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Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
FA 7A 1
Syllabus
Drawing Under the Influence
[ ca ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
Additional course fee applies.
M,W 11:00 AM–12:50 PM
Epstein Bldg FineArts SrStudio
Closed
17 / 17 / 0
Wardwell, Joseph M View Books
 

New for Spring 2019

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
AAAS 130B 1
Syllabus
Black Brandeis, Black History
[ ss ]
T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Golding Judaica Center101
Open
42 / 100 / 0
Williams, Chad View Books
AAAS 157A 1 African American Political Thought
[ ss wi ]
T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG10
Open
19 / 999 / 0
Spry, Amber D View Books
AMST/ANT 122A 1 Indigenous Ecologies
[ ss ]
M,W 5:00 PM–6:20 PM
Brown Social Science Center115
Open
14 / 999 / 0
Bloch, Lee J. View Books
ANTH 110B 1 Control Freaks: Discipline, Rules and Power
[ ss ]
T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr124
Open
23 / 999 / 0
Prentice, Michael View Books
ANTH 139A 1
Syllabus
Identity and Technology
[ ss ]
T,F 12:30 PM–1:50 PM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr124
Open
9 / 999 / 0
Prentice, Michael View Books
BIOL 39B 1 Biology of Global Climate Change
[ sn ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Volen Nat'l Ctr for Complex119
Closed
26 / 25 / 0
Hitchcock, Colleen View Books
BIOL 72A 1
Syllabus
Genetics Principles and Applications
[ sn ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Volen Nat'l Ctr for Complex119
Open
17 / 60 / 0
Woodruff, Rachel V.E. View Books
CLAS 144B 1
Syllabus
Archaeological Ethics, Law and Cultural Heritage
[ djw hum ]
T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112
Open
9 / 999 / 0
Ratzlaff, Alexandra View Books
CLAS 160A 1
Syllabus
Race and Ethnicity in the Ancient World
[ djw hum ]
M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104
Open
10 / 20 / 0
Gillespie, Caitlin View Books
COML/REC 136A 1 All in the Family: Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and the English Novel
[ hum ]
M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr218
Open
6 / 999 / 0
Miller, Robin Feuer View Books
COSI 139B 1 Technology and the Learning Sciences
[ sn ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Goldsmith Math 226
Open
8 / 999 / 0
Alterman, Rick View Books
COSI 149B 1 Practical Machine Learning with Big Data
[ sn ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Gerstenzang 121
Open
76 / 999 / 0
Hong, Pengyu View Books
ECON 39B 1
Syllabus
Writing in Economics
[ ss wi ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
T,Th 5:00 PM–6:20 PM
Lemberg Academic Center 054
Open
13 / 15 / 0
Chase, Kimberly View Books
ECON 150B 1 Urban and Regional Economics
[ ss ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
M,W 5:00 PM–6:20 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr120
Closed
31 / 30 / 0
Markeson, Bjorn View Books
ENG 67A 1 Cubicles and Side Hustles: Stories of America at Work
[ hum ]
M,W,Th 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Brown Social Science Center115
Open
8 / 999 / 0
Schratz, Matthew View Books
ENG 72A 1 The Caribbean's Asias: Asian Migration & Heritage in the Caribbean
[ hum nw ]
T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Rabb Graduate Center236
Open
5 / 999 / 0
Smith, Faith Lois View Books
ENG 84A 1 Nostalgia, Clutter, and Decay: Marking Time in the Enlightenment
[ hum ]
T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Rabb Graduate Center375
Open
3 / 999 / 0
Grant, Sarabeth Ann View Books
ENG 88B 1 Rednecks, Hillbillies, and White Trash: Literature and Culture of the "Deplorables"
[ hum ]
The instructor of this course has been awarded a Department Prize Instructorship (DPI). This award gives a doctoral student the opportunity to design and teach a course. Enrollment in this course is open to undergraduate students only.
T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr201
Open
12 / 20 / 0
Miller, Courtney Pina View Books
ENG 110B 1 The Great American Picture Book
[ hum ]
T,F 12:30 PM–1:50 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies202
Open
8 / 999 / 0
Tharaud, Jerome View Books
ENG 133B 1 Imagining Money: Literature and Economics from Barter to Bitcoin
[ hum ]
M,W,Th 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr116
Open
15 / 999 / 0
Flesch, William View Books
ENG 152A 1 Indian Love Stories
[ hum nw ]
M,W,Th 1:00 PM–1:50 PM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112
Closed
25 / 25 / 0
Anjaria, Ulka View Books
ENVS 39B 1 Climate Change: Causes, Impacts, Responses and Solutions
[ ss ]
T,Th 6:30 PM–7:50 PM
Mandel Ctr for HumanitesG12
Open
39 / 999 / 0
Chester, Charles View Books
FA 118A 1 Studio Seminar
[ ca ]
Instructor's Signature Required.
T 5:00 PM–7:50 PM
Goldman-Schwartz Art Studio115
Open
Consent Req.

7 / 999 / 0
Freiberg, Ariel R. View Books
FA 187A 1 Approaches to Architecture and the City
[ ca ]
M,W,Th 12:00 PM–12:50 PM
Mandel Ctr for HumanitesG12
Open
16 / 25 / 0
Guvenc, Muna View Books
GER 102B 1
Syllabus
Küche, Kochen, Kuchen: Advanced German Grammar, Pronunciation, and Baking
[ fl hum ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr218
Open
9 / 999 / 0
von Mering, Sabine View Books
HISP 152B 1 Monsters and Creatures in Latin American and Latinx Culture
[ hum nw ]
Taught in English.
T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr122
Closed
30 / 30 / 0
Arellano, Jerónimo View Books
HIST 128B 1 Borders, Regions and Ethnicities in Modern Europe
[ ss ]
T,F 12:30 PM–1:50 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
6 / 20 / 0
Flanagan, Drew E View Books
HIST 153A 1 The History of Big Data
[ ss ]
M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr201
Open
6 / 999 / 0
Knecht, Rachel View Books
HIST 161A 1 Women's Work: Gender and Capitalism in American History
[ ss ]
M,W 5:00 PM–6:20 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr201
Open
18 / 999 / 0
Knecht, Rachel View Books
HIST 167A 1 Environmental History of the Americas
[ ss ]
T,Th 5:00 PM–6:20 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr217
Open
11 / 999 / 0
Lorek, Timothy View Books
HIST 179B 1 India and the Superpowers (USA, USSR, and China): 1947 and Beyond
[ nw ss ]
T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG10
Open
11 / 999 / 0
Singh, Avinash View Books
HIST 187A 1
Syllabus
Frenemy States: Identity and Integration in East Asia
[ ss wi ]
T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104
Open
17 / 999 / 0
Hang, Xing View Books
HIST 187B 1 Unequal Histories: Caste, Religion, and Dissent in India
[ nw ss ]
T,F 12:30 PM–1:50 PM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr201
Open
4 / 999 / 0
Singh, Avinash View Books
HSSP 160A 1
Syllabus
Looking with Uncertainty: The Healthcare Calling and Its Core Human Intelligences
[ ss ]
W 9:00 AM–11:50 AM
Pollack Fine Arts 007
Open
4 / 20 / 0
Miller, Alexa View Books
HWL 7 1 Your Brain on Carbon
[ hwl3 ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
Noncredit.
First class meeting in Jan 18. Meets weekly for six class meetings.
Module Session 1
F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr218
Open
7 / 20 / 0
Fischer, Mary
von Mering, Sabine
View Books
HWL 15 1 Work, Career, and Life
[ hwl3 ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
Noncredit.
First class meeting in Mar 13. Meets weekly for six class meetings.
Module Session 2
W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Kutz Hall 132
Open
6 / 20 / 0
Pavese, Josephine Jane View Books
HWL 19 1 Applying to Medical School and Dental School
[ hwl3 ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
Signature of Ms. Kate Stutz (stutz@brandeis.edu), required.
Noncredit.
First class meeting is Jan 16. Meets weekly for six class meetings.
Module Session 1
W 2:00 PM–2:50 PM
Kutz Hall 132
Open
Consent Req.

10 / 15 / 0
Deo, Jean
Stutz, Kate
View Books
HWL 30 1
Syllabus
Financial Literacy for College Graduates
[ hwl3 ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
Noncredit.
First class meeting is Jan 22. Meets weekly for six class meetings.
Module Session 1
M 5:00 PM–6:20 PM
Kutz Hall 132
Open
16 / 24 / 0
Marx, Andrew View Books
HWL 42 1
Syllabus
The Art of Resilience: Strategies to Thrive in a Stressful World
[ hwl2 ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
Noncredit.
First class meeting Mar 15. Meets weekly for six class meetings.
Module Session 2
F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Pearlman Hall 202
Open
8 / 15 / 0
Berkenwald, Leah View Books
IGS 140A 1
Syllabus
Styles of Globalization
[ ss ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr201
Open
18 / 20 / 0
Goodhart, Lucy View Books
LGLS 122B 1
Syllabus
Native American Tribal Legal Studies
[ ss ]
T,Th 6:30 PM–7:50 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr216
Open
10 / 999 / 0
Smith, Douglas L View Books
LGLS 145B 1 Building the Massachusetts Constitution
[ ss ]
Signature of Anabela Afonso department administrator required.
M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies301
Closed
Consent Req.

15 / 15 / 0
Breen, Daniel View Books
MATH 40A 1
Syllabus
Introduction to Applied Mathematics
[ sn ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
M,W,Th 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Rosenstiel Basic Med118
Open
47 / 50 / 0
Fai, Thomas View Books
MATH 121A 1
Syllabus
Mathematics for Natural Sciences
[ sn ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Gerstenzang 122
Open
40 / 100 / 0
Touboul, Jonathan View Books
MATH 124A 1
Syllabus
Convex Optimization
[ sn ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Goldsmith Math 226
Open
11 / 100 / 0
Wilmes, John View Books
MUS 196B 1 Sound and Space: Sound Installation and Movement Staging in the Field of Music Composition
[ ca ]
Instructor's Signature Required.
T 6:30 PM–9:20 PM
Slosberg Music 234
Open
Consent Req.

6 / 12 / 0
Gee, Erin View Books
MUS 198B 1 Proseminar in Music and Disabilities
[ ca ]
Instructor's Signature Required.
M 2:00 PM–4:50 PM
Slosberg Music 212
Open
Consent Req.

4 / 999 / 0
Jones, Jeannette View Books
NEJS 123B 1 Crossing Boundaries and Being Human in Rabbinic Literature
[ hum ]
M,W 5:00 PM–6:20 PM
Pearlman Hall 202
Open
12 / 999 / 0
Kaye, Lynn View Books
NEJS 125A 1 Just Communities and Neighborhoods in Talmudic Literature
[ hum ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
W 2:00 PM–4:50 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
10 / 999 / 0
Kaye, Lynn View Books
NEJS 149B 1 Jewish Spaces, Global Cities
[ hum ]
T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG10
Open
12 / 999 / 0
Freeze, ChaeRan Yoo View Books
NEJS 187B 1 The Book and Writing in the Islamic World
[ hum ]
M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies201
Open
9 / 999 / 0
Dost, Suleyman View Books
POL 140B 1
Syllabus
Contentious Politics in Agrarian Societies: Power, Culture, Development and Resistance
[ ss ]
T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr123
Open
11 / 999 / 0
Thaxton, Ralph View Books
POL 161B 1 Good Neighbor or Imperial Power: The Contested Evolution of US-Latin American Relations
[ oc ss wi ]
M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Kutz Hall 130
Open
17 / 999 / 0
Trelles, Alejandro View Books
PSYC 78B 1 The Psychology of Prejudice
[ ss ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
The instructor of this course has been awarded a University Prize Instructorship (UPI). These prestigious awards give exceptional doctoral students from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences the opportunity to design and teach an upper-division course in their field of research. Enrollment in this course is open to undergraduate students only.
Instructor's Signature Required.
T,F 12:30 PM–1:50 PM
Brown Social Science Center224
Open
Consent Req.

18 / 20 / 0
Simon, Jeremy View Books
SOC 150A 1
Syllabus
HIV/AIDS, Society, and Politics
[ ss ]
M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Golding Judaica Center103
Open
32 / 999 / 0
Vijayakumar, Gowri View Books
WMGS 135B 1 Postcolonial Feminisms
[ hum ]
T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr201
Open
23 / 999 / 0
Singh, Harleen View Books