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1.00 Credits
Our schools and particularly those in urban areas are constantly in the news. Find out what's really happening here in Baltimore City through the eyes of fellow students and faculty who are working in schools and /or preparing to become teachers. Discussion topics will include: what urban schools are like today, how state and national reform efforts affect urban schools and how principals and teachers are working to improve student achievement. Sessions will include observations in Baltimore City Public Schools.
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1.00 Credits
This course offers a systematic introduction to various scholarly resources, collections and tools in all major social science disciplines as well as hands-on practice of the fundamental techniques of library research. Students learn to approach information search and retrieval in methodic, comprehensive yet targeted ways. With a combination of lecture, classroom exercise and team work, students build analytical and evaluative skills in conceptualizing research problem, navigating academic resources, and conducting effective literature review. The course aims to help students build healthy academic research habits which will benefit them in the long run.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the major themes, historical developments, and individuals which shape contemporary understandings of the LGBTQQI past. Using historical research along with literary texts, images, and film, we will consider the role history plays in identity construction, political strategy, and narratives of community.
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2.00 Credits
No Freshmen. Learn the principles, values and skills necessary to lead and succeed in organizations that make a positive difference in today’s world. The course will identify and provide opportunities to enhance the leadership skills of the students. A “Blueprint for Success” will provide the framework for students to cultivate their own ideas for new socially conscious entrepreneurial ventures. Students will hear from successful current leaders in the field of social entrepreneurship and be provided the opportunity to network with JHU alumni who are working or volunteering in the profit or non-profit through occupations that make a difference.
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3.00 Credits
This course will investigate how questions of intoxication are approached as threats or possibilities from the perspective of different ethical traditions, such as religious or political reform movements. The course thus seeks to understand notions of proper human and social bodies by exploring various understandings of intoxication, addiction, and sobriety.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the intertwinement of politics, literature, and sex. The emphasis is on critical engagement with readings from the Torah and texts by Aristophanes, Sappho, Plato, Plautus, St. Benedict, Chrétien de Troyes, Boccaccio, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Gryphius, Diderot, Dostoevsky, Proust, Joyce, and Churchill. The course also draws on theoretical reflections and current debates.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide an introduction to Korean society and culture through a close study of the recent and highly acclaimed film Chunhyang, which is a theatrical version of a famous 18th century Korean literary work. It provides a complex and visually effective window into late Korean traditional culture, educational system, family and gender issues, literature, and the performing arts. Through class work and readings, students will be able to study the concept of culture as a complex, intricate, and interrelated fabric of meanings and symbols. In this regard, the study of Korea will allow students to begin to acquire the tools to understand many cultures as well as current developments in South and North Korean inter-relations.
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4.00 Credits
This course combines time spent working as an intern in a local community based organization (to be selected by the student from a collection of offering) and a seminar style discussion where the meaning of such things as community, justice, service, and the history of philanthropy in Baltimore is critically discussed. Students will work in coordination with the Center for Social Concern at JHU to design an internship experience within a local community organization and attend a seminar that meets bi-monthly to discuss the meaning of their experience as interns so as to place their community involvement in a larger intellectual context. Students interested in the internship/practicum must seek approval from the Director of WGS prior to enrolling.
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3.00 Credits
This course is the continuation of Senior Thesis Course 360.431 for students completing their thesis in the East Asian Studies program.
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1.00 Credits
This course provides a brief, four-week, one-credit introduction to the cultural, political and aesthetic domains of Latin American cinema through thematically focused discussions of four feature-length films. Class Dates: March 2, March 9, March 16, March 30.
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