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REL 499 - Religious Studies Senior Thesis 2 Course Units: 2
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MLT 230 - Madness & The Mad in Russian Culture Course Units: 1
(Same as RUS 330 ) (Spring; Staff) In this course we will investigate illness and its various representations in 19th and 20th century Russian culture. Specific emphasis will be placed on madness, disease and death in our discussion of various literary and historical madmen. The course will be conducted as a combination of lectures and class discussion. An occasional film will be shown. CC: HUL, LCC
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MLT 260 - The Vampire as Other in East European and American Culture Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) We will discuss the present distribution of the East European peoples, their prehistory, and their relation to other peoples of Europe and Asia. We will also survey their early culture, including pagan, animistic, and dualistic religious beliefs, and Christianization. Our focus will be the myth of the vampire, which has had enduring power not only in Eastern European folk belief but also in American popular culture right up to the present day. CC: HUL, LCC
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MLT 262 - Russia: Magnificence, Mayhem, and Mafia Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Through analysis of literature, film, and visual arts we will discuss the Russian impact on the world with all its manifestations, constructive and destructive, and we will also attempt to “imagine” Russia in the future. Do you want to know more about Dostoevsky, communist and post-communist Russia, and, most importantly, the Russian Mafia? CC: HUL, LCC
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MLT 265 - Soviet and Russian Film Revolutions: Political, Social, Cultural Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) At its inception, Soviet film was intertwined with political revolution. In masterpieces such as Eisenstein’s The Battleship Potemkin and Pudovkin’s Mother, film directors sought to portray the Bolshevik take-over as a legitimate and inevitable response to oppression. Who could imagine that the same country would produce Little Vera, a film about the sexual revolution of the 1980’s or Brother, a hero-story about assassins? This course will follow the trajectory of Soviet and Russian cinema from the 1917 Revolution to the present day, as it was used to chronicle social and cultural upheavals. CC: HUM, LCC
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MLT 300T - Irkutsk, Russia Internship Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course is designed to help students connect their academic studies to practical application by offering academic credit for environmentally-focused work experience. Students will work 10-12 hours at an internship and will also attend class once a week. Articles on geography, climatology, resource allocation, remote sensing, and conservation biology will expose students to a wide range of practical and theoretical issues connected to the environment; specific focus will be on the Lake Baikal region of Siberia. The internships (at Great Lake Baikal Trail, museums or schools) will provide students with hands-on experience with environmental conservation and expose them to the day to day issues that Russian NGOs, schools and museums confront. CC: LCCR
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RUS 100 - Basic Russian 1 Course Units: 1
(Fall; Staff) For students with no knowledge of Russian. An introduction to the language, with emphasis on oral skills and communicative proficiency. CC: HUM
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RUS 101 - Basic Russian 2 Course Units: 1
(Winter; Staff) Continuation of RUS 100 . Prerequisite(s): RUS 100 or two years of high school Russian. CC: LCCR, HUM
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RUS 102 - Basic Russian 3 Course Units: 1
(Spring; Staff) A continuation of RUS 101 , with increasing attention paid to reading simple, every day texts. Prerequisite(s): RUS 101 or equivalent. CC: LCCR, HUM
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RUS 200 - Intermediate Russian 1 Course Units: 1
(Fall; Staff) Intensive development of the four proficiency skills (speaking, listening, reading, writing) with continued emphasis on strategies of basic conversation. Prerequisite(s): RUS 102 or equivalent. CC: LCCR, HUM
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RUS 201 - Intermediate Russian 2 Course Units: 1
(Winter; Staff) Continuation of RUS 200 . Prerequisite(s): RUS 200 or equivalent. CC: LCCR, HUM
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RUS 202 - Advanced Russian Course Units: 1
(Spring; Staff) Development of skills and vocabulary necessary to deal with conversation about and texts on Russian cultural life. Basic grammar review. Prerequisite(s): RUS 201 or equivalent. CC: HUM, LCCR
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RUS 224T - The Russian Language Studied Abroad 1 Course Units: 1
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RUS 225T - The Russian Language Studied Abroad 2 Course Units: 1
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RUS 226T - The Russian Language Studied Abroad 3 Course Units: 1
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RUS 227T - The Russian Language Studied Abroad 4 Course Units: 1
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RUS 230 - Contemporary Russian Culture Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) A course that combines expanding oral, aural, and written skills with an introduction to contemporary issues in Russian culture and political life. Prerequisite(s): RUS 202 or instructor’s permission. CC: LCCR, HUM
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RUS 250T - The Russian Language Studied Independently Abroad 1 Course Units: 1
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RUS 251T - The Russian Language Studied Independently Abroad 2 Course Units: 1
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RUS 295H - Russian Honors Independent Study 1 Course Units: 0
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RUS 296H - Russian Honors Independent Study 2 Course Units: 1
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RUS 300 - Survey of Russian Literature 1: From Pushkin to Revolution Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Readings that begin with the godfather of Russian literary life, Aleksander Pushkin, and that ends on the eve of the October revolution. Continued attention to development of vocabulary and oral presentation. Prerequisite(s): RUS 202 or instructor’s permission. CC: HUL, LCCR
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RUS 301 - Survey of Russian Literature 2: From Revolution to Present Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Readings ranging from the great revolutionary writers (Mayokovsky, Babel, Platonov, etc.) to contemporary writers of interest. Prerequisite(s): RUS 300 . CC: HUL, LCCR
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RUS 302 - The Russian Short Story: Pathologies of the Everyday Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) A survey of Russian short prose, with emphasis on its reflected/distorted images of Russian everyday life. Includes Gogol, Tolstoy, Gorky, Kharms, Petrushevskaia, and others. CC: HUL, LCCR
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RUS 330 - Madness & The Mad in Russian Culture Course Units: 1
(Same as MLT 230 ) (Spring; Staff) In this course we will investigate illness and its various representations in 19th and 20th century Russian culture. Specific emphasis will be placed on madness, disease and death in our discussion of various literary and historical madmen. The course will be conducted as a combination of lectures and class discussion. An occasional film will be shown. CC: HUL, LCCR
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RUS 490 - Russian Independent Study 1 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Prerequisite(s): One 300-level course and permission of the instructor.
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RUS 491 - Russian Independent Study 2 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Prerequisite(s): One 300-level course and permission of the instructor.
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RUS 492 - Russian Independent Study 3 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Prerequisite(s): One 300-level course and permission of the instructor.
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Science, Medicine, and Technology in Culture |
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SMT 123 - Ethics, Technology & Society Course Units: 1
(Same as ISC 123) (Not offered this Academic Year) In today’s technologically advanced society, professionals are faced with situations that require more than technical knowledge, common sense, and good judgment. Many of the issues borne by the complexity of modern day life are not only interwoven but are multidimensional. One of these dimensions is ethics. To illustrate how ethics, technology, and society intersect, this course offers case-based situations where students will learn from well-documented cases how to engage ethics principles in the decision making process, and how to put into practice the experience gained in the classroom from discussing various scenarios and from making one’s own arguments. CC: SET
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SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) The basic concepts and perspectives of sociology, including a survey of the major social institutions, social aspects of personality, and the processes of social interaction. CC: SOCS
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SOC 201 - Social Data Analysis Course Units: 1
(Same as PSC 220 ) The analysis of social science data. Emphasis on testing substantive hypotheses by means of computer data processing and statistical techniques. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 CC: QMR
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SOC 202 - Social Problems, Policy and Pop Culture Course Units: 1
(Spring; Kaplan) Identification of social forces and cultural images of major social problems (i.e. substance abuse, violence, crime, pollution) and relevant social policies. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 203 - Social Psychology Course Units: 1
(Same as PSY 230 ) (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Prerequisite(s): PSY 100 is required per the PSY Department du to its cross-listing with PSY-230. SOC-100 will not satisfy this course alone.
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SOC 204 - Social Construction of Deviance Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) An examination of “deviance” as a sociological phenomenon, including how the deviant label develops and how those so labeled are treated and controlled. Crime, prostitution, witch persecutions, mental illness, and the shaping of sexual identities and preferences are investigated. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 205 - Social Work and Human Services Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) The history of social services and the development of the profession of social work. Social problems and society’s response to these problems will be investigated. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 206 - Aging and Society Course Units: 1
(Winter; Staff) The social, psychological, and economic consequences of aging, with an emphasis on successful aging. Social programs and policies for the aged are evaluated. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 212 - The American Family and Cross-Cultural Perspectives Course Units: 1
(Fall; Butler) This course examines historical and contemporary patterns of American family from cross-cultural perspectives. We explore the ways in which race/ethnicity, social class, gender roles, conflict and crisis, and the media influence family life. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 CC: LCC
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SOC 222 - Schools and Societies Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Sociological analysis of education as an institution over time and across societies. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 223 - Sociology of Religion Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) The role of religion and religious phenomena from an institutional, organizational, and individual perspective in contemporary and historical context, exploring the interplay between the public and private spheres. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 224 - Sociology of Community Course Units: 1
(Spring; Cotter) How communities and their residents respond to external environments and internal organization. A series of case studies of urban, rural, and suburban communities and their effect on social behavior is a focus. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 228 - Sociology of Medicine Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Sociological perspectives on health, illness, the health professions and institutions, including studies of the social components of disease and its distribution, doctor-patient relations, and alternative health-care systems. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 230 - Sociology of the Black Community Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course is an introduction to African American society as revealed in the empirical literature of social sciences. Teaching and Learning in the context of this class will be multidimensional. You will learn about social structure and inequalities through readings, lectures, discussions, popular media examples, and field trips. Using these pedagogical strategies, our class will work as a learning community to explore contemporary issues relating to African American experiences. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 CC: LCC
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SOC 231 - Sex and Gender in American Society Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) An examination of gender and the social context of the behavior of men and women in contemporary American Society. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 233 - Race, Class, and Gender in American Society Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) The issues of gender, race, and class as organizing principles within sociology. The course draws broadly from the critical tradition, which focuses on issues of power, control, opportunity, gender, and economic relations. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 CC: LCC
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SOC 240 - Political Sociology Course Units: 1
(Same as PSC 284 ) (Fall; Butler) Explores issues of political power, domination, and legitimacy from a sociological perspective. Topics include the creation and maintenance of political power and the impact of political socialization. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 260 - Demography: Population and Society Course Units: 1
(Fall; Grigsby) An introduction to the study of human populations and the dynamics of birth, death and migration. Focus on how populations grow and decline and the implications for social policy in areas such as health, aging, social inequality, the environment, immigration and urban life. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 261 - Crime and Justice in Society Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) The social construction of crime and delinquency as social and legal categories; perspectives on causation and consequences of the societal reaction to crime. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 262 - Juvenile Delinquency Course Units: 1
(Fall; Stablein) An overview of sociological theory and research concerning juvenile delinquency and youth culture. Analyzes causes of juvenile delinquency, current strategies to control delinquency, perceptions of youth crime and contemporary youth problems. In addition, the course considers the strategies young people historically employ to counter situations of deprivation, alienation, and isolation Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 270 - Social Movements, the Environment, and Society Course Units: 1
(Same as PSC 283 ) (Not offered this Academic Year) The role of extra-governmental actors in the formation of public policy with a focus on environmental issues. The origins and development of social movements and the differences and similarities among these. Topics include the means by which such groups seek to influence policy and social practice and the outcomes of such attempts. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 271 - Sociology of Disaster Course Units: 1
(Spring; Grigsby) This course is an introduction to the sociological analysis of disasters. We will consider how sociologists conceptualize and theorize about disasters and the social and physical damage, death and injury, and economics loss they involve. Variations in the vulnerability of communities and particular social groups to such events will also be examined. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 284 - Sociology of Women & Health Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) A critical introduction to the sociological analysis of issues in women’s health in the contemporary United States, emphasizing how the key variables of gender, race & class structure access to health & well-being for women in our society. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 285 - Food, Nutrition and Society Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) In this course we will explore the social construction of food and its emotional and cultural meaning. How do social structures, such as education, affect how we eat? Included in the topics addressed in this course are how gender, culture, socio-economic status, ethnicity, and media affect our food choices, nutrition, health and health care system. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 290 - Personality, Media, and Society Course Units: 1
(Fall; Kaplan) How social roles and group dynamics impact personality and group behavior. Agents of socialization, with particular emphasis on the media and their impact on individual and societal expectations and values, will also be examined. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 295H - Sociology Honors Independent Project 1 Course Units: 0
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SOC 296H - Sociology Honors Independent Project 2 Course Units: 1
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SOC 300 - Quantitative Methods of Social Research Course Units: 1
(Fall; Cotter) Identifying sociopolitical questions and developing hypotheses; designing research instruments (questionnaires); basic statistics and introduction to social science computer analysis.
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SOC 302 - Qualitative Social Research Methods Course Units: 1
(Same as PSC 222 ) (Not offered this Academic Year) Introduction to qualitative research methods. The course is equally concerned with research design, techniques for gathering data, ethics in research, and the translation of field data into text.
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SOC 305 - History of Sociological Thought Course Units: 1
(Winter; Goldner) The development of sociological theory, with particular emphasis on the works of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Mead, Foucault, and Bourdieu, with a feminist critical analysis of each.
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SOC 314 - America’s War on Drugs: Culture, Conflict, & Social Policy Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) A critical evaluation of United States domestic and international drug policy. In this course, students will gain an understanding of domestic and international drug policy, and will apply a sociological perspective to understand the historic and current situational forces which shape America’s War on Drugs. We will evaluate current drug control strategies and the inequalities that have emerged as a result. This course also offers an overview of America’s international war ondrugs and the role it plays in other parts of the world. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 340 - Inequality and Mobility: From Penthouse to Poorhouse Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) The forms, causes, and consequences of social inequality. Topics include objective and ideological manifestations of trends and patterns in wealth, poverty, mobility, and welfare policy.
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SOC 346 - Sociology of Black Women’s Culture Course Units: 1
(Spring; Butler) This course examines the socialization of black womanhood. We will explore how certain socio-historical norms shape black women’s ideas about race, gender, class, sexuality, constructions of femininity, and public and private activism. Understanding the complexities of strategies of resistance to multiple and intersecting oppressions (race, class, gender, sexuality, etc.) forms the focus of the course. Prerequisite(s): Suggested: SOC 230 , SOC 233 , GSW 100 CC: LCC
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SOC 359 - Environmental Policy and Resource Management Course Units: 1
(Fall; Kaplan) An examination of environmental issues and problems such as acid rain, ocean dumping, and nuclear wastes, and the social forces that shape environmental policies.
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SOC 360 - Domestic Violence Course Units: 1
(Spring; Staff) A sociological examination of issues and questions raised by violence within American families. The public definition of family violence, subjective experiences of abusers and victims, social and individual causes and consequences of abuse, complexities and problems of social interventions.
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SOC 362 - Family and Community Services Course Units: 1
(Winter; Kaplan) An examination of the response of community organizations and services to family life. Particular issues will include spouse and child abuse, juvenile delinquency, teenage pregnancy, daycare, and family instability and mental health. Visits to community and human service organizations will also be arranged.
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SOC 364 - Sex and Motherhood Course Units: 1
(Spring; Grigsby) An analysis of selected issues in the regulation of human reproduction & family building, primarily from sociological and feminist perspectives. Topics such as birth control, abortion, adolescent pregnancy, infertility & pregnancy are examined in historical and cross-cultural contexts with particular focus on the variables of gender, class and race.
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SOC 370 - Public Health Care Policy and Society Course Units: 1
(Fall; Goldner) An overview of public health with emphasis on the impact of large-scale social and cultural forces on the health of the public. The epidemiology of selected diseases, injuries, and the addictive disorders; the health effects of exposure to environmental and work place toxins; the role of nutrition in health.
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SOC 372 - Global Health Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) An in-depth survey of health care systems from a cross-cultural perspective, of particular interest to health care providers and practitioners and to students interested in comparative health care systems, particularly those planning to go on the Health Systems Term Abroad.
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SOC 374 - Mental Health and Society Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) A general introduction to the social scientific study of mental health. Topics include theories of mental illness, epidemiology of mental illness, the social experience of being a mental patient, and contemporary issues in mental health.
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SOC 385 - Internship in the Delivery of Human Services Course Units: 1
(Spring; Kaplan) Designed to provide the student with work and research experience within a human service organization. Registration by application filed during fall term and by permission of instructor.
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SOC 387T - Community Service Miniterm Course Units: 1
An integrative learning experience that combines an intensive off-campus December service experience with academic inquiry and critical reflection about the social, political, cultural and economic issues in which such service is embedded. Current focus is hurricane recovery in Louisiana Gulf coast. Registration by application filed in spring term and permission of instructor. CC: LCC
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SOC 450 - Environmental Services and Policy Course Units: 1
(Winter; Kaplan) The focus of this seminar is on the implementation of different environmental policies. Internships or case studies of environmental organizations, including NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, are part of the course.
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SOC 490 - Sociology Independent Study 1 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Prerequisite(s): Permission of the department chair.
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SOC 491 - Sociology Independent Study 2 Course Units: 1
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SOC 492 - Sociology Independent Study 3 Course Units: 1
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SOC 493 - Sociology Independent Study 4 Course Units: 1
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SOC 494 - Sociology Independent Study 5 Course Units: 1
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SOC 495 - Sociology Independent Study 6 Course Units: 1
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SOC 496 - Sociology Independent Study 7 Course Units: 1
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SOC 497 - Sociology Independent Study 8 Course Units: 1
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SOC 498 - Sociology Senior Thesis 1 Course Units: 0
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Special project for senior majors. Prerequisite(s): Permission of the department chair.
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SOC 499 - Sociology Senior Thesis 2 Course Units: 2
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Special project for senior majors. Prerequisite(s): Permission of the department chair.
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SRS 200 - Sophomore Research Seminar Course Units: 1
Ensures that students have an early hands-on experience thinking and working as an academic researcher. Note that students in the Scholars Program take the Scholars Research Seminar (SCH-150) after the Scholars Preceptorial.
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MLT 272 - Art and Politics in Spain: From the Civil War to Postfrancoism and Postmodernity Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) The impact that political events of this century in Spain have had on Spanish society and culture, as manifested in the arts in general and in literature in particular. CC: HUL
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MLT 273 - Re-Viewing Spanish Cinema: From Dictators, Bullfighters and Flamenco to Nationalisms and Globalization Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course examines the works of such well-known artists/filmmakers as Medem, Almodovar, Bigas Luna, de la Iglesia, Amenabar, 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 1970s. CC: HUM
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MLT 281 - Screening Identities in Latin American Cinema Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) A survey of the main trends in film production in Latin America since the 1950s (Mexican Golden Age Cinema, Brazilian Cinema Novo, Cuban Imperfect Cinema, Mexican New Wave, the 1990’s and beyond). Readings and discussions on issues of film history, aesthetics, representation and reception will frame our critical reflection on the construction of identities (inner-city youth, gender roles, masculinities, race and ethnicity, and US Latinos). CC: HUM, LCC
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MLT 282 - North/South Relations and Diasporic Politics Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course explores the cultural and political interaction between North and South that historically has helped to define the geography of the Americas. As an interdisciplinary course, North/South will draw students into ongoing debates about linguistic and intercultural exchange and conflict within hemispheric politics. CC: HUM, LCC
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MLT 283 - Beyond the Sunny Paradise: Literature and Politics in the Caribbean Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) An interdisciplinary study of Caribbean literature focusing on the political history of the region from 1898 to the present. Pan-Caribbean literary survey (Alvarez, Arenas, Bosch, Cartagena- Portalatin, Zobel, Danticat, Ferre, Kincaid, Naipaul, Santos-Febres, Ana Lydia Vega, among others). Besides the literary texts, films and substantive readings will contribute to an examination of five main topics: Legacies of Colonialism; Race and Ethnicity; Constructed Identities; U.S. Dominance and Interventionism; and Caribbean Diaspora. CC: HUL, LCC
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MLT 284 - Popular Religion and Politics in Latin America Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) In this course we will examine the connection between politics and popular religions in Latin America, taking a critical view of several of their manifestations without losing track of the language and “sciences” historically used to describe them. We will engage biblical, anthropological, videographic, ethnohistorical and cultural theory texts as well as oral histories and collective memories. The final goal is to tease out those ideas that have traditionally defined the terms in which we understand and explain the “popular” in religious behavior; to understand better the conflicted relationship between “popular” cultural and institutional spaces; and finally to understand why the evolution of popular religions in Latin America cannot be examined without also taking into account their political economy. CC: HUL, LCC
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MLT 286T - Gender and Identity in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) The course is a survey of contemporary Brazilian cinema focusing on issues of representation, reception and spectatorship, and construction of (national, cultural, gender, and racial) identity. Besides the films, reviews and substantive readings will contribute to an examination of five main topics: 1) Constructions of Gender; 2) Representations of National Identity; 3) Race and Class; 4) Queer Images; and, 5) Imagining Marginality. All films studied in class will link two or more of these topics. CC: HUM, LCC
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MLT 287 - Filming Margins: Cinema Verité and Social Realism in Latin America Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course studies different styles of documentary and realist film making from Latin America. It looks critically and with a “film-eye” at the aesthetics and socio-political meanings of conventional and experimental documentary films dealing with marginalized peoples and their representation, such as Bunuel’s Los Olvidados (1950), Hector Babenco’s Pixote (1981) and Fernando Meirelles’ City of God (2002), and others. CC: HUM, LCC
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MLT 288 - Torture and Dictatorship in Latin American Literature Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course is an exploration of Latin-American literature in the twentieth century with a particular focus on the Dirty War in Argentina (1976-1983) and the early years after the military coups in Uruguay and Chile during the same time period. Readings include texts by writers who stayed in Argentina and Chile and who wrote under the confines of censorship, texts by exiled writers and essays theories of violence, torture and censorship. The class will also include viewings and analysis of films related to the events in those countries. We will also discuss the gendering of nation, the government and the victims-and will study the phenomenon of nation and people as the feminine “body” on which the male government exacts its control and punishment. We will also analyze the contrasts between literature written under the constraints of censorship, and that of exile. CC: HUL, LCC
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MLT 289 - Literature of the Mexican-American Border Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This is a class in literature, film and essays from both sides of the Mexican-American border. This course is designed to give students an under-standing of the complexities of the history, culture and sense of identity of residents from both sides. The class will be discussion based and will focus on the close readings of novels, poems, short stories and plays. CC: HUL, LCC
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MLT 293 - Made in New York: Puerto Rican and Dominican Transnational Identities in American Literature & Cinema Course Units: 1
(Winter; Staff) The course is a survey of the cultural production and representation of the Dominican and Puerto Rican communities in New York City from the late 1950’s to the present. Through the analysis of literary texts (narrative, poetry, theater) and films, students are encouraged to reflect on the forging of transnational identities and other issues (race, cultural identity, gender and masculinities) related to these two Caribbean diasporic communities in the U.S., and on the politics of their representation within the American cultural economy. CC: HUL, LCC
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MLT 294 - Generation X: Global Youth Culture in Fiction and Film Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) In this course we will examine the production of Generation X literature and culture worldwide. We will begin the course by gaining an understanding of the roots and meaning of “Generation X” since the US post-war period, to its various outgrowths around the world. We will examine how the axis of a “GenX” consciousness plays itself out in countries around the world in narrative, film, art, and music. Possible authors, artists and directors include Canadian Douglas Coupland, American Richard Linklater, Spaniard Ray Loriga, Chilean Alberto Fuguet, Bolivian Edmundo Paz-Soldan, Australians Andrew McGahan and Justine Ettler, Icelandic author Hallgrimur Helgason, British artist Sarah Lucas, Chinese writers Mian Mian and Wei Hui, Russian Viktor Pelevin, Check writer Jachym Topol, and others. In this course, students will create their own short films through a careful, task-by-task research and creative idea generation process, they will receive training using iMovie, and they will learn about the ethical and lawful use of digital media material. For MLT Spanish credit, students must engage in a research / film project related to the Hispanic world. CC: HUM, LCC
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SPN 100 - Basic Spanish 1 Course Units: 1
(Fall; Staff) An introduction to the study of the Spanish language and culture through listening, speaking, reading, and writing. No prior knowledge of Spanish is required. Attendance of weekly sessions with the language assistant is required. CC: HUM
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SPN 101 - Basic Spanish 2 Course Units: 1
(Winter; Staff) A continuation of Spanish 1. This course further develops all language skills. Prerequisite(s): SPN 100 or two years of Spanish at high school level. Attendance of weekly sessions with the language assistant is required. CC: LCCS, HUM
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SPN 102 - Basic Spanish 3 Course Units: 1
(Spring; Staff) A continuation of Spanish 2. This course further develops all language skills. Prerequisite(s): SPN 101 or three years of Spanish at high school level. Attendance of weekly sessions with the language assistant is required. CC: LCCS, HUM
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SPN 200 - Intermediate Spanish 1 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Intensive and accelerated grammar review, and vocabulary growth. Further development of conversation and writing skills based on cultural texts. Prerequisite(s): SPN 102 or equivalent or four years of secondary school Spanish. CC: LCCS, HUM
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SPN 201 - Intermediate Spanish 2 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Continuation of the intensive and accelerated grammar review and vocabulary growth initiated in the previous course. Further development of conversation and writing skills based on cultural and literary texts. Prerequisite(s): SPN 200 or AP Spanish credit in high school CC: LCCS, HUM
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SPN 202 - Intermediate Spanish 3 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Continuation of the intensive and accelerated grammar review and vocabulary growth initiated in the previous course. Further development of conversation and writing skills based on literary texts. Prerequisite(s): SPN 201 or a score of 3+ on AP Spanish exam. CC: LCCS, HUM
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