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1.00 Credits
(1) This course introduces students to search strategies and resources necessary for conducting science research. Students will learn how to locate and search in appropriate subject-specific databases and will develop skills to find, access, evaluate and use information efficiently and responsibly. F,S.
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3.00 Credits
(3) In this course students will have the opportunity to view and appreciate the distinctive character of different lands and peoples and acquire a basic intercultural communicative awareness that will prepare them for the study of a language. In addition, students will become familiar with scholarly approaches used in the discipline, which may include linguistics, second language acquisition, cultural studies, film studies, literary studies, interdisciplinary approaches, and/or pedagogy. Content will focus on a particular topic or theme within the context of non-English-speaking cultures. F,S.
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3.00 Credits
(3 credits) This course examines contemporary foreign language pedagogy in a sequential, standards-based curriculum. Students study and apply developmentally appropriate goals, objectives, content, skills, strategies, materials, and methods. Lesson plan designs, classroom management, and national and state education standards relevant to High School foreign language curricula are also examined. F
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
(3)(=COMM*338)Games and gampeplay are unique among media. Whether they are light, casual games or titles engaging with deep, thought-provoking themes and issues, each player is drawn into shaping and creating the play experience through the game's rule and procedures. The choices of how and which creative experiences are brought about through play serve as a window into, and a means to understand, the cultures that produce and play them. While it is easy to think of "gamer culture" as a homogenous and global category, games and gamer cultures are as nuanced and diverse as the people creating and playing them. This course focuses on the critical analysis of games in the global context as intercultural, participatory media. F,S,M,Su,W
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3.00 Credits
(=ENGL*372)(3 credits)(Prereq: ENGL*102) This course examines literature from Russia and its borderlands (including Ukraine, Central Asia, and the Caucasus) with an emphasis on the interrelationships between literature, folklore, history, and culture. Semesters may emphasize different regions and historical periods. F,S,Su
Prerequisite:
Take ENGL*102(6065);
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3.00 Credits
(3 credits) This online course will introduce students to Russian culture through its history, literature, folklore, cinema and fine arts. It provides students with an opportunity to analyze main ideas and values that have shaped the cultural identities of Russians. The intellectual and cultural history of Russia is explored through important textual and artistic images of Russian culture. The course also tracks the transformations of Russian culture from its origins to the present. No knowledge of Russian is required for this course.
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3.00 Credits
(3) OPur culture's fascination with Nazis and Nazi Germany is unending. Whether we are trying to understand how normal people can be swept up by a wave of fascism, or whether we are reincarnating Nazis as ultimate villains of our films, games and other visual media, our fascination with fascism endures. The course will examine both cinema from Nazi Germany and contemporary images of Nazis from Germany in order to better understand both sides of this fascination. F,S,M,Su.
Prerequisite:
Take ENGL*101(6064);
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3.00 Credits
(3 credits)(Prereq: ENGL*101) Relying on the analysis of historical, anthropological, literary, and cinematic texts and adopting an intercultural perspective, this course explores representations of the Mafia in Italian and American cinema and TV series from the early 20th century to today. In addition to introducing students to essential character types, film techniques, and narrative conventions that distinguish the "mafia movie" from other related genres, this course raises key questions about cultural representations of power, stereotypes, migration, national identity, race, gender, class difference, anti-mafia activism, and social justice in rural and urban contexts. Offered as needed
Prerequisite:
Take ENGL*101(6064);
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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