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ELEVEN ELECTIVES

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The title says it all in German 148.

"Freud," Professor of German Peter J. Burgard's new offering, sets out to fill a void in Freud scholarship at Harvard.

He may be discussed in psychology classes, considered in history seminars and analyzed in social studies tutorials, but nowhere-until now-could you get a full dose of the Viennese psychotherapist's medicine.

Here you'll closely read and analyze 10 books by the man many consider the most important 20th century figure, from his clinical case studies to his expoundings on religion and the fate of civilization.

The requirements for "Freud" include a midterm (20 percent), final exam (30 percent), eight-page paper (30 percent) and participation, including an oral report (20 percent).

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In the 1996-97 CUE guide, Burgard received a 4.3 rating for a German class on Baroque identity and a 4.4 for Foreign Cultures 30 "Forging a Nation Through Culture."

German 148 Meets Wednesdays from 2 to 4 p.m.

I Said, Young Man

You were young once.

Relive those glory days with Assistant Professor of Education Thomas Shaw, who will explore how young people think about past, present and future and how they fit themselves into their communities in Anthropology 175: "Youth, Culture and Society in Comparative Perspective."

The course will look for links between youth subculture in preindustrial and modern societies, and between youth in Asia and in the West.

The readings for the weeks on youth culture include "Delinquent Boys," an article on gang culture; a section from Freeway Females called "Working class without work: High school students in a de-industrializing economy;" and a New York Times article titled "Heavy-Metal Mania: It's More Than Music."

Other highlights of the reading list: "Intimacy, labor and class: Ideologies of feminine sexuality in the Punk slam dance;" "Guido: Fashioning an Italian-American Youth Style;" and "Jocks and Freaks: The symbolic structure of the expression of social interaction among American high school students."

Readings sound dull? You can always look forward to the films-including "Decline of Western Civilization, Part II," "Zebrahead" and "Boys'n the Hood."

Grading will be based on several six-page short-answer exams administered every third week; a term paper based on a limited research project and attendance in class and section.

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