemporary impacts. |
| ANTH 3450 | Native American Languages (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the native languages of North America and the methods that linguists and anthropologists use to record and analyze them. Examines the use of grammars, texts and dictionaries of individual languages and affords insight into the diversity among the languages. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 3470 | Language and Culture in the Middle East (3) |
| Introduction to peoples, languages, cultures and histories of the Middle East. Focuses on Israel/Palestine as a microcosm of important social processes-such as colonialism, nationalism, religious fundamentalism, and modernization-that affect the region as a whole. This course is cross-listed with MEST 3470. Prerequisite: Previous course in anthropology, linguistics, Middle East Studies or permission of instructor. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 3480 | Language and Prehistory (3) |
| This course covers the basic principles of diachronic linguistics and discusses the uses of linguistic data in the reconstruction of prehistory. | |
| ANTH 3490 | Language and Thought (3) |
| Language and Thought Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 3541 | Topics in Linguistics (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with linguistics. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2012 | |
| ANTH 3550 | Ethnography (3) |
| Close reading of several ethnographies, primarily concerned with non-Western cultures. | |
| ANTH 3559 | New Course in Anthropology (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | New course in the subject of Anthropology. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, January 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 3589 | Topics in Archaeology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with archaeology. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011 |
| ANTH 3590 | Social and Cultural Anthropology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with social and cultural anthropology. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011 |
| ANTH 3679 | Curating Culture: Collection, Preservation, and Display as Cultural Forms (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course teaches the importance of understanding cultural meanings when curating items, whether material or intangible, drawn from social worlds other than one's own. It provides a general introduction to collection, preservation, and display through study of a specific collection held by the instructor or by a local institution such as the Fralin Museum of Art. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023 |
| ANTH 3680 | Australian Aboriginal Art and Culture (3) |
| This class studies the intersection of anthropology, art and material culture focusing on Australian Aboriginal art. We examine how Aboriginal art has moved from relative obscurity to global recognition over the past thirty years. Topics include the historical and cultural contexts of invention, production, marketing and appropriation of Aboriginal art. Students will conduct object-based research using the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection. Prerequisite: ANTH 1010 or instructor permission. | |
| ANTH 3810 | Field Methods in Archaeology (3 - 6) |
| Provides a comprehensive training in archaeological field techniques through participation in research projects currently in progress under the direction of the archaeology faculty. The emphasis is on learning, in an actual field situation, how the collection of archaeological data is carried out in both survey and excavation. Students become familiar with field recording systems, excavation techniques, survey methods, sampling theory in archaeology, and artifact processing and analysis. (Field methods courses outside anthropology or offered at other universities may be substituted for ANTH 3810 with the prior approval of the student's advisor.) Supporting Courses. The following list includes additional courses which have been approved for the major program. Other courses can be added, depending on the student's area of concentration, with the approval of an advisor. | |
| ANTH 3840 | Archaeology of the Middle East (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is an introduction to the prehistory/early history of the Middle East (Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Levant and southeast Anatolia) from 10,000 to 4,000 BP. |
| ANTH 3850 | Historical Archaeology (3) |
| Historical archaeology is the archaeological study of the continental and transoceanic human migrations that began in the fifteenth century, their effects on native peoples, and historical trajectories of the societies that they created. This course offers an introduction to the field. It emphasizes how theoretical models, analytical methods, and archaeological data can be combined to make and evaluate credible inferences about the past. | |
| ANTH 3875 | Pre-Columbian South America (3) |
| This course will review the history of South America from its earliest population to the Spanish Conquest. Emphasis will be placed on tracing the rise of civilization in the Andes. The Inka empire was only the last of a long sequence of states and empires. Comparison of the Inka state with earlier polities such as the Moche and Tiwanaku will reveal the unique and enduring traditions of Andean political organizations. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| ANTH 3880 | African Archaeology (3) |
| This course surveys transformations in the African past, from the Middle Stone Age emergence of modern humans, to the florescence of lifeways in the Late Stone Age, to the broad mosaic of small-, medium-, and large-scale Iron Age societies, to the archaeology of colonial encounters. We also consider how archaeological methods work to produce knowledge in combination with studies of genetics, climate and environment, and historical methods. | |
| ANTH 3885 | Archaeology of Europe (3) |
| A survey of European archaeology beginning with the Neanderthal debate, and including interpretations of Upper Paleolithic cave painting, the spread village farming from the Near East, the role of megalithic monuments, the interaction of Rome and the `Barbarians', the growth of urban centers, the Iron Age, and the Viking expansion. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 4420 | Theories of Language (3) |
| Survey of modern schools of linguistics, both American and European, discussing each approach in terms of historical and intellectual context, analytical goals, assumptions about the nature of language, and relation between theory and methodology. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| ANTH 4559 | New Course in Anthropology (1 - 4) |
| New Course in the subject of Anthropology. | |
| ANTH 4590 | Social & Cultural Anthropology (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with social and cultural anthropology. | |
| ANTH 4591 | Majors Seminar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The majors seminars in anthropology offer majors and minors an opportunity to engage deeply with a topic of anthropological concern. Through these courses anthropology students gain experience in doing an independent research project on a topic they care about and produce a significant paper or other major work. Enrollment for majors and minors is preferred. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012 |
| ANTH 4840 | Quantitative Analysis in Anthropology I (3) |
| Examines the quantitative analytical techniques used in archaeology. Includes seriation, regression analysis, measures of diversity, and classification. | |
| ANTH 4993 | Independent Study in Anthropology (1 - 6) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent study conducted by the student under the supervision of an instructor of his or her choice. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 4998 | Distinguished Majors Thesis Research (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent research, under the supervision of the faculty DMP thesis readers, toward the DMP thesis. Prerequisite: Admission to the Distinguished Majors Program in Anthropology. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 4999 | Distinguished Majors Thesis Writing (3) |
| Writing of a thesis of approximately 50 pages, under the supervision of the faculty DMP thesis readers. Prerequisite: ANTH 4998. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 5210 | Reconfiguring Kinship Studies (3) |
| Examines the ways in which the forms of kinship have been reconfigured in contemporary societies, and the ways in which traditional kinship studies have been reconfigured by their intersection with culture theory, feminist theory, gender studies, postmodern theory, gay and lesbian studies, and cultural studies of science and medicine. Prerequisite: ANTH 5200 or instructor permission. | |
| ANTH 5220 | Economic Anthropology (3) |
| Considers Western economic theories and their relevance to non-Western societies. Includes a comparative analysis of different forms of production, consumption, and circulation. | |
| ANTH 5235 | Legal Anthropology (3) |
| This course is an introduction to legal anthropology for graduate students or advanced undergraduates. This course investigates law systems, legal argumentation, and people's interactions with these thoughts and forms. Rather than taking as given the hegemonic power that legal structures might hold over people's lives and thought, this course questions how people use, abuse, subvert, and leverage legal structures in which they find themselves. | |
| ANTH 5252 | Engaged Anthropology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In this seminar, we will examine how we can use our training in the social sciences and humanities to further the goals of a collaborating community, as well as to engage with different publics. The focus of this course will be on anthropology and its subdisciplines. Our discussions on how to engage with non-academic communities and publics will be applicable to a broad range of disciplines. |
| ANTH 5360 | World Mental Health (3) |
| This course will examine mental health issues from the perspectives of biomedicine and anthropology, emphasizing local traditions of illness and healing as well as evidence from epidemiology and neurobiology. Included topics will be psychosis, depression, PTSD, Culture Bound Syndromes, and suicide. We will also examine the role of pharmaceutical companies in the spread of western based mental health care and culturally sensitive treatment. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 5425 | Language Contact (3) |
| Considers how languages change as part of social systems and affected by historical processes. We will contrast language change through internal processes of drift and regular sound change with contact-induced language change involving multilingualism and code switching, language shift and lexical borrowing, the emergence of pidgin, creole, and intertwined languages, language endangerment, and computational tools for historical linguistics. | |
| ANTH 5435 | Language Documentation in Theory and Practice (3) |
| This course explores the theoretical, practical, and ethical foundations of language documentation and linguistic fieldwork, forms of research that can hardly be separated in this era of global language loss. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| ANTH 5470 | Language and Identity (3) |
| In anthropology, where identity has become a central concern, language is seen as an important site for the construction of, and negotiation over social identities. In linguistics, reference to categories of social identity helps to explain language structure and change. This seminar explores the overlap between these converging trends by focusing on the notion of discourse as a nexus of cultural and linguistic processes. | |
| ANTH 5475 | Multimodal Interaction (3) |
| Students build knowledge and practice of analysis of peoples' joint-engagement in embodied interactions. How does action weave together multiple sensory modalities into semiotic webs linking interactions with more durative institutions of social life? Course includes workshops on video recording, and the transcription and coding of verbal and non-verbal actions. Prior coursework in Linguistics, Anthropology or instructor permission recommended. | |
| ANTH 5480 | Literacy and Orality (3) |
| This course surveys ethnographic and linguistic literature on literacy, focusing on the social meanings of speaking vs. writing (and hearing vs. reading) as opposed communicative practices, looking especially at traditionally oral societies. | |
| ANTH 5485 | Discourse Analysis (3) |
| Discourse analysis looks at the patterns in language and language-use above the level of sentence grammar and seeks to apply the micro-level analysis of communicative interactions to understanding the macro-level processes of social and cultural reproduction. Topics include: symbolic interactionism, conversation analysis, critical discourse analysis, interactional sociolinguistics, discourse prosody, and digital analysis techniques. | |
| ANTH 5495 | Discourse Prosody (3) |
| Discourse prosody looks at intonation, rhythm, meter, and voice quality in everyday speech, developing descriptive and theoretical models for the systematic study of these linguistic phenomena. The course emphasizes instrumental analysis and focuses on how prosody: varies across dialects and languages; functions in spoken interaction; and affects structures of social life (identity, hierarchy, etc.). | |
| ANTH 5510 | Topics in Ethnography (3) |
| Seminars on topics announced prior to each semester. | |
| ANTH 5528 | Topics in Race Theory (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course examines theories and practices of race and otherness, in order to analyze and interpret constructions, deconstructions and reconstructions of race from the late 18th to the 21st centuries. The focus varies from year to year, and may include 'race, 'progress and the West,' 'gender, race and power,' and 'white supremacy.' The consistent theme is that race is neither a biological nor a cultural category, but a method and theory of social organization, an alibi for inequality, and a strategy for resistance. Cross listed as AAS 5528. Prerequisite: ANTH 1010, 3010, or other introductory or middle-level social science or humanities course |
| ANTH 5541 | Topics in Linguistics (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with linguistics. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| ANTH 5549 | Topics in Theoretical Linguistics and Linguistic Anthropology (3) |
| Seminars in topics of specific interest to faculty and advanced students will be announced prior to each semester. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2013, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 5559 | New Course in Anthropology (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | New course in the subject of anthropology. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2013, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 |
| ANTH 5589 | Selected Topics in Archaeology (1 - 6) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Seminars in topics announced prior to each semester. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2015, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ANTH 5590 | Topics in Social and Cultural Anthropology (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with social and cultural anthropology. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012 | |
| ANTH 5808 | Method and Theory in Archaeology (3) |
| Investigates current theory, models, and research methods in anthropological archaeology. | |
| ANTH 5870 | Archaeozoology (3) |
| Laboratory training in techniques and methods used in analyzing animal bones recovered from archaeological sites. Include field collection, data analysis, and the use of zooarchaeological materials in reconstructing economic and social systems. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2010 | |
| ANTH 5875 | Spatial Analysis and GIS in Archaeology (3) |
| This course explores theories and techniques underlying spatial analysis and use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in archaeological research. Topics covered in this hands-on course include construction and manipulation of spatial data, basic spatial statistics and landscape studies. Students are expected to work on their own research projects, involving the construction, analysis and modeling of environmental and social variables. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| ANTH 5885 | Archaeology of Colonial Expansions (3) |
| Exploration of the archaeology of frontiers, expansions and colonization, focusing on European expansion into Africa and the Americas while using other archaeologically-known examples (e.g., Roman, Bantu) as comparative studies. Prerequisite: For undergraduates, ANTH 4591 senior seminar or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2011 | |
| ANTH 5891 | Archaeology of Frontiers and Boundary Interaction (3) |
| The focus of this class is the nature of sociopolitical interaction across boundaries and imperial frontier regions, using multidisciplinary research and different scales of analysis. Among other disciplines, this includes archaeology, ethnohistory and history. Some of the case studies comprise the ancient frontiers of imperial formations in the ancient World, the pre-Columbian Americas, and those in the US and beyond. | |
| ANTH 5993 | Independent Studies in Anthropology (3) |
| Independent study conducted by the student under the supervision of an instructor of his or her choice. | |
| ANTH 7010 | History of Anthropological Theory (3) |
| Introduces major historical figures, approaches, and debates in anthropology (sociocultural, linguistic, archaeological), with a focus on understanding the discipline's diverse intellectual history, and its complex involvement with dominant social and intellectual currents in western society. | |
| ANTH 7020 | Contemporary Anthropological Theory (3) |
| Explores the major recent theoretical approaches in current anthropology, with attention to their histories and to their political contexts and implications. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 7040 | Ethnographic Research Design and Methods (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Seminar on ethnographic methods and research design in the qualitative tradition. Surveys the literature on ethnographic methods and explores relations among theory, research design, and appropriate methodologies. Students participate in methodological exercises and design a summer pilot research project. Prerequisite: Second year graduate in anthropology or instructor permission. |
| ANTH 7050 | Ethnographic Writing and Representation (3) |
| Seminar on the craft of ethnographic writing and the ethical, political, and practical challenges of describing studied people in scholarly books and articles. What can student researchers do during fieldwork to help them write better dissertations more easily? How should they analyze and present field data? Prerequisite: ANTH 7040 or instructor permission. Suitable for pre- and post-field graduate students. | |
| ANTH 7060 | Dissertation Research Proposal Workshop (3) |
| A workshop for graduates preparing dissertation proposals and writing grant applications. Each student prepares several drafts of a proposal, revising it at each stage in response to the criticisms of classmates and the instructor. | |
| ANTH 7100 | Indigenous Landscapes (3) |
| This course engages with ways that historical process are inscribed in landscapes, which are the traditional territories of indigenous communities and have also been shaped by colonialism, extractive enterprise, and nature conservation. It challenges students to examine their assumptions to examine ways in which dominant values and stories are inscribed in landscapes and made to appear natural and how indigenous peoples contest these processes. Prerequisite: Graduate status or instructor permission. | |
| ANTH 7290 | Nationalism and the Politics of Culture (3) |
| Analyzes the ways in which a spirit of national or ethic solidarity is mobilized and utilized. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| ANTH 7330 | Anthropology of Disability (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Disabled people are considered the ¿world¿s largest minority,¿ but does a shared disability experience exist? In this course we examine the diverse ways disability is understood in different social contexts. We use disability studies as a critical lens to examine issues of power and to ask key questions of anthropology, including; What does it mean to have an anthropology of embodied experience? An anthropology of the mind? |
| ANTH 7344 | Anthropology and Anarchy (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Anarchy - organizing society through horizontal relations of free association - has a modern European history contemporary with Anthropology and has Indigenous histories in many places where people decided together to organize society against the state and hierarchy. Readings survey anthropology of non-state societies and engages questions of how non-European anarchies of Black and Indigenous authors and organizers critique anthropological methods. Course was offered Spring 2025 |
| ANTH 7370 | Power and the Body (3) |
| Study of the cultural representations and interpretations of the body in society. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 7400 | Linguistic Anthropology (3) |
| An advanced introduction to the study of language from an anthropological point of view. No prior coursework in linguistics is expected, but the course is aimed at graduate students who will use what they learn in their own anthropologically-oriented research. Topics include an introduction to such basic concepts in linguistic anthropology as language in world-view, the nature of symbolic meaning, language and nationalism, universals and particulars in language, language in history and prehistory, the ethnography of speaking, the nature of everyday conversation, and the study of poetic language. The course is required for all Anthropology graduate students. It also counts toward the Theory requirement for the M.A. in Linguistics. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ANTH 7420 | Theories of Language (3) |
| Survey of modern schools of linguistics, both American and European, discussing each approach in terms of historical and intellectual context, analytical goals, assumptions about the nature of language, and relation between theory and methodology. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| ANTH 7430 | Pidgins, Creoles, and Contact (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The study of pidgins and creoles emerged as a subfield of linguistics in the latter half of the 20th century. Its ideas have been borrowed, notably by anthropologists, to analyze the increasing diversity and mixedness we confront in a globalizing world. But where did such ideas come from, and what are their (un)intended consequences? In this course, we trace the epistemological development of Creole studies and consider its historical and contemporary impacts. |
| ANTH 7440 | Language and Emotion (3) |
| This course explores emotion from the perspectives of cultural anthropology and sociolinguistics. Topics include: emotion in the natural vs. social sciences; cross-cultural conceptions of emotion; historical change in emotion discourses; emotion as a theory of the self; the grammatical encoding of emotion in language; (mis-) communication of emotion; and emotion in the construction of racialized and gendered identities. | |
| ANTH 7450 | Native American Languages (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Surveys the classification and typological characteristics of Native American languages and the history of their study, with intensive work on one language by each student. Some linguistics background is helpful. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 7470 | Language and Culture in the Middle East (3) |
| Language and Culture in the Middle East Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 7480 | Language and Prehistory (3) |
| This course covers the basic principles of diachronic linguistics (the study of how languages change over time) and the uses of linguistic data in the reconstruction of prehistory. Considered is the use of linguistic evidence in tracing prehistoric population movements in demonstrating contact among prehistoric groups and in the reconstruction of daily life. To the extent that the literature permits, examples and case studies will be drawn from the Mayan language area of Central America, and will include discussion of the pre-Columbian Mayan writing system and its ongoing decipherment. Fulfills the comparative-historical requirement for Linguistics graduate students. | |
| ANTH 7541 | Topics in Sociolinguistics (3) |
| Analyzes particular aspects of the social use of language. Topics vary from year to year. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| ANTH 7559 | New Course in Anthropology (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of anthropology. | |
| ANTH 7589 | Topics in Archaeology (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with archaeology. | |
| ANTH 7590 | Topics in Social and Cultural Anthropology (3) |
| Topics to be announced prior to each semester, dealing with social and cultural anthropology. Course was offered Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| ANTH 7840 | Quantitative Analysis in Anthropology I (3) |
| This course examines the quantitative analytical techniques used in anthropology and archaeology. Topics include seriation, regression analysis, measures of diversity, and classification. | |
| ANTH 8559 | New Course in Anthropology (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of anthropology. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| ANTH 8998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 8999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 9010 | Directed Readings (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Directed Readings Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 9020 | Directed Readings (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Directed Readings Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 9050 | Research Practicum (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Research Practicum Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ANTH 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ANTH 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Arabic | |
| ARAB 116 | Intensive Introductory Arabic (0) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. | |
| ARAB 126 | Intensive Introductory Arabic (0) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. | |
| ARAB 216 | Intensive Intermediate Arabic (0) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic intermediate level expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. | |
| ARAB 226 | Intensive Intermediate Arabic (0) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic intermediate level expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. | |
| ARAB 256 | Introduction to Levantine Arabic-I (0) |
| This course intends to introduce the students to colloquial Levantine Arabic by enabling them to communicate in Levantine Arabic, the colloquial spoken in Syria, Lebanon, the Holy Land, and Western Jordan Prerequisite: First Year Arabic | |
| ARAB 266 | Introduction to Levantine Arabic-II (0) |
| This course intends to introduce the students to colloquial Levantine Arabic by enabling them to communicate in Levantine Arabic, the colloquial spoken in Syria, Lebanon, the Holy Land, and Western Jordan Prerequisite: First year Arabic and ARAB 0256/2256 | |
| ARAB 1010 | Elementary Arabic (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduction to the sound and writing systems of Arabic, including basic sentence structure and morphological patterns. A combination of the direct, audio-lingual, proficiency-based, and translation methods is used. The format consists of classroom discussions of a certain grammatical point followed by intensive practice. |
| ARAB 1016 | Intensive Introductory Arabic (4) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Course was offered Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| ARAB 1020 | Elementary Arabic (4) |
| Introduction to the sound and writing systems of Arabic, including basic sentence structure and morphological patterns. A combination of the direct, audio-lingual, proficiency-based, and translation methods is used. The format consists of classroom discussions of a certain grammatical point followed by intensive practice. Prerequisite: ARAB 1010 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARAB 1026 | Intensive Introductory Arabic (4) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: ARAB 1016 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| ARAB 1060 | Accelerated Elementary Arabic (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is intended for students with native or near-native speaking ability in Arabic, but with little or no reading and writing ability in Standard Arabic (MSA). The course focuses on reading and writing Arabic and aim to help students to: (a) achieve control of the Arabic sounds, (b) be able to write and speak in MSA, (c) and express themselves clearly in written form on a variety of topics using learned grammar patterns and vocabulary. Course was offered Fall 2024 |
| ARAB 1559 | New Course in Arabic (1 - 6) |
| New Course in Arabic | |
| ARAB 2010 | Intermediate Arabic (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Continues training in modern standard Arabic, with emphasis on speaking, comprehension, writing, and reading. The method of teaching primarily follows the proficiency-based approach to language learning. Prerequisite: for ARAB 2010: ARAB 1020 or equivalent, or instructor permission; for ARAB 2020: ARAB 2010 or equivalent, or instructor permission. |
| ARAB 2016 | Intensive Intermediate Arabic (4) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic intermediate level expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Prerequistes: ARAB 1016 & 1026 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| ARAB 2017 | Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic I (4) |
| The primary goal of the course is to teach the student to communicate clearly and to give a good base for continued learning. Foreign languages are not acquired only in class; foreign languages are acquired through the students own efforts during and outside of class. For this reason, great emphasis is placed on learning through listeningnot only to other speakers, but to ones own voice repeating the language structures and vocabulary. | |
| ARAB 2020 | Intermediate Arabic (4) |
| Continues training in modern standard Arabic, with emphasis on speaking, comprehension, writing, and reading. The method of teaching primarily follows the proficiency-based approach to language learning. Prerequisite: for ARAB 2010: ARAB 1020 or equivalent, or instructor permission; for ARAB 2020: ARAB 2010 or equivalent, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARAB 2026 | Intensive Intermediate Arabic (4) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Prerequisites: ARAB 1016 , 1026 & 2016 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| ARAB 2027 | Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic II (4) |
| The primary goal of the course is to teach the student to communicate clearly and to give a good base for continued learning through real-world resources, completion of the Al-Kitaab exercises, and other activities, students are exposed to a wide range topics, texts and exercises that build vocabulary, grammar, general communicative skills, and cultural knowledge. Participants will complete debates, writingexercises, and conversations. | |
| ARAB 2060 | Accelerated Intermediate Arabic II (4) |
| This course is for students with native or near-native speaking ability in Arabic, but with reading and writing ability equivalent to ARAB 1020. The course focuses on reading and writing Arabic. The goals of this course are to help students: (a) achieve a basic level of reading competency with rich vocabulary; (b) express themselves clearly in written Arabic on a variety of topics using learned grammar patterns and vocabulary. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| ARAB 2070 | Accelerated Pre-Advanced Arabic (4) |
| This course is for students who took ARAB 2060 and plan to take 3000-level Arabic courses. The course focuses on reading and writing Arabic. The goals of this course are to help students: (a) achieve intermediate level of reading competency with rich vocabulary; and (b) express themselves clearly in written Arabic and orally on variety of topics using learned grammar patterns and vocabulary. | |
| ARAB 2250 | Conversational Arabic (3) |
| Introduces students to spoken Arabic, with oral production highly emphasized. Prerequisite: ARAB 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. | |
| ARAB 2256 | Introduction to Colloquial Arabic I (0.5) |
| This course intends to introduce students to a variety of colloquial Arabic by enabling them to communicate with native speakers in the region where this variety is spoken. The focus will be on vocabulary and expressions used in daily life.
Prerequisite: ARAB 1010 and ARAB 1020, or instructor's permission. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014 | |
| ARAB 2266 | Introduction to Colloquial Arabic II (0.5) |
| This course is a continuation of ARAB 2256. The course intends to introduce students to a variety of colloquial Arabic by enabling them to communicate with native speakers in the region where this variety is spoken. The focus will be on the vocabulary and expressions used in daily life.
Prerequisite: ARAB 1010, ARAB 1020, and ARAB 2256. or instructor's permission Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014 | |
| ARAB 3010 | Advanced Arabic I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The goal of this course is to increase the student's knowledge of the Arabic language and culture via a communicative-based approach, meaning that though the students will be expected to learn grammatical structures emphasis will be placed on the functional usage of the language and on communication in context. Prerequisites: ARAB 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. |
| ARAB 3019 | Language House Conversation (1) |
| For students residing in the Arabic group in Shea House. Prerequisite: instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARAB 3020 | Advanced Arabic II (3) |
| The goal of this course is to increase the student's knowledge of the Arabic language and culture via a communicative-based approach, meaning that though the students will be expected to learn grammatical structures emphasis will be placed on the functional usage of the language and on communication in context. Prerequisites: ARAB 3010 or equivalent, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARAB 3230 | Arabic Conversation and Composition (3) |
| Using a communicatively oriented, proficiency-based approach the course will focus on the communicative prodution skills (speaking and writing) in the language through a combination of interactive classroom activities, take-home assignments and group work. Emphasis will be on the development of these two skills. Students will also be introduced to aspects of the Arab culture to build cultural awareness and communicative competence. Course was offered Spring 2020, Fall 2018 | |
| ARAB 3259 | Advanced Arabic for Business (3) |
| The course aims to provide advanced training in developing linguistic and communicative skills in business Arabic. The business topics cover data & communication, finance, insurance, law & contract, research & production, marketing, transport, travel, meetings, and conferences. Instructor permission. | |
| ARAB 3430 | Let Us Sing: Arabic Poetry and Songs (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course aims to introduce students of third-year and fourth-year Arabic to Arabic poetry and culture through classical and contemporary songs. Many Arabic songs are taken from poems and they reflect different literary trends: romantic, religious, patriotic, Sufi, and contemplative poems. We will explore these poems, their impact on the Arabic collective unconscious, and cultural influence when turned into songs. |
| ARAB 3559 | New Course in Arabic (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Arabic. | |
| ARAB 3672 | Review of Arabic Grammar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In this course students will develop a mastery of core items relevant to Modern Standard Arabic grammar, a mastery which will enable them to produce discreet, sophisticated sentences, as well as to compose paragraphs and essays, all while utilizing the grammar points covered in this class. Those interested in taking this course are required to have completed ARAB 2020 or equivalent, or to receive approval of instructor. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 |
| ARAB 3810 | Modern Arabic Fiction (3) |
| Students are introduced to twentieth-century Arabic fiction, and to the varied genres of prose including letters, memoirs, short stories, travelogues, and novels. Topics include autobiography, war and nation construction, fantasy, and political and sexual identity crises. Students become acquainted with different schools of modern Arabic literary criticism, and learn to analyze texts using critical analysis and specific theoretical terminology. Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARAB 4010 | Advanced Arabic III (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The main goal at this stage is to reach a superior level of Modern Standard Arabic with due attention paid to all four language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing in addition to culture. Acquisition of more advanced grammatical structures will take place primarily through directed in-class drilling, coupled with an emphasis on the functional use of language through communication in context. Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. |
| ARAB 4020 | Advanced Arabic IV (3) |
| The main goal at this stage is to reach a superior level of Modern Standard Arabic with due attention paid to all four language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing in addition to culture. Acquisition of more advanced grammatical structures will take place primarily through directed in-class drilling, coupled with an emphasis on the functional use of language through communication in context. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARAB 4120 | Introduction to Arabic Drama (3) |
| This course introduces students to modern Arabic drama from the early pioneers' period in the 20th century to the contemporary era. We will study different forms of this genre including: musicals, traditional, experimental, feminist, and social drama. Further, students become acquainted with different schools of modern Arabic literary criticism and learn to analyze dramatic texts using critical analysis and specific theoretical terminology. Prerequisites: ARAB 5830 or 5840, or instructor's permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| ARAB 4245 | Readings in Classical Arabic Prose (3) |
| Students will gain insight and learn to appreciate some of the most influential "Arab" literary figures and some of the most celebrated classical Arabic prose masterpieces. Students will also broaden their critical and comparative perspectives with regard to some of the most important literary and cultural issues related to the overall poetics and politics of the Arabic-Islamic heritage. Prereq: ARAB 3020 or Instructor Permission. | |
| ARAB 4450 | The Other in Premodern Arabic Sources (3) |
| This course explores the unduly studied corpus of Arabic writings that describes the encounters with and perception of the Other. Much effort will be devoted to investigate medieval and early modern Arab-Muslim views of the Other in a cross-generic selection of non-religious Arabic prose such as travelogues, diplomatic memoirs, captivity reports, marvels, folktales, literary debates/boasting, and poetry. Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2017 | |
| ARAB 4559 | New Course in Arabic (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Arabic. | |
| ARAB 4993 | Independent Study in Arabic (1 - 3) |
| Independent Study in Arabic Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARAB 5245 | Readings in Classical Arabic Prose (3) |
| Students will gain insight and learn to appreciate some of the most influential 'Arab' literary figures and some of the most celebrated classical Arabic prose masterpieces. Students will also broaden their critical and comparative perspectives with regard to some of the most important literary and cultural issues related to the overall poetics and politics of the Arabic-Islamic heritage. | |
| ARAB 5410 | Advanced Arabic III (3) |
| The main goal at this stage is to reach a superior level of Modern Standard Arabic with due attention paid to all four language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing in addition to culture. Acquisition of more advanced grammatical structures will take place primarily through directed in-class drilling, coupled with an emphasis on the functional use of language through communication in context. Prerequisites: ARAB 3020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. | |
| ARAB 5420 | Advanced Arabic IV (3) |
| This course focuses on reading texts in Modern Standard Arabic of different genres. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| ARAB 5430 | Let Us Sing: Arabic Poetry and Songs (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course aims to introduce students of third-year and fourth-year Arabic to Arabic poetry and culture through classical and contemporary songs. Many Arabic songs are taken from poems and they reflect different literary trends: romantic, religious, patriotic, Sufi, and contemplative poems. We will explore these poems, their impact on the Arabic collective unconscious, and cultural influence when turned into songs. |
| ARAB 5559 | New Course in Arabic (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Arabic. | |
| ARAB 5810 | Modern Arabic Fiction (3) |
| Students are introduced to twentieth-century Arabic fiction, and to the varied genres of prose including letters, memoirs, short stories, travelogues, and novels. Topics include autobiography, war and nation construction, fantasy, and political and sexual identity crises. Students become acquainted with different schools of modern Arabic literary criticism, and learn to analyze texts using critical analysis and specific theoretical terminology. Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARAB 6559 | New course in Arabic (3) |
| This course is to allow 6000-level new courses to be taught for one semester | |
| ARAB 6672 | Review of Arabic Grammar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The course treats in depth aspects of Arabic Grammar. It enables leaners to produce orally and in writing samples of Modern Standard Arabic. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 |
| ARAB 7120 | Introduction to Arabic Drama (3) |
| This course introduces students to modern Arabic drama from the early pioneers' period in the 20th century to the contemporary era. We will study different forms of this genre including: musicals, traditional, experimental, feminist, and social drama. Further, students become acquainted with different schools of modern Arabic literary criticism and learn to analyze dramatic texts using critical analysis and specific theoretical terminology.
Prerequisites: ARAB 5830 or 5840, or instructor's permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| ARAB 8559 | New Course in Arabic (3) |
| New Course in Arabic
Prerequisite: ARAB 3020 or equivalent, or instructor permission Course was offered Spring 2014 | |
| ARAB 8993 | Independent Study in Arabic (1 - 3) |
| Independent Study in Arabic. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| History of Art | |
| ARTH 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| ARTH 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| ARTH 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| ARTH 1004 | A History of Architecture (3) |
| This course will introduce students to the study of architecture through an examination of selected examples from the history of architecture with a focus on Europe and the United States and buildings relevant to those regions (e.g. the Great Pyramids, the Parthenon, Versailles). Classes will be a combination of lectures and discussions as students are taught the fundamentals of architectural history as well as how to analyze buildings. Course was offered Summer 2021, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011 | |
| ARTH 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| ARTH 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| ARTH 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| ARTH 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| ARTH 1051 | History of Art I (4) |
| A survey of the great monuments of art and architecture from their beginnings in caves through the arts of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome, Byzantium, the Islamic world, and medieval western Europe. The course attempts to make art accessible to students with no background in the subject, and it explains the ways in which painting, sculpture, and architecture are related to mythology, religion, politics, literature, and daily life. The course serves as a visual introduction to the history of the West. | |
| ARTH 1054 | How Art Works (3) |
| An overview of art from the perspective of both its history and the ways it operates in the world today. Focusing on case studies from different periods and world regions, topics include how art works in museums, in the markets, in the law, in communities and the public sphere. The course addresses also how art relates to the sciences, cultural appropriation, social justice, and offers an overview of art historical methodologies to study it. | |
| ARTH 1500 | Introductory Seminars in Art History (3) |
| Introductory Seminars in Art History are small classes for first- and second-year students that emphasize reading, writing, and discussion. While subject varies with the instructor, topics will be selected that allow students to engage broad issues and themes historically and in relationship to contemporary concerns and debates. Subject is announced prior to each registration period. Enrollment is capped at 15. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013 | |
| ARTH 1503 | Art and the Premodern World (3) |
| This course will train students to understand and critically evaluate comparative, premodern, global cultures. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019 | |
| ARTH 1505 | Art and the Modern World (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will train students to understand and critically evaluate comparative, modern global cultures. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 |
| ARTH 1507 | Art and Global Cultures (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will train students to understand and evaluate global cultures from a critical and culturally sensitive perspective. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020 |
| ARTH 1559 | New Course in Art History (3) |
| This course is an introductory level course in art history on a new topic. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2022 | |
| ARTH 2052 | Ancient Egypt (3 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Survey of Egyptian art and architecture (Predynastic-New Kingdom, 4000-1100 BC). The course introduces students to the great monuments and works of art, and to the beliefs that engendered them. While the focus is on pharaonic 'visual' culture, neglected 'others' (women, cross-gendered persons, foreigners, commoners) and their material/visual cultures are brought to attention to provide a nuanced understanding of Egyptian society and culture. Course was offered Summer 2025, January 2025, Summer 2024, January 2024, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2012 |
| ARTH 2053 | Greek Art and Archaeology (3 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The vase painting, sculpture, architecture, and other arts of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic periods. Works are studies in their social, political, and religious contexts with a special focus on archaeology and material culture. |
| ARTH 2054 | Roman Art and Archaeology (3 - 4) |
| Following an overview of Etruscan art, the course examines the development of Roman architecture, urbanism, sculpture and painting from the Republic to Constantine. A focus is Rome itself, but other archaeological sites, such as Pompeii, in Italy and throughout the empire are also considered. Themes, such as succession, the achievements of the emperor, the political and social role of art, and the dissolution of classical art, are traced. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARTH 2055 | Introduction to Classical Archaeology (3 - 4) |
| Introduces the history, theory, and field techniques of classical archaeology. Major sites of the Bronze Age (Troy, Mycenae) as well as Greek and Roman cities and sanctuaries (e.g., Athens, Olympia, Pompeii) illustrate important themes in Greek and Roman culture and the nature of archaeological data. | |
| ARTH 2056 | Aegean Art and Archaeology (3 - 4) |
| Introduction to the art and archaeology of the prehistoric Aegean, from the Early Bronze Age to the end of the Late Bronze Age (ca. 3000-1200 BCE). Notable sites examined include Troy, Knossos, Mycenae, Thebes, Pylos. The course also examines cultural and artistic connections with New Kingdom Egypt and the Late Bronze Age Levant. | |
| ARTH 2151 | Early Christian and Byzantine Art (3 - 4) |
| Studies the art of the early Church in East and West and its subsequent development in the East under the aegis of Byzantium. Includes the influence of theological, liturgical and political factors on the artistic expression of Eastern Christian spirituality. | |
| ARTH 2153 | Romanesque and Gothic Art (3 - 4) |
| From the Romanesque churches along the Pilgrimage Routes to the new Gothic architecture at St. Denis outside Paris and on to late medieval artistic production in Prague, this course examines profound and visually arresting expressions of medieval piety, devotion, and power made by artists from roughly 1000-1500. Throughout our investigations, particular attention will be paid to the contributions of important medieval women. | |
| ARTH 2252 | High Renaissance and Mannerist Art (3 - 4) |
| Studies the painting, architecture, and sculpture or the sixteenth century, emphasizing the works of major artists, such as Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Giorgione, and Titian. Detailed discussion of the social, political, and cultural background of the arts. Course was offered Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| ARTH 2271 | Northern Renaissance Art (3 - 4) |
| Surveys major developments in painting and graphics in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in the Netherlands and Germany. Includes the rise of Netherlandish naturalism and the origins of woodcut and engraving. Explores the effects of humanist taste on sixteenth-century painting and the iconographic consequences of the Reformation. Emphasizes the work of major artists, such as Van Eyck, Van der Weyden, Dürer, Bosch, and Bruegel. | |
| ARTH 2281 | The Age of Caravaggio, Velázquez, and Bernini (3 - 4) |
| Studies the painting, sculpture, and architecture of the seventeenth century in Italy, the Low Countries, France, and Spain. Focuses on Caravaggio, Bernini, Velazquez, Rubens, Rembrandt, and Poussin. | |
| ARTH 2282 | The Age of Rubens and Rembrandt: Baroque Art in the Netherlands (3 - 4) |
| A survey of the art of the Dutch and Flemish Golden Age, including such artists as Rubens, Rembrandt, van Dyck, Hals and Vermeer. The course examines innovations in style and new subjects like landscape, still life and daily-life genre in relation to major historical developments, including the revolt of the Netherlands, the rise of the Dutch Republic, and the Counter-Reformation. The course includes a survey of Dutch architecture. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Fall 2009 | |
| ARTH 2352 | Art of Revolutionary Europe (3 - 4) |
| Surveys European painting and sculpture from the last decades of the Ancien Regime to the liberal revolutions of 1848. Major artists, such as David, Canova, Ingres, Constable, Turner, Gericault, Delacroix, Friedrich, Goya, Corot, and Thorvaldsen are examined in their political, economic, social, spiritual, and aesthetic contexts. Course was offered Fall 2018, Spring 2011 | |
| ARTH 2354 | British Art (3 - 4) |
| This survey of British Art in the modern period examines the work of some of Britain's greatest painters, sculptors, and printmakers including Hogarth, Blake, Flaxman, Turner, the Pre-Raphaelites, Sickert, Bacon, and Freud. Major themes include the relationship of British art to religion, urbanization, empire, industrialization, and post-colonialism. | |
| ARTH 2371 | Impressionism and Post Impressionism (3 - 4) |
| Surveys modernist movements in European art during the second half of the nineteenth century. Major themes include the establishment of modernity as a cultural ideal, the development of the avant-garde, and the genesis of the concept of abstraction. | |
| ARTH 2372 | Paris, "Capital of the Nineteenth Century" (3 - 4) |
| Examines the places, spaces, practices and representations of Paris in the nineteenth century. Tracing the changing faces of the city, we will study the modern city through architecture and urban planning, painting, drawing, photography, popular imagery and literature. Topics include Paris 'types'; fashion and birth of the department store; Haussmannization; and the 'spectacular' Paris of the panorama, morgue, Opera, and World's Fairs. | |
| ARTH 2451 | Art in the 20th Century (3 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Art in the 20th Century surveys visual art from 1900 to 2000 with an international perspective. Major questions and themes will be tracked across a range of media (sculpture, painting, printmaking, video art, performance art, etc), attending to the social, theoretical, and practical concerns structuring the making and reception of modern and contemporary art. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011 |
| ARTH 2470 | Art Now (3) |
| This course is designed to familiarize you with the major themes, issues, and questions being pursued in today's art world. Focusing on the last twenty years, the class is organized around five themes that define the majority of art being made today: portraying, experiencing, performing, reproducing, and agitating. | |
| ARTH 2471 | Art Since 1945 (3 - 4) |
| Surveys art production and theory in the U.S. and Europe since World War II. Relationships between artistic practice and critical theory are stressed in an examination of movements ranging from abstract expressionism to neo-geo. Course was offered Summer 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARTH 2491 | The History of Photography (3 - 4) |
| General survey of the photographic medium from 1839 to the present. Emphasizes the technical, aesthetic, and critical issues particular to the medium. | |
| ARTH 2525 | Topics in Renaissance Art History (3 - 4) |
| Examines focused topics in Renaissance Art History. | |
| ARTH 2559 | New Course in History of Art (3 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject History of Art. Course was offered Spring 2025, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| ARTH 2753 | Arts & Cultures of the Slave South (4) |
| This interdisciplinary course covers the American South to the Civil War. While the course centers on the visual arts 'architecture, material culture, decorative arts, painting, and sculpture' it is not designed as a regional history of art, but an exploration of the interrelations between history, material and visual cultures, foodways, music and literature in the formation of Southern identities. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| ARTH 2769 | Queer Histories of US Art, 1950s-90s (3 - 4) |
| This course examines the flourishing of queer artistic production (painting, sculpture, film, photography, performance, and conceptual art) in the United States after World War II. It will chart how--despite attempts to censor or erase them--artists working with lesbian, gay, otherwise non-heterosexual, and/or transgender themes made major contributions to the development of art, culture, society, and politics in the United States. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023 | |
| ARTH 2861 | East Asian Art (3 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the artistic traditions of China, Korea, and Japan, from prehistoric times to the modern era. Surveys major monuments and the fundamental concepts behind their creation, and examines artistic form in relation to society, individuals, technology, and ideas. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2010 |
| ARTH 2862 | Arts of the Buddhist World- India to Japan (3 - 4) |
| Surveys the Buddhist sculpture, architecture and painting of India, China and Japan. Considers aspects of history and religious doctrine. Course was offered Summer 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| ARTH 2882 | Sex, Spirits & Sorcery: Modern Aboriginal Art (4) |
| Located in Australia's tropical north, Arnhem Land has long been one of the epicenters of the modern Aboriginal art movement. The art of the region opens a window onto another world: a world in which ancestral spirits remain a constant presence in the land. Using the world-class holdings of the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, we'll explore the art of Arnhem Land from 1911 to the present. | |
| ARTH 2891 | Arts of African Civilizations (3 - 4) |
| This course offers an introduction to the arts of African civilizations from the first millennium to modern times, including Nok, Ife, Djenne, the Kingdom of Kongo, the Dogon and Yoruba peoples. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| ARTH 2892 | Modern and Contemporary African Art (3 - 4) |
| This course will examine key artists, movements & theories of modern & contemporary art in Africa from the 20th century - present. Beginning with Modernism, we will explore some of today's most established artists working w/ different media. We will situate works within the continent¿s rich history of art making & the field's "global turn." Topics include Modernism, Post-colonialism, Pan-Africanism, Feminism, Afro-futurism, & exhibition histories. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| ARTH 2961 | Arts of the Islamic World (3 - 4) |
| The class is an overview of art made in the service of Islam in the Central Islamic Lands, Egypt, North Africa, Spain, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and South and Southeast Asia. Discussion sections offer more in depth discussions of larger issues raised in the lectures. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| ARTH 3051 | Greek Vase Painting (3 - 4) |
| Survey of the major styles, techniques, and painters of Greek vases produced in the Archaic and Classical periods (c. 700-350 b.c.). Emphasizes themes of myth and daily life, the relationship of vases to other ancient arts, the legacy of form and decoration in the arts of later periods, such as 18th century England, and comparisons with other cultures, such as the Native American southwest. Prerequisite: any course in Art History, Anthropology, Classics or History. | |
| ARTH 3062 | Pompeii (3) |
| Explores the life, art, architecture, urban development, religion, economy, and daily life of the famous Roman city destroyed in the cataclysmic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in a.d. 79. | |
| ARTH 3151 | Art and Science in the Middle Ages (3 - 4) |
| During the medieval period, power and knowledge required the endorsement of clerics. Alongside secular courtiers they also cultivated creative expressions of their erudition, revealing the medieval interpenetration of art, science and religion. The artworks surveyed in this course provide lasting records of critically creative confrontations between the scientific and spiritual traditions linked to medieval Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. | |
| ARTH 3153 | Prague: Threshold of European Art and Culture (3) |
| In this course, students will learn the entire visual and cultural history of Prague and the Czech Republic, former seat of the Holy Roman Empire. The art history of Prague from its earliest Romanesque roots to the fall of Communism and even current contemporary artistic exploration following the Velvet Revolution of 1989, introduces students to extraordinary examples of Central European art and architecture. | |
| ARTH 3254 | Leonardo da Vinci (3 - 4) |
| An analysis of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings, drawings, and notes, giving special attention to his writings and drawings on human anatomy, the theory of light and shade, color theory, and pictorial composition. His work is considered in relation to the works of fellow artists such as Bramante, Raphael, and Michelangelo as well as within the context of Renaissance investigation of the natural world. Prerequisite: One course in the humanities. Course was offered Summer 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011 | |
| ARTH 3255 | Renaissance Art on Site (3) |
| Firsthand, direct knowledge of Renaissance art and architecture through an intensive program of on-site visits in Florence and Rome. The course aims to provide a deeper understanding of the specificity of images and sites; that is, their materials, texture, scale, size, proportions, colors, and volumes. It also aims to instill a full sense of the importance of the original location for the understanding and interpretation of Renaissance art. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| ARTH 3281 | Rembrandt (3) |
| Study of the life and work of the great Dutch seventeenth-century master. Topics include Rembrandt's interpretation of the Bible and the nature of his religious convictions, his relationship to classical and Renaissance culture, his rivalry with Rubens, and the expressive purposes of his distinctive techniques in painting, drawing, and etching. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2021 | |
| ARTH 3494 | Individual Research Experiences (3) |
| This course focuses on building and improving undergraduate research and writing skills in preparation for larger research projects through a sandbox process. We will cover a variety of topics, such as why research is useful and how it can be personally satisfying. The course helps students build skills using a groundwork of essays, papers etc. from other courses, or experimenting with new topics, and expanding them into viable research projects. | |
| ARTH 3525 | Topics in Renaissance Art History (3 - 4) |
| Examines focused topics in Renaissance Art History. | |
| ARTH 3545 | Topics In 20th/21st Century Art (3 - 4) |
| Examines focused topics in 20th/21st Art History. Course was offered Summer 2023 | |
| ARTH 3559 | New Course in History of Art (3 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject History in Art. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, January 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARTH 3591 | Art History Colloquium (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The Art History Colloquium combines lecture and discussion. Subject varies with the instructor, who may decide to focus attention either on a particular period, artist, or theme, or on the broader question of the aims and methods of art history. Subject is announced prior to each registration period. This course fulfills the second writing requirement, involving at least two writing assignments totaling at a minimum 4,000 words (20 pages). Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012 |
| ARTH 3595 | Art History Practicum (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The Art History Practicum course places added emphasis on immersive experience and the active construction of knowledge, involving hands-on projects, experiments, lab work, and field trips of varying lengths, including on-site studies at archaeological sites, laboratories, or museums. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2015 |
| ARTH 3651 | Anthropology of Australian Aboriginal Art (3) |
| This class studies the intersection of anthropology, art and material culture focusing on Australian Aboriginal art. We examine how Aboriginal art has moved from relative obscurity to global recognition over the past 30 yrs. Topics include the historical and cultural contexts of invention, production, marketing and appropriation of Aboriginal art. Students will conduct research using the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection and Study Center. | |
| ARTH 3785 | Afro-Latin American Art (3 - 4) |
| This course centers on art & visual culture of the Black experience in Latin America. Topics include the role of Spain & Portugal in the slave trade, Africans in the early colonial period, Afro-Indigenous solidarity, revolution, nation building, Afro-Atlantic cultural expressions & the consolidation of a global Black consciousness. Please be aware that some of the images discussed include offensive, controversial or otherwise difficult content. | |
| ARTH 3861 | Chinese Art (3 - 4) |
| The course is a survey of the major epochs of Chinese art from pre-historic to the modern period. The course intends to familiarize students with the important artistic traditions developed in China: ceramics, bronzes, funerary art and ritual, Buddhist art, painting, and garden architecture. It seeks to understand artistic form in relation to technology, political and religious beliefs, and social and historical contexts, with focus on the role of the state or individuals as patrons of the arts. It also introduces the major philosophic and religious traditions (Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism) that have shaped cultural and aesthetic ideals, Chinese art theories, and the writings of leading scholars. Course was offered Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| ARTH 3863 | East Asian Art, Landscape, and Ecology (3) |
| This course introduces the concepts on nature in East Asian traditions--Daoism, Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism, their impacts on the relationship between human and their natural environment, and the art forms in which the theme of nature predominates, from landscape paintings to religious and garden architecture. It also explores how these ideas can contribute to the modern discourse on environmental ethics and sustainability. | |
| ARTH 3993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Independent study in the history of art Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARTH 4051 | Art History: Theory and Practice (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course introduces art history majors to the basic tools and methods of art historical research, and to the theoretical and historical questions of art historical interpretation. The course will survey a number of current approaches to the explanation and interpretation of works of art, and briefly address the history of art history. Prerequisite: Major or minor in art history. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ARTH 4591 | Undergraduate Seminar in the History of Art (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Subject varies with the instructor, who may decide to focus attention either on a particular period, artist, or theme, or on the broader question of the aims and methods of art history. Subject is announced prior to each registration period. Representative subjects include the life and art of Pompeii, Roman painting and mosaics, history and connoisseurship of baroque prints, art and politics in revolutionary Europe, Picasso and painting, and problems in American art and culture. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARTH 4951 | University Museums Internship (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This is the second semester of the internship at either the Fralin Museum of Art or Kluge Ruhe. Students will work approximately 100 hours per semester in the museum, and will participate in three training sessions and three academic seminars. Prequisite: ARTH/GDS 4951 and instructor permission, by application. Please see information at www.virginia.edu/art/arthistory/courses and www.artsandsciences.virginia.edu/globaldevelopment |
| ARTH 4952 | University Museums Internship (3) |
| This is the second semester internship at either UVA Art Museum or Kluge Ruhe. Students will work approximately 100 hours per semester in the museum, and will participate in three training sessions and three academic seminars. ARTH/GDS 4951 and instructor permission, by application; deadline May 1. Please see information at www.virginia.edu/art/arthistory/courses and www.artsandsciences.virginia.edu/globaldevelopment Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| ARTH 4998 | Undergraduate Thesis Research (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Research for a thesis of approximately 50 written pages undertaken in the fall semester of the fourth year by art history majors who have been accepted into the department's Distinguished Majors Program. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARTH 4999 | Undergraduate Thesis Writing (3) |
| Writing of a thesis of approximately 50 written pages undertaken in the spring semester of the fourth year by art history majors who have been accepted into the department's Distinguished Majors Program. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARTH 5559 | New Course in Art History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of art history. Course was offered Spring 2016 | |
| Arabic in Translation | |
| ARTR 3245 | Arabic Literary Delights (3) |
| In this course, we will venture into the fascinating words and worlds of premodern Arab-Islamic leisure and pleasure. We will focus specifically on the literary representation of and socio-cultural/theosophical debate on humor, pleasantry, wit, frivolity, eating, feasting, banquets crashing, dietetics, erotology, aphrodisiacs, sexual education and hygiene. | |
| ARTR 3290 | Modern Arabic Literature in Translation (3) |
| Introduction to the development and themes of modern Arabic literature (poetry, short stories, novels and plays). Taught in English. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| ARTR 3350 | Introduction to Arab Women's Literature (3) |
| A comprehensive overview of contemporary Arab women's literature, this course examines all Arab women's literary genres starting from personal letters, memoirs, speeches, poetry, fiction, drama, to journalistic articles and interviews. Selected texts cover various geographic locales and theoretical perspectives. Special emphasis will be given to the issues of Arab female authorship, subjectivity theory, and to the question of Arab Feminism. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2013 | |
| ARTR 3450 | Global Masterpieces from the Classical Islamicate World (3) |
| The course explores the literary masterworks of some of the most celebrated prose authors of the Classical Islamicate World. Students will develop an appreciation for the development of the intellectual history of what may be called, not without reservation, the medieval and early modern Middle East (including North Africa, al-Andalus and Sicily). Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| ARTR 3490 | Arab Cinemas (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The course will concentrate on cinemas of Egypt, the Maghrib (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) as well as Syrian and Palestinian films. It will examine major moments in the history of these cinemas and the political developments that have inevitably had a major influence on filmmaking in the region. |
| ARTR 3559 | New Course in Arabic in Translation (1 - 4) |
| This course is meant to work with students on major works of Arabic literature in English translation | |
| ARTR 5245 | Arabic Literary Delights (3) |
| In this course we will focus specifically on the literary representation of and socio-cultural/theosophical debate on humor, pleasantry, wit, frivolity, eating, feasting, banquets crashing, dietetics, erotology, aphrodisiacs, sexual education and hygiene. We will organize the course around selected readings from a variety of premodern Arabic jocular, culinary and erotological literature available in English translations. | |
| ARTR 5290 | Modern Arabic Literature in Translation (3) |
| Introduction to the development and themes of modern Arabic literature (poetry, short stories, novels, and plays). Taught in English. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| ARTR 5350 | Introduction to Arab Women's Literature (3) |
| A comprehensive overview of contemporary Arab women's literature, this course examines all Arab women's literary genres starting from personal letters, memoirs, speeches, poetry, fiction, drama, to journalistic articles and interviews. Selected texts cover various geographic locales and theoretical perspectives. Special emphasis will be given to the issues of Arab female authorship, subjectivity theory, and to the question of Arab Feminism. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2013 | |
| ARTR 5450 | Global Masterpieces from the Classical Islamicate World: A Comparative Appr (3) |
| This course explores the literary masterworks of some of the most celebrated authors of the classical Islamicate world (500-1500). Drawing on both classical Arabic-Islamic and modern Western theories, we will further form comparative insights into the poetics and politics of the humanist topics encountered across our literary journeys into the rich corpus of Arabic-Islamic adab (belles-lettres). Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| ARTR 5490 | Arab Cinemas (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The course will concentrate on cinemas of Egypt, the Maghrib (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) as well as Syrian and Palestinian films. It will examine major moments in the history of these cinemas and the political developments that have inevitably had a major influence on filmmaking in the region. |
| ARTR 5559 | New Course in Arabic in Translation (1 - 4) |
| This course is meant to work with students on major works of Arabic literature in English translation. Course was offered Fall 2018 | |
| Studio Art | |
| ARTS 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| ARTS 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| ARTS 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| ARTS 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| ARTS 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| ARTS 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| ARTS 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| ARTS 1559 | New Course in Studio Art (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of studio art. Course was offered January 2021 | |
| ARTS 2000 | Introduction to Studio Art (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An introductory course, divided into three segments, which serves as a prerequisite to all studio courses. In Drawing students will learn observational drawing and how visual thinking connects with the hand. The Conceptual segment will exercise creative problem-solving skills and teach students to engage in critical discourse. The Digital segment teaches basic technical skills and digital tools including still and moving image and sound. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, January 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, January 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 |
| ARTS 2110 | Introduction to Photography I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Focuses on gaining a working understanding of photographic processes and practice. Class assignments help students understand the visual language of photography using 35mm black and white film and printing their own photographs in the darkroom. In addition, lectures explore examples from the historical and contemporary worlds of fine art photography. Cameras are provided. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARTS 2112 | Introduction to Photography II (3) |
| Offers an introduction to color photography and digital working methods. Advanced software skills are demonstrated and practiced with the goal of increasing the overall quality of the work. Further explorations into historical and contemporary art issues via presentations, visiting artists, and readings increase awareness. Students create a final portfolio in the form of a printable book. Cameras are provided. Prereqs: ARTS 2000 and ARTS 2110 Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARTS 2220 | Introduction to Digital Art I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An art class that introduces the creative use of digital tools within the fine art context. Students will both learn processes and history of experimental art and practice the use of the computer as a tool for personal expression. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARTS 2222 | Introduction to Digital Art II (3) |
| An art class that continues the exploration of digital skills with an emphasis on artist¿s media rather than mass media. Students will continue to learn about the history and practice of art to inform their own creative work. Prerequisites: ARTS 2220 Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARTS 2310 | Installation and Performance Art I (3) |
| This course introduces new art genres including installation, performance, and video documentation to the student's art practice. Includes contemporary Art History, theory, and the creation of art made with non-traditional materials, methods and formats. Prerequisite: ARTS 2000 or instructor permission | |
| ARTS 2312 | Installation and Performance Art II (3) |
| In this interdisciplinary studio course students will investigate 'prior conditions of existence,' study critical theories, and produce artworks inspired by the archive. Students will research archive-related topics of their choosing, and synthesize readings and research through written and oral communication. They will develop critical thinking skills through the production of artwork and engagement in group critiques. | |
| ARTS 2370 | Introduction to Filmmaking I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The course introduces experimental 16mm film production as a practice of visual art. These courses include technical, historical, and theoretical issues that apply to cinematography and its relationship to the traditional visual arts. |
| ARTS 2372 | Introduction to Filmmaking II (3) |
| The course introduces experimental 16mm film production as a practice of visual art. These courses include technical, historical, and theoretical issues that apply to cinematography and its relationship to the traditional visual arts. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARTS 2511 | Special Topics in Photography (3) |
| This course will focus on the topic of documentary photography, a working style that combines accurate depiction with impassioned advocacy, usually with the goal of arousing public commitment to social change. Since the 1980s this mode has expanded to include formal and iconographical investigation of social experience with a counterstain of personal images. This class will use digital photography to develop projects and portfolios. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2014, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| ARTS 2520 | Special Topics in New Media (3) |
| A new course in the subject of New Media. | |
| ARTS 2530 | Special Topics in Cinematography (3) |
| An introduction to the specialized materials, methods, processes, and cultural issues as they relate to the history and practice of cinematography. Course was offered Summer 2025, January 2024 | |
| ARTS 2559 | New Course in Studio Art (3) |
| New course in the subject of studio art. | |
| ARTS 2560 | Special Topics in Printmaking: Works On/Of Paper (3) |
| This studio class explores works on paper, including monotype, monoprint, mixed media and paper construction. There's no prerequisite for this class. Course was offered January 2025, January 2024, January 2023, Summer 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| ARTS 2570 | Special Topics in Painting (3) |
| Students are introduced to specialized materials, methods and cultural issues as they relate to painting. | |
| ARTS 2580 | Special Topics in Sculpture (3) |
| An introduction to the specialized materials, methods, processes, and cultural issues as they relate to the history and practice of Sculpture. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Janiuary 2022, January 2020, January 2019, January 2018, January 2017, Spring 2016, January 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, January 2015, January 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, January 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, January 2012 | |
| ARTS 2610 | Drawing I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A continued introductory study of the materials and techniques of drawing. Provides training in the coordination of hand and eye and encourages development of visual analysis. Emphasizes understanding form, space, light and composition. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, January 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Janiuary 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, January 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, January 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, January 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, January 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, January 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, January 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, January 2014 |
| ARTS 2620 | Drawing II (3) |
| Applies technical drawing skills to projects that delve into analytical thinking and idea-based work. Projects are designed to help students experiment and learn how to communicate meaning visually. Prerequisite: ARTS 2000 and ARTS 2610. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, January 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, January 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, January 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, January 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, January 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, January 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, January 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARTS 2630 | Life Drawing I (3) |
| Creations of drawings of a living model in various media. Topics include artistic anatomy, figure and portrait drawing. Prerequisite: ARTS 2000 and 2610. | |
| ARTS 2632 | Life Drawing II (3) |
| Creations of drawings of a living model in various media. Topics include artistic anatomy, figure and portrait drawing. Prerequisites: ARTS 2000 and 2610. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARTS 2670 | Introduction to Intaglio & Monotype Printmaking (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduction to intaglio printmaking and monotype techniques, including hard and soft ground etch, aquatint, and drypoint. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARTS 2672 | Introduction to Lithography & Relief Printmaking (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduction to Lithography (planographic), and woodcut and other relief printmaking processes. Prerequisite: ARTS 2610 Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARTS 2710 | Introduction to Water-Based Painting (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduction to basic water painting techniques and materials (including acrylic, gouache, and water color), emphasizing perception and color. Assignments are designed to assist the student in understanding the creative process and interpreting the environment through a variety of subject matter expressed in painted images. Encourages individual stylistic development. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARTS 2712 | Introduction to Oil-Based Painting (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduction to Oil-based painting. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARTS 2810 | Introduction to Sculpture I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Investigates the sculptural process through modeling, carving, fabricating and casting. Examines traditional and contemporary concerns of sculpture by analyzing historical examples and work done in class. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARTS 2812 | Introduction to Sculpture II (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Investigates the sculptural process through modeling, carving, fabricating and casting. Examines traditional and contemporary concerns of sculpture by analyzing historical examples and work done in class. Prerequisites: ARTS 2000 Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, January 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARTS 3110 | Intermediate Photography I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This intermediate-level course expands technical possibilities available to students by introducing medium and large format cameras. Working in black & white, students learn advanced techniques with film and darkroom printing. Further explorations into historical and contemporary art issues via presentations, visiting artists, and readings. Students create a final portfolio culled from class assignments. Cameras are provided. Prereq: ARTS 2110 |
| ARTS 3112 | Intermediate Photography II (3) |
| Explores intermediate-level photographic techniques and concepts. Specific course content varies according to faculty. (Spring only). Prerequisite: ARTS 2110 and ARTS 2112. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARTS 3220 | Intermediate Digital Art I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An intermediate art class that covers moving image and digital work as broadly defined. Students will focus on video and sound editing as well as installation. Prerequisites: ARTS 2220 and 2222. |
| ARTS 3222 | Intermediate Digital Art II (3) |
| A project-based art class that allows intermediate students the time to develop independent ideas in cooperation with the professor while participating in a class community. Prerequisites: ARTS 2220 and 2222. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARTS 3370 | Intermediate Filmmaking I (3) |
| This course continues the practice of 16mm experimental film production with an increased emphasis on audio and digital video motion picture making. Student will complete assignments based on genres of experimental film making such as expressionism, naturalism, and realism. Prerequisite: ARTS 2370 and ARTS 2372. | |
| ARTS 3372 | Intermediate Filmmaking II (3) |
| This course continues the practice of 16mm experimental film production with an increased emphasis on audio and digital video motion picture making. Student will complete assignments based on genres of experimental film making such as expressionism, naturalism, and realism. Prerequisite: ARTS 2370 and ARTS 2372. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARTS 3559 | New Course in Studio Art (3) |
| New course in the subject of studio art. | |
| ARTS 3670 | Intermediate Printmaking I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Includes relief printing, advanced lithography techniques, including color lithography, color etching, monotypes, and further development of black and white imagery. Printmaking professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ARTS 2670 and ARTS 2672. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARTS 3672 | Intermediate Printmaking II (3) |
| Includes relief printing, advanced lithography techniques, including color lithography, color etching, monotypes, and further development of black and white imagery. Printmaking professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisites: ARTS 2670 and ARTS 2672. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARTS 3710 | Intermediate Painting I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Exploration of contemporary painting materials, techniques, and concepts, as well as a continuation of basic oil painting processes. Assignments are designed to assist the student in developing their perceptions and imagination and translating them into painted images. Direction is given to the formation of personal original painting styles. Prerequisite: ARTS 2710, 2712. |
| ARTS 3712 | Intermediate Painting II (3) |
| In this interdisciplinary studio course students will investigate 'prior conditions of existence,' study critical theories, and produce artworks inspired by the archive. Students will research archive-related topics of their choosing, and synthesize readings and research through written and oral communication. They will develop critical thinking skills through the production of artwork and engagement in group critiques. Prereq: ARTS 2000 Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARTS 3810 | Intermediate Sculpture I (3) |
| Continuation of ARTS 2810 and ARTS 2812 with greater emphasis on the special problems of the sculptural discipline. Prerequisite: ARTS 2810, 2812. Course was offered Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARTS 3812 | Intermediate Sculpture II (3) |
| Continuation of ARTS 2810 and 2812 with greater emphasis on the special problems of the sculptural discipline. Prerequisites: ARTS 2810 or ARTS 2812 Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARTS 4110 | Advanced Photography I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Explores advanced-level photographic techniques and concepts. Prerequisite: ARTS 3110 and ARTS 2112 Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARTS 4112 | Advanced Photography II (3) |
| Assists students in preparing their required thesis exhibitions. Meets twice a week as a group to evaluate and discuss work in progress. Students participate in class portfolio and acquire a print from each member of the class. (Spring only) Prerequisite: ARTS 3110 Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARTS 4220 | Advanced Digital Art I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A project-based art class that allows advanced students the time to develop independent ideas in cooperation with the professor while participating in a class community. Prerequisite: ARTS 3220 or 3222 |
| ARTS 4222 | Advanced Digital Art II (3) |
| An advanced art class in which students design, propose and produce a semester-long thesis project that culminates in a public presentation of their work. Prerequisite: ARTS 3220 or 3222 Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARTS 4370 | Advanced Filmmaking I (3) |
| Course continues the practice of 16mm film or digital video experimental production with an emphasis on a completed piece for public screenings or exhibitions. Prerequisite: ARTS 3370 or ARTS 3372. | |
| ARTS 4372 | Advanced Filmmaking II (3) |
| Course continues the practice of 16mm film or digital video experimental production with an emphasis on a completed piece for public screenings or exhibitions. Prerequisite: ARTS 3370 or ARTS 3372. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARTS 4450 | Advanced Major Seminar I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Intensive independent work using either digital media, filmmaking, painting, photography, printmaking, or sculpture as the primary medium, culminating in a coherent body of work under direction of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Admission to the Advanced Major or Distinguished Major Program. |
| ARTS 4452 | Advanced Major Seminar II (3) |
| Intensive independent work using either digital media, sculpture, photography, printmaking, cinematography, or painting as the primary medium, culminating in a coherent body of work under direction of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Admission to the Advanced Major Program or Distinguished Major Program, ARTS 4450 Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARTS 4670 | Advanced Printmaking I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Designed for students who have completed two or more semesters of study of a specific printmaking technique (woodcut, etching, or lithography) and wish to continue their exploration of that technique. Prerequisite: ARTS 3670 or 3672. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ARTS 4672 | Advanced Printmaking II (3) |
| Designed for students who have completed two or more semesters of study of a specific printmaking technique (woodcut, etching, or lithography) and wish to continue their exploration of that technique. Prerequisite: ARTS 3670 or 3672. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARTS 4710 | Advanced Painting I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The capstone of a three year study in painting. Continues the investigation of oil painting as an expressive medium and stresses the development of students' ability to conceive and execute a series of thematically related paintings over the course of the semester. Painting professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ARTS 3710 or 3712. |
| ARTS 4712 | Advanced Painting II (3) |
| Painting professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ARTS 3710 or ARTS 3712. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ARTS 4810 | Advanced Sculpture I (3) |
| Continuation of the sculpture sequence with greater emphasis on developing a student's individual voice. Advanced projects in moldmaking, metal casting, and non-traditional sculpture materials are assigned. The creation of a sculptural installation is also assigned. Sculpture professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ARTS 3810 or 3812. Course was offered Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARTS 4812 | Advanced Sculpture II (3) |
| Continuation fo the sculpture sequence with greater emphasis on developing a student's individual voice. Advanced projects in mold-making, metal casting, and non-traditional sculpture materials are assigned. The creation of a sculptural installation is also assigned. Sculpture professors and course content vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ARTS 3810 or 3812 Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ARTS 4900 | Advanced Project in Art (1 - 4) |
| Investigation and development of a consistent idea or theme in painting, sculpture, or the graphic arts. May be taken more than once under the same course number by students who are sufficiently advanced in studio work. This course is not intended to be used for major credit. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| American Sign Language | |
| ASL 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| ASL 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| ASL 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| ASL 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| ASL 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| ASL 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| ASL 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| ASL 1010 | Elementary American Sign Language I (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces receptive and expressive American Sign Language skills, including basic vocabulary, sentence structure, classifiers, use of space, non-manual type indicators, and fingerspelling. Examines signing deaf people as a linguistic/cultural minority. |
| ASL 1020 | Elementary American Sign Language II (4) |
| Introduces receptive and expressive American Sign Language skills, including basic vocabulary, sentence structure, classifiers, use of space, non-manual type indicators, and fingerspelling. Examines signing deaf people as a linguistic/cultural minority. Prerequisite: ASL 1010 or successful completion of placement exam. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ASL 1559 | New Course in American Sign Language (1 - 4) |
| New Course offering in the subject of American Sign Language. | |
| ASL 2010 | Intermediate American Sign Language I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Continues training in American Sign Language, with focus on more complex sentence types, signs, and idioms. Considers ASL literary forms such as poetry, theater, and storytelling, as well as deaf history and other related topics. Prerequisite: ASL 1020 or successful completion of placement exam. |
| ASL 2020 | Intermediate American Sign Language II (3) |
| Continues training in American Sign Language, with focus on more complex sentence types, signs, and idioms. Considers ASL literary forms such as poetry, theater, and storytelling, as well as deaf history and other related topics. Prerequisite: ASL 2010 or successful completion of placement exam. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ASL 2300 | Women and Gender In The Deaf World (3) |
| Examines the roles of deaf women inside and outside of the signing Deaf community. Using an interdisciplinary approach, considers such topics as language and cultural barriers, violence against women, sexuality, race, class, education, and work. Investigates disparities between deaf and hearing women and the choices available to d/Deaf women, individually and collectively, in contemporary culture. No prior knowledge of ASL is required. | |
| ASL 2450 | Deaf People, Society, and the Law (3) |
| This course will explore the Deaf community, discrimination, and laws affecting Deaf people in the United States. We will consider the experiences of Deaf people before and after such measures as the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 to gain insight into how the law affects social perceptions and people's everyday lives. No prior knowledge of ASL or Deaf culture is required for this course. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2010 | |
| ASL 2559 | New Course in American Sign Language (1 - 4) |
| New course offering the subject of American Sign Language. | |
| ASL 3010 | Conversational ASL (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Continues language and cultural instruction with emphasis on everyday conversation. Topics include common idioms and slang, explaining rules, discussing finances and major decisions, and storytelling techniques such as role-shifting and narrative structure. Students will be required to interact with deaf signers. Prerequisite: ASL 2020 or successful completion of placement interview. |
| ASL 3015 | Language House Conversation in ASL (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The ASL language course related to residency in the Shea Language House at UVA for students who have applied to and been accepted into the ASL Language Pod in the Shea House dormitory. Student residents will further develop their ASL language skills and understanding of Deaf culture through conversations among their peers in their dorm setting, weekly dinner meetings, and other arranged activities. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018 |
| ASL 3081 | History of the American Deaf Community (3) |
| This new course will examine the history of deaf people in the United States over the last three centuries, with particular attention to the emergence and evolution of a community of Deaf people who share a distinct sign language and culture. We will read both primary texts from specific periods and secondary sources. We will also view a few historical films.
Prerequisite: none (thought a previous class in History or ASL is recommended) | |
| ASL 3220 | Coda Literature: Deaf Culture, ASL, and Hearing Children of the Deaf (3) |
| In Deaf culture, "coda" means the hearing child or children of Deaf adults. This course will examine the body of coda literature or "coda stories" (written memoir, movies, social media, etc.) and examine the issues and commonalities among them. Through discussion, writing, and other activities we'll discover more about ourselves, cultures, and the human experience. Course was offered Fall 2022 | |
| ASL 3400 | Deafness in Literature and Film (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will study the contradictory and telling ways that deaf people have been depicted over the last three centuries in addressing the question: What does deafness signify, especially in a western society that is centered upon speech? Our approach will be contrapuntal, juxtaposing canonical texts and mainstream films with relatively unknown works by deaf artists. |
| ASL 3410 | Contemporary Disability Theory (3) |
| This seminar offers an interdisciplinary approach to disability in the social, cultural, political, artistic, ethical, and medical spheres and their intersections. It also introduces students to critical theory concerned with the rights of the disabled. | |
| ASL 3450 | Comparative Linguistics: ASL and English (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Describes spoken English and ASL (American Sign Language) on five levels: phonological, morphological, lexical, syntactic, and discourse and compares/contrasts them using real-world examples. Describes major linguistic components and processes of English and ASL. Introduces basic theories regarding ASL structure. Emphasizes ASL's status as a natural language by comparing/contrasting similarities and unique differences between the two languages. |
| ASL 3559 | New Course in American Sign Language (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | New course in the subject of American Sign Language. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2012, Spring 2012 |
| ASL 4115 | Multiculturalism in the Deaf Community (3) |
| Explores cultural influences on identity development, family systems, linguistics, engagement with educational and community agencies, and resilience within the Deaf community. The interaction of culture, identity and language will be highlighted and applied to future trends for groups within the Deaf community, such as children of Deaf adults, GLTB community members, ethnic minority groups, women, and persons with disabilities. | |
| ASL 4559 | New Course in American Sign Language (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of American Sign Language. | |
| ASL 4750 | Contemporary Deaf Studies (3) |
| Examines such topics as American deaf history; ASL linguistics; deaf education; cultural versus pathological views of deaf people; controversies over efforts to eliminate sign language and cure deafness; ASL poetry and storytelling; deafness in mainstream literature, film, and drama; deafness and other minority identities; and the international deaf community. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| ASL 4993 | Independent Study in American Sign Language (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent Study in American Sign Language.
Prerequisite: Instructor Permission Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 |
| Astronomy | |
| ASTR 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| ASTR 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| ASTR 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| ASTR 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| ASTR 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| ASTR 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| ASTR 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| ASTR 1210 | Introduction to the Sky and Solar System (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A study of the night sky primarily for non-science majors. Provides a brief history of astronomy through Newton. Topics include the properties of the sun, earth, moon, planets, asteroids, meteors and comets; origin and evolution of the solar system; life in the universe; and recent results from space missions and ground-based telescopes. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, January 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ASTR 1220 | Introduction to Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A study of stars, star formation, and evolution primarily for non-science majors. Topics include light, atoms, and modern observing technologies; origin of the chemical elements; supernovae, pulsars, neutron stars, and black holes; structure and evolution of our galaxy; nature of other galaxies; active galaxies and quasars; expanding universe, cosmology, the big bang, and the early universe. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ASTR 1230 | Introduction to Astronomical Observation (3) |
| An independent laboratory class for non-science majors, meeting at night, in which students learn how to observe the night sky, use a telescope, and take digital images of the sky. Students work individually or in small groups on observational projects that focus on the study of constellations, planets, stars, nebulae, and galaxies using binoculars, 8-inch telescopes, and imaging equipment at the department's student observatory. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ASTR 1250 | Alien Worlds (3) |
| Alien worlds orbiting other stars were the subject of speculation going back to ancient times, and were first detected in the 1990s. Today, thousands of extrasolar planets are known and show a remarkable diversity compared to our own solar system. This introductory astronomy course for non-science majors discusses the known exoplanets: how they are discovered, their orbits, physical properties, formation, evolution and fate. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 | |
| ASTR 1270 | Unsolved Mysteries in the Universe (3) |
| An exploration of the unsolved mysteries in the universe and the limits of our knowledge for non-science majors. The class emphasizes the nature of scientific endeavor, and explores the boundaries between science, philosophy, and metaphysics. A number of thought provoking topics are discussed including the beginning and end of the universe, black holes, extraterrestrial life, the nature of time, dark matter and dark energy. Course was offered Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| ASTR 1280 | The Origins of Almost Everything (3) |
| From ancient Babylon to modern cosmology, nearly every culture on Earth has stories and myths of creation. It is a universal human desire to understand from where we came. In this introductory astronomy class for non-science majors, students will explore the origins of the Universe, structure and galaxies, stars, planets and life. The course will use the content to illustrate the nature of science and scientific inquiry. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| ASTR 1290 | Black Holes (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Black holes are stellar remnants that are so dense that nothing, not even light, can escape their gravitational pull. Nevertheless, systems that contain these "dark stars" are among the brightest sources in the universe. In this introductory course, aimed primarily at non-science majors, students will explore the seemingly paradoxical nature of black holes and evaluate the astronomical evidence for their existence. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017 |
| ASTR 1510 | Seminar (1) |
| Primarily for first and second year students, taught on a voluntary basis by a faculty member. Topics vary. | |
| ASTR 1559 | New Course in Astronomy (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of astronomy. | |
| ASTR 1610 | Intro to Astronomical Research for Potential Astronomy/Astrophysics Majors (1) |
| For first- and second-year students considering Astronomy/Astronomy-Physics as a major, or current A/A-P majors. Faculty will present ongoing research to introduce students to both the subject matter and the required physical, mathematical, and computational background of contemporary astronomy research. Potential long-term undergraduate research projects will be emphasized. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| ASTR 2110 | Introduction to Astrophysics I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Primarily for science majors. A thorough discussion of the basic concepts and methods of solar system, stellar, galactic, and extragalactic astronomy and astrophysics with an emphasis on physical principles. Prerequisite/corequisite: MATH 1210 or 1310, PHYS 1420 or 1425, or instructor permission; ASTR 2110 and 2120 form a sequence and should be taken in that order. |
| ASTR 2120 | Introduction to Astrophysics II (3) |
| Primarily for science majors. A thorough discussion of the basic concepts and methods of solar system, stellar, galactic, and extragalactic astronomy and astrophysics with an emphasis on physical principles. Prerequisite/corequisite: ASTR 2110, MATH 1210 or 1310, PHYS 1420 or 1425, or instructor permission; ASTR 2110 and 2120 form a sequence and should be taken in that order. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ASTR 2559 | New Course in Astronomy (1 - 4) |
| New Course in the subject of Astronomy. | |
| ASTR 3130 | Observational Astronomy (4) |
| Primarily for science majors. A lecture and laboratory course that deals with basic observational techniques in astronomy. The laboratory section generally meets at night. Students use observational facilities at the McCormick and Fan Mountain Observatories. Additional work outside posted laboratory hours will be required to take advantage of clear skies. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ASTR 3150 | The Interstellar Medium: From Hydrogen to Humans (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides an overview of the origins of the elements through cosmic history. The course is taught chronologically, starting from the Big Bang and leading up to life as we know it. The course will cover a wide variety of topics, such as the formation of the first stars, galaxies, and the lifecycle of the interstellar medium. We will also study how material is re-incorporated into modern day stars, planets, and eventually life. |
| ASTR 3410 | Archaeo-Astronomy (3) |
| Open to non-science students. Discussion of prescientific astronomy, including Mayan, Babylonian, and ancient Chinese astronomy, and the significance of relics such as Stonehenge. Discusses the usefulness of ancient records in the study of current astrophysical problems such as supernova outbursts. Uses current literature from several disciplines, including astronomy, archaeology, and anthropology. Prerequisite/corequisite: A 1000- or 2000-level ASTR course, or instructor permission. | |
| ASTR 3420 | Life Beyond the Earth (3) |
| Open to non-science students. Studies the possibility of intelligent extraterrestrial life; methods and desirability of interstellar communication; prospects for humanity's colonization of space; interaction of space colonies; and the search for other civilizations. Prerequisite/corequisite: A 1000- or 2000-level ASTR course or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| ASTR 3450 | Mission to Mars (3) |
| The next great adventure in space flight will be a human mission to Mars. In this course, we will explore how such a mission might take place. Topics will include the basics of spaceflight, spacecraft and rocket design, the history of human space exploration, its legacy and impact on the modern world, the current state of spaceflight, and new technologies that are being developed to make the mission possible. | |
| ASTR 3470 | Science and Controversy in Astronomy (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Open to non-science students. Investigates controversial topics in science and pseudo-science from the astronomer's perspective. Analyzes methods of science and the nature of scientific evidence, and their implications for unresolved astrophysical problems. Topics include extraterrestrial life, UFO's, astrology, the Moon landing, and others. |
| ASTR 3480 | Introduction to Cosmology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Intended for STEM majors and non-STEM majors who are comfortable with some non-calculus math. Cosmology explores the origin and evolution of the Universe, including cosmic expansion, mapping the Universe, dark matter and dark energy, the birth and evolution of galaxies, the early universe, and the Big Bang. This course strikes a balance between richly illustrated description and a simplified quantitative exploration of the above topics. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 |
| ASTR 3490 | Galaxies (3) |
| Intended for STEM majors and non-STEM majors who are comfortable with some non-calculus math. The course explores the structure, properties, and history of galaxies. Topics include: the structure of galaxies; galaxy demographics; star motions and populations; nuclear black holes; galaxy interactions; dark matter halos; the distribution of the elements; and the formation and evolution of galaxies. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| ASTR 3559 | New Course in Astronomy (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of astronomy. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| ASTR 3880 | Planetary Astronomy (3) |
| Studies the origin and evolution of the bodies in the solar system, emphasizing the geology of the planets and satellites of the inner solar system and the satellites of the gaseous planets. Topics will include the interpretation of remote sensing data, the chemistry and dynamics of planetary atmospheres and their interactions with the planetary surfaces, and the role of impacts. Prerequisite: Introductory course in geosciences or astronomy. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ASTR 3881 | Planetary Astronomy Laboratory (1) |
| Optional one hour laboratory for students in ASTR 3880 that provides practical experience in accessing and analyzing data related to the origin and geology of solar system planetary bodies, including the Moon, Mars, and outer planet satellites. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| ASTR 4140 | Research Methods in Astrophysics (3) |
| Primarily for astronomy/astrophysics majors. Students will be exposed to a research methods-intensive set of mini projects, with emphasis on current active areas of astrophysics research. The goal is to prepare students for research in astrophysics. Topics will include databases and database manipulation, astronomical surveys, statistics, space observatories and observation planning, intro to numerical simulations, and proposal writing.Prerequisites: ASTR 2110/2120 and PHYS 2660, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| ASTR 4460 | Physics of Compact Stars (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The compact stars - white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes - are the end state of stellar evolution. The conditions in and around these objects are extreme as compared to terrestrial standards, and they are responsible for some of the most powerful and dynamic phenomena in the universe. This course introduces the physics of strong gravity and dense matter required to understand compact stars and their observational manifestations. Course was offered Fall 2023 |
| ASTR 4470 | Computational Astronomy (3) |
| Computational methods are widely applied in all areas of astrophysical research, including data analysis, instrumentation, and theory. This course covers advanced computing skills that optimize the scientific return from using increasingly complex code bases and sophisticated code development tools. Using Python, we introduce widely applicable numerical methods while training the students in the use of commonly used code development concepts. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| ASTR 4559 | New Course in Astronomy (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of astronomy. | |
| ASTR 4810 | Astrophysics (3) |
| Basic concepts in mechanics, statistical physics, atomic and nuclear structure, and radiative transfer are developed and applied to selected fundamental problems in the areas of stellar structure, stellar atmospheres, the interstellar medium, and extragalactic astrophysics. Prerequisite: ASTR 2110, 2120 (recommended); MATH 4220; PHYS 3210, 3310 (concurrent), 3340, 3430 (concurrent), 3650; or instructor permission. | |
| ASTR 4993 | Tutorial (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent study of a topic of special interest to the student under individual supervision by a faculty member. May be repeated once for credit.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ASTR 4998 | Senior Thesis (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ASTR 5010 | Astrophysical Processes (3) |
| An introduction to the basic physics of astronomy and astrophysics organized around learning physical principles and applying them to astrophysical objects. Physics covered will be chosen from fluid mechanics, radiative transfer, statistical mechanics, classical and quantum radiation processes, and quantum mechanics of atomic and molecular structure. This graduate course will involve more complex and difficult assignments than ASTR 4810. Prerequisite: Instructor Permission. | |
| ASTR 5110 | Astronomical Techniques (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Surveys modern techniques of radiation measurement, data analysis, and image processing, and their application to astrophysical problems, especially the physical properties of stars and galaxies. Relevant laboratory experiments and observations with the department's telescopes are included. Students are expected to develop a familiarity with programming and other basic computer skills if they do not already possess them. Prerequisite: ASTR 2110-2120; PHYS 3420, 3430 or instructor permission. |
| ASTR 5140 | Advanced Research Methods in Astrophysics (3) |
| Graduate students will be exposed to a research methods-intensive set of projects, with emphasis on current active areas of astrophysics research. The goal is to prepare students for research in astrophysics. Topics will include databases and database manipulation, astronomical surveys, statistics, space observatories and observation planning, intro to numerical simulations, and proposal writing. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017 | |
| ASTR 5260 | Introduction to Astrochemistry (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This interdisciplinary course will introduce advanced undergraduates and graduates to molecules and their chemistry in different sources throughout the universe. Topics include gas-phase and grain-surface reactions, astronomical spectroscopy, laboratory experiments, and astrochemical modeling.
Prerequisite: There are no formal prerequisites, but some knowledge of chemical kinetics, spectroscopy, and/or the interstellar medium will be helpful. |
| ASTR 5340 | Introductory Radio Astronomy (3) |
| Studies the fundamentals of measuring power and power spectra, antennas, interferometers, and radiometers. Topics include thermal radiation, synchrotron radiation, and line frequency radiation; and radio emission from the planets, sun, flare stars, pulsars, supernovae, interstellar gas, galaxies, and quasi-stellar sources. | |
| ASTR 5420 | Interstellar Medium (3) |
| Studies the physics of the interstellar gas and grains, the distribution and dynamics of gas, and cosmic radiation and interstellar magnetic fields. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| ASTR 5430 | Stellar Astrophysics (3) |
| Studies observed properties and physics of stars including radiative transfer; stellar thermodynamics; convection; formation of spectra in atmospheres; equations of stellar structure; nuclear reactions; stellar evolution; and nucleosynthesis. Includes applicable numerical techniques. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Fall 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| ASTR 5450 | High Energy Astrophysics (3) |
| Introduces the physics of basic radiation mechanisms and particle acceleration processes that are important in high energy phenomena and space science. Discusses applications to pulsars, active galactic nuclei, radio galaxies, quasars, and supernovae. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| ASTR 5460 | Physics of Compact Stars (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The compact stars - white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes - are the end state of stellar evolution. The conditions in and around these objects are extreme as compared to terrestrial standards, and they are responsible for some of the most powerful and dynamic phenomena in the universe. This course introduces the physics of strong gravity and dense matter required to understand compact stars and their observational manifestations. Course was offered Fall 2023 |
| ASTR 5470 | Computational Astrophysics (3) |
| Computational methods are widely applied in all areas of astrophysical research, including data analysis, instrumentation, and theory. This course covers advanced computing skills that optimize the scientific return from using increasingly complex code bases and sophisticated code development tools. Using Python, we introduce widely applicable numerical methods while training the students in the use of commonly used code development concepts. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| ASTR 5480 | Cosmology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course covers topics associated with cosmology, the branch of astrophysics dealing with the origin and evolution of the Universe. The course begins with a historical overview and then focuses on three main areas: expansion of the universe, the early universe, and large-scale structure. |
| ASTR 5559 | New Course in Astronomy (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of astronomy. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| ASTR 5630 | Extragalactic Astronomy (3) |
| This course provides an overview of extragalactic astronomy. Topics include both qualitative and quantitative discussion of various types of galaxy (ellipticals, spirals, dwarf, starburst); results from theory of stellar dynamics; groups and clusters of galaxies; active galaxies; high-redshift galaxies; galaxy evolution; the intergalactic medium; and dark matter. The course is intended for advanced undergraduate astrophysics majors and first and second year graduate students. Prerequisite: Physics and Math through PHYS 2610, MATH 3250 (or equivalent); ASTR 2110, 2120 (or equivalent). | |
| ASTR 6559 | New course in Astronomy (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of Astronomy. | |
| ASTR 7559 | New Course in Astronomy (1 - 4) |
| New Course in the subject of astronomy. | |
| ASTR 8500 | Current Astronomical Topics (1) |
| UVa staff and guest speakers discuss current research problems. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ASTR 8559 | New Course in Astronomy. (1 - 4) |
| New Course in the subject of Astronomy. | |
| ASTR 9559 | New Course in Astronomy (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of Astronomy. | |
| ASTR 9995 | Supervised Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Under supervision, the student undertakes or assists with a current research problem. This course may be repeated for credit. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ASTR 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Bengali | |
| BENG 1559 | New Course in Bengali (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Bengali. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| BENG 2559 | New Course in Bengali (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Bengali. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| BENG 3559 | New Course in Bengali (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in teh subject of Bengali. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| Biology | |
| BIOL 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| BIOL 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| BIOL 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| BIOL 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| BIOL 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| BIOL 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| BIOL 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| BIOL 1040 | The DNA Revolution in Science and Society (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Imagine a world where your DNA is sequenced for free and any human gene can be altered at will. The goal of this course is to address the question: can our society be better prepared for this transformation in science? Is genetic privacy achievable or genetic discrimination avoidable? Who owns your genes? Do your genes drive your medical future? Classes involve student perspectives and discussions with experts in science, policy, ethics and law. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016 |
| BIOL 1559 | New Course in Biology (3) |
| New course in the subject of Biology. | |
| BIOL 2100 | Introduction to Biology with Laboratory: Cell Biology & Genetics (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | BIOL 2100 is one of two semester courses that together provide an intensive introduction to biology for prospective Biology majors and pre-health (med, vet, dental) students. This course focuses on the fundamentals of cell biology and genetics with an emphasis on classical and modern experimental approaches. Lecture topics and concepts are reinforced and extended during once-weekly laboratory/small group discussions. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015 |
| BIOL 2200 | Introduction to Biology w/Laboratory: Organismal & Evolutionary Biology (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | BIOL 2200 is one of two semester courses that together provide an intensive introduction to biology for prospective Biology majors and pre-health (med, vet, dental) students. This course focuses on evolution, physiology and development. Lecture topics and concepts are reinforced and extended during once-weekly laboratory/small group discussions. The Introductory courses are not sequenced and may be taken in either order. Course was offered Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016 |
| BIOL 2559 | New Course in Biology (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of biology. | |
| BIOL 3000 | Cell Biology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Examines the fundamental principles of eukaryotic cell biology at the molecular level. Topics will include: structure and function of the plasma membrane, transport of small molecules, ions and macromolecular complexes across membranes, protein trafficking, the cytoskeleton, signal transduction pathways , and the control of cell division and cellular proliferation. Prerequisites: Must have completed BIOL 2100 or BME 2104 and any two of the following classes CHEM 1410, 1420, 1810 and 1820. BIOL 3000 is not repeatable. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 |
| BIOL 3010 | Genetics and Molecular Biology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | What makes humans different from fruit flies? Why does your brain have neurons and not liver cells? This course is all about the answer to these questions: It's the genes! This course covers the chemical make-up of genes, how they're passed on through generations, how they're expressed and how that expression is regulated, how disruption in the structure and expression of genes arise and how those disruptions lead to cellular defects and disease.
Prerequisite: Must have completed BIOL 2010 or BIOL 2100 or BME 2104 and either CHEM 1410 or CHEM 1810 or CHEM 1610. BIOL 3010 is not repeatable. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| BIOL 3020 | Evolution and Ecology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Examines the mechanisms of evolutionary change, with an emphasis on the genetic and evolutionary principles needed to understand the diversification of life on earth. Covers the ecology of individuals and population dynamics. Major topics include the genetics and ecology of natural populations, adaptation, molecular evolution and macroevolution, and the application of evolutionary and ecological concepts to conservation biology. Required for all Biology majors. Prerequisite: Must have completed BIOL 2200. BIOL 3020 is not repeatable. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| BIOL 3030 | Biochemistry (3) |
| Biochemistry underlies nearly every biological process, from environmental science to medicine. When living systems are in chemical and energetic balance, organisms thrive. When they're out of balance, as in disease or unpredictable environments, life is compromised. This course will explain how simple chemical and physical principles apply to the major classes of biological macromolecules that maintain life.
Prerequisite: BIOL 2010 or BIOL 2100 or BME 2104 and BIOL 2020 or BIOL 2040 and either CHEM 2410 or CHEM 1820 | |
| BIOL 3040 | Developmental and Regenerative Biology (3) |
| Are developmental biology and regenerative biology one and the same? Throughout this course, we will emphasize both classical and modern experimental approaches that have been used to unravel the genetic, molecular and celluar mechanisms of development. Additionally, the practical value of understanding development is enormous, and the relationship between embryology and clinical applications will be a theme that runs throughout the course. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| BIOL 3050 | Introduction to Neurobiology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Analyzes the concepts of general neurobiology, including basic electrophysiology and electrochemistry, origin of bioelectric potentials, sensory, motor, integrative and developmental neurobiology, and conceptual models of simple learning.
Prerequisite: Must have completed BIOL 2010 or BIOL 2100 or BME 2104 and BIOL 2020 or BIOL 2040. May not take if previously completed BIOL 3170. |
| BIOL 3090 | Our World of Infectious Disease (3) |
| Infectious disease impacts every human, plant and animal on earth. What is the most deadly disease in human history? What is killing our ocean's turtles? Why is Zika so scary? We will explore questions related to the biology, transmission, and pathogenicity of infectious agents across the world. We will also place special emphasis on what it takes to successfully control an infectious disease. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| BIOL 3120 | General Microbiology (3) |
| Microbes rule. In this course, we will explore how microbes rule the world and how genomics has revolutionized the way we study them. Fundamental principles of microbiology, together with the basics of genomics will be introduced. Topics include microbial cell structure, metabolism, genetics, microbial diversity and ecology, epidemiology, genome sequencing technologies and bioinformatics.
Prerequisites: Must have completed BIOL 2010 or BIOL 2100 or BME 2104 and BIOL 2020 or BIOL 2200 Course was offered Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| BIOL 3150 | General Microbiology Laboratory (2) |
| An introduction to microorganisms and to basic microbiological principles through laboratory experimentation. Emphasis is on the structure, physiology and genetics of bacteria and bacterial viruses.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3120 Course was offered Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| BIOL 3180 | Introduction to Plants and Society (3) |
| This is an introductory course that takes a multidisciplinary approach to studying the relationship between plants and people. The course focuses on providing students foundational information on the growth, development, physiology and genetics of plants and explores the connection between plants and people by looking at the use of plants as sources of food, shelter, medicinals and manufactured goods. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| BIOL 3230 | Animal Physiology (3) |
| Focuses on selected vertebrate organ systems; considers other systems where relevant. Prerequisite: BIOL 2010 and 2020. | |
| BIOL 3240 | Introduction to Immunology (3) |
| Studies the genetics and cell biology of the vertebrate immune system, with a focus on adaptive immunity. Classic and current experimental systems are emphasized. Prerequisite: Must have completed or be currently taking BIOL 2010 or BIOL 2100 or BME 2104 Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| BIOL 3250 | Introduction to Animal Behavior (3) |
| An introduction to comparative studies of animal behavior from neuroethological and evolutionary prospectives. The first deals with proximate causes of behavior, with emphasis on motor, sensory and central aspects of the nervous system. The second deals with ultimate causes, with emphases on natural selection, natural history, and adaptive aspects of behavior. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| BIOL 3260 | Editing Genes and Genomes (3) |
| Genome databases contain a wealth of information that enable us to answer myriad questions in biology. Working with genome data requires foundational knowledge in molecular genetic concepts, as well as technical knowledge of how to read and analyze sequence data. This class will provide students with the skills to understand genomic data and its applications in biology and medicine. | |
| BIOL 3270 | General Microbiology with Laboratory (4) |
| Microbes rule. In this course, we will explore how microbes rule the world and how genomics has revolutionized the way we study them. Fundamental principles of microbiology will be introduced. Topics include microbial cell structure, metabolism, genetics, diversity, evolution and infectious disease. Laboratory work will complement lecture topics and cover the core themes & concepts, as recommended by the American Society of Microbiology. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| BIOL 3400 | Functional Morphology of Vertebrates (4) |
| Comparative investigations of functional morphology across major vertebrate lineages. Lectures are organized into three units; 1) evolutionary history and patterns of development, 2) integumentary, skeletal and muscular systems, and 3) sensory systems, and neural and endocrine integrations. Topics of investigation focus on biomechanical and physiological performance of biological structures, from cells to organ systems, and on the origins and diversification of form-function complexes among vertebrates. Lab exercises include dissections, observation of prepared specimens and other material, and modeling/simulation of biomechanical systems. This course serves as a 3000-level lab requirement for either the B.A. or B.S. in biology. Prerequisite: BIOL 2010, 2020, 2040. | |
| BIOL 3410 | Human Anatomy and Physiology I (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course, the first in a two-course sequence, is an introduction to the structure and function of the human body. Review of the structure and physiology of cells and tissues leads to in-depth study of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems. Control mechanisms and the contributions of each system to overall homeostasis are emphasized. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014 |
| BIOL 3420 | Human Anatomy and Physiology II (4) |
| This course, the second in a two-course sequence, examines structures and functions of the endocrine, cardiovascular, urogenital, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal and reproductive systems. Control mechanisms and functional integration of these systems in overall homeostasis is emphasized. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016 | |
| BIOL 3430 | Physiological Mechanisms in Health and Disease (3) |
| Emphasis on the functions and integration of human nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, and renal systems in maintaining homeostasis, and by extension, health. Normal function, from cells to organs, of each system provides a foundation for study of mechanisms that lead to dysfunction and the identification of potential therapeutic targets and strategies. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| BIOL 3450 | Biodiversity and Conservation (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduction to the fundamental principles of conservation biology (e.g., global species numbers, value of biodiversity, causes of extinction, genetic diversity, island biogeography, priority setting) and current topics of debate (including zoo versus field conservation, effects of global change on species extinction). Conservation case studies will allow students to judge the relevance of biological theory to practical problems in conservation. |
| BIOL 3510 | Field Biology at Mountain Lake Biological Station (1 - 4) |
| Field experiential courses in evolution, ecology, behavior and biology taught at the Biology Department's Mountain Lake Biological Station (MLBS), a field research and teaching facility located in southwestern Virginia. Students may enroll for more than one section as each section is a specialized topic. Prerequisites: BIOL 2010, 2020, 2030, 2040 or AP credit or equivalent. | |
| BIOL 3559 | New Course in Biology (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | New course in the subject of biology. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2019, January 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2013, Summer 2012, Fall 2010 |
| BIOL 4005 | Functional Genomics Laboratory: Disease Mechanisms & Cures (3) |
| This course introduces students to scientific-based discovery of how molecular dysfunction leads to disease. It also exposes them to the most current tools used in biomedical research to find novel genes and compounds that could help treat human disease. The course includes discovery-oriented lab, workshops, and lectures.
Prerequisite: BIOL3000 and BIOL3010 Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| BIOL 4011 | Homeostasis: The Wisdom of the Body (3) |
| The human body maintains stable energy levels, hydration, and temperature despite the challenges of ever-changing external environment, a process known as homeostasis. This course explores biological models and mechanisms of homeostasis, including how survival needs are monitored and met through changes in behavior and physiology. Students will gain a state-of-the-art perspective on homeostatic biology and its research methods and technology. | |
| BIOL 4012 | Evolution and Ecology of Infectious Diseases (3) |
| In this course, we'll dive into our current understanding of the evolution and ecology of parasitic interactions through primary literature, modeling, and experimental design. Throughout, we will focus on generating and testing hypotheses, evaluating theoretical models with evidence, drawing parallels between diverse domains of life, and connecting evolutionary and ecological ideas to today's past, present, and future epidemics. | |
| BIOL 4013 | Stem Cells in Development and Disease (3) |
| The course will deep dive into what stem cells are, what they do, where and how they function, and how we can use stem cells in the clinic to repair damaged tissue and restore tissue function. The course will consist of a series of lectures and student run discussions related to current scientific literature. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| BIOL 4014 | Cellular Origins of Animal Diversity (3) |
| Animals are incredibly diverse, but they all evolved from the same single-celled ancestor that lived hundreds of millions of years ago. This course takes a cell-biological approach to explore key questions in animal evolution such as the origins of multicellularity and differentiation. Students will gain a cutting-edge perspective on current research that integrates cell, developmental, and evolutionary biology to explore animal origins. | |
| BIOL 4016 | Genetic Approaches to Precision Medicine (3) |
| This course addresses the impact of the human genome project on understanding human genetic disease, focusing on the invaluable role for animal models of diseases in augmenting evaluation of genomic information to develop strategies for precision medicine. Animal models are an invaluable asset in reaching this goal because they allow experimental manipulations that go far beyond what is possible in human patients. | |
| BIOL 4017 | The Immortal Germ Line (3) |
| One of the most important characteristics of life is the ability to reproduce. In order to produce new life, multicellular organisms evolved specialized cells whose only purpose is reproduction ¿ the germ cells. Germ cells are the only cells that persist from one generation to the next and are often called immortal. We will decipher how these totipotent stem cells function in order to faithfully create the next generation of organisms. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| BIOL 4018 | NextGen Sequencing: Minion the Microbe Detective (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Microbes rule. This course will teach microbial genomics using the cutting edge next-generation DNA sequencing technology and its applications to study microbes around us. Topics covered include microbial genomics, DNA sequencing and sequence analysis. |
| BIOL 4019 | Psychopharmacology of Plants (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course begins with discussion of pharmacological principles and normal function of the nervous and endocrine system. As we continue, we will describe how exogenous substances derived from plants (like drugs) impact the nervous system to restore normal or near-normal function, or alter normal function, in humans. The use of agents from plants in the alleviation of depression and anxiety will be emphasized. |
| BIOL 4020 | Computational Evolutionary Biology Lab (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The evolutionary history of a population can be studied by examining patterns of genetic variation among individuals. Using information about genetic variation, we can infer historical evolutionary events like migration and adaptation. In this lab course, you will learn to utilize genomic data to conduct evolutionary inference. We will learn fundamentals of population genetics, bioinformatic skills, and research methods applied to real short-read sequencing data. Course was offered Fall 2024 |
| BIOL 4021 | Advances in Regenerative Biology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will provide an in-depth exploration of the field of regenerative biology, focusing on the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying tissue regeneration and repair in animals. We will explore the cellular basis of different types of regeneration and search for shared molecular mechanisms. With an eye towards the future, we¿ll also explore the implications for advancing regenerative medicine. |
| BIOL 4030 | The Study of Neuroscience from Molecules to Minds (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course introduces students to foundational and modern neuroscience research techniques through laboratory investigations. Neuroscience is explored at the molecular, systems, and behavioral level. Topics covered include neuroanatomy, electrophysiology, biopotentials, development, histology, and microscopy. An emphasis is placed on structure-function relationships, experimental design, and application of techniques in research. |
| BIOL 4040 | Laboratory in Cell Biology (3) |
| Introduces students to experimental approaches, including mammalian cell culture, gel electrophoresis, western blotting and immunofluorescence microscopy, that are used to study both normal and pathological processes at the level of individual cells. The biological theme of the course will be Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related neurodegenerative disorders. One laboratory lecture and one afternoon laboratory per week. Prerequisite: BIOL 3000 Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| BIOL 4045 | Neurodegenerative Diseases (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course for advanced undergrads will focus mainly on research about Alzheimer's disease, and will meet once/week for 3 hours. The first 3 weeks will be primarily didactic, and the remainder of the course will be a "journal club" in which primary research paper discussions will be led by teams of students. Assessments will be based on how well students lead and participate in discussions, and on exams. |
| BIOL 4070 | Developmental Biology Laboratory (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The goal of this course is to provide an original, unknown outcome research experience in developmental biology. After training in basic methods and descriptions of selected research problems, students form teams and investigate a problem of their choosing. Team members work together in the lab, but each writes an independent research proposal, a notebook, and a final project report on which they are graded. Prerequisite: BIOL 3000 or 3010. |
| BIOL 4080 | Advanced Hormones and Behavior (3) |
| From plants to humans, hormones shape various aspects of organismal form and behavior over contemporary and evolutionary time. Delve into endocrine pathways, hormones' influence on development, and their role in coordinating responses to environmental and physiological stimuli. Gain a deep understanding endocrinology theories, concepts, and methods, and the ability to critically evaluate hormonal impacts on ecosystem and human health. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| BIOL 4130 | Population Ecology and Conservation Biology (3) |
| The mathematical foundations of population dynamics and species interactions as applied to population and community ecology and problems in conservation biology. One semester of calculus is recommended.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3020 or EVSC 3200 | |
| BIOL 4150 | Evolution of Sex (3) |
| Despite the many benefits of asexual reproduction, the vast majority of eukaryotic organisms reproduce sexually. How sex evolved, and how it persists despite its many associated costs, are major unanswered questions in biology. We will explore the diversity of sexual reproduction and associated evolutionary phenomena with a focus on critically evaluating current research and theory in this field.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3020 or permission from Instructor | |
| BIOL 4190 | Biological Clocks (3) |
| Introduces biological timekeeping as used by organisms for controlling diverse processes, including sleep-wakefulness cycles, photoperiodic induction and regression, locomotor rhythmicity, eclosion rhythmicity, and the use of the biological clock in orientation and navigation.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3000 or 3010 or 3020 Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| BIOL 4250 | Human Genetics (3) |
| Focuses on the fundamental knowledge about organization, expression, and inheritance of the human genome. Reviews classical Mendelian genetics and human genetic (pedigree) analysis. Emphasizes understanding human genetics in molecular terms. Includes gene mapping procedures, methodologies for identifying genes responsible for inherited diseases, the molecular basis of several mutant (diseased) states, the human genome project, and discussions about genetic screening and gene therapy. Prerequisite: BIOL 3010. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| BIOL 4260 | Cellular Mechanisms (3) |
| This course uses a case study approach to examine cellular processes that underlie diverse diseases and to identify the relevant molecular components that have been validated or that may serve as new therapeutic targets. We will discuss both established, transformative drugs as well as novel, emerging therapies under development. We will consider socio-economic and demographic issues that impact the accessibility and affordability of new drugs. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| BIOL 4270 | Animal Behavior Laboratory (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This laboratory course provides hands-on experiences with experimental approaches used to study animal behavior. The laboratory exercises explore visual and auditory sensory perception, biological clock, reproductive and aggressive behaviors using actively behaving animals such as hamsters, cichlid fish, crickets and electric fish. Students are given opportunities to design hypothesis-testing experiments in some laboratories. |
| BIOL 4280 | The Genetic Basis of Behavior (3) |
| This course studies behavior paradigms in model animals and the modern genetic tools used study and dissect the circuits underlying them. Can an animal as simple as a fly or mouse learn simple tasks, show appetitive behaviors and cravings, and inform studies of human addiction? Readings from classic and current literature will show the historical context of this field and develop critical reading skills.
Prerequisites: BIOL 3000, BIOL 3010 Course was offered Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| BIOL 4310 | Sensory Neurobiology (3) |
| This two-lectures-per-week course explores the basic principles of sensory neurobiology. The course consists of four modules. Each module represents one of the senses & consists of an introductory lecture, one or several lectures that will delve into the details of that sense, a current topic lecture on some recent finding, & finally, a guest lecture from a UVa researcher. Completion of BIOL 3050 or PSYC 2200 or PSYC 3200 strongly recommended. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| BIOL 4320 | Signal Transduction: How cells talk to each other (3) |
| This advanced undergraduate course explores how cells communicate with each other and respond to their environment. This area of biology is referred to as signal transduction and is the basis for most if not all normal and disease processes in humans. Therefore, significant time is spent on defining archetypal signaling modules that all cells use to receive and communicate information to and from their environment. Prerequisites: BIOL 3000 & BIOL 3010 Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| BIOL 4330 | Wiring the Brain (3) |
| This course focuses on how relatively simple model systems provide the clues as to how certain synaptic connections form and lead to specific behaviors. This will be followed by discussion of how this knowledge can be applied to the understanding and treatment of human neural disorders. 25% of the course is standard lectures and the rest, student-led discussion of primary literature. Prereqs: BIOL 3000 & BIOL 3010; BIOL 3050 or PSYC 2200 or 3200 | |
| BIOL 4390 | Biological Therapy of Cancer (3) |
| This seminar course revolves around student-led presentations of primary literature in the field of cancer therapy using novel approaches including immunotherapies. Objectives include providing the student with significant exposure to primary literature and the development of critical thinking skills. Prerequisite: BIOL 3240. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| BIOL 4410 | Molecular Biology and Genetics (3) |
| A survey of contemporary issues in molecular biology and genetics. The course will be a combination of text based lectures and discussions of the current literature emphasizing the development of critical reading techniques. Prerequisites: BIOL 3000, 3010 Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| BIOL 4430 | Experimental Plant Biology Laboratory: Drugs & Infectious Diseases (3) |
| We can't live without plants. Plants make our existence possible, and they hold secrets for a better future. Our experimental approach in this lab will combine genetics and genomics strategies to uncover some of those secrets. We'll search for genes and biosynthetic pathways that contribute to the success of plants at fighting off microbial infections. Ultimately, studies like these will lead to new, highly effective antimicrobial therapies.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3010, BIOL 3150 | |
| BIOL 4510 | Field Biology at Mountain Lake Biological Station (1 - 4) |
| Field experiential courses in evolution, ecology, behavior and biology taught at the Biology Department's Mountain Lake Biological Station (MLBS), a field research and teaching facility located in southwestern Virginia. Students may enroll for more than one section as each section is a specialized topic. Prerequisites: BIOL 3020 Evolution & Ecology or equivalent. | |
| BIOL 4559 | New Course in Biology (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | New course in the subject of biology. Course was offered Spring 2025, January 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Janiuary 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Fall 2009 |
| BIOL 4560 | Electric Crayfish: Elements of Neurophysiology (3) |
| Course uses electrophysiological techniques with living crayfish material to examine principles of neurobiological function, including cellular resting potentials, propagated action potentials, neuromuscular physiology, aspects of neuromuscular organization, and sensory neuron physiology and organization. A lab lecture will precede each lab session. Grading will be based upon written laboratory reports and two midterm laboratory exams.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3170 | |
| BIOL 4585 | Selected Topics in Biology (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Periodic seminar offerings to provide intensive study of the scientific literature in focused areas of Biology. Course was offered January 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Janiuary 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2012 |
| BIOL 4610 | Molecular Evolution: Diversity, Mutants, and the Biological Myth of Race (3) |
| Through the analysis of patterns of genetic variation in DNA, the field of Molecular Evolution seeks to gain insight into the fundamental evolutionary forces that generate, maintain, and remove genetic diversity. These forces shape the abundance of deleterious and beneficial mutations and reflect physical and behavioral differences between populations. In this course, we will dive into theoretical population genetics as a framework to develop an intuitive understanding of these evolutionary processes. We will apply this understanding to diversity among humans and all other life on earth. Prerequisite: BIOL3010, BIOL3020 required; STAT 2020 and calculus (MATH 1210, 1220, 1310, or 1320) suggested. | |
| BIOL 4660 | How do they do it? Method and Logic in Biomedical Science (3) |
| How has a bioluminescent jellyfish saved lives? What does a Himalayan pond fish have to do with research into the origins of psychiatric disorders? Innovative methods in biomedical research have played a significant part in the development of revolutionary disease cures, treatments and diagnostics. This course will examine many of these technical approaches and how they have led to such significant discoveries in basic biomedical research.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3010 | |
| BIOL 4751 | Plant Diversity& Conservation: Bioinformatics and Systematics (3) |
| The extraordinary diversity of the southern Appalachians will be used to explore the world of plants. We will visit unique mountain habitats to study the different species assemblages in these ecologically wide-ranging sites. Based upon our observations and analyses, we will critique contemporary views of the most effective conservation units (individual, population, species, family, habitat) and the methods used to achieve conservation goals. | |
| BIOL 4752 | Stream Ecology (3) |
| Students will integrate principles of stream and watershed ecology to gain insight into stream-dwelling organisms and their environments. Participants will be introduced to the physical, chemical and biological organization of aquatic ecosystems, current theories in stream and watershed ecology, and lab and field methods for conducting stream research, and will participate in field/lab explorations and student-led discussions. | |
| BIOL 4754 | Field Herpetology (3) |
| We will focus on the ecology and evolution of reptiles and amphibians, leveraging their diversity in the southeastern US. In both the field and laboratory, we will study 1) the evolutionary relationships among reptiles and amphibians, 2) key evolutionary innovations that characterize each major lineage, 3) reptile and amphibian systems in ecological and evolutionary research, and 4) location and identification of reptiles and amphibians. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014 | |
| BIOL 4755 | Field Biology of Fishes (3) |
| MLBS sits on the Eastern Continental Divide providing an incredible diversity of freshwater habitats. Proficiency in ichthyology will be developed through field trips and lab work. Themes include: fish ID; patterns and drivers of diversity; interactions on individual, population, community and ecosystem levels; evolution; and influences of human activities. Students will design and conduct a research project and present at a class symposium. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2014 | |
| BIOL 4758 | Field Biology of Insects (3) |
| Insects are perhaps the most important animal group on the face of the earth. Their enormous diversity makes them important models for understanding many concepts in biology. Students will observe the bits and pieces of an insect, they will discover how adaptation relates to diversity, and they will learn to identify the major insect groups. Field trips to varied habitats allow students to collect insects and understand their natural history. | |
| BIOL 4761 | Wildlife Disease Ecology (3) |
| This course focuses on the ecology and evolution of infectious diseases in wild animal populations. Topics include the population biology of parasites and pathogens, host immune defenses and pathogen virulence, and wildlife conservation and disease. Students will gain experience with quantitative methods and field and laboratory techniques, including parasite identification and handling of insects, birds, amphibians, and small mammals. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2018 | |
| BIOL 4762 | Field Behavioral Ecology (3) |
| This course will illustrate principles of behavior and provide experience with methods used in animal behavior research. Students will develop an understanding of the scientific process as applied to behavior research, learn how behavior evolves and why we see the behavioral patterns that we do, and learn how to conduct research in wild populations. The class will work collaboratively to develop and carry out a field research project. Course was offered Summer 2023, Summer 2022 | |
| BIOL 4770 | Synthetic Biology (3) |
| By applying the principles of engineering to biology, students will design molecules, viruses, and cells to solve global problems in public health, food security, manufacturing, information processing, and the environment, changing the traditional question of 'How do cells work?' to 'How can I get a cell to work for me?' Students will gain experience in writing internationally competitive research project proposals. Prerequisite: Instructor Permission Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| BIOL 4810 | Distinguished Major Seminar in Biological Research I (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Two-hour, weekly discussion of recent advances in biology; attend biology seminars, interact with seminar speakers, explore the philosophy and practice of science, and learn skills in oral and written research presentation. Prerequisite: Fourth-year DMP in Biology. |
| BIOL 4820 | Distinguished Major Seminar in Biological Research II (2) |
| Two-hour, weekly discussion of recent advances in biology; attend biology seminars, interact with seminar speakers, explore the philosophy and practice of science, and learn skills in oral and written research presentation. Prerequisite: Fourth-year DMP in Biology. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| BIOL 4840 | Capstone for the Bachelor of Science in Biology (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will explore paths towards careers in biology and the skills and training required to pursue them. The course will include visits from professional biologists and UVA alumnae, who will provide advice on navigation of their careers in biology. The course will also offer guidance on additional training, advanced degrees, and internships. Skills are cultured by scientific abstracts, peer and mentor interaction, and interest statements. Prerequisites: BIOL 3000, 3010 and 3020. Students who have not completed these courses may be able to take them concurrently with permission. |
| BIOL 4900 | Independent Study in Biology (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent study under the direction of a Biology faculty member for students to read and critically assess primary research papers and current reviews in a focused area of the life sciences. Directed readings and discussions can be used to explore how contemporary topics and research areas can be incorporated into other formal courses. Students will have the opportunity to develop both scientific writing and oral presentation skills. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 |
| BIOL 4910 | Independent Research in the Life Sciences (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Undergraduate research under the direction of a UVA Professor who doesn't belong to the Biology Department. Despite the 'Closed' status of BIOL4910 on SIS, the course is open for enrollment. For application instructions, see the section 'How to Enroll in Independent Research with a Faculty Member Outside of the Biology Department' at: https://bio.as.virginia.edu/undergraduate/research. Prerequisite: Instructor Permission Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| BIOL 4920 | Independent Research in Biology (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent research for qualified undergraduates under the direction of a faculty member within the Biology Department.
Prerequisite: Instructor Permission Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| BIOL 4930 | Distinguished Major Thesis Research (2) |
| This course is the final semester of Independent Research for participants of the Biology Distinguished Majors Program. During this semester, students will complete their laboratory investigations, ultimately presenting the sum of their work in a written thesis. Prerequisite: Instructor Permission Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| BIOL 4940 | Capstone Research for the BS in Biology (2) |
| This course will provide students with essential hands-on experience in experimental design, data collection, analysis, and science communication. Students will have the opportunity to think critically and creatively about biology and to develop research competencies. Students will work with a mentor to develop a project that makes a unique scientific contribution and will communicate their findings to a broader audience. | |
| BIOL 5070 | Practical Aspects of Light Microscopy in the Biological Sciences (3) |
| Practical usage of various microscopy imaging methodologies to study the morphology and cellular function in various biological systems from single cell to single molecule in cells and tissues. Topics include basics theory of microscopy, imaging and image analysis to solve various biological questions, fluorophore labeling, technical and hands on training on various microscopy techniques applied in different biological and biomedical investigations. Lectures, discussion, student presentations and laboratory. | |
| BIOL 5559 | New Course in Biology (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of biology. Course was offered Summer 2016, Spring 2013 | |
| BIOL 6559 | New Course in Biology (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of biology. | |
| BIOL 7013 | Stem Cells in Development and Disease (3) |
| The course will deep dive into what stem cells are, what they do, where and how they function, and how we can use stem cells in the clinic to repair damaged tissue and restore tissue function. The course will consist of a series of lectures and student run discussions related to current scientific literature. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| BIOL 7045 | Neurodegenerative Diseases (3) |
| This course will focus mainly on research about Alzheimer's disease, and will meet once a week for 3 hours The first 3 weeks will be primarily didactic, and the remainder of the course will be a "journal club" in which primary research paper discussions will be led by teams of students. Assessments will be based on how well students lead and participate in discussions, and on exams. Course was offered Fall 2022 | |
| BIOL 7150 | Evolution of Sex (3) |
| Despite the many benefits of asexual reproduction, the vast majority of eukaryotic organisms reproduce sexually. How sex evolved, and how it persists despite its many associated costs, are major unanswered questions in biology. We will explore the diversity of sexual reproduction and associated evolutionary phenomena with a focus on critically evaluating current research and theory in this field.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3020 or permission from Instructor | |
| BIOL 7240 | Foundations of Neuroscience I: Genetics, Development, Molecular-Cell Bio (6) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This intensive, graduate-level course is designed to provide a foundational understanding of the principles underlying the development, genetics, and molecular-cellular biology of the nervous system. Over the span of the semester, students will engage with three core areas of neuroscience: Genetics in Neuroscience, Neurodevelopment, Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) of Neurons. |
| BIOL 7320 | Signal Transduction: How cells talk to each other (3) |
| This advanced undergraduate course explores how cells communicate with each other and respond to their environment. This area of biology is referred to as signal transduction and is the basis for most if not all normal and disease processes in humans. Therefore, significant time is spent on defining archetypal signaling modules that all cells use to receive and communicate information to and from their environment. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| BIOL 7510 | Field Biology at Mountain Lake Biological Station (1 - 4) |
| Field experiential courses in evolution, ecology, behavior and biology taught at the Biology Department's Mountain Lake Biological Station (MLBS), a field research and teaching facility located in southwestern Virginia. Students may enroll for more than one section, as each section is a specialized topic. | |
| BIOL 7516 | Field Ornithology (1 - 4) |
| Students will be exposed to the biology, ecology, and evolutionary biology of birds through hands-on experience. Field exercises will teach how to identify birds by sight and sound, measure birds in hand, and monitor birds and their behaviors. These opportunities will be augmented with lectures on bird physiology, morphology, and diversity. Independent research projects will enable students to further develop their skills. | |
| BIOL 7559 | New Course in Biology (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of biology. Course was offered Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2009 | |
| BIOL 7751 | Plant Diversity & Conservation: Bioinformatics and Systematics (3) |
| The extraordinary diversity of the southern Appalachians will be used to explore the world of plants. We will visit unique mountain habitats to study the different species assemblages in these ecologically wide-ranging sites. Based upon our observations and analyses, we will critique contemporary views of the most effective conservation units (individual, population, species, family, habitat) and the methods used to achieve conservation goals. | |
| BIOL 7754 | Field Herpetology (3) |
| We will focus on the ecology and evolution of reptiles and amphibians, leveraging their diversity in the southeastern US. In both the field and laboratory, we will study 1) the evolutionary relationships among reptiles and amphibians, 2) key evolutionary innovations that characterize each major lineage, 3) reptile and amphibian systems in ecological and evolutionary research, and 4) location and identification of reptiles and amphibians. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014 | |
| BIOL 7755 | Field Biology of Fishes (3) |
| MLBS sits on the Eastern Continental Divide providing an incredible diversity of freshwater habitats. Proficiency in ichthyology will be developed through field trips and lab work. Themes include: fish ID; patterns and drivers of diversity; interactions on individual, population, community and ecosystem levels; evolution; and influences of human activities. Students will design and conduct a research project and present at a class symposium. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2014 | |
| BIOL 7758 | Field Biology of Insects (3) |
| Insects are perhaps the most important animal group on the face of the earth. Their enormous diversity makes them important models for understanding many concepts in biology. Students will observe the bits and pieces of an insect, they will discover how adaptation relates to diversity, and they will learn to identify the major insect groups. Field trips to varied habitats allow students to collect insects and understand their natural history. | |
| BIOL 7761 | Wildlife Disease Ecology (3) |
| This course focuses on the ecology and evolution of infectious diseases in wild animal populations. Topics include the population biology of parasites and pathogens, host immune defenses and pathogen virulence, and wildlife conservation and disease. Students will gain experience with quantitative methods and field and laboratory techniques, including parasite identification and handling of insects, birds, amphibians, and small mammals. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2018 | |
| BIOL 7762 | Field Behavioral Ecology (3) |
| This course will illustrate principles of behavior and provide experience with methods used in animal behavior research. Students will develop an understanding of the scientific process as applied to behavior research, learn how behavior evolves and why we see the behavioral patterns that we do, and learn how to conduct research in wild populations. The class will work collaboratively to develop and carry out a field research project. Course was offered Summer 2023, Summer 2022 | |
| BIOL 7994 | Independent Study in Biology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent research for qualified graduates under the direction of a faculty member within the Biology Department. |
| BIOL 8010 | Integrative Biology Colloquium (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A weekly conference in which students present reports covering various aspects of Integrative Biology. May be repeated for credit. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| BIOL 8050 | Advanced Evolutionary Biology (2) |
| This course will cover a range of evolutionary concepts and approaches, including levels of selection, the role of evolution in structuring ecological communities, game theoretical models of adaptation, frequency-dependence, neutral processes and drift, the evolution of sex, the evolution of virulence, the molecular basis of adaptation, population and quantitative genetics, and the evolution of genome structure. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2013 | |
| BIOL 8070 | Colloquium in Population Biology (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A weekly conference arranged around a current topic. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| BIOL 8080 | Colloquium in Fundamental Neuroscience (1) |
| This weekly colloquium provides a forum for exploring cutting-edge research in fundamental neuroscience. The course format includes journal club discussions of recent high-impact publications, as well as presentations of ongoing research by both students and faculty members. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| BIOL 8081 | Advanced Ecology and Evolution 1 (4) |
| This course introduces grad students to a breadth and depth of concepts and theories in modern ecology and evolutionary biology. The couse is co-taught by two BIOL faculty each fall, with different faculty rotating into the course in alternate years, providing expertise in molecular population genetics, genomics, phylogenetics, integrative biology, speciation, microevolution, life-history evolution, and mating systems. | |
| BIOL 8082 | Advanced Ecology and Evolution 2 (2) |
| This course introduces grad students to a breadth and depth of concepts and theories in modern ecology and evolutionary biology.. The course is taught by a different BIOL faculty each spring, with different faculty rotating into the course in alternate years, providing expertise in molecular population genetics, genomics, phylogenetics, integrative biology, speciation, microevolution, life-history evolution, and mating systems. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015 | |
| BIOL 8083 | Advanced Ecology and Evolution 3 (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course introduces grad students to a breadth and depth of concepts and theories in modern ecology and evolutionary biology. The couse is co-taught by two BIOL faculty each fall, with different faculty rotating into the course in alternate years, providing expertise in molecular population genetics, genomics, phylogenetics, integrative biology, speciation, microevolution, life-history evolution, and mating systems. |
| BIOL 8084 | Advanced Ecology and Evolution 4 (2) |
| This course introduces grad students to a breadth and depth of concepts and theories in modern ecology and evolutionary biology.. The course is taught by a different BIOL faculty each spring, with different faculty rotating into the course in alternate years, providing expertise in molecular population genetics, genomics, phylogenetics, integrative biology, speciation, microevolution, life-history evolution, and mating systems. | |
| BIOL 8240 | Professional Skills for the Life Sciences I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces professional skills to first-year graduate students in the life sciences. This includes personal skills such as research management, ethics training and career awareness. Skills for communicating in science include small grant writing, poster creation and presentation. Emphasis will be placed on developing a scientific community that recognizes and values diversity. |
| BIOL 8250 | Professional Skills for the Life Sciences II (3) |
| Introduces professional skills to first-year graduate students in the life sciences. This includes personal skills such as time management, ethics training and professional identity. Skills for communicating in science include oral presentations to a variety of audiences. Emphasis will be placed on developing a scientific community that recognizes and values diversity. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| BIOL 8260 | Writing in Science: creating grant and research proposals (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Developing skill in communicating scientific principles and writing compelling research proposals is essential for successful graduate training in the biological sciences. This seminar and workshop course will focus on how to create effective grant and research proposals in preparation for thesis research. Students will be actively involved by presenting their research progress and plans, and critiquing each other's written proposals. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 |
| BIOL 8300 | Integrative Studies of the Phenotype (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will explore case studies of research on phenotypes that emphasize the insights and advances gained by bringing a multilevel integrative approach to a target question. Students will learn to apply an integrative perspective to their own research topics by developing a research proposal that expands across levels. This class is open to all life science PhD students with recommendation for those in their 1st or 2nd year. |
| BIOL 8310 | Career Design for Life Sciences (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course uses a student-centered approach to explore the diverse careers available to life science PhD students. Students will identify their skills and experiences that match with professional opportunities, and they will develop a career individual development plan to guide their career planning. This class is open to all life science PhD students after the 2nd year in their program. This class is part of the PhD Plus Career Design series. |
| BIOL 8320 | Professional Transitions Seminar (1) |
| Students will develop the necessary skills and realistic plans for finishing their dissertations and acquiring a position. Website, curriculum vitae, cover letter, research description, teaching portfolio, and summary of professional experience will be developed. This class is open to all life science PhD students in their 4th or 5th year. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| BIOL 8510 | Field Biology at Mountain Lake Biological Station (1 - 4) |
| Field experiential courses in evolution, ecology, behavior and biology taught at the Biology Department's Mountain Lake Biological Station (MLBS), a field research and teaching facility located in southwestern Virginia. Students may enroll for more than one section as each section is a specialized topic. | |
| BIOL 8559 | New Course in Biology (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of biology. | |
| BIOL 8840 | Selected Topics in Physiology (2) |
| A discussion of current problems. | |
| BIOL 8998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research (1 - 12) |
| For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. | |
| BIOL 8999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| BIOL 9559 | New Course in Biology (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of biology. Course was offered Fall 2015 | |
| BIOL 9910 | Rotation Research (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An exposure to the working techniques and interactions of the modern Biological Laboratory. Required of all first-year biology graduate students. |
| BIOL 9920 | Rotation Research (3) |
| An exposure to the working techniques and interactions of the modern Biological Laboratory. Required of all first-year biology graduate students. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| BIOL 9995 | Topical Research in Biology (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent research with a member of the Biology faculty in preparation for thesis or dissertation research. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| BIOL 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| BIOL 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| College Art Scholars Seminar | |
| CASS 1010 | Miller Arts Scholars Seminar (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | CASS 1010 is a required seminar class for Miller Arts Scholars. Faculty from Music, Studio Art, Drama, Creative Writing, and Dance, second through fourth-year Arts Scholars, and others will share aspects of their personal research, thoughts about Arts at the University, practical applications of an Art Major after college, etc. Requisite: Instructor Permission |
| CASS 1011 | Miller Arts Scholars Discussion (1) |
| CASS 1011 is a discussion course for programmatic development, sharing ideas, and mentoring for first through fourth year Arts Scholars. Prerequisite: Instructor Permission Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| Chemistry | |
| CHEM 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| CHEM 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| CHEM 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| CHEM 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| CHEM 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| CHEM 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| CHEM 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| CHEM 1330 | Chemistry, Cooking, & Culture: An Exploration of Food (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Food plays an important role in nearly every culture. We will discover the importance of chemistry & culture for various cooking processes such as boiling, baking, roasting, pickling, & frying. We will spend time thinking about cultures across the globe as well as local food cultures. We will also explore how chemical compounds like proteins, acids, sugars, and carbohydrates, influence the taste, texture, and aroma of foods. |
| CHEM 1400 | Foundations of Chemical Principles (3) |
| Establishes a foundation in basic chemical principles. Topics include structure of the atom, periodic table and trends, covalent and ionic bonding, the mole, solutions and liquids, chemical reactions and gases. Primarily for students with a limited background in high school chemistry who intend to enroll in CHEM 1410. Three class hours. No laboratory. Enrollment by instructor permission only. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| CHEM 1410 | Introductory College Chemistry I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the principles and applications of chemistry. Topics include stoichiometry, chemical equations and reactions, chemical bonding, states of matter, thermochemistry, chemical kinetics, equilibrium, acids and bases, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, and descriptive chemistry of the elements. For students planning to elect further courses in chemistry, physics, and biology and to fulfill prehealth prerequisites. CHEM 1411 may be taken concurrently or after completing 1410. Drop/withdrawal from CHEM 1410, requires drop/withdrawal from CHEM 1411. A grade of C- or higher is required to take CHEM 1420. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| CHEM 1411 | Introductory College Chemistry I Laboratory (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduction to experimental chemistry, developing laboratory skills & safety. Students plan & implement chemistry experiments in cooperative 4-person teams using a guided inquiry approach. Process skills include developing procedures, data analysis, oral & written communication. Mathematica as a computational tool. Topics: glassware characterization & accuracy, unknown identification of & applications of solubility. 3 1/2 hour lab meets weekly. CHEM 1410, 1610, or 1810 must be taken concurrently or prior to CHEM 1411. Drop/withdrawal from CHEM 1410, 1610, or 1810, requires drop/withdrawal from CHEM 1411. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| CHEM 1420 | Introductory College Chemistry II (3) |
| Introduces the principles and applications of chemistry. Topics include stoichiometry, chemical equations and reactions, chemical bonding, states of matter, thermochemistry, chemical kinetics, equilibrium, acids and bases, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, and descriptive chemistry of the elements. For students planning to elect further courses in chemistry, physics, and biology and to fulfill prehealth prerequisites.
Prerequisites: CHEM 1410, 1610, or a C- in CHEM 1810 is required. CHEM 1421 may be taken concurrently or after completing 1420. Drop or withdrawal from CHEM 1420, requires drop/withdrawal from CHEM 1421. C or higher required for CHEM 2410. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 1421 | Introductory College Chemistry II Laboratory (1) |
| Continuation of CHEM 1411, students plan and implement chemistry experiments in cooperative four-person teams using a guided inquiry approach. Mathematica is integrated into the course as a computational chemistry tool. Process skills include developing procedures, data analysis, communication of results, and lab report writing. Topics include thermodynamics, kinetics, acid/base equilibria. 3 1/2 hour lab meets weekly.
Prerequisite: Must have completed CHEM 1411 or CHEM 1611 or CHEM 1811 AND must have completed or currently enrolled in CHEM 1420 Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 1500 | Chemistry for Health Sciences (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Emphasizes the practical aspects of general, organic, and biological chemistry with numerous applications to clinical and health-related cases and issue. Provides health professionals with the chemical background necessary to understand the diagnostic tests and procedures needed for healthcare delivery. Relationships between inorganic chemistry and the life processes that occur during normal and abnormal metabolism. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015 |
| CHEM 1559 | New Course in Chemistry (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of chemistry. | |
| CHEM 1810 | Principles of Chemical Structure (Accelerated) (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | First of a four-semester sequence covering the basic concepts of general & organic chemistry. Establishes a foundation of fundamental particles & the nature of the atom, develops a rationale for molecular structure, & explores the basis of chemical reactivity. Topics: introductory quantum mechanics, atomic structure, chemical bonding, spectroscopy, & elementary molecular reactivity.
Prerequisite: A strong background in high school chemistry. CHEM 1811 or 1411 may be taken concurrently or after completing CHEM 1810. Drop/withdrawal from CHEM 1810, requires drop/withdrawal from CHEM 1811/1411. |
| CHEM 1811 | Principles of Chemical Structure Laboratory (Accelerated) (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Students will grow as scientists by designing experiments independently, building technical writing & communication skills, drawing connections between chemistry class & the real world, practicing fundamental laboratory techniques, and generating experimental support for concepts covered in CHEM 1810. "Wet lab" and computational experiments encompass & expand beyond those offered in CHEM 1411. Prerequisite: A strong background in high school chemistry. CHEM 1810 must be taken concurrently or prior to CHEM 1811. Drop/withdrawal from CHEM 1810 requires drop/withdrawal from CHEM 1811. |
| CHEM 1820 | Principles of Organic Chemistry (Accelerated) (3) |
| Seeks to understand elementary reaction types as a function of chemical structure by emphasizing organic compounds. Topics include acid-base, nucleophilic substitution, oxidation-reduction, electrophilic addition, elimination, conformational analysis, stereochemistry, aromaticity, and molecular spectroscopy.
Prerequisite: CHEM 1810 w/grade C or higher. CHEM 1821, 2411, or 2311 may be taken concurrently or after completing CHEM 1820. Drop or withdrawal from CHEM 1820, requires drop/withdrawal from CHEM 1821/2411/2311. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 1821 | Principles of Organic Chemistry Laboratory (Accelerated) (3) |
| Introduction to organic laboratory techniques, organic synthesis, spectroscopic characterization of organic compounds, and qualitative organic analysis. One hour lab lecture and four hour laboratory meets weekly.
Prerequisite: CHEM 1811. CHEM 1820 must be taken concurrently or prior to CHEM 1821. Drop/withdrawal from CHEM 1820, requires drop/withdrawal from CHEM 1821. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 2120 | The Chemist's Compass: Professional Ethics are Personal (3) |
| This course will challenge you to interrogate, refine, & articulate your own values & beliefs as they apply to a professional life in the sciences in general & chemistry in particular. Well start with some straightforwardly unethical scenarios to build a framework of analysis. This will allow us to dive into both historical & current ethical issues in Chemistry (broadly defined) to broaden your perspectives and engage multiple points of view. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| CHEM 2311 | Organic Chem Lab I for Non-Chemistry Majors/Minors (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Focuses on the development of skills in methods of preparation, purification and identification of organic compounds. This course is designed for students who are pre-health students and NOT chemistry majors/minors.
Prerequisite: CHEM 1421, 1621, or 1811. CHEM 2410 or 1820 must be taken concurrently or prior to CHEM 2311. Drop/withdrawal from CHEM 2410/1820, requires drop/withdrawal from CHEM 2311. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014 |
| CHEM 2321 | Organic Chem Lab II for Non-Chemistry Majors/Minors (1) |
| Focuses on the development of skills in methods of preparation, purification and identification of organic compounds. This course is designed for students who are pre-health students but NOT chemistry majors/minors.
Prerequisite: CHEM 2311 or 2411. CHEM 2420 or 2810 must be taken concurrently or prior to CHEM 2321. Drop/withdrawal from CHEM 2420 or 2810, requires drop/withdrawal from CHEM 2321. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015 | |
| CHEM 2410 | Organic Chemistry I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Surveys the compounds of carbon in relation to their structure, identification, synthesis, natural occurrence, and mechanisms of reactions. Three class hours; Discussion requirement at the discretion of instructor. CHEM 1420 or 1620. CHEM 2311 or 2411 may be taken concurrently or after CHEM 2410. Drop/withdrawal from CHEM 2410, requires drop/withdrawal from CHEM 2311/2411. C or better required for CHEM 2420. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| CHEM 2411 | Organic Chemistry I Laboratory (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduction to the principles and techniques used in the organic chemistry laboratory, including methods of purification, isolation, synthesis and analysis of organic compounds, including spectroscopic and chromatographic methods. One hour lecture and four hour laboratory meets weekly. Prerequisite: CHEM 1421, 1621, or 1811. CHEM 2410 or 1820 must be taken concurrently or prior to CHEM 2411. Drop/withdrawal from CHEM 2410/1820, requires drop/withdrawal from CHEM 2411. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| CHEM 2420 | Organic Chemistry II (3) |
| Survey of the principle classes of organic and bioorganic compounds in relation to their structure, identification, synthesis, natural occurrence, reactivity, and mechanisms of reactions.
Prerequisite: CHEM 2410 or 1820. CHEM 2321 or 2421 may be taken concurrently or after completing CHEM 2420. Drop/withdrawal from CHEM 2420, requires drop/withdrawal from CHEM 2321/2421. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 2421 | Organic Chemistry II Laboratory (3) |
| Further development of skills acquired in CHEM 2411; synthesis (including multistep synthesis), isolation, purification and characterization of compounds such as anestethics, antiinflamatory and antibacterial compounds, as well as peptides, oligonucleotides, synthetic polymers. One hour lab lecture and four hour laboratory meets weekly.
Prerequisite: CHEM 2411. CHEM 2420 or 2810 must be taken concurrently or prior to CHEM 2421. Drop/withdrawal from CHEM 2420 or 2810, requires drop/withdrawal from 2421. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 2559 | New Course in Chemistry (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of chemistry. | |
| CHEM 2810 | Principles of Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Continued exploration of organic reactions and structures initiated in CHEM 1820. Includes electrophilic aromatic substitution, nucleophilic aromatic substitution, nucleophilic addition, nucleophilic acyl substitution, organometallic compounds, carbohydrates, lipids, peptides, proteins, and nucleic acids.
Prerequisite: CHEM 1820. CHEM 2811, 2421, or 2321 may be taken concurrently or after CHEM 2810. Drop/withdrawal from CHEM 2810, requires drop/withdrawal from CHEM 2811/2421/2321. |
| CHEM 2811 | Principles of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory (Accelerated) (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Further development of the laboratory skills acquired in CHEM 1821, for the organic synthesis (including multistep synthesis) of compounds such as esters, amides, peptides, polymers, organometallics. Extensive hands-on experience using spectroscopic (NMR, IR, UV) and chromatographic methods for the characterization of organic compounds. One hour lab lecture and four hours laboratory meets weekly. Prerequisite: CHEM 1821. CHEM 2810 must be taken concurrently or prior to CHEM 2811. Drop/withdrawal from CHEM 2810, requires drop/withdrawal from CHEM 2811. |
| CHEM 2820 | Principles of Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics (Accelerated) (3) |
| Focuses on the macroscopic properties of chemical systems. Topics include states of matter, physical equilibria, chemical equilibria, thermodynamic relationships, kinetic theory, and electrochemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM 2810 Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 3121 | Advanced Synthetic Techniques Laboratory (3) |
| Focuses on the development of advanced skills & techniques in chemical synthesis. Intended to provide students with training in air-sensitive chemistry, including the use of inert-atmosphere glove boxes & standard Schlenk techniques. Students will become familiar with a variety of characterization methods. Designed for students who wish enhance their synthetic skills in preparation for laboratory-based jobs or graduate school. | |
| CHEM 3410 | Physical Chemistry - Quantum Theory (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces physical chemistry with numerous biological applications: chemical kinetics; introductory quantum theory; chemical bonding; spectroscopy and molecular structure; biochemical transport; and statistical mechanics.
Prerequisite: CHEM 1420 or 1810; MATH 1220 or 1320; and PHYS 2020, 2620, or 2415. CHEM 3811 (if required for degree program) may be taken concurrently or after CHEM 3410. Discussion is optional. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| CHEM 3420 | Physical Chemistry - Thermodynamics (3) |
| Introduces physical chemistry with numerous biological applications: properties of gases, liquids, and solids; thermodynamics; chemical and biochemical equilibrium; solutions; electrochemistry; and structure and stability of biological macromolecules.
Prerequisite: CHEM 3410. CHEM 3821 (if required for degree program) may be taken concurrently or after CHEM 3420. Discussion is optional. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 3559 | New Course in Chemistry (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | New course in the subject of chemistry. |
| CHEM 3610 | Physical Chemistry for Engineers (3) |
| Introduces physical chemistry with numerous biological applications: chemical kinetics; introductory quantum theory; chemical bonding; spectroscopy and molecular structure; biochemical transport; and statistical mechanics. | |
| CHEM 3721 | Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This lecture/laboratory course covers basic analytical chemistry instrumentation including chromatography, electrochemistry, spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. Lecture content will include theory and application of chemical instrumentation. The laboratory component will emphasize obtaining and interpreting quantitative data and designing experiments through project-based labs. 2 lecture hours, 4 lab hours.
Prerequisite: CHEM 1421, 1621, or 1811 Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 |
| CHEM 3811 | Physical Chemistry I Laboratory (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Execution of laboratory experiments that illustrate important laws and demonstrate quantitative methods of measuring the chemical and physical properties of matter. One hour lab lecture and four hour lab meet weekly.
Prerequisite: CHEM 1421, 1621, or 1811. CHEM 3410 must be taken concurrently or prior to CHEM 3811. Drop/withdrawal from CHEM 3410, requires drop/withdrawal from CHEM 3811. |
| CHEM 3821 | Physical Chemistry Laboratory II (3) |
| Execution of laboratory experiments that illustrate important laws and demonstrate quantitative methods of measuring the chemical and physical properties of matter. One hour lab lecture and four hour laboratory meet weekly.
Prerequisite: CHEM 3811. CHEM 3420 must be taken concurrently or prior to CHEM 3821. Drop/withdrawal from CHEM 3420, requires drop/withdrawal from CHEM 3821. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 3951 | Undergraduate Research I (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the methods of research that include use of the research literature and instruction in basic experimental and theoretical procedures and techniques. Students can conduct their research within the Dept of Chemistry or in a related science with approval. Under the supervision of faculty but may work closely with a Post-Doc or graduate student. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, January 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| CHEM 3961 | Undergraduate Research II (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Student continues to build on their knowledge of the methods of research including the use of research literature and instruction in more advanced experimental and theoretical procedures and techniques. Students can conduct their research within the Dept of Chemistry or in a related science with approval. Under the supervision of faculty but may work closely with a Post-Doc or graduate student. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| CHEM 4090 | Analytical Chemistry (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Study of the utilization of modern analytical instrumentation for chemical analysis. Includes emission and mass spectrometry, ultraviolet, visible, and infrared absorption spectroscopy, atomic absorption, electrical methods of analysis, chromatography, neutron activation analysis, and X-ray methods.
Prerequisite: CHEM 1420 or CHEM 1620 or CHEM 1810 |
| CHEM 4320 | Inorganic Chemistry (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Unified treatment of the chemistry of the important classes of inorganic compounds and their reactions, with emphasis on underlying principles of molecular structure, symmetry, and bonding theory, including molecular orbital descriptions and reactivity. Prerequisite; CHEM 1420. |
| CHEM 4410 | Biological Chemistry I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the components of biological macromolecules and the principles behind their observed structures. Examines the means by which enzymes catalyze transformations of other molecules, emphasizing the chemical principles involved. Topics include a description of the key metabolic cycles and pathways, the enzymes that catalyze these reactions, and the ways in which these pathways are regulated. Prerequisite: CHEM 2420 Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| CHEM 4411 | Biological Chemistry Laboratory I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introducing the components of biological macromolecules and the principles behind their observed structures. Prerequisites: CHEM 2420 or 2810 |
| CHEM 4420 | Biological Chemistry II (3) |
| Covers three main areas: structure and function of biological membranes; complex biochemical systems and processes, including photosynthesis, oxidative phosphorylation, vision, neurotransmission, hormonal regulation, muscle contraction, and microtubules; and molecular biology, including DNA and RNA metabolism, protein synthesis, regulation of gene expression, and recombinant DNA methodology. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 4421 | Biological Chemistry Laboratory II (3) |
| This course builds on the techniques learned in CHEM 4411 to study the structure/function relationship of a protein. Experiments are designed to determine the function of a protein and/or the effect of a mutation on function. Experimental methods include protein expression and purification, spectrophotometric kinetic methods and statistical analysis of data, and molecular visualization.
Prerequisite: CHEM 4411 with a grade of C- or better. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 4430 | From Lab Bench to Your Medicine Cabinet (3) |
| This course will focus on methods of drug discovery. The class will include reading primary literature and discussions about topics ranging from natural products to gene therapy. Students will prepare a paper and presentation on the mechanism of action, timeline of discovery, importance of pharmacokinetics, and the role of basic research in the discovery for a select group of therapeutics
Prerequisites: CHEM 4410 Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011 | |
| CHEM 4431 | Chemical Biology Laboratory (3) |
| Introduces the theory & practice of common techniques at the interface of chemistry and biology. Students should gain a practical understanding of cloning, protein expression & purification, activity assays, & maintaining a laboratory notebook. We will approach these topics in the context of a larger, on-going research project. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022 | |
| CHEM 4440 | Biochemistry for Pre-Health (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Biochemistry study chemical processes within biological systems. When living systems are in chemical and energetic balance life thrives. However, distortion of balance caused by external or internal environment can lead to series of diseases and malfunctions of biological systems. In this course we will explore and learn how basic chemical and physical principles apply to macro-molecules that give rise to the complexity of life. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021 |
| CHEM 4460 | Enzyme Reaction Mechanisms in Human Health and Disease (3) |
| Familiarization with catalytic strategies employed by enzymes and relationship of the strategies to those used in organic chemistry. Reactions discussed include phosphoryl transfer, acyl group activation and transfer, and coenzyme-based catalysis, etc. The understanding of enzyme mechanisms is enhanced by introduction of key insights from kinetics and regulation of enzyme reactions. Emphasis is placed on implications for human health and disease. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| CHEM 4559 | New Course in Chemistry (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of chemistry. | |
| CHEM 4951 | Undergraduate Research III (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Student continues to build on their knowledge of the methods of research including the use of research literature and instruction in more advanced experimental and theoretical procedures and techniques. Students can conduct their research within the Dept of Chemistry or in a related science with approval. Under the supervision of faculty but may work closely with a Post-Doc or graduate student. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| CHEM 4961 | Undergraduate Research IV (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Student continues to build on their knowledge of the methods of research including the use of research literature and instruction in more advanced experimental and theoretical procedures and techniques. Students can conduct their research within the Dept of Chemistry or in a related science with approval. Under the supervision of faculty but may work closely with a Post-Doc or graduate student. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| CHEM 4971 | Distinguished Majors Thesis Research (3) |
| Independent research, under the supervision of the faculty DMP thesis readers, toward the DMP thesis. | |
| CHEM 5110 | Organic Chemistry III: Structure, Reactivity, and Mechanism (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Systematic review and extension of the facts and theories of organic chemistry; includes the mechanism of reactions, structure, and stereochemistry. Prerequisite: One year of organic chemistry. In addition, one year of physical chemistry is recommended. |
| CHEM 5120 | Organic Chemistry IV: Synthesis (3) |
| A comprehensive survey of synthetic organic reactions and their application to the design and execution of syntheses of relatively complex organic substances. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| CHEM 5130 | Heterocyclic Chemistry (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is designed to give you a quick review and understanding of traditional and modern synthetic reaction mechanisms and principles involving heterocyclic molecules. The course will primarily cover the synthesis and general reactivities of aromatic heterocyclic ring systems. Must have successfully completed Organic Chemistry II (CHEM 2420). Course was offered Fall 2024 |
| CHEM 5180 | Instrumental Theory and Techniques in Organic Chemistry (3) |
| Studies the theory and application of instrumental techniques in solving organic structural problems. Topics include ultraviolet and infrared absorption spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry, rotatory dispersion, and circular dichroism. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| CHEM 5210 | Advanced Physical Chemistry I: Quantum Mechanics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For students interested in the properties & phenomena of atomic, molecular, & nanoscale matter. The foundational ideas of quantum mechanics are introduced & tools for exact & approximate solutions of the Schrodinger Equation are developed. Model systems, such as particle in a box, harmonic oscillator, hydrogen atom, hydrogen ion & molecule, crystalline solids, as well as time-dependent phenomena, such as spectroscopy, tunneling, and scattering. |
| CHEM 5220 | Advanced Physical Chemistry II: Statistical Mechanics (3) |
| This course provides an introduction to statistical mechanics for graduate students or highly advanced undergraduates. The course begins with a review of thermodynamics and an introduction to the fundamental assumptions of equilibrium statistical mechanics, continues on to examine both non-interacting and interacting systems of interest, and finally introduces the basic concepts of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 5224 | Reaction Kinetics and Dynamics (3) |
| Introduces the practice and theory of modern chemical kinetics, emphasizing reactions occurring in gases, liquids, and on catalytic surfaces. Develops basic principles of chemical kinetics and describes current experimental and analytic techniques. Discusses the microscopic reaction dynamics underlying the macroscopic kinetics in terms of reactive potential energy surfaces. Develops statistical theories of reactions that simplify the description of the overall reaction dynamics. Includes the transition state theory, Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM) theory for unimolecular reactions, Kramers' theory, Marcus electron transfer theory, and information theory. Presents current topics from the literature and illustrates applications of basic principles through problem-solving exercises. Prerequisite: Undergraduate physical chemistry or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| CHEM 5230 | Soft Matter Theory (3) |
| Soft materials are indispensable in everyday life & modern technology, forming the basis of numerous products, such as detergents, paints, plastics, personal care products, foods, clays, plastics, and gels. We will use statistical mechanical methodology to develop a basic theoretical description of the most important classes of soft matter materials: polymers, colloids, liquid crystals, surfactants, gels, glasses, and biological active matter. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023 | |
| CHEM 5240 | Principles of Magnetic Resonance (3) |
| Theory and applications of magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Topics include theoretical principles of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, practical aspects of experimental NMR, solution and solid-state NMR, overview of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP). Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| CHEM 5250 | Molecular Spectroscopy (3) |
| Includes basic theoretical principles of modern molecular spectroscopy, including microwave, infrared, Raman, visible, and ultraviolet spectroscopy. Gas-phase systems will be emphasized.
Prerequisite: CHEM 5210 or Instructor Permission Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| CHEM 5260 | Introduction to Astrochemistry (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This interdisciplinary course will introduce advanced undergraduates and graduates to molecules and their chemistry in different sources throughout the universe. Topics include gas-phase and grain-surface reactions, astronomical spectroscopy, laboratory experiments, and astrochemical modeling. |
| CHEM 5310 | Advanced Inorganic Chemistry I: Reaction Mechanisms (3) |
| Introduces the electronic structure of atoms and simple molecules, including basic concepts and applications of symmetry and group theory. The chemistry of the main group elements is described using energetics, structure, and reaction pathways to provide a theoretical background. Emphasizes applying these concepts to predicting the stability and developing synthetic routes to individual compounds or classes. Prerequisite: CHEM 4320 or instructor permission. | |
| CHEM 5320 | Advanced Inorganic Chemistry II: Organometallics and Synthesis (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the electronic structure of compounds of the transition metals using ligan field theory and molecular orbital theory. Describes the chemistry of coordination and organometallic compounds, emphasizing structure, reactivity, and synthesis. Examines applications to transformations in organic chemistry and to catalysis. Prerequisite: CHEM 4320 or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011 |
| CHEM 5330 | Structural Inorganic Chemistry: Characterization and Spectroscopy (3) |
| Covers mathematical language which describes symmetry and focuses on its application to inorganic chemistry, determination of point groups, use of character tables, and construction of MO theory diagrams. This will be followed by application of these concepts to spectroscopic methods, e.g. Absorption, IR, Raman, NMR, magnetism, and EPR, etc. The material is intended to cover the theory and interpretation of standard spectroscopic techniques. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2016 | |
| CHEM 5340 | Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Covers an introduction to nanomaterials and to physical methods for nanomaterials characterization; synthesis, surface modification and assembly nanomaterials; and magnetic, optical and catalytic properties of nanomaterials. The course also highlights the importance of the design of nanomaterials for modern energy, environmental and biomedical applications. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016 |
| CHEM 5350 | Main Group Inorganic Chemistry (3) |
| Discusses the principles of main-group element chemistry with a focus on synthesis, structure, reactivity, and applications. This course is intended to provide sufficient background knowledge of the topics and techniques used in this field so that students should be able to understand and critically evaluate the current main-group literature. Prerequisite: undergraduate general and organic chemistry or instructor permission. | |
| CHEM 5370 | Fundamentals & Applications of Electrochemistry (3) |
| Covers topics of electrode kinetics, electron transfer theory, electrical double layer, diffusion, and other modes of mass transport. A broad range of electrochemical methods, techniques and instrumentation will be covered. The course also highlights the emerging applications of the electrochemistry for catalysis, energy storage and conversion, and advanced environmental and analytical technologies. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| CHEM 5380 | Determination of Molecular Structure by Diffraction Methods (3) |
| This one-semester undergraduate/graduate course will focus on the modern applications of X-ray diffraction techniques in crystal and molecular structure determination. The class will also include powder diffraction and its application in X-ray structure analysis. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| CHEM 5390 | Physical Characterization of Inorganic Nanomaterials (3) |
| Covers physical methods for characterizing structure, composition, & surface chemistry of inorganic nanomaterials. Methods discussed include electron & probe microscopies, X-ray techniques, vibrational spectroscopies, & UV-visible spectroscopy. We will explore the use of these & other techniques across ex situ, in situ, & operando conditions for the determination of structure-function relationships & reaction mechanisms. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| CHEM 5410 | Advanced Biological Chemistry I: Molecular Assembly and Information Flow (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the components of biological macromolecules and the principles behind their observed structures. Examines the means by which enzymes catalyze transformations of other molecules, emphasizing the chemical principles involved, and describes key metabolic cycles and pathways, the enzymes that catalyze these reactions, and the ways in which these pathways are regulated. Three class hours (Y) Prerequisites: One year of biochemistry; one year of organic chemistry; one semester of thermodyanmics. |
| CHEM 5420 | Advanced Biological Chemistry II: Macromolecular Structure and Function (3) |
| Covers three main areas: (1) the structure and function of biological membranes, (2) complex biochemical systems and processes, including photosynthesis, oxidative phosphorylation, vision, neurotransmission, hormonal regulation, muscle contraction and microtubules, and (3) molecular biology, including DNA metabolism, protein synthesis, regulation of gene expression and recombinant DNA methodology. Three class hours,. (Y) Prerequistes: CHEM 7430 or permission of instructor. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| CHEM 5430 | Nanoscale Imaging of Complex Systems in Chemistry and Biology (3) |
| Topics include principles of image formation; methods for sample preparation and chemical labeling; photophysics of fluorescent proteins and organic dyes; and computational image analysis and data processing.
Recommended prerequisites: Calculus II or higher, Introduction to Biology.
Required prerequisites: CHEM 1420, 1620 or 1810. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2010 | |
| CHEM 5440 | Methods at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology (3) |
| introduces the theory and practice of common techniques at the interface of chemistry and biology. Topics will include cloning, protein expression and purification, enzyme activity assays, basic small molecule synthesis and purification, and maintaining a laboratory notebook | |
| CHEM 5450 | From Lab Bench to Your Medicine Cabinet (3) |
| This course will focus on methods of drug discovery. The class will include reading primary literature and discussions about topics ranging from natural products to gene therapy. Students will prepare a paper and presentation on the mechanism of action, timeline of discovery, importance of pharmacokinetics, and the role of basic research in the discovery for a select group of therapeutics. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| CHEM 5460 | Chemical Biology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Discusses the principles & commonly used techniques in chemical biology. The text will be used as a mechanism to introduce fundamental concepts through lecture and explored in further detail using the primary literature. The goal is to gain an appreciation for the detailed understanding of biological processes that can be afforded through chemical approaches. We will strive to eradicate the often irrational and unfounded fear of all things "bio". Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 |
| CHEM 5540 | Special Topics in Biological Chemistry (Drug Discovery) (3) |
| Selected topics in advanced biochemistry developed to the depth required for modern research | |
| CHEM 5559 | New Course in Chemistry (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of chemistry. Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| CHEM 5610 | Evidence-Based Teaching Methods for the Postsecondary Science Classroom (3) |
| Provide science graduate students interested in an academic career with training in teaching at the postsecondary level. Specifically, the course is intended to introduce instructional practices that have been empirically demonstrated to enhance students' learning & attitudes toward science & their associated learning theories. To provide students with opportunity to develop teaching philosophy & implement, & receive feedback on a unit & lecture. | |
| CHEM 5710 | Advanced Analytical Chemistry (3) |
| Advanced level survey of instrumental methods of analysis, theory and application of spectrochemical, electrochemical techniques; separations, surfaces, special topics, and recent developments from the literature. Course was offered Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| CHEM 5720 | Methods in Bioanalytical Chemistry (3) |
| An introduction to classic & modern approaches of chemical analysis of biological systems. Detection of analytes ranging from small molecules & proteins, to cells, to structured materials. Focus on immunoassays: ELISA, bead-based assays, & surface plasmon resonance for analytes in solution; ELISpot for cell secretions; flow cytometry for cells and beads; & immunostaining for biomaterials and tissue samples. Prerequisite: CHEM 4410 Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2010 | |
| CHEM 5740 | Analytical Chemistry: Separations (3) |
| Theory and practice of separation science are introduced. Topics include theoretical aspects of separations, including equilibrium theory, flow, diffusion, and solution theory. Major analytical separation techniques covered include liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, and capillary electrophoresis.
Prerequisite: CHEM 5710 or Permission of Instructor | |
| CHEM 5760 | Bioanalytical Microsystems (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Presents the analytical and physical science opportunities from the study of biosystems in engineered microsystems |
| CHEM 5770 | Mass Spectrometry (3) |
| This course aims to provide an introduction to mass spectrometry (MS) theory, instrumentation with an emphasis on modern MS techniques including ionization methods, mass analyzers, and basic principles of mass spectral interpretation, students can expect to learn MS data analysis and evaluation. Live demonstrations, useful software, & tools will be used to help the students understand better how each component of a mass spectrometer works. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| CHEM 7010 | Research Seminar I: Introduction to Research (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Provides professional development for graduate students concerning the theory & practice of scientific research. To familiarize students with faculty research and the tools for research. Students attend a series of faculty research presentations & additional lectures concerning library & research resources. Requires to attend departmental seminars & colloquia to expand their knowledge of current experimental & theoretical frontiers in chemistry. |
| CHEM 7011 | Teaching Science in Higher Education (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This STEM teaching course will help graduate TAs integrate learning theory and effective student engagement practices into their teaching. GTAs will participate in guided discussions to relate recommendations from the education literature to their classroom experiences. Assignments will include learning activities, such as teaching observations & reflections, and designing interventions to assist students with difficult topics/skills. |
| CHEM 7020 | Research Seminar II: Research, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Ethics (3) |
| Introduces students to a range of professional development tools & information that may be helpful over their careers. Safety in the laboratory, ethics in science & teaching, career planning, job opportunities/trajectories in academe, industry, & national laboratories, intellectual property, entrepreneurship, interactions with federal funding agencies, curriculum vitae/resume writing, & effective written & oral communication skills are covered. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 7030 | Research Seminar III: Preparation for Ph.D. Candidacy Exam (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The focus of this course is to prepare students for their Chemistry Ph.D. candidacy exam & to develop appropriate written & oral communication skills. Each student will prepare several written abstracts & make oral presentations for the class in a format that largely mimics the candidacy exam. Students are required to attend departmental seminars & colloquia to expand their knowledge of current experimental and theoretical frontiers in science. |
| CHEM 7031 | The Art of Scientific Writing (1) |
| Skill in scientific writing is as essential for scientists as learning the experimental techniques and analysis methods of their field. Mastery of the skills for expository writing is essential to write an effective scientific document and the genres of scientific communication. Three writing assignments - a draft of each, which will be extensively marked up, & then a final version which will be subjected to a peer review & expert review. | |
| CHEM 7559 | New Course in Chemistry (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of chemistry. | |
| CHEM 8999 | Masters Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For students pursuing a masters degree and conducting research. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| CHEM 9130 | Research in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (1 - 12) |
| Students will conduct research in synthetic organic chemistry using appropriate techniques, instruments, and equipment. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016 | |
| CHEM 9140 | Research in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry (1 - 12) |
| Research in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry using the appropriate techniques and instrumentation. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| CHEM 9210 | Research in High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy (1 - 12) |
| Research in High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| CHEM 9220 | Research in Computational Chemistry (1 - 12) |
| Research in Computational Chemistry Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 9230 | Research in Statistical Mechanics of Condensed Phases (1 - 12) |
| Research in Statistical Mechanics of Condensed Phases Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| CHEM 9240 | Research in Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics (1 - 12) |
| Research in Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 9250 | Research in Theoretical Astrochemistry (1 - 12) |
| Research in Theoretical Astrochemistry Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| CHEM 9260 | Research in Chemistry in Interstellar and Star-Forming Regions (1 - 12) |
| Research in Chemistry in Interstellar and Star-Forming Regions Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 9270 | Research in Physical Chemistry of Surfaces (1 - 12) |
| Research in Physical Chemistry of Surfaces Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| CHEM 9280 | Research in Astrochemistry During Planet Formation (1 - 12) |
| Students will conduct research in astrochemistry during planet formation using appropriate techniques and instrumentation. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 9310 | Research in Inorganic and Organometallic Reactions (1 - 12) |
| Research in Inorganic and Organometallic Reactions Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| CHEM 9320 | Research in Synthetic and Mechanistic Organometallic Chemistry (1 - 12) |
| Research in Synthetic and Mechanistic Organometallic Chemistry Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 9330 | Research in Redox-Driven Inorganic Mechanisms (1 - 12) |
| Research in Redox-Driven Inorganic Mechanisms. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| CHEM 9340 | Research in Synthesis and Functionalization of Nanostructured Materials (1 - 12) |
| Research in Synthesis and Functionalization of Nanostructured Materials. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 9350 | Research in Materials Chemistry (1 - 12) |
| Research in Materials Chemistry Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| CHEM 9360 | Research in Medicinal Chemistry (1 - 12) |
| Research in Medicinal Chemistry Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 9370 | Research in Main-Group and Organometallic Synthesis (1 - 12) |
| Students will conduct research in main-group and organometallic synthesis using appropriate techniques and instrumentation. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016 | |
| CHEM 9380 | Design of Catalytic Sites & Beyond for Sustainable Fuel & Chem Production (1 - 12) |
| Students will conduct research in design of catalytic sites and beyond for sustainable fuel and chemical production using appropriate techniques and instrumentation. | |
| CHEM 9390 | Research in Nanomaterials Synthesis and Catalysis (1 - 12) |
| Research in Nanomaterials Synthesis and Catalysis using appropriate instrumentation and techniques. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023 | |
| CHEM 9410 | Research in Membrane Biochemistry (1 - 12) |
| Research in Membrane Biochemistry Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| CHEM 9420 | Research in Chemical and Structural Biology (1 - 12) |
| Research in Chemical and Structural Biology Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 9430 | Research in Chemical Biology (1 - 12) |
| Research in Chemical Biology Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015 | |
| CHEM 9440 | Research in Chemical Biology and Cell Signaling (1 - 12) |
| Students will conduct research in chemical biology and cell signaling using appropriate methods and instrumentation. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015 | |
| CHEM 9450 | Research in Spectroscopy and Biophysics of Membrane Proteins (1 - 12) |
| Research in Spectroscopy and Biophysics of Membrane Proteins Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| CHEM 9460 | Research in Chemical Microbiology & Immunotherapy (1 - 12) |
| Students will conduct research in chemical microbiology and immunotherapy using appropriate methods and instrumentation. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 9470 | Research in Molecular Imaging and Interrogation of Biological Systems (1 - 12) |
| Students will conduct research in molecular imaging and interrogation of biological systems using appropriate techniques and instrumentation. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017 | |
| CHEM 9559 | New course in chemistry (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of chemistry. | |
| CHEM 9710 | Research in Mass Spectrometry (1 - 12) |
| Research in Mass Spectrometry Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| CHEM 9720 | Research in Microfluidic and Chemical Analysis of Biological Systems (1 - 12) |
| Research: Microfluidic and Chemical Analysis of Biological Systems Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015 | |
| CHEM 9730 | Research in Bioanalytical Studies (1 - 12) |
| Research in Bioanalytical Studies Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| CHEM 9740 | Research in Single-Molecule Imaging (1 - 12) |
| Research in Single-Molecule Imaging Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 9750 | Research in Analytical Chemistry of Biological Systems (1 - 12) |
| Research in Analytical Chemistry of Biological Systems Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| CHEM 9760 | Research in Bioanalytical Microsystems (1 - 12) |
| Students will conduct research in bioanalytical microsystems using appropriate instrumentation and techniques. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHEM 9810 | Research in Chemical Education (1 - 12) |
| Students will conduct research in chemical education using appropriate methods and instrumentation. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| CHEM 9993 | Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent research working toward doctoral degree under the supervision of assigned faculty member using appropriate techniques and instrumentation. |
| CHEM 9999 | Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation advisor has been selected. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Chinese | |
| CHIN 116 | Intensive Introductory Chinese (0) |
| Beginning-level course in Modern Standard Mandarin Chinese for students with little or no prior experience in the language. This course is not intended for native and near-native speakers of Chinese. The course provides students with systematic training in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills on a daily basis. | |
| CHIN 126 | Intensive Introductory Chinese (0) |
| Beginning-level course in Modern Standard Mandarin Chinese for students with little or no prior experience in the language. This course is not intended for native and near-native speakers of Chinese. The course provides students with systematic training in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills on a daily basis. | |
| CHIN 216 | Intensive Intermediate Chinese (0) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. | |
| CHIN 226 | Intensive Intermediate Chinese (0) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. | |
| CHIN 1010 | Elementary Chinese (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduction to the fundamentals of modern Chinese. No prerequisites. This course is not intended for native or near-native speakers of Chinese. All four basic skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) are equally stressed. Prerequisite: none. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| CHIN 1016 | Intensive Introductory Chinese (4) |
| Beginning-level course in Modern Standard Mandarin Chinese for students with little or no prior experience in the language. This course is not intended for native and near-native speakers of Chinese. The course provides students with systematic training in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills on a daily basis. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| CHIN 1020 | Elementary Chinese (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The second in a two-semester introduction to modern Chinese. All four basic skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) are equally stressed. Course is not intended for native or near-native speakers of Chinese. Prerequisite: CHIN 1010 or equivalent background (as demonstrated in the department's placement test). Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| CHIN 1026 | Intensive Introductory Chinese (4) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: CHIN 1016 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| CHIN 1060 | Accelerated Elementary Chinese (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Specifically intended for students with native or near-native speaking ability in Mandarin Chinese, but little or no reading and writing ability. The course focuses on reading and writing Chinese. The goals of this course are to help students: (a) achieve control of the Chinese sound system (the 4 tones and Pinyin) and basic components of Chinese characters; (b) be able to write 400-500 characters, (c) express themselves clearly in written form on a variety of covered topics using learned grammar patterns and vocabulary, (d) improve their basic reading skills (including learning to use a Chinese dictionary). |
| CHIN 1559 | New Course in Chinese (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of Chinese. | |
| CHIN 2010 | Intermediate Chinese (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Builds on the foundations acquired in CHIN 1010-1020 with further refinement of all four basic skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Course is not intended for native or near-native speakers of Chinese. Prerequisite: CHIN 1020 or equivalent background (as demonstrated in the department's placement test). Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| CHIN 2016 | Intensive Intermediate Chinese (4) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: CHIN 1016 & 1026 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| CHIN 2020 | Intermediate Chinese (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Prerequisite: CHIN 2010, 2020 are the continuation of CHIN 1020. They are not intended for native or near-native speakers of Chinese. The goals of this course are to help students improve their spoken and aural proficiency, achieve a solid reading level, and learn to express themselves clearly in writing on a variety of covered topics using learned grammar patterns and vocabulary. These goals are approached through grammar and reading-writing exercises, classroom drills, listening and speaking activities, and written quizzes and exams. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| CHIN 2026 | Intensive Intermediate Chinese (4) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: CHIN 1016, 1026 & 2016 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| CHIN 2060 | Accelerated Intermediate Chinese (4) |
| This course is specifically designed for students with native or near-native speaking ability in Mandarin Chinese, but with reading and writing ability equivalent to a student who has completed CHIN 1020. The course focuses on reading and writing Chinese. The goals of this course are to help students: (a) achieve a basic level of reading competency with a vocabulary of 1000 characters; (b) express themselves clearly in written Chinese on a variety of topics using learned grammar patterns and vocabulary. Prerequisite: CHIN 1060 or equivalent (as demonstrated in the placement test). Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHIN 2559 | New Course in Chinese (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of Chinese. | |
| CHIN 3010 | Pre-Advanced Chinese I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is the continuation of Intermediate Chinese (CHIN 2020). All four basic skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) are equally stressed. Readings and discussions are related to various aspects of modern China. The class is conducted mainly in Mandarin Chinese. Prerequisite: CHIN 2020 or 2060 or equivalent (as demonstrated in the placement test). Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| CHIN 3015 | Language House Conversation (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For students residing in the Chinese group in Shea House. Prerequisite: instructor permission. |
| CHIN 3020 | Pre-Advanced Chinese II (3) |
| This course is a continuation of CHIN 3010. Readings and discussion are related to various aspects of modern China. The class is conducted mainly in Mandarin Chinese. All four basic skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) are equally stressed. Prerequisite: CHIN 3010, CHIN 3050, Placement Test Results or Instructor Permission Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHIN 3025 | Language House Conversation (1) |
| For students residing in the Chinese group in Shea House. Prerequisite: instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHIN 3050 | One Book at a Time: Reading China from Cover to Cover (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Students of second or above levels can select a book from a list of great Chinese literary works curated by the instructor to read. Some graded readers will be included for 2000-level students. This course provides students with the opportunity and support to read a book in Chinese language from cover to cover while discussing related social and cultural topics. Heritage students have the opportunity to pick a book of their choice. Prerequisite: CHIN 1020 or CHIN 1060. |
| CHIN 3060 | Pre-Advanced Speaking & Reading in Chinese II (2) |
| This course is the continuation of CHIN3050. Students will continue advancing their proficiency in speaking and reading. Graded and authentic reading materials will be used to enhance reading skills and in-class discussion based on the readings will be used to further improve speaking. Students who finish this course can continue to take CHIN 4010 or other upper-level courses based on instructor permission. | |
| CHIN 3559 | New Course in Chinese (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of Chinese. Course was offered Spring 2018 | |
| CHIN 4010 | Advanced Chinese I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is a continuation of CHIN 3020. The goal of these courses is to help students understand journalistic essays and some literature pieces through systematic study of sentence patterns and formal writing styles. All aspects of Chinese language learning are still evenly balanced. Prerequisites: CHIN 3020 or equivalent. |
| CHIN 4020 | Advanced Chinese II (3) |
| This course is a continuation of CHIN4010. Readings and discussion are related to various aspects of modern China. The class is conducted in Mandarin Chinese. All four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) are equally stressed. Students constantly work with authentic materials and engage in communications with native speakers in various formats and contexts. Prerequisite: CHIN 4010, Placement Test Results or Instructor Permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHIN 4030 | Business Chinese (3) |
| Business Chinese is a one-term language course for business purposes designed for students who have studied Chinese for at least four years in a regular college program or with the equivalent language proficiency. It is aimed to enhance student's Chinese skills in the business context and promote their understanding about the macro and micro business environment and culture in contemporary China. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHIN 4060 | Advanced Chinese: Topics on Modern China (3) |
| The goal of CHIN 4060 is to continue enhancing students' reading comprehension and writing skills by systematically exposing them to formal written Chinese, works of literature, and vigorous writing exercises. By the end of the course the students should be able to read authentic materials with the help of a dictionary and be able to write essays of 500 words in length on assigned topics. Prerequisite: CHIN 3020 or CHIN 3050 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| CHIN 4200 | Modern Chinese Literary Translation (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course uses modern Chinese literary texts to introduce students to the special skills and problems associated with translation. Activities include: familiarization with key theoretical issues in translation studies, dictionary training, assessing and comparing existing translations, group work, draft revision, and quizzes on reading assignments. Prerequisite: CHIN 4020 or equivalent level. Some familiarity with Chinese literature preferred. Course was offered Fall 2018 |
| CHIN 4559 | New Course in Chinese (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of Chinese. | |
| CHIN 4801 | Professional Chinese with Community Engagement (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This is an advanced Chinese language course in which students engage professionals from different occupations in discussion about work and life. Students will acquire both knowledge and new vocabulary and expressions from the different professions these professionals bring to the classroom. By seeing the meaning of work and life for these professionals, students develop understanding of their own work and life. |
| CHIN 4810 | Media Chinese I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies electronic and print media in Chinese, emphasizing current events as reported in the Chinese speaking world, to further develop oral and written proficiency. Prerequisite: CHIN 4020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. |
| CHIN 4830 | Introduction to Classical Chinese Prose (3) |
| Introduces the grammar and structure of classical Chinese prose.
Requisite: Consent of Instructor | |
| CHIN 4840 | Introduction to Classical Chinese Poetry (3) |
| Introduces the grammar and structure of classical Chinese poetry.
Requisite: Consent of Instructor Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2013 | |
| CHIN 4993 | Independent Study in Chinese (1 - 3) |
| Independent Study in Chinese. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, January 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| CHIN 5500 | Introduction to Chinese History, Culture and Society (1 - 3) |
| An integral part of the UVa summer Chinese language program in Shanghai, this course combines lectures and guest presentations with field trips, using the resources specifically available in Shanghai and other parts of China to offer an introduction to China's long history, splendid culture, and dynamic and changing society. Taught in English. | |
| CHIN 5559 | New Course in Chinese (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of Chinese. | |
| CHIN 5680 | Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (1 - 5) |
| The course aims to help novice and continuing Chinese language teachers enhance their expertise in teaching Chinese as a foreign language. It integrates a balance of Chinese language acquisition theories and research-supported practices into the curriculum through a structured and supervised practicum. Teacher participants will create the E-portfolio that documents their extensive learning and experiences throughout the course. Prerequisites: Instructor permission or CHIN 3020. Course was offered Summer 2023 | |
| CHIN 7559 | New Course in Chinese (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of Chinese. | |
| CHIN 8559 | New Course in Chinese (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of Chinese. | |
| CHIN 8993 | Independent Study in Chinese (1 - 4) |
| Independent Study in Chinese. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| Chinese in Translation | |
| CHTR 1010 | Experiencing Chinese Culture with Community Engagement (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course immerses students in Chinese culture through hands-on experience in music, calligraphy, cooking, and more, regardless of language background. Students will engage with the Charlottesville community, contributing to cultural festivals and events while connecting with local Chinese families. By course end, students will gain practical cultural skills, deepen their understanding, and share their knowledge through community participation. |
| CHTR 1559 | New Course in Chinese in Translation (3) |
| New course in the subject of Chinese literature in translation Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| CHTR 2559 | New Course in Chinese in Translation (3) |
| New course in the subject of Chinese literature in translation | |
| CHTR 3010 | Survey of Traditional Chinese Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introductory survey of Chinese literature from earliest times (first millennium BCE) through the Tang Dynasty in English translation, including major works from the genres of poetry and prose. The course familiarizes students with the Chinese literary canon and modes of reading, literary analysis and interpretation. CHTR3010/5010 is especially intended for undergraduate majors and graduate students in EALC. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011 |
| CHTR 3020 | Survey of Modern Chinese Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The Revolutionary Tradition in Modern Chinese Literature and Film is a general introduction to modern Chinese literary culture. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 |
| CHTR 3559 | New Course in Chinese in Translation (3 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of Chinese literature in translation | |
| CHTR 3710 | Weird and Fantastic Stories in China (3) |
| Weird and the fantastic experiences pervade much of the Chinese cultural tradition, with numerous stories of ghosts avenging their deaths, divine maidens rewarding pious behavior, romances between human men and female ghosts, and tricky foxes and deadly snakes. This course will provide an introduction to this fascinating tradition. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| CHTR 3840 | Writing Women in Modern China (3) |
| This seminar focuses on works of fiction from modern China that articulate womanhood from a variety of perspectives. In addition to women writers (Qiu Jin, Ding Ling, Eileen Chang, Xi Xi, Chen Ran, Zhu Tianxin), male writers such as Xu Dishan, Mao Dun, and Lao She who devote unusual attention to feminine subjectivity are also included. Familiarity with Chinese culture and society and literary analysis are preferred, but not required. | |
| CHTR 3850 | Documentary Writing and Film in China (3) |
| A seminar exploring the role of the documentary impulse in modern Chinese writing and film. Beginning with reportage literature and foreign documentaries about China from the early 20th century, the course follows the development of documentary art forms in the People's Republic of China (with some attention to Taiwan as well), culminating in the recent trend of independent documentary
film making and its influence on narrative film. | |
| CHTR 4010 | Legendary Women in Early China (3) |
| Examines the biographies of female heroines and villains as found in the early Chinese text Tradition of Exemplary Women (ca. 18 B.C.). Students gain a familiarity with (a) the history of women in early China, (b) the evolving codes of behavior that shaped women's' culture for two millennia, and (c) the way in which the Chinese understand gender. Enhances an understanding of the function of role models in both ancient China and their own lives. Fulfills the non-Western perspectives requirement. | |
| CHTR 4559 | New Course in Chinese in Translation (3) |
| New course in the subject of Chinese literature in translation | |
| CHTR 4991 | Chinese Capstone (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Restricted to Chinese majors, this course is designed as a capstone seminar that will require a class presentation and an extended final paper that demonstrate the significant knowledge of Chinese language. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016 |
| CHTR 5010 | Survey of Traditional Chinese Literature (3) |
| Study of the literary heritage of China. Examines the major genres through selected readings of representative authors. Taught in English. Fulfills the non-Western perspectives requirement. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011 | |
| CHTR 5020 | Survey of Modern Chinese Literature (3) |
| A general introduction to modern Chinese literary culture. Examines the major genres through selected readings of representative authors. Taught in English. Fulfills the non-Western perspectives requirement. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| CHTR 5559 | New Course in Chinese in Translation (3) |
| New course in the subject of Chinese literature in translation | |
| CHTR 5710 | Weird Fantastic Stories China (3) |
| Weird and the fantastic experiences pervade much of the Chinese cultural tradition, with numerous stories of ghosts avenging their deaths, divine maidens rewarding pious behavior, romances between human men and female ghosts, and tricky foxes and deadly snakes. This course will provide an introduction to this fascinating tradition. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| CHTR 5840 | Writing Women in Modern China (3) |
| This seminar focuses on works of fiction from modern China that articulate womanhood from a variety of perspectives. In addition to women writers (Qiu Jin, Ding Ling, Eileen Chang, Xi Xi, Chen Ran, Zhu Tianxin), male writers such as Xu Dishan, Mao Dun, and Lao She who devote unusual attention to feminine subjectivity are also included. Familiarity with Chinese culture and society and literary analysis are preferred, but not required. Students enrolled in the 5000 level course will be required to use some Chinese language materials. | |
| CHTR 5850 | Documentary Writing and Film in China (3) |
| A seminar exploring the role of the documentary impulse in modern Chinese writing and film. Beginning with reportage literature and foreign documentaries about China from the early 20th century, the course follows the development of documentary art forms in the People's Republic of China (with some attention to Taiwan as well), culminating in the recent trend of independent documentary
film making and its influence on narrative film. | |
| Classics | |
| CLAS 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| CLAS 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| CLAS 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| CLAS 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| CLAS 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| CLAS 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| CLAS 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| CLAS 1559 | New Course in Classics (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of classics. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| CLAS 2010 | Greek Civilization (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies Greek history, literature, and art. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. |
| CLAS 2020 | Roman Civilization (3) |
| Studies Roman history, literature, and art. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| CLAS 2040 | Greek Mythology (3) |
| Introduces major themes of Greek mythological thought; surveys myths about the olympic pantheon and the legends of the heroes. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| CLAS 2300 | Ancient Rome at the Movies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This class will study the representation of Rome on both the big & small screen from the early days until now. Readings from classical sources, from film theory, & from the historical novels that inspired some of the films. We'll be asking how these imagined Romes relate to historical reality, how they engage in dialogue with one another, & how they function as a mirror for the concerns & anxieties of our own society. |
| CLAS 2559 | New Course in Classics (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of classics. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012 | |
| CLAS 3040 | Women and Gender in Ancient Greece and Rome (3) |
| This course focuses on women's roles and lives in Ancient Greece and Rome. Students are introduced to the primary material (textual and material) on women in antiquity and to current debates about it. Subjects addressed will include sexual stereotypes and ideals, power-relations of gender, familial roles, social and economic status, social and political history, visual art, medical theory, and religion. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2010 | |
| CLAS 3120 | Age of Alexander (3) |
| Studies the times, person, accomplishments of Alexander the Great (356-323 b.c.), the literature, art, and architecture of the period, and the influence of Alexander on the development of Greek and Western culture. Readings from Plutarch, Arrian, Demosthenes, and poets and philosophers of the early Hellenistic period. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| CLAS 3210 | Tragedy and Comedy (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Analyzes readings in the tragic poets Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Seneca; and the comic poets Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, and Terence, together with ancient and modern discussions. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. |
| CLAS 3220 | Race and Ethnicity in Ancient Greece and Rome (3) |
| What does it mean to say that Cleopatra was black, or not? Ancient history comes up often in modern debates about race. We will investigate how people understood racial and ethnic difference in the ancient Greco-Roman Mediterranean, and how interpretations of antiquity historically have shaped modern concepts of race. We will study relevant art and literature from the 8th century BCE through the 3rd century CE, and modern responses to both. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| CLAS 3260 | Rituals in Ancient Greece (3) |
| The course explores Ancient Greek religious practices and beliefs with an emphasis on Greek religious rituals understood in the broadest terms, and hence including Greek magical practices and associated beliefs. Starting off with the rituals belonging to the realm of social interaction, and the rites of passage designed for female and male members of society respectively, female dedications etc. v. rituals specific for men. | |
| CLAS 3300 | Introduction to Indo-european Linguistics (3) |
| Languages as superficially different as English, Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit in fact all developed from a single "proto-language," called Proto-Indo-European. This course will explore the following questions: What was this proto-language like? How do we know what it was like? By what processes did it develop into the various daughter languages? How can we trace words as diverse as wit, idea, video, and Veda back to a common source? Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| CLAS 3350 | Language and Literature of the Early Celts (3) |
| This introduction to the Celtic inhabitants of Gaul and Britain unites two approaches, one literary, one linguistic. First, we will compare descriptions of the Celts found in Greek and Latin authors with readings of Celtic literature in translation, notably Ireland's great prose epic, the Táin Bó Cúailnge. Second, we will explore how the Celtic languages work, focusing on the basics of Old Irish as well as touching on Middle Welsh and Gaulish. | |
| CLAS 3559 | New Course in Classics (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of classics. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, January 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| CLAS 5300 | Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics (3) |
| Languages as superficially different as English, Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit in fact all developed from a single "proto-language," called Proto-Indo-European. This course will explore the following questions: What was this proto-language like? How do we know what it was like? By what processes did it develop into the various daughter languages? How can we trace words as diverse as wit, idea, video, and Veda back to a common source? Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| CLAS 5559 | New Course in Classics (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of classics. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| CLAS 6559 | New Course in Classics (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of classics. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| CLAS 7031 | Proseminar in Ancient Studies (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A course for first- or second-year graduate students in ancient disciplines which acquaints them with various facets of the study of Greek and Roman antiquity; introduces them to a range of approaches to the ancient world; and introduces them to each other and to the affiliated faculty in Classics, History, Art, Religious Studies. |
| CLAS 9995 | Dissertation Seminar (3) |
| A team-taught seminar that works by stages towards a complete first draft of the dissertation prospectus. Students will take the seminar during their sixth semester of study; instructors will be the dissertation directors of those students. Each student will register under the name of the director. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 | |
| Cognitive Science | |
| COGS 3960 | Cognitive Science Research (2 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course aims to provide faculty-supervised research experience. A faculty mentor should be identified before enrollment. S/U grading. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: Faculty supervisor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| COGS 4559 | New Course in Cognitive Science (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of cognitive science. | |
| COGS 4970 | Distinguished Major Thesis I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A two-semester course in which the student prepares a thesis under the supervision of a departmental faculty member. The thesis may be based on empirical research conducted by the student or a critical review or theoretical analysis of existing findings. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| COGS 4980 | Distinguished Major Thesis II (3) |
| A two-semester course in which the student prepares a thesis under the supervision of a departmental faculty member. The thesis may be based on empirical research conducted by the student or a critical review or theoretical analysis of existing findings. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| College Advising Seminar | |
| COLA 1500 | College Advising Seminars (1) |
| COLA courses are 1-credit seminars capped at 18 first-year students, all of whom are assigned to the instructor as advisees. They are topically focused on an area identified by the faculty member; they also include a significant advising component centered on undergraduate issues (e.g., choosing a major, study abroad opportunities, undergraduate research, etc.). For detailed descriptions see http://college.as.virginia.edu/COLA | |
| Comparative Literature | |
| CPLT 2559 | New Course in Comparative Literature (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Comparative Literature. | |
| CPLT 3559 | New Course in Comparative Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Comparative Literature. | |
| CPLT 3590 | Topics in Comparative Literature (3) |
| Changing topics with explore Comparative Literature topics, such as theory, genre, periods, or major authors with an international impact. Course was offered Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| CPLT 4559 | New Course in Comparative Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Comparative Literature. Course was offered Spring 2015, Fall 2012 | |
| CPLT 8559 | New Course in Comparative Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Comparative Literature. Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| Creole | |
| CREO 1010 | Elementary Creole I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Development of basic oral expression, listening and reading comprehension, and writing. Prerequisite: No previous formal instruction of French or Creole is required. |
| CREO 1020 | Elementary Creole II (3) |
| Development of basic oral expression, listening and reading comprehension, and writing.
Prerequisite: CREO 1010. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| CREO 1559 | Elementary Creole I (3) |
| Development of basic oral expression, listening and reading comprehension, and writing. Prerequisite: No previous formal instruction of French or Creole is required. | |
| CREO 2010 | Intermediate Creole I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Develops the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Creole. Prerequisite: Two previous semesters of Elementary Creole (I and II). |
| CREO 2020 | Intermediate Creole II (3) |
| Develops the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Creole. Prerequisite: Three previous semesters of Creole required (1010, 1020, 2010) Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| CREO 2559 | Intermediate Creole I (3) |
| Develops the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Creole. Prerequisite: Two previous semesters of Elementary Creole (I and II). | |
| Dance | |
| DANC 1200 | Introduction to Movement Practices (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is designed as an introduction to movement practices for students of all backgrounds and skill levels. Students will work on dynamic alignment, as well as spatial, sensory, and bodily awareness. Through movement prompts, improvisation, and learned combinations students will be challenged to expand movement vocabulary while also increasing range of motion, strength, flexibility, and expressivity. |
| DANC 1400 | How Dance Matters (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is an introduction to dance in the context of performance on stage, on screen, and in public space. Through viewings, discussions, and practical dance experiences, students will deepen their understanding of how dances are created and how dance shapes and is shaped by the world around it. Students will engage with a wide range of styles, historical periods, and creative approaches to consider how dance matters. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| DANC 1559 | New Course in Dance (1 - 3) |
| This class provides the opportunity to offer new courses in the subject of Dance at the 1000 level. Course was offered Spring 2020 | |
| DANC 2210 | Ballet I (1) |
| In this studio course, students will learn Ballet terminology, movement concepts, and dynamic alignment through an anatomical approach to Ballet technique. Students will work at barre and center while increasing strength, flexibility and body awareness. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| DANC 2220 | Modern/Contemporary I (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In this studio course, students will explore various styles of western modern/contemporary concert dance as technical, expressive practices. Through movement combinations, improvisation, and mini-studies, students will work to deepen body awareness through modern and contemporary movement practices. Working towards efficiency and dynamic alignment, students will increase strength, flexibility, and become more articulate, expressive dancers. |
| DANC 2230 | Jazz Dance I (1) |
| This studio course explores various styles of jazz dance. Combinations will focus on isolation, coordination, juxtaposition and musicality. Styles include but are not limited to contemporary, Broadway/musical theatre and lyrical. | |
| DANC 2300 | Dance Improvisation (2 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This open-level studio course allows students to explore dance improvisation as a practice of attention, care, and relation. Through improvisational methods and structures, students will develop their skills as improvisers and begin to appreciate improvisation's role in composition (choreography), performance, and daily life. |
| DANC 2430 | Production Laboratory: Dance (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides students with firsthand experience in the creative practice of choreography and performance while providing exposure to basic production skills. In addition to gaining insight into choreography and performance as modes of critical inquiry, students will also be involved in various aspects of the production and will gain an appreciation of the skills that are required to produce a dance concert. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016 |
| DANC 2559 | New Course in Dance (1 - 3) |
| This class provides the opportunity to offer new courses in the subject of Dance at the 2000 level. Course was offered Spring 2024, Summer 2010 | |
| DANC 3210 | Ballet II (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Exploration of Ballet technique for intermediate to advanced students. Students will deepen their knowledge through continued study of terminology, movement concepts, and dynamic alignment while expanding upon their ability to make qualitative choices and enhancing their artistry. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| DANC 3220 | Modern/Contemporary II (1) |
| Exploration of western modern/contemporary concert dance practices for intermediate to advanced students. Students will deepen their knowledge of movement concepts, dynamic alignment, and body awareness through combinations, improvisation, partnering, and creative studies. Students will continue to increase their strength, flexibility, and body awareness as they expand upon their ability to make qualitative choices and enhance their artistry. Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| DANC 3230 | Jazz Dance II (1) |
| This studio course explores various styles of jazz dance for intermediate to advanced students. Students will continue to deepen their appreciation of jazz dance forms as they increase movement articulation and specificity. Combinations will focus on isolation, coordination, juxtaposition and musicality while also challenging the students to enhance their expressivity and qualitative choices. | |
| DANC 3300 | Dance Composition (3) |
| Explores dance making through the investigation of various tools and approaches to movement generation and composition from western choreographic practices. Students will develop their skills as dance makers through movement explorations, readings, discussions, and viewings. Students will create multiple compositional studies to hone their abilities to make dances. Feedback sessions provide opportunities for critical reflection and discussion. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| DANC 3400 | Dance and Culture (3) |
| This course aims to deepen students' understanding of dance as a field of artistic and intellectual study. Students will be challenged to examine human movement as a historically situated cultural expression and to explore the relation between dance and various socio-cultural developments. The course will highlight the connection of dance and critical theory, focusing on notions of identity, subjectivity and embodiment. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| DANC 3460 | Movement & Environment(s) (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In this practice-based course, students will reexamine relations to their environment and generate strategies for a new environmental ethics that calls a human-centered world into question. Through reading, conversing, and moving, students consider how somatic and artistic practices might shift ecological understandings. Students will ask questions of and through modes of perception and experiment with an expanding empathy to enact new relations. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023 |
| DANC 3559 | New Course in Dance (1 - 3) |
| This class provides the opportunity to offer new courses in the subject of Dance at the 3000 level. | |
| DANC 3590 | Special Topics in Dance (1 - 3) |
| In-depth investigation of a specific topic in the field of dance at the 3000 level. Topics and content will vary depending upon the instructor's areas of expertise. The course may be repeated for credit in different content areas. Possible topics include: advanced Movement Practices, Somatic Studies, Critical Studies, Creative Research and Scholarship (Choreography, Screendance, Dance and Music or Dance and Media/Technology collaborations), etc. | |
| DANC 3610 | Contact Improvisation (1) |
| This course serves as an introduction to the principles and skills involved in the practice of Contact Improvisation. Students will explore and learn improvisational strategies for moving individually, in duets, and groups. With attention focused on responsiveness in the moment, students learn to think quickly and creatively and are encouraged to investigate the territory between familiarity and risk. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2018, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| DANC 3620 | Dance Repertory (1 - 3) |
| This course is designed for students to have the opportunity to learn repertory, experience multiple methods of choreography and gain deeper insight into the practice of dance performance through working with faculty and professional guest artists via the choreographic process. Course was offered Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| DANC 3640 | Screendance (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Investigates the relationship between dancing bodies, cinematography, and video editing. Exploring innovative ways to film movement, we examine the relationship between the moving body and camera. Students gain exposure to various methodologies and practices that can be directly applied to individual projects. We discuss parallels between choreography, cinematography, and video editing, and how these integrate to form the art of Screendance. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2009 |
| DANC 4220 | Modern/Contemporary III (1) |
| Exploration of western modern/contemporary concert dance practices for advanced students. Students will work towards mastery as they continue to deepen their knowledge of movement concepts and body awareness. Through advanced combinations, partnering, improvisation, and studies, students will work to gain greater specificity and clarity as they expand upon their artistry and ability to make qualitative choices through the medium of dance. | |
| DANC 4640 | Somatic Practices and Research (3) |
| Investigates somatic practices and methodologies as embodied research. Through movement practice, readings, and discussions we explore multiple concepts and tools that can deepen embodied practices. This course offers an opportunity to foster awareness, expand individual movement choices, and increase clarity of expression. In so doing, we may broaden our capacity to listen, perceive, and relate to ourselves, one another, and the world around us. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| DANC 4993 | Independent Study: Dance (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Allows upper level students to pursue advanced creative and/or scholarly research in dance as an independent project. Students can identify their area of focus for in depth investigations including, but not limited to: Choregraphy, Screendance, Performance, Performance Studies, Dance Pedagogy, etc. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Drama | |
| DRAM 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| DRAM 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| DRAM 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| DRAM 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| DRAM 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| DRAM 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| DRAM 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| DRAM 1010 | How Theatre Works (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Investigates theatre arts and their relation to contemporary culture through the practical and experiential study of plays, production style and the role of theatre artists in creative interpretation. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| DRAM 1020 | Speaking in Public (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For non-majors. Acquire and practice voice and speech techniques to build oral communication skills, confidence and enjoyment in public speaking, presentation or performance. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, January 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, January 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, January 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 |
| DRAM 1220 | Art of the Creature (3) |
| This class will introduce students to the tools, techniques, and problem-solving of building creature puppets. Mentored by professional creature artists, students will explore fabricating skin textures and patterns, structures, material experiments, and mechanisms. Working both individually and collectively, the class will culminate with a wearable creature piece or puppet for the Stan Winston and Steven Warner Festival of the Moving Creature. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 | |
| DRAM 1559 | New Course in Drama (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of drama. | |
| DRAM 2010 | Theatre Design, Technology, & Production (3) |
| Examines the art of theatre and performance through the process of design and the implementation of the design. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| DRAM 2020 | Acting I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Explores basic theories and techniques of acting through exercises, improvisations and scenes from contemporary dramatic literature. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| DRAM 2050 | Performance and/as Theory (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course surveys a broad range of theories and methodologies pertinent to the fields of Performance Studies. Each unit addresses important concepts and frameworks that help you write about, think about, and make performance art. Lecture, close reading, application exercises, and writing assignments will strengthen your theoretical vocabularies, hone your analytical writing skills and apply various tests to your own work as scholars/artists. |
| DRAM 2060 | The Body and Performance (3) |
| This practice-based course offers a broad introduction to concepts of the body in the context of performance. Using tools of theatre, dance, improvisation, and other mind/body practice, we will uncover the performative possibilities of our physical forms in relation to space and time. Together we will critically consider and actively explore a range of embodied approaches to increase bodily awareness and expand our expressive capacity. | |
| DRAM 2070 | Public Speaking (3) |
| The purpose of this course is to put principles of speech into practice; students will learn to communicate effectively primarily through practical experience. Students will (1) learn the basic principles of speech preparation and delivery, including invention of topics and arguments, organization, and style; (2) apply these principles to your speech preparation and delivery; and (3) develop and use listening skills in the analysis of speeches. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| DRAM 2110 | Lighting Technology (3) |
| An introduction to the tools and technical processes of performance lighting. Students will explore a range of lighting technologies central to lighting production for live theatre, dance, opera, and concerts. Through lecture, demonstration, digital media, and hands-on experience, students are prepared for work as theatrical electricians and introduced to the craft essential to the theatrical lighting design process. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| DRAM 2130 | Production Laboratory: Lighting (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Application of lighting design and technology in production. May be repeated up to 4 credits. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| DRAM 2210 | Scenic Technology (3) |
| Studies the technology and practices used in the theatre and entertainment industry. Covers set construction techniques, materials, and hardware. Students will learn the skills and techniques required for using hand and power tools. Terminology learned in Drama 2210 will be practiced in the course Drama 2230 - Production Studio. Course was offered Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| DRAM 2211 | Designing Spaces (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course explores how to turn everyday spaces into stages. Discover how ordinary rooms, streets, parks, vehicles, and other spaces of daily life can be transformed by story-telling and creative performance!  We will study different principles for designing spaces for immersive, site-specific, environmentally aware, and other kinds of performances. Open to all students who are interested in storytelling in different spaces. Course was offered Spring 2025 |
| DRAM 2220 | Digital Creation - Computer Drafting (3) |
| In this class, students will discover methods to design projects on CAD (computer-aided design) applications for total control of the result, and we will develop scenic design from software (mainly Vectorworks) to take advantage of the ability to digitally create 2D drawings and 3D models of real-world products before they're ever manufactured. Open to all students who have basic design knowledge and are interested in digital creation. Course was offered Summer 2025 | |
| DRAM 2230 | Production Studio: Scenery (1) |
| Application of scenery technology in producing theatrical productions while maintaining and organized safe work environment. Co-requisite DRAM 2210 Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| DRAM 2231 | Production Lab: Run Crew (1) |
| Application of scenery and properties technology in laboratory production projects. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| DRAM 2250 | Scene Painting (3) |
| Fundamental techniques of scenic painting. A studio class during which students learn to paint faux finishes of marble, wood grain, brick and other common finishes for theatrical application. DRAM 2232 Production Lab: Scene Painting required. Course was offered Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| DRAM 2310 | Costume Technology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies basic techniques for moving the costume design from drawing to finished character, including construction, alteration, patterning, fitting, and accessories. Lab required. Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| DRAM 2330 | Production Laboratory: Costume and Makeup (1) |
| Application of costume and makeup technology in production laboratory. May be repeated up to four credits. Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| DRAM 2430 | Production Laboratory: Acting (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Application of acting skills in production laboratory. May be repeated up to four credits. Prerequisite: Instructor permission Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| DRAM 2500 | Special Topics in Drama & Theatre (1 - 6) |
| These classes cover a range of topics related to drama and theatre. | |
| DRAM 2559 | New Course in Drama (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of drama. | |
| DRAM 2620 | Sound Design (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Students will explore the sonic qualities of sound and music through discussion, construction, critical listening, and demonstration. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| DRAM 2630 | Production Laboratory: Sound (1) |
| Application of sound technology in laboratory production projects. May be repeated up to four credits. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| DRAM 2830 | Production Lab: Digital Media (1 - 3) |
| DRAM 2830 is a hands-on, experiential course in which students apply digital media design principles, methods, and techniques in correlation with the current Drama production schedule. Students learn the application of media technology to actual theatrical production projects. May be repeated up to four credits. DRAM 2830 requires participation as Video/Media Operator or Assistant for a main stage production. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018 | |
| DRAM 2840 | Design Studio Lab (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This is a hands-on course in which students work closely with the instructor to research and develop creative design solutions for performing arts and theatrical productions. It provides students a working forum to collaboratively and independently experiment with and apply principles, methods, and elements of design and design process to specific projects. May be repeated up to four credits. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019 |
| DRAM 3030 | Dramaturgy (3) |
| This course is a study of production dramaturgy: an exploration and application of the processes, research, and resources used by academic and professional theatres, combining knowledge with creativity to make informed production choices. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023 | |
| DRAM 3050 | Making Theatre Histories (3) |
| How do theatre artists and scholars navigate the past and its effects on the present? This course will introduce you to important moments in theatre history, and show you how to analyze the formation of historical narratives through a variety of lenses and methods. Units are not organized chronologically, but thematically so that we may draw deeper connections across artistic practice, time, place and culture. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| DRAM 3070 | African-American Theatre (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Presents a comprehensive study of 'Black Theatre' as the African-American contribution to the theatre. Explores the historical, cultural, and socio-political underpinnings of this theatre as an artistic form in American and world culture. Students gain a broader understanding of the relationship and contributions of this theatre to theatre arts, business, education, lore, and humanity. A practical theatrical experience is a part of the course offering. Prerequisite: Instructor permission Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| DRAM 3080 | Script Analysis: Dramatic Structure and Theatrical Production (3) |
| Analysis of representative play scripts to discover how structure and language support conceptual and stylistic choices in production. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| DRAM 3090 | Theatre and Social Change (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The goal of this class will be to identify the values and worldviews that drive change-oriented artistry, and for students to identify the values and worldviews that drive their own artistry. The course will explore the forms of community-based performance including ensemble, devised, religious, activist, educational and autobiographical performance. Course was offered Spring 2021 |
| DRAM 3210 | Scene Design I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the development of the scenic design as theatrical environment, from script analysis through research to completed scenic design. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| DRAM 3410 | Acting II (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Exercises and scene work emphasizing the development of the actor's vocal and physical resources as a means of creating and communicating character, emotion, and relationships. Prerequisite: DRAM 2020 and instructor permission Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| DRAM 3420 | Voice for Theatre (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces principles of vocal health, provides practical techniques for meeting the voice and speech demands of daily life and performance, and promotes life-long exploration of the speaking voice and the spoken word. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2018, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| DRAM 3430 | Improvisation (3) |
| A workshop that explores several dimensions of theatrical self-expression through improvised exercises and situations. This course will employ lecture, discussion and performance activities to raise awareness and proficiency in improvisational techniques through dramatic interaction involving imagination and creativity. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| DRAM 3440 | Movement for Theatre (3) |
| Examines the fundamental skills necessary to effective and descriptive physical expression for the stage. Focuses on developing an individual awaresness of one's physical self and establishing a sold foundation upon which to build a character physically, through practical exericises in balance, rhythm, endurance , freedom of movement, flexibility, shape and expression. | |
| DRAM 3450 | Musical Theatre Performance (3) |
| Studies the integration of song into scene work, and examination of special problems posed for the actor/singer/dancer. Focuses on a character's song presentation within the context of a musical play. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| DRAM 3559 | New Course in Drama (3) |
| New course in the subject of drama. | |
| DRAM 3590 | Special Topics in Theatre and Drama (1 - 3) |
| A directed study in theater or drama. Course was offered Fall 2015 | |
| DRAM 3640 | Sound Design: Studio (3) |
| Creative application of digital sound editing for media. Techniques investigated include editing pre-recorded music, creating realistic sound environments, representing visual art with sound, three-dimensional sound, and sound creation for video. Course was offered Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| DRAM 3651 | Directing I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Encourages the development of the director's analytical and rehearsal skills in translating text, actors, and space into valid and effective scenes; drawn from plays in the mode of psychological realism. Prerequisite: Dram 2020 required, and Dram 2010 preferred; Instructor permission Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| DRAM 3652 | Producing Theatre (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Participants will collaborate to produce a staged reading of the play Raphael's Islands by UVA Alum Alexandra Déglise on March 15, 2024 in the Ruth Caplin Theater. Course discussions and projects will cover theater organization, mission and legal structure. Opportunities for practical application of concepts and best practices in producing include, but are not limited to outreach/publicity, production management and artistic contributions such as casting, digital media development,sound and staging. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| DRAM 3653 | Production Laboratory: Producing Theatre (1 - 3) |
| One credit is required; may be repeated up to four credits. Application of stage management skills to production and performance. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| DRAM 3655 | Film Directing (3) |
| The goal of this workshop is to understand the aesthetics and techniques of film directing and to produce and direct a short film based on a screenplay. Students will study film directing aesthetics and technique, using a textbook, film viewings, critical analysis and class workshop activities. Students will apply this knowledge of directing as they produce and direct their own short film. | |
| DRAM 3710 | Playwriting I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the art and craft of playwriting, focusing on short exercises and in-class writing assignments. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| DRAM 3730 | Screenwriting (3) |
| An introduction to the art and craft of screenwriting through the writing and discussion of short scripts. Will involve study of screenplays and films, and focus on the basic elements of screenwriting, including story structure, creation of character, and formatting. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019 | |
| DRAM 3820 | Video Design I (3) |
| Combining creative practice and critical discourse, this hands-on course grants students an opportunity to learn and utilize the crafts of digital video design in the context of contemporary installation, projection and performance arts. Students experiment with the many ways of designing time-based media and explore the role of video storytelling in the topography of 21st-century theater and live performance. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016 | |
| DRAM 3825 | Media Design Studio (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides a practical forum to employ and integrate a diverse array of existing and emerging media technologies into live performance and performative storytelling. Students will explore and experiment with new media-infused design approaches to enhance the narrative and to actively engage, communicate, and interact with the audience. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016 |
| DRAM 4020 | Comedy as Protest (3) |
| This course examines how has 20th and 21st century comedic performance spawned and/or reflected movements of social and cultural protest in the United States. From Jackie "Moms" Mabley's Civil Rights stand-up, to feminist sketches on SNL, to Hari Kondabolu's employment of de-colonial humor, we will engage in the complexities of joke-telling and its potential for mobilizing change. | |
| DRAM 4070 | Hip Hop Theatre (3) |
| Hip Hop Theatre explores how elements of Ritual, Theatre, and the core principles of Hip Hop are shared by members of the Hip Hop community around the world. Students will examine the ways in which Hip Hop Theatre presents itself as a movement and a syncretic art form. | |
| DRAM 4110 | Lighting Design (3) |
| Studies the development of lighting design, from script analysis through concept to completed production. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| DRAM 4310 | Costume Design (3) |
| Studies the development of costume design as a revelation of character and relationship to the special world. Proceeds from script analysis through research to the completed rendering. Lab required. Prerequisite: DRAM 2010, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| DRAM 4410 | Acting III (3) |
| Scripted scenes, exercises, and ensemble work to expand the actor's approach to characterization and interpretation within various dramatic genres. Prerequisite: DRAM 3410 and instructor permission Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| DRAM 4490 | Stage Combat Skills (3) |
| Examines the art and craft of stage fighting, comparing its historical context with that of the theater. Focus is on the performance of the illusion of physical aggression and its dramatic intent, following the safety guidelines and techniques recommended by the Society for American Fight Directors. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| DRAM 4559 | New Course in Drama (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of drama. Course was offered Spring 2014, Fall 2013 | |
| DRAM 4590 | Special Topics in Theatre (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A directed project-based study offered to upper-level students.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Spring 2016 |
| DRAM 4591 | Special Topics in Theatre Managment (1 - 3) |
| A directed study in theatre management offered to upper-level students.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| DRAM 4592 | Special Topics in Drama (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A directed study in dramatic literature, history, theory or criticism offered to upper-level students. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| DRAM 4593 | Special Topics in Performance (1 - 3) |
| A directed study in acting or performance offered to upper-level students.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| DRAM 4594 | Special Topics in Movement (1 - 3) |
| A directed study in theatre movement or physical acting offered to upper-level students.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| DRAM 4595 | Special Topics in Voice (1 - 3) |
| A directed study in voice and the spoken word offered to upper-level students.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| DRAM 4596 | Special Topics in Directing (1 - 3) |
| A directed study in directing offered to upper-level students.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| DRAM 4597 | Special Topics in Design (1 - 3) |
| A directed study in theatre design offered to upper-level students.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| DRAM 4598 | Special Topics in Design Technology (1 - 3) |
| A directed study in theatre design technology offered to upper-level students.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, January 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| DRAM 4599 | Special Topics in Playwriting (1 - 3) |
| A directed study in playwriting offered to upper-level students.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| DRAM 4651 | Directing II (3) |
| Continues the work of DRAM 3651 with special attention to the director's organization, scheduling, and efficient use of resources. Students direct a one-act play. Prerequisite: DRAM 3651 and instructor permission. | |
| DRAM 4730 | Advanced Playwriting (3) |
| A workshop for writing extended pieces of dramatic literature. For students who have completed DRAM 3710 or by instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011 | |
| DRAM 4750 | Writing the Short Film (3) |
| The goal of this workshop is to write and prepare a short screenplay to be filmed in the Spring Semester in conjunction with DRAM 4760 Directing the Short Film (students must commit to both classes). Students will study script structure using textbooks, screenplays, and film. Students will apply this knowledge of screenplay structure and form as they write their own scenes and short screenplays. | |
| DRAM 4760 | Directing the Short Film (3) |
| The goal of this workshop is to understand the aesthetics and techniques of film directing and to produce and direct a short film based on the screenplay written in the previous fall Semester in DRAM 4750 Writing the Short Film. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| DRAM 4780 | Producing the Short Film (1 - 3) |
| Students will produce short films generated by the Department of Drama's Filmmaking classes, Writing the Short Film and Directing the Short Film. Each producer will be paired with a director and work closely with them on casting, scheduling, procuring locations and film gear, on set management, editing support, and budgeting. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| DRAM 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent study conducted under the supervision of a specific instructor(s). Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 |
| DRAM 5559 | New Course in Drama (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of drama. Course was offered Fall 2014, Spring 2011 | |
| DRAM 5710 | Advanced Playwriting (3) |
| A workshop that allows experienced playwrights to create longer and more complex plays. Students are required to create and revise plays ranging from long one-acts to full-length plays. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| DRAM 7501 | Special Topics (1 - 3) |
| Intensive study in a specific topic offered to graduate students. | |
| DRAM 7559 | New Course in Drama (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of drama. | |
| DRAM 7620 | Mentored Study in Sound Design (3) |
| Faculty-guided study in an area of sound design or technology not covered in the established curriculum. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program and instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| DRAM 7993 | Independent Study (1 - 12) |
| Graduate-level independent study conducted under the supervision of a specific instructor(s). Requisite: Instructor permission Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| DRAM 8410 | Movement: Stage Combat Skills (3) |
| Examines the art and craft of stage fighting, comparing its historical context with that of the theater. Focus is on the practical performance of the illusion of physical aggression and its dramatic intent, following the safety guidelines and techniques recommended by the Society for American Fight Directors. Prerequisite: Graduate standing MFA program. | |
| DRAM 8460 | Acting: Period Styles (3) |
| Focuses on making informed performance choices in period plays based on aspects of structures such as: dramatic text, historical period, culture and society, and production concepts. Prerequisite: Graduate standing MFA program. | |
| DRAM 8480 | Acting: Production and Performance (1) |
| Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of acting. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program. | |
| DRAM 8501 | Special Topics (3) |
| Intensive study in a specific topic offered to graduate students. | |
| DRAM 8559 | New Course in Drama (3) |
| New Course in the Subject of Drama. Course was offered Fall 2021, Spring 2021 | |
| DRAM 8993 | Independent Study (1 - 12) |
| Graduate-level independent study conducted under the supervision of a specific instructor(s). Requisite: Instructor permission Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2016 | |
| DRAM 9060 | Thesis (3) |
| Preparation of a written thesis that corresponds to the performance, direction, or design of a production. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| DRAM 9190 | Mentored Study: Lighting (3 - 9) |
| A guided study which gives students the opportunity to explore with a faculty member areas of lighting design and/or technology which are not contained in the established curriculum. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| DRAM 9400 | Mentored Study: Acting (3) |
| A faculty guided study in an area of advanced acting not covered in the established curriculum. Prerequisite: Graduate standing M.F.A. program Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2019, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| DRAM 9420 | Devised Theatre (3) |
| Examines the developmental process in the creation of new work driven solely by the actor or acting company. Applies performance skills with communication of individual artistry. | |
| DRAM 9430 | Voice: Dialects (3) |
| Studies the dialects most commonly employed in theatre. Methodology includes practice with taped dialects, interviews with authentic dialect speakers, phonetic representation, and research into specific cultural aspects influencing structural formation and sound. Prerequisite: Graduate standing MFA program. | |
| DRAM 9460 | Acting: Portfolio Preparation (3) |
| Audition techniques and practice are examined, as is a wide-ranging repertoire of audition materials. Prerequisite: DRAM 7450, 7460, 8450, 8460. | |
| DRAM 9470 | Acting: Production and Performance (1 - 3) |
| Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of acting. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program. | |
| DRAM 9501 | Special Topics (3) |
| Intensive study in a specific topic offered to graduate students. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2016, Fall 2013 | |
| DRAM 9559 | New Course in Drama (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of drama. Course was offered Spring 2014, Fall 2013 | |
| DRAM 9640 | Production Studio: Technical Direction (2 - 6) |
| Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of scenic elements. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program. | |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures | |
| EALC 1559 | New Course in East Asian Literatures and Cultures (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of East Asian Literatures and Cultures | |
| EALC 2559 | New Course in East Asian Languages and Cultures (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of East Asian Languages and Cultures. Course was offered Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| EALC 3559 | New Course in East Asian Literatures and Cultures (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of East Asian Literatures and Cultures. Course was offered Fall 2014 | |
| EALC 4559 | New Course in East Asian Literatures and Cultures (3) |
| New course in East Asian languages, literatures, and cultures. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| EALC 4998 | Distinguished Majors Senior Thesis I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The first part of a two-semester sequence of tutorial work for students completing a Senior Thesis as part of the Distinguished Majors Program in East Asian Studies or East Asian Languages and Literatures. Prerequisites: Student must be enrolled in the Distinguished Majors Program in East Asian Languages and Literatures. |
| EALC 4999 | Distinguished Majors Senior Thesis II (3) |
| The second part of a two-semester sequence of tutorial work for students completing a Senior Thesis as part of the Distinguished Majors Program in East Asian Languages and Literatures. Prerequisites: Student must be enrolled in the Distinguished Majors Program in East Asian Languages and Literatures and have already completed EALC 4998. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| EALC 5559 | New Course in East Asian Literatures and Cultures (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of East Asian Literatures and Cultures Course was offered Fall 2014 | |
| East Asian Studies | |
| EAST 1010 | East Asian Canons and Cultures (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An introduction to conceptions of self, society, and the universe as they have been expressed in canonical literary, philosophical, and religious texts in East Asia from earliest times up through modern times. Readings will be in English translation, supplemented by reference. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| EAST 1200 | East Asian Calligraphy (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This new course will serve students with or without East Asian background to understand and experience East Asian calligraphy or Shufa. The course will focus on Chinese calligraphy since it forms the basis for other types of East Asian calligraphy. Students will be able to: 1. understand the culture and philosophy behind Shufa; 2. critique artistic features of Shufa styles; 3. create a portfolio of essays and artworks of and about Shufa. |
| EAST 1559 | New Course in East Asian Studies (1 - 4) |
| New course in East Asian studies. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2010 | |
| EAST 2559 | New Course in East Asian Studies (1 - 4) |
| New course in East Asian Studies. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| EAST 3559 | New Course in East Asian Studies (1 - 4) |
| New course in East Asian studies. | |
| EAST 4559 | New Course in East Asian Studies (1 - 4) |
| New Course in East Asian Studies | |
| EAST 4991 | East Asian Studies Capstone (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Capstone course required for all East Asian Studies majors in their final year. Pre-Requisites: Restricted to Fourth Year, Fifth Year East Asian Studies majors Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| EAST 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Independent study in special field under the direction of a faculty member in East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| EAST 4998 | Distinguished Majors Senior Thesis I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The first part of a two-semester sequence of tutorial work for students completing a Senior Thesis as part of the Distinguished Majors Program in East Asian Studies or East Asian Languages and Literatures. Prerequisites: Student must be enrolled in the Distinguished Majors Program in East Asian Studies and have already completed EAST 4998. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EAST 4999 | Distinguished Majors Senior Thesis (3) |
| The second part of a two-semester sequence of tutorial work for students completing a Senior Thesis as part of the Distinguished Majors Program in East Asian Studies or East Asian Languages and Literatures. Prerequisites: Student must be enrolled in the Distinguished Majors Program in East Asian Studies and have already completed EAST 4998.
Prerequisite: Instructor Permission Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| EAST 5110 | Hollywood Goes to Asia: Transnational Asian Media (3) |
| The fundamental objectives of the course include cultivating a rigorous understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of the media industry, technology and policy within the context of South and East Asia. Students will also be expected to develop fresh critical perspectives on the significance of analysis of industry practice as a means to critique media texts. Course was offered Fall 2021 | |
| EAST 5111 | China to 1000 (3) |
| This class introduces Chinese history from its origins through the end of the 10th century. Its goal is to explore what makes Chinese civilization specifically Chinese and how the set of values, practices, and institutions we associate with Chinese society came to exist. Political, social, cultural, and intellectual history will all be covered, though not equally for all periods. Major themes of the course include intellectual developments, empire Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2019 | |
| EAST 5162 | Historical China and the World (3) |
| The course traces China's external relations from antiquity to our own times, identifying conceptions, practices, and institutions that characterized the ancient inter-state relations of East Asia and examining the interactions between "Eastern" and "Western," and "revolutionary" and "conventional" modes of international behavior in modern times. The student's grade is based on participation, midterm test, final exam, and a 20-page essay. Prerequisites: Graduate students only and permission by instructor. | |
| EAST 5180 | Asian American Studies (3) |
| This multimedia cultural history course covers the experiences of Asian Americans--a broad, panethnic category inclusive of Americans with roots throughout East, Southeast, and South Asia--shed light on issues of immigration, citizenship, education, war, labor, and assimilation which have affected all Americans to differing degrees. In addition to history, we will examine film, graphic novels, and literature. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| EAST 5304 | Media in China: Technology, Policy, and Commerce (3) |
| The growth of media and technology industries in China sits at the intersection between global humanities and global technology. In the context of the rapid global growth of Chinese digital media companies, China is fundamentally changing global media and technology industries. This course will offer a new perspective, focusing on the ways in which Chinese media and technology industries are expanding outward. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| EAST 5321 | China and the Cold War (3) |
| The class examines China's entanglement with the Cold War from 1945 to the early 1990s. The course raises China-centered questions because it is curious in retrospect that China, a quintessential Eastern state, became so deeply involved in the Cold War, a confrontation rooted in Western history. In exploring such questions, this course does not treat China as part of the Cold War but the Cold War as a period of Chinese history. Prerequisites: Graduate Students only and permission by instructor. | |
| EAST 5323 | China and the United States (3) |
| The course explores Chinese-American relations since the late 18th century. Starting as an encounter between a young trading state and an ageless empire on the two sides of the Pacific Ocean, the relationship has gone through stages characterized by the two countries' changing identities. The course understands the relationship broadly and seeks insights at various levels. Prerequisites: Graduate students only and permission by instructor. | |
| EAST 5559 | New Course in East Asian Studies (1 - 4) |
| New Course in East Asian Studies | |
| EAST 5861 | Chinese Art (3) |
| The course familiarizes students with the important artistic traditions developed in China: ceramics, bronzes, funerary art and ritual, Buddhist art, painting, and garden architecture. It seeks to understand artistic form in relation to technology, political and religious beliefs, and social and historical contexts, with focus on the role of the state or individuals as patrons of the arts. | |
| EAST 5863 | East Asian Art, Landscape, and Ecology (3) |
| This course introduces the concepts on nature in East Asian traditions--Daoism, Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism, their impacts on the relationship between human and their natural environment, and the art forms in which the theme of nature predominates, from landscape paintings to religious and garden architecture. It also explores how these ideas can contribute to the modern discourse on environmental ethics and sustainability. | |
| EAST 8998 | Non-Topical Research: Preparation for Research (1 - 12) |
| For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011 | |
| EAST 8999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011 | |
| Economics | |
| ECON 1100 | Global Macroeconomic Issues (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The goal is to provoke discussion, with differing viewpoints put forward, and lead students to analyze major economic problems as economists might do. The course will center upon resource-scarce issues: e.g. in a low-income country that provides little public education, what would you do first, and what would you do last? There will also be discussion about current global macroeconomic trends, including inflation, debt, and economic growth. Course was offered Spring 2025 |
| ECON 1559 | New Course in Economics (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of economics. | |
| ECON 2010 | Principles of Economics: Microeconomics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies demand and supply, consumer behavior, the theory of business enterprise, the operation of competitive and monopolistic markets, and the forces determining income distribution. A full introduction to economic principles warrants completion of both ECON 2010 and 2020. Students planning to take both semesters of economic principles are advised to take ECON 2010 first, though this is not required. The department recommends ECON 2010 to students intending to take only one semester of principles. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ECON 2020 | Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the determinants of aggregate economic activity, the effects of monetary and fiscal policy upon national income, and economic policy toward unemployment and inflation. A full introduction to economic principles warrants completion of both ECON 2010 and 2020. Students planning to take both semesters of economic principles are advised to take ECON 2010 first, though this is not required. The department recommends ECON 2010 to students intending to take only one semester of principles. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ECON 2060 | American Economic History (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Surveys American economic history from colonial origins to the present. Cross-listed as HIUS 2061. |
| ECON 2070 | Introduction to Economics of Gender at Work (3) |
| This course is an introduction to the economic analysis of gender in labor markets. Students will learn about economic approaches to understanding and examining gender differences in workplace outcomes such as pay gaps and occupational segregation. No prior coursework in economics is required. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| ECON 2559 | New Course in Economics (1 - 3) |
| New course in the subject of economics. | |
| ECON 3010 | Intermediate Microeconomics (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the theory of prices and markets; includes an analysis of the forces determining the allocation of economic resources in a market economy. Credit is not given for both ECON 3010 and 3110. Prerequisite: ECON 2010 and one of the following: MATH 1220, MATH 1320, APMA 1110. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ECON 3020 | Intermediate Macroeconomics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies macroeconomic theory and policy; includes an analysis of the forces determining employment, income, and the price level. Prerequisite: ECON 2020 and 3010 or 3110, or instructor permission. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ECON 3030 | Money and Banking (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the role of money in the economic system, with emphasis on monetary policy and theory. Prerequisite: ECON 2020. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ECON 3040 | The Economics of Education (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Analyzes the demand for, and supply of, education in the United States, governmental policies regarding education, and proposed reforms. Prerequisite: ECON 2010. |
| ECON 3110 | Mathematical Microeconomics (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Covers the same topics as ECON 3010 using differential calculus through constrained maximization of functions of several variables. Credit is not given for both ECON 3010 and 3110. Prerequisite: ECON 2010 and two semesters of calculus. |
| ECON 3430 | Economics of Sustainability and the Environment (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Sustainability addresses how we manage the environment and share limited, valuable natural resources across time and space. The lens of microeconomics helps us understand why we have environmental problems and how we can solve them. Economics provides valuable tools for solving problems with pollution, over-exploitation of resources, loss of biological diversity and, of course, global warming. Prerequisite: ECON 2010 or instructor permission. |
| ECON 3559 | New Course in Economics (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | New course in the subject of economics. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 |
| ECON 3600 | Economics of the Art Market (3) |
| This course investigates key topics in the economics of the art market (or markets). It may be viewed as a course in applied micro-economics, with an interest in identifying the key factors that shape market outcomes, whether measured in terms of prices of individual artworks, the distribution of revenues among the major players in the market (artists, dealers, auction houses, etc.), or the financial rewards to the ownership of fine art. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| ECON 3640 | The Economics of Africa (3) |
| Examine the economic problems confronting sub-Saharan Africa countries, focusing on what is needed to accelerate sustainable growth and reduce poverty. Use standard economic tools to gain an understanding of the economic management challenges faced by African policy makers and the similarities and differences between African countries. Explore Africa's relationship with the rest of the world, focusing on trade, aid and economic cooperation. | |
| ECON 3650 | The Economics of India (3) |
| This course provides an understanding of India's economic system, strengths, and challenges. Students will analyze economic reforms, economic Growth, economic development, and India's connection with the rest of the world, focusing on trade, aid, and economic cooperation. Finally, the course will provide students with a framework for analyzing macroeconomic problems and examining significant economic issues. | |
| ECON 3720 | Introduction to Econometrics (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Guides students in the use and interpretation of economic data, focusing on the most common issues that arise in using economic data, and the methodology for solving these problems.
Prerequisite: STAT 2120, STAT 3120, APMA 3110, or APMA 3120 Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ECON 3820 | Introduction to Behavioral Economics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The course will use classroom simulations and lab reports to help students discover insights about economic behavior and policies. Each weekly topic is structured around an important economic principle, which is presented in the context of an "experiment" involving a sequence of decisions in a simulated game or market. After participating in the simulation, students complete a lab report. Course was offered Spring 2025 |
| ECON 4010 | Game Theory (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Analyzes the theory of strategically interdependent decision making, with applications to auctions, bargaining, oligopoly, signaling, and strategic voting. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110, and STAT 2120 or equivalent Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ECON 4020 | Auction Theory and Practice (3) |
| Covers the building blocks of modern auction theory (e.g. First Price versus Second Price, Dutch versus English, Revenue Equivalence, Auctions of Multiple Goods), critically assesses this theory by studying recent auctions in practice (e.g. 3G auctions, milk and timber auctions, eBay versus Amazon), and applies auction theory to other, non-auction, environments (e.g. election races, take-over-bid-wars, duopoly pricing). Prerequisite: ECON 3010 and STAT 2120 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ECON 4030 | Market Design: Engineering a Better World (3) |
| The course will consider the theory and practice of market design. We will study classical market failures (market power, externalities, incomplete information, missing markets), the core tools used in practice (auctions and deferred acceptance algorithms), and examples of their real world use (FCC Spectrum Auctions, Google Adwords, the Boston Public School Match, the National Resident Matching Program, and the Northeastern Kidney Exchange). | |
| ECON 4070 | Economics and Gender (3) |
| This course will apply micro-economic theory and empirical methods to explore the role of gender in shaping economic outcomes, examining the inter-relationships between family formation (marriage and fertility), human capital investment, and labor market outcomes. Public policy applications will be emphasized. | |
| ECON 4080 | Law and Economics (3) |
| Applies microeconomic theory to the analysis of legal rules and institutions. Includes the effect of economic forces on the development of law, and the effect of laws on the allocation of resources. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011 | |
| ECON 4095 | Dynamic Economics with Applications (3) |
| Students will learn the mathematical tools economists use to model and analyze dynamic economic problems. Topics include transitional dynamics, optimal control theory and recursive dynamic programming. I will show you how to solve economic problems such as consumption/savings, investment and capital accumulation, optimal growth, industry dynamics, job search, portfolio choice, natural resource extraction, and dynamic games. | |
| ECON 4110 | Competitive Strategy (3) |
| A course in business strategy for advanced undergraduates. Examines topics such as value creation and capture, industry structure, creating and maintaining competitive advantage, vertical structure of the firm, adapting to change, and long-run growth of the firm. Extensive use of business school cases and readings from the popular press. | |
| ECON 4150 | Economics of Labor (3) |
| Analyzes employment and wages, including the economics of education, unemployment, labor unions, discrimination and income inequality. Prerequisites: ECON 3010 or 3110, and ECON 3720, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ECON 4160 | Economics of Health (3) |
| Uses microeconomic theory to examine the demand for health services and medical care, the market for medical insurance, the behavior of physicians and hospitals, issues pertaining to malpractice, and government policy.
Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or ECON 3110 and ECON 3720 or ECON 4720. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ECON 4170 | The Economics of Risk, Uncertainty, and Information (3) |
| The principles of microeconomics are used to examine decision making under uncertainty: finance, learning, savings, contracts, and oligopoly. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or ECON 3110. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ECON 4175 | A History of Risk Management (3) |
| This course examines the meaning of risk and the history of risk management from the Bronze Age through the Digital Age. This course links together our natural aversion to loss and our attempts throughout history to mitigate loss and hedge risk. Students learn about markets designed to diversify risks such as futures, forwards, and insurance along with the co-evolution of probability theory as a tool to both understand and price risks. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| ECON 4190 | Industrial Organization (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies market structure, firm strategy, and market performance. Topics include strategic interactions among firms, as well as business practices such as mergers and acquisitions, price discrimination, advertising, product selection, innovation, vertical restraints, cartels, and exclusionary conduct. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ECON 4195 | Empirical Industrial Organization (3) |
| Empirical Industrial Organization examines various timely issues related to market structure, firm strategy, and market performance by combining the analysis of data and economic theory to develop and estimate econometric models.
Prerequisites: ECON 301, ECON 372 Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| ECON 4200 | Antitrust Policy (3) |
| Studies government regulation and control of business through public policies designed to promote workable competition. Prerequisite: ECON 3010. or ECON 3110 Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| ECON 4210 | International Trade: Theory and Policy (3) |
| Studies the nature and determinants of international trade and factor movements; the effects of international trade on prices of goods and factors; the consequences of tariffs, quotas, customs unions, and other trade policies and agreements, national or international; and international trade and the balance of payments. ECON 3010 or 3110 AND ECON 3720 or ECON 4720 or STAT 3220 Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ECON 4220 | International Finance and Macroeconomics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies fixed and floating exchange rate systems. Topics include determinants of a nation's balance of international payments; macroeconomic interdependence of nations under various exchange-rate regimes and its implications for domestic stabilization policies; and the international coordination of monetary and stabilization policies. Prerequisite: ECON 3020. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010 |
| ECON 4230 | Seminar on Trade and Development (3) |
| Examines various topics related to either international trade, Third World development, or interactions between the two. Examples include the effects of NAFTA, the WTO, multinational firms, child labor, rich country protectionism against Third World imports, volatile primary commodity markets, and how trade liberalization affects workers in rich and poor countries. The course will be structured on student presentations and directed-research projects. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or ECON 3110, and either ECON 4210 or ECON 4610. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ECON 4240 | Economics of Immigration (3) |
| This course offers an introduction to the economics of immigration, with an emphasis on the effects of immigrants on receiving countries, including effects on workers, crime, inequality, and fiscal effects. The prerequisites are Econ 3010 and Econ 3720 (or equivalents), since the course will heavily use theory from intermediate micro and will do close readings of empirical studies. | |
| ECON 4300 | Public Choice (3) |
| Studies politics using economic analysis. Topics include the theory of voting rules, regulation, taxation, and interest groups; the growth of government; and the design of constitutions. Prerequisite: ECON 3010. | |
| ECON 4310 | Economics of the Public Sector (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the justifications for government activities, the design of programs consistent with these justifications, the effects of major existing and proposed expenditure programs and taxes, and positive and normative analyses of political systems. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ECON 4320 | Economics of Urban Areas (3) |
| This course explores how economists think about cities. Why do cities exist? Why are they located where they are? Why do some cities grow and others decline? Within a city, what determines where people live, how they commute to work, and what they pay for housing? Topics to be treated include agglomeration economies, location theory, land use patterns and policies, urban housing and transportation, and local public goods. | |
| ECON 4340 | The Theory of Financial Markets (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the theory and operation of financial markets and the role of financial assets and institutions in the economic decisions of individuals, firms, and governments. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110, 3030, and STAT 2120 or equivalent. . |
| ECON 4350 | Corporate Finance (3) |
| Analyzes the theory of financing corporate operations and corporate decisions regarding the allocation of capital among alternative projects; includes the nature of financial instruments and the behavior of capital markets. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110, 3030, and STAT 2120 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011 | |
| ECON 4360 | Empirical Finance (3) |
| Develops and tests models of asset pricing and allocation in finance, to determine both the validity of the theories and the extent to which they should guide us in financial decision-making.
Prerequisite: Must have met the Financial Economics concentration declaration prerequisites. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ECON 4365 | Global Financial Markets (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Study the role and the importance of the financial system in the global economy. Construct general equilibrium models that encompass the financial markets as well as the rest of the economy. These models will be used to understand the recent subprime crisis, the European sovereign debt crisis, and many market phenomena such as extreme volatility and contagion. Prerequisites: ECON 3010 or 3110 (ECON 3020 is recommended). Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2017 |
| ECON 4370 | Behavioral Finance (3) |
| Behavioral finance questions the efficient market hypothesis. In addition, this course explores noise trader models and the 'over and under reaction' debate. Readings are mostly from professional journals. Students should be quite serious about finance.
Prerequisite: Econ 3010 or 3110 and ECON 4340 Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ECON 4390 | The Economic Theory of Advertising (3) |
| Course deals with theories explaining the nature of advertising, and evaluates market performance in this industry, using Game Theory and Oligopoly Theory. Calculus will be used extensively. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or ECON 3110. | |
| ECON 4400 | Topics in Economic History (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Comparative study of the historical development of selected advanced economies (e.g., the United States, England, Japan, continental Europe). The nations covered vary with instructor. Prerequisite: ECON 3020, or ECON 2010 and 2020 and instructor permission. |
| ECON 4420 | Macroeconomic Policy (3) |
| This course takes a microeconomic approach to macroeconomic policies, with special emphasis on monetary and fiscal policies and their impacts on inflation and economic activity. Focus is on the connections among theory, institutional design, and actual data, including historical episodes. Prerequisites: ECON 3010 or ECON 3110 and ECON 3020. | |
| ECON 4430 | Environmental Economics (3) |
| Explores the origins of environmental problems, how to measure the value of environmental amenities, and the efficacy of specific forms of regulation, including mandated technologies, taxes, subsidies, and pollution permit trading. Topics include air and water pollution, climate change, the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, and sustainable development. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ECON 4440 | Economic Inequality (3) |
| Economic analysis of the growth of income and wealth inequality since 1980, in the United States and around the world. Emphasis on measuring inequality, understanding the causes of growing inequality, and possible policy responses. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016 | |
| ECON 4444 | Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work (3) |
| Advances in AI & automation have proceeded rapidly in recent years & have reached an inflection point that will have profound implications for the future of humanity. This course analyzes the short- and medium-run implications for employment, economic growth, & inequality. It also covers philosophical questions such as the long-run implications of AI rivaling human intelligence. Requisite: [Either ECON 3010 (or 3310) & ECON 3020] OR CS 3102. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2020 | |
| ECON 4445 | Policy Analysis (3) |
| This course will introduce you to econometric methods for evaluating public policies. At the end of the course, you will be familiar with the strengths and weaknesses behind a variety of evaluation methods commonly used to examine programs such as the minimum wage, education or job training. | |
| ECON 4500 | Topic Courses in Econ (1 - 3) |
| Topic courses in Economics Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| ECON 4559 | New Course in Economics (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | New course in the subject of economics. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ECON 4590 | Majors Seminar (1 - 2) |
| Reading, discussion, and research in selected topics. Topics vary by instructor and course may be taken for credit more than once. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ECON 4610 | Economic Development (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the peculiar problems of economics in underdeveloped countries, including government and market failures. Examines factors underlying poverty, hunger, illiteracy, and corruption in developing countries, and the scope for (rigorously evaluated) policies to improve these conditions. Prerequisite: ECON 2010 and ECON 3720 (or 4720 or STAT 3220 or equivalent). ECON 2020 and ECON 3010/3110 are helpful but not required. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Spring 2012 |
| ECON 4620 | Seminar on Development Economics (3) |
| This course covers important topics in development economics, such as health, education, gender, environment, institutions, and infrastructure. The primary goal of the course is to prepare students to conduct and evaluate empirical research in development economics. To this end, the course will cover empirical tools necessary to study the problems facing developing economies.
Requisites: ECON 3010, ECON 3720 and/or ECON 4720 | |
| ECON 4710 | Introduction to Forecasting and Time Series Econometrics (3) |
| Investigates the unique challenges encountered in the analysis of time series data and some of the econometric techniques that have been developed to address those challenges. Analyzes the theory and practice of forecasting economic variables. Specific topics will include ARMA models, deterministic versus stochastic trends, unit roots and unit root tests, seasonality, structural breaks, and ARCH/GARCH models. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2011 | |
| ECON 4720 | Econometric Methods (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the application of statistical methods to the testing and estimation of economic relationships. Emphasizes applied econometric studies and the problems that arise when analyzing time series and cross section data by means of stochastic linear models. Prerequisite: ECON 3720 or STAT 3120 or STAT 3220 or APMA 3110 or APMA 3120; and MATH 3350 or MATH 3351 or APMA 3080. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ECON 4740 | Introduction to Algorithmic Economics (3) |
| The course will cover recent work in Computer Science and Economics the enables the appropriate analysis of dynamic marketplaces where agents rely on algorithmic tools to make decisions and compete. The course will cover a range of fundamental concepts from machine learning and convex optimization and connect them with the concepts in game theory and Economics of information. | |
| ECON 4820 | Experimental Economics (3) |
| Explores the use of laboratory methods to study economic behavior. Topics include experimental design, laboratory technique, financial incentives, and analysis of data. Emphasizes applications: bargaining, auctions, market price competition, market failures, voting, contributions to public goods, lottery choice decisions, and the design of electronic markets for financial assets. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110 and a course in statistics, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ECON 4880 | Seminar in Policy Analysis (3) |
| Introduces the methods used to estimate the effects of existing and proposed government programs. Methods will be illustrated with applications to several areas of government policy. Students will complete an empirical policy analysis under faculty supervision. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110, ECON 3720, and ECON 4310. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ECON 4990 | Distinguished Majors Seminar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Required for Distinguished Majors. An introduction to economic research and the writing of a Distinguished Majors thesis. Although the course is intended for Distinguished Majors, other highly motivated and accomplished students may be admitted if space permits. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110; and either 3720 or 4720 or instructor permission. |
| ECON 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent study under the direction of a regular faculty member. Students may not use this class to obtain academic credit for a summer internship. Prerequisite: GPA of 3.300 in UVa ECON courses. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 |
| ECON 4995 | Supervised Research (1 - 3) |
| Research under the direction of a regular faculty member. Students may not use this class to obtain academic credit for a summer internship.Prerequisite: GPA of 3.300 in UVa ECON courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ECON 4999 | Distinguished Majors Thesis (1 - 3) |
| Supervised research culminating in the writing of a Distinguished Majors thesis. Restricted to members of the Distinguished Majors Program. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ECON 5090 | Introduction to Mathematical Economics I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies topics in univariate and multivariate calculus and linear algebra. Includes applications to the theory of economic statics. Prerequisite: One semester of calculus and one additional semester of college mathematics, or instructor permission. |
| ECON 5351 | The International Economy Since 1850 (3) |
| This seminar will focus on key aspects of the development of the international economy since the mid-nineteenth century. Emphasis will be on the process of change, the impact of policy, and the operation of international institutions. Special focus will be paid to the economics of the Great Depression, the impact of the First and Second World Wars, and the drivers of growth. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| ECON 5500 | Bridge to Doctorate Courses (1 - 4) |
| This listing is for a 5000-level topics course that will allow for versions of advanced 4000-level topics class that can be used by our Bridge to the Doctorate Fellows to aquire MA-level skills during their time at UVA. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| ECON 5520 | Special Topics in Economics (3) |
| Graduate students combine course work in an upper-level undergraduate economics course with additional special assignments. Because topics vary with instructor, this course may be repeated for credit Prerequisite: Graduate standing and instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2016 | |
| ECON 5559 | New Course in Economics (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of economics. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| ECON 5720 | Econometric Methods (3) |
| Meets concurrently with ECON 4720. Studies the application of statistical methods to the testing and estimation of economic relationships. Emphasizes applied econometric studies and the problems that arise when analyzing time series and cross section data by means of stochastic linear models. Prerequisite: Math 1220 and one of the following statistics courses: ECON 3710, ECON 3720, STAT 3120, STAT 3220, APMA 3110, APMA 3120, or permission of instructor. Course was offered Fall 2022 | |
| ECON 7010 | Microeconomic Theory I (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the theory of consumer and producer choice. Includes partial equilibrium analysis of competitive and imperfectly competitive markets. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. |
| ECON 7020 | Macroeconomic Theory I (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces macroeconomic theory, emphasizing economic growth and the business cycle. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. |
| ECON 7030 | Microeconomic Theory II (4) |
| Studies general equilibrium analysis, welfare economics, externalities, and public goods. Prerequisite: ECON 7010 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ECON 7040 | Macroeconomic Theory II (4) |
| Studies advanced topics in the theory of money and income. Prerequisite: ECON 7020 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ECON 7559 | New Course in Economics (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of economics. | |
| ECON 7710 | Econometrics I (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the concepts and basic techniques of probability theory and statistical inference. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. |
| ECON 7720 | Econometrics II (4) |
| Development of the linear and non-linear regression models including hypothesis testing, specification, instrumental variables, generalized least squares, and asymtotic distribution theory. Includes an introduction to identification and estimation of simultaneous equation models. Prerequisite: ECON 7710 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ECON 8010 | Microeconomic Theory III (4) |
| ECON 8010 is an introduction to non-cooperative game theory and the economics of information, emphasizing applications to microeconomics. Applications include topics such as bargaining, cooperation in repeated games, the design of optimal auctions, and signalling models.
Prerequisite: ECON 7030 or permission of instructor Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ECON 8150 | Economics of Labor Markets (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduction to labor economics, including economic aspects of employment, wages, schooling, labor unions, and discrimination. Prerequisite: ECON 7030 and 7720 or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ECON 8160 | Seminar in Labor Economics and Development (3) |
| Studies advanced topics in labor economics, emphasizing applications to developing countries. Cross-listed as ECON 8190. Prerequisite: ECON 8150 and 7720. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ECON 8170 | Industrial Organization I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the industrial structure of the economy and its effects on allocation of resources. Prerequisite: ECON 7030 or instructor permission. |
| ECON 8180 | Industrial Organization II (3) |
| Advanced study of selected problems in industrial organization. Prerequisite: ECON 8170 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ECON 8190 | Economics of Underdeveloped Areas (3) |
| Studies advanced topics in labor economics, emphasizing applications to developing countries. Cross-listed as ECON 8160. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ECON 8210 | International Trade Theory (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the theory of international trade and analysis of the economic effects of tariffs, quotas, and other departures from free trade. Prerequisite: ECON 7030 or instructor permission. |
| ECON 8220 | International Finance (3) |
| Topics include the balance of payments, long-term and short-term capital movements, the international money market, international monetary standards, international equilibrium and the mechanism of adjustment, exchange variations, and the objectives of international monetary policies. Prerequisite: ECON 7020 or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ECON 8230 | Advanced Topics in International Trade (3) |
| The course studies very recent papers on International Trade, or the "micoreconomics of globalization," in order to get students conversant with current research. By the end of the semester, students should be ready to explore potential dissertation topics in the field.
Prerequisites: ECON 8210 or permission of Instructor Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| ECON 8310 | Public Economics I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topics include the justifications for government activities; principles of program analysis; illustrative theoretical and empirical analysis of expenditure programs; and theories of political processes. Prerequisite: ECON 7030 or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ECON 8320 | Public Economics II (3) |
| Studies the foundations of excess burden, incidence analysis, and optimal taxation; studies of taxation; general equilibrium analysis for tax policy; and the study of tax reform. Prerequisite: ECON 7030 or instructor permission. | |
| ECON 8340 | Financial Economics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This is an advanced macro/finance graduate course devoted to study topics in finance with particular emphasis in financial markets and problems in their functioning. The course will cover recent theories of financial crisis as we as experimental evidence. |
| ECON 8350 | Advanced Macroeconomic Theory (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Advanced study of selected topics in macro- and monetary economics, with and emphasis on theoretical and computational issues. Prerequisite: ECON 7040 or instructor permission. |
| ECON 8360 | Empirical Macroeconomics (3) |
| Advanced study of selected topics in macro and monetary economics, with an emphasis on empirical methods. Prerequisite: ECON 7040 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ECON 8410 | Applied Microeconomics Workshop (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies current research in applied microeconomics. Prerequisite: Third-year status or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ECON 8420 | Macroeconomics Workshop (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies current research in macroeconomics. Prerequisite: Third-year status or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ECON 8430 | Workshop in Economic Theory and Experimental Economics (3) |
| Current research in Economic Theory and Experimental Economics. Prerequisite: Third-year status or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ECON 8440 | International Trade Workshop (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Current research in International Trade. Prerequisite: Third-year status or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ECON 8450 | Public Economics Workshop (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies current research in public economics. Prerequisite: Third-year status or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ECON 8460 | Econometrics Workshop (3) |
| Studies current research in econometrics. Prerequisite: Third-year status or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ECON 8470 | Industrial Organization Workshop (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Current research in Industrial Organization. Third-year status or permission of instructor. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 |
| ECON 8480 | Global Development Workshop (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Current research in Global Economic Development. Third-year status or permission of instructor. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 |
| ECON 8510 | Topics in Growth Theory (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the issues related to economic development, emphasizing endogenous growth models. Topics include human capital, R & D, learning by doing, fiscal policy, trade, and financial development. Prerequisite: ECON 7040 or instructor permission. |
| ECON 8559 | New Course in Economics (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of economics. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2018, Spring 2015, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| ECON 8710 | Cross Section Econometrics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies econometric tools for the analysis of cross-section and qualitative data. Prerequisite: ECON 7720 or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ECON 8720 | Time Series Econometrics (3) |
| Studies econometric techniques for the analysis of economic time series. Prerequisite: ECON 7720 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| ECON 8730 | Econometric Methods for Data-Rich Environments (3) |
| "Traditional" econometric inference is hard to implement in "big data" settings. This course provides a bridge between highly efficient scalable tools from Machine Learning and nonparametric econometric models. The focus will be on developing non-parametric models of large datasets, establishing uniform consistency results for the analyzed models, and bridging the computational efficiency and statistical properties of the estimators. | |
| ECON 8745 | Numerical Methods in Economics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The class presents modern numerical methods for solving mathematical problems common in economics. Examples include functional approximation, nonlinear maximization and root finding, and numerical integration and differentiation. Applications include the solution of dynamic decision problems, computing equilibria of dynamic economies and games, and nonlinear estimation. |
| ECON 8820 | Experimental Economics (3) |
| Analysis of the use of laboratory methods to study economic behavior. Topics include experimental design, laboratory technique, and nonparametric analysis of data. Emphasizes using controlled observations to evaluate alternative economic theories and policies. Applications include bargaining, auctions, oligopoly, asymmetric information, voting, public goods, financial markets, and tests of expected utility and game theories. Prerequisite: ECON 7010 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| ECON 8991 | Research Methods in Economics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The course focuses on developing research ideas into a formal paper. Students work in small groups with the instructor, completing writing assignments that form the body of a scholarly paper and offering critical evaluations of other students' assignments. Prerequisite: Third-year status or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ECON 8995 | Supervised Study (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Reading and/or other work for PhD students in particular fields under supervision of an instructor. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020 |
| ECON 8998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ECON 8999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ECON 9550 | Selected Research Problems in Economics I (3) |
| Advanced research into specific economic problems under detailed faculty supervision. Course was offered Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ECON 9559 | New Course in Economics (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of economics. | |
| ECON 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral research, to be taken only in the first semester after passing a field exam, and before a dissertation director has been selected. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ECON 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of the first reader or prospective first reader. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| English-American Literature to 1900 | |
| ENAM 3500 | Studies in American Literature (3) |
| For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| ENAM 3559 | New Course in American Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of American Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ENAM 3570 | Contemporary Ethnic American Fiction (3) |
| This course introduces students to the growing body of fiction by recent American writers of ethnic and racial minorities. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENAM 4559 | New Course in American Literature To 1900 (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of American Literature To 1900. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2018 | |
| ENAM 5559 | New Course in American Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of American Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.. | |
| ENAM 8520 | Major American Authors (3) |
| Studies the work of one or two major writers within a precise historical context. A recent pair was Hawthorne and Melville. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENAM 8559 | New Course in American Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of American Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ENAM 9559 | New Course in American Literature To 1900 (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of American Literature To 1900. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| English-Criticism | |
| ENCR 3559 | New Course in Criticism (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Criticism. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENCR 4559 | New Course in Criticism (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Criticism. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENCR 5559 | New Course in Criticism (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Criticism. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| ENCR 8559 | New Course in Criticism (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Criticism. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| ENCR 9559 | New Course in Criticism (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Criticism. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| Creative Writing | |
| ENCW 2200 | Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Writing (3) |
| A small, workshop-based, creative writing course that explores various forms of creative nonfiction and requires students to generate at least one longer work that incorporates extensive outside research. | |
| ENCW 2300 | Poetry Writing (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An introduction to the craft of writing poetry, with relevant readings in the genre. For more details on creative writing courses, see our program website at creativewriting.virginia.edu. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| ENCW 2530 | Introduction to Poetry Writing - Themed (3) |
| An introduction to the craft of writing poetry, with relevant readings in the genre. Both readings and writing assignments will be on topics that vary. For more details on this class, please visit our program website at creativewriting.virginia.edu. | |
| ENCW 2560 | Introduction to Fiction Writing - Themed (3) |
| An introduction to the craft of writing fiction, with relevant readings in the genre. Both readings and writing assignments will be on topics that vary. For more details on this class, please visit our program website at creativewriting.virginia.edu. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016 | |
| ENCW 2600 | Fiction Writing (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An introduction to the craft of writing fiction, with relevant readings in the genre. For more details on creative writing courses, see our program website at creativewriting.virginia.edu. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| ENCW 3310 | Intermediate Poetry Writing I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For students advanced beyond the level of ENCW 2300. Involves workshop of student work, craft discussions, and relevant reading. May be repeated with different instructor. For instructions on how to apply to this class or more details, please visit our program website at creativewriting.virginia.edu/ugrad. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| ENCW 3350 | Intermediate Nonfiction Writing (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For students advanced beyond the level of ENWR 2600. Involves workshop of student work, craft discussion, and relevant reading. May be repeated with different instructor. For instructions on how to apply to this class, see www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 |
| ENCW 3500 | Topics in Creative Writing (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An intermediate level creative writing course that involves workshop of student work, craft discussions, and relevant reading. Topics vary from year to year. For more information, visit the department website at english.as.virginia.edu. Course was offered Fall 2024 |
| ENCW 3559 | New Course in Creative Writing (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Creative Writing. | |
| ENCW 3610 | Intermediate Fiction Writing (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For students advanced beyond the level of ENCW 2600. Involves workshop of student work, craft discussions, and relevant reading. May be repeated with different instructor. For instructions on how to apply to this class or more details, please visit our program website at creativewriting.virginia.edu/ugrad. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| ENCW 4350 | Advanced Nonfiction Writing (3) |
| For advanced students with experience in writing literary nonfiction. Involves workshop of student work, craft discussion, and relevant reading. May be repeated with different instructor. For instructions on how to apply to this class, see creativewriting.virginia.edu/ugrad. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| ENCW 4550 | Topics in Literary Prose (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | One of two required readings courses for students admitted to the Area Program in Literary Prose, also open to other qualified students. For instructions on how to apply to this class, see creativewriting.virginia.edu/ugrad. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 |
| ENCW 4720 | Area Program in Literary Prose Thesis Course (3) |
| Directed writing project for students in the English Department's Undergraduate Area Program in Literary Prose, leading to completion of an extended piece of creative prose writing. | |
| ENCW 4810 | Advanced Fiction Writing I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Devoted to the writing of prose fiction, especially the short story. Student work is discussed in class and individual conferences. Parallel reading in the work of modern novelists and short story writers is required. For advanced students with prior experience in writing fiction. May be repeated with different instructor. For instructions on how to apply to this class, see creativewriting.virginia.edu/ugrad. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| ENCW 4820 | Poetry Program Poetics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This poetics seminar, designed for students in the English Department's Area Program in Poetry Writing but open to other students on a space-available basis, is a close readings course for serious makers and readers of poems. Seminar topics vary by semester. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at creativewriting.virginia.edu/ugrad. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 |
| ENCW 4830 | Advanced Poetry Writing I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For advanced students with prior experience in writing poetry. Student work is discussed in class and in individual conferences. Reading in contemporary poetry is also assigned. May be repeated with different instructor. For instructions on how to apply to this class, see creativewriting.virginia.edu/ugrad. Course was offered Spring 2025, January 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, January 2024, Fall 2023, January 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| ENCW 4920 | Poetry Program Capstone (3) |
| Directed poetry writing project for students in the English Department's Undergraduate Area Program in Poetry Writing, leading to completion of a manuscript of poems. Both courses are required for students in the Distinguished Majors Program. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| ENCW 4993 | Independent Project in Creative Writing (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For the student who wants to work on a creative writing project under the direction of a faculty member. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015 |
| ENCW 5310 | Advanced Poetry Writing II (3) |
| Intensive work in poetry writing, for students with prior experience. May be repeated with different instructor. For instructions on how to apply to this class, see www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015 | |
| ENCW 5610 | Advanced Fiction Writing II (3) |
| A course for advanced short story writers. Student manuscripts are discussed in individual conference and in class. May be repeated with different instructor. For instructions on how to apply to this class, see www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2015 | |
| ENCW 7310 | MFA Poetry Workshop (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Graduate-level poetry writing workshop for advanced writing students. A weekly 2.5 hour workshop discussion of student poems. For more details, visit our program website at creativewriting.virginia.edu. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015 |
| ENCW 7559 | New Course in Creative Writing (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of academic, professional, and creative writing. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENCW 7610 | MFA Fiction Workshop (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A course devoted to the writing of prose fiction, especially the short story. Student work is discussed in class and in individual conferences. Parallel reading in the work of modern novelists and short story writers is required. For more details, visit our program website at creativewriting.virginia.edu. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015 |
| ENCW 8559 | New Course in Creative Writing (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of academic, professional, and creative writing. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENCW 8993 | Independent Writing Project (3) |
| Intended for graduate students who wish to do work on a creative writing project other than the thesis for the Master of Fine Arts degree under the direction of a faculty member. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Prerequisite: Permission of the chair. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| ENCW 8999 | MFA Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Non-topical research hours taken as part of the Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015 |
| English-Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Lit | |
| ENEC 3559 | New Course in Restoration and Eighteenth-century Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of restoration and eighteenth-century literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2018, Spring 2014 | |
| ENEC 4559 | New Course in Restoration and Eighteenth-century Literature. (1 - 3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of restoration and eighteenth-century literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENEC 5559 | New Course in the subject of Restoration and Eighteenth-century Literature. (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of restoration and eighteenth-century literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| ENEC 8559 | New Course in Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of restoration and eighteenth-century literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2017, Fall 2010 | |
| ENEC 9559 | New Course in the subject of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature. (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of restoration and eighteenth-century literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| English-Literature | |
| ENGL 150 | Special Topics in English (0) |
| Special Topics in English. | |
| ENGL 1500 | Masterworks of Literature (3) |
| An introduction to the study of literature. Why is imaginative literature worth reading and taking seriously? How do we prepare ourselves to be the best possible readers of imaginative literature? Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| ENGL 1559 | New Course in English Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of English Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2013 | |
| ENGL 1590 | Literature and the Professions (3) |
| An introduction to the study of literature that focuses on the intersections between imaginative literature and other fields of human endeavor. Why is imaginative literature worth reading and taking seriously? How can becoming a better reader enhance other aspects of our careers and our lives? | |
| ENGL 1900 | Introduction to Academic Conversations (3) |
| This class welcomes students to the university and to the ways academics read, discuss, and respond to intellectual conversations. Students will read and analyze college-level texts, practice stages of the composing process, and present responses orally in discussions and brief presentations. This course develops the strategies necessary to achieve proficiency in future writing classes as well as courses across the curriculum | |
| ENGL 1910 | Public Speaking (3) |
| The development of skills in the preparation, delivery, and criticism of speeches, with emphasis on the function of audience analysis, evidence, organization, language, and style. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 2001 | History of European Literature I (4) |
| Surveys European literature from antiquity to the Renaissance, with emphasis on recurring themes, the texts themselves, and the meaning of literature in broader historical contexts. | |
| ENGL 2002 | History of European Literature II (4) |
| Surveys European literature from the Renaissance to the twentieth century, with emphasis on recurring themes, the texts themselves, and the meaning of literature in broader historical contexts. | |
| ENGL 2500 | Introduction to Literary Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces students to some fundamental skills in critical thinking and critical writing about literary texts. Readings include various examples of poetry, fiction, and drama. The course is organized along interactive and participatory lines. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 |
| ENGL 2502 | Masterpieces of English Literature (3) |
| Surveys selected English writers from the fourteenth through the eighteenth century. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 | |
| ENGL 2504 | Major Authors of American Literature (3) |
| Studies major works in American literature before 1900. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 2506 | Studies in Poetry (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Examines the poetic techniques and conventions of imagery and verse that poets have used across the centuries. Exercises in scansion, close reading, and framing arguments about poetry. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 |
| ENGL 2507 | Studies in Drama (3) |
| Introduces the techniques of the dramatic art, with close analysis of selected plays. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 2508 | Studies in Fiction (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the techniques of fiction. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 |
| ENGL 2527 | Shakespeare (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies selected sonnets and plays of Shakespeare. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020 |
| ENGL 2559 | New Course in Introduction to English Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of English Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Summer 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016 | |
| ENGL 2560 | Contemporary Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces trends in contemporary English, American, and Continental literature, especially in fiction, but with some consideration of poetry and drama. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. |
| ENGL 2570 | Modern American Authors (3) |
| Surveys major American writers of the twentieth century. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2020 | |
| ENGL 2572 | Black Writers in America (3) |
| Topics in African-American writing in the US from its beginning in vernacular culture to the present day; topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 2590 | Studies in Global Literature (3) |
| Examines a selection of works, primarily in English but occasionally in translation, from around the world. The list of works and genres treated will vary. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 2592 | Women in Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Analyzes the representations of women in literature as well as literary texts by women writers. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. |
| ENGL 2599 | Special Topics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Usually an introduction to non-traditional or specialized topics in literary studies, (e.g., native American literature, gay and lesbian studies, techno-literacy, Arthurian romance, Grub Street in eighteenth-century England, and American exceptionalism). For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 |
| ENGL 2657 | Routes, Writing, Reggae (3) |
| In this course, we will trace the history of reggae music and explore its influence on the development of Jamaican literature. With readings on Jamaican history, we will consider why so many reggae songs speak about Jah and quote from the Bible. Then, we will explore how Marcus Garvey's teachings led to the rise of Rastafarianism, which in turn seeded ideas of black pride and black humanity into what would become reggae music. | |
| ENGL 2900 | Women and Media in the Global South (3) |
| This course examines women and media in the Middle East, South Asia, and North Africa through the lenses of new media, journalism, feminism, and gender studies, with cross-cultural comparisons to the U.S. | |
| ENGL 3001 | History of Literatures in English I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A two-semester, chronological survey of literatures in English from their beginnings to the present day. Studies the formal and thematic features of different genres in relation to the chief literary, social, and cultural influences upon them. ENGL 3001 covers the period up to 1800; ENGL 3002, the period 1800 to the present. Required of all majors. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at https://english.as.virginia.edu/. |
| ENGL 3002 | History of Literatures in English II (3) |
| A two-semester, chronological survey of literatures in English from their beginnings to the present day. Studies the formal and thematic features of different genres in relation to the chief literary, social, and cultural influences upon them. ENGL 3001 covers the period up to 1800; ENGL 3002, the period 1800 to the present. Required of all majors. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at https://english.as.virginia.edu/. | |
| ENGL 3010 | History of the English Language (3) |
| Studies the development of English word forms and vocabulary from Old English to present-day English. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at https://english.as.virginia.edu/. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| ENGL 3020 | American English (3) |
| A historical examination of the peculiar development of the English language, both spoken and written, in the Americas, primarily in the United States, from the time of the first European settlements to the present. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3025 | African American English (3) |
| This course examines the communicative practices of African American Vernacular English (AAEV) to explore how a marginalized language dynamic has made major transitions into American mainstream discourse. AAEV is no longer solely the informal speech of many African Americans; it is the way Americans speak. | |
| ENGL 3100 | Old Icelandic Literature in Translation (3) |
| A survey of the major works written in Iceland from around 1100 to the end of the Middle Ages. Works studied include several of the family and legendary sagas and selections from the Poetic Edda and the Edda of Snorri Sturluson. All readings are in translation. Course was offered Fall 2020, Spring 2020 | |
| ENGL 3110 | Violence and Conflict Resolution in Medieval Literature (3) |
| Studies the representation of violence and peacemaking in the literature of medieval England, Scandinavia and the continent from Beowulf to the fifteenth century. Special emphasis is placed on the historical background. (IR) | |
| ENGL 3161 | Chaucer I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies selected Canterbury Tales and other works, read in the original. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. |
| ENGL 3162 | Chaucer II (3) |
| Studies Troilus and Criseyde and other works, read in the original. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2023 | |
| ENGL 3170 | Drama in English from its Beginnings to 1642 (3) |
| Surveys medieval and Renaissance drama. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3200 | Literature of the Renaissance (3) |
| Surveys sixteenth-century English prose, poetry and drama. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3220 | The Seventeenth Century (3) |
| Surveys the prose, poetry and drama of the earlier seventeenth century. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3260 | Milton (3) |
| Study of selected poems and prose, with particular emphasis on Paradise Lost. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3271 | Shakespeare: Histories and Comedies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A survey of plays from Shakespeare's earlier career, emphasizing the great histories and comedies. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. |
| ENGL 3273 | Shakespeare: Tragedies and Romances (3) |
| Surveys the plays of Shakespeare's later career, emphasizing the great tragedies and romances. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3274 | Studies in Shakespeare (3) |
| Intensive study of selected plays. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Summer 2022 | |
| ENGL 3275 | History of Drama I: Ancient Greece to the Renaissance (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course begins in ancient Athens with the birth of tragedy and comedy, moving from there to the Latin tradition, both pagan and Christian, before settling into the European vernaculars, both medieval and modern. |
| ENGL 3300 | English Literature of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Surveys representative writers, themes, and forms of the period 1660-1800. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025 |
| ENGL 3310 | Eighteenth-Century Women Writers (3) |
| For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3320 | English Literature of the Restoration and Early Eighteenth Century (3) |
| Surveys representative writers, themes, and forms of the period 1660-1740. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3321 | English Literature of the Late Eighteenth Century (3) |
| Surveys representative writers, themes, and forms of the period 1740-1800. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| ENGL 3332 | Literature of the Americas (3) |
| Comparative study of various major writers of North, Central, and South America. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3370 | Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama (3) |
| Introduces students to major plays, playwrights, and theatrical issues of the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Britain. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| ENGL 3380 | The English Novel I (3) |
| Studies the rise and development of the English novel in the 18th century. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3401 | English Poetry and Prose of the Nineteenth Century I (3) |
| Surveys the poetry and non-fictional prose of the Romantic period, including major Romantic poets and essayists. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Summer 2021 | |
| ENGL 3402 | English Poetry and Prose of the Nineteenth Century II (3) |
| Surveys the poetry and non-fictional prose of the Victorian period, including the major Victorian poets and essayists. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3420 | The Lives of the Victorians (3) |
| Introduces the literature and culture of the Victorian period, focusing on life-narrative in a variety of genres, including poetry, fiction, biography, and autobiography. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3430 | American Literature to 1865 (3) |
| Surveys American literature from the Colonial Era to the Age of Emerson and Melville. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2020 | |
| ENGL 3434 | The American Renaissance (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Analyzes the major writings of Poe, Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Thoreau, and Dickinson. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. |
| ENGL 3436 | Sex and Sentiment (3) |
| Focuses on the rise of sentimental novels and sensational novels between the American Revolution and the Civil War. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3438 | Realism and Naturalism in America (3) |
| Analyzes American literary realism and naturalism, its sociological, philosophical, and literary origins as well as its relation to other contemporaneous literary movements. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3440 | African-American Literature I (3) |
| Analyzes the earliest examples of African-American literature, emphasizing African cultural themes and techniques that were transformed by the experience of slavery as that experience met European cultural and religious practices. Studies essays, speeches, pamphlets, poetry, and songs. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3460 | Victorian Poetry (3) |
| A study of British poetry in the period 1832-1901. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| ENGL 3470 | Major British Authors of the Nineteenth Century (3) |
| Analyzes the principal works of three or more Romantic authors. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3480 | The English Novel II (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Reading of novels by Austen, Dickens, Thackeray, the Brontës, Gaskell, Meredith, Eliot, and Hardy. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. |
| ENGL 3482 | The Fiction of Empire (3) |
| Studies the representation of the British Empire in nineteenth-century works of fiction. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2020 | |
| ENGL 3500 | Studies in English Literature (3) |
| Topics vary. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020 | |
| ENGL 3510 | Studies in Medieval Literature (3) |
| Topics vary. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3515 | Medieval European Literature in Translation (3) |
| Explores themes in English, French, German, Italian, Irish, Icelandic, and Spanish literature of the Middle Ages. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3520 | Studies in Renaissance Literature (3) |
| Topics vary. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3530 | Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature (3) |
| Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3540 | Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Examination of particular movements within the period, (e.g., the Aesthetic Movement; the Pre-Raphaelites; and Condition-of-England novels). For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 |
| ENGL 3545 | Studies in American Literature before 1900 (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topics vary. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. |
| ENGL 3559 | New Course in English Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of English Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, January 2025, January 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2017 | |
| ENGL 3560 | Studies in Modern and Contemporary Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course takes up topics in the study of literature in English in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020 |
| ENGL 3570 | Studies in American Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the work of one or two major authors. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020 |
| ENGL 3572 | Studies in African-American Literature and Culture (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Intensive study of African-American writers and cultural figures in a diversity of genres. Includes artists from across the African diaspora in comparative American perspective. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. |
| ENGL 3600 | British Literature of the Twentieth Century (3) |
| Surveys major trends and figures in British literature from 1890 to the present. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3610 | Global Cultural Studies (3) |
| The course analyzes our global cultural condition from a dual historical and literary perspective and follows a development stretching over the last 60 years, beginning with the period just after WW II and continuing to the present day. Of central concern will be the varieties of cultural expression across regions of the world and their relation to a rapidly changing social history, drawing upon events that occur during the semester. | |
| ENGL 3612 | World Literature in English (3) |
| This course will explore Anglophone fiction and drama from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean over the last half century. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2020 | |
| ENGL 3620 | Concepts of the Modern (3) |
| Studies the modern sensibility through an examination of the themes and techniques of aestheticism, psychology, existentialism, and twentieth and twenty-first centuries. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3630 | Modern Irish Literature (3) |
| Surveys Irish writing from the late nineteenth century to the present. Focuses on the relationships of Irish literature to Ireland's national identity and political processes. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3635 | Currents in African Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the development of the Anglophone African novel as a genre, as well as the representation of the post-colonial dilemma of African nations and the revision of gender and ethnic roles. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2019 |
| ENGL 3640 | Game of Thrones (3) |
| A study of George R. R. Martin's fantasy series and the television series based on it, exploring notions of literary and visual representation, racialism, fan fiction, and the gendered dimensions of power. | |
| ENGL 3645 | Musical Fictions (3) |
| Over the course of the semester, we will explore the genre of the contemporary musical novel in order to better understand why writers and readers are so intrigued by the figure of the musician as a literary trope. Pairing close listening and music theory with close readings of seminal blues, jazz, reggae, mambo, calypso and rock novels set in the US, UK, Jamaica, Trinidad, France and Germany. | |
| ENGL 3660 | Modern Poetry (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is a survey of modern poetry written in English. 'Make it new,' wrote Ezra Pound, and this course explores the various ways in which modern poets reinvented poetry in the first half of the twentieth century. It examines the signature style and literary contribution of selected anglophone poets, asking how they remade inherited genres, forms, and vocabularies. |
| ENGL 3665 | Modern Poetry: Rilke, Valéry, and Stevens (3) |
| Studies in the poetry and prose of these three modernist poets, with emphasis on their theories of artistic creation. The original as well as a translation will be made available for Rilke's and Valery's poetry; their prose works will be read in English translation. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| ENGL 3671 | Modern Drama I (3) |
| A two-semester survey of European and American modern drama, with some attention to works from other regions. The first half covers the late nineteenth century to World War II; the second focuses on drama from the post-war period to the present. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3672 | Modern Drama II (3) |
| A two-semester survey of European and American modern drama, with some attention to works from other regions. The first half covers the late nineteenth century to World War II; the second focuses on drama from the post-war period to the present. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3690 | Memory Speaks (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Interdisciplinary course on memory. Readings from literature, philosophy, history, psychology, and neuroscience. Course was offered Spring 2025 |
| ENGL 3701 | American Literature Since 1865 (3) |
| Surveys American literature, both prose and poetry, from the Civil War to the present. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3710 | Literature of the South (3) |
| Analyzes selected works of poetry and prose by major Southern writers. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3720 | Reading the Black College Campus (3) |
| Historically Black Colleges and University campuses are records of the process of democratizing (extending to excluded social groups such as African-Americans) opportunities for higher education in America. Through landscapes, we trace this record, unearthing the politics of landscapes via direct experience as well as via interpretations of representations of landscapes in literature, visual arts, maps, plans, and photographs. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3722 | African-American Literature II (3) |
| Continuation of ENAM 3130, this course begins with the career of Richard Wright and brings the Afro-American literary and performing tradition up to the present day. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3723 | Race and Ethnicity in Latinx Literature (3) |
| This course examines the construction of race and ethnicity in Latinx literature by examining key texts by individuals from varying Latinx groups in the US. We will examine how US-American identity shapes Latinx notions of race and how the authors' connections with Latin America and the Caribbean do the same. We will explore from a hemispheric perspective how race and ethnicity are depicted in Latinx literature and culture. | |
| ENGL 3725 | Contemporary Ethnic American Fiction (3) |
| This course introduces students to the growing body of fiction by recent American writers of ethnic and racial minorities. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3730 | American Literature of the Twentieth Century (3) |
| Studies the major poetry and fiction. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| ENGL 3740 | Introduction to Asian American Studies (3) |
| An interdisciplinary introduction to the culture and history of Asians and Pacific Islanders in America. Examines ethnic communities such as Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Asian Indian, and Native Hawaiian, through themes such as immigration, labor, cultural production, war, assimilation, and politics. Texts are drawn from genres such as legal cases, short fiction, musicals, documentaries, visual art, and drama. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3741 | Asian-American Fiction (3) |
| Studies Asian American literature as a cultural phenomenon and literary tradition, presenting a range of twentieth-century fictions by immigrants or their descendants from India, Pakistan, China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, and the Philippines. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3744 | Literature of the West (3) |
| Analyzes selected works by writers of the Western United States from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Emphasizes the Anglo-American exploration, settlement, and development of the West, as well as readings from other ethnic groups, including Native and Hispanic Americans. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3760 | American Poetry (3) |
| Studies theme and technique in major American poets. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3762 | Major African-American Poets (3) |
| Examines poems representative of the African American literary traditions. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3780 | Faulkner (3) |
| An intensive study of the works of William Faulkner in the contexts of American literature, southern literature, and international modernism. | |
| ENGL 3781 | American Fictions (3) |
| Classic American fiction 1800-1900. Readings vary but may include Cooper, Sedgewick, Stowe, Hawthorn, James, Twain, Chestnutt, Chopin, Dreiser, Crane, Melville | |
| ENGL 3783 | American Short Novel (3) |
| Examines American short novels since 1840 by such authors as Poe, Melville, James, Jewett, Crane, Larsen, Faulkner, Reed, MacLean, Auster, and Chang. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| ENGL 3784 | The Southern Short Story Cycle (3) |
| The short story cycle has been important throughout the history of American literature, but particularly in the South. Readings include Toomer, Porter,Wright, Faulkner, O'Connor, McCullers. | |
| ENGL 3790 | Moving On: Migration in/to US (3) |
| This class examines the history of voluntary, coerced, and forced migration in the U.S., tracing the paths of migrating groups and their impact on urban, suburban, and rural landscapes. We'll dig for cultural clues to changing attitudes about migration over time. Photographs, videos, books, movies, government records, poems, podcasts, paintings, comic strips, museums, manifestos: you name it, we'll analyze it for this class. | |
| ENGL 3791 | American Cinema (3) |
| This course provides an introduction to film studies through an examination of American film throughout the 20th & 21st centuries. We will learn basic film techniques for visual analysis, and consider the social, economic, and historical forces that have shaped the production, distribution & reception of film in the US Examples will be drawn from various genres: melodrama, horror, sci-fi, musical, Westerns, war films, documentary, animation, etc. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| ENGL 3800 | Contemporary Literary Theory (3) |
| Introduces some of the most influential schools of contemporary literary theory and criticism. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3815 | Theories of Reading (3) |
| This course has two parts. The first half offers a survey of influential styles of critical reading, including psychoanalysis, structuralism, deconstruction, and several styles of political interpretation. The second half invites students to think theoretically yet sympathetically about affective dimensions of reader response such as identification, empathy, enchantment, and shock. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2021 | |
| ENGL 3825 | Desktop Publishing (3) |
| This course covers contemporary literary editing techniques and teaches students how to publish book-length works using modern print and electronic processes. The course may require students to purchase/lease computer software in addition to textbooks. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020 | |
| ENGL 3840 | Contemporary Disability Theory (3) |
| This seminar offers an interdisciplinary approach to disability in the social, cultural, political, artistic, ethical, and medical spheres and their intersections. It also introduces students to critical theory concerned with the rights of the disabled. | |
| ENGL 3900 | Medical Narratives (3) |
| Illness experience and medical practice alike are steeped in stories, narrative being a fundamental way we make sense of self and world (including illness and loss). This course inquires into connections among narrative, literature, and medicine through study of literary and other narratives that address a range of illnesses/conditions, the experience of doctoring, and important issues in contemporary medicine and culture. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3910 | Satire (3) |
| Reading and discussion of major satirical works from classical times to the present. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2021 | |
| ENGL 3915 | Point of View Journalism (3) |
| This course analyzes 'point-of-view' journalism as a controversial but credible alternative to the dominant model of 'objectivity' in the U.S. news media. It will survey point-of-view journalists from Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Jacob Riis in the 19th century to Ta-Nehisi Coates and Nikole Hannah-Jones in the 21st, as well as 20th-century "New Journalists" like Hunter Thompson and Joan Didion. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| ENGL 3920 | The Dark Side of Hollywood: Film Noir (3) |
| Course focuses on directorial and photographic styles, the Expressionist legacy, and varieties of visual coherence in selected films noirs of Forties and Fifties Hollywood. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3922 | Deafness in Literature and Film (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | What does deafness signify, especially in a western society that is centered upon speech? This course the contradictory and telling ways that deaf people have been depicted over the last three centuries. The syllabus juxtaposes canonical texts or mainstream films with relatively unknown works by deaf artists |
| ENGL 3924 | Vietnam War in Literature and Film (3) |
| In the US, "Vietnam" signifies not a country but a lasting syndrome that haunts American politics and society, from foreign policy to popular culture. But what of the millions of Southeast Asian refugees the War created? What are the lasting legacies of the Vietnam War for Southeast Asian diasporic communities? We will examine literature and film (fictional and documentary) made by and about Americans, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Laotians, and Hmong. | |
| ENGL 3926 | America and the Global South in Literature and Film (3) |
| Students in this course will examine and interpret conceptions of America from the point of view of novelists, filmmakers, journalists, and scholars in the Global South. American and Global South landscapes will be a focus of the class, as will images, artifacts, and material culture that reveal Global South views of the United States. | |
| ENGL 3940 | Tutoring Peer Writers (3) |
| Prepares undergraduates to tutor peer writers by introducing them to theories of writing and practices of peer tutoring. Successful completion of the course will qualify students to apply for part-time paid peer tutoring positions in the Writing Center. Students may also use this course to prepare for volunteering as writing tutors in their local communities. Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2020 | |
| ENGL 3960 | The Lyric (3) |
| Studies the major lyrical forms and traditions in Western literature, with particularly close reading of poems written in English. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2020 | |
| ENGL 3972 | History of Drama II: Neo-Classicism to Now (3) |
| This course begins in the late seventeenth century, moving from there through the Enlightenment to the highlights of the late nineteenth- and twentieth centuries, ending in the present; topics may include satire, realism, expressionism, surrealism, epic theater, theater of the absurd, film and television. Course was offered Spring 2020 | |
| ENGL 3980 | Studies in Short Fiction (3) |
| Analyzes form, technique, and ideas in selected short fiction from various periods in the British, American, and Continental traditions. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3990 | London, The Theatrical City (3) |
| This course explores the theatrical culture of London. Students will attend plays in a variety of genres and will discuss and write about both the history of London theater and the contemporary theatrical scene. | |
| ENGL 3991 | The Culture of London Past and Present (3) |
| The Culture of London: Past and Present" offers an interdisciplinary approach to metropolitan culture, as an historically embedded object of inquiry. Located in London, it runs for a month each year from early June to early July. Faculty members from the University direct, teach and lead the class; they are complemented by London-based specialists in architecture, art history, religious studies and contemporary politics. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 3992 | An Irish Sense of Place: Literature, Language, Music, and the Arts (3) |
| This course will bind a series of Irish texts, musical compositions, works in the visual arts, and ideas about Irish sign language to their original settings or places of creation; our readings will span from the medieval to the contemporary, and we will visit the places we read about, see, and hear about. | |
| ENGL 4270 | Shakespeare Seminar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. |
| ENGL 4300 | Gothic Spaces (3) |
| This seminar explores early gothic novels (from /The Castle of Otranto/ to /Frankenstein/) in their contexts of eighteenth-century art, architecture, music, history, politics, religion, and sexuality. | |
| ENGL 4500 | Seminar in English Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Limited enrollment. Topics vary. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021 |
| ENGL 4510 | Seminar in Medieval Literature (3) |
| Limited enrollment. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 4515 | Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Studies (3) |
| Interdisciplinary seminar whose topics vary from year to year. For more information on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023 | |
| ENGL 4520 | Seminar in Renaissance Literature (3) |
| Topics vary from year to year. Recent examples are `Renaissance Word and Image' and `Masks of Desire.' For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 | |
| ENGL 4530 | Seminar in Eighteenth-Century Literature (3) |
| Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department w1ebsite at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 4540 | Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. |
| ENGL 4545 | Seminar in American Literature before 1900 (3) |
| Limited enrollment. Topics vary. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 4559 | New Course in English Literature (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of English Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 |
| ENGL 4560 | Seminar in Modern and Contemporary Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 |
| ENGL 4561 | Seminar in Modern Literature and Culture (3) |
| Limited enrollment. An interdisciplinary seminar focusing on the interrelationships between literature and history, the social sciences, philosophy, religion, and the fine arts in the Modern period. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 | |
| ENGL 4562 | Seminar in Global English Literature and Culture (3) |
| Limited enrollment. Capstone Seminar for the Global English Literature and Culture Track within the English Major. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2019 | |
| ENGL 4570 | Seminar in American Literature since 1900 (3) |
| Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020 | |
| ENGL 4580 | Seminar in Literary Criticism (3) |
| Limited enrollment. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 | |
| ENGL 4590 | Seminar in Literary Genres (3) |
| Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 4700 | African-American Women Authors (3) |
| For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 4710 | Fictions of Black Identity (3) |
| This class will examine novels, essays, critical works that address the meanings of blackness in an American context. We will explore the notion that Black identity is a fiction, not necessarily in the sense of falsity, but in its highly mediated, flexible, and variable condition. Among the questions to consider: how does one make and measure Black identity? What is the value of racial masquerade? For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Prerequisite: third year, fourth year, AAS or English major or minor. | |
| ENGL 4720 | Black Speculative Fiction (3) |
| This course seeks to explore the world of African American 'speculative' fiction. This genre of writing largely includes science fiction, fantasy fiction, and horror. In this class, we will read, watch, and discuss narratives by black writers of speculative fiction to better understand the motivation, tone, and agenda in the work of black writers. We will also consider the role of black culture and representation in the larger field. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Prerequisite: third year, fourth year, English major or minor, AAS major or minor. | |
| ENGL 4900 | The Bible (3) |
| Analyzes readings in the English Bible. Designed to familiarize or re-familiarize the literary student with the shape, argument, rhetoric, and purposes of the canon; with the persons, events, and perspectives of the major narratives; and with the conventions, techniques, resources, and peculiarities of the texts. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2020 | |
| ENGL 4901 | The Bible Part 1: Hebrew Bible / Old Testament (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The stories, rhythms, and rhetoric of the Bible have been imprinting readers and writers of English since the 7th century. Moving through selections from the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, this course focuses on deepening biblical literacy and sharpening awareness of biblical connections to readings in other contexts. We will discuss translations of the Bible; canonization; textual history; and interpretive approaches, ancient to contemporary. |
| ENGL 4902 | The Bible Part 2: The New Testament (3) |
| Moving through much of the New Testament, from the Gospels to Revelation, this course focuses on deepening biblical literacy and sharpening awareness of biblical connections to whatever members of the class are reading in other contexts. Along the way we will discuss translations; textual history; and interpretations, ancient to contemporary. No previous knowledge of the Bible is needed or assumed. Can be taken before or after Part 1. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| ENGL 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 4) |
| For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Prerequisite: third year, fourth year, English major or minor, AAS major or minor. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ENGL 4994 | Modern Literature and Culture Independent Study (3) |
| This course will give students in the Modern Literature and Culture program the chance to pursue a 25-page independent study to consolidate their academic interests. Working one-on-one with an English faculty member, students must develop a compelling proposal and reading list and produce a rigorous scholarly exploration of their topic. Prerequisite: Approval by the director of the Modern Studies Program & by an English department faculty member who agrees to direct the project. | |
| ENGL 4998 | Distinguished Majors Program (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Directed research leading to completion of an extended essay to be submitted to the Honors Committee. Both ENGL 4998 and 4999 are required of honors candidates. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. |
| ENGL 4999 | Distinguished Majors Program (1 - 3) |
| Directed research leading to completion of an extended essay to be submitted to the Honors Committee. Both courses are required of honors candidates. Graded on a year-long basis. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ENGL 5060 | The Sonnet Revised and Revisited (3) |
| This course considers the power and possibilities (and transformations) of the sonnet form from the 16th century until the present day. Please see english.as.virginia.edu/courses for more information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023 | |
| ENGL 5100 | Introduction to Old English (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the Old English language and the literature of early Medieval England. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://english.as.virginia.edu/. |
| ENGL 5101 | Beowulf (3) |
| Reading of the poem, emphasizing critical methods and exploring its relations to the culture of early Medieval England. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://english.as.virginia.edu/. Prerequisite: ENGL 5100 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2020 | |
| ENGL 5110 | Old Icelandic (3) |
| Introduces the language and literature of medieval Scandinavia; readings from the Poetic Edda and the sagas. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 5190 | The Bible (3) |
| In this graduate-level seminar, we'll read selections from the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, from Genesis to Revelation. This course focuses on deepening biblical literacy and sharpening awareness of biblical connections to readings in other contexts. Along the way we will discuss English translations of the Bible; the process of canonization; textual history; and the long trail of interpretive approaches, ancient to contemporary. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| ENGL 5500 | Special Topics in English Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A graduate-level seminar in English literature. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at https://english.as.virginia.edu. Course was offered Spring 2025 |
| ENGL 5510 | Seminar in Medieval Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A graduate-level seminar in Medieval literature. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at https://english.as.virginia.edu. Course was offered Spring 2025 |
| ENGL 5530 | Seminar in Eighteenth-Century Literature (3) |
| A graduate-level seminar in Eighteenth-Century literature. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at https://english.as.virginia.edu. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| ENGL 5559 | New Course in English Literature (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of English Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 |
| ENGL 5560 | Seminar in Modern and Contemporary Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A graduate-level seminar in Modern and Contemporary literature. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at https://english.as.virginia.edu. Course was offered Fall 2024 |
| ENGL 5580 | Seminar in Critical Theory (3) |
| A graduate-level seminar in Critical Theory. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at https://english.as.virginia.edu. | |
| ENGL 5700 | Contemporary African-American Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course for advanced undergraduates and master's-level graduate students surveys African-American literature today. Assignments include works by Evreett, Edward Jones, Tayari Jones, Evans, Ward, Rabateau, and Morrison |
| ENGL 5800 | History of Literary Criticism (3) |
| In this course we pursue two lines of argument at once: we read a judicious selection of the canonical primary and secondary works in the history of literary criticism from Plato to the mid-twentieth century; and we learn how to identify in a principled way a specific 'pluralism' of philosophic methods variously constituting these texts. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 5805 | What is Postcolonial Critique? (3) |
| What is postcolonial critique? Is it a way of reading a text? Does it refer to the processes of historical decolonization in places like Africa, India, and the Caribbean? Or is it a practice of critical thought that can be used to think across multiple spaces and times? In this course, we will approach these questions by reading a wide range of writers including Gayatri Spivak, Edouard Glissant, Achille Mbembe, Susan Buck-Morss, and C.L.R. James. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2023 | |
| ENGL 5810 | Books as Physical Objects (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Surveys bookmaking over the past five centuries. Emphasizes analysis and description of physical features and consideration of how a text is affected by the physical conditions of its production. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. |
| ENGL 5820 | Literary Journal Editing (3) |
| An introduction to editing in which students use desktop publishing software to design a magazine or book, and print-on-demand to generate a final print project. They also write book reviews, screen manuscripts, and assist in the production of Meridian, a literary journal. For instructions on how to apply to this class, see www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| ENGL 5830 | Introduction to World Religions, World Literatures (3) |
| An interdisciplinary course that includes the following elements: studies in the textual traditions of particular religions; studies in literary theory; studies in literary traditions; the application of literary theory to studies in religious text traditions; and the application of the history of religions to the study of literary canons. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019 | |
| ENGL 5831 | Proseminar in World Religions, World Literature (1) |
| This monthly seminar explores methods and issues vital to the combined study of literatures and religions. It brings all MA students together, under faculty guidance, to attend to the broad range of individual projects and to foster a rich conversation that traverses the emergent field of study. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018 | |
| ENGL 5900 | Literature Pedagogy Seminar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course offers future elementary, middle, and high school teachers of English the opportunity to reflect on their own college learning of the subject; it teaches those future teachers how to convert that earlier learning into the stuff of K12 teaching. |
| ENGL 5910 | Film Aesthetics (3) |
| Studies film as a work of art produced by cinematic skills and valued for what it is in itself. Emphasizes major theoretical works and analyzing individual films. Studies films with reference to the techniques and methods that produce the 'aesthetic effect' style, and the problems of authorship arising out of considerations of style and aesthetic unity. Â For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 5921 | The Cultural History of London (4) |
| The Cultural History of London offers an interdisciplinary approach to metropolitan culture, as an historically embedded object of inquiry. Located in the city that it names, the program runs for a month each year from early June to early July. | |
| ENGL 5930 | Literature and the Film (3) |
| Studies the relationship between the two media, emphasizing the literary origins and backgrounds of film, verbal and visual languages, and the problems of adaptation from novels and short stories to film. Seven to nine novels (or plays) are read and analyzed with regard to film adaptations of these works. Film screenings two to two and one half hours per week outside of class. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 6500 | Topics in English (for teachers) (1) |
| Courses in subject areas of relevant to middle and high school English teachers, each meant to provide such teachers with a sense of the state of the sub-field, with a focus on the central authors, texts, and approaches, and on challenges that might face a first-time teacher of the particular subject area. | |
| ENGL 8005 | Intro to the Environmental Humanities (3) |
| Introduces the questions, methods, and arguments that organize work in the environmental humanities. The seminar's primary objective is to advance graduate student capacities to use skills, knowledge, and archives of the humanities to advance pluralist, integrated understandings of environmental issues. In support of that purpose, the seminar develops critical reflection on methodological questions in collaboration, and public engagement. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| ENGL 8100 | Mapping the Middle Ages (3) |
| Surveys literature, art, and culture in Western Europe from late Antiquity to the invention of printing, using a selection of major literary texts as a focal point. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 8110 | Medieval Transitions to the Renaissance (3) |
| For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.English and Scottish literature from Chaucer to the sixteenth century. | |
| ENGL 8160 | Chaucer (3) |
| Studies The Canterbury Tales and their backgrounds. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 8260 | Renaissance Poetry (3) |
| Studies the theory and practice of lyric and epic poetry in 16th-century England, with some brief glances at other forms: romance, epyllion, and verse essay. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 8262 | Spenser (3) |
| Studies The Faerie Queene and other works. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| ENGL 8270 | Renaissance Drama (3) |
| Surveys English drama of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| ENGL 8330 | Early American Literature (3) |
| Surveys American literature to 1840 designed to introduce the literature of the Colonial and early National periods, and to examine the intellectual and literary backgrounds of nineteenth-century American literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2020 | |
| ENGL 8370 | Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama (3) |
| Studies the British theater from 1660 to 1800, including works by writers such as Wycherley, Behn, Congreve, Dryden, Centlivre, Steele, Goldsmith, and Sheridan. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 8380 | Eighteenth-Century Prose Fiction (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies prose fiction in the 18th century. Authors include Defoe, Haywood, Richardson, Fielding, Burney, Sterne, and Austen. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. |
| ENGL 8400 | The Romantic Period (3) |
| The poetry and prose of the Romantic period. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 8440 | Early African American Literature (3) |
| Surveys pivotal moments and texts in the history of African-American prose, from 1760, the date of Briton Hammon's Narrative of Uncommon Sufferings to 1903, the year of W. E. B. DuBois's The Souls of Black Folk. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 8462 | American Poetry of the Nineteenth Century (3) |
| Studies selected poets of the century, their media, their audiences, and their reputations. Coverage will be broad, with some emphasis on Bryant, Longfellow, Lowell, Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson, and Crane. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 8500 | Studies in English Literature (3) |
| Topics vary from year to year. For more details please visit the department website at https://english.as.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 8510 | Studies in Medieval Literature (3) |
| Topics vary from year to year. For more details please visit the department website at https://english.as.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2020 | |
| ENGL 8520 | Studies in Renaissance Literature (3) |
| New course in Studies in Renaissance Literature | |
| ENGL 8527 | Studies in Shakespeare (3) |
| Topics vary annually. Recent examples are `Shakespeare's Histories and Roman Plays" and `Reinventing Shakespeare'. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2019 | |
| ENGL 8530 | Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature (3) |
| Studies vary and recently include 'From Classic to Romantic' and 'Eighteenth-Century Poetry.' For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| ENGL 8540 | Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020 |
| ENGL 8559 | New Course in English Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of English Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 8560 | Studies in Modern and Contemporary Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019 |
| ENGL 8570 | Studies in American Literature (3) |
| Topics vary from year to year. For more details please visit the department website at https://english.as.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 8580 | Studies in Critical Theory (3) |
| Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at https://english.as.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 8596 | Form and Theory of Poetry (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides a practitioner's perspective on a selection of poetic works. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 |
| ENGL 8598 | Form and Theory of Fiction (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides a practitioner's perspective on a selection of works of fiction. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020 |
| ENGL 8800 | Introduction to Literary Research (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces UVa's research resources and the needs and opportunities for their use. The library and its holdings are explored through a series of practical problems drawn from a wide range of literary subjects and periods. Required of all degree candidates in the M.A. and Ph.D. programs. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. |
| ENGL 8810 | Criticism in Theory and Practice (3) |
| Studies critical theories and the kinds of practical criticism to which they lead. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023 | |
| ENGL 8820 | Critical Methods (3) |
| 'Critical method' is the point at which general philosophical or political claims intersect with specific techniques of interpretation. The aim of this course is to give students a thorough introduction to current debates in the methodology of literary and cultural studies in ways that will aid their own future thinking and writing. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 8830 | Feminist Theory (3) |
| An introduction to American feminist theory its major concerns, historical development, array of methodologies, and formative debates. Divergent theoretical and critical texts on gender/sexuality are juxtaposed with primary materials ranging from early novels to contemporary movies. Likely topics include queer theory, transnational feminism, feminist cultural studies, the gendering of race, and feminist approaches to film. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 8832 | Contemporary Disability Theory (3) |
| In the last several decades, thinking about people with physical, cognitive, and sensory differences has moved from a mostly pathological medical-based understanding to a more rights-based framework. In this course we will consider how conceptions of disability have changed and how these theories relate to the depiction of disabled people in literature. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| ENGL 8840 | Aesthetics and Politics (3) |
| This course explores the various ways in which art and politics have been seen as synonymous or separate ('the autonomy of art'). It includes a survey of key concepts and terms in the history of modern literature and the visual arts. | |
| ENGL 8900 | Writing Pedagogy Seminar (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course prepares first year doctoral students for the teaching they will do here at UVa in both literature classes and the writing program. Covers topics such as classroom management, leading discussion, grading papers. Limited enrollment. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 |
| ENGL 8920 | Literature Surveys (3) |
| Weekly workshops with faculty and teaching staff of the 3000-level lecture courses, ENGL 3810, ENGL 3820 and ENGL 3830 and ENRN 3210 and ENRN 3220. Second-year Ph.D. students in English enroll in this course once during the semester in which they lead a discussion section of a lecture course. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 8960 | The Lyric Genre (3) |
| Surveys English lyric poems from Chaucer to Auden; designed to isolate what is lyrical (i.e., unprosaic, musical, aesthetic, reflexive, egotistical, or sublime) in this body of literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 8993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| A single semester of independent study under faculty supervision for MA or PhD students in English doing intensive research on a subject not covered in the usual courses. Requires approval by a faculty member who has agreed to supervise a guided course of reading and substantial written exercise, a detailed outline of the research project, and authorization by the Director of Graduate Studies in English. Only one may be offered for Ph.D credit. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ENGL 8998 | M.A. Thesis (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | M.A. students in English may choose to write a substantial thesis directed by a faculty member. Students opting for a thesis should draw up a proposal and secure a director to supervise the project. Students choose between a critical thesis of 10,000-15,000 words and a pedagogical thesis (described on our website). Students enroll in this three-credit course for a single semester, either fall or spring; it is not available during the summer. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ENGL 8999 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Students taking this course are expected to prepare for their M.A. oral examination and proceed with their M.A. research. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/graduate/current. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ENGL 9510 | Advanced Studies in Medieval Literature (3) |
| Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 9520 | Advanced Studies in Renaissance Literature (3) |
| Advanced Studies in Renaissance Literature | |
| ENGL 9530 | Advanced Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature I, II (3) |
| Topics vary, focusing on a theme, genre, or group of writers. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 9540 | Advanced Studies in Romanticism I, II (3) |
| Intensive study of one or two writers, e.g., Blake and Wordsworth, Keats and Byron. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2019 | |
| ENGL 9542 | Advanced Studies Nineteenth-Century (3) |
| Topics have included Victorian discursive prose and intensive study of Shelley and Tennyson. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022 | |
| ENGL 9545 | Advanced Studies in American Literature before 1900 (3) |
| Variable topics. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| ENGL 9559 | New Course in English Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of English Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 9560 | Advanced Studies in Modern and Contemporary Literature (3) |
| Topics have included Postmodern Fiction and Theory, Faulkner, Women and Cultures of Modernism, Yeats and Joyce, Modernism and the Invention of Homosexuality. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 9580 | Advanced Studies in Critical Theory (3) |
| Topics vary from year to year. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020 | |
| ENGL 9590 | Advanced Studies in Literary Genres I, II (3) |
| Topics range from comedy as an art form to a study of various approaches to the novel. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 9710 | Woodson Institute Fellows Pre- and Post-Doctoral Research (12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This is a supervised research course without formal classroom instruction. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 |
| ENGL 9800 | Introduction to Textual Criticism and Scholarly Editing (3) |
| Studies the transmission of texts over the past five centuries and examines theories and techniques of editing literary and non-literary texts, both published and unpublished. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 9900 | Teaching Literature Practicum (3) |
| A course introducing graduate students to practical skills and strategies for teaching college level literature courses across all periods and genres. In-class observations will be combined with hands-on work related to syllabus design, grading, discussion leading, classroom management, etc. | |
| ENGL 9905 | Internship Colloquium (1) |
| This course is designed to support you as you complete your internship and to help you apply the knowledge gained towards your professional development. Meetings throughout the semester will cover transferable skills, the writing of a reflection essay for PhD Plus, meetings with the departmental job placement coach, and more. Course was offered Fall 2020 | |
| ENGL 9910 | Research in Medieval Studies (3) |
| The Renaissance in England. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 9920 | Research in the Renaissance (3) |
| Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 9930 | Research in Restoration and Eighteenth Century (3) |
| Research in Restoration and Eighteenth Century. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 9970 | Research in American Literature (3) |
| Modern and Contemporary Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGL 9995 | Dissertation Seminar (3) |
| Required of students in the Department's PhD program who are at or near the beginning of the dissertation writing process. Addresses the problems encountered by students as they begin to tackle the dissertation. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ENGL 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Students taking this course are expected to prepare for their preliminary qualifying oral examinations for the doctorate. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ENGL 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| English-Genre Studies | |
| ENGN 3559 | New Course in Genre Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Genre Studies. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2018, Fall 2014, Summer 2013, January 2013, Spring 2012, January 2012, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ENGN 4559 | New Course in Genre Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Genre Studies. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2013 | |
| ENGN 5559 | New Course in Genre Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Genre Studies. | |
| ENGN 8559 | New Course in Genre Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Genre Studies. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENGN 9559 | New Course in Genre Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Genre Studies. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| English-Language Study | |
| ENLS 3559 | New Course in English Language Study (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the area of English Language Study. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at www.english.as.virginia.edu/courses Course was offered Spring 2019 | |
| English-Modern & Contemporary Literature | |
| ENMC 3510 | Major British and American Writers of the Twentieth Century (3) |
| Close reading of the works of two or three major British or American authors. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Summer 2014, Spring 2011 | |
| ENMC 3559 | New Course in Modern and Contemporary Literature. (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Modern and Contemporary Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENMC 3830 | Being Human: Race, Technology, and the Arts (3) |
| This course is an introduction to Afrofuturism, exploring race and alienness, race and technology, and race and modernity through global futuristic representations of blackness in TV, film, music, art, and literature. | |
| ENMC 4559 | New Course in Modern and Contemporary Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Modern and Contemporary Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| ENMC 5559 | New Course in Modern & Contemporary Lit (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Modern & Contemporary Lit. | |
| ENMC 8559 | New Course in Modern and Contemporary Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Modern and Contemporary Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2018, Fall 2009 | |
| ENMC 9520 | Seminar in Comparative Literature I, II (3) |
| Recent topics include the poetry of Rilke, Valery, and Stevens and the literature of the Spanish Civil War. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENMC 9559 | New Course in Modern and Contemporary Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Modern and Contemporary Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| English-Medieval Literature | |
| ENMD 3559 | New Course in Medieval Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Medieval Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENMD 4559 | New Course in Medieval Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Medieval Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENMD 5559 | New Course in Medieval Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Medieval Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2015 | |
| ENMD 8559 | New Course in Medieval Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Medieval Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011 | |
| ENMD 9559 | New Course in Medieval Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Medieval Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| English-Nineteenth-Century British Literature | |
| ENNC 3559 | New Course in Nineteenth-century British Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Nineteenth-century British literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENNC 4559 | New Course in Nineteenth-century British Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of nineteenth-century British literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENNC 8559 | New Course in Nineteenth-century British Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of nineteenth-century British literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENNC 9559 | New Course in Nineteenth-century British Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of nineteenth-century British literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| English-Pedagogy | |
| ENPG 3559 | New Course in English Pedagogy (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of pedagogy. Course was offered Fall 2018 | |
| ENPG 8559 | New Course in Pedagogy (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of pedagogy. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENPG 9559 | New Course in Pedagogy (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of pedagogy. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| English-Poetry Writing | |
| ENPW 4559 | New Course in Poetry Writing (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of poetry writing. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| English-Renaissance Literature | |
| ENRN 3559 | New Course in Renaissance Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Renaissance Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENRN 4559 | New Course in Renaissance Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Renaissance Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENRN 5559 | New Course in Renaissance Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Renaissance Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2015 | |
| ENRN 8559 | New Course in Renaissance Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Renaissance Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENRN 9559 | New Course in Renaissance Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Renaissance Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| English-Special Topics in Literature | |
| ENSP 1559 | New Course in Special Topics In Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Special Topics In Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENSP 2559 | New Course in English (3) |
| New Course in English | |
| ENSP 3500 | Studies in Special Topics in Literature (3) |
| Topics vary from year to year. For more details please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2019, Fall 2018 | |
| ENSP 3559 | New Course in Special Topics In Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Special Topics In Literature. Course was offered Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, January 2013, January 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, January 2010 | |
| ENSP 4500 | Advanced Studies in Special Topics in Literature (3) |
| Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ENSP 4559 | New Course in Special Topics In Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Special Topics In Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| ENSP 5559 | New Course in Special Topics In Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Special Topics In Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ENSP 8559 | New Course in Special Topics In Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Special Topics In Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011 | |
| ENSP 9559 | New Course in Special Topics In Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Special Topics In Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| Writing and Rhetoric | |
| ENWR 1501 | Writing-Edge (1 - 6) |
| These writing classes are for students in the UVA Edge program. They help students develop critical writing skills for academia, the workplace and life. See https://edge.virginia.edu/ for details. | |
| ENWR 1505 | Writing & Critical Inquiry Stretch I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Part I of the two-semester option for meeting the first writing requirement. For placement guidelines see http://professionalwriting.as.virginia.edu/requirements. Topics vary each semester and can be found using the SIS Class Search. |
| ENWR 1506 | Writing & Critical Inquiry Stretch II (3) |
| Part II of the two-semester option for meeting the first writing requirement. For placement guidelines see http://www.engl.virginia.edu/undergraduate/writing/placement. Topics vary each semester and can be found using the SIS Class Search.
Prerequisite: ENWR 1505. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ENWR 1507 | Writing & Critical Inquiry Stretch I for Multilingual Writers (3) |
| Part I of the two-semester ESL option for meeting the first writing requirement. For placement guidelines see http://www.engl.virginia.edu/undergraduate/writing/placement. Topics vary each semester and can be found using the SIS Class Search. | |
| ENWR 1508 | Writing & Critical Inquiry Stretch II for Multilingual Writers (3) |
| Part II of the two-semester ESL option for meeting the first writing requirement. For placement guidelines see http://www.engl.virginia.edu/undergraduate/writing/placement. Topics vary each semester and can be found using the SIS Class Search.
Prerequisite: ENWR 1505 Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ENWR 1510 | Writing and Critical Inquiry (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The single-semester option for meeting the first writing requirement-- intended to be taken during the first year of study-- this course approaches writing as a way of generating, representing, and reflecting on critical inquiry. Graded A, B, C, or NC. Students whose last names start in A-K must take ENWR 1510 in the fall; those with last names starting in L-Z take it in the spring. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ENWR 1520 | Writing and Critical Inquiry: Community Engagement (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Requires off-grounds work with local non-profits. A single-semester option for meeting the first writing requirement-- intended to be taken during the first year of study-- approaches writing as a way of generating, representing, and reflecting on critical inquiry. Graded A, B, C, or NC. Students whose last names end in A-K must satisfy the first writing requirement in the fall; those with last names ending in L-Z in the spring. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 |
| ENWR 1530 | Writing & Critical Inquiry Lecture (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The single-semester lecture option for meeting the first writing requirement-- intended to be taken during the first year of study-- this course approaches writing as a way of generating, representing, and reflecting on critical inquiry. Graded A, B, C, or NC. Students whose last names start in A-K must take ENWR 1510, 1520, or 1530 in the fall; those with last names starting in L-Z take it in the spring. |
| ENWR 1559 | New Course in Writing and Rhetoric (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of academic, professional, and creative writing. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2018, Fall 2009 | |
| ENWR 2377 | Rebuilding (and Expanding) Democracy: A Workshop With Global Advocates (3) |
| This course will enable students to gain fluency in linking their academic writing to public debates. In particular, the course will investigate the status of democracy as both a concept and set of participatory practices, asking students to consider how their education might support a robust democratic sphere. Students will engage with global democratic advocates (via Zoom) as well as a democratic organizing skills workshop. Course was offered January 2023 | |
| ENWR 2510 | Advanced Writing Seminar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A single-semester option for meeting the first writing requirement-- intended to be taken during the first year of study-- this course approaches writing as a way of generating, representing, and reflecting on critical inquiry. Enrollment limited to students meeting benchmarks determined by the Writing Program. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017 |
| ENWR 2520 | Special Topics in Writing (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Includes courses on writing studies, corporate communications, and digital writing. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Prerequisite: Completion of first writing requirement. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 |
| ENWR 2550 | Topics in Digital Writing and Rhetoric (3) |
| Offers a changing selection of writing and rhetoric courses focusing on rhetoric and composition in digital platforms. | |
| ENWR 2559 | New Course in Writing and Rhetoric (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of academic, professional, and creative writing. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENWR 2610 | Writing with Style (3) |
| Develops an understanding of the wide range of stylistic moves in prose writing, their uses, and implications. Students build a rich vocabulary for describing stylistic decisions, imitate and analyze exemplary writing, and discuss each others writing in a workshop setting. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016 | |
| ENWR 2640 | Writing as Technology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Course explores historical, theoretical, and practical conceptions of writing as technology. We study various writing systems, the relation of writing to speaking and visual media, and the development of writing technologies, e.g., printing presses, typewriters, hypertext, text messaging, and artificial intelligence. Students produce academic and personal essays but will also experiment creatively with different technologies and media. |
| ENWR 2650 | Writing About Medicine (3) |
| With false data and unsourced health guidance littering our social media feeds, we live in a dangerous era of medical misinformation. Developing practical skills to communicate accurate medical information could save someone's life. In this course, you will develop storytelling skills and sharpen your ability to write about medicine. | |
| ENWR 2700 | News Writing (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introductory course in news writing, emphasizing editorials, features, and reporting. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ENWR 2800 | Public Speaking (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An inquiry-based approach to the development of a confident, engaging, and ethical public speaking style. Beyond practical skills, this course emphasizes rhetorical thinking: what are the conventions of public speaking? Where are there opportunities to deviate from convention in ways that might serve a speech's purpose? How might we construct an audience through the ways we craft language and plan the delivery of our speech? Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018 |
| ENWR 3500 | Topics in Advanced Writing & Rhetoric (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new, advanced topic in the subject area of writing and rhetoric. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, January 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2016 |
| ENWR 3550 | Advanced Topics in Digital Writing and Rhetoric (3) |
| Offers a changing selection of writing and rhetoric courses focusing on rhetoric and composition in digital platforms. | |
| ENWR 3559 | New Course in Writing and Rhetoric (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of academic, professional, and creative writing. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered January 2025, January 2024, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, January 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, January 2014, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| ENWR 3620 | Writing & Tutoring Across Cultures (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In this course, we'll look at a variety of texts from academic arguments, narratives, and pedagogies, to consider what it means to write, communicate, and learn across cultures. Topics will include contrastive rhetorics, world Englishes, rhetorical listening, and tutoring multilingual writers. A service learning component will require students to volunteer weekly in the community. |
| ENWR 3630 | Rewriting Yourself: Studies in Literacy and the Brain (3) |
| In this reading- and writing-intensive course, we engage a range of work on literacy and cognition, including technical treatments of issues such as neural development and brain connected to literacy tasks. We read extensive peer-reviewed work from neurologists and cognitive scientists, creativity experts, mental health practitioners, and professional writers and editors, all trying to understand the relationship between literacy and our minds. | |
| ENWR 3640 | Writing with Sound (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course trains students to become attuned, thoughtful listeners and sonic composers. In addition to discussing key works on sound from fields such as rhetoric and composition, sound studies, and journalism, we will experiment with the possibilities of sound as a valuable form of writing and storytelling. Students will learn how to use digital audio editing tools, platforms, and techniques for designing and producing sonic projects. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016 |
| ENWR 3660 | Travel Writing (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will explore travel writing using a variety of texts, including essays, memoirs, blogs, photo essays, and narratives. We will examine cultural representations of travel as well as the ethical implications of tourism. Students will have the opportunity to write about their own travel experiences, and we will also embark on "local travel" of our own. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017 |
| ENWR 3665 | Writing about the Environment (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course focuses on creating meaningful, responsible, and engaged writing in the context of significant environmental issues. Analysis of representative environmental texts, familiarity with environmental concepts, examination of ethical positions in private and public spheres of writing, and sustained practice with form, style, medium, and genre will drive a variety of writing projects. |
| ENWR 3720 | Argumentation Across Disciplines (3) |
| Argumentation Across Disciplines examines how the linguistic and rhetorical features of argument vary from discipline to discipline. The course will make two primary movements: The first is an examination of what argument is through the lens of classical and new rhetorical theory. Second, students will do comparative research on the linguistic and rhetorical features of texts in two different disciplines. | |
| ENWR 3740 | Black Women's Writing & Rhetoric (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A chronological survey of the persuasive communication and writing strategies Black women have used towards the project of empowerment and activism in speeches, essays, poetry, drama, and novels. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023 |
| ENWR 3750 | Rhetoric, Propaganda, and Conspiracy Theories (3) |
| Political propaganda often persuades through conspiracy theories that create suspicion and fear. This course examines the rhetorical strategies of conspiracy-driven propaganda from the 20th and 21st centuries. By examining the arguments, evidence, images, myths, and tropes that animate propaganda and conspiracy theories, we will identify how they are circulated to inflame our emotions, exploit our prejudices, and bias our decision-making. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2022 | |
| ENWR 3760 | Studies in Cultural Rhetoric (3) |
| An introduction to critical frameworks and methods for exploring how rhetorics construct, preserve, and augment social understandings of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, ability, class and more. Areas of focus may include: cultural practices of writing, digital rhetorics, performance, popular culture, material rhetorics, visual rhetorics, race and ethnicity. Specific themes and topics may vary. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024 | |
| ENWR 3810 | Making Books: Introduction to Book Editing and Publishing (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Students in Making Books (ENWR 3810) will gain a broad view of book editing and publishing in the 21st century, as well as hands-on experience with developmental, substantive, and copy editing. Appropriate for aspiring publishing professionals, but also for anyone who simply wants to better understand the often-hidden lives of books-in-progress, or to take their writing skills to a new level. |
| ENWR 3900 | Career-Based Writing and Rhetoric (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Develops proficiency in a range of stylistic and persuasive effects. The course is designed for students who want to hone their writing skills, as well as for students preparing for careers in which they will write documents for public circulation. Students explore recent research in writing studies. In the workshop-based studio sessions, students propose, write, and edit projects of their own design. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 |
| ENWR 4559 | New Course in Academic, Professional, and Creative Writing (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of academic writing. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| ENWR 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| An independent study course for the Writing & Rhetoric department. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ENWR 5559 | New Course in Academic, Professional, and Creative Writing (1 - 3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of academic writing. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. | |
| Enviromental Thought and Practice | |
| ETP 1559 | New Course in Environmental Thought and Practice (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental thought and practice. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2022 | |
| ETP 2030 | Politics, Science, & Values: Intro to Environmental Thought and Practice (3) |
| What is our relationship to the environment? Physical, chemical, or biological phenomena can be described by environmental scientists but "problems" are defined by our response to them, contingent on culture, history and values more than measurements. Solving environmental problems lies in the political sphere, but our debates draw on discourses from philosophy, economics and ethics. Explore the basis for environmental thought and practice. | |
| ETP 2500 | Topics in Environmental Thought and Practice (1 - 3) |
| This course explores a range of topics relating to Environmental Thought and Practice. Class descriptions and more information can be found at the ETP web site. Course was offered Summer 2024 | |
| ETP 2559 | New Course in Environmental Thought and Practice (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental thought and practice. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| ETP 3500 | Topics in Environmental Thought and Practice (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course explores a range of topics relating to Environmental Thought and Practice. Class descriptions and more information can be found at the ETP web site. |
| ETP 3559 | New Course in Environmental Thought and Practice (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental thought and practice. | |
| ETP 4010 | Environmental Decisions (3) |
| This capstone seminar for the Environmental Thought and Practice major supports students in integrating the broad range of ideas and perspectives they encountered during their course of studies. In addition, students will learn skills and practices for cultivating a strong purpose and for building the resilience and self-knowledge needed to be effective environmental stewards in their chosen future careers. Prerequisite: Declaration of ETP major. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ETP 4995 | Supervised Research (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Original research usually involving a field or laboratory problem in Environmental Thought and Practice under the direction of one or more faculty members. The results may form the basis of an undergraduate thesis which is required to partially fulfill the Distinguished Majors Program in environmental sciences. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. |
| European Studies | |
| EURS 5000 | Perspectives on Europe and the World (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course introduces students to a variety of disciplinary approaches to the study of Europe (history, anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, and culture). Stress will be laid on how combining perspectives from different fields of study can help deepen understanding of specific problems of European life. Emphasis on student interpretation of readings and analysis of central issues in Europe's development across time. |
| EURS 5001 | Serial Media (3) |
| We will explore the historical context of serial media, from the journal projects of the German Romantics to the second golden age of television. After a historical survey and a discussion of the terminology ("series," "serial") we will apply our knowledge to medial "events," like Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers. We will connect medial "events" with theoretical work that has been done on seriality, like Paul Kammerer's (1919) Law of Series. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| EURS 5501 | Topics in European Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course will offer critical perspectives on selected issues related to European Studies. Topics vary. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020 | |
| EURS 5559 | New Course in European Studies (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of European Studies. Course was offered Fall 2018 | |
| EURS 5560 | Advanced Topics in 19th Century Literature (3) |
| Study of the various aspects of the nineteenth-century French literature. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit with different topics. Course was offered Fall 2018 | |
| EURS 6000 | Research Inquiries in European Studies (3) |
| This interdisciplinary course introduces students to advanced research methods for investigating issues in European Studies. Each student will develop a research proposal and paper on a specific disciplinary topic under the supervision of a faculty member in that discipline, with the requirement that the paper include significant insights from at least one other discipline. | |
| EURS 6720 | Nations and Nationalism (3) |
| This course considers some of the leading accounts of the origins, growth, and persistence of nationalism. Among other topics to be considered are ethnicity and nationalism; religion and nationalism; gender and nation; empire and nation; multiculturalism and national identity; non-western nationalism; globalization and the nation-state. | |
| EURS 8998 | Thesis Research (M.A.) (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Students work closely with a primary and a secondary Faculty Advisor, representing two distinct disciplinary approaches, to develop a detailed proposal for their M.A. thesis. Students will work closely with their Faculty Advisor(s) in person, or by e-mail and video-conferencing (e.g., Skype). The proposal must be submitted and approved by the beginning of the final semester. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 |
| EURS 8999 | Thesis (M.A.) (3) |
| Composition and defense of a master's thesis. Students will work under the direction of their primary faculty adviser to complete the writing their M.A. thesis. To be taken in the final semester of enrollment in the European Studies MA program. Prerequisite: graduate standing and instructor permission. | |
| EURS 9998 | Non-Topical Research: Masters Degree (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is intended uniquely for European Studies Master's students who need this course to reach full-time registration status while completing other degree requirements. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018 |
| Environmental Sciences-Atmospheric Sciences | |
| EVAT 5300 | Introduction to Climatology (3) |
| Examination of the fundamental radiative, thermodynamic, and fluid dynamic processes in Earth's atmosphere with an emphasis on climatic time and space scales. Topics include atmospheric composition and radiative transfer, synoptic climatology, atmospheric general circulation, climate change, El Niño, and teleconnections. Prerequisites include EVSC 3300 or an undergraduate science degree. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| EVAT 5310 | Tropical Meteorology (3) |
| In this course, students will learn about the behavior, dynamics, and thermodynamics of the tropical atmosphere. A wide range of time and space scales will be examined, from the large-scale energy balance down to cumulus convection and tropical cyclones. Emphasis will be placed on studying atmospheric convection. This course is a foundation for advanced study and research in atmospheric science, meteorology, and atmosphere-related disciplines. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| EVAT 5320 | Mountain Meteorology (3) |
| In this course, various aspects of the effects of mountains on weather and climate will be covered. Examples include diurnal mountain wind systems, mountain waves, and cold air pools. Applications of mountain meteorology to other fields (air pollution, carbon cycle) will also be discussed. The students will learn to write up the results of an independent investigation of a research topic related to mountain meteorology and to present the results. | |
| EVAT 5330 | Applied Meteorology (3) |
| This course provides students with an overview of the use of meteorological research and weather information in various areas in society including agriculture, aviation, and recreation. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| EVAT 5350 | Atmospheric Chemistry (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will introduce students to fundamental atmospheric chemistry and its applications. Topics will span gas kinetics and reaction dynamics, atmospheric oxidation, spectroscopy and photochemistry, heterogeneous chemistry and aqueous-phase trace gases processing, and aerosol properties, dynamics, and radiative effects. Students will practice applying this knowledge to problems in stratospheric ozone chemistry and tropospheric composition. |
| EVAT 5400 | Boundary Layer Meteorology (3) |
| This course provides the student with an understanding of physical processes in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), that part of the atmosphere that is affected by the presence of the earth's surface on a diurnal time scale. These processes are important for understanding the spatial distribution and temporal variability of wind, temperature, moisture, and trace gases in the atmosphere above the surface. Course was offered Spring 2015 | |
| EVAT 5410 | Atmospheric Dynamics (4) |
| Introduces theoretical meteorology encompassing dry and moist air thermodynamics, the mechanics of atmospheric motion, and the dynamics of atmospheric weather systems. Prerequisite: MATH 1310, 1320 and PHYS 2310, 2320; or equivalent. | |
| EVAT 5430 | Hydroclimatology (3) |
| This course will focus on the physics of the flow of water through the climate system. Special attention will be paid to the cycling of water through the atmosphere. Hydroclimate phenomena over a range of scales, from planetary to community scales, will be covered. | |
| EVAT 5559 | New Course in Atmospheric Sciences (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of atmospheric sciences. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2011 | |
| EVAT 7370 | Climate Near the Ground (3) |
| This course explores near-surface atmospheric conditions, examining energy balance, radiation, turbulence, and land-atmosphere interactions across spatial and temporal scales. It highlights microclimates' impact on ecosystems, agriculture, urban planning, and climate adaptation. Through theory and real-world applications, students will gain insights into microclimatology's role in addressing environmental challenges. | |
| EVAT 7460 | Synoptic Meteorology (4) |
| Synoptic meteorology is the study of the weather systems (high- and low-pressure systems, waves in the jet stream, fronts) that impact day-to-day weather. This class will introduce the foundational theories of synoptic meteorology and allow students to practically apply them to case studies of past and current significant weather events, with a particular focus on North American weather systems. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023 | |
| EVAT 7490 | Air Pollution (3) |
| This course introduces students to research topics in air pollution, including the ozone hole, tropospheric ozone, aerosol chemistry and physics, atmosphere-biosphere interactions, air pollution regulation and control, health impacts, environmental justice, cook stove emissions, and air toxics. Readings are primarily taken from the recent literature. There is an emphasis on understanding the fundamental chemistry and physics of air pollution. | |
| EVAT 7559 | New Course in Atmospheric Sciences (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of atmospheric sciences. Course was offered Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2015, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| EVAT 7999 | Independent Study: Atmospheric Sciences (1 - 6) |
| Individual or group study in developing or special areas of atmospheric sciences and interrelated areas. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| EVAT 8530 | Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences (3) |
| Detailed, integrative treatments of those atmospheric systems in which the nature and dynamics of the atmosphere are central. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| EVAT 8559 | New Course in Atmospheric Sciences (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of atmospheric sciences. | |
| Environmental Sciences-Ecology | |
| EVEC 5220 | Terrestrial Ecology (4) |
| Analyzes the patterns and processes in terrestrial ecosystems. Topic include macro- and micro-meteorological factors such as producer, consumer, and decomposer processes; hydrologic and biogeochemical pathways; and changes through space and time. Three lecture and four field or laboratory hours. Prerequisite: EVSC 3200 or equivalent, and instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| EVEC 5230 | Microbial Ecology (3) |
| Explores relationships of microorganisms to similar organisms, dissimilar (macro) organisms, and the physical-chemical environment to demonstrate basic ecological theory and indicate the importance of microbes in maintaining our world. Includes the organisms, microbial habitats, community formation and structure, interspecific relationships, nutrient cycling, and anthropocentric ecology. Prerequisite: EVSC 2800, 3200, 3600, 3300 or equivalent; or instructor permission. | |
| EVEC 5559 | New Course in Ecology (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of ecology. | |
| EVEC 7100 | Management of Forest Ecosystems (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An ecosystem course which treats the ecology of forests and consequences of forest processes in natural and managed systems. The class emphasizes the "pattern and process" concept that is the central theme in modern vegetation sciences at increasing scales: from form and function of leaves and other parts of trees through population, community and landscape ecology to the role of forests in the global climate and carbon-cycling. Pre-requisite: Introductory Ecology or Instructor Permission. |
| EVEC 7110 | Coastal and Estuarine Ecology (3) |
| An interdisciplinary course covering the physical, biogeochemical and ecological aspects of coastal estuaries. This class is a companion course to EVSC 4110.
Prerequisite: EVSC 3200 | |
| EVEC 7140 | Global Coastal Change (3) |
| A comprehensive treatment of global environmental factors affecting coastal marine systems, including climate change, sea-level rise, alterations in freshwater and sediment transport, disturbance and habitat loss, overfishing, alien species, and
eutrophication. Includes case studies providing real-world examples and detailed reviews of the evidence of change and possible solutions. | |
| EVEC 7170 | Spatial Ecology (3) |
| Examines how spatial patterns and processes influence ecological systems across a broad range of biological organization, including genes, populations, communities, and ecosystems. Investigates the central role of humans in altering spatial ecological processes and the consequences for human wellbeing. | |
| EVEC 7250 | Ecosystem Ecology (3) |
| Study of the flows of energy and the cycling of elements in ecosystems and how these concepts connect the various components of the Earth system.
Prerequisite: EVSC 3200 or equivalent | |
| EVEC 7260 | Ecology of Grasslands and Tundra (3) |
| This course will emphasize plant community and ecosystem ecology of water-limited grassland systems and energy-limited tundra systems. Various topics will be covered including water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles, primary production, plant physiology, plant competition, and plant-herbivore interactions. We will examine the environmental factors that control these systems, as well as their geographic distribution throughout the globe. | |
| EVEC 7290 | Limnology: Inland Water Ecosystems (3) |
| This course will focus on lakes, rivers, streams, and reservoirs as ecosystems. The goal of the course is to provide an understanding through lectures and discussions of the main physical, chemical, and biological processes that determine similarities and differences among inland waters. Major human impacts on inland waters will also be considered. Prerequisites: EVSC 3200 or equivalent, one semester of chemistry, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| EVEC 7559 | New Course in Ecology (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of ecology. Course was offered Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| EVEC 7993 | Independent Study - GIS and Invasive Plant Species (2) |
| This course is an Independent Study for students to learn and utilize Geographic Information Systems to map and monitor the spread of invasive plant species. Students will learn and use Arc/GIS software and assess the ecological causes and implications of invasive plant species migrations. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| EVEC 7999 | Independent Study: Ecology (1 - 6) |
| Individual or group study in developing or special areas of ecology and interrelated areas. Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| EVEC 8559 | New Course in Ecology (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of ecology. | |
| Environmental Sciences-Geosciences | |
| EVGE 5559 | New Course in Geosciences (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of geosciences. | |
| EVGE 5820 | Geomorphology (4) |
| Studies the processes that shape the land surface and their relationship to human activity. Prerequisite: EVSC 2800 or 3600. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| EVGE 5840 | Sediment Processes and Environments (3) |
| Studies the erosion, transport, and deposition of sediment; initial motion of sediment, bedload and suspended load transport and bedforms; and important sediment-transporting environments. Applies sediment transport theory to problems of geological and environmental interest. Prerequisite: one year of calculus and physics, or instructor permission; corequisite: EVGE 5841. | |
| EVGE 5841 | Sediment Processes Laboratory (1) |
| Laboratory and field investigations of sediment transport phenomena and readings of classic and current research. Corequisite: EVGE 5840. | |
| EVGE 5850 | Geochemistry (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the principles that govern the distribution and abundance of the elements in the earth's lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. Prerequisite: College chemistry and calculus; intorductory earth science or geology recommended. |
| EVGE 5860 | Isotope Geochemistry (4) |
| Investigates natural phenomena by means of stable and unstable isotopes and changes in their abundance, including isotope fractionation. Includes age dating, paleotemperature determination, and isotope tracers in natural systems. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| EVGE 5870 | Aqueous Geochemistry (4) |
| Studies the principals of thermodynamics as applied to mineral-water systems. Treatment includes mineral stability, phase diagrams, solution thermodynamics, electrolyte theory, aqueous complex and hydrolysis equilibria, and electrochemical equilibria. Prerequisite: One year of college chemistry and calculus, and one mineralogy or petrology course. | |
| EVGE 5880 | Glaciology (3) |
| The growth and decay of glaciers and ice sheets impact the hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere. This course focuses on physical glaciology, glacial hydrology, glacial geology, landscape evolution, Earth's glacial history, current and future state of glacial ice, and global impacts of ice mass changes. Students will explore these topics through active discussions, scientific reasoning, quantitative exercises, and written communication. | |
| EVGE 7270 | Advanced Soil Science (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An advanced introduction to the study of soils as a natural system. Topics include the fundamentals of soil chemistry, hydrology, and biology with respect to genesis, classification, and utilization. Students will use fundamental and advanced field and laboratory methods. |
| EVGE 7542 | Topics in Landscape Evolution (1) |
| This seminar treats topics in the physical processes that shape landscapes. Topics will rotate with each semester, and will initially focus on the Appalachian Mountains and Chesapeake Bay as natural laboratories for studying interrelationships between mountain building, erosion, climate, and sea-level. Lectures & discussions of scientific literature will introduce geologic context, physics and chemistry relevant to particular geomorphic processes. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023 | |
| EVGE 7559 | New Course in Geosciences (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a enw course in the subject of geosciences. | |
| EVGE 7840 | Marine Geoscience (4) |
| Oceans submerge over 70% of Earth's surface and hold many clues about major changes in Earth systems over hundreds to millions of years. This course covers the evolution of ocean basins, geological processes that operate in marine environments, marine archives of major Earth system changes, and marine geological resources and hazards. Graduate standing in EVSC or instructor permission Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| EVGE 7999 | Independent Study-Geosciences (1 - 6) |
| Individual or group study in developing or special areas of geosciences and interrelated areas, emphasizing earth-surface processes. Course was offered Spring 2022, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| EVGE 8559 | New Course in the subject of Geosciences (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a enw course in the subject of geosciences. | |
| Environmental Sciences-Hydrology | |
| EVHY 5559 | New Course in Hydrology (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of hydrology. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| EVHY 5610 | GIS: Watershed Resilience (3) |
| This course will cover methods of spatial data handling and modeling for the analysis and management of the environmental resilience of watersheds. Techniques include desktop and cloud commercial and open source GIS and spatial modeling packages. Topical areas addressed will emphasize urban and rural watersheds and ecosystems, freshwater quantity and quality, green infrastructure and carbon sequestration. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2021 | |
| EVHY 5640 | Catchment Hydrology: Process and Theory (3) |
| Introduces current theories of the hydrological response of catchments. Using an integrative approach, the course illuminates the derivation of theory in light of the time and location of the process studies on which they were based. Prerequisite: EVSC 3600. | |
| EVHY 5650 | Hydrological Transport Processes (4) |
| Studies the physical principles governing the transport of dissolved substances and of sediment and particulate matter in the terrestrial portion of the hydrological cycle. Prerequisite: EVSC 2800 and 3600 or equivalent. | |
| EVHY 5700 | Forest Hydrology (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Study of hydrologic processes characteristic of forested regions. Prerequisite: Introductory hydrology or instructor permission. |
| EVHY 7559 | New Course in Hydrology (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Hydrology. Course was offered Spring 2019 | |
| EVHY 7630 | Land-Atmosphere Interaction (3) |
| Study of energy, water, and carbon exchange between the atmosphere and the land surface. Prerequisite: One year of college physics and calculus, one hydrology or atmospheric science course, or permission of instruct. | |
| EVHY 7999 | Independent Study: Hydrology and Water Resources (1 - 6) |
| Individual or group study in developing or special areas of hydrology and water resource analysis and interrelated areas. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| EVHY 8559 | New Course in Hydrology (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Hydrology | |
| EVHY 8560 | Advanced Topics in Hydrology and Water Resources (3) |
| Specialized research into specific hydrologic or water management problems. Emphasizes an integrative analysis of the physical, social, and economic nature of these problems. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
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| EVSC 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| EVSC 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| EVSC 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| EVSC 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| EVSC 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| EVSC 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| EVSC 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| EVSC 1010 | Introduction to Environmental Sciences (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the principles and basic facts of the natural environment. Topics include earth materials, land forms, weather and climate, vegetation and soils, and the processes of environmental change and their implications to economic and human systems. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 1020 | Practical Concepts in Environmental Sciences (1) |
| Practical concepts and problem solving in environmental sciences through demonstrations, hands-on activities, structured discussions, and problem sets beyond those of traditional lectures or discussion groups. Emphasizes experience and critical thinking in the four core areas: geology, hydrology, atmospheric sciences, and ecology. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| EVSC 1080 | Resources and the Environment (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Explores the impact of people on the environment in the past and present with projections for the future. Addresses the phenomena and effects of food and energy production and industrial processes, including such topics as lead pollution, acid rain, the greenhouse effect, and the disposal of radioactive waste. Demonstrates how the environment works in the absence of humans and discusses how human use of resources perturbs the environment. |
| EVSC 1300 | Earth's Weather and Climate (3) |
| An overview of the atmospheric sciences primarily for non-science majors. Topics include weather forecasting, the greenhouse effect and global warming, ozone depletion, El Niño, air pollution, atmospheric optical effects, global climate, and the impacts of weather on human health. Three lectures per week. No science/math background is required. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| EVSC 1450 | An Inconvenient Truce: Climate, You and CO2 (3) |
| Carbon is the building block of life, the way we trap the energy of the sun to feed all biological systems, and the way we power human civilization. It is also the driver of global climate change. How does the climate system work? How has climate changed? How will it change in the coming decades? What are the likely impacts on humanity and the ecosystems on which we depend? What can we do about it? We explore climate change, top to bottom. Course was offered Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| EVSC 1559 | New Course in Environmental Science (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental science. | |
| EVSC 1600 | Water on Earth (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the natural history of the Earth's hydrosphere, including its origin, evolution, and importance in Earth processes. Introduces the hydrological cycle and the role of water in a variety of Earth processes. Discusses human influences on the hydrosphere and current topics in hydrological science and water resources, such as contamination and resource allocation, emphasizing the scientific basis for past, present, and future decisions. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2010 |
| EVSC 2010 | Materials That Shape Our Civilizations (3) |
| To introduce the issues surrounding long-term sustainability with respect to materials, including scarcity, recycling, climate change, and environmental stress on water resources, land resources and pollution. Scope of the issue at the present day will be discussed and projections of the effects of current patterns of material production, consumption, and recycling will be described. Methods of analysis will be developed. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| EVSC 2050 | Introduction to Oceanography (3) |
| Analyzes the principles that govern the world's oceans and their integration into an understanding of the major marine environments. Topics include marine pollution, global climate, and marine policy. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| EVSC 2100 | Agroecology (3) |
| This class covers the principles of agroecology. We begin with basic plant-science and integrate crop biology into an ecological view of production. We focus on crops but pay some attention to animals. We cover topics such as stress, disease, and genetics. The class is international in scope but highlights agriculture in Virginia, past, present, and future. The class mode is Socratic lecture with a few field trips. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| EVSC 2200 | Plants, People and Culture (3) |
| This course will explore the interrelationships between humans and plants. An introduction to basic plant biology provides a framework for exploring the process of plant domestication and the economic and cultural consequences for humans, including plant diversity and use of indigenous plants. The origin and dispersal of major plants used by humans as food, drink, fiber, medicine and fuel will be considered. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2011 | |
| EVSC 2220 | Conservation Ecology: Biodiversity and Beyond (3) |
| Studies ecological science relevant to sustaining populations, species, ecosystems, and the global biosphere. Includes discussion of genetic inbreeding, critical population size, community structure and organization, maintenance of critical ecosystem function, and global biogeochemistry. Case studies from around the world demonstrate links between human-driven environmental change and the health of the biosphere, at all levels, from the organism to the planet. | |
| EVSC 2559 | New Course in Environmental Science (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental science. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, January 2016, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 2800 | Fundamentals of Geology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the composition, structure, and internal processes of earth; the classification, origin, and distribution of earth materials; earth's interior; and the interpretation of geological data for the solution of problems of the natural environment. Recommended: At least one semester of college chemistry with lab such as CHEM 1410, 1420. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 2801 | Fundamentals of Geology Laboratory (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Field and laboratory experimentation into the nature of earth materials and processes, especially as applied to use and human problems. Corequisite: EVSC 2800. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 2850 | Polar Environments (3) |
| This course explores the unique aspects of polar systems (Arctic and Antarctic) and lessons for the larger globe by integrating relevant aspects of climate science, geology, glaciology and cryosphere science, oceanography, ecology, and human-dimensions. | |
| EVSC 2900 | Beaches, Coasts and Rivers (3) |
| Studies the geologic framework and biophysical processes of the coastal zone, and the role of the major river systems in modifying the coastal environment. Emphasizes human modifications, including case studies along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| EVSC 3020 | GIS Methods (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Explores the theory of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their applications in a range of disciplines using various GIS software packages. Example applications are from physical and social sciences, often with a focus on the Charlottesville-Albemarle area. For students interested in immediate applications of GIS in their work. Experience with word processing, file managers, and other computing skills is essential. Prerequisite: The equivalent of the College natural science/mathematics and social science area requirements. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 3060 | Biomechanics of Organisms (3) |
| This course explores interactions between biology and the fluid within which terrestrial organisms (air) and aquatic organisms (water) function. Topics covered include locomotion, heat exchange, diffusion and mass exchange, bio-acoustics, and bio-optics in the two different fluids, as well as living at the interface between air and water.
Prerequisite: MATH 1190 or MATH 1210 or MATH 1310 or APMA 1090. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| EVSC 3100 | Environmental and Climate Justice (3) |
| This course introduces key topics in environmental and climate justice. This includes the vulnerabilities that marginalized communities are disproportionately exposed to, how power and privilege produce these unjust conditions as well as the history and evolution of the environmental and climate justice movements. The course will also illustrate the various ways in which environmental and climate justice intersect with different areas of study. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| EVSC 3200 | Fundamentals of Ecology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies energy flow, nutrient cycling and allocation in natural ecosystems, organization of species at the population and community levels, and interaction between people and the biosphere. Prerequisite: One semester of calculus; recommended; at least one semester of college-level chemistry and biology with labs such as CHEM 1410, 1420, and BIOL 2020. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 3201 | Fundamentals of Ecology Laboratory (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Field and laboratory experimentation illustrative of ecological systems, and their checks, balances, and cycles. Corequisite: EVSC 3200. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 3300 | Atmosphere and Weather (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the physical laws governing atmospheric behavior and examines atmospheric variables and their role in the fluid environment of the earth. Prerequisite: MATH 1190 or MATH 1210 or MATH 1220 or MATH 1310 or MATH 1320 or MATH 2310 or APMA 1090 or APMA 1110 or APMA 2120. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 3301 | Atmosphere and Weather Laboratory (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the principles of measurements, instrumentation for measuring atmospheric parameters, and methods of observing and calculating atmospheric variables. Corequisite: EVSC 3300. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 3559 | New Course in Environmental Science (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental science. Course was offered Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Fall 2009 | |
| EVSC 3600 | Physical Hydrology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the physical principles governing the flow of water on and beneath the earth's surface, including fundamental concepts of fluid dynamics applied to the description of open channel hydraulics, ground water hydraulics, and dynamics of soil moisture. Introduces elements of surface water and ground water hydrology and explores humanity's influence on its hydrological environment. Prerequisite: One semester of calculus. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 3601 | Physical Hydrology Laboratory (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Field and laboratory experimentation illustrative of the hydrological cycle, including energy and mass transfer in surface and ground water. Corequisite: EVSC 3600. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 3810 | Earth Processes as Natural Hazards (3) |
| Studies the dynamic processes of Earth's interior and surface and the impact of natural hazards on society. Geological topics, including earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and floods, will be described. Observations and geological data will be used to make decisions about risk to human life and property.
Prerequisite: Required prerequisite course EVSC 2800 or equivalent college-level introductory geology course by transfer credit. | |
| EVSC 3860 | Introduction to Geochemistry (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the principles that govern the distribution and abundance of the elements in the Earth's lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. Prerequisite: EVSC 2800 encouraged but not required. |
| EVSC 4002 | Undergraduate Seminar (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A weekly, one-hour seminar series for majors, other interested undergraduates, and the University community dealing with environmental processes, research, issues, careers, and graduate study. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 |
| EVSC 4010 | Introduction to Remote Sensing (4) |
| Introduction to the physics and techniques of remote sensing. Prerequisite: at least one year of college-level chemistry or physics, or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| EVSC 4015 | Advanced Remote Sensing (3) |
| Remote sensing is a technique to obtain data about an object without physical contact with it. It is a powerful tool for extracting quantitative information about Earth's surface and subsurface. As an upper-level class in remote sensing, in this seminar, we will focus on advanced remote sensing techniques at different spatial scales that help to gain information about the biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. | |
| EVSC 4020 | Dryland Ecohydrology (2) |
| Study of ecohydrologic processes characteristic of arid and semiarid regions. Prerequisites: Any introductory hydrology course or instructor permission. | |
| EVSC 4035 | Drones in Scientific Research (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In this course, students explore how unmanned aerial systems or 'drones' are being used in various research areas with a focus on environmental research. In addition, students investigate ethical, legal, privacy, and policy issues raised by drone technology. Students will get an opportunity to work in teams to discuss the various uses of drone technology. |
| EVSC 4050 | Topics in Oceanography (3) |
| Introduces oceanography together with a survey of marine resources and the scientific bases for their management. Prerequisite: One year college-level science. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, January 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, January 2024, Spring 2023, January 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Janiuary 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, January 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, January 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| EVSC 4066 | Changing Global Carbon Cycle (3) |
| This course is designed to introduce upper-level undergraduate students to the natural and human-driven perturbations that affect the global carbon cycle. The course covers major factors and aspects of the changing carbon cycle including fossil fuel use, agriculture and land-use change, atmospheric build-up, evolving land biosphere, and ocean uptake. Relevant observational methods, data sets and syntheses, and numerical models are introduced. One semester of college Biology or Chemistry, or permission of the instructor. | |
| EVSC 4070 | Advanced GIS (3) |
| Explores advanced Geographic Information Systems concepts through use of Arc/Info, Erdas Imagine, and other GIS software in individual and group projects. Topics include data management, raster modeling, image manipulation, and 3-D visualization. Prerequisite: An introductory GIS course. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| EVSC 4080 | Quantitative Methods in Environmental Sciences (3) |
| Introduction to quantitative techniques for problem solving in Environmental Sciences, including data analysis, data visualization, simple mathematical models, and basic concepts of computer programming [in R.] Lectures provide the necessary background material and computer-based assignments provide students with practical experience using the concepts presented in class. No previous programming experience is assumed. | |
| EVSC 4090 | Analytical Chemistry (3) |
| Study of the utilization of modern analytical instrumentation for chemical analysis. Includes emission and mass spectrometry, ultraviolet, visible, and infrared absorption spectroscopy, atomic absorption, electrical methods of analysis, chromatography, neutron activation analysis, and X-ray methods. Prerequisites: CHEM 1420 or CHEM 1620 or CHEM 1810. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| EVSC 4100 | Management of Forest Ecosystems (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An ecosystem course which treats the ecology of forests and consequences of forest processes in natural and managed systems. The class emphasizes the "pattern and process" concept that is the central theme in modern vegetation sciences at increasing scales: from form and function of leaves and other parts of trees through population, community and landscape ecology to the role of forests in the global climate and carbon-cycling. Pre-requisites: EVSC 3200, 3400, or 3500 recommended. |
| EVSC 4110 | Coastal and Estuarine Ecology (3) |
| An interdisciplinary course covering the physical, biogeochemical and ecological aspects of coastal estuaries. Prerequisites: EVSC 3200 with a D- | |
| EVSC 4122 | Coastal Ecology Seminar (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A graduate/undergraduate seminar on current topics in coastal ecology. Course was offered Spring 2013 |
| EVSC 4140 | Global Coastal Change (3) |
| A comprehensive treatment of global environmental factors affecting coastal marine systems, including climate change, sea-level rise, alterations in freshwater and sediment transport, disturbance and habitat loss, overfishing, alien species, and eutrophication. Includes case studies providing real-world examples, and detailed reviews of the evidence of changes and possible solutions. | |
| EVSC 4170 | Spatial Ecology (3) |
| Examines how spatial patterns and processes influence ecological systems across a broad range of biological organization, including genes, populations, communities, and ecosystems. Investigates the central role of humans in altering spatial ecological processes and the consequences for human wellbeing. | |
| EVSC 4230 | Marine Environments and Organisms (3) |
| Surveys the major habitats of marine and estuarine areas and the organisms which have adapted to life in these environments. Emphasizes the organisms and communities which have evolved in response to stress and competition in the sea, and the systematics and natural history of marine organisms. Prerequisite: EVSC 3200 or equivalent. | |
| EVSC 4240 | Restoration Ecology (3) |
| This course examines the science of restoration ecology and the practice of ecological restoration through lectures and in-class discussion. Emphasis is on application of ecological concepts, models, and methodologies to restoration of degraded and impaired ecosystems. The potential for exploiting restoration projects as large-scale ecosystem experiments and the importance of grounding restoration efforts in basic ecological theory are discussed. Prerequisite: EVSC 3200 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| EVSC 4250 | Ecosystem Ecology (3) |
| Study of the flows of energy and the cycling of elements in ecosystems and how these concepts connect the various components of the Earth system. Prerequisite: EVSC 3200 and one semester of chemistry or instructor permission. | |
| EVSC 4260 | Ecology of Grasslands and Tundra (3) |
| This course will emphasize plant community and ecosystem ecology of water-limited grassland systems and energy-limited tundra systems. Various topics will be covered including water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles, primary production, plant physiology, plant competition, and plant-herbivore interactions. We will examine the environmental factors that control these systems, as well as their geographic distribution throughout the globe. Prerequisite: EVSC 3200 or instructor permission. | |
| EVSC 4270 | Soil Science (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the study of soils as a natural system. Topics include the fundamentals of soil chemistry, hydrology, and biology with respect to genesis, classification and utilization. Prerequisite: EVSC 2800 and 3200; one year college chemistry or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 4290 | Limnology: Inland Water Ecosystems (3) |
| This course will focus on lakes, rivers, streams, and reservoirs as ecosystems. The goal of the course is to provide an understanding through lectures and discussions of the main physical, chemical, and biological processes that determine similarities and differences among inland waters. Major human impacts on inland waters will also be considered.
Prerequisite: EVSC 3200 with D- and 1 semester of chemistry or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| EVSC 4340 | Human Biometeorology: Weather, Climate and Human Health (3) |
| We will explore how weather and climate impact human health from the individual to the societal level. Topics will include how the human body responds to heat and cold, weather and physiological stress and strain, impacts of poor air quality on human morbidity and mortality, and the role of weather and climate in disease transmission.We will likewise examine extreme weather events at the macro-level & the role of human adaptation to climate.
Prerequisites include an introductory course in atmospheric science (EVSC 1300, EVSC 3300, or the equivalent). | |
| EVSC 4370 | Climate Near the Ground (3) |
| Analyzes the principles governing atmospheric processes occurring at small temporal and spatial scales near the Earth's surface, including energy, mass, and momentum transfer. Includes features of the atmospheric environment affecting plants and feedback mechanisms between plants and their local microclimates, trace gas exchange between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere, energy budgets, evapotranspiration, and motions near the surface. Prerequisite: EVSC 3300 or instructor permission. | |
| EVSC 4380 | Air Pollution Environmental Justice (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This is course will introduce undergraduate students to issues in air pollution environmental justice and climate equity from an environmental sciences perspective. Students will consider atmospheric processes and chemical transformations on human scales to identify, describe, and discuss how racism and injustice manifest in the atmosphere. Course was offered Spring 2023 |
| EVSC 4390 | Climate Modeling and Analysis (3) |
| This course will introduce students to the numerical, statistical, and computational methods used to model variability and change in Earth's climate system. The course will provide a conceptual understanding of the physical principles underlying successful Earth system models and teach students mathematical and computational techniques necessary to interpret and analyze model output for a variety of environmental sciences applications. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| EVSC 4452 | Global Climate Variability Seminar (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This seminar course will review the atmospheric and oceanic processes responsible for large-scale variability and change in Earth's climate system through readings and discussions of recent peer-reviewed scientific publications. |
| EVSC 4460 | Synoptic Meteorology (4) |
| Synoptic meteorology is the study of the weather systems (high- and low-pressure systems, waves in the jet stream, fronts) that impact day-to-day weather. This class will introduce the foundational theories of synoptic meteorology and allow students to practically apply them to case studies of past and current significant weather events, with a particular focus on North American weather systems. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023 | |
| EVSC 4490 | Air Pollution (3) |
| This course introduces students to research topics in air pollution, including the ozone hole, tropospheric ozone, aerosol chemistry and physics, atmosphere-biosphere interactions, air pollution regulation and control, health impacts, environmental justice, cook stove emissions, and air toxics. Readings are primarily taken from the recent literature. There is an emphasis on understanding the fundamental chemistry and physics of air pollution. | |
| EVSC 4542 | Topics in Landscape Evolution (1) |
| This seminar treats topics in the physical processes that shape landscapes. Topics will rotate with each semester, and will initially focus on the Appalachian Mountains and Chesapeake Bay as natural laboratories for studying interrelationships between mountain building, erosion, climate, and sea-level. Lectures & discussions of scientific literature will introduce geologic context, physics and chemistry relevant to particular geomorphic processes. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023 | |
| EVSC 4559 | New Course in Environmental Science (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental science. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, January 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, January 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, January 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, January 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, January 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, January 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, January 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, January 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 4630 | Land-Atmosphere Interaction (3) |
| Study of energy, water, and carbon exchange between the atmosphere and the land surface.
Prerequisite: Must have completed EVSC 3300 or EVSC 3600 | |
| EVSC 4640 | Water Resources in a Changing World (4) |
| This class will explore methods in the analysis and provision of water resources systems, building on principles of hydrologic science, global change, and equity. Our understanding of water as an integral component of human society and environment is rapidly changing with climate and land use change, and the increasing recognition of current and past inequity in water access, and exposure to hazard. Prerequisite: EVSC 3600. | |
| EVSC 4650 | Water Sustainability (3) |
| In this course we will explore the dimensions of what "sustainability" and "sustainable development" mean in the context of water use and management. We will examine the different ways in which water is used, valued, and governed, examining sustainability through different lenses and perspectives.The course will NOT count for the Math/Science area requirement in the College. | |
| EVSC 4660 | Hydrological Field Methods and Data Analysis (3) |
| Hydrological instruments are introduced; students employ the instruments to make field measurements and perform a range of data analysis exercises. Prerequisite: EVSC 3600. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| EVSC 4670 | Drinking Water Quality (3) |
| This course examines aspects of water quality related to public health with a primary focus on drinking water. Contamination of water by pathogenic microbes is covered, including the historical development of sanitation, modern treatment of drinking water, and how lack of clean drinking water affects populations in developing countries worldwide. Chemical contaminants include metals and organics such as pesticides and endocrine disruptors. | |
| EVSC 4710 | Environmental Geochemistry (3) |
| This lecture course focuses on the occurrence and distribution of chemical elements and the processes influencing that distribution among the various reservoirs of the Earth-surface environment, including rocks, soil, water, and air.
Prerequisite: CHEM 1410 or CHEM 1420 (one semester of college-level chemistry) and EVSC 2800 (one semester of college-level geology) | |
| EVSC 4840 | Marine Geoscience (4) |
| Oceans submerge over 70% of Earth's surface and hold many clues about major changes in Earth systems over hundreds to millions of years. This course covers the evolution of ocean basins, geological processes that operate in marine environments, marine archives of major Earth system changes, and marine geological resources and hazards. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| EVSC 4850 | Coastal Processes (3) |
| Reviews wave generation, wave prediction, wave refraction, transformation, shoaling, and associated inshore currents. Topics include the generation of littoral drift and shallow water surge; beach and barrier island geomorphology and problems of erosion. Includes the historical development of research in coastal processes and a quantitative analysis of spatial patterns along sandy coasts. Prerequisite: EVSC 2800; corequisite: EVSC 4851. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| EVSC 4860 | Geology of Virginia (3) |
| The course examines the geological evolution of the state and mid-Atlantic region in the context of plate tectonics, including stratigraphy, mountain building, metamorphism and deformation, and geomorphic processes. The human impact on this landscape through the exploitation of mineral resources is examined. Field trips to the various provinces of the state will help provide fundamental understanding of the state's foundation. Prerequisite: Required prerequisite course EVSC 2800 or equivalent college-level introductory geology course by transfer credit. Course was offered Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| EVSC 4870 | Global Biogeochemical Cycles (3) |
| Studies the processes that regulate the cycling of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus within and between oceans, continents, and atmosphere. Prerequisite: One semester of college chemistry and one or two of the EVSC core classes. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| EVSC 4890 | Planetary Geology (3) |
| Studies the origin and evolution of the solar system, emphasizing the geology of the planets and satellites of the inner solar system and the satellites of the gaseous planets. Compares and contrasts the Earth with Venus and Mars. Prerequisite: Introductory course in geosciences or astronomy. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| EVSC 4891 | Planetary Geology Lab (1) |
| Optional laboratory for EVSC 4890 students that will expose students to sources and types of information about processes and materials on planetary bodies as well as techniques for interpreting and mapping the surface features and geologic history of planetary objects. | |
| EVSC 4991 | The Theory and Practice of Biodiversity Conservation (2) |
| The goal of this class is to rigorously compare real-life conservation program implementation with the theoretical goals of conservation science. This course is a senior-level offering designed to serve as a capstone class for students enrolled in the Environmental and Biological Conservation Specialization program and will be presented in a seminar format where a theoretical presentation of conservation science within the context is presented. Prerequisite: EVSC 3200 (fund. of Ecology) or BIOL 3020 (Evolution and Ecology) Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| EVSC 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 6) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Specialized topics in ecology, atmosphere, hydrology, environmental geology, or environmental systems not normally covered in formal classes under the direction of the faculty. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 4995 | Supervised Research (1 - 6) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Original research usually involving a field or laboratory problem in the environmental sciences under the direction of one or more faculty members. The results may form the basis of an undergraduate thesis which is required to partially fulfill the Distinguished Majors Program in environmental sciences. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 4999 | Thesis Research (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Provides credit for doing work in pursuit of the undergraduate thesis option for majors in Environmental Science Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011 |
| EVSC 5020 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This is an introductory course focusing on the theory and application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technology. The course combines related theory with practical laboratory assignments. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 5030 | Applied Statistics for Environmental Scientists (4) |
| Provides a firm knowledge of experimental design, hypothesis testing, and the use of statistical methods of data analysis.
Prerequisite: MATH 1110, STAT 1120, or equivalent;
corequisite: EVSC 5031. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| EVSC 5040 | Messy Data: Statistical Methods in Ecology and Environmental Sciences (4) |
| Robust data are a cornerstone for scientific understanding and solutions to environmental problems, but real data are often messy, failing assumptions of classical statistics and challenging clear interpretation. Using R, students will develop a modern statistical toolbox and learn to match appropriate analyses with many common types of imperfect, complex data. Prerequisites: 1 statistics course + 1 R programming course, or equivalent experience. | |
| EVSC 5050 | Advanced Oceanography (3) |
| The principles of oceanography with views on real world applications, especially to the teaching of this class at the high school as well. Prerequisite: At least one year of college-level chemisty or physics or instructor permission.. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, January 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| EVSC 5060 | Coastal Oceanography (3) |
| An interdisciplinary course covering physical, ecological and biogeochemical processes occurring along coastlines and within coastal ecosystems. | |
| EVSC 5082 | Nitrogen Seminar (1) |
| This course aims to provide a qualitative and quantitative understanding of the nitrogen cycle in a seminar format. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| EVSC 5440 | Dynamics of Oceans and Estuaries (3) |
| Studies the physical properties, processes, and structure of the oceans; mass and energy budgets; methods of measurements; and the nature and theory of ocean currents, waves, and tides in the open sea, near shore and in estuaries. Prerequisite: PHYS 2310, 2320 or equivalent, two semesters calculus, MATH 1310, 1320 recommended, or instructor permission. | |
| EVSC 5559 | New Course in Environmental Science (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental science. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2022, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 |
| EVSC 5812 | Soil Biogeochemistry Seminar (1) |
| Cover fundamental and recent advances in Soil Biogeochemistry, with an emphasis on literature describing fundamental processes governing abiotic-biotic elemental transformations and key human perturbations. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| EVSC 5993 | Independent Study (1 - 6) |
| Specialized topics in ecology, atmosphere, hydrology, environmental geology, or environmental systems not normally covered in formal classes under the direction of the faculty. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| EVSC 5995 | Supervised Research (1 - 6) |
| Original research usually involving a field or laboratory problem in the environmental sciences under the direction of one or more faculty members. The results may form the basis of an undergraduate thesis which is required to partially fulfill the Distinguished Majors Program in environmental sciences. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| EVSC 7010 | Introduction to Remote Sensing (4) |
| Introduction to the physics and techniques of remote sensing. Prerequisite: At least one year of college-level chemistry or physics, or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| EVSC 7015 | Advanced Remote Sensing (3) |
| Basic concepts have been covered in EVSC 7012 Introduction to Remote Sensing. As an upper-level class in remote sensing, in this seminar, we will focus on advanced remote sensing techniques at different spatial scales (ground, airborne, and space). We will read scientific papers on the application of remote sensing, and provide hands-on training on coding and field spectroscopy and drone flights. | |
| EVSC 7020 | Dryland Ecohydrology (2) |
| Study of ecohydrologic processes characteristic of arid and semiarid regions. Prerequisites: Any introductory hydrology class or instructor permission. | |
| EVSC 7066 | Changing Global Carbon Cycle (3) |
| The global carbon cycle is changing dramatically due to human and natural processes. Major factors including fossil fuel use, agriculture and land-use change, atmospheric build-up, and land biosphere and ocean uptake. The course emphasizes conceptual and quantitative understanding of the impact of these different factors over the past several centuries and near-term future under a changing climate, environmental, and society. | |
| EVSC 7070 | Advanced Use of Geographical Information Systems (3) |
| Geographical data is increasingly important i n understanding our society and our environment. This course will focus on teaching stiudents advanced principles and operation of GIS software. It's a im is to develop students who are prepared to apply GIS to a variety of research problems by expoing them to tools and techniques that go beyond those covered in a basic course on GIS.
Prerequisite: EVSC 5020 or equivalent experience | |
| EVSC 7072 | Life in Graduate School: Research, Resources, and well-being (1) |
| The purpose of this weekly course is to serve as a peer-cohort building introduction to the environmental sciences graduate program and to the university. Students will gain professional development experience, clarity on expectations, and practical information such as resources and graduate milestone expectations to help them acclimate to life as a graduate student and make the most of the experience. Course was offered Fall 2022 | |
| EVSC 7080 | Quantitative Methods in Environmental Sciences (3) |
| Introduction to quantitative techniques for problem solving in Environmental Sciences, including data analysis, data visualization, simple mathematical models, and basic concepts of computer programming [in R]. Lectures provide the necessary background material and computer-based assignments provide students with practical experience using the concepts presented in class. No previous programming experience is assumed. | |
| EVSC 7082 | Careers in Environmental Sciences (1) |
| In this seminar course, students will have the opportunity to hear from successful leaders in varied Environmental Science disciplines (traditional and non-traditional) about career paths and opportunities for M.A., M.S., and PhD students. Special focus will be placed on encouraging career discussions that help students recognize opportunities where their research skills gained within our program can be applied. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| EVSC 7092 | Departmental Seminar (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies current problems in environmental research management or public policy as presented by visiting speakers, faculty, or advanced graduate students. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 7122 | Coastal Ecology Seminar (1) |
| A graduate/undergraduate seminar on current topics in coastal ecology. | |
| EVSC 7390 | Climate Modeling and Analysis (3) |
| This course will introduce students to the numerical, statistical, and computational methods used to model variability and change in Earth's climate system. The course will provide a conceptual understanding of the physical principles underlying successful Earth system models and teach students mathematical and computational techniques necessary to interpret and analyze model output for a variety of environmental sciences applications. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| EVSC 7559 | New Course in Environmental Science (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental science. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 7999 | Independent Study-Water (1 - 3) |
| The utility of water markets in facilitatiing more efficient and productive shaing of water is gaining increasing attention around the world as water shortages become more frequent, with increasingly severe economic and ecological impacts. In this course, each student will conduct research and prepare a paper on an issue related to water markets. Course was offered Spring 2016, Spring 2013 | |
| EVSC 8500 | Advanced Topics in Environmental Sciences (3) |
| Interdisciplinary treatments of environmental systems wherein the interrelationships of hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere are explored and analyzed. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| EVSC 8559 | New Course in Environmental Science. (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental science. | |
| EVSC 8999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 9559 | New Course in Environmental Science (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental science. | |
| EVSC 9995 | Research Problems (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual or group research on interdisciplinary problems in environmental sciences. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| EVSC 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral research, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| French | |
| FREN 116 | Intensive Introductory French (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for FREN 1016. | |
| FREN 126 | Intensive Introductory French (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for FREN 1026. | |
| FREN 216 | Intensive Intermediate French (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for FREN 2016. | |
| FREN 226 | Intensive Intermediate French (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for FREN 2026. | |
| FREN 1000 | Reading (0) |
| Reading Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| FREN 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| FREN 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| FREN 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| FREN 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| FREN 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| FREN 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| FREN 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| FREN 1010 | Elementary French I (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Development of basic oral expression, listening and reading comprehension, and writing. Language laboratory work is required. Followed by FREN 1020. Prerequisite: Limited or no previous formal instruction in French. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| FREN 1016 | Intensive Introductory French (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| FREN 1020 | Elementary French II (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Designed for students with an elementary knowledge of French. Further develops the skills of speaking, listening, comprehension, reading, and writing. Language laboratory work is required. Followed by FREN 2010. Prerequisite: FREN 1010 or one or two years of previous formal instruction in French and appropriate SAT score. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| FREN 1026 | Intensive Introductory French (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: Fren 1016 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| FREN 1050 | Accelerated Elementary French (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Reviews basic oral expression, listening, reading comprehension, and writing. Covers the material in the FREN 1010-1020 text in one semester at an accelerated pace. Language lab required followed by FREN 2010. Prerequisite: Previous background in French (more than two years of French in secondary school) and an achievement test score below 540 or a placement score below 378, or permission of the department. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| FREN 1559 | New Course in French Literature and General Linguistics (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of French literature and general linguistics. | |
| FREN 2010 | Intermediate French I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Develops the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Focuses on reading skill development through readings on contemporary Francophone culture and short stories. Followed by FREN 2020. Prerequisite: FREN 1020 or one to three years of formal instruction in French and appropriate SAT score. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| FREN 2016 | Intensive Intermediate French (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: FREN 1016, 1026 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| FREN 2020 | Intermediate French II (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Designed for continued development of the four skills at an advanced level. Readings emphasize contemporary Francophone culture and include a modern French play. Prerequisite: FREN 2010 or one to three years of formal instruction in French and appropriate SAT score. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| FREN 2026 | Intensive Intermediate French (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: FREN 1016, 1026, 2016 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| FREN 2320 | Intensive Intermediate French (3) |
| This in-depth, intermediate-level course is recommended for students whose placement scores nearly exempt them from FREN 2020, and for any students who wish to refine and expand their mastery of French grammar before taking 3000-level courses. Students who have completed FREN 2020 may take 2320 as an elective to fine-tune their language skills. Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score (into 2020/2320) or departmental permission. Course was offered Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 2559 | New Course in French Literature and General Linguistics (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of French literature and general linguistics. | |
| FREN 3028 | Language House Conversation (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For students residing in the French House. |
| FREN 3029 | Language House Conversation (1) |
| For students residing in the French House. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| FREN 3030 | Phonetics (3) |
| Reviews pronunciation, phonetics, and phonology for undergraduates. Prerequisite: FREN 2020 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 3031 | Finding Your Voice in French (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In this course, students explore and develop their own "voice" in written and spoken French. Through reading and viewing a variety of cultural artifacts in French, and completing a series of individual and collaborative creative projects, students will improve their skills in grammar, communication, self-expression and editing.
Prerequisite: FREN 2020, 2320, or the equivalent, or appropriate AP, F-CAPE, or SAT score. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| FREN 3032 | Text, Image, Culture (3) |
| In this course, students will discover and engage critically with a broad sampling of French and Francophone cultural production representing a variety of periods, genres, approaches, and media. Students will read, view, write about and discuss a range of works that may include poetry, painting, prose, music, theater, films, graphic novels, photographs, essays, and historical documents.
Prerequisite: FREN 3031. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 3034 | Advanced Oral Expression in French (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A focus on speaking, listening, and pronunciation. Activities include guided conversation practice, discussion leading, and other oral activities related to authentic materials in French. Work may include quizzes, presentations, reports, interviews, exams , and projects. Prerequisite: FREN 3031 or concurrent enrollment in FREN 3031. Not intended for students who are native speakers of French or whose secondary education was in French schools. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| FREN 3035 | Business French (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In this course, students will learn about the major industries, organizational structures, and the primary positions within French and francophone businesses. They will gain experience in business research, will hone their oral and written French for use in a business-setting, will have practice job interviews, and will learn the practical aspects of living and working in French.
Prerequisite: FREN 3031 and 3032 Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018 |
| FREN 3036 | Introduction to Translation (3) |
| This course will provide a practical and theoretical introduction to methods of translation from French to English and from English to French. Topics covered may include an introduction to translation studies, application of translation tools and practices, grammar review, and cross-cultural analysis of a variety of both literary and non-literary texts. Pre-requisite: FREN 2020 or FREN 2320 or equivalent placement. | |
| FREN 3037 | French for Global Development and Humanitarian Action (3) |
| Designed for students seeking to develop advanced linguistic skills in oral and written French and cultural competence in preparation for careers related to global development and humanitarian action. Discussions and assignments revolve around case studies and simulated professional situations drawn from real-life global development and humanitarian aid initiatives in the francophone world. | |
| FREN 3040 | Introduction to French Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An introductory survey of French and Francophone cultural production representing a variety of periods, genres, approaches, and media. Students will read, view, discuss, and practice interpreting and writing critically about a range of works that may include poetry, painting, prose, music, theater, films, graphic novels, photographs, essays, television shows, podcasts, and historical documents. |
| FREN 3041 | The French-Speaking World I: Origins (3) |
| Survey of writing in French from the beginnings (880) to 1600. Explores various movements and trends in early French literary and cultural history; readings in modern French.
Prerequisite: FREN 3032. | |
| FREN 3042 | The French-Speaking World II: Expansion (3) |
| Survey of writing in French from 1600 to 1800. Explores various movements and trends in French literary and cultural history of the classical period and the enlightenment.
Prerequisite: FREN 3032. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 3043 | The French-Speaking World III: Modernities (3) |
| Survey of writing in French from 1800 to the present. Explores various movements and trends in French literary and cultural history of the modern and contemporary periods. Prerequisite: FREN 3032. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 3048 | Filmmaking in French: An Introductory Workshop (3) |
| This workshop, taught in French, introduces students to the basics of film as a visual and narrative medium. Students will master both theoretical and practical skills through writing, directing, shooting and editing their own film. Students will bring fresh materials and ideas, and workshop the script as in a "writers room" situation. A hands-on class, students will learn to use the camera, lighting, sound recording, and editing software. | |
| FREN 3050 | History and Civilization of France: Middle Ages to Revolution (3) |
| The social, political, economic, philosophical, and artistic developments in France from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution. Prerequisite: FREN 3032. | |
| FREN 3051 | History and Civilization of France: Revolution to 1945 (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The social, political, economic, philosophical, and artistic developments in France from the Revolution until 1945. Prerequisite: FREN 3032. |
| FREN 3052 | History of French Colonialism (3) |
| This course will introduce students to the long history of French colonialism around the world, beginning with the settlement of Canada and continuing to Napoleon's attempts to conquer Egypt, then the French power plays in African and Asia. Readings and media will include French travelers' description of foreign populations, Native accounts of French interventions, literary and visual works inspired by the colonial situation, and key documents from various independence movements | |
| FREN 3509 | Topics in French Linguistics (3) |
| This course will include topics such as French outside France; regional French varieties; Romance dialectology; French socio-linguistics. Prerequisite: FREN 3031 and 3030. | |
| FREN 3553 | J-Term in Paris (3) |
| January Term study abroad course conducted on-site in Paris. Readings in literature, ethnography, history, and urban studies, along with discussions of photographs, paintings, and films, will inform daily walking tours and site visits. Specific topics may vary. Course taught in French. Prerequisite: FREN 3032 | |
| FREN 3555 | J-Term in Dakar (3) |
| This January term study abroad program invites students from all backgrounds to experience the bustling city of Dakar and study Senegalese culture and history to gain a clearer understanding of West Africa today. | |
| FREN 3559 | New Course in French and Francophone Cultural Topics (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of French and Francophone culture. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Janiuary 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 3560 | Topics in Lyon (1 - 4) |
| Lyon Topics courses in French may cover a variety of subjects. | |
| FREN 3570 | Topics in Francophone African Studies (3) |
| This course addresses various aspects of Francophone African Culture including , oral traditions, literature, theatre, cinema, and contemporary music and visual arts.
Prerequisites: FREN 3031 & 3032 Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013 | |
| FREN 3584 | Topics in French Cinema (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies topics relating to concepts of film structure, history, and criticism in French and within the French tradition. Topics offered include Introduction to Cinema and Texte écrit/texte filmique. Prerequisite: FREN 3032. Course was offered Spring 2023, Summer 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 |
| FREN 3585 | Topics in Cultural Studies (1 - 4) |
| Interdisciplinary seminar in French and Francophone culture and society. Topics vary annually and may include literature and history, cinema and society, and cultural anthropology. Prerequisite: FREN 3032. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 3747 | Francophone Literature & Culture (3) |
| Explores representative works of major Moroccan francophone authors in their cultural context. Prerequisite: FREN 3032. Course was offered Spring 2016, Summer 2013 | |
| FREN 3882 | Loving Words: A Poem a Day in French (3) |
| In this course we will read poems in French from a variety of writers and time periods, taking into account their stylistic features, emotional impact, and cultural resonance. Each day will be structured around the study of one key poem.Through in-class readings of related poems, writing workshops and secondary readings, we will explore how poetry brings us closer to words, language, knowledge, sensations, emotion, ourselves, and others. | |
| FREN 3885 | Beasts and Beauties (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Werewolves, vampires, phantoms, and fairies inhabit French fables, legends, fairy tales, short stories, novels, and film. The course studies supernatural fictional creatures in relation to concepts of physical and moral beauty, animality, good, evil, comfort, fear, kindness, familiarity and the uncanny. |
| FREN 4031 | Writing With Style and Precision (3) |
| In this grammar review course, students will learn how best to structure the French language and how to express themselves with concision and clarity. They will work to improve their writing in French by analyzing model texts and through frequent composition and revision. Aspects of grammar will be studied systematically -- tense use, the subjunctive, participles, etc. -- and in response to topics that emerge through the writing process. | |
| FREN 4110 | Medieval Saints' Lives (3) |
| One of the most popular forms of entertainment, combining exciting themes (transvestism, marvelous journeys, spectacular sins, helpful animals) with edgy commentaries on hot topics (virginity vs. marriage, parent-child conflicts), saints' Lives offer a view of their culture's theological concerns, secular interests, and the quest of both ecclesiastical and lay people to fulfill their spiritual and terrestrial responsibilities. Course was offered Fall 2017, Spring 2014 | |
| FREN 4123 | Medieval Love (3) |
| Love fascinated people in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries as it still does today. This course will examine understandings and uses of love in religious and secular literature, music and art. What is the relationship, for medieval writers, between the love of God and the love of human beings? What is the role of poetry in promoting and producing love? What medieval ideas about love continue to shape our modern understandings and assumption Prerequisite: FREN 3032 Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2015 | |
| FREN 4410 | The Enlightenment (3) |
| The Enlightenment laid the foundations for our current conceptions of democratic government, religious toleration, freedom of speech, and the scientific method. The readings for this course may include works by Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Rousseau.
Prerequisite: FREN 3032 | |
| FREN 4509 | Seminar in French Linguistics (3) |
| Topics of specific interest to faculty and advanced undergraduate students. Prerequisite: FREN 3030, 3031, and one 4000-level course in French. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| FREN 4546 | Topics on Moroccan Civilization (3) |
| The course relates to Morocco. It treats the history as well as contemporary Morocco with its social, economic and political components. | |
| FREN 4547 | Moroccan Francophone Literature (3) |
| The French-speaking Moroccan literature found its roots in Africa or it was born, in Europe through the language of colonization, in arabo-Andalusian Spain, and with the Middle-East through the Muslim civilization. This course proposes an analysis of texts which will approach the topics of the identity, exiles, the language of writing and other topics for a better comprehension of Morocco. | |
| FREN 4559 | New Course in French Literature and General Linguistics (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of French literature and general linguistics. Course was offered Fall 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| FREN 4560 | Advanced Topics in Nineteenth-Century Literature (3) |
| Study of the various aspects of the nineteenth-century French literature. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit with different topics. Prerequisite: FREN 3032 and at least one FREN course numbered 3041 to 3043 (or instructor permission). | |
| FREN 4580 | Advanced Topics in Literature (3) |
| Advanced study of transhistorical topics such as literary ideas, the novel, theater, travel literature. Prerequisite: At least one 3000-level literature course. | |
| FREN 4581 | Advanced Topics in Francophone Literature (3) |
| Topics may include historical writings and rewritings, single authors, the oral tradition, theater, the novel, poetry. | |
| FREN 4582 | Advanced Topics in French Poetry (3) |
| Aspects of French poetry. Topics vary and may range from general survey to studies of specific periods or authors; may be repeated for credit for different topics. Prerequisite: At least one literature or culture course beyond FREN 3032. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 4584 | Advanced Topics in French Cinema (3) |
| Advanced seminar in French and Francophone cinema. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit for different topics. Prerequisites: FREN 3032 and 3584, or instructor permission. Course was offered Summer 2021, Spring 2018 | |
| FREN 4585 | Advanced Topics in Cultural Studies (3) |
| Advanced seminar in French and Francophone literature and culture. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit for different topics. Prerequisite: At least one literature or culture course beyond FREN 3032. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011 | |
| FREN 4682 | Baudelaire and Poetic Modernity (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An exploration of a selection of poetry and prose works by Baudelaire to gain an in-depth understanding of one of the most celebrated poets in Western literature. Through close readings, we will examine poetry¿s relation to beauty and suffering, the structuring and de-structuring of poetic form, and the ethics of poetic modernity in Baudelaire in order to reflect more generally on what poetry affords us in life. |
| FREN 4743 | Africa in Cinema (3) |
| Study of the representation of Africa in American, Western European and African films. Ideological Constructions of the African as 'other'. Exoticism in cinema. History of African cinema. Economic issues in African cinema: production, distribution, and the role of African film festivals. The socio-political context. Women in African cinema. Aesthetic problems: themes and narrative styles. Prerequisite: FREN 3032 and FREN 3584 or another 3000-level literature course in French. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 4744 | The Occupation and After (3) |
| After an initial examination of the political and social conditions in France under the Nazi regime during World War II, this seminar explores the enduring legacy of those "Dark Years" by investigating how the complex (and traumatic) history of the Occupation has impacted French culture during the last half of the twentieth century and into the twenty first.
Prerequisite: FREN 3032 and another FREN course beyond 3034. | |
| FREN 4811 | Francophone Literature of Africa (3) |
| Surveys the literary tradition in French, emphasizing post-World War II poets, novelists, and playwrights. Examines the role of cultural reviews in the development of this literary tradition. Prerequisite: FREN 3032 and at least one FREN course numbered 3041 to 3043 (or instructor permission). Course was offered Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| FREN 4813 | Introduction to the Francophone Caribbean (Martinique, Guadeloupe, Haiti) (3) |
| Focuses on the literature, culture and arts of the Francophone Caribbean (Martinique, Guadeloupe, Haiti). Issues of colonialism and postcolonialism, slavery and freedom, exile and immigration, race and gender will be examined through poetry, novels, storytelling, theater, music and film analysis. Prerequisite: A 3000-level French literature course | |
| FREN 4838 | French Society and Civilization (3) |
| Discusses political institutions and social problems based upon readings in recent publications and an analysis of current events. Prerequisite: FREN 3032 and another FREN course beyond 3034. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| FREN 4848 | The Good Life? (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | What is the good life, and what is a good life? Saints seem to live perfectly good lives, but stories about them often grapple with this question, encouraging audiences to think deeply about their own lives in ways that go beyond any one ethical system. Looking at old and new stories of parent-child struggles, spectacular sinning and redemption, gender transformation, and daily moral predicaments, we will explore what it means to live well. |
| FREN 4854 | Life in Colonial Cities (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is about imagining life and sensory experiences of colonized subjects witnessing a changing urban environment. For some cities, imagining its past is naturally inscribed in a continuation meticulously informed. For cities that have been victim of a colonial experience, this haunted past needs to be revived to recreate a perception of historical continuity in the space and a sense of spatial belonging. |
| FREN 4875 | Global Paris: The Complexity of Place (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A global city, Paris is more than the capital of France; it holds meaning the world over. How did Paris achieve such iconic status? To answer that question, this course explores a variety of cultural and geographic forms (maps, paintings, architecture, cinema, literature, and music) that illustrate key features of the "city of light" and invite students to "read" the city, unlock its codes, and discover its many nuances. |
| FREN 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Normally, only French majors may enroll in this course and only by written permission from the department chair prior to the end of the first week of classes. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| FREN 4998 | Pre-Thesis Tutorial (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Preliminary research for thesis. Prerequisite: Admission to the Distinguished Majors Program. |
| FREN 4999 | Thesis (3) |
| Composition and defense of thesis. Prerequisite: FREN 4998 and good standing in the Distinguished Majors Program. Note: The prerequisite to all 5000-level literature courses is two 4000-level literature courses with an average grade of B, or the instructor's permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| FREN 5011 | Old French (1) |
| Basic introduction to reading Old French, with consideration of its main dialects (Île-de-France, Picard, Anglo-Norman) and paleographical issues. May be taken in conjunction with FREN 5100 or independently. Taught in English. Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of modern French. | |
| FREN 5100 | Medieval Literature in Modern French I (3) |
| Based on topics and works of both current and enduring interest to scholars, this course will allow participants to gain general knowledge of literature composed in French from 880 until about 1250 as well as to explore the most recent developments in the field. | |
| FREN 5150 | Medieval Literature in Modern French II (3) |
| Introduces literary forms, habits of style and thought, and conditions of composition from the late thirteenth century to the late fifteenth. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| FREN 5200 | Literature of the Sixteenth Century: Poetry (3) |
| Studies the developments in theory and practice of French Renaissance poetry and poetics as seen in works by the Rhétoriqueurs, including Marot, Sebillet, Scève, Labe, du Bellay, Ronsard, and d'Aubigne. | |
| FREN 5300 | Literature of the Seventeenth Century I (3) |
| Studies art forms and society during the baroque and classical periods of French literary history. Readings in theater, fiction, rhetoric, and poetry. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| FREN 5400 | Literature of the Eighteenth Century I (3) |
| Religious, moral, and political thinking as reflected in the works of Bayle, Fontenelle, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Helvetius, and others. | |
| FREN 5510 | Topics in Medieval Literature (3) |
| Topics may include genres (romance, poetry, hagiography, chanson de geste, allegory), themes (love, war, nature), single authors (Chrétien de Troyes, Machaut) and cultural and literary issues (gender, religion, authorship, rewritings). | |
| FREN 5520 | Topics in Sixteenth-Century Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topics may include Montaigne, the European novella, poetic recreations of the ancients, literary Lyon, and Rabelais and his world. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010 |
| FREN 5530 | Topics in Seventeenth-Century Literature (3) |
| Topics may include genres such as tragedy, comedy, novel, and non-fiction prose, themes such as civility, religious conversion, the "human condition," colonial expansion, and love, and theoretical issues such as institutional control of literature, gender and writing, and discourse analysis. | |
| FREN 5540 | Topics in Eighteenth-Century Literature (3) |
| Topics may include exoticism, reason and folly, libertinage, theater, Voltaire vs. Rousseau. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 5559 | New Course in French Literature and General Linguistics (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of French literature and general linguistics. | |
| FREN 5560 | Topics in Nineteenth-Century Literature (3) |
| Study of various aspects of nineteenth-century French/ Francophone literature. Genre, theme, specific chronological concentration, and approach will vary. May be repeated for credit with different topics. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 5570 | Topics in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Literature (3) |
| Study of the various aspects of twentieth-century French literature. Genre, theme, and specific chronological concentration will vary. May be repeated for credit with different topics. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2010 | |
| FREN 5581 | Topics in African Literature and Culture (3) |
| Topics may include: Francophone novel, colonial literature and visual culture, postcolonial literature and cinema, Francophone Theater & Poetry, Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 5584 | Topics in Cinema (3) |
| A range of analytical approaches to the study of cinema, including cinematographic language and structure, the representation of socio-cultural phenomena in film, and the experience of cinema viewing as a cultural and historical practice. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 5585 | Topics in Civilization / Cultural Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Interdisciplinary seminar in French and Francophone culture. Topics vary. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 |
| FREN 5700 | Literature of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries I (3) |
| Principal literary movements and representative authors in the novel. | |
| FREN 5812 | New World Literature (3) |
| Introduces the French-language literatures of Canada and the Caribbean in their historical and esthetic context. Includes drama, fiction and poetry. FREN5812 is normally a prerequisite to advanced work in Francophone literature at the 8000 level. Course was offered Fall 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| FREN 5993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent Study Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| FREN 5998 | Thesis Research (3) |
| For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Prerequisite: graduate standing and instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 5999 | Thesis (M.A.) (3) |
| Composition and defense of master's thesis. Prerequisite:Â graduate standing and instructor permission. | |
| FREN 7040 | Theories and Methods of Language Teaching (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the pedagogical approaches currently practiced in second-language courses at the university level. Critically examines the theories underlying various methodologies, and their relation to teaching. Assignments include development and critique of pedagogical material; peer observation and analysis; and a final teaching portfolio project. |
| FREN 7500 | Topics in Theory and Criticism (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Study of various aspects of the Western critical tradition. Theme, chronological period, and approach will vary. May be repeated for credit with different topics. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| FREN 7559 | New Course in French Language and General Linguistics (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of French literature and general linguistics. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| FREN 8510 | Seminar in Medieval Literature (3) |
| Topics may include genres (romance, poetry, hagiography, chanson de geste, allegory), themes (love, war, nature), single authors (Chrétien de Troyes, Machaut) and cultural and literary issues (gender, religion, authorship, rewritings). | |
| FREN 8520 | Seminar in Sixteenth-Century Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | (a) Rabelais. (b) Montaigne. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010 |
| FREN 8530 | Seminar in Seventeenth-Century Literature (3) |
| (a) Moliere. (b) Racine. (c) Corneille. (d) The Moralists. (e) The Lyric of the early seventeenth century. (f) La Fontaine. (g) Contes et Nouvelles. | |
| FREN 8540 | Seminar in Eighteenth-Century Literature (3) |
| (a) Voltaire. (b) Diderot. (c) Theater. (d) Novel. (e) Rousseau. (f) Marivaux. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 8559 | New Course in French Literature and General Linguistics (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of French literature and general linguistics. | |
| FREN 8560 | Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Literature (3) |
| Study of various aspects of nineteenth-century French/ Francophone literature. Genre, theme, specific chronological concentration, and approach will vary. May be repeated for credit with different topics. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 8570 | Seminar in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature (3) |
| Study of the various aspects of modern and contemporary French and Francophone literature. Genre, theme, and specific chronological concentration will vary. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2010 | |
| FREN 8581 | Seminar in Francophone Literature and Culture (3) |
| Studies the Francophone literature of Africa, with special emphasis on post-World War II poets, novelists, and playwrights, and filmmakers. Examines the role of cultural and literary reviews in the historical and ideological development. Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 8584 | Seminar in Cinema (3) |
| A range of analytical approaches to the study of cinema, including cinematographic language and structure, the representation of socio-cultural phenomena in film, and the experience of cinema viewing as a cultural and historical practice. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 8585 | Seminar in Cultural Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In-depth studies investigations of cultural topics and research methodologies in French civilization and Francophone studies. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 |
| FREN 8993 | Independent Study (3) |
| Independent Study Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| FREN 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Master's and Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For masters and doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| FREN 9999 | Dissertation Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Foreign Language Exempt Modified | |
| FRLN 2020 | Foreign Language Exemption (0) |
| Foreign language exemption | |
| French in Translation | |
| FRTR 2084 | French Cinema (3) |
| Introductory survey of French Cinema. Invites students to examine the history of filmmaking in France, from the invention of the medium to the present, all while developing an appreciation for film form. Class taught entirely in English (all films will be subtitled) and open to students from all schools across grounds. | |
| FRTR 2510 | Topics in Medieval Literature (3) |
| An introduction to the culture of the High Middle Ages in France. Topics vary and may include love literature, family relations, war, and science and religion. May be repeated for credit for different topics. Course was offered Fall 2019, Spring 2013 | |
| FRTR 2552 | French Culture (subtitle will be added to reflect chosen topic) (3) |
| Course will offer a transhistoric and interdisciplinary approach to French culture through the lens of a given theme (e.g., food, travel, politics, societies and institutions). Lectures, readings and exams in English. Course was offered Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| FRTR 2553 | J-Term in Paris (3) |
| January Term study abroad course conducted on-site in Paris. Readings in literature, ethnography, history, and urban studies, along with discussions of photographs, paintings, and films, will inform daily walking tours and site visits. Specific topics may vary. Course taught in English. | |
| FRTR 2555 | J-Term in Dakar (3) |
| This January term study abroad program invites students from all backgrounds to experience the bustling city of Dakar and study Senegalese culture and history to gain a clearer understanding of West Africa today. | |
| FRTR 2580 | Topics in French and Francophone Culture (3) |
| Introduces the interdisciplinary study of culture in France or other French-speaking countries. Topics vary from year to year, and may include cuisine and national identity; literature and history; and contemporary society and cultural change. Taught by one or several professors in the French department. | |
| FRTR 3559 | New Course French Cultural Topics (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in French Culture in translation. | |
| FRTR 3584 | Topics in French Cinema (3) |
| Studies topics relating to concepts of film structure, history, and criticism in French and within the French tradition. Topics offered include Introduction to French Cinema and Written Text/Film Text. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| FRTR 3814 | Gender, Sexuality, Identity in Premodern France (3) |
| This course will explore religious, social, scientific and legal views on gender, sexuality and identity that may extend from medieval through early modern Europe with an emphasis on the French tradition. Readings will include literary texts and cultural documents as well as current scholarship on questions of sexuality, gender, and identity politics. | |
| FRTR 4540 | The International Enlightenment (3) |
| The Enlightenment laid the foundations for our current conceptions of democratic government, religious toleration, freedom of speech, and the scientific method. The readings for this course may include texts by on works by Locke, Voltaire, Rousseau, Jefferson, and Kant . Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| FRTR 4559 | New Course in French in Translation (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of French in Translation. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| German | |
| GERM 116 | Intensive Introductory German (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for GERM 1016. | |
| GERM 126 | Intensive Introductory German (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for GERM 1026. | |
| GERM 216 | Intensive Intermediate German (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for GERM 2016. | |
| GERM 226 | Intensive Intermediate German (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for GERM 2026. | |
| GERM 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| GERM 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| GERM 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| GERM 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| GERM 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| GERM 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| GERM 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| GERM 1010 | Elementary German I (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the essentials of German structure and syntax; emphasizes oral and written proficiency in German. Followed by GERM 1020. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 1015 | German for Reading Knowledge (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For graduate students requiring reading knowledge of German. Open to 4th year undergraduates, but does not count toward fulfillment of the language requirement. Please note: graduate students may enroll for C/NC or as auditors. However, graduates must enroll via the GSAS Office, rather than on SIS. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 1016 | Intensive Introductory German (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| GERM 1020 | Elementary German II (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Designed for students with an elementary knowledge of German. Further develops the skills of speaking, listening, comprehension, reading, and writing. Followed by GERM 2010. Prerequisite: GERM 1010 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 1026 | Intensive Introductory German (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level.Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: GERM 1016 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| GERM 1559 | New Course in German (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German. | |
| GERM 2010 | Intermediate German I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Increases accuracy and fluency through authentic literary and cultural materials with a focus on reading. Reviews essentials of German grammar and syntax. Exposes students to a wide variety of topics relating to contemporary Germany. Prerequisite: GERM 1020, or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 2016 | Intensive Intermediate German (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension,reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: GERM 1016 & 1026 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| GERM 2020 | Intermediate German II (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Builds upon skills developed in GERM 2010. Continues the review of grammar. Continues to expose students to a wide variety of topics relating to contemporary Germany. Prerequisite: GERM 2010, or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 2026 | Intensive Intermediate German (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: GERM 1016, 1026, & 2016 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| GERM 2525 | Intermediate German, Topics (3) |
| Builds upon GERM 2010 and is equivalent to GERM 2020. Develops the four essential skills in language learning (listening, speaking, reading, writing) on the basis of a theme-based approach that may be project-oriented. Topics vary per semester and instructor. Pre-requisites: GERM 2010 or equivalent. Course was offered Fall 2014 | |
| GERM 2559 | New Course in German (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| GERM 3000 | Advanced German (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course builds on the first and second year German sequence and seeks to increase students' level of competence in both grammar and vocabulary. Students will produce more accurate and complex language and begin to discuss a diverse range of topics in German culture. Grammatical accuracy will be a central focus but also register, appropriacy, and fluency.
Prerequisite: GERM 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 3010 | Texts and Interpretations (3) |
| Employing a broad definition of text, this course allows students to develop a complex understanding of the relationship between meaning and linguistic form. Course readings may include poems, novels, films, historical documents, letters, memoirs etc. Specific grammatical topics will be addressed on the basis of the given material. This course is the prerequisite for all GERM 3000- level courses.
Prerequisite: GERM 2020 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| GERM 3110 | Literature in German II (3) |
| German literature from 1890 to the present. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Prerequisite: GERM 3010. | |
| GERM 3120 | Literature in German I (3) |
| German literature from 1750 to 1890. Prerequisite: GERM 3010. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| GERM 3230 | Contemporary German: Writing and Speaking (3) |
| Using mentor texts based on digital cultural programming, students focus on a range of topics of culture and civilization in the contemporary German-speaking world. Beyond cultural competence, the writing assignments test command of mature grammatical structures, contemporary language, advanced idioms, and punctuation. The goal, following Goethe Institute guidelines, is to write comprehensive texts on a range topics.
Prerequisite: GERM 3000. | |
| GERM 3240 | Contemporary German: Writing and Speaking II (3) |
| Designed to expand and refine German writing skills, this course assumes mastery of the German language sufficient to write with progressive length and complexity. Using mentor texts based on digital cultural programming, the course focuses on contemporary issues related to the culture of German-speaking lands. The writing assignments test command of cultural competence, mature grammatical structures, advanced idioms, and punctuation.
Prerequisite: GERM 3230 or Instructor Permission. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| GERM 3250 | German for Professionals (3) |
| Prepares students to communicate and interact effectively in the business environment of German-speaking countries. Emphasis is placed on practical, career-usable competence. Prerequisite: GERM 3000 or equivalent Course was offered Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2009 | |
| GERM 3290 | German Studies Roundtable (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | One-credit conversation on current themes. May be taken more than once for credit, but only once for major credit. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 3300 | Language House Conversation (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For students residing in the German group in Shea House. May be taken more than once for credit. Departmental approval needed if considered for major credit. Prerequisite: instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019 |
| GERM 3510 | Topics in German Culture (3) |
| Studies selected aspects of German culture, such as opera. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: GERM 3010 or 3230. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017 | |
| GERM 3515 | Postwar German Culture (3) |
| Readings in the cultural, social, and political histories of the German-speaking countries since 1945. Prerequisite: GERM 3010 or 3230. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| GERM 3526 | Topics in Business German: (3) |
| Interdisciplinary seminar in German business. Topics vary annually and may include: green business practices, business ethics, the European Union, or the challenges of globalization. Taught in German. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Prerequisites: GERM 3000. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2012, Fall 2010 | |
| GERM 3559 | New Course in German (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017 |
| GERM 3590 | Topics in German Literature (3) |
| Seminar in German literature. May be repeated for credit. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Prerequisite: GERM 3010. | |
| GERM 3610 | Lyric Poetry (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Major forms and themes in German lyric poetry. Prerequisite: GERM 3010. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2017 |
| GERM 3620 | New Voices in German: Transnational and Multilingual Literature Today (3) |
| In ¿New Voices in German¿ we will explore a selection of contemporary prose works and ask how these works critically engage with Germany¿s multilingual and transnational literary landscape. Readings include works by Fatma Aydemir, Katja Petrowskaja, Khuê Ph¿m, Saša Staniši¿, Sharon Dodua Otoo, and others. GERM 3620 is conducted in German. Prerequisite is GERM 3010 or Instructor Permission. | |
| GERM 3993 | Independent Study (1 - 4) |
| Generic course to be used when students are taking independent study with a faculty member. May be repeated for credit. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| GERM 4559 | New Course in German (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German. | |
| GERM 4600 | Fourth-Year Seminar (3) |
| Literary analysis for advanced students. Prerequisite: GERM 3010 and other literature courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| GERM 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Prerequisite: Approval by a supervising faculty member. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 4998 | Honors Research and Thesis (0) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This is the first semester of the year-long DMP thesis. Students who enroll in it will only receive a grade when the complete its sequel, GERM 4999, at which point they will receive 6 credits. Prerequisite: Admission to the DMP, permission of undergraduate advisor and a supervising faculty member. |
| GERM 4999 | Honors Research and Thesis (6) |
| This is the second semester of the year-long DMP thesis. Students should enroll in this course only if they have completed GERM 4998, and must enroll in GERM 4999 to receive credit for GERM 4998. Prerequisite: Admission to the DMP, permission of undergraduate advisor and a supervising faculty member; GERM 4998. | |
| GERM 5015 | German for Reading Knowledge (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For graduate students who need to develop skills necessary for reading and translating scholarly German and/or to pass the graduate reading exam. Nightly homework assignments from the textbook, combined in the later part of the course with readings and translation of texts from students' chosen fields of study, will help students attain their desired research skills in German. No prior knowledge of German required. |
| GERM 5500 | Special Topics (3) |
| Major figures, genres, or literary problems serve as the focus for an intensive course within any literary period. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Course was offered Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| GERM 5559 | New Course in German (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German. Course was offered Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| GERM 5562 | Topics in New German Cinema (3) |
| Examines German art cinema from the 1960s-1980s, focusing on modernist aesthetics and filmic responses to major historical events in post-war Germany. Films by Fassbinder, Herzog, Wenders, Kluge, Sander, Von Trotta, and others. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| GERM 7559 | New Course in German (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German. | |
| GERM 8559 | New Course in German (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German. | |
| GERM 8610 | Seminar in Language Teaching (3) |
| Studies the theory and practice of language teaching with supervised classroom experience. One group meeting per week plus extensive individual consultation. Required of all teaching assistants in the teacher training program. | |
| GERM 8620 | Seminar in Language Teaching (3) |
| Studies the theory and practice of language teaching with supervised classroom experience. One group meeting per week plus extensive individual consultation. Required of all teaching assistants in the teacher training program. | |
| GERM 8995 | Guided Research (3) |
| Special research projects for advanced students. Individually directed. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| GERM 8998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 8999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 9559 | New Course in German (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German. | |
| GERM 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| German in Translation | |
| GETR 1559 | New Course in German in Translation (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German in translation. |
| GETR 2559 | New Course in German in Translation (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German in translation. | |
| GETR 2770 | Germany: Past and Present (3) |
| What does it mean for a country to confront its past, define its present, and imagine its future? This course will introduce you to modern German history and culture by looking at the interaction between culture and memory. We will approach the cities of Berlin and Weimar not just as a collection of streets and buildings, but as multi-layered cultural and historical texts. On-site visits will combine lectures with active student participation. Course was offered January 2014 | |
| GETR 3330 | Introduction to German Studies (3) |
| A survey of German cultural history from the enlightenment to the present, and an introduction to the field of German Studies. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. . Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| GETR 3360 | The Art of Dreaming (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Taking an interdisciplinary and cross-historical approach, this course introduces students to key texts in dream theory and discusses the implications of these theories for prose and poetry, film, and political writing. Students will learn to identify, compare, and contrast different dream theories, understand the importance and limitations of dream interpretation, and explore the significance of dreaming and dream theory for art and literature. |
| GETR 3372 | German Jewish Culture and History (3) |
| This course provides a wide-ranging exploaration of the history, culture, and thought of German-speaking Jewry from 1750 to the present. It focuses on the Jewish response to modernity in Central Europe and lasting transformations in Jewish life. We read the works of such figures as Moses Mendelssohn, Rachel Varnhagen, Heinrich Heine, Karl Marx, Theordor Herzl, Franz Kafka, Gershom Scholem, and Inge Deutschkron. Course was offered Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| GETR 3385 | Kafka's Short Works: The Quest for Materiality (3) |
| Students will read and discuss the most important short works of Kafka, with an ultimate focus on the problem of the self and the idea of materiality. Short readings from other literatures and other disciplines are included in order to provide historical context and interpretive parallels. Method will be discussion rather than lecture. Two papers required. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| GETR 3390 | Nazi Germany (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Detailed survey of the historical origins, political structures, cultural dynamics, and every-day practices of the Nazi Third Reich. Cross-listed in the history department. Taught in English. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| GETR 3392 | Fairy Tales (3) |
| Entering the world of fairy tales often feels like passing into an elaborate dream: it is a world teeming with sorcerers, dwarves, wondrous objects, and animals that speak. This seminar explores fairy tales and dream narratives in literature and film from the romantic period into the present. Authors to be discussed include: Goethe, the brothers Grimm, Bettelheim, Hoffmann, Freud, Saint-Exupery, Tolkien, and others. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021 | |
| GETR 3393 | Serial Media (3) |
| In this class we will explore the historical context of serial media, from the journal projects of the German Romantics to the second golden age of television. After a historical survey and a discussion of terminology ("series," "serial") we will examine certain specific "series" including Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers, Marcel Duchamp's Ready-mades, or the German Netflix show "Dark." Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021 | |
| GETR 3420 | German Intellectual History From Nietzsche to the Present (3) |
| Readings in philosophical and social history of Germany from the late 19th century onward. | |
| GETR 3462 | Neighbors and Enemies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Explores the friend/foe nexus in German history, literature and culture, with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2010 |
| GETR 3464 | Medieval Stories of Love and Adventure (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course traces the lineage and shapes of the Arthurian legend as witnessed in medieval literature and modern adaptations, including film and television ("Games of Thrones," "Star Wars," etc.) The aim is familiarity with the story of King Arthur and his court, as well as an ability to appreciate the permutations of the legend in all forms of media. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020 |
| GETR 3470 | Writing and Screening the Holocaust (3) |
| Introduces the most significant texts and films dealing with the Holocaust and surveys important philosophical and historical reflections on the meaning of the Holocaust. Meets second writing requirement. | |
| GETR 3472 | Hollywood Exile: German Filmmakers Flee Fascism (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In the 1930s, many people employed in the German film industry whose lives were threatened by Nazism took refuge in Hollywood. This course examines the contributions exiled directors, writers, actors, and others made in genres ranging from comedy and melodrama to film noir. In addition to indicting fascism and reflecting on the trauma of forced migration these films often turned a critical eye on the U.S.. |
| GETR 3500 | German Cinema (3) |
| Analyzes the aesthetics and semiotics of film, with a focus on German expressionism and New German Cinema. | |
| GETR 3505 | History and Fiction, Topics (3) |
| Explores the relationship between facts and fiction in the representation of the past. Course materials range from archival sources and scholarly articles to novels, films, paintings, sculptures, poems and other creative articulations of the historical imagination. The role of the new media and media analysis in the representation of history will also be examined. Topics vary annually. | |
| GETR 3550 | Children's Literature (3) |
| Studies the nature and aims of children's literature, primarily European and American, from the 17th century onward. | |
| GETR 3559 | New Course in German in Translation (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German in translation. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GETR 3560 | Topics in German Literature (3) |
| Examines such myths as Faust and Tristan, along with the modernist parody of them. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| GETR 3561 | The Frankfurt School and its American legacy (3) |
| Introduces students to the history of the Frankfurt School in Europe and the University States. | |
| GETR 3562 | German New Wave Cinema: Reinvention, Remembrance Rebellion (3) |
| This course explores how West German art cinema of the 1960s-80s reinvented filmmaking, remembered the Nazi past, and rebelled against cultural and political institutions. In dialogue with films by Werner Herzog, Helke Sander, R. W. Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, and others, we will examine the aesthetic and political possibilities of cinema, in the context of an affluent consumer society with a violent past that many preferred to forget. | |
| GETR 3563 | Spiritual Journeys in Young Adult Fiction (3) |
| This writing-intensive, discussion-based seminar invites students to explore the topic of the spiritual journey both academically and personally. Different disciplinary perspectives and experiential approaches to reading and writing will deepen our exploration of such themes as: religiosity vs. spirituality, becoming a hero, confronting evil, being different, achieving autonomy, faith and doubt, and the magical and the miraculous. Course was offered Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| GETR 3566 | Topics in film (3) |
| The course reflects on the often complicated ways in which representations of violence are related to gender codes. we will look especially at films that depict and document the topos of Lager/Camp: the Camp functions as metaphor, as fantasy, gendered space, laboratory, and heterotopia,. Critical look at films that imagine the camp both as a historical site or as a hiding place. | |
| GETR 3590 | Course(s) in English (3) |
| Reading and discussion of German texts compared to texts from other literatures (all in English translation), with the aim of illuminating a central theoretical, historical, or social issue that transcends national boundaries. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Course was offered Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| GETR 3600 | Faust (3) |
| Taking Goethe's Faust as its point of departure, this course traces the emergence and transformations of the Faust legend over the last 400 hundred years. We explore precursors of Goethe's Faust in the form of the English Faust Book, Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, and possibly other popular re-workings of the text. We will Goethe's Faust in its entirety, and then proceed to Bulgakov's response to Stalinism in The Master and Margharta and | |
| GETR 3710 | Kafka and His Doubles (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduction to the work of Franz Kafka, with comparisons to the literary tradition he worked with and the literary tradition he formed. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 |
| GETR 3720 | Freud and Literature (3) |
| In formulating his model of the psyche and his theory of psychoanalysis, Freud availed himself of analogies drawn from different disciplines, including literature. Freud's ideas were then taken up by many twentieth-century literary writers. After introducing Freud's theories through a reading of his major works, the course will turn to literary works that engage with Freud. | |
| GETR 3730 | Modern Poetry: Rilke, Valéry and Stevens (3) |
| Studies in the poetry and prose of these three modernist poets, with emphasis on their theories of artistic creation. The original as well as a translation will be made available for Rilke's and Valery's poetry; their prose works will be read in English translation. | |
| GETR 3780 | Memory Speaks (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Interdisciplinary course on memory. Readings from literature, philosophy, history, psychology, and neuroscience. |
| GETR 3790 | Pursuing Happiness (3) |
| Fictions of happiness pursued -- and found! Through the ages, people have sought happiness and formulated conceptions of what happiness means. This course compares ideas and stories of happiness from antiquity through the present day in all genres: prose fiction, poetry, essays, film, and humanistic and scientific theory. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2022 | |
| GETR 4493 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Guided study Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2013 |
| GETR 4559 | New Course in German in Translation (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German in translation. Course was offered Spring 2022 |
| GETR 7559 | New Course in German in Translation (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German in Translation. Course was offered Fall 2021, Spring 2020 | |
| Greek | |
| GREE 1010 | Elementary Greek (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Attic Greek: beginning grammar, composition, and selected readings. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. |
| GREE 1020 | Elementary Greek (4) |
| Attic Greek: beginning grammar, composition, and selected readings. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| GREE 2010 | Intermediate Greek I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Xenophon and Plato. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Prerequisite: GREE 1010-1020. |
| GREE 2020 | Intermediate Greek II (3) |
| Herodotus and Euripides. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Prerequisite: GREE 2010. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| GREE 2230 | The New Testament I (3) |
| Introduces New Testament Greek; selections from the Gospels. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Prerequisite: GREE 2010. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| GREE 2240 | The New Testament II (3) |
| Selections from the Epistles. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Prerequisite: GREE 2010. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2021, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| GREE 3010 | Advanced Reading in Greek (3) |
| Reading of a tragedy and a related prose work. Weekly exercises in writing Greek. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Prerequisite: GREE 2020. | |
| GREE 3020 | Advanced Reading in Greek (3) |
| Readings in Greek from Homer's Iliad. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Prerequisite: GREE 3010 or 3030. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2013 | |
| GREE 3030 | Advanced Reading in Greek (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Reading of a comedy and a related prose work. Weekly exercises in writing Greek. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Prerequisite: GREE 2020. |
| GREE 3040 | Advanced Reading in Greek (3) |
| Readings in Greek from Homer's Odyssey. Offered in alternate years. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Prerequisite: GREE 3010 or 3030. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| GREE 3559 | New Course in Greek (1 - 4) |
| New course in Greek. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| GREE 4559 | New Course in Greek (1 - 4) |
| New course in Greek. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| GREE 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Independent Study in Greek. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| GREE 4998 | Greek Distinguished Majors Thesis Research (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent research under direction of a faculty member leading to writing of a Distinguished Majors thesis or comparable project |
| GREE 4999 | Greek Distinguished Majors Thesis Writing (3) |
| Writing of Distinguished Majors thesis or comparable project.
Prerequisite: GREE 4998 Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| GREE 5080 | Greek Epigraphy (3) |
| Studies the inscriptions of the ancient Greeks. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Fall 2022 | |
| GREE 5090 | Prose Composition (3) |
| Translation from English into Greek. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| GREE 5120 | Greek Lyric Poetry (3) |
| Surveys Greek lyric forms from earliest times. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2011 | |
| GREE 5160 | Herodotus (3) |
| Readings in the Histories. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| GREE 5240 | Language of Epic (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will explore the language of Greek epic poetry (chiefly Homer, but also Hesiod, the Hymns, and Apollonius). What is the nature of the epic Kunstsprache? How does its syntax differ from that of Classical Attic? To what extent can linguistic features be used to date the poems? How much flexibility does the poet have in the use of formulas? How do later poets manipulate the traditional linguistic patterns inherited from earlier epic? Course was offered Fall 2019 |
| GREE 5260 | Greek Hymns (3) |
| Addressing the gods in the form of a hymn was one of the central elements of Greek religious rituals and a poem was thought to be a valuable gift to the gods. This course will offer a survey of the major hymnic genres, from rhapsodic 'Homeric' hymns, through inscriptional cult hymns, lyric monody, choral lyric, Hellenistic hymns of Callimachus, magical hymns, Orphic hymns, and prose hymns. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| GREE 5270 | Greek Prose Style (3) |
| This course examines the major prose authors of Ancient Greek by reading both ancient accounts of their style and recent linguistic scholarship covering the syntactic and pragmatic issues relevant to the understanding of prose style (e.g. word order, particle use). Rather than approaching the topic through composition, the class will read selections from the ancient authors in close conjunction with pertinent linguistic and stylistic literature. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| GREE 5559 | New Course in Greek (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | New course in Greek. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GREE 5993 | Independent Study (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent Study in Greek. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GREE 7559 | New Course: GREE (3) |
| New course in Greek. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Fall 2013 | |
| GREE 8100 | Greek Religion (3) |
| Seminar on select topics in Greek Religion. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2011 | |
| GREE 8130 | Greek Literary Criticism (3) |
| Readings from Aristotle's Rhetoric and Poetics and Longinus. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| GREE 8998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's thesis, taken before a thesis director has been selected. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GREE 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GREE 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Human Biology | |
| HBIO 4559 | New Course Human Biology (1 - 4) |
| New Course in the subject of human biology. | |
| HBIO 4810 | Capstone Seminar in Human Biology I (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A weekly seminar co-organized by participating faculty to integrate students' independent research and coursework with contemporary issues at the intersection of biology, the humanities and social sciences. Students will have the opportunity to present their ongoing research and meet with outside speakers. This course will be taken in the fourth year. Prerequisite: DMP in Human Biology. |
| HBIO 4820 | Capstone Seminar in Human Biology II (2) |
| A weekly discussion and workshop co-organized by participating faculty to provide guidance and advice to students on completing their research or independent study and writing their thesis. Occasional seminars and opportunities to meet outside speakers will continue in this semester. This course will be taken in the fourth year. Prerequisite: DMP in Human Biology. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HBIO 4950 | Independent Research for Human Biology (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent research/independent study under the guidance of a primary mentor within the College of Arts and Sciences. Prerequisite: DMP in Human Biology. |
| HBIO 4960 | Independent Research for Human Biology (2) |
| Independent research/independent study under the guidance of a primary mentor within the College of Arts and Sciences. Prerequisite: DMP in Human Biology. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HBIO 4998 | Thesis Research in Human Biology I (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent research/independent study under the guidance of a primary mentor within the College of Arts and Sciences. Research/study forms the basis for the DMP thesis to be submitted at the end of the fourth year. This course must be taken in the first semester of the fourth year and should encompass the majority of the research for the thesis. Prerequisite: First-semester fourth-year DMP in Human Biology. |
| HBIO 4999 | Thesis Research for Human Biology (2) |
| This course is designed to provide students the opportunity for hands-on learning in experimental sciences leading to a Capstone thesis project and written thesis. Students, working with a primary mentor (and in some cases a secondary mentor), design an original research study or other creative product in self-selected areas of interest, execute the study, analyze the data and report the findings in written form. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| Hebrew | |
| HEBR 1010 | Introduction to Modern Hebrew I (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An introduction to the pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and writing system of modern Israeli Hebrew. By the end of this sequence students have mastered the core grammatical principles of Hebrew, along with a basic vocabulary of 1000 words, and they are able to read and understand simple texts and carry out simple conversation. Includes material on Israeli culture, history, and politics. |
| HEBR 1020 | Introduction to Modern Hebrew II (4) |
| Prerequisite: HEBR 1010. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HEBR 1410 | Elementary Biblical Hebrew I (3) |
| First half of a year-long introduction to biblical Hebrew, using an innovative language-learning approach. Through communicative activities in an immersive environment, students acquire oral and aural capacities naturally, in Hebrew. These capacities enable students to internalize the language and thus achieve the overall course goal: read simple biblical Hebrew prose with immediate comprehension. No prerequisites. | |
| HEBR 1420 | Elementary Biblical Hebrew II (3) |
| Second half of a year-long introduction to biblical Hebrew, using an innovative language-learning approach. Through communicative activities in an immersive environment, students acquire oral and aural capacities naturally, internalize the language, and efficiently develop the ability to read biblical Hebrew prose with immediate comprehension. Students read the prose portions of the Book of Jonah and master basic Hebrew grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. Prerequisite: HEBR/RELJ 1410 or the equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HEBR 2010 | Intermediate Modern Hebrew (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Continuation of the study of the fundamentals of grammar, with special attention to verb conjugation, noun declension, and syntactic structure, and their occurrence in texts which deal with modern Israeli culture and values. These texts, which include excerpts from newspapers and fiction, introduce 600 new words and expose the learner to political and other issues of modern Israel. Prerequisite: HEBR 1020 with grade of C or above, or instructor permission. |
| HEBR 2020 | Intermediate Modern Hebrew (4) |
| Prerequisite: HEBR 1020 with grade of C or above, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HEBR 2410 | Intermediate Biblical Hebrew I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Readings in the prose narratives of the Hebrew Bible. Emphasizes grammar, vocabulary, and syntax. Attention to issues of translation and interpretation. Prerequisite: HEBR/RELJ 1420 or the equivalent |
| HEBR 2420 | Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II (3) |
| Readings in the poetry of the Hebrew Bible. Emphasizes grammar, vocabulary, and poetics. Attention to issues of translation and interpretation. Prerequisite: HEBR/RELJ 2410 or the equivalent Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HEBR 3010 | Advanced Modern Hebrew I (3) |
| This course focuses on the conjugation of weak, or hollow verbs, and the passive of all conjugations. It also continues the study of subordinate clauses with special attention to adverbial clauses and their use. Texts for the course, which form the basis for class discussion in Hebrew and exercises in Hebrew composition, are drawn from various genres. Prerequisite: HEBR 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. | |
| HEBR 3020 | Advanced Modern Hebrew II (3) |
| Prerequisite: HEBR 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HEBR 4993 | Independent Study in Hebrew (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent study for advanced students of Hebrew. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Janiuary 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HEBR 8993 | Independent Study in Hebrew (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Students whose proficiency in Modern Hebrew has already reached the advanced level, or alternatively students who for their research focus on Hebrew Literature in translation, will pursue an independent study that will focus on the reading and interpretation of texts, as well as the analysis of media.
Prerequisite: HEBR 3010 Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| History-African History | |
| HIAF 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| HIAF 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| HIAF 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| HIAF 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| HIAF 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| HIAF 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| HIAF 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| HIAF 1501 | Introductory Seminar in African History (3) |
| Introduces the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2010 | |
| HIAF 1559 | New Course in African History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of African History. | |
| HIAF 2001 | Early African History (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the history of African civilizations from the iron age through the era of the slave trade, ca. 1800. Emphasizes the search for the themes of social, political, economic, and intellectual history which present African civilizations on their own terms. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HIAF 2002 | Modern African History (4) |
| Studies the history of Africa and its interaction with the western world from the mid-19th century to the present. Emphasizes continuities in African civilization from imperialism to independence that transcend the colonial interlude of the 20th century. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| HIAF 2559 | New Course in African History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of African History. | |
| HIAF 3011 | North African History from Carthage to the Algerian Revolution (3) |
| Surveys the main outlines of North African political, economic, and cultural history from the rise of Carthage as a Mediterranean power until the conclusion of the Algerian war for independence in 1962, and the creation of a system of nation-states in the region. It places the North African historical experience within the framework of both Mediterranean/European history and African history. Focuses mainly upon the area stretching from Morocco's Atlantic coast to the Nile Delta; also considered are Andalusia and Sicily, and the ties between Northwest Africa and sub-Saharan regions, particularly West Africa. | |
| HIAF 3021 | History of Southern Africa (3) |
| Studies the history of Africa generally south of the Zambezi River. Emphasizes African institutions, creation of ethnic and racial identities, industrialization, and rural poverty, from the early formation of historical communities to recent times. | |
| HIAF 3031 | History of the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (3) |
| This course concerns the trans-Atlantic slave trade, with an emphasis on African history. Through interactive lectures, in-class discussions, written assignments and examinations of first-hand accounts by slaves and slavers, works of fiction and film, and analyses by historians, we will seek to understand one of the most tragic and horrifying phenomena in the history of the western world. | |
| HIAF 3051 | West African History (3) |
| History of West Africans in the wider context of the global past, from West Africans' first attempts to make a living in ancient environments through the slave trades (domestic, trans-Saharan, and Atlantic), colonial overrule by outsiders, political independence, and ever-increasing globalization. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018 | |
| HIAF 3091 | Africa in World History (3) |
| World history from the perspective of Africa, for advanced undergraduates. The interpretive emphasis falls equally on the epistemology of thinking historically, historical processes recurring throughout the human experience, and the specific ways in which Africans experienced and elaborated them. The course develops a strong critique of conventional textbook approaches to both Africa and world history. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIAF 3112 | African Environmental History (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course explores how Africans changed their interactions with the physical environments they inhabited and how the landscapes they helped create in turn shaped human history. Topics covered include the ancient agricultural revolution, health and disease in the era of slave trading, colonial-era mining and commodity farming, 20th-century wildlife conservation, and the emergent challenges of land ownership, disease, and climate change. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 |
| HIAF 3501 | Introductory History Workshop (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term. |
| HIAF 3559 | New Course in African History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of African History. | |
| HIAF 4501 | Seminar in African History (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. Seminar work results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| HIAF 4511 | Colloquium in African History (4) |
| The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquia prepare about 25 pages of written work distributed among various assignments. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. | |
| HIAF 4559 | New Course in African History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of African History. Course was offered Fall 2016 | |
| HIAF 4993 | Independent Study in African History (1 - 3) |
| In exceptional circumstances and with the permission of a faculty member, any student may undertake a rigorous program of independent study designed to explore a subject not currently being taught or to expand upon regular offerings. Independent study projects may not be used to replace regularly scheduled classes. Open to majors or non-majors. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIAF 5559 | New Course in African History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of African History. Course was offered Spring 2017 | |
| HIAF 7031 | History and Historiography of North Africa, ca. 1800-Present (3) |
| Introduces the literature on North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia) from the precolonial period to the postcolonial era. An intensive readings and discussion colloquium devoted to the major issues in the region's political, economic, social, and cultural history, and to the issues raised by colonial historiography. Prerequisite: HIME 2001, 2002. | |
| HIAF 7559 | New Course in African History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of African History. | |
| History-East Asian History | |
| HIEA 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and HIAFosophical Inquiry. | |
| HIEA 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and HIAFieties of the World. | |
| HIEA 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HIAForical Perspectives. | |
| HIEA 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HIAFial and Economic Systems. | |
| HIEA 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, HIAFematical, and HIAFical Inquiry | |
| HIEA 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| HIEA 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and HIAFiety | |
| HIEA 1501 | Introductory Seminar in East Asian History (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HIEA 1559 | New Course in East Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of East Asian History. | |
| HIEA 2011 | History of Chinese Civilization (3) |
| An intro to the study of Chinese civilization. We shall begin with the earliest human remains found in China & conclude in the present. The goal of this coure is not merely to tell the story of Chinese history, rich and compelling though the story is. Rather, our aim will be to explore what makes Chinese civilization specifically Chinese, & how the set of values, practices, & institutions we associate with Chinese society came to exist. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| HIEA 2031 | Modern China (3) |
| Studies the transformation of Chinese politics, society, institutions, culture and foreign relations from the Opium War. through the post-Mao Reform Era. Emphasizes the fluid relationship between tradition and transformation and the ways in which this relationship continues to shape the lives of the Chinese people. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIEA 2072 | Modern Japanese Culture and Politics (3) |
| An introduction to the politics, culture, and ideologies of modern Japan from roughly 1800 to the present. We will pay special attention to the interplay between Japan's simultaneous participation in global modernity and its assertion of a unique culture as a way to explore the rise of the nation-state as a historically specific form. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2012, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEA 2091 | Korean Civilization to 1900 (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course covers the history of Korean civilization from its archeological and mythical origins to the late nineteenth century. Together students will examine sources on premodern Korean warfare, society, sex, politics, religion, and culture to understand how this seemingly distant past continues to shape Korea's present and future. We will also explore the influence of Korean civilization on regional and global histories beyond the peninsula. |
| HIEA 2101 | Modern Korean History: One Peninsula, Two Paths (3) |
| This course traces Korea's history from its unified rule under the Choson dynasty (1392-1910) to Japanese colonization (1910-1945) and subsequent division into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and Republic of Korea (South Korea). It examines how processes of reform, empire, civil war, revolution, and industrialization shaped both Koreas' development and how ordinary people experienced this tumultuous history. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2012, Fall 2010 | |
| HIEA 2559 | New Course in East Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of East Asian History. | |
| HIEA 3111 | China to the Tenth Century (3) |
| Surveys the social, political and economic organization of traditional Chinese society, traditional Chinese foreign policy, and major literary, artistic, and intellectual movements. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIEA 3112 | Late Imperial China (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Survey of the social, political, and cultural history of China from 10th to the early 20th centuries. Topics include the philosophic basis of state and society, the formation of social elites, the influence of nomadic peoples, and patterns of popular dissent and rebellion, among others Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| HIEA 3162 | Historical China and the World (3) |
| The course traces China's external relations from antiquity to our own times, identifying conceptions, practices, and institutions that characterized the ancient inter-state relations of East Asia and examining the interactions between "Eastern" and "Western," and "revolutionary" and "conventional" modes of international behavior in modern times. The student's grade is based on participation, midterm test, final exam, and a short essay. | |
| HIEA 3171 | Meiji Japan (3) |
| This course will examine the rise of the nation-state form in Japan as a new form of historical subjectivity. It will explore in depth the political, economic, social, and cultural changes in the wake of the collapse of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868 to the start of the Tasiho period in 1912. | |
| HIEA 3172 | The Japanese Empire (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is an exploration of Japan's imperial project from roughly 1890-1945. We will start by developing a critical theoretical vocabulary with which we will then focus on three recent and important books on Japanese imperialism in East Asia. At the end of the semester we will also look briefly at anti-imperial and decolonization movements as well as the status of the category of 'empire' for analyzing the postwar period. |
| HIEA 3283 | Industrial Pollution and Society in East Asia (3) |
| This course explores societal debates about the problem of industrial pollution in China, Japan, and Korea from a historical perspective. Questions this course addresses include the costs and benefits of industrial development and growth, the relationship between environmental movements and civil society, the environmental costs of war, and the role of the non-human in historical narratives. Course was offered Summer 2025 | |
| HIEA 3321 | China and the Cold War (3) |
| The class examines China's entanglement with the Cold War from 1945 to the early 1990s. The course raises China-centered questions because it is curious in retrospect that China, a quintessential Eastern state, became so deeply involved in the Cold War, a confrontation rooted in Western history. In exploring such questions, this course does not treat China as part of the Cold War but the Cold War as a period of Chinese history. | |
| HIEA 3323 | China and the United States (3) |
| The course explores Chinese-American relations since the late 18th century. Starting as an encounter between a young trading state and an ageless empire on the two sides of the Pacific Ocean, the relationship has gone through stages characterized by the two countries' changing identities. The course understands the relationship broadly and seeks insights at various levels. | |
| HIEA 3351 | Borders, Maps, and Conflict in East Asia (3) |
| This course examines the history of territorial disputes in East Asia by examining the demarcation, mapping, & policing of borders from the 1600s - present. With case studies including Xinjiang, the Korean peninsula, & current territorial disputes in the South & East China Seas, we will interrogate the social, political, cultural, & environmental factors that defined boundaries in East Asia historically & contribute to ongoing border tensions. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| HIEA 3481 | Postwar Japan (3) |
| An examination of the history of Japan from 1945 to the present, as it transforms from an empire to a modern industrial capital state. We will explore the key contradictions, debates, and fault lines that run through the period, many of which persist to today. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| HIEA 3501 | Introductory Workshop (3) |
| Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024 | |
| HIEA 3559 | New Course in East Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of East Asian History. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Summer 2018, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2011, Spring 2011 | |
| HIEA 4501 | Seminar in East Asian History (4) |
| A small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIEA 4511 | Colloquium in East Asia (4) |
| A small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students prepare about 25 pages of written work. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| HIEA 4559 | New Course in East Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of East Asian History. | |
| HIEA 4591 | Topics in East Asian History (3) |
| Topics courses are small, discussion-oriented classes available to any student with sufficient background and interest in a particular field of historical study. Offered irregularly, they are open to majors or non-majors on an equal basis. | |
| HIEA 4993 | Independent Study in East Asia (1 - 3) |
| In exceptional circumstances and with the permission of a faculty member any student may undertake a rigorous program of independent study designed to explore a subject not currently being taught or to expand upon regular offerings. Independent Study projects may not be used to replace regularly scheduled classes. Open to majors or non-majors. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIEA 5052 | China and the World: From Empire to Nation (3) |
| This reading seminar is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates. It examines Chinese perspectives, practices, and interactions with other states in the international scene from antiquity to the People's Republic of China. Students read about and discuss recurring issues in China's historical external relations. Evaluation of student performance is based on participation, weekly written responses, and a historiographical essay. | |
| HIEA 5151 | Mao and the Chinese Revolution (3) |
| This course, an advanced reading seminar, provids an in-depth investigation of one of the most magnificent, yet destructive, revolutions in human history--the Chinese Communist revolution, as well as the person who led the revoilution--Mao Zedong. Course was offered Spring 2016 | |
| HIEA 5559 | New Course in East Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of East Asian History. | |
| HIEA 7559 | New Course in East Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of East Asian History. | |
| HIEA 8559 | New Course in East Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of East Asian History. | |
| HIEA 9021 | Tutorial in 'China in Hot and Cold Wars in Modern Times'. . . (3) |
| This tutorial explores three types of conflicts in China modern experiences: civil wars, international conflicts, and Cold War confrontations. Reading materials include major scholarships on these topics. The class meets biweekly, and the students are evaluated on the basis of participation, short book reviews, and a final paper. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| HIEA 9022 | Tutorial in "Making of the 'Chinese Nation'". . . (3) |
| This tutorial is about conceptual and political constructions of the "Chinese Nation" in the 20th century. Readings include relevant writings by important intellectual and political figures of 20th-century China and major scholarships on the subject from multiethnic perspectives. The class meets biweekly, and the students are evaluated on the basis of participation, short book reviews, and a final paper. | |
| HIEA 9023 | Tutorial in Modern Japanese Thought, Culture, & Politics (3) |
| Introduction the history and historiography of modern Japanese Thought, Culture, and Politics. Topics include modernity, empire, the nation-state, war, fascism, and capitalist development. | |
| HIEA 9024 | An Introduction to the Historiography of Modern Korea (3) |
| This tutorial provides students an overview of representative scholarly works and major historiographical debates in the English language on the study of modern Korean history. Specific topics covered include Korea's colonization, decolonization, division, economic development, the birth of modern Korean nationalism, and the growth of Korea's overseas diaspora. | |
| HIEA 9025 | Advanced Readings in Comparative Colonialism: East Asia (3) |
| This tutorial provides students an overview of representative scholarly works and major historiographical debates in the English language on modern imperialism in East Asia and is primarily designed for PhD students preparing for their qualifying examinations. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| HIEA 9026 | Sources for Imperial Chinese History (3) |
| This course introduces students to the major types/genres of materials for the study of Imperial Chinese history, including both official documents and unofficial/literary and artistic works. Its two primary goals are to (1) familiarize students with the large variety of available sources and (2) provide abundant hands-on opportunities for critical reading and textual analysis. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| HIEA 9032 | Tutorial: Politics and Culture in Imperial China (3) |
| This course introduces graduate students to key English-language scholarship on the political, social, and cultural history of imperial China, focusing on the 8th to 13th centuries. Major topics include court politics, the formation of factionalism, the evolution of key institutions, literati cultural practices, and patterns of social networking, etc. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| HIEA 9058 | Tutorial in Song Dynasty Documents (3) |
| This course introduces students to the major types of source materials (official documents, treatises, biographies, anecdotal writing, ji accounts, letters, etc.) for the study of Song Dynasty history. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| HIEA 9064 | Tutorial: Readings in Imperial Chinese History (3) |
| This course introduces students to the most influential English-language scholarship on imperial China, especially the Tang (618-907), Song (960-1279), and Yuan (1271-1368) dynasties, in the last century. In addition to familiarizing students with the historiography of this important period, it aims to explore the key issues and developments in political and intellectual life as well as the formation and evolution of social and cultural ideals and practices. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| History-European History | |
| HIEU 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and HIEUosophical Inquiry. | |
| HIEU 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and HIEUieties of the World. | |
| HIEU 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HIEUorical Perspectives. | |
| HIEU 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HIEUial and Economic Systems. | |
| HIEU 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, HIEUematical, and HIEUical Inquiry | |
| HIEU 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| HIEU 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and HIEUiety | |
| HIEU 1501 | Introductory Seminar in Pre-1700 European History (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history. Course was offered Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HIEU 1502 | Introductory Seminar in Post-1700 European History (3) |
| Intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIEU 1559 | New Course in European History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of European History. | |
| HIEU 2001 | Western Civilization I (3) |
| Surveys the fundamental institutions and ideas that have shaped the Western world. Topics include great religious and philosophical traditions, political ideas, literary forms, artistic achievements and institutional structures from the world of the ancient Hebrews to the eve of the modern world (ca. 3000 b.c. to 1600 a.d.). Course was offered Summer 2023, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIEU 2004 | Nationalism in Europe (3) |
| This course examines the history of nationalism in modern Europe, from the 1700s to the present day. We will consider the emergence and consolidation of European nation-states in the eighteenth century; nationalist movements and the breakup of empires in the nineteenth; ethnic cleansing and nationalist violence in twentieth-century Europe; as well as the rise of the European Union and its challenges today. | |
| HIEU 2031 | Ancient Greece (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the political, military, and social history of Ancient Greece from the Homeric age to the death of Alexander the Great, emphasizing the development and interactions of Sparta and Athens. |
| HIEU 2041 | Roman Republic and Empire (3) |
| Surveys the political, social, and institutional growth of the Roman Republic, focusing on its downfall and replacement by an imperial form of government, the subsequent history of that government, and the social and economic life during the Roman Empire, up to its own decline and fall. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 2061 | The Birth of Europe (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies ways of life and thought in the formation of Western Europe from the 4th century a.d. to the 15th. Includes a survey of the development of society and culture in town and countryside, the growth of economic, political, and religious institutions, and the impact of Muslim and Byzantine civilizations. |
| HIEU 2071 | Early Modern Europe and the World (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | European history, from the Reformation to Napoleon, in global perspective. |
| HIEU 2072 | Modern Europe and the World (3) |
| European history since the French Revolution, with an emphasis on social, cultural, and political change in global perspective. | |
| HIEU 2101 | Jewish History I: The Ancient and Medieval Experience (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course surveys the pre-modern Jewish historical experience from antiquity through the sixteenth century. |
| HIEU 2102 | Modern Jewish History (3) |
| Survey of Jewish history from the seventeenth century to the present, primarily in Europe, but with further treatment of Jewish life in the U.S. and Israel. Major topics include Jewish historical consciousness; patterns of emancipation; religious adjustment; the role of women; anti-Semitism; Zionism; the American Jewish experience; the Holocaust; the establishment of Israel; and Jewish life in Europe after the Holocaust. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| HIEU 2111 | England, Britain, Empire, 1500-1800 (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Surveys political, social, and cultural history as Britain developed from a European backwater into a global power. Focuses on four major transformations: the Reformation and changing religious life under the Tudor monarchs; new political ideas during the Civil Wars of the 1640s and revolution in the 1680s; the unification of England, Scotland, and Ireland; and the beginnings of a global empire in North America and South Asia. |
| HIEU 2112 | Britain since 1688: Nationalism, Imperialism, Modernity (3) |
| This course surveys the history of modern Britain from the Glorious Revolution of 1688 to the resurgent nationalisms of the present. Themes include the state-building, overseas expansion, and widening inequality of the Georgian years; the industrialization, urbanization, and increasingly assertive imperialism of the Victorian era; and the problems of war, decolonization, and decline in the twentieth century. Course was offered Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 2121 | France in the Age of Revolutions, 1789-1871 (3) |
| Introduction to French social, political, and cultural history from 1789 to 1871. Examines political struggles from the French Revolution to the Paris Commune, and considers how industrialization, urbanization, mass culture and imperial expansion reshaped relationships between men and women, rich and poor, city and country, artists and audiences, and metropole and colony. Traces changing ideas of nation, citizenship, and democracy. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2021 | |
| HIEU 2122 | France in the Twentieth Century, 1871-present (3) |
| Introduction to major developments in French society, culture, and politics since 1871: struggles to establish a secular Republic; nationalism and imperialism; antisemitism and Islamophobia; changes in women's roles and gender ideals; the traumas of world war and fascism; postwar consumer culture and economic modernization; European integration, Cold War, and decolonization; post-colonial immigration and multiculturalism. Course was offered Fall 2022 | |
| HIEU 2162 | History of Russia Since 1917 (3) |
| Explores the collapse of the Russian Empire and the rise of the Communist state. Emphasizes the social revolution, Stalinism and subsequent 'de-Stalinization,' national minorities, and the collapse of the Soviet regime. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 2212 | Contemporary Europe (3) |
| This class surveys the major developments in Europe from 1945 up to the present day. Topics that we examine include the legacy of World War II, the division of Europe during the cold war, the economic and political progress of the continent, the crises triggered by decolonization and imigration, and the continuing struggles of Europeans to build a united, peaceful and stable union. | |
| HIEU 2559 | New Course in European History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of European History. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Fall 2011 | |
| HIEU 2721 | Supernatural Europe, 1500-1800 (3) |
| Surveys the intellectual, religious, and social history of Europe c.1500-1800 through the lens of changing beliefs about the supernatural. Selected topics include the rise and decline of witch-hunting, changing understandings of the universe, the impact of religious reform on traditional belief, and the "disenchantment" of European society as beliefs in the supernatural declined in the 18th century. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| HIEU 3021 | Greek and Roman Warfare (3) |
| Surveys the history of ancient warfare from the Homeric era until the fall of Rome. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| HIEU 3041 | The Fall of the Roman Republic (3) |
| Surveys the history and culture of the last century of the Roman Republic (133-30 b.c.), emphasizing the political and social reasons for the destruction of the Republican form of government and its replacement by a monarchy. | |
| HIEU 3091 | Ancient Law and Society (3) |
| Study of the interrationships between law, politics and society in ancient Greece (chiefly Athenian) culture, the Hellenistic kingdoms and Rome (from the XII Tables to the Justinianic Code). Focuses particularly on the development of the idea of law; on the construction of law's authority and legitimacy; on the use of law as one method of social control; and on the development, at Rome, of juristic independence and legal codification. Prerequisite: HIEU 2031 or HIEU 2041, or permission of the instructor. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023 | |
| HIEU 3101 | Early Medieval Civilization (3) |
| Studies early medieval civilization from late antiquity to the 11th century. Emphasizes selected themes in cultural history. | |
| HIEU 3111 | Later Medieval Civilization (3) |
| Discusses intellectual and cultural history, political and social theories, and religious movements from the 11th to the 16th centuries. | |
| HIEU 3121 | Medieval Society: Ways of Life and Thought in Western Europe (3) |
| An introduction to the social and intellectual history from the tenth century to the sixteenth. | |
| HIEU 3141 | Age of Conquests: Britain from the Romans to the Normans (43-1066) (3) |
| Surveys the history of Britain from the establishment of Roman rule to the Norman Conquest of 1066. Particular focus falls upon the social, political and cultural history of early England and its neighbors in Wales and Scotland, the Scandinavian impact of the 8th through 11th centuries, and Britain's links with the wider late antique and early medieval worlds. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 3151 | Medieval Iberia, 411-1469 (3) |
| This course offers an introduction to Islam and a cultural history of Al Andalus from 711 until the expulsion of the Moriscos from early modern Spain in 1609. | |
| HIEU 3152 | Colonizing the World: The British Empire (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will focus primarily on the 'second' empire in Asia and Africa, although the first empire in the Americas will be our first topic. Topics covered include the slave plantations in the West Indies, the American Revolution, the rise of the British East India Company and its control of India, and the Scramble for Africa. Special emphasis will be placed on the environmental history of our points of debarkation. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2023, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2010 |
| HIEU 3181 | Medieval Christianity (3) |
| Detailed study of the development of Christianity in the Middle Ages and of how it reflected upon itself in terms of theology, piety, and politics. Cross-listed as RELC 3181. Course was offered Spring 2015 | |
| HIEU 3215 | Dante's Italy (3) |
| This course investigates Italy's history and culture at the end of the Middle Ages through the life and writings of Dante Alighieri, Italy's greatest author of the medieval and early modern period. Through lectures and discussions on Dante's most important writings, students will be introduced to the culture of Italian city-states as well as to the most important literary and philosophical ideas of the late Middle Ages. | |
| HIEU 3312 | Europe at War, 1939-45: Occupation, Genocide, Resistance (3) |
| This course examines the range of human experience in Europe during the Second World War. Why did Nazi Germany invade and attempt to colonize large parts of Europe? What were the methods of Nazi rule? How did European peoples respond to the Nazi project, whether through forms of resistance or collaboration? Who were the principal victims of the war--and why is this question so difficult to address even today? | |
| HIEU 3321 | The Scientific Revolution, 1450-1700 (3) |
| Studies the history of modern science in its formative period against the backdrop of classical Greek science and in the context of evolving scientific institutions and changing views of religion, politics, magic, alchemy, and ancient authorities. | |
| HIEU 3352 | Modern German History (3) |
| This class studies key aspects of German history, including the origins of Nazi ideology, colonialism, war and genocide; the Cold War and its legacies; European Integration and it's challenges; the resurgence of far-right and new-fascist politics and movements, as well as Germany's ongoing efforts to come to terms with the Holocaust. | |
| HIEU 3380 | The History of Antisemitism (3) |
| This course will examine the history of antisemitism, prejudice against Jews. Hatred of Jews originates from a diverse combination of ideologies, historical moments and, likewise, takes a variety of forms in different times and places. This course will introduce the concept from its earliest times and follow both the theoretical/philosophical thought and the displays of antisemitism through history with a focus on Europe. | |
| HIEU 3390 | Nazi Germany (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Detailed survey of the historical origins, political structures, cultural dynamics, and every-day practices of the Nazi Third Reich. Cross-listed in the German department, and taught in English. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 |
| HIEU 3412 | Twentieth-Century Europe (3) |
| Studies the main developments in European history from the turn of the century to the eve of the Second World War. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| HIEU 3452 | Jewish Culture and History in Eastern Europe (3) |
| This course is a comprehensive examination of the culture and history of East European Jewry from 1750 to 1935. Course cross-listed with YITR 3452. Course was offered Fall 2021, Spring 2012 | |
| HIEU 3462 | Neighbors and Enemies in Germany (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Explores the friend/foe nexus in Germany history, literature and culture, with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2010 |
| HIEU 3471 | English Legal History to 1776 (3) |
| The development of legal institutions, legal ideas, and legal principles from the medieval period to the 18th century. Emphasizes the impact of transformations in politics, society, and thought on the major categories of English law: property, torts and contracts, corporations, family law, constitutional and administrative law, and crime. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 3492 | The British Empire (3) |
| Surveys the rise, rule, and demise of the British Empire from the Seven Years War (1756-63) to decolonization after World War II. Topics include the expansion and consolidation of empire, opposition, and resistance, and the cultural consequences of imperialism. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| HIEU 3501 | Introductory History Workshop (3) |
| Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term. | |
| HIEU 3502 | History of Central Europe (3) |
| This lecture course will explore the 19th- and 20th-century history of Central Europe as both region and idea, tracing two stories in parallel: 1) the entangled history of Austrians, Czechs, Germans, Hungarians, Jews, Lithuanians, Poles, Slovaks, and Ukrainians; and 2) attempts by writers and scholars belonging to these groups (from Sigmund Freud to Milan Kundera) to 'imagine' their own versions of a Europe caught between 'East' and 'West.' | |
| HIEU 3505 | History and Fiction, Topics (3) |
| Explores the relationship between facts and fiction in the representation of the past. Course materials range from archival sources and scholarly articles to novels, films, paintings, sculptures, poems and other creative articulations of the historical imagination. The role of the new media and media analysis in the representation of history will also be examined. Topics vary annually. | |
| HIEU 3559 | New Course in European History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of European History. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 3602 | Twentieth Century Spain (3) |
| Twentieth Century Spain Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 3604 | The Holocaust on Film (3) |
| This course examines the presentation of the Holocaust on film from the immediate postwar period to present. It does so alongside the actual history of the Holocaust. Course involves viewing multiple films inside and outside of class. Course assignments include multiple writings and analyses on various topics of filmmaking and the Holocaust. Course was offered Fall 2018 | |
| HIEU 3670 | The Fall of Communism: How the Soviet Empire Lost the Cold War (3) |
| This course will examine the roots, causes, and aftermath of communism's collapse in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. We will consider economic stagnation and abortive attempts at reform; political crises and the rise of dissident movements; cultural exchange and the influence of mass media; and the role of social and nationalist activism. Course was offered Fall 2017 | |
| HIEU 3692 | The Holocaust (3) |
| This course aims to clarify basic facts and explore competing explanations for the origins and unfolding of the Holocaust (the encounter between the Third Reich and Europe's Jews between 1933 and 1945) that resulted in the deaths of almost six million Jews. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2010 | |
| HIEU 3712 | Spanish Culture & Civilization (3) |
| Spanish Culture & Civilization | |
| HIEU 3752 | Evolution of the International System, 1815-1950 (3) |
| Analyzes the evolution of great-power politics from the post-Napoleonic Congress of Vienna and the systems of Metternich and Bismarck to the great convulsions of the twentieth century and the Russo-American Cold War after World War II. | |
| HIEU 3802 | Origins of Contemporary Thought (3) |
| Studies selected themes in intellectual history since the mid-19th century, focusing on Darwin, Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, and other thinkers, emphasizing the intellectual contexts out of which they came and to which they contributed. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| HIEU 3812 | Marx: As Philosopher & Social Scientist (3) |
| Introduces the social theory of Karl Marx. What Marx said, why he said it, what he meant in saying it, and the significance thereof. Situates Marx's writing in the context of 19th-century intellectual history. Focuses on the coherence and validity of the theory and its subsequent history. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| HIEU 3851 | History of London (3) |
| History of London | |
| HIEU 4501 | Seminar in Pre-1700 European History (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 |
| HIEU 4502 | Seminar in Post-1700 European History (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HIEU 4511 | Colloquium in Pre-1700 European History (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquia prepare about 25 pages of written work. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2011 |
| HIEU 4512 | Colloquium in Post-1700 European History (4) |
| A small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic. Frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students will prepare about 25 pages of written work distributed among various assignments. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See History DUS. | |
| HIEU 4559 | New Course in European History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of European History. | |
| HIEU 4591 | Topics in Pre-1700 European History (3) |
| Topics courses are small, discussion-oriented classes available to any student with sufficient background and interest in a particular field of historical study. Offered irregularly, they are open to majors or non-majors on an equal basis. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIEU 4592 | Topics in Post-1700 European History (3) |
| TTopics courses are small, discussion-oriented classes available to any student with sufficient background and interest in a particular field of historical study. Offered irregularly, they are open to majors or non-majors on an equal basis. | |
| HIEU 4993 | Independent Study in European History (1 - 3) |
| In exceptional circumstances and with the permission of a faculty member any student may undertake a rigorous program of independent study designed to explore a subject not currently being taught or to expand upon regular offerings. Independent Study projects may not be used to replace regularly scheduled classes. Open to majors or non-majors. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIEU 5011 | Late Archaic Greece (3) |
| Examines the history of Greece in the late archaic age down to the end of the Persian wars. Prerequisite: HIEU 2031 or equivalent. | |
| HIEU 5013 | The Early Medieval Mediterranean (3) |
| This course examines the Mediterranean world from AD 700 -1000, exploring aspects of its political, economic and cultural history. Trade and communication, the movement of goods, ideas and people will all come under scrutiny. Students will engage with historical and archaeological scholarship together with extensive primary sources (in translation) from the period. Prerequisite: HIEU 2061 or equivalent and/or HIEU 3141, HIEU 3131 or equivalent. | |
| HIEU 5021 | Greece in the Fifth Century (3) |
| Examination of the political, diplomatic, and social history of Greece from the end of the Persian Wars in 479 b.c. to the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404/3 b.c. Investigates the origins, course, and importance of the latter war, the major watershed in classical Greek history. Prerequisite: HIEU 2031 or equivalent. | |
| HIEU 5041 | Comparative Imperialism and Decolonization (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This seminar surveys recent historical writing on modern European imperialism and decolonization with an emphasis on the twentieth century. It covers case studies from different European empires (primarily British but also French, German, and Dutch), imperial formations (including settler colonialism and informal empire), and historiographical themes (including colonial violence, colonial knowledge, and humanitarianism). |
| HIEU 5051 | Roman Empire (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the founding and institutions of the Principate, the Dominate, and the decline of antiquity. Prerequisite: HIEU 2041 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2010 |
| HIEU 5061 | Roman Imperialism (3) |
| Examines Roman transmarine expansion to determine how and why it happened, and what consequences it had, both in Rome and abroad. Prerequisite: HIEU 2041 or equivalent. | |
| HIEU 5062 | Philosophy and Theory of History (3) |
| Course surveys tradition of 'philosophy of history' (ca. 1860--1960s) but focuses on the more recent genre of 'theory of history' (late 1960s/70s--present), which responds to recent historical genres and to new problems related to narrative, memory, trauma, counterfactuality, etc. Emphasis is on linking theory to specific historical and meta-historical instances (e.g., Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem, Friedlander's Nazi Germany and the Jews, 'trut | |
| HIEU 5063 | Late Antiquity AD 235-410 (3) |
| This new class, a discussion seminar, examines the great Roman crisis of the 3rd century and the Roman's response to it, as well as the nature of reestablished Roman rule through the fourth century AD. This is the great of the emperors Diocletian & Constantine, of Julian & Theodosius. Topics to be examined include governance, warfare, the late-antique economy, religious strife, the life of cities, similarities & differences between East & West. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2019 | |
| HIEU 5312 | Era of the World Wars, 1914-1945 (3) |
| A study of the major countries of Europe in the era 1914-1945, with special attention to international relations, and political, economic, and social developments. Most suitable for third- and fourth- year students with some background in European history and for graduate students. | |
| HIEU 5501 | Introductory Workshop (1 - 4) |
| The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pages in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. | |
| HIEU 5559 | New Course in European History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of European History. | |
| HIEU 5585 | Advanced Topics in Modern European History (3) |
| A seminar offering in-depth investigations of topics and research methodologies in modern European history and culture. Topics vary. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2022 | |
| HIEU 5892 | Europe since 1890 (3) |
| A discussion course on key topics in the transnational history of Modern Europe since 1890. A capstone for majors in the field, it is also open to others. Topics include old and new ways of doing history, Imperialism, World War I, postwar capitalism and its critics, Communism and Fascism, the Great Depression, the Holocaust, the Cold War, the path toward European Union, the Welfare State, German Reunification, and the end of the Cold War. Course was offered Spring 2016, Spring 2014 | |
| HIEU 7013 | Anthropology of Ancient Greece (3) |
| A survey of anthropological methods useful for the study of the past: simultaneously an economic introduction to the Great Books of anthropology, to a prominent aspect of contemporary classical scholarship, and to the opportunities and problems presented by using the methods of one field to illuminate another. | |
| HIEU 7031 | Proseminar in Ancient Studies (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The aim of this course is to acquaint students with various facets of the study of Greek and Roman antiquity; to show students a range of approaches to ancient materials; and to introduce students of antiquity to each other and to the affiliated faculty in different departments (Classics, History, Art, Religious Studies). |
| HIEU 7559 | New Course in European History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of European History. Course was offered Fall 2017 | |
| HIEU 8461 | Twentieth-Century Europe and Russia (3) |
| For students working in any geographical area of 20th-century Europe. Topics selected by students in consultation with instructor. Helps students begin research for M.A. theses and doctoral dissertations. | |
| HIEU 8559 | New Course in European History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of European History. | |
| HIEU 8585 | Advanced Topics in Modern European History (3) |
| A seminar offering in-depth investigations of topics and research methodologies in modern European history and culture. Topics vary. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2022 | |
| HIEU 8642 | Soviet Domestic and Foreign Policy (3) |
| Offered as required. | |
| HIEU 9023 | Tutorial in the History of the Modern British Empire (3) |
| This graduate-level tutorial introduces the major themes, debates, and methods of historical writing on the British Empire from around 1750. It is intended particularly, though not exclusively, as field preparation for the general examination. Topics include the uses of expert knowledge, the peculiarities of settler colonialism, the lure of liberalism as imperial ideology, and the role of violence. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| HIEU 9025 | Tutorial in the Late Roman Republic (3) |
| This tutorial will cover the most tumultuous period in Roman Republican history, that which stretches from 133 BC to the establishment of Octavian (Augustus) as the first emperor in 27 BC. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| HIEU 9026 | Tutorial in Early Modern British History (3) |
| Considers developments in the British Isles and its nascent empire in the 16th and 17th centuries. Focuses on historiography of the Reformation and persistent religious conflicts, the causes and nature of the Civil Wars, and the origins of empire. | |
| HIEU 9027 | Tutorial in English Legal History (3) |
| Considers key ideas and practices in English law from the late medieval period. Attention given to institutions, their development, and their interaction. Legal change will be studied in its social, political, and economic contexts. Also explores transformations in English law as it moved across a burgeoning empire. | |
| HIEU 9029 | Tutorial in the History of Reformation Europe (3) |
| Surveys the history and historiography of European Christianity c. 1450-1650. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| HIEU 9030 | Tutorial in the History of Early Modern Europe (3) |
| Explores the history and historiography of Europe, c. 1450-1750. It provides a broad introduction to early modern society and culture, with particular emphasis on the transformations that reshaped Europe in this period, such as the emergence of the early modern state, the division of Christendom, and global exploration. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| HIEU 9031 | Tutorial in Anglo-Saxon History (3) |
| This course is intended to introduce graduate students to the study of Anglo-Saxon England from the fifth to the eleventh centuries, its historiography and the range of methodologies and disciplinary approaches applied to its analysis. The class is intended to be timely and comprehensive. Archaeology, material culture and the close analysis of key primary sources and attendant scholarship will all be addressed. | |
| HIEU 9034 | Tutorial in Decolonization in the Twentieth Century (3) |
| This graduate tutorial surveys the historiography of decolonization in the twentieth century with an emphasis on European empires. The course is especially designed for students preparing a field for comprehensive      exams but is open to others. | |
| HIEU 9035 | Tutorial in the History of the Early Medieval Mediterranean (3) |
| This course is designed to introduce graduate students to the study of the post classical Mediterranean from the fifth to the tenth centuries, its historiography and the range of methodologies and disciplinary approaches pursued in its analysis. The class is not intended to be exhaustive; it is meant to be timely and comprehensive, and to balance core classic studies with often very recent historical and archaeological scholarship. | |
| HIEU 9037 | Tutorial in Central and Eastern European History (3) |
| This course introduces students to the modern history of Central and Eastern Europe. We will consider topics like the rise of nationalism, the challenges of state-building, the spread of left- and right-wing ideologies, interactions with the "West," and the experience of war and revolution. | |
| HIEU 9038 | Tutorial in the History of Modern France (3) |
| This tutorial serves as an introduction to the history and historiography of France and the French empire. Looking at the period since the French Revolution, readings explore themes including revolution, industrialization, urbanization, modernity and mass culture; gender and sexuality; race and religion; and regionalism, and imperial expansion. | |
| HIEU 9039 | Tutorial in the History of Modern French Empire (3) |
| An introduction to the history and historiography of the French colonial empire in the modern period. Looking at the period since the French Revolution, readings explore the ideologies, institutions, and practices of French imperialism, the processes of decolonization, and the postcolonial legacies of empire. | |
| HIEU 9040 | Tutorial in Greek and Roman Law (3) |
| This graduate tutorial introduces students to the details and interpretations of antiquity's two greatest legal systems, although it will be specifically tailored to the needs and interests of the individual students. Readings will be drawn from both primary and secondary sources; students will be expected to master the information provided by the primary sources and write two analytical summaries of recent secondary works. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023 | |
| History-Latin American History | |
| HILA 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and HILAosophical Inquiry. | |
| HILA 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and HILAieties of the World. | |
| HILA 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HILAorical Perspectives. | |
| HILA 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HILAial and Economic Systems. | |
| HILA 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, HILAematical, and HILAical Inquiry | |
| HILA 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| HILA 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and HILAiety | |
| HILA 1501 | Introductory Seminar in Latin American History (3) |
| Intended for first- or second-year students, this course introduces the study of history. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major history. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HILA 1559 | New Course in Latin American History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Latin American History. | |
| HILA 2001 | Colonial Latin America, 1500-1824 (3) |
| Introduces major developments and issues in the study of Latin American history from Native American societies on the eve of the Spanish Conquest to the wars of national independence in the early 19th century. | |
| HILA 2002 | Modern Latin America, 1824 to Present (3) |
| Introduces the history of Latin America from national independence in the early 19th century to the present. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HILA 2110 | Latin American Civilization (3) |
| Latin American Civilization | |
| HILA 2559 | New Course in Latin American History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Latin American History. Course was offered Fall 2017 | |
| HILA 3021 | Human Rights in Latin America (3) |
| Covers issues of human rights violations, defense, reparations, and prevention, from independence movements through the Cold War, neoliberalism, extractivism, racism, and transnational migration, trade and crime. | |
| HILA 3051 | Modern Central America (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the history of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and El Salvador from 19th century fragmentation, oligarchic, foreign, and military rule, to the emergence of popular nationalisms. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| HILA 3261 | The Great Encounter and Making the Modern World (3) |
| The course explores the Great Encounter between Indigenous people, Europeans, and Africans in America from 1492. Topics include: crises of knowledge and ethics sparked by the radical novelty of the Encounter; Columbian Exchange and the remaking of nature; tensions of difference and identity; silver, slavery, and dispossession in making a global economy; discovery and cultural devastation in modern life. This is history with philosophical intent. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| HILA 3501 | Introductory History Workshop (3) |
| Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| HILA 3559 | New Course in Latin American History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Latin American History. Course was offered Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Summer 2018 | |
| HILA 4501 | Seminar in Latin American History (4) |
| The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. Seminar work results primarily in the preparation of substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HILA 4511 | Colloquium in Latin American History (4) |
| The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquia prepare about 25 pages of written work distributed among various assignments. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HILA 4559 | New Course in Latin American History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Latin American History. | |
| HILA 4591 | Topics in Latin American History (3) |
| Topics courses are small, discussion-oriented classes available to any student with sufficient background and interest in a particular field of historical study. Offered irregularly, they are open to majors or non-majors on an equal basis. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| HILA 5559 | New Course in Latin American History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Latin American History. | |
| HILA 7001 | Colonial Latin America (3) |
| A readings course open to graduate students with a reading knowledge of Spanish. Course was offered Fall 2022 | |
| HILA 7559 | New Course in Latin American History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Latin American History. | |
| HILA 8559 | New Course in Latin American History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Latin American History. | |
| HILA 9000 | Tutorial: History of the United States and Latin America (3) |
| This seminar/tutorial will be an introduction to recent historical literature on the United States and Latin America. The course will consider historical works on the role of the United States in a variety of countries and examine key moments of US imperial expansion and empire building throughout the hemisphere during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| HILA 9020 | Readings in Modern Latin American History (3) |
| This class reviews major trends in the scholarship on modern Latin American history. Students will present assigned books to the class throughout the semester and write a final twenty-page historiographical essay on a topic of their choosing. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| History-Middle Eastern History | |
| HIME 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and HIMEosophical Inquiry. | |
| HIME 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and HIMEieties of the World. | |
| HIME 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HIMEorical Perspectives. | |
| HIME 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HIMEial and Economic Systems. | |
| HIME 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, HIMEematical, and HIMEical Inquiry | |
| HIME 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| HIME 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and HIMEiety | |
| HIME 1501 | Introductory Seminar in Middle East History (3) |
| Introduces the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history. | |
| HIME 1559 | New Course in Middle Eastern History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Middle Eastern History | |
| HIME 2001 | The Making of the Islamic World (4) |
| Explores the history of the Middle East and North Africa from late antiquity to the rise to superpower status of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. Topics include the formation of Islam and the first Arab-Islamic conquests; the fragmentation of the empire of the caliphate; the historical development of Islamic social, legal, and political institutions; science and philosophy; and the impact of invaders (Turks, Crusaders, and Mongols). | |
| HIME 2002 | The Making of the Modern Middle East (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | What historical processes that have shaped the Middle East of today? This course focuses on the history of a region stretching from Morocco in the West and Afghanistan in the East over the period of roughly 1500 to the present. In doing so, we examine political, social, and cultural history through the lens of "media" in translation, such as manuscripts, memoirs, maps, travel narratives, novels, films, music, internet media, and more. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| HIME 2003 | Markets and the Making of the Muslim World (3) |
| This course is designed to introduce students to the economic history of the Islamic World over the duration of roughly 1300 years of history. We explore ideologies, institutions, and practices of commerce in Muslim society, paying close attention to the actors, artifacts, and encounters, that gave it shape over the course of a millennium, ending with the onset of Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century. | |
| HIME 2010 | Modern History of Palestine/Israel (3) |
| "This course surveys the history of modern Palestine/Israel. Part I focuses on the Ottoman Empire, early Zionist settlement, British rule, and the Holocaust. Part II focuses on the 1948 War, known as the Israeli ""War of Independence"" and the Palestinian ""Nakba"" (Catastrophe). Part III addresses the Palestinian refugee crisis, ongoing wars between Israel and Arab states, Israeli and Palestinian societies today, and Israeli-Arab peace initiatives." Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| HIME 2559 | New Course in Middle Eastern History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Middle Eastern History. | |
| HIME 3191 | Christianity and Islam (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies Christianity in the Middle East in the centuries after the rise of Islam. |
| HIME 3192 | From Nomads to Sultans: the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1700 (3) |
| A survey of the history of the Ottoman Empire from its obscure origins around 1300 to 1700, this course explores the political, military, social, and cultural history of this massive, multi-confessional, multi-ethnic, inter-continental empire which, at its height, encompassed Central and Southeastern Europe, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and North Africa. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| HIME 3501 | Introductory History Workshop (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term. |
| HIME 3559 | New Course in Middle Eastern History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Middle Eastern History. | |
| HIME 3571 | Arab History at the Movies (3) |
| This interdisciplinary course uses cinema as a vehicle to introduce students without a knowledge of Arabic to the perspectives of Arab peoples on their own history. Includes popular movies on the rise of Islam, Crusades, World War I, colonialism, modern city life, women's liberation,war, terrorism. Students read relevant history and learn critical theory on collective memory, propaganda, modernity, revolution, and gender. | |
| HIME 4501 | Seminar in Middle East and North Africa History (4) |
| The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pages in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. | |
| HIME 4511 | Colloquium in Middle East History (4) |
| The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topics of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquia prepare about 25 pages of written work distributed among various assignments. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIME 4559 | New Course in Middle Eastern History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Middle Eastern History. | |
| HIME 4993 | Independent Study in Middle Eastern History (1 - 3) |
| In exceptional circumstances and with the permission of a faculty member any student may undertake a rigorous program of independent study designed to explore a subject not currently being taught or to expand upon regular offerings. Independent Study projects may not be used to replace regularly scheduled classes. Open to majors or non-majors. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIME 5559 | New Course in Middle Eastern History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Middle Eastern History. Course was offered Spring 2015 | |
| HIME 7559 | New Course in Middle Eastern History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Middle Eastern History. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| HIME 9021 | Oil and Capital in the Middle East (3) |
| This tutorial explores the remaking of politics, economy, and ecology in the Middle East from the late 19th century onward. While international relations and corporations play a role in the scholarship of the 20th century Middle East, we seek to understand local dimensions of oil and capital as well, focusing less on the geopolitical context and more on the socioeconomic impacts of changing economic and energy regimes. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2021 | |
| HIME 9023 | Tutorial in the History of the Medieval Middle East and North Africa (3) |
| This tutorial surveys the historiography of the medieval Middle East and North Africa (broadly construed), from pre-Islamic Arabia through the Ottoman conquest of the Mamluk Sultanate, which reunified the eastern half of the Mediterranean for the first time in a millennium. Readings introduce the major dynasties between Iberia and Central Asia, from the Umayyads to the Ottomans, and the seminal texts that have shaped the field. | |
| HIME 9024 | Tutorial in Ottoman Society (3) |
| This tutorial explores diverse themes in the social and cultural environmental history of the Ottoman Empire, placing special emphasis on the transformation of Ottoman society from the 18th century onward. | |
| HIME 9027 | Tutorial in Ottoman History to c 1820 (3) |
| This tutorial surveys the history and historiography of the Ottoman Empire from its obscure origins through the 18th century. Initial readings introduce major historiographical debates and political, military, and institutional history of the Empire, before moving into the historiography of the 16-18th centuries and current trends in multiple sub-fields. Specific works read and discussed will be shaped in part by interests of students enrolled. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023 | |
| HIME 9993 | Independent Study (1 - 4) |
| Students taking this course will explore areas and issues of special interest that are not otherwise covered in the graduate curriculum. This course is offered at the discretion of the supervising professor. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| Hindi | |
| HIND 1010 | Elementary Hindi-Urdu (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introductory training in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing Hindi and Urdu. |
| HIND 1020 | Elementary Hindi-Urdu (4) |
| Prerequisite: HIND 1010. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| HIND 1310 | Intensive Hindi Script and Grammar Review for Heritage Students (3) |
| This class is designed to introduce and improve all aspects of the Hindi language. We learn the script in detail and learn enough grammar for students to move on to Intermediate or Advanced Hindi. Most course material will be handouts specially designed for this class and online listening materials. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| HIND 1559 | New Course in Hindi (3) |
| One-time course offerings in Hindi at the 1000 (first and second semester) level. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| HIND 2010 | Intermediate Hindi (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduction to various types of written and spoken Hindi; vocabulary building, idioms and problems of syntax; and conversation in Hindi. Prerequisite: HIND 1020 or equivalent. |
| HIND 2020 | Intermediate Hindi (4) |
| Prerequisite: HIND 2010 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIND 3010 | Advanced Hindi Readings I (3) |
| Readings are drawn from areas of particular interest to the students involved, and include readings from various disciplines. Prerequisite: HIND 2020 or equivalent or instructor permission. | |
| HIND 3011 | Hindi in Contemporary Media (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Language is a dynamic entity, and it keeps on changing. In HIND-3011, we will learn and build upon our knowledge of Hindi through social media, TV commercials, News, legendary Bollywood dialogues and songs that never lose their charm, and podcasts. The efforts to excel in Hindi reading, writing, speaking, and listening will remain the pivot for the course to improve your confidence in Hindi. |
| HIND 3012 | Learn Hindi via Bollywood (3) |
| This course uses Bollywood cinema as course material to learn more about the culture related to Hindi, expand your Hindi language skills, and make you competent to use Hindi even more efficiently. This course emphasizes individual learning styles and preferences and advances all the aspects of the Hindi Language. We explore how language and culture are interrelated with the help of some Bollywood movies. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| HIND 3020 | Advanced Hindi II (3) |
| Prerequisite: HIND 2020 or equivalent or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIND 3559 | New Course in Hindi (3) |
| This course is to allow 3000-level new courses in HIndi to be taught for one semester. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022 | |
| HIND 4993 | Independent Study in Hindi (1 - 3) |
| Independent Study in Hindi Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| History-South Asian History | |
| HISA 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and HISAosophical Inquiry. | |
| HISA 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and HISAieties of the World. | |
| HISA 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HISAorical Perspectives. | |
| HISA 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HISAial and Economic Systems. | |
| HISA 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, HISAematical, and HISAical Inquiry | |
| HISA 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| HISA 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and HISAiety | |
| HISA 1501 | Introductory Seminar in South Asia (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduction to the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussion, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HISA 1559 | New Course in South Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian History | |
| HISA 2001 | History and Civilization of Classical India (3) |
| Studies the major elements of South Asian civilization, from the Stone Age to 1200, including the Indus Valley, Vedic literatures, Buddhism, Jainism, Epic traditions, the caste system, Mauryan and Guptan Empires, and devotional Hinduism. | |
| HISA 2002 | History and Civilization of Medieval India (3) |
| Studies the social, political, economic and cultural history of South Asia from 1200 to 1800, from the Turkic invasions through the major Islamic dynasties, especially the Mughal Empire, to the establishment of English hegemony in the maritime provinces. | |
| HISA 2003 | History of Modern India (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Surveys 200 years of Indian history from the mid-18th century to the present, focusing on the imperial/colonial encounter with the British Raj before Independence, and the social and political permutations of freedom in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka since. |
| HISA 2559 | New Course in South Asian History (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian history. Course was offered Spring 2021 |
| HISA 3002 | India From Akbar to Victoria (3) |
| Studies the society and politics in the Mughal Empire, the Empire's decline and the rise of successor states, the English as a regional power and their expansion, and social, economic and political change under British paramountcy, including the 1857 Revolt. Course was offered Summer 2024, Fall 2021 | |
| HISA 3003 | Twentieth-Century South Asia (3) |
| Surveys 100 years of Indian history, defining the qualities of the world's first major anti-colonial movement of nationalism and the changes and cultural continuities of India's democratic policy in the decades since 1947. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HISA 3004 | India's Partition: Literature, Culture, Politics (3) |
| India's Partition and its far-reaching consequences may be productively studied from several different perspectives. This course juxtaposes select novels, films, contemporary writings, and some secondary sources to reflect on a few of the big questions thrown up by this event. These include the place of minorities in the subcontinent and the changing nature of center-state relations in the subcontinent after 1947. | |
| HISA 3111 | Social and Political Movements in Twentieth-Century India (3) |
| Considers the relationships between land, people, and politics in modern South Asia. | |
| HISA 3501 | Introductory History Workshop (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term. Course was offered Spring 2024 |
| HISA 3559 | New Course in South Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian history. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| HISA 4501 | Seminar in South Asia (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pages in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HISA 4511 | Colloquium in South Asia (4) |
| The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquia prepare about 25 pages of written work distributed among various assignments. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| HISA 4559 | New Course in South Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian history. | |
| HISA 4591 | Topics in South Asian History (3) |
| Topics courses are small, discussion-oriented classes available to any student with sufficient background and interest in a particular field of historical study. Offered irregularly, they are open to majors or non-majors on an equal basis. | |
| HISA 5101 | Economic History of India (3) |
| Studies regional economic systems prior to European penetration; the establishment and growth of European trading companies in the 17th and 18th centuries; commercialization of agriculture; the emergence of a unified Indian economy in the 19th century; and industrialization and economic development in the 20th. | |
| HISA 5526 | Decolonizing Histories (3) |
| This course is intended to familiarize graduate students with basic strands of anti-colonial philosophies that have methodological implications for them. Students will begin with reading some basic Marxist texts on colonialism of the 19th century, then move to reading some scholars from the Subaltern Studies school, and end with mastering the critique of Subaltern Studies and Decolonial Perspectives. The goals of this course are to make students self-aware as well as build up their own perspectives on the questions they will ask of their primary sources down the line. | |
| HISA 5559 | New Course in South Asian History (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian history. Course was offered Fall 2014 |
| HISA 7559 | New Course in South Asian Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian history. Course was offered Fall 2018 | |
| HISA 8061 | Social History of Modern India (3) |
| Research and writing utilizing gazetteers, settlement reports, censuses, and other sources. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| HISA 8559 | New Course in South Asian History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian history. | |
| HISA 9022 | Tutorial in Modern South Asian History (3) |
| In this tutorial we will read and discuss a wide range of texts about South Asia's rich and contentious past. Major topics include change and continuity under colonial rule; law and colonialism; debates over nationalism and the Partition of the subcontinent; and developments in post-colonial South Asia. | |
| HISA 9023 | Tutorial on Legal History of Modern South Asia (4) |
| In this course we will read and discuss a wide range of texts about South Asia¿s rich and contentious past. Major topics include change and continuity under colonial rule; law and colonialism; debates over nationalism and the Partition of the subcontinent; and developments in post-colonial South Asia. | |
| HISA 9028 | Tutorial: Crime, Punishment and Gender (3) |
| This tutorial comprises a list of guided readings for graduate students of the History department who are working in histories of convict labor and their uses in domestic and global contexts. It works at the intersections of gender, legal and imperial labor histories. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| History-General History | |
| HIST 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| HIST 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| HIST 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| HIST 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| HIST 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| HIST 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| HIST 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| HIST 1501 | Introductory Seminar in History (3) |
| Introduction to the study of history intended for first- and second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussion, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIST 1559 | New Course in General History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history. | |
| HIST 2002 | The Modern World: Global History since 1760 (3) |
| This is a survey course in modern world history. It covers a period in which the main historical questions about what happened, and why, more and more involve global circumstances, global beliefs about those conditions, and global structures to solve problems. This course can therefore be an essential foundation for other courses dwelling on particular regions or nations. Course was offered Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| HIST 2011 | History of Human Rights (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course surveys the modern history of human rights, focusing on political, legal, and intellectual trends from the late 18th century to the present. |
| HIST 2012 | History of Communism (3) |
| A comparative, global history of communism: from the rise of Marxism in the nineteenth century, to the establishment of Marxist-Leninist regimes across the globe in the twentieth century, to the collapse of communism in the 1980s. | |
| HIST 2013 | Why Did They Kill? Interpreting Genocide and Its Perpetrators (3) |
| Grounded in discussion and analysis of primary sources from twentieth-century genocides, key works of scholarship, and documentary films, this course endeavors to understand the complex but tragically recurring process whereby regimes from across the political spectrum implement policies of one-sided mass killing and transform ordinary people into genocidal killers. | |
| HIST 2014 | Fascism: A Global History (3) |
| This class studies fascism as an ideology, movement, and regime in a global framework. Thematic perspectives include: the origins and theories of fascism, key terms in the fascist lexicon, motives that brought people to fascism, fascism as an aesthetics and lived experience, and the role of women in fascism. We will also study the historical articulations of antifascism, i.e. groups and individuals who have fought against fascism over the years. | |
| HIST 2152 | Climate History (3) |
| Climate change is widely regarded as the most important environmental question of the present. This course equips students to engage with the study of climate change from multiple perspectives. Part 1 surveys how understandings of the climate developed and transformed. Part 2 explores how historical climatology lends new insights to familiar historical questions. Part 3 explores the history of environment and climate as political issues. | |
| HIST 2210 | Epidemics, Pandemics, and History (3) |
| Covers epidemic diseases such as plague, cholera, smallpox, tuberculosis, malaria, and AIDS in world history since 1500. | |
| HIST 2212 | Maps in World History (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the history of cartography that ranges across the globe from oldest surviving images of pre-history to GIS systems of the present day. It approaches map history from a number of disciplinary perspectives, including the history of science, the history of cartography, critical theory and literary studies, anthropology, historical geography, and spatial cognition and wayfinding. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 |
| HIST 2213 | The Rule of Law (3) |
| "This course explores the workings of law and sovereignty in a changing world-historical landscape, mixing conceptual readings with concrete case studies across space and time. By exploring the discourses and practices of sovereignty-making across world history, we develop a more grounded approach to the issue and its contours in global politics today, from disputes over the high seas to discourses on ""failed states"" and interventions." Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2021 | |
| HIST 2214 | The Cold War (3) |
| An exploration of the geopolitical and ideological conflict that dominated world affairs from 1945 to 1990. Assignments include the readings of historical work, as well as primary sources, some of which are recetly declassified material from the major states involved in the Cold War. | |
| HIST 2301 | Democracy in Danger (3) |
| Democracy is in trouble today. Why? This course explores the growing threats to democracy in the United States and globally. Topics include: the impact of xenophobia, racism and radical nationalism on democracy; the rise of far-right media; the appeal of ethno-nationalism; the growth of White Power militias; legal barriers against voting, immigration and citizenship; as well as the impact of social media and cyber-based disinformation. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| HIST 2559 | New Course in General History (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2021, January 2021, January 2020, January 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| HIST 3050 | Modern Imperialism: The British and American Experience (3) |
| This course examines the patterns of development of Great Britain and the United States as international powers. It illustrates their differences and similarities, what they have to tell us about the role of dependency on great power status, and the effects these had on their politics, economics and societies, as well as the countries with which they became involved. | |
| HIST 3112 | Ecology and Globalization in the Age of European Expansion (3) |
| Grounded in the field of environmental history, this course examines the ways in which environmental changes and perceptions of nature have interacted with socio-economic structures and processes associated with the expansion of Europe since the 15th century. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| HIST 3152 | The Cold War, 1945-1990 (3) |
| This class investigates the global rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union during the second half of the twentieth century. The class will explore major global events such as the division of Europe, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the spread of the cold war into the developing world, the revolutions of 1989, and the collapse of the Soviet Union. | |
| HIST 3281 | Genocide: A Global History (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | History of genocide and other forms of one-sided, state-sponsored mass killing in the twentieth century. Case studies include the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, and the mass killings that have taken place under Communist regimes (e.g., Stalin's USSR, Mao's China, Pol Pot's Cambodia). Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2010 |
| HIST 3352 | The First World War (3) |
| At the Great War's centennial, we take stock of how it shaped life in the 20th century for peoples around the globe. Movies, memoirs, government reports and other texts throw light on causes of the war, the human carnage of 1914-18, Woodrow Wilson's effort to end war forever with a League of Nations, the demise of liberalism and the rise of fascism and communism in postwar Europe, and the launch of anti-colonial movements in Asia and Africa. | |
| HIST 3452 | The Second World War (3) |
| This course provides a survey of the greatest, most destructive war in human history. Perhaps 50 million people were killed in the Second World War, and the conflict reached every corner of the globe. Its political, social, and human consequences were vast and shape the world we live in today. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2012 | |
| HIST 3501 | Introductory History Workshop (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022 |
| HIST 3559 | New Course in General History (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, January 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| HIST 3600 | Britain, America, and the History of the `Special Relationship¿ since 1940 (3) |
| This course examines the history of the `special relationship¿ between the US and the UK and its transformation from World War II to the War on Terror.  Organized chronologically and thematically, it follows political, economic, and cultural events and developments. The course goes beyond orthodox top-down, `great men¿ approach, expanding the discussion to include the shifting domestic, transatlantic, and global terrain between 1945 and today. | |
| HIST 3611 | Espionage and Intelligence in the 20th Century (3) |
| The course examines the role of intelligence and espionage in the 20th century. It compares and contrasts the U.S. effort with British and Soviet operations. It looks at the impact of technology on intelligence activities and its influence on policy decisions. | |
| HIST 3861 | Soccer Politics (3) |
| Explores the history of soccer to understand how and why it has become the most popular sport on the planet. We focus on the culture, economics and politics of the sport. Examples are drawn from Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East, and include a focus on women's soccer. Class materials include scholarly works, essays, fiction, and film; students work on digital projects related to upcoming international tournaments. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| HIST 4400 | Topics in Economic History (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Comparative study of the historical development of selected advanced economies (e.g., the United States, England, Japan, continental Europe). The nations covered vary with instructor. Cross-listed with ECON 4400. |
| HIST 4501 | Major Seminar (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pages in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| HIST 4511 | Major Colloquium (4) |
| The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquial prepare about 25 pages of written work distributed among various assignments. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2012 | |
| HIST 4559 | New Course in General History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history. Course was offered January 2018, Spring 2012 | |
| HIST 4591 | Topics in History (3 - 4) |
| Topics courses are small, discussion-oriented classes available to any student with sufficient background and interest in a particular field of historical study. Offered irregularly, they are open to majors or non-majors on an equal basis. Course was offered January 2018, January 2017, January 2016, Fall 2015, January 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, January 2013, January 2012, Fall 2011, January 2010 | |
| HIST 4592 | Topics in History (4) |
| Topics courses are small, discussion-oriented classes available to any student with sufficient background and interest in a particular field of historical study. Offered irregularly, they are open to majors or non-majors on an equal basis. | |
| HIST 4890 | Distinguished Majors Program-Special Colloquium (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies historical approaches, techniques, and methodologies introduced through written exercises and intensive class discussion. Normally taken during the third year. Prerequisite: Open only to students admitted to the Distinguished Majors Program. |
| HIST 4990 | Distinguished Majors Program-Special Seminar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Analyzes problems in historical research. Preparation and discussion of fourth-year honors theses. Normally taken during the fourth year. Intended for students who will be in residence during their entire fourth year. Prerequisite: Open only to students admitted to the Distinguished Majors Program. |
| HIST 4991 | Distinguished Majors Program-Special Seminar (3) |
| Analyzes problems in historical research. Preparation and discussion of fourth-year honors theses. Intended for Distinguished Majors who will have studied abroad in the fall of their fourth year. Prerequisite: Open only to students admitted to the Distinguished Majors Program. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIST 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In exceptional circumstances and with the permission of a faculty member any student may undertake a rigorous program of independent study designed to explore a subject not currently being taught or to expand upon regular offerings. Independent study projects may not be used to replace regularly scheduled classes. Enrollment is open to majors or non-majors. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HIST 5001 | Policy Design and Statecraft (3) |
| The seminar orients students to the professional world of statecraft by working through historical case studies. Breaking down critical episodes step by step, analyzing the perspectives, information, and choices of different participants, students gain more lifelike education and insight. Applying templates for policy design and assessment, they get more experience working on public problems and learning a lot of history along the way. | |
| HIST 5002 | Global History (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Reading, discussion, and analysis of classic as well as contemporary works of scholarship on global history. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2013 |
| HIST 5003 | Public History: Museums, Monuments, Media (3) |
| How is history conveyed and consumed outside of the academy? How is the past presented and explained to various audience--at museums and historic sites and through movies, documentary films, radio, social media, and journalism? From historic house museums to African American preservation sites, this course blends theory and practice by providing an informed and engaging overview of the many aspects of public history. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| HIST 5004 | Cold War, Human Rights and Environmental History (3) |
| The course explores the intersections of the late cold war and its aftermath, human rights history and environmental history. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| HIST 5111 | Slavery in World History (3) |
| Historical study of 'slavery' from very early times through the nineteenth century, on a global scale (including ancient Mediterranean, Islamic world, Africa, Europe, and the Americas). Course was offered Spring 2014 | |
| HIST 5130 | Global Legal History (3) |
| Examines European legal regimes as they moved around the globe and considers those regimes' interactions with one another and with non-European legal cultures from 1500 to the twentieth century. Themes include: empire formation and legal pluralism; conflicting ideas of property; interaction of settler and indigenous peoples; forced labor and migration; the law of nations; and piracy and the law of the sea. | |
| HIST 5201 | Memory and History in the Caribbean (3) |
| This transdisciplinary course explores the layered histories of the Caribbean region and the ways in which that history is remembered in literature and visual art, religious practices, music and performance, and through monuments and museums. As we collectively explore Caribbean history from a variety of forms and different angles, students will also develop a final project, which can take a variety of different forms. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023 | |
| HIST 5351 | The International Economy Since 1850 (3) |
| This seminar will focus on key aspects of the development of the international economy since the mid-nineteenth century. Emphasis will be on the process of change, the impact of policy, and the operation of international institutions. Special focus will be paid to the economics of the Great Depression, the impact of the First and Second World Wars, and the drivers of growth. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2022 | |
| HIST 5501 | Digital Map History (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This workshop introduces advanced humanities students to map history research and geospatial visualization. It features work with maps in Special Collections as well as the production of digital scholarship using ArcGIS software. No experience is expected or required. This course counts as an elective for the DH Graduate Certificate program. Prerequisite: Graduate student or College 3rd or 4th year. |
| HIST 5559 | New Course in General History (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| HIST 5621 | Genocide (3) |
| Readings and discussion of the history of genocide and other forms of one-sided, state-sponsored mass killing in the twentieth century. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2012, Fall 2011 | |
| HIST 5706 | Race & Slavery at UVA's North Grounds (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This hands-on research seminar will explore the historical intersections of slavery, race, and law on UVA's North Grounds. Class readings, discussions, and field trips will investigate the history of this landscape within a broader historical context of enslavement in Virginia and at the University, land use in Virginia, and the Jim Crow South. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024 |
| HIST 6559 | New Course in General History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history. | |
| HIST 7001 | Approaches to Historical Study (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is designed to introduce students to a wide range of historical approaches. |
| HIST 7004 | US in the World 1980s-present: Cold War, Human Rights, and Envir. History (3) |
| The course explores the intersections of the late cold war and its aftermath, human rights history and environmental history. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| HIST 7020 | Twentieth Century World (3) |
| This graduate seminar for PhD students explores the recent scholarship in international and transnational history of the twentieth century. It exposes students to work on imperialism, ideologies of global war and peacemaking, radical political ideologies of the right and the left, global economic upheaval, genocide, refugee and humanitarian movements, decolonization, modernization, the United Nations, and the post-Cold War world. | |
| HIST 7559 | New Course in History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| HIST 8001 | Master's Essay Writing (3) |
| Master's Essay Writing offers first-year doctoral students in History and those in the JD/MA program a workshop in which to discuss and develop an article-length work of original scholarship. Prerequisite: First-year history Ph.D. students or JD/MA students Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| HIST 8501 | Forced Migration in the Modern World (3) |
| This course explores the problem of forced migration in the modern world, that is those events designed to create homogeneous nation states by violently removing thousands and at times millions of human beings. It looks at specific historical cases such as the Indian removal, Europe (1943-47), India/Pakistan (1947), and Palestine/Israel (1948), focusing on issue of war, decolonization, experience, human rights, and memory. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| HIST 8559 | New Course in General History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history. | |
| HIST 8999 | Research in History (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's essay and other research carried out prior to advancement to candidacy, taken under the supervision of the student's adviser. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HIST 9026 | Tutorial in 20th Century International History (3) |
| Readings in modern international history: topics will include war, peace-making, diplomacy, the role of non-governmental organizations in world politics, refugees, human rights, decolonization, and transnational ideologies. | |
| HIST 9028 | Readings in Indian Ocean History (3) |
| This course introduces students to the historiography on the Indian Ocean in broad terms, placing it within the context of discussions on world history. While the main goal is to develop a deeper knowledge of Indian Ocean history, the bulk of the course is devoted to thinking about how historians conceptualize connectivity across watery spaces and, more fundamentally, how they deal with issues of scale and time in writing trans-regional history. | |
| HIST 9029 | Tutorial in History and Theory of Nationalism (3) |
| This course examines seminal works in the study of nationalism, focusing on major questions in the field. Topics include the origins of nationalism; its relationship to empire and to violence; the techniques and technologies of nationalist mobilization; and nationalism's role in daily life. We will read both theoretical texts and historical case studies, with a special emphasis on modern Europe. | |
| HIST 9035 | Neoliberalism in Historical Perspective (3) |
| This graduate tutorial examines the history of neoliberalism through recent US historiography and canonical texts by political and economic theorists. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| HIST 9036 | Readings in Microhistory (3) |
| This course helps students develop the tools of historical analysis & uses them to ask broader questions about the nature of research & writing in history. We explore how to reduce the scale of analysis; identifying protagonists & other actors; interpreting clues & historical action; mapping the possibilities & limits of the historical record; & crafting historical narratives that unfold along multiple scales, from the micro to the macro & back. Course was offered Fall 2022 | |
| HIST 9037 | Tutorial in Podcasting History (3) |
| Students will explore approaches to "podcasting history" and learn the basic conceptual considerations of the medium. Work will include reading and presenting the work of conventional textual scholars as well as gaining familiarity with methods of recording and producing audio. Alongside the assigned materials, students will work towards a podcast draft aimed at a public audience based on themes in 19th and 20th century global history. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| HIST 9038 | Feminist Approaches to the Past (3) |
| This course is a graduate readings tutorial on feminist theories of gender that inform our analysis of the past. We will draw from a variety of readings and theoretical engagements from different historical time periods and contexts. The main questions driving the course will be the following: what is feminist analysis, and how is this a useful tool for historical work and the ways in which we frame the past? Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| HIST 9040 | Tutorial on Histories of Gender and Sexuality in Global Perspective (3) |
| This tutorial explores approaches to the history of gender and sexuality across time and space. It emphasizes how the field has evolved and the major debates that enhance our understandings of power, difference, representation, and materiality. Students will read for gender and sexuality, understand the connection between gender history methodology and other methodologies of the field, and practice historical methods of source interpretation. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| HIST 9101 | Readings in the Origins of Global Capitalism (3) |
| This tutorial aims to orient students to debates in the history of global capitalism. We will acquaint ourselves with the principal debates and trends in the field, and think through how to design classes under that broad heading. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| HIST 9559 | New Course in General History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| HIST 9960 | Readings in History (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is a graduate-level adaptation of an undergraduate course in history. The graduate-level adaption requires additional research, readings, or other academic work established by the instructor beyond the undergraduate syllabus. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HIST 9961 | Supervised Reading (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Graduate study of the historiography of a particular topic or historical period, equivalent to a graduate-level colloquium course. Prerequisites: Approval of director of graduate studies or department chair. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HIST 9962 | General Exam Preparation (1 - 3) |
| In this course, students will prepare for the general examination under the guidance of a faculty examiner. During the course, the student will identify relevant readings; complete and review those readings; and explore the larger questions raised by those readings and their fields more generally. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| HIST 9964 | Master's Essay Revision (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is intended for PhD candidates to revise their master's essays for publication under the guidance of a member of the graduate faculty. It is typically taken in first semester of the second year of study. |
| HIST 9999 | Dissertation Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of the dissertation director. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| History-United States History | |
| HIUS 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and HIUSosophical Inquiry. | |
| HIUS 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and HIUSieties of the World. | |
| HIUS 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HIUSorical Perspectives. | |
| HIUS 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to HIUSial and Economic Systems. | |
| HIUS 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, HIUSematical, and HIUSical Inquiry | |
| HIUS 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| HIUS 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and HIUSiety | |
| HIUS 1501 | Introductory Seminar in U.S. History (3) |
| Introduces the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 1559 | New Course in United States History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. Course was offered Fall 2017 | |
| HIUS 2001 | American History to 1865 (3) |
| Studies the development of the colonies and their institutions, the Revolution, the formation and organization of the Republic, and the coming of the Civil War. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 2002 | American History Since 1865 (3) |
| Studies the evolution of political, social, and cultural history of the United States from 1865 to the present. Course was offered Spring 2025, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| HIUS 2051 | War and the Making of America to 1900 (3) |
| This course examines warfare and military developments in America from the colonial period to 1900. Major topics include debates over the role of the military in society; the motivations and experiences of soldiers; interaction between the military and civilian spheres; the development of a professional army and navy; and the social and cultural context, impact, and legacies of warfare. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 2052 | America and War Since 1900 (3) |
| This is a course on war and the American experience during the last century-plus. It is a sequel to HIUS 2051, which covers U.S. military history from 1600 to 1900. This part of the course includes the how and why of traditional military history but goes further, tackling issues in intelligence or technology or economics -- from the rise of intelligence agencies to the growth of a military-industrial complex. | |
| HIUS 2053 | American Slavery (3) |
| This course will introduce students to the history of slavery in the United Sates. Course was offered Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 | |
| HIUS 2061 | American Economic History (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies American economic history from its colonial origins to the present. Cross-listed as ECON 2060. |
| HIUS 2101 | Technologies of American Life (3) |
| From Thomas Edison to Elon Musk, we've all heard stories of heroic inventors. In this course you'll explore a different history of technology: how it's shaped the ordinary lives of Americans, and how ordinary Americans shaped our common technologies. By viewing technology from the bottom-up, you'll learn how to question and challenge the powerful stories about technology that surround us today. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022 | |
| HIUS 2201 | US Immigration Law and Policy in Historical Perspective (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will trace the origins of today's immigration policy debates by providing students with a comprehensive overview of American immigration law and policy from the eighteenth century to the present. The course will also explore how state and federal policies impacted a wide array of immigrants, including the Irish, Chinese, and Mexican arrivals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 |
| HIUS 2559 | New Course in United States History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012 | |
| HIUS 3011 | Colonial British America (3) |
| This course tells the story of British America from an Atlantic perspective. The thirteen colonies that formed the United States were once part of a larger empire that spanned eastern North America and the Caribbean. From 1500 to 1800, cross-cultural encounters among Africans, Native Americans, and Europeans created a dynamic new world. Key topics trade, religion, agriculture, slavery, warfare, and the origins of the American Revolution. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 3031 | The Era of the American Revolution (3) |
| Studies the growth of ideas and institutions that led to American independence, the creation of a union, and a distinct culture. | |
| HIUS 3051 | The Age of Jefferson (3) |
| This course uses Thomas Jefferson as a lens to explore the post revolutionary era in the United States (ca. 1776-1830), with a focus on race and slavery, trans-nationalism, imperialism, and legal/constitutional developments. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2016, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIUS 3071 | The Coming of the Civil War (3) |
| Examines the period from roughly 1815 to 1861 focusing on the interaction between the developing sectional conflict and the evolving political system, with the view of explaining what caused the Civil War. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 3072 | The Civil War and Reconstruction (3) |
| Examines the course of the Civil War and Reconstruction in detail and attempts to assess their impact on 19th century American society, both in the North and in the South. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIUS 3081 | History of the American Deaf Community (3) |
| This new course will examine the history of deaf people in the United States over the last three centuries, with particular attention to the emergence and evolution of a community of Deaf people who share a distinct sign language and culture. We will read both primary texts from specific periods and secondary sources. We will also view a few historical films.
Prerequisite: none (though a previous class in History or ASL is recommended) | |
| HIUS 3131 | From Lincoln to Roosevelt: America in the Gilded Age (3) |
| Analyzes the distinct characteristics of American modernity as they emerge in the period from the end of reconstruction to the Great Depression. Explores the creation of big business and large-scale bureaucratic organizations. Includes the first military-industrial complex of World War I, the invention of R & D, the growth of research universities, and the modern organization of knowledge. Describes the landscape of new large urban hinterlands; analyzes the difficult encounters of class, ethnicity, race, and gender both at home and at work; and studies the changing leisure patterns of a consumer culture. | |
| HIUS 3161 | Viewing America, 1940 to 1980 (3) |
| Built around the history of mainstream and independent American film, this course explores how Americans have viewed and interpreted various historical moments and processes through the movies. | |
| HIUS 3162 | Digitizing America (3) |
| This class will explore the history of the United States from 1980 to the present through the lens of the information revolution that occurred during this period. We will examine the origins of the technological changes like the mainframe computer, merged media, the emergence of the internet, and the impact that they had on the economy, politics and social interaction. | |
| HIUS 3171 | US Since 1945: People, Politics, Power (3) |
| Surveys post World War II U.S. politics uncovering the links between long range social and economic phenomenon (suburbanization, decline of agricultural employment, the rise and fall of the labor movement, black urbanization and proletarianization, economic society and insecurity within the middle class, the changing structure of multinational business) and the more obvious political movements, election results, and state policies of the last half century. Course was offered Spring 2025, Summer 2022, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 3172 | America in Vietnam (3) |
| This course will cover the history of American involvement in Vietnam from 1945 through 1975. It will offer a detailed study of U.S. political, economic, cultural, and military policy through a wide range of scholarship on the U.S. engagement with Vietnam, focusing on the war's impact in Southeast Asia and in the United States. | |
| HIUS 3173 | The Vietnam War in American Film (3) |
| This course will examine landmark films on the Vietnam War from the 1960s through the present. Lectures and discussion focusing on between 8 and 10 films, which students will watch as part of class, will explore the history and themes depicted in these films, highlighting directorial viewpoints, the contexts in which the films were produced and received, their historical accuracy, and their impact on the legacy of the war in American culture. | |
| HIUS 3232 | The South in the Twentieth Century (3) |
| Studies the history of the South from 1900 to the present focusing on class structure, race relations, cultural traditions, and the question of southern identity. | |
| HIUS 3261 | History of the American West (3) |
| The course examines the relationships of environment and culture and of native and settler peoples in transforming North America west of the Mississippi River, 1750 to present. We will explore the expansion of the United States; its environmental consequences; and the emergence of a mythic culture casting violence as heroic. | |
| HIUS 3282 | History of Virginia, 1900 to 2018 (3) |
| History is the study of continuity and changes over time. This course will examine social, political, and economic continuities and changes in Virginia from 1900 to 2018. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 3301 | The History of UVa in the Twentieth Century (3) |
| Studies the local, regional, and national trends effecting higher education, relating these trends specifically to the University of Virginia. Students are active participants in recovering the institution's history through oral interviews with alumni, faculty, and administrators and through serious archival work. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| HIUS 3411 | American Business (3) |
| Surveys the rise of the modern corporate form of American business and an analysis of the underlying factors which shaped that development. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2010 | |
| HIUS 3451 | History of Urban America (3) |
| Studies the evolution of the American city from colonial times to the end of the nineteenth century. Emphasizes both the physical growth of the system of cities and the development of an urban culture, including comparisons with European and Asian cities. | |
| HIUS 3455 | History of U.S. Foreign Relations to 1914 (3) |
| Studies American foreign relations from colonial times to 1914. | |
| HIUS 3456 | America in the World since 1914 (3) |
| Studies American foreign relations from 1914 to the present. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 3471 | History of American Labor (3) |
| Surveys American labor in terms of the changing nature of work and its effect on working men, women, and children. Emphasizes social and cultural responses to such changes, as well as the organized labor movement. | |
| HIUS 3490 | From Motown to Hip-Hop (3) |
| This survey traces the history of African American popular music from the late 1950s to the current era. It examines the major sonic innovations in the genres of soul, funk, and hip-hop over the course of the semester, students will examine how musical expression has provided black women and men with an outlet for individual expression, community building, sexual pleasure, political organizing, economic uplift, and interracial interaction | |
| HIUS 3491 | Rural Poverty in Our Time (3) |
| This course will use an interdisciplinary format and document based approach to explore the history of non-urban poverty in the US South from the 1930s to the present. Weaving together the social histories of poor people, the political history of poverty policies, and the history of representations of poverty, the course follows historical cycles of attention and neglect during the Great Depression, the War on Poverty, and the present. | |
| HIUS 3501 | Introductory History Workshop (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term. |
| HIUS 3523 | Disco and Disillusionment: The United States in the 1970s (3) |
| This lecture provides both a chronological and thematic approach to the history of 1970s America. Class will focus on significant shifts in American politics, culture, and society. The course will encourage us to think more deeply about the fate of liberalism in post-1960s America, the rise of ethnic identity and its impact on the rights revolution, gender and the politics of sexuality, religion and the rise of the South, Nixon and Watergate. Course was offered Spring 2019 | |
| HIUS 3559 | New Course in United States History (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2009 |
| HIUS 3611 | Gender & Sexuality in AM, 1600-1865 (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the evolution of women's roles in American society with particular attention to the experiences of women of different races, classes, and ethnic groups. |
| HIUS 3612 | Gender & Sexuality in America, 1865 to Present (3) |
| Studies the evolution of women's roles in American society with particular attention to the experiences of women of different races, classes, and ethnic groups. Course was offered Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| HIUS 3620 | All Politics is Local (3) |
| The history of local government and local politics in shaping American life. Course examines issues, themes, and problems of local democracy in historical and contemporary contexts. Class meetings combine lectures and discussions. Course includes local civic engagement component. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| HIUS 3641 | American Indian History (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | From the post-Ice Age migrations to the Americas to current developments in tribal sovereignty, this survey course will include such topics as mutually beneficial trade and diplomatic relations between Natives and newcomers; the politics of empire; U.S. expansion; treaties and land dispossession; ecological, demographic, and social change; pan-Indian movements; and legal and political activism. |
| HIUS 3652 | Afro-American History since 1865 (3) |
| Studies the history of black Americans from the Civil War to the present. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2011 | |
| HIUS 3654 | Black Fire (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course examines the history and contemporary experiences of African Americans at the University of Virginia from the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the present era. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2015 |
| HIUS 3671 | African American Freedom Movement, c 1945-Present (3) |
| This course examines the history and legacy of the African American struggle for civil rights in twentieth century America. It provides students with a broad overview of the civil rights movement -- the key issues, significant people and organizations, and pivotal events -- as well as a deeper understanding of its scope, influence, legacy, and lessons for today Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 3752 | The History of Early American Law (3) |
| Studies the major developments in American law, politics, and society from the colonial settlements to the Civil War. Focuses on legal change, constitutional law, legislation, and the common law from 1776 to 1860. | |
| HIUS 3753 | The History of Modern American Law (3) |
| Studies the major developments in American law, politics, and society from the era of Reconstruction to the recent past. Focuses on legal change as well as constitutional law, legislation, and the common law. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Fall 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| HIUS 3756 | American Legal Thought since 1880 (3) |
| A survey of American legal thought from Holmes to Posner. Emphasizes theories of property, contract, tort, corporations and administrative law in Legal Realism, Legal Process Jurisprudence, Law and Economics, and Critical Legal Studies. Course was offered Spring 2014 | |
| HIUS 3852 | Intellectual and Cultural History of the United States since 1865 (3) |
| Analyzes the main traditions of thought and belief in the relationship to significant historical events and cultural changes from the Civil War to the present. | |
| HIUS 3853 | From Redlined to Subprime: Race and Real Estate in the US (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course examines the history of housing and real estate and explores its role in shaping the meaning and lived experience of race in modern America. We will learn how and why real estate ownership, investment, and development came to play a critical role in the formation and endurance of racial segregation, modern capitalism, and the built environment. |
| HIUS 4160 | History Behind the Headlines (4) |
| This course takes advantage of the nationally known academic experts, journalists, and policy-makers who come through UVa's Miller Center of Public Affairs each week. Based on the work of these visiting scholars, students will consider the historical background of some of our most pressing policy and public affairs issues. Assignments will include extensive weekly readings, a few short op-eds, and a lengthy original research essay. | |
| HIUS 4260 | Voices of the Civil War (3) |
| This course uses the writings of participants to examine major themes relating to the American Civil War. Assigned texts will illuminate, among other topics: (1) Why the war came; (2) How it evolved from a struggle for Union to one for Union and emancipation; (3) How the conflict affected civilians on both sides; (4) Why soldiers fought; and (5) How men and women on each side remembered the war and how those memories influence current perceptions. Course was offered Spring 2018 | |
| HIUS 4501 | Seminar in United States History (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| HIUS 4511 | Colloquium in United States History (4) |
| The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquia prepare about 25 pages of written work distributed among various assignments. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. | |
| HIUS 4559 | New Course in United States History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. | |
| HIUS 4591 | Topics in United States History (3) |
| Topics courses are small, discussion-oriented classes available to any student with sufficient background and interest in a particular field of historical study. Offered irregularly, they are open to majors or non-majors on an equal basis. Course was offered Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 4993 | Independent Study in United States History (1 - 3) |
| In exceptional circumstances and with permission of a faculty member any student may undertake a rigorous program of independent study designed to explore a subject not currently being taught or to expand upon regular offerings. Independent Study projects may not be used to replace regularly scheduled classes. Enrollment is open to majors or non-majors. Note: These courses are open only to Human Biology majors. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 5000 | African-American History to 1877 (3) |
| This course will introduce graduate students to the differing interpretations, methodologies, and analyses of African-American History to 1877. | |
| HIUS 5232 | Oral History Workshop: A Hands-On Approach to Researching the Past (3) |
| The course is run as a workshop, a space for students to learn oral history methodologies in a hands-on manner. In partnership with local/regional organizations, students will learn to conduct interviews and related research, which may include completing historical surveys, doing genealogical work, & completing archival or database research. Students will learn new skills while helping expand historical archives and knowledge of regional history. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2023 | |
| HIUS 5559 | New Course in United States History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2010 | |
| HIUS 6175 | Law in American History: The Twentieth Century (3) |
| A survey of law in American history in the twentieth century. Some topics to be covered include jurisprudence and legal education from Legal Realism through "aw and"; regimes of mass media law; the emergence of administrative law; and several chapters on constitutional jurisprudence from 1930 to 2000, including foreign relations, equal protection, free speech, and due process. | |
| HIUS 6240 | Constitutional Law II: Poverty (3) |
| This course will explore the Supreme Court's flirtation with constitutional protection for poor people during the 1960s and 1970s. We will place the Court's efforts in the context of the civil rights movement and ongoing concerns about race. Finally, we will discuss the demise of such protections, the reasons for it, and the recent developments in constitutional interest in poverty, income inequality, and their relationship to racial inequality. | |
| HIUS 6559 | New Course in United States History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. Course was offered Fall 2020, Spring 2020 | |
| HIUS 7011 | Colloquium in US History to 1877: Teaching the American History Survey (3) |
| This course is designed to help students craft an undergraduate course on the first half of the US Survey. Through both reading and discussion, we will focus on the big questions of the period and consider the various ways in which one might convey a narrative(s). Attention will be given to pedagogy and content, with emphasis on best practices in the classroom. Students will design their own course with a syllabus, assignments, and lectures. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| HIUS 7021 | Comparative Cultural Encounters in North America, 1492-1800 (3) |
| This course examines Spanish, French, Dutch, and British encounters with the native peoples of North America during the initial centuries of colonization: 1492-1800. It combines the "Atlantic" approach to early America with a "Continental" approach that accords dynamism and agency to native peoples in their interplay with colonizers. | |
| HIUS 7031 | Colonial British America (3) |
| This colloquium offers an introduction to themes, regions, and debates in the history of colonial and Revolutionary America. It will focus on colonization, development, and cultural encounter in early North America, West Indies, and the Atlantic World in the early modern period, ca. 1600-1800, from a variety of historical approaches. | |
| HIUS 7057 | Judicial Role in American History (3) |
| A survey of leading American Supreme Court judges from Marshall through the Burger Court. The course consists of lectures and readings, along with discussions of topics on contemporary issues. The course also provides an overview of the two hundred-plus year history of the Court and its role in the American constitutional system. | |
| HIUS 7061 | Black Intellectual and Cultural Production since the 1960s (3) |
| We'll explore the intellectual and cultural production of the civil rights/Black power era and its enabling and uneasy relationship with other social movements, incl. feminism and gay liberation, disability rights, the anti-apartheid movement, and demands for economic justice/redress/reparations. A guiding premise in the course will be tensions within the movement giving rise to subsequent Black thought and activism. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2009 | |
| HIUS 7072 | Civil War And The Constitution (3) |
| This course will examine the constitutional history of the United States from 1845 to 1877, paying attention to how the U.S. Constitution shaped the Civil War, and also to how the war left its mark on the Constitution. | |
| HIUS 7082 | Foundational Texts of the 19th Century US (3) |
| This course will acquaint students with foundational texts relating to 19th-Century U.S. history. The primary goal is to provide a sound understanding of books, essays, and other documents that often are mentioned but too seldom read carefully. The readings will convey crucial insights into the political, social, cultural, military, and economic history of the century--though they are not intended to offer comprehensive coverage of the era. | |
| HIUS 7151 | The United States, 1945-Present (3) |
| An intensive reading course emphasizing historiographic approaches to synthesizing post-war America. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2019 | |
| HIUS 7559 | New Course in United States History (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 |
| HIUS 7621 | Topics in United States Gender History (3) |
| This colloquium will survey foundational and cutting-edge scholarship on the social construction of femininity and masculinity in U.S. history, from the colonial era to 1900. We will explore how gender conventions take shape, and how they are perpetuated and contested. Our readings reconsider key events in women's and gender history such as the Salem witch trials and Seneca Falls convention. | |
| HIUS 7641 | The American West Since 1850 (3) |
| This is a graduate readings seminar in which students will become familiar with the major issues in the history of the American West including, but not limited to, American Indians, the environment, and the federal presence in the region. | |
| HIUS 7658 | Nineteenth-Century American Social and Cultural History (3) |
| Reading and discussion of primary and secondary sources. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| HIUS 7659 | Twentieth Century US Cultural Hisory (3) |
| This readings course introduces graduate students to the theory, methods, and historiography of cultural history through a survey of key texts in twentieth century US history. | |
| HIUS 8452 | History of the American Administrative State (3) |
| This course will explore the development of the American administrative state from the nineteenth century through the present. This course will engage political and theoretical debates over the bureaucratic state's role, and its implications for democracy and inequality. Readings will include work by historians, social scientists, and legal academics. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| HIUS 8559 | New Course in United States History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. | |
| HIUS 8755 | American Legal History (3) |
| Directed research in selected areas of American legal history. | |
| HIUS 9000 | Slavery & Emancipation in American History (3) |
| This seminar will examine the literature on the history of slavery and emancipation in the United States and the Atlantic World. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| HIUS 9023 | Tutorial in Early American History to 1763 (3) |
| The course examines the historiography of colonial British America and the Atlantic world from the late sixteenth century through the late eighteenth century. It surveys scholarship on the imperial and Atlantic contexts of early modern colonization and focuses on the regional histories of settlement and development in North America and the Caribbean with a special focus on Native Americans and African Slavery. Course was offered Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| HIUS 9035 | Tutorial in American Economic History (3) |
| A graduate tutorial devoted to close analysis of key issues in American Economic History from 1750 to 1940. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2020 | |
| HIUS 9559 | New Course in United States History (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. | |
| College Science Scholars Seminar | |
| HSCI 1010 | College Science Scholar Seminar I (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The seminar will introduce students to research in each of the seven UVa science departments (Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology). The course will consist of weekly two-hour seminars held by science faculty members, and occasional field trips. Prerequisite: Member of the College Science Scholar Program. |
| HSCI 1011 | College Science Scholar Seminar II (2) |
| The seminar will introduce students to research in each of the seven UVa science departments (Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology). The course will consist of weekly two-hour seminars held by science faculty members, and occasional field trips. Prerequisite: Member of the College Science Scholar Program. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | |
| INST 150 | Student Initiated Echols Scholars Seminars (0) |
| With supervision of the Director of the Echols Program, and approval of the Dean's Office, acting for the Committee on Educational Programs, students may initiate a workshop in which they provide the instruction. | |
| INST 900 | Summer Undergraduate Research (0) |
| For students doing approved undergraduate research in Summer Session | |
| INST 1500 | Interdisciplinary Studies (0 - 3) |
| Individual faculty may teach these courses with the approval of the Dean's Office, which acts for the Committee on Education Policy and the Curriculum. A maximum of 3.0 credits count toward the B.A. or B.S. in the College. INST courses count as non-College credits. | |
| INST 1550 | Interdisciplinary Studies-Student Initiated Courses (1 - 2) |
| With sponsorship and supervision by a faculty member and approval of the Dean's Office, acting for the Committee on Educational Programs and the Curriculum, students may initiate a course in which they provide the instruction. The grade is determined by the faculty member. These courses count as "outside the College." Students in the College may offer no more than 3.0 credits for the B.A. or B.S. Consult the INST course web page at http://www.uvastudentcouncil.com/student-services/initiatives/cavalier-education-program/ (copy and paste Web address into browser) for specific descriptions. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| INST 1605 | History of Mr. Jefferson's University (1) |
| History of Mr. Jefferson's University Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| INST 2020 | Disability in Contemporary Society (1) |
| This course serves as an introduction to the disability rights movement and more broadly to how disability is experienced in contemporary society. Simultaneously it serves as a space for learning about and sharing resources for advocacy. In particular we will explore topics such as the conceptualizations of disability, the history of the disability civil rights movement, and disability in the context of social and professional participation. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2020 | |
| INST 2500 | Interdisciplinary Studies International Residential College (1) |
| Individual faculty and advanced graduate students may teach these courses with the approval of the Dean's Office, which acts for the Committee on Education Policy and the Curriculum. A maximum of 3.0 credits count toward the B.A. or B.S. in the College. INST courses count as non-College credits. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| INST 2550 | Interdisciplinary Studies Hereford College (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual faculty and advanced graduate students may teach these courses with the approval of the Dean's Office, which acts for the Committee on Education Policy and the Curriculum. A maximum of 3.0 credits count toward the B.A. or B.S. in the College. INST courses count as non-College credits. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| INST 2559 | New Course in Interdisciplinary Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in Interdisciplinary Studies. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012 | |
| INST 2570 | Interdisciplinary Studies Brown College (1) |
| Individual faculty and advanced graduate students may teach these courses with the approval of the Dean's Office, which acts for the Committee on Education Policy and the Curriculum. A maximum of 3.0 credits count toward the B.A. or B.S. in the College. INST courses count as non-College credits. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| INST 2993 | Brown College Independent Study (1) |
| Brown College independent studies allow Brown students and faculty to work together on a topic of mutual interest. The primary goals are for students to explore topics and questions not regularly represented in standard UVA curricula as well as to bring Brown students and faculty together to foster common intellectual interests. | |
| INST 3150 | CavEd Pedagogy Seminar (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This pedagogy seminar will provide Cav Ed student instructors the theoretical underpinnings of teaching in higher education as well as practical advice on ways to implement the ideas explored. The class explores also specific challenges instructors face in the classroom.
Prerequisites: Open to students who are teaching CavEd courses, admission by instructor permission Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011 |
| INST 3600 | The Best of UVA: A Collection of Unforgettable Lectures (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The Best of UVA: A Collection of Unforgettable Lectures Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 |
| INST 4200 | Lawn Seminar (1) |
| Being a responsible leader requires a broad interest and understanding of the world in all its facets: arts, science, literature, philosophy, history, politics, and current affairs. The Lawn Seminar is designed to empower students to pursue rigorous inquiry into contemporary issues using a foundation in the liberal arts. This seminar is modeled after the famous undergraduate liberal arts seminar lead by Earnest "Boots" Mead at the University. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| INST 4559 | New Course in Interdisciplinary Studies (1 - 3) |
| New Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies | |
| INST 4983 | Citizen Leaders Fellowship Practicum (1) |
| Citizen Leaders Fellowship Practicum is a short course paired with the year-long Citizen Leaders Fellowship. This course equips students with ethnographic and contemplative practices to develop their understanding of difference, belonging and ethical leadership. It also provides mentorship, support, and guidance as fellows design, implement, and assess a semester-long project based on their own vision for student flourishing. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| Italian | |
| ITAL 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| ITAL 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| ITAL 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| ITAL 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| ITAL 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| ITAL 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| ITAL 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| ITAL 1010 | Elementary Italian I (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduction to speaking, understanding, reading, and writing Italian. Five class hours and one language laboratory hour. Followed by ITAL 1020. |
| ITAL 1020 | Elementary Italian II (4) |
| Continuation of ITAL 1010. Prerequisite: ITAL 1010. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| ITAL 2010 | Intermediate Italian I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Continued grammar, conversation, composition, readings, and an introduction to Italian literature. Prerequisite: ITAL 1020 or the equivalent. Note: The following courses have the prerequisite ITAL 2010, 2020, or permission of the department. |
| ITAL 2020 | Intermediate Italian II (3) |
| Continuation of ITAL 2010. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| ITAL 2030 | Intermediate Italian II for Professionals (3) |
| This is the fourth class in the four-course sequence that fulfills the language requirement with modules on issues applicable to the work context. Films, TV series and articles from Italian newspapers will help students to learn more about the Italian society of the new millennium and strengthen their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills at a high intermediate level appropriate for an intercultural professional environment. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 | |
| ITAL 3010 | Mastering Italian Language and Culture I: Learning with Multimedia (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Includes idiomatic Italian conversation and composition, anthological readings of literary texts in Italian, plus a variety of oral exercises including presentations, skits, and debates. Italian composition is emphasized through writing assignments and selective review of the fine points of grammar and syntax. Prerequisite: ITAL 2020. |
| ITAL 3020 | Mastering Italian Language and Culture II: Learning through Experience (3) |
| Emphasis is placed on conversation, as well as composition and vocabulary. Students attending this class will deepen their knowledge of Italian culture and society, with a special focus on socio-cultural debates concerning politics, migration and gender issues. This course is designed with a series of activities focused on experiential learning to achieve fluency in Italian through real-life situations. Prerequisite: ITAL2020. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| ITAL 3040 | Advanced Italian III (3) |
| This course aims at perfecting student's command of Italian language, in all major skill areas: speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Selective review of the fine points of grammar and syntax. Idiomatic Italian conversation promoted via readings and discussions in Italian on current subjects. Writing proficiency promoted through composition work. In Italian. Prerequisites: Completion of ITAL 2020 or its equivalent. | |
| ITAL 3050 | Advanced Italian IV (3) |
| Continued perfection of Italian language proficiency, in all major skill areas: speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Selective review of the fine points of grammar and syntax. Idiomatic Italian conversation promoted via readings and discussions in Italian on current subjects. Writing proficiency promoted through composition work. In Italian. Prerequisites: Completion of ITAL 3040 or its equivalent. | |
| ITAL 3110 | Medieval and Renaissance Masterpieces (3) |
| Introduction to relevant Italian medieval and renaissance literary works. Prerequisites: ITAL 2020 | |
| ITAL 3120 | Contemporary Literature (3) |
| Study of selected masterpieces from the modern period of Italian literature. Readings and discussions in Italian. Exercises in essay writing. Prerequisite: ITAL 2020 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| ITAL 3460 | Growing Up Italian Style: Children's Culture (3) |
| In this course, we will explore how major works of literature for children, from Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, to the poetry of Gianni Rodari, reflect changing views of childhood and parenting in Italy. Students will learn how children's literature of the 19th-century helped to create an Italian national identity. We will also examine how new media inventions changed story time for children in Italy. Prerequisite: ITAL 3010 | |
| ITAL 3559 | New Course in Italian (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Italian. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| ITAL 3720 | Novella (Italian Short Narrative) (3) |
| Novella (Italian Short Narrative) | |
| ITAL 4559 | New Course in Italian (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Italian. | |
| ITAL 4980 | Distinguished Majors Colloquium - Italian Studies (3) |
| The Colloquium allows DMPs in Italian Studies to meet regularly with the DMP coordinator to discuss research strategies, documentation styles, and structure and style in extended expository writing as they are working independently on a thesis. It also provides a forum for presenting and discussing work-in-progress. Prerequisite: Acceptance in DMP. Course was offered Fall 2017 | |
| ITAL 4989 | Distinguished Major in Italian Studies Thesis (3) |
| Distinguished majors in Italian Studies will meet individually with their thesis advisors to discuss progress and revise drafts of their theses. At the end of the semester, they will present the results of their research in a public forum. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| ITAL 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent Study Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| ITAL 5559 | New Course in Italian (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics with the subject of Italian. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| ITAL 7559 | New Course in Italian (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics with the subject of Italian. | |
| ITAL 7900 | Italian Avant-Garde Literature (3) |
| This graduate course discusses texts belonging to the Italian Avan-garde and Modernist periods. Prerequisites: Reading knowledge of Italian. | |
| ITAL 8559 | New Course in Itialian (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics with the subject of Italian. Course was offered Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| Italian in Translation | |
| ITTR 2260 | Dante in Translation (3) |
| Close reading of Dante's masterpiece, The Inferno. Lectures focus on Dante's social, political, and cultural world. Incorporates The World of Dante: A Hypermedia Archive for the Study of the Inferno, and a pedagogical and research website (www.iath.virginia/dante), that offers a wide range of visual material related to The Inferno. | |
| ITTR 2559 | New Course in Italian in Translation (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Italian in translation. | |
| ITTR 2630 | Italian History and Culture Through Film: 1860s - 1960s (3) |
| This course uses the medium of film to discuss the developments in Italian culture and history over a period of one hundred years, from 1860 to 1960. | |
| ITTR 2710 | Italian Cultural History (3) |
| This course traces the general history and culture of Italy from the Middle Ages to the present. It covers the Renaissance, the Baroque, the 'Risorgimento,' the new problems of post-unification, Fascism and the post-World War II Italian Republic. The aim is to provide historical background to comprehend both the complexity of Italian political and social evolution and the multifaceted nature of its cultural identity Taught in English. Course was offered Spring 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| ITTR 3107 | Evolution of Media in Italy: From Unification to the Present (3) |
| The course will explore the specific features of Italian mass media from the Unification to the present, considering how the press, cinema, radio, television and the Internet have affected and shaped Italian society. It will trace the evolution of Italian media in relation to key events such as the Risorgimento, Fascism, both World Wars, reconstruction and industrialization, and the political rise of media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. | |
| ITTR 3280 | Michelangelo: The Artist, The Man, and His Times (3) |
| Michelangelo's name conjures genius and a nearly superhuman achievement in the arts. Contemporaries elevated him as the supreme sculptor, painter, and architect of his age. This course examines Michelangelo's creativity in all these media as well as his poetry and letters. The course investigates the extraordinary achievements of this Renaissance luminary through close analysis of his works, secondary studies, and contemporary reinventions. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021 | |
| ITTR 3559 | New Course: Italian in Translation (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics with the subject of Italian in Translation. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012 | |
| ITTR 3580 | Sister Arts Literary Artistic Relations in the Italian Renaissance (3) |
| This course focuses on the literary and cultural traditions that inform treatments of art and artists in the Italian Middle Ages and Renaissance. Course was offered Fall 2015 | |
| ITTR 3610 | Italian Political Thinkers (3) |
| Students of this course will study the political theories of Dante, Machiavelli, Beccaria, and Gramsci through a close-reading of each author's major works. We will also examine how their ideas influenced contemporary politics, literature, and the visual arts both in Italy and in the United States. These goals will be accomplished through regular reading assignments, short essays, and presentations. Course was offered Spring 2015 | |
| ITTR 3660 | Italian American Cinema: The Immigrant Experience on Film (3) |
| Following the unification of Italy in 1861, immigrants from that nation began coming to the USA in record numbers. While they arrived in search of better lives, they often faced many challenges. Through it all, their experiences have been documented on film. In this course, we will explore these cinematic representations of Italian Americana. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| ITTR 3670 | Contemporary Italian Cinema: From Canon to the Fringe (3) |
| Examines the social, political and economic evolution of contemporary Italy through cinema and other visual culture forms; cinema is also examined from an aesthetic point of view, as its iconographic and stylistic developments are crucial elements of a visual culture that complements and references traditional modes of representation such as painting and sculpture, as well as architecture, literature and the oral folk tradition. | |
| ITTR 3680 | Eve's Sinful Bite: Foodscapes in Women's Writing Culture and Society (3) |
| This course explores how Italian women writers have represented food in their short stories, novels and autobiographies in dialogue with the culture and society from late nineteenth century to the present. These lectures will offer a close reading of the symbolic meaning of food in narrative and the way it intersects with Italian women's socio-cultural history, addressing issues of gender, identity and politics of the body. | |
| ITTR 3685 | Italy on Screen: Sex, Gender, & Racial Identities (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course considers representations of sex, gender and racial identities in Italian films, television, advertisements and other forms of visual culture. With a focus on the contemporary Italian context, students will explore issues of intersectionality from a global perspective. What can Italian critically acclaimed and more mainstream works tell us about diversity and inclusion in the worldwide context? |
| ITTR 3690 | Mafiosi vs Goodfellas: Organized Crime on Film in Italy & The USA (3) |
| Organized crime has long fascinated filmmakers from both Italy and the USA. But, how does each country portray this phenomenon and its effects on law, politics, and the individual? What socio-cultural and historical factors explain the different presentations? In this course, we will examine these questions through discussion and analysis of films from Italy and the United States, primary source documents, and novels. Course was offered Spring 2018 | |
| ITTR 3750 | Brividi: Italian Horror & Fantasy Films (3) |
| Throughout its storied history, Italian cinema has been most famous for its realism, which reached the height of its influence internationally with the neorealist classics of the mid-twentieth century. However, during the 1950s, filmmakers from the boot-shaped nation began experimenting with fantastical genres, such as horror, science fiction, and fairytale. In this course, we will explore these works and their relationship to media culture. This course will satisfy requirements for either the Italian major or minor. | |
| ITTR 3758 | Love Affair with Tuscany: Utopias and Beyond (3) |
| This course aims to examine the Anglo-American love affair with Tuscany/Florence, and deepen students' understanding of it by providing richer, more complex knowledge of the region and its culture. The class will simultaneously explore notions of utopia and dystopia, against the background and actual lived experience of this sought-after destination. | |
| ITTR 3760 | The Best of Youth: Italian Coming of Age Films (3) |
| What does it mean to come of age? How has Italian cinema captured this process throughout its history? How do Italian films about this topic approach some of its more complex and controversial aspects? As the cinema has evolved both culturally and technologically, how has the genre changed? This course will explore these questions by studying how psychologists define the stages of child and adolescent development & how Italian films depict them. | |
| ITTR 3880 | Reinventing Dante: Influence, Adaptation and Transformation (3) |
| Dante's Inferno has captivated the imagination of artists as diverse as Botticelli, Milton, Keats, and David Fincher. Artists, writers and filmmakers re-imagine Dante for their own purposes. This course will explore reinventions of Dante's Inferno, the most enduring vision of the afterlife that has ever been created. Course was offered Fall 2019 | |
| ITTR 4010 | Narrating (Un-)sustainability: Ecocritical Explorations in Italy & Mediterr (3) |
| This course focuses on the potential narratives have to convey messages that are relevant to our ethical and environmental awareness, and to help us imagine alternatives to existing systems of knowledge and distributions of power. We shall learn about the origins and general objectives of ecocriticism, its relevant theories and methodologies, and various approaches to the notion of sustainability. | |
| ITTR 4559 | New Course in Italian in Translation (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Italian in Translation. Course was offered Spring 2016, Fall 2009 | |
| ITTR 4820 | Italian Pop Culture From the 1960s to the Present (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course examines the cultural and socio-political transformations that took place in Italy during its recent history. By discussing different cultural artifacts (films, essays, literature), we shall ultimately try to answer the following questions : does Italy still have space for works that resist populist and consumer culture? What are the ethical and political consequences of Italy's present culutral condition? Is there an Italian identity? |
| ITTR 4993 | Italian Independent Study (3) |
| Independent study in special field under the direction of a faculty member in Italian. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| ITTR 5559 | New Course: Italian in Translation (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics with the subject of Italian in Translation. | |
| ITTR 6010 | Narrating (Un-)sustainability: Ecocritical Explorations in Italy & Mediterr (3) |
| This course focuses on the potential narratives have to convey messages that are relevant to our ethical and environmental awareness, and to help us imagine alternatives to existing systems of knowledge and distributions of power. We shall learn about the origins and general objectives of ecocriticism, its relevant theories and methodologies, and various approaches to the notion of sustainability. | |
| ITTR 6559 | New Course: Italian in Translation (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics with the subject of Italian in Translation. Course was offered Spring 2014 | |
| ITTR 7559 | New Course: Italian in Translation (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics with the subject of Italian in Translation. Course was offered Summer 2015, Spring 2013 | |
| Japanese | |
| JAPN 1000 | Introductory Japanese (1) |
| Introductory Japanese welcomes Japan enthusiasts and curious minds who are ready to learn basic Japanese language and develop cultural awareness while gaining fundamental linguistic knowledge and oral communication skills at the Novice level. The course is designed for beginners with no or minimal exposure to Japanese. No prerequisite. | |
| JAPN 1010 | First-Year Japanese (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the basic speech patterns and grammatical units, including casual, daily spoken style, and the polite speech used in formal occasions. Emphasizes speaking, listening, and reading. Writing hiragana, katakana, and 200 kanji are also introduced. |
| JAPN 1020 | First-Year Japanese (4) |
| Introduces the basic speech patterns and grammatical units, including casual, daily spoken style, and the polite speech used in formal occasions. Emphasizes speaking, listening, and reading. Writing hiragana, katakana, and 200 kanji are also introduced. Prerequisite: JAPN 1010 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| JAPN 1559 | New Course in Japanese (1 - 4) |
| New course in Japanese. | |
| JAPN 2010 | Second-Year Japanese (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Continuation of Elementary Japanese introducing more complex sentence patterns, idioms, and vocabulary to prepare students for an intermediate-level communication. Reinforces spoken Japanese skills with writing and reading exercises, and 250 kanji are introduced. Prerequisite: JAPN 1020 or equivalent. |
| JAPN 2020 | Second-Year Japanese (4) |
| Prerequisite: JAPN 1020 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| JAPN 2100 | Cultural Conversation in Japanese (3) |
| Designed for students who wish to improve their oral conversation skills beyond the beginning level through online conversation with college students in Japan. Students generate conversations examining their own and their partners' cultural values, perceptions, perspectives, and attitudes. Prerequisite: JAPN 1020 | |
| JAPN 2559 | New Course in Japanese (1 - 4) |
| New course in Japanese. | |
| JAPN 2601 | Finding Joy in Reading in Japanese (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Using short stories, manga, and other materials selected in consultation with the instructor, students in this course will develop the ability to experience reading for pleasure in Japanese with ease and at a comfortable pace primarily employing grammar and vocabulary they are already familiar with. Prerequisite: JAPN 1020. Course was offered Fall 2024 |
| JAPN 3010 | Third-Year Japanese I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Emphasizes comprehension and active reproduction of modern Japanese beyond the basic patterns of speech and writing. Various topics on current Japanese culture and society are introduced. Prerequisite: JAPN 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. |
| JAPN 3015 | Language House Conversation (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For students residing in the Japanese group in Shea House. Prerequisite: instructor permission. |
| JAPN 3020 | Third-Year Japanese II (3) |
| Continuation of Third-Year Japanese, emphasizing comprehension and active reproduction of modern Japanese beyond the basic patterns of speech and writing. Continued introduction of topics on current Japanese culture and society. Prerequisite: JAPN 3010 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| JAPN 3025 | Language House Conversation (1) |
| For students residing in the Japanese group in Shea House. Prerequisite: instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| JAPN 3050 | Fundamentals of Comprehending Advanced Japanese (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course focuses on establishing a foundation for advanced Japanese language study by introducing strategies for developing reading and listening comprehension on everyday topics, including skimming, scanning, and kanji-recognition. Students completing the course will be eligible to take the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) at the N3 level. Prerequisite: JAPN 2020 |
| JAPN 3300 | Japanese Food for Thought (3) |
| Food connects people; it is a vehicle for lives, and a facet of humanity. Investigating the social phenomena of Japanese food culture, students engage in active learning activities to stimulate discussions on the global context including cultural expressions, innovation, equity, and community. They also design a product to illustrate their reflective inquiry in further developing their culture and linguistic competency. Prerequisite: JAPN 3010. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| JAPN 3559 | New Course in Japanese (1 - 4) |
| New course in Japanese. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2019 | |
| JAPN 4500 | Topics in Japanese Literature (3) |
| An advanced language seminar devoted to literary texts and criticism with topics determined by instructor. | |
| JAPN 4559 | New Course in Japanese (1 - 4) |
| New course in Japanese. Course was offered Spring 2016, Spring 2011 | |
| JAPN 4710 | Introduction to Literary Japanese (Bungo) (3) |
| An introduction to the Japanese language as it was written from earliest times up until the mid-twentieth century. In addition to familiarizing students with grammatical fundamentals of literary Japanese and their differences from the modern language, the course will introduce students to representative writing styles from a wide variety of genres and historical periods. Prerequisite: JAPN 3010 or equivalent background. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| JAPN 4800 | Lost and Found in Translation (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is an advanced language seminar of Japanese and aims to enhance students' skills to think and communicate in Japanese. With a specific focus on the theory and practice of translation, students translate a wide range of Japanese materials into English, while reading about and discussing the concept of "translation" itself. Prerequisite: JAPN 3020 or instructor's permission. |
| JAPN 4801 | Japanese for Professionals (3) |
| This advanced Japanese language course aims to cultivate future professionals who will acquire awareness of cross-cultural differences that enable them to operate effectively in the global world. Critical thinking and communication skills will be emphasized. | |
| JAPN 4830 | Media Japanese (3) |
| In this course, students will interpret, analyze, and discuss various media for education, business and entertainment--such as newspaper articles, blogs, and statistics--in order to gain a deeper linguistic and cultural understanding of contemporary Japan by comparing and contrasting different perspectives on current issues. Prerequisite: JAPN 3020 or equivalent background. | |
| JAPN 4993 | Independent Study in Japanese (1 - 3) |
| Independent Study in Japanese. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| JAPN 5559 | New Course in Japanese (1 - 4) |
| New Course in the subject of Japanese. Course was offered Fall 2014, Spring 2011 | |
| JAPN 7559 | New Course in Japanese (1 - 4) |
| New course in Japanese. | |
| JAPN 8559 | New Course in Japanese (1 - 4) |
| New course in Japanese. | |
| Japanese in Translation | |
| JPTR 2559 | New Course in Japanese in Translation (1 - 4) |
| New course in Japanese in translation. | |
| JPTR 3010 | Survey of Traditional Japanese Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides an introduction to Japanese literature from earliest times through to the nineteenth century. We will read selections from representative texts and genres, including myth, poetry, prose fiction, memoir literature, drama, and works of criticism. No knowledge of Japanese culture or language is required. |
| JPTR 3020 | Survey of Modern Japanese Literature (3) |
| This is an introductory course to Japanese literary traditions from the late 19th century to the present. By reading a broad range of writings including political accounts, fictional narratives and poetic prose, the course examines how a variety of writing practices contributed to the production of modern Japanese literature. No knowledge of Japanese is required. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| JPTR 3100 | Myths and Legends of Japan (3) |
| A seminar exploring Japan's earliest myths describing the origins of its islands, their gods, and rulers through close readings in English of eighth-century chronicles and poems. Fulfills the Non-Western and Second Writing requirements. | |
| JPTR 3210 | The Tale of Genji (3) |
| A seminar devoted to an in-depth examination in English translation of Japan's most renowned work of literature, often called the world's first novel. Satisfies the Non-Western and Second Writing requirements. | |
| JPTR 3290 | Feminine Fictions in Japanese Court Literature (3) |
| This seminar will take up the world's earliest instance of literature written extensively by, for, and about women, including such famous works as the Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon and Sarashina Diary, among others. The focus will be on reading gender as a fictional enactment of desire and identity that is performed through acts of writing and reading. No prior knowledge of Japanese language or literature is required. | |
| JPTR 3320 | Cinematic Images of Japanese Culture and Society (3) |
| This seminar examines how films from Japan visually raise different cultural and social issues, and how they relate to the universal human condition. With an understanding that films involve so many different disciplines, this seminar examines contemporary Japan via comparativist and cross-cultural perspectives by paying careful attention to the effects of the imagistic and visual power that only films can offer. | |
| JPTR 3391 | Women in Modern Japanese Literature (3) |
| This course will study how women and femininity have been represented in modern Japan--roughly defined as Japan from the 1890s to the present--mostly through textual literature but also through other mediums including film, manga, and stage productions. We will also analyze how modern and contemporary Japanese treatments of gender and individual identity reflect and/or defy broader global discourses on these issues. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2021 | |
| JPTR 3400 | Tales of the Samurai (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A seminar focusing on influential medieval and early-modern narratives such as the Tale of Heike in which the notion of the samurai first developed. No prerequisites. Satisfies the non-Western and Second-Writing requirements. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2019 |
| JPTR 3559 | New Course in Japanese in Translation (1 - 4) |
| New course in Japanese in translation. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013 | |
| JPTR 3600 | Urban Fantasies in Edo Literature (3) |
| This seminar takes up Japanese literature made between 1600 and 1900, including such iconic forms as haiku poetry and kabuki, that came out of one of the most sophisticated and advanced forms of urban culture in global history centered around the million-plus inhabitants of Edo (now Tokyo). Satisfies the Non-Western and Second Writing requirements. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2020 | |
| JPTR 3601 | Transnational Japanese Experiences and Expressions (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The class aims to broadly consider issues like diaspora identities, the relationships between nationality and culture, and the rise of World Literature, through the work of writers and artists with Japanese roots who spend all or part of their lives outside of Japan. All materials will be in English translation. No prerequisites. No prior knowledge of Japanese culture or the Japanese language is required. Course was offered Spring 2024 |
| JPTR 4559 | New Course in Japanese in Translation. (1 - 4) |
| New course in Japanese in translation. | |
| JPTR 4991 | Japanese Capstone (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Restricted to Japanese majors, this course is designed as a capstone seminar that will require a class presentation and an extended final paper that demonstrate the significant knowledge of Japanese language. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016 |
| JPTR 5020 | Survey of Modern Japanese Literature (3) |
| This is an introductory course to Japanese literary traditions from the late 19th century to the present. By reading a broad range of writings including political accounts, fictional narratives and poetic prose, the course examines how a variety of writing practices contributed to the production of modern Japanese literature. No knowledge of Japanese is required. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| JPTR 5100 | Myths and Legends of Japan (3) |
| A seminar exploring Japan's earliest myths describing the origins of its islands, their gods, and rulers through close readings in English of eighth-century chronicles and poems. | |
| JPTR 5210 | The Tale of Genji (3) |
| This course is devoted to an in-depth examination of Japan's most renowned work of literature and the world's first novel. Topics covered will include: material culture (architecture, clothing, gardens); political and social history; gender and class; marriage customs; poetry and poetics; the arts (music, perfume, painting, etc.); and religious beliefs (in particular spirit possession) among others. | |
| JPTR 5290 | Feminine Fictions in Japanese Court Literature (3) |
| This seminar will take up the world's earliest instance of literature written extensively by, for, and about women, including such famous works as the Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon and Sarashina Diary, among others. The focus will be on reading gender as a fictional enactment of desire and identity that is performed through acts of writing and reading. No prior knowledge of Japanese language or literature is required. | |
| JPTR 5559 | New Course in Japanese in Translation (1 - 4) |
| New course in Japanese in translation. Course was offered Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013 | |
| JPTR 5600 | Urban Fantasies in Edo Literature (3) |
| This seminar takes up Japanese literature made between 1600 and 1900, including such iconic forms as haiku poetry and kabuki, that came out of one of the most sophisticated and advanced forms of urban culture in global history centered around the million-plus inhabitants of Edo (now Tokyo). Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| Jewish Studies | |
| JWST 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| JWST 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| JWST 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to JWSTorical Perspectives. | |
| JWST 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| JWST 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| JWST 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| JWST 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| JWST 1559 | New Course in Jewish Studies (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in Jewish Studies | |
| JWST 2559 | New Course in Jewish Studies (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in Jewish Studies | |
| JWST 3559 | New Course in Jewish Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Jewish Studies. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2012 | |
| JWST 4559 | New Course in Jewish Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Jewish Studies. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| JWST 4980 | Supervised Research (3) |
| This course offers students to conduct independent study in Jewish Studies under the supervision of a professor in Jewish Studies. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| JWST 5559 | New Course in Jewish Studies (3) |
| This interdisciplinary course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in Jewish Studies at the graduate level. Course was offered Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| JWST 8500 | Topics for Supervised Study and Research (1 - 6) |
| This topical course provides Master's and Doctoral students an opportunity for advanced coursework in selected, established areas of the Jewish Studies curriculum. | |
| Maya K'iche | |
| KICH 1010 | Introduction to Maya K'iche' I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This class is an introduction to K'iche', a Maya language spoken by about a million people in the western Highlands of Guatemala; it is one of the major indigenous languages in the Americas. This class aims to make students competent in basic conversation and to introduce students to Maya culture. It is offered as part of the UVa-Duke-Vanderbilt consortium for distance learning in less commonly taught languages. |
| KICH 1020 | Introduction to Maya K'iche' II (3) |
| This class is the second part of a year-long introductory sequence to K'iche', a Maya language spoken by about a million people in the western Highlands of Guatemala, and one of the major indigenous languages in the Americas. Students will enrich and expand their conversational skills and cultural knowledge from K'iche' 1010. It is offered as part of the UVa-Duke-Vanderbilt consortium for distance learning in less commonly taught languages. The completion of KICH 1010 with a grade of C- or higher. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| KICH 2010 | Intermediate Maya K'iche' I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This class is the 3rd level of a 4-part sequence in K'iche', a Maya language spoken by a million people in western Guatemala. Here students will cover more advanced grammar (verb modalities), a broader range of scripts (colonial vs. modern orthography), and conduct research based on the K'iche' Oral History project at UNM. The class is offered as part of the UVa-Duke-Vanderbilt consortium for distance learning in LCTLs. The completion of KICH 1010 and 1020 with a grade of C- or higher. |
| KICH 2020 | Intermediate Maya K'iche' II (3) |
| KICH 2020 is the capstone course in a four-part sequence in K'iche', a Maya language spoken by a million people in western Guatemala. Students will build from earlier coursework to write an original essay in the target language, integrating primary and secondary sources like published works and interviews that they conduct. The class is offered as part of the UVa-Duke-Vanderbilt consortium for distance learning in LCTLs. The completion of KICH 1010, 1020 and 2010 with a grade of C- or higher. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| Korean | |
| KOR 1010 | Elementary Korean I (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduction to the fundamentals of modern Korean. All four basic skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) are equally stressed. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| KOR 1020 | Elementary Korean II (4) |
| The second in a two-semester introduction to modern Korean. Prerequisite: KOR 1010 or equivalent background (as demonstrated in the department's placement test). Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| KOR 1060 | Accelerated Elementary Korean (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is specifically designed for students with native or near-native speaking ability in Korean, but with reading and writing ability equivalent to a student who has completed KOR 1020. The course seeks to achieve a basic literacy and the ability to express themselves clearly on a variety of topics.
Prerequisite: Instructor Permission |
| KOR 1559 | New Course in Korean (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of Korean. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| KOR 2010 | Intermediate Korean I (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Builds on the foundations acquired in KOR 1010-1020 with further refinement of all four basic skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Prerequisite: KOR 1020 or equivalent background (as demonstrated in the department's placement test). Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| KOR 2020 | Intermediate Korean II (4) |
| The second in a two-semester intermediate language sequence. Prerequisite: KOR 2010 or equivalent background (as demonstrated in the department's placement test). Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| KOR 2060 | Accelerated Intermediate Korean (4) |
| This course is designed for students who already have speaking and listening ability in Korean equivalent to a student who has completed KOR 2020, but has basic literacy skills. The objective of this course is to help students further enrich communicative competence and accuracy in Korean in familiar Korean topics related to everyday life situations, basic social situations, as well as their reading and writing skills. | |
| KOR 2559 | New Course in Korean (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of Korean. Course was offered Spring 2020 | |
| KOR 3010 | Advanced Korean I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A continuation of Intermediate Korean. All four basic skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) are equally stressed. Readings and discussions are related to various aspects of modern Korea. Prerequisite: KOR 2020 or equivalent (as demonstrated in the placement test). |
| KOR 3015 | Language House Conversation (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Korean conversation for residents of the Shea language house. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011 |
| KOR 3020 | Advanced Korean II (3) |
| The second part in a two-semester sequence. All four basic skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) are equally stressed. Readings and discussions are related to various aspects of modern Korea. Prerequisite: KOR 3010 or equivalent (as demonstrated in the placement test). Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| KOR 3559 | New Course in Korean (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of Korean. Course was offered Summer 2021, Spring 2011 | |
| KOR 4010 | Advanced Readings in Modern Korean I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will offer the students the opportunities to develop advanced reading proficiency in modern Korean language. The course will deal with advanced reading material, mostly from authentic writings in various genres and styles, such as newspaper editorials, columns, essays, T.V. news clips, short stories, and other expository and literary writings.
Prerequisites: KOR 3010 or instructor permission. |
| KOR 4020 | Advanced Readings in Modern Korean II (3) |
| This course is the second in a two-course sequence offering students the opportunity to develop advanced reading proficiency in modern Korean language through advanced reading material, mostly from authentic writings in various genres and styles, such as newspaper editorials, columns, essays, T.V. news clips, short stories, and other expository and literary writings.
Prerequisites: KOR 4010 or instructor permission Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2012 | |
| KOR 4559 | New Course in Korean (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of Korean | |
| KOR 5559 | New Course in Korean (3) |
| New course in the subject of Korean. | |
| Liberal Arts Seminar | |
| LASE 150 | Special Topics in the Liberal Arts (0) |
| Special Topics in the Liberal Arts. | |
| LASE 1000T | Non-UVa Transfer/Test Credit (3) |
| LASE 1510 | Topics in the Liberal Arts (1 - 6) |
| These classes cover a range of topics related to the liberal arts and sciences. See https://college.as.virginia.edu/LASE_ELA for class descriptions. Course was offered Summer 2023, Summer 2022 | |
| LASE 1520 | Echols Advising Seminar (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | LASE 1520 courses are 1-credit Echols-only seminars capped at 20 first-year students, all of whom are assigned to the instructor as advisees. They are topically focused on an area identified by the faculty member; they also include a significant advising component centered on undergraduate issues (e.g., choosing a major, study abroad opportunities, undergraduate research, etc.). |
| LASE 1559 | New Course in the Liberal Arts (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in Liberal Arts semi1nars. Course was offered Spring 2015, Fall 2014 | |
| LASE 2400 | Hoos Got This!: Life Skills and Learning Strategies for UVA (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An exploration of habits of mind and practical strategies that can immediately apply to any other course a student takes at the University, making it a strategic complement to course enrollment. Course topics include the science of learning, metacognition, learning and time management strategies, procrastination, and more |
| LASE 2500 | Launchpad (1 - 6) |
| Launchpad (https://launchpad.virginia.edu/) combines course- and project-based skills training with a focus on the pragmatic ways that liberal arts education prepares students for fulfilling careers. In addition to team-based internships, students will cover topics like design thinking, leadership and collaboration, and the value and application of critical inquiry in the world of work. | |
| LASE 2510 | Topics in the Liberal Arts (1 - 6) |
| These classes cover a range of topics related to the liberal arts and sciences. See https://college.as.virginia.edu/LASE_ELA for class descriptions. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022 | |
| LASE 2515 | A&S Skills Accelerator-Catalyst (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | UVA Catalyst combines course- and project-based skills training with a focus on preparing Arts and Sciences students to translate their education into purposeful work after graduation. Skills Accelerator courses cover topics including relevant technical skills. For more details, see https://catalyst.as.virginia.edu. |
| LASE 2559 | New Course in the Liberal Arts (1 - 6) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in Liberal Arts Seminars. Course was offered Spring 2025, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014 | |
| LASE 3111 | Skills of Scholarship (3) |
| Skills of Scholarship is a three-credit course designed to help you expand your critical thinking skills, including building your awareness of the process of observing, analyzing, and reasoning. This course will strengthen your ability to evaluate arguments, read critically, manage academic goals, and communicate effectively in written and spoken form. Prerequisites: LASE 2110 and LASE 3110. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| LASE 3200 | Humans of Capitalism (3) |
| This course explores what it means to work as a human in our contemporary economy. On our way to understanding the job market as a liberal arts major, we will explore some of the deeper issues that arise from contemporary demands that result in predictable dilemmas for humans. The goal of the course is to think both pragmatically and theoretically about what it means to be a worker. | |
| LASE 3400 | Writing and the World of Work (3) |
| This course is for third- and fourth-years who enjoy writing, have had some success as writers (in classes or in extracurricular activities), and think they might like to pursue a career in which writing features prominently. Students will learn marketable skills, including fact-checking, copyediting, abridging, and adapting; they will create job-seeking written materials, including a résumé, and write in a wide range of real-world genres. | |
| LASE 3500 | Civic and Community Engagement (3) |
| A community engagement curriculum refers to teaching, scholarship & learning that connects faculty, students, & the community in mutually beneficial collaborations. Community engagement improves students' content knowledge, critical thinking, career choice, cultural competency, leadership, & commitment to social change. These classes complement & build on existing course offerings and offer an opportunity to move beyond the classroom. | |
| LASE 3510 | Topics in the Liberal Arts (1 - 6) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | These classes cover a range of topics related to the liberal arts and sciences. See https://college.as.virginia.edu/LASE_ELA for class descriptions. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022 |
| LASE 3559 | New Course in the Liberal Arts (1 - 6) |
| This course provides the opportunity to explore a range of topics in the liberal arts and sciences. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, January 2015, January 2014, Fall 2011 | |
| LASE 3600 | Leadership, Collaboration, Communication (3) |
| This course focuses on developing and understanding the complex skills that it takes to lead, to collaborate as part of a team, to build coalitions, and to convince other people of your viewpoints. These abilities depend on a sophisticated understanding of difference, a reflexive understanding of the self, and the cultivated skills of emotional intelligence, empathy, persuasive communication, ethical reasoning, and more. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| LASE 3601 | Critical Inquiry: From Theory to Practice (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | "Critical thinking" is one of the most cited outcomes of an Arts and Sciences (A&S) education, and one with substantial real-world impact in employment and beyond--but it is often unclear exactly what the term means. This course challenges students not just to develop and refine the broad range of conceptual abilities that make up this simple term, but also to use and communicate those abilities effectively outside the academy. |
| LASE 3602 | Catalyst Capstone (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The capstone course is a practicum where students will complete and present a synthesis of their work in Catalyst and at UVA. This will take the form of a curated professional portfolio that students will manage on a domain they own and that will travel with them after graduation. Students will draw together the results of their ongoing work towards a plan of action. |
| LASE 4559 | New Course in the Liberal Arts (1 - 3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to explore a range of topics in the liberal arts. Course was offered Spring 2020 | |
| Latin American Studies | |
| LAST 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and LASTosophical Inquiry. | |
| LAST 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and LASTieties of the World. | |
| LAST 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to LASTorical Perspectives. | |
| LAST 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to LASTial and Economic Systems. | |
| LAST 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, LASTematical, and LASTical Inquiry | |
| LAST 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| LAST 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and LASTiety | |
| LAST 2050 | Latin American Interdisciplinary Seminar (4) |
| An interdisciplinary seminar taught by the faculty of the Latin Americans Studies Program, containing twelve different subjects, from historical, anthropological, literary, political and media studies disciplines. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| LAST 4993 | Majors Thesis, Independent Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Majors Thesis, Independent Studies |
| LAST 4999 | Majors Thesis, Independent Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Majors Thesis, Independent Studies Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Latin | |
| LATI 116 | Intensive Introductory Latin (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for LATI 1016. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| LATI 126 | Intensive Introductory Latin (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for LATI 1026. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| LATI 216 | Intensive Intermediate Latin (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for LATI 2016. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| LATI 226 | Intensive Intermediate Latin (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for LATI 2026. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| LATI 1010 | Elementary Latin I (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Beginning grammar, prose composition, and simple Latin readings. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. |
| LATI 1016 | Intensive Introductory Latin (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| LATI 1020 | Elementary Latin II (4) |
| Beginning grammar, prose composition, and simple Latin readings. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| LATI 1026 | Intensive Introductory Latin (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Prerequisites: Lati 1016 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| LATI 1030 | Fundamentals of Latin (Intensive) (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Covers the material of 1010,1020 in one semester. Intended principally as a review for those who know some Latin. May be taken as a rapid introduction to Latin. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Prerequisite: Two or more years of high school Latin and appropriate CEEB score, or permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies. |
| LATI 2010 | Intermediate Latin I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introductory readings from Caesar and Ovid. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Prerequisite: LATI 1020, 1030, or appropriate CEEB score. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LATI 2016 | Intensive Intermediate Latin (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level reading and writing, and continues with further development of these skills, Part of the Summer Language Institute. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Prerequisites: Lati 1016 &1026 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| LATI 2020 | Intermediate Latin II (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introductory readings from Cicero and Catullus. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Prerequisite: LATI 2010. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LATI 2026 | Intensive Intermediate Latin (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level e reading and writing, and continues with further development of these skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Prerequisites: Lati 1016, 1026 and 2016 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| LATI 3010 | Plautus (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Reading of two plays of Plautus with attention to style and dramaturgy. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. |
| LATI 3030 | Cicero (3) |
| Selections from Cicero's speeches, philosophical works, and letters. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| LATI 3050 | The Satirical Writing of Petronius and Seneca (3) |
| Petronius' Cena Trimalchionis, and Seneca's Apocolocyntosis. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| LATI 3070 | Livy (3) |
| Selections from Livy's History. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| LATI 3090 | Introduction to Mediaeval Latin (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Selections of Mediaeval Latin prose and verse. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. |
| LATI 3100 | Vergil (3) |
| Selections from Vergil's Aeneid. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| LATI 3110 | Ovid (3) |
| Selections from either the narrative poems (Metamorphoses, Fasti) or from the amatory poems. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| LATI 3120 | Pliny's Letters (3) |
| In this course we read the selection of letters of the younger Pliny that are found in the edition by Sherwin-White. Pliny is one of the clearest and most stylish writers of Latin prose. We concentrate on translating the letters and putting them into their social and literary context. | |
| LATI 3150 | Sallust (3) |
| This course will focus on one or more works by the Roman historian Sallust, read in the original Latin. Additional reading in English. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2012 | |
| LATI 3160 | Lucretius (3) |
| In this course, we'll read a variety of selections from Lucretius poem about the nature of the universe, including topics as wide-ranging as the body, sex, death, atomic theory, the origins of language and civilization, and why we need philosophy. | |
| LATI 3559 | New Course in Latin (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of Latin. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| LATI 4010 | Catullus (3) |
| Translation and interpretation of the poems of Catullus. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2016 | |
| LATI 4050 | Latin Prose Composition (3) |
| This class will combine Latin prose composition exercises and readings from Cicero, with the goal of actively recognizing, understanding, and using key characteristics of literary prose style from the Late Republic. Readings will be supplemented by short lectures or group discussions on topics relevant to composition and comparisons with other prose authors. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2020 | |
| LATI 4110 | Ovid, Fasti (3) |
| This advanced course will study Ovid's calendar-poem, Fasti, which presents festivals and star-myths for six months of the year. This work of late Ovid (written both before and after his exile) offers the opportunity to study a literary response to Rome's religious calendar and its imperial remaking in the age of Augustus. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| LATI 4559 | New Course in Latin (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | New course in the subject of Latin. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LATI 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Independent Study in Latin. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| LATI 4998 | Latin Distinguished Majors Thesis Research (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent research under direction of a faculty member leading to writing of a Distinguished Majors thesis or comparable project |
| LATI 4999 | Latin Distinguished Majors Thesis Writing (3) |
| Writing of Distinguished Majors thesis or comparable project.
Prerequisites: LATI 4998 Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| LATI 5050 | Latin Paleography. (3) |
| Studies scripts and book production from antiquity to the Renaissance. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2014 | |
| LATI 5060 | Roman Comedy (3) |
| Studies selected plays of Plautus and Terence. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.
Prerequisite: advanced knowledge of Latin Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2015 | |
| LATI 5070 | Latin Elegy (3) |
| Studies selections from Tibullus, Propertius, and Ovid. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| LATI 5080 | Latin Linguistics (3) |
| This course will examine some of the major issues in Latin linguistics, including, but not limited to, the Indo-European background of Latin, the origins of the declensions and conjugations, the relationship of Latin to the other early Italic dialects, word order, and the pragmatics of Latin particles and tense usage. Particular attention will be paid to the practice of writing linguistic commentary on standard Latin texts. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| LATI 5160 | Vergil's Aeneid (3) |
| For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| LATI 5200 | Ovid's Metamorphoses (3) |
| Translation and analysis of Ovid's Metamorphoses in the original ancient Latin. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2021 | |
| LATI 5290 | Seneca (3) |
| This course is designed to introduce students to the work of Seneca. The main focus of the course will be on Seneca's political thought. We will be reading selections from the "De Clementia" and the "Thyestes." Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2021 | |
| LATI 5300 | Latin Survey (3) |
| This course will consist of a selective survey of Latin Literature | |
| LATI 5370 | Lucan (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Reading of Lucan's epic De bello civili in the light of modern scholarship, with attention to various related topics (textual transmission, scholia, later reception). |
| LATI 5559 | New Course in Latin (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | New course in the subject of Latin. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LATI 5993 | Independent Study (3) |
| Independent Study in Latin. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| LATI 7030 | The Teaching of Latin (3) |
| This course will deal with the teaching of Latin at all levels. Issues of curriculum, textbooks, and methodology will be addressed along with practical matters of day-to-day classroom realities. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2021, Summer 2019, Summer 2017, Summer 2015, Summer 2013, Summer 2011 | |
| LATI 7500 | Reading Latin Literature (3) |
| A study of the readings in the revised Advanced Placement Examination Course was offered Summer 2011 | |
| LATI 7559 | New Course in Latin (3) |
| New course in the subject of Latin. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| LATI 8998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LATI 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LATI 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Linguistics | |
| LING 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| LING 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| LING 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| LING 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| LING 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| LING 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| LING 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalent to current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| LING 1559 | New Course in Linguistics (1 - 4) |
| New Course in the subject of linguistics. | |
| LING 2430 | Languages of the World (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An introduction to the study of language relationships and linguistic structures. Topics covered the basic elements of grammatical description; genetic, areal, and typological relationships among languages; a survey of the world's major language groupings and the notable structures and grammatical categories they exhibit; and the issue of language endangerment. Prerequisite: One year study of a world language or permission of instructor. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024 |
| LING 2500 | English as a Global Language (3) |
| This course examines the rise of English, its progress towards filling the need for a global language and the reasons why English has been adopted in this role. We shall pay particular attention to the role English plays in the countries we visit on this voyage as well as its competition with prestigious national and local languages. | |
| LING 2559 | New Course in Linguistics (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of linguistics. | |
| LING 3090 | TESOL Theory and Method (3) |
| Studies the theory, problems, and methods in teaching English as a second language, with attention to relevant areas of general linguistics and the structure of English. | |
| LING 3101 | ESL Teaching Practicum: Language (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Through this course, students focus on teaching oral English as another language, while gaining experience in the practice of English-language teaching to international students, faculty, and staff at the University. This is an excellent opportunity to gain teaching experience under the supervision of an experienced mentor. For every 1 hour of credit, students must meet with an instructor for 5 classroom & practice 33 hours. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020 |
| LING 3102 | ESL Teaching Practicum: Culture (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Through this course, students focus on culture in ESL, while gaining experience in the practice of English-language teaching to international students, faculty, and staff at the University. This is an excellent opportunity to gain teaching experience under the supervision of an experienced mentor. For every 1 hour of credit, students must meet with an instructor for 5 classroom & practice 33 hours Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020 |
| LING 3103 | ESL Teaching Practicum: Writing (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Through this course, students focus on the topic of writing in an L2, while gaining experience in the practice of English-language teaching to international students, faculty, and staff at the University. This experience is an excellent opportunity to gain teaching experience under the supervision of an experienced mentor. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020 |
| LING 3400 | Structure of English (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces students to the descriptive grammar of English and applied methods for reasoning about linguistic structure through community-engaged group research introducing linguistics to Virginia High School students. Covers units of sound and phonemic transcriptions, word building and inflection, lexical categories, basic sentence types, common phrase and clause patterns, and syntactic transformations structural analysis and use of evidence. |
| LING 3559 | New Course in Linguistics (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | New course in the subject of linguistics |
| LING 4559 | New Course in Linguistics (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of linguistics. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| LING 4650 | Linguistic Typology (3) |
| Linguistic typologists study the patterns of grammatical forms and relations as they vary and converge across the diversity of the world's languages. Students in this course examine and critically evaluate definitions, methods and results of typological research, and gain practice analyzing linguistic data through typological lenses. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2022 | |
| LING 4993 | Independent Study in Linguistics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Conducted by students under the supervision of an instructor of their choice. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LING 4994 | Linguistics Internship (1 - 3) |
| In this course students will work closely with a professor on an ongoing research project. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 | |
| LING 4998 | Distinguished Major Thesis (0) |
| A two-semester course in which the student prepares a thesis under the supervision of a Linguistics faculty member. Prerequisite: Participants in the Distinguished Majors Program in Linguistics. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| LING 4999 | Distinguished Major Thesis (6) |
| A two-semester course in which the student prepares a thesis under the supervision of a Linguistics faculty member. Prerequisite: Participants in the Distinguished Majors Program in Linguistics. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| LING 5090 | Teaching English as a Second Language (3) |
| Studies the theory, problems, and methods in teaching English as a second language, with attention to relevant areas of general linguistics and the structure of English. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| LING 5101 | ESL Teaching Practicum: Language (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Through this course, students focus on the topic of language in an L2, while gaining experience in the practice of English-language teaching to international students, faculty, and staff at the University. This experience is an excellent opportunity to gain teaching experience under the supervision of an experienced mentor. For every 1 hour of credit, students must meet with an instructor for 5 classroom & practice 33 hours.
Prerequisite: 3250 Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013 |
| LING 5102 | ESL Teaching Practicum: Culture (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Through this course, students focus on the topic of culture in ESL, while gaining experience in the practice of English-language teaching to international students, faculty, and staff at the University. This experience is an excellent opportunity to gain teaching experience under the supervision of an experienced mentor. For every 1 hour of credit, students must meet with an instructor for 5 classroom & practice 33 hours.
Prerequisite: 3250 Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013 |
| LING 5103 | ESL Teaching Practicum: Writing (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Through this course, students focus on the topic of writing in an L2, while gaining experience in the practice of English-language teaching to international students, faculty, and staff at the University. This experience is an excellent opportunity to gain teaching experience under the supervision of an experienced mentor. For every 1 hour of credit, students must meet with an instructor for 5 classroom & practice 33 hours. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013 |
| LING 5401 | Linguistic Field Methods (3) |
| Investigates the grammatical structure of non-European language on the basis of data collected in class from a native speaker. A different language is the focus of study each year. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| LING 5409 | Acoustic Phonetics (3) |
| In this course on phonetics, students will explore the acoustic properties of different segment types, formants, pitch, intensity, spectra, and voice pulsing, among other phenomena. The emphasis is on parameters that influence speech intelligibility, the correlates of language variation (comparison between languages, effects of dialects), as well as some aspects of phonetic pathology.
Prerequisites: LNGS 3250 or Instructor Permission Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2013 | |
| LING 5410 | Phonology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An introduction to the theory and analysis of linguistic sound systems. Covers the essential units of speech sound that lexical and grammatical elements are composed of, how those units are organized at multiple levels of representation, and the principles governing the relation between levels.    Course was offered Fall 2024 |
| LING 5440 | Morphology (3) |
| An overview of morphological theory within the generative paradigm. Covers notions of the morpheme, theories of the phonology-syntax interface (e.g., lexical phonology, prosodic morphology, optimality theory), and approaches to issues arising at the morphology-syntax interface (e.g., inflection, agreement, incorporation, compounding). | |
| LING 5993 | Independent Study in Linguistics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent study conducted by the student under the supervision of, and with agreement of, instructor. |
| LING 6559 | New Course in Linguistics (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of linguistics. | |
| LING 6600 | Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics (3) |
| Course explores cognitive faculties that enable people to interpret and use language. We look closely and critically at theories that ask what categories, words and constructions denote (semantic theories) and theories that ask how linguistic form relates to discourse-conversation (pragmatic theories). Students should have taken a prior Linguistics class to succeed in this course. | |
| LING 6650 | Linguistic Typology (3) |
| Linguistic typologists study the patterns of grammatical forms and relations as they vary and converge across the diversity of the world's languages. Students in this course examine and critically evaluate definitions, methods and results of typological research, and gain practice analyzing linguistic data through typological lenses. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2022 | |
| LING 7300 | Psycholinguistics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course focuses on the psychological processes that underlie the use of language and speech. Is language competence different from other human skills? Is language a biological, a psychological, a cultural phenomenon, or all of these? Why do people speak with an accent? Why do we forget words (and why do we remember them)? |
| LING 7400 | Structure of English (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides students with a foundation in the grammar of the English language. Topics include phonology, morphology, syntax, with a focus on structural analysis. Students will gain confidence in discussing the form, function, & usage of linguistic structures. These topics will also be related to the teaching & tutoring of English as a second language including error correction & feedback which will be reflected in advanced final papers. |
| LING 7559 | New Course in Linguistics (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of linguistics. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| LING 7750 | Contemporary Deaf Studies (3) |
| Examines such topics as American deaf history; ASL linguistics; deaf education; cultural versus pathological views of deaf people; controversies over efforts to eliminate sign language and cure deafness; ASL poetry and storytelling; deafness in mainstream literature, film, and drama; deafness and other minority identities; and the international deaf community. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2020 | |
| LING 8559 | New Course in Linguistics (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of linguistics. | |
| LING 8998 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Preparation for Master's Research, no thesis director. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| LING 8999 | MA Thesis Research (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For Master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LING 9010 | Directed Research (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Special Areas Students should choose electives in one or more of the following areas: anthropology, Asian and Middle Eastern languages and Cultures, comparative Latin and Greek, English language study, Germanic linguistics, Indic linguistics, philosophy, psychology, Romance linguistics, Slavic linguistics. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LING 9559 | New Course in Linguistics (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of linguistics. | |
| General Linguistics | |
| LNGS 2220 | Black English (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the history and structure of what has been termed Black English Vernacular or Black Street English. Focuses on the sociolinguistic factors that led to its emergence, its present role in the Black community, and its relevance in education and racial stereotypes. Course was offered Spring 2014, Spring 2011 |
| LNGS 2240 | Southern American English (3) |
| An examination of the structure, history, and sociolinguistics of the English spoken in the southeastern United States. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| LNGS 2500 | Topics in Linguistics (3) |
| Miscellaneous studies in Linguistics | |
| LNGS 3250 | Introduction to Linguistic Theory and Analysis (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces sign systems, language as a sign system, and approaches to linguistics description. Emphasizes the application of descriptive techniques to data. |
| LNGS 3260 | Introduction to Comparative-Historical Linguistics (3) |
| An introduction to the nature and causation of variation in linguistic systems over time, with attention to the comparative and internal reconstruction of systems no longer attested but assumed to have existed. LNGS 3250 or Instructor Permission | |
| LNGS 3500 | Topics in Linguistics (1 - 4) |
| Miscellaneous studies in Linguistics Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| LNGS 3993 | Linguistics Independent Study (1) |
| An introduction to the fundamental assumptions and procedures of theoretical linguistics. Course was offered Fall 2022 | |
| LNGS 4500 | Topics in Linguistics (3) |
| Miscellaneous studies in Linguistics | |
| LNGS 5060 | Syntax and Semantics (3) |
| Syntax and Semantics Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| LNGS 5500 | Topics in Linguistics (3) |
| Miscellaneous studies in Linguistics | |
| LNGS 7010 | Linguistic Theory and Analysis (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course introduces students to language as a system and the theoretical underpinnings of the analytic procedures used by linguists. It proceeds from the assumption that the goal of language is to communicate (i.e., to convey meaning via messages), and investigates assumptions relating to the manner in which it accomplishes this goal.¿This course is required for all Linguistics graduate students. |
| LNGS 7020 | Historical and Comparative Linguistics (3) |
| An introduction to the nature, causation, and theory of variation in linguistic systems over time, with attention to the theoretical underpinnings and implementation of the methods of internal and comparative reconstruction. Prerequisite: LNGS 7010 or instructor permission. | |
| LNGS 7220 | History and Structure of Black English (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the history and structure of what has been termed Black English Vernacular or Black Street English. Focuses on the sociolinguistic factors that led to its emergence, its present role in the Black community, and its relevance in education and racial stereotypes. Course was offered Spring 2014, Spring 2011 |
| LNGS 7240 | Southern American English (3) |
| A discuss of the structure and history of the English spoken in the Southeastern United States. Prerequisites: Instructor Permission. | |
| LNGS 7500 | Topics in Linguistics (1 - 4) |
| Miscellaneous topics in Linguistics Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| Mathematics | |
| MATH 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| MATH 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| MATH 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to MATHorical Perspectives. | |
| MATH 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| MATH 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| MATH 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| MATH 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| MATH 1110 | Probability/Finite Mathematics (3) |
| Studies finite probability theory including combinatorics, equiprobable models, conditional probability and Bayes' theorem, expectation and variance, and Markov chains. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MATH 1140 | Financial Mathematics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The study of the mathematics needed to understand and answer a variety of questions that arise in everyday financial dealings. The emphasis is on applications, including simple and compound interest, valuation of bonds, amortization, sinking funds, and rates of return on investments. A solid understanding of algebra is assumed. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 1150 | The Shape of Space (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Provides an activity and project-based exploration of informal geometry in two and three dimensions. Emphasizes visualization skill, fundamental geometric concepts, and the analysis of shapes and patterns. Topics include concepts of measurement, geometric analysis, transformations, similarity, tessellations, flat and curved spaces, and topology. |
| MATH 1160 | Algebra, Number Systems, and Number Theory (3) |
| Studies basic concepts, operations, and structures occurring in number systems, number theory, and algebra. Inquiry-based student investigations explore historical developments and conceptual transitions in the development of number and algebraic systems. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MATH 1190 | A Survey of Calculus I with Algebra (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A first calculus course for business/biology/social-science students. Topics include college algebra/limits and continuity/differentiation and integration of algebraic and elementary transcendental functions/applications to related-rates & optimization problems as well as to curve sketching & exponential growth. At most one of MATH 1190, MATH 1210, and 1310 may be taken for credit. Prerequisite: No previous exposure to Calculus. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013 |
| MATH 1210 | A survey of Calculus I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A first calculus course for business/biology/social-science students. Topics include limits and continuity/differentiation & integration of algebraic & elementary transcendental functions/applications to related-rates & optimization problems as well as to curve sketching & exponential growth. At most one of MATH 1190, MATH 1210, and MATH 1310 may be taken for credit. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 1220 | A Survey of Calculus II (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A second calculus course for business/biology/and social-science students. Topics include differential equations/infinite series/analysis of functions of several variables/analysis of probability density functions of continuous random variables. The course begins with a review of basic single-variable calculus. Prerequisite: MATH 1210 or equivalent; at most one of MATH 1220 and MATH 1320 may be taken for credit. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 1310 | Calculus I (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A first calculus course for natural-science majors/students planning further work in mathematics/students intending to pursue graduate work in applied social sciences. Introduces differential & integral calculus for single-variable functions, emphasizing techniques/applications & major theorems, like the fundamental theorem of calculus. Prerequisite: Background in algebra/trigonometry/exponentials/logarithms/analytic geometry. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 1320 | Calculus II (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A second calculus course for natural-science majors, students planning additional work in mathematics, and students intending to pursue graduate work in the applied social sciences. Topics include applications of the integral, techniques of integration, differential equations, infinite series, parametric equations, and polar coordinates.
Prerequisite: MATH 1310 or equivalent; at most one of MATH 1220 and MATH 1320 may be taken for credit. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 1559 | New Course in Mathematics (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of mathematics. Course was offered January 2020 | |
| MATH 2310 | Calculus III (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A continuation of Calc I and II, this course is about functions of several variables. Topics include finding maxima and minima of functions of several variables/surfaces and curves in three-dimensional space/integration over these surfaces and curves. Additional topics: conservative vector fields/Stokes' and the divergence theorems/how these concepts relate to real world applications. Prerequisite: MATH 1320 or the equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 2315 | Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra I (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Covers the material from Math 2310 (multivariable calculus) plus topics from complex numbers, set theory, and linear algebra. Prepares students for taking advanced mathematics classes at an early stage. Credit is not given for both Math 2310 and Math 2315. |
| MATH 2559 | New Course in Mathematics (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of mathematics. | |
| MATH 2700 | Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometry (3) |
| Examines assumptions and methods in the original text of Euclid's Elements. Covers selected geometric topics such as symmetries, spherical geometry, curvature, the dissection theory of area, constructible numbers, and the discovery of non-Euclidean geometry. Prerequisite: Some familiarity with calculus. Course was offered January 2024, Janiuary 2022, January 2020, January 2019, January 2018, January 2017, January 2016, January 2015, January 2014, January 2013, January 2012, January 2011, January 2010 | |
| MATH 3000 | Transition to Higher Mathematics (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Covers basic concepts with an emphasis on writing mathematical proofs. Topics include logic, sets, functions and relations, equivalence relations and partitions, induction, and cardinality.
Prerequisite: Math 1320; and students with a grade of B or better in Math 3310, 3354, or any 5000-level Math course are not eligible to enroll in Math 3000. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| MATH 3100 | Introduction to Probability (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces fundamental ideas of probability, the theory of randomness. Focuses on problem solving and understanding key theoretical ideas. Topics include sample spaces, counting, random variables, classical distributions, expectation, Chebyshev's inequality, independence, central limit theorem, conditional probability, generating functions, joint distributions. Prerequisite: MATH 1320 or equivalent. Strongly recommended: MATH 2310 Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 3250 | Ordinary Differential Equations (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the methods, theory, and applications of differential equations. Includes first-order, second and higher-order linear equations, series solutions, linear systems of first-order differential equations, and the associated matrix theory. May include numerical methods, non-linear systems, boundary value problems, and additional applications. Prerequisite: MATH 1320 or its equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 3310 | Basic Real Analysis (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A rigorous development of the properties of the real numbers and the ideas of calculus including theorems on limits, continuity, differentiability, convergence of infinite series, and the construction of the Riemann integral. Students without prior experience constructing rigorous proofs are encouraged to take Math 3000 before or concurrently with Math 3310. Prerequisite: MATH 1320. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 3315 | Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra II (4) |
| This course is a continuation of MATH 2315. Covers topics from linear algebra/differential equations/real analysis. Success in this course and MATH 2315 (grades of B- or higher) exempts the student from the math major requirement of taking MATH 3351 and MATH 3250. Students are encouraged to take more advanced courses in these areas. Prerequisite: MATH 2315. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| MATH 3340 | Complex Variables with Applications (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Covers functions of a complex variable that are complex differentiable and the unusual and useful properties of such functions. Some topics: Cauchy's integral formula/power series/the residue theorem/Rouché's theorem. Applications include doing real integrals using complex methods and applications to fluid flow in two dimensions. Prerequisite: MATH 2310. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| MATH 3350 | Applied Linear Algebra (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topics will include systems of linear equations, matrix operations and inverses, vector spaces and subspaces, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, matrix factorizations, inner products and orthogonality, and linear transformations. Emphasis will be on applications, with computer software integrated throughout the course. The target audience for MATH 3350 is non-math majors from disciplines that apply tools from linear algebra. Credit is not given for both MATH 3350 and 3351. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 |
| MATH 3351 | Elementary Linear Algebra (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Includes matrices, elementary row operations, inverses, vector spaces and bases, inner products and Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization, orthogonal matrices, linear transformations and change of basis, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and symmetric matrices. Emphasis will be on the theory of the subject and abstract arguments. Credit is not given for both MATH 3350 and 3351. Prerequisite: MATH 1320. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 3354 | Survey of Algebra (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Surveys major topics of modern algebra: groups, rings, and fields. Presents applications to areas such as geometry and number theory; explores rational, real, and complex number systems, and the algebra of polynomials. Students without prior experience constructing rigorous proofs are encouraged to take Math 3000 before or concurrently with Math 3354. Prerequisite: MATH 1320. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 3559 | New Course in Mathematics (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of mathematics. | |
| MATH 4040 | Discrete Mathematics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Includes combinatorial principles, the binomial and multinomial theorems, partitions, discrete probability, algebraic structures, trees, graphs, symmetry groups, Polya's enumeration formula, linear recursions, generating functions and introduction to cryptography, time permitting. Prerequisite: MATH 1320 and a proof-based course (MATH 3000, MATH 3310 or MATH 3354) or instructor permission. |
| MATH 4110 | Introduction to Stochastic Processes (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topics in probability selected from Random walks, Markov processes, Brownian motion, Poisson processes, branching processes, stationary time series, linear filtering and prediction, queuing processes, and renewal theory. Prerequisites: MATH 3100 and MATH 3351. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 |
| MATH 4140 | Mathematics of Derivative Securities (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This class introduces students to the mathematics used in pricing derivative securities. Topics include a review of the relevant probability theory of conditional expectation and martingales/the elements of financial markets and derivatives/pricing contingent claims in the binomial & the finite market model/(time permitting) the Black-Scholes model. Prerequisites: MATH 3100, MATH 3351 and a proof-based course (MATH 3000, MATH 3310 or MATH 3354). Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016 |
| MATH 4220 | Partial Differential Equations and Applied Mathematics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is a beginning course in partial differential equations/Fourier analysis/special functions (such as spherical harmonics and Bessel functions). The discussion of partial differential equations will include the Laplace and Poisson equations and the heat and wave equations. Prerequisites: MATH 3250 and either MATH 3351 or MATH 4210. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 |
| MATH 4250 | Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems (3) |
| A second course in ordinary differential equations, from the dynamical systems point of view. Topics include: existence and uniqueness theorems; linear systems; qualitative study of equilibria and attractors; bifurcation theory; introduction to chaotic systems. Further topics as chosen by the instructor. Applications drawn from physics, biology, and engineering.
Prerequisites: MATH 3351 or APMA 3080 and MATH 3310 or MATH 4310. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2016 | |
| MATH 4300 | Elementary Numerical Analysis (3) |
| Includes Taylor's theorem, solution of nonlinear equations, interpolation and approximation by polynomials, numerical quadrature. May also cover numerical solutions of ordinary differential equations, Fourier series, or least-square approximation. Prerequisite: MATH 3250 and computer proficiency. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019 | |
| MATH 4310 | Introduction to Real Analysis (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course covers the basic topology of metric spaces/continuity and differentiation of functions of a single variable/Riemann-Stieltjes integration/convergence of sequences and series. Prerequisite: MATH 3310 or permission of instructor. |
| MATH 4330 | Calculus on Manifolds (3) |
| Differential and integral calculus in Euclidean spaces. Implicit and inverse function theorems, differential forms and Stokes' theorem. Prerequisites: multivariable calculus, basic real analysis, linear algebra and one of the following: MATH 4310, MATH 4651, MATH 4770, MATH 3315, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 | |
| MATH 4452 | Algebraic Coding Theory (3) |
| Introduces algebraic techniques for communicating information in the presence of noise. Includes linear codes, bounds for codes, BCH codes and their decoding algorithms. May also include quadratic residue codes, Reed-Muller codes, algebraic geometry codes, and connections with groups, designs, and lattices. Prerequisite: MATH 3351 and 3354, or instructor permission. | |
| MATH 4530 | Topics in Analysis (3) |
| Studies selected analysis topics accessible to undergraduates sufficiently advanced in the math major curriculum. Prerequisite: courses in real analysis (MATH 3310 or equivalent) and linear algebra (MATH 3351 or equivalent). | |
| MATH 4559 | New Course in Mathematics (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of mathematics. |
| MATH 4651 | Advanced Linear Algebra (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Review of topics from Math 3351: vector spaces, bases, dimension, matrices and linear transformations, diagonalization; however, the material is covered in greater depth and generality. The course continues with more advanced topics including Jordan canonical forms and introduction to bilinear forms. Prerequisites: a proof-based course and familiarity with computational aspects of elementary linear algebra. Math 3354 is strongly recommended Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015 |
| MATH 4652 | Introduction to Abstract Algebra (3) |
| Structural properties of basic algebraic systems such as groups, rings, and fields. A special emphasis is made on polynomials in one and several variables, including irreducible polynomials, unique factorization, and symmetric polynomials. Time permitting such topics as group representations or algebras over a field may be included. Prerequisites: MATH 3351 or 4651 and MATH 3354 or permission of the instructor. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| MATH 4658 | Galois Theory (3) |
| This course studies the symmetries of solutions of polynomials. Topics include algebraic field extensions/field automorphisms/the fundamental theorem of Galois theory. Applications include the unsolvability of the quintic, as well as ruler & compass constructions. Prerequisites: MATH 3351 (or 4651) and MATH 4652. | |
| MATH 4660 | Algebraic Combinatorics (3) |
| Combinatorics of counting using basic tools from calculus, linear algebra, and occasionally group theory. Topics include: tableaux, symmetric polynomials, Catalan numbers, quantum binomial theorem, q-exponentials, partition and q-series identities. Bijective proofs will be emphasized when appropriate. | |
| MATH 4720 | Introduction to Differential Geometry (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Geometric study of curves/surfaces/their higher-dimensional analogues. Topics vary and may include curvature/vector fields and the Euler characteristic/the Frenet theory of curves in 3-space/geodesics/the Gauss-Bonnet theorem/and/or an introduction to Riemannian geometry on manifolds. Prerequisites: MATH 2310, MATH 3250 and MATH 3351 or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 |
| MATH 4750 | Introduction to Knot Theory (3) |
| Examines the knotting and linking of curves in space. Studies equivalence of knots via knot diagrams and Reidemeister moves in order to define certain invariants for distinguishing among knots. Also considers knots as boundaries of surfaces and via algebraic structures arising from knots. Prerequisites: MATH 2310 and MATH 3351 and MATH 3354 or instructor permission. | |
| MATH 4770 | General Topology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topics include abstract topological spaces & continuous functions/connectedness/compactness/countability/separation axioms. Rigorous proofs emphasized. Covers myriad examples, i.e., function spaces/projective spaces/quotient spaces/Cantor sets/compactifications. May include intro to aspects of algebraic topology, i.e., the fundamental group. Prerequisites: MATH 2310, MATH 3310 and MATH 3351 or equivalent. |
| MATH 4840 | Introduction to Mathematical Research (3) |
| This course will introduce students to the techniques and methods of mathematical research. Students will independently work with mathematical literature on a topic assigned by the instructor and present their findings in various formats (presentation, paper etc.). Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| MATH 4900 | Distinguished Major Thesis (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides a framework for the completion of a Distinguished Major Thesis, a treatise containing an exposition of a chosen mathematical topic. A faculty advisor guides a student through the beginning phases of the process of research and writing. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Distinguished Major Program. |
| MATH 4901 | Distinguished Major Thesis (3) |
| This is the second semester of a two semester sequence for the purpose of the completion of a Distinguished Major Thesis. A faculty member guides the student through all phases of the process which culminates in an open presentation of the thesis to an audience including a faculty evaluation committee.
Prerequisite: MATH 4900. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 | |
| MATH 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Reading and study programs in areas of interest to individual students. For third- and fourth-years interested in topics not covered in regular courses. Students must obtain a faculty advisor to approve and direct the program. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 5030 | The History of Mathematics (3) |
| Studies the development of mathematics from classical antiquity to the end of the 19th century, focusing on critical periods in the evolution of geometry, number theory, algebra, probability, and set theory. Emphasizes primary source materials. Prerequisites: MATH 2310 and 3354, or instructor permission. | |
| MATH 5080 | Operations Research (3) |
| Development of mathematical models and their solutions, including linear programming, the simplex algorithm, dual programming, parametric programming, integer programming, transportation models, assignment models, and network analysis. Prerequisites: MATH 1320, 3351 and a proof-based course (3000, 3310 or 3354). | |
| MATH 5305 | Proofs in Analysis (3) |
| This course reviews the proofs of the main theorems in analysis in preparation for the advanced graduate analysis courses. This course is offered in the summer and restricted to Mathematics and Graduate Arts and Science students. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| MATH 5559 | New Course in Mathematics (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of mathematics. | |
| MATH 5653 | Number Theory (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The study of the integers and related number systems. Includes polynomial congruences, rings of congruence classes and their groups of units, quadratic reciprocity, diophantine equations, and number-theoretic functions. Additional topics such as the distribution of prime numbers may be included. Prerequisite: MATH 3354. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| MATH 5657 | Bilinear Forms and Group Representations (3) |
| Covers the representation theory of finite groups/other interactions between linear & abstract algebra. Topics include: bilinear & sesquilinear forms & inner product spaces/important classes of linear operators on inner product spaces/the notion of group representation/complete reducibility of complex representations of finite groups/character theory/some applications of representation theory. Prerequisite: MATH 3351 or 4651/MATH 3354 or 4652. | |
| MATH 5700 | Introduction to Geometry (3) |
| Topics selected from analytic, affine, projective, hyperbolic, and non-Euclidean geometry. Prerequisite: MATH 2310, 3351, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MATH 5896 | Supervised Study in Mathematics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A rigorous program of supervised study designed to expose the student to a particular area of mathematics. Prerequisite: Instructor permission and graduate standing. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 6559 | New Course in Mathematics (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of mathematics. | |
| MATH 7000 | Seminar on College Teaching (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Discussion of issues related to the practice of teaching, pedagogical concerns in college level mathematics, and aspects of the responsibilities of a professional mathematician. Credits may not be used towards a Master's degree. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in mathematics. |
| MATH 7010 | Seminar on Research in Mathematics (1 - 3) |
| This seminar discusses the issues related to research in Mathematics. There are speakers from the different areas of mathematics represented at the University of Virginia. Credit may not be used towards a Master's degree. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in mathematics. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MATH 7070 | Topics in Logic and Model Theory (3) |
| Covers topics in first order logic and model theory. Course was offered Fall 2021 | |
| MATH 7250 | Ordinary Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems (3) |
| Topics include well-posedness and stability of dynamical flows, attractors, invariant manifolds and their properties, and dissipative and Hamiltonian systems. Prerequisite: MATH 5310 and linear algebra, or the equivalent. | |
| MATH 7305 | Problems in Analysis (3) |
| Applications of the theory presented in MATH 7310, 7320, and 7340 to specific examples in real and complex analysis. The course emphasizes problem-solving and preparation for the General Examination in Analysis. Problems are based on those from past General Exams. This course is offered in the summer and restricted to Mathematics and Graduate Arts and Science students. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| MATH 7310 | Real Analysis and Linear Spaces I (3) |
| Introduces measure and integration theory. Prerequisite: MATH 5310 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MATH 7320 | Real Analysis and Linear Spaces II (3) |
| Additional topics in measure theory. Banach and Hilbert spaces, and Fourier analysis. Prerequisite: MATH 7310, 7340, or equivalent. Course was offered Fall 2017, Spring 2011 | |
| MATH 7340 | Complex Analysis I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the fundamental theorems of analytic function theory. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| MATH 7360 | Probability Theory I (3) |
| Rigorous introduction to probability, using techniques of measure theory. Includes limit theorems, martingales, and stochastic processes. Prerequisite: 7310 or equivalent. | |
| MATH 7370 | Probability Theory II (3) |
| Continuation of Probability Theory I. Elements of stochastic processes, including Brownian motion, continuous time martingales, and Markov processes. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MATH 7410 | Functional Analysis I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the basic principles of linear analysis, including spectral theory of compact and selfadjoint operators. Prerequisite: MATH 7340 and 7310, or equivalent. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 7420 | Functional Analysis II (3) |
| Studies the spectral theory of unbounded operators, semigroups, and distribution theory. Prerequisite: MATH 7410 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2010 | |
| MATH 7450 | Introduction to Mathematical Physics (3) |
| An introduction to classical mechanics, with topics in statistical and quantum mechanics, as time permits. Prerequisite: MATH 5310. | |
| MATH 7559 | New Course in Mathematics (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of mathematics. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019 | |
| MATH 7600 | Homological Algebra (3) |
| Examines categories, functors, abelian catqegories, limits and colimits, chain complexes, homology and cohomology, homological dimension, derived functors, Tor and Ext, group homology, Lie algebra homology, spectral sequences, and calculations. Prerequisite: MATH 5770. Course was offered Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Spring 2011 | |
| MATH 7705 | Problems In Topology (3) |
| A continuation of the theory presented in MATH 5770 and 7800 intensively training students to apply the theory to proving theorems and solving problems in topology, especially in preparation for the General Examination in Topology. Problems are based on those from past General Exams. This course is offered in the summer and restricted to Mathematics and Graduate Arts and Science students. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011 | |
| MATH 7751 | Algebra I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies groups, rings, fields, modules, tensor products, and multilinear functions. Prerequisite: MATH 5651, 5652, or equivalent. |
| MATH 7752 | Algebra II (3) |
| Studies groups, rings, fields, modules, tensor products, and multilinear functions. Prerequisite: MATH 5651, 5652, or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MATH 7753 | Algebra III (3) |
| Studies the Wedderburn theory, commutative algebra, and topics in advanced algebra. Prerequisite: MATH 7751, 7752, or equivalent. | |
| MATH 7754 | Algebra IV (3) |
| Further topics in algebra. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MATH 7755 | Problems in Algebra (3) |
| A continuation of the theory presented in MATH 7751 and 7752 intensively training students to apply the theory to proving theorems in algebra, especially in preparation for the General Examination in Algebra. Problems are based on those from past General Exams. This course is offered in the summer and restricted to Mathematics and Graduate Arts and Science students. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| MATH 7800 | Algebraic Topology I (3) |
| Topics include the fundamental group, covering spaces, covering transformations, the universal covering spaces, graphs and subgroups of free groups, and the fundamental groups of surfaces. Additional topics will be from homology, including chain complexes, simplicial and singular homology, exact sequences and excision, cellular homology, and classical applications. Prerequisite: MATH 5352, 5770, or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MATH 7810 | Algebraic Topology II (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Devoted to chomology theory: cohomology groups, the universal coefficient theorem, the Kunneth formula, cup products, the cohomology ring of manifolds, Poincare duality, and other topics if time permits. Prerequisite: MATH 7800. |
| MATH 7820 | Differential Topology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topics include smooth manifolds and functions, tangent bundles and vector fields, embeddings, immersions, transversality, regular values, critical points, degree of maps, differential forms, de Rham cohomology, and connections. Prerequisite: MATH 5310, 5770, or equivalent. |
| MATH 7830 | Fiber Bundles (3) |
| Examines fiber bundles; induced bundles, principal bundles, classifying spaces, vector bundles, and characteristic classes, and introduces K-theory and Bott periodicity. Prerequisite: MATH 7800. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MATH 7840 | Homotopy Theory (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Definition of homotopy groups, homotopy theory of CW complexes, Huriewich theorem and Whitehead's theorem, Eilenberg-Maclane spaces, fibration and cofibration sequences, Postnikov towers, and obstruction theory. Prerequisite: MATH 7800. |
| MATH 7900 | Topics in Bio-Mathematics (3) |
| Studies algebraic properties of RNA secondary structures, primarily using techniques from algebraic topology and homological algebra. | |
| MATH 8250 | Partial Differential Equations (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Theory of distributions. Sobolev spaces and their properties (trace and embedding theorems). Theory of elliptic equations. Time-dependent partial differential equations: parabolic and hyperbolic equations. Topics in nonlinear partial differential equations. Prerequisites: MATH 7410 and 7250. Course was offered Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 8310 | Operator Theory I, II (3) |
| Topics in the theory of operators on a Hilbert space and related areas of function theory. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| MATH 8320 | Operator Theory I, II (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topics in the theory of operators on a Hilbert space and related areas of function theory. |
| MATH 8360 | Stochastic Calculus and Differential Equations (3) |
| This course presents the basic theory of stochastic differential equations and provides examples of its applications. It is an essential topic for students preparing to do research in probability. Topics covered include a review of the relevant stochastic process and martingale theory; stochastic calculus including Ito's formula; existence and uniqueness for stochastic differential equations, strong Markov property; and applications. Prerequisite: MATH 7360 and 7370, or instructor permission. | |
| MATH 8380 | Random Matrices (3) |
| Discusses fundamental problems and results of the theory of random matrices, and their connections to tools of algebra and combinatorics: Wigner's semicircle law, free probability, Gaussian, circular, and beta ensembles of random matrices, bulk and edge asymptotics and universality, Dyson's Brownian motion, determinantal point processes, and discrete analogues of random matrix models. Prerequisite: MATH 7360 or instructor permission. | |
| MATH 8410 | Harmonic Analysis (3) |
| This course studies real variable methods for singular integrals and related functional spaces. | |
| MATH 8450 | Topics in Mathematical Physics (3) |
| Applies functional analysis to physical problems; scattering theory, statistical mechanics, and quantum field theory. | |
| MATH 8470 | Fluid Dynamics (3) |
| This is an interdisciplinary course that builds rigorous mathematical theory of fluid flows and provides applications to physics and engineering. Topics include Eulerian and Lagrangian formulation, conservation laws, special solutions, Helmholtz decomposition, and theory of turbulence. Course was offered Fall 2020 | |
| MATH 8510 | Topics in Number Theory (3) |
| Studies selected topics in algebraic or analytic number theory | |
| MATH 8559 | New Course in Mathematics (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of mathematics. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2014 | |
| MATH 8600 | Commutative Algebra (3) |
| The foundations of commutative algebra, algebraic number theory, or algebraic geometry. | |
| MATH 8620 | Algebraic Geometry (3) |
| Studies the foundations of algebraic geometry. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2009 | |
| MATH 8630 | Algebraic Number Theory (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Theory of number fields and local fields, ramification theory, further topics as chosen by instructor. |
| MATH 8700 | Lie Groups (3) |
| Studies basic results concerning Lie groups, Lie algebras, and the correspondence between them. | |
| MATH 8710 | Lie Algebras (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies basic structure theory of Lie algebras. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2010 |
| MATH 8720 | Differential Geometry (3) |
| Studies differential geometry in the large; connections; Riemannian geometry; Gauss-Bonnet formula; and differential forms. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MATH 8750 | Topology of Manifolds (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies regular and critical values, gradient flow, handle decompositions, Morse theory, h-cobordism theorem, Dehn's lemma in dimension 3, and disk theorem in dimension 4. Prerequisite: Math 5770. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 8850 | Topics in Algebraic Topology (3) |
| Selected advanced topics in algebraic topology. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| MATH 8851 | Group Theory (3) |
| Studies the basic structure theory of groups, especially finite groups. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MATH 8852 | Representation Theory (3) |
| Studies the foundations of representation and character theory of finite groups. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| MATH 8853 | Algebraic Combinatorics (3) |
| Covers methods of abstract algebra that can be applied to various combinatorial problems and combinatorial methods to approach problems in representation theory, algebraic geometry, and homological algebra. | |
| MATH 8855 | Theory of Algebras (3) |
| Studies the basic structure theory of associative or nonassociative algebras. | |
| MATH 8880 | Transformation Groups (3) |
| Studies groups of transformations operating on a space; properties of fixed-point sets, orbit spaces; and local and global invariants. Course was offered Fall 2022 | |
| MATH 8998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 8999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 9010 | Ramanujan-Serre Seminar (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Discusses topics from number theory. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 9250 | Harmonic Analysis and PDEs (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Harmonic Analysis and PDEs seminar Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 9310 | Operator Theory Seminar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Operator Theory Seminar Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 9360 | Probability Seminar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Probability Seminar Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 9410 | Galois-Grothendieck Seminar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Galois-Grothendieck Seminar Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 9450 | Mathematical Physics Seminar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Mathematical Physics Seminar Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 9559 | New Course in Mathematics (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of mathematics. | |
| MATH 9800 | Topology Seminar (3) |
| Topology Seminar Course was offered Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MATH 9820 | Geometry and Topology Seminar (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Discusses subjects from geometry and topology. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 9950 | Algebra Seminar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Algebra Seminar Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 9995 | Independent Research (3 - 9) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent Research Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MATH 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The Mathematics Colloquium is held weekly, the sessions being devoted to research activities of students and faculty members, and to reports by visiting mathematicians on current work of interest. For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Media Studies | |
| MDST 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| MDST 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| MDST 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to MDSTorical Perspectives. | |
| MDST 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| MDST 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, MDSTematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| MDST 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| MDST 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| MDST 1559 | New Course in Media Studies (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Media Studies. Course was offered Summer 2011 | |
| MDST 2000 | Introduction to Media Studies (3 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is a survey introduction to the complex and increasingly pervasive impact of mass media in the U.S. and around the world. It provides a foundation for helping you to understand how mass media -- as a business, as well as a set of texts -- operates. The course also explores contextual issues -- how media texts and businesses are received by audiences and by regulatory bodies. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MDST 2200 | Introduction to Film (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the variety of cinematic forms and genres as well as the history and theories behind them. Class work will include lecture and discussion groups.
There will be two papers of approximately 4-5 pages and an online final exam. Papers will count for approximately 75% of the final grade, the final exam approximately 25%. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2011 |
| MDST 2301 | Democracy in Danger (3) |
| Democracy is in trouble today. Why? This course explores the growing threats to democracy in the United States and globally. Topics include: the impact of xenophobia, racism and radical nationalism on democracy; the rise of far-right media; the appeal of ethno-nationalism; the growth of White Power militias; legal barriers against voting, immigration and citizenship; as well as the impact of social media and cyber-based disinformation. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| MDST 2305 | Podcasting, Radio and Sound Production (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Students will learn the practical components of podcast production including: audio recording and editing, sound mixing, script writing, interview techniques, and the final production of a podcast. In addition, students will critically analyze the components of radio/podcast features. The course includes a lecture component and lab time where the instructor will consult with students about their projects. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 |
| MDST 2502 | Special Topics in Film Genre (3) |
| This course will offer historical and critical perspectives on a selected film genre each semester. Genres might include Noir, war, romance, musicals, gangster, New Wave, etc. | |
| MDST 2508 | Topics in Media Practice (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will provide practice-based learning opportunities for students in various forms of media, including video, podcasting, film, etc. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, January 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018 |
| MDST 2559 | New Course in Media Studies (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Media Studies. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, January 2021, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MDST 2690 | Sports Journalism (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will cover all manner of media as it relates to sports journalism. Students will analyze published work across various mediums, learn the tools for reporting and writing different types of coverage, including features, profiles, long-form, game stories and more. Students will write articles, interview subjects, analyze sports journalism, participate in peer reviews and hear from some of the most prominent figures in sports journalism. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020 |
| MDST 2700 | News Writing (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introductory course in news writing, emphasizing editorials, features, and reporting. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MDST 2710 | Screenwriting (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An introduction to the art and craft of screenwriting through the writing and discussion of short scripts. Will involve study of screenplays and films, and focus on the basic elements of screenwriting, including story structure, creation of character, and formatting. Prerequisite: Media studies major or instructor permission. Course was offered Summer 2025, January 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, January 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019 |
| MDST 2727 | African Americans in Popular Culture (3) |
| Which mediated performances of Blackness do we find acceptable, and which do we scorn? How have Black Americans worked to assert their value in a culture marked by respectability politics? We will examine how media has worked to inform ¿respectable,¿ exceptional Black self-presentation versus the deficient. Topics include: Donald Glover, the NAACP, Serena Williams, situation comedy, Tyler Perry, Bill Cosby, Sesame Street, horror, Lena Waithe. | |
| MDST 2810 | Cinema As An Art Form (3) |
| A course in visual thinking; introduces film criticism, concentrating on classic and current American and non-American films. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MDST 2870 | Writing Film Criticism for Popular Consumption (3) |
| Writing about film or television for the media provides a platform to both engender and enter into a cultural and aesthetic dialog by way of shared experience. This course explores what's required for thoughtful, informed and engaged non-academic film criticism, including the obligation to understand the historical and contemporary landscapes of film, to write well and develop an individual voice, and to entertain and connect with a readership. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022 | |
| MDST 3000 | Theory and Criticism of Media (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course introduces students at the beginning of the major to theoretical and critical literature in the field. Topics range from the psychological and sociological experience of media, interpretation and analysis of media forms and aesthetics, theories of audience and reception, anthropological approaches to media as a cultural force, and contemporary theories of media from humanities and social sciences perspectives. The goal of the course is to provide a foundation for thinking critically about media and to give them a sense of media studies as a critical and theoretical field. Restricted to Media Studies majors. |
| MDST 3050 | History of Media (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This is a hands-on introduction to global media history. The course situates technologies, industries, texts and programs in the context of social, cultural, and political changes. Students will acquire basic competencies in historical research and writing: developing research questions, evaluating secondary sources, selecting archives, querying databases, managing notes, citing sources, sharing resources, and communicating findings as a team. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MDST 3105 | Latina/o Media Studies (3) |
| This course is designed to introduce students to critical analyses of media texts, media industries, and media audiences that help explain the social, political, economic, and cultural locations of Latinas/os in America. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2012 | |
| MDST 3107 | Evolution of Media in Italy: From Unification to the Present (3) |
| The course will explore the specific features of Italian mass media from the Unification to the present, considering how the press, cinema, radio, television and the Internet have affected and shaped Italian society. It will trace the evolution of Italian media in relation to key events such as the Risorgimento, Fascism, both World Wars, reconstruction and industrialization, and the political rise of media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. | |
| MDST 3108 | Media Law (3) |
| This course uses audio, video, and text to explore the basics of media law: copyright; privacy; libel and defamation; and free speech. Students will be able to describe the tension between efforts to sustain an informed public and protect rights of expression; identify legal agents in the global system; identify powers and responsibilities of agents; grasp the basics of the 1st Amendment; and prepare for deeper analysis of these areas of law. | |
| MDST 3111 | Food Media and Popular Culture (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Media representations of food across time and place offer a lens through which we can understand the cultural politics of food production, preparation, consumption and commercialization. Studying a range of food media genres, this course explores media storytelling around food, along with the racial, ethnic, gendered, class, and trans/national complexities that characterize our food narratives. A word of advice-do not to come to our class hungry! |
| MDST 3113 | Horror Noire: History of Black Americans in Horror (3) |
| Black horror is a primer on the quest for social justice. What can such a boundary-pushing genre teach us about paths to solidarity and democracy? What can we learn about disrupting racism, misogyny, and anti-Blackness? If horror is radical transgression, then we have much to learn from movies such as Candyman, The First Purge, Get Out, Eve¿s Bayou, Blacula, Attack the Block, Demon Knight, Tales from the Hood, Sugar Hill, and Ganja & Hess. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| MDST 3115 | Breaking Bad: Once Upon a Time with the Pests (3) |
| The course explores Breaking Bad through study of the show's narrative, characters, and formal design. Topics examined include: socio-economic anxieties and spiritual longings in contemporary America; the political and religious implications of addiction to speed (technological and pharmacutical); the show as revisionary Puritan narrative and revisionary Western; the problem of being bugged; the desire to get away with it; the poetry of W.W. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| MDST 3230 | Basic Multimedia Reporting (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Basic Multimedia Reporting teaches the hands on skills required for professional level news reporting, news production and short documentaries. Students may choose to specialize in Written Journalism, TV Journalism or Production. However, all students learn proficiency in research, news writing, ethics, camera use, video editing, and where requested, broadcast presentation skills. |
| MDST 3244 | The Thing Is: Better Call Saul (3) |
| This course examines how the television show Better Call Saul employs innovative visual and written storytelling to explore crucial aspects of contemporary American life: the influence of media technologies (e.g., telephone; film; advertisement; document); the epidemic of loneliness; social class division; the power of charismatic authority; the business of conning; the allure and limits of self-reinvention; the precarity of the rule of law. | |
| MDST 3252 | Asian American Media Cultures (3) |
| Examine diverse production and representation of Asian Americans and their influences on U.S. media cultures that include film, television, literature, and social media. Explore how they shape and intersect with discussions on nationality, gender, race, migration, and technology in local and global history. Follow evolution of media stereotypes such as ¿model minority¿, ¿the tiger mother¿, and ¿techno-geek¿ in genres, industries, and platforms. | |
| MDST 3277 | Film, Television and Popular Culture of the U.S. in the 1950s (3) |
| The 1950s has been written about variously as the age of innocence, the height of the Cold War, a decade of great economic prosperity, the decade in which television first became a mass phenomenon, and the decade of the baby boomers which produced youth culture in its first mass incarnations. How was the experience of gender and race distinctive in this decade? Course was offered Summer 2025 | |
| MDST 3281 | Reimagining the News (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In this course, we will explore the obstacles confronting the news industry -- disinformation, declining trust in institutions, eroding business models, inequitable practices -- but we won't dwell on what's gone wrong. Instead, we'll focus on what can be done about it. We'll define the role of journalism in society, we'll examine emerging models of solutions-based journalism, and we'll envision new models for community-minded news-sharing. |
| MDST 3307 | Animated Media (3) |
| This course considers how animation and cartoons have historically been translated into the media of cinema and television. Focal points will be: Disney in traditional cinema animation, Hanna-Barbera in the broadcast television cartoon, Nickelodeon in cable television cartoons, and Pixar in digital cinema animation. Students will also practice creative and technical processes involved in making animation, individually and collectively. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2022 | |
| MDST 3320 | The Politics of Video Games (3) |
| Video gaming is the fastest growing form of media: Americans spend twice as much on gaming as on recorded music and it is estimated that young men average over 670 hours a year playing video games. Yet we know relatively little about the broader social and political impact of this new medium. This class will sample the existing literature and explore ways of understanding the political implications (broadly defined) of gaming. | |
| MDST 3338 | New Cinema History: Nontheatrical Films (3) |
| This course studies nontheatrical films such as public relations films, management films, educational films, industrial films, and government-sponsored films. We will treat film as visual evidence to explore social, cultural, political, and industrial information across historical periods. Besides learning historiographical method to study cinema, students will examine representations of sex/gender, race/ethnicity, class, and religion. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| MDST 3380 | Music, Sound, and Culture (3) |
| A study of media and culture through music. Our focus is on tracing the cultural origins of popular genres of music, mostly across the 20th century history of the United States. We will listen to the sounds of classical, jazz, country, pop, rock, hip hop, and electronic music. Central themes include instrument, identity, lyric, style, industry, and distribution media. Students will also practice making their own music. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| MDST 3388 | Friday Night Lights (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will explore the TV show Friday Night Lights through study of its narrative, characters, themes, filming style and the media's response. Through episodic examinations, students will explore topics such as: team versus individual, the role of a coach, race and gender relations, socioeconomic and class structures identified through sport, the significance of high school football, and the media's role/influence in telling those stories. Course was offered Fall 2024 |
| MDST 3402 | War and the Media (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course examines media coverage of American wars from World War I to the present. Study of the evolution in media coverage of war provides an ideal vantage point for understanding the changing nature of warfare in the 20th and 21st centuries, war's impact on American society, and the ways in which political elites have attempted to mobilize public support for foreign conflicts. Prerequisite: MDST 2000 or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MDST 3404 | Democratic Politics in the New Media Environment (3) |
| This course examines the ways a changing media system is altering the dynamics of public discourse and democratic politics in the United States. Throughout the course we will critically analyze the ways in which scholars from a wide range of disciplines have studied the connection between media and politics, the methods they have employed, and the validity of their findings and approaches in the new media environment in which we now live. Prerequisite: MDST 2000 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MDST 3407 | Racial Borders & American Cinema (3) |
| The history of American cinema is inextricably and controversially tied to the racial politics of the U.S. This course will explore how images of racial and ethnic minorities such as African Americans, Jews, Asians, Native Americans and Latino/as are reflected on screen and the ways that minorities in the entertainment industry have responded to often limiting representations.
Prerequisite: MDST Major | |
| MDST 3409 | LGBTQ Issues in the Media (3) |
| This course will explore the complex cultural dynamics of LGBTQ media visibility, along with its social, political, and psychological implications for LGBTQ audiences. It explores four domains: (1) the question of LGBT media visibility (2) the complex processes of inclusion, normalization, and assimilation in popular culture (3) media industries and the LGBT market (4) the relationship between digital media, LGBT audiences, and everyday life. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| MDST 3410 | Media Ethics (3) |
| This course provides students a familiarity with the terrain of moral philosophy, improves students' awareness of the complex ethical issues and dilemmas in journalism and other areas of mass media, and engages students in the process of critical thinking, moral reasoning and problem solving in media communications. Prerequisite: MDST 2000 or instructor permission. | |
| MDST 3430 | Rendering AI: Cinema and Artificial Intelligence (3) |
| This course examines film renderings of artificial intelligence to foster critical perspectives on AI's entanglement with human experiences (e.g., of identity, work, privacy, sex, aging, memory, death). Issues raised will include: the political economics of computational culture; the ethics of algorithmic tracking systems; the religious underpinnings of AI's promise to deliver efficient transport (of information, services, goods, passengers). Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023 | |
| MDST 3490 | Just Kiddin': Comedy & Humor Across Media (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course explores humorous and comedic texts and performances across a variety of media forms in America. We will begin by understanding theories of comedy and the logic of jokes alongside histories of comedians and humorous tropes and aesthetics. Examining a variety of content, we will discover how American comedy offers a rich relationship between creative expression and sociopolitical critique across different media and contexts. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022 |
| MDST 3500 | Topics in the History of Media (3) |
| Topics have historical breadth and cover the historical development of media institutions, technology, or forms in areas of television, journalism, graphic media, film, print and publication history, digital media or other relevant areas.
These courses may be repeated for credit if course content is sufficiently distinct to merit. Decision about repeated credit is at the discretion of the Director of Media Studies. Prerequisite: MDST 2000 or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017 | |
| MDST 3501 | Special Topics in Directors and Auteurs (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will offer historical, comparative, and critical perspectives on a selected major directors and auteurs each semester. Directors might include Hitchcock, Welles, Heckerling, Ray, Speilberg, Renoir, Truffaut, etc. |
| MDST 3502 | Special Topics in Film Genre (3) |
| This course will offer historical and critical perspectives on a selected film genre each semester. Genres might include Noir, war, romance, musicals, gangster, New Wave, etc. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, January 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, January 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| MDST 3503 | Special Topics - Issues and Controversies in Media (3) |
| This course will consider recent and current controversies in media and media studies. It surveys a series of "hot" topics within media. In each case it examines issues both historically and theoretically. The purpose of the course is to provide students with the tools and habits of thought to delve into the background and issues surrounding controveries so that the shallow presentation of the controversy does not remain the dominant frame. | |
| MDST 3504 | Topics in Global Media (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course offers historical, comparative, critical, and media industry perspectives on global media. It explores how capital, geopolitics, new technologies and forms of production and consumption impact global media flows. Topics include studies of media systems, textual traditions, media circulation, globalization, the role of media technologies in international affairs, and the role of transnationalism in national and international affairs. Course was offered Spring 2025, January 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, January 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, January 2021, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2014 |
| MDST 3505 | Special Topics in Diversity and Identity in Media (3) |
| This course will offer historical, comparative, and critical perspectives on issues of diversity and identity in media studies. Topics may include the relationship between media and underrepresented groups, media use in identity construction, masculinity and feminine role models in media, media power, etc.
Prerequisite: MDST Major and Minors or Instructor Permission Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, January 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Janiuary 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014 | |
| MDST 3508 | Advanced Topics in Media Practice (3) |
| This practice-based course will build on previous knowledge and/or experience in various forms of media, including video, podcasting, film, etc. | |
| MDST 3510 | Topics in Media Research (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This hands-on course prepares students to read, evaluate, and design research in media studies. Drawing on critical, historical, administrative, and industrial traditions in the field, students will learn to assess the validity and anticipate the ethical requirements of various methods & data collection procedures. Following a theme selected by the instructor, the course culminates with each student proposing a new, original research study. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020 |
| MDST 3559 | New Course in Media Studies (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Media Studies. Course was offered Spring 2025, January 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, January 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Janiuary 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, January 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, January 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, January 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, January 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, January 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, January 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, January 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, January 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MDST 3584 | Global Cinema (3) |
| This course entails study of films originating from and/or identified with non-US nations and cultures. Topics include: introduction to a nation's cinematic achievements (e.g., Korean cinema); in-depth study of one or more influential cinematic movements (e.g., French New Wave; Italian Neo-Realism); exploration of a particular historical period (e.g., German silent cinema). The course fulfills the non-US requirement for the Media Studies major. Course was offered Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017 | |
| MDST 3600 | Women and Television (3) |
| Examines how television addresses women, how it represents women, and how women respond to the medium. Explores the relationship between the female audience and television by focusing on both contemporary and historical issues. Areas of particular concern include: how women have responded to television as technology; how specific genres have targeted women; how female-focused specialty channels have addressed women; and how specific programming and genres have mediated the changing status of women from the 1950s to the present. Prerequisite: MDST 2000 or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2021, Spring 2017 | |
| MDST 3650 | Shooting the Western (3) |
| This course provides an overview of the enduring genre of the American Western in its classic and revised forms. The course will address the social and historical contexts informing the films. Students will be asked to perform both cultural and formal analysis of the cinematic texts. | |
| MDST 3662 | Disability and Media (3) |
| Disability is a pervasive, yet little studied, dimension of popular media. This class considers the stereotypes, interventions, and politics of on-screen images of disability as well as the ways in which disability affects the production and reception of media texts and technologies. Thus, we will watch a range of disability media, engage with disability cultures, and consider necessary additions to media experience (such as close captioning). | |
| MDST 3665 | Digital Media Accessibility (3) |
| Accessibility--building digital technologies that they can be used by people with disabilities--involves specific technological, critical, and interpersonal skills. This teaches practical web development skills alongside theoretical questions about the meanings of access, disability, design and the ethics of technological innovation. | |
| MDST 3680 | The News Media (3) |
| This course will examine how the US news media is organized, what gets news coverage and why, and the role the news media plays in our democracy. Issues will include the impact of the digital news revolution, the importance of who owns the media, the differences between the many types of TV news and why the students' personal consumption of news matters. Students will gain an ability to analyze the news, and whether it helps them as citizen. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016 | |
| MDST 3701 | New Media Culture (3) |
| A survey of issues in the study of new media and of new media artifacts. Objects studied may include films with digital special effects, digital animation, digital video, video games, digital art, internet art, and others. Theories of new media, media art, media change. Taught primarily via discussion with some lectures. Short papers, class participation, final project. Prerequisite: one course in Media Studies, English, Art History, or a related discipline. | |
| MDST 3704 | Games and Play (3) |
| This course is an introduction to the field of Game Studies, surveying theories of play and research on contemporary videogames to non-digital, analog, and "folk games." Historic tensions and debates in game studies will form the foundation for the course, then students will engage with game studies as inherently interdisciplinary, developing novel research projects on games and play as well as interrogating their own play experiences. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018 | |
| MDST 3706 | Media in China: Technology, Policy and Commerce (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The growth of media industries in China sits at the intersection between commerce, technology and policy. The objective of the course is to cultivate a rigorous understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of these three areas within the context of China's global expansion. Students will also be expected to develop fresh critical perspectives on the significance of analysis of industry practice as a means to critique media texts. |
| MDST 3710 | Comics & Sequential Art (3) |
| This course addresses the medium of comics, including comic books, graphic novels, la bande dessinee, fumetti, and manga. Addressing comics as media, we will investigate comics form, publishing, creative movements, and adaptations into televisual media. Students will engage with primary comics sources, comic studies scholarship, and each others' creative work. | |
| MDST 3712 | Interactive Storytelling (3) |
| This course approaches the design and creation of "interactive stories." Over the term, students will develop prototypes of multiple interactive storytelling media (interactive fiction, games, simulations, scenarios), balancing an understanding of the scholarship on interactive narrative with individualized design goals. No experience with game design or programming is required. | |
| MDST 3720 | Social Media and Global South Societies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course studies the relationship between social media and Global South societies. Students in this course will analyze the various theories related to the effects and affordances of social media on ideological polarization, social influence, social capital, and social movements. Students will be required to look beyond positive/negative effects of social media, and conduct in-depth interrogations about issues that surround them. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020 |
| MDST 3740 | Cultures of Hip-Hop (3) |
| This course explores the origins and impacts of American hip-hop as a cultural form in the last forty years, and maps the ways that a local subculture born of an urban underclass has risen to become arguably the dominant form of 21st-century global popular culture. While primarily focused on music, we will also explore how forms such as dance, visual art, film, and literature have influenced and been influenced by hip-hop style and culture. | |
| MDST 3742 | Athletes, Activism and the Media (3) |
| This course examines the history of athletes as activists and the media's coverage and understanding (and at times, misunderstanding?) of those movements. How did the media cover early protests and activism from athletes? How has that coverage changed in subsequent years? How have movements paralleled larger movements (MeToo, Black Lives Matter)? We will also look at political ties to athlete activism, examining how each sphere affects the other. | |
| MDST 3750 | Money, Media, and Technology (3) |
| Money is one of the oldest media technologies in the world, but in recent years a variety of experiments from Venmo to Bitcoin have emerged, promising to reinvent the form of money itself. This class looks at the historical, social, and cultural dimensions of money as a media technology. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 | |
| MDST 3751 | Value, Values, Valuation (3) |
| Measuring "value" is an important feature of media industries and contemporary life more broadly. This class asks how value is determined, according to what value systems, through what systems of valuation. We will look at taste, metrics, reviews, awards, likes, retweets, and ratings, to try to understand how people answer the question, "What is valuable?" Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2019 | |
| MDST 3755 | Social Media and Society (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This class examines computer-mediated communication forms known as "social media." What makes these technologies "social" or "media"? From algorithms to selfies, most aspects of social media have been met with both moral panics and utopian pronouncements. Students will develop a set of critical frames and analytical methods for understanding the role of social media in society. |
| MDST 3760 | Reading Black Digital Culture (3) |
| Using a mix of scholarly and popular-press readings and an examination of digital artifacts, we will analyze the creations and contributions of Black digital culture from the mid-90s to the present. Covering topics including the early Black blogosphere; the creation of niche content sites like BlackPlanet.com; the emergence of Black Twitter; the circulation of memes, and the use second-screening. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018 | |
| MDST 3800 | Field Experience in Media Studies (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Provides an opportunity for students to get credit for field work, in the area of media studies. Students must put a proposal together for the project with a faculty sponsor, which must be approved by the add/drop deadlines. Restricted to Media Studies Majors. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MDST 3811 | History of American Broadcast News (3) |
| This course traces the development of national news broadcasting in the United States from the 1920s to the present. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023 | |
| MDST 3830 | History of Film I (3) |
| Analyzes the development of the silent film, 1895 to 1928; emphasizes the technical and thematic links between national schools of cinema art and the contributions of individual directors. Includes weekly film screenings. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MDST 3840 | History of Film II (3) |
| Analyzes the development of film as an art and social force from World War II until the 1970s. Includes weekly film screenings. Pre-requisites: MDST 2200 or 3830, or instructor permission. | |
| MDST 3883 | Superhero Media (3) |
| This course addresses the genre of the "superhero" across multiple media, looking at its roots in myth, its rise in print media and comics, its adaptation in television and film, and its current role as the driver of multi-billion-dollar transmedia franchises. This course addresses scholarly perspectives drawn from media industries research, transmedia storytelling, media representation, and other related media studies areas. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022 | |
| MDST 3900 | Specialized Field Experience in Media Studies (1 - 2) |
| This course is reserved for Media Studies students interested in receiving credit for participation in student-led and UVA-affiliated enterprises that are media-related under the guidance of a faculty member or industry professional in the area of media studies. Students must put a proposal together for the project with a faculty sponsor, which must be approved by the add/drop deadlines. Restricted to Media Studies Majors. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016 | |
| MDST 3903 | Media and Protest: The 1960s (3) |
| Explores the protest movements of the 1960s through the lens of media coverage in the mainstream press of the day -- newspapers, general interest newsmagazines, photojournalism, television, popular culture, as well as the Movement's own underground press. Purpose is to understand a fascinating and often misunderstood moment in American history but also to investigate what that period can tell us about our current moment of protest and activism. | |
| MDST 3912 | Adapting Media (3) |
| In this course, we will focus on media adaptation across multiple media (film, games, comics, books) from multiple critical, industrial, and creative perspectives. Students will engage with existing Media Studies scholarship on media adaptation, dive into adaptations first-hand through watching/reading/playing multiple media, and finally develop, individually and in groups, critical understandings of media adaptation through writing. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024 | |
| MDST 3944 | Avenger, Victim, Outsider: Women in 1990s Cinema (3) |
| This course examines some of the most important American films and cinematic innovations of the 1990s and combines some crucial cultural, political, and historical events (e.g. third-wave feminism, discourse of race and ethnicity in the wake of the Rodney King case) with the representation of women across different cinematic genres. Attention will be paid to the rise of female filmmakers such as Julie Dash, Jane Campion, and Kathryn Bigelow. | |
| MDST 4000 | Media Theory and Methods (3) |
| An introduction to research methods in media studies. Intended as a foundation for thesis and project work for students in the DMP program. Covers subjects such as research design, ethics, people-based methods (ethnography, surveys, interviews) and textual analysis. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MDST 4010 | Distinguished Majors Thesis Writing or Research Project (3) |
| Writing of a thesis or production or a project with appropriately researched documentation, under the supervision of the faculty DMP thesis readers or project supervisor. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| MDST 4106 | Media and the Kennedy Era (3) |
| This course examines mass media 'network television, journalism, advertising, cinema' both during the Kennedy years and after to explore the impact, ideas, ideals, and iconography of this presidency. Prerequisites: MDST 2000 or permission of instructor Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011 | |
| MDST 4210 | Global Environmental Media (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | From analysis of documentary, narrative film, animation, gaming, experimental video, and social media, the class will provide students with the tools to bridge the gap between media and scientific messages about environmental issues. Students will develop critical tools to understand the aesthetic, environmental and industrial characteristics of different media practices related to some of the most significant issues facing our world. |
| MDST 4251 | Histories of Games (3) |
| This course presents approaches to understanding multiple histories of games. Focusing on a central game series, franchise, or genre, students will engage with the history of game development, the impact of game play, and community practices around games. Students will engage with archival research, conducting individual research projects on game histories. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2020 | |
| MDST 4510 | Capstone Topics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A capstone seminar, this course offers students a supervised opportunity to pursue original research in media studies. Related to a theme selected by the instructor, the project will entail design of a research question, extensive collection and analysis of literature and data, and completion of a 15-20 page paper that provides new, critical insight or information on the subject examined. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020 |
| MDST 4559 | New Course in Media Studies (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Media Studies. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, January 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MDST 4660 | Watching the Detectives (3) |
| This course examines a number of American detective films and how the portrait of the hard-boiled private eye dramatizes concerns about class, race, gender relations, urbanization, the rationalization of experience, the limits of self-knowledge, the blurring of boundaries between bodies and machines, and the collapse of distinction between private life and public life. | |
| MDST 4670 | White Out: Screening White Supremacy (3) |
| The course will draw from multiple genres and time periods to present an overview of how cinematic projections of whiteness have served to reinforce white supremacy. Equally important, students will examine films that counter the medium's terrifying consecration and preservation of white privilege, films that hold up whiteness for critical inspection. | |
| MDST 4701 | Media and Everyday Life (3) |
| This course turns a critical eye towards media's relationship to everyday life. It conceptualize media, such as cell phones, television, and YouTube for example, as central forces in representing, demarcating and franchising the ordinary. We will explore the construction of ordinariness in media as well as the ways in which audiences engage with media in daily life to achieve `taken for grantedness'. Prerequisite: MDST 2000 | |
| MDST 4705 | Spanish Mass Media (3) |
| This is an introductory course to Spanish mass media. The course gives students a critical understandings of the roles mass media plays in Spanish society, culture, and politics. The emphasis of the course is on sociological approaches to media, in particular studies of how radio and television participate in the making and remaking of modern Spain. | |
| MDST 4960 | Advanced Independent Projects in Media Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is designed to allow students to pursue independent research and study of a topic that is not contained within the course offerings of Media Studies. This course will not fulfill the capstone requirement Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MDST 4970 | Distinguished Majors Thesis Writing or Research Project (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent research, writing or production under the supervision of the faculty DMP thesis readers, toward the DMP thesis or project. Prerequisite: Acceptance to the Media Studies DMP. |
| MDST 5115 | Tasting Succession: A Gamey, Brainy Hit (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Students examine Succession to critically assess contemporary networks and creatures fueled by a will to power and operating amidst ¿the ruins of neoliberalism.¿ They also examine the toxic effects of this will to power by sifting patiently through the ruins of the Roy family: the relationship between parents and children; the relationship between/among siblings; their fear of abandonment; their desire for recognition; their desire for love. |
| MDST 5501 | Advanced Special Topics in Media Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course will offer critical perspectives on selected contemporary issues related to new media. Topics may include media in industry, education, politics, culture, and socio-economics. This course is open to undergraduate and graduate students. | |
| MDST 5502 | Advanced Special Topics in Media Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course will offer critical perspectives on selected contemporary issues related to new media. Topics may include media in industry, education, politics, culture, and socio-economics. This course is open to undergraduate and graduate students and serves the purposes of establishing a "part II" for any courses taught in the Fall. | |
| MDST 5559 | New Course in Media Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Media Studies. If offered, topics will be listed on the course offerings page for the particular semester. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024 |
| MDST 7000T | Non-UVa Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 24) |
| Place holder course for transfer credits. | |
| MDST 7220 | Documentary and the Politics of Truth (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In an era of AI-generated content, deepfakes, and algorithmic bias, documentary media plays a crucial role in interrogating the politics of truth. This seminar explores how documentary engages with truthmaking and emerging technologies. Through key studies and films, students will examine how filmmakers expose and hide infrastructures of control, while provoking ethical dilemmas. |
| MDST 7409 | Content Analysis (3) |
| Content analysis is a fundamental method, combining qualitative interpretation with quantitative data analysis. Content analysis enables individuals and teams to systematically transform a large corpus of media artifacts into a set of standardized observations suitable for exploratory data mining, statistical analysis, and critical inquiry. This course covers core concepts, practical applications, and ethical considerations of the method. Course was offered Fall 2022 | |
| MDST 7442 | Feminist Media and Cultural Studies (3) |
| Feminist Media and Cultural Studies focuses on contemporary theory, criticism and research in the field, with an orientation to critical race feminisms, trans and queer studies, and disability studies within feminist literatures and research. We examine questions of technology, social networks, gaming, surveillance, online oppressions, media activism, feminist making, and the role of emotion and affect in feminist media analysis, among others. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| MDST 7559 | New Course in Media Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Media Studies. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MDST 7600 | Data and Democracy (3) |
| This graduate seminar will explore the ways that large-scale data collection, algorithmic processes, and artificial intelligence enhance or detract from the core values and practices of democracy. The course will cover the basics of data science, surveillance, algorithms, and artificial intelligence. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| MDST 7701 | Media and Everyday Life (3) |
| Media and Everyday Life turns a critical eye towards media's relationship to the everyday. We will conceptualize media as central forces in re-presenting, demarcating and franchising the ordinary. This course is designed to examine how media is produced as ordinary and universally intelligible (production), how it represents the everyday (texts), and how audiences phenomenologically engage with media in everyday life (reception and use). | |
| MDST 7704 | Political Economy of Communication (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This survey course introduces students to the political economy of media. Central themes include political economy's historical development, its usefulness to the study of media & communications, & its contemporary applications in scholarly research. Students will be introduced to the power dynamics & institutional forces that impact media institutions, industries, ownership, cultural production, consumption & distribution in the US & elsewhere. |
| MDST 7803 | Computational Media (3) |
| Computers are universal media. Our intimacy with computers shapes how we think about our communities, histories, cultures, society, and ourselves. Learn to program these "thinking machines" as an act of philosophical inquiry and personal expression, challenging your beliefs about creativity, intelligence, randomness, and communication. Students with no previous experience are especially welcome! | |
| MDST 8000 | Media, Culture & Technology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This is a core course that surveys key texts in Media Studies. The course takes a historical approach to the development of the field, but also surveys the various developments in the social sciences, the humanities, and film studies relevant to the interdisciplinary study of media. |
| MDST 8001 | Histories of Media Technologies (3) |
| In this course, students learn about the development of media technologies and infrastructures: how and why they were built, how they were shaped by regulation, and the social and political concerns driving both technological development and regulation. Students will read and assess primary and secondary literature, gaining an understanding of historiographical methods and employing those methods to produce original historical research. | |
| MDST 8003 | Methods of Media Research (3) |
| This class teaches students the logics, ethics, and techniques of qualitative research in media studies. | |
| MDST 8004 | Master's Thesis Development (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Students meet as a cohort to translate their intellectual interests into a specific thesis project through iterative development, critique, and refinement of their research questions and proposed methods. Students will read and critique published work, gaining a sense of best practices in research design. This course is heavily reliant on peer feedback and collaboration. The culmination of this class is a thesis proposal. Course was offered Fall 2024 |
| MDST 8005 | Master's Thesis Writing (3) |
| In this course, students form a writing community to foster accountability and confidence in conducting, writing, and sharing original research. Instruction will address developing a regular writing habit, writing for different audiences, communicating in visual and multimedia formats, and the practices of placing work in academic journals, policy venues, or popular online and print publications. This course is heavily reliant on peer feedback. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| MDST 8021 | Tutorial in Media Historiography (3) |
| This course explores specific methods of historical research for media texts and technologies, including multimedia archives, media archaeology, material media studies, and recreation and simulation methods of study. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| MDST 8022 | Tutorial on Digital Economic Cultures (3) |
| The tutorial in Digital Economic Cultures covers key texts in the fields of social studies of finance, market studies, cultural economy, and economic sociology with the goal of developing a theoretical and empirical apparatus to understand the historical, present, and emerging intersection(s) of finance, media, and technology. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| MDST 8023 | Tutorial in AI and Society (3) |
| An exploration of the ways artificial intelligence affects culture, society, and politics. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| MDST 8212 | Social Studies of Media and Technology (3) |
| This seminar introduces graduate students to the Social Studies of Media and Technology (a sub-field of Science and Technology Studies (STS)) and its major ideas and texts. We will address how it differs from other fields and the advantages and limits of our unique interdisciplinary approach. | |
| MDST 8510 | Media, Culture and Politics: Perspectives from South Asia (3) |
| This advanced graduate seminar offers a critical introduction to media, culture and politics in postcolonial India. | |
| MDST 8559 | New Course in Media Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Media Studies. Course was offered Spring 2021, Fall 2011 | |
| MDST 8600 | Media Studies Pedagogy (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Focuses on strategies for teaching media (screenings, using media in class, production). Uses pedagogical strategies like backwards course design, universal design for learning, and enhancing diversity. Covers FERPA, Title IX, and other university policies. Assignments include designing, presenting, feedback on lesson plans, assignments, and syllabus design. |
| MDST 8800 | Developing Media Research (3) |
| The course aims to help students reach a core requirement of the degree, a publishable work. Students will workshop and improve a course paper, performing additional research, analysis and research design as necessary. This class also includes significant discussion of the practice of writing and the process of scholarly publication, journal selection, article submission, revising, resubmitting, and learning from rejection notices. | |
| MDST 8900 | Graduate Independent Study (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A single semester of independent study under faculty supervision for MA or PhD students doing intensive research on a subject not covered in available courses. Requires approval by a Media Studies faculty member who has agreed to supervise a guided course of reading and research. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020 |
| MDST 8991 | Introduction to Digital Humanities (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introducing the history, theory, and methods of Digital Humanities. Students will learn the interdisciplinary origins of DH, debate contemporary issues, and explore opportunities at UVA. The course will cover a range of specializations including humanities computing and critical code studies, data visualization, mapping and spatial analyses, and digital archives and preservation. This course is a requirement for the Graduate Certificate in DH. Course was offered Fall 2024 |
| MDST 8998 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This is a variable credit course that gives students the opportunity to do supervised or unsupervised research toward their degree. These hours fulfill enrollment credits but do not count toward graded credit requirements. |
| MDST 8999 | Thesis Writing (3) |
| In this course, students form a writing community to foster accountability and confidence in conducting, writing, and sharing original research. Instruction will address developing a regular writing habit, writing for different audiences, communicating in visual and multimedia formats, and the practices of placing work in academic journals, policy venues, or popular online and print publications. This course is heavily reliant on peer feedback. | |
| MDST 9000 | Colloquium (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The graduate colloquium builds an intellectual community and offers professionalization opportunities. Students learn the field, norms of scholarship, and the variety of research topics and approaches through presentations by faculty and visiting faculty. Advanced students will have the opportunity to present and hone research projects, course plans and lectures, and receive feedback on teaching and application materials, formal research talks, and interview practices. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024 |
| MDST 9100 | Qualifying Preparation (3) |
| Students will enroll in three credits of Qualifying Preparation, which is overseen by their advisor. The student and their advisor will identify subject areas for qualifying exams and develop rigorous reading lists of relevant academic literature. The advisor serves as a mentor during this period, as a student gains independent mastery of several bodies of work and prepares to demonstrate mastery of their chosen areas and advance to candidacy. | |
| MDST 9200 | Prospectus Development (3) |
| This course provides a cohort-based learning experience in which students develop and iterate their research plans for the dissertation. Regular feedback and criticism, revisions, and deadlines ensure students develop feasible and high-quality original research projects and that they stay on track to complete the degree in a timely fashion. | |
| MDST 9999 | Non-Topical Research in Media Studies (1 - 12) |
| Independent research taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. | |
| Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures | |
| MESA 1000 | From Genghis Khan to Stalin: Invasions and Empires of Central Asia (3) |
| Survey of Central Asian civilizations from the first to the twenty-first centuries, with particular emphasis on nomadism, invasions, conquests, and major religious-cultural developments. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MESA 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| MESA 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| MESA 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to MESAorical Perspectives. | |
| MESA 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| MESA 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, MESAematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| MESA 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| MESA 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| MESA 1559 | New Course in Middle Eastern & South Asian Studies (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Middle Eastern and South Asian studies. Course was offered Fall 2018 | |
| MESA 2110 | Intro to Middle East / South Asia Film History (3) |
| "Transnational Circuits of Cinema: An Introduction to Middle East - South Asia Film History" - Since its very inception as a traveling fairground attraction, cinema has been a globally-circulating medium. This course begins in the moment of early cinema and proceeds through the contemporary moment, with a focus on Middle East - South Asia genealogies of filmmaking. | |
| MESA 2125 | Gateway to the Middle East & South Asia (3) |
| From the ancient history of games like chess and backgammon, to sports like badminton and falconry, to the "Great Game" of imperial conquests, this course offers a theme-based gateway to the long-connected regions of the Middle East and South Asia. Over the semester, we'll explore this region of the world through short stories, films, tv shows, games themselves, and cameo visits by other faculty--all on the topic of "playing games"! | |
| MESA 2300 | Crossing Borders: Middle East and South Asia (3) |
| Survey of the Indian Ocean history from 8000 BCE to present. Includes rise of major religions in the area, dynamics of trade, including the influence of European expansion and the resistance to it. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013 | |
| MESA 2559 | New Course in Middle Eastern & South Asian Studies (3) |
| New course in Middle Eastern and South Asian studies. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2022, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011 | |
| MESA 3110 | Sustainable Environments Middle East and South Asia (3) |
| From arid cities to irrigated fields, hot deserts to high mountains, the Middle East and South Asia encompasses a range of environments for thinking through the relationships between nature and society, people and animals, human and nonhuman worlds. | |
| MESA 3111 | Film Festivals and Global Media Cultures: ME/SA Spotlight (3) |
| "Film Festivals and Global Media Cultures: Middle East- South Asia Spotlight"- With an emphasis on transnational film festival histories and collective media cultures in the Middle East and South Asia, this course offers a semester-long study of film festivals, as an intersection of historical and media industry approaches to cinema. Tie-ins will include comparative analyses of local film cultures and film festivals. | |
| MESA 3120 | Classics of Islamic Literature: Islamic Mystical Writing (3) |
| This course surveys the classics of Islamic mystical writing, spanning from the Middle East to South Asia and the Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and Indian vernacular languages. With an eye to both form and content, we will examine the literary productions - both poetry and prose - of some of the most influential Sufi figures in Islamic history, including Rabi`a, Ibn al-Farid, Rumi, Hafiz, Khusrow, Bulleh Shah, and others. Readings in English translation. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2017 | |
| MESA 3131 | MENASA American Comics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course offers a survey of Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian American comic books, graphic novels, and graphic memoirs. Reading fiction and nonfiction comics, paired with academic and critical writing and other media, we will think critically about what it means for creators of different diasporas and differently marginalized identities to produce art for readers in the United States. |
| MESA 3345 | Islam, Science, and the Environment (3) |
| Part one surveys the history of science in the Islamic world, focusing on scientific developments that emerged from the encounter with Greek, Sanskrit, and European cultures. Muslim conceptions of the relationship between science and religion will also be examined. Part two explores contemporary Islamic scientific thought, focusing on Muslim responses to the environmental crisis, utilizing water pollution and India's Yamuna River as a case study. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| MESA 3380 | A Thousand and One Nights at the Cinema (3) |
| This course is devoted to the longstanding screen histories of A Thousand and One Nights. We will investigate the way in which the text has variously congealed into a cinematic genre in its own right; a catapult for explorations of the fantastic, iterated as the wonders of technology/medium and sensuality; a contested site of negotiating Orientalist desires and stereotypes; and a platform for reflection upon the question of storytelling itself. | |
| MESA 3381 | Spies in Action: Cine-Media Worlds of Espionage (3) |
| This course explores the cinematic and media worlds of fictional spies. We'll consider histories of espionage and zoom in on the Cold-War-era heyday of modern espionage and fictional spies. By following the narrative, formal, and historical geographies of spy genres in and beyond the Middle East and South Asia, we'll connect depictions of espionage and gadgetry to perspectives on seeing and being in the modern world. | |
| MESA 3559 | New Course in Middle Eastern & South Asian Studies (3) |
| New Course in Middle Eastern & South Asian Studies | |
| MESA 4559 | New Course in Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies (3) |
| New Course (or Topic) in Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies. Course was offered Fall 2016, Spring 2016 | |
| MESA 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Independent study in a special field under the direction of a faculty member in MESALC. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MESA 4998 | Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies Senior Thesis (0) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Thesis research under the direction of a MESALC faculty member serving as thesis advisor and a second faculty member serving as second reader. The second faculty member may be from outside MESALC.
Prerequisite: DMP major and instructor permission. |
| MESA 4999 | Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies Senior Thesis II (6) |
| Thesis composition under the direction of a MESALC faculty member serving as thesis advisor and a second faculty member serving as second reader. The second faculty member may be from outside MESALC.
Prerequisite: DMP major and instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| MESA 5110 | Transnational Circuits of Cinema, Middle East-South Asia Film History (3) |
| This course begins in the era of early cinema and proceeds through the contemporary moment, with a focus on Middle East -- South Asia genealogies of filmmaking. Its emphasis remains on the quintessentially transnational histories (parallels, intersections, circuits) of these cinemas - e.g., the centrality of popular Egyptian cinema within the Arab world; the prolific circulation of Hindi cinema across and beyond South Asia. | |
| MESA 5120 | Classics of Islamic Literature: Islamic Mystical Writing (3) |
| This course surveys the classics of Islamic mystical writing, spanning from the Middle East to South Asia and the Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and Indian vernacular languages. With an eye to both form and content, we will examine the literary productions -- both poetry and prose -- of some of the most influential Sufi figures in Islamic history, including Rabi'a, Ibn al-Farid, Rumi, Hafiz, Khusrow, Bulleh Shah, and others. Readings in English translation. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2017 | |
| MESA 5559 | New Course in Middle Eastern & South Asian Studies (3) |
| New Course in Middle Eastern & South Asian Studies | |
| MESA 6559 | New Course in Middle Eastern & South Asian Studies (3) |
| New course in Middle Eastern and South Asian studies. | |
| MESA 8993 | Independent Study II (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent Study II Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| MESA 8995 | MA Research Seminar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Required course for all candidates for the Master of Arts in Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies. During this course the final paper, required for the MA, is written. Includes instruction in research methodology, data analysis and a history of academic research on these areas. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MESA 8999 | Non-Topical Research, MA (1 - 12) |
| For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| Middle Eastern Studies | |
| MEST 2270 | Culture and Society of the Contemporary Arab Middle East (3) |
| Introduces the cultural traits and patterns of contemporary Arab society based on scholarly research, recent field work, and personal experiences and observations in the Arab world. Taught in English; no knowledge of Arabic is required. | |
| MEST 2280 | A Guide to Medieval Baghdad (3) |
| The course will introduce students to the political history of Abbasid Baghdad from 762 to about 1300 CE. The Abbasids -- monarchs of the Arab/Islamic Empire -- reigned for 500 years, mostly from Baghdad, though many historians hold that their decision-making authority largely collapsed by the mid-10th century. The course will also introduce students to the study of early Arabic/Islamic historiography through the close study of primary texts. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| MEST 2470 | Reflections of Exile: Jewish Languages and their Communities (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Covers Jewish languages Yiddish, Judeo-Arabic, Ladino, and Hebrew from historical, linguistic, and literary perspectives. Explores the relations between communities and languages, the nature of diaspora, and the death and revival of languages. No prior knowledge of these languages is required. This course is cross-listed with ANTH 2470. |
| MEST 2559 | New Course in Middle Eastern Studies (3) |
| New Course in Middle Eastern Studies | |
| MEST 3131 | Macho Men and Submissive Women (?): Gender in Contemporary Hebrew Fiction (3) |
| Examining representations of gender, this course will analyze novels written by major Jewish-Israeli authors, both women and men, in order to understand the contemporary struggle of Jewish-Israeli society with issues of gender. | |
| MEST 3225 | Cultural Authenticity in a Modern Middle Eastern Society (3) |
| The course offers students a first-hand regional experience in the Middle East through an exploration of multiple sites in Jordan. Throughout the program, students will be gaining knowledge about the multi-ethnic and pluralistic components that comprise the Jordanian society. In turn, participation in the course will develop students' cultural competence, and thus contribute to their ability to become thoughtful global citizens. | |
| MEST 3232 | No Foul- No Game: Sports, Nationality, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course reviews key milestones of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict throughout the lends of competitive sports in the MENA regions and in Israel in particular. The course examines sports¿ role in reflecting socio-political divisions of religion, gender, class and representation struggles, while serving political interests as part of culture and identity building, as well as its utilization as a platform for ethno-nationalist violence. |
| MEST 3240 | Israel/Palestine Through Literature and Film (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will approach the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the lens of literature and film. We will study memoirs, short stories, documentaries, and feature films in order to think about several broader historical themes, including: the relationship between religion and nationalism, the role of colonialism in the Middle East, the links between history and memory, and the meaning of homeland. Course was offered Fall 2024 |
| MEST 3270 | History and Culture of the Ancient Near East (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The primary purpose of this course is to explore the history and culture of the ancient Near East, focusing on Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Syria-Palestine, with emphasis on its cultural legacy. Considerable attention will be given to primary sources (Kramer, Arnold and others) and archaeological contributions (with slide illustrations). |
| MEST 3282 | The Ottoman Empire: State, Society, Culture (3) |
| In this course, we will examine the history of the Ottoman Empire through social, political and cultural changes and transformations. We will do this through concepts and phenomena such as state and empire formation, capitalism, class struggle, imperialism, colonialism, orientalism, nationalism, nation-building, patriarchy, and ethnic engineering. We will discuss each period and theme within a global framework. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| MEST 3470 | Language and Culture in the Middle East (3) |
| Introduction to peoples, languages, cultures and histories of the Middle East. Focuses on Israel/Palestine as a microcosm of important social processes-such as colonialism, nationalism, religious fundamentalism, and modernization-that affect the region as a whole. This course is cross-listed with ANTH 3470. Prerequisite: Prior coursework in anthropology, middle east studies, or linguistics, or permission of the instructor. | |
| MEST 3490 | Dangerous in Danger: Refuge and Otherness in Times of Crisis (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In this course, we will examine how the current refugee crisis may be seen as a radical event of a scope that reaches beyond Europe and the Middle East. We will be looking at previously-shaped images of nation, religion, migration, and integration, as well as asylum, refuge, and citizenship. Ultimately, we will be using our newly gained knowledge as a tool to understand cultural inclusion and societal exclusion both "far away" and "at home." Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021 |
| MEST 3492 | The Afro-Arabs and Africans of the Middle East and North Africa (3) |
| This course offers an in-depth historical, philological, and socio-cultural exploration into the representation of the Afro-Arab and the African as depicted across a wide range of Arabic and Islamicate chronicles, saints' lives, and (mainly) folk epics, among sundry other genres. In the course of the semester, special attention will be given to significant moments in the history of Afro-Arab and Arab-African encounters. | |
| MEST 3559 | New Course in Middle Eastern Studies (3) |
| New course in Middle Eastern Studies. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| MEST 4991 | Middle East Studies Seminar (3) |
| Middle East Studies Seminar Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MEST 5270 | Culture & Society of Contemp. Arab Mid. East (3) |
| This course will address some of the religious, socio-political, and historical factors that have contributed to the shaping of the Arab Middle East and Arab identity(s) in the modern age. From the rise of Islam in the 7th century A.D., to the Ottoman Empire, to the colonial remapping of the Middle East during the period of the two World Wars,to the Gulf and Iraq wars, this course will help students gain an understanding of modern Arab culture. | |
| MEST 5492 | The Afro-Arabs and Africans of the Middle East and North Africa (3) |
| This course offers an in-depth historical, philological, and socio-cultural exploration into the representation of the Afro-Arab and the African as depicted across a wide range of Arabic and Islamicate chronicles, saints' lives, and folktales, among sundry other genres. In the course of the semester, special attention will be given to significant moments in the history of Afro-Arab and Arab-African encounters. | |
| MEST 5559 | New Course in Middle Eastern Studies (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Middle Eastern studies Course was offered Spring 2019, Fall 2014 | |
| Medieval Studies | |
| MSP 3501 | Exploring the Middle Ages (3) |
| Discussion and criticism of selected works of and on the period. Taught by different members of the medieval faculty. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2015 | |
| MSP 3559 | New Course in Medieval Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. | |
| MSP 4559 | New Course in Medieval Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history. | |
| MSP 4995 | Capstone Project in Medieval Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For advanced students dealing with methods of research in the field. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 |
| Music-Ensembles | |
| MUEN 2600 | Concert Band (1) |
| Concert Band Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MUEN 2650 | Mobile Interactive Computer Ensemble Level 1 (1) |
| Students must have taken Performance With Computers in order to enroll in MICE (Mobile Interactive Computer Ensemble). MICE teaches a blended approach to performance, composition and computer programming through the context of a computer music ensemble. Students from various backgrounds work collaboratively in a technological ensemble context while building skills in interactive media programming, sound art design and human-computer interaction. | |
| MUEN 2690 | African Roots: Drumming, Singing, Moving Level 1 (1 - 2) |
| A practical, hands-on course focusing on several music/dance forms from West Africa (Ghana, Togo) and Central Africa (BaAka), with the intention of performing during and at the end of the semester. Traditions include drumming, dancing, and singing. Concentration, practice, and faithful attendance are required. May be repeated for credit. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| MUEN 3570 | Indian Singing Ensemble (1) |
| Students will be introduced to the concepts of RAGA (melody) and TALA (rhythm) in Indian classical music. They will learn classical compositions in different RAGAS and TALAS; mythological and philosophical meanings of the compositions will be explained. With this background, students will learn about Guru-Shishya-parampara (teacher-disciple-relationship), a concept which is unique to Indian culture. No musical background is required. | |
| MUEN 3600 | Jazz Ensemble (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Jazz Ensemble Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition. Note: Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUEN 3600-3690 may be repeated for credit, but no more than sixteen performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUEN 3610 | Orchestra (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Orchestra Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition. Note: Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUEN 3600-3690 may be repeated for credit, but no more than sixteen performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUEN 3620 | Wind Ensemble (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Wind Ensemble Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition. Note: Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUEN 3600-3690 may be repeated for credit, but no more than sixteen performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUEN 3630 | Chamber Ensemble (1 - 2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Chamber Ensemble Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition. Note: Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUEN 3600-3690 may be repeated for credit, but no more than sixteen performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUEN 3631 | Flute Ensemble (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An opportunity for flute players to work together in a special ensemble. Rehearsals and performances. By audition. Course was offered Spring 2025 |
| MUEN 3645 | Bluegrass Workshop (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course seeks to develop the playing, singing, and improvising skills necessary for the idomatic performance of bluegrass music, while also providing an opportunity for discussion of its origins and development. Appropriate for experienced players working to improve their knowledge or for players versed in other genres to learn new styles. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014 |
| MUEN 3646 | Bluegrass Band (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course seeks to develop the advanced playing, singing, improvising, and collaborating skills necessary to perform in a traditional bluegrass band, along with knowledge of bluegrass history and repertoire. Prerequisite: MUEN 3645 Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 |
| MUEN 3650 | University Singers (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | University Singers Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition. Note: Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUEN 3600-3690 may be repeated for credit, but no more than sixteen performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUEN 3651 | Chamber Singers (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Chamber Singers Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition. Note: Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUEN 3600-3690 may be repeated for credit, but no more than sixteen performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUEN 3660 | Ensemble Music with Piano (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies in the preparation and performance of ensemble music with piano. Focus is on the development of collaborative skills and a practical understanding of cultural and theoretical context. Repertoire to be studied varies from semester to semester. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017 |
| MUEN 3670 | Early Music Ensemble (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Performance of music written before 1750 on instruments appropriate to the period.Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition. Note: Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUEN 3600-3690 may be repeated for credit, but no more than sixteen performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUEN 3680 | New Music Ensemble (2) |
| Performance of vocal and instrumental music of the 20th- and 21st-century. Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition. Note: Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUEN 3600-3690 may be repeated for credit, but no more than sixteen performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MUEN 3690 | African Roots: Drumming, Singing, Moving Level 2 (1 - 2) |
| Practical, hands-on course focusing on several music/dance forms from West Africa (Ghana, Togo) and Central Africa (BaAka pygmies). No previous experience with music or dance is necessary. Students seeking the co-requisite for MUSI 3090 should sign up for MUSI 3690. May be repeated for credit. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MUEN 4690 | African Roots: Drumming, Singing, Moving Level 3 (2) |
| Third level of proficiency in several music/dance forms from West Africa (Ghana, Togo) and Central Africa (BaAka pygmies). Performances during and at the end of the semester. Students develop a leadership role and proficiency in drumming, dancing, singing. and in ensemble dynamics. Students seeking the co-requisite for MUSI 3090 should sign up for MUSI 3690. May be repeated for credit. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| Music-Private Performance Instruction | |
| MUPF 2110 | Performance (Voice) (0.5) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 2111 | Performance (Voice) (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110 -2181 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013 |
| MUPF 2120 | Performance (Piano) (0.5) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 2121 | Performance (Piano) (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110 -2181 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013 |
| MUPF 2130 | Performance (Organ, Harpsichord) (0.5) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 2131 | Performance (Organ, Harpsichord) (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110 -2181 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013 |
| MUPF 2140 | Performance (Strings) (0.5) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 2141 | Performance (Strings) (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110-2181 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013 |
| MUPF 2150 | Performance (Woodwinds) (0.5) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 2151 | Performance (Woodwinds) (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110 -2181 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013 |
| MUPF 2160 | Performance (Brass) (0.5) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 2161 | Performance (Brass) (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110 -2181 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013 |
| MUPF 2170 | Performance (Percussion) (0.5) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 2171 | Performance (Percussion) (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110 -2181 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013 |
| MUPF 2180 | Performance (Guitar) (0.5) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110 -2211 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 2181 | Performance (Guitar) (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110 -2211 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013 |
| MUPF 2210 | Performance (Harp) (0.5) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses labelled MUPF may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018 |
| MUPF 2211 | Performance (Harp) (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses labelled MUPF may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017 |
| MUPF 3110 | Advanced Performance (Voice) (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here, including prerequisites: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 3120 | Advanced Performance (Piano) (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here, including prerequisites: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 3140 | Advanced Performance (Strings) (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here, including prerequisites: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 3150 | Advanced Performance (Woodwinds) (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here, including prerequisites: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 3160 | Advanced Performance (Brass) (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here, including prerequisites: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 3170 | Advanced Performance (Percussion) (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here, including prerequisites: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 3180 | Advanced Performance (Guitar) (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here, including prerequisites: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 3950 | Performance Concentration I (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Performance Instruction for students in the Music Performance Concentration Prerequisite: One semester of MUPF credit and audition required. Student must simultaneously register for MUSI 4950: Performance Concentration Seminar. |
| MUPF 3960 | Performance Concentration II (2) |
| Performance Instruction for students in the Music Performance Concentration. Prerequisite: MUPF 3950. Student must simultaneously register for MUSI 4950: Performance Concentration Seminar. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| MUPF 4930 | Honors Performance (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual instruction for Distinguished Major recitalists who wish to spend a year preparing a full-length recital. Prerequisite: At least one semester of instruction at the 3000 level; successful written application to the Distinguished Major Program; successful audition, normally at the end of the semester preceding 4000-level study; and permission of instructor. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. |
| MUPF 4940 | Honors Performance (2) |
| Individual instruction for Distinguished Major recitalists who wish to spend a year preparing a full-length recital. Prerequisite: At least one semester of lessons at the 3000 level; successful written application to the Distinguished Major Program; successful audition, normally at the end of the semester preceding 4000-level study; and permission of instructor. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MUPF 4950 | Performance Concentration III (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Performance Instruction for students in the Music Performance Concentration Prerequisite: MUPF 3960. Student must simultaneously register for MUSI 4950: Performance Concentration Seminar. |
| MUPF 4960 | Performance Concentration IV (2) |
| Performance Instruction for students in the Music Performance Concentration Prerequisite: MUPF 4950. Student must simultaneously register for MUSI 4950: Performance Concentration Seminar. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| MUPF 7930 | Performance - Graduate Students (1 - 2) |
| Individual instruction in musical performance for graduate-level students. Prerequisite: graduate student with permission of instructor. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| Music | |
| MUSI 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| MUSI 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| MUSI 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to MUSIorical Perspectives. | |
| MUSI 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| MUSI 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, MUSIematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| MUSI 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| MUSI 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| MUSI 1310 | Basic Musical Skills (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Not open to students already qualified to elect MUSI 2302 or 3310. Study of the rudiments of music and training in the ability to read music. Prerequisite: No previous knowledge of music required. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 1410 | Symphonic Listening (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Symphonic Listening focuses on the sounds and forms of symphonic music. Listening skills are emphasized, with no prior musical knowledge required. We will learn to recognize orchestral instruments by their timbre, discern levels of consonance and dissonance, identify types of textures, and think critically about how musical content expresses cultural context. Students will gain a framework for understanding symphonic music of any genre. |
| MUSI 1559 | New Course in Music (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Music. Course was offered January 2021 | |
| MUSI 1620 | History of the Wind Band (2) |
| The class is designed to give an introductory look at wind band music development from the early 20th century to present. The class does not require any previous musical experience. The course provides students with historical facts surrounding the wind band movement while allowing students to experience the music aurally. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| MUSI 2021 | Creative Recovery and Discovery (3) |
| We often wonder about an artist's immense creativity, seemingly harnessed with ease. Each of us has tremendous resources of creativity, often under-explored. In this course, students learn to unlock their own potential. No previous artistic experience is required. Activities include readings & discussions; weekly responses; two reflective papers; a presentation on a "found" resource; & one creative project in a medium of the student's choice. | |
| MUSI 2070 | Popular Musics (3) |
| Scholarly and critical study of music circulated through mass media. Specific topic for the semester (e.g. world popular music, bluegrass, country music, hip-hop, Elvis Presley) announced in advance. No previous knowledge of music required. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MUSI 2090 | Sound Studies: The Art and Experience of Listening (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | When we think about knowing the world through the senses, we are likely to think of the visible world. But sound, hearing, and listening are crucial too. How do sound art, technology, and design create the world we inhabit and our everyday social and political experience? How can vibrations both heal and destroy? We will ponder such questions through theoretical, experiential, and creative explorations. |
| MUSI 2110 | Listening to Everyday Life: Community, Improvisation, Play(ing) (3) |
| Listening sets us up to be involved fully in the life around us, and to be interactive in communities that create together. This course explores listening and sound-making in daily life from many angles including field research, reading, writing, discussion, and group performance workshops. We explore ideas about improvisation, uniting the aesthetic sphere with the broader sphere of social life and active engagement. | |
| MUSI 2120 | History of Jazz Music (3 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Survey of jazz music from before 1900 through the stylistic changes and trends of the twentieth century; important instrumental performers, composers, arrangers, and vocalists. No previous knowledge of music required. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| MUSI 2302 | Keyboard Skills (Beginning) (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introductory keyboard skills; includes sight-reading, improvisation, and accompaniment at the keyboard in a variety of styles. No previous knowledge of music required. Satisfies the performance requirement for music majors. Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 2304 | Keyboard Skills (Intermediate) (2) |
| Intermediate keyboard skills for students with some previous musical experience. Satisfies the performance requirement for music majors. Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 2307 | Play Guitar! Level 1 (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Fundamentals of playing guitar, along with rhythmic training, music theory, song forms, and more. This class will start from scratch and is meant for beginners. Experienced guitarists are encouraged to enroll in MUSI 3307 Play Guitar! 2. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019 |
| MUSI 2308 | Vocal Skills Class (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This class is designed to teach the fundamentals of healthy vocal production. Classes are designed to improve vocal performance for each student, and to provide a introduction to standard vocal repertoire. This course will also include a look at the anatomy of the voice, resonance and articulation in singing, and voice classifications. |
| MUSI 2309 | Group Voice Class - Popular Music (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Training in vocal technique and performance skills for popular music styles. Attention to healthy vocal production, confidence, and expansion of repertory. |
| MUSI 2310 | Voice for the Stage (2) |
| This vocal course offering allows students to utilize vocal and dramatic skills in the preparation and performance of scenes from both operatic and musical theater works. Students will work with instructors on the musical preparation of assigned scenes and will then develop directorial and design concepts directing each other in short scenes while also having the opportunity to perform in scenes. | |
| MUSI 2311 | Vocal Performance Class (2) |
| Vocal Performance requires a broad skill set. This course offers students a toolbox of practical techniques & methodologies including study of diction and language, physical expression, textual analysis, dramatic storytelling/acting, collaboration with a pianist, vocal health, and many other components of stagecraft that can be addressed well in group lessons. For students with some experience of vocal performance. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| MUSI 2340 | Learn to Groove (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Study of rhythmic patterns associated with rhythms from West African, the Caribbean, Brazil, and the United States, through theory and performance. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 2342 | Learn to Groove Intermediate (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | "Learn to Groove" hand drumming and rhythmic fluency with Robert Jospe. This is the intermediate level of the class. It is a hands on drumming/percussion class using congas, djembes, claves, shakers, etc. This class is designed to enhance ones knowledge of syncopated patterns associated with jazz, rock, African and Latin American music and to improve ones facility in playing these patterns. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 |
| MUSI 2350 | Technosonics: Digital Music and Sound Art Composition (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Technosonics is an introduction to the history, theory, and practice of electronic music and sound art. We will focus on the role of new technology in shaping musical thought, production, and culture from the turn of the century through today. Listening examples are drawn from a broad range of styles and genres, including experimental computer music, ambient and dance music, sound art, and multimedia. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| MUSI 2360 | EcoSonics: Environmental and Creative Sound (3) |
| EcoSonics explores environmental sound and music from a creative perspective. The course focuses on sounds of the natural world and the role of environment in shaping musical thought, production, and culture. Weekly studio sections and creative projects provide opportunities for active exploration of current environmental music production techniques. | |
| MUSI 2390 | Introduction to Music and Computers (3) |
| Introduction to the use of computers in music composition, with hands-on experience. Appropriate for non-majors. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| MUSI 2500 | Jazz Keyboard Skills (2) |
| This goal of this class is to develop a basic level of skill in performing, arranging and analyzing standard modern jazz repertoire and styles for the piano. Concepts covered will include chord voicings for the left hand and for two hands; elements of jazz and swing rhythm and melody; reading and interpreting a lead sheet; basic solo jazz piano textures; ii-V-I chord progressions; and transcription and performance of recorded improvised solos. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 2509 | Introduction to Topics in Music Studies (3) |
| Selected topics, announced in advance, exploring the study of music through specific contexts and methods. Appropriate for non-majors. Course was offered Summer 2023 | |
| MUSI 2510 | Introduction to Music and Community Engagement (3) |
| Non-major level, introductory. Special topics courses, topics announced in advance. Courses combine community engagement activities with reflective interpretation. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| MUSI 2559 | New Course in Music (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Music. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, January 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, January 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, January 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Janiuary 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, January 2020, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012 | |
| MUSI 2570 | Music Cultures (3) |
| Studies of various musical topics, with emphasis on relatons between music and cultural context. Taught at the non-major level. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2021, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| MUSI 2600 | Jazz Improvisation (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Jazz Improvisation Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 |
| MUSI 2993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MUSI 3010 | Studies in Early Modern Music (1500-1700) (3) |
| Introduction to crucial shifts in musical culture that signaled the emergence of a self-consciously 'modern,' self-consciously 'European' musicality over the period 1500-1700; and to the ways such early modern genres as the polyphonic Mass, the madrigal, opera, oratorio, cantata, sonata, suite, and congregational hymnody have been assimilated into 20th-century American ideas about 'musicality.' Specific topics announced in advance. Prerequisite: The ability to read music. MUSI 3310 highly recommended. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2015, Fall 2012 | |
| MUSI 3020 | Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Music (3) |
| Study of selected repertories from the 17th and 18th centuries, emphasizing compositional style, performance practice, and the role of music within social, political, philosophical, and religious cultures of the time. Composers studied may include Lully, Corelli, Handel, J. S. Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn, and Mozart. Prerequisite: MUSI 3310 or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Fall 2011 | |
| MUSI 3030 | Studies in Nineteenth-Century Music (3) |
| Prerequisite: MUSI 3310; or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2010 | |
| MUSI 3040 | Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Music (3) |
| Study of art music in the 20th century. Examines ways in which the aims and functions of European/US musical art were re-imagined, particularly in association with modernism. Explores the century's radical shifts in musical language and their relationship with the pressing cultural, political, and social concerns of the period. Fulfills part of the 'Critical and comparative studies in music' requirement for majors. Prerequisite: MUSI 3310 Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 3050 | Music and Discourse Since 1900 (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the range of music that has flourished since the end of the 19th century including modernist and post-modern art music, popular music, and world music, through historical, critical, and ethnographic approaches. Prerequisite: The ability to read music, or any three-credit course in music, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 3060 | Motown vs Everybody: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course reviews the history of Motown Recording Company beginning with the Great Migration and examines how Motown helped shape today¿s record industry. We will explore topics around artist social responsibility, law, mental health, and technology. Students will also compare how black social movements influenced and reflected the music of Motown, Stax Records, and Philadelphia International Records. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 |
| MUSI 3120 | Jazz Studies (3) |
| Introduction to jazz as an advanced field of study, with equal attention given to historical and theoretical approaches. Prerequisite: MUSI 3310 or comparable fluency in music notation, and instructor permission. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 3307 | Play Guitar! Level 2 (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | To develop intermediate and advanced guitar skills. For students who have taken MUSI 2307 or who have appropriate skills for the course. |
| MUSI 3310 | Theory I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the pitch and rhythmic aspects of several musical styles, including European art music, blues, African drumming, and popular music. Focuses on concepts and notation related to scales and modes, harmony, meter, form, counterpoint, and style. Prerequisite: Ability to read music, and familiarity with basic concepts of pitch intervals and scales.. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 3320 | Theory II (3) |
| Studies pitch and formal organization in European concert music of the 18th and 19th centuries. Includes four-part vocal writing, 18th-century style keyboard accompaniment, key relations, and form. Students compose numerous short passages of music and study significant compositions by period composers. Prerequisite: MUSI 3310 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 3321 | Music Theory for Popular Music (3) |
| Technical study of popular music, especially from rock 'n' roll onward, addressing harmony, rhythm, form, and semiotics. Instructor permission required. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| MUSI 3330 | The Classical Style: Form in Tonal Music (3) |
| In this course we read, analyze, and write music in the western classical tradition to learn how it is formed, from its smallest parts (motives) to its largest wholes (sonatas). We focus on music of the High Classical Era: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert. Prerequisite: MUSI 3310 (Theory 1) or equivalent. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| MUSI 3332 | Musicianship I (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Lab course providing practical experience with many aspects of musical perception and performance, such as accurate vocal production of pitch, musical memory, identification of intervals and rhythmic patterns, and uses of notation in dictation and sight-singing. Students entering this sequence take a test to determine the appropriate level of their first course. Students enrolled in MUSI 3310, 3320 or 4331 have priority; course open to other students as space permits. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 3334 | Musicianship II (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Lab course providing practical experience with many aspects of musical perception and performance, such as accurate vocal production of pitch, musical memory, identification of intervals and rhythmic patterns, and uses of notation in dictation and sight-singing. Students entering this sequence take a test to determine the appropriate level of their first course. Students enrolled in MUSI 3310, 3320 or 4331 have priority; course open to other students as space permits. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 3342 | Learn to Groove Advanced (2) |
| For majors or those in percussion ensembles, orchestra, band and/or done well in Learn To Groove MUSI 2342. Students gain a broad understanding and facility through hand drumming of the rhythmic language associated with West and Central African, Caribbean, Brazilian, and contemporary styles of jazz, rock and funk from the United States. | |
| MUSI 3350 | Deep Listening (1) |
| Exploration of activities that involve listening & making sound, at the intersection of music-making & contemplative practices, drawing on the work of Pauline Oliveros, the Fluxus artists, & other artists & thinkers. Weekly reading assignments in relation to the experiential component; weekly email responses to readings & several brief reflective papers. The course is offered sometimes in person, sometimes in an asynchronous online format. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020 | |
| MUSI 3370 | Songwriting (3) |
| Develop aural, analytic and creative abilities through songwriting. Learn about rhythm, melodic design, harmonic progression, lyrics and song forms. Develop ear training, so that concepts you learn will be sonically meaningful. Examples considered from blues, folk, tin pan alley, musicals, R&B, rock and hip hop. Students must sign up for a required Lab section. Course was offered Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 3371 | Creative Music Ensemble (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A high-level performing and research ensemble that explores modern experimental music utilizing improvisation. With a focus on music that incorporates composition, technology and/or improvisation, the ensemble will rehearse, develop and perform a diverse repertoire, which may include the work of selected students. Students are encouraged to develop their language of improvisation, ensemble musicality, composition skills, and musical aesthetics. |
| MUSI 3372 | Writing Rap (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Course focuses on the craft of writing raps. No previous experience writing raps required. Students will listen to, attempt to deconstruct, and evaluate a broad range of rap music while learning the basics of composing lyrics. Along with writing raps, students will learn songwriting techniques and some theoretical approaches to composing larger works such as a 'mixtape' or 'album' through examinations of music, criticism, and literature. |
| MUSI 3373 | Creative Strategies for Indie Artists (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A platform for students to develop successful strategies for advancing their careers in music. Students will gain knowledge about multiple aspects of being an independent musician, including songwriting process, copyrights, PROs, marketing, booking shows, live production, tour management, and more. The course includes guest speakers, such as entertainment lawyers, artist managers, and publicists. |
| MUSI 3374 | Composing Mixtapes (3) |
| The craft of writing rap songs and the collection, selection, and integration of other media to collaborate toward the composition of a class mixtape. Experience writing raps or producing beats will be helpful, but it is not necessary to take this course. Students will listen to, attempt to deconstruct, create, and evaluate a broad range of music and literature while collaborating on the mixtape. | |
| MUSI 3376 | Make Beats (3) |
| Make Beats introduces students to technologies, techniques, and histories of beat making. Students practice critical listening to exemplars across genres, and work to reverse engineer what we hear. Key projects focus on creative practice, applying course content to the composition of original beats and tracks. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| MUSI 3380 | Introduction to Composition (3) |
| This class focuses on composition techniques in American and European concert music, including the music of various composers and the composition of new music.
Prerequisite: MUSI 3310. The course can be repeated for credit with approval of instructor. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MUSI 3390 | Introduction to Music and Computers (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Students gain hands-on experience with synthesizers, music notation software, and the control of MIDI instruments via computer. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 3400 | Ecoacoustics (3) |
| Ecoacoustics explores the intersection between ecology and music. It engages with natural systems of change and the unique sonic energy of places. Students learn recording and analysis techniques, and create their own ecoacoustic sound works as we study seminal works from the musical and artistic fields of acoustic ecology, sonology, soundscape composition, sonification, earthwork art, and deep listening. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| MUSI 3410 | Orchestration I: Anatomy of the Orchestra (3) |
| This course will examine the symphony orchestra in detail, covering the capabilities of every orchestral instrument, and study how they are combined by master composers. Students will create arrangements for string quartet, woodwind quintet, and full orchestra. The majority of these projects will receive readings by ensembles. Students may be asked to bring instruments to class for demonstration purposes. | |
| MUSI 3509 | Topics in Music Studies (3) |
| Selected topics, announced in advance, exploring the study of music through specific contexts and methods. Appropriate for music majors and others at that level. Course was offered Summer 2023 | |
| MUSI 3510 | Music and Community Engagement I (3) |
| Special topics courses, topics announced in advance. Courses combine community engagement activities with reflective interpretation. | |
| MUSI 3559 | New Course in Music (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Music. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2013, Spring 2012 |
| MUSI 3570 | Music Cultures (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies of various musical topics, with emphasis on relatons between music and cultural context. Taught at the major level. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2017 |
| MUSI 3993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 4061 | The Sound of Fim (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Exploration of the role of sound and listening in film. We will consider the history of sound recording in film and will listen to and watch examples and techniques of sound storytelling. Students will also learn about different types of microphones, experiment with making recordings, and create their own short sound films. No musical experience necessary. |
| MUSI 4065 | The Black Voice (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course focuses on critical analyses of and questions concerning the "Black Voice" as it pertains to hip-hop culture, particularly rap and related popular musics. Students will read, analyze, discuss a wide range of thinkers to explore many conceptions and definitions of "Blackness" while examining popular artists and the statements they make in and about their art. |
| MUSI 4090 | Concepts of Performance in Africa (4) |
| Through discussion, reading, writing, viewing/listening, we explore African performance theory associated especially with Ewe (Ghana) and BaAka (Central African rainforest) music/dance we are learning to perform, experimenting with abstracting concepts and remaking them in the immediate context of the course. No experience required, but dedication to an interactive, interdependent intellectual and creative community is expected from each student. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| MUSI 4331 | Theory III (3) |
| Studies in 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century techniques and styles through analysis and composition. Prerequisite: MUSI 3320 or instructor permission. Students who have taken MUSI 3330 may not enroll in MUSI 4331. | |
| MUSI 4410 | Orchestration 2 (3) |
| Study of the evolving styles of orchestration, from the Classical era through the present-day. Close study of orchestral masterworks spanning these eras. Students will create short orchestrations emulating styles of specific composers. | |
| MUSI 4507 | Composers (3) |
| Study of the life and works of a composer (or school of composers); topic announced in advance. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2012, Fall 2010 | |
| MUSI 4508 | Topics in American Music (3) |
| Topics, announced in advance, about folk, popular, jazz or art music traditions in American culture. Prerequisite: MUSI 3080 or instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 4509 | Cultural and Historical Studies of Music (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Selected topics, announced in advance, exploring the study of music within cultural and historical frameworks. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 4510 | Cultural and Historical Studies of Music (3) |
| Selected topics, announced in advance, exploring the study of music within cultural and historical frameworks. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 4512 | Studies in Jazz Literature (3) |
| Topics, announced in advance, exploring the world of jazz music. Prerequisite: MUSI 3120 or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2013 | |
| MUSI 4519 | Critical Studies of Music (3) |
| Selected topics, announced in advance, exploring the study of music within critical frameworks. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011 | |
| MUSI 4520 | Critical Studies of Music (3) |
| Selected topics, announced in advance, exploring the study of music within critical frameworks. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| MUSI 4523 | Issues in Ethnomusicology (3) |
| An intensive experience with ethnomusicology and performance studies, this seminar explores musical ethnography (descriptive writing), experiential research, sociomusical processes, and other interdisciplinary approaches to musical performance. Addresses issues involving race, class, gender, and identity politics in light of particular topics and areas studies. Prerequisite: MUSI 3070 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2010 | |
| MUSI 4525 | Topics in Ethnomusicology (3) |
| Addresses specific issues and cultural areas according to the interests of the students and instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 4526 | Topics in Ethnomusicology (3) |
| Addresses specific issues and cultural areas according to the interests of the students and instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 4532 | Musical Analysis (3) |
| Various approaches to musical analysis; readings from theoretical literature; and practical exercises in analysis of music from all periods. Prerequisite: MUSI 4331 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 4533 | Advanced Musicianship (2) |
| Includes advanced ear-training, sight-singing and keyboard harmony. Prerequisite: Passing score on the exit test for MUSI 3336. | |
| MUSI 4535 | Interactive Media (3) |
| The class is designed for composers, performers and all students interested in interactive technology for music, programming real-time computer music systems, and in music for multimedia. Emphasis is placed on gaining both technical and artistic understanding of the possibilities of real time music technology and multimedia. Prerequisite: MUSI 3390 or MUSI 4543 or MUSI 4547 or instructor permission. Course was offered Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| MUSI 4540 | Computer Sound Generation and Spatial Processing (3) |
| Studies in sound processing, digital synthesis and multichannel audio using RTCmix running under Linux. Students learn techniques of computer music through composition, analysis of representative works, and programming. Prerequisite: MUSI 3390 or instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 4543 | Sound Studio (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies in computer music studio techniques, sound synthesis using a variety of software packages based on the Macintosh platform, and the creation of original music using new technologies. Prerequisite: MUSI 3390 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 4545 | Computer Applications in Music (3) |
| Topics involving the composition, performance, and programming of interactive computer music systems. Prerequisite: Instructor permission or MUSI 3390. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| MUSI 4547 | Materials of Contemporary Music (3) |
| Topics in contemporary music that will focus on different areas in rotation. Each will involve focused readings, analysis of selected works, and the creation of original compositions that reflect the issues under discussion. Prerequisite: MUSI 3320 or instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 4559 | New Course in Music (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Music. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| MUSI 4581 | Composition I (3) |
| Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 4582 | Composition II (3) |
| Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2013 | |
| MUSI 4600 | Performance with Computers (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The course teaches a blended approach to performance, composition and computer programming through the context of a computer music ensemble. Students from various backgrounds work collaboratively in a technological ensemble context while building skills in interactive media programming, sound art design and human-computer interaction. They explore a new way of making ensemble music in collaboration with interactive and networked computer systems. |
| MUSI 4610 | Sound Synthesis and Control (3) |
| This course will cover the basic skills needed for building new musical interfaces. The first skill, and the primary topic of this course is Sound Synthesis. We will learn about the most common ways for digitally generating (synthesizing) musical sounds. This includes various concepts from musical acoustics and psychoacoustics. But it also includes the practical details of how to actually synthesize sound on a digital computer. | |
| MUSI 4620 | Audio Visual Environments (3) |
| This is a course in audiovisual composition and time-based new media. Over the course of the semester, you will create fixed video pieces, learn interactive & real-time audiovisual techniques, and explore sculptural & networked approaches to combining sound and light. | |
| MUSI 4750 | Choral Conducting I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies in the basic technique and art of conducting, with weekly experience conducting repertoire with a small choral ensemble. Prerequisite: basic ear training, sight-reading. Previous experience in a choral or instrumental ensemble is preferred. Interested students should consult with the instructor before registering. Instructor permission is required. |
| MUSI 4760 | Choral Conducting II (3) |
| Studies in the basic technique and art of conducting, with weekly experience conducting repertoire with a small choral ensemble. Prerequisite: Previous experience in a choral or instrumental ensemble is preferred. Interested students should consult with the instructor before registering. Instructor permission is required. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2012 | |
| MUSI 4770 | Choral Arranging (3) |
| This class will explore the art of writing for chorus and small vocal ensemble, and will aim at developing practical skills in creating and transcribing arrangements. Students will study a variety of examples from the repertoire, and attention will be paid to fundamentals of writing for the voice, setting text, etc. In addition the class will serve as workshop chorus, such that student arrangements can be performed and studied in the classroom. Prerequisites: MUSI 3310 or Instructor permission. A basic knowledge of music theory, and a basic ability to sing from written sources will prove essential. | |
| MUSI 4950 | Performance Concentration Seminar (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Provides intensive instruction in voice or on an instrument, broadens and deepens repertory knowledge, and provides experience in public performance as well as the evaluation of performance. Students perform at least one solo recital per semester. Students write self-evaluations of their performance and receive feedback from instructor.
Prerequisite: 1 semester of MUPF and audition. Must simultaneously register for MUPF 3950, 3960, 4950 or 4960. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018 |
| MUSI 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 5810 | Music Studies and Composition (1 - 3) |
| A graduate course permitting music studies, either in a group or as an individual, for students who are not working at the Music PhD level. Typically these would be graduate students in other departments or, rarely, advanced undergraduates. Topics may be research or composition. Prerequisite: instructor permission. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| MUSI 7000 | Introduction to Research in Music and Sound (3) |
| This is a crash course in thinking and writing about music from many different perspectives. It is also an introduction to some of the ways we think about music and sound in the UVa music department. And it is an opportunity for you to think about the enterprise of being an academic in music and in the humanities. We will also focus a bit on teaching and University life. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| MUSI 7350 | Interactive Media (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A graduate-level seminar in interactive technology for music and multimedia. Students explore theoretical, creative and practical aspects of programming, composing and performing real-time interactive music with computers. |
| MUSI 7360 | Scoring Human Existence (3) |
| A course primarily for advanced composition students. Enlarges the notion of scoring, familiar in talk of "film scores," to explore the idea of scoring many kinds of activities. Possibilities include a favorite chapter in a book, still images, scoring in response to a musical performance, and many more. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| MUSI 7361 | Composing for Improvisors (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Improvisation is prevalent in jazz, creative music, Western new music, hip hop, gospel, and many folk and/or non-Western cultural music traditions. This course focuses on the practice of composing for improvisers. Students will create and perform new works, expand their knowledge of compositional approaches to improvisation, and increase their abilities in open improvisation. |
| MUSI 7500 | Studies in Pre-Modern Music to 1500 (3) |
| Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| MUSI 7502 | Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Music (3) |
| Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| MUSI 7503 | Studies in Nineteenth-Century Music (3) |
| Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7504 | Topics in Twentieth Century Music (3) |
| Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7506 | Instrumental Music (3) |
| Studies topics, announced in advance, selected from the orchestral, chamber music or solo repertories. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7508 | American Music (3) |
| Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| MUSI 7509 | Cultural and Historical Studies of Music (3) |
| Selected topics, announced in advance, exploring the study of music within cultural and historical frameworks. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MUSI 7510 | Cultural and Historical Studies of Music (3) |
| Selected topics, announced in advance, exploring the study of music within cultural and historical frameworks. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2011 | |
| MUSI 7512 | Studies in Jazz Literature (3) |
| Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7519 | Current Studies in Research and Criticism (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Current Studies in Research and Criticism Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010 |
| MUSI 7520 | Current Studies in Research and Criticism (3) |
| Current Studies in Research and Criticism Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| MUSI 7524 | Field Research and Ethnography of Performance (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Working with and critiquing ideas about ethnography and performativity, students explore epistemological, ethical, and aesthetic issues as they relate to field research, and push the envelope of 'creative non-fiction' in the ethnographic realm through writing. A final essay as well as a final performance presentation are required. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. |
| MUSI 7525 | Topics in Ethnomusicology (3) |
| Studies the field of ethnomusicology. Specific issues and cultural areas addressed depend on the interests of students and the instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7526 | Topics in Ethnomusicology (3) |
| Studies the field of ethnomusicology. Specific issues and cultural areas addressed depend on the interests of students and the instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| MUSI 7532 | Musical Analysis (3) |
| Studies various approaches to musical analysis; readings from the most important theoretical literature; and the practical exercises in analysis of music from all periods. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7540 | Computer Sound Generation and Spatial Processing (3) |
| Studies in sound processing, digital synthesis and multichannel audio using RTCmix running under Linux. Students learn techniques of computer music through advanced composition, analysis of representative works, and programming. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. The course is intended for graduate students in music. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| MUSI 7543 | Sound Studio (3) |
| Studies in computer music studio techniques, sound synthesis using a variety of software packages based on the Macintosh platform, and the creation of original music using new technologies. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7547 | Materials of Contemporary Music (3) |
| The course is intended for graduate students in music. Topics in contemporary music that will focus on different areas in rotation. Each will involve focused readings, analysis of selected works, and the creation of original compositions that reflect the issues under discussion. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MUSI 7559 | New Course in Music (1 - 5) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Music. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| MUSI 7571 | Instrumental Conducting I, II (3) |
| Advanced studies in the theory and practice of conducting, score analysis, and rehearsal techniques. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7581 | Composition (3) |
| This course focuses on particular compositional types, in this case choral composition. There are a series of graded exercises, graded compositions, and a major final project that is presented during the final exam period.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| MUSI 7582 | Composition (3) |
| This course focuses on particular compositional types, in this case choral composition. There are a series of graded exercises, graded compositions, and a major final project that is presented during the final exam period. | |
| MUSI 7583 | Proseminar in Computer Music Composition (3) |
| Proseminar in Computer Music Composition Prerequisite: instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7584 | Proseminar in Computer Music Composition (3) |
| Proseminar in Computer Music Composition Prerequisite: instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2019, Spring 2018 | |
| MUSI 8810 | Advanced Composition (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Advanced Composition Prerequisite: Instructor permission. |
| MUSI 8820 | Advanced Composition (3) |
| Advanced Composition Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 8910 | Supervised Research (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Reading and/or other work in particular fields under supervision of an instructor. Normally taken by first-year graduate students. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 8920 | Supervised Research (3) |
| Reading and/or other work in particular fields under supervision of an instructor. Normally taken by first-year graduate students. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 8993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Independent study dealing with a specific topic. Requirements will place primary emphasis on independent research. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MUSI 8998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 8999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 9910 | Supervised Research (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Reading and/or other work in particular fields under supervision of an instructor. Normally taken by second year graduate students. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 9920 | Supervised Research (3) |
| Reading and/or other work in particular fields under supervision of an instructor. Normally taken by second year graduate students. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 9930 | Independent Research (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Research carried out by graduate student in consultation with an instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. |
| MUSI 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Preliminary research directed towards a dissertation in consultation with an instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Neuroscience | |
| NESC 3450 | The Study of Neuroscience from Molecules to Minds (4) |
| This course introduces students to fondational and modern neuroscience research techniques through laboratory investigations. Neuroscience is explored at the molecular, systems, and behavioral level. Topics covered include neuroanatomy, electrophysiology, biopotentials, development, histology, and microscopy. An emphasis is placed on structure-function relationships, experimental design, and application of techniques in research. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| NESC 3559 | New Course in Neuroscience (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of neuroscience. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2019 | |
| NESC 3960 | Research in Neuroscience (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Students in Neuroscience major are expected to participate in active research, supervised by a faculty research mentor. The course grade is based on 10 hours/week lab work toward achieving term goals that are determined individually at the beginning of the term. Students are expected to submit a Term Plan one month after the first day of classes and a Progress Report two weeks before the last day of classes. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| NESC 3980 | Current Topics in Neuroscience I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Current developments in the interdisciplinary field of neurosciences will be examined, from molecular neurobiology through cognitive neuroscience. Instruction will be based on readings of original literature, presentation of original and new data from Neuroscience faculty and attendance of seminar talks as part of the Neuroscience Graduate Seminar series. Prerequisite: Major in Neuroscience. |
| NESC 3985 | Current Topics in Neuroscience II (3) |
| Current developments in the interdisciplinary field of neuroscience will be examined, from molecular neurobiology through cognitive neuroscience. Instruction will be based on readings of original literature, presentation of original and new data from Neuroscience faculty and attendance of seminar talks as part of the Neuroscience Graduate Seminar series. Prerequisite: Major in Neuroscience. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| NESC 3995 | Research in Neuroscience (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides opportunities for first and second year students who have not yet declared a major to engage in supervised research activities. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| NESC 4030 | The Study of Neuroscience from Molecules to Minds (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course introduces students to foundational and modern neuroscience research techniques through laboratory investigations. Neuroscience is explored at the molecular, systems, and behavioral level. Topics covered include neuroanatomy, electrophysiology, biopotentials, development, histology, and microscopy. An emphasis is placed on structure-function relationships, experimental design, and application of techniques in research. |
| NESC 4245 | Neuroscience through the Nobels (3) |
| Will study Nobel prize winning discoveries that shaped our understanding of the nervous system; explore the original experimental basis for these discoveries; and learn about the Nobel laureates. This course will enable students to acquire a deeper understanding of fundamental principles in Neuroscience, to familiarize with various research techniques, and to develop a sense of history of Neuroscience research. | |
| NESC 4265 | Developmental Neurobiology (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The diverse functions of the nervous system depend on precise wiring of connections between neurons. This course covers cellular and molecular processes of how neuronal connections are established during development. Diseases which result from failing to establish the circuitry will also be discussed. This course will introduce research methods and technology, and encourage students to develop logical rationale of contemporary research. |
| NESC 4559 | New Course in Neuroscience (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of neuroscience. Course was offered Fall 2018 |
| NESC 4960 | Research in Neuroscience (3) |
| An original experimental project is undertaken in which each student is responsible for the design and operation of the experiment under the direction of a Neuroscience Graduate Program faculty member. Prerequisite: Major in Neuroscience. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| NESC 4970 | Distinguished Majors Thesis (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A two-semester course in which the student prepares a thesis under the supervision of a Neuroscience Graduate Program faculty member. The thesis must be based on empirical research conducted by the student. Prerequisite: Participant in Neuroscience DMP. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| NESC 4980 | Distinguished Majors Thesis (3) |
| A two-semester course in which the student prepares a thesis under the supervision of a Neuroscience Graduate Program faculty member. The thesis must be based on empirical research conducted by the student. Prerequisite: Participant in Neuroscience DMP. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| NESC 7010 | Foundations of Neuroimmunology (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will explore how reciprocal crosstalk between the central nervous system (CNS) and the immune system contributes to health and disease. Attention will be paid to highlight how immune responses contribute to neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis, stroke, Alzheimers disease, depression, anxiety, and autism. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 |
| NESC 8000 | Foundations of Neuroscience (6) |
| NESC8000 and NESC8001Â provides a foundation in the basic principles of how nervous systems functions from the cellular to the cognitive level, and how this goes wrong in disease. This foundation will prepare you for comprehending the broader neuroscience literature, improving your ability to critically evaluate scientific hypotheses, methods, and results. Both courses must be taken to receive credit. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 | |
| NESC 8001 | Foundations of Neuroscience (2) |
| NESC8000 and NESC8001Â provides a foundation in the basic principles of how nervous systems functions from the cellular to the cognitive level, and how this goes wrong in disease. This foundation will prepare you for comprehending the broader neuroscience literature, improving your ability to critically evaluate scientific hypotheses, methods, and results. Both courses must be taken to receive credit. Course was offered Summer 2025 | |
| NESC 8010 | Seminar in Neuroscience (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topics of current interest in neuroscience are presented and discussed by both the program faculty and visiting neuroscientists from other institutions. Prerequisite: Permission of program director. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| NESC 8030 | Current Literature in Molecular Neuroscience (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will review current literature in the field of molecular neuroscience in a journal club format. |
| NESC 8040 | Current Literature in Synapses & Circuits (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will review current literature in the field of synapse and circuit neuroscience in a journal club style format. |
| NESC 8050 | Epilepsy Research Today (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will introduce students to fundamental principles that guide epilepsy research today. Topics range from understanding how human seizures are classified to how animal models can inform our mechanistic understanding of epilepsy. The course includes formal lectures by clinical and basic science faculty, as well as student presentations. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024 |
| NESC 8080 | Neuroscience Graduate Student Seminar Series (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Students give forty-five minute presentations to their peers each week. Provides a chance for practice and improvement in giving lectures and an opportunity to receive advice from fellow trainees and attending faculty. Gives all members of the program updates on the progress and scientific interests of the students. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| NESC 8550 | Current Topics in Neuroscience (2) |
| Primary literature survey of a specific topic in neuroscience. Course was offered Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| NESC 9010 | Molecular Neuroscience (2) |
| Building on the NESC 8000 Foundations of Neuroscience course, this course expands on the Molecular Neuroscience (Molecular, Cellular & Development track), while also providing a deep dive in Cellular Neurophysiology (Synapses & Circuits track). Recognizing that modern neuroscience projects necessitate fluency in the concepts and methods in both fields, NESC 9010 and 9020 will be held jointly this term. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 | |
| NESC 9012 | Methods in Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Neuroscience (2) |
| This course will provide the strong methodological foundation in molecular neuroscience. It will allow students to follow scientific lectures/seminars with ease while critically assessing discussed principles. Upon completion of this course, students will understand molecular and genetic methods used in assessing neuronal functions. This course will be a combination of lecture and discussion of classic and contemporary literature. Course was offered Spring 2019, Spring 2018 | |
| NESC 9020 | Foundations of Cellular Neurophysiology (2) |
| Building on the NESC 8000 Foundations of Neuroscience course, this course expands on the Molecular Neuroscience (Molecular, Cellular & Development track), while also providing a deep dive in Cellular Neurophysiology (Synapses & Circuits track). Recognizing that modern neuroscience projects necessitate fluency in the concepts and methods in both fields, NESC 9010 and 9020 will be held jointly this term. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 | |
| NESC 9022 | Tools for Modern Neurobiology (2) |
| We plan to make this a practical course to show the methods needed to dissect systems and circuits including detailed methods, pitfalls of various techniques, troubleshooting and "insider" tips. We may even have some "field trips" to our labs to see the techniques in action! Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 | |
| NESC 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| NESC 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral research, under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Persian | |
| PERS 1010 | Elementary Persian (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introductory language sequence focusing on reading, writing, comprehending, and speaking modern Persian through audio-lingual methods. Persian grammar is introduced through sentence patterns in the form of dialogues and monologues. |
| PERS 1020 | Elementary Persian (4) |
| Introductory language sequence focusing on reading, writing, comprehending, and speaking modern Persian through audio-lingual methods. Persian grammar is introduced through sentence patterns in the form of dialogues and monologues. Prerequisite: PERS 1010 or equivalent, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| PERS 2010 | Intermediate Persian (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Each course focuses on the development of reading, writing, and speaking skills. Special attention is paid to reading comprehension using selections from classical and modern Persian prose and poetry, preparing students for advanced studies in Indo-Persian language and literature. Prerequisite: PERS 1020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. |
| PERS 2020 | Intermediate Persian (4) |
| Each course focuses on the development of reading, writing, and speaking skills. Special attention is paid to reading comprehension using selections from classical and modern Persian prose and poetry, preparing students for advanced studies in Indo-Persian language and literature. Prerequisite: PERS 1020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PERS 3010 | Advanced Persian I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is designed to introduce the students to the world of Persian prose literature. We will read a variety of prose genre. We will look at the semantics, morphology, and syntax and analyze the topic vis-Ã -vis these aspects. Prerequisite: PERS 2020 or equivalent |
| PERS 3020 | Advanced Persian (3) |
| The goal of this course is to increase student's efficiency in reading modern texts; ranging from literary prose fiction to news media excerpts, to poetry. although the students will be expected to learn grammatical structures emphasis will be placed on the functional usage of the language and on communication in context. Prerequisites: Persian 3010 or instructor's permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| PERS 3029 | Language House Conversation (1) |
| For students residing in the Persian group in Shea House. Prerequisite: instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PERS 3230 | Introduction to Classical Persian Literature (3) |
| A comprehensive, historical introduction to Persian poetry and prose from the 10th to the 18th centuries. Emphasizing the history and development of Persian poetry and prose, this advanced-level language course introduces various formal elements of Persian literary tradition. It analyzes literary texts and explores the linguistic structure, fine grammatical points, and syntactic intricacies of classical Persian. Prerequisite: PERS 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. | |
| PERS 3559 | New Course in Persian (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Persian. Course was offered Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| PERS 4993 | Independent Study in Persian (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent study for advanced students of Persian. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PERS 5230 | Introduction to Classical Persian Literature (3) |
| A comprehensive, historical introduction to Persian poetry and prose from the 10th to the 18th centuries. Emphasizing the history and development of Persian poetry and prose, this advanced-level language course introduces various formal elements of Persian literary tradition. It analyzes literary texts and explores the linguistic structure, fine grammatical points, and syntactic intricacies of classical Persian. Prerequisite: PERS 2020 or equiv. | |
| PERS 5559 | New Course in Persian (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Persian. | |
| PERS 7559 | New Course in Persian (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Persian.
Prerequisite: PERS 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission Course was offered Fall 2013 | |
| PERS 8993 | Independent Study in Persian (1 - 3) |
| Independent study for advanced students of Persian. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| Persian in Translation | |
| PETR 2559 | New Course in Persian Translation (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic int he subject area of Persian Translation. Course was offered Spring 2020 | |
| PETR 3125 | #MahsaAmini: Revolution and Media (3) |
| This course examines the role of media in the formation, development, and outcomes of revolutions. Cases of the Iran Revolution of 2022, the Islamic Revolution of 1979, and the Constitutional Revolution of early 20th century will be discussed in depth and the part media played in the dissemination of ideas, news, propaganda, etc. in these socio-political movements will be explored. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| PETR 3131 | Love, Lust, and the Divine in Persian Literature (3) |
| This course aims to introduce students to Persian literature's contribution to global humanism through poetry and poetics. We'll explore how Persian romance novels in verse (masnavi) engage with themes like love, desire, beauty, and the Divine, and how these themes intersect with gender, religion, society, ethics, womanhood, and leadership. The main focus will be the narrative content, the poets' arguments, and the issues they raise. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| PETR 3220 | Twentieth-Century Persian Literature in Translation (3) |
| Introduces modern Persian literature in the context of Iranian society and civilization. Lectures and discussions follow the development of modern Persian poetry and prose, and trace the influence of Western and other literature, as well as Iranian literary and cultural heritage, on the works of contemporary Iranian writers. Facilitates understanding of contemporary Iran, especially its people, both individually and collectively, with their particular problems and aspirations in the twentieth-century world. Taught in English. | |
| PETR 3232 | Persian Poetry and Poetics in Translation (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is an introduction to major poets of Classical and Medieval Persian literature through learning about different poetic forms and genres, themes and topics, and motifs and images within the Persian literary canon by reading the works of poets from different centuries. We will also learn about these poets, their social lives, cultural changes, court affiliations, thoughts, and philosophies. |
| PETR 3320 | Life Narratives & Iranian Women Writers (3) |
| This seminar examines life narratives and other forms of literary output by Iranian women writers. We will examine the ways these writers have desegregated a predominantly all-male literary tradition, as well as their arrival at the forefront of a bloodless social movement. Some of the genres to be investigated include novels, short stories, poetry, autobiographies, memoirs, and films. | |
| PETR 3345 | Revolution and Social Reform: Iran's Political Cinema (3) |
| In this course, we study the experimental cinema of post-revolutionary Iran. We will examine issues related to gender, culture and religion, and study film as a gateway into understanding the cultural, historical and political issues in contemporary Iran. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| PETR 3360 | Sex and the City: Stories of Love and Desire in Iran and Afghanistan (3) |
| Using a mix of cinema and literature, this course seeks to highlight how personal narratives of love and desire are often more than just individual stories. These stories don't exist in a vacuum; they are underwritten by the influence of politics on personal freedoms, the evolution and impact of gender roles, the tension between tradition and societal change, and the weight of cultural norms and expectations on individual choices. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| PETR 3559 | New Course in Persian Translation (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic int he subject area of Persian Translation Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PETR 5125 | #MahsaAmini: Revolution and Media (3) |
| This course examines the role of media in the formation, development, and outcomes of revolutions. Cases of the Iran Revolution of 2022, the Islamic Revolution of 1979, and the Constitutional Revolution of early 20th century will be discussed in depth and the part media played in the dissemination of ideas, news, propaganda, etc. in these socio-political movements will be explored. Course was offered Fall 2023 | |
| PETR 5210 | Persian Literature in Translation (3) |
| Reading from the works of major figures in classical Persian literature, especially Rudaki, Ferdowsi, Khayyam, Attar, Mowlavi, Sa'adi, and Hafez, as well as the most important minor writers of each period. Emphasizes the role of the Ma'shuq (the beloved), Mamduh (the praised one), and Ma'bud (the worshiped one) in classical verse, as well as the use of allegory and similar devices in both prose and verse. Taught in English. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| PETR 5220 | Twentieth-Century Persian Literature in Translation (3) |
| Introduces modern Persian literature in the context of Iranian society and civilization. Lectures and discussions follow the development of modern Persian poetry and prose, and trace the influence of Western and other literature, as well as Iranian literary and cultural heritage, on the works of contemporary Iranian writers. Facilitates understanding of contemporary Iran, especially its people, both individually and collectively, with their particular problems and aspirations in the twentieth-century world. Taught in English. | |
| PETR 5320 | Life Narratives & Iranian Women Writers (3) |
| This seminar examines life narratives and other forms of literary output by Iranian women writers. We will examine the ways these writers have desegregated a predominantly all-male literary tradition, as well as their arrival at the forefront of a bloodless social movement. Some of the genres to be investigated include novels, short stories, poetry, autobiographies, memoirs, and films. | |
| PETR 5345 | Revolution & Social Reform: Iran's Political Cinema (3) |
| In this course, we study the experimental cinema of post-revolutionary Iran. We will examine issues related to gender, culture and religion, and study film as a gateway into understanding the cultural, historical and political issues in contemporary Iran. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2020 | |
| PETR 5360 | Sex and the City: Stories of Love and Desire in Iran and Afghanistan (3) |
| Using a mix of cinema and literature, this course seeks to highlight how personal narratives of love and desire are often more than just individual stories. These stories don't exist in a vacuum; they are underwritten by the influence of politics on personal freedoms, the evolution and impact of gender roles, the tension between tradition and societal change, and the weight of cultural norms and expectations on individual choices. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| PETR 5559 | New Course in Persian Translation (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Persian Translation Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PETR 7559 | New Course in Persian Literature in Translation (3) |
| New course in Persian Literature in translation. | |
| Philosophy | |
| PHIL 1000 | Introduction to Philosophy (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces a broad spectrum of philosophical problems and approaches. Topics include basic questions concerning morality, skepticism and the foundations of knowledge, the mind and its relation to the body, and the existence of God. Readings are drawn from classics in the history of philosophy and/or contemporary sources. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/ Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| PHIL 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| PHIL 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to PHILorical Perspectives. | |
| PHIL 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| PHIL 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, PHILematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| PHIL 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| PHIL 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| PHIL 1330 | Virtual Worlds and Philosophy (3) |
| This class explores the intersection of philosophy with issues concerning VR, computer simulation, AI, etc. Can traditional philosophical problems be seen through the lens of VR and AI- and do VR and AI raise new and distinctive philosophical issues? This will show how reflection on modern technologies can help with ancient philosophical questions and how philosophy can help in the development of new technologies and society's response to them. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024 | |
| PHIL 1410 | Forms of Reasoning (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Analyzes the structure of informal arguments and fallacies that are commonly committed in everyday reasoning. The course will not cover symbolic logic in any detail. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 1510 | Introductory Philosophy Seminars (3) |
| Discussion groups devoted to some philosophical writing or topic. Information on the specific topic can be obtained from the philosophy department at course enrollment time. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHIL 1710 | Human Nature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Examines a wide variety of theories of human nature, with the aim of understanding how we can fulfill our nature and thereby live good, satisfying and meaningful lives. Focuses on the questions of whether it is in our nature to be rational, moral and/or social beings. Readings are taken from contemporary and historical sources. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 1730 | Introduction to Moral and Political Philosophy (3) |
| Examines some of the central problems of moral philosophy and their sources in human life and thought. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHIL 1740 | Issues of Life and Death (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the fundamental principles underlying contemporary and historical discussions of such issues as abortion, euthanasia, suicide, pacifism, and political terror. Examines Utilitarian and anti-Utilitarian modes of thought about human life and the significance of death. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| PHIL 2060 | Philosophical Problems in Law (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Examines and evaluates some basic practices and principles of Anglo-American law. Discusses the justification of punishment, the death penalty, legal liability, good samaritan laws, and the legal enforcement of morality. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| PHIL 2110 | History of Philosophy: Ancient and Medieval (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Survey of the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratic period through the Middle Ages. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. |
| PHIL 2120 | History of Philosophy: Modern (3) |
| Surveys the history of modern philosophy, beginning with Descartes and extending up to the nineteenth century. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHIL 2350 | Minds, Machines, and Persons (3) |
| This course surveys foundational issues in the philosophy of cognitive science. Part 1 asks, what is a mind? Are minds brains? Computers? Do minds extend into the body & environment? What it would take to make a machine with a mind? Part 2 turns to the problem of personal identity over time. Once you were a kid, now you're an adult, and one day you'll grow old. What (if anything) makes you the same person over your life. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| PHIL 2420 | Introduction to Symbolic Logic (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the concepts and techniques of modern formal logic, including both sentential and quantifier logic, as well as proof, interpretation, translation, and validity. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 2500 | Survey on a Philosophical Topic (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A lecture series on the various topics central to Philosophy. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015 |
| PHIL 2510 | Seminar in Philosophy (3) |
| Seminars aimed at showing how philosophical problems arise in connection with subjects of general interest. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHIL 2520 | Seminar in Bioethics (3) |
| Topics vary annually. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. | |
| PHIL 2640 | Rational Choice and Happiness (3) |
| In this class, we will examine philosophical puzzles about our ability to make rational choices that affect or determine our own happiness. How can we rationally decide to undergo a significant experience - such as having a child or moving to a new country - when have no way of knowing what that experience will be like? How can we rationally choose to make decisions about our future? Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017 | |
| PHIL 2652 | Animal Minds and Animal Ethics (3) |
| Other species seem to represent objects in their environments, think about the thoughts of their conspecifics, and perhaps even use language. Some seem to have long-term memory, emotion, and self-awareness. Do they in fact do all of these things, and if so, how, and in what sense? We will engage philosophically with the best scientific evidence available to answer these and similar questions before considering their ethical implications. | |
| PHIL 2660 | Philosophy of Religion (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Considers the problems raised by arguments for and against the existence of God; discussion of such related topics as evil, evidence for miracles, and the relation between philosophy and theology. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 2780 | Ancient Political Thought (3) |
| A survey of the political ideas and theories of the ancient Greeks and Romans, including such works as Plato's REPUBLIC, Aristotle's POLITICS and Cicero's DE RE PUBLICA. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. | |
| PHIL 2820 | Philosophy of Health and Health Care (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | In this class, we'll discuss philosophical theories of health and explore difficult issues in the measurement and treatment of health-related issues |
| PHIL 3010 | Darwin and Philosophy (3) |
| This course investigates the history and the scientific and philosophical implications of Darwin's revolutionary idea that the wholly unguided process of natural selection could explain the magnificent variety and adaptedness of living things and their descent from a common ancestor. One of the philosophical topics we will explore is how scientific theories are supported by evidence and how science yields knowledge Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2016 | |
| PHIL 3110 | Plato (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the philosophy of Plato through careful examination of selected Platonic dialogues. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. |
| PHIL 3120 | Aristotle (3) |
| An introduction to the philosophy of Aristotle, covering his major works in ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics, theory of knowledge, and literary theory. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHIL 3140 | History of Medieval Philosophy (3) |
| Examines the continued development of philosophy from after Aristotle to the end of the Middle Ages. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. | |
| PHIL 3150 | 17th Century Philosophy (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the central philosophers in the rationalist tradition. |
| PHIL 3160 | 18th Century Philosophy (3) |
| Studies the central philosophers in the empiricist tradition. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHIL 3180 | Nietzsche (3) |
| A comprehensive study of the philosophy of Nietzsche, with an examination of his views on life, truth, philosophy, art, morality, nihilism, values and their creation, will to power, eternal recurrence, and more. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Prerequisite: instructor permission (previous course in philosophy preferred) Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| PHIL 3310 | Metaphysics (3) |
| Examines central metaphysical issues such as time, the existence of God, causality and determinism, universals, possibility and necessity, identity, and the nature of metaphysics. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHIL 3320 | Epistemology (3) |
| Studies problems concerned with the foundations of knowledge, perception, and rational belief. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHIL 3330 | Philosophy of Mind (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies some basic problems of philosophical psychology. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 3400 | Introduction to Non-Classical Logic (3) |
| An introduction to systems of non-classical logic, including both extensions and revisions to classical logic. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| PHIL 3500 | Seminar in Philosophy (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topics change from semester to semester and year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2010 |
| PHIL 3520 | Topics in Contemporary Philosophy (3) |
| Studies some recent contemporary philosophical movement, writing, or topic. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. | |
| PHIL 3559 | New Course: PHIL (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of philosophy. | |
| PHIL 3620 | Science Fiction & Philosophy (3) |
| Science fiction is a distinctively philosophical genre. Science fiction stories can cause us to question the bounds of what is possible, explore ethical questions that arise in alien circumstances, explore the nature of the self and the very nature of reality, and so on. This course will investigate philosophical questions via science fiction literature, and use philosophy to explore the nature of science fiction. | |
| PHIL 3640 | Political Philosophy (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will consider three central questions in political philosophy: Why do political societies exist? What kind of political society is best? And, what is the proper role of the state in the social and economic affairs of its citizens? Rather than a comprehensive overview of the subject, this course will offer a chance to carefully examine some of the most influential attempts to answer to these core questions. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 |
| PHIL 3710 | Ethics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | History of modern ethical theory (Hobbes to Mill) with especial emphasis on the texts of Hume (Treatise, Book III) and Kant, (Grundlegung), which will be studied carefully and critically. Among the topics to be considered: Is morality based on reason? Is it necessarily irrational not to act morally? Are moral standards objective? Are they conventional? Is it a matter of luck whether we are morally virtuous? Is the morally responsible will a free will? Are all reasons for acting dependent on desires? For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 3720 | Contemporary Ethics (3) |
| Studies Anglo-American ethics since 1900. While there are selected readings from G. E. Moore, W. D. Ross, A. J. Ayer, C. L. Stevenson and R. M. Hare, emphasis is on more recent work. Among the topics to be considered: Are there moral facts? Are moral values relative? Are moral judgments universalizable? Are they prescriptive? Are they cognitive? What is to be said for utilitarianism as a moral theory? What against it? And what are the alternatives? For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHIL 3730 | Ancient Ethical Theory (3) |
| For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. | |
| PHIL 3800 | Feminist Philosophy (3) |
| In this class, we'll first examine the question 'What is gender?' Then we'll look at ways in which gender can interact with traditional philosophical topics, including epistemology, philosophy of language, political philosophy, etc. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| PHIL 3810 | Sex, Sexuality, and Gender (3) |
| In this class, we'll be talking about philosophical issues at the intersection of sexuality, sexual experience, and gender experience. What is sexual consent? What is the relationship between sexual consent and sexual morality? What is sexual orientation, and what is its relationship to sex and gender? Is there such a thing as biological sex? Is there a difference between sex and gender? | |
| PHIL 3830 | Philosophy of Mental Health (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This class explores philosophical issues in the nature of mental health and mental illness. Topics may include: What is the difference between a mental illness and a physical illness? How do we understand the difference between mental difference and mental dysfunction? Does our current approach to understanding mental health overly pathologize or medicalize people? What is a social contagion? What does it mean to be mentally healthy? Course was offered Fall 2024 |
| PHIL 3999 | Philosophical Perspectives on Liberty (3) |
| Examination of the nature and function of liberty in social theorists such as Adam Smith, JJ Rousseau, Ayn Rand, John Rawls, Robert Nozick. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. | |
| PHIL 4010 | Seminar for Majors (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topic changes from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Prerequisite: Philosophy majors. |
| PHIL 4020 | Seminar for Majors (3) |
| For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHIL 4500 | Special Topics in Philosophy (3) |
| For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHIL 4993 | Directed Reading and Research (1 - 3) |
| Independent study under the direction of a faculty member. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHIL 4995 | Directed Reading and Research (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent study under the direction of a faculty member. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 4999 | Senior Thesis (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| PHIL 5510 | Seminar on an Ancient History of Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A survey of the political ideas and theories of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2019, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| PHIL 5520 | Seminar on a Medieval History of Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A survey of the most important philosophers of the Middle Ages. | |
| PHIL 5530 | Seminar on a Modern History of Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A survey of the most important philosophers of the Modern Age. | |
| PHIL 5540 | Seminar on an Ethics Topic (3) |
| Seminar on an Ethics Topic Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2020 | |
| PHIL 5550 | Seminar on a Philosophy of Bioethics Topic (3) |
| A seminar on the ethical implications of biomedical research. Course was offered Fall 2018 | |
| PHIL 5560 | Seminar on a Political Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A seminar on political theory and how the topics of rights and freedoms are incorporated. | |
| PHIL 5570 | Seminar on a Metaphysics Topic (3) |
| A seminar on the nature of being and the world Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2019 | |
| PHIL 5580 | Seminar on a Epistemology Topic (3) |
| A seminar on the nature and scope of knowledge. | |
| PHIL 5590 | Seminar on a Logic Topic (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A seminar on logic features and reasoning. |
| PHIL 7500 | First Year Seminar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Seminar for First Yr graduate students. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. |
| PHIL 7501 | Tutorial Instruction (3) |
| Tutorial instruction. The student will attend lectures and cover the subjects of an undergraduate course, but will do additional reading and/or written work to strengthen their understanding of that philosophical area. Course was offered Spring 2016, Fall 2014 | |
| PHIL 7502 | Readings in Philosophy (3) |
| With the permission of the instructor, a student may arrange to take an undergraduate course for graduate credit under this designation. The student will attend lectures and cover the subjects of the undergraduate course, but will do additional reading and/or written work; the student's work in the course will be graded on a scale appropriate for graduate course work. | |
| PHIL 7510 | Seminar on an Ancient History of Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A survey of the political ideas and theories of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHIL 7520 | Seminar on a Medieval History of Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A survey of the most important philosophers of the Middle Ages. Course was offered Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHIL 7530 | Seminar on a Modern History of Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A survey of the most important philosophers of the Modern Age. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2013 | |
| PHIL 7540 | Seminar on a Philosophy of Ethics Topic (3) |
| A survey of ethical theory and moral status. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | |
| PHIL 7550 | Seminar on a Philosophy of Bioethics Topic (3) |
| A seminar on the ethical implications of biomedical research. | |
| PHIL 7560 | Seminar on a Political Philosophy Topic (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A seminar on political theory and how the topics of rights and freedoms are incorporated. Course was offered Spring 2019 |
| PHIL 7570 | Seminar on a Metaphysics Topic (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A seminar on the nature of being and the world |
| PHIL 7575 | Seminar on the Philosophy of Science Topic (3) |
| A seminar on the various topics with in the Philosophy of Science. | |
| PHIL 7580 | Seminar on a Epistemology Topic (3) |
| A seminar on the nature and scope of knowledge. | |
| PHIL 7590 | Seminar on a Logic Topic (3) |
| A seminar on logic features and reasoning. Course was offered Spring 2019, Fall 2016 | |
| PHIL 7995 | Supervised Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 8320 | Contemporary Epistemology (3) |
| For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| PHIL 8360 | Experience (3) |
| The course addresses recent literature on the following questions: (1) what is the ontological nature of experience? (sense-data theories vs. state theories vs. disjunctivism); (2) is the phenomenal character of experience exhausted by its representational content? (representationalism vs. qualia realism); (3) does experience contain any nonconceptual representational content? (4) are the intrinsic features of experience introspectible? | |
| PHIL 8510 | Seminar on an Ancient History of Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A survey of the political ideas and theories of the ancient Greeks and Romans. | |
| PHIL 8520 | Seminar on a Medieval History of Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A survey of the most important philoosphers of the Middle Ages. | |
| PHIL 8530 | Seminar on a Modern History of Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A survey of the most important philosophers of the Modern Age. | |
| PHIL 8540 | Seminar on a Philosophy of Ethics Topic (3) |
| A survey of ethical theory and moral status. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015 | |
| PHIL 8550 | Seminar on a Philosophy of Bioethics Topic (3) |
| A seminar on the ethical implications of biomedical research. | |
| PHIL 8560 | Seminar on a Political Philosophy Topic (3) |
| A seminar on political theory and how the topics of rights and freedoms are incorporated. Course was offered Spring 2025 | |
| PHIL 8570 | Seminar on a Metaphysics Topic (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A seminar on the nature of being and the world Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015 |
| PHIL 8580 | Seminar on a Epistemology Topic (3) |
| A seminar on the nature and scope of knowledge. Course was offered Spring 2018 | |
| PHIL 8590 | Seminar on a Logic Topic (3) |
| A seminar on logic features and reasoning. | |
| PHIL 8995 | Supervised Research (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 9700 | Dissertation Seminar (3) |
| This course is designed for graduate students in their third or fourth year. It focuses on dissertation writing and the various skills relevant to professional development. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| PHIL 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHIL 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/philosophy/. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Physics | |
| PHYS 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and PHYSosophical Inquiry. | |
| PHYS 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| PHYS 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to PHYSorical Perspectives. | |
| PHYS 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| PHYS 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, PHYSematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| PHYS 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| PHYS 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| PHYS 1010 | The Physical Universe (3) |
| In this class you will get a chance to explore the scientific wonders of the universe. Topics vary each semester but generally include: motion, energy, waves, electricity, magnetism, sound, light, relativity, atomic structure, molecules, quantum physics, the nucleus, chemistry, meteorology, geophysics, the solar system, stars, and cosmology. PHYS 1010 requires limited math, but has wide applications like electronics, wifi, rockets, satellites, nuclear reactors, lasers, climate change, earthquakes, the tides, eclipses, plate tectonics, fossil fuels, telescopes, solar energy, and the origin of universe. PHYS 1010 is for non-science majors. Premedical and pre-dental students should take PHYS 2010, 2020. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHYS 1020 | The Physical Universe II (3) |
| For non-science majors. Covers physical science topics including chemistry, meteorology, geophysics, solar system, stars, and cosmology. Limited math, but with wide applications like periodic table, climate change, earthquakes, plate tectonics, fossil fuels, telescopes, solar energy, origin of universe. 1010 and 1020 may be taken in any order. Pre-medical and pre-dental students should take PHYS 2010, 2020 | |
| PHYS 1050 | How Things Work (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For non-science majors. Introduces physics and science in everyday life, considering objects from our daily environment and focusing on their principles of operation, histories, and relationships to one another. 1050 is concerned primarily with mechanical and thermal objects, while 1060 emphasizes objects involving electromagnetism, light, special materials, and nuclear energy. They may be taken in either order. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHYS 1060 | How Things Work (3) |
| For non-science majors. Introduces physics and science in everyday life, considering objects from our daily environment and focusing on their principles of operation, histories, and relationships to one another. 1050 is concerned primarily with mechanical and thermal objects, while 1060 emphasizes objects involving electromagnetism, light, special materials, and nuclear energy. They may be taken in either order. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 1090 | Galileo and Einstein (3) |
| For non-science majors. Examines how new understandings of the natural world develop, starting with the ancient world and emphasizing two famous scientists as case studies. Galileo was the first to make subtle use of experiment, while Einstein was the first to realize time is not absolute and that mass can be converted to energy. | |
| PHYS 1110 | Energy on this World and Elsewhere (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The subject of energy will be considered from the perspective of a physicist. Students will learn to use quantitative reasoning and the recognition of simple physics restraints to examine issues related to energy that are of relevance to society and the future evolution of our civilization. Prerequisite: Physics and math at high school level. |
| PHYS 1130 | Physics of Sports (3) |
| A study of the physics concepts behind the motion of spinning and curving projectiles in worldwide sports such as soccer, tennis, basketball, baseball, football, etc. and rolling and sliding balls/diska along a flat surface. Basic explanations include utilizing kinematics, gravity, friction, air flow, and Newton's Laws. Learn about hang time, topspin, dimples,drag crisis, sideways forces, least energy launch angle, jumping, and crouching. Course was offered Summer 2025, January 2025, Summer 2024, January 2024, Summer 2023, January 2023, Summer 2022, Janiuary 2022, Summer 2021, January 2021 | |
| PHYS 1420 | Introductory Physics 1: Classical Mechanics, Waves, and Thermodynamics (3) |
| First semester of the introductory physics sequence recommended for prospective physics majors. Topics include particle kinematics and dynamics, energy and momentum conservation, rotational motion, fluids, oscillatory motion, waves, sound, and thermodynamics. Emphasis is on building foundations for future studies in physics. Three lecture hours. Prerequisite: MATH 1310; Co-requisite: MATH 1320; or instructor permission. | |
| PHYS 1425 | Introductory Physics 1 for Engineers (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | First semester of introductory physics sequence recommended for engineers. Topics include particle kinematics and dynamics, energy and momentum conservation, rotational motion, fluids, oscillatory motion, waves, sound, and thermodynamics. Emphasis is on development of skills for practical applications. Three lecture hours. Co-requisite: MATH 1320 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 |
| PHYS 1429 | Introductory Physics 1 Workshop (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Group problem solving, data acquisition and analysis, and application of physics to real life scenarios in the framework of classical mechanics and thermodynamics. The course is geared towards STEM majors and required for engineering and physics majors. Co-requisites: PHYS 1425 or 1420. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 |
| PHYS 1559 | New Course in Physics (3) |
| New course in the subject of physics. | |
| PHYS 1655 | Introduction to Python for Scientists and Engineers (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course provides an introduction to the Python programming language with applications to common problems in the science and engineering fields. It emphasizes three core skills: analyzing data, simulating data, and visualizing data. No previous programming or computer experience is required. Prerequisite: MATH 1210 or equivalent, or instructor permission. |
| PHYS 1660 | Practical Computing for the Physical Sciences (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course teaches how to use the computer to solve quantitative problems. This involves learning the skills to write computer programs dedicated to certain tasks, to visualize data graphically, to use scientific software, and to learn other practical skills that are important for a future career in the sciences. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015 |
| PHYS 1930 | Physics in the 21st Century (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Overview of current areas of research in the broad discipline of physics, including the historical context of their development. Describes various career options in physics, including academia, government, and industry. Outlines the college physics curriculum and describes opportunities to participate in research at the university. |
| PHYS 2010 | Principles of Physics 1 for Pre-Health Students (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Physics 2010 and 2020 constitute a terminal course sequence covering the principles of mechanics, heat, electricity and magnetism, optics, atomic, solid state, nuclear, and particle physics. A working knowledge of arithmetic, elementary algebra, and trigonometry is essential. The PHYS 2010 - 2020 sequence does not normally serve as prerequisite for the courses numbered 3110 and above. PHYS 2010, 2020, in conjunction with the laboratories PHYS 2030, 2040, satisfy the physics requirement of medical and dental schools. PHYS 2010 is prerequisite for 2020. Three lecture hours. Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHYS 2020 | Principles of Physics 2 for Pre-Health Students (3) |
| Physics 2010 and 2020 constitute a terminal course sequence covering the principles of mechanics, heat, electricity and magnetism, optics, atomic, solid state, nuclear, and particle physics. A working knowledge of arithmetic, elementary algebra, and trigonometry is essential. The PHYS 2010 - 2020 sequence does not normally serve as prerequisite for the courses numbered 3110 and above. PHYS 2010, 2020, in conjunction with the laboratories PHYS 2030, 2040, satisfy the physics requirement of medical and dental schools. PHYS 2010 is prerequisite for 2020. Three lecture hours. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 2030 | Principles of Physics 1 Workshop (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Group problem solving, data acquisition and analysis, and application of physics to real life scenarios in the framework of classical mechanics and thermodynamics. The course satisfies the requirements for pre-health students. Co-requisites: PHYS 2010 Course was offered Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHYS 2040 | Principles of Physics 2 Workshop (1) |
| Group problem solving, data acquisition and analysis, and application of physics to real life scenarios in the framework of electricity and magnetism. The course satisfies the requirements for pre-health students. Co-requisites: PHYS 2020. Prerequisite: PHYS 2030 Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 2410 | Introductory Physics 2: Electricity, Magnetism and Optics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Second semester of the introductory physics sequence recommended for prospective physics majors. Topics include electricity, magnetism, circuits and optics. Emphasis is on building foundations for future studies in physics. Three lecture hours. PHYS 1420 or PHYS 1425; co-requisite MATH 2310; or instructor permission |
| PHYS 2415 | Introductory Physics 2 for Engineers (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Second semester of introductory physics sequence recommended for engineers and other scientists. Topics include electricity, magnetism, circuits and optics. Emphasis is on development of skills for practical applications. Three lecture hours. Prerequisites: PHYS 1420 or PHYS 1425; co-requisite: MATH 2310; or instructor permission. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHYS 2419 | Introductory Physics 2 Workshop (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Group problem solving, data acquisition and analysis, and application of physics to real life scenarios in the framework of electricity and magnetism. The course is geared towards STEM majors and required for engineering and physics majors. Co-requisites: PHYS 2415 or 2410. Prerequisite: PHYS 1429 Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHYS 2559 | New Course in Physics (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of Physics Course was offered January 2021, Fall 2009 | |
| PHYS 2620 | Modern Physics (4) |
| Introduction to quantum physics and relativity, with application to atomic structure, nuclear and elementary particle physics, condensed matter physics, and cosmology. Three lecture hours, one problem hour. Prerequisite: PHYS 1720 or 2410 or 2415, and MATH 2310 or instructor permission. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 2640 | Elementary Laboratory II (3) |
| Elementary Lab for Physics Majors, 2nd semester. Selected experiments in mechanics, heat, electricity and magnetism and optics. One lecture hour and four laboratory hours per week.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1710, 1720, 2620, 2630; or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 2660 | Fundamentals of Scientific Computing (3) |
| Applications of computers to solving basic problems in physical science. Introduction to programming, use of external libraries, and implementation of basic algorithms with focus on numerical methods, error analysis & data fitting. No previous computer experience is required. One Lecture & one lab session per week. Prerequisite: One semester of calculus and one semester of introductory physics (PHYS 1710, 1420, 1425, or 2010). Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 2720 | Problem Solving and Special Topics in Classical Physics (2) |
| Develop and extend the techniques of introductory physics and calculus to solve more complicated problems. The course covers topics in mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, waves, and optics. PHYS 1420 or 1425; MATH 2310. Co-requisites: PHYS 2410 or 2415; MATH 3250 or instructor permission | |
| PHYS 3040 | Physics of the Human Body (3) |
| Application of basic physics principles to functions of the human body: biomechanics, metabolism, cardiovascular, cognitive & respiratory systems, and the senses. Medical diagnosis and therapy technologies (e.g., PET, MRI, CT) are discussed. Prerequisite: one semester of calculus and PHYS 2010 or PHYS 1420 or PHYS 1425 or PHYS 1710. Corequisite: PHYS 1710 or PHYS 2020 or PHYS 2410 or PHYS 2415 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 3110 | Widely Applied Physics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Applications of physical principles to a diverse set of phenomena: order of magnitude estimates, dimensional analysis, material science and engineering, astrophysics, aeronautics and space flight, communications technology, meteorology, sound & acoustics and fluid dynamics. Not all topics will be covered in every course. Three lecture hours. (Y) Prerequisite: PHYS 2620 or instructor permission. |
| PHYS 3120 | Applied Physics: Energy (3) |
| Basic physics principles of energy sources and energy production, conversion, distribution, and storage. This course will focus on the basic physics principles and applications of engines, nuclear energy, solar power and photovoltaic, geothermal, wind and hydropower, fuel cells, batteries, bioenergy and fossil energy, as well as energy harvesting in the internet age. We will also learn a closely related topic of physics of climate and "drawdown". The course will conclude with the outlook of renewable energies. Three lecture hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 2620 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 3140 | Intermediate Laboratory (4) |
| Selected experiments in mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, optics, and modern physics. One lecture hour and four laboratory hours per week. Prerequisites: PHYS 1429, PHYS 2419; co-requisite: PHYS 2620. | |
| PHYS 3150 | Electronics Laboratory (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The course begins by covering the fundamentals of analog and digital electronics, including the use of transistors, FET's, operational amplifiers, TTL, and CMOS integrated circuits. Following this students conduct projects with modern microcontroller boards (Arduino and Raspberry Pi) using the concepts and the experience gained from the prior fundamentals. Six laboratory hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 2040 or PHYS 2419. |
| PHYS 3170 | Advanced Laboratory A (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Approximately five experiments drawn from the major fields of physics. Introduces precision apparatus, experimental techniques, and methods of evaluating experimental results. Outside report preparation is required. Six laboratory hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 2640 or PHYS 3140 |
| PHYS 3180 | Advanced Laboratory B (3) |
| Approximately five experiments drawn from the major fields of physics. Introduces precision apparatus, experimental techniques, and methods of evaluating experimental results. Outside report preparation is required. Six laboratory hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 2640 or PHYS 3140 Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 3210 | Classical Mechanics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Statics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies treated with extensive use of vector calculus; includes the Lagrangian formulation of mechanics. Prerequisites: MATH 2310 or equivalent, MATH 3250 or equivalent, and PHYS 2720 or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHYS 3250 | Applied Nuclear Physics (3) |
| Applications of nuclear physics and nuclear energy: Introduction to nuclear physics, radioactivity, radiation standards and units, interaction of radiation with matter, accelerators, x-ray generators, detectors, biological effects, nuclear medicine, nuclear fission and reactors, nuclear fusion. Three lecture hours. (Y) Prerequisite: PHYS 2620 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| PHYS 3310 | Statistical Physics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Includes temperature and the laws of thermodynamics; introductory treatments of kinetic theory and statistical mechanics; and applications of Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein, and Fermi-Dirac distributions. Prerequisite: MATH 3255 (preferred) or MATH 3250, and PHYS 2620, or instructor permission. |
| PHYS 3340 | Mathematics for Physics (3) |
| This course covers linear algebra and complex analysis, with a review of vector calculus. Emphasis is on applications in physics. Students cannot receive credit for both PHYS 3340 and MATH 4210. Prerequisites: Vector calculus (MATH 2310 or MATH 2315 or APMA 2120) and ordinary differential equations (MATH 3250 or APMA 2130). | |
| PHYS 3420 | Electricity and Magnetism I (3) |
| Systematic treatment of electromagnetic phenomena with extensive use of vector calculus, including Maxwell's equations. Prerequisite: MATH 4220, and PHYS 1720 or PHYS 2410 or PHYS 2415, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 3430 | Electricity and Magnetism II (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Includes Maxwell's equations; electromagnetic waves and their interaction with matter; interference, diffraction, polarization; waveguides; and antennas. Prerequisite: PHYS 3420. |
| PHYS 3559 | New Course in Physics (3) |
| Independent study supervised by a faculty member, culminating in a written report, essay, or examination. May be repeated for credit. | |
| PHYS 3620 | Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics (3) |
| The course will examine basic principles of simple theories for metals, the basics of crystallography and crystal structures, the reciprocal space, lattice vibrations, elastic properties of solids, electronic band structure, impurities and defects, dielectric properties, magnetism and superconductivity. Prerequisite: PHYS 2620. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| PHYS 3630 | Computational Physics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Surveys computational methods for problem solving in the physical sciences. Topics include numerical precision and efficiency, solutions of differential equations, optimization problems, Monte Carlo simulation, statistical methods, and data analytics. Tools for data visualization and use of libraries in both C/C++ and Python will be explored. Prerequisites: PHYS 2410 or PHYS 2415, PHYS 2620, and programming experience in Python and/or C. |
| PHYS 3650 | Quantum Physics I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Includes quantum phenomena and an introduction to wave mechanics; the hydrogen atom and atomic spectra. Prerequisite: MATH 3250, MATH 4210 or PHYS 3340, PHYS 2620, or instructor permission. |
| PHYS 3660 | Quantum Physics II (3) |
| Continuation of PHYS 3650. Intermediate quantum mechanics including perturbation theory; application to systems of current interest. Prerequisite: PHYS 3650. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 3993 | Independent Study (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Individual study of topics in physics not normally covered in formal classes. Study is carried out under the tutelage of a faculty member with whom the requirements are agreed upon prior to enrollment. (S-SS) Prerequisite: Instructor permission Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHYS 3995 | Research (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A research project on a topic in physics carried out under the supervision of a faculty member culminating in a written report. May be taken more than once. (S-SS) Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 |
| PHYS 5000 | Physics Colloquium (2) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | First and second year students enrolled in the Physics PhD program are required to take Physics Colloquium in their first and second years of study. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018 |
| PHYS 5110 | Special Topics in Classical and Modern Physics (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Lectures on topics of current interest in physics research and pedagogy. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019 |
| PHYS 5160 | Introduction to String Theory (3) |
| This course introduces a modern topic in theoretical high energy physics to an advanced undergraduate / beginner graduate student audience. Among the directions which are being explored are the physics of extra dimensions, and a unified treatment of gravity and electromagnetism in the context of string theory.
Prerequisite: Physics 3210 (Classical Mechanics), 3430 (Electricity & Magnetism II) and 3660 (Quantum Mechanics II), or permission of the instructor. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012 | |
| PHYS 5170 | Introduction to Cosmology (3) |
| This is an introductory cosmology course for an advanced undergraduate/beginner graduate audience. This course aims to give a window into the history of our Universe, presented here in reverse order: the expanding Universe, the cosmic microwave radiation background and the very early universe. Prerequisite: MATH 3250 or equivalent, PHYS 2620, or instructor permission. | |
| PHYS 5190 | Electronics Lab (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Practical electronics for scientists, from resistors to microprocessors. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. |
| PHYS 5210 | Discrete Group Theory for Condensed Matter Physics (3) |
| Group theory is an elegant method based on symmetry to understand complex phenomena in nature. This course is to learn the basic principles of Discrete Group Theory and its application to Condensed Matter Physics. Representation theory, characters and basis functions of a group, and group theory in quantum mechanics will be discussed to learn the basic principles, and a few applications will be discussed. Prerequisite: PHYS 3650 or CHEM 3410. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHYS 5240 | Introduction to the Theory of General Relativity (3) |
| Reviews special relativity and coordinate transformations. Includes the principle of equivalence; effects of gravitation on other systems and fields; general tensor analysis in curved spaces and gravitational field equations; Mach's principle, tests of gravitational theories; perihelion precession, red shift, bending of light, gyroscopic precession, radar echo delay; gravitational radiation; relativisitic stellar structure and cosmography; and cosmology. Prerequisite: Advanced calculus through partial differentiation and multiple integration; vector analysis in three dimensions. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 5250 | Mathematical Methods of Physics I (3) |
| Discusses matrices, complex analysis, Fourier series and transforms, ordinary differential equations, special functions of mathematical physics, partial differential equations, general vector spaces, integral equations and operator techniques, Green's functions, group theory. Prerequisites: MATH 5210 and 5220 or instructor permission. | |
| PHYS 5310 | Optics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Includes reflection and refraction at interfaces, geometrical optics, interference phenomena, diffraction, Gaussian optics, and polarization. Prerequisite: PHYS 2320, 2415, 2610, or an equivalent college-level electromagnetism course; knowledge of vector calculus and previous exposure to Maxwell's equations. |
| PHYS 5320 | Fundamentals of Photonics (3) |
| This course is designed to provide an understanding of the physics that underlies technologies such as lasers, optical time/frequency standards, laser gyros, and optical telecommunication. Covers the basic physics of lasers and laser beams, nonlinear optics, optical fibers, modulators and optical signal processing, detectors and measurements systems, and optical networks. Prerequisite: PHYS 5310 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 5559 | New Course in Physics (1 - 4) |
| New course in the subject of physics | |
| PHYS 5620 | Solid State Physics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course will study various phenomena in condensed matter physics, including crystallography, basic group theory, x-ray and neutron diffraction, lattice vibrations, electrons in a metal, electronic band theory, electrons under an external magnetic field, semiconductors, magnetism and superconductivity. Not only the topics but also the theoretical and experimental techniques that are covered in this course are essential for PhD students as well as advanced Undergraduate students in Physics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering to excel in their research career.
Prerequisite: PHYS 3650 (Quantum Mechanics I) or an equivalent course |
| PHYS 5630 | Computational Physics I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Surveys computational methods for problem solving in the physical sciences. Topics include numerical precision and efficiency, solutions of differential equations, optimization problems, Monte Carlo simulation, statistical methods, and data analytics. Tools for data visualization and use of libraries in both C/C++ and Python will be explored. Prerequisites: PHYS 2410 or PHYS 2415, PHYS 2620, and programming experience in Python and/or C. |
| PHYS 5640 | Computational Physics II (3) |
| Advanced topics in computational physics including numerical methods for partial differential equations, Monte Carlo modeling, advanced methods for linear systems, and special topics in computational physics. Prerequisite: PHYS 5630, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 5720 | Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics (3) |
| Studies subatomic structure; basic constituents and their mutual interactions. | |
| PHYS 5820 | Introduction to Nanophysics (3) |
| An introduction to rapidly-evolving ideas in nanophysics. Covers the principles involved in the fabrication of nanosystems and in the measurement of phenomena on the nanoscale. Concepts necessary to appreciate applications in such areas as nano-electronics, nano-magnetism, nano-mechanics and nano-optics, are discussed. Prerequisite: One course each in undergraduate-level quantum mechanics and statistical physics or instructor permission; knowledge of introductory-level wave mechanics and statistical mechanics; applications of Schroedinger equation, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions. | |
| PHYS 5880 | Introduction to Quantum Computing (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | An introduction to quantum computation, a modern discipline looking for ways to harness the power of quantum mechanics to gain exponential speedup of computations and simulations. We will go through the basic algorithms, discuss error correction and various physical platforms suggested for a possible implementation of such a computer. The course assumes a knowledge of linear algebra, basic probability and familiarity with quantum mechanics. |
| PHYS 6513 | Topics in Physical Science (1 - 3) |
| Small classes studying special topics in physical science using cooperative teaching in a laboratory setting. Hands-on experiments and lecture demonstrations allow special problems to be posed and solved. May be taken more than once. Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree or instructor permission. | |
| PHYS 7010 | Theoretical Mechanics I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | The statics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies. Discusses the methods of generalized coordinates, the Langrangian, Hamilton-Jacobi equations, action-angle variables, and the relation to quantum theory. Prerequisite: PHYS 3210 and MATH 5220. |
| PHYS 7210 | Statistical Mechanics (3) |
| Discusses thermodynamics and kinetic theory, and the development of the microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical ensembles. Includes Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions, techniques for handling interacting many-particle systems, and extensive applications to physical problems. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| PHYS 7410 | Electricity and Magnetism I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A consistent mathematical account of the phenomena of electricity and magnetism; electrostatics and magnetostatics; macroscopic media; Maxwell theory; and wave propagation. Prerequisite: PHYS 7250 or instructor permission. |
| PHYS 7420 | Electricity and Magnetism II (3) |
| Development of the theory of special relativity, relativistic electrodynamics, radiation from moving charges, classical electron theory, and Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of electrodynamics. Prerequisite: PHYS 7420 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PHYS 7559 | New Advanced Topics Course in Physics (3) |
| New course in the subject of Physics. May be repeated for credit. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| PHYS 7610 | Quantum Theory I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the physical basis of quantum mechanics, the Schroedinger equation and the quantum mechanics of one-particle systems, and stationary state problem. Prerequisite: Twelve credits of 3000-level physics courses and MATH 5210, 5220, or instructor permission. |
| PHYS 7620 | Quantum Theory II (3) |
| Includes angular momentum theory, techniques of time-dependent perturbation theory, emission and absorption of radiation, systems of identical particles, second quantization, and Hartree-Fock equations. Prerequisite: PHYS 7610 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 7995 | Independent Study (1 - 6) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Independent research or practical training supervised by a faculty member. May be repeated for credit. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 |
| PHYS 8220 | Fundamentals of Photonics (3) |
| Studies nonlinear optical phenomena; the laser, sum, and difference frequency generation, optical parametric oscillation, and modulation techniques. Prerequisite: PHYS 5310 and exposure to quantum mechanics. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 8240 | Advanced General Relativity (3) |
| This course will build upon PHYS 5240 and will explore topics in relativity that are frequently used in research in gravitation and cosmology theory. This will include Hamiltonian, tetrad, and Landau-Lifshitz formulations of relativity; perturbations of flat spacetime, black holes, and compact stars; conformal methods, singularity theorems, and black-hole mechanics; and inflation and cosmological perturbation theory. Prerequisite: PHYS 5240 or Instructor Permission | |
| PHYS 8320 | Statistical Mechanics II (3) |
| Further topics in statistical mechanics. Prerequisite: PHYS 8310. Course was offered Fall 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| PHYS 8420 | Atomic Physics (3) |
| Studies the principles and techniques of atomic physics with application to selected topics, including laser and microwave spectroscopy, photoionization, autoionization, effects of external fields, and laser cooling. Prerequisite: PHYS 7620 or instructor permission. | |
| PHYS 8450 | Computational Physics II (3) |
| Linear algebra and large sparse matrix methods applied to partial differential equations, with applications to 1+1 and 2+1 dimensional Schrodinger equations. The use of lattice gauge theory methods for introducing electromagnetic fields on a grid, and applications to the quantum theory of conductivity and the integer quantum Hall effect. Application of Monte Carlo simulation methods to statistical mechanical systems, quantum mechanics, and quantum field theory. Prerequisite: PHYS 5630 or instructor permission Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 8610 | Condensed Matter Theory I (3) |
| The description and basic theory of the electronic properties of solids including band structure, electrical conduction, optical properties, magnetism and super-conductivity. Prerequisite: PHYS 7620 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 8630 | Introduction to Field Theory (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces the quantization of field theories, including those based on the Dirac and Klein-Gordon equations. Derives perturbation theory in terms of Feynman diagrams, and applies it to simple field theories with interactions. Introduces the concept of renormalization. Prerequisite: PHYS 7620. |
| PHYS 8640 | Modern Field Theory (3) |
| Applies field theory techniques to quantum electrodynamics and to the renormalization-group description of phase transitions. Introduces the path integral description of field theory. Prerequisite: PHYS 8630. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2011 | |
| PHYS 8710 | Nuclear Physics I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Discusses nuclear theory and experiment from the modern perspectives of the fundamental theory of the strong interaction: Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2011 |
| PHYS 8750 | Elementary Particle Physics I (3) |
| Introduction to the Standard Model of Electroweak and Strong Interactions, to be followed by physics beyond the Standard Model, including aspects of Grand Unification, Supersymmetry, and neutrino masses. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 8880 | Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (3) |
| Studies the quantum theory of light and other boson fields with a special emphasis on the nonclassical physics exemplified by squeezed and entangled quantum states. Applications to quantum communication, quantum computing, and ultraprecise measurements are discussed. Prerequisite: PHYS 7610 or instructor permission. | |
| PHYS 8999 | Master Thesis Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHYS 9010 | Introduction to Physics Research I (1) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Workshops given by UVA Physics faculty describing their research. Restricted to Arts and Sciences graduate students in Physics only |
| PHYS 9020 | Introduction to Physics Research II (1) |
| Workshops given by UVA Physics faculty describing their research. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PHYS 9998 | Pre-Qual Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For students who have not passed the Qualifying exam for doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PHYS 9999 | PhD Thesis Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Politics-Departmental Seminar | |
| PLAD 1500 | Introductory Seminar in Politics (3) |
| Introduces the discipline of political science through intensive study of the political dimensions of a selected topic. Prerequisite: open to first- and second-year students; only one PLAD seminar per student. | |
| PLAD 2222 | Research Methods (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course is an introduction to political science research methods. We will address basic principles of research design and data analysis, including hypothesis testing, measurement, case selection and data gathering. What are the strengths and weaknesses of particular methods? How can we improve our ability to draw inferences from data? Our goals are to learn how to ask good questions and to consider different approaches to answering them. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 |
| PLAD 2320 | Politics, Poverty, and Health (3) |
| Studies politics, poverty, and health in developing countries and what are today developed countries. How much and why do policy responses to health problems differ under varied political and socioeconomic conditions? How might differences in health outcomes shape political processes? We also ask how much poverty undermines health and how and how much politicians can design policy to alleviate poverty and enhance the health of people they rule. | |
| PLAD 2500 | Special Topics in Politics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Special Topics in Politics Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, January 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2010 |
| PLAD 3500 | Special Topics (3) |
| Special Topics in Politics. | |
| PLAD 4500 | Special Topics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Topics on a variety of Political issues. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 |
| PLAD 4960 | Thesis for Distinguished Majors Program (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | American Politics Prerequisite: Admission into the department's Distinguished Majors Program. |
| PLAD 4961 | Thesis Seminar for Distinguished Majors Program Part 2 (3) |
| Part two of the Politics Department Distinguished Majors thesis seminar. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PLAD 4990 | Honors Proseminar on Research Design and Thesis Writing (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A critical analysis of important issues in political analysis and research design from diverse perspectives. Issues include: framing research questions, causal analysis, rational choice, comparative historical institutionalism, interpretivism, case studies, and quantitative analysis. Prerequisite: Admission to Politics Honors Program Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| PLAD 4999 | Senior Thesis (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Supervised work on a thesis for Honors students
Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Politics Honors Program Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013 |
| PLAD 5500 | Special Topics (3) |
| Topics on a variety of Political issues. | |
| PLAD 5993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Readings and writings from various disciplines relating to Political Science. |
| PLAD 7045 | Game Theory: Applications and Experiments (3) |
| Game theory is the analytic study of strategic interactions among individuals, firms, governments, or other groups of people. This course demonstrates the usefulness of this powerful analytic approach, through numerous real-world and scholarly applications and through an examination of lab experiments built upon game theoretic modeling techniques. Cross-listed with PPOL 7045. | |
| PLAD 7090 | Research Methods and Design in Political Science (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the theoretical formulation of questions for political science research and examination of the design and execution of empirical research. Includes consideration of developing hypotheses for research, strategies for data collection (survey research, observational methods, content analysis), managing research projects, and ethical considerations related to the conduct of research. |
| PLAD 7100 | Political Research with Quantitative Methods (4) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduces probability and statistics as tools for quantitative political science analysis. Covers basic probability theory, descriptive statistics, and statistical inference with focus on the specification and interpretation of the regression model. Weekly homework assignments allow students to practice applying the concepts and methods from class. The course requires no prior experience with statistics. |
| PLAD 7500 | Special Topics in Politics (1 - 3) |
| Intensive analysis of selected issues and concepts that are relevant to all subfields of political science. Course was offered Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011 | |
| PLAD 7750 | Supervised Research I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Supervised Research I Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PLAD 8120 | Qualitative and Mixed Methods (3) |
| Examines qualitative methods in political science, including ethnography, interviewing, focus groups, process tracing, and archival research, while exploring their integration with large-n methodologies such as field and natural experiments and survey research. Explores theoretical, empirical, and epistemological issues in qualitative and multi-method research, with attention to concept definition and measurement. | |
| PLAD 8130 | Advances in Political Methodology (3) |
| This is an upper-level seminar in political methodology. Classes are group discussions of methodological papers in political science that are led by students. Sample topics include statistical measurement, novel experimental designs, and text-as-data. Final projects are research papers in political science that use advanced quantitative methods. Students are required to either have taken PLAD 8310 or take it concurrently with this course. | |
| PLAD 8140 | Bayesian Analysis and Hierarchical Modeling (3) |
| This course introduces students to Bayesian data analysis and hierarchical modeling. It covers the philosophy behind Bayesian statistics, the core concepts in Bayesian inference, Bayesian approach to estimation, and the role of simulations in Bayesian analysis. Hierarchical modeling is presented from both Bayesian and frequentist perspectives. Students are required to either have taken PLAD 8310 or take it concurrently with this course. | |
| PLAD 8220 | Graduate Development Seminar (3) |
| This course has three main objectives: to help you improve your written work; to teach you how to maximally benefit from discussing your written work with your colleagues, and to enable you to become a more incisive reader and helpful critic of your colleagues' work. | |
| PLAD 8310 | Regression Analysis (3) |
| This course introduces regression analysis in political science. It covers linear regression, the ordinary least squares (OLS) estimator, interpretation of results, and regression diagnostics. The course also introduces generalized linear models (GLMs), maximum likelihood estimation (MLE), and regression analysis with binary outcomes. A separate section of the course focuses on implementation of regression analysis in R programming language. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PLAD 8320 | Advanced Topics in Multivariate Analysis (3) |
| A survey and application of multivariate modeling techniques. Prerequisite: PLAD 7090, 7100, or equivalents. | |
| PLAD 8500 | Topics in Political Science (3) |
| Investigates a selected issue in political science. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| PLAD 8750 | Supervised Research II (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Supervised Research II Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Politics-American Politics | |
| PLAP 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and PLAPosophical Inquiry. | |
| PLAP 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| PLAP 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to PLAPorical Perspectives. | |
| PLAP 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| PLAP 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, PLAPematical, and PLAPical Inquiry | |
| PLAP 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| PLAP 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| PLAP 1010 | Introduction to American Politics (3) |
| Surveys the fundamentals of American government and politics, systematically covering the major institutions of our system (the presidency, the Congress, the courts) as well as the system's essential processes. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PLAP 2030 | Politics, Science and Values: An Introduction to Environmental Policy (3) |
| Introduces a wide variety of domestic and international environmental policy issues. Explores how political processes, scientific evidence, ideas, and values affect environmental policymaking. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013 | |
| PLAP 2250 | American Political Tradition (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course explores the theoretical ideas that informed the creation and development of America's political system and considers some of the major contemporary challenges to the maintenance of American liberal democracy. Topics to be treated include the political thought of the American Founders, the place of religion in public life, the nature of written constitutions and the role of America in the world. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PLAP 2500 | Special Topics in American Politics (3) |
| Special Topics in American Politics. | |
| PLAP 3140 | Mass Media and American Politics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Examines the role of mass media in the political process including such topics as print, broadcast, and online news, media and election campaigns, political advertising, and media effects on public opinion and political participation. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PLAP 3160 | Politics of Food (3) |
| This course looks at the production and consumption of food in a political context. We will explore legislation, regulation, and other policies that affect the food system and examine their implications for the environment, public health and democratic politics. We will look closely at controversies over agricultural subsidies, labeling requirements, farming practices, food safety, advertising and education. Course was offered Summer 2025, January 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, January 2024, Summer 2023, January 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Janiuary 2022, Summer 2021, January 2021, Summer 2020, January 2020, Summer 2019, January 2019, Summer 2018, January 2018, Summer 2017, January 2017, Summer 2016, January 2016, January 2015, January 2014, Summer 2013, January 2013, Summer 2012, January 2012, January 2011 | |
| PLAP 3170 | Presidential Power (3) |
| This course explores the power of the US president. It is not a class about individual presidents or what the Constitution says about presidential. Instead, we will study the presidency as an institution-a set of norms and rules that dictate how presidents, regardless of their party, personality, age, race, gender, etc., are incentivized to exercise their power. Our focus is on the modern presidency in the era following World War II. | |
| PLAP 3180 | Political Learning & Civic Engagement for Democracy (3) |
| Through academic study, practitioner dialogues, case studies, site visits, experiential activities and workshops, participants connect the application of theoretical and empirical scholarship to creatively approach addressing public issues and needs. This course provides community-engaged learning experiences, connecting with political and civic actors and institutions to develop a deeper understanding of democratic practices and institutions. | |
| PLAP 3190 | Judicial Process and Policy-Making (3) |
| Survey of empirical and, to a lesser extent, normative questions concerning actors and institutions in American judicial politics. Topics include the selection of judges, judicial decision making, the legal profession, the impact of court decisions, and the role of judges in a democracy. Prerequisite: PLAP 1010 or permission of instructor. Course was offered Summer 2020, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| PLAP 3222 | The Presidential Election (3) |
| This course examines the current presidential and congressional elections. It considers the generalizations we can make about candidates, parties, campaigns, the media, and voters; how these components and players interact; and whether theory and practice converge. Our in-depth study of the current political landscape will rely on analyses from political scientists, journalists, pundits, candidates, and voters. | |
| PLAP 3230 | The American Supreme Court (3) |
| The Supreme Court plays a large role in American government, deciding questions of governmental power and individual rights. This course explores how the Court has gained these powers and the ways it has exercised them. It considers legal doctrines, historical and sociological context, and political science theories of judicial decision-making to explain some of the Court¿s most important decisions. | |
| PLAP 3242 | The Politics of Artificial Intelligence (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course explores how artificial intelligence technologies are being developed and used in politics. Participants gain experiential learning opportunities to creatively address challenges AI technologies pose, such as manipulating voter behavior, exacerbating inequalities in political access and participation, and undermining public confidence in institutions and elections. |
| PLAP 3270 | Public Opinion and American Democracy (3) |
| This course examines public opinion and its place in American democracy. We study the psychological and political roots of citizens' opinions, as well as the relationship between public opinion and political campaigns, the media, and government. This class replaces PLAP 2270 there fore you will not get credit for the course twice. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2015 | |
| PLAP 3310 | American Presidency (3) |
| Examines the power, purposes, and problematics of the presidency as a role of national leadership in the American and political constitutional system. While the emphasis is on the modern presidency (1933-present), attention is given to its historical development. Prerequisite: Two courses in PLAP, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PLAP 3350 | American Congress (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Focuses on the contemporary organization and workings of the United States Congress. Emphasizes elections, the committee system, political parties, staff, and the law-making process, as well as the role of Congress in the national policy making system. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 |
| PLAP 3370 | Workshop in Contemporary American Electoral Politics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Provides students with the opportunity to be directly involved with the research, programming, operations, and outreach of the University's non-profit, non-partisan Center for Politics. Includes projects focused on state and national politics, political history, civic engagement, voter behavior, media and politics, campaign finance and political analysis. Prerequisite: instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PLAP 3400 | American Political Economy (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This course explores the historical development of the American economic system since the Founding, and its relationship with political institutions. We will examine various economic regimes such as mercantilism, Progressivism, the welfare state, and neoliberalism, among others. While some basic economic principles will occasionally be drawn upon, no previous knowledge of economics is required for the course. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018 |
| PLAP 3410 | State and Local Politics (3) |
| Investigates the political dynamics of subnational political institutions, parties, and elections. Includes state parties and elections, intergovernmental relations and institutional powers, representation and democracy in federal systems, and subnational policy processes. Prerequisite: One course in PLAP or instructor permission. | |
| PLAP 3420 | Virginia Government and Politics (3) |
| Course will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the structure, functions and processes of state and local government in Virginia and to introduce students to political leaders and policymakers of state government. When the course is finished, students should be able to answer journalist Guy Friddell's query: "What is it about Virginia?" Course was offered January 2025, January 2024, January 2023, Janiuary 2022, January 2020, January 2019, January 2018, January 2017, January 2016, January 2015, January 2014, January 2013, January 2012 | |
| PLAP 3500 | Special Topics in American Politics (3) |
| Topical offerings in American Politics Course was offered Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, January 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, January 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, January 2019, Spring 2018, January 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, January 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2011, January 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PLAP 3510 | Minority Group Politics (3) |
| Examines the problems and politics of minority groups in the United States. Studies both the theoretical and practical aspects of minority group politics, including their comparative experience in the U.S. Prerequisite: Any course in PLAP or instructor permission. | |
| PLAP 3610 | Introduction to Public Administration (3) |
| Studies the role of public administration in contemporary government, emphasizing administrative structure, control, and relations with other branches of government. Prerequisite: PLAP 1010, PLCP 1010, or instructor permission. | |
| PLAP 3700 | Racial Politics (3) |
| Examines how attributions of racial difference have shaped American Politics. Topics include how race affects American political partisanship, campaigns and elections, public policy, public opinion, and American political science. Prerequisite: One course in PLAP or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| PLAP 3810 | Constitutional Interpretation: Separation of Powers and Federalism (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Studies the legislative, executive, and judicial branches and the functional and territorial distribution of powers as reflected by Supreme Court decisions. Includes the nature of the judicial process. (No CR/NC enrollees.) Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PLAP 3820 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights (3) |
| Studies judicial construction and interpretation of civil rights and liberties reflected by Supreme Court decisions. Includes line-drawing between rights and obligations. (No CR/NC enrollees.) Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PLAP 4140 | Gender and American Political Behavior (3) |
| A survey of the way gender ideas shape political behavior in the American political system, historically and today. Prerequisite: one course in WGS or American political behavior (PLAP 2270, 3140, 3150, 4120, 4150, 4360). Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PLAP 4150 | Political Psychology (3) |
| A seminar introducing students to the study of political psychology. Topics include authoritarianism, tolerance, altruism, ethnocentrism, the role of affect and cognition in political choice, the role of racial stereotyping in political campaigns, and psychological challenges to rational choice models of political decision-making. Prerequisite: One course in PLAP or instructor permission. | |
| PLAP 4180 | Political Advertising and American Democracy (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Explores the role of political advertising in American democracy. Examines ad messages as strategic political communications, analyzing both classic and contemporary ads. Explores the effects (if any) of political advertising on citizens' attitudes and behavior. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 |
| PLAP 4210 | Federal Budgeting and Economic Policy (3) |
| This course examines the politics of federal budgeting and its role in economic policy making. Students will learn about the creation of the presidential budget, the politics of the Congressional budget process, tax policy, defense spending, social spending, fiscal federalism-the connection between federal and state governments-and the relationship between fiscal policy and the Federal Reserve's making of monetary policy. | |
| PLAP 4230 | The Courts and American Democracy (3) |
| American courts decide many important questions of public policy. Not all judges are elected, however, and there have long been debates about how much judges should be insulated from the public. This course will consider topics such as judicial elections and appointments, the relationship between public opinion and judicial behavior, the role of courts in the electoral process, and normative questions about the role of judges in a democracy. | |
| PLAP 4240 | The Politics and Psychology of White Supremacy (3) |
| This course explores White supremacy in the contemporary US through the lens of political psychology. We will examine the production of White supremacy in politics, society, culture, and history, with focus on interactions between macro-level structural and individual-level psychological forces, and on the role of power. Throughout the course we will consider ways that White identity and racialized politics intersect with gender and sexuality. | |
| PLAP 4260 | Political Polarization in the United States (3) |
| American politics seems deeply polarized today. This seminar will explore the who, what, when, where, why, and how of this phenomenon. What does it mean when we say that things are polarized? Who is polarizing and why? When did this start happening? Where is the most egregious? How can we fix this? Should we even try? What does polarization mean for government, society, and the future of American democracy? | |
| PLAP 4270 | Political Speechwriting (3) |
| In this class, students will learn the nuts-and-bolts techniques needed to write persuasive, entertaining, factually accurate political speeches. Topics include mastering the basics of structure, tone, and research; knowing your audience; using anecdotes, statistics, and humor; writing sound bites; and understanding the ethics of speechwriting. Examples of effective speechwriting from a variety of political leaders will be analyzed. | |
| PLAP 4280 | Representation and Public Opinion in US Government (3) |
| This class examines the relationship between aggregate public opinion and public policy outcomes in the US at both the national and subnational levels. We consider the role of political institutions in enhancing this form of representation, and many circumstances in which representation of public opinion succeeds and fails. | |
| PLAP 4290 | Good Government and Political Reform in the US (3) |
| This class examines many efforts to reform American political institutions from an outcomes-oriented perspective. We examine what the intended outcomes of a reform effort were meant to be, and whether those reforms achieved those goals, along with any unintended consequences of reform efforts. | |
| PLAP 4330 | Refoundings in American Politics (3) |
| This course examines the major reform movements in American history, from the Founding to the New Deal. Special attention will be devoted to the intellectual history of reform periods and to answering the question whether the social contract has been redefined periodically in American political history. Prerequisites: At least one course in PLAP. | |
| PLAP 4360 | Campaigns and Elections (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Reviews and analyzes the techniques and technologies of modern American election campaigns. Enrollment is limited. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. |
| PLAP 4450 | Virginia Elections and Politics (3) |
| This course will expose students to the scholarly literature on Virginia elections and the election data associated with these elections. Students will critically review the literature and use of a variety of analytical techniques, including GIS mapping software, to analyze both historical and recent elections in Virginia.Prior GIS expertise is not required for this course, but an elementary mastery of election data analysis and GIS mapping skill.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, January 2011, January 2010 | |
| PLAP 4500 | Special Topics in American Politics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Investigates a selected issue in American government or American political development. Prerequisite: One course in PLAP or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Janiuary 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PLAP 4601 | Democracy in America (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Democracy in America Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PLAP 4841 | Seminar in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (3) |
| Explores the vexatious lines between the rights of individuals and those of the state in democratic society, focusing on such major issues as freedom of expression and worship; separation of church and state; criminal justice; the suffrage; privacy; and racial and gender discrimination. Focuses on the judicial process. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| PLAP 4850 | Seminar on Constitutional Law and Theory (3) |
| An examination of classic and contemporary theories, partial theories, and perspectives on constitutional interpretation. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PLAP 4920 | Judicial Policymaking (3) |
| Examines the structure and process of judicial policymaking, focusing on agenda-setting, deciding cases and opinion writing, implementation, compliance, and impact. Particular attention is given to the United States Supreme Court and its relationship to lower federal and state courts and the political environment. Prerequisite: Nine credits in PLAP and instructor permission. | |
| PLAP 4990 | Honors Core Seminar in American Politics (9) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A critical analysis of important issues and works in American politics from diverse perspectives. Students are required to write weekly analytical essays and actively participate in small seminar discussions on issues including: the founding, parties and elections, public policy, federalism, the presidency, Congress, and the judicial system. Prerequisite: Admission to Politics Honors Program. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| PLAP 4999 | Senior Thesis (3) |
| Supervised work on a thesis in American politics for especially motivated students. Prerequisite: Three courses in PLAP and instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| PLAP 5460 | The Politics of the Budgetary Process (3) |
| This course examines the politics and processes of federal budgeting, and the role the budget plays in national economic policy making. Topics covered include the historical development of the budget and fiscal policy; the creation of the executive budget; the politics of the budgetary process through appropriations, entitlements, and tax policy; and the relationship between fiscal and monetary policy. Crosslisted with PPOL 5460 Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| PLAP 5500 | Special Topics in American Politics (3) |
| Investigates a selected issue in American government or American political development. | |
| PLAP 5526 | Special Topics in Public Policy or Public Administration (3) |
| Intensive analysis of selected issues in public policy or public administration. Prerequisite: Any PLA course or instructor permission. | |
| PLAP 5993 | Selected Problems in American Politics (1 - 3) |
| Independent study under faculty supervision, for students who are preparing for intensive research on a specific topic. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, January 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PLAP 6500 | Selected Topics in American Politics (3) |
| Investigates a special problem of American Politics such as political corruption, religion and politics, science and politics, or the nature of justice Course was offered Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| PLAP 7000 | American Politics Core Seminar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | This graduate core seminar is an introduction to the main topics in the study of American politics, including behavior, institutions, and American political development |
| PLAP 7010 | American Political Institutions (3) |
| Provides a general introduction to the field of American political institutions. It is structured as a 'survey' course, providing both an overview of classic works and coverage of important new research in this subfield. Course was offered Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PLAP 7020 | American Political Development (3) |
| This seminar will critically examine both classic and current scholarship in American Political Development (APD) -- a sub-field of American Politics that explores the deep historical roots of politics and government in the United States. Although a diverse field with ties to other sub-fields and disciplines, APD scholarship is united by a concern to explore systematically the deep historical roots of politics and government in the United States. | |
| PLAP 7030 | American Public Opinion (3) |
| An introduction to the political science literature on public opinion, with attention to theories of opinion formation and attitude change; the measurement of public opinion; stereotypes and attitudes involving race, gender, and ethnicity; media and political communication; campaigns and voting behavior. | |
| PLAP 7040 | Media and Politics (3) |
| An introduction to the study of media and American politics. We will read and analyze political science literature on media and political communication, with attention to different types of media, the content of news coverage, the role and structure of the media as a political institution, media effects on public opinion and political behavior, and the relationships among media, campaigns and elections, polarization, and democratic governance. | |
| PLAP 7500 | Special Topics in American Politics (3) |
| Intensive analysis of selected issues and concepts in American politics. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| PLAP 8150 | Political Psychology (3) |
| This course is an introduction to a set of topics in political psychology, focusing primarily on mass political behavior in the American case. We will consider a number of substantive topics, with particular interest in race, gender, and intersectionality. Throughout the term we will pay careful attention to issues of methodology and research design, and the role of reductionism in social science. | |
| PLAP 8210 | The American Presidency (3) |
| Readings and research on special problems of the American political and administrative system that come to a focus in the presidency or arise out of the manifold responsibilities of the president. | |
| PLAP 8250 | The American Congress (3) |
| Studies the legislative process in the U.S. Congress. Topics include the internal distribution of power, influences on legislative behavior, congressional relationships with other political institutions, the place of Congress in the American polity, and the problems associated with it. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2014 | |
| PLAP 8500 | Special Topics in American Politics (3) |
| Special Topics in American Politics | |
| PLAP 8583 | Topics in Public Law (3) |
| Topics in Public Law Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| PLAP 8998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 |
| PLAP 8999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PLAP 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PLAP 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Politics-Comparative Politics | |
| PLCP 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and PLCPosophical Inquiry. | |
| PLCP 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| PLCP 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to PLCPorical Perspectives. | |
| PLCP 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| PLCP 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, PLCPematical, and PLCPical Inquiry | |
| PLCP 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| PLCP 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| PLCP 1010 | Introduction to Comparative Politics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Introduction to Comparative Politics surveys the major themes, theories, and methods of domestic politics around the globe in the modern era. Thematically, we examine the gap between rich and poor nations, between democracies and dictatorships, and between civil war and civic orders. Theoretically, we consider theories of political culture, political institutions, and political economy. |
| PLCP 1500 | Topics Comparative Politics (3) |
| Topics courses within Comparative Politics Course was offered Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| PLCP 2110 | Italy and European Politics (3) |
| This course explores the dynamics of Italian and European politics since the end of the Second World War. The main focus of the course is to look at specific political institutions (such as the party system, the Parliament, the Executive, the Courts, etc.) at both Italian and European levels. Political culture and the territorial distribution of power are also investigated. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| PLCP 2420 | Politics of Modernity (3) |
| Introduces key analytical concepts used by Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Emile Durkeim in their analysis of how the development of modern society has shaped the nature of modern politics. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2010 | |
| PLCP 2500 | Special Topics in Comparative Politics (3) |
| Special Topics in Comparative Politics. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2018, Fall 2015, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| PLCP 2600 | Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (3) |
| This course is about Russia and the Soviet Union. It is designed to explore some of this country's major political themes of the twentieth century through an understanding of Russia's history, culture and politics. Course was offered Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012 | |
| PLCP 3012 | The Politics of Developing Areas (3) |
| Surveys patterns of government and politics in non-Western political systems. Topics include political elites, sources of political power, national integration, economic development, and foreign penetration. This class replaces PLCP 2120 therefore you will not get credit for the course twice. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Fall 2016 | |
| PLCP 3110 | The Politics of Western Europe (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Surveys developments since 1945 in democratic stability, party politics, and political economy in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 |
| PLCP 3120 | Politics and Political Economy of the Welfare State (3) |
| This seminar investigates the origins, expansion, and stabilization (or crisis - take your pick) of the welfare state in the rich OECD countries (North America, Western Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand) focussing on why market and non-market based systems of social protection emerged and the roles played by states, labor market actors, and women's groups. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| PLCP 3125 | Politics in Britain and America: a Comparative Perspective (3) |
| This course will provide an introduction to the comparative politics of the US and the UK. Attention will be given to similarities as well as differences, and the course will use comparative analysis to throw light on the political systems in both countries. Occasional reference will be made to other countries. No prior knowledge of British politics will be assumed, but prior knowledge of US politics will be. | |
| PLCP 3130 | Political Economy of Development (3) |
| Examines the political prerequisites (and impediments) to economic development, focusing on agricultural exporters in the 19th century and manufactured goods exporters in the 20th century. Draws on empirical material from North and South American, Europe, Asia and Africa. Prerequisite: PLIR 2050 or instructor permission. Course was offered Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PLCP 3140 | Japanese Politics (3) |
| Examines continuity and change in Japanese politics, including party and electoral politics, political economy, and public policy. It explores how the Liberal Democratic Party established dominance of the system and how this party presided over rapid growth for 30 years, and then 30 years of stagnation. Through the case of Japan, we will understand the role of institutions and social structures in shaping political behavior and public policy. | |
| PLCP 3150 | Representing Diverse Identities (3) |
| Looks at how underrepresented groups have sought representation in democracies. Groups studied include racial and ethnic minorities, indigenous peoples, women, and LGBTQ people. We investigate multiple forms of, and channels for, representation, such as political parties, social movements, and protests. Countries include the US and select countries in Latin America and Europe. We conclude by exploring the UVA and Charlottesville communities. | |
| PLCP 3210 | Russian Politics (3) |
| Analyzes the political system of the former USSR and Russia from 1917 to the present. Focuses on evolution of the Soviet state, modernization and social change, efforts to reform the system, the collapse of the USSR, as well as the economic and political transformation taking place in the newly independent states. Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or history of Russia. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PLCP 3240 | Post Soviet Political Challenges (3) |
| This course compares the origins and consequences of the rise of nationalism, separatism, secessions, and irredentist claims in the Russian Federation and other former Soviet republics, at the end of the Cold War. Prerequisite: one class in PLCP or permission of instructor. Course was offered Janiuary 2022, January 2021, January 2020, January 2019, January 2018, January 2017, January 2016, January 2015, January 2014, January 2013, January 2012, Summer 2011, January 2011, January 2010 | |
| PLCP 3330 | Politics of Latin America (3) |
| This course provides an overview of politics in Latin America. Topics include the organization of the New World colonies, the legacies of the colonial period for development, the nature of political competition in Latin America's newly independent states, import-substituting industrialization and populism, the emergence and eclipse of military regimes, the transition to democracy and free markets, and the performance of democracy. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2018 | |
| PLCP 3350 | Gender Politics in Comparative Perspective (3) |
| Focuses on the state and how power is gendered in the developing world. Topics include feminist methods and concepts, women in the military, nationalism, women's movements, quotas, citizenship and globalization. Cross-listed with SWAG 3350. | |
| PLCP 3410 | Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (3) |
| Introduces contemporary political systems of the region stretching from Morocco to Iran. Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or history of the Middle East. Course was offered Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| PLCP 3500 | Special Topics in Comparative Politics (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Analysis of selected issues and concepts in comparative politics. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013 |
| PLCP 3559 | New Course in Comparative Politics (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Comparative Politics. | |
| PLCP 3610 | Chinese Politics (3) |
| General introduction to Chinese politics in its societal context. Conveys a concrete appreciation of China's societal reality and how it interacts with the political system. Covers China's changing role in Asia and the world. Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or the history of China. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PLCP 3630 | Politics in India and Pakistan (3) |
| Surveys political development in India and Pakistan examining the process of nation-building, the causes of democratization and authoritarian rule, the development of ethnic and religious conflict, environmental politics, the political impact of cultural globalization, and gender-related political issues. Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or study of history and society in South Asia. | |
| PLCP 4130 | Capitalisms Compared (3) |
| How does state intervention differ in the three largest advanced industrial economies? Do these differences matter? Does one country have a decisive 'competitive edge'? This course tries to answer these questions by looking at how variations in the institutions and processes the state uses to regulate the economy affect labor productivity, technological innovation, and thus ultimately international competitiveness. | |
| PLCP 4140 | Democracy and Dictatorship (3) |
| Surveys and critically evaluates theories of origins of democratic and authoritarian governments, and the causes of subsequent transitions to, and away from, democratic regimes. Prerequisite: One course in PLCP or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| PLCP 4150 | Comparative Public Policy (3) |
| Explores why policies on issues like health care, social welfare, education, and immigration differ markedly from nation to nation, focusing on how contrasting cultures, state institutions, and societal organizations shape the historical trajectory of public policies. The primary focus of the course is on policies in advanced industrialized nations such as Britain, the U.S., Japan, and Sweden.
Prerequisites: Prior course work in American and/or comparative politics is required. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| PLCP 4200 | Comparative Legislatures (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Examines how and why legislators and legislative parties make the decisions they do. Compares legislative decision-making processes and outcomes in a variety of institutional settings. Prerequisite: At least two courses at the 3000 level in American politics and/or comparative politics. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2012 |
| PLCP 4201 | Comparative Political Parties (3) |
| Examines political parties in a variety of institutional and socioeconomic settings, focusing on parties in the democratic political systems of Europe, the United States, and Japan. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| PLCP 4220 | Comparative Budgeting and Economic Policy (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Comparative Budgeting and Economic Policy |
| PLCP 4230 | Identity Politics (3) |
| What is identity? Where do identities come from? How and why do groups pursue identity politics? How do identity groups interact with one another? Investigation includes analyzing an array of identity categories, such as class, race, sexuality, and religion, and their intersections. Readings may address topics like Indigenous movements in Latin America, nationalism versus sexuality rights in Eastern Europe, and white identity politics in the US. | |
| PLCP 4240 | Political Economy of the Middle East (3) |
| This course explores material deprivation and political freedom in Arab countries. It offers broad explanations applicable across time periods, analyzing macrohistorical perspectives, oil wealth effects, societal structures, and the Arab Spring aftermath. Through intensive reading and critical discussion, students gain insights into the complex dynamics of the Arab world, fostering critical thinking and identifying promising research avenues. | |
| PLCP 4250 | Politics of Economic Reform (3) |
| A wave of economic change has swept across countries from Argentina to Zimbabwe over the last 15 years. The unfolding of these changes has been structured by and, in turn, has shaped the politics of the countries in which they have occurred. Formulates an analytical framework for understanding the politics of economic reform. Studies cases in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. Prerequisite: Previous course in PLCP, PLIR, or economics is recommended. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2009 | |
| PLCP 4270 | Power, Violence, and Inequality in Global South (3) |
| This course focuses on marginalized groups and the production of injustice with a focus on the global South. It draws on multidisciplinary scholarship that is theoretically challenging, empirically rich, and politically provocative. Readings span the globe and address topics such as the Drug War in the Philippines, homophobia in Malawi, migration at the Mexican-US border, and the transnational roots of militarized policing. | |
| PLCP 4280 | Nation-Building (3) |
| This seminar explores America's efforts to exert influence through nation-building. Drawing on theoretical literature and case studies spanning from Reconstruction in the American South, through post-WWII Germany and Japan, to contemporary efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq, the course investigates the factors contributing to nation-building success or failure. | |
| PLCP 4290 | Multi-Ethnic Democracy in the Global South (3) |
| This seminar investigates why some traditionally underrepresented groups in the Global South have achieved representation within democratic societies while others continue to face barriers. Examines theories of inclusion, representation, and citizenship. Explores the interaction between historical (esp. colonial) legacies and contemporary institutions. | |
| PLCP 4430 | Politics of Corruption (3) |
| An examination of the causes and consequences of corruption around the world. Assesses the impact of corruption on political and economic development and explores the relationship between corruption and factors such as culture, institutions, economic policies, and natural resources. Prerequisite: PLCP 1010, PLCP 2120 or permission of instructor | |
| PLCP 4500 | Special Topics in Comparative Politics (3) |
| Intensive analysis of selected issues and concepts in comparative government. Prerequisite: One course in PLCP or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PLCP 4652 | Markets, Inequality, and the Politics of Development (3) |
| Examination of how politics affects the historical development of markets and the impact of inequality on the development of markets and economic development more generally. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| PLCP 4810 | Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa (3) |
| Studies the government and politics of sub-Saharan Africa. Includes the colonial experience and the rise of African nationalism; the transition to independence; the rise and fall of African one-party states; the role of the military in African politics; the politics of ethnicity, nation- and state-building; patromonialism and patron-client relations; development problems faced by African regimes, including relations with external actors; and the political future of Southern Africa. Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or history of Africa. Course was offered Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| PLCP 4840 | Gender Politics in Africa (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Investigates the ways social structures and institutions shape gender in sub-Saharan Africa, with an emphasis on the state. Topics include gender in the pre-colonial and colonial era, contemporary African women's movements, women in politics, development, HIV/AIDS and sexuality. |
| PLCP 4990 | Honors Core Seminar in Comparative Politics (9) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | A critical analysis of important issues and works in comparative politics from diverse perspectives. Students are required to write weekly analytical essays and actively participate in small seminar discussions on issues including: democratic and authoritarian regimes, political economy of development, and ethnic and religious conflict. Prerequisite: Admission to Politics Honors Program |
| PLCP 4999 | Senior Thesis (3) |
| Supervised work on a thesis in comparative politics for especially motivated students. Prerequisite: Three courses in PLCP and instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2010 | |
| PLCP 5500 | Special Topics (3) |
| Special Topics in Comparative Politics | |
| PLCP 5550 | Causal Inference in Comparative Politics (3) |
| Provides a framework for conducting causal inference in comparative research. Research methods considered include: laboratory experiments, field experiments, matching, instrumental variables, and difference-in-difference techniques. The role of formal model building as a guide to causal explanation in the social sciences is also emphasized. Prerequisite: once course in statistics at the level of PLAD 7100 or by permission of instructor. | |
| PLCP 5610 | Politics of China (3) |
| Studies the structure and process of the Chinese political system, emphasizing political culture, socio-economic development, and political socialization. Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or history of China. | |
| PLCP 5993 | Selected Problems in Comparative Politics (1 - 3) |
| Independent study, under faculty supervision, for intensive research on a specific topic. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| PLCP 7000 | Comparative Politics Core Seminar (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Comparative Politics Core Seminar |
| PLCP 7100 | Citizens and the State (3) |
| This seminar explores citizen-state relations across a range of policy arenas, asking how the interplay of state action and citizenship practice shapes democratic participation, accountable governance, social welfare, distribution, and political development. We also pay close attention to research design and methodology, to understand the empirical bases of knowledge that underpins both policy and theoretical debates. | |
| PLCP 7110 | Ethnicity, Democracy, and Redistribution (3) |
| This seminar investigates the intersection of ethnicity, democracy, and redistribution. It examines issues of building and sustaining democracy in multi-ethnic societies. Students will analyze institutions that have been created to improve political and economic outcomes for historically marginalized groups. The course covers research on democratization, political representation, public goods provision, and taxation. | |
| PLCP 7500 | Special Topics in Comparative Politics (3) |
| Special Topics in Comparative Politics Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| PLCP 7559 | New Course in Comparative Politics (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Comparative Politics. Course was offered Fall 2016 | |
| PLCP 8140 | Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship (3) |
| Analyzes the major theories explaining transitions to democratic regimes and their consolidation or reversion to authoritarian regimes. Case material is drawn from the 19th and 20th centuries from all regions of the world. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Summer 2011, Spring 2011 | |
| PLCP 8200 | Comparative Institutions (3) |
| Examines political institutions in democratic and authoritarian regimes. Topics include approaches to studying institutions, the state, federalism, electoral systems, executives, legislative decision-making, delegation to bureaucracies, and judicial institutions. The course also assesses efforts to integrate formal and statistical analysis. Prequisite: a graduate course in PLCP, research methods or permission of instructor. Course was offered Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2011 | |
| PLCP 8500 | Special Topics in Comparative Politics (3) |
| Special Topics in Comparative Politics | |
| PLCP 8521 | Topics in the Government and Politics of U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe (3) |
| Topics in the Government and Politics of U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe | |
| PLCP 8531 | Topics in the Government and Politics of Latin America (3) |
| Topics in the Government and Politics of Latin America | |
| PLCP 8542 | Topics in the Government and Politics of the Middle East (3) |
| Topics in the Government and Politics of the Middle East | |
| PLCP 8551 | Topics in the Government and Politics of China (3) |
| Topics in the Government and Politics of China | |
| PLCP 8561 | Topics in the Government and Politics of South Asia (3) |
| Studies the development of political and administrative institutions and practices in modern India. | |
| PLCP 8880 | Rational Choice and Democracy (3) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | Provides a graduate-level survey of the contributions of rational choice analysis and game-theoretic modeling to topics of central concern in the subfield of comparative politics. |
| PLCP 8998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PLCP 8999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PLCP 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. Course was offered Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| PLCP 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. |