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4.00 Credits
First term of a three-term course for students preparing for professional biochemical work. Structures of biological molecules and assemblies, including proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids, and how these structures give rise to their biological functions.
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4.00 Credits
Chemical and physical properties of enzymes; energetics, kinetics, and mechanism of enzymatic reactions.
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4.00 Credits
An introductory history of Latinos in the United States. Beginning with Spanish colonization and moving to the recent migration of Latin and South Americans in the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s. Special attention will be given to particular events that shaped and influenced the Latino experience, such as the Mexican-American War, Repatriation, Bracero Program, World War II, War on Poverty, the Chicano Movement, and U.S. foreign policy in Latin America.
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4.00 Credits
Contemporary sociological studies and theory used to understand and explain the status of Chicanos and Latinos in the U.S. Topics will include family, gender relations, immigration, work and employment, inter- and intra-ethnic and racial relations in the community.
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4.00 Credits
The social, political, and literary experience of women in the Chicano and Latino communities. The women’s perspective and position in historical events, community organizing, and social issues will be explored through literature, art, music, and social science research.
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4.00 Credits
Explores a wide scope of Latino popular culture: highly produced entertainment (television, radio, film, magazines); commercial and non-commercial musical and artistic expression; popular celebrations; and the culture of "everyday life", from traditional folklore to newly invented customs and rituals. Popular culture is examined to reveal how Latino groups (Mexicans, Cubans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, etc.), reinvent their culture, heritage, and ethnic identity in the U.S., and how Latinos in the process are changing American popular culture and national identity. Students will become familiar with theories of popular culture and get hands-on experience investigating a Latino popular culture form.
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4.00 Credits
Social, economic, political organization, and representation of the U.S. Mexico Borderlands. While conflict characterizes the history of the interactions among border actors, the contemporary period reveals growing interdependence and economic integration. Explores cultural and social formations of Anglo-Americans and Mexican Americans in a dynamic contact zone, as well as the continuities and discontinuities in popular and academic representations of the border experience.
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1.00 Credits
No course description available.
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5.00 Credits
An introduction to Mandarin: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Characters and spoken language presented concurrently throughout the year.
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5.00 Credits
Continued work in Mandarin, with emphasis on mastering all basic grammatical structures, developing conversation skills, and building vocabulary in characters with correct pronunciation.
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