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4.00 Credits
Designed for students who have completed JA 110-JA 111 or whose placement scores are in the range for this course level.This two-semester sequence prepares students to continue the study of language on a more advanced level, and includes review of essential points of grammar, vocabulary building, and regular practice in speaking and writing.The language cultures are explored through a wide variety of materials (literary texts, press articles, films, etc.) Students attend three classes per week and do mandatory online work determined by the instructor.Four credits per semester.
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4.00 Credits
The course presents an intensive study of Latin grammar.Students who complete this course normally continue in LA 210-211.Four credits.
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3.00 Credits
For students with a high school background or the equivalent in Latin, this course fills out that background through extensive readings in the principal authors and genres not read in high school.The two-semester course fulfills the core requirement in foreign languages.Three credits per semester.
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3.00 Credits
Involves extensive readings of selected authors of Latin poetry.(Prerequisites: LA 210-211) Three credits per semester.
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2.00 Credits
Students undertake extensive readings of selected Latin prose authors in this two-semester course.(Prerequisites: LA 210-211) Three credits per semester.
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4.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary course combines the insights of history, politics, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, business, and economics to examine problems of poverty and justice in the developing world - including health, education, and environmental sustainability - with particular focus either on Central or South America, or the Caribbean.Significant to the course is a one-week immersion in one country, which is not required but strongly encouraged.Students plan and carry out a research project asking the critical questions and using the research methodologies of their academic major or minor.The immersion trip provides students with an intensive field research opportunity, the findings from which they incorporate into their paper s.This course meets the world diversity requirement . Four credits.
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3.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary course is NOT a course in diplomatic relations.Rather it considers the ways in which Latin Americans have perceived, analyzed, depicted, reacted to, and dealt with the United States.The course considers essayists, poets, film makers, social scientists, statesmen, journalists, revolutionaries, artists, vendepatrias, and diplomats.This course, which fulfills the requirement for the capstone seminar in Latin American and Caribbean studies and counts as a history course, includes research papers and oral presentations.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This seminar presents the human condition in Latin America through a multidisciplinary approach that combines history, sociology, anthropology, politics, literature, economics, and the arts.The central theme of "community" serves as the base for the exploration of a variety of topics, such as tensions between rural and urban; struggles over land; gender roles; the place fantasy; spirit; and obsession with music, dance, sport, religion, etc.The countries studied vary depending on the expertise of the seminar leader and invited guests.The most recent seminar focused on Mexico and Brazil, but other likely choices include Colombia, Haiti, and Cuba.The course includes research papers and oral presentations.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
Short-term internships in the field of Latin American and Caribbean Studies combine academic work with service that answers a community-identified need, and critical reflection.Such internships are offered in a Latin American or Caribbean country generally during the summer for a four to six-week period.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This seminar examines environmental, ethical, and socioeconomic issues of Latin America and the Caribbean.It integrates the hard sciences (biology, chemistry, physics, and physical geography), the social sciences (sociology, politics, economics, and business), and the humanities (history, ethics, theology, and literature).The capstone experience provides students with an overview of multiple perspectives on the environment of Latin America and the Caribbean with a focus on some specific countries and issues.Students conduct independent research projects that demonstrate their mastery of at least one component of each disciplinary group.This seminar counts for the capstone requirement for the minor in Applied Ethics, the minor in Environmental Studies, and the minor in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. This course meets the world diversity requirement. Three credits.
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