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GERM 612 - Independent Project
Limit to be applied toward the major will be determined in consultation with the department. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (2 Credits)
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GERM 613 - Independent Project
Limit to be applied toward the major will be determined in consultation with the department. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (3 Credits)
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GERM 614 - Independent Project
Limit to be applied toward the major will be determined in consultation with the department. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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GERM 621 - Internship
Limit to be applied toward the major will be determined in consultation with the department. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. (1 Credits)
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GERM 622 - Internship
Limit to be applied toward the major will be determined in consultation with the department. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. (2 Credits)
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GERM 623 - Internship
Limit to be applied toward the major will be determined in consultation with the department. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. (3 Credits)
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GERM 624 - Internship
Limit to be applied toward the major will be determined in consultation with the department. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. (4 Credits)
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GERM 631 - Preceptorship
Limit to be applied toward the major will be determined in consultation with the department. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. (1 Credits)
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GERM 632 - Preceptorship
Limit to be applied toward the major will be determined in consultation with the department. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. (2 Credits)
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GERM 633 - Preceptorship
Limit to be applied toward the major will be determined in consultation with the department. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. (3 Credits)
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GERM 634 - Preceptorship
Limit to be applied toward the major will be determined in consultation with the department. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. (4 Credits)
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GERM 641 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (1 Credits)
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GERM 642 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (2 Credits)
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GERM 643 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (3 Credits)
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GERM 644 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 101 - Elementary Spanish I
Pronunciation, grammar essentials, conversation and reading. Three class hours a week plus one hour of tutorial. Minimal introduction to history and culture of hispanophone countries. For admission into HISP 102 , students must have completed HISP 101, or its equivalent, with a minimum grade of C-. Every semester. (4 Credits)
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HISP 102 - Elementary Spanish II
Pronunciation, grammar essentials, conversation and reading. Three class hours a week plus one hour of tutorial. Minimal introduction to history and culture of hispanophone countries. For admission into HISP 203, students must have completed HISP 102, or its equivalent, with a minimum grade of C-. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): HISP 101 with C- or better. (4 Credits)
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HISP 110 - Accelerated Beginning Spanish
Accelerated Spanish 110 meets the goals of Elementary Spanish I and II (HISP 101 and HISP 102 ) in one semester. It covers pronunciation, grammar essentials, conversation and reading. This course is appropriate for students with significant prior experience in Spanish or another appropriate language and for students who are highly self-motivated and able to learn foreign languages quickly. Successful completion allows enrollment in Intermediate Spanish. Students will not receive credit for this course if they’ve previously taken or been awarded credit for HISP 101 and/or HISP 102 . Three class hours a week plus two hours of tutorial. For admission into HISP 203 or HISP 220 , students must have completed HISP 110, or its equivalent, with a minimum grade of C. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Registration in the course is contingent on instructor’s approval. (5 Credits)
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HISP 111 - Accelerated Elementary Portuguese
Intensive instruction in speaking, understanding, reading and writing Portuguese. Brazilian usage emphasized. Successful completion allows enrollment in the Portuguese language . Three class hours a week plus tutorial. Fall semester. Prerequisite(s): This course is appropriate for students who are highly self-motivated and high intermediate or advanced skills in Spanish or another Romance language, or previous work in Portuguese. Exceptions to these guidelines may be made with the instructor’s approval. (4 Credits)
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HISP 194 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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HISP 203 - Intermediate Spanish I
Intermediate Spanish extends and deepens awareness and use of linguistic functions in Spanish. Formal introduction to history and culture of Hispanophone countries. For admission into HISP 204 , students must have completed HISP 203, or its equivalent, with a minimum grade of C-. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): HISP 102 with C- or better. (4 Credits)
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HISP 204 - Intermediate Spanish II
Intermediate Spanish extends and deepens awareness and use of linguistic functions in Spanish. Formal introduction to history and culture of Hispanophone countries. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): For admission into 204, students must have completed HISP 203 , or its equivalent, with a minimum grade of C-. (4 Credits)
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HISP 220 - Accelerated Intermediate Spanish
Accelerated Spanish 220 meets the goals of Intermediate Spanish I and II (HISP 203 and HISP 204 ) in one semester. It extends and deepens awareness and use of linguistic functions in Spanish, and it introduces the history and culture of Hispanophone countries. This course is appropriate for students with significant prior experience in Spanish and for students who are highly self-motivated and able to learn foreign languages quickly. Successful completion allows enrollment in 300-level courses in Spanish. Students will not receive credit for this course if they’ve previously taken or been awarded credit for HISP 203 and/or HISP 204 . Three class hours per week plus two hours of tutorial. For admission into any Hispanic Studies 300- or 400- level course, students must have completed HISP 220, or its equivalent, with a minimum grade of C. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (5 Credits)
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HISP 294 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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HISP 305 - Introduction to Hispanic Studies: Oral and Written Expression
Primarily designed to improve oral communication and to strengthen the student’s written proficiency and his or her awareness of grammar intricacies. In relation to writing, it serves as a bridge to upper-level courses. Conversations and compositions are based on cultural and literary topics. Class activities vary according to the instructor but usually include five to fifteen minute presentations, interviews with native speakers, commentary on videos and movies, short stories, plays and short novels, writing strategies, and self-correction exercises. It often involves extensive reading appropriate to the level. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): HISP 204 , HISP 220 , or consent of the instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 307 - Introduction to the Analysis of Hispanic Texts
This course presents the student with essential tools for the critical analysis of a broad range of topics and forms of cultural production (literature, cinema, art, e-texts, etc.) in the Hispanic world. It also teaches the student advanced language skills in writen composition and public oral presentation. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): HISP 305 (4 Credits)
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HISP 308 - Introduction to U.S. Latino Studies Cross-Listed as Course cross-listed with American Studies and Latin American Studies.
This course provides an interdisciplinary discussino of the Latino experience in the United States with a focus on Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Cuban Americans. Using fiction, poetry, films and critical essays, we will examine issues of race and ethnicity, language, identity, gender and sexuality, politics, and immigration. Students will further engage with the Latino population of the Twin Cities by working with a local community organization. Offered every semester. Prerequisite(s): HISP 305 or consent of the instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 309 - Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics Cross-Listed as
A linguistic survey of the Spanish language aimed at improving pronunciation and increasing comprehension of the structure of the language, deepening students’ understanding of the sound system, word formation, grammar and meaning. Study will emphasize phonetics and provide an introduction to transcription, phonology, morphology and syntax, as well as provide an overview of linguistic change and geographic variation. Every year. Prerequisite(s): HISP 305 or consent of instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 331 - Luso-Brazilian Voices: Conversations and Composition
Contemporary Brazil and Portugal are sites of profound and exciting cultural expression and social change. Luso-Brazilian Voices explores some of the socio-political pressures that have led to a modern renaissance in writing, popular music, cinema, as well as the fusion of genres made possible by today’s digital technologies. A systematic review of these cultural expressions provides the context for students to practice and refine their oral and written Portuguese skills. Taught in Portuguese. Successful completion of this course satisfies the Macalester College two-year foreign language requirement and can be applied toward the major/minor in Hispanic Studies. Three class hours per week plus tutorial. Spring semester. Prerequisite(s): Either HISP 111 or its equivalent and instructor’s permission. (4 Credits)
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HISP 381 - Transnational Latin America Cross-Listed as INTL 381 and LATI 381
This course 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. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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HISP 391 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (1 Credits)
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HISP 394 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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HISP 414 - Here and There: Superando Límites/Crossing Boundaries
Living an identity that is multipositional is a familiar reality for many people in the 21st century. The seventeenth century in the Hispanic world reveals surprisingly diverse and complex societies in which literature—and sometimes life itself—provided a space for trying on different social clothes, so to speak, in an exploration of early modern identity. This course will allow students to enjoy prose, drama, poetry and historiography from both Spain and Spanish America and to witness how writers from both sides of the Atlantic were pushing aesthetic and societal limits of religion, ethnicity and gender in their writing. We will be viewing Baroque art from Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, and colonial Mexico and Peru, and will also read some pertinent critical perspectives that will help enrich our readings of the literature. To bring the plays to life, students will select fragments of dramas to “rescript” and perform for their classmates. Prerequisite(s): HISP 307 or or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 415 - Cultural Resistance and Survival: Indigenous and African Peoples in Early Spanish America Cross-Listed as LATI 415 and INTL 415
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. Prerequisite(s): HISP 307 or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 416 - Mapping the New World: Exploration, Encounters, and Disasters Cross-Listed as LATI 416 and INTL 416
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. Prerequisite(s): HISP 307 or permission of instructor (4 Credits)
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HISP 417 - El Quijote as Timeless Text
Miguel de Cervantes’ El ingenioso Don Quijote de la Mancha is one of the most beloved and influential literary texts in all of world literature. In this course, students will not only engage in a careful and delightful reading of the entire text, but will also examine limitations and literary creations inspired through time by the classic. In order to understand how Quijote was received according to historical moment, we will explore critical perspectives on the text from across the centuries. Students will enjoy myriad artistic representations of Don Quijote and view and critique contemporary musical and filmic productions inspired by the text. Prerequisite(s): HISP 307 or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 419 - “Neither Saints Nor Sinners”: Women Writers of the Early Modern Hispanic World
Sixteenth- and seventeenth- century women writers were in constant dialogue with their male counterparts and dedicated much of their energy to debunking myths of female purity, passivity and ignorance. To this end, they created female protagonists of great strength and integrity. Exploring themes such as life in the convent, the mujer varonil and the mujer vestida de hombre, we will look at many peninsular as well as New World women authors who were busy challenging both social and aesthetic norms in their writing. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): HISP 307 , or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 420 - One Hundred Years of Plenitude: Modern and Postmodern Hispanic Fiction
AREA 2: Modern Hispanic Voices The rise of modern fiction produced a series of remarkable novels in Latin America and Spain all throughout the 20th century and into the present. The course will focus primarily on the Latin American “Boom” from the 1960s onwards. We will also study the appearance and enduring presence of postmodernism in Hispanic fiction. The course refines the analysis of literary works from a variety of perspectives (historical, political, social, ethical, aesthetic, etc.) and provides a comprehensive view of the evolution of Hispanic narrative from the dawn of modernity to the present. It targets those students who enjoy literature and believe in the pleasure of the text. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): HISP 307 or consent of the instructor (4 Credits)
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HISP 421 - Romantics, Moderns and Avant-Gardists
AREA 2: Modern Hispanic Voices The course offers a panorama of Spanish culture from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the Civil War in 1936. It focuses on the evolution of literature and the arts during the periods of Romanticism, Realism, Modernism and the Avant-Garde, in an attempt to describe the faces of modernity in Spain. Authors that are usually studied include José Zorrilla, Rosalía de Castro, Benito Pérez Galdós, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Miguel de Unamuno, Ramón María del Valle Includeán, José Ortega y Gasset, Luis Buñuel, and Federico García Lorca. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): HISP 307 or consent of the instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 422 - Modern Hispanic Novel and the Visual Arts Cross-Listed as LATI 422
AREA 2: Modern Hispanic Voices The course offers an interdisciplinary approach to narrative that focuses on the cooperation between the written and the visual text. One example of this cooperation is how nineteenth-century painting influenced the novel. Another example deals with cinematic adaptations of narratives. We also consider the perennial dilemma of literal versus personal interpretation. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): or or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 425 - Dictators, Revolutions and Insurrections
AREA 2: Modern Hispanic Voices The course explores modern Hispanic cultural production in response to dictators, revolutions, and socio-political repression. Students read a variety of contemporary authors and analyze how they represent social realities in discourse that reflects and informs societal changes. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): HISP 307 or consent of the instructor (4 Credits)
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HISP 426 - Parody in the Postmodern Hispanic World
AREA 2: Modern Hispanic Voices Western societies and literary traditions use parody to measure, shape, and change cultural values and identities. Parody is considered to be an amorphous genre that adapts itself and evolves in time, along with the cultural environments in which it exists. This course offers students the opportunity to examine the concept of parody and its application to specific narrative texts produced in the Hispanic world during its postmodern era. Texts examined include fiction and non-fiction, cinematic, and other multimedia arts. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): HISP 307 or consent of the instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 427 - Dramatic Words: Hispanic Theater and Poetry
This course explores representative plays and poems from diverse authors and periods of Latin America, Spain, and/or the United States. An important component of this class will be an examination of how theatre and poetry can shape individual and national consciousness. Offered alternate years. Prerequisite(s): HISP 307 or consent of instructor (4 Credits)
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HISP 430 - Advanced Spanish Grammar: Meaning and Communication
AREA 3: An overview of the intricacies of advanced Spanish grammar, providing extensive oral and written practice to improve students’ grammatical accuracy as well as their overall understanding of the structure of the language. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): HISP 305 , HISP 309 (or LING 309 ), or consent of the instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 431 - Spanish in the Workplace
AREA 3: Language, Linguistics and Community The course provides the student with a working knowledge of the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures as related to the bilingual workplace in the United States and abroad. Emphasis is placed on such fields as health care and medicine, legal matters and law enforcement, social services, and business. Students pursue individual interests in specific career areas with a service learning component. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): HISP 307 or consent of the instructor (4 Credits)
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HISP 433 - Translation: Theory/Practice
AREA 3: Language, Linguistics and Community This discussion/writing course explores certain contemporary translation theories that guide the practice of translation of various kinds of texts, including, but not limited to, literature, film, propaganda, advertising, and commerce. The primary goal, however, is to produce high quality translations of a wide variety of texts. Students work in Spanish and/or Portuguese and English. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): HISP 307 or consent of the instructor (4 Credits)
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HISP 435 - History of the Spanish Language Cross-Listed as
An overview of Modern Spanish as it has developed over time. Course will trace the historical evolution of the most salient phonological, morpho-syntactic and lexical traits of Modern Spanish and will include study of the origins of American Spanish. Students will also be introduced to some of the principal theories of language change. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): HISP 309 or consent of the instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 436 - Spanish Dialectology Cross-Listed as
A survey of modern dialectal variations of Spanish that includes examination of American Spanish dialects as well as those of the Iberian Peninsula. Sociolinguistic issues and historical aspects of dialect variation and study will be addressed, along with other extralinguistic factors. Through this course, students will be provided an introduction to theories of language change, as well as the history of the language, and will gain a broad understanding of the different varieties of Modern Spanish. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): HISP 309 or consent of the instructor (4 Credits)
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HISP 437 - Applied Linguistics: Spanish Second Language Acquisition Cross-Listed as LING 437
An overview of research projects on the acquisition of Spanish as a second language. Students will learn about the theoretical approaches used in these studies as well as the effects of various pedagogical approaches on the development of Spanish interlanguage systems. While the focus of the course is on the acquisition of Spanish as a second language, students will gain a broad and useful understanding of different pedagogical issues directly related to the acquisition/learning process(es) of other second languages. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): or or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 442 - Nation and Identity in the Hispanic World
AREA 4: Hispanic Peoples and Cultures: Interdisciplinary Approaches An examination of the origins and issues surrounding the formation and the evolution of nation-building in Spain, Latin America, and the U.S. Past and current movements and allegiances are seen through the writings of key political, social, and philosophical authors. Such issues as regional autonomy in Spain, indigenous initiatives in Latin America, the Chicano movement in the U.S., trade agreements, etc., are considered from early colonization through imperial expansion to present-day globalization. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): or or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 443 - The Reality of Contemporary Spain: Challenges and Dilemmas
AREA 4: Hispanic Peoples and Cultures: Interdisciplinary Approaches This course presents an overview of the evolution of life in Spain since the death of Franco, through the socialist period and Spain’s entry into the European Union until today. Art, music, literature and film will serve as the basis for lectures and discussions of some of Spain’s current challenges and achievements, namely, unemployment, immigration, language and identity, terrorism, and the impact of the Euro on the economy and on everyday life. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): or or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 444 - The Family as History: The Stories of US Latinos Cross-Listed as
AREA 4: Hispanic Peoples and Cultures: Interdisciplinary Approaches The course will examine and compare the stories of Latinas/os in the U.S. as told by themselves. Students will read authors of Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, and Mexican American origin. We will place a special emphasis on practices and values held both here and in the cultures of origin. The course will cover such subjects as family, social and economic struggles, individual aspirations and spiritual needs. The course will highlight language issues and use film to complement the readings. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): or or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 446 - Constructions of a Female Killer Cross-Listed as and
The rise in femicide across Latin America, most shockingly exhibited in the city of Juarez, Mexico, has resulted in broad discussions of women’s relationship with violence. However, what happens when the traditional paradigm is inverted and we explore women as perpetrators, rather than victims, of violence? This class will dialogue with selected Latin American and Latino narratives (including novels, short stories, films, and newspapers) constituting different representations of women who kill. Aternate years. Prerequisite(s): or or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 488 - Senior Seminar
The senior seminar is a capstone course that explores in depth a shifting field of topics. It helps students relate the subjects they have studied in their major field and assists students in demonstrating their familiarity with Hispanic cultures and in methods of analysis and presentation, culminating in the preparation and presentation of a major research project. It is primarily a discussion course that relies heavily on individual as well as collective effort. Required for Hispanic Studies majors. Category varies. Every spring. Prerequisite(s): HISP 307 or plus at least two literature courses offered in the Department of Hispanic Studies, or consent of the instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 494 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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HISP 601 - Tutorial
Category varies. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (1 Credits)
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HISP 602 - Tutorial
Category varies. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (2 Credits)
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HISP 603 - Tutorial
Category varies. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (3 Credits)
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HISP 604 - Tutorial
Category varies. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 611 - Independent Project
Category varies. Not available to substitute regularly offered courses. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (1 Credits)
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HISP 612 - Independent Project
Category varies. Not available to substitute regularly offered courses. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (2 Credits)
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HISP 613 - Independent Project
Category varies. Not available to substitute regularly offered courses. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (3 Credits)
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HISP 614 - Independent Project
Category varies. Not available to substitute regularly offered courses. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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HISP 621 - Internship
Category 3. Prerequisite(s): Four courses in Hispanic Studies numbered 204 or above and permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. (1 Credits)
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HISP 622 - Internship
Category 3. Prerequisite(s): Four courses in Hispanic Studies numbered 204 or above and permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. (2 Credits)
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HISP 623 - Internship
Category 3. Prerequisite(s): Four courses in Hispanic Studies numbered 204 or above and permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. (3 Credits)
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HISP 624 - Internship
Category 3. Prerequisite(s): Four courses in Hispanic Studies numbered 204 or above and permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. (4 Credits)
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HISP 631 - Preceptorship
Preceptorships give students the opportunity to observe and practice teaching skills. Available to highly accomplished students. Prerequisite(s): Some background reading and training in foreign language teaching and permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. (1 Credits)
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HISP 632 - Preceptorship
Preceptorships give students the opportunity to observe and practice teaching skills. Available to highly accomplished students. Prerequisite(s): Some background reading and training in foreign language teaching and permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. (2 Credits)
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HISP 633 - Preceptorship
Preceptorships give students the opportunity to observe and practice teaching skills. Available to highly accomplished students. Prerequisite(s): Some background reading and training in foreign language teaching and permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. (3 Credits)
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HISP 634 - Preceptorship
Preceptorships give students the opportunity to observe and practice teaching skills. Available to highly accomplished students. Prerequisite(s): Some background reading and training in foreign language teaching and permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. (4 Credits)
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HIST 100 - Discovering World History
An introductory survey treating all periods, regions, and peoples, but focusing on contact and exchange between empires, civilizations, and cultures as peoples encountered one another throughout history in a process which accelerated dramatically at the beginning of the modern era and ultimately made the very activity of studying world history possible in our own time. Courses numbered 100-199 are introductory in material or approach; they are appropriate for any student, but particularly first year students. Every year. (4 Credits)
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HIST 109 - January in China
This introductory level course uses historical frameworks and methodology to explore China in January. Through readings, lectures, site visits and discussion, the students will be introduced to the major changes in Chinese government, society, economy and culture from the earliest times to the present day. Visiting Chinese cities such as Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and/or Hong Kong for about two weeks, the students will also experience the Chinese way of life through tasting Chinese food, conducting interactive contacts with their Chinese peers, and exercising close-up observation of social, economic and cultural activities in China. Offered occasionally. Prerequisite(s): Students are required to work on a research project on a topic of their own choice. (2 Credits)
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HIST 110 - Introduction to European History
A one semester introduction to the study of European history focusing on a selected period; designed primarily for lower division students who have no previous college-level background in this general field. Courses numbered 100-199 are introductory in material or approach; they are appropriate for any student, but particularly first year students. Every year. (4 Credits)
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HIST 112 - The Global in the Local
This introductory level course uses historical frameworks and methodologies to explore that bumpersticker motto: “Think Globally. Act Locally.” Through readings, films, lectures, and discussion, this course explores central trends in world history; economic change, from industrialization and commercialization to globalization and the information economy; political activism, inside and outside electoral politics; the construction of gender, race, and class, and their impact on everyday lives; urbanization and the development of neighborhoods; immigration and the transformation of communities. We will use similar resources plus site visits, tours, guest lectures, and hands-on activities to explore how these trends have shaped the state of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. There will be key points where we will explore how local developments have shaped national patterns. Throughout, students will be positioned as historians to analyze the changing relationships between “the global” and “the local.” In the end, they will understand not only our local community better, but they will be better prepared to analyze any community in which they find themselves. Offered occasionally. (4 Credits)
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HIST 114 - History of Africa to 1800
A study of the history of Africa before 1800, this course covers the major themes relating to the development of African societies and cultures from the earliest times. Students will engage with themes of state-building, trade and religion as catalysts for change and learn how historians have reconstructed the history of early Africa. This course will provide students with knowledge of specific case studies from North, South, East, West, and Central Africa. Every year. (4 Credits)
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HIST 115 - Africa Since 1800
This course is designed to introduce students to the history of Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It examines major themes relating to change in the colonial period such as European conquest and imperialism, the development of the colonial economy, African responses to colonialism and the rise of nationalist movements that stimulated the movement towards independence. Students will examine these themes by applying them to case studies of specific geographic regions of the continent. Courses numbered 100-199 are introductory in material or approach; they are appropriate for any student, but particularly first year students. Every year. (4 Credits)
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HIST 121 - The Greek World Cross-Listed as CLAS 121
This course surveys the political, economic, and cultural development of the peoples of the ancient Greek world from the late Bronze Age through the Hellenistic era. Students will hone their critical thinking skills while working with translations of ancient literature, archaeological remains and works of art. The basic structure of the course is chronological, but we will examine major themes across time and space, which may include the interaction between physical landscape and historical change; rule by the one, the few and the many; the nature and development of literary and artistic genres; the economic, military, and/or cultural dimensions of empire; or the intersections of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, slave/free status and civic identity in the Greek world. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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HIST 122 - The Roman World Cross-Listed as CLAS 122
This course introduces students to the Roman world, which at its height stretched from Britain to Iran, from Germany to Africa, and lasted well over a thousand years. Students will develop critical thinking skills while working with Roman literature in translation, art, architecture and other archaeological remains. The structure of the course is chronological, but we will examine major themes across time and space, which may include the development of Roman literature out of and in response to Greek culture; the effects of the civil wars and the resulting political change from a republic to a monarchy; the cultural, religious and/or military aspects of the Roman empire and its immediate aftermath; Roman conceptions of gender, sexuality, slave and free status, citizenship and/or ethnicity, and how these social categories were used to legitimize or exercise power. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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HIST 135 - American Violence to 1800: Warfare from Age of Contact to Revolutionary War
This course will interrogate the way scholars study large-scale violence (a broad definition of war) between human communities. Throughout class discussions we will consider the ways in which warfare has been recorded and analyzed in early America. While major political conflicts including King Phillips’ War, the French and Indian War, and the Revolutionary War will be discussed, the class will also engage the meanings of violence through an investigation of intra and intercultural violence within Euro-American populations, and those that involved indigenous American peoples and Africans, The chronological focus of the course, circ. 1500-1800, permits our examination of the idea of American exceptionalism. Is there a specific form or pattern of violence or warfare that can be called “American?” If so, does this type of violence remain present in our contemporary world? Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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HIST 136 - American Violence 1800 to 1865: A Cultural History of Warfare from Early Republic to the Civil War
What does it mean to study war? Is the history of warfare a history of generals, strategy, and developments in military technology? Or perhaps it is the story of the common solider; that of first aid workers, nurses, and doctors; or that of populations who conquer or are conquered? This course will interrogate the way scholars study large-scale violence (a broad definition of war) between human communities. Throughout class discussions we will consider the ways in which warfare has been recorded and analyzed in the early Republic. antebellum and Civil War eras. While major political conflicts including the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and Civil War will be discussed, the class will also engage the meanings of violence through an investigation of intra and intercultural violence diverse American populations. The chronological focus of the course, cite. 1800-1865, permits our examination of the idea of American exceptionalism. Is there a specific form or pattern of violence or warfare that can be called “American’?” If so. Does this type of violence remain present in our contemporary society? What relationship does violence have with an American identity? Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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HIST 140 - Introduction to East Asian Civilization
This course introduces the cultures and societies of China, Japan and Korea from the earliest times to the present day. Primarily an introductory course for beginners in East Asian civilization, this course considers a variety of significant themes in religious, political, economic, social and cultural developments in the region. Every fall. (4 Credits)
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HIST 181 - Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean Cross-Listed as LATI 181
This course offers a general survey of the complex and heterogeneous region we somewhat reductively term Latin America. It follows a roughly chronological approach, beginning with the eve of encounter and continuing through the contemporary era. Discussions will consider themes such as the institution and legacy of colonialism, the search for new national identities, and the onset of modern racial and political strife. The course will emphasize the import of global economic, political, and cultural trends on the formation of the region. Offered every year. (4 Credits)
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HIST 190 - Topics in US History
A topical analysis of United States history stressing the historical antecedents of selected contemporary issues; designed primarily for underclassmen who have no previous college-level background in this general field. Courses numbered 100-199 are introductory in material or approach; they are appropriate for any student, but particularly first year students. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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HIST 192 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (2 Credits)
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HIST 194 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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HIST 201 - History of U.S. Feminisms Cross-Listed as WGSS 201
This is an introductory course about the history of U.S. feminism as it was articulated and experienced in the United States from roughly 1800-1970. We will focus on not only on the experience of those who worked for the cause of women’s rights but also the ideologies at home and abroad that influenced feminist thought. In so doing, we will interrogate the myths about feminism and the backlash against it that are central to the history, culture, and politics of the United States. This course is especially concerned with the multiple and contradictory strains within feminism. Topics that the class will consider include: the roots of feminism as it took shape in the anti-slavery movement, the overlap of women’s rights and the civil rights movement of the twentieth century, and the women’s health movement, among others. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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HIST 211 - History of Africa to 1800
A study of the history of Africa before 1800, this course covers the major themes relating to the development of African societies and cultures from the earliest times. Students will engage with themes of state-building, trade and religion as catalysts for change and learn how historians have reconstructed the history of early Africa. This course will provide students with knowledge of specific case studies from North, South, East, West, and Central Africa. Courses 200-299 are intermediate in material and/or approach and ordinarily taken by sophomores or juniors Every year. (4 Credits)
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HIST 213 - Women in African History
The objective of this course is to explore the role that women have played in the development of African history and to understand the major issues that define their experience as women from this region of the world. This course introduces students to the ways in which gender is studied in African history and to the major “break-through” works on women in African history. An important component of this course is the study of life histories of women from various geographical regions of the continent. Courses 200-299 are intermediate in material and/or approach and ordinarily taken by sophomores or juniors. Every year. (4 Credits)
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HIST 221 - American Labor Radicalism
This course probes the history of labor radicalism as a specific current within the stream of social and political thought and movements, up to the rank and file movements of the 1970s and 1980s. Along the way we explore the Knights of Labor and the populists of the Gilded Age, the Socialists and Communists and other radicals of the Great Depression. Particular attention is paid to the experiences and contributions of women and racial and ethnic minorities. Courses 200-299 are intermediate in material and/or approach and ordinarily taken by sophomores or juniors Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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HIST 222 - Imagining the American West Cross-Listed as
Fantasies about the U.S. West are central to American history, popular culture, and collective memory. From John Wayne to Zane Grey to Disneyland, ideas about the West have shaped the ways we think about settlement, conquest, race, gender, and democracy. This course examines the myths that have circulated about the West alongside what has been called new western history, in an attempt to make sense of western Americans and the societies they created. Beginning with notions of the frontier, we will consider the scholarship that challenges our thinking about a region that has defied simple constructions. Offered alternate years. (4 Credits)
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HIST 224 - African American History: Slavery, Emancipation, and Reconstruction
This course explores the Afro-American experience from the villages of West Africa to the cotton plantations of the antebellum South. Considers West African social structure and culture, the international slave trade, the development of racism, the development of American slavery, the transformation of Afro-American culture over more than two centuries, the struggle, the possibilities of reconstruction, and the ultimate rise of share-cropping and segregation. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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HIST 225 - Native American History Cross-Listed as AMST 225
Historian Daniel Richter once wrote, “for better or worse, native history belongs to all of us.” What could Richter have meant by this statement? What is native history and why would it belong to “all of us?” The history of America covers a much longer span than that usually covered in U.S. history courses. The coasts, plains and mountains of the North American continent may have been a “new world” to European traders and explorers, but to the two million people who already inhabited these lands, America was as much the “old world” as was Europe. In this course we will examine the history of North America from the age of contact to the end of the 19th century. Instead of approaching American Indian history from the perspective of Europeans, we will attempt to reconstruct the history of 16th-19th century North Americans from an indigenous perspective. In our class meetings, Mondays and Wednesday will be devoted to chronologically-oriented, broad issues in American Indian history prior to 1900. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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HIST 227 - Colonial Encounters: Religion, Race, and Sex in Early America Cross-Listed as WGSS 227
Through an examination of primary documents from the sixteenth through the early nineteenth centuries and historical articles and monographs, students will examine and discuss the forces at work on the conflict and exchange between the diverse peoples that populated North America. In this course we will use critical analysis to arrive at our own conclusions about the following questions: Who populated early America? What types of religious and spiritual practices came into contact through these populations? What political function did religion and spirituality have (if any) in this time period? What competing ideas about gender and sex existed in the colonies and the early republic? In what ways did ideas about gender and race intersect? Gender and religion? What are the ways in which the emergence of a United States of America was contingent on conflict and exchange about religion, race and sex? Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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HIST 228 - Gender and Sexuality in Colonial America and the Early Republic Cross-Listed as WGSS 228
Since the 1960s historians have revisited early American history to identify populations on the margins and historical actors whose stories and experiences were neglected in the traditional canon of history. Historians of women made some of the first forays into this important work of recovery. Building up the foundations produced by women’s historians, the field of gender and sexuality studies have flourished and enriched the narratives of American history. This course examines American peoples and cultures from the 16th through early 19th centuries to uncover the ways in which gender and sexuality shaped the formation of an early American society. Particular attention will be given to the way that ideologies of gender and sexuality shaped early concepts of race and the development of North American political institutions. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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HIST 230 - Women and Work in US History
An historical overview of women’s changing experiences with work-both paid and unpaid-from the mercantilist economy of colonial times to the post-industrial era of the late twentieth century. This course is designed primarily for students who have no previous college-level background in U.S. history. Approved for Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Offered occasionally. (4 Credits)
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HIST 232 - Immigration and Ethnicity in US History
An overview of U.S. history as seen through the experiences of newly arriving and adjusting immigrant groups. This course is designed primarily for students who have no previous college-level background in U.S. history. Offered alternate years. (4 Credits)
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HIST 233 - Introduction to the History of the US Working Class
This course traces the development of the U.S. working class-men and women, native-born and immigrants, black and white-from the artisan era to the post-industrial age. This course is designed primarily for students who have no previous college-level background in U.S. history. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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HIST 234 - American Environmental History Cross-Listed as
People have always had to contend with the natural world, but only recently have historians begun to explore the changing relationships between people and their environment over time. In this course, we will examine the variety of ways that people in North America have shaped the environment, as well as how they have used, labored in, abused, conserved, protected, rearranged, polluted, cleaned, and thought about it. In addition, we will explore how various characteristics of the natural world have affected the broad patterns of human society, sometimes harming or hindering life and other times enabling rapid development and expansion. By bringing nature into the study of human history and the human past into the study of nature, we will begin to see the connections and interdependencies between the two that are often overlooked. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
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HIST 235 - Comparative Freedom Movements: The US and South Africa Cross-Listed as AMST 310
This advanced course explores two of the most important movements to challenge institutional racism in the second half of the 20th century - the U.S. civil rights movement and the South African anti-apartheid movement. The course places both of these movements within their specific historical contexts and, therefore, opens with an examination of the historical role(s) of racism in each of these societies. It then explores dimensions of these movements in a comparative fashion: the leadership produced by both movements; the functioning of both movements and the roles played by particular cohorts (women, young people, workers, allies); the internal tensions within each movement, particularly around ideologies, strategies, and tactics; the uses of culture (music, theater, poetry, visual art) within each movement. We also explore the methodologies of comparative history, particularly the critique that insists that the movements - influences on each other need to be considered. Finally, we assess the impact of each movement on its respective society. Every other year. (4 Credits)
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