The primary text, an anthology compiled by over twenty scholars in the field, allows us to compare the primary trends in feminist theory. This elective, which explores the history of prep schools in the United States, is a course in the history and sociology of American education. This one-trimester course is an analysis of Tolstoy's philosophy, based on an examination of War and Peace. This one-trimester course examines Russian history from the Russian Revolution in 1917 to the present. After a review of the origins of the Revolution, students study the evolution and collapse of the totalitarian state with a particular focus on the internal contradictions which doomed the Soviet regime.
Students also evaluate the prospects of the new governments which have replaced the Soviet Union.
This one-trimester course begins with a brief review of military organization and tactics in Europe prior to the independence of the United States. Through reading and discussions, students will analyze the changing ways in which the United States has used its military power since the eighteenth century with a careful analysis of the impact of historical patterns of foreign policy as practiced in the last decades of the twentieth century. Each student writes a paper on some aspect of U.S. military history and reports to the class on findings.