Aside from the fundamental curriculum that Yeshiva offers, professors continually develop new and innovative courses designed to challenge students and broaden their education. In addition to the new courses resulting from the advent of the Honors Program, Yeshiva College will also offer a number of debuting courses in the upcoming semester.

As always, the Literature Department is again introducing a number of appealing sections. Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald has planned an Honors course entitled "Topics: Gothic Traditions," intended to analyze the Gothic era from a number of angles. The reading list features novels, poetry, and sermons from an assortment of writers, including Mary Shelley, Edgar Allen Poe and Stephen King. Depictions of Gothic life in films and other aspects of popular culture will also be reviewed. Fitzgerald has also planned a field trip to the nearby Cloisters museum to round out the Gothic experience.

Dr. Frank Felsenstein's course, "Constructions of Otherness," promises to cover a host of new exciting material as well. He explained that the course intends to survey "different ways cultures have created negative stereotypes and perceptions." The examination of the exclusionary portrayal of Jewish culture throughout the ages, and American Blacks will account for major curriculum foci. Moreover, the course is projected to study French stereotypes in British literature.

The French professor, Dr. Holly Haahr, will unveil a Literature section that will count as an elective toward the English major. "Baubelaire, Rimbaud, and Mallarme" will explore "some of France's most beloved poets," and the seminal roles they played in developing the symbolist and expressionist movements. This course will reportedly make an effort to incorporate both French and English in a literary environment, adding a literary component to the French Department for the first time.

In response to avid student interest, Rebecca Schwartz will teach her first YC course entitled "History of Modern Science." Schwartz is currently working on her doctorate in the History of Science Department at Princeton University.

"These new course offerings indicate the increased willingness of Yeshiva College faculty and administration to experiment beyond the current paradigm for course structure and focus," opined Yeshiva College Senior Steven I. Weiss. "A continuation of this trend can only lead to an academic atmosphere that encourages students to think beyond the boundaries of antiquated academic approaches.