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Sociology
	SOC 212 - Theories of Social Psychology Credits: 3 When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010 Prerequisite: Three credits in psychology or sociology or permission of the instructor.An introduction to the major theories in social psychology, with origins in both psychological and sociological traditions. The course examines psychoanalytic, behaviorist, cognitive, and symbolic interactionist theories.Staff.
	SOC 221 - Sociology of Religion (REL 221)FDR: HU as religion only; GE4d, as religion only. Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter 2011 and alternate years Theories of the origin and functions of religion; institutionalization of religious belief, behavior, and social organization; and conditions in which religion maintains social stability; and/or generates social change.Eastwood.
	SOC 222 - Secularization and Modern Society: The Demise of Religion? FDR: SS4, GE6D Credits: 3 When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010 For some years, secularization theory, the view that political and economic “modernization” inevitably produces religion’s demise, was nearly the consensus among social scientists. More recently, scholars have been forced to question this once common position. Religion seems to remain a powerful force in today’s world. This course explores this central debate in the sociology of religion.Eastwood.
	SOC 225 - Peoples of Central Europe Through Literature and Film FDR: SS4, GE6d Credits: 4 When Offered: Spring 2010 This course provides basic information about the citizens of the Central European nations of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. The beliefs, attitudes, and value systems of the people of Central Europe are studied using core textbook readings supplemented by feature films, video materials, novels, short stories, plays, and poetry. Class discussions focus on interpreting these works of art in the context of comparative, historical-sociological analysis of the Polish, Czech, and Hungarian cultures and societies.Jasiewicz.
	SOC 228 - Race and Ethnic Relations FDR: SS4 Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall An analysis of minority groups in America. Theories of ethnicity are examined focusing on the relationship between class and ethnicity, and on the possible social and biological significance of racial differences. Attention is also given to prejudice and discrimination, as well as to consideration of minority strategies to bring about change.Novack.
	SOC 234 - Nationalism in Latin America (HIST 234)FDR: This course does not meet FDR/GE requirements. Credits: 3 When Offered: Spring 2011 and alternate years Prerequisite: ANTH 101, SOC 102 or permission of the instructor.This course focuses on the emergence and development of nationalism in Latin America. Readings include works by scholars from across the range of the social sciences, including history, political science, and sociology. The course devotes consideration to the following issues: a variety of explanatory accounts that scholars have provided of why the region turned to nationalism in the early 19th century; the main social and political implications of this transformation of identity; the various competing images of the nation in the region; the question of whether some Latin American nations understand themselves in “civic” and others in “ethnic” terms; the relationship between particularistic Latin American nationalisms and Bolívar’s pan-American dream; and, finally, the nature and roles of nationalism in more recent Latin American politics. Background knowledge of Latin American history is not required.Eastwood.
	SOC 245 - European Politics and Society (POL 245)FDR: SS4 as sociology only; GE6d as sociology only Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall 2010 and alternate years A comparative analysis of European political systems and social institutions. The course covers the established democracies of western and northern Europe, the new democracies of southern and east-central Europe, and the post-Communist regimes in eastern and southeastern Europe. Mechanisms of European integration are also discussed with attention focused on institutions such as European Union, NATO, OSCE, and Council of Europe.Jasiewicz.
	SOC 246 - Post-Communism and New Democracies (POL 246)FDR: SS4 as sociology only; GE6d as sociology only Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall 2009 and alternate years A comparative analysis of transition from Communism in the countries of the former Soviet bloc. Cases of successful and unsuccessful transitions to civil society, pluralist democracy, and market economy are examined. The comparative framework includes analysis of transition from non-Communist authoritarianism and democratic consolidation in selected countries of Latin America, the Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, and South Africa.Jasiewicz.
	SOC 251 - Social Movements (POL 251)FDR: SS4 Credits: 3 When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010 Prerequisites: Junior standing and permission of the instructor.A survey of American social movements, including an evaluation of competing theoretical approaches to the study of social movements and an examination of the strategies, successes, failures, and political and social consequences of the civil rights, labor, student, and women’s movements. Close attention is given to factors contributing to the rise and decline of these movements.LeBlanc, Eastwood.
	SOC 262 - The Sociology of Culture Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter 2010 and alternate years. This course introduces research and theory in the sociology of culture. Explores such questions as: What is culture? What is the relationship between culture and society? How and why does culture change? In addition to these questions, topics covered include an examination of the various theoretical approaches to culture; the relationship between high and popular culture and the debate over cultural boundaries; the production, distribution and consumption of culture; national culture and national identity; globalization; and the intersections between culture and class, gender, ethnicity and race. Special attention will be paid to examining key cultural forms, such as television, fashion, music, advertising, museums, art, and literature.Cintron.
	SOC 264 - Work and Family Credits: 4 When Offered: Spring 2010 and alternate years Surveys research and theory in the growing area of work-family studies. Explores how work and family life interconnect and influence each other and the implications of these linkages for women, men, children, employers, the community and society. Examines how gender, social class, family structure, poverty, and race and ethnicity affect individuals’ ability to manage work and family. Topics will include work-family conflict, single-parent families, dual-career families, childcare and eldercare issues, international perspectives on work and family, and changing attitudes towards work-life integration. Private and public policy initiatives will be reviewed.Cintron.
	SOC 266 - Cities and Regions Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter 2010 and alternate years Examines how cities and regions are shaped and the social, political, economic, historical, technological, ecological and other forces that help shape them. Focuses on the spatial dimension of evolving societies. Topics include: the development of the U.S. North and South; the plantation complex; the emergence of the industrial Northern metropolis; suburbanization and post-suburbanization; the “crisis of the cities” and policy responses (such as urban renewal); gentrification; deindustrialization; and the debate over the future of cities and regions.Cintron.
	SOC 270 - Deviance Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter An examination of theories of deviance from a sociological perspective. Particular emphasis is placed on the causes of deviant acts and on the social processes utilized in evaluating these behaviors. Theoretical applications are made to crime and mental illness.Novack.
	SOC 272 - Social Revolutions (POL 272)FDR: SS4, GE6d Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter 2010 and alternate years Prerequisite: ANTH 101, SOC 102 or permission of the instructor.This seminar provides an in depth exploration of a variety of social revolutions. The overarching goal of the course is to discern whether or not a single “theory of revolutions” can be constructed. Are there common patterns to be observed in (and common causes behind) events as separated by time, place, and ideology as the 17th-century “Glorious Revolution” in England, the French Revolution, Latin American revolutions (including the Wars of Independence and the Mexican Revolution), the Russian Revolution, and more recent events such as the revolution that brought the current regime in Iran to power? To this end, students read and discuss a variety of such theories that have been put forward by sociologists, historians, and political scientists and then consider case studies of the aforementioned social revolutions in order to scrutinize these theories.Eastwood, Zarakol.
	SOC 274 - Sociology of Literature Credits: 3 When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010 This seminar introduces students to the field of the sociology of literature. After surveying a number of the classic problems of the field, the course focuses on several sociological theories of the emergence and development of the novel. In addition to reading theorists such as Benedict Anderson, Pierre Bourdieu, Wendy Griswold, Michael McKeon, and Ian Watt, among others, there is a sociological reading of several classic novels (for example, by Cervantes, Defoe, Austen, and Flaubert, among others).Eastwood.
	SOC 280 - Gender and Sexuality FDR: SS4 Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter An anthropological and sociological investigation of sex roles in preliterate and modern societies. Special consideration is given to the role of innate sexual differences, cultural variation, technology, and power in determining patterns of male dominance. Emphasis is placed on real and mythical female and male power in the context of changing relationships between men and women in American society.Novack.
	SOC 281 - Adolescence Under the Microscope FDR: SS4 Credits: 4 When Offered: Spring 2011 This course focuses on adolescence through the lens of social psychology. Insights from sociology, anthropology, and psychology are employed to explicate the adolescent experience in the United States in contrast to other societies. Topics include: the impact of liminality on adolescent identity in cross-cultural perspective; adolescence as objective reality or cultural fiction; adolescence and peer relations, gender and suicide; and new technologies and virtual adolescence. Each student engages in a research project focusing on adolescence and identity through either interviews or observational techniques. The final project is a group analysis of adolescence as reflected in Facebook.Novack.
	SOC 289 - Sociology of the Self, Self-Help, and the Pursuit of Happiness FDR: SS4, GE6d Credits: 4 When Offered: Spring Beginning with a survey of sociological theories of modernity and modern identities, the course moves to a consideration of empirical scholarly claims that modern identity is somehow problematic, and modern persons somehow especially ‘world-open’ and incomplete. In trying to understand the emergence of social movements oriented toward ‘helping’ and ‘healing’ the self, the following questions are considered: What sociological conditions underlie these movements? Do they have analogues in other times and places or are they tightly linked to the conditions of ‘modern’ societies? If, in the end, ‘self help’ aims to address problems that are sociological at root, can we expect its remedies to be useful? Are any non-individualized solutions to the problems lying behind a felt need for ‘self help’ possible? This course meets once a week with REL 205: Self-Help and the Pursuit of Happiness in a seminar where students become teachers and lead a class in which we all discuss together the work we have done separately during the week. In this way, students become part of a broad learning community that cuts across the many disciplines and divisions that make up the university.Eastwood.
	SOC 290 - Special Topics in Sociology Credits: 3 When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit. Prerequisite: Permission of the department.A discussion of a series of topics of sociological concern. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
	SOC 305 - Power and Society Credits: 3 When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010 Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of the instructor.An analysis of the concept of power is followed by an examination of the distribution and exercise of power in hunting and gathering, agrarian, industrial, and post-industrial societies. Special attention is devoted to the neo-Marxist, elitist, and pluralist accounts of power in American society and their implications for social stratification.Staff.
	SOC 351 - Sociological Theory Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall Prerequisite: Three credits in anthropology or sociology or permission of the instructor.An introduction to the main ideas of classical social theorists, who established the foundations of sociology, and to the basic theoretical concepts of modern sociology, covering the period from the early 19th century to the present. The origins of theorists’ basic ideas are studied, along with the nature of their basic works and their legacies to modern sociological theory. The major schools of sociological theory (functional, conflict, exchange, interactionist, and structural) are discussed, along with the possibilities for the integration of various theoretical perspectives.Cintron.
	SOC 374 - Introduction to Survey Data Analysis (POL 374) Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter 2012 Sociology 102 or permission of the instructor. This course is designed as a group research project devoted to the art and the science of survey research. Students prepare a list of hypotheses, select indicators, construct a questionnaire, conduct interviews, analyze data, and write research reports. When appropriate, the course may include service-learning components (community-based research projects). The topic for Winter 2010 is Historic Lexington Foundation. Students survey HLF supporters and learn how Lexingtonians cultivate local traditions.Jasiewicz.
	SOC 375 - Methods of Social Inquiry Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall Prerequisites: SOC 102 or ANTH 101 and the completion of the sociology major statistics requirement, or permission of the instructor.The rationale and utility of research and its relationship to social and political theory. The two major aspects of social inquiry-measurement and interpretation-are examined focusing on the structuring of inquiry, modes of observation (experiments, surveys, field research, unobtrusive research, etc.), and analysis of data. The course includes lectures, discussions and field exercises.Eastwood.
	SOC 376 - Seminar in Survey Data Analysis Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter Prerequisite: SOC 375 or permission of the instructor.This course is devoted to secondary analysis of survey data. Working on a subject of their choice, students learn how to formulate research hypotheses, test hypotheses through univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analyses (utilizing appropriate statistical packages such as SPSS for Windows), and write research reports.Jasiewicz.
	SOC 390 - Special Topics in Sociology Credits: 3 Permission of the department required.A discussion of a series of topics of sociological concern. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
	SOC 395 - Senior Seminar in Sociological Analysis Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter 2012 Prerequisite: SOC 375 or permission of the instructor.This course is designed as a capstone experience for majors with the sociology emphasis. Students, utilizing their knowledge of sociological theory and research methods, design and execute independent research projects, typically involving secondary analysis of survey data. Working on a subject of their choice, students learn how to present research questions and arguments, formulate research hypotheses, test hypotheses through univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analyses (utilizing appropriate statistical packages such as SPSS), and write research reports.Jasiewicz.
	SOC 401 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 1 Prerequisite: Permission of the department.A course for selected students, typically with junior or senior standing, who are preparing papers for presentation to professional meetings or for publication. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.Staff.
	SOC 402 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 2 Prerequisite: Permission of the department.A course for selected students, typically with junior or senior standing, who are preparing papers for presentation to professional meetings or for publication. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.Staff.
	SOC 403 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 3 Prerequisite: Permission of the department required.A course for selected students with junior and senior standing, especially for sociology honors students, with direction by different members of the department. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.Staff.
	SOC 404 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 4 Prerequisite: Permission of the department required.A course for selected students with junior and senior standing, especially for sociology honors students, with direction by different members of the department. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.Staff.
	SOC 405 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 5 Prerequisite: Permission of the department required.A course for selected students with junior and senior standing, especially for sociology honors students, with direction by different members of the department. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.Staff.
	SOC 406 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 6 Prerequisite: Permission of the department required.A course for selected students with junior and senior standing, especially for sociology honors students, with direction by different members of the department. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.Staff.
	SOC 453 - Internship Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Grade-point average of 2.500 in sociology and 2.500 overall, and permission of the staff.Supervised off-campus experience in a social service agency, research organization or project, or therapeutic or custodial institution. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
	SOC 456 - Internship Credits: 6 Prerequisites: Grade-point average of 2.500 in sociology and 2.500 overall, and permission of the staff.Supervised off-campus experience in a social service agency, research organization or project, or therapeutic or custodial institution. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
	SOC 459 - Internship Credits: 9 Prerequisites: Grade-point average of 2.500 in sociology and 2.500 overall, and permission of the staff.Supervised off-campus experience in a social service agency, research organization or project, or therapeutic or custodial institution. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
	SOC 493 - Honors Thesis Credits: 3-3 When Offered: Fall-Winter Honors Thesis.
Spanish
	SPAN 111 - Elementary Spanish I Credits: 4 When Offered: Fall Enrollment limited to students who have had one year or less of Spanish instruction; departmental permission required.Emphasis on listening comprehension and speaking, with gradual introduction of reading and writing.Staff.
	SPAN 112 - Elementary Spanish II Credits: 4 When Offered: Winter Prerequisites: SPAN 111 or the equivalent language skills and departmental permission. Limited enrollment.Emphasis on listening comprehension and speaking, with gradual introduction of reading and writing.Staff.
	SPAN 161 - Intermediate Spanish I Credits: 4 When Offered: Fall Prerequisites: SPAN 112 or the equivalent language skills and departmental permission.Intensive, concentrated course in review grammar and reading, with practice in listening and speaking.Staff.
	SPAN 162 - Intermediate Spanish II FDR: FL, GE2 Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter Prerequisites: SPAN 161 or equivalent language skills and departmental permission.Intensive, concentrated course in review grammar and reading, with practice in listening and speaking.Staff.
	SPAN 164 - Advanced Intermediate Spanish FDR: FL, GE2 Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall Prerequisite: Departmental permission as a result of placement examination for entering students. Students with credit in SPAN 164 may not receive subsequent credit in a lower numbered Spanish course. Students with credit in a lower numbered Spanish course are, in general, ineligible for credit in SPAN 164.Emphasis on reading and composition skills, with extensive practice in speaking and listening through class discussion. Some grammar review.Staff.
	SPAN 172 - Supervised Study Abroad: Intermediate Spanish Credits: 4 When Offered: Spring 2011 Prerequisite: SPAN 111 and 112, or equivalent, and permission by the instructor.Spring Term Abroad course. A period of intensive language training and exposure to the language, culture, and people of Costa Rica. This course develops intermediate communicative Spanish vocabulary and active intermediate competence in the language. The traditional skills of foreign language instruction (structure, listening comprehension, reading, writing and speaking) are carried out in a small class environment at the host language school and supervised by a W&L faculty member. The program also includes a home-stay with a Costa Rican family, excursions to local and national sites of interest, cultural activities, and a service learning component at the local elementary school, hospital, law and accounting firms, or other community agencies.Barnett.
	SPAN 192 - Practical Appliations of the Spanish Language Credits: 1 When Offered: Fall, Winter Pass/Fail only. Prerequisite: 100-level Spanish course or the equivalent and permission of the instructor.Introduction to specialized professional vocabularies. Participants apply learning through service work in the Rockbridge community for at least one hour per week. May be repeated with permission for a maximum of two degree credits.Mayock.
	SPAN 201 - Supervised Study Abroad: Costa Rica Credits: 4 When Offered: Spring 2011 Prerequisite: SPAN 162, 164, or equivalent.Spring Term Abroad course. Direct exposure to the language, people, and culture of Costa Rica. Designed to improve grammar and vocabulary of the advanced student through intensive training in Spanish with special emphasis on oral proficiency. The program also includes a home-stay with a Costa Rican family, excursions to local and national sites of interest, cultural activities, and a service-learning component at the local elementary school, hospital, law and accounting firms, or other community agencies.Staff.
	SPAN 202 - Supervised Study Abroad: Spain Credits: 6 or 3-3 When Offered: Spring 2011 and alternate years Prerequisites: SPAN 162, 164, or equivalent.A period of direct exposure to the language, culture, and people of Spain. The program includes supervised academic projects, lectures by native authorities, attendance at the theater and other cultural activities. Students majoring in subjects other than Spanish, as well as language majors, are encouraged to apply. Three credits may be in Spanish and three in another subject.Staff.
	SPAN 204 - Conversational Skills Credits: 3 When Offered: Spring Prerequisite: SPAN 162 or 164 or equivalent.Development of speaking skills for communication in Spanish. Acquisition and use of practical vocabulary and development of pronunciation skills. Not open to students with study abroad credit in Spanish or SPAN 201 or 202.Staff.
	SPAN 209 - Intro to Hispanic Linguistics Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter Prerequisite: SPAN 162, 164, or equivalent or permission of the instructor.This course provides a broad view of major subfields of linguistic study with a particular focus on data drawn from the Spanish language. Class discussions begin with broader questions, such as “What is language?” and “How do language and human behavior intersect?”; throughout the term students revisit those questions in light of topics presented in class. By the end of the course, students demonstrate an understanding of the many facets of the Spanish language and also the linguistic principles as can be applied to any language. The course covers major concepts in Spanish historical linguistics, Spanish phonology and phonetics, Spanish morphology and syntax, and lastly, Spanish dialectology.Gordon.
	SPAN 210 - The Road to Santiago FDR: HU Credits: 4 When Offered: Spring, 2010 Prerequisites: SPAN 162, 164 or equivalent, and permission of the instructor. Spring Term Abroad course. A study of Spanish culture and language conducted entirely in Spain. During the first three weeks of the course, students live in Madrid with Spanish-speaking families and study language at Estudio Internacional Sampere. At the same time, students engage in an in-depth study of the history and legend of the eight-centuries-old pilgrimage to the shrine of Santiago de Compostela, the burial site of St James, apostle of Christ. During the last week of the course, students travel to northwestern Spain to visit and study the monuments associated with the Santiago pilgrimage as well as experience the art, architecture, and culture of pilgrimage as they hike the last portion of the trail.West-Settle.
	SPAN 211 - Spanish Civilization and Culture FDR: HU Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall, Winter Prerequisite: SPAN 162, 164 or the equivalent in language skills.A survey of significant developments in Spanish civilization. The course addresses Spanish heritage and the present-day cultural patterns formed by its legacies. Readings, discussions and papers, primarily in Spanish, for further development of communication skills.Staff.
	SPAN 212 - Spanish-American Civilization and Culture FDR: HU Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall, Winter Prerequisite: SPAN 162, 164 or the equivalent in language skills.A survey of significant developments in Spanish-American civilizations. The course addresses Spanish-American heritage and the present-day cultural patterns formed by its legacies. Readings, discussions and papers primarily in Spanish for further development of communication skills.Staff.
	SPAN 215 - Introducción al análisis literario Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall, Winter Prerequisite: SPAN 220 or 240 or permission of the instructor.Preparation for analysis of Hispanic literature. Composition develops style and method for analyzing prose, poetry, and drama in Spanish. Conversation continues vocabulary building and concentrates on discussion of literary themes.Staff.
	SPAN 220 - Introducción a la literatura española FDR: HL, GE3 Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall, Winter Prerequisite: SPAN 162 or 164 or equivalent.Spanish literary masterpieces from the Poema del Cid through the present. Readings and discussions are primarily in Spanish.Staff.
	SPAN 240 - Introducción a la literature hispanoamericana FDR: HL, GE3 Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall, Winter Prerequisite: SPAN 162 or 164 or equivalent.Hispanoamerican literary masterpieces from colonial times through the present. Readings and discussions are primarily in Spanish.Staff.
	SPAN 292 - Tutorial in Foreign Language Teaching, Translation, and Interpretation Credits: 2 When Offered: Fall, Winter Pass/Fail only.Prerequisite: SPAN 162 or 164 or equivalent and permission of the instructor.Preparation for and participation in teaching, translation, and interpretation in the Rockbridge community. Participants oversee teacher training workshops, complete formal translations, and execute live interpretations in the area. The service-learning component requires at least two hours per week in the community. May be repeated once with instructor’s permission for a maximum of four credits toward degree requirements.Mayock.
	SPAN 295 - Special Topics in Conversation Credits: 4 When Offered: Spring Prerequisite: Three credits from any 200-level Spanish course or permission of the instructor.Further development of listening and speaking skills necessary for advanced discussion. Acquisition of both practical and topic-specific vocabulary. Appropriate writing and reading assignments, related to the topic, accompany the primary emphasis on conversational skills. Recent topics include: Hispanic Cinema and La Prensa. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.Staff.
	SPAN 309 - History of the Spanish Language Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter 2010 and alternate years Prerequisite: At least one 300-level Spanish course. This course is intended to provide an introduction to the field of historical linguistics and to the genealogy and development of the Spanish language. It begins with an introduction to the field of historical linguistics: essentially, what it means to study the history of a language, the concept of linguistic change, and the types of language families. This is followed by the study of the genealogy and the development of the Spanish language from its Latin origins to present day Spanish. These include the examination of the structures and peculiarities of Latin, the cultural and historical events that have influenced the shaping of the Spanish language, the properties of medieval Spanish, the most stubborn linguistic myths, and the development of Spanish outside the Iberian Peninsula, especially in Spanish America.Bailey.
	SPAN 320 - Don Quijote FDR: HL, GE3 Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter, 2010 and alternate years. Prerequisites: SPAN 215 and 220.Don Quijote is universally recognized as the first great novel of Western Civilization. The course focuses on close reading of the text, which provides an unparalleled experience of the language and the literary culture of the period, as well as invaluable insight into one of the great literary minds of all time, Miguel de Cervantes. Additional relevant narrative and poetic genres of the Golden Age of Spanish literature may also brought to bear on our study.Campbell.
	SPAN 322 - La Comedia del Siglo de Oro FDR: HL, GE3 Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall 2010 and alternate years Prerequisites: SPAN 215 and 220.Close reading and discussion of a variety of selected Golden Age dramas of the 17th century. Representative dramatists may include Calderón de la Barca, Tirso de Molina, Lope de Vega, and Mar’a de Zayas.Campbell.
	SPAN 324 - Visions of the Nation: Romanticism and the Generation of 1898 FDR: HL, GE3 Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall 2010 and alternate years Prerequisites: SPAN 215 and 220.A study of the contrasting identities of Spain, her land and peoples, as represented by Romanticism and the Generation of 1898. From the romantic period students read the popular and folkloric “romances” of Duque de Rivas and the works of Mariano José de Larra. Works from the more philosophical Generation of 1898 include: El árbol de la ciencia by P’o Baroja, the poetry of Antonio Machado, and various texts of Miguel de Unamuno.West-Settle.
	SPAN 326 - Modern Spanish Prose Fiction FDR: HL, GE3 Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter 2010 and alternate years Prerequisites: SPAN 215 and 220.The development of the Spanish novel from the late 19th century through the present day. Representative authors may include Galdos, Baroja, Unamuno, Cela, Mart’n Gaite, and Mayoral.Mayock.
	SPAN 328 - Contemporary Spanish Poetry FDR: HL, GE3 Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter 2011 and alternate years Prerequisites: SPAN 215 and 220.A study of Spanish poetry within its historical context from Romanticism until the present day. Special emphasis is given to the generations of 1898 and 1927, the poetry of the Spanish Civil War and the Franco period. Representative authors include Antonio Machado, Federico Garc’a Lorca, Rafael Alberti, and Gloria Fuertes.West-Settle.
	SPAN 340 - Spanish-American Short Story FDR: HL, GE3 Credits: 3 When Offered: Offered when interest Is expressed and departmental resources permit. Prerequisites: SPAN 215 and 240.A study of the Spanish-American short story with special attention to the works of Quiroga, Borges, Cortázar, and Valenzuela.Staff.
	SPAN 342 - Spanish-American Narrative: The Boom Generation FDR: HL, GE3 Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter 2010 Prerequisites: SPAN 215 and 240.Readings in the contemporary Spanish-American narrative focusing on prominent post-World War II writers with special emphasis on the members of the “Boom” generation, such as Rulfo, Fuentes, Garc’a Márquez, Vargas Llosa, Carpentier, and Puig.Barnett.
	SPAN 344 - Spanish-American Poetry FDR: HL, GE3. Credits: 3 When Offered: Offered in 2010-2011 Prerequisites: SPAN 215 and 240.Analysis of the most relevant poetic texts of Spanish-America, including U.S. Hispanic poetry, beginning with precursors of 20th-century poetry and spanning to contemporary works. Representative works include those by Octavio Paz, Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Nicanor Parra, Ernesto Cardenal, Raúl Zurita, among others.Staff.
	SPAN 345 - Spanish American Modernist Poetry FDR: HL, GE3 Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter 2010 and alternate years Prerequisites: SPAN 215 and 240. Considered the literary movement that achieves the “linguistic independence” of Latin America from Spain, Modernismo is the first “original aesthetic” which exercises an influence on the poetic production of Europe. This course studies the movement through the poems and works by four of its principal writers: the Nicaraguan Ruben Dario, the Mexican Manuel Gutierrez Najera, the Peruvian Manuel Gonzalez Prada, and the Cuban Jose Marti. By contrasting their literature to the “paradigm of modernity” which surrounded its production, the course distinguishes the dialectics between the artists and their respective geopolitical circumstances. By analyzing the literature of writers from different regions, we visualize and distinguish the divergent modernities which emerged in Latin America during the 19th century and the diverse artistic reactions and consequences.González.
	SPAN 346 - Spanish-American Essay FDR: HL, GE3 Credits: 3 When Offered: Offered in 2010-2011 Prerequisites: SPAN 215 and 240.Readings in Spanish-American essays with emphasis on the development of thought in literature and culture throughout its history. Special emphasis on prominent writers such as José Carlos Mariátegui, Octavio Paz, José Mart’, José Vasconcelos, and Victoria Ocampo, among others.Staff.
	SPAN 348 - Spanish-American Women Writers FDR: HL, GE3 Credits: 3 When Offered: Offered in 2010-2011 Prerequisites: SPAN 215 and 240.An examination of the role of women writers in the development of Spanish- American literary history, including U.S. Hispanic writers. Textual and cultural analysis of readings from multiple genres by authors such as Poniatowska, Ferré, Bombal, Mastretta, Gambaro, Lispector, Valenzuela, Castellanos, Cisneros, Esquivel, Peri Rossi, and Allende, among others.Staff.
	SPAN 350 - The Cuban Story FDR: HL, GE3 Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall 2009 and alternate years Prerequisites: SPAN 215 and 240.A multigenre examination of 20th-century Cuba as its own “story.” Beginning with the first European account of Columbus, to insights from slaves, to finally more recent writers who question its future, the course presents the development of Cuban society as its own narrative. Major readings by Manzano, Barnet, Marti, Carpentier, Castro, Guevara, Garcia, and Hernandez Diaz, among others. Shorter anthologized works by Guillen, Lezama Lima, Valdes, Novas Calvo, Cabrera Infante, and Sarduy, among others. Films by Guitierrz Alea, Vega, Solas, and Tabio, among others.Barnett.
	SPAN 352 - Voces caribeñas FDR: HL, GE3 Credits: 4 When Offered: Spring, 2010 Prerequisite: SPAN 215,240 (or 212), and at least three credits from any 300-level Spanish course.A multi-genre study of artistic and cultural representations from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico, with special emphasis on the resultant impact on the U.S. Caribbean diaspora. Viewed as a collage of Caribbean “voices,” this course examines artistic works that reflect a sense of Spanish-Caribbean identity. Students analyze diverse examples from prose, poetry, film, music, and the plastic arts, as well as non-fiction discourses.Barnett.
	SPAN 392 - Spanish Language Theory and Practice Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter Prerequisite: SPAN 215.A topics course that approaches language study through theories of language use and meaning, as well as their practical application through extensive writing exercises. Topics may include translation theory, analysis of theoretical approaches to language study, and advanced grammar.Staff.
	SPAN 397 - Peninsular Seminar FDR: HL, GE3 Credits: 3 When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit. Prerequisites: SPAN 215 and 220.A seminar focusing on a single period, genre, motif, or writer. The specific topic will be determined jointly according to student interest and departmental approval. Recent topics have included “The Female Voice in Hispanic Literature,” “19th- and 20th-Century Spanish drama,” “Women Writers of the Golden Age,” and “Romanticism and the Generation of ‘98.” May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.Staff.
	SPAN 398 - Spanish-American Seminar FDR: HL, GE3 Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter Prerequisites: SPAN 215 and 240.A seminar focusing on a single period, genre, motif, or writer. Recent topics have included “Spanish American Women Writers: From America into the 21st Century,” “20th Century Latin America Theater,” and “Past, Memory, and Identity in Contemporary Argentina’s Cultural Products.” May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.Staff.
	SPAN 401 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 1 When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit. Prerequisites: At least nine credits of 300-level Spanish and permission of the department head. Taught in Spanish.Nature and content of course to be determined by students’ needs and by instructors acquainted with their earlier preparation and performance. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.Staff.
	SPAN 402 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 2 When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit. Prerequisites: At least nine credits of 300-level Spanish and permission of the department head. Taught in Spanish.Nature and content of course to be determined by students’ needs and by instructors acquainted with their earlier preparation and performance. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.Staff.
	SPAN 403 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 3 When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit. Prerequisites: At least nine credits of 300-level Spanish and permission of the department head. Taught in Spanish.Nature and content of course to be determined by students’ needs and by instructors acquainted with their earlier preparation and performance. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.Staff.
	SPAN 493 - Honors Thesis Credits: 3-3 When Offered: Fall-Winter Prerequisites: Honors candidacy and permission of the department.Honors Thesis.
Theater
	THTR 100 - Introduction to Theater FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall An introduction to drama and the theater arts, including a brief historical survey, selected examples of dramatic literature, and a sequence on theater disciplines such as acting, designing, and directing.Staff.
	THTR 109 - University Theater Credits: 1 When Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.Participation in a university theater production for a minimum of 50 hours. A journal recording the production process is required. May be repeated for degree credit with permission. Maximum seven credits for students with a major or minor in theater, eight credits for others.Staff.
	THTR 121 - Play Reading and Analysis FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 3 When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010 Analysis of historical and contemporary dramatic texts for the purpose of transforming scripts into theatrical performances. Study includes a play’s form, style, plot, character, theme, as well as casting and staging requirements. A section on production dramaturgy is also included.Jew.
	THTR 131 - Fundamentals of Theater Art FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 4 When Offered: Fall, Winter An introduction to modern theater practice involving one hour of lecture and four hours of laboratory work per week. A practical course, emphasizing scene craft, stage lighting, and prop-making. The student applies the methods and theories discussed in class work on actual productions. Laboratory course. Lab fee required.Collins, Evans.
	THTR 141 - Acting I FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall, Winter Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.An introduction to the art of acting. Special attention is given to the actor’s analysis of dramatic literature. Memorization and the presentation of scenes from plays are required.Martinez, Mish.
	THTR 202 - Supervised Study Abroad FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 6 When Offered: Spring 2011 and alternate years Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.An intensive exposure to English theater and the current season in London and other theater centers. In addition to a full schedule of theater attendance, the course includes a study of theater training, production techniques and representative styles and periods of English drama.Staff.
	THTR 209 - University Theater II: Stage Management Credits: 1 When Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring Stage management is an essential position for all theatrical productions. Students develop management techniques through the study of the production problems of a major dramatic work or theatrical project being produced by the department. Students are required to participate in the production in a stage management capacity.Evans.
	THTR 210 - Theater History I FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter A critical study of the performance conventions, dramatic literature and social contexts of world theater traditions, focusing on periods from the classical Greek era to the Renaissance. Non-Western theater forms are also considered. As a part of the course, students read representative plays and engage in individual and team research projects leading to papers and presentations.Jew.
	THTR 211 - Theater History II FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter A critical study of the performance conventions, dramatic literature and social contexts of world theater traditions, focusing on the periods from the Neoclassical era to contemporary times. Non-Western theater forms are also considered. As a part of the course, students read and analyze representative plays and engage in individual and team research projects leading to papers and presentations.Jew.
	THTR 215 - Modern Drama FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 3 When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010 This course explores the principal movements and aesthetics in the modern period in European and American theater history from the end of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century. Significant plays, playwrights, theatre artists and theorists are studied in context of the successive waves of modern movements: realism, symbolism, expressionism, surrealism, epic theater and theater of the absurd. Oral presentations, short research papers and performance projects will be required.Jew.
	THTR 216 - Contemporary Drama FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 3 When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010 This course explores European and American theater and drama from the late 20th century to the present. Significant plays, playwrights, theater artists and theorists are studied alongside the issues of postmodernism, capitalism, feminism, diversity and the emerging global economy and culture. Dramatic works under review also include solo and performance art, as well as fringe and political theatrical forms. The current state of theater is also a focal point for class discussion. Oral presentations, short research papers and performance projects are required.Jew.
	THTR 220 - Playwriting FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 3 When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.An introductory workshop in scene writing, culminating in the composition and staged reading of a short, one-act play. Weekly writing and reading assignments are required. Limited enrollment.Staff.
	THTR 235 - Design and Performance FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 4 When Offered: Spring 2010 and alternate years Prerequisite: Four credits in theater or dance.This course is an in-depth exploration of the crafted artifacts of the theater, specifically relate to the properties of puppets and masks. Through videos and demonstrations, students experiment with various puppet and mask construction techniques and performance methods.Collins.
	THTR 239 - Theater Practicum FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 4 When Offered: Spring Prerequisite: THTR 131 or another approved theater course.A practical study of design, directing, production and acting problems in a specific style of dramatic literature, culminating in a public theatrical production.Staff.
	THTR 241 - Acting II FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall Prerequisites: THTR 141 and permission of the instructor.A continuation of THTR 141 with greater emphasis placed on research techniques and performance.Martinez.
	THTR 242 - Musical Theater FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.Students learn, through study of seminal texts and video clips of performances and interviews with performers, a basic history of the American musical theater as an art form, combining the talents of composers, lyricists, directors, choreographers, set and costume designers, and others. Students research musical dramatic literature and apply musical and acting skills in the development and performance of excerpts from distinctive musicals of various eras. Students develop constructive, critical methods in the process of practicing and viewing musical theater performance.Mish.
	THTR 250 - Women in Contemporary Theater FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 3 When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010 This course explores the contemporary theater scene, investigating its plays, playwrights, directors and actors. The representation of women in theatrical art, as well as the unique contributions of contemporary women as artists, theorists and audiences, provides the principal focus of study. Traditional critical and historical approaches to the material are complemented by play reading, play attendance, oral presentations, writing assignments, journal writing and the creation of individual performance pieces.Jew.
	THTR 251 - Introduction to Theatrical Design FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.An introduction to the history, fundamentals and aesthetics of design in a theatrical context with an emphasis on the collaborative nature of the design disciplines. Design projects are required. Lab fee requiredCollins, Evans.
	THTR 253 - Digital Production FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter Digital technologies and multimedia interaction are increasingly utilized to produce, enhance, and innovate theatrical production. Students examine and experiment with various digital technologies as they relate to theater and dance performance. Students create digital audio, video, design rendering, and animation projects for theatrical performances.Evans.
	THTR 290 - Topics in Performing Arts FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 3 When Offered: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit. Prerequisite: Three credits in theater or permission of the instructor.Selected studies in theater, film or dance with a focus on history, criticism, performance or production. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.Staff.
	THTR 296 - Spring-Term Topics in Performing Arts FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 4 When Offered: Spring Prerequisite: Three credits in theater or permission of the instructor.Selected studies in theater, film or dance with a focus on history, criticism, performance or production. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.Staff.
	THTR 309 - University Theater III Credits: 1 When Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring Prerequisites: Junior standing and permission of the instructor.Participation in a university theater production for a minimum of 50 hours. A journal recording the production process is required.Staff.
	THTR 336 - Lighting Design FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 3 When Offered: Fall Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.A study of the practice of stage lighting, focusing on styles of production, historical methods and artistic theory. Culminates in a light design for a public theatrical production. Lab fee required.Evans.
	THTR 337 - Scenic Design FDR: HA, GE4a Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.A study of scenic design, stressing the mechanical and artistic methods and styles of production. A practical course involving outside design projects. Lab fee required.Collins.

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Course Descriptions

SOC 212 - Theories of Social Psychology

SOC 221 - Sociology of Religion

SOC 222 - Secularization and Modern Society: The Demise of Religion?

SOC 225 - Peoples of Central Europe Through Literature and Film

SOC 228 - Race and Ethnic Relations

SOC 234 - Nationalism in Latin America

SOC 245 - European Politics and Society

SOC 246 - Post-Communism and New Democracies

SOC 251 - Social Movements

SOC 262 - The Sociology of Culture

SOC 264 - Work and Family

SOC 266 - Cities and Regions

SOC 270 - Deviance

SOC 272 - Social Revolutions

SOC 274 - Sociology of Literature

SOC 280 - Gender and Sexuality

SOC 281 - Adolescence Under the Microscope

SOC 289 - Sociology of the Self, Self-Help, and the Pursuit of Happiness

SOC 290 - Special Topics in Sociology

SOC 305 - Power and Society

SOC 351 - Sociological Theory

SOC 374 - Introduction to Survey Data Analysis

SOC 375 - Methods of Social Inquiry

SOC 376 - Seminar in Survey Data Analysis

SOC 390 - Special Topics in Sociology

SOC 395 - Senior Seminar in Sociological Analysis

SOC 401 - Directed Individual Study

SOC 402 - Directed Individual Study

SOC 403 - Directed Individual Study

SOC 404 - Directed Individual Study

SOC 405 - Directed Individual Study

SOC 406 - Directed Individual Study

SOC 453 - Internship

SOC 456 - Internship

SOC 459 - Internship

SOC 493 - Honors Thesis

SPAN 111 - Elementary Spanish I

SPAN 112 - Elementary Spanish II

SPAN 161 - Intermediate Spanish I

SPAN 162 - Intermediate Spanish II

SPAN 164 - Advanced Intermediate Spanish

SPAN 172 - Supervised Study Abroad: Intermediate Spanish

SPAN 192 - Practical Appliations of the Spanish Language

SPAN 201 - Supervised Study Abroad: Costa Rica

SPAN 202 - Supervised Study Abroad: Spain

SPAN 204 - Conversational Skills

SPAN 209 - Intro to Hispanic Linguistics

SPAN 210 - The Road to Santiago

SPAN 211 - Spanish Civilization and Culture

SPAN 212 - Spanish-American Civilization and Culture

SPAN 215 - Introducción al análisis literario

SPAN 220 - Introducción a la literatura española

SPAN 240 - Introducción a la literature hispanoamericana

SPAN 292 - Tutorial in Foreign Language Teaching, Translation, and Interpretation

SPAN 295 - Special Topics in Conversation

SPAN 309 - History of the Spanish Language

SPAN 320 - Don Quijote

SPAN 322 - La Comedia del Siglo de Oro

SPAN 324 - Visions of the Nation: Romanticism and the Generation of 1898

SPAN 326 - Modern Spanish Prose Fiction

SPAN 328 - Contemporary Spanish Poetry

SPAN 340 - Spanish-American Short Story

SPAN 342 - Spanish-American Narrative: The Boom Generation

SPAN 344 - Spanish-American Poetry

SPAN 345 - Spanish American Modernist Poetry

SPAN 346 - Spanish-American Essay

SPAN 348 - Spanish-American Women Writers

SPAN 350 - The Cuban Story

SPAN 352 - Voces caribeñas

SPAN 392 - Spanish Language Theory and Practice

SPAN 397 - Peninsular Seminar

SPAN 398 - Spanish-American Seminar

SPAN 401 - Directed Individual Study

SPAN 402 - Directed Individual Study

SPAN 403 - Directed Individual Study

SPAN 493 - Honors Thesis

THTR 100 - Introduction to Theater

THTR 109 - University Theater

THTR 121 - Play Reading and Analysis