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Semester Hours: 3 Once a year The Jewish heritage in terms of its beliefs, laws and folkways as reflected in classical and modern Hebrew literature. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: (Formerly 15 ( LT) Foundations of Jewish Tradition and Culture.)
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Semester Hours: 3 Once a year The Jewish heritage in terms of its beliefs, laws and folkways as reflected in classical and modern Hebrew literature. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: (Formerly 16 ( LT) Foundations of Jewish Tradition and Culture.)
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Semester Hours: 3 Every other year Selections from post-Biblical works in prose and poetry. Readings from medieval, philosophical, mystical and ethical writings with special reference to Judah Halevi and Maimonides. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: (Formerly 19 ( LT) Post-Biblical Literature.)
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Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Work, working people, and working class movements in modern Africa are the focus of this introductory course. Through contemporary and historical cross-country studies of workers in a wide variety of economic, political and institutional settings, we will evaluate rival perspectives on a host of interesting and controversial topics. These include: changing occupational and industrial formations, gender and racial gaps in jobs and income, poverty and inequality, immigration, urban informal employment, worker training and health care, labor unions, and government's regulatory and job creation roles. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: One introductory economics course, or LABR 1A, or instructor's permission. Credit given for this course or ECO 120 or AFST 120, not both.
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Semester Hours: 3 Fall or Spring The centrality of work in most people's lives has made labor issues like job growth, unemployment, skills training, pay and benefits, occupational safety, work force diversity and inequality, immigration, trade unions, labor-management relations, and government employment and labor market programs subjects of great importance and debate around the world. This course introduces students to the main theoretical perspectives and empirical tools used by economists to explain and analyze the multifaceted interactions of workers, employers, labor unions, regulatory agencies, and other institutions. Through both historical and current cross-country studies, the course develops a comparative global framework for analyzing earnings and employment problems and policies. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: ECO 1 or 2 or LABR 1A, or the instructor's permission. Same as ECO 141C. Credit given for this course or ECO 141C, but not both. Not open to students who have taken ECO 141.
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Semester Hours: 3 Once a Year This course examines life as it has been lived inside factories, corporations, and other work places, within communities, during leisure time, and in families and homes from the middle of the eighteenth century to the present. The primary focus is on the United States, but within an international context. Special attention will be paid to the processes by which working classes are created cross-culturally; the way in which gender categories are structured; the role of race and ethnicity; the recent global restructuring of industry and work; and unionization. We will also be interested in literary, theoretical and political views of work and labor. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: (Formerly LABR 1.)
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Once a year LACS 1 is intended to introduce students to the two diverse regions with which North Americans share the Western hemisphere. The course draws from several of the academic disciplines that participate in the University's program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies and offers a multi-faceted approach to various dimensions of the countries lying to the south of the United States. The geography, politics, socioeconomic development, cultures, languages and literature of Latin America and the Caribbean societies will all be analyzed in a manner that illustrates the interaction among the various disciplines in their approaches to these fascinating regions. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LACS 1 may be used to fulfill either the interdisciplinary course or the cross-cultural course requirement at Hofstra.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Interdisciplinary exploration of specific issues in the study of Latin America and the Caribbean. Areas of investigation may include: decolonization of knowledge, globalization and Latin American cultures, nation-building literature, U.S.-Latin American relations, natural resources and politics, indigenous communities and nation states, media and politics, among others. Topics may change each semester. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LACS 1 or permission of instructor or LACS director. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Poetry of Catullus, Horace, Tibullus and Propertius. Students will also deliver oral presentations on relevant scholarship. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LAT 4 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Reading of selected plays of Plautus, Terence and Seneca. Students will also deliver oral presentations on relevant scholarship. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LAT 4 or equivalent.
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