2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue
Course Descriptions
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SC 210 - Introducing Gender and Sexuality Studies (3.00 cr.)
Students gain an overview of the role of gender and sexuality in society. Questions explored: How are our expressions of gender and sexuality tied to our biology and to economics, educational systems, and political ideology? How do gender and sexuality exist as elements of both the structure of society and individual identities? How do art and social media shape acceptable ways to express our gender and sexuality? How do ability, age, class, ethnicity, nationality, and race intersect with gender and sexuality differentially shaping life experiences? How do individuals and groups resist patriarchal inequality and to what effect? The course offers opportunities to reflect on and critically analyze one's life experience through discussion, writing, and other methods, drawing on western and nonwestern sources.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IG/IHE
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SC 214 - Introduction to Social Work (3.00 cr.)
Objectives are to understand the concept of human services; to know the fields of practice in which human services are delivered; to understand the social worker's role in the service delivery system; to be exposed to problems experienced by people and the issues addressed by social service workers; and to understand the concepts of social work practice with individuals, groups, and communities.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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SC 221 - Sociology of Race, Class, and Gender (3.00 cr.)
The social construction and intersection of race, social class, and gender is examined. Particular attention is paid to privilege, economics, historical and legal contexts, and systems that act to perpetuate these categories.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IG
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SC 233 - Juvenile Delinquency (3.00 cr.)
An introduction to the field of juvenile delinquency. Covers the history of juvenile crime, prevalence and trends in youth crime, and risk factors within the family and schools. Peers and gang violence are also discussed. A review of the juvenile justice system is included. Formerly SC 333.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: FO/IFS/IU
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SC 260 - Introduction to Criminal Justice (3.00 cr.)
An introduction to the structure and operation of the criminal justice system in the United States. Topics include criminal law, prevalence and trends, the police, the judicial system, and corrections.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: FO/IFS/IU
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SC 276 - Human Health and the Environment (3.00 cr.)
What does Lyme disease have to do with climate change? Why did children lose millions of IQ points to leaded gasoline and paint? Why do so many children in Baltimore have asthma? Answers may be found in this exploration of the bidirectional relationship between our health and the health of our homes, communities, food, air, waterways and climate. Study of toxicology, risk assessment, prevention, environmental justice, history, and policy provide framework for understanding effects of environmental exposures. Examples of how major exposures such as air toxins are managed in Baltimore and Maryland lend context and relevance to class discussions. Finally, examples of environmental impacts on children, the most vulnerable population group emphasize a major course theme: a multidisciplinary approach is necessary to guarantee the health of future generations and the planet. Same course as BL 276 .
Prerequisite: BL 111 or BL 201 or CH 114 , or written permission of the environmental and sustainability studies minor director.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IES/SR
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SC 309 - Child Welfare (3.00 cr.)
Exploration of issues related to the child welfare (social service) system which responds to children who have service needs as a result of a dysfunctional family or from experiencing traumatic events in their childhood. Issues addressed include child abuse and neglect, foster care, adoption, impact of chemical dependent or mentally ill caretakers on childhood development, impact of family violence on childhood development, and teen suicide. Highlights the role of the social worker and response by child welfare agencies and the juvenile court for each topic discussed.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 201 .
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 204 , SC 207 , SC 214 , SC 233 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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SC 324 - Sociology of Religion (3.00 cr.)
Engages students in the sociological study of religion. The field of sociology provides a distinctive manner by which religion can be understood to interact with both people and the wider environment. Specifically, sociology provides useful language, methods, ways of thinking, and other tools for describing, understanding, and explaining the nature and function of religion in relation to the increasingly interconnected world in which we live. The presentation of theoretical, methodological, and empirical treatment of religion's role and influence on the personal, cultural, social, and political spheres is also examined.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 102 or SC 201 or SC 202 or SC 203 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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SC 331 - Deviance and Social Control (3.00 cr.)
An examination of the relationship between deviance and social control, including how and why certain forms of behavior come to be defined as deviant, the nature of formal and informal response to deviance, and the interaction of different social control institutions. An overview of general theories of deviance and the particular forms it takes, with special attention to issues that cut across the whole range of deviance.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 201 .
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 207 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: FO/IFS/IU
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SC 332 - The Sociology of Crime and Criminals (3.00 cr.)
An historical and contemporary overview of the nature of crime and the causes of criminal behavior. Examination of the measurement of crime and crime trends.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 201 .
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 207 , SC 260 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: FO/IFS/IU
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SC 339 - Conflict and Peace Studies (3.00 cr.)
War and large-scale violent conflicts are unfortunately a pervasive feature of our global landscape. While conflicts are inevitable, violent conflicts are not. In this course, students increase their understanding of the conditions under which social conflicts tend to become destructive and how they can be waged (and transformed) constructively. Course topics include rebellion, conflict and conflict resolution, war and peace, genocide, terrorism, and peacebuilding and reconciliation. A highlight around which much of the course is built is SIMSOC, a game simulation of society.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 102 or SC 202 or SC 203 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IPJ
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SC 340 - Special Topics in Gender and Sexuality Studies (3.00 cr.)
This is a reading and writing intensive course focused on a specific issue or issues in the field of gender and/or sexuality studies. As a "special topics" course, content and instructors vary. Students should focus on the subtitle of the course in any given term to get a better idea of the topics to be covered. Students are encouraged to contact the listed professor or the department chair for clarification. May be repeated two times for degree credit with different topics.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 201 .
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 210 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomore, junior, and senior sociology majors and minors, psychology majors, and gender and sexuality studies minors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IG
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SC 342 - Social Research Methods (3.00 cr.)
Students learn social science vocabulary and techniques necessary to step into a position where they can contribute to an ongoing study; to critically evaluate social science research completed by others on both methodological and ethical terms; to frame a sociological question of interest, seek out and obtain literature relevant to it, and construct an essay that coherently synthesizes trends in the body of material; and to conceptualize a research question and a basic framework that would be appropriate for pursuing an empirical investigation in an ethical manner.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 201 .
Recommended Prerequisite: ST 110 (or equivalent).
Restrictions: Restricted to junior or senior sociology majors or minors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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SC 347 - Special Topics in Criminology (3.00 cr.)
A reading and writing intensive course focused on a specific issue or issues in the field of criminology. As a "special topics" course, content and instructors vary. Students should focus on the subtitle of the course in any given term to get a better idea of the topics to be covered. Students are encouraged to contact the listed professor or the department chair for clarification. May be repeated for credit two times with different topics.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 201 .
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 260 , SC 332 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: FO/IFS
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SC 348 - Special Topics in Peace and Justice (3.00 cr.)
A reading and writing intensive course focused on a specific issue or issues in the field of peace and justice studies. As a "special topics" course, content and instructors vary. Students should focus on the subtitle of the course in any given term to get a better idea of the topics to be covered. Students are encouraged to contact the listed professor or the department chair for clarification. May be repeated for credit twice with different topics.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 102 or SC 202 or SC 203 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IPJ
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SC 349 - Special Topics in Sociology (3.00 cr.)
A reading and writing intensive course focused on a specific issue or issues in the field of sociology. As a "special topics" course, content and instructors vary. Students should focus on the subtitle of the course in any given term to get a better idea of the topics to be covered. Students are encouraged to contact the listed professor or the department chair for clarification. May be repeated twice for credit with different topics.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 102 or SC 201 or SC 202 or SC 203 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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SC 355 - Sociological Theory (3.00 cr.)
An overview of classical, modern, and contemporary theories. Classical theory stresses the contribution of scholars whose work most strongly influenced modern theory. Modern theory includes varieties of structuralism, Marxian theory (historical materialism), and Weberian theory (sociology of institutions). Contemporary theory includes variations of feminist theory, critical race theory, critical structuralist theory, and theories of late capitalism.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 201 .
Recommended Prerequisite: ST 110 (or equivalent).
Restrictions: Restricted to junior or senior sociology majors or minors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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SC 360 - Critical Analysis of Criminal Justice Outcomes (3.00 cr.)
Explores sources of inequity in the U.S. criminal justice process, focusing on court-related processes: bail, arraignment, plea bargaining, trial, and sentencing decisions. Students develop understanding of the independent and interlocking roles of race, gender, and class in the perpetuation of inequality through reading empirical research and exploring alternative justice systems.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 201 .
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 260 , SC 332 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: FO/IFS/IU
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SC 361 - Social Inequality (3.00 cr.)
Examines economic, political, gender, racial, and ethnic inequality in the United States. Extensive descriptive materials are presented on various systems of social inequality, and the major theoretical and ideological perspectives on inequality are considered.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 102 or SC 202 or SC 203
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 207 , SC 221 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IG/IU
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SC 363 - Special Topics in Global Studies (3.00 cr.)
A reading and writing intensive course focused on a topical area of global studies from a sociological perspective (e.g., democratization, immigration). As a "special topics" course, content and instructors vary. Students should focus on the subtitle of the course in any given term to get a better idea of the topics to be covered. Students are encouraged to contact the listed professor or the department chair for clarification. May be repeated for credit twice with different topics.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 102 or SC 202 or SC 203 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT
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SC 364 - Sociology of Health, Illness, and Medicine (3.00 cr.)
Through classic and contemporary empirical works, students are encouraged to reflect on the structural determinants of health, the limitations of Western medicine, and the perspectives and practices of complementary and alternative medicines. Topics include cultural influences on understandings of health, mental illness stigma, epigenetics, and the quality of doctor-patient relationships. The course consists of lectures and student-led discussions.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 201 .
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 206 , SC 207 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IHE
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SC 365 - Neighborhood and Community in Urban America (3.00 cr.)
Examines the social aspects of urban life in modern America. Topics include patterns of city growth; the loss of traditional community; the growth of the underclass; social disorder; economics; and the welfare state. Special emphasis is given to the social organization within the community (e.g., neighborhood associations, faith congregations, business and political coalitions, and interpersonal networks).
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 201 .
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 207 , SC 221 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IAF/IU
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SC 366 - Sociology of Sexuality (3.00 cr.)
A sociological perspective is used to examine human sexuality, focusing on how sexuality reflects the societies in which we live. Although it is often assumed that sexual attitudes and behaviors are biologically based, they are strongly shaped by society. This course examines the history of sexuality in Western society, the acquisition of sexuality, and alternative forms of sexuality.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 201 .
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 210 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomore, junior, and senior sociology and psychology majors and sociology and gender and sexuality studies minors
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IG
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SC 368 - Masculinities (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 201 .
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 210 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomore, junior, and senior sociology and psychology majors and sociology and gender and sexuality studies minors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IG
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SC 369 - Mining the Gap: Determinants of Educational Outcomes (3.00 cr.)
Using the lens of Critical Race Theory, this course examines the influence of "color-blind" educational models on racial achievement gaps. Using local, state, and national level data, students interrogate the role of educational policies and practices in the production and reproduction of educational inequalities on the bases of race, class, gender, special education, and immigration status.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 201 .
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 205 , ST 110 (or equivalent).
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IU
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SC 371 - Sociology of Serial and Mass Murder (3.00 cr.)
Sociologically analyzes typologies, theories, patterns, and motives of serial and mass murder. Cross-cultural comparisons are made, myths versus facts are addressed, and data is analyzed to view the known and predicted occurrences of these crimes. At the end of the course students are able to distinguish between serial and mass murder, separate fact from fiction, analyze crime patterns, and apply a sociological lens to the perceived motives for serial and mass murder.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 201 ; and SC 260 or SC 332 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: FO/IFS
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SC 373 - Sociology of Human Rights (3.00 cr.)
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 contemporary challenges to the realization of human rights in the global era. Taught from a sociological perspective, this course takes a critical approach to the study and analysis of the human rights system, with special focus on contradictions, failures, and collective mobilization.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 102 or SC 202 or SC 203 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IPJ
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SC 374 - Sociology of Development (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 102 or SC 202 or SC 203 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT
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SC 376 - Israel-Palestine: Conflict Narratives, Media Framing, and Peace-Building (3.00 cr.)
Provides students with extensive knowledge of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through exposure to the different historical narratives, conflict frames, and social psychological realities on the ground. More broadly, the course deepens students' understandings of the characteristics and dynamics of deep-rooted conflict, the challenges posed by conflicting narratives, the role of media, education, and other institutions in perpetuating protracted conflicts, and the social, psychological, and structural processes inherent in transforming protracted violent conflict and building a just and sustainable peace.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 102 or SC 202 or SC 203 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IPJ
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SC 377 - Social Movements and Social Protest (3.00 cr.)
Explores national, international, and transnational efforts by organized civil society groups to bring about political, social, and cultural change. The grievances, goals, tactics, and achievements of a wide range of social movements are examined. Students explore when and why movements occur, who joins them, how they are organized, what strategies they use, how they are influenced by different institutions like the state and the media, and what impact they have on society. Required readings draw on scholarly analyses and first-hand accounts; video materials vividly portray social movement participants and their actions.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 102 or SC 202 or SC 203 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IPJ
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SC 378 - Islam and Politics (3.00 cr.)
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, businesspeople, farmers, and workers in the world today who employ similar Islamic categories to engage in a variety of social and political projects.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 102 or SC 202 or SC 203 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT
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SC 396 - Independent Study in Gender and Sexuality Studies (3.00 cr.)
Gender and sexuality studies minors may arrange to do an independent study or research in gender and/or sexuality studies with an approved instructor. Written or electronic permission of the gender and sexuality studies director. May be repeated twice for degree credit with different topics.
Prerequisite: SC 210 or SC 221 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomore, junior, or senior gender and sexuality studies minors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IG
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SC 397 - Gender and Sexuality Studies Capstone (3.00 cr.)
Addresses a selected topic from a particular disciplinary perspective in order to explore the construction and meaning of gender and sexuality in specific times, places, and institutional spaces in relation to other social categories, identities, and structures such as race, class, ethnicity, and ability. Topics and the disciplinary home of the instructor vary by semester. This course is intended to engage senior Gender and Sexuality Studies minors in collaborative feminist and/or queer analysis and cross disciplinary dialog about the substantive topic as the culmination of their undergraduate study in Gender and Sexuality Studies. Must be completed during senior year. May be repeated two times for degree credit.
Restrictions: Restricted to senior Gender and Sexuality Studies minors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: IG
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SC 398 - Supervised Research (3.00 cr.)
An independent study focused on research guided by the instructor. Topics vary. Written or electronic permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 102 or SC 201 or SC 202 or SC 203 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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SC 399 - Supervised Readings (3.00 cr.)
An independent study focused on readings guided by the instructor. Topics Vary. Written or electronic permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 102 or SC 201 or SC 202 or SC 203 .
Restrictions: Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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SC 400 - Independent Scholarship Capstone (4.00 cr.)
Intended for students considering graduate work in sociology or a related field. Students, under the guidance of a faculty member, conduct and document empirical research (qualitative or quantitative) or develop a field statement. Students present their scholarship in a public forum approved by the instructor. Interested students must secure the commitment of a supervisor and come to agreement on the scope of the project early in the semester before registration. Written or electronic permission of the instructor. Closed to students who have taken SC 398 and SC 399 .
Prerequisite: SC 342 or PY 291 .
Prerequisite (may be taken concurrently): SC 355 .
Restrictions: Restricted to senior sociology majors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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SC 401 - Sociology Practicum (4.00 cr.)
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 a weekly seminar. 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 semester before registration. Students will not be permitted to enroll once the semester has started.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 102 or SC 201 or SC 202 or SC 203 ; SC 342 .
Prerequisite (may be taken concurrently): SC 355 .
Restrictions: Restricted to junior and senior sociology majors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: FO
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SC 402 - Social Work Practicum (4.00 cr.)
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 semester before registration. Students will not be permitted to enroll once the semester has started.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 102 or SC 201 or SC 202 or SC 203 ; SC 214 ; SC 342 .
Prerequisite (may be taken concurrently): SC 355 .
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 204 , SC 309 .
Restrictions: Restricted to junior and senior sociology majors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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SC 403 - Gender and Sexuality Studies Practicum (4.00 cr.)
Students develop career-relevant skills through participation in supervised work experience. Placements are in agencies/organizations that explicitly address issues of gender and/or sexuality, and may be governmental, nonprofit, or political entities. Relevant issues are discussed in weekly seminars or in tutorial, dependent upon course enrollment. Written or electronic permission of gender and sexuality studies director. Seminar format with limited enrollment. Interested students should contact the gender and sexuality studies director early in the semester prior to enrollment. Students will not be permitted to enroll once the semester has started.
Prerequisite: SC 210 , two 300-level or 400-level gender and sexuality studies minor courses.
Restrictions: Restricted to senior gender and sexuality studies minors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: IG
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SC 415 - Seminar: Qualitative Data Analysis (3.00 cr.)
Students collect qualitative data and engage in collaborative interpretive analysis using relevant software. Readings exemplify analytic strategies and focus on techniques and ethical concerns in ethnography and related methodologies. Seminar format with limited enrollment.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 102 or SC 201 or SC 202 or SC 203 .
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 342 , ST 110 (or equivalent).
Restrictions: Restricted to juniors and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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SC 416 - Seminar: Quantitative Data Analysis (3.00 cr.)
Students use quantitative data to answer questions about the social environment. This course familiarizes students with computer applications and presents the logic underlying the analysis of survey data. Students work with existing data sets in the conceptualization and examination of causal relationships. Report writing is an additional component of the coursework. Seminar format with limited enrollment.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 102 or SC 201 or SC 202 or SC 203 ; SC 342 (or equivalent); ST 110 (or equivalent).
Restrictions: Restricted to juniors and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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SC 420 - Seminar: Social Construction of Opportunity (3.00 cr.)
Among American core ideals is 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.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 201 .
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 221 , SC 361 , SC 365 .
Restrictions: Restricted to juniors and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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SC 430 - Seminar: Gender and Justice (3.00 cr.)
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 reflect gendered, raced, and classed assumptions about human nature, appropriate roles, and positions in society. It focuses on processing victims and offenders. Readings and assignments provide students with multiple perspectives on gender and with qualitative and quantitative investigations of the criminal justice system, explore intersectionality within the context of the available literature, and engage students in making sense of and critically analyzing empirical methods. Seminar format with limited enrollment.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 201 .
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 260 , SC 332 .
Restrictions: Restricted to juniors and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: FO/IFS/IG/IPJ/IU
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SC 435 - Seminar: Forensic Sociology (3.00 cr.)
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, insanity, competency, intimate partner violence, stalking, the death penalty, and the CSI effect. Seminar format with limited enrollment.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 201 .
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 260 , SC 332 .
Restrictions: Restricted to juniors and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: FO/IFS
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SC 440 - Seminar: Global Sociology (3.00 cr.)
A reading and writing intensive seminar that engages with global social theory and the writings of sociologically informed thinkers who critically analyze the processes of global connectivity, global movement, and global social change from a macro, longue dureé perspective. Global social formations include the capitalist economic system that is anchored by private property relations the world over, a political system organized by and for territorially bound nation-states and in the name of a legally sanctioned citizenry, and a cultural system enamored by processes of service-driven consumerism. With a special focus on social order, social power, and social change, this course emphasizes the study of social inequality/stratification, systemic crisis, and structural adaptation.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 102 or SC 202 or SC 203 .
Restrictions: Restricted to juniors and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT
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SC 441 - Seminar: Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation in Divided Societies (3.00 cr.)
Explores what enables societies to move from violent social division to a sustainable peace. The characteristics and dynamics of protracted conflicts, and the structural and cultural processes inherent in conflict transformation in divided societies are analyzed. Students have the opportunity to learn about various contemporary conflicts, peace processes, and reconciliation initiatives. Case studies include South Africa, Northern Ireland, Rwanda, and Israel/Palestine. Students also consider what conflict transformation and reconciliation may entail for the U.S. given the structural realities of racialized oppression. Seminar format with limited enrollment.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 102 or SC 202 or SC 203 .
Recommended Prerequisite: SC 339 .
Restrictions: Restricted to juniors and seniors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IPJ
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SC 492 - African and African American Studies Portfolio (0.00 cr.)
A portfolio of representative work in the minor, submitted to the program director in the final year, is required. Students are required to work with the program director to compile and submit the selection of representative work from various AAAS-approved courses. Generally completed after completing all African and African American Studies minor course requirements. Written or electronic permission of the AAAS director.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: IAF
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SC 496 - Environmental Studies Experience (3.00 cr.)
A capstone experience in the environmental studies minor, in which a student arranges an internship, independent study, or research experience with a faculty sponsor to engage in an in-depth exploration of a topic associated with environmental or sustainability issues. Written or electronic permission of a sponsoring faculty member and the environmental studies director. Generally completed during the senior year.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 202 or SC 203 .
Restrictions: Restricted to environmental studies minors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IES
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SC 498 - Forensic Science Experience (3.00 cr.)
A capstone experience in forensic science 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 or department chair (for internships). Generally completed during senior year; students should secure a faculty sponsor and obtain the approval of the forensic science director early in the term before registration.
Prerequisite: SC 100 or SC 101 or SC 201 ; SC 260 or SC 332 .
Restrictions: Restricted to junior and senior forensic science majors.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: FO
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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. Not recommended for students who have taken three years of high school Spanish. Laboratory study outside the classroom is required.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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SN 102 - Introductory Spanish II (3.00 cr.)
A continuation of SN 101 . Laboratory study outside the classroom is required.
Prerequisite: SN 101 or appropriate score on placement exam.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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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.
Prerequisite: SN 102 or SN 161 or appropriate score on placement exam.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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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.
Prerequisite: SN 103 or appropriate score on placement exam.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: 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. Closed to students who have taken SN 101 , SN 102 , or the equivalent.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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SN 201 - Spanish Composition and Conversation (3.00 cr.)
Increases students' oral and written proficiency through assimilation of advanced structural patterns, stylistic analysis, discussion of contemporary topics. Summer sections offered abroad only. Closed to students who have taken SN 203 , SN 217 , or any SN 300-level course.
Prerequisite: SN 104 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL
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SN 203 - Introduction to Reading Literature (3.00 cr.)
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 .
Prerequisite: SN 201 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL
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SN 300 - Spanish for the Professions: Healthcare (3.00 cr.)
Introduces the use of Spanish in healthcare and social services fields. The course provides functional Spanish designed for students preparing for a career in healthcare (speech pathology, psychology, pre-health, forensics, etc.) who need to be familiar with vocabulary, conversational Spanish, basic translation, and cultural practices. With an emphasis on aural and oral interactions, the variety of vocabulary and phrasal expressions used by Latinx populations living in the U.S.A. are covered. An equally important element of this course is cultural competency that provides students a cultural and historical background to understand the notions of health and sickness in the Spanish-speaking world. The course uses a specialized textbook and requires viewing complementary movies and reading literary texts to illustrate medical issues.
Prerequisite: SN 201 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IHE/IL
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SN 301 - The Culture and Civilization of Spain (3.00 cr.)
Studies the historical, political, literary, and artistic development of Spain including an examination of the characteristic traditions and customs of their social context.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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SN 303 - Introduction to Mexican Culture (3.00 cr.)
Offers an interdisciplinary survey to the foundation of Mexico, its peoples, their origins, historical legacies, and present-day cultural productions. It combines disciplines such as history, literature, visual arts, cultural studies, music, culinary appreciation, and anthropology. Discussion topics include identity formation, migration, social disparity, gender violence, and political divide. The course aims to understand Mexican culture from multiple perspectives and offers a wider understanding of Mexico and its peoples.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL
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SN 304 - Contemporary Central America (3.00 cr.)
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 .
Prerequisite: SN 201 .
Recommended Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL
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SN 305 - Visual Culture in Colonial Latin America (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL
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SN 306 - Music and Latin American Social Movements (3.00 cr.)
Given the historical importance of musical expressions in relation to several great struggles and transformations of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in Latin America, this course analyzes the relationships between music and key moments of social, political, and cultural change in the region. Beginning in the sixties, the course encompasses the protest song, the new Cuban trova, the new Chilean song, and Argentine rock in their role against dictatorships. Additionally, popular music in the national liberation movement of El Salvador is explored, among other topics. In the twenty-first century, topics include social and ethnic inequity, particularly in the Colombian Pacific and the Landless Movement of Brazil. In addition to musical texts, the course utilizes academic articles and videos.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL
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SN 307 - Contemporary Spanish Civilization and Culture (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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SN 308 - Violence and Culture: Columbia in the Twentieth Century (3.00 cr.)
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. Closed to students who have taken SN 368 .
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL/IPJ
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SN 320 - Introduction to Spanish Linguistics (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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SN 321 - Spanish Phonetics and Phonology (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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SN 325 - Spanish Applied Linguistics (3.00 cr.)
The processes of learning and acquisition of Spanish as a second or world 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 world language.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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SN 327 - History of the Spanish Language (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IM
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SN 329 - Spanish in the United States (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IL/IU
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SN 335 - Contemporary Spanish Literature: 1975 to the Present (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IG
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SN 336 - Rewriting the Self: Women's Literature in Contemporary Spain (3.00 cr.)
How has women writers' perception of themselves and their country evolved following the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)? This course is a survey of literature written by Spanish women writers from the 1940s to the end of the century. Students focus on first person fictional accounts of women's lives, the changing meaning of womanhood, the struggle for gender equality, and the experience of cultural and political exile. Authors include Rosa Chacel, María Zambrano, Carmen Laforet, Ana María Matute, Carmen Martín Gaite, and Ana María Moix, among others.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IG
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SN 350 - Short Latin American Fiction (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL
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SN 352 - The Golden Age (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 ; and one additional SN 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IM
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SN 354 - Contemporary Latin American Literature (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL
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SN 355 - Spanish Postwar Literature (3.00 cr.)
A study of representative works which bear witness to and examine the contradictions of postwar Spain. Emphasis placed on sociohistorical context and literary analysis.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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SN 358 - A Survey of Spanish Theatre (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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SN 360 - Latin American Short Story (3.00 cr.)
A study of this important genre in Latin America from its development in the nineteenth century to the present.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL
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SN 362 - The Origins of Contemporary Spain: 1898-1920 (3.00 cr.)
Examines the various 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, Azorín, and Antonio Machado.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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SN 363 - Contemporary Spanish Literature: The Generations of 1914 and 1927 (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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SN 364 - Spanish Literature of Exile: 1939-1975 (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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SN 365 - The Latin American Essay and Early Cultural Studies (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IG/IL
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SN 366 - Latin American Testimony (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL/IPJ
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SN 367 - The Short Story in Spain Since 1936 (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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SN 368 - Travelers and Migrants in Twentieth-Century Colombian Literature (3.00 cr.)
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. Closed to students who have taken SN 308 .
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL
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SN 369 - From Baroque to Enlightenment: Novo-Hispanic Perspectives (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL
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SN 370 - Nineteenth-Century Latin American Novel (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IG/IL
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SN 371 - The Short Story in Spain, 1875-1925 (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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SN 372 - The Nineteenth-Century Spanish Novel (3.00 cr.)
A fascinating journey through the Spanish novel in the second half of the nineteenth century, focusing on the representation of gender roles and social class in the context of the construction of contemporary Spain as a nation. Readings include works by Juan Valera, Benito Pérez Galdós, Emilia Pardo Bazán, and Leopoldo Alas, Clarín.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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SN 373 - Literature and Identity Politics in Peru (3.00 cr.)
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 the people of Criollo, Quechua, African, and Asian heritages embark on a quest to define themselves.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IG/IL
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SN 376 - Romanticism in Spain (3.00 cr.)
Spanish Romanticism emerges as a direct response to the conflicts and concerns of a country undergoing a series of rapid transformations during the first half of the nineteenth century. The most important authors of the period explored the idea of individual freedom in social, political, and artistic contexts while at the same time reflecting the struggle between traditional values and newer forms of thought and expression. This course covers important examples of the prose, poetry, and theater of the period with emphasis on major authors such as Larra, Espronceda, Bécquer and Rosalía de Castro.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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SN 377 - Spanish Literature of Fantasy, Mystery, and Terror (3.00 cr.)
Literature devoted to the exploration of the irrational in human experience, whether in the form of fear of the unknown or the examination of criminal impulses, forms an essential part of modern culture. In this course, the evolution of this tendency in Spain from the Gothic literature that appears as a reaction to the Enlightenment at the end of the eighteenth century to the new aesthetics of irrationality that arises at the close of the nineteenth century with Modernismo is studied. In this context students read some of the most important authors of the period, such as José de Cadalso, Enrique Gil y Carrasco, Emilia Pardo Bazán, and Ramón María del Valle-Inclán.
Prerequisite: SN 203 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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SN 378 - Crime Fiction in Spain (3.00 cr.)
Since the 1970's, many Spanish authors have turned to the crime novel as a vehicle for chronicling the social and political evolution of the country. This course provides an introduction to how some of the genre's most important works have addressed such issues as the growth of major cities, urban crime, and corruption in all of its forms. Authors studied include Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Andreu Martín, Lorenzo Silva, and Alicia Giménez Bartlett, among others.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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SN 380 - Modernismo (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/IG/ICL/IL
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SN 381 - Latin American Avant-Garde (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL
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SN 382 - Women Against the Current in Latin America (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL
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SN 388 - Women Take the Floor: Mexican Female Writers (3.00 cr.)
Focuses on texts written by Mexican women from the Baroque Period to present times. Novels, poetry, periodical excerpts, and short stories that discuss social and cultural issues central to Mexico through the lens of women are read. The texts studied aim to deconstruct the idea that women were not subjects in Mexican literature. Writers include: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, editors from the newspaper Violetas de Anáhuac, Nelly Campobello, Rosario Castellanos, Laura Esquivel, Margarita Dalton, Angelina Muñiz-Huberman, Cristina Rivera Garza, Ángeles Mastretta, Guadalupe Nettel, Valeria Luiselli. Includes movies based on novels that were a success in Mexican movie theaters and were internationally acclaimed.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL
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SN 390 - Chronicles of Conquest, Resistance and Transculturation (3.00 cr.)
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.
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 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL
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SN 391 - Travel Writings of the New World (3.00 cr.)
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, bureaucrats, businessmen, and scientists-like Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Catalina de Erauso "The Second Lieutenant Nun," Antonio de Ulloa, and Alexander Von Humboldt.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL
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SN 392 - Extirpation of Idolatries (3.00 cr.)
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.
Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 ; and one additional SN 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/IC/ICL/IL
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SE 296 - Introduction to Special Education (3.00 cr.)
Provides an introduction to the terminology, identification, and issues commonly encountered when addressing the needs of diverse students with disabilities. Emphasis is placed on inclusion, diversity issues, federal and state legislative mandates pertinent to nondiscriminatory assessments, parental involvement, individualized education programs, and professional practice and foundations in special education. Participants investigate the major areas of exceptionality, addressing the characteristics and educational needs of students with orthopedic, visual, hearing, speech, emotional, cognitive, and health impairments, including Autism Spectrum Disorder, and those with learning disabilities. Connections between theory and practice are developed to enhance acquisition of course competencies.
Concurrent Requisite: ED 438 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: IHE
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