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3.00 Credits
An exploration of how images of women in popular culture both perpetuate stereotypes and, at the same time, create new images which maintain deceptive distinctions. This course will look at women in the workplace, in the media and in the arts, using both traditional and non-traditional approaches. ( Spring)
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3.00 Credits
Students will execute, in consultation and supervision with department faculty, a completed research project in an area of student interest. The student's research proposal must be approved before the student enrolls in this course. During the course, students may work in conjunction with ongoing faculty research or in off-campus projects, depending on available opportunities. ( Fall)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the history and legacy of social movements in the United States, starting with the revolutionary movement for independence. The abolitionist, suffrage, antiimperialist, labor, anti racist, civil liberties, antiwar, feminist, environmental, gay/lesbian, human rights/global justice, anti death penalty struggles are among the movements to be studied. Howard Zinn's justice, anti-death penalty struggles are among the movements to be studied. Howard Zinn's People's Historyof the United States is used to provide the historical contexts for these movements. There is also a weekly lecture series in the evening organized to run parallel with the course, with leading activists talking about their experiences in many of the movements studied in class.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the range of questions about what justice requires and permits, to which alternative and incompatible answers are often offered by contending philosophical, theological, and sociological theories of justice. Lectures, readings, research and case studies are used to help students differentiate between and decide among the claims of rival accounts of justice, which compete for our moral, social, and political allegiance.
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4.00 Credits
Beginning course designed primarily to teach the elements of Spanish grammar and language structure through a communicative approach. Emphasis is on building vocabulary and language patterns to encourage spontaneous language use in and out of the classroom. Open to students with no previous training in Spanish and to others on assignment by placement test. ( Fall) (Spring)
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4.00 Credits
This course presents an introduction to the Portuguese language as it is spoken throughout the Portuguese-speaking world. It will cover basic vocabulary and grammatical construction of the language, as well as pronunciation and idiomatic expressions. The course is complemented by language lab sessions that are interactive and primarily auditory in nature. ( Fall) (Spring)
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3.00 Credits
Reading and discussions of contemporary Hispanic texts and review of the main grammatical concepts of Spanish. Cultural videos are used in class. Prerequisite: Intermediate placement or I. ( Fall) (Spring)
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4.00 Credits
The continuation of Portuguese for Beginners I, this course further develops the student's ability to communicate in Portuguese with native speakers through the study of current and common everyday situations, illustrated by a variety of short reading selections. Oral and reading comprehension is a key focus of the lessons and relevant exercises. Current audio-visual materials also complement the language lab. ( Fall) (Spring) Advanced Language and Composition and Introduction to Literary Studies
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3.00 Credits
Advanced course designed to further develop language skills through grammar review and analysis of texts relating to Hispanic culture and literature. Prerequisite: Intermediate II. (Fall)
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3.00 Credits
The main objective of this course is to develop reading comprehension techniques and to improve vocabulary related to different areas (legal, medical, financial, arts). The student will read a great variety of texts and will discuss them in class, working in groups and doing all kinds of comprehension exercises. Compositions, text summaries, and class presentations will be part of the course. ( Spring)
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