2017-2018 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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SC 367 - Criminal Justice (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 101 , SC 102 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. An introduction to the structure and operation of the criminal justice system in the United States. Attention is focused on the individual and institutional level. Topics include criminal law, the police, the judicial system, victimology, and corrections. IFS/IU
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SC 368 - Masculinities (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: One SC 100-level or SC 200-level course or one PY 100-level or PY 200-level course. Recommended Prerequisite: SC 210 . Critiques of masculinity barrage us with the notion that men are dangerous and distressed; yet, men's experiences are various, ranging from powerful and confident to marginal and frightened. This course examines the many ways men live, how literature describes them, and how scholars interpret them. Feminist, multicultural, and transnational perspectives are utilized. IG (Spring only)
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SC 373 - Sociology of Human Rights (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 102 . Human rights are approached from a comparative historical and interdisciplinary perspective. Students learn about foundational notions of human rights as they are interpreted in accordance with various belief systems and secular humanist philosophy; the UN-based human rights regime; and a number of contemporary challenges to the protection of human rights in the global era. GT/IPJ
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SC 374 - Sociology of Development (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 102 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. The topics of political and economic development are approached from a comparative historical perspective. Students learn about the history of modern development practices; the postulates and assumptions of various theories of development; and the various criticisms/critiques of development in regard to European colonialism, Cold War geopolitics, and contemporary global integration and backlashes. GT
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SC 375 - Political Sociology (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 101 , SC 102 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. An examination of basic patterns in national power structures, both historically and today. The primary focus is on national elites, how they relate to one another and to non-elites, and the consequences of these relations for political stability and democracy. The scope is global, but the main emphasis is on the advanced capitalist societies. GT
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SC 376 - Israel-Palestine: Conflict Narratives, Media Framing, and Peace-Building (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 102 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. Focused on Israel-Palestine, this course deepens students' understanding of the dynamics of deep-rooted conflict; the role of media in maintaining conflict; the challenges posed by conflicting narratives; and the social, psychological, and structural processes inherent in peace-building. GT/IPJ
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SC 377 - Social Movements and Social Protest (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 102 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. Explores national and transnational efforts by organized civil society groups to bring about social and political change. Emphasis is on learning about the grievances, goals, tactics, and achievements of a wide range of social movements. Students examine additional movements through term paper projects. Required readings draw on scholarly analyses and first-hand accounts; video materials vividly portray social movement participants and their actions. GT
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SC 378 - Islamic Social Movements (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 102 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. A survey of the historical development of Islam as a world systemic force and its interaction with other world systemic forces, namely: secularism, liberalism, the nation-state, democracy, and globalization. Students learn about the civilization and faith of Islam; the often stated, and more often misunderstood, "Islamic Revival" observable around the world; and key intellectuals, social movement leaders, politicians, teachers, lawyers, students, business people, farmers, and workers in the world today who employ similar Islamic categories to engage in a variety of social and political projects. GT
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SC 379 - Israel-Palestine: Roots of the Conflict and Prospects for Peace (3.00 cr.)
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 102 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. Explores the roots and evolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the competing historical narratives, the critical issues in the conflict, and the prospects for peace. Current local and international responses to the conflict are highlighted with particular attention given to civil society efforts for peace in Israel-Palestine.
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SC 398 - Independent Study I (3.00 cr.)
An independent study guided by the instructor. Topics vary. Written or electronic permission of the instructor. Closed to students who have taken SC 399 . May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
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SC 399 - Independent Study II (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 398 . An independent study guided by the instructor. A continuation of SC 398 . Written or electronic permission of the instructor. Closed to students who have repeated SC 398 .
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SC 401 - Sociology Practicum and Seminar (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 101 , SC 102 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. Students develop career-relevant skills through participation in supervised work experience. Agency placements include courts, social services, counseling centers, research centers, and federal/state/local government. Relevant issues are discussed in weekly seminars. Written or electronic permission of the instructor. Seminar format with limited enrollment. Interested students should contact the department chair or the instructor early in the fall semester before registering for the class. Students will not be permitted to enroll once the semester has started. (Spring only)
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SC 402 - Social Work Practicum and Seminar (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 101 , SC 214 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. Students develop social work skills through participation in supervised social work setting. A weekly seminar provides a forum for discussion of relevant issues and professional development toward a career in social work. Written or electronic permission of the department chair. Seminar format with limited enrollment. Interested students should contact the department chair or the instructor early in the fall semester before registering. Students will not be permitted to enroll once the semester has started.
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SC 405 - Seminar: Special Topics in Sociology (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 101 , SC 102 , and 60 credits or written permission of the instructor. An intensive sociological investigation of a specific topic. Seminar format with limited enrollment. May be repeated twice for credit with different topics.
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SC 410 - Seminar: Social Organization of Everyday Life (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 101 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. Studies the naturally-occurring activities in which people participate during their day-to-day living. Topics include behavior in public places, such as maintenance of privacy and personal space; forms of social interaction, such as queuing and ordinary conversation; and the social construction of meaning. Emphasizes students' ability to observe, describe, and analyze the social organization of the world in which they live. Students videotape and/or audiotape for class assignments. Seminar format with limited enrollment.
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SC 420 - Seminar: Race, Class, and Social Construction of Opportunity (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 101 , SC 102 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. Among American core ideals in the notion that opportunities are equally available for all. Nevertheless, the lived reality is that opportunity is profoundly impacted by demographic factors such as race, class, and gender. This course examines the role of social and cultural capital (trust, civic, engagement, community attachment, and social networks) in shaping life chances and provides a critical understanding of how structural positions and social relationships affect the distribution of social opportunities such as educational and occupational attainment, health, and wealth. Seminar format with limited enrollment. IAF
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SC 421 - Seminar: Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 101 or SC 210 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. A seminar organized around the themes of gender, race, class, and sexuality that is designed to familiarize students with the theory and methods of studying these categories. The focus is on how these categories are socially constructed. Particular attention is paid to privilege, economics, historical and legal contexts, and systems that operate to perpetuate these categories. Throughout, the course relies on the voices of individuals to tell their stories via readings, personal interactions, and class visits. Seminar format with limited enrollment. IAF/IG
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SC 422 - Seminar: Gender, Sexuality, and Capitalism (3.00 cr.)
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 210 . Reading work spanning disciplines, centuries, and the globe, students investigate the way capitalism has shaped gender and sexuality, and the way gender and sexuality in turn influence how individuals work and what they value. GT/IG
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SC 424 - Seminar: Privilege and Inequality in Education (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 101 , SC 102 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. The sociological imagination is applied to the examination of how schooling is impacted by broader social structures, institutions, and practices. Specific attention is given to the influence of factors such as race, class, gender, social mobility, and social capital in shaping educational advantages and disadvantages. An equity lens is applied to the exploration of the extent to which schools promote equal opportunity and/or reproduce prevailing patterns of power, privilege, and hierarchy. The American educational system is emphasized and examined in comparative context. Seminar format with limited enrollment.
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SC 430 - Seminar: Gender and Justice (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 101 or SC 210 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. Explores the capacity of the U.S. criminal justice system to deliver gender equal justice by also exploring how legislation, interpretation, and application of criminal law reflects gendered, raced, and classed assumptions about human nature, appropriate roles, and positions in society. Focuses on processing victims and offenders and access to legal employment. Seminar format with limited enrollment. IFS/IG/IPJ
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SC 434 - Seminar: Women and Deviance (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 101 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. This seminar is divided into two parts. The first part of the semester examines the adequacy of traditional approaches to deviance in explaining the deviance of females. The second part focuses on selected problem areas: women and violence, substance abuse, and sexual deviance. Seminar format with limited enrollment. IFS/IG
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SC 435 - Seminar: Forensic Sociology (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 101 , SC 102 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. The course considers the use of sociological data and its interpretation in decisions made by courts and other agencies of the judicial system. Areas considered may include profiling in law enforcement and corrections, spousal abuse, the death penalty, the CSI effect, and pornography. IFS
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SC 440 - Seminar: Global Sociology (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 101 and SC 102 or completion of two social science core courses. Restricted to juniors and seniors. Globalization has become a favorite topic of the late twentieth century, as technological revolutions during recent decades, combined with the collapse of communism in central and eastern Europe, have profoundly expanded the connections among the world's people. Any educated person in the twenty-first century will need to think globally, and this course explores the possibilities. Similarities and differences among societies are examined, along with the argument that a global social system is emerging. Seminar format with limited enrollment. GT
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SC 441 - Seminar: Reconciliation and Justice after Violent Conflict (3.00 cr.)
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 102 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. Focuses on the challenges of fostering reconciliation after violent and protracted conflict. Students have the opportunity to learn about various contemporary conflicts, peace processes, and peace-building efforts, and to examine the tension between peace and social justice. Case studies include South Africa, Northern Ireland, Israel-Palestine, and Rwanda. Seminar format with limited enrollment. GT/IPJ
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SC 471 - Minority Group Conflict (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SC 101 , SC 102 . Restricted to juniors and seniors. A critical examination of the character and origins of ethnic and racial conflict in American cities. Students explore cultural, social, and political factors associated with competition and violence between and within these communities. Topics discussed include intergroup violence, political contest and coalition building, welfare reform, housing opportunities, economic restructuring, drug warfare, and school desegregation. Seminar format with limited enrollment. GT/IAF/IU
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SC 498 - Forensic Studies Experience (3.00 cr.)
A capstone experience in forensic studies in which a student may arrange an internship, independent study, or research experience with a faculty sponsor to engage in an in-depth exploration of a topic associated with forensic or criminal investigation. Written or electronic permission of a sponsoring faculty member. Generally completed during senior year; students should secure a faculty sponsor and obtain the approval of the forensic studies director by the end of junior year. IFS
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SN 101 - Introductory Spanish I (3.00 cr.)
A thorough grounding in the four language skills: reading, understanding, speaking, and writing, as well as an understanding of the structure of the Spanish language, as well as the national literatures and cultures of Spanish American countries and Spain. For students with no previous knowledge of the language. Cannot be taken for credit by students who have taken three years of Spanish during high school. Laboratory study outside the classroom is required.
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SN 102 - Introductory Spanish II (3.00 cr.)
A continuation of SN 101 . Laboratory study outside the classroom is required.
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SN 103 - Intermediate Spanish I (3.00 cr.)
A systematic consolidation and expansion of the four basic skills: reading, understanding, speaking, and writing. To increase and perfect students' acquired abilities/proficiencies in the language, and broaden their understanding of the country's culture and literature. Laboratory study outside the classroom is required.
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SN 104 - Intermediate Spanish II (3.00 cr.)
A capstone course reviewing and reinforcing language skills learned in SN 101-103 to help students attain intermediate level as defined by ACTFL guidelines in the five skills: reading, writing, speaking, comprehension, and culture of Spain, Latin America, and other Spanish-speaking areas. Course includes use of the language in context, with authentic readings, discussion in Spanish, and film clips. Laboratory study outside the classroom is required. IL
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SN 161 - Comprehensive Beginning Spanish (6.00 cr.)
A review course for students who have had three years of language study in high school and for students who wish to begin a second modern language. The material covered is essentially the same as for the SN 101-102 sequence, except that it is covered in one semester instead of two. This includes a thorough grounding in the five language skills: reading, listening, speaking, writing, and cultural knowledge, as well as an understanding of the structure of the language, cultures, and literatures of the countries that speak Spanish. Special emphasis is placed on preparing students to begin work at the intermediate language level. Open to students who wish to begin study in a second modern language or who place into SN 102 . Contact time includes six 50-minute class sessions per week. Counts as two, three-credit courses. Laboratory study outside the classroom is required. Required for students who have completed three years of high school Spanish, who wish to continue language study in Spanish, and who place into SN 101 . Closed to students who have taken SN 101 , SN 102 , or the equivalent.
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SN 201 - Spanish Composition and Conversation (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 104 . Increases students' oral and written proficiency through assimilation of advanced structural patterns, stylistic analysis, discussion of contemporary topics. Closed to students who have taken SN 203 , SN 217 , or any SN 300-level course. IL
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SN 203 - Introduction to Reading Literature (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 201 . Transition from SN 201 to advanced classes. Develops reading skills with emphasis on class discussion and new vocabulary. Introduces Hispanic literature: basic terms, genres, detailed analysis, and themes. Works include novellas, plays, short stories, poems. Closed to students who have taken SN 217 . IL
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SN 205 - Spanish for Business (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 201 . Familiarizes students with specialized vocabulary, types of documents, protocol, and style of correspondence related to economy and the business world. Special emphasis on increasing students' international perspective and on development of skills necessary to work effectively in a multicultural setting.
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SN 210 - Advanced Spanish Composition (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 201 . Develops and refines written expression through a review of complex grammatical structures and idiomatic expressions. Students practice guided compositions and creative writing using factual reporting techniques and literary models. Closed to students who have studied for a semester or more in a country where Spanish is spoken.
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SN 217 - Venturing into the Text: Reading Comprehension through Literature (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 201 . Transition from SN 201 to advanced classes. Develops students' ability to read Spanish through practice with Hispanic short stories, plays, poems, novellas or novels. Increased facility in reading acquired through emphasis on new vocabulary, introduction of basic terms and genres, some grammar review, reading exercises, analysis and discussion of themes. Speaking and writing skills also developed by class discussions and written assignments. Closed to students who have taken SN 203 .
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SN 301 - The Culture and Civilization of Spain (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Studies the historical, political, literary, and artistic development of Spain including an examination of the characteristic traditions and customs of their social context.
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SN 303 - Hispanic Film (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. A study of key Spanish and Latin American directors such as Luis Buñuel, Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodóvar, María Luisa Bemberg, and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. Students become familiar with cinematic terms and relate formal film aspects with sociopolitical events connected to the Spanish Civil War and the postwar, the "Guerra Sucia" in Argentina, and the Cuban Revolution.
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SN 304 - Contemporary Central America (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 201 . Recommended Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 . With civil wars in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras during the 1980s, Central America endured class struggle in its most extreme form. After the peace accords of the 1990s and the repatriation of Central Americans who had assimilated the gang culture of large U.S. cities, the situation degenerated into nonpolitical, extreme social violence that continued to rip at the social fabric of the Central American region. Students examine a series of texts and videos which define the conflict and the violence related to it in terms of economics, gender, and race. Principal texts include Alegria, Belli, Menchú, Cabezas, and recent sociological research. Film and video documentaries supplement the readings. Closed to students who have taken ML 404 . IL
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SN 305 - Visual Culture in Colonial Latin America (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Examines the visual production of the colonial period considering race, sexual gender, space, and religion as the analyzing factors. Readings consist of a variety of texts and images including chronicles, autobiographies, journals, paintings, maps, and plates. Visual sources come from Gillain Rose's Visual Methodologies, Serge Gruzinski's La colonizacion de lo imaginario, and Magli Carrera's Imaging Identity in New Spain. Authors included are Father Diego de Landa, Father Martín de Murúa, Jerónimo de Vivar, Úrsula Suárez, and El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. IL
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SN 307 - Contemporary Spanish Civilization and Culture (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Examines the historical, political, and cultural aspects of Spain from the death of Dictator Francisco Franco in 1975 to the present. Students are given an insight into Spain's cultural diversity and the Spanish way of life through readings in contemporary history, politics, and culture as well as contemporary film and music. Students consider such topics as Spain's transition to democracy, the cultural boom of the 1980s, and the current importance of regional politics.
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SN 308 - Violence and Culture: Columbia in the Twentieth Century (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Cultural territories that represent the complex and unique political, economic, and social realities of Columbia are explored. Starting with the eighties, students examine important events in the history of the country as recreated by writers Laura Restrepo, Fernando Vallejo, and Jorge Franco Ramos. Modern conflicts such as social violence, guerrilla resistance, and marginality are addressed, as portrayed in testimonial writings, documentaries, painting, and music. Students also analyze the effect of drug-trafficking on the rise in sicarios (young paid assassins) and their sociocultural practices, as well as their representation of juvenile violence both in literature and film. In addition to studying various fictional and nonfictional portrayals of violence, students explore the way other cultures perceive Columbia through the press, as well as the international community's response to the growing violence Columbians have been facing in the last 30 years. IL
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SN 320 - Introduction to Spanish Linguistics (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. An introduction to the basic linguistic issues concerning the Spanish language. Students explore the basic concepts of the principle areas of linguistics, such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, dialectology, and historical linguistics. Focus is placed on understanding of the basic tools involved in linguistic analysis and their application in the analysis of the Spanish language.
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SN 321 - Spanish Phonetics and Phonology (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Focuses on the linguistic study of the Spanish sound system and explores articulatory phonetics (how sounds are pronounced) and phonology (how sound patterns are formed and organized). Theoretical and practical comparisons between Spanish and English are made to illustrate relevant concepts.
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SN 325 - Spanish Applied Linguistics (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. The processes of learning and acquisition of Spanish as a second or foreign language are studied. Students study the history of this field, as well as the approaches and methodologies that have developed the field throughout its history. During the second half of the course, students focus on the concepts of the linguistic system of the Spanish language which present themselves as the most challenging for learners of Spanish, as well as pedagogical questions and issues associated with the learning and acquisition of Spanish as a second or foreign language.
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SN 327 - History of the Spanish Language (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. An introduction to the genealogy and development of the Spanish language from its roots in spoken Latin to modernity. Emphasis is placed on the close relationship between historical events and language change, as well as the role that literature plays in language standardization. IM
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SN 329 - Spanish in the United States (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Explores various aspects of the Spanish language in the United States. Sociolinguistic issues of language variation, change, contact, use, attitudes, and maintenance are examined by studying multiple bilingual communities located in the United States. IL
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SN 335 - Contemporary Spanish Literature: 1975 to the Present (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. A survey of literature in Spain from the death of Francisco Franco in 1975 to the present, covering the major figures in narrative, poetry, and theatre. Focuses on the relationship between literary structure and political context of the period, with particular attention to the rise of post-modernism as well as feminist and gay literature. Readings include Lourdes Ortiz, Manuel Vázquez Montalván, Paloma Pedrero, Antonio Gala, Pere Gimferrer, Ana Rossetti, and others. IG
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SN 350 - Short Latin American Fiction (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Reading and discussion of short stories and very short novels (novellas) by Latin American writers. Topics include sociopolitical, familial, or imaginary worlds in relation to the strategies of fiction. Authors include García-Márquez, Borges, Cortázar, and Fuentes. IL
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SN 352 - The Golden Age (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 ; and one additional SN 300-level course. The most important period in this country's literary heritage surveys Spain's golden age through an examination of representative works such as the anonymous Lazarillo de Tormes, Cervantes' Don Quijote, Tirso de Molina's El Burlador de Sevilla, and Lope de Vega's Peribáñez. Texts for the course are in the Spanish language of the period. IM
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SN 354 - Contemporary Latin American Literature (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Studies representative, contemporary Latin American writers such as Asturias, Borges, Cortázar, Fuentes, García, Márquez, and Vargas Llosa. Special attention given to works which exemplify innovation in form and the artist's involvement in contemporary social problems. IL
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SN 355 - Spanish Postwar Literature (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. A study of representative works which bear witness to and examine the contradictions of postwar Spain. Emphasis placed on sociohistorical context and literary analysis.
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SN 357 - Spanish Literature of the Eighteenth Century (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. An overview of the development of Spanish literature during the Enlightenment. Particular attention is paid to the influence of Enlightenment philosophy and science on the most important figures in Spanish theatre, narrative, and poetry. Readings include works by Cadalso, Feijoo, Jovellanos, Iriarte, and Melendez Valdes.
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SN 358 - A Survey of Spanish Theatre (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Surveys the theatre of Spain from its beginnings to the twentieth century. Aims at providing some insight into major periods in Spanish literature through the study of works by such representative writers as Miguel de Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Calderon de la Barca, Tirso de Molina, Jose Zorrilla, Federico Garcia Lorca, Alejandro Casona, and Antonio Buero Vallejo.
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SN 360 - Latin American Short Story (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. A study of this important genre in Latin America from its development in the nineteenth century to the present. IL
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SN 361 - Civilization and Barbarism in Argentine Literature (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Examines the theme of civilization versus barbarity during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Argentine literature, as well as the subthemes of liberalism versus authoritarianism; Francophilia versus the Pampa; the city versus the rural; man versus woman; and man versus himself. Readings are chosen from representative works of Argentine literature including Mármol, Sarmiento, Gorriti, Borges, and Giardinelli. IL
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SN 362 - Spanish Literature at the Turn of the Century (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Examines the various literary and philosophical responses among Spanish writers to the loss of the last colonies after the war of 1898 and the paradoxical entrance of Spain into the twentieth century. Focuses on the major intellectual trends in Europe and the Americas which influenced radical changes of style and structure in the narrative, poetry, and theatre of the period. Readings include works by Miguel de Unamuno, Pío Baroja, Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and Antonio Machado.
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SN 363 - Contemporary Spanish Literature: The Generations of 1914 and 1927 (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. A survey of Spanish literature at the beginning of the twentieth century (1910-1936), covering the major figures in poetry, drama, and narrative fiction. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between literary structures and the innovations in technology and social and political organization which characterize the period. Readings include Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Carmen de Burgos, Ramón Pérez de Ayala, Pedro Salinas, Federico García Lorca, Ernestina de Champourcin, and others.
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SN 364 - Spanish Literature of Exile: 1939-1975 (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. A survey of literature written by Spanish exiles after the Civil War (1936-1939), covering the major figures in narrative, poetry, and theater. Focuses on the meaning of exile and the relationship between literary structure and political context of the period. Readings include Francisco Ayala, Rosa Chacel, Max Aub, Rafael Alberti, and others.
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SN 365 - The Latin American Essay and Early Cultural Studies (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Examines political, social, anthropological, and philosophical speculation from nineteenth-and twentieth-century Latin America. Studies authors such as Sarmiento (Argentina), Martí (Cuba), González Prada (Perú), Cabello de Cabonera (Perú), Hostos (Puerto Rico), and Paz (México). Special emphasis is given to the notion of the nation in its relationship to culture, cultural studies, and cultural history. IG/IL
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SN 366 - Latin American Testimony (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. An overview of twentieth century testimonial writings in Latin America. Particular emphasis is given to development, trends, and controversies. The relevance of testimony within Latin American literature and historiography is highlighted. The study of texts from specific regions makes it possible to explore the diverse political, economical, social, and ethnic realities of the continent. Readings include works from Barnet, Poniatowska, Dorfman, Jara, Salazar, and Alegría. IL
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SN 367 - The Short Story in Spain Since 1936 (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. A survey of the short story form, beginning with the Spanish Civil War and continuing through the postwar period and the transition to democracy after 1975. Readings and class discussion focus on the short story, both as a literary form and as a means to address the changing relationship between the individual and society over the course of the twentieth century. Authors include Manuel Chaves Nogales, Camilo José Cela, Ana Maria Matute, Ignacio Aldecoa, and Álvaro Pombo.
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SN 368 - Travelers and Migrants in Twentieth-Century Colombian Literature (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Examines representations of travel, migration, and displacement in Colombian narratives, starting in the 1920s and continuing through various decades of the twentieth century. The readings include fictional narratives such as novels and short stories. From the experience of the characters within the literary works, the course focuses on new identities shaped by traveling throughout geographical and symbolic territories. Additionally, it provides students with a better understanding of the relationship between travel and writing, individuals and community, and center and periphery. IL
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SN 369 - From Baroque to Enlightenment: Novo-Hispanic Perspectives (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Examines texts written by Criollo authors from New Spain whose works demonstrate the ongoing construction of identities in colonial Mexico. These narrations intertwine personal, fictional, and collective events and show the diversity of the colonial reality observed and constructed by these writers. Texts are studied in light of cultural, social, and historical contexts. Readings include the late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century authors Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Carlos Sigüenza y Góngora, Francisco Xavier Clavijero, S.J., Father Servando Teresa de Mier, and José Joaquín Fernández di Lizardi. Visual images and secondary texts serve as complementary course materials. IL
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SN 370 - Nineteenth-Century Latin American Novel (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Focuses on the relationship between love and social institutions in nineteenth-century Latin America. Special attention given to the power of love, social norms, dictatorship, and the institution of slavery. Also examines gender/racial issues within their social context. IG/IL
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SN 371 - Spanish Short Stories of the Nineteenth Century (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. The theory and evolution of the short story from romanticism through realism and modernism. Students read representative short story collections from each of the important literary movements of the period with a focus on the evolution of aesthetic ideas and structures. Authors include the Duque de Rivas, Cecilia Böhl de Faber, Pereda, Clarín, Pardo Bazán, Baroja, and Valle-Inclán.
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SN 372 - Realism and Naturalism in Spain (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Covers the development of the Spanish novel in the second half of the nineteenth century with particular attention paid to the historical development and interaction of these two major literary movements. Readings include works by Galdos, Pardo Bazan, Valera, Clarin, and Alarcon.
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SN 373 - Literature and Identity Politics in Peru (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Examines what Martin Stabb so aptly called the "quest of identity." Works written over five centuries are compared to see how ethnicity, politics, religion, and gender negotiate with each other in their pursuit of identity. Five hundred years of scripted ideological activity is brought into focus: the Conquest, the Colonial Era, the Early Republican Era, and the twentieth century. A diverse sampling of genre types, chronicles, poetry, testimonio, fiction, and essay is included. Of special interest is the problem of representation when men and women of Criollo, Quechua, African, and Asian heritages embark on a quest to define themselves. IG/IL
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SN 374 - Three Masterworks of Guatemalan Literature (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Examines three masterworks of Guatemalan literature from the vantage point of the Maya K'iché people. The Popol Vuh, sometimes called the Mayan Bible, finds its origins in cryptographic writing inscribed on the walls of monuments and on pottery in the seventh century, finally being transliterated into an alphabetic script in the sixteenth century and first translated into Spanish during the eighteenth century. Hombres de Maíz by the 1967 Nobel Laureate Miguel Angel Asturias, a non-K'iché learned author, delves into K'iché-Mayan knowledge. Finally, the K'iché-Mayan activist Rigoberta Menchú's testimony given to the Venezuelan anthropologist Elizabeth Burgos in the midst of Guatemala's civil war of the 1970s and 1980s moved Menchú to the center of world consciousness. Menchú was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992. Attention is given to form and content, problems of epigraphy, notions of literature, indigenismo, indigenous expression, and gender roles, as well as cosmology, nationality, and sadly, genocide. Closed to students who have taken SN 304 . IL
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SN 375 - Women and Men in Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Discusses gender roles and representation, along with specific topics which include romance, marriage, the "honor code," political and sexual identity, and voice in relation to fiction by writers such as Maria Louisa Bombal, Manuel Puig, José Donoso, Gabriel García Márquez, Luisa Valenzuela, and Rosario Ferré. Readings include essays, poetry, short stories, and a few novels or novellas (short novels). One or two artists, like Frida Kahlo, also are studied to explore these issues. Closed to students who have taken ML 375 . IG/IL
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SN 376 - Spanish Romantic Prose (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Focuses on the development of narrative prose in Spain during the period 1800-1870, with special attention paid to the themes of freedom and order as they relate to the position of the individual in modern society. Readings include works by the major writers of the romantic and postromantic movements in Spain, including Larra, Bécquer, Alarcón, and Fernán Caballero.
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SN 377 - Spanish Romanticism: Poetry and Theatre (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. A survey of the theatre and poetry of Spanish romanticism, with particular attention given to the social and historical events which conditioned the rise to prominence of the Spanish middle class during the nineteenth century. In addition to extensive readings from the major figures in each genre, the course focuses on the appearance of women writers and their contributions to the evolution of the literature of the period. Authors include Espronceda, Zorrilla, Becquer, Carolina Coronado, Rosalia de Castro, and Gomez de Avellaneda, among others.
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SN 380 - Modernismo (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Development, trends, and influences; study of the works of representative writers of this Latin American literary renaissance, from the initiators to Ruben Dario and the second generation of modernistas. IG/IL
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SN 381 - Latin American Avant-Garde (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. Examines both formal experimentation and social commitment of Latin American writers as portrayed in works created between 1916 and 1935. Focuses on poems and cultural manifestos that reflect a high aesthetic awareness and an aspiration to define national and continental identities. Representative writers include Vallejo, Huidobro, Villaurrutia, Girondo, Neruda, and Vidales, among others. IL
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SN 382 - Women Against the Current in Latin America (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 ; and one additional SN 300-level course. Discusses important events in the recent history of four Latin American countries (Mexico, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Uruguay) as reflected in the personal histories and testimony of women. In the case of Ecuador and Guatemala, the focus is on the experience of Quichua and Mayan women in their struggle to overcome the discrimination encountered in many aspects of their lives, including the family, the community and the larger political arena. The cases of Mexico and Uruguay offer the opportunity to examine two important political events in the history of these two countries: the struggle against the dictatorship in Uruguay and the social impact of widespread violence in Mexico in recent years. Both cases are recounted from the perspective of imprisoned women who have spoken about their lives and dreams. IL
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SN 390 - Chronicles of Conquest, Resistance and Transculturation (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 ; and SN 301 or SN 302 or SN 303 or SN 304 or SN 305 or SN 307 or SN 308 or SN 373 . Provides the building blocks for understanding the encounter between the Spanish and Native American cultures during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The ideology of the Spanish conquistadores is compared with native strategies for resistance. Special attention is given to two regions: Meso-America and the Andes. IL
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SN 391 - Travel Writings of the New World (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 . Examines the role of travel in colonial Spanish America and how it contributed in the creation of the idea of the New World. Special attention is placed on the "ways of seeing" of the authors who represented colonial territories and their inhabitants. Primary texts include works from the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, by authors with diverse backgrounds-military men and women, bureaucrats, businessmen, and scientists-like Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Catalina de Erauso "The Second Lieutenant Nun," Antonio de Ulloa, and Alexander Von Humboldt. IL
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SN 392 - Extirpation of Idolatries (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 ; and one additional SN 300-level course. Studies the practice of eliminating pre-Hispanic religious traditions in Peru and Mexico, beginning in the sixteenth century, as part of the Christianization process. Examines the religious conquest of Amerindian groups as a fragmentary process since many kept practicing activities that evoked their ancestral traditions, despite the Spanish efforts to change and even suppress them. Texts discussed include works from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries by Joseph Arriaga, S.J., Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Bernardino de Sahagún, O.F.M., Cristóbal Albornoz, and Father Diego Durán. IC/IL
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SE 482 - Assessment and Instructional Planning for Special Education (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SE 496 . Students demonstrate understanding of the principles, ethics, and limitations of assessment, as well as the process of special education eligibility, progress evaluation, and dismissal. Students demonstrate understanding and knowledge of various formal and informal assessment instruments, their administration, and their interpretation. Students construct goals and objectives for students with learning and behavior problems by using assessment information and input from parents and other professionals. Students design adaptations and accommodations to meet unique needs. Emphasis is placed on linking assessment information to the designing of appropriate instructional programs that meet the unique needs of children with disabilities.
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SE 483 - Collaboration and Consultation for Students with Special Needs (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SE 496 . Restricted to elementary education majors, secondary education minors, or special education minors. Students explore the various models of special education service delivery including inclusive education, resource services, team teaching, and consultation. Learners gain insight into the intricacy of collaboration with other professionals and families. Through the use of formal measures and self-reflection, students explore the factors that influence their ability to collaborate and refine their interpersonal communication skills. The multi-approaches to co-teaching are examined and students demonstrate effective co-planning and co-teaching practices. Students develop an empathetic understanding of the needs and concerns of families and cultivate skills to effectively assist and encourage active family participation in the educational process. Parent rights, ethical concerns, and professional boundaries are reviewed.
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SE 495 - Improving Access to the General Curriculum for All Learners (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SE 496 . Educators are prepared to support the learning needs of students with disabilities or limited English proficiency in inclusive settings in grades 1-8. Specific evidence-based strategies for curriculum content acquisition (e.g., content enhancements, learning strategies, peer tutoring methods, Universal Design for Learning) are demonstrated and applied. Topics also include effective techniques for instructional planning and delivery, providing accommodations and modifications to the general curriculum, and improving student study skills and overall academic performance. The SETT framework is used to guide the evaluation and selection of assistive technology devices for specified purposes.
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SE 496 - Introduction to Special Education (3.00 cr.)
Corequisite: ED 438 required for elementary education majors. ED 439 required for secondary education minors. ED 443 required for students who are not elementary education majors or secondary education minors. Students identify and describe major philosophies, theories, and trends in the field of special education. Topics include cultural impact, delivery of service, and past to present knowledge and practices. For each area of disability, students become familiar with general information on physical and psychological characteristics; incidence and etiology; diagnostic and therapeutic services; interventions and educational programs; technology; and findings of recent research. Students demonstrate understanding of issues related to the assessment, identification, and placement of students with various exceptionalities. In addition, students are expected to identify the federal laws and regulations relative to rights and responsibilities, student identification, and delivery of services.
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SP 102 - Introduction to Human Communication (3.00 cr.)
Effective communication is a critical skill affecting most, if not all, areas of our personal and professional lives. The speech and hearing processes, as well as the components and principles surrounding human communication are addressed. The impact of technology, perception, and language on human communication is explored and evaluated. Communication specific to gender, culture, and personal relationships is examined, culminating in evaluation of others and ourselves.
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SP 103 - Introduction to Communication Disorders (3.00 cr.)
A survey of the disorders of speech, language, and hearing in pediatric, adolescent, and adult populations. The role of the speech-language pathologist and audiologist in the identification and treatment of individuals with these disorders is addressed. Students learn the professional vocabulary and concepts that are the foundation for advanced courses in the department.
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SP 200 - Professional Development in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences (1.00 cr.)
Restricted to sophomore, junior, and senior majors. Introduces the scope of practice within the speech-language-hearing sciences through guest speakers who work in different areas of the fields. Additional focus on oral communication skills, resume writing, career discernment, and graduate school preparation. (Pass/Fail)
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SP 201 - Hearing Science and Acoustics (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SP 103 . Restricted to majors. An introduction to acoustics and psychoacoustics as they apply to hearing and the communication process. Detailed information on the anatomy and physiology of the human peripheral and central auditory mechanisms is provided. An in-depth study of the pathological conditions that can/may affect those mechanisms is presented.
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SP 205 - Phonetics (3.00 cr.)
Students learn principles of speech sound production and use of the International Phonetic Alphabet for phonetic transcription. Normal rule-based variations in sound production are discussed, specifically as related to different dialects and idiolects. Students also learn auditory discrimination of speech sound productions with reference to diagnosing and treating speech disorders.
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SP 206 - Observation Methods and Techniques in Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SP 103 . Restricted to sophomores, juniors, or seniors with a major in speech-language-hearing sciences. Students gain knowledge and experience in clinical practice methods, both in the classroom and through outside clinical observations across a wide range of ages and variety of speech, language, swallowing, and hearing problems. In addition to scheduled lecture periods, students observe in the Loyola Clinical Centers, and a minimum of two off-campus settings. Upon satisfactory completion of this course, students will have fulfilled the observation requirements of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association for professional certification. Formerly SP 306.
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SP 207 - Speech and Language Development (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SP 103 . Restricted to majors. Covers typical speech and language development in children from birth through adolescence. Provides students with information regarding the phonological, morphological, semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic processes of normal speech and language development. Also explores specific acquisition sequences and the impact of social and cultural influences on communication development.
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SP 214 - Introduction to Sign Language (3.00 cr.)
Students master the basics of communicating with finger spelling and American sign. Coursework addresses the culture, politics, and history of the Deaf. Considers the impact of deafness on the individual, the family, and the community in relation to their psychological, sociological, and legal perspectives. American sign language and signed English are introduced.
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SP 301 - Anatomy and Physiology: Speech and Voice (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SP 103 . Restricted to majors. The study of the structures and functions that support the processes of normal speech and language. The speech systems of respiration, phonation, and articulation are studied in depth. There is an introduction to neuroanatomy as it relates to human communication and an introduction to swallowing.
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SP 303 - Sociolinguistics (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SP 103 , SP 205 . Restricted to majors. The field of sociolinguistics deals with the ways in which language serves to define and maintain group identity and social relationships among speakers. Students learn to describe relationships between language and society, including regional and social variation and gender differences. Language variations are compared through the lens of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.
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SP 304 - Articulation and Phonological Disorders (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SP 103 , SP 205 . Restricted to majors. Anatomical, physiological, neurological, and acoustic bases of speech sound disorders and phonological systems. Current theories and evidence-based practices in assessment and intervention related to phonological development, articulation, oral motor skills, childhood apraxia of speech, phonological processes, phonological awareness, social dialects, and bilingualism are addressed.
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SP 308 - Professional and Technical Writing in Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SP 103 , SP 207 . Students gain knowledge and experience in the area of professional writing for the field of speech-language pathology/audiology. Students develop skills for writing goals and objectives, individualized educational plans, and diagnostic reports. Students also learn the process for writing technical papers and are required to research and write a professional literature review. A service-learning and/or field experience may be included.
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SP 312 - Cultural Diversity in Communication (3.00 cr.)
Focuses on the role and impact of communication in a multicultural society. The course specifically examines systems and characteristics of culture, as well as the role of perception and bias on intercultural communication. The students are required to examine their own biases and are expected to learn, expand, and develop more successful means of communication with members across a variety of societies. An optional service-learning experience may be included.
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SP 314 - Intermediate Sign Language (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SP 214 or written permission of the undergraduate program director. Expands the student's sign language vocabulary and increases speed, accuracy, and fluency of sign language communication. Students give several signed presentations to the class. ASL word order and idioms are highlighted. Discussion of sign language interpreters and the laws governing interpreters in the fifty states are addressed. Lectures focus on deaf culture.
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SP 340 - Clinical Audiology (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SP 103 , SP 201 . Restricted to majors. A study of the assessment of the auditory and balance systems. Differential diagnosis of hearing disorders in children and adults, middle ear analysis, speech audiometric procedures, site of lesion assessments, electrophysiological auditory assessments, and behavioral auditory assessments are addressed. Students participate in lab exercises and clinical report writing to reinforce the lectures regarding the diagnostic procedures. Formerly SP 440.
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SP 400 - Speech Science (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SP 103 , SP 201 , SP 205 , SP 301 . Restricted to majors. Students learn advanced physiology and acoustics of speech and voice production, as well as current research and theory regarding speech perception. Technological advances in the measurement of the parameters of both normal and disordered speech and voice production are introduced. Laboratory sessions during which students analyze the acoustic properties of speech are included.
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SP 401 - Neurology for Communication Sciences and Disorders (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SP 103 , SP 201 , SP 207 , SP 301 ; SP 308 (may be taken concurrently). Restricted to majors. Normal neuroanatomical and physiological development from embryology through adulthood is explored. Neurology associated with speech, language, and cognition is emphasized. Neurological examination as related to the practice of speech-language pathology is discussed.
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SP 405 - Neurological and Organic Bases of Childhood Communication Disorders (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: SP 103 , SP 201 , SP 207 , SP 301 ; SP 308 (may be taken concurrently). Corequisite: Restricted to majors. A survey of the physical, psychological, and neurological bases of communication disorders in young children. Topics may include the overview of special education for children and the identification, definition, and description of the impact of these disorders on communication disorders. A service-learning and/or field experience may be included.
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