UNIC 101
Beginning Italian I
Students enrolled in this course will learn the basic skills of speaking and communicating, reading, and writing in the Italian language. Italian culture will be emphasized throughout the term. Audio-visual materials and computer-assisted programs will be available to students as part of the course. 6 units.
UNIC 102
Beginning Italian II
Students enrolled in this course will continue learning the skills of speaking and communicating, reading, and writing in the Italian language. Italian culture will be emphasized. Compositions will aid students in further developing their skills in the Italian language. Audio-visual materials and computer-assisted programs will be available to students as part of the course. 6 units. Prerequisite: UNIC 101 or consent of instructor
UNIC 110
English as a Second Language – Freshman Studies I
A modified version of Freshman Studies 100 designed for students with limited English proficiency. 6 units. Open only to students in the Waseda/TSA program
UNIC 111
English as a Second Language – Freshman Studies II
A modified version of Freshman Studies 101 designed for students with limited English proficiency. 6 units. Open only to students in the Waseda/TSA program
UNIC 120
Physical Wellness Dynamics
An applied course in exercise science in which participants examine the physiological effects (e.g., Krebs cycle) and adaptations (e.g., muscle hypertrophy) of exercise while engaging in fitness activities. Students also discuss research and current topics in the field of health and wellness. Subject matter includes cardio-respiratory conditioning, muscle physiology, metabolism, and nutritional science as they relate to physical activity. 3 units.
UNIC 130
Public-Speaking Practicum
Emphasizes theory, skills, and practice of presentational speaking relative to a variety of forms of communication (particularly information and persuasion speaking) involving body, voice, and language. 6 units.
UNIC 142
Introduction to Film Studies
This course provides students with a basic introduction to the vocabulary of film studies and an overview of historical, analytical, and theoretical approaches to film. Students will begin to develop the critical means for engaging with the filmic medium in discussion and writing. These aims will be met through a diverse selection of films rooted in different cultures, times, and ideologies. 6 units.
UNIC 150
Issues in Cognitive Science
An introduction to key issues in the interdisciplinary study of the mind. Sample topics may include mental functionalism vs. neural reductionism, modularity vs. emergentism, logic vs. embodiment, propositional vs. imagistic content, and artificial intelligence vs. neural networks. 3 units.
UNIC 201
Intermediate Transitional Italian
Review of the basic skills of speaking and communicating, reading, and writing in the Italian language. Additional selected texts and compositions will reinforce previously learned material. Italian culture will be emphasized. Audio-visual and computer-assisted programs will be available to students as part of the course. 6 units. Prerequisite: UNIC 102 or consent of instructor
UNIC 203
British Crime Fiction
A survey of the development of crime fiction in Britain from the mid-19th century to the present, with critical examination of representative texts and emphasis on the capacity of those texts to illuminate contemporary British society and its values. 6 units. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Offered at the London Centre
UNIC 205
American Society and Culture
A multi-skill, content-based course introducing diverse facets of American culture with an emphasis on observation and analysis of American life. Additionally, students are encouraged to engage in cross-cultural comparisons and to reflect on their own experiences crossing cultures. 6 units. Open only to students in the Waseda/TSA program
UNIC 206
English as a Second Language – English in the American University
An introduction to academic English at the university level designed for students with limited English proficiency. Students work to develop English proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing through the exploration of different academic disciplines. 6 units. Open only to students in the Waseda/TSA program
UNIC 207
English as a Second Language – Speaking and Listening
This variable-credit course focuses on developing speaking and listening skills in English. Variable units. Open only to students in the Waseda/TSA program
UNIC 208
English as a Second Language – Advanced Communicative English
This course focuses on developing increased communicative competence in English as a second language. In addition, it introduces some of the components of communication and the conventions of discourse in English. 6 units. Open only to students in the Waseda/TSA program
UNIC 209
English as a Second Language – Experiential Language Learning
Development of English language proficiency in a specialized field of study. Students design and complete projects based on intensive exploration of a specific English-speaking environment, such as a university course or a community volunteer site. S/U only. 1 to 3 units. Open only to students in the Waseda/TSA program
UNIC 210
Prize Fiction
A comparative study of recent winners of the American Pulitzer and British Booker Prizes in fiction. Authors read may include Smiley, Ondaatje, Shaara, Trevor, Lively, Coetzee, and Proulx. Lecture and discussion. 6 units.
UNIC 211
Introduction to American Society I
An introduction to life in America and to academic life at an American university for foreign-exchange students. Students will explore American values, attitudes, and patterns of behavior through formal study, structured observation and interviews of Americans, and through the analysis of their everyday living and studying at Lawrence. 2 units. Open only to students in the Waseda/TSA program
UNIC 212
Introduction to American Society II
An introduction to life in America and to academic life at an American university for foreign-exchange students. Students will explore American values, attitudes, and patterns of behavior through formal study, structured observation and interviews of Americans, and through the analysis of their everyday living and studying at Lawrence. 1 unit. Open only to students in the Waseda/TSA program
UNIC 213
Introduction to American Society III
An introduction to life in America and to academic life at an American university for foreign-exchange students. Students will explore American values, attitudes, and patterns of behavior through formal study, structured observation and interviews of Americans, and through the analysis of their everyday living and studying at Lawrence. 1 unit. Open only to students in the Waseda/TSA program
UNIC 220
The Ethical Lyricists
A study of contemporary life as represented in lyric poetry. Readings will include lyrics by Zbigniew Herbert, Philip Larkin, Adrienne Rich, and others. Lecture and discussion. 6 units.
UNIC 240
Modern Literature of Central Europe in Translation
Ethnic variations on the themes of love, death, and bureaucracy in the ruins of the Hapsburg Empire, including the bitter fate of small nations. Authors will include Roth, Andríc, Konrád, Borowski, Herbert, Kafka, Kundera, Wolf. 6 units.
UNIC 250
Self Interest and Social Behavior I
An introduction to models of individuals furthering their own self interest and to applications of these models over all areas of social behavior, whether the concern is competition versus cooperation or the use of money, sex, violence, or power. These models from decision theory and game theory are applied to rational choice or evolution within the fields of economics, political science, cognitive science, psychology, biology, philosophy, and anthropology. This course focuses on applications of models from decision theory and of static games. 6 units. Prerequisite: MATH 120 OR 140 and one course from ECON, PSYC, BIOL, GOVT, ANTH, PHIL, or consent of instructor
UNIC 251
Self Interest and Social Behavior II
A continuation of UNIC 250. This course continues with applications of static games and then focuses on applications of dynamic games. Credit cannot be earned for both UNIC 251 and Economics 410. 6 units. Prerequisite: UNIC 250
UNIC 260
British Life and Culture
This compulsory course utilizes visiting speakers, site visits, and small group fieldwork and short research projects to introduce students to contemporary life in London and the United Kingdom. Site visits usually include Parliament, the London Mosque, the British Museum, and the BBC. Speakers have included an ex-MI5 agent, a former terrorist, religious leaders representing several different traditions, and a homeless person, among others. The course is designed so that the majority of work takes place during the single three-hour class meeting, allowing students the possibility of pursuing up to three elective courses. 3 units. Offered at the London Centre
UNIC 262
“The Fields Beneath”: Discovering London’s Histories
This interdisciplinary course aims to give students a thorough grounding in the chronology of London’s development from Roman settlement on the periphery of Empire to 21st-century “World City.” The use of contemporary literary and visual sources will serve both to develop students’ historical imagination and to enable them critically to examine the concepts involved in the discipline of history itself. Alongside this historical approach, a theoretical examination of specific themes and topics will be used to explore the nature of “the town as palimpsest,” a layered structure in which the past is never entirely obliterated by what succeeds it. Examples of such themes and topics might include, inter alia, religious observance, theatrical presentation, immigration, commerce, domestic life, and government. 6 units. Offered at the London Centre
UNIC 264
London Internship
The compulsory internship seminar meets once per week and builds upon the field study, lectures, and discussions in the British Life and Culture course. Students are expected to maintain a journal with at least two substantial entries per week critically reflecting on their experiences from intercultural, cross-cultural, social, ethical, organizational, and interpersonal perspectives. Students are also required to complete two short reflective essays and a final internship essay interrogating their experiences in terms of the course readings, class discussions in the seminar and the British Life and Culture course, and the broader issue of how a liberal arts-informed perspective frames one’s experience in the workplace. 6 units. Offered at the London Centre
UNIC 300
Internship: Journalism and the Liberal Arts
Intensive study, under the direction of a faculty member, of topics related to a student’s work on The Lawrentian and, in special cases, other local publications. The subject matter of a student’s submissions to the paper will be explored through readings and discussion. Expectations include regular submissions to The Lawrentian, outside reading, and a final project or paper. 3 units, repeatable for up to 6 units.
UNIC 410
Senior Studies
This course will allow interested seniors to revisit Freshman Studies. The class will reconsider four works from Freshman Studies as well as two new works recommended by the students themselves. The aim is to see if questions raised in the first year of college still resonate in the weeks before graduation. 6 units. Prerequisite: Senior standing
UNIC 317
Thinking about Harry Potter
An interdisciplinary course focusing upon Harry Potter as a literary and cultural phenomenon. Students with an already copious knowledge of J. K. Rowling’s stories will further explore them in terms of their relationship to history, legend, and myth; their contested aesthetic merit and ethical values; and their broader social and political implications. 6 units. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor