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RUS 227T - The Russian Language Studied Abroad 4 Course Units: 1.0
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RUS 230 - Contemporary Russian Culture Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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: 1.0
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RUS 251T - The Russian Language Studied Independently Abroad 2 Course Units: 1.0
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RUS 295H - Russian Honors Independent Study 1 Course Units: 0.0
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RUS 296H - Russian Honors Independent Study 2 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) CC: HUM
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RUS 300 - Survey of Russian Literature 1: From Pushkin to Revolution Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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: HUM, LCCR
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RUS 301 - Survey of Russian Literature 2: From Revolution to Present Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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 and The Mad in Russian Culture Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: 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. Cross-Listed: MLT 230 CC: HUL, HUM, LCCR, WAC
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RUS 490 - Russian Independent Study 1 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) Prerequisite(s): One 300-level course and permission of the instructor.
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RUS 491 - Russian Independent Study 2 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) Prerequisite(s): One 300-level course and permission of the instructor.
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RUS 492 - Russian Independent Study 3 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) Prerequisite(s): One 300-level course and permission of the instructor.
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Scholars Program |
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SCH 150 - Scholars Research Seminar Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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. CC: WAC-R
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SCH 295H - Scholars Honors Independent Project 1 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: Staff) First half of the two term, one credit independent project required of all scholars. Scholars will need written permission from the supervising faculty member to engage in a project. First half is graded pass/fail. Second half is graded with a letter. Students will register for their project with the department designation of the supervising faculty member’s department instead of the SCH prefix.
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SCH 296H - Scholars Honors Independent Project 2 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) Second half of the two term, one credit independent project required of all scholars. Scholars will need written permission from the supervising faculty member to engage in a project. First half is graded pass/fail. Second half is graded with a letter. Students will register for their project with the department designation of the supervising faculty member’s department instead of the SCH prefix. Prerequisite(s): SCH 295H
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SCH 297H - Scholars Honors Independent Project Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) Scholars will be able to use any course as the basis for their project. They will then go on to register for 297H, which will be a one term, one credit, letter graded course that replaces SCH 295H and SCH 296H . The learning outcomes for 297H will remain the same whether the Scholar chooses the current option (295H and 296H) or the new option. Individual faculty will oversee the project and will decide how best to achieve these learning outcomes based on the needs and skills of the student. Students will register for their project with the department designation of the supervising faculty member’s department instead of the SCH prefix.
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SCH 400 - Senior Colloquium Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) Senior Colloquium is the capstone honors course for students in the Scholars Program. The topic is appropriate to Scholars in the senior year regardless of major. Permission to enroll may also be given for Scholars in their sophomore and junior years at the discretion of the instructor. It is usually offered in the spring term and is only graded on a pass/fail basis.
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Science, Medicine, and Technology in Culture |
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STS 101 - Intro to Science, Technology, and Society Course Units: 1
This course introduces students to the range of methodologies, epistemologies, topics, and concerns central to the fields of Science, Technology, and Society (STS). How do scientific concepts develop, take root, and evolve? What range of roles do scientists and engineers play as they interact and intersect with broader societies? How might scientific practice and theory affect public planning and discourse? What are the social, political, anthropological, moral, religious, philosophical, and ethical dimensions technoscience’s complex role sin human cultures and societies? These are some fundamental questions that we will explore together in this survey course, which is a team-taught class offered by four of Union College’s faculty members.
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STS 498 - Science, Technology, and Society Senior Thesis 1 Course Units: 0.0
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STS 499 - Science, Technology, and Society Senior Thesis 2 Course Units: 2.0
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Sociology |
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SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology Course Units: 1.0
(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, JCHF, JSPE
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SOC 201 - Social Data Analysis Course Units: 1.0
(Spring: Wiest) The analysis of social science data. Emphasis on testing substantive hypotheses by means of computer data processing and statistical techniques. Cross-Listed: PSC 220 Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 CC: QMR, SOCS
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SOC 202 - Social Problems, Policy and Pop Culture Course Units: 1.0
(Fall: 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 CC: SOCS, JCHF, JSPE
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SOC 203 - Social Psychology Course Units: 1.0
(Fall; Spring: Staff) Cross-Listed: PSY 230 Prerequisite(s): PSY 100 is required per the Psychology Department due to its cross-listing with PSY 230 . SOC 100 will not satisfy this course alone. CC: SOCS
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SOC 204 - Social Construction of Deviance Course Units: 1.0
(Spring: Stablein) 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 CC: SOCS
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SOC 205 - Social Work and Human Services Course Units: 1.0
(Fall: Patterson) 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 CC: SOCS
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SOC 206 - Aging and Society Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: 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 CC: SOCS
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SOC 207 - Sociology of the Black Religious Experience Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) Sociology of Black Religious Experiences is a sociological analysis of a pivotal sector of Black communities, namely Black religious institutions and spiritual encounters. Topics include slave religions, the founding of independent Black churches, the Black musical heritage, Voodoo, and the legacies of Malcom X and Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black Lives Matter issues. The cornerstone of the course is the examination of how Social Justice and spiritual expression are interconnected and socially constructed. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 CC: LCC, SOCS, JCHF, JSPE
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SOC 209 - Staging Black Feminisms Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) This course considers the feminist and anti-racist practices of Black female dramatists, placing their plays within their cultural contexts. We will examine the ways in which these works construct Black feminist histories, genealogies, and cultures while challenging racial and sexual hierarchies in both American society and artistic canons. Each week, students will read a landmark dramatic text by a Black female playwright as well as seminal sociological texts and scholarly studies that contextualize the work within broader artistic and social movements. Through discussions, field trips including attendance at theatrical performances and other cultural events, reading responses, and a final presentations based on individual research, students will hone their thinking about the development of Black female voices in American dramatic literature and society. Cross-Listed: ATH 248 , EGL 268 Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 or GSW 100 or a 100-level EGL CC: SOCS, HUM, HUL, WAC, JCAD, JCHF, JLIT, JSPE
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SOC 212 - The American Family and Cross-Cultural Perspectives Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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, SOCS, JCHF, JSPE
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SOC 221 - School Social Work Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) This course focuses on the optimal use of Social Work in the public school setting as well as the role of the school in delivering human services effectively. Public education has long been considered the great equalizer in American society. This course will analyze the fundamental mission of both Social Work and schools to provide equal access and opportunity for our youngest generation. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 CC: SOCS
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SOC 222 - Schools and Societies Course Units: 1.0
(Fall: Cotter) Sociological analysis of education as an institution over time and across societies. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 CC: SOCS, JSPE
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SOC 223 - Sociology of Religion Course Units: 1.0
(Spring: Cotter) 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 CC: SOCS
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SOC 224 - Sociology of Community Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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 CC: SOCS
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SOC 230 - Sociology of the Black Community Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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, Gender, and Sexuality Course Units: 1.0
(Fall: Staff) 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, SOCS
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SOC 240 - Political Sociology Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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. Cross-Listed: PSC 284 Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 CC: SOCS
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SOC 260 - Population and Society: Demographic Trends Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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: 1.0
(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 CC: SOCS
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SOC 270 - Social Movements, the Environment, and Society Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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. Cross-Listed: PSC 283 Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 271 - Sociology of Disaster Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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: 1.0
(Spring: 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 CC: SOCS
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SOC 295H - Sociology Honors Independent Project 1 Course Units: 0.0
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SOC 296H - Sociology Honors Independent Project 2 Course Units: 1.0
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SOC 300 - Quantitative Methods of Social Research Course Units: 1.0
(Fall: Cotter) Identifying sociopolitical questions and developing hypotheses; designing research instruments (questionnaires); basic statistics and introduction to social science computer analysis. Prereq/Corequisite(s): SOC 100 CC: SOCS, JDQR, JSPE
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SOC 302 - Qualitative Social Research Methods Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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. Cross-Listed: PSC 222
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SOC 305 - History of Sociological Thought Course Units: 1.0
(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. Preference is given to Sociology majors and minors. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 CC: SOCS, WAC
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SOC 314 - America’s War on Drugs: Culture, Conflict, & Social Policy Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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 on drugs and the role it plays in other parts of the world. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 CC: SOCS
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SOC 316 - Contemporary Homelessness Course Units: 1
In this course we will explore the emergence of homelessness in contemporary society and its consequences to human life, wellbeing, and health. To do this, we will explore the lived experience of homelessness gleaned from observational studies and research on adolescents and adults primarily in the United States but also in other places around the globe. We will do this in an effort to understand the strategies homeless people historically employ to counter situations of alienation, isolation, and deprivation. This course is not open to students who completed FPR-100-07 The Homeless Experience offered in Winter 2021. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
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SOC 340 - Inequality and Mobility: From Penthouse to Poorhouse Course Units: 1.0
(Winter: Cotter) 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. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 CC: SOCS
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SOC 346 - Sociology of Black Women’s Culture Course Units: 1.0
(Spring: Hill 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, SOCS
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SOC 359 - Environmental Policy and Resource Management Course Units: 1.0
(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. Students complete an internship with an environmental service theme. CC: SOCS
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SOC 360 - Domestic Violence Course Units: 1.0
(Winter: Patterson) 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. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 CC: SOCS
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SOC 362 - Family and Community Services Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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. CC: SOCS
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SOC 364 - Sex and Motherhood Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 CC: SOCS
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SOC 370 - Public Health Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) An in-depth survey of health care systems and topics 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: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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 - Internships for Community Outreach Course Units: 1.0
(Spring: Kaplan) Designed to provide the student with work and research experience within a human service organization. CC: SOCS
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SOC 387T - Community Service Miniterm Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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: 1.0
(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. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 CC: SOCS, WAC, WAC-R, WS
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SOC 490 - Sociology Independent Study 1 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) Prerequisite(s): Permission of the department chair.
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SOC 491 - Sociology Independent Study 2 Course Units: 1.0
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SOC 492 - Sociology Independent Study 3 Course Units: 1.0
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SOC 493 - Sociology Independent Study 4 Course Units: 1.0
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SOC 494 - Sociology Independent Study 5 Course Units: 1.0
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SOC 495 - Sociology Independent Study 6 Course Units: 1.0
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SOC 496 - Sociology Independent Study 7 Course Units: 1.0
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SOC 497 - Sociology Independent Study 8 Course Units: 1.0
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SOC 498 - Sociology Senior Thesis 1 Course Units: 0.0
(TBD: 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: 2.0
(TBD: Staff) Special project for senior majors. Prerequisite(s): Permission of the department chair. CC: WS
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SRS 200 - Sophomore Research Seminar Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) Ensures that students have an early hands-on experience thinking and working as an academic researcher. (Students in the Scholars Program take the Scholars Research Seminar (SCH-150) instead of the Sophomore Research Seminar, and take it 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: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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 - Introduction to Spanish Cinema Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) This course examines canonical and non-canonical Spanish cinema by well-known as well as lesser-known filmmakers. In addressing questions pertaining to national and regional identities, the Spanish Civil War and the Franco dictatorship, the Spanish transition to a democratic republic and its evolving cultural values, and the country’s subsequent incorporation into the European Union, the course also revisits Spain’s imperial past and the country’s place, today, in world affairs. Students should expect to acquire greater knowledge of Spanish cultural diversity and history, while developing further their film analysis, conversation, and writing skills. CC: HUM
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MLT 281 - Screening Identities in Latin American Cinema Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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 283 - Beyond the Sunny Paradise: Caribbean literature and politics Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) Through the study of the literature and the political history of the Caribbean, the course aims to introduce students to a region comprised of a diverse conglomerate of nations that share several important parallels (colonial legacies; ethnic and sociocultural heterogeneity; racialized national identities; US interventionism; heavy dependence on tourism, among others). The pan-Caribbean scope of the course will provide students an in-depth view of the shared issues in the region, while the analysis of literary texts-from Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad-will allow the students to recognize the idiosyncratic characteristics of Caribbean nations. Students will explore the rich and often-overlooked literary production of the Caribbean, drawing lines of comparison and contrast among writers from several of the islands, and identifying the common literary elements and devices shared by them. The course seeks to promote a reflection on how Caribbean intellectuals explore and deal with issues of self-determination and the construction of identities. CC: HUL, LCC, HUM, WAC, JCHF, JLIT ISP: AFR, LAS
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MLT 284 - Popular Religion and Politics in Latin America Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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: HUM, LCC
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MLT 286T - Gender and Identity in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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 - Social Realism and Cinema in Latin America Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) This course examines different styles of documentary and realist film making from Latin America. It looks critically and with a “film-eye” at the aesthetic and socio-political meanings of conventional and experimental films dealing with social reality and its representation. We will analyze a selective, but historically contextualized and engaging, collection of films that include, among others, Luis Buñuel’s Los Olvidados (1950), Hector Babenco’s Pixote (1981), and Fernando Meirelles’ City of God (2002). CC: HUM, LCC
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MLT 288 - Torture and Dictatorship in Latin American Literature Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) This course explores Latin American literature and film in the twentieth century, with a particular focus on the dictatorships and the early years after the military coups in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Readings include texts by writers who stayed in their countries and wrote under the confines of censorship, texts by writers in exile, and theoretical texts on violence, torture, and censorship. Some themes and questions we will discuss are constraints of censorship, the gendering of the nation, control and punishment. CC: HUL, HUM, LCC
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MLT 289 - Literature of the Mexican-American Border Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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, HUM, LCC
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MLT 293 - Made in New York: Puerto Rican and Dominican Transnational Identities in American Literature & Cinema Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: 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, HUM, LCC
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MLT 294 - Generation X: Global Youth Culture in Fiction and Film Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) 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: 1.0
(TBD: 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, JWOL
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SPN 101 - Basic Spanish 2 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: 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, JWOL
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SPN 102 - Basic Spanish 3 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: 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, JWOL
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SPN 200 - Intermediate Spanish 1 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: 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, JWOL
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SPN 201 - Intermediate Spanish 2 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: 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, GWOL, GCHF
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SPN 202 - Intermediate Spanish 3 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: 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,JWOL
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SPN 203 - Advanced Spanish Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: 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, WAC, JWOL
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SPN 204T - The Spanish Language Studied Abroad 1 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) See International Programs.
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SPN 205T - The Spanish Language Studied Abroad 2 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) See International Programs.
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SPN 206T - The Spanish Language Studied Abroad 3 Course Units: 1.0
(TBD: Staff) See International Programs.
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