Academic Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Listing
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Courses listed below are grouped together alphabetically by subject prefix. To search for a specific course, please follow the instructions in the course filter box below and click on “Filter.”
Departments and interdisciplinary programs are described in detail on the Majors, Minors, and Other Programs page within this catalog. Please refer to the detailed sections on each area of study for more information. Requirements to fulfill a major or minor appear within each program or area of study.
All students must also complete the courses in the Common Curriculum (General Education), including Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) requirements and other requirements that pertain to the undergraduate degree. Courses are numbered as follows.
000-049 - Non-credit courses.
050-099 - Common Curriculum (General Education) courses and others that do NOT count toward the major.
100-199 - Introductory-level courses which count for the major.
200-299 - Sophomore/junior-level courses that often may be easily taken by non-majors. (Some departments may use 200-249 and 250-259 to delineate between sophomore and junior level offerings.)
300-399 - Upper-level courses intended primarily for majors - these are courses representing the depth component of the major.
400-499 - All advanced courses for seniors, including those used to fulfill WS (Senior Writing Experience requirement), small seminars, research, thesis, and independent studies.
Wherever possible, the departments have indicated the instructor and the term during which a course is given. Some courses are offered only occasionally and are so indicated. The College retains the right not to offer a course, especially if enrollment is insufficient.
A few courses are not valued at full course credit, and some carry double credit.
A full course unit may be equated to five quarter-credit hours, or three and one-third semester credit hours.
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SPN 203 - Advanced Spanish Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) The course emphasizes the further development of composition and writing skills using the process-writing approach. Writing production will consist of expository and creative pieces based on cultural and literary readings. Prerequisite(s): SPN 202 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUM
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SPN 204T - The Spanish Language Studied Abroad 1 Course Units: 1
(Fall; Staff) See International Programs.
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SPN 205T - The Spanish Language Studied Abroad 2 Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) See International Programs.
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SPN 206T - The Spanish Language Studied Abroad 3 Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) See International Programs.
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SPN 207T - The Spanish Language Studied Abroad 4 Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) See International Programs.
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SPN 208T - Spanish Civilization Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) See International Programs.
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SPN 209T - Mexican Civilization Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year)
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SPN 250T - The Spanish Language Studied Independently Abroad 1 Course Units: 1
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SPN 251T - The Spanish Language Studied Independently Abroad 2 Course Units: 1
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SPN 295H - Spanish Honors Independent Study 1 Course Units: 0
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SPN 296H - Spanish Honors Independent Study 2 Course Units: 1
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SPN 301 - Pop, Punk, and Rock & Roll: Spanish Generation X Writers of the 1990s and the Mass Media Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) In this course we will study the narrative of the youngest generation of writers in Spain, those born after 1960 and publishing in the 1990s. We will examine their works in relation to the influence of the mass media on the construction of subject identities. How does the mass media and popular culture contribute to the self-definition of contemporary bodies? How does it infuse Generation X’s writing on a thematic and a technical level? We will answer these questions through repeated literary analysis of short stories by authors like Josan Hatero, Juan Bonilla, Marta Sanz, and Nuria Barrio and of novels like Amor, curiosidad, prozac y dudas by Lucia Etxebarria, and La pistola de mi hermano by Ray Loriga. Prerequisite(s): SPN 203 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 304 - Performing Identities in Contemporary Spanish Theater Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Representative works by Spain’s leading playwrights from the 1930’s to the present (Garcia Lorca, Sastre, Buero Vallejo, Muniz, Arrabal, Lopez Rubio, Cabal, Pedrero, Diosdado, Onetti) are studied from diverse theoretical approaches to reflect on the performative nature of identities. Prerequisite(s): SPN 203 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 306 - Spanish Mutant Fictioneers: Mutant Fiction & Media Mutations in Twenty- First Century Spanish Literature Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) The contemporary authors known as the Mutantes are well-connected and savvy users of new media and social networking sites. They maintain their own web pages, they write blogs, they produce videos, book trailers, electronic hypertexts, and post photographs on Flickr. They directly address and dialogue with their fans and foes alike. This course examines how authors such as Agustin Fernandez Mallo, Jorge Carrion, Alberto Olmos, Juan Francisco Ferre, Javier Fernandez, among others use new media technologies to mutate words in print and print across media platforms. To understand the role of media in print, this course includes a series of hands-on workshops and a series of digital assignments. Students will read, watch, and analyze the work of these authors by engaging in research projects, reading short stories, book chapters, newspaper articles, blogs, and watching trailers, presentations, even spoken word DJ performances. Prerequisite(s): SPN 203 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUM
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SPN 311 - Otherness and Citizenship in Contemporary Spanish Theater and Cinema Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) An introduction to the study of the dramatic and film genres through the analysis and discussion of contemporary works by Spanish playwrights (Alonso deSantos, Moral, Onetti, Pedrero) and filmmakers (Almodovar, Bollain, De la lglesia, Leon de Aranoa, Pons, Uribe). Theoretical readings and diverse critical approaches to theater and cinema frame the course around the portrayal of the Other (women, North African and Latin American immigrants, LGBT communities, Roma people, and the poor). The analysis of primary texts will center on how the authors/directors weave representations of difference into narratives of nationhood, engaging in cultural and political debates about citizenship. The course also aims to familiarize students with Spanish visual culture and performance from “la Movida” (immediate post-Franco period) to the new millennium. Prerequisite(s): SPN 203 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUM
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SPN 312T - Immigration in Spanish Cinema Course Units: 1
This course will examine the filmic representation of migration in Spain in the context of contemporary European debates related to cultural, economic, and political change. The course seeks as well to grasp more clearly immigration’s racial, gender, sexual, religious, and other identity locations, as the Spanish nation and the people that inhabit its borders negotiate-often in paradoxical ways-national and social proximity with demographic realities. The course will analyze miscellaneous printed (newspapers, magazines, literary and economic-political texts) and visual media (virtual and not) dealing with the topic of migration in the context of re-settlement and human rights and institutional, cultural, and national beliefs. CC: LCCS
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SPN 325 - Staging Conflict: Studies in One-Act Mexican Theater Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course surveys contemporary one-act Mexican theater focusing on the theatrical devices, trends, and discourses adopted by playwrights to explore conflictive issues in Mexican society and culture: urban violence, generational clashes within the family, sexual diversity, gender roles, consumerism, among others. The course offers an introduction to the study of drama and the analysis of theatrical signs, and it attempts to complement the students’ term abroad experience in Mexico by focusing on and contextualizing linguistic and cultural aspects in the texts. Students read texts by Emilio Carballido, Victor Hugo Rascon Banda, Sabina Berman, Hugo Salcedo, among others. SPN 203 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 326 - Women Weaving Histories: Short Narratives by Latin American Female Writers Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) We will focus on short stories written in the 20th century by women throughout the Latin American region, including Isabel Allende (Chile), Elena Poniatowska (Mexico), Luisa Velenzuela (Argentina), Rosario Ferre (Puerto Rico), Laura Antillano (Venezuela), Maria Teresa Solaris (Peru), Helena Araujo (Colombia), Clarice Lispector (Brasil), Claribel Alegria (El Salvador/Nicaragua), among others. We will examine how these women have fictionalized their political and social realities and called into question the myths surrounding their existence; how their narratives subvert notions of national history, and of female identity and sexuality in relation to private and public spaces. Prerequisite(s): SPN 203 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 327 - The Nation at Home: Family and Nationhood in Spanish American Theater Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) An introduction to the study of the dramatic genre through the analysis and discussion of representative works by Spanish American playwrights (Triana, Wolff, Diaz, Gambaro, Arguelles, Berman, Canales, among others). Theoretical readings and diverse critical approaches to theater frame the course around the representation of family as a microcosm in which narratives of nationhood are contested, revised, and imagined. Prerequisite(s): SPN 203 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 328 - Inquiring Latin American Identities: Reading Context, Space & Cultural Artifacts Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course reflects on how Latin American identities are constructed through the lenses of written, visual, and oral texts. Latin-American cultural identities are conceived as processes initiated and sustained by the merging of radically different cultures that framed and continue to shape people’s lives.. Particularly, the course explores the impact of gender relations, ethnicity, urban spaces, cultural practices and beliefs on identity. Substantive theoretical readings will complement the assignments. Prerequisite(s): SPN 203 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUM
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SPN 329 - Interruptions: The Paradox of Tradition in Spanish American Poetry Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Octavio Paz describes modern literature as a “tradition of discontinuity,” one that constantly rebels against itself in search of innovation. This course examines Paz’s assertion through the study of foundational Spanish American poets. As we read and discuss each poet’s contribution to modern literature we will also study the characteristics that manifest a Spanish American poetic tradition. The course’s objectives are centered on strengthening student’s process of language acquisition, developing analytical skills, and reinforcing writing proficiency through reading poetry. Students will also have the opportunity to share their knowledge and collaborate in a learning community through in-class discussion and oral presentations. SPN 203 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 330 - Mexican Women’s Contemporary Short Fiction Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course focuses on Mexican women’s contemporary short fiction. Its analytical structure centers on reading stories from three anthologies that deal with three of the most significant formative female experiences in contemporary Latin-American societies: the mother, the family, and schools. The axis of conversation and analysis follows a feminist theoretical path while keeping in mind also local cultural, social and economic realities, racial and ethnic identities, and temporal specificities. SPN 203 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 332 - An Introduction to Afro-Hispanic Literatures and Cultures Course Units: 1
(Spring; Staff) This course exposes students, through selected readings dealing with the black experience in Latin America, to African diaspora literature particular to Spanish-speaking regions. It bridges various genres and artistic media (narrative, poetry, drama, film, music) in order to provide a general sense - aesthetic, material and cultural, theoretical and cross-temporal - of different manners in which black diasporic expressions have intervened in the re-creation, transformation, and interrogation of African-derived identities in Latin America. As such, this course examines these expressions as locutions that problematize and enrich our perceptions of social, cultural, economic, religious, gender, and sexual social orders and identities related to the black experience. SPN 203 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 350 - Visions and Voices: Chicana Icons from Myth to Matter Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) La Virgen de Guadalupe, La Malinche, and Frida Kahlo surround us on a daily basis. We see them in our dreams and in ourselves; they are repeatedly embodied in contemporary life and art. In this course we will discuss the historical significance of these three figures in dialogue with feminist reappropriations of their iconic value in contemporary literature, art, and culture. We will examine how musicians, visual artists, poets, narrators, and playwrights reclaim the iconic significance of these women and give them new voice and body in order to reposition and redefine the sexual and social identities of contemporary women. Prerequisite(s): SPN 203 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 351 - Border Identities Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course explores Chicano culture through essays, literature, and films that represent current and historical issues of the Mexican-American border. Readings will provide research and data, while literary texts and films will offer varying interpretations and representation of the border culture that will allow you to consider critically the complexities of 20th and 21st century issues that include immigration, working conditions, socio-economic status, the role of women, and identity. The course should also help you improve your proficiency in Spanish at all levels: building vocabulary, speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Prerequisite(s): Take SPN 203 or any other 300-level Spanish course. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 352 - Imagining Latino & Latina Identities Course Units: 1
(Winter; Staff) This course is an introduction to contemporary US Latino/a literature with a focus on Cuban-Americans, Dominican-Americans, Mexican-Americans/Chicanos, and Puerto Ricans. We will study representative works of various genres (narrative, drama, poetry, and film) within their cultural context. Our exploration of US Latino/a production seeks to reflect on the plurality and diversity of (self-) representation and the various ways in which Latin@ authors and artists imagine and construct their identities and communities in the United States. In addition to acquainting students with significant works of US Latino/a literature, the course seeks to strengthen reading ability and sharpening writing and critical skills. Class discussions and writing assignments are in Spanish. Prerequisite(s): SPN 203 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 360 - Spanish Communication: Speaking and Writing in Contemporary Settings Course Units: 1
(Fall; Staff) The goal of this course is to build oral proficiency in Spanish at advanced levels. Oral communication will be supported by readings and intensive writing in the target language. Acquisition of linguistically and culturally appropriate oral skills will allow students to communicate successfully in academic and professional settings as well as daily life. CC: LCCS, HUM
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SPN 375 - Dreams, Mirages and Delusions in Peninsular and Latin American Fiction Course Units: 1
(Spring; Staff) This course examines the complex relationships between author, character, and audience and explores representations of reality through the subconscious, the magical real and the unreal. Readings include texts by Cervantes, Borges, Garcia Lorca, García Márquez, Cortázar, and Ana Lydia Vega Prerequisite(s): SPN 203 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 376 - Down to Earth: Cross-Cultural Explorations of the Hispanic World Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course furthers the development of cultural competency while maximizing language skills and providing the foundation for further studies in language, literature, and culture. “Down to Earth” broadens students’ knowledge of the Spanish-speaking world by focusing on shared past and present issues affecting people living in similar geographic regions. CC: LCCS, HUM
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SPN 380 - What’s Love Got to Do with It: Gender and Nation in Hispanic and US Latino Literatures Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) An introduction to the study of literary genres thematically anchored in the intersection of gender dynamics, national politics, and the construction of identity (sexual, cultural, national). Students will read narrative, poetry, and drama from Spain, Spanish- America, and U.S. Latino communities. Theoretical readings and diverse critical approaches to literature frame the course around the portrayal of romantic/sexual relationships that acquire broader dimensions when scrutinized from the perspective of gender and national politics. How are gender and sexual identities inscribed in national identity? How cultural artifacts project and reflect the gendered body of the nation? SPN 203 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 381 - Hauntings in Hispanic Fiction Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Ghost stories evoke both fear and delight in readers, listeners, or viewers. But beyond entertaining us, tales of haunting can reveal memories, traumas, and social figures that an individual or society has repressed or maybe just never noticed before. For example, a ghostly apparition may serve to remind a nation of historical violence that it has sought to forget. Or it may represent the return of a marginalized social figure silenced in the past and clamoring to be heard in the present. In this course we will explore haunting as a theoretical concept and storytelling device. To do so we will analyze a variety of ghostly narratives - both literary and cinematic - from the Hispanic world. As we summon these fictional phantoms and work to interpret their messages, we will situate each text within its particular cultural, sociopolitical, and intellectual contexts. Prerequisite(s): SPN 203 CC: HUM, HUL, LCCS
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SPN 400 - Don Quixote Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course explores what is considered the first modern novel: its place within the historical and literary context of the time it was written, the complexities of the narrative, and its continued popularity 400 years after its initial publication. Related articles will provide background information and points of departure for discussion. By the end of the course students will have better knowledge of the period known as the Golden Age of Spanish literature, the Renaissance in Spain, and the famous text itself; and they will recognize the international influence the book has had on the arts around the world. Prerequisite(s): Any two 300-level Spanish courses, or any 400-level Spanish courses. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 401 - Bodies and Power in Latin American Narrative Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) We will examine through narrative and film the metaphoric use of the body in literature and how it represents the effects of political and socio-economic power. We will read texts by Manuel Puig, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Laura Esquivel, among others. Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level courses. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 402 - Dressing Up the Canon: Cross-Dressing in Hispanic Literature and Film Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) The course is a survey of literary and cinematic texts in the Hispanic world that adopt cross-dressing as a subversive device to reflect on and deal with the questioning of authority at various arenas (gender roles, sexual and national identities, politics, and cultural hegemony). Authors and directors such as Juana Inés de la Cruz, García Lorca, Luis Riaza, Paloma Pedrero, Isaac Chocrón, Diana Raznovich, Arturo Ripstein, and Pedro Almodóvar will be studied, as well as critical theory readings that will frame the class discussions. Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level courses. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 406 - Film of the Mexican American Border Course Units: 1
(Winter; Staff) Through the study of 9 films, students will gain an understanding of cinematic techniques and the ways in which the directors of these films use them to convey differing perspectives of the Mexican-American border, with emphasis on the Mexican side. The films will be presented thematically in reference to the border as the perceived locus of perversion and violence, emigration/immigration, and identity. Readings for the course will come from texts on film, and from book chapters and articles. By the end of the term students will have a better understanding of the history and social dynamics of the Mexican- American border. They will also better understand how to “read” film through different theoretical approaches. They will also be able to discuss and write analytically about what a director does and why. CC: LCCS, HUM
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SPN 407 - Cultures in Contact (and Conflict) in Contemporary Spain Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) What does it mean to be a national of a country? And who is included in that definition? By analyzing the specific case of Spain, in this course we will discover that the answers to these questions are complex and multiple. We will study literature, film, music, and television shows from three culturally and linguistically distinct regions of Spain: Galicia, Catalonia, and the Basque Country. In our analyses of these works we will discuss the key components of national identity, including language, traditions, geography, historical memory, political repression and violence, and gender. In the final unit we will explore how immigration and Spain’s relationship to the European Union are challenging traditional definitions of the nation. Prerequisite(s): Take any two 300-level Spanish courses.
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SPN 409 - Rebels with a Cause: Contemporary Spanish Youth Culture 1975-2010 Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course examines fiction and film of Spanish writers and directors from 1975 to 2010. Students consider critical perspectives on the development and expression of youth from the Spanish Movida (1975-85), Generation X (1990-2000), and the Mutantes (2000-2010). What are the socio-historical and cultural developments that have influenced these groups of writers? How have they reacted and represented their social realities? How did they define their identities, question and rebel against society? To what degree did North American popular and commercial culture and developments in media technologies infuse their storytelling practices on thematic and technical levels? Students in this course will read short stories and extracts from novels, magazines and newspaper articles, they will watch films and YouTube clips, write blogs and papers. Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level courses. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 415 - What Remains: Waste in Latin American Cinema, Literature, Media, and Art Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course examines the presence and impact of trash, disposed objects and life, and landfills/wastelands in the context of expiry, renewal, and globalization in Latin America. Borrowing from philosophy and urban sociology and anthropology, Latin American, cultural, media and cinema, and environmental studies, the course teases out the aesthetic, political, and economic aspects of “trash” as an intricate stockpile of modern, industrial, digital, and postindustrial traces of discarded and remnant history as well as a multifaceted symbolic index with particular trajectories and manifestations in Latin America contexts. The course will revisit cultish films like Amores Perros (González Iñárritu, 2000) and lesser known films likeLa sociedad del semáforo (Mendoza, 2010) and Buscando a Miguel (Fisher, 2006); examine Photography work by Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Miguel Río Branco, and Enrique Meinitides and conceptual art by Teresa Margolles and Doris Salcedo, among others; explore documentary and environmental work looking at waste, neoliberalism, and recovered and precarious life such as Sequía (Sánchez Macías, 2009), Cartoneros (Livón-Grosman, 2006),Lixo extraordinario (Walker, Jardim, Harly 2010), El tren blanco (García, Pérez Giménez y García, 2003), and Yasuní: dos segundos de vida(Leonardo Wild, 2010); and finally, analyze select literary and alternative initiatives related to “basura” (Ibargoyen, Bolaños, Restrepo, editorial Eloisa Cartonera, Spregelburd, among others). Prerequisite(s): Take two SPN-300 level courses. CC: LCCS, HUM
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SPN 417 - Death and Revenge in the Southern Cone Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course explores the literature of the Dirty War in Argentina, Uruguay, and of the early years of the Pinochet regime in Chile. Through analysis of narrative, theater and film we will touch upon the effects of torture and terrorism on society in those countries during the early 1970’s through the mid 1980’s. The class will read texts and view films written and produced under heavy censorship, and those written and produced in exile. We will also examine themes of revenge either by exiled writers or by those who can write more freely after a change in government. We will read texts by Marta Traba, Luisa Valenzuela, Diana Raznovich, Eduardo Pavlovsky, Ariel Dorfman, and others. Films will include Camila and Death and the Maiden. Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level courses. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 418 - Of Cock Fights and Crowded Elevators: Readings in Contemporary Mexican Theater Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Readings in contemporary Mexican theater that seek to explore how Mexican playwrights stage, perform, and imagine the nation and their communities either contesting or legitimizing hegemonic narratives of cultural uniformity, normative gender and sexual roles, and a cohesive political state. We will analyze dramatic texts by Luisa Josefina Hernández, Hugo Argüelles, Leonor Azcárate, Tomás Urtusástegui, Dante del Castillo, Jesús González Dávila, Sabina Berman, Hugo Salcedo, among others. Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level courses. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 431 - Colonial Latin America 1492-1800 Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course examines the complex array of European, indigenous, mestizo and African recordings of the encounter between Europeans, slaves and native Americans that started in the fifteenth century; and at the colonization and subsequent reconfiguration and displacement of individuals, communities, and their cultures. The course analyzes in some detail the historical and theoretical issues arising from this trans- Atlantic collision and exchange, a diverse historiographic and literary production that heralded and bore witness to the many ways in which the various peoples of, and involved in, the creation of the Americas documented, perceived, and imagined the old and the new, themselves and others. We will read travel journals, poetry, drama, histories, ethnographies, and other types of textual/visual production such as films and codices. Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level courses. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 432 - Islands Adrift: Race, Politics, and Diasporas in the Hispanic Caribbean Course Units: 1
(Spring; Staff) Introduction to the literatures and cultures of Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico centering on how the region continues to approach its development tempered by an array of colonial legacies-from the slave plantation system to globalization-that impact on social, political, economic, and cultural dynamics. Diverse critical approaches will frame the analysis of literary, visual, and musical texts by Luis Pales Matos, Nicolas Guillen, Pedro Mir, Heberto Padilla, Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Aida Cartagena Portalatin, Celia Cruz, Ana Lydia Vega, Juan Luis Guerra, Reinaldo Arenas, Mayra Montero, among others. Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level courses. CC: LCCS, HUL
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SPN 433 - Latin American Colonial Crossroads at the Movies Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course explores critically filmic approaches to colonial Latin American literature and history. Its main objectives are to analyze films preoccupied with historical events and life in colonial times, to engage the filmic representation of the cultural, political, and religious encounters and tensions informing our desire to revisit contact among Amerindians, African slaves and Europeans, and to familiarize students with debates pertaining to reconstructing the colonial past for contemporary consumption. Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level courses. CC: LCCS, HUM
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SPN 473 - Re-Viewing Spanish Cinema Course Units: 1
(Spring; Staff) This course examines the works of such well known artists/filmmakers as Medem, Almodóvar, Bigas Luna, de la Iglesia, and Aménabar, among others, who often directly engage with questions of ¨Spanishness,¨ of the nature of regional and ethnic diversity and identities within Spain, and the place of these identities in the wider framework of filmmaking in Europe. Furthermore, it will also study popular cinema which has been successful in a national context under the Franco regime and since the coming of democracy in the 1070s. Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level courses CC: LCCS, HUM
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SPN 489 - Honors Senior Seminar Course Units: 1
(Spring; Staff) For seniors who qualify for departmental honors; please contact the department during the Winter term. CC: LCCS
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SPN 490 - Spanish Independent Study 1 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Individual directed readings in the field of Spanish or Spanish-American literature. Prerequisite(s): At least one course in Spanish at the 400-level and permission of the instructor.
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SPN 491 - Spanish Independent Study 2 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Individual directed readings in the field of Spanish or Spanish-American literature. Prerequisite(s): At least one course in Spanish at the 400-level and permission of the instructor.
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SPN 492 - Spanish Independent Study 3 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Individual directed readings in the field of Spanish or Spanish-American literature. Prerequisite(s): At least one course in Spanish at the 400-level and permission of the instructor.
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STA 064 - (MTH-064) Statistical Thinking Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Seeks to provide the conceptual foundation and analytical skills required to understand a complex, data-rich and uncertain world, and to navigate through the daily bombardment of data from all sides. Significant emphasis is given to understanding the difficulties in acquiring high-quality data, before moving on to graphical and statistical analysis of data, in order to draw actionable conclusions. CC: QMR Note: Not open to students who have passed STA 104 , ECO 243 , MER 301 , or PSY 200
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STA 104 - (MTH-104) Introduction to Statistics Course Units: 1
(Winter; Staff) This course is intended to provide the conceptual foundations, and also analytical skills, for students to be able to quantify uncertainty, and further, to make rational decisions in the face of uncertainty. It addresses collection of high-quality data, basic statistical analysis of such data, including use of computer software, and drawing actionable conclusions from analyses. These conclusions include understanding the limitations of statistical analyses. The integration of subject matter knowledge with data analysis within the sequential cycle of scientific inquiry will be emphasized. This course is also intended to prepare students for more advanced statistics courses, such as those in experimental design or regression analysis. CC: QMR Note: Not open to students who have passed STA 064 , STA 164 , STA 264 , MER 301 , ECO 243 , or PSY 200
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STA 128 - Probability Course Units: 1
(Winter; Staff) (Same as MTH 128 ) Probability theory and applications. Prerequisite(s): MTH 102 , MTH 112 , or MTH 113
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STA 164 - (MTH 164) Strategies of Experimentation: Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments Course Units: 1
(Spring; Staff) Experimentation is at the heart of the scientific method, both in the physical and social sciences. Not only do experiments validate or disprove existing hypotheses, but often unexpected results lead to the development of new hypotheses and new theoretical understanding. This course will focus on strategies to accelerate the scientific method when experimenting with multiple variables. Specific topics include design options, such as simple comparative experiments, factorials and fractional factorials, and response surface designs, as well as analysis methods such as graphical methods, analysis of variance, and regression models. Prerequisite(s): STA 104 (MTH 104), MER 301 , ECO 243 , PSY 200 or STA 128 (MTH 128 ) or permission from the Chair.
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STA 264 - (MTH 264) Regression Analysis Course Units: 1
(Winter; Staff) Regression analysis is one of the most important and influential methods in statistics, finding application in virtually all disciplines, from business to healthcare to sociology to the hard sciences. This course will cover both the science of regression analysis - its underlying mathematical theory, as well as the art of its practical application. The course project will involve development of a regression model to fit a real data set. Lectures will be given primarily in matrix notation, i.e., using linear algebra. While the course will not be all-encompassing in itself due to time constraints, it would be good preparation for more advanced modeling courses involving data mining, machine learning, “Big Data”, and so on. Prior understanding of statistical concepts is assumed Prerequisite(s): MTH 115 and STA 104 (was MTH 204), ECO 243 , STA 164 (was MTH 164), or PSY 200 , ECO 243 , MER 301 or permission from Chair.
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STA 295H - Statistics Honors Independent Project 1 Course Units: 0
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STA 296H - Statistics Honors Independent Project 2 Course Units: 1
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STA 364 - Big Data Analytics Course Units: 1
(Spring; Staff) This course focuses on the analysis of large data sets in diverse application areas using statistical programming languages. Students will develop an understanding of the role of machine learning methods within the context of the scientific method. They will analyze real data sets using downloadable statistical programming packages, including on a course project of their own choosing. This analysis will include exploratory data analysis, visualization, and use of more sophisticated classification and predictive algorithms including nearest neighbor, naïve Bayes, classification and regression trees (CART), neural networks, and others. During the course we will pay special attention to validating models using the “train and test” regimen, as well as through cross validation and bootstrapping. In the process of studying the machine learning methods themselves, students will develop an ability to manipulate big data to accomplish the previous objectives. This includes downloading, merging, appending and reshaping data, and creating new variables. Successful completion of this course would be advantageous for those considering graduate study or employment in the areas of statistics, data science, machine learning, computer science, econometrics, or related disciplines. Prerequisite(s): STA 264 or ECO 243 or permission from Chair.
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STA 490 - Statistics Independent Study Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Independent study in a particular area of statistics under the supervision of a faculty member. Note: Subject to faculty availability and Chair approval.
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AMS 251T - Washington DC: Cultural and Political Spaces in America’s Capital Course Units: 1.0
(same as AAH 251T ) This course focuses on the ways Washington, DC residents, writers, politicians and critics have defined the nation’s capital, exploring the dichotomy between Washington as the “lived” city, with that as the nation’s public capital (and spectacle). The course examines the racial and class shifts over the last century in its residential space, its recent rapid gentrification, and the dramatic racial and class divide in both living space and working space. Moreover, the public space, such as presidential monuments, war memorials, federal museums, the White House, the Library of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Mall are contentious political spaces as well as symbolic spaces for tourists viewing the “values” of the United States. CC: Does not get LCC credit; term-abroad course not outside the United States.
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