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Course Descriptions

 

Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS)
  

  • LACS 015 A-Z - (CC, IS) Special Topics: Journeys through Latin America

    Semester Hours: 3

    Periodically
    Interdisciplinary exploration of specific issues in the study of Latin America and the Caribbean. Themes may include decolonization of knowledge, globalization and Latin American cultures, nation-building literatures, travel writing, borderlands, U.S.-Latin American relations, natural resources and politics, indigenous communities and nation states, or media and politics. Topics will vary.

    Current Special Topics

    LACS 015I: (HP) Religion and Revolution

    This course introduces students to the relationship between religion and revolutionary movements in Latin America, the Global South, and among racialized communities in the US. We will critically explore social, artistic, and intellectual networks that found inspiration in religious sources for their struggle for political change. Topics include struggles for social, sexual, racial and ecological justice. This course will be useful for students interested in Religion, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Radio, TV and Media, Politics and Public Policy, Global Studies, History, Literature, Anthropology, International Relations, and Sociology.
    Cross listed with RELI 141R.

    LACS 015N: Film and Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Filmmakers have long been drawn to the intense human dramas of Latin American and Caribbean history—including contemporary migrations and displacements, neoliberal economic policies, twentieth-century dictatorships, and the European colonial conquests of indigenous cultures. Students in this course will examine how these themes are addressed in feature films and documentaries from regions as diverse as Mexico, Central America, the Spanish-speaking Caribbean (including Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic), the English-speaking Caribbean, and other South American countries such as Colombia or Ecuador. Seeking to identify the filmmakers’ political concerns and agendas, we will also gain new insight into the historical and present-day experiences of people in these regions. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary. As individual subjects are offered, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) which is affixed to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. [Formerly LACS 150 A-Z, (CC, IS) Special Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.]
  

  • LACS 100 - Internship in Latin American and Caribbean Studies

    Semester Hours: 1-3
    Periodically
    This internship program provides students with an opportunity to apply academic and theoretical knowledge to practical on-site work experiences. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    A minimum of 28 hours per credit (84 hours for 3 credits) in an approved government, non-for-profit, research, or academic institution is required. This will be combined with a total of academic work (30 hours for 3 credits) in the form of reading and writing assignments, classroom, and one-on-one meetings between the faculty member and the student. A substantial final research paper that situates the internship experience within the broader framework of theoretical Latin American and Caribbean Studies scholarship is required. This course is intended for students with a major  or a minor  in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Permission of the LACS co-directors is required. Course may not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 3 s.h.
  

  • LACS 110 - (CC, IS) Media and Journalism in Latin America

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    The course critically examines media and cultural issues in the Americas, with a focus on contemporary developments in the press, television, and grassroots/citizens’ media, as well as cultural transformations caused by an increasingly globalized media environment. Historical perspectives are applied to examine contemporary developments in media policy and their impact on citizenship and democracy; the role of the media in local, national, and global contexts; cross-border flows of information and programming; perceptions and depictions of the south in the north; independent and investigative journalism in emerging democracies; media and social movements; and ownership and state relations with media institutions.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. Same as MASS 181E.
  

  • LACS 112 - (CC) Mass Communication and Social Movements in Latin America

    Semester Hours: 3

    Periodically

    This course examines the relationship between media, citizenship and democracy in Latin America, and explores how social movements in Latin America have deployed mass communication as a tool of their grassroots mobilizing efforts across the continent. Using historical and contemporary case studies in the region, students will be introduced to the variety of strategies that have been applied by indigenous, peasant, afro-descendant, worker, student and women’s organizations to contest the political, social and economic status quo in their respective countries. Using a variety of both contemporary and historic case studies, students will critically assess the successes and the challenges of constructing a bottom-up counter-narrative to the mainstream, corporate-commercial media system in Latin America, and within the Latino immigrant communities in the North. The potential impact on public policy is explored through the lens of the social organizations dedicated to media democracy and communication rights.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Credit given to this course or LACS 015B, not both. (Formerly LACS 015B: Journeys Through Latin America – Mass Communication and Social Movements.)
  

  • LACS 115 - (CC, IS) Latin America in Documentary Film

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This course critically examines how Latin America as a region, and the people of Latin America as a whole – including the large Latino immigrant population in the U.S. – have been documented, viewed, and represented to global audiences through documentary film, both by domestic and international filmmakers. In presenting the myriad issues facing Latin America historically and today through the prism of social documentary film, the course places an emphasis on the relationship between non-fiction practices and questions of truth, history, knowledge, representation, and voice. In the process, students will explore how the aesthetics, form, and language of social documentary connect into the long and radical trajectory of Latin American cinema.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Credit given for this course or LACS 150C, not both.  May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. (Formerly LACS 150C, Special Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Latin America in Non-Fiction Film.)
  

  • LACS 116 - (CC) Latin American Cinema

    Semester Hours: 3

    Periodically

    This course explores Latin American cinema over the past 65 years, examining its evolution from the so-called Third Cinema movement of the late 1950s-1970s, to the global success of more recent productions which have transformed the landscape of the rich national film industries and film cultures of the region. From Brazil’s Cinema Novo movement to the Revolutionary Cinema of Cuba, from the Argentine “neo-realists,” to the growth of Colombia’s national cinema this century, students will consider this diverse body of work as both social and aesthetic practices. Readings will reflect the national and cultural identities of the respective countries from which these films emerge, as well as how these varied cinemas are part of a dynamic film trajectory that has employed both indigenous and hybrid cinematic language. Classes will combine screenings of entire films every week, as well as periods of lecture and discussion. Students may be expected to view other films outside of regular class periods. This course is designed to meet the interests of students in Latin American Studies, Film Studies, Global Studies, Mass Media Studies, Journalism, Communication, RTVF, Sociology, Spanish, among others, and would satisfy the Cross Cultural distribution requirement.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Credit given to this course or LACS 015D, not both. (Formerly LACS 15D: Journeys Through Latin America – Latin American Cinema.)
  

  • LACS 120 - (CC, IS) How Do You Say ‘Queer’ in Spanish? Gender, Sexuality, Identity and Citizenship

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    The course seeks to explore the ways in which Spanish-speaking cultures have negotiated the categorizations of sexual orientation and gender identity. Materials for the course include literature, film, performance, and theory from Latin America, Latino USA and Spain. All readings and discussions will be in English.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. Same as LGBT 120 .
  

  • LACS 198 - Honors Essay

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This honors course entails the research for and the writing of a substantial essay in the field of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS), engaging with current theoretical frameworks in LACS, in any of the various disciplines comprising the LACS program. In consultation with the adviser, essays may be written in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Open only to qualified seniors majoring in LACS  who wish to graduate with departmental honors. Permission of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies co-directors, and of the professor who will supervise the essay. Candidates for departmental honors must attain a 3.4 cumulative GPA and a 3.5 in major course work. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis.
  

  • LACS 199 - Senior Seminar in Latin American and Caribbean Studies

    Semester Hours: 3

    Once a Year
    The Senior Seminar is an interdisciplinary capstone course that focuses on a changing series of issues fundamental to Latin American and Caribbean societies. Students are required to produce a substantial research paper by the end of the course, reflecting consultation with two Latin American and Caribbean Studies faculty members as well as the reading of primary and secondary source materials.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Open to seniors only.

     

Legal Studies in Business (LEGL)
  

  • LEGL 020 - Introduction to Legal Systems, Environment and Contracts

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Introductory course explaining the legal and ethical environment of domestic and international business. The course covers the following topics as they relate to business and business managers: sources of law, legal systems, alternative dispute resolution, constitutional issues, torts, and contracts, including contractual transactions in goods under Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Article 2. Other topics that may be covered include labor and employment issues, antitrust, regulatory agencies, environmental law, etc.
  

  • LEGL 023 - Contract Law

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    A study of the fundamental elements of contracts as defined by the common law, the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG); contracts and commercial transactions in contemporary business situations, including e- commerce; the relationship between contract law and the general legal environment, particularly ethical and international considerations; fundamentals of contract negotiations, drafting, damages, and dispute resolution. Actual contracts and cases are studied.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    LEGL 020  and sophomore class standing or above.
  

  • LEGL 024 - Legal Aspects of Business Organizations and Activities

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Law and ethical considerations pertaining to profit and not-for-profit organizations. Topics include personal and real property and the acquisition thereof; laws relating to landlord-tenant relationships, wills, estates and trusts, and insurance; negotiable instruments, including commercial paper under UCC Article 3; credit oriented transactions, with emphasis on secured transactions under UCC Article 9, securing debt under state mortgage law, and bankruptcy under the Federal Bankruptcy Code; agency, partnerships, corporations and the regulation of securities; and the legal and professional responsibilities of CPAs and other financial professionals. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    LEGL 020  and sophomore class standing or above. Required for accounting majors .
  

  • LEGL 025 - Legal Research and Writing

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Provides the non-lawyer with the basic skills of law library research and legal writing. Covers methods of defining and researching legal issues; use of law library reference tools, such as codes, administrative regulations, digests, case law and computer information services; writing exercises stressing clear, concise legal expression, citation and terminology. Research in a selected area of business law is undertaken.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    LEGL 020  and junior class standing or above.
  

  • LEGL 114 - Labor and Employment Law

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Interplay of governmental regulation, legislation, and judicial interpretation in the context of labor and employment law. Topics include labor-management relationships and the role of the federal regulatory agency, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in this area. Other topics include worker protection, both physical and economic protection of employees and employment discrimination. The federal regulatory agencies, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) are highlighted.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    LEGL 020  and junior class standing or above.
  

  • LEGL 115 - Wills, Trusts and Estates

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Provides students and those considering a planning career an awareness and overview of the legal concepts in financial and estate planning. An examination and analysis of the need for planning and family wealth conservation, the laws of gifts, intestacy, wills, nature and objectives of trusts and their implications on estate planning, incidents affecting distribution of property, analysis of funding plans, business planning as it relates to the estate and an examination of the fiduciary and ethical considerations of probate and estates.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    LEGL 020  and junior class standing or above.
  
  

  • LEGL 117 - Law in the Global Economy

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Examination of the legal implications of various forms of international business; trade, licensing, trademarks and franchising, foreign investments, mergers, acquisition and joint ventures. Legal issues in the global marketplace and their impact on international organizations; international and regional cooperation. Examination of activities by American companies overseas, legal disputes with foreign states, international trade, United States trade laws, extraterritorial application of United States laws.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    LEGL 020  and junior class standing or above.
  

  • LEGL 118 - Litigation and Alternate Dispute Resolution

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    A consideration of domestic and international litigation, negotiation, mediation, fact-finding, arbitration, and recently developed variations of the foregoing. Emphasis on the extent to which these various methods of dispute resolution can be developed and controlled by the disputing parties themselves and/or by the courts. Historical development of ADR and emerging ethical issues are considered.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    LEGL 020  and junior class standing or above. Same as MGT 118 .
  

  • LEGL 119 - Advanced Legal Aspects of Business Organizations

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    An examination and analysis of the laws of agency, partnership and corporations. Discussion and analysis of various business entities. Legal issues related to organization, management, fiduciary roles, authorities and governance are addressed. Analysis of interrelationship and duties of partners, officers, directors and shareholders. Issues affecting business planning, securities regulations, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust and trade regulations, ethical issues, corporate responsibility, and international considerations are covered.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    LEGL 020  and junior class standing or above.
  

  • LEGL 120 - Immigration Law

    Semester Hours: 3
    This course provides an overview of U.S. immigration law and procedure, its historical development and current statutory framework.  Among the topics covered will be the various types of visas available to individuals who seek to enter the U.S. temporarily or permanently, adjustment of status, citizenship, removal proceedings, asylum and refugee status.  Federal agencies with responsibilities for immigration law enforcement will be discussed, as will the political and ethical implications of immigration law.  Special emphasis will be given to compliance with immigration laws in the employment context.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    LEGL 020  or junior class standing or above.
  

  • LEGL 121 - Law for the Entrepreneur

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This course will explore salient legal issues faced by small business owners and entrepreneurs with limited resources in starting and operating a new business. Topics covered include selecting a form of business organization, raising money and securities regulation, creditors’ rights and bankruptcy, contracts and leases, e-commerce, employment regulations, risk management and insurance, intellectual property, raising venture capital, buying and selling a business, public offerings, and global expansion.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    LEGL 020  and junior class standing or above. Same as ENTR 121 .
  

  • LEGL 122 - The Business and Legal Environment of Health Care

    Semester Hours: 3
    Once a year
    This course introduces students to the legal and business issues related to health care organizations. Topics include: the organizational structures of health care businesses; financial issues and the healthcare reimbursement system; unique regulatory issues that impact health businesses, including health care fraud and abuse and government enforcement initiatives; not-for-profit/tax exempt business issues; and anti-trust issues. The course also will explore business and legal constraints that arise when non-health care entities conduct business with health care organizations.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    LEGL 020  and junior class standing or above.
  

  • LEGL 125 - Entertainment Law and Business

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This course examines the impact of the business opportunities, economic risks, legal structures and regulatory environment associated with the entertainment business. The diverse elements of our legal system, such as contracts, employment, intellectual property, torts, etc., are applied to each of the major fields of entertainment, i.e., theater, motion pictures, television, music, publishing and advertising. Further, the entertainment industry is studied in conjunction with the business practices and industry standards of each particular field.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    LEGL 020  or permission of the department chairperson and junior class standing or above.
  

  • LEGL 126 - Introduction to Compliance and Corporate Governance in a Global Environment

    Semester Hours: 3
    This course introduces the fundamental elements of corporate compliance and governance in the global environment.  Going beyond legal and regulatory requirements, the course focuses on fundamental elements of compliance in contemporary business situations, including financial issues (Dodd-Frank, Volcker rule), internal management (sexual harassment), sustainability and international concerns (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) so that the student gets a broad understanding of compliance as a multifaceted area that allows corporations to operate in a socially responsible manner (i.e., CSR).  The course is also designed to introduce students to the different participants in corporate governance, including shareholders, directors, officers and outside professionals.  Students will learn the role of each participant in corporate governance, the duties of each participant in corporate governance and any personal liability incurred as a result of a participant’s failure to perform duties sufficiently.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    LEGL 020  or permission of the department.
  

  • LEGL 157 A-Z - Seminar: Special Topics in Legal Studies in Business

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    An advanced in-depth treatment of special topics. Current topics are explored through a variety of methods such as lectures, projects and case studies.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    LEGL 020 , junior class standing or above, and any additional prerequisites as stated in the course schedule. As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) which is affixed to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. Legal studies in business majors  may take up to two of these courses to fulfill their major requirements so long as each seminar has a different letter designation. Students pursuing a legal studies in business minor  may take only one of these courses to fulfill their minor requirements.
  

  • LEGL 174 - Business Internship

    Semester Hours: 1-3
    Fall, Spring
    Actual practical experience in an approved setting open to junior and senior legal studies in business majors . Students work a minimum of 40 hours for 1 credit or a minimum of 80 hours for 2 credits or a minimum of 120 hours for 3 credits in a structured legal studies in business program offered by a law firm or not-for-profit organization.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Permission of department chairperson, a minimum grade point average of 2.5 in legal studies in business courses and 2.5 overall, LEGL 025 , junior class standing or above. NOTE: Students may take this course for 1, 2  or 3 s.h., and may take the course more than once, with a maximum of 3 s.h. earned. Credits earned count toward general degree requirements but do not satisfy legal studies in business major  requirements. 



  

  • LEGL 185 - Internship in Legal Studies in Business

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    A work-study program open to senior legal studies in business majors . Students work a minimum of 120 hours in a structured legal studies in business training program offered by a law firm or a for-profit or not-for-profit organization.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Permission of department chairperson, a minimum grade point average of 3.0 in legal studies in business courses and 3.0 overall. Corequisite: related course in the area of the internship. (Students who do not meet these requirements see LEGL 174 .)
  

  • LEGL 190 - Departmental Honors Candidacy: Essay

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Research for and the writing of a substantial essay in the field of legal studies in business. Open only to senior legal studies in business majors  who are eligible for and desire to graduate with departmental honors and who secure, before registration, written permission of the department chairperson. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    A minimum grade point average of 3.5 in legal studies in business and 3.4 overall.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Studies (LGBT)
  

  • LGBT 001 - (IS) Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Using a breadth of works that have as their theme gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer experience and identity, largely in 20th-century America, we will examine the assumptions that underpin LGBTQ+ studies from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, being sensitive to the intersections between sexuality and race, ethnicity, class, gender and nationality. The course is organized by topics that will be contextualized chronologically and culturally, examining a wide range of LGBTQ+ depictions and their significance. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (Formerly Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, and Transgender Studies, Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies.)
  

  • LGBT 010 - Readings in LGBT Studies

    Semester Hours: 1

    Periodically

    Individualized reading course designed to meet curricular requirements of the LGBTQ+ Studies minor in conjunction with a regularly scheduled 3 s.h. course. After consulting with the LGBTQ+ Studies program director, students ask an instructor, in the semester prior to a course offering, to design a modified version of the existing syllabus to include substantial LGBTQ+ content.
     

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Student must register for the regularly scheduled 3 s.h. course in conjunction with this individual-study course. The regularly scheduled course and this INS (individually negotiated syllabus) earn the student a total of 4 s.h.
  
  
  

  • LGBT 014F - First-Year Seminar

    Semester Hours: 3-4
    Fall
    This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 14F or 12F seminar and only one 14S or 12S seminar.
  

  • LGBT 014S - First-Year Seminar

    Semester Hours: 3-4
    Spring
    This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 14F or 12F seminar and only one 14S or 12S seminar.
  

  • LGBT 050 - (IS) French Gay Film and Literature in Translation

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    A study of literary and filmic texts from France and other countries where French is a principal language, using various literary critical methods to analyze the queer message, symbols, context, and significance of these cultural artifacts. A simultaneous study of historical, social, political, legal, and linguistics components of these texts will help analyze them as well as uncover layers of queer significance. All literature will be read in translation; all films will have English subtitles.
  
  
  

  • LGBT 120 - (CC, IS) How Do You Say ‘Queer’ in Spanish? Gender, Sexuality, Identity and Citizenship

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    The course seeks to explore the ways in which Spanish-speaking cultures have negotiated the categorization of sexual orientation and gender identity. Materials for the course include literature, film, performance, and theory from Latin America, Latina USA and Spain. All readings and discussions will be in English.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
     May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. Same as LACS 120 .
  

  • LGBT 130 - LGBTQ+ Health

    Semester Hours: 3
    This course introduces students to health challenges, including mental health, faced by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) populations by providing them with working knowledge that includes: terminology and history related to LGBTQ+ health, information about who LGBTQ+ populations are, the health conditions most prevalent in LGBTQ+ populations, and what health disparities LGBTQ+ populations face. Multiple learning strategies will be used such as readings, interactive lectures, class discussion, writing assignments, presentations, case studies, and guest speakers.
  

  • LGBT 140 - Queer Literature

    Semester Hours: 3
    In recent years, LGBTQ+ people have gained many rights in many nations, but that was not the case for most of the twentieth century, and there remain many who would advocate the abolition of those rights that the LGBTQ+ community has long struggled to achieve. The literature in this course will examine the issue of what it has meant to be LGBTQ+ in society from the early twentieth-century.
  

  • LGBT 180 A-Z - (IS) Special Topics in LGBTQ+ Studies

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Studies in LGBTQ+ topics interrelating several of but not limited to the following disciplines: anthropology, art history, cultural studies, history, law, literature, media, plastic and performing arts, psychology, religion, sociology, etc

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) and added to the course number. Any course may be taken a number of times so long as there is a different letter designation each time it is taken. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. (Formerly Special Topics in LGBT Studies)
  

  • LGBT 190 - Internship in LGBTQ+ Studies

    Semester Hours: 1-6
    Periodically
    The primary goal of this internships is to provide a practicum in which to develop, explore, and experiment with the skills and knowledge that reflect LGBTQ+ concerns. A second goal is to help facilitate transition from college to work. Students are encouraged to find internships in not-for-profit social justice groups as well as in for-profit organizations.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    This internship course requires a minimum of 28 hours of on-site work per semester hour accompanied by a minimum of 10 hours of academic work, for example reading, research, and a term paper or final project, to be determined by the faculty adviser in conjunction with the students. In areas where academic research, reading, and writing are not appropriate, students will be asked to document the relevance of their work experience with writing projects like reaction papers or journals, and/or demonstrations or presentations for faculty advisers. A minimum GPA of at least 3.0, or program director’s approval, for student eligibility for participation in internship courses. Students must present an internship possibility to the LGBTQ+ director for discussion and approval. A preliminary interview will be held with the student to discuss the nature of the academic work associated with the on-site work of the internship. Grades will be based on both academic and on-site performance. An on-site evaluation of “poor” will result in a final grade no higher than “C.” Only 3 s.h. of LGBT 190 may be applied toward the minor in LGBTQ+ Studies. (Formerly Internship in LGBT Studies)

Library Information and Technology (LIBR)
  

  • LIBR 001 - Introduction to Library and Information Technology

    Semester Hours: 1
    The Library and Information Technology course traces the information/knowledge continuum to illustrate the ways in which individuals gain access to knowledge and scholarship via library resources. The course is designed to assist students in acquiring the critical thinking and information literacy skills needed to gather information independently, to evaluate and organize what is collected, and to apply these skills in completing course assignments and in functioning in the workplace or in graduate school. With an emphasis on electronic resources, these objectives are examined within the context of the American library tradition and the role that libraries fulfill in the dissemination of information and knowledge.

Linguistics (LING)
  
  
  
  
  

  • LING 014F - First-Year Seminar

    Semester Hours: 3-4
    Fall

    This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:

    The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester.  This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 14F or 12F seminar and only one 14S or 12S seminar.



  

  • LING 014S - First-Year Seminar

    Semester Hours: 3-4
    Spring

    This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:

    The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester.  This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 14F or 12F seminar and only one 14S or 12S seminar.



  
  

  • LING 102 - (IS) Semantics and Pragmatics

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This course focuses on linguistic meaning and its role in communication. Topics include ambiguity, vagueness, presupposition, intonational meaning, and Grice’s theory of conversational implicature. Students will apply this method to issues in politics, the law, philosophy, advertising, and natural language processing.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis.
  

  • LING 103 - The Classical Roots of English Words

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically

    A systematic study of the foreign, primarily Greek and Latin, elements of the vocabulary of contemporary English, especially the vocabulary of the humanities and the sciences. The influence of other languages, both European and non-Western, are also considered. The study of word roots and families are set against the background of Greco-Roman civilization as it lives on in the classical heritage of the English language.
  

  • LING 111 - Origins of Medical Terminology

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Basic course for students planning to major in the biological, medical and psychological sciences. The derivation of scientific terms studied enables students to analyze and more easily acquire a vocabulary of technical terms.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    May not be used to satisfy the language requirement. (Formerly Scientific Terminology and Etymology.)
  

  • LING 137 - Introduction to Corpus Linguistics

    Semester Hours: 3

    Periodically

    Corpora—large electronic compilations of systematically-collected texts— are very valuable resources for researching linguistic questions about language variation and change. In this course, we will first explore the ways in which corpora are compiled, annotated, and analyzed and gain a working knowledge of a variety of corpus analysis tools and existing corpora. Second, in order to apply this knowledge, we will investigate current applications of corpus analysis including its use in studies of forensic linguistics, language teaching, lexicography, and legal practice. Quantitative reasoning skills will be highlighted throughout each unit.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    LING 101  
  
  
  

  • LING 158 - (IS) Forensic Linguistics

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Forensic linguistics augments legal analysis by applying rigorous, scientific principles to legal evidence such as contracts, confessions, letters, and recorded speech. Just as biology and physics play crucial roles in the interpretation of forensic medical and ballistic data, so linguistics enables a deeper understanding of forensic language phenomena.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis.
  
  
  
  

  • LING 172 - (CC) Language and Society in Africa, Asia and Latin America

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Examination of the relation between language and society with emphasis on Africa, Asia and Latin America. Language as a cognitive system, repository of culture and constructor of reality. Conflict between nationalist languages and former colonial world languages. Language as an indicator of societal identity, group and status. Diglossia. Language planning in government, industry and education. Language attitudes, change and maintenance. Case studies of language situations in countries around the world.
  

  • LING 181 - Special Studies in Linguistics

    Semester Hours: 1-3
    Periodically
    Directed investigation of topics in any of the various subfields of linguistics such as phonological rules and representations, syntactic change, semantics, language and social/psychological behavior, and artificial intelligence and natural language processing.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Subjects to be announced yearly. May be repeated when topics vary.
  
  

  • LING 192 - Internship in Linguistics

    Semester Hours: 1-6
    Fall, Spring, Summer
    This internship provides students with an opportunity to apply the academic study of linguistics to practical situations. Since so much of human endeavor revolves around language, a knowledge of linguistics is useful in a wide array of workplace settings.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Minimum GPA of 2.5; 6 s.h. of LING , or equivalent, or permission of chair. For each credit hour, students will work a minimum of 28 hours on site; also required is a minimum of 10 hours academic work that will include reading, research, and a final paper or project that explores the internship experience via the academic discipline of linguistics. Students will schedule a minimum of 3 meetings with a faculty adviser – one at the beginning, one at mid-term, and one at the end of the work experience. Grades will be based on both the academic work and on the on-site supervisor’s evaluations. The course is repeatable for up to a total of 6 credits. May not be taken on a P/D+/D/F basis.

Literacy Studies (LYST)
  

  • LYST 012 - College Reading

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    This course requires students to devote time to exploring fiction and non-fiction literature to further develop their interest in reading, as well as their inclination to read, for instructional, informational, and recreational purposes. Students will become part of a community of informed and strategic readers who know about, and can critically discuss, books, authors, textbooks, journalism, journal articles, primary as well as secondary sources, and online information sources such as blogs, etc. Emphasis will be placed on assessment techniques that will assist students in identifying, and addressing, their own strengths, needs, preferences, and proclivities as readers. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    May be applied toward liberal arts credit. 
  

  • LYST 100 - Literacy, Health, and Physical Education

    Semester Hours: 1
    Fall, Spring
    This course on language, literacy and learning is designed for reflective scholar-practitioners in the fields of health education and physical education. Emphasis is also placed on home and school literacies of native English language speakers and English language learners, on reading and writing as language processes, on language variation and the linguistic abilities and strengths of children and adolescents, and on the impact of various approaches to literacy instruction and reading and writing assessment on the health and well being of both students and their families.
  

  • LYST 101 - Literacy for Middle/High School Teachers

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    The course focuses on the role of language and literacy in the lives of middle school/high school students. This course explores a range of issues related to language and literacy for middle school/high school classrooms including: reading and writing as language processes, the linguistic abilities and strengths of middle school and high school students, the potential of young adult literature for middle school/high school content classrooms, and learning/teaching strategies for speaking, listening, reading and writing in content area classes. The course involves a field component where preservice teachers observe students in middle and high school classrooms.
  

  • LYST 102 - Literacy, Art, Music and Dance

    Semester Hours: 1
    Fall, January, Spring
    This course on language, literacy, and learning is designed for students in the Fine Arts Education , Music Education , and Dance Education  programs.  Emphasis is placed on school literacies, on reading, writing, listening and speaking as language processes, and the linguistic abilities and strengths of children and adolescents. Discussion will address relationships between language, music, art, and dance as semiotic systems for communication, meaning making and aesthetic expression and the impact of various approaches to literacy instruction and assessment on the fields of art, music and dance.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    This course meets the revised teacher certification standards for language acquisition and literacy development by native English speakers and speakers who are English language learners.
  
  

  • LYST 180 - Stories and Humanity: Readings for Future Physicians I

    Semester Hours: 2
    Fall
    This is the first course in a two-semester sequence of courses designed to engage future physicians in critical, aesthetic, and self-aware readings of both assigned and self-selected fiction and non-fiction literature. Course provides students with an opportunity to broaden their literary tastes and to more extensively pursue fiction and non-fiction literature as a means of understanding the human nature of the patients they will one day serve. The course will also provide students with the opportunity to explore their own unique reading profiles, as well as to examine the ways in which reading is a biological, as well as a personal, social, linguistic, cultural, and psychological process.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Open only to students in the premedical track of the Biology  Department. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis.
  

  • LYST 181 - Stories and Humanity: Readings for Future Physicians II

    Semester Hours: 1
    Spring
    This is the second course in a two-semester sequence of courses designed to engage future physicians in critical, aesthetic, and self-aware readings of selected fiction and non-fiction literature, as a means of exploring human experience – past and present – from literary, social, historical, cultural, political, and personal perspectives, in order that they might more empathetically and flexibly serve their future patients.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Open only to students in the premedical track of the Biology  Department. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis.
  

  • LYST 185 to 189 A-Z - Workshop in Literacy Studies

    Semester Hours: 1-3
    Periodically
    These workshops provide an opportunity for pre-service professionals across majors to participate in workshops, conferences or seminars exploring current themes and special topics in literacy studies.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) which is added to the course number. These workshops may be repeated for credit as long as there is a different letter designation each time a workshop is taken. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule.

Literature in Translation (LIT)
  
  
  
  

  • LIT 014F - First-Year Seminar

    Semester Hours: 3-4
    Fall

    This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:

    The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester.  This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 14F or 12F seminar and only one 14S or 12S seminar.



  

  • LIT 014S - First-Year Seminar

    Semester Hours: 3-4
    Spring

    This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:

    The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester.  This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 14F or 12F seminar and only one 14S or 12S seminar.



  
  
  
  

  • LIT 030 - (CC, LT) Modern Arabic Literature

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Introduces students to modern Arabic literature as it relates to the different human factors which make up modern Arabic culture. Course not only recognizes main themes and works, but also examines the recurring patterns and the peculiar characteristics of the various nations and/or groups, divided by religion, epoch, circumstances, movement, gender or ideology. Focuses on the correlation between thematic and structural considerations in literature and the various phases in the process of acquiring a modern cultural self-identity.
     
  
  
  

  • LIT 042 - (LT) The Golden Age of Athens

    Semester Hours: 3

    Periodically
    A survey of the major literary achievements of the 5th century BC Athens within their social, cultural and political contexts. Of particular interest will be why and how this period came to be known as the high point of Greek civilization. Authors to be read may also include Solon, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Gorgias, Herodotus, Thucydides and Plato.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (Formerly “The Golden Age of Pericles”)

     
  
  
  
  

  • LIT 057 - (LT) Sex and the City: The Literature of Love in Ancient Rome

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    A survey of the literature of love of the Republican and Augustan periods of antiquity, focusing on the special relationship that love poets established with the thrilling eternal city, the sophisticated, multicultural, never-sleeping, ancient Rome. Authors to be read include Catullus, Virgil, Horace, Propertius, Tibullus and Ovid.
  

  • LIT 058 - (LT) Literature and Archaeology of the Roman Countryside

    Semester Hours: 3
    Summer
    This is an intensive three-week course. The first two weeks are conducted, seminar style, on campus, with reading and discussion of Roman historians, philosophers, and poets in English translation. The student will also learn about the history of Roman Italy, from the archaic to the Augustan periods. The focus will be on the Roman countryside and the Roman villa as cultural symbols and sites for the development and transformation of Roman identity. The third week will be intensive archaeological fieldwork in Poggio del Molino, Italy, where students will experience firsthand the excavation of a Roman villa. Exposure to the literature and history of the period will be complemented by an introduction to archaeological theory and methodology.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • LIT 071 - (LT) Russian Culture and the West

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Russia stands at the crossroads in Eastern Europe between Asia and Western Europe. As a consequence, Russian identity is an interesting mix of eastern and western influences. This course will present samplings from many aspects of Russian culture, including art, music, film, literature, language, religious practice, popular culture, customs and traditions, history, and the image of Russia in American culture. Our goal will be to comprehend how Russian culture has established itself between Asia and Europe.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    The course is open to all students regardless of level, and all materials will be read in English. (Formerly Russian Culture and Literature: Between East and West. )
  
  

  • LIT 073 - (LT) Russian Literature in Translation: Culture and Revolution

    Semester Hours: 3
    Once a Year

    This survey of late nineteenth and twentieth century Russian literature focuses on the social and aesthetic rebellion of writers who confronted political oppression, revolutionary struggle, violence, totalitarian oppression, and emigration.  This course will help students to understand the social and cultural contexts that influenced the lives of Russians since the end of the nineteenth century.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (Formerly Russian Literature in Translation.)
  

  • LIT 074 - (LT) Russian Jewish Literature

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    We will study literary texts originally written in Russian by Jewish writers from the 1890s in the Russian empire up to the diaspora of the present day. The traumas of Stalin’s purges, the second World War, the Cold War, immigration of Russian Jews to the West during the 1970s, and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 contributed to a revival of Jewish self-awareness in Russian literature, and to an even greater diversity of styles and subjects in the work of Russian Jewish authors.  The course will take into account the aesthetic as well as political evolution of the tradition up to the present day.
  
 

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