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This course is designed for those students who have completed successfully Spanish I and want to continue developing acquisition of language skills and vocabulary at the intermediate level. This course will pursue more emphasis in oral communication aim to stimulate students to interact effectively with the instructor, will aid them to improve accurately their pronunciation: articulation, enunciation, and diction, will engage them in oral practice and role playing of authentic situations using practical vocabulary, and will expose them to the unique cultural traditions of the Hispanic world. Audiovisual materials like. "Destinos" will supplement and support language learning.
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This course is designed for those students who have completed successfully Spanish II and want to continue developing acquisition of language skills and vocabulary at the advanced level.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the dynamics, impacts, ethics, and policy implications of globalization and interdependence, with special focus on environmental sustainability, alternative economic models, community-based development, cultural identity, human rights, and peace and security. Linked with the Peace Institute at Antioch College, this course features presentations by experts on various facets of globalization.
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This course investigates the theoretical and practical principles of service learning. Students will synthesize and integrate ideas and experiences to think holistically and creatively about one's personal course of study, its application to life and work goals, and the issues facing a changing society. Students will be introduced to the history, the philosophy, and the pedagogical theory of service learning. Students will explore the meaning and significance of key constructs like service, community, civic engagement, and social justice, and learn to analyze the relationships between power, privilege, community resources, and social change. Students will explore how to work collaboratively, creatively, and respectfully as a member of a team and a participant on a project to serve community needs.
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An overview of Indian history from the Vedic times to present. The first five class meetings cover Indian history from arrival of Aryans to the departure of the British in 1947. It includes discussion of art, architecture, performing arts, and literature. The next five class meetings cover India's independence, form of government, Constitution, political parties, main dynamics in post-independent India. The last three weeks cover projections on future, including India-U.S. relations and India's projected emergence as a major economic and political power.
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3.00 Credits
Film innovators use style to heighten the impact of visual narratives on the audience. Technological improvements have made it possible for filmmakers to improve the means by which film stories appear on the screen. Various theories of filmmaking determine the ways films are crafted. The Hollywood or classical style is one that set a standard worldwide. Prominent directors will be studied for their contributions to film style and genres.
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore Greek Myth and Art as it developed and evolved in Ancient Greece along with its' meaning, functions and forms of expression.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents perspectives on globalization and culture. It explores the codes and symbols, as well as the images, narratives and values that are associated with trans-societal constructions of culture today. In particular, the course examines the patterns of representation and negotiation of cultural self-identity in the globalization process.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to ways in which health, wellness, and related concepts are constructed and shaped by culture. We will draw on concepts from ethnomedicine, medical anthropology, anthropology of religion, sociolinguistics, and the psychology of health. We will explore various ways in which individuals, households, larger groups of people, and various medical systems and practitioners define, interpret, and attempt to create health. In this class, the concept of "health" includes not only the health of physical bodies, but also of mental, spiritual, social, and emotional bodies.
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3.00 Credits
"The 1960s" is an interdisciplinary consideration of an important decade in 20th century American history Literature, film, music, and other cultural manifestations of the period will be interwoven with the history itself, providing what it is hoped will be a comprehensive index to this complex era. Note that the concerns of the course do extend into 1970: our scope takes us as far as the Kent State shootings.
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