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College Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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INTL 246 - Global Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
In this course, learners will explore key topics in adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH). Topics will range from the impact of adolescent physical, sexual, and social development on sexual behavior to policy and programmatic issues influencing ASRH outcomes in low-resource communities around the world. Emphasis will be placed on the social, economic, environmental, behavioral, and political factors that affect adolescent’s sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Important clinical topics such as contraception, adolescent pregnancy, abortion, and sexually transmitted infections will be discussed from the United States and international perspective. Upon successfully completing this course, learners will be able to identify a range of issues important to adolescent sexual and reproductive health and understand key policy topics pertinent to adolescent sexual and reproductive health both in the United States and around the world.
Every year. (4 Credits)
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INTL 250 - Terrorism and Art: The Spectacle of Destruction Cross-Listed as RUSS 250
Russia presents an excellent case study for the topic of political violence. Terrorism as a means of political persuasion originated in the land of the tsars; Russian history features an incendiary cycle of repressions, revolts, and reprisals. Studying the origins and depictions of these events in works of art reveals how culture mediates between the world of ideas and the sphere of action. We will consider the tactics and motives of revolutionary conspirators as well as the role that gender and religion played in specific acts of terror. We will explore the ways in which Russian revolutionary thought and action served as a model for radicals around the world. The Russian case will provide a framework for in-depth study of examples of terrorism from Algeria, Ireland, Germany, the U.S., and the Middle East. Texts will include novels, poems, manifestos, letters, journalistic accounts, and films, as well as readings in cultural history and political theory. Taught in English. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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INTL 253 - Comparative Muslim Cultures Cross-Listed as ANTH 253
This course examines the Qur’an and hadith, and other authoritative texts that ground Islamic jurisprudence, and explores the diverse ways in which Muslims have understood and interpreted these teachings in locations across the world (i.e. Indonesia, the Middle East, South Asia, Europe and the United States) and at various points in history. (4 Credits)
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INTL 260 - Digital Cultures Cross-Listed as ANTH 260
In the early days of the internet, many people predicted that the increased speed and scale of communications would make for a more homogenous world. Now, decades later, we see something different: a proliferation of cross-fertilizing cultures, sub-cultures, and counter-cultures online. This course explores some of this rich variety, studying online social worlds (from influencers to hacktivists) and the ways in which IT-informed ways of being seep into social life offline (from ideologies of innovation to algorithmic oppression). Critically deploying the concept of culture and the tools of ethnography to understand these emergent formations, this course will pay particular attention to difference and power while situating “the digital” in international context. Every year. (4 Credits)
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INTL 263 - Muslim Women Writers Cross-Listed as ENGL 263 and WGSS 263
Against the swirling backdrop of political discourses about women in the Islamic world, this course will engage with feminist and postcolonial debates through literary works by Muslim women writers. The course will begin with an exploration of key debates about women’s agency and freedom, the Islamic headscarf, and Qur’anic hermeneutics. With this in mind, we will turn to the fine details of literature and poetry by Muslim women. How do these authors constitute their worlds? How are gendered subjectivities constructed? And how do the gender politics of literary texts relate to the broader political and historical contexts from which they emerge? Themes will include an introduction to Muslim poetesses and Arabic poetic genres, the rise of the novel in the Arabic speaking world, and Muslim women’s literary production outside of the Middle East: from Senegal to South Asia, and beyond. Every year. (4 Credits)
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INTL 265 - Translation as Cross-Cultural Communication Cross-Listed as LING 265 and
When communication takes place across language barriers, it raises fundamental questions about meaning, style, power relationships, and traditions. This course treats literary translation as a particularly complex form of cross-cultural interaction. Students will work on their own translations of prose or poetry while considering broader questions of translation, through critiques of existing translations, close comparisons of variant translations, and readings on cultural and theoretical aspects of literary translation. Prerequisite(s): Advanced proficiency in a second language. Occasionally offered. (4 Credits)
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INTL 272 - The Post-Soviet Sphere Cross-Listed as
The USSR’s 1991 dissolution ended one of history’s great experiments. Socialism sought to dissolve ethnicity and overcome ethnic conflict with a focus on equality. Instead it exacerbated nationalism and created-separated identities. But how? Topics include ethno-creation, control, and resistance; ethnic animosities and the USSR’s destruction; new states after 1991; “diaspora” populations beyond ethnic homelands; local rebellions; new “native” dictatorships; and recent international organizations. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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INTL 276 - Global Contagions, Past and Present
Despite Covid-19’s sudden 2020 appearance, global contagions are far from new. Exploring the vast history, literature, and science of 14th to 21st century pandemics can inform, frame, and indeed calm our current experiences. The course starts with “Pandemics 101,” reads widely in history and social inquiry, and tackles major literary accounts of past plagues by Camus, Defoe, and in the 2011 Hollywood thriller “Contagion.” Throughout, we attend keenly to how, and from whose perspectives, pandemics are told. We will also engage our recent and current experiences, researching and narrating today’s coronavirus impacts in comparative and historical perspective. Prerequisite: some experience with a widespread pandemic. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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INTL 280 - Indigenous Peoples’ Movements in Global Context Cross-Listed as
During the last three decades, a global indigenous rights movement has taken shape within the United nations and other international bodies, challenging and reformulating international law and global cultural understandings of indigenous rights. The recognition of indigenous peoples’ rights in international law invokes the tensions between sovereignty and human rights, but also challenges the dominant international understandings of both principles. In this course, we examine indigenous peoples’ movements by placing them in a global context and sociologically informed theoretical framework. By beginning with a set of influential theoretical statements from social science, we will then use indigenous peoples’ movements as case studies to examine the extent to which these theoretical perspectives explain and are challenged by case studies. We will then analyze various aspects of indigenous peoples’ movements and the extent to which these aspects of the movement are shaped by global processes. Every other year. (4 Credits)
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INTL 282 - Introduction to International Public Health
This course introduces and explores the major health problems facing developing countries, and the main approaches to remediation. The course considers the social determinants of health, and the need for public health programs to address the root causes of health inequities as well as illness itself. Focus is at the country, international-organization, and donor levels. Attention will be given to major indicators, recent trends, policies, and metrics for monitoring progress. A case study, such as international tuberculosis control, will be used as an applied analysis. Every year. (4 Credits)
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INTL 284 - Imaging the Modern City Cross-Listed as HIST 284
From c.1850-1950 the world’s cities transformed as never before. Across the globe, these burgeoning metropolises were reconstituted as massive stages for the economic and cultural transformations of the day - the sites of industrialization, centralized planning, mass transport, and the locus of global migration. This course will trace the broader history of global urbanization during this period with an emphasis on how these processes were represented and imaged by nineteenth and twentieth-century urbanites. How was the modern city conceived as it transformed beyond all recognition? How did the global scope of the modern city impact these images? How were new technologies incorporated into this radical re-imagining of the modern city? And how did these images travel across the globe, themselves spurring further urbanization as they went? Geographically, the class introduces the radical transformation of urban morphology that began in mid-19th century European cities such as Manchester, London, Paris, Vienna and engages the transfer and reinterpretation of such processes on global cities from Kolkata to Moscow to Mexico City to Rio de Janeiro to Chicago and back, often to Paris. The class also engages classic and contemporary urban theory, artistic representations, and other narratives of the modern city. (4 Credits)
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INTL 285 - Ethnicity and Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe Cross-Listed as POLI 285
This course explores ethnic nationalism’s causes and consequences in Eastern Europe. Drawing on several disciplines, we begin by examining the core concepts and theories in the contemporary study of nationalism. We then explore both the historical roots of Eastern European nationalisms, and their implications for democracy, minority inclusion, regional stability, and European integration. (4 Credits)
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INTL 288 - Identity, Race, and Ethnicity in Japan Cross-Listed as AMST 288 and JAPA 288 .
From notions of the “pure self” to teenage ganguro (“face-blackening”), Japanese culture is rife with instances of ideology and performance that reflect a deep complexity in its engagement with issues of identity and foreignness. This course traces the roots of this complexity back to Japan’s beginnings as a modern nation and examines its cultural development into the present day. Works of fiction will be paired with readings in history and criticism to explore the meanings of identity, race, and ethnicity as they are expressed and contested in Japanese culture. The course will cover the literature of Korea and Taiwan, the experience of domestic minorities, and the contemporary cultures of cos-play (“costume-play”) and hip-hop. No prior knowledge of Japanese required. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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INTL 290 - World to Table: Global Food Studies
Food has been a global issue for over half a millennium. The intercontinental movement of potatoes, sugar, rice, tobacco and more has shaped populations, economies, empires, and environments, while food today inflects the worldwide experience of nationality, ethnicity, religion, health, gender, race, class, culture, rights, and indeed life. Thus this course explores global food from many disciplinary, geographical, and thematic perspectives. We will also interact with local food institutions, address in a limited way our own food practices, and cook and eat a bit too.Al Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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INTL 294 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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INTL 301 - Power and Development in Africa Cross-Listed as POLI 333
In a notable turn around, a significant number of African societies, in recent years, have experienced both economic growth and renewal of the spirit of women and men acting as citizens. These are commendable achievements. Yet, old quotidian urgencies such as precarious personal safety, hunger, poor health, and political disorder are still prevalent. This is the dialectic of development. This course explores these contradictions. Most of the attention will be given to the concepts of power, politics, and development in contemporary Africa. The course concludes with each student submitting a research paper on a specific problem (e.g. environment, economic, social, cultural, political) confronting one country of the student’s choice. Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. Every year. (4 Credits)
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INTL 316 - Mapping the New World: Exploration, Encounters, and Disasters Cross-Listed as SPAN 316 and LATI 316
Europeans were by no means the first peoples to explore new territories and human populations. Renaissance scientific methodology, however, led European travelers to meticulously document each New World encounter in writing and develop new tools with which to navigate and represent space, devices that subsequently became weapons of colonial domination. But as Nature and indigenous populations refused to be subjected to European epistemology, failure and disaster were frequent events: shipwrecks left Old World survivors stranded among unknown lands and peoples in the Americas; Amerindians rejected the imposition of a foreign culture and religion, murdering colonists and missionaries; Africans rebelled against slavery and escaped to mountains and jungles to form autonomous communities. An examination of maps, exploration logs, missionary histories, travel literature, historiography and colonial documents will provide the foundation for this course on the ambivalent reality of the Old World’s encounter with the Americas, in which Europeans were often the losers. This course satisfies the Area 1 requirement for the Spanish major. Prerequisite(s): SPAN 305 (though SPAN 307 recommended) and another 300-level Spanish course, or consent of the instructor. Generally taught alternate years. (4 Credits)
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INTL 317 - Writers and Power: The European East in the 20th Century
Eastern European writers and filmmakers have long been prominent figures, reflecting their confrontation with the 20th century’s three most powerful ideologies: fascism, communism, and democracy. This course explores the interactions between writers and these systems of power in the works of major figures such as Ionesco, Kundera, Havel, Milosz, Forman, and Kusturica. We follow written and cinematic engagements with power at both social and individual levels, and extend to broad questions of history and community. (4 Credits)
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INTL 320 - Global Political Economy Cross-Listed as POLI 320
Traces the evolution of (global) political economy as a peculiarly modern way of understanding and organizing (global) social life. Particular attention will be paid to how the distinction between the political and the economic is drawn and implemented in interconnected ways within nation-states and in international society. Course includes a detailed study of one of the key components of the international political economy: international trade, international finance, technological processes, etc. Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. Every year. (4 Credits)
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INTL 321 - Cultures of Neoliberalism Cross-Listed as MCST 321
Neoliberal theory posits the relative autonomy of the economic sphere from both culture and politics. Rejecting this assumption, the course will give students the ability to understand the interconnection of economic, political and cultural practices as well as the ways that economic theories are shaped by cultural assumptions about what constitutes a person, a life, a society, etc. We will read some of the foundational texts from the neoliberal school of economic thought (Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman) alongside more contemporary reflections on the culture and politics of neoliberalism from the fields of Anthropology, Geography, Philosophy, Cultural Studies, and Critical Race Studies. Additionally, we will look at both the global institutions that craft and enforce economic policies as well as their impacts in multiple international contexts. This course will emphasize interdisciplinarity and original research. Finally, in addition to key texts, we will examine recent documentaries that attempt to render economic structures visible. (4 Credits)
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INTL 325 - China, Russia and Central Europe in Transition Cross-Listed as
This course surveys the theoretic and empirical literature on Soviet-style central planning and the transition to a market economy. The economic history of central planning is examined with emphasis on the experience of the Soviet Union and its variants in Eastern Europe and China. The tool of analysis is the branch of economics known as the economics of organization and information, which will be used to analyze the operation, strengths, and limitations of central planning. The legacy of central planning forms the backdrop for an examination of the transition to a market economy. Counts as a Group E elective for the economics major. Prerequisite(s): ECON 119 or ECON 129 ; and one 200s level ECON course from Group A electives; ECON 221 or ECON 225 are recommended. C- or higher required for all prerequisites. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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INTL 330 - Surveillance and Power Cross-Listed as MCST 330
This course considers surveillance as a social formation, inseparable from the theory and exercise of power. On the one hand, it takes up the pressing questions surveillance raises, from the development of cutting-edge technologies to the complex work of international regulation. On the other hand, it situates surveillance historically as central to projects of imperial conquest, state formation, and colonial rule. Engaging with theoretical works, primary sources, empirical studies and artistic renderings, students will grapple with problems of surveillance and power across geographic and historical contexts. Every year. (4 Credits)
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INTL 335 - Global Generosity Cross-Listed as ANTH 335
From Italian Mafia dons to famous American philanthropists; from the knitting of “trauma teddies” in Helsinki to gift shopping in London; and from ceremonial exchange rings in Melanesia to the present day global refugee crisis: this course will investigate how generosity is understood and practiced in global perspective. We’ll begin the semester by examining key debates surrounding reciprocity, gifts, and exchange, theories of altruism and generosity, and patron-client relations. We’ll then explore the birth of the “humanitarian spirit,” and the complicated ethics and politics of humanitarian intervention. We will compare diverse religious traditions’ approaches to giving, including Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, and Jainism. And we’ll explore contemporary debates surrounding volunteerism within sectarian and neoliberal political regimes. Offered occasionally. (4 Credits)
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INTL 345 - Advanced Themes in Human Rights
This course closely investigates human rights violations and the dilemmas facing the actors and institutions that seek to address them. The specific focus may vary with each offering, responding to instructor expertise and focus, emerging and volatile situations worldwide, or new advances in the field. Prior coursework on human rights, or instructor’s permission required. Prerequisite(s): Prior coursework in human rights or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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INTL 352 - Transitional Justice Cross-Listed as POLI 352
This course explores the rapidly evolving field of transitional justice, examining how and why regimes respond to wide-scale past human rights abuses. Drawing on examples worldwide, it asks why states choose particular strategies and examines a variety of goals (truth, justice, reconciliation, democracy-building), approaches (trials, truth commissions, file access, memorialization, reparation, rewriting histories), actors (state, civil society, religious institutions), experiences, results, and controversies. Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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INTL 362 - Culture and Globalization Cross-Listed as
The world is far more interconnected today than ever before, but what does this mean in terms of culture? This course looks at the impact of globalization on cultures and at examples of global cultures such immigrants, media and popular cultures, world cities, and transnational intellectuals, ethnicities and ideologies. It also looks at the way cultures interact at geographic borders and in the margins of society. Prerequisite(s): or . (4 Credits)
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INTL 364 - Culture and Revolution Cross-Listed as
This course examines the relationship between cultural and political change during three very different revolutions: France 1789, Russia 1917, Iran 1979. How do people change when governments are overturned? How do revolutions shape popular consciousness? Do people understand events as revolutionaries intend? To answer these questions, we will examine symbols and political ideologies, mass media, education, social identities, the culture of violence, popular participation and resistance, and other issues. Readings will include revolution-inspiring works of Voltaire and Rousseau, Marx and Lenin, Khomeini and the Koran. We will read sympathetic and antagonistic contemporary accounts, and look at popular culture to see how events were understood. Fashion and etiquette, comics and caricatures, movies and plays will be used. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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INTL 367 - Postcolonial Theory Cross-Listed as ENGL 367
Traces the development of theoretical accounts of culture, politics and identity in Africa, South Asia, the Caribbean and related lands since the 1947-1991 decolonizations. Readings include Fanon, Said, Walcott, Ngugi and many others, and extend to gender, literature, the U.S., the post-Soviet sphere, and Europe. The course bridges cultural, representational, and political theory. Prerequisite(s): Prior internationalist and/or theoretical coursework strongly recommended. (4 Credits)
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INTL 368 - Sustainable Development and Global Future Cross-Listed as ENVI 368 .
This course examines the history and modern use of “sustainable development” as a framework for international development. Close attention is given to the role of philanthropies, NGOs and social movements in shaping projects and policies. The course examines a range of topics including appropriate technology, microfinance, ecotourism and ecovillages. Prior coursework in international development and/or environmental studies is strongly recommended Offered occasionally. (4 Credits)
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INTL 372 - Post-Nationalism: The European Union
The European Union aims to overcome nationality for the common good. Its successes have challenged traditional customs and identities, and it has stumbled over cultural questions, foreign policy, and constitutional foundations. Topics will include genesis of the EU; erosion of national sovereignty and consequent anxieties; European institutions vs. local control; cultural norms confronted with EU economic, political, and human rights; incorporating new member-states, and the very notion of “Europe.” Throughout we will ask whether one can get “beyond nationalism.” (4 Credits)
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INTL 380 - Global Leadership
Leadership is among the deepest features of associational life, pervading every profession and institution, especially in the age of complex global change. Thus this seminar explores leadership. We begin with the relationship between structure and agency, and then focus on vision and invention, integrity and legitimacy, flexibility and decisiveness. Readings draw from Western, Islamic, and Indian sources. The main paper will focus on a major individual from any century or locale, chosen by the student. Prerequisite(s): Open to all but first year students. (4 Credits)
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INTL 381 - Transnational Latin Americas Cross-Listed as HIST 381 and LATI 381
Examines critical and primary literatures concerning the transnational, hemispheric, Atlantic, and Pacific cultures that have intersected in Latin America since the early colonial era, with a particular focus on the 19th and 20th centuries. Prerequisite(s): One 100- or 200- level history course or consent of instructor. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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INTL 382 - Poverty, Health, and Development
This course explores the links among poverty, health and socio-economic development in low-income countries. Key principles, methodologies and approaches to designing and evaluating programs to improve the health of poor populations will be discussed. We will explore several contemporary approaches to linked poverty reduction, public health improvement, and development. Enrollment limited to International Studies majors, Community and Global Health Concentrators, or International Development concentrators, or by permission of the instructor. (4 Credits)
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INTL 384 - Langston Hughes: Global Writer Cross-Listed as and AMST 384
The great African American writer Langston Hughes (1902-1967) is best known as the poet laureate of the Harlem Renaissance. But his career was vaster still. He was a Soviet screenwriter, Spanish Civil War journalist, African literary anthologist, humorist, playwright, translator, social critic, writer of over 10,000 letters, and much more. This course engages Hughes-s full career, bridging race and global issues, politics and art, and makes use of little-known archival materials. This course fulfills the U.S. writers of color requirement for the English major. (4 Credits)
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INTL 394 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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INTL 415 - Cultural Resistance and Survival: Indigenous and African Peoples in Early Spanish America Cross-Listed as LATI 355 and SPAN 355
In the Old World, Spain defined its national identity by locating its “others” in Jews, conversos, Muslims, moriscos, Turks, gypsies, pirates and Protestants. In the New World, Spaniards employed many of the same discursive and legal tactics-along with brute force-to subject Amerindian and African peoples to their will and their cultural norms. But indigenous and African populations in the Americas actively countered colonization. They rejected slavery and cultural imposition through physical rebellion, the use of strategies of cultural preservation and the appropriation of phonetic writing, which they in turn wielded against European hegemony. We will examine a fascinating corpus of indigenous pictographic codexes, architecture, myths, and histories and letters of resistance, along with a rich spectrum of texts in which peoples of African descent affirm their own subjectivity in opposition to slavery and cultural violence. What will emerge for students is a complex, heterogeneous vision of the conquest and early colonization in which non-European voices speak loudly on their own behalf. This course satisfies the Area 1 requirement for the Spanish major. Prerequisite(s): SPAN 305 and another 300-level Spanish course or consent of the instructor. Generally taught alternate years. (4 Credits)
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INTL 477 - Comparative Environment and Development Cross-Listed as GEOG 477 and
A concern for the relationship between nature and society has been one of the pillars of geographic inquiry and has also been an important bridge between other disciplines. By the 1960s, this area of inquiry was referred to variously as “human ecology.” Over the last decade, certain forms of inquiry within this tradition have increasingly referred to themselves as “political ecology.” The purpose of this seminar is to review major works within the traditions of cultural and political ecology; examine several areas of interest within these fields (e.g., agricultural modernization, environmental narratives, conservation, ecotourism); and explore nature-society dynamics across a range of geographical contexts. Towards the end of the course we will explore how one might begin to think in practical terms about facilitating development in marginal environments. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Prior completion of a geography course(s) with an environmental or development focus is encouraged. Offered every other year. (4 Credits)
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INTL 485 - Senior Seminar: Confronting Global Hatred
Drawing on several disciplines, this course confronts global hatred from three angles. The first is the hater’s internal world and looks at how human nature, genetic structure/instincts, and individual psychology may foster hatred. The second is external, exploring the role history, culture, ideology, social structure, religion, and mass psychology play. The third seeks to apply the insights gained from the first two, asking: how might we break the devastating cycles of hatred so present in our world? Prerequisite(s): Senior standing or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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INTL 487 - Senior Seminar: Globalization and its Discontents
Globalization has helped the international community to come together with an unprecedented immediacy. It has also enabled individuals and on-state actors to assume powers and duties formerly exclusive to state. The dispersion of state prerogatives can be liberating, as when oppressed people use new communication technologies to overthrow their masters. It can also provide opportunities for criminal enterprises and other agents of disorder to act with impunity. Our senior seminar will explore the tensions between the centripedal forces that bring us together, and the centrifugal forces that tear the global community apart. The state will most often be the law. The Westphalian sovereign state has often been declared vanquished by globalization, yet it is still very much alive, and has proven creative in deriving new means to control its subjects. It must do so because those subjects have proven equally creative in resisting state control; and globalization, in both its modern and older forms, has provided those subjects with many tools of resistance. Prerequisite(s): Senior standing or permission of instructor. Every year. (4 Credits)
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INTL 488 - Senior Seminar: Thinking on a World Scale
For more than a century, many fine minds - St. Lucian poets, Russian linguists, Mexican mystics, German forest historians, American sociologists, Bengali novelists, and Macalester International Studies students among them - have been drawn to thinking on a world scale. This senior seminar begins by reading some of them at essay length, then tackles current world-scale books the instructor himself has not yet read. Finally we generate some world-scale writing of our own. Open to all geographies and disciplinary specialties. Corequisite(s): Senior standing or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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INTL 489 - Senior Seminar: Capitalism and World (Dis)Order
Capitalism, for many, is synonymous with the “natural” exchange of goods and services through “the free market.” But fuller examination shows capitalism to be neither natural, free, nor limited to economic transactions. Capitalism more precisely is a historical social system and a way of being which now penetrates all forms of life: cultural, ecological, civic and more. This senior seminar aims to identify capitalism’s origins and development, and interrogate its contemporary status. Thinkers such as Smith, Marx, and Braudel will loom, but readings will focus on works by Beaud, Weber, Tawney, Kotz, Wallerstein, and others. The course concludes with a significant research paper on a topic, relevant to the theme, of a student’s choice. Prerequisite(s): Senior standing or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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INTL 494 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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INTL 601 - Tutorial
Closely supervised individual or small group study for advanced students on a subject not available through regular offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (1 Credits)
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INTL 602 - Tutorial
Closely supervised individual or small group study for advanced students on a subject not available through regular offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (2 Credits)
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INTL 603 - Tutorial
Closely supervised individual or small group study for advanced students on a subject not available through regular offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (3 Credits)
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INTL 604 - Tutorial
Closely supervised individual or small group study for advanced students on a subject not available through regular offerings. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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INTL 611 - Independent Project
An opportunity for advanced students to pursue independent research under the supervision of a sponsoring faculty member. Prerequisite(s): Introduction to International Studies, junior standing, and a written proposal to the faculty supervisor and department chair. Every semester. (1 Credits)
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INTL 612 - Independent Project
An opportunity for advanced students to pursue independent research under the supervision of a sponsoring faculty member. Prerequisite(s): Introduction to International Studies, junior standing, and a written proposal to the faculty supervisor and department chair. Every semester. (2 Credits)
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INTL 613 - Independent Project
An opportunity for advanced students to pursue independent research under the supervision of a sponsoring faculty member. Prerequisite(s): Introduction to International Studies, junior standing, and a written proposal to the faculty supervisor and department chair. Every semester. (3 Credits)
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INTL 614 - Independent Project
An opportunity for advanced students to pursue independent research under the supervision of a sponsoring faculty member. Prerequisite(s): Introduction to International Studies, junior standing, and a written proposal to the faculty supervisor and department chair. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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INTL 621 - Internship
Internships join the intellect with practical internationalist experience. Students first identify a specific placement, and agree on objectives and means to gauge progress, including a 1500-word objective midterm report and 3000-word final reflective essay. Course is pass/fail (S/SN) only, but may be included on International Studies major plans. Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing, and International Studies faculty sponsorship. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (1 Credits)
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INTL 622 - Internship
Internships join the intellect with practical internationalist experience. Students first identify a specific placement, and agree on objectives and means to gauge progress, including a 1500-word objective midterm report and 3000-word final reflective essay. Course is pass/fail (S/SN) only, but may be included on International Studies major plans. Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing, and International Studies faculty sponsorship. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (2 Credits)
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INTL 623 - Internship
Internships join the intellect with practical internationalist experience. Students first identify a specific placement, and agree on objectives and means to gauge progress, including a 1500-word objective midterm report and 3000-word final reflective essay. Course is pass/fail (S/SN) only, but may be included on International Studies major plans. Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing, and International Studies faculty sponsorship. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (3 Credits)
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INTL 624 - Internship
Internships join the intellect with practical internationalist experience. Students first identify a specific placement, and agree on objectives and means to gauge progress, including a 1500-word objective midterm report and 3000-word final reflective essay. Course is pass/fail (S/SN) only, but may be included on International Studies major plans. Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing, and International Studies faculty sponsorship. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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INTL 631 - Preceptorship
Work assisting a faculty member in planning and teaching a course. Prerequisite(s): Advanced proficiency in the area of study and invitation by a faculty member. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester, depending on instructor need. (1 Credits)
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INTL 632 - Preceptorship
Work assisting a faculty member in planning and teaching a course. Prerequisite(s): Advanced proficiency in the area of study and invitation by a faculty member. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester, depending on instructor need. (2 Credits)
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INTL 633 - Preceptorship
Work assisting a faculty member in planning and teaching a course. Prerequisite(s): Advanced proficiency in the area of study and invitation by a faculty member. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester, depending on instructor need. (3 Credits)
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INTL 634 - Preceptorship
Work assisting a faculty member in planning and teaching a course. Prerequisite(s): Advanced proficiency in the area of study and invitation by a faculty member. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester, depending on instructor need. (4 Credits)
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INTL 641 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of a senior honors thesis. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (1 Credits)
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INTL 642 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of a senior honors thesis. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (2 Credits)
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INTL 643 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of a senior honors thesis. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (3 Credits)
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INTL 644 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of a senior honors thesis. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 101 - First Year Japanese I
Introduction to Japanese language and culture. Practice in basic sentence patterns and conversational expressions to enable students to speak and write Japanese. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 102 - First Year Japanese II
Continuation of JAPA 101. Spring semester. Prerequisite(s): JAPA 101 or its equivalent. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 125 - Classical Chinese Cross-Listed as CHIN 125
This translation-focused course allows students direct access to classical Chinese texts in several genres of poetry and prose. The readings differ every time the courses is offered, so it may be taken up to four times for credit. Prerequisite(s): Third Year Chinese or above, or Fourth Year Japanese or above. Every semester. (1 Credits)
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JAPA 150 - Language and Gender in Japanese Society Cross-Listed as , and WGSS 150
Japanese is considered to be a gendered language in the sense that women and men speak differently from each other. Male characters in Japanese animation often use “boku” or “ore” to refer to themselves, while female characters often use “watashi” or “atashi.” When translated into Japanese, Hermione Granger (a female character in the Harry Potter series) ends sentences with soft-sounding forms, while Harry Potter and his best friend Ron use more assertive forms. Do these fictional representations reflect reality? How are certain forms associated with femininity or masculinity? Do speakers of Japanese conform to the norm or rebel against it? These are some of the questions discussed in this course. Students will have opportunities to learn about the history of gendered language, discover different methodologies in data collections, and find out about current discourse on language and gender. Offered alternate years. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 194 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 203 - Second Year Japanese I
Continuation of JAPA 102. While the emphasis is placed on listening and speaking skills, students continue their study of kanji and begin to work with short texts. Prerequisite(s): JAPA 102 or its equivalent. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 204 - Second Year Japanese II
Continuation of JAPA 203. Prerequisite(s): JAPA 203 or its equivalent. Spring semester. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 254 - Japanese Film and Animation: From the Salaryman to the Shojo Cross-Listed as ASIA 254
This course surveys the history of Japanese film from the “golden age” of Japanese cinema to the contemporary transnational genre of anime. While introducing methodologies of film analysis and interpretation, it develops knowledge of how major works of Japanese film and animation have expressed and critiqued issues of modern Japanese society. In doing this, we trace the development of two related archetypes: the middle-class salaryman and the adolescent girl (shojo). These figures - as well as their incarnations as cyberpunks and mecha-warriors, sex workers and teen rebels - help us explore Japanese film’s engagement with the strictures of middle-class society, the constrained status of women, fantasy and escapism, sexuality and desire. Weekly screenings and discussion will be supplemented by readings in film theory and cultural criticism. Directors include Ozu Yasujiro, Akira Kurosawa, Oshima Nagisa, Miyazaki Hayao, Anno Hideaki, and Hosoda Mamoru. No prior knowledge of Japanese required. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 260 - Narratives of Alienation: 20th Century Japanese Fiction and Film Cross-Listed as ASIA 260
The sense of being out of place in one’s society or one’s nation, estranged from one’s self or the world - this is the feeling that has motivated many of the narratives of modern Japanese fiction. Through stories of precocious adolescents, outcast minorities, vagabond women, disillusioned soldiers, and rebellious youth, this course examines the social implications of narrative fiction (including film, anime, and manga) within the context of modern Japanese history. While introducing methods of literary analysis and developing a familiarity with major works of Japanese fiction, the course aims to cultivate an understanding of how stories can be used to engage and think about the quandaries of modern society. We will explore the way these narratives express marginal experiences, rethink the foundations of human and societal bonds, and articulate new ways of being in the world. Works covered include stories by Tanizaki Jun’ichiro, Kawabata Yasunari, Oe Kenzaburo, Mishima Yukio, and Murakami Haruki, as well as films by Akira Kurosawa, Koreeda Hirokazu, and Otomo Katsuhiro. No knowledge of Japanese required. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 282 - Language and Identity in Japanese, Asian-American, and Other Communities Cross-Listed as ASIA 282 and LING 282
This course aims to investigate the complex relationship between language and identity in Japanese, Asian American, and other diasporic communities. Language plays a significant role in conveying one’s identity, as do other semiotic means such as clothing. By exploring scholarship that considers language as it relates to identity, students will discover how speakers/writers use their agency in expressing their identity and how identity emerges as a social and cultural phenomenon. They will learn about multiple interrelated factors that affect how speakers/writers view and use language such as race, ethnicity, nationality, and multilingualism. No knowledge of Asian languages is required. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 288 - Identity, Race, and Ethnicity in Japan Cross-Listed as AMST 288 and INTL 288
From notions of the “pure self” to teenage ganguro (“face-blackening”), Japanese culture is rife with instances of ideology and performance that reflect a deep complexity in its engagement with issues of identity and foreignness. This course traces the roots of this complexity back to Japan’s beginnings as a modern nation and examines its cultural development into the present day. Works of fiction will be paired with readings in history and criticism to explore the meanings of identity, race, and ethnicity as they are expressed and contested in Japanese culture. The course will cover the literature of Korea and Taiwan, the experience of domestic minorities, and the contemporary cultures of cos-play (“costume-play”) and hip-hop. No prior knowledge of Japanese required. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 294 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 305 - Third Year Japanese I
Continuation of JAPA 204. Emphasizes continued development of conversation skills, while not neglecting the development of reading skills. Prerequisite(s): JAPA 204 or permission of instructor. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 306 - Third Year Japanese II
Continuation of JAPA 305. Emphasizes strong development of reading and writing skills. Prerequisite(s): JAPA 305 or permission of instructor. Spring semester. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 335 - Analyzing Japanese Language Cross-Listed as ASIA 335 and
Our perception is greatly influenced by the language we use. Without knowing, we limit ourselves to thinking that our current perspective is the only way by which to view ourselves and the world. By analyzing Japanese, students can experience perceptual and cultural systems that are different from their own. At the same time, students may also discover that there are certain qualities that are common even in “exotic” languages such as Japanese. What is the function of the topic marker? Why can’t you translate “he is cold” into Japanese word for word? Why are there so many different personal pronouns in Japanese? How do you express your feelings in Japanese? What is the relationship between your identity and gendered speech? This course provides opportunities to discuss these questions that students of Japanese commonly have. Students will also experience examining authentic Japanese data. Japanese Language and Culture majors who are juniors and seniors may count this course as their capstone experience. Prerequisite(s): JAPA 204 or permission of instructor. Offered every three years. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 394 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 407 - Fourth Year Japanese I
This course aims at the acquisition of advanced level proficiency in speaking, listening, reading and writing. Students are given opportunities to develop abilities to narrate and describe, to understand main ideas and most details of connected discourse on a variety of topics, to read prose several paragraphs in length, and to write routine social correspondence and join sentences in simple discourse of at least several paragraphs in length on familiar topics. In addition, students will practice language that is sociolinguistically appropriate in specific situations. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite(s): JAPA 306 or permission of instructor. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 408 - Fourth Year Japanese II
This course is a continuation of Fourth Year Japanese I. It continues work on the acquisition of advanced level proficiency in speaking, listening, reading and writing. Students are given opportunities to understand the main ideas of extended discourse, to read texts which are linguistically complex, and to write about a variety of topics. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite(s): JAPA 306 . (JAPA 407 and JAPA 408 are not sequenced courses. Therefore, students may choose to enroll in JAPA 408 without having been enrolled in JAPA 407 .) Spring semester. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 488 - Translating Japanese Literature: Theory and Practice Cross-Listed as
This workshop for advanced students of Japanese explores the craft and cultural implications of Japanese-to-English literary translation. It aims to give students not only a facility and sophistication in translating Japanese, but also a closer familiarity with the Japanese language itself. Through weekly translation assignments, we will examine the expressive qualities of the Japanese language, tracing major developments of prose style in the modern period and studying the socio-historical context manifested in those linguistic innovations. Our work will be informed and enhanced by engagements with theories of translation as well as essays on Japanese-to-English translation specifically. We will cover a broad range of genres, including essays, poetry, manga, and film (subtitles). The course will culminate in an original project translating a Japanese work of one’s choice. Prerequisite(s): JAPA 305 - Third Year Japanese I or higher. Every year. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 494 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 601 - Tutorial
Tutorials may be arranged for special kanji study or for supervised reading. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (1 Credits)
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JAPA 602 - Tutorial
Tutorials may be arranged for special kanji study or for supervised reading. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (2 Credits)
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JAPA 603 - Tutorial
Tutorials may be arranged for special kanji study or for supervised reading. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (3 Credits)
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JAPA 604 - Tutorial
Tutorials may be arranged for special kanji study or for supervised reading. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 611 - Independent Project
Sophomores and above may pursue an independent research project under the supervision of a Japanese Language and Culture faculty member. Prerequisite(s): Three college-level courses related to Japan. Permission of instructor and department chair must be obtained prior to the start of the semester. Every semester. (1 Credits)
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JAPA 612 - Independent Project
Sophomores and above may pursue an independent research project under the supervision of a Japanese Language and Culture faculty member. Prerequisite(s): Three college-level courses related to Japan. Permission of instructor and department chair must be obtained prior to the start of the semester. Every semester. (2 Credits)
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JAPA 613 - Independent Project
Sophomores and above may pursue an independent research project under the supervision of a Japanese Language and Culture faculty member. Prerequisite(s): Three college-level courses related to Japan. Permission of instructor and department chair must be obtained prior to the start of the semester. Every semester. (3 Credits)
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JAPA 614 - Independent Project
Sophomores and above may pursue an independent research project under the supervision of a Japanese Language and Culture faculty member. Prerequisite(s): Three college-level courses related to Japan. Permission of instructor and department chair must be obtained prior to the start of the semester. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 631 - Preceptorship
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (1 Credits)
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JAPA 632 - Preceptorship
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (2 Credits)
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JAPA 633 - Preceptorship
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (3 Credits)
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JAPA 634 - Preceptorship
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 641 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. Instructor permission required. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. (1 Credits)
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JAPA 642 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. Instructor permission required. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. (2 Credits)
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JAPA 643 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. Instructor permission required. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. (3 Credits)
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JAPA 644 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. Instructor permission required. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. (4 Credits)
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LATI 141 - Latin America Through Women’s Eyes Cross-Listed as and WGSS 141
Latin American women have overcome patriarchal “machismo” to serve as presidents, mayors, guerilla leaders, union organizers, artists, intellectuals, and human rights activists. Through a mix of theoretical, empirical, and testimonial work, we will explore issues such as feminist challenges to military rule in Chile, anti-feminist politics in Nicaragua, the intersection of gender and democratization in Cuba, and women’s organizing and civil war in Colombia. Teaching methods include discussion, debates, simulations, analytic papers, partisan narratives, lecture, film, poetry, and a biographical essay. This class employs an innovative system of qualitative assessment. Students take the course “S/SD/N with Written Evaluation.” This provides a powerful opportunity for students to stretch their limits in a learning community with high expectations, but without a high-pressure atmosphere. This ungraded course has been approved for inclusion on major/minor plans in Political Science, Latin American Studies, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. (4 Credits)
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