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College Catalog 2012-2013 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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INTL 286 - Media and Cultural Studies of Latin America Cross-Listed as LATI 286 and MCST 286 .
This course explores cultural and media industries and texts - including folktales, art, performance, sport, film, and television - within their socio-political and historical context in Latin America. Organized around case studies that will allow us to apply learned cultural theories and methodologies to specific texts and historical moments, this class is imagined as a cultural studies “laboratory” in which we will collectively investigate varied topics in the field. Offered every year. (4 Credits)
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INTL 288 - Race and Ethnicity in Japan Cross-Listed as AMST 288 and JAPA 288 .
One of the founding myths of the modern Japanese nation-state has been the illusion of racial and ethnic homogeneity. This course aims not only to challenge this myth but also to historicize and contextualize it by investigating various racial and ethnic minorities in Japan: Ainu, Burakumin (outcasts), Okinawans, Koreans, African Americans, Nikkeijin (South Americans of Japanese descent), and Caucasians. These groups pose fundamental questions about the boundaries of “Japan” and about the meanings of “race” and “ethnicity” as categories of identification and difference. The purpose of this course is two-fold: 1) to familiarize students with the history of minority discourse in Japan, and 2) to encourage students to think critically and comparatively about race and ethnicity in general. All readings are in English or English translation. Every year. (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 300 - Advanced Feminist/Queer Theories and Methodologies Cross-Listed as
This course is an in-depth study of some specific theories and methodologies on which contemporary feminist and queer thinkers have based their analysis, critique, and reconstruction of men’s and women’s roles. Some guiding questions are: What is a nation? Who are its citizens? How do language and gender roles shape the ways we imagine our roles as men and women? Do sexuality or economy affect how we subscribe to or resist political ideologies? In previous offerings, the course has explored the intersection of Postcolonialism (specifically gendered critiques of colonizing sociopolitical structures) with Postmodernism (specifically gendered critiques of language and sexuality). The course will include film, photography, music, and the writings of Butler, Foucault, Chodorow, Kristeva, hooks, Spivak, and Trinh, among others. It offers ways to create links with local community and social-work organizations. Prerequisite(s): junior standing or permission of instructor and at least one intermediate WGSS core course. (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. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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INTL 322 - Culture and Global Capitalism Cross-Listed as LATI 322 and MCST 322 .
From the colonial sugar plantations of the Caribbean and new continental tastes for sweets, to Ford’s mass production lines and Fordist mass consumption, to Sony’s multinationally produced video technology and Sonyism’s transnational networks of information societies, to Google and YouTube today, the worlds of capitalism and culture have been closely intertwined. This class will study forms of global economic exchange, and their associated systems of international relations, cultural texts, and popular resistances. Offered every year. (4 Credits)
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INTL 323 - Economic Restructuring in Latin America Cross-Listed as ECON 323 and LATI 323
This course uses economic principles to examine the transition from Import Substitution Industrialization to trade liberalization in Latin America. The goal of the course is to understand the economic antecedents to free trade as well as the resulting impact on workers and resource allocation. The course also addresses peripheral aspects of economic restructuring, such as the drug trade, migration, and the maquiladora industry. Requires an Economics 200 level course from the Group A electives, Economics 221 preferred. Offered every year. Prerequisite(s): ECON 200-level course ( ECON 221 preferred). (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. Alternate years Prerequisite(s): ECON 119 and one 200s level ECON course from Group A electives; ECON 221 or ECON 225 are recommended. (4 Credits)
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INTL 333 - Economics of Global Food Problems Cross-Listed as ECON 333 and ENVI 333 .
This course will examine food distribution, production, policy, and hunger issues from an economics perspective. It explores and compares food and agriculture issues in both industrialized and developing countries. Basic economic tools will be applied to provide an analytical understanding of these issues. Topics such as hunger and nutrition, US farm policy, food distribution, food security, food aid, biotechnology and the Green Revolution, the connection between food production and health outcomes, as well as other related themes will be explored in depth throughout the semester. Offered every other spring semester. Prerequisite(s): ECON 119 and a C- or higher in one 200-level Economics course from Group A electives; or recommended. (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. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): Prior coursework in human rights or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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INTL 352 - Transitional Justice
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. Alternate years. (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. Alternate years. 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. Prior internationalist and/or theoretical coursework strongly recommended. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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INTL 368 - Sustainable Development and Global Future Cross-Listed as ENVI 368 .
This course thoroughly examines the concept of sustainable development. We will define the term, examine its history, and evaluate its political, philosophical, scientific, and economic significance. Implementation of sustainable development in both the world’s North and South are considered. Close attention is given to non-governmental organizations and nation-states, the loss of global biodiversity, and existing and proposed remedial actions. Prior coursework in international, development, political, scientific, and/or environmental issues is strongly recommended. Spring semester. (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.” Alternate years. (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. 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. Every year. 4 credits. (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. (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 415 and HISP 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. This course satisfies the Area 1 requirement for the Hispanic & Latin American Studies major. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): HISP 307 or consent of instructor. (4 Credits)
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INTL 416 - Mapping the New World: Exploration, Encounters, and Disasters Cross-Listed as HISP 416 and LATI 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. This course satisfies the Area 1 requirement for the Hispanic & Latin American Studies major. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): HISP 307 or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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INTL 477 - Comparative Environment and Development Studies Cross-Listed as
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. Offered occasionally. Prerequisite(s): GEOG 232 or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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INTL 480 - Paradigms of 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 Chinese sources. The main paper will focus on a major individual from any century or locale, chosen by the student. Open to juniors and seniors in any department. (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? Alternate years. (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. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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INTL 489 - Senior Seminar: Paradigms of World Order
The end of the Cold War eliminated a large divide in international society. However, the initial astonishments of this event now give way to arguments about the nature and direction of transnational life. For some, the situation is seen as the disappearance of an aberration, and the return of the “natural” processes of Western modernization and progress, guaranteed by free markets and liberal democracy. Others read the changes as the unveiling of a deeper, more complicated divide, requiring fundamental rethinking as well as reconstitution of world order. Through various readings, this senior seminar interrogates these and other interpretations of the interregnum and their correlative visions. Prerequisite(s): Senior standing (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. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (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. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (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. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (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. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (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. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Introduction to International Studies, junior standing, and a written proposal to the faculty supervisor and department chair. (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. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Introduction to International Studies, junior standing, and a written proposal to the faculty supervisor and department chair. (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. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Introduction to International Studies, junior standing, and a written proposal to the faculty supervisor and department chair. (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. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Introduction to International Studies, junior standing, and a written proposal to the faculty supervisor and department chair. (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/D/NC) only, but may be included on I.S. major plans. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Introduction to International Studies, sophomore standing, and International Studies faculty sponsorship. Work with Internship Office. (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/D/NC) only, but may be included on I.S. major plans. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Introduction to International Studies, sophomore standing, and International Studies faculty sponsorship. Work with Internship Office. (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/D/NC) only, but may be included on I.S. major plans. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Introduction to International Studies, sophomore standing, and International Studies faculty sponsorship. Work with Internship Office. (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/D/NC) only, but may be included on I.S. major plans. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Introduction to International Studies, sophomore standing, and International Studies faculty sponsorship. Work with Internship Office. (4 Credits)
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INTL 631 - Preceptorship
Work assisting a faculty member in planning and teaching a course. Every semester, depending on instructor need. Prerequisite(s): Advanced proficiency in the area of study and invitation by a faculty member. Work with Academic Programs. (1 Credits)
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INTL 632 - Preceptorship
Work assisting a faculty member in planning and teaching a course. Every semester, depending on instructor need. Prerequisite(s): Advanced proficiency in the area of study and invitation by a faculty member. Work with Academic Programs. (2 Credits)
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INTL 633 - Preceptorship
Work assisting a faculty member in planning and teaching a course. Every semester, depending on instructor need. Prerequisite(s): Advanced proficiency in the area of study and invitation by a faculty member. Work with Academic Programs. (3 Credits)
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INTL 634 - Preceptorship
Work assisting a faculty member in planning and teaching a course. Every semester, depending on instructor need. Prerequisite(s): Advanced proficiency in the area of study and invitation by a faculty member. Work with Academic Programs. (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. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (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. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (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. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (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. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (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 150 - Language and Gender in Japanese Society Cross-Listed as and
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. Fall semester. Prerequisite(s): JAPA 102 or its equivalent. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 204 - Second Year Japanese II
Continuation of JAPA 203 . Spring semester. Prerequisite(s): JAPA 203 or its equivalent. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 235 - Communicative Strategies in Japanese Society Cross-Listed as
This course aims at understanding communicative strategies employed by Japanese speakers. Students of Japanese language often wonder what cultural assumptions and strategies lie behind the language they are studying. In language classrooms such issues are touched upon but never fully explained in the interest of time. This course offers in-depth explorations of the interrelationship between Japanese language and society. Students will be encouraged to reflect upon their own communicative strategies. They will also read about strategies used by American English speakers as a point of comparison. How is gender articulated in Japanese society? Is the so-called feminine speech in Japanese real? If the feminine speech is considered “powerless,” how do women in authoritative positions speak? Problems in U.S.-Japan business and other negotiations are often reported in the popular press. How are they related to how people in each country communicate with one another? Japanese people are supposed to be “polite.” How, to whom, and in what context do they express politeness? Are their politeness strategies markedly different from those of other countries? Students will have opportunities to explore issues such as these. No Japanese language ability required. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 250 - Postwar Literature in Translation: At the Center, From the Margins
This course is designed to explore the richness of postwar and contemporary Japan, and begins with an examination of how Japanese literature came onto the “world scene” after WWII, as the works of Tanizaki, Mishima, and Kawabata appeared in English translation. We’ll read several novels by these authors, and consider what kind of image of Japan developed from and through that literary canon, then we’ll “deconstruct” that image of Japan by reading work by less well-known authors. Although Japanese society is often presented as homogenous and monoracial, there are people of various backgrounds, ethnicities, and language traditions living in the islands of Japan today, as there have been for many centuries. We will read literature and non-fiction about and by Okinawans, residents of other southern islands, Koreans and people of Korean descent in Japan, burakumin (traditional outcasts), and Ainu. We will read work by women that challenges traditional role expectations, and we will read work about and by people who experienced atomic bombing. Every year. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 251 - Fiction of Modern Japan
This course introduces major authors, texts, and issues in modern Japanese literature from 1868 to the present. The focus will be on works of fiction (mainly novels, novellas, and short stories) and how they mediate and complicate the relationships between: self and other, tradition and modernity, nation and empire, and history and memory. One of the central themes of the course is the role of literature in the production, transformation, and contestation of the national narratives and cultural constructs-or the fictions-of modern Japan. In addition to the literary or textual aspects of individual works (such as language, style, and narration), we will consider the specific historical, political, and socioeconomic factors informing these works. No prior knowledge of Japan or Japanese is required. Readings are in English or English translation. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 255 - Japanese Film and Animation: From the Salaryman to the Shojo
This course is an introduction to Japanese film and animation, covering major films, directors, and developments from the era of silent films to the global phenomenon of anime. In addition to considering formal aspects of film analysis, such as mise-en-scène, cinematography, and narrative, this course will examine the historical, social, and cultural contexts surrounding the production and reception of Japanese film. Topics to be addressed include: technological innovations (such as sound and color), the studio system, national cinema and transnational issues, gender and sexuality, and film’s relationship to other cultural media (such as literature, theater, and manga). Screenings include live-action films by Ozu, Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, and Oshima, as well as animated films by Miyazaki and Kon. All readings are in English or English translation, and all films have English subtitles. No previous knowledge of Japanese language or culture is required. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 288 - Race and Ethnicity in Japan Cross-Listed as AMST 288 and INTL 288
One of the founding myths of the modern Japanese nation-state has been the illusion of racial and ethnic homogeneity. This course aims not only to challenge this myth but also to historicize and contextualize it by investigating various racial and ethnic minorities in Japan: Ainu, Burakumin (outcasts), Okinawans, Koreans, African Americans, Nikkeijin (South Americans of Japanese descent), and Caucasians. These groups pose fundamental questions about the boundaries of “Japan” and about the meanings of “race” and “ethnicity” as categories of identification and difference. The purpose of this course is two-fold: 1) to familiarize students with the history of minority discourse in Japan, and 2) to encourage students to think critically and comparatively about race and ethnicity in general. All readings are in English or English translation. Offered every year. (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. Fall semester. Prerequisite(s): JAPA 204 or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 306 - Third Year Japanese II
Continuation of JAPA 305 . Emphasizes strong development of reading and writing skills. Spring semester. Prerequisite(s): JAPA 305 or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 335 - Analyzing Japanese Language Cross-Listed as
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. Offered every three years. Prerequisite(s): JAPA 204 or permission of instructor. (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. Fall semester. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite(s): JAPA 306 or permission of instructor. (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. Spring Semester. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite(s): JAPA 407 or permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 488 - Translating Japanese: Theory and Practice Cross-Listed as
How do you translate a haiku, a one-line, seventeen-syllable Japanese poem? In three lines, as is normal for haiku in English? Or, like the original, in seventeen syllables? These are some of the questions we will consider in this course, which covers both the practical aspects of translating Japanese (from haiku to film subtitles) and the theoretical implications of this act (such as fidelity, difference, and orientalism). Assignments will consist of readings in translation theory and practice, with particular emphasis on Japanese literary translation, as well as exercises in Japanese-to-English translation. In addition, students will complete a final translation project of publishable quality. Readings are in English and Japanese. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): JAPA 305 - Third Year Japanese I or higher. (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. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (1 Credits)
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JAPA 602 - Tutorial
Tutorials may be arranged for special kanji study or for supervised reading. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (2 Credits)
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JAPA 603 - Tutorial
Tutorials may be arranged for special kanji study or for supervised reading. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (3 Credits)
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JAPA 604 - Tutorial
Tutorials may be arranged for special kanji study or for supervised reading. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 611 - Independent Project
Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor, obtained prior to the start of the semester. (1 Credits)
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JAPA 612 - Independent Project
Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor, obtained prior to the start of the semester. (2 Credits)
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JAPA 613 - Independent Project
Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor, obtained prior to the start of the semester. (3 Credits)
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JAPA 614 - Independent Project
Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor, obtained prior to the start of the semester. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 621 - Internship
Sophomores and above may extend their learning beyond Macalester by working for an organization or institution related to Japan, usually in the Twin Cities. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office.
(1 Credits)
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JAPA 622 - Internship
Sophomores and above may extend their learning beyond Macalester by working for an organization or institution related to Japan, usually in the Twin Cities. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. (2 Credits)
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JAPA 623 - Internship
Sophomores and above may extend their learning beyond Macalester by working for an organization or institution related to Japan, usually in the Twin Cities. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. (3 Credits)
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JAPA 624 - Internship
Sophomores and above may extend their learning beyond Macalester by working for an organization or institution related to Japan, usually in the Twin Cities. Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. (4 Credits)
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JAPA 631 - Preceptorship
Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. (1 Credits)
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JAPA 632 - Preceptorship
Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. (2 Credits)
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JAPA 633 - Preceptorship
Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. (3 Credits)
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JAPA 634 - Preceptorship
Every semester. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. (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 (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 (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 (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 (4 Credits)
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LATI 141 - Latin America Through Women’s Eyes Cross-Listed as
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/D/NC 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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LATI 151 - Caribbean Literature and Culture: Aesthetics of Resistance Cross-Listed as
Explore literary, visual and musical expressions of resistance against colonialism and neocolonialism in the Caribbean, and examine street performance as a means of redefining public space and creating community. Students will learn about the tensions between culture and capital. Offered as a First Year Course only. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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LATI 171 - Susurros del Pasado: Whispers Toward the 21st Century Cross-Listed as
This course explores expressions of indigenismos both past and present throughout the Americas. Students will examine literary, historical and political texts that convey the ongoing struggle of Native Americans to retain cultural and sociopolitical autonomy in North and South America. Offered as a First Year Course only. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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LATI 181 - Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean Cross-Listed as HIST 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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LATI 194 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
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LATI 244 - Urban Latino Power Cross-Listed as and
Comparative study of Latino and Latina political struggles in the United States. We will explore the themes of subordination and empowerment through issues such as anti-immigrant ballot initiatives in California, the election of Latino mayors in Denver and San Antonio, Cuban dominance in Miami politics, multiracial violence in Los Angeles, and battles over labor conditions, affirmative action, bi-lingual education, and racial profiling. Student projects will involve field research among the Latino communities and organizations of the Twin Cities. Cross-listed with political science. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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LATI 245 - Latin American Politics
Comparative study of political institutions and conflicts in several Latin American countries. Through a mix of empirical and theoretical work, we analyze concepts and issues such as authoritarianism and democratization, neoliberalism, state terror and peace processes, guerrilla movements, party systems, populism, the Cuban Revolution, and U.S. military intervention. Themes are explored through diverse teaching methods including discussion, debates, simulations, partisan narratives, lecture, film, and poetry. Alternate years. Prerequisite(s): recommended. (4 Credits)
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LATI 246 - Comparative Democratization Cross-Listed as POLI 246
This course focuses on theories of democratic breakdown, regime transitions, and democratization in Southern Europe, Latin America, and Post-Communist Europe. Some of the cases we will study include Pinochet’s coup and Chile’s return to elections, Fujimori’s “self-coup” in Peru, the rise of Solidarity in Poland, the breakdown and return of democracy in Spain, and the end of the South African apartheid regime. Building on the literatures on transitions, consolidation, civil society, and constitutional design, the course culminates in a simulation of institution building in Iraq. Offered every year. Prerequisite(s): POLI 140 or LATI 141 recommended (4 Credits)
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LATI 249 - Regional Geography of Latin America Cross-Listed as GEOG 249
This class provides an introduction to the geography of Latin America - its peoples and environments - that looks at the importance of place as a way to understand a region. This geographical approach involves investigating the changing relationships among places, peoples, and ideas, and how these relationships define and influence a particular region. As such, the class considers some of the forces that have shaped, and continue to influence, contemporary Latin America and its relations with the rest of the world: the natural environment, the people, the economy, politics, urbanization and migration, and environment and development. Each of these topics is explored independently and in ways that emphasize inter-relationships among topics. Offered every fall. (4 Credits)
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LATI 255 - Peoples and Cultures of Latin America Cross-Listed as ANTH 255
This course is an introduction to the cultural diversity and complexity of Latin American societies. We will examine regional differences from an anthropological perspective and discus how social institutions and cultural practices and traditions have been shaped, and how they have dealt with continuity and change. Ethnographic case studies will allow us to explore relevant topics related to ethnicity, social stratification, gift-giving/reciprocity, kinship, rural/urban relationships, cosmology and religion, and gender. These issues will be examined within the context of particular histories, considering the legacy of colonialism, the formation of the nation-state, the emergence of social movements, post-colonial nationalism, the impart of migration and urbanization, and the effects of neo-liberalism and globalization. We will conclude with a critical examination of forms of representation of Latin America, which involve notions such as -indigenismo-. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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LATI 268 - Rights and Resistance: Theatre and Film in Latin America Cross-Listed as
This course offers an introduction to negotiations between art and the state in Latin American theatre and film texts and performances that expressly illuminate cultural and political movements in the Americas during the 20th century. We study the ways in which theatre and film address and express crisis of social conflict. Drawing on post-colonial and liberation theories of culture, art, and the state, we construct an intellectual history of socially motivated Latin American performances. (4 Credits)
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LATI 269 - Economics of International Migration Cross-Listed as ECON 269 and INTL 269
This course will examine the global movement of people through an economic lens. The course will study the impact that emigration has on the economy of the home country, such as brain drain and population change, the historic role that migration has played in economic development, and finally the effect that immigration has on immigrant-receiving countries. The various economic issues in the current immigration debate in the United States will be analyzed including the economic assimilation of immigrants, and the impact of immigration on native born workers. Every other spring. Cross-listed with ECON 269 and INTL 269 . (4 Credits)
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