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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Theory and methods of ethnographic field research; preparation for field research projects with community-based organizations serving Latin American and Caribbean communities in Chicago; introduction to creative ways of communicating research, such as exhibitions, forums, or related public education programs.
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3.00 Credits
Exploration of the varied expressions of masculinity and femininity across Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Latin United States from pre-Columbian times to the present. Case studies and emphases may vary from year to year.
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3.00 Credits
Topics such as McCarthyism and free speech, antitrust law and economics, human rights, wrongful conviction, and community policing. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor or program director.
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3.00 Credits
Exposure to theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of law and legal institutions and their relationship to society; emphasis on analytic skills and interdisciplinary research experience. Readings in legal studies; preparation and presentation of research projects and papers. Varying class format incorporating meetings, group exercises, and small tutorials led by faculty-supervised graduate teaching fellows. Consecutive enrollment required in both courses in the sequence. Prerequisite: Acceptance to program as adjunct major.
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3.00 Credits
Readings and conferences on special subjects for students pursuing a specific area of interest in legal studies.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the study of language in its social context. Language variation by gender, race/ethnicity, social class, and region. Language norms and attitudes. Multilingualism and public policy.
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3.00 Credits
Linguistic manifestations of prejudice from various sources: region, gender, race, ethnicity, social class, sexual orientation, and country of origin. Speech codes, the balance between rules of civility and freedom of speech, "politically correct" language, the language policies of schools and governments, and the imposition of language standards.
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3.00 Credits
The role of language in constructing, preserving, and manipulating political and national identities. Topics include linguistic nationalism, language laws, rights of minority languages, language discrimination, language and religion, alphabet issues, language and dialect as ethnic identity, standard language, and others. Regional content varies depending on interests and expertise of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the scientific study of language through examination of various well-known myths surrounding language and its use.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the fundamentals of linguistic theory and the basic phonological, morphological, and syntactic tools needed to describe and analyze an unfamiliar language. The structure and sociolinguistic profiles of immigrant languages of the Chicago area are discussed, including Spanish, Polish, Urdu, Arabic, and Serbo-Croatian as well as aboriginal languages of the area, such as Potawatomi.
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