2021-2022 University Catalog

May 19, 2024

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Sociology & Anthropology
	SOAN 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.
	SOAN 402 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 2 Prerequisite: Departmental consent required. 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.
	SOAN 403 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 3 Prerequisite: Departmental consent required. A course for selected students with junior and senior standing, especially for 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.
	SOAN 421 - Directed Individual Research Experiential Learning (EXP): YES Credits: 1 Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. A course for selected students with direction by different members of the department. May be repeated for degree credit with department consent and if the topics are different.
	SOAN 422 - Directed Individual Research Experiential Learning (EXP): YES Credits: 2 Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. A course for selected students with direction by different members of the department. May be repeated for degree credit with department consent and if the topics are different.
	SOAN 423 - Directed Individual Research Experiential Learning (EXP): YES Credits: 3 Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. A course for selected students with direction by different members of the department. May be repeated for degree credit with department consent and if the topics are different.
	SOAN 493 - Honors Thesis Credits: 3-3 Honors Thesis.
Spanish
	SPAN 111 - Elementary Spanish I Credits: 4 Emphasis on listening comprehension and speaking, with gradual introduction of reading and writing. Staff.
	SPAN 112 - Elementary Spanish II Credits: 4 Prerequisites: SPAN 111. Emphasis on listening comprehension and speaking, with gradual introduction of reading and writing. Staff.
	SPAN 161 - Intermediate Spanish I Credits: 3 Prerequisite: SPAN 112 or departmental consent as a result of placement examination for entering students. Intensive, concentrated course in review grammar and reading, with practice in listening and speaking. Staff.
	SPAN 162 - Intermediate Spanish II FDR: FL Credits: 3 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 Credits: 3 Prerequisite: Departmental consent as a result of placement examination. Students with credit in SPAN 164 may not receive subsequent credit in a lower numbered Spanish course. Students may not receive degree credit for both SPAN 162 and 164. Emphasis on reading and composition skills, with extensive practice in speaking and listening through class discussion. Some grammar review. Staff.
	SPAN 165 - Advanced Intermediate Spanish FDR: FL Experiential Learning (EXP): EXP Credits: 4 Prerequisite: Departmental consent as a result of placement examination or by instructor consent. Students with credit in SPAN 165 may not receive subsequent credit in a lower numbered Spanish course. Students may not receive degree credit for both SPAN 162 and 165. This course takes place during the 4-week spring-term in Costa Rica. Students live with host families and attend classes five days per week for four hours in the morning and two additional hours in the afternoon. Emphasis is on speaking and comprehension skills developed in small groups with no more than three students per instructor, with extensive practice in reading and writing. Some Grammar review. Cultural component is based on visits to sites of cultural interest as well as readings and discussion on Costa Rica culture; Central-America and Latin America culture more broadly.
	SPAN 200 - Service Learning Practicum in Spanish Credits: 1 Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. An obligatory corequisite to Spanish courses when the course instructor deems it appropriate. The course comprises activities outside the classroom conducted in conjunction with the academic focus of the corequisite course with which it is taught. Staff.
	SPAN 201 - Supervised Study Abroad: Costa Rica Experiential Learning (EXP): Y Credits: 4 Prerequisite: SPAN 162, 164, or equivalent and instructor consent. 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 204 - Conversational Skills Credits: 3 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. Staff.
	SPAN 205 - Spanish for Healthcare Professionals Credits: 3 Prerequisite: SPAN 162, 164 or equivalent. This course is for students with an advanced intermediate level of Spanish who are considering professions relating to healthcare including physicians, nurses, physical therapists, paramedics, firefighters, law enforcement, health policy, workers, medical attorneys, and hospital administrators. The course emphasizes oral comprehension while examining a diversity of factors influencing the health of Hispanic patients. A primary goal is to learn to conduct a complete medical interview in Spanish via a blend of readings, discussions, films, role-playing, and writing assignments. Students develop their ability to read, write, and converse in Spanish using information and vocabulary pertaining to the medical sciences and healthcare, and they gain cultural awareness and insights into Hispanic peoples and cultures. Michelson.
	SPAN 209 - Intro to Hispanic Linguistics Credits: 3 Prerequisite: SPAN 162, 164, or equivalent. 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 phonology and phonetics, Spanish morphology and syntax, and lastly, Spanish dialectology. Reyes.
	SPAN 211 - Spanish Civilization and Culture FDR: HU Credits: 3 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 Prerequisite: SPAN 162, 164 or equivalent. 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 213 - Seville and the Foundations of Spanish Civilization FDR: HU Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 4 Prerequisite: SPAN 162 or 164 and instructor consent. This course takes place in Seville, Spain, and uses this privileged location to study the cultures of Foundational Spain. Primary focus is on the medieval and Renaissance periods, from the troubled co-existence of Muslims, Jews, and Christians to the Christian reconquest and subsequent Empire. Significant cultural currents are examined through texts (literary, historical, and religious), direct contact with art and architecture through site visits, and with hands-on exposure to early and contemporary cuisine. Students live in homestays, attend daily classes, participate in site visits, and engage with the local culture independently and through planned activities. Bailey.
	SPAN 214 - Contemporary Spain in Context: (Re)searching Spanish Identity and Culture in the 21st Century FDR: HU Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 4 Prerequisite: SPAN 162 or 164 and instructor consent. This course examines contemporary social issues in Spain through lectures and interviews with local subjects in Spain. Lectures provide a formal understanding of contemporary Spanish society, while interviews of local subjects provide data for further analysis by the students that may challenge, complement or further develop their understanding of current social issues. Reyes.
	SPAN 216 - Living on the Edge: Identities in Motion in Argentina and Uruguay Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 4 Prerequisite: SPAN 162 or 164 and instructor consent. Conducted in Spanish in Argentina and Uruguay, this course comprises a study of Argentine culture, language, and identity. Students live in Buenos Aires with Spanish-speaking families while pursuing coursework on identity in local, national, and international contexts. What does geography have to do with identity? How might a nation redefine its policies and peoples over time? Where does the line exist between an economic system and its individual constituents? And what insights can art offer into domestic and international conflict? This course engages such questions through the study of Argentine historiography, literature, economics, and art. Coursework is accentuated by visits to sites of cultural importance in Argentina and Uruguay, including museums, banks, literary presses, political centers, meat markets, parks, and tango houses. Michelson.
	SPAN 220 - Introducción a la literatura española FDR: HL Credits: 3 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 literatura hispanoamericana FDR: HL Credits: 3 Prerequisite: SPAN 162 or 164 or equivalent. Spanish-American literary masterpieces from colonial times through the present. Readings and discussions are primarily in Spanish. Staff.
	SPAN 275 - Introducción al análisis literario Credits: 3 Prerequisite: SPAN 220 or 240. 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 290 - Topics in Latin American Culture and Literature Credits: 4 Prerequisite: May vary with topic. This course offers students the opportunity to further their knowledge of the culture and literature of a specific Latin American country, and their awareness of Latin America in general, through the study of special cultural and literary topics. Readings, discussions, and assignments occur primarily in Spanish. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
	SPAN 291 - Poetry Workshop Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 1-3 Prerequisite: SPAN 162 or164, and by instructor consent. A poetry workshop taught in Spanish. Students read, write, and critique poetry with the faculty member in both the workshop setting and in individual conferences. The course also includes exercises in the translation and recitation of poetry. The topical focus of the course varies by academic term. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Glasgow Writer in Residence and Romance Language Faculty.
	SPAN 295 - Special Topics in Conversation Credits: 3 in fall, winter; 4 in spring Prerequisite: SPAN 162, 164, or equivalent. 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 if the topics are different.
	SPAN 296 - Topics in Hispanic Culture and Expression Credits: 3 in fall or winter, 4 in spring Prerequisite: SPAN 162, 164, or equivalent. This course offers students the opportunity to further their understanding of Hispanic cultures and their expression by focusing on a relevant cultural, linguistic or literary topic, on an historical period, or on a region of Spain, Latin America or the U.S. Readings, discussions, and assignments are primarily in Spanish. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
	SPAN 308 - Power and Ideology: (Critical) Discourse Perspectives FDR: HU Credits: 3 Prerequisite: SPAN 275 and three additional credits at the 200 level or instructor consent. This course explores different theoretical approaches to account for the relationship between language and power, and therefore the relationship between language use and social processes. In particular, it observes how meaning is constructed and reconstructed in the discourse manifested in different settings and platforms ranging from social media to institutional and official communication. Examples include political discourse from Latin American leaders and media and academic discourses with a focus on Latin America. Reyes.
	SPAN 309 - History of the Spanish Language Credits: 3 Prerequisite: SPAN 275 and an additional three credits at the 200 level. 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 312 - Medieval Spanish Cultures in Context FDR: HL Credits: 4 Prerequisite: SPAN 211 or 220 and instructor consent. Spring Term Abroad course. Muslims, Jews, and Christians co-existed for eight-hundred years on the Iberian Peninsula. This course examines these diverse cultures through the texts (literary, historical, religious, and philosophical), the art, and the architecture from the period prior to the arrival of the Arabs in 711, up to and beyond the expulsion of the Jews in 1492. The objective of the course is to glean from the remnants of the experience of their co-existence insights into their distinctive characteristics and how they understood and influenced each other. Bailey.
	SPAN 320 - Don Quijote FDR: HL Credits: 3 Prerequisites: SPAN 220 and SPAN 275. Close reading and discussion of this Early Modern novel. May include close reading and discussion of additional narrative and poetic genres of the Golden Age, as represented in or contributing to the Cervantine work Campbell.
	SPAN 322 - Spanish Golden-Age Drama FDR: HL Credits: 3 Prerequisites: SPAN 220 and SPAN 275. 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 María de Zayas. Campbell.
	SPAN 323 - Golden Age Spanish Women Writers FDR: HL Credits: 3 Prerequisite: SPAN 220 and SPAN 275. A study of the comedia and the novela corta and the manner in which the secular women writers inscribe themselves within and beyond these genres. Close reading and discussion of representative works that may include the short stories and plays by María de Zayas, Ana Caro, Leonor de Meneses, Mariana de Carvajal, and Angela de Azevedo. Campbell.
	SPAN 333 - El Cid in History and Legend FDR: HL Credits: 3 Prerequisites: SPAN 220 and SPAN 275. A study of the most significant portrayals of the Castilian warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, El Cid (1045-1099), from his 12th-century biography Historia Roderici to the Hollywood blockbuster El Cid. Epic poems, late medieval ballads, and Renaissance drama all recreate the legendary life of El Cid. This course examines the relevant narratives in an effort to determine the heroic values and attributes recreated by authors and their audiences for nearly a thousand years. Bailey.
	SPAN 340 - Spanish-American Short Story FDR: HL Credits: 3 Prerequisites: SPAN 240 and SPAN 275. A study of the Spanish-American short story with special attention to the works of Quiroga, Borges, Cortázar, and Valenzuela. Barnett.
	SPAN 341 - 20th-Century Mexican Literature: Beyond Revolution FDR: HL Credits: 3 Prerequisite: SPAN 240 and SPAN 275. This course examines the artistic reaction to the 1910 Mexican Revolution and seeks to understand its aesthetic impact on 20th-century Mexican artists from a variety of genres. Seminal works from narrative, poetry, and essay as well as the visual arts reveal how some artists promoted the ideals of the Revolution, others became disenchanted, and still others invented revolutionary styles of expression in order to convey a new cultural self-perception and worldview. Barnett.
	SPAN 342 - Spanish-American Narrative: The Boom Generation FDR: HL Credits: 3 Prerequisites: SPAN 240 and SPAN 275. Readings in the contemporary Spanish-American narrative of the second half of the 20th century with special emphasis on the members of the “Boom” generation, such as Rulfo, Fuentes, García Márquez, Vargas Llosa, Carpentier, and Puig. In addition to short narrative pieces, the readings include El Tunel (Ernesto Sábato), El Amor y Otros Demonios (García Márquez), Aura (Carlos Fuentes), Los Pasos Perdidos (Carpentier), and Casa de Los Espiritus (Allende). The class meets once a week for three hours so that we may maximize our time with each novel. Barnett.
	SPAN 344 - Spanish-American Poetry FDR: HL Credits: 3 Prerequisites: SPAN 240 and 275. 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 346 - Poetry in Prison: Immigration. Empathy, and Community Engagement Credits: 3 Prerequisites: SPAN 240 and 275. This course emphasizes community-engaged learning through readings of Spanish-American poetry, critical theory, and philosophy on empathy for otherness and immigration across the Hemispheric Americas, in concert with a series of intensive, weekly poetry workshops in the most restrictive maximum-security detention center in the United States for undocumented, unaccompanied youth from Mexico and the Northern Triangle. Invoking and testing insights from the texts in the syllabus, undergraduates work with and for the incarcerated children in term-long partnerships, collaborating in the poetry workshops to respond to a diversity of writing prompts examining the intertwined themes of borders and belonging. Students maintain a writing journal wherein they individually engage in sustained reflection on community needs, course objectives, current events, theorizations of justice, concepts of belonging, empathic philosophies, and affective politics. In this manner, students develop their ability to read, write, and converse in multiple regional varieties of Spanish and gain cultural awareness and insights into Hispanic peoples and culture. Michelson.
	SPAN 347 - Poetry and Power FDR: HL Credits: 3 Prerequisites: SPAN 240 and 275. This is a course about reading. We read Spanish-American poetry on power and violence as a way of engaging and investigating the multifaceted and layered historiographies of the region. To intensify our reading, we also “read” a diversity of complementary cultural production, including paintings, murals, and music. Through these self-conscious acts of reading–that is, acts of identifying, evaluating, and critiquing form as much as content–we enhance our ability to analyze and debate ways of defining power in the Americas from within, without, and in liminal zones. Recurring motifs include sexism, racism, classism, and fascism. Michelson.
	SPAN 354 - Spanish-American Theater: 20th Century to the Present FDR: HL Credits: 3 Prerequisites: SPAN 240 and SPAN 275. This course provides a panoramic view of the theatrical traditions that have emerged in Spanish-American theater, beginning with the independent theater movement of the 1930s and concluding with the most recent trends in theatrical practices. In particular, the plays are studied as vehicles that reveal how theater practitioners engaged with their historical and cultural contexts in aesthetic terms. Therefore, the focus is also on the plays as performative texts. In order to develop this objective, students are expected to read, discuss, and analyze the dramatic texts, as well as perform scenes from the plays. This course includes works from playwrights such us Arlt, Triana, Diaz, Gambaro, Carballido, Castellanos, and Berman, among others. In addition, we study the political and aesthetic theories of theater developed by Enrique Buenaventura and Augusto Boal. Botta.
	SPAN 380 - Spanish Grammar Rules: The Making of a Language Credits: 3 Prerequisite: Two Spanish courses at the 200 level or instructor consent. This course analyzes areas of the Spanish language that are problematic for non-native speakers of Spanish. At the same time, students explore the processes involved in the standardization of a language, in particular the Spanish language, as a social and political construct. Reyes.
	SPAN 392 - Spanish Language Theory and Practice Credits: 3 Prerequisite: Varies with topic. 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. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
	SPAN 393 - Workshop in Literary Translation Credits: 4 Prerequisite: Three credits from any SPAN 200-level course. An intensive workshop devoted to the practical application, methods, and theories of literary translation. Students collaborate to produce artistic renderings of literary texts into the target language in a workshop-style setting. Preliminary attention is given to English-to-Spanish narrative as well as Spanish-to-English poetry. The primary activity involves the collaborative production of an original translation of a previously non-translated Spanish short story into English. Barnett.
	SPAN 397 - Literature of Spain Seminar FDR: HL Credits: 3 Prerequisites: SPAN 220 and SPAN 275. 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. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Winter 2022, SPAN 397A-01: Literature of Spain Seminar: Writing the Other and Writing the Self in Early Modern Contact Zones (3). Prerequisites: SPAN 220 & 275. Travel narratives, ethnographic accounts, geographic descriptions, and other “literatures of encounter” became a hallmark of the global early modern period, as new zones of cultural contact proliferated and as inhabitants of and visitors to these spaces communicated their experiences through texts. As this course will explore, such genres have just as much to say about their creators as about the subjects they depict: in writing what was to them “other,” authors held a mirror to themselves. We will consider how ancient and medieval literary conventions for describing the “fantastic,” the “wondrous,” the “exotic,” or simply “the other” were transformed to convey new types of cultural encounters brought about by Spain’s imperial expansion within the Peninsula, throughout the Mediterranean, and across the Atlantic and Pacific worlds. Readings will reflect a range of encounters as told by diverse voices, from indigenous perspectives on colonization (Anales de Tlatelolco; Guaman Poma de Ayala’s Nueva corónica y buen gobierno), women’s accounts of global travel (Catalina de Erauso, La monja alférez), and non-European visitor’s depictions of the Peninsula (Abd al-Basit, Viaje a Granada). Canonical literary accounts (Cervantes’s “Captive’s Tale”) and colonizing perspectives (Cabeza de Vaca, Los naufragios) will create space for exploring which voices win out in creating lasting historical narratives of encounters. (HL) Hernández. Fall 2021, SPAN 397A-01: Literature of Spain Seminar: Legendary Lives in the Spanish Epic, Ballad, and Theater (3). Prerequisite: SPAN 220 and 275. This course will examine the legendary lives of the male and female protagonists of epic poetry, their later emergence in the popular ballads of the sixteenth century, and finally their portrayal on the stages of early modern theater. This examination will help us understand the way legendary figures are transformed by the expectations of audiences and societies change, the effects of literary genres on characterization, and the impact on legends of the increasing powers of church and state. (HL) Bailey.
	SPAN 398 - Spanish-American Seminar FDR: HL Credits: 3 Prerequisites: SPAN 240 and SPAN 275. 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 if the topics are different. Winter 2022, SPAN 398A-01: Spanish-American Seminar: Representaciones del yo y el espacio autobiográfico (3). Prerequisites: SPAN 240. Este curso examina los recursos que emplean los sujetos autobiográficos para su representación en una serie de relatos, testimonios, y documentales en primera persona. El seminario se centra en algunos aspectos vinculados con la imagen autorial, el mito personal y la escena de escritura y de lectura, así como también analiza nociones teóricas que indagan los nexos entre la autoconfiguración, la identidad y la conciencia de género, de clase y de raza. (HL) Botta.
	SPAN 401 - Directed Individual Study Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes (Fall 2021 only) Credits: 1 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 if the topics are different. Staff.
	SPAN 402 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 2 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 if the topics are different. Staff.
	SPAN 403 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 3 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 if the topics are different. Staff.
	SPAN 493 - Honors Thesis Credits: 3-3 Prerequisites: Senior standing, honors candidacy, and instructor consent. Interested students should see a member of the Spanish faculty by winter term of their junior year. May not count towards fulfillment of the major requirements.
Student Summer Independent Research
	SSIR 481 - Student Summer Independent Research Experiential Learning (EXP): YES Credits: 1 Prerequisites: Grant funding and academic deans’ selection. Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. W&L-funded support for students to pursue their own research or creative interest, with the mentorship of a faculty member. Students work 18-35 hours per week for no fewer than three weeks and prepare a research report. Staff.
	SSIR 482 - Student Summer Independent Research Experiential Learning (EXP): YES Credits: 2 Prerequisites: Grant funding and academic deans’ selection. Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. W&L-funded support for students to pursue their own research or creative interest, with the mentorship of a faculty member. Students work 18-35 hours per week for no fewer than six weeks and prepare a research report. Staff.
	SSIR 483 - Student Summer Independent Research Experiential Learning (EXP): YES Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Grant funding and academic deans’ selection. Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. W&L-funded support for students to pursue their own research or creative interest, with the mentorship of a faculty member. Students work 18-35 hours per week for no fewer than nine weeks and prepare a research report. Staff.
Theater
	THTR 100 - Introduction to Theater FDR: HA Credits: 3 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 Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 1 Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Participation in a university theater production for a minimum of 40 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 - Script Analysis for Stage and Screen (FILM 121) FDR: HL Credits: 3 The study of selected plays and screenplays from the standpoint of the theatre and screen artists. Emphasis on thorough examination of the scripts preparatory to production. This course is focused on developing script analysis skills directly applicable to work in production. Students work collaboratively in various creative capacities to transform texts into productions. Sandberg, Levy, Collins, Evans.
	THTR 131 - Fundamentals of Theater Art FDR: HA Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 3 Corequisite: THTR 132 An introduction to modern theater practice involving two hours of lecture per week and participation of approximately 45-60 hours of work in a large-scale production spread throughout the term. A practical course, emphasizing scene-craft, stage lighting, and prop making. The student applies the methods and theories discussed in class to work on actual productions. Laboratory course with THTR 132. Staff.
	THTR 132 - Laboratory for Fundamentals of Theater Art Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 1 Corequisite: THTR 131. An introduction to modern theater practice involving four hours of laboratory work per week. A practical course, emphasizing scenecraft, stage lighting, and prop making. The student applies the methods and theories discussed in class to work on actual productions. Staff.
	THTR 141 - Stage Acting 1 FDR: HA Credits: 3 An introduction to acting for the stage. In this hands-on class, students learn and develop physical and vocal techniques for text-based and improvisational performance, focusing on relationships, objectives, and actions. Work includes in-class scene presentations from modern scripts. Levy, Mish.
	THTR 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar Credits: 3 First-year seminar. Prerequisite: First-year standing. First-year seminar.
	THTR 181 - FS: First-Year Seminar Credits: 3 Prerequisite: First-Year standing. First-Year seminar. Topics vary by term and instructor. Staff.
	THTR 202 - Supervised Study Abroad FDR: HA Credits: 4 Prerequisite: Instructor consent. A Spring Term Abroad course. An intensive exposure to English theater and the current season in London. 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. Collins, Martinez.
	THTR 203 - Preparation for Study Abroad; Swedish Theater Credits: 1 Graded Pass/Fail only. Graded Pass/Fail only. This course is designed to enable students to participate successfully in the Spring term study abroad course in Sweden. During the weekly class meetings, students examine the historical, social, political, and artistic qualities that make Sweden unique, arming them with knowledge for their time in Sweden. Studying abroad, which promotes encountering cultural difference and, hopefully, crossing cultural boundaries, can be expected to be uncomfortable and even incomprehensible some of the time. As a result of this course, students will be open to exploring and enjoying those cultural differences. Evans.
	THTR 204 - Study Abroad in Swedish Theater FDR: HA Credits: 4 This course provides a broad impact on student’s cross-cultural skills and global understanding, enhancing their worldview. Students have the opportunity to acquire critical intercultural knowledge, appreciation of cultural and social differentness, and exposure to perspectives critical for global leadership. The course focuses on examining cultural differences between Sweden and United States through the exploration of the arts; however, because of the size of the class students are encouraged to examine Swedish culture from their own disciplinary interest. Evans.
	THTR 209 - Stage Management FDR: HA Credits: 3 Stage management is an essential position for all theatrical productions. Students develop personal management style through the study of techniques and skill sets necessary to manage and run stage and film productions. Students hone their management techniques by applying management solutions to specific production problems of a theatrical, dance, or film project produced by the department. Students are required to participate in a production in a stage-management capacity. Evans.
	THTR 210 - Ancient and Global Theater FDR: HL Credits: 3 This course examines the history of theater and dramatic literature from its foundations in ancient world cultures through the Renaissance. Since this history course covers over 2000 years of time, class meetings sometimes move at a fast pace. Students gain a general world-wide cultural understanding of the art and history of the theater from its beginnings, and how theater spread as a phenomenon across the globe. Since theater is primarily a cultural institution, we simultaneously examine politics, philosophy, religion, science, and other factors that influence how the art form is created, maintained, and culturally preserved. We also examine history itself as an important cultural tool for assessing the events of the past. Sandberg, Levy.
	THTR 211 - Western Theater History FDR: HL Credits: 3 This course examines theater from the Renaissance period up to the modern era. Students read, analyze, and perform texts from this period, studying in detail how the theater is culturally created and maintained. The goal of the course is to gain a general overview of how the theater came to be what it is today. Since theater is primarily a cultural institution, we simultaneously examine politics, philosophy, religion, science, and other factors that influence how the art form is created, maintained, and culturally preserved. We also examine history itself as an important cultural tool for assessing the events of the past. Sandberg, Levy.
	THTR 215 - Modern Drama FDR: HL Credits: 3 Additional course fees apply. Additional course fees apply. 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.
	THTR 216 - Contemporary Drama FDR: HL Credits: 3 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.
	THTR 220 - Playwriting FDR: HA Credits: 3 Prerequisite: Instructor consent. An introductory workshop in creative writing for the theater that will focus on traditional forms of scene and script writing. Opportunities for collaborative writing and devised theater may be included. Weekly writing and reading assignments are required. Limited enrollment.
	THTR 221 - Writer in Residence Seminar (FILM 221) Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 1 Prerequisite: Instructor consent. A one-credit intensive seminar course in playwriting/screenwriting taught by a guest arist-in-residence and focusing on a specific topic. Sandberg.
	THTR 227 - Discover Scotland: History and Culture through Theater (HIST 227) FDR: HU Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 4 Spring Term Abroad. For a small nation of just over 5 million, Scotland looms remarkably large in our historical, cultural, and artistic imagination. This course travels to Edinburgh, Glasgow, and the Highlands to allow students to go beyond the mythologizing and romance to discover Scotland as it has been experienced and performed by the Scottish people. Using Scotland’s vibrant and remarkably political theater scene as our jumping-off point, we study this country’s history and culture, examining the powerful intersections of myth and reality that shape Scottish identity past and present. We pay particular attention to the dichotomies – Highland and Lowland; urban and rural; separatist and unionist; poor and rich; Protestant and Catholic, etc. – that make modern Scotland such a fascinating subject of historical and artistic inquiry. Brock, Levy.
	THTR 236 - Special Effects for Theater FDR: HA Credits: 3 Additional course fee required, for which the student is responsible after Friday of the 7th week of winter term. In this hands-on, project-based course, students apply the process of iterative design and use critical thinking to provide creative solutions to solve the artistic effects required to tell stories in theater. Starting with textual analysis of given scripts, students develop the parameters required for various effects, figure out a process to create those effects, and make them. Collins.
	THTR 238 - 3D Printing & Desktop Manufacturing for the Theater FDR: HA Credits: 3 Desktop manufacturing has revolutionized the design and prototyping of objects. This course is an introduction to the use of desktop manufacturing technologies. Students learn how to create digital designs, publish them electronically and create physical versions of those digital ideas. The course concentrates on how these technologies can be used in theater design and technology. Collins.
	THTR 239 - Total Theater FDR: HA Experiential Learning (EXP): Y Credits: 4 Prerequisite: Three credits in theater or dance. Additional fee required. A practical study of design, directing, production and acting problems in a specific style of dramatic literature, culminating in a public theatrical production. Laboratory course. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
	THTR 241 - Stage Acting 2 FDR: HA Credits: 3 Prerequisites: THTR 141 and instructor consent. A studio course continuation of THTR 141 with greater emphasis placed on research techniques and performance. Levy.
	THTR 242 - Musical Theater FDR: HA Credits: 3 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 245 - Talk to Us: How to Make Friends and Influence People FDR: HA Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 4 An investigation, using theatre, film, television, performance art, and stand-up comedy, of the ways in which speaking directly to an audience can or should influence them. In particular, we talk about the use of rhetoric to make an argument, and the relationship between performer/speaker and audience. Students evaluate the use of direct address in various media, and the class includes some domestic travel to attend live events. The course culminates with a public performance by the students. Levy.
	THTR 250 - Women in Contemporary Theater FDR: HA Credits: 3 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.
	THTR 251 - Introduction to Performance Design FDR: HA Credits: 3 An introduction to the history, fundamentals and aesthetics of design for theater and dance with an emphasis on the collaborative nature of the design disciplines. Design projects are required. Lab fee required Collins, Evans.
	THTR 253 - Digital Production FDR: HA Credits: 3 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 286 - Shakespeare in Performance: Supervised Study in Great Britain FDR: HL Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 4 Prerequisite: MRST 286 and instructor consent. Experiential Learning. An interdisciplinary study of Shakespeare in performance in Stratford-upon-Avon and London, England. In Stratford, students attend the performances of the Royal Shakespeare Company and participate in programming and workshops with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. In London, students experience shows and workshops at the Globe Theatre, as well as other venues. Students analyze Shakespeare from both literary and theatrical perspectives, experiencing the differences in watching/hearing, reading, and performing Shakespeare’s texts. Levy.
	THTR 290 - Topics in Performing Arts FDR: HA Credits: 3 credits in fall or winter, 4 in spring Prerequisite: Three credits in theater and instructor consent, but may vary with topic. Selected studies in theater, film or dance with a focus on history, criticism, performance or production. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
	THTR 309 - University Theater 3 Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 1 Prerequisites: Junior standing and instructor consent. Participation in a university theater production for a minimum of 40 hours. A journal recording the production process is required. Staff.
	THTR 336 - Lighting Design FDR: HA Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 3 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 - Scene Painting and Scenic Art FDR: HA Credits: 3 Prerequisite: Instructor consent. This course is an exploration and application of the methods and materials used in painting and finishing scenery for the theater. The course covers both historical and current scene painting techniques, as well as the tools and paints that have been developed to support those techniques. Outside projects are required. Lab fee required. Collins.
	THTR 338 - Costume Design FDR: HA Credits: 3 A study of stage costuming with emphasis on design and construction. The course includes lecture and lab sessions. Lab fee required. Staff.
	THTR 341 - Acting 3: Styles Credits: 3 Prerequisite: THTR 141 or ENGL 252, or instructor consent. An advanced acting class focused on performing the work of a particular playwright or playwrights. In this course, students enhance their scene work by examining the theatrical and historical context in which the plays were written, thereby achieving a deeper understanding of a performance style other than contemporary realism. Topics change regularly. May be repeated twice for degree credit if the topics are different.
	THTR 361 - Stage Directing 1 FDR: HA Credits: 3 Prerequisites: THTR 141 and instructor consent. An introduction to directing for the stage. In this hands-on class, students learn and develop basic techniques for integrating work with scripts, performers, and designers into a cohesive stage performance. Students direct scenes from realistic modern or contemporary plays, focusing on collaboration, clarity, imagination, and analysis to create stage pictures and character relationships that tell a specific story on stage. The class culminates in invited classroom performances. Levy.
	THTR 362 - Directing Practicum FDR: HA Credits: 3 Prerequisite: THTR 361 and at least junior standing. Students are required to direct a theater event. Levy.
	THTR 397 - Seminar in Theater Topics Credits: 3 Prerequisite: Six credits in theater or dance courses and instructor consent. A seminar in theater history, literature/ criticism or production with a specific topic and scope to be announced prior to registration. Work in the seminar is based on research, discussion and assigned papers and/or projects. Lab fee required for certain topics. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
	THTR 401 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 1 Prerequisite: Instructor consent. This course permits the student to follow a course of directed study and reading in order to widen the scope of experience and to build upon concepts covered in other courses. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
	THTR 402 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 2 Prerequisite: Instructor consent. This course permits the student to follow a course of directed study and reading in order to widen the scope of experience and to build upon concepts covered in other courses. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
	THTR 403 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 3 Prerequisite: Instructor consent. This course permits the student to follow a course of directed study and reading in order to widen the scope of experience and to build upon concepts covered in other courses. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Repeatable four times for up to 12 credits.
	THTR 421 - Directed Individual Research Credits: 1 Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Students enrich their academic experience by pursuing advanced study in a specialized area of film and visual culture. Permission to undertake directed individual research is a priveleage granted to those students who have demonstrated their ability to work with little supervision. The student wishing to undertake this class must develop a three- to five-page written proposal that includes the problem or issue to be addressed, an outline of the proposed methodology to be used in executing the research, and a statement of the intended outcome with a schedule for completion. Student must be secure approval for the research by the faculty adviser of the project. May be repeated for up to 12 credits
	THTR 422 - Directed Individual Research Credits: 2 Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Students enrich their academic experience by pursuing advanced study in a specialized area of film and visual culture. Permission to undertake directed individual research is a priveleage granted to those students who have demonstrated their ability to work with little supervision. The student wishing to undertake this class must develop a three- to five-page written proposal that includes the problem or issue to be addressed, an outline of the proposed methodology to be used in executing the research, and a statement of the intended outcome with a schedule for completion. Student must be secure approval for the research by the faculty adviser of the project. May be repeated for up to 12 credits
	THTR 423 - Directed Individual Project Credits: 3 Prerequisite: Instructor consent. This course permits the student to follow a program of specialized applied research in order to widen the scope of experience and to build upon concepts covered in other courses. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.

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Course Descriptions

SOAN 401 - Directed Individual Study

SOAN 402 - Directed Individual Study

SOAN 403 - Directed Individual Study

SOAN 421 - Directed Individual Research

SOAN 422 - Directed Individual Research

SOAN 423 - Directed Individual Research

SOAN 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 165 - Advanced Intermediate Spanish

SPAN 200 - Service Learning Practicum in Spanish

SPAN 201 - Supervised Study Abroad: Costa Rica

SPAN 204 - Conversational Skills

SPAN 205 - Spanish for Healthcare Professionals

SPAN 209 - Intro to Hispanic Linguistics

SPAN 211 - Spanish Civilization and Culture

SPAN 212 - Spanish-American Civilization and Culture

SPAN 213 - Seville and the Foundations of Spanish Civilization

SPAN 214 - Contemporary Spain in Context: (Re)searching Spanish Identity and Culture in the 21st Century

SPAN 216 - Living on the Edge: Identities in Motion in Argentina and Uruguay

SPAN 220 - Introducción a la literatura española

SPAN 240 - Introducción a la literatura hispanoamericana

SPAN 275 - Introducción al análisis literario

SPAN 290 - Topics in Latin American Culture and Literature

SPAN 291 - Poetry Workshop

SPAN 295 - Special Topics in Conversation

SPAN 296 - Topics in Hispanic Culture and Expression

SPAN 308 - Power and Ideology: (Critical) Discourse Perspectives

SPAN 309 - History of the Spanish Language

SPAN 312 - Medieval Spanish Cultures in Context

SPAN 320 - Don Quijote

SPAN 322 - Spanish Golden-Age Drama

SPAN 323 - Golden Age Spanish Women Writers

SPAN 333 - El Cid in History and Legend

SPAN 340 - Spanish-American Short Story

SPAN 341 - 20th-Century Mexican Literature: Beyond Revolution

SPAN 342 - Spanish-American Narrative: The Boom Generation

SPAN 344 - Spanish-American Poetry

SPAN 346 - Poetry in Prison: Immigration. Empathy, and Community Engagement

SPAN 347 - Poetry and Power

SPAN 354 - Spanish-American Theater: 20th Century to the Present

SPAN 380 - Spanish Grammar Rules: The Making of a Language

SPAN 392 - Spanish Language Theory and Practice

SPAN 393 - Workshop in Literary Translation

SPAN 397 - Literature of Spain 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

SSIR 481 - Student Summer Independent Research

SSIR 482 - Student Summer Independent Research

SSIR 483 - Student Summer Independent Research

THTR 100 - Introduction to Theater

THTR 109 - University Theater

THTR 121 - Script Analysis for Stage and Screen

THTR 131 - Fundamentals of Theater Art

THTR 132 - Laboratory for Fundamentals of Theater Art

THTR 141 - Stage Acting 1

THTR 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar

THTR 181 - FS: First-Year Seminar

THTR 202 - Supervised Study Abroad

THTR 203 - Preparation for Study Abroad; Swedish Theater

THTR 204 - Study Abroad in Swedish Theater

THTR 209 - Stage Management

THTR 210 - Ancient and Global Theater

THTR 211 - Western Theater History

THTR 215 - Modern Drama

THTR 216 - Contemporary Drama

THTR 220 - Playwriting

THTR 221 - Writer in Residence Seminar

THTR 227 - Discover Scotland: History and Culture through Theater

THTR 236 - Special Effects for Theater

THTR 238 - 3D Printing & Desktop Manufacturing for the Theater

THTR 239 - Total Theater

THTR 241 - Stage Acting 2