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REL 216 - Sainthood in Four Traditions
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2014 and alternate years.
A survey of sainthood in a variety of religious contexts: Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist. The course asks: “What makes someone holy? How do saints behave? How and why are they worshipped?” Readings include sacred biographies (hagiographies), studies of particular traditions of saint worship, and interpretations of sainthood in both theological and cross-cultural perspectives. Lubin.
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REL 221 - Sociology of Religion
(SOC 221) FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2014 and alternate years.
Theories of the origin and functions of religion; institutionalization of religious belief, behavior, and social organization; conditions in which religion maintains social stability and/or generates social change. Eastwood.
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REL 222 - Law and Religion
(LAW 355) FDR: SS4
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Open to undergraduates and law students. Drawing on examples from diverse periods and legal cultures, this seminar addresses “law” and “religion” as two realms of life that have much shared history and continue to intersect in the modern world. Several important topics in comparative law and jurisprudence are covered, including authority and legitimacy, the relation between custom and statute, legal pluralism, church-state relations, and competing models of constitutional secularism. A selective survey of legal systems and practices rooted in particular religious traditions is followed by an examination of how secular legal systems conceptualize religion and balance the protection of religious freedom with their standards of equity and neutrality. Lubin.
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REL 224 - American Indian Religions, Landscapes, and Identities
(ANTH 224) FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2012-2013
Drawing on a combination of scholarly essays, native accounts, videos, guest lectures, and student presentations, this seminar examines the religious assumptions and practices that bind American Indian communities to their traditional homelands. The seminar elucidates and illustrates those principles concerning human environmental interactions common to most Indian tribes; focuses on the traditional beliefs and practices of a particular Indian community that reflected and reinforced the community understanding of the relationship to be maintained with the land and its creatures; and examines the moral and legal disputes that have arisen out of the very different presuppositions which Indians and non- Indians hold regarding the environment. Markowitz.
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REL 225 - Magic, Science, and Religion
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2013 and alternate years.
How do religious and scientific explanations and methods of inquiry differ? What are the roles of reason and authority in each case? This course draws together materials from antiquity to the present, from the West and from Asia, to illustrate a variety of types of “systems of knowledge.” Theoretical readings are balanced with diverse case studies from diverse contexts: religious doctrines, mystical practices, alchemy, astrology, sorcery, “traditional medicines,” and modern religious movements. Students research a system of their choice and analyze its claims and methods in comparison with those of other traditions covered in the course. Lubin.
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REL 231 - Yogis, Ascetics, and Monks in Indian Religions
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Indian yogis, monks and ascetics pursue extraordinary paths that invert the normal aims and values of society. This course surveys the ideas on mental and physical training that developed in India; their conceptual basis; the range of techniques used; and their philosophical development in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. The course seeks to answer such questions as: “What is the purpose of these teachings and for whom were they designed?” “What roles do yogis and ascetics play in religious life?” and “What is their ethical status in the world?” Lubin.
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REL 235 - Gods in Transit: The Spread of Religions in Asia
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
This course looks at how deities and religious ideas and practices spread from one place to another through conquest, a network of holy men, or a circuit of traders. The aim is to identify (a) the processes that occur when religions travel from one region to another, and (b) the role of these religions in creating new cultures shared across a wide area. The focus is mainly on premodern periods, but comparisons are made with religious pluralism and globalization in the modern world. Lubin.
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REL 250 - Early Christian Thought: Orthodoxy and Heresy
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: REL 102 or instructor consent. An exploration of the uncertain boundaries between orthodoxy and heresy in early Christian movements. Questions addressed include, “Who decides what is orthodox and what is heretical, how are these decisions made, and what impact do they have on institutional structures? What perennial problems in Christian thought and practice emerge in the early debates about orthodoxy and heresy, and how are those problems being addressed today?” Readings include selections from the Hebrew Scriptures, the New Testament, “Gnostic gospels” and other so-called heretical texts, writings from the Church Fathers (with special attention to St. Augustine) and recent scholarly treatments of orthodoxy and heresy. Brown.
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REL 262 - The Bible, the Enlightenment and its Aftermath
FDR: HU
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
A study of how the Bible influenced the thought and culture of the Enlightenment, broadly conceived, and how various Enlightenment ideas and figures influenced the reading of the Bible both in the Enlightenment Age itself and into the succeeding centuries. Brown, Anderegg.
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REL 272 - Modern Jewish Literature in Translation
(LIT 272) FDR: HL
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirements. Readings in the works of 20th-century authors writing in Yiddish and Hebrew, such as the Polish author Isaac B. Singer, the Russian author Sholem Aleichem, and the Israeli novelists Amos Oz and A. B. Yehoshua. These writings are studied as literary expressions of religious themes and as responses to the historical and religious crises of modern Jewish life in Europe, the United States, and Israel. The class views four films for additional insight into Yiddish and Israeli culture. Students write two interpretive papers and daily analyses of the readings and films. This is a discussion-centered course. Marks.
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REL 275 - God and the Holocaust
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Through drama, poetry, theology, memoir, book-inspired films, and short fiction composed by Holocaust victims and later writers, this discussion-centered course explores how Jews have addressed the question, “Where was God during the Holocaust?” Their answers range from acquiescent faith to angry rejection, and to paradoxical wrestling with an absent God. We begin with Elie Wiesel’s play, The Trial of God, and then go back in time to examine how the biblical books of Job and Lamentations addressed the problem of underserved suffering, as well as traditional Jewish writings about national catastrophes and the Messiah. We compare these ancient ideas with our main topic of study: the ideas and experiences of modern Jews confronting the theological problem of the Holocaust. Marks.
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REL 281 - Modern Islamic Thought
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2013
A study of Islamic religious movements and representative religious writings of the past two centuries, with focus upon “fundamentalist” or “revivalist” writings and upon recent authors responding to them. Hatcher.
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REL 282 - The Qur’an
FDR: HU
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years
For Muslim believers, the Qur’an (the “Recitation”) is the word of the One God revealed to the Prophet Muhammad and the heart of Islamic faith and practice. This course explores the themes and content of the Qur’an; the Qur’an’s original context in the life and society of the Prophet Muhammad; traditional and modern modes of Qur’anic analysis and interpretation; and the significance of the Qur’an and its interpretation for Islamic law, ritual, ethics, theology, aesthetics, and devotion. The Qur’an is read in English-language interpretation and in tandem with traditional and modern examples of Qur’anic exegesis (tafsir). No previous knowledge of Islam is required. Hatcher.
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REL 283 - Sufism: Islamic Mysticism
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2013
This course explores the mystical expressions and institutions known as Sufism within the Islamic community. Topics include the elaboration of Sufism from the core tenets of Islam; Sufi practices of ecstasy and discipline; the artistic and literary products of the Sufi experience; the institutions of Sufi orders, saints, shrines, and popular practices; and the debates among Muslims over the place of Sufism within the greater tradition of Islam. Hatcher.
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REL 285 - Introduction to American Indian Religions
(ANTH 285) FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall.
This class introduces students to some of the dominant themes, values, beliefs, and practices found among the religions of North America’s Indian peoples. The first part of the course explores the importance of sacred power, landscape, and community in traditional Indian spiritualities and rituals. It then examines some of the changes that have occurred in these traditions as a result of western expansion and dominance from the 18th through early 20th centuries. Lastly, the course considers some of the issues and problems confronting contemporary American Indian religions. Markowitz.
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REL 287 - Central Asian Islam and the Religions of the Silk Road
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2011-2012.
Central Asia has long been a crossroads of peoples and ideas, connecting India, China, the Middle East, and the northern steppes of what is now Russia. This course explores this region’s rich religious history and diversity in three parts: the religions of the ancient “Silk Road”” (including Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Manichaeism); Islam’s arrival in Central Asia and how Islam was transformed in the process; and the response of Central Asia’s modern Muslim communities to the advent of colonialism, Communism, Economic Liberalism, and politically-mobilized Islam. Hatcher.
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REL 295 - Special Topics in Religion
FDR: HU
Credits: 3-4
Prerequisite varies according to the topic. A course offered from time to time in a selected problem or topic in religion. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
Winter 2013 topic:
REL 295: Self: Augustine and His Modern Heirs (3). A careful reading of Augustine’s Confessions with an eye toward its existential significance forunderstanding the self and related themes such as love and death, the nature of time and the world. This lays the foundation for consideration of modern accounts of the self as exemplified by one of the most influential thinkers of modern European thought, Martin Heidegger in his classic work, Being and Time. Additional class time may be devoted to consideration of the Augustinian legacy in the accounts of self found in works from leading figures the philosophy, theology, and literature of western cultures, such as Dante, Blaise Pascal, Rene Descartes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and others. (HU) Kosky.
Fall 2012 topic:
REL 295: Religion and Existentialism (3). A consideration of the accounts of human existence elaborated by philosophers and theologians in the 19th and 20th Century. The central figures to be considered are G.W.F. Hegel, Soren Kierkegaard, and Friedrich Nietzshe. Attention is also paid to their significance for future philosophers, theologians, artists, and literary figures. Additional writers and artists to be considered may include some of the following: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Samuel Beckett, Jean-Paul Sartre, Martin Heidegger, and Martin Buber. Kosky.
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REL 296 - Seminar in Religion, Ethics, and Law
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
A consideration of human practices in pursuit of the good and the good life with an eye toward understanding the interaction of these practices with social, cultural, and institutional powers and authorities. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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REL 299 - Directed Study in Sanskrit
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Instruction in Sanskrit language and literature. For students at the elementary level, the course presents all the basic grammar of the language over the course of a year, with readings of gradually increasing difficulty from the first class. Recitation and the use of spoken Sanskrit to analyze grammatical forms will be taught. At the intermediate level, the course gives more attention to syntax, the use of compounds, and metrics. All readings are taken from original Sanskrit works, beginning with easy epic passages and fables in prose and verse. At the advanced level, the course guides students in the reading, analysis, and interpretation of important works in Sanskrit (chosen in accordance with the students’ interests), providing historical, religious, and cultural background, as well as a consideration of the relevant secondary literature. Opportunities for reading from manuscripts are offered. May be repeated for degree credit when the levels of instruction are different. Only the fifth term of study (third-year level) may be used to a meet a major requirement. Lubin.
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REL 333 - Meditation and Self-Knowledge
FDR: HU
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
For 2,500 years, Hindus and Buddhists have promoted meditation as a means to attain insight and liberation from suffering, a state sometimes understood in terms of divinity or Buddha-nature. Meditation has also been adopted by some in the West during the last century, often for psychological or physical benefits apart from any devotional context. What had traditionally been a practice of ordained monks was popularized in the West, a trend that then caught on in Asia as well. We look at the origins of meditative practices in Asian traditions using primary sources, social context, and personal experience of basic meditative techniques. The course concludes by noting that some contemporary neuroscientists are looking to meditation to better understand mind, brain, emotion, and cognition. Lubin.
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REL 335 - Hindu Law in Theory and Practice
Credits: 3
This course introduces Hindu law, in both historical and comparative perspectives. We begin with introductory reflections on the nature and role of law in society and the relationship between religion and state in the law in general, and in India in particular. Other topics covered include the origins of Hindu law in priestly ritual codes, political theory, and local custom; Dharma as religious jurisprudence; premodern legal practice; British attempts to codify Hindu law; Hindu personal law in modern India; and the controversy over religion and secularism in the courts today, including the constitutional definition of “Hindu;” attempts to legislate against disapproved religious practices; and disputes over sacred spaces. We close with comparisons with legal reasoning about religion in America, Israel, and England, based on court cases. (HU, GE4d) Lubin.
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REL 340 - Seminar in Asian Religions
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2012-2013
Prerequisite: One course in Asian religions or instructor consent. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. A study of specific topics in Asian religion and society. Lubin.
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REL 350 - Seminar in Biblical Studies
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: REL 101, 102, 151 250, or course work in ancient history or classics, or instructor consent. An exploration of a topic in Biblical studies, focusing on ancient texts and their interpreters from antiquity to the present. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
Winter 2013 topic:
REL 350: Seminar in Biblical Studies: The Apostle Paul: Life, Letters, Legacy (3). Prerequisite: REL 101, 102, 151, 250 or course work in ancient history or classics, or instructor consent. A study of the Apostle Paul that begins with historical and cultural contexts (Jewish and Hellenistic) in the first century of the common era, takes up his letters individually through close readings, and follows the various and divergent influences of certain of his key ideas (e.g., justification, faith, freedom, law, grace) through the course of Western religious and political thought to the present. (HU) Brown.
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REL 381 - Islamic Law in Society
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2012-2013
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. This seminar introduces students to the Islamic understanding of shari’a (“Path,” “law”) and its role in Muslim culture, history, and society. To be examined are: the key sources of law in the Qur’an and the model of the Prophet Muhammad, the early development of Islamic legal theories and institutions, the roles of these institutions in everyday life, and the struggle to reimagine Islamic law and its place in contemporary Muslim communities. Case studies include the nature of political institutions, the rights and roles of women, and Islamic economics. Hatcher.
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REL 395 - Advanced Seminar in Religion
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Prerequisite will vary according to the topic. An advanced seminar offered from time to time, depending on student interest and staff availability, in a selected problem or topic in religion. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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REL 399 - Senior Seminar
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: Senior religion major. This course begins with consideration of the nature of the study of religion. The remainder of the course is devoted to the writing of an independent research project. Students will continue to meet for discussion of work in progress and instruction in the craft of researching and writing a long, multi-source independent research project. Lubin.
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REL 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Subject to departmental approval and available departmental resources, this course provides an opportunity for individuals to pursue significant lines of independent study in the field of religion. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Staff.
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REL 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Subject to departmental approval and available departmental resources, this course provides an opportunity for individuals to pursue significant lines of independent study in the field of religion. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Staff.
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REL 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Subject to departmental approval and available departmental resources, this course provides an opportunity for individuals to pursue significant lines of independent study in the field of religion. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Staff.
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REL 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
Planned Offering: Fall-Winter
Honors Thesis.
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ROML 296 - Spring-Term Topics in Romance Languages
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisites vary by topic. Nature and content of the course is determined by the interests of the instructor(s) and student(s). May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff. Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Spring 2013 topic:
ROML 296: Spring-Term Topics in Romance Languages: Carmen and Her Incarnations (4). No prerequisites. Open to all, taught in English. This seminar examines a major archetype of Western culture: the mythical character Carmen, from the short story by Prosper Merimee (1945) to her reincarnations on the Opera stage (Bizet’s Carmen, 1875) and in film. We study the stereotype of the gypsy in Europe, in literature (Merimee, Cervantes, Victor Hugo, and Pushkin), and the representation of the gypsy in European art. Particular attention is given to the fourth chapter of Carmen, and anthropological/sociological report on gypsies, subsequently added by Merimee. Exploring this construct of the “disturbing other”, the course then traces Carmen’s avatars in opera (Bizet, Rachmaninov) and film (Preminger’s Carmen Jones, Carlos Saura’s and Antonio Gades’s Carmen, Godard’s Carmen). In addition to lectures by the professor and guest speakers, the class is run principally as a seminar, with research conducted by students working in small groups. It culminates in a dossier on Carmen reflecting the collective synthesis of our findings. No knowledge of French, Spanish or Russian is necessary, although speakers of foreign languages are encouraged to work on primary sources in the original text. (HL) Frégnac-Clave.
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ROML 297 - Spring Term Abroad in Romance Languages
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2012
A spring-term abroad topics course in which the language of instruction is English, while students also study the language of the host country (French, Spanish, Italian or Portuguese). The course topic is an intensive cultural study related to one of the societies that speak Romance Languages, with an emphasis on experiential learning. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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ROML 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
Planned Offering: Fall-Winter
Prerequisites: Senior standing, honors candidacy, and instructor consent. Interested students should see a member of the Romance languages faculty by winter term of their junior year. Staff.
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RUSS 100 - Introduction to Russian Language
Credits: 1
Pass/Fail only. This course introduces students to the Russian alphabet, basic vocabulary, and some rudimentary grammar. Brodsky.
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RUSS 111 - Elementary Russian I
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall
A basic course in Russian which includes the spoken language, fundamental grammar and reading. G. McCaughrin.
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RUSS 112 - Elementary Russian II
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: RUSS 111 or its equivalent. A basic course in Russian which includes the spoken language, fundamental grammar and reading. G. McCaughrin.
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RUSS 113 - Elementary Conversation
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: RUSS 112 or its equivalent. An activation and enrichment of vocabulary and grammatical structures already learned. Conversation and composition themes focus on everyday life in contemporary Russia. Conducted primarily in Russian. Rodionava.
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RUSS 114 - Supervised Study Abroad: Elementary Russian
Credits: 6
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisites: RUSS 100 in previous winter term and approval of the International Education Committee. This study abroad course includes spoken language, basic grammar, and reading and writing with an emphasis on contemporary culture. Brodsky.
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RUSS 261 - Intermediate Russian I
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: RUSS 112 or its equivalent. Continuation of RUSS 112 with some attention to Russian literature and culture. Staff.
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RUSS 262 - Intermediate Russian II
FDR: FL
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: RUSS 261 or its equivalent. Continuation of RUSS 261 with some attention to Russian literature and culture. Staff.
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RUSS 263 - Supervised Study Abroad: Intermediate Russian
FDR: FL
Credits: 6
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisites: RUSS 111 and 112 completed at W&L and approval of the International Education Committee. This study abroad course includes speaking, reading and writing with an emphasis on contemporary culture. Brodsky.
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RUSS 301 - Advanced Russian I
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: RUSS 262 or instructor consent. Speaking, reading and writing of Russian with increased attention to Russian literature and advanced grammar. Brodsky.
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RUSS 302 - Advanced Russian II
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: RUSS 301. A continuation of RUSS 301. Brodsky.
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RUSS 313 - Advanced Conversation
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisites: RUSS 262 with a grade of B+ or better, RUSS 302, or instructor consent. A course designed for the advanced language student with emphasis on conversation. Staff.
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RUSS 315 - 19th-Century Russian Literature
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2013 and alternate years
Prerequisite: RUSS 262 or equivalent. The novels, plays, poetry, and literary movements of the 19th century. Authors examined include Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, and Chekhov. Conducted in Russian. Brodsky.
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RUSS 316 - 20th-Century Russian Literature
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2012 and alternate years
Prerequisite: RUSS 262 or equivalent. The novels, plays, poetry, and literary movements of the 20th century. Solzhenitsyn, Babel, Platonov, Mandelshtam, and Tsvetaeva are examples of authors examined. Conducted in Russian. Brodsky.
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RUSS 363 - Supervised Study Abroad
Credits: Not yet approved for new spring term. (was 6 or 3-3)
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisites: RUSS 262 or equivalent or permission of the department, and approval of the International Education Committee. A course designed to improve active oral proficiency in Russian and to introduce students to the culture and history of Russia. Classes are held at a prestigious Russian institution of higher education. Excursions are taken to major Russian cities and historic sites. Credits may be split between Russian and other disciplines with the approval of the departments involved. Staff.
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RUSS 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Instructor consent Advanced study in Russian. The nature of the course will be determined by the students’ needs and by evaluation of their previous work. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Staff.
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RUSS 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Advanced study in Russian. The nature of the course will be determined by the students’ needs and by evaluation of their previous work. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Staff.
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RUSS 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Advanced study in Russian. The nature of the course will be determined by the students’ needs and by evaluation of their previous work. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Staff.
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RAS 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Permission of the Russian Area Studies Committee. Directed Individual Study. Staff.
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RAS 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Permission of the Russian Area Studies Committee. Directed Individual Study. Staff.
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RAS 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of the Russian Area Studies Committee. Directed Individual Study. Staff.
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RAS 473 - Senior Thesis
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Prerequisites: Senior standing, Russian Area Studies major, and permission of the program head. Students explore specialized issues in Russian Area Studies through writing a thesis on a topic chosen in consultation with two members of the Russian Area Studies faculty committee. Staff.
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RAS 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
Planned Offering: Fall-Winter
Prerequisites: Senior standing and honors candidacy. Honors Thesis. Staff.
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SOC 102 - General Sociology
FDR: SS4
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: First-year or sophomore standing. Juniors and seniors with instructor consent. For Fall 2012, section 03 is a first-year only section. Human society: culture, personality, human nature, social groups, associations, and institutions; analysis of major institutions and of modern social trends. Staff.
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SOC 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered occasionally. Each first-year seminar topic is approved by the Dean of The College and the Committee on Courses and Degrees. Applicability to FDRs and other requirements varies.
First-year seminar. Prerequisite: First-year standing. First-year seminar.
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SOC 190 - Bibliographical Resources
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Fall
An introduction to the use of the library and other compilations of information on sociology and anthropology. Directed by library and sociology and anthropology department staff. Degree credit is awarded for only one 190 course regardless of academic discipline. Staff.
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SOC 200 - Religion and American Social Institutions
(REL 200) FDR: SS4
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2012-2013.
A study of religion in American society in relation to other fundamental social institutions-family, polity, economy, and education-with special attention to religion and politics. Staff.
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SOC 202 - Contemporary Social Problems
FDR: SS4
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2013 and alternate years.
A study of the relationship of social problems to the cultural life and social structure of American society. An analysis of the causes, consequences, and possible solutions to selected social problems in American society. Staff.
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SOC 212 - Theories of Social Psychology
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2013 and alternate years.
An introduction to three major paradigms present in the sociological tradition of social psychology. The course examines social structure and personality, structural social psychology and symbolic interactionist framework. The three paradigmatic approaches are used to understand how macro-level processes influence micro-level social interaction and vice versa. Chin.
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SOC 221 - Sociology of Religion
(REL 221) FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2014 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.
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SOC 222 - Secularization and Modern Society: The Demise of Religion?
FDR: SS4
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2012-2013.
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.
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SOC 225 - Peoples of Central Europe Through Literature and Film
FDR: SS4
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years.
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.
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SOC 228 - Race and Ethnic Relations
FDR: SS4
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: At least junior standing. First-years or sophomores with instructor consent. 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.
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SOC 234 - Nationalism and National Identity
(HIST 234) FDR: This course does not meet FDR requirements.
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2012-2013.
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.
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SOC 245 - European Politics and Society
(POL 245) FDR: SS4
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2013 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.
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SOC 246 - Post-Communism and New Democracies
(POL 246) FDR: SS4
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2012 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.
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SOC 251 - Social Movements
(POL 251) FDR: SS4
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisites: POL 100, 105 or 111 or instructor consent. 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.
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SOC 262 - The Sociology of Culture
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2012-2013.
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. Staff.
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SOC 264 - Work, Family, and Community
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2012-2013.
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. Staff.
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SOC 266 - Cities and Regions
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2012-2013.
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. Staff.
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SOC 270 - Deviance
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: 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.
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SOC 272 - Social Revolutions
(POL 272) FDR: SS4
Credits: 3
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.
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SOC 274 - Sociology of Literature
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2012-2013.
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.
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SOC 280 - Gender and Sexuality
FDR: SS4
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: 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.
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SOC 281 - Adolescence Under the Microscope
FDR: SS4
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years.
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.
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SOC 289 - Sociology of the Self, Self-Help, and the Pursuit of Happiness
FDR: SS4
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years.
SOC 102, ANTH 101, or instructor consent. 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 PSYC 300: 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.
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SOC 290 - Special Topics in Sociology
Credits: 3 in Fall or Winter, 4 in Spring
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
A discussion of a series of topics of sociological concern. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
Winter 2013 topics:
SOC 290-01: Culture and Poverty (3). In this course, we consider the relationship between culture, stratification, and economic development. Drawing on both ethnographies and quantitative studies that attempt to tease out the causes of multi-generational poverty, we ask whether and to what extent “cultural” and “institutional” factors matter. As such, students also learn about distinct methodological approaches in social science and some of their relative advantages and disadvantages. The central goal of the course, though, is to move beyond debates in the popular media about who is “responsible” for poverty, towards understanding its causes and considering the implications of social science research on this subject for policy. Eastwood.
SOC 290-02: International Comparative Sociology (3). This course focuses on the method and practice of drawing comparisons across and between multiple societies or society-level phenomena. We focus particular attention on comparative studies of the state; economic development; types of political regimes and transitions between regimes; social movements and revolutions; and identities and ideologies. Students both read about different types of comparisons and put the comparative method into practice through independent research projects on appropriate topics of their choosing. Eastwood.
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SOC 305 - Power and Society
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2012-2013.
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.
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SOC 351 - Sociological Theory
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: SOC 102 and at least junior standing. 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. Staff.
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SOC 375 - Methods of Social Inquiry
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisites: SOC 102 or ANTH 101 and at least junior standing. 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. Staff.
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SOC 390 - Special Topics in Sociology
Credits: 3
A discussion of a series of topics of sociological concern. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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SOC 395 - Senior Seminar in Sociological Analysis
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: SOC 102, and SOC 375 or POL 375, and MATH 118, INTR 202 or PSYC 250. 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 if the topics are different.
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SOC 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
Planned Offering: Fall-Winter
Honors Thesis.
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SPAN 111 - Elementary Spanish I
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall
Enrollment limited. Preference given to first-year students with no prior preparation in Spanish. Emphasis on listening comprehension and speaking, with gradual introduction of reading and writing. Staff.
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SPAN 112 - Elementary Spanish II
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: 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.
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SPAN 161 - Intermediate Spanish I
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisites: SPAN 112 or the equivalent language skills. Intensive, concentrated course in review grammar and reading, with practice in listening and speaking. Staff.
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