2018-2019 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Courses of Instruction
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PSY 270 - Research Apprenticeship 0.5 course unit
Students work in a faculty member’s on-going research program, learning a variety of important research skills and gaining in-depth knowledge of a specialized topic in psychology. Experiences may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: gathering and analyzing information to develop proposals, stimulus development, data collection, statistical analysis, writing and presenting results. Topics and course availability will vary by professor. Interested students should consult with individual faculty for more information. This course can be repeated and does not count toward the requirements for the psychology major. It will count toward the 4 course units of individualized instruction that can be earned toward the 32 course unit degree requirement.
Pass/fail only.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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PSY 960 - Internship 1 course unit
Provides psychology students with an opportunity to work in a professional setting and begin to connect their academic knowledge with experiences, expectations, values, and demands of the world outside the classroom. Students will meet weekly to discuss professional, psychological, ethical, and other issues relevant to the internship experience. Students are required to complete a minimum of ten hours a week at their internship, keep a professional journal, attend class meetings, and give a formal presentation about their experience.
Pass/Fail only.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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PSY 970 - Psychology Independent Study/Research
Each independent study/research course is to be designed in consultation with a faculty sponsor.
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PSY 975 - Thesis I 1 course unit
A student with a strong interest in, and intellectual curiosity about, a particular topic may select to conduct a psychology thesis. Students who are accepted into the Thesis Program will conduct two semesters of independent and original research, write a thesis based on that empirical or theoretical work, and make an oral defense of the thesis at a colloquium attended by faculty and students. See this catalog, an advisor, or the Psychology Department website for additional information about the requirements of the Thesis Program and how to apply. Successful completion of both semesters of the thesis program fulfills the required CUE.
Junior/senior standing.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. PSY 104 - Research Methods in Psychology . PSY 270 - Research Apprenticeship and/or PSY 970 Psychology Independent Study/Research strongly recommended.
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PSY 976 - Thesis II 1 course unit
This course is the second semester of the senior thesis sequence. Successful completion of both semesters of the thesis program fulfills the required Culminating Undergraduate Experience.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 975 - Thesis I and permission of instructor.
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Public Health |
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PBH 201 - Issues in Public Health 1 course unit
Using a topical approach, this course is designed to introduce students to the wide variety of disciplines associated with the field of Public Health. Based on the issue or issues selected as the focal point of the course, students will examine the global impact of disease from various points of view - historically, biologically, economically, psychologically, and politically. Students will explore the roles of those in Public Health such as epidemiologists, health care managers, media broadcasters, health specialists, environmentalists, and public policy makers in maintaining the health safety of the public.
Meets general academic requirement W.
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PBH 250 - Fundamentals of Epidemiology 1 course unit
This course will cover the basic concepts of epidemiology and biostatistics as applied to public health problems, with emphasis on the principles and methods of epidemiologic investigation and appropriate summaries and displays of data. Topics include study design, measures of disease frequency and association, bias, confounding and effect modification, causality, screening and disease surveillance.
Prerequisite(s): PBH 201 Issues in Public Health and MTH 119 Statistical Analysis or PSY 103 Psychological Statistics
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PBH 252 - Occupational Health 1 course unit
From a fire in a Bangladesh garment making facility or an explosion on an oil platform to asbestos-related cancer in shipyard workers or radium poisoning in New Jersey painters, this course considers the impact of business practices on the health of workers and the environment. We will analyze several case studies that emphasize the importance of safe practices and highlight the need for federal safety regulations in the workplace. We will examine the impact of industrial operations both domestically and abroad on the environment and public health, and consider the ethical and social aspects of strategies used by big business to sell their products. Students will learn and practice key skills of research, critical analysis, and oral communication.
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PBH 254 - Public Health & the Law 1 course unit
This course will examine the way in which the U.S. legal system has dealt with complex issues involving public health and scientific research. The course will introduce students to basic principles of law, the federal and state court systems, rules of evidence, class action certification, and the progress of a lawsuit. Seminal court decisions defining what constitutes scientific reliability will be analyzed, as well as court decisions involving matters as diverse as mandated health care, the ownership of body parts, legal liability for causes of cancers and autism, and copyrighting genomic sequences, plus others. Students will be challenged to analyze majority and dissenting opinions in significant court decisions, as well as opinions and interpretations in secondary sources, and to write responses to issues involved in current public health controversies. Both independent and group work will be emphasized.
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PBH 325 - Introduction to Global Health 1 course unit
In this course, students are introduced to the current and emerging issues in global health, including the global burden of disease, global health systems, and the roles of nation states, international agencies, and nongovernmental organizations in promoting health.
Prerequisite(s): PBH 201 Issues in Public Health
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PBH 327 - Public Health in Panamá 1 course unit
The study of public health is rooted in the notion that health is both a human right and the product of multiple and varied factors. In this course we will put that notion to the test, considering the global objectives for good health and the medical, environmental, socioeconomic, and political elements that facilitate -or hinder- achievement of those goals. In particular, we will examine the case of Panamá, preparing research projects over the course of the semester that will then be completed using data and experiences from a two-week visit to Panamá. Areas of focus include access to potable water, control of mosquito breeding areas, women’s health issues, language access in areas where other languages or illiteracy dominate, intersections of institutional health and local cultural practices, and funding policies for health centers in marginal and indigenous regions. To consolidate a sustainable relationship with our Panamanian partners, we will also design and complete a service project at a rural hospital. The class is conducted in English with Spanish. The Spanish language component of the course includes an introduction to essential communication for healthcare and public health interviews; more advanced Spanish students will be introduced to the skills of oral interpreting and transcription.
This course is cross-listed with SPN 327.
Prerequisite(s): SPN 102 - Elementary Spanish II or permission of instructor.
Meets general academic requirement DE.
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PBH 350 - Environmental Health 1 course unit
A study of the impact of environmental quality on the health of populations, this course addresses the societal and environmental factors that increase the likelihood of exposure and disease. Topics include the potential health effects of exposure to hazardous substances in air, water, soil, and food; natural disasters; physical hazards; climate change; the impact of food production on the environment; and the built environment.
Prerequisite(s): PBH 201 Issues in Public Health and at least one science course
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PBH 450 - CUE: Health & Human Sexuality 1 course unit
Broadly, this course is designed to give an overview of human sexuality, with an emphasis on health issues related to sexuality. This course is built upon health promotion principles learned throughout the public health major/minor which emphasizes the important influences of knowledge and attitudes upon a person’s behavior. Therefore, sexual knowledge, attitudes, and behavior will be examined in detail through a variety of methods. Particular attention will be given to the enhancement of sexual well-being and the prevention of various sexual health concerns. The knowledge presented in this course is based on the most scientifically-sound and evidence-based information currently available. This course will be taught in both lecture and seminar-style and culminate in an activism proposal and projection in sexual health that utilizes core concepts and skills learned throughout the public health major/minor.
Prerequisite(s): PBH 201 Issues in Public Health , PBH 250 Fundamentals of Epidemiology , and PBH 350 Environmental Health
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PBH 960 - Public Health Internship 1 course unit
Majors are eligible for internship programs with the approval of the department.
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PBH 970 - Public Health Independent Study/Research
Each independent study/research course is to be designed in consultation with a faculty sponsor.
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PBH 975 - Public Health Research Explorations
Each research exploration course is to be designed in collaboration with a faculty sponsor. This pass/fail course does not count towards the Public Health major or minor.
Pass/Fail
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REL 100, 101 - Religion & Popular Culture 1 course unit
This course will examine the ways different religious beliefs and practices are represented in a variety of print, film, television, and other media in our culture and the ways in which those representations may function to influence opinions, actions, and policy. Analysis of media content will accompany an introduction to the study of religions presented and misrepresented in popular culture.
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 101).
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REL 102 - Religion & Violence 1 course unit
Religious ideology and rhetoric play a significant role in violent conflict in the modern period, a phenomenon that we are only now coming to appreciate fully. In this course we will examine some of the central religious issues that have been at the forefront of modern conflicts. We will consider some of the ways that religious terminology, symbolism, and myth have been employed as a way of marking difference and setting identity boundaries from the First World War to the current “War on Terror.”
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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REL 104, 105 - Sex, Gender, & Religion 1 course unit
Gender and sexuality as fundamental aspects of human experience play important roles in all major religious systems whether explicit and positive or suppressed and denigrated. In this course we will explore how the varied understandings of gender and sexuality in different cultures and at different times have influenced religious practice and belief and how, in turn, religions have affected these understandings. We will also consider how this interaction between gender and sexuality and religion has affected the status of men and women in their various roles and orientations.
Meets general academic requirement HU and DE and is a cluster course when offered as 105.
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REL 107 - Jews & Christians in the Twenty-first Century 1 course unit
Students will study the distinctive relationship between these two religious traditions in recent decades. Topics will be drawn from the current public discourse of Judaism and Christianity. Among the many factors shaping the self-understandings and mutual understandings of the two communities we will consider particularly the legacy of the Holocaust, increased religious diversity in Europe and North America, the State of Israel, and the postmodern critique of religious claims. Both Jews and Christians ground their religious self-understandings in biblical revelation - however conceived. Both receive that revelation mediated through an interpretive tradition - however explicit. This opens an avenue to introduce the ideas of revelation, hermeneutics, tradition, social location, and identity politics in relation to significant theological and communal factors in both traditions.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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REL 115, 116 - Monotheism: Creating God 1 course unit
O sole God, like whom there is no other! The idea of one God was first expressed by the pharaoh Akhenaten who lived between 1352-1336 b.c.e. Over 3000 years later, three major world religions are still struggling to understand and incorporate this seemingly simple concept of monotheism. In this course we will explore some of the issues that surround monotheism and examine how the idea of one God has shaped the development of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam individually and in relation to each other. In doing so, we will attempt to gain a better understanding of the nature, role, and meaning of the ideas of God in western consciousness and culture.
Meets general academic requirement HU and is a cluster course when offered as 116.
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REL 117 - Animals & the Sacred 1 course unit
Religious myth and ritual is full of allusions to animals. From the “Scapegoat” and the “Lamb of God” to the “Sacred Cow” and the “Chinese Dragon” animals are central to the symbolic representation and language of almost every religious tradition. This course will compare and contrast the way animals are imagined and used in the beliefs and practices of several religious traditions.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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REL 131 - Myth, Religion, and Creation 1 course unit
From Genesis’ depiction of the divine organization of the universe in the Hebrew Bible to Hindu traditions of creation’s emanation from Brahma, narratives concerning the origin of the world have attracted devotional and scholarly attention from around the globe since ancient times. In this course, we will use the comparison of creation stories as an introduction to the study of myth, its relationship to ritual, and its place and function in religious traditions. Furthermore, we will critically examine the ways in which different cultures have used stories of origins to address questions regarding contemporary political, social, or religious contexts. Particular emphasis will be placed on creation stories from the ancient Near East and Bible, and the symbolic and literary connections between them.
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU.
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REL 133 - Pilgrimage: Rites of Way 1 course unit
Why is travel almost universally understood to hold the potential for significant transformation? How do various communities and individuals define sacred travel through their own practice, and how does it define them in turn? This course employs the many methodologies of Religion Studies in investigating pilgrimage around the world. We will look to a number of modern theoretical interpretations of sacred journey, and will examine ethnographic accounts of pilgrimage primarily in the contexts of Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. Pilgrimage will serve as our window onto these traditions’ ethical systems, cosmologies of space and time, religious art and aesthetics, and views of the body’s agency and power, and in some cases, onto the contested space of multiple traditions’ holy ground.
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU.
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REL 135 - Religion in America 1 course unit
This course will explore the evolution of religious life in the United States and of American ideas about the nature and place of religion within American society. Beginning in the colonial period and continuing through the present, this class will examine the phenomenon of religion in the United States and consider the ways that immigrants, atheists, and founders of new religious movements have changed and challenged established assumptions about what it means to be an American. Using primary documents, and particularly court cases, the class will explore the contested terrain of American religious life and ask how our understanding of religion has shaped notions of statehood, citizenship, and equality in the United States.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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REL 201, 202 - Theory & Method in the Study of Religion 1 course unit
In this course, students explore the methodological and theoretical frameworks that define the academic study of religion. Coverage includes analysis of multiple disciplinary perspectives including sociology, anthropology, history, phenomenology, and psychology. Additionally, students will put the theoretical into practice by using the methods studied in class to analyze the beliefs and practices of various religious traditions.
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 202).
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REL 203 - Religions of India 1 course unit
A survey of the forms and images of religion in the Indian subcontinent, concentrating on Hinduism and Buddhism. The religious spirit, ancient and modern, will be examined through a study of mythological, scriptural, historical, cultural, and artistic phenomena.
Meets general academic requirement HU and DE.
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REL 207 - Religions of China 1 course unit
This course will address the origins and development of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism and trace the interactions of these religions as they have shaped the spiritual and ethical environment that exists in China today. The course will also consider material culture, popular forms, and folk traditions and, finally, the unique challenges posed by the modern Chinese political situation.
Meets general academic requirement HU and DE.
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REL 208 - Religions of Japan 1 course unit
Students will study the native Japanese religious tradition, Shinto, as well as the Chinese traditions that have become fundamental to Japanese religion (Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism) as they have been interpreted in Japan. The course will also consider material culture, popular forms, folk traditions, and the “new religions” of modern Japan as well as attitudes toward religion in today’s Japan.
Meets general academic requirement HU and DE.
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REL 225 - Buddhist Traditions 1 course unit
From its origins in India to its development throughout East and Southeast Asia and beyond, Buddhism has prospered in a wide variety of cultures and environments. This course will introduce students to the origins, evolution, and manifestations of Buddhism in scripture, practice, and artistic expression.
Meets general academic requirement HU and DE.
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REL 227 - Islamic Traditions 1 course unit
This course will survey the beliefs, practices, and history of Islam, focusing on how Islam has evolved over time and culminating in a close examination of the forms Islam takes today and the place of Islam in current events. Special consideration will be given to what it means to consider Islam as a religion rather than a cultural or political entity. Attention will also be given to Islam’s relationship with other monotheistic traditions and to American Islam.
Meets general academic requirement HU and DE.
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REL 229 - Jewish Traditions 1 course unit
Judaism has ancient roots and encompasses a multifaceted array of rituals, laws, holidays, and life-cycle events. Using “Time” and “Space” as the dual focal points of our course, we will examine the development of diverse Jewish communities from antiquity to the modern era in order to better understand the origins and practices of the spectrum of Jewish groups encountered today. Consequently, this course will emphasize the heterogeneity of Judaism as a religious system throughout history, while also examining what makes this diverse group of traditions and texts “Jewish.”
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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REL 233 - Christian Traditions 1 course unit
Christianity is not and never has been a single set of beliefs and practices; instead, the religion is marked by diversity of thought and action. The purpose of this course is to engage the variety in the tradition through the exploration of rituals and beliefs held by different Christian communities around the world and through time. In addition to primary and secondary readings, students will also explore the visual arts, architecture, and music as manifestations of Christian diversity. Additional themes for consideration will include the place of the Bible and its interpretation, the role of church leaders and their relationship to the divine, and ethical/moral differences that are present within the tradition.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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REL 252 - Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) 1 course unit
Jews and Christians alike regard the books of the Hebrew Bible as scripture. Yet, modern scholarship has sought an alternative approach to understanding this complicated collection of ancient texts that sets aside its identification as revelation and attempts to grasp the historical, political, and cultural contexts that surrounded its composition. Consequently, this course will introduce students to the Hebrew Bible as a repository of ancient Israelite traditions that were developed and shaped in specific historical and social contexts. To that end, rather than read the Bible from front to back like a novel written of whole cloth, we will begin by reading the final portion of the Bible, known as the “Writings,” first and work our way back through the Prophets, finishing with the Torah. By doing this, we will examine first those biblical books that provide the clearest glimpse of the scribal practices that framed production of the Hebrew Bible as a whole, as well as its compositional complexity. In addition, students will place particular biblical passages in dialogue with texts from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Moab, and Ugarit, illuminating Israel’s place in the religious and political world of the ancient Near East.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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REL 254 - New Testament 1 course unit
This course studies the distinctive scriptural foundation of Christianity in its literary, historical, and theological contexts. Topics may include Jesus as an historical figure and as the object of early Christian faith; the relationships of various early Christian communities to one another and to contemporary Judaisms, Greek religions, and philosophies; the place and role of Paul; the gospel genre and its several examples; the definition of the canon; approaches to interpreting the New Testament. No prior study of the New Testament is expected.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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REL 262, 263 - Religion & Literature 1 course unit
This course provides an exploration of the ways in which literary imagination (metaphor, literary style, narrative voice, description, creative manipulation of time and place) interacts with religious imagination (projections of tradition, expression of mystical experience, ritual, symbolic phenomena) to produce works of a transformative nature. Examples from both Eastern and Western literary traditions may be chosen.
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 263).
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REL 264 - God, Self, & Other in Judaism & Christianity 1 course unit
Human identity, individually and collectively, is shaped in significant ways by the presence, the perception, and the definition of the Other. In the case of Jews and Christians, the mutual heritage of biblical Israel and its covenant with God demands that each continue to articulate its relationship to the other explicitly or implicitly. In this course, we examine the dynamics of the relationship from antiquity to the present, focusing on key transitional periods and major figures and analyzing the impact of “the other” on their respective self-understandings and interactions.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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REL 308 - Scrolls, Scribes, and Scriptures 1 course unit
Did you ever wonder how ancient texts, like the New Testament, reach the modern world? In this course, students will explore the challenges and opportunities of studying New Testament and other ancient Christian materials in their oldest forms. Central to this examination will be how the texts were read, interpreted, and transmitted within Christian communities over time. This course will include an introduction to several techniques used to analyze ancient scriptural materials as well as the basic syntax and vocabulary of Koine Greek. No previous language skills are expected or required.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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REL 314 - Death and Desire in Tibetan Buddhism 1 course unit
This course examines the practices of death and desire in the unique traditions of Tibetan tantra, a form of Himalayan Buddhism. Tibetan tantra involves practices of wrathful deities, sexual yogas, and subtle body technologies to produce a unique understanding of mind and body and their potential for transformation in both sexual union and in death. We will look at the foundational Tibetan Book of the Dead cycle of texts, as well as explore their evolving meanings in contemporary, non-Buddhist contexts like American Hospice. How have Tibetan Buddhists associated desire, power, and knowing? How might investigations of Tibetan practices of death and desire inform our own?
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU.
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REL 353 - Gender & Sexuality in Judaism 1 course unit
In this course we will examine how issues relating to gender and sexuality have influenced Jewish experience. We will discuss a wide range of Jewish history and literature, extending from the Bible to contemporary Jewish culture, in order to gain a broad perspective on how gender and sexuality have played a role in Jewish life and thought over time. We will consider how gender and sexuality relate to questions of power and authority and discuss the ways that bodies, both gendered and sexual, become meaningful in different Jewish contexts.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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REL 355 - Christianity at the Crossroads: The Emergent Church in Late Antiquity 1 course unit
Until the rise of the Roman Emperor Constantine, the history of Christianity was marked by a plurality of belief structures, a constant threat of persecution, and a fluid leadership structure. With the imperial patronage of Constantine the face of ancient Christianity changed forever, embracing a close relationship between the church and the state, instituting particular formulas of belief, and solidifying the hierarchy of the ecclesiastical structure. Among other important developments in this period is the construction of the first grand Christian worship structures, the composition of the Nicene Creed, and the development of the canon of the New Testament. This class will examine these changes in the context of late antique society and politics and trace the influence of these changes across the span of Christian history.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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REL 357, 358 - The Holocaust: Nazi Germany & the Jews 1 course unit
This course will examine the Holocaust and its historical context by considering both the pre-war position of Jews in Europe and the factors that led to the destruction of European Jewry during WWII. Religious context and responses to these events within affected communities will be studied through a variety of sources, including literature, film, and memoirs.
Meets general academic requirement HU and is a cluster course when offered as 358.
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REL 363 - Islam in America 1 course unit
American Muslims come from a wide diversity of backgrounds and cultures. In this course we will explore the historical contexts and current realities of Muslim communities in the United States. Questions to consider will include: How have traditional Islamic and Muslim doctrines and practices converged with American ideals of pluralism and secularism? Is there a distinctive “American Islam”? How have Muslim culture and Islam enriched the broader American culture?
Meets general academic requirements HU and DE and W.
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REL 365 - Gender & Sexuality in Islam 1 course unit
Islam presents a particular challenge for Women’s and Gender Studies. A submissive, veiled woman is often the first image that comes to mind when Westerners think of Islam. Paradoxically, the oppressed Muslim women have become for non-Muslims a primary symbol of the perceived dangers of Islam, even as that image is used to represent disempowerment. Yet Islam is a major world religion with over 1.6 billion adherents, approximately half of whom are women, and all of whom are sexual beings whose religious positioning intersects with their gender and sexuality in myriad ways. So what do Muslims really believe about gender and sexuality? And what do they do? In this course, we will examine constructions of gender and sexuality in Islam by investigating both traditional sources such as the Qur’an, Hadith, and Islamic Law; and also by considering how Muslim women today are challenging the patriarchal structures of authority, while at the same time critiquing Western feminism.
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU and W.
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REL 371 - Paths in Jewish Thought 1 course unit
Writers, philosophers, and scholars have engaged a fascinating array of questions from within the Jewish tradition since before the Common Era. In this seminar, we will survey the works of particular Jewish thinkers, from antiquity to the modern day, with special attention to certain topics and historical developments. Subjects to be considered include the Jewish people’s encounter with the religious or cultural “other,” the opposition or congruence of faith and reason, the persistence of evil, the nature of God and scripture, and what it means to be “Jewish.” The structure of the course will constitute a “who’s who” of Jewish thinkers through history, such as Philo of Alexandria, Moses Maimonides, Baruch Spinoza, and Ahad ha-Am. The final project will also allow students to discover and present the thought of a Jewish intellectual not included in this selective survey at the end of the semester.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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REL 450-469 - CUE: Capstone Seminars in the Study of Religion 1 course unit
The seminars are a capstone experience for our majors and other advanced students. Faculty and students work together to explore a research topic in depth. Each course offers both theoretical and methodological content.
Meets general academic requirement W.
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REL 470 - Honors Thesis in Religion Studies 1 course unit
This project is designed for Religion Studies majors who have consistently proven to be excellent students. It offers them the opportunity to pursue a self-designed major research and analysis thesis in close consultation with a faculty member.
Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission required.
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REL 960 - Religion Studies Internship 1 course unit
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REL 970 - Religion Studies Independent Study/Research
Each independent study/research course is to be designed in consultation with a faculty sponsor.
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Russian |
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RUS 101 - Elementary Russian I 1 course unit
An introduction to basic grammar and vocabulary as well as communication skills in Russian within its cultural contexts. Students will use a variety of authentic text and media resources to acquire and enhance linguistic skills. The first semester is designed for students with no prior knowledge of Russian; the second is for students with limited background in Russian. Assignment by placement test. Four class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
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RUS 102 - Elementary Russian II 1 course unit
An introduction to basic grammar and vocabulary as well as communication skills in Russian within its cultural contexts. Students will use a variety of authentic text and media resources to acquire and enhance linguistic skills. The first semester is designed for students with no prior knowledge of Russian; the second is for students with limited background in Russian. Assignment by placement test. Four class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
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RUS 203 - Intermediate Russian I 1 course unit
An accelerated review of basic Russian grammar through speaking, reading, writing, and other linguistically appropriate activities. The introduction of more advanced grammatical structures and a variety of authentic text and multimedia resources will enhance the students’ linguistic skills and sociocultural awareness of the Russian speaking world. The development of functional skills and communicative ability is emphasized. Students also acquire the linguistic tools needed to continue learning Russian as it pertains to their fields of interest. Assignment by placement test. Three class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
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RUS 204 - Intermediate Russian II 1 course unit
An accelerated review of basic Russian grammar through speaking, reading, writing, and other linguistically appropriate activities. The introduction of more advanced grammatical structures and a variety of authentic text and multimedia resources will enhance the students’ linguistic skills and sociocultural awareness of the Russian speaking world. The development of functional skills and communicative ability is emphasized. Students also acquire the linguistic tools needed to continue learning Russian as it pertains to their fields of interest. Assignment by placement test. Three class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
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RUS 302 - Russian Conversation & Composition 1 course unit
Students watch and discuss feature films produced in Russia. Extensive practice in the development of conversational and writing skills based on the analysis and synthesis of cultural information from a variety of authentic sources, including texts, film, newscasts, and TV. Increased acquisition of vocabulary, expansion of listening comprehension, stylistic analysis of contemporary film texts.
Prerequisite(s): RUS 204 - Intermediate Russian II .
Meets general academic requirement W.
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RUS 303, 304 - Advanced Russian Conversation & Composition 1 course unit
Students watch and discuss feature films produced in Russia. Advanced practice in the development of conversational and writing skills. In-depth study of idiomatic expressions and advanced lexical and stylistic analysis of contemporary literature and film.
Prerequisite(s): RUS 302 - Russian Conversation & Composition .
Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 304.
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RUS 305, 306 - Readings in Russian Literature 1 course unit
An introduction to Russian literature from Pushkin to the present with emphasis on developing the students’ command of language skills. Selected readings in Russian will include poetry, prose, and drama.
Prerequisite(s): RUS 204 - Intermediate Russian II .
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 306).
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RUS 320 - Russian Culture & Civilization 1 course unit
Students study and discuss selected topics in Russian intellectual thought and artistic self-expression in their historical contexts and engage in cross-cultural analyses of Russia vis-à-vis the West. Readings, lectures, and discussion range from early Russian social practices to today’s Russia and from national identity to ethnic conflicts, injustice, violence, and crime. We will examine cultural artifacts, short stories, documentaries, scholarly articles, and up-to-date media commentary. Taught in English.
Offered in alternate years.
Meets general academic requirement HU and DE.
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RUS 402 - Twentieth Century Russian Literature in Translation 1 course unit
Students study the works of Bunin, Sholokhov, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, and Brodsky as well as their experiences with and relationship to the Bolshevik revolution, ethnic and religious prejudice, censorship, the GULAGs, violence, and injustice. Harshly persecuted, self-exiled, or expelled from Russia, these philosophical frontrunners earned Nobel Prizes and recognition by the West. Short stories, novels, poetry, as well as literary criticism from 1917 to the present will be analyzed and discussed.
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU.
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RUS 490 - CUE: Russia & the Near Abroad .5 course unit
Advanced study and analysis of selected areas in Russian Studies designed for majors and other qualified students. Students complete a CUE project linked to any Russian course listed higher than 304. Students write an integrative research paper and conduct a formal presentation connecting content from at least two upper-level Russian courses. Special emphasis is placed on advanced textual analysis, scholarly discussion, and writing. Project proposals are approved by a CUE faculty advisor prior to course registration. Required for all majors in Russian Studies.
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RUS 970 - Russian Independent Study/Research
Each independent study/research course is to be designed in consultation with a faculty sponsor.
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WSH 950 - Special Topics for the Washington Seminar 1 course unit
The course will vary considerably from semester to semester and will utilize the variety of interests and specialties of the consortium faculties. The topic for the semester will be announced in advance. Visits to offices and agencies will be included as will meetings with officials and experts in Washington. Some examples of special topic courses are Public Relations Seminar, Violence and Values, Photojournalism, and Controversy & the Supreme Court.
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WSH 960 - Washington Semester Internship 2 course unit
Each student will serve 25 to 30 hours each week in an internship in an office or agency in Washington, usually in a field related to the student’s major. A formal written report will be submitted to the Muhlenberg supervising faculty member at the conclusion of the internship. Pass/fail only, except for students enrolled in a practicum where letter grades A through F are assigned.
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SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology 1 course unit
What is sociology? How do sociologists go about their work? How is society structured? Is inequality an inherent part of human life? How and why do societies change? This course introduces the central concepts and principles of major sociological perspectives. It provides an overview of the study of social institutions, social stratification, and social change.
Taught every semester.
Meets general academic requirement DE and SL.
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SOC 224, 225 - American Ethnic Diversity 1 course unit
This course is designed to provide a general overview of the field of the sociology of race and ethnic relations with a particular emphasis on the historical situations and experiences of various immigrant and minority groups in American society. We will first examine the socio-political and economic history of a variety of minority and immigrant groups. A substantial amount of course material will then focus on analyzing the varying structural conditions and institutional barriers that affect the different strategies by which various minority and immigrant groups have sought entry and success in dominant society. Finally, throughout the course, discussions will be devoted to examining specific institutions and the various ways in which constructions of racial and ethnic categories and hierarchies are produced and reproduced in the U.S.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology .
Meets general academic requirement DE (and W when offered as 225).
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SOC 235 - Inequality & Power 1 course unit
The study of inequality (how it emerges, its various manifestations, and why it persists) is a cornerstone of sociology. This course is designed for those who are interested in the theoretical conceptions and critiques of power and privilege and their combined effects on socio-political and economic life. The course is divided into three parts: a brief survey of the various theoretical perspectives of inequality and stratification; an examination of the complex intersections of race, ethnicity, and class structures in American society; and a discussion of gendered effects of migrant work within a global and comparative perspective.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology .
Meets general academic requirement DE.
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SOC 243 - Sexuality & Gender 1 course unit
In this class we will use sociological perspectives to explore sex, sexuality, and gender. We will examine the mechanisms of power that construct and regulate our identities, behaviors, and very bodies. In particular we will look at how sex, sexuality, and gender are shaped by law, research, medicine, “sexperts,” the media, and our family and friends. We will also look at how sex, sexuality, and gender permeate our daily lives, often in ways we do not even see.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology .
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SOC 270-279 - Topics in Sociology 1 course unit
Selected courses with a specialized focus that are not contained within the regular sociology curriculum. Such topics might include Urban Sociology or Criminology.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology .
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SOC 302 - Sociological Theory 1 course unit
An investigation of the classical foundations of social thought in sociology. The course concentrates on the original works of theorists such as Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and other important authors from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as well as contemporary theorists. Analyses of central theoretical paradigms and questions are explored.
Taught every fall semester.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology .
Meets general academic requirement W.
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SOC 311 - Research Design in Sociology 1 course unit
This course provides experience in the design and implementation of sociological research. It introduces quantitative and qualitative techniques for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data. The epistemological issues that underlie sociological research, the ethical questions involved in research, and the assumptions on which various research strategies are based are examined. The strengths and weaknesses of the most commonly used methods are evaluated. Students will design an original research project.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology and one elective.
Meets general academic requirement W.
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SOC 312 - Quantitative Methods for Social Data 1 course unit
This course focuses on quantitative methods. Students will learn how to use statistics to address research questions in sociology, using popular statistical packages such as SPSS to analyze data.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 311 - Research Design in Sociology .
Meets general academic requirement W.
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SOC 313 - Qualitative Methods 1 course unit
This course provides a theoretical and practical introduction to multiple forms of qualitative research methods and the numerous phases of conducting a qualitative research project, including project proposal, data collection, data management, analysis, interpretation, linking findings to theory, and presenting data. It will also engage questions about what we can know, strategic and ethical concerns, and the use and impact of self in doing research. The course assignments include a series of structured exercises to provide experience in collecting and analyzing data, as well as an original research project.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 311 - Research Design in Sociology .
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SOC 317 - Sociology of Health 1 course unit
In this course we will explore the social aspects of health, illness, and the health care system in the contemporary United States. This will include an introduction to the theoretical underpinnings of medical sociology and health disparities as well as examinations of the social and historical construction of medical problems and disease, the relationship between health care providers and patients, the health care system, and pressures that are transforming the medical sciences. This seminar provides a survey of a number of topics related to health, illness, and the health care system. Students will have the opportunity during the semester to delve more deeply into an issue of special interest or importance to them.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology .
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SOC 320 - Environmental Sociology 1 course unit
This course analyzes the social causes and consequences of environmental change. We explore the relationships among production, consumption, population, technology, and environment. The major theoretical paradigms in environmental sociology are used to analyze environmental issues. Some of the questions we address include: Is “green” capitalism possible? Does population growth lead to environmental degradation? Can technical fixes solve environmental problems? Has the environmental movement been successful?
Taught every other year.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology .
Meets general academic requirement SL.
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SOC 323 - Sociology of Food 1 course unit
This course relies on a sociological lens to uncover the complexity behind what is an everyday activity by examining the inter-related systems of production, processing, marketing, and consumption of food across and within international, national, regional, and local markets. We will consider what, when, how, and with whom we eat and discover how various aspects of food consumption and production can be understood in terms of the organization of society’s social institutions as well as the structure of social relations among the individuals that comprise that society.
Taught every other year.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology .
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SOC 325 - Imagined Communities: The Sociology of Nations & States 1 course unit
This course aims to elucidate the complex interactions between nation and state by examining the nationalist experiences of several post-colonial and non-Western societies in Southeast Asia. A central part of this examination will entail addressing questions of citizenship and identity amidst contemporary socio-political and economic changes. Readings will focus on some of the central debates in the sub-field of political sociology as well as the dominant theoretical paradigms in the study of nations and nationalisms. A substantial part of the course will focus on a critical analysis of the institutional processes underlying state formation and nation-building as well as assessing the impact of globalization on institutional and group-level definitions of national, ethno-cultural, religious, and gender identities.
Taught every other year.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology .
Meets general academic requirement DE.
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SOC 340 - Development & Social Change 1 course unit
This course analyzes development from a sociological perspective. It examines different theoretical models for understanding macro-level social change, such as modernization theory, dependency theory, and world-systems theory. Possible topics for exploration include the environment, economic development, revolution, urbanization, population, and poverty.
Taught every other year.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology .
Meets general academic requirement SL.
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SOC 342 - Boundaries & Belonging: Sociology of Diasporas 1 course unit
This course will investigate the impact of historical and contemporary movements of peoples across international borders and on definitions of citizenship and identities by raising questions about the permeability of national borders and the fluidity of cultural boundaries. A close examination of how globally dispersed peoples maintain and cultivate real and imagined ties to the ideals of a “homeland” or “place” reveals the cultural and institutional productions of transnational migrant communities that challenge the binary boundaries of “home” and “abroad.” Relying on a sociological perspective, we will consider the negotiations of belonging within and between these peoples and their host societies and study the different forms of transnational, diasporic, and cosmopolitan identities that result from such negotiations. In particular, case studies will include, but are not limited to, that of the Chinese and African Diasporas.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology .
Meets general academic requirement DE.
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SOC 350 - Social Movements, Protests, & Conflicts 1 course unit
A sociological investigation of the causes and consequences of social movements. The course will examine both historical and contemporary social movements in the United States and elsewhere to understand the underlying social, economic, political, and demographic factors that cause their emergence and that influence their evolution. Movements as diverse as the Civil Rights movement and the White Supremacy movement will be examined.
Taught every other year.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology .
Meets general academic requirement SL.
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SOC 450 - CUE: Senior Seminar in Sociology 1 course unit
A sociology seminar in which students participate in a collective research and/or applied project. Open only to sociology majors and minors or by permission.
Taught every spring.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 302 - Sociological Theory and SOC 311 - Research Design in Sociology .
Meets general academic requirement W.
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SOC 970 - Sociology Independent Study/Research
Each independent study/research course is to be designed in consultation with a faculty sponsor.
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SPN 101 - Elementary Spanish I 1 course unit
An introduction to basic grammar and vocabulary as well as communication skills in Spanish within its cultural contexts. Students will use a variety of authentic text and media resources to acquire and enhance linguistic skills. The first semester is designed for students with no knowledge of or with a weak background in Spanish; the second is for students with limited but residual previous exposure to Spanish. Assignment by placement test. Four class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
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SPN 102 - Elementary Spanish II 1 course unit
An introduction to basic grammar and vocabulary as well as communication skills in Spanish within its cultural contexts. Students will use a variety of authentic text and media resources to acquire and enhance linguistic skills. The first semester is designed for students with no knowledge of or with a weak background in Spanish; the second is for students with limited but residual previous exposure to Spanish. Assignment by placement test. Four class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
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SPN 202 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers I 1 course unit
Students who grow up hearing Spanish spoken at home come to the college language class with a set of skills and challenges that are different from those of students learning Spanish as a second language. Spanish for Heritage Speakers offers these students a focused setting in which they can capitalize on their already developed abilities in speaking and, especially, listening, while developing a richer and more precise vocabulary and strategies to navigate variations in register and regional and contextual usages. This course will focus especially on developing strong reading and writing skills, supported by a solid understanding of formal grammar. The cultures of Hispanic America and of Latinos in the United States will form the backbone of this course, with an eye at encouraging students to integrate their family traditions and lived experiences into their broader studies, activities, and goals.
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SPN 203 - Intermediate Spanish I 1 course unit
An accelerated review of basic Spanish grammar through speaking, reading, writing, and other linguistically appropriate activities. The introduction of more advanced grammatical structures and a variety of authentic text and multimedia resources will enhance the students’ linguistic skills and sociocultural awareness of the Spanish speaking world. The development of functional skills and communicative ability is emphasized. Students also acquire the linguistic tools needed to continue learning Spanish as it pertains to their fields of interest. Assignment by placement test. Three class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
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SPN 204 - Intermediate Spanish II 1 course unit
An accelerated review of basic Spanish grammar through speaking, reading, writing, and other linguistically appropriate activities. The introduction of more advanced grammatical structures and a variety of authentic text and multimedia resources will enhance the students’ linguistic skills and sociocultural awareness of the Spanish speaking world. The development of functional skills and communicative ability is emphasized. Students also acquire the linguistic tools needed to continue learning Spanish as it pertains to their fields of interest. Assignment by placement test. Three class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
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SPN 301 - Spanish Conversation & Composition 1 course unit
Intensive practice of spoken Spanish with emphasis on techniques of oral expression, vocabulary development, and persistent grammatical difficulties. Discussions will be based on contemporary cultural readings, films, and other multi-media materials.
Offered every semester.
Prerequisite(s): SPN 204 - Intermediate Spanish II .
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SPN 303 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers II 1 course unit
This course is a continuation of SPN 202 Spanish for Heritage Speakers I . Students who grow up hearing Spanish spoken at home come to the college language class with a set of skills and challenges that are different from those of students learning Spanish as a second language. Spanish for Heritage Speakers offers these students a focused setting in which they can capitalize on their already developed abilities in speaking and, especially, listening, while developing a richer and more precise vocabulary and strategies to navigate variations in register and regional and contextual usages. This course will focus especially on developing strong reading and writing skills, supported by a solid understanding of formal grammar. The cultures of Hispanic America and of Latinos in the United States will form the backbone of this course, with an eye at encouraging students to integrate their family traditions and lived experiences into their broader studies, activities, and goals.
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SPN 304 - Advanced Spanish Conversation & Composition 1 course unit
Focused work in Spanish composition allowing students to develop creative, professional, and academic writing styles. Emphasis is placed on structure, style, and content as well as grammar. Classic and contemporary texts, films, and other multi-media resources will provide stylistic models as well as a cultural context for writings.
Offered every semester.
Prerequisite(s): SPN 301 - Spanish Conversation & Composition .
Meets general academic requirement W.
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SPN 310 - Spanish for the Professions 1 course unit
Using real-life case studies and scenarios, this course introduces students to professional practices in the Hispanic world. Contacts with local professionals, both inside and outside of the classroom, allow students to explore the numerous possibilities of using their linguistic and cultural knowledge of Spanish beyond the academic environment, such as working for companies with international offices, NGOs, and other institutions in Latin America, Spain, and in the growing Spanish-speaking communities of the United States. The specific areas explored will be based on students’ own interests and majors in order to assist them in developing their future career path while incorporating Spanish within those goals. This course focuses on acquiring the proper writing, analytical, and oral presentational skills necessary for such careers. In addition to linguistic training, students learn techniques for cross-cultural analysis vital to conducting business and other professional endeavors in Spanish-speaking contexts. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite(s): SPN 301 - Spanish Conversation & Composition .
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SPN 320 - Civilization of Spain 1 course unit
An introduction to contemporary Spanish life with its intellectual, economic, and social phenomena as well as its regional aspects. The course also surveys the artistic, architectural, and historical heritage of Spain. Given in Spanish.
Offered every year during the fall semester.
Prerequisite(s): SPN 301 - Spanish Conversation & Composition .
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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SPN 322 - Civilization of Latin America 1 course unit
An introduction to contemporary Latin American life with its intellectual, economic, and social phenomena as well as its regional aspects. The course also surveys the artistic, architectural, and historical heritage of Latin America. Given in Spanish.
Offered every year during the spring semester.
Prerequisite(s): SPN 301 - Spanish Conversation & Composition .
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU.
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SPN 407 - Spanish Interpreting 1 course unit
With a rapidly growing Latino and Hispanic immigrant population, the Lehigh Valley offers Spanish students a unique opportunity to hone their spoken language skills and cultural understanding. This class blends on-campus preparation in the basic theories and methodologies of oral interpretation with community-based practical experience, investigation, exploration, and reflection. Work with community partners working closely with Spanish speaking clients is contextualized during weekly classes, providing a solid introduction to local Hispanic/Latino culture and concerns. Students should expect to commit about 5 hours per week to the community service learning component of this course.
Prerequisite(s): One 400-level course in Spanish or approval of instructor.
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SPN 408 - Spanish Translation 1 course unit
The Lehigh Valley is undergoing demographic changes that call for new and better communication between English- and Spanish-speaking communities. This course prepares students to create effective bridges, translating written documents and other texts from English to Spanish and Spanish to English. As a service learning course it incorporates collaborative projects with organizations working closely with Spanish-speaking clients. Weekly classes will provide a solid introduction to the basic theories and methodologies of written translation with special focus on the specific needs and concerns of the local Latino and Hispanic immigrant communities. The class is conducted in Spanish, though given the special nature of English/Spanish and Spanish/English translation, class discussions may include Spanish, English, or even Spanglish. Students should expect to commit about 5 hours per week to the community service learning component of this course. Designed to complement SPN 407 - Spanish Interpreting .
Prerequisite(s): One 400-level course in Spanish or approval of instructor.
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SPN 410 - Medieval & Renaissance Spanish Literature 1 course unit
A study of representative works of Spanish literature of the Middle Ages through the Renaissance. Emphasis is placed on the literary analysis of both major and marginal genres, such as epic poetry, the fable, ballads, the miracle story, the picaresque novel, and mystic poetry. We will highlight the historical and socio-cultural context of these period texts, paying special attention to the relationships among Christian, Arabic, and Jewish cultures coexisting in the Iberian Peninsula at the time. We will also explore the way in which these different cultural products were experienced by their mainly illiterate audiences, through private performance (communal readings, moral exemplum, teaching lessons) and public performance on the stage or the street (theatrical productions, puppet shows, songs, and dances). Texts are accompanied by a number of films/videos based on the literary works and/or the historical period. Class is conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisite(s): SPN 304 - Advanced Spanish Conversation & Composition .
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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SPN 411 - Cervantes & the Origins of the Spanish Narrative 1 course unit
The focus of the course on the development of the Spanish narrative by Miguel de Cervantes will alternate between the novel Don Quijote and Cervantes’ exemplary tales. During semesters focusing on Don Quijote, one of the greatest and most humorous books ever written, students will examine the work as an emblem of artistic and social modernity in the West and as a multi-faceted cultural icon central to the humanities, exploring issues such as the nature of reality and illusion, heroism, humor, adventure, freedom and self-fulfillment, racial tolerance, love, the consequences of reading, metafiction, games, and truth. During alternate semesters, when the focus is on the rich tradition of short stories in early modern Spain, students will investigate the transition from an oral to a written culture and the importance of printing as a driver for this and other significant cultural changes. Students will explore the problem of Spanish national identity through the emerging imperial processes of political and cultural exclusion, contextualizing the act of narrating and of reading fiction as they explore the didactic, comic, critical, and satirical roles of the exemplary tales. Class is conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisite(s): SPN 304 - Advanced Spanish Conversation & Composition .
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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SPN 412 - Early Modern Spanish Drama & Performance 1 course unit
This course is an introduction to early modern Spanish drama from a performance-based approach. Students will read, analyze and interpret some of the most important plays produced during the so-called Golden Age in Spain (sixteenth-seventeenth century) by authors like Cervantes, Lope, Tirso, or Calderón. We will focus on text analysis and performance as two fundamental elements in the understanding and appreciation of Spanish theatre. Students will have access to the plays from different angles: 1) as texts to be studied analytically; 2) as cultural and historical exponents of a specific period; 3) as objects of literary and theatrical research; and 4) as would-be productions waiting to be staged. After an introductory account of early modern Spanish theater and comedia performance then and now, classes are organized around three phases resembling those of theater production: text analysis, pre-production workshop, and staging. Note: By the second part of the semester students will need to schedule additional time outside the classroom to rehearse and complete the production of a short play or scenes for the stage. Class is conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisite(s): SPN 304 - Advanced Spanish Conversation & Composition .
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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SPN 413 - From the Golden Age to the Silver Age 1 course unit
A study of the plays, poetry, and novels of eighteenth and nineteenth century Spain, reflecting the social, political, and ideological changes leading up to and throughout the Industrial Revolution. Special attention will be paid to the different roles of writer, narrator, and reader through textual clues. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite(s): SPN 304 - Advanced Spanish Conversation & Composition .
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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SPN 414 - Contemporary Spanish Literature 1 course unit
A study of contemporary texts and development of tools with which to interpret the culture and literature of today’s - and tomorrow’s - Spain. Emphasis is placed on literary reflections of the changes to the concept of national identity in Spain, spanning the harrowing realization in 1898 that Spain was no longer host to an empire, through the harsh repression and massive emigration under Franco’s rule, to the new reality of Spain as home to fast-growing immigrant communities. Taught in Spanish.
Offered in alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): SPN 304 - Advanced Spanish Conversation & Composition .
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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SPN 415 - The Literature of Conquest & Colonization in Spanish America 1 course unit
Reading and discussion of poetry and prose by Indoamerican writers of the Pre-Columbian era and by Spanish American writers from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries. Students will explore how literary components such as theme, character, and imagery represent the rise and fall of the Spanish Empire in the Americas and its resulting confluence of indigenous, African, and European cultures as they trace the development of Spanish American literature from its earliest expressions in pre-conquest cultures to the first declarations of defiance against the Spanish Crown by colonial writers. Emphasis is placed on an understanding of the technical development of various genres within each literary period as well as on the thematic content of work as it relates to the period’s historical, political, social, and philosophical content.
Prerequisite(s): SPN 304 - Advanced Spanish Conversation & Composition .
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU.
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