Winter Study Courses 2005
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Last updated: 11/9/04 3:33 PM (How do I contact an instructor?)REMINDERS ABOUT WSP REGISTRATIONAll students who will be on campus during the 2004-2005 academic year must register for WSP. Registration will take place in the early part of fall semester. If you are registered for a senior thesis in the fall which must be continued through Winter Study by departmental rules, you will be registered for your Winter Study Project automatically. In every other case, you must complete registration. First-year students are required to participate in a Winter Study that will take place on campus; they are not allowed to do 99's. Even if you plan to take a 99, or the instructor of your first choice accepts you during the registration period, there are many things that can happen between registration and the beginning of Winter Study to upset your first choice, so you must list five choices. You should try to make one of your choices a project with a larger enrollment, not that it will guarantee you a project, but it will increase your chances. If you think your time may be restricted in any way (ski meets, interviews, etc.), clear these restrictions with the instructor before signing up for his/her project. Remember, for cross-listed projects, you should sign up for the subject you want to appear on your record. For many beginning language courses, you are required to take the WSP Sustaining Program in addition to your regular project. You will be automatically enrolled in this Sustaining Program, so no one should list this as a choice. The grade of honors is reserved for outstanding or exceptional work. Individual instructors may specify minimum standards for the grade, but normally, fewer than one out of ten students will qualify. A grade of pass means the student has performed satisfactorily. A grade of perfunctory pass signifies that a student's work has been significantly lacking but is just adequate to deserve a pass. If you have any questions about a project, see the instructor before you register. Finally, all work for WSP must be completed and submitted to the instructor no later than Thursday, January 27th. Only the Dean can grant an extension beyond this date. WINTER STUDY 99'SSophomores, juniors and seniors are eligible to propose "99's," independent projects arranged with faculty sponsors, conducted in lieu of regular Winter Study courses. Perhaps you have encountered an interesting idea in one of your courses which you would like to study in more depth, or you may have an interest not covered in the regular curriculum. In recent years students have undertaken in-depth studies of particular literary works, interned in government offices, assisted in foreign and domestic medical clinics, conducted field work in economics in developing countries, and given performances illustrating the history of American dance. Although some 99's involve travel away from campus, there are many opportunities to pursue intellectual or artistic goals here in Williamstown. 99 forms are available online: http://www.williams.edu/Registrar/winterstudy/99direct The deadline for submitting the proposals to faculty sponsors is Thursday, 30 September. Winter Study Course OfferingsThe number in the far left-hand column is the PeopleSoft Class Number.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIESTo be taken by students registered for Afro-American Studies 491 who are candidates for honors.
AMERICAN STUDIESAMST 10 In Search of Bob Dylan: The Man, the Music, the Myth More than just a singer and songwriter, Bob Dylan
has become a cultural icon, albeit an elusive one. With reference
to recordings, films, biographies, and critical articles, we will
examine how Dylan made the leap from latter-day Woody Guthrie to
rock star to prophet to perennial Nobel Prize-nominee, and attempt
to define the nature of his unique contribution to American culture.
SETH ROGOVOY '82 (Instructor) Seth Rogovoy '82 is a widely-published music critic who has written extensively about Bob Dylan. The author of The Essential Klezmer, his cultural commentary is heard weekly on WAMC's Northeast Public Radio Network. AMST 11 Berkshire Stories (Same as Comparative Literature 11 and Special 16) CANCELLED! AMST 12 Willa Cather: Art and Ambition (Same as Classics 10, Comparative Literature 13, English 22 and Women's and Gender Studies 10) (See under English for full description.) AMST 13 Dances With Stereotypes?: American Indians on Film (Same as History 13) (See under History for full description.) AMST 17 Contesting the Frontier (Same as English 17) (See under English for full description.) AMST 19 Comic Book Politics (Same as Political Science 19) (See under Political Science for full description.) AMST 23 Representing Jazz (Same as English 23) (See under English for full description.) To be taken by students registered for American Studies 491 or 492. To be taken by students registered for American Studies 493 or 494. ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGYANSO 11 Berkshire Farm Internship A field placement at Berkshire Farm Center and
Services for Youth in Canaan, New York. Berkshire Farm Center is
a residential treatment facility for troubled, at-risk adolescent
boys who have been remanded to the Farm by the Family Court. These
youths come primarily from lower socio-economic strata, are very
ethnically diverse, and hail from both urban and rural areas throughout
New York State. The problems that they bring to Berkshire Farm are
multiple. These include: the psychological scars of dysfunctional
families, including those of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse;
chemical dependency; juvenile delinquency; inability to function
in school settings; and various other issues. Residential treatment
is a multi-modal approach that includes anger-replacement training,
social skills training, and behavioral modification. LARI BRANDSTEIN (Instructor) Lari Brandstein is Director of Volunteer Services at Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth. ANSO 12 Children and the Courts: Internship in the Crisis in Child Abuse The incidence of reported child abuse and neglect
has reached epidemic proportions and shows no signs of decreasing.
Preventive and prophylactic social programs, court intervention,
and legislative mandates have not successfully addressed this crisis.
This course allows students to observe the Massachusetts Department
of Social Services attorney in courtroom proceedings related to
the care and protection of children. Students will have access to
Department records for purposes of analysis and will also work with
social workers who will provide a clinical perspective on the legal
cases under study. The class will meet regularly to discuss court
proceedings, assigned readings, and the students' interactions with
local human services agencies. Access to an automobile is desirable
but not required; some transportation will be provided as part of
the course. JUDITH LOCKE (Instructor) Judith Locke is Associate Justice of the Juvenile Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ANTHROPOLOGY ANTH 14 Representing Afghanistan on Film This course looks at how Afghanistan has been
portrayed in feature films, documentaries, and television news,
before and after 9/11. Using these mainstream media representations
as a point of departure, the course will go on to consider the theory
and practice of media based on the instructor's own experiences
shooting, scripting, and editing a documentary film on Afghanistan.
The class will look at raw footage shot in Afghanistan, clips and
scripts from different stages of the editing process, as well as
the final film. Issues to be considered include the verite, of cinema
verite, the pros and cons of narration, and the relationship between
art and science in documentary production. D. EDWARDS To be taken by students registered for Anthropology 493-494. SOCIOLOGY SOC 13 Puzzles and Puzzlers (Same as Russian 13) Why do people spend their time doing puzzles?
Why did riddles exist throughout history and crosswords appeared
only in the twentieth century? In literature, how do games and puzzles
contribute to the construction or subversion of meaning? What is
the metaphorical significance of games and puzzles, in literature
and in real life? Is the game for the reader's benefit or is the
reader part of the game? SHEVCHENKO and SKOMP To be taken by students registered for Sociology 493-494. ARTART HISTORY
ARTH 10 Introduction to
African Film (Same as International Studies 10) ARTH 11 The Development of Inuit Art (Same as Political Science 11) (See under Political Science for full description.) ARTH 12 Topics in Video Art: The Museum In recent years video art has become a mainstay
in many art museums worldwide, but this has not always been the
case. This course will investigate the introduction and proliferation
of video art into museums paying close attention to the ways in
which they have changed one another. The course will investigate
multiple approaches to video making including: performance documentation,
found footage, collage, narrative, abstraction, video diary, documentary,
and installation, and how each of these different types affects
the curatorial process. Through selected readings, screenings and
museum visits, the course will address issues of display, the role
of the audience, and approaches to collecting. WCMA's Media Field
gallery will serve as a test case and students will create proposals
for exhibitions in the space. LISA DORIN (Instructor) Lisa Dorin MA '00 is assistant curator at the Williams College Museum of Art. She is in charge of the programming for Media Field, the museum's gallery dedicated to video and new media art. ARTH 13 Looking at Contemporary Documentary Photography (Same as English 12) (See under English for full description.) ARTH 14 Out of the Closet: What Clothes, Costumes and Textiles Reveal in European and American Art (Same as Theatre 14) Why does the 16-year-old Hapsburg Queen of Poland
wear lace AND chain mail in a seventeenth century portrait by Joseph
Heintz? This course addresses this paradox and other enigmas of
costume in European and American art at the Clark Art Institute
in Williamstown. In paintings, as in life, certain clothes and fabrics
can be used as emblems of power and prestige, and they yield both
overt and subtle information about the one who wears them. Each
week this class will combine two two-hour sessions of slide lectures
and on site study of costumes and textiles in paintings and prints
at the Clark Art Institute with field trips to local New England
collections of historical fashion, such as Historic Deerfield's
costume collection. The last field trip of the session, scheduled
for January 27th, will be to New York City. For the final project
students will "curate" and write up a "virtual installation"
of paintings and prints at the Clark with specific emphasis on the
iconography of clothing in the artworks. DEBORAH KRAAK (Instructor) Deborah Kraak is an independent curator specializing in historical textiles and costumes. Her museum background includes Winterthur: An American Country Estate, in Wilmington, Delaware, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She has curated many exhibitions, including the Boston venue of "Hollywood and History: Costume Design in Film.". At present she is preparing "Purple Reign," an exhibition in honor of the 150th anniversary of the discovery of mauve, the first synthetic dye, scheduled for Spring 2006 at the American Textile History Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts. ARTH 15 The Films of John Waters ARTH 17 Materials of the Artist: Uncovering Fakes and Forgeries (Same as Chemistry 15 and ArtS 17) (See under Chemistry for full description.) ARTH 18 Images of Illness: Photographic Representations in Medicine (Same as Biology 17 and English 18) (See under English for full description.) ARTH 25 Oriental Rugs: Art and Commerce (Same as Chemistry 25) (See under Chemistry for full description.) To be taken by students registered for ArtH 493, 494. ARTH 33 Honors Independent Study To be taken by candidates for honors by the independent study route. ART STUDIO ARTS 10 Maskmaking: A Journey into Culture, Myth, and Mystery (Same as Asian Studies 10) Through this course students will explore the
expressive qualities of the monotype, which combines the fluidity
of painting with the process of printmaking. We will use a variety
of techniques including direct additive and subtractive methods,
use of non-traditional tools, direct-trace drawing, and collage.
Discussions of the relationship between process/technique and the
image's intent will be emphasized. This class will focus primarily
on hand printing though a printing press will be available during
class time. Students will be encouraged to use daily sketchbooks
and active observation to develop a personal visual voice. SARAH PIKE (Instructor) Sarah Pike is painter who is working in Williamstown, MA. She earned her M.F.A. from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She has taught in Philadelphia, Massachusetts, and Vermont. ARTS 13 Video Installation Art This is a studio seminar exploring various approaches
to Video Installation Art. Students will investigate and interrogate
some of the theoretical, aesthetic, and practical issues of Video
Installation. This is primarily a studio workshop, with some screenings
and supplemental reading, but most of our effort will be put toward
each student making a final piece to install near the end of Winter
Study. Students can work individually or in collaborative groups. DAVID LACHMAN, (Instructor) Using the nude model as the primary source, students
will be introduced to time honored techniques and traditions of
western art to draw the human form. The technical aspects of capturing
gesture and form of the figure through careful observation will
be the departure point. Beyond an investigation of rendering through
direct observation students will be encouraged to pursue an individualistic
approach to drawing the figure. To foster this, slide lectures will
introduce students to a brief history of figure drawing with an
emphasis on twentieth century and contemporary masters. Students
will engage in drawing exercises meant to suggest the expressive
possibilities of the figure. The course is intended to expand students'
ideas about how to make a drawing, what a drawing is and what it
can be. Students will be evaluated on the portfolio of drawings
assembled during the course, attendance, participation and effort.
A minimum of three hours per week is expected of each student outside
of class to sketch and develop drawings as part of their class portfolios.
PAUL CHOJNOWSKI (Instructor) Paul Chojnowski is an artist living in the Berkshires.
His work has been distinguished by his use of non traditional tools
and unusual media. Over the last twelve years solo exhibitions of
his pictures have been mounted in New York, Atlanta, Portland, Chicago
and Aspen. ARTS 15 Large-Format Photography The course is designed to introduce students to
studio/view cameras, to processing the sheet-film negatives made
in them, and to making contact and projection prints. Studio exercises
will include careful analysis of camera movements to teach their
use, and a consideration of lighting techniques; dark room exercises
will include the tray development of sheet film, determination of
effective film speed, and control of contrast through development
time. The subject matter of the photographs produced in the course
will not be prescribed; it is limited only by the participants'
imagination and the weather in January. Working with subjects of
their own choosing, students will be instructed in the principles
of traditional photographic image making by producing large-format
negatives and translating them into effective black-and-white prints
in 4x5 and 8x10 formats. RALPH LIEBERMAN (Instructor) Ralph Lieberman is an art historian and photographer who lives in Williamstown. He has a Ph.D. from the Institute of Fine Arts. His photographs have appeared in many publications and are to be found in major American and European art historical study collections. This course will be an introduction to making
art through systemic procedures that allow chance elements to surface
in the work. Combining specific rules with opportunities for accidents
and visual play, this approach has its roots in many fields, including
systems art of the 1970's, where following the procedure was often
more important than the finished product, and Surrealist parlor
games that incorporated nonsequiters, dreams, and random elements.
Slide presentations will include 70's work by Sol Lewitt, John Cage,
Roman Opalka, Jennifer Bartlett, as well as other artists currently
working in similar ways. Media will include drawing, simple printmaking
techniques (like rubber stamps), and some less traditional materials
(yarn, food, rope, etc.). While some of the projects will be individual
works, others will be collaborations. For example, the entire class
may work on a revised version of the Exquisite Corpse, where artists
construct figures without seeing each other's work. Or each student
may be asked to create compositions based upon random elements (coins
thrown onto canvas, names in the phone book, dictionary definitions),
enacting a kind of art game. TAKENAGA ARTS 17 Materials of the Artist: Uncovering Fakes and Forgeries (Same as Chemistry 15 and ArtH 17) (See under Chemistry for full description.) ARTS 25 Art, Culture, and Spanish in Oaxaca, Mexico (Same as Spanish 25) The city of Oaxaca is a unique place where age-old
dialects, traditional art practices and religious customs coexist
side by side with contemporary life. Living and studying in Oaxaca,
Mexico will provide students with the opportunity to experience
the richness of culture that Oaxaca has to offer. This course is
designed as an exploration of Mexican culture and is centered on
the teaching and enhancement of Spanish, as well as, daily practical
studio components in the making of art. Specifically, it will be
organized with morning Spanish classes, afternoon art studio classes,
(focusing on drawing, sculpture and collage), as well as frequent
excursions to view museums, artist's studios, archaeological sites,
galleries and cinema. The hope is, that immersion into a culture
so vastly different from our own can have a profound and lasting
effect on one's perspective with regards to life, culture and art.
Students will live with a Mexican family in Oaxaca, providing a
greater opportunity to practice Spanish and gain a deeper understanding
of Mexican life. PODMORE and PAULINA SALAS-SCHOOFIELD Paulina Salas-Schoofield is resident of Oaxaca, Mexico. During the past 8 years she has taught courses on Mexican Culture and Spanish Language at the Language Centre of the Benito Juarez University and Instituto Cultural Oaxaca. Paulina Salas-Schoofield studied art history in Mexico City and film studies at Edinburgh University. ARTS 33 Honors Independent Project Independent study to be taken by candidates for honors in Art Studio. ASIAN STUDIESASST 10 Maskmaking: A Journey into Culture, Myth, and Mystery (Same as ArtS 10) This is a course in creating professional-quality
performance masks. To identify characters for our masks, we shall
explore Chinese mythology, folktales, and songs, with particular
emphasis on material that contains the universal symbolism that
occurs worldwide in many different cultures and springs directly
from the relationship between human nature and Nature. Required
activities: three 2-hour afternoon class meetings per week, background
readings, and a final project consisting of the creation of one
or more masks and a performance on the final day of Winter Study
(e.g., a story-play, narrative, song with instrumental back-up,
dance, or a combination of these). Evaluation will be based on attendance,
class participation, and the final project. ELLEN GRAF (Instructor) Ellen Graf is a poet and artist who designs custom
masks for dance, theatre, and spiritual ceremonies. Her specialty
is the animal realm and masks honoring forces of nature as aspects
of the divine. She has served as a teacher trainer in poetry at
the Institute of the Arts in Education, SUNY Albany and has taught
maskmaking in the public schools in the Albany area. She resides
on a wilderness farm in Cropseyville, New York. ASST 12 The Art of War (Same as Political Science 12) (See under Political Science for full description.) ASST 17 Taiwan, the U.S., and International Law (Same as Political Science 17) (See under Political Science for full description.) To be taken by all students who are candidates for honors in Asian Studies. CHINESE CHIN S.P. Sustaining Program for Chinese 101-102 Students registered for Chinese 101-102 are required
to attend and pass the Chinese Sustaining Program. LANGUAGE FELLOW Interested in learning first-hand about Chinese
and Taiwanese culture and becoming acquainted with the so-called
Taiwan (economic and political) "miracle"? Want to improve
your knowledge of Mandarin, the world's most widely spoken language?
Then join us on this 24-day study tour to Taiwan, Republic of China.
We'll spend the first two and a half weeks in Taipei, the capital
city, where three hours of Mandarin language classes will be scheduled
each morning. After class each day, we'll meet as a group for lunch
and discussion. Visits to cultural and economic sites of interest
will be scheduled for some afternoons and Saturdays, with other
afternoons, evenings, and Sundays free for self-study and individual
exploration of the city. During the last week, we'll conduct a seven-day
tour of central and southern Taiwan. Two orientation sessions will
be conducted on campus in the fall to help prepare participants
for their experience. Requirements: Satisfactory completion of the
language course and active participation in the other scheduled
activities. KUBLER To be taken by all students who are candidates for honors in Chinese. JAPANESE JAPN S.P. Sustaining Program for Japanese 101-102 Students registered for Japanese 101-102 are required
to attend and pass the Japanese Sustaining Program. LANGUAGE FELLOW Read or Die is the title of a popular Japanese
animated series about secret agents in the employ of the world's
great libraries. But what does it mean to read in an age and culture
so dominated by visual media? This class is an introduction to the
serious study of Japanese animation, or anime, and the challenges
it poses to traditional ways of reading literature and film. We
will screen a number of animated Japanese feature films and television
series, and look at related media like printed comics (manga). We
will also read the work of literature and media scholars who have
tried to come to terms with manga and anime, but one of the questions
we will ask is whether written criticism can ever effectively grapple
with this material. To test this, one option for the final project
will be a visual presentation instead of a written paper: a storyboard,
comic, animation, film, etc. that comments on the course material
in a sophisticated and illuminating way. Required activities: three
2-hour morning class meetings per week and two 2.5-hour afternoon
screenings per week, plus self-scheduled viewings, readings, and
a 10-page paper or visual project. Evaluation will be based on attendance,
participation, and a final project. C. BOLTON To be taken by all students who are candidates for honors in Japanese. ASTRONOMYASTR 12 NASA and the Space Program (Same as Leadership Studies 12 and History of Science 12) NASA's space program has had many successes, but
the choice between human and robotic spaceflight is difficult and
significant. We shall study several of NASA's most interesting programs,
including both the beautiful images and the drama behind the scenes.
The robotic programs include the Hubble Space Telescope, the Galileo
spacecraft at Jupiter, the Cassini spacecraft at Saturn, and Mars
rovers. The human spaceflight programs include the Apollo missions
and their motivations, the Space Shuttle, and the International
Space Station. We will also consider future plans for robotic and
human exploration of the Moon and Mars. We will consider the impact
of leadership decisions of presidents, NASA Administrators, directors
of institutes for NASA's Great Observatories (Space Telescope Science
Institute, Chandra X-ray Center, Spitzer Science Institute) and
others. A field trip will include meetings with scientific leaders
and Washington-area astronomical sites. Cost: $300 for the field trip. PASACHOFF ASTR 13 Image Processing in Science and Medicine (Same as Computer Science 13) Images have long been fundamental in the sciences.
With the discovery of x-rays this became true in medicine as well.
Digital imaging has become a staple throughout our society, but
the nature and processing of a scientific image differs from that
of an image obtained for artistic or commercial purposes. This course
will cover the principles and practice of image processing as applied
to the sciences and medicine, particularly astronomy and magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI). We will discuss how images are acquired,
including transformations from raw data to meaningful images. We
will cover the properties of images, their generalization to dimensions
other than two, and fundamental operations that may be applied to
enhance features or extract particular kinds of information. Students
will obtain their own images using one or more of the following:
an MRI scanner, an astronomical telescope, or an electron microscope. STEVEN SOUZA (Instructor) Steven Souza is the Observatory Supervisor and an instructor in the Astronomy Department. To be taken by students registered for Astronomy 493, 494. ASTROPHYSICSTo be taken by students registered for Astrophysics 493, 494. BIOLOGYStudents will undertake an independent project
to investigate a topic of their choice using the transmission and
scanning electron microscopes. They will do their own sample preparation,
operate the two electron microscopes, and take micrographs of relevant
structures. Class time will give a brief overview of the theory
and operation of the microscopes and microtomes. In addition, students
will learn how to develop and print their film from the TEM, and
learn how to manipulate the digital images from the SEM in Adobe
Photoshop. (Do you want your erythrocytes red or blue?) There will
be brief reading assignments, a guest speaker and a 10-page paper
with 8 well focused micrographs required. The lab is scheduled to
receive a new SEM this summer that will allow observation of wet
samples as well as conventional dried samples , and will extend
the limits of research potential for the scope. NANCY PIATCZYC (Instructor) Nancy Piatcyc received her B.S. in Biology from
Tufts University. She attended the school of Electron Microscopy
in Albany, NY. She is a trained electron microscopist who operates
and maintains the electron microscope facility at Williams. BIOL 11 Identifying Wildlife Tracks and Sign (Same as Environmental Studies 11) Learning to understand wildlife tracks and sign
will not only enable you to determine who your wild neighbors are,
it can open up a view of their lives and interactions that will
enrich your perception of the landscape and your place in it. This
course is an intensive introduction to tracking mammals in Massachusetts.
We will cover clear print characteristics, track patterns and the
gaits they represent. We will also examine a broad range of other
wildlife sign such as browse, scat, scent posts, etc. Meetings will
be held in the field (weather permitting) and will include extensive
off-trail hiking. One session will be spent indoors viewing a video
on quadruped locomotion, and looking at slides. Participants will
be expected to read Tracking and the Art of Seeing by Paul Rezendes.
JOHN MCCARTER John McCarter has been tracking wildlife for more than twenty years and is among the region's leading authorities on animal tracks and sign. He has taught tracking workshops for many organizations, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Audubon Society, Appalachian Mountain Club and Massachusetts Audubon Society, as well as school groups from K through college. BIOL 12 Time, Tropism, and the Visual Image This is a studio art class that will approach
rendering the image from a technical and philosophical orientation.
Using gesture drawing and watercolor, students will focus on the
concepts of motion and stimulus in the figure as well as in botanical
forms. Throughout the term students will be expected to keep a journal
(written, drawn and painted) that investigates motion, stimulus,
and the passage of time through daily observation. We will also
view and discuss artworks at Williams College Museum of Art that
respond to the human experience of motion and time. The final project
will be a synthesis of what has been observed and internalized.
Students will be expected to produce a series of works that reveal
their personal responses to the process of moving through life.
Some themes might be coming of age, aging, effects of stimuli, or
nostalgia. Students will be evaluated based on the final project,
depth and detail of journal, and verbal participation in group critiques
and discussions. JULIA MORGAN-LEAMON (Instructor) Julia Morgan is a local artist who works in the
education department of the Williams College Museum of Art. She
received her B.A. in Studio Art from Mt Holyoke College and studied
at BIOL 17 Images of Illness: Photographic Representations in Medicine (Same as ArtH 18 and English 18) (See under English for full description.) BIOL 18 Williams in North Adams: The Entrepreneurship of Shitake (Same as Economics 18, Environmental Studies 18 and Philosophy 18) (See under Philosophy for full description.) BIOL 22 Introduction to Biological Research An experimental research project will be carried
out under the supervision of the Biology Department. It is expected
that the student will spend 20 hours per week in the lab at a minimum,
and a 10-page written report is required. This experience is intended
for, but not limited to, first-year students and sophomores, and
requires the permission of the instructor. Staff To be taken by students registered for Biology 493, 494. CHEMISTRYCHEM 10 Declassified Digging and US Foreign Policy in the Americas In 1973 the democratically elected socialist Salvador
Allende's presidential tenure ended in a bloody coup and Allende's
death. Recently the release of 24,000 declassified documents allow
authors to retell the history of the US foreign policy in Chile
from the 1960s to early 1970s. In the first part of the course we
explore declassified documents on the CIA's covert operations in
Chile through The Pinochet File by P. Kornbluh. Next, groups of
students select a period of time between 1950 and 1974 and look
at newspapers, like the New York Times and the Washington Post,
to identify the main events occurring at that time. Finally, each
group considers a place in the American continent, a particular
year, and an event that could be linked to possible activity by
any US agency. What kind of information could be found in archives
of declassified documents in this place and time? For example, the
late sixties are associated with student activities around the world,
and given the extensive activity in Chile by the CIA, we would also
examine Mexico City, October 12 of 1968. The "Plaza de las
Tres Culturas" massacre in Mexico City may also be linked to
possible covert CIA operations. PEACOCK-LÓPEZ CHEM 11 Science for Kids (Same as Special 11) (See under Special for full description.) CHEM 13 The Science of Chocolate This course focuses primarily on the chemical
nature of the constituents of chocolate and on the physical nature
of the process of making chocolate. In the first week we study the
structures, properties, and effects of the principal components.
In the second week each student presents a 30-40 minute overview
of one of the processes involved in converting cacao beans to finished
products. The third week involves discussions with guest speakers
on the history, ethnobotany, and gastronomy of chocolate. We also
visit a Berkshire County shop to see the production of candies.
There is a lecture demonstration by a master chocolatier, screening
of a feature film, Like Water for Chocolate (1992) or Chocolat (2000),
and laboratory experiments in which instrumental techniques are
applied to the analysis of chocolate (differential scanning calorimetry,
nuclear magnetic resonance). In the final week students give oral
reports on topics of their choice. MARKGRAF (Instructor) J. Hodge Markgraf, Professor of Chemistry emeritus, taught organic chemistry at Williams for four decades. He has previously taught a WSP course on combinatorial chemistry. In 2003-2004 he taught Chemistry 251 and 346. CHEM 14 Emergency Medical Technician-Basic A course designed to prepare students for the
Massachusetts EMT exam and to provide training to become certified
as an Emergency Medical Technician. The course teaches the new national
standard curriculum which makes reciprocity with many other states
possible. This is a time-intensive course involving approximately
130 hours of class time plus optional emergency room observation
and ambulance work. Students learn, among other skills, basic life
support techniques, patient assessment techniques, defibrillation,
how to use an epi-pen, safe transportation and immobilization skills,
as well as the treatment of various medical emergencies including
shock, bleeding, soft-tissue injuries, and child birth. In order
to reduce the number of class meetings required during Winter Study
Period, the course holds a few meetings beginning in the fall semester.
These class meetings, which are mandatory, with the following schedule:
30 October (orientation), 31 October, 13 November, 14 November,
and 11 December. Any questions regarding this course should be directed
to the instructor, Kevin Garvey, via email: pece@the-spa.com. KEVIN GARVEY (Instructor) Kevin Garvey is a Massachusetts state and nationally approved EMT-I (Intermediate) and an EMT-IC (Instructor/Coordinator). He had been involved with Emergency Medical Services for 15-20 years. Mr. Garvey currently works for Baystate Health Systems as an RN (registered nurse) and EMT-I and also works as an EMT-I for Village Ambulance in Williamstown. Mr. Garvey is also an EMT training instructor at Greenfield Community College. CHEM 15 Materials of the Artist: Uncovering Fakes and Forgeries (Same as ArtH 17 and ArtS 17) Many artists' materials (in the form of support,
pigments, coatings, and binding media) existed in very specific
times throughout history. Knowing this, we can create a timeline
and begin to date art objects by examining their material and how
each object was manufactured. In this class, we choose an object
of questionable authenticity and immerse ourselves in it. For example,
a painting of questionable authenticity will have the pigments analyzed,
the media analyzed, an x-ray will be taken, showing the paint strokes
and method of application. In some cases, a technique called an
infrared reflectography will be utilized to view the underdrawing
-the artist (or forgers) original sketches. Visual examinations
combined with sophisticated analytical instrumentation will be used
to identify the materials of the object and its method of manufacture.
Instruments may include: x-ray fluorescence analysis, Fourier transform
infrared spectrometer, x-ray diffraction, gas chromatography, and
scanning electron microscope. All classes will be held at either
the Williamstown Conservation Center under the direction of the
analytical chemist and conservator, or in the Bronfman Science Center.
KATE DUFFY (Instructor) Kate Duffy is Department Head of Analytical Services at the Williamstown Art Conservation Center. CHEM 16 Glass and Glassblowing This course provides an introduction to both a
theoretical consideration of the glassy state of matter and the
practical manipulation of glass. We do flameworking with hand torches
for at least 12 hours per week. While no previous experience is
required, students with patience, good hand-eye coordination, and
creative imagination will find the course most rewarding. The class
is open to both artistically and scientifically oriented students.
THOMAN CHEM 17 Introduction to
Research in Archaeological Science Anne Skinner is a Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at Williams. CHEM 18 Introduction to Research in Biochemistry An independent experimental project in biochemistry
is carried out in collaboration with a member of the Department
with expertise in biochemistry. Biochemistry is a branch of chemistry
that deals with the molecular details of living systems including
the interaction of biologically important molecules. In the Chemistry
Department, studies are underway to investigate the structure/function
relationship of proteins, the interaction between proteins and RNA
and DNA, DNA structure and repair, and the molecular basis of gene
regulation. GEHRING, KAPLAN CHEM 19 Introduction to Research in Environmental Science (Same as Environmental Studies 19) An independent experimental project in environmental
science is carried out in collaboration with a member of the Department
with expertise in environmental science. Current research projects
include studies of atmospheric chemistry related to global warming
and acid deposition, heavy metals in the local environment, and
further development of laboratory techniques for ENVI 102 (Introduction
to Environmental Science). THOMAN CHEM 20 Introduction to Research in Inorganic Chemistry An independent experimental project in inorganic chemistry is carried out in collaboration with a member of the Department with expertise in inorganic chemistry. Opportunities for research in inorganic chemistry at Williams include the |