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2020-2021 Interim Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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Sociology |
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SOC 300 - Practicum in Applied Sociology 4 credits (Spring)
Students work 10 hours each week at internship sites in Grinnell or surrounding areas (personal transportation required). Class discussions and assignments focus on internship experiences from a sociological perspective. Students must request and submit an application for this course from the Sociology Department in November, before spring semester registration begins. Students needing assistance in securing an internship are encouraged to visit the Center for Careers, Life, and Service prior to fall break.
Prerequisite: Any two 200-level or above sociology courses and third-year or fourth-year student status with good academic standing.
Instructor: Ferguson, Haenfler
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SOC 320 - The Family 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
A survey of the family from a sociological perspective, focusing on recent transformations of the family. Topics include historical origins of the family, traditional marriage and alternative processes of mate selection and family formation, parenting, divorce, family violence, racial-ethnic variations in family experience, and gay and lesbian families.
Prerequisite: Any 200-level or above sociology course.
Instructor: Ferguson
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SOC 350 - NGOs: Organizing To Do Good 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
People often join together in nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations to accomplish good for themselves or others. This seminar focuses on how such organizations are structured and how they operate. We will explore how NPOs and NGOs resemble, and differ from, other organizational forms in mission, leadership, organizational change, environmental constraints, and effects on members. Attention to practical managerial challenges. Cases may include human service organizations, community action agencies, foundations and funding organizations, fraternal organizations, nonprofit colleges, and international humanitarian NGOs.
Prerequisite: At least two 200-level sociology courses and third-year or fourth-year standing.
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Staff
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SOC 360 - Work in the “New” Economy 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
What is the “new” global economy and how has it transformed the landscape of the American economy in the last three decades? How do individuals experience the consequences of globalization in their lives, both as workers and consumers? This course will examine recent transformations in the U.S. economy — including deskilling, downsizing, and the rise of the service sector — and will consider how each of these “transformations” relate to issues of identity, community, family formation, structural inequality, and national culture.
Prerequisite: Two 200-level sociology courses.
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Erickson
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SOC 370 - Members Only: A Political Sociology of Citizenship 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
Citizenship is a legal tie between an individual and a particular state, but it is also a category to which rights are attached, a basis for identification, and a set of participatory practices. It is shaped and expressed in the political sphere (through schools, military service, museums, censuses, and surveillance), the economic sphere (in labor markets), and in the civil sphere (through conventional participatory practices such as voting and the emergence of new domains of political engagement such as grassroots movements). This course takes a comparative-historical approach and uses the lens of political sociology to examine cases across the globe.
Prerequisite: Two 200-level sociology courses.
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Foreign language option available in Spanish or Portuguese for course and +2.
Instructor: Staff
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SOC 390 - Advanced Studies in Sociology 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
Seminar in current issues of sociological theory and research. Content of the course announced each year. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. For current course content please see the variable topic course listing below or search the online live schedule of courses.
Prerequisite: Varies; at least one 200-level sociology course and third-year standing.
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Staff
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Spanish |
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SPN 105 - Introduction to the Spanish Language I 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
This course is intended for students with no previous or very limited training in Spanish. Through total immersion in the target language, students will develop communicative competence in order to be active users of the language and gain confidence in speaking and interacting in real life situations. Students will gain cultural competence in the Spanish-speaking world, including the US, by reading cultural texts, researching cultural topics, and learning about customs and values of Spanish-speaking peoples.
Prerequisite: None.
Note: Not regularly offered in the spring.
Instructor: Staff
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SPN 106 - Introduction to the Spanish Language II 4 credits (Fall and Spring)
This course is for students who completed SPN 105 or were placed at the 106 level by the Spanish Department. Through total immersion, students will develop communicative competence in order to become active users of the Spanish language and gain confidence in speaking and interacting in real life situations. Students will gain cultural competence in the Spanish-speaking world, including the US, by reading cultural texts, researching cultural topics, and learning about Spanish-speaking peoples and their societies, histories, and cultures.
Prerequisite: SPN 105 or placement by department.
Instructor: Staff
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SPN 204 - Communication in Spanish I 1 credits (Fall and Spring)
Work on improvement of speaking skills. Discussion and conversation based on various audiovisual cultural materials. Conducted in Spanish.
Co-requisite: Concurrent enrollment in SPN 217 .
S/D/F only.
Instructor: Staff
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SPN 205 - Communication in Spanish II 1 credits (Fall and Spring)
Work on improvement of speaking skills. Discussion and conversation based on various audiovisual cultural materials. Conducted in Spanish.
Co-requisite: Concurrent enrollment in SPN 285 .
S/D/F only.
Instructor: Staff
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SPN 217 - Intermediate Spanish 4 credits (Fall and Spring)
Development of language skills through reading, oral practice, vocabulary building, grammar review, and short compositions. Materials include short literary, nonliterary, and visual texts. Conducted in Spanish. SPN 204 may be taken concurrently.
Prerequisite: SPN 106 or placement by department.
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Staff
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SPN 285 - Introduction to Textual Analysis 4 credits (Fall and Spring)
Development of students’ critical and interpretive commentary on literary and cultural texts from Latin America and Spain. Continued emphasis on language skills. Materials include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and film. Conducted in Spanish. SPN 205 may be taken concurrently.
Prerequisite: SPN 217 or placement by department.
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Staff
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SPN 311 - Constructing Identities in Independent Latin America 4 credits (Spring)
A study of 19th- and early -20th-century literature in Latin America. Focus on the creation of national, racial, and gender identities in the newly independent republics through the analysis of narrative, poetry, drama, essays, and film. Conducted in Spanish. Students cannot take this course after taking a seminar course in literature (SPN 377 , SPN 379 , SPN 383 , SPN 385 , SPN 386 , or SPN 395 on literature).
Prerequisite: SPN 285 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Benoist
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SPN 312 - Women and Gender in Spanish Literature 4 credits (Fall)
This course introduces students to the works of prominent Spanish women writers from the 17th to the 21st century. While we will focus primarily on short stories, drama, and poetry, we will also consider films by women directors. Our readings will provide a representative sample of how women have developed as writers and individuals in Spain and how they have crafted gender issues into their writing. Conducted in Spanish. Students cannot take this course after taking a seminar course in literature (SPN 377 , SPN 379 , SPN 383 , SPN 385 , SPN 386 , or SPN 395 on literature).
Prerequisite: SPN 285 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Pérez
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SPN 314 - Studies in Modern Spanish Literature 4 credits (Fall)
A study of poetic, dramatic, and/or narrative texts from 18th- to 20th-century Spain. Topics of examination may include Romanticism; Realism; the poetic generations of 1898, 1927, and 1950; the novísimos; or contemporary narrative. Close readings and discussion focus on aesthetic, ideological, and historical aspects of the texts. Conducted in Spanish. Students cannot take this course after taking a seminar course in literature (SPN 377 , SPN 379 , SPN 383 , SPN 385 , SPN 386 , or SPN 395 on literature).
Prerequisite: SPN 285 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Phillips
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SPN 315 - Creativity and Dissidence in Modern Latin America 4 credits (Spring)
A study of selected, representative works from the 1920s through the 1960s. Emphasis on texts manifesting social conscience and artistic experimentation; treatment of the culture of protest and imaginative cultural expression. Consideration of poetry, narrative, and visual arts. Conducted in Spanish. Students cannot take this course after taking a seminar course in literature (SPN 377 , SPN 379 , SPN 383 , SPN 385 , SPN 386 , or SPN 395 on literature).
Prerequisite: SPN 285 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Aparicio
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SPN 317 - Readings in U.S. Latinx Literature and Culture 4 credits (Fall)
This discussion-based course provides a broad approach to U.S. Latinx literature. We will explore filmic and literary texts that voice the multiple and varied experiences of different generations of U.S. Latinxs from different national origins and cultures. We will pay particular attention to the construction of identity in terms of race, gender, sexuality, and class; bilingualism and code-switching; the experiences of the exile, the immigrant, and the refugee; the marketing of the U.S. Latinx identity; and the construction of community. Texts and films may be in English (with some Spanish) while discussions and written work will be in Spanish. Students cannot take this course after taking a seminar course in literature (SPN 377 , SPN 379 , SPN 383 , SPN 385 , SPN 386 , or SPN 395 on literature).
Prerequisite: SPN 285 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Petrus
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SPN 320 - Cultures of the Spanish-Speaking World 4 credits (Fall and/or Spring)
Examines diverse cultures of the Spanish-speaking world, including Latin America, Spain and the United States. May focus on one or multiple regions. Possible topics include: food, cultures, immigration, visual cultures. May use academic articles, film, literary texts, music. Taught in Spanish. Variable content. May be repeated for credit when content changes. Up to 8 credits may count toward the major. For current course content please see the variable topic course listing below or search the online live schedule of courses.
Prerequisite: SPN 285 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Staff
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SPN 343 - The Art of Language 4 credits (Fall and Spring)
Study of Spanish grammar to improve ability to express oneself with ease. Students will review and strengthen their understanding and use of morphological and syntactic aspects of Spanish while developing their competence to explain how the structure of Spanish functions.
Prerequisite: SPN 285 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Valentín
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SPN 377 - Modernization and Innovation in Contemporary Latin America 4 credits (Fall)
A study of selected, representative works since 1960, including internationally respected literature of the “Boom,” subsequent fiction, and recent poetic revolutions. Conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPN 311 , SPN 312 , SPN 314 , SPN 315 , SPN 317 , or SPN-295 on literature.
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Aparicio
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SPN 379 - U.S. Latinx Identities and Sexualities 4 credits (Spring)
This interdisciplinary course focuses on Latinx sexualities and identities. This course will focus on literary analysis of a variety of genres and cultural texts that have served as inspiration and influence for diverse communities of Latinxs. Students will explore artistic and theoretical contributions by Latinx scholars and artists related to the construction, the performance, and the questioning of gender roles. We will study the relation between literary works and the formation and conceptualization of Latinx and Chicanx identities and communities. Finally, we will focus on artistic-intellectual interventions that reflect the heterogeneity of more contemporary Latinx and Chicanx communities, with special attention to the diversity of thought on gender and sexuality. At the end of the course, students will present their research on gender roles, power, and sexual hegemonies based on literary analysis of Latinx cultural texts. Texts will be in English, Spanish, or Spanglish. Class discussion and all written work will be in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPN 311 , SPN 312 , SPN 314 , SPN 315 , SPN 317 or SPN-295 on literature.
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Petrus
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SPN 383 - The Latin American Colonial World 4 credits (Fall)
A study of the texts and debates surrounding initial encounters between Spaniards, indigenous and African peoples in the “New World,” and the establishment of Colonial culture and society. Spanish, indigenous, mestizo, and African perspectives are considered through the study of myth, narratives, poetry, autobiography, and film. Conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPN 311 , SPN 312 , SPN 314 , SPN 315 , SPN 317 , or SPN-295 on literature.
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Benoist
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SPN 384 - Spanish Dialectology 4 credits (Spring)
This course will examine the history and diversity of the Spanish-speaking world, from both historical and synchronic perspectives. The diachronic perspective will focus on the historical, cultural, social, and linguistic factors that were involved in the origin of different Spanish dialects. The synchronic perspective will provide a linguistic description (phonological, morpho-syntactic, and lexical) of various Spanish dialects as spoken today. Students will work with oral and written texts produced in different varieties of Spanish in order to recognize those varieties and identify the linguistic features that characterize each of them.
Prerequisite: SPN 343 or LIN 114 and permission of instructor.
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Valentín
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SPN 385 - Studies in Contemporary Spanish Literature and Film 4 credits (Spring)
This course examines Spanish narrative and film from the 20th and 21st centuries to explore the development of a modern, global Spain. Topics discussed include Franco’s dictatorship, the democratic transition, human rights, and the place of cultural production in social movements for “historical memory.” Conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPN 311 , SPN 312 , SPN 314 , SPN 315 , SPN 317 , or SPN-295 on literature.
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Phillips
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SPN 386 - Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Spanish Literature 4 credits (Spring)
This course examines medieval and early modern literature in its cultural and historical context. The specific topic of the course may vary to focus on a specific genre, author, or theme. Conducted in Spanish. For current course content please see the variable topic course listing below or search the online live schedule of courses.
Prerequisite: SPN 311 , SPN 312 , SPN 314 , SPN 315 , SPN 317 , or SPN-295 on literature.
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Pérez
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AMS 295-01 - Special Topic: Jews, Multiculturalism, and Antiseminsim (Fall)
See ANT 295-01 .
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ANT 295-02 - Special Topic: Anthropology of Disaster 4 credits (Fall Term 1)
This course examines the complex role that human societies and culture play in the creation and impact of disasters. Using the holistic and cross-cultural perspective of anthropology, students will examine the ways in which natural, sociocultural and technological systems interact to produce catastrophe. Using ethnographic case studies and anthropological theory, students will examine the sociocultural causes of disasters and analyze the way in which individuals, communities and organizations prepare for, respond to and are affected by disasters.
Prerequisite: ANT 104 .
Instructor: Kulstad
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ANT 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Anthropomorphisms 4 credits (Fall Term 1)
What does it mean to be human? How distinctive are we? Can studying analogous or homologous phenomena in non-human animals shed light on our evolutionary past? Can uncovering interconnections with other species help us to reshape an increasingly precarious future? Through multiple lenses–biological and cultural anthropology, history and philosophy of science, literature, art, and mythology–you will seek answers to these and related questions. Fundamentally, you will grapple with Darwin’s conclusion in The Descent of Man (1871) that “the difference in mind between man and the higher animals, great as it is, certainly is one of degree and not of kind.”
Prerequisite: ANT 280 .
Instructor: Marshack
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ARB 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Arabic in Action: Speaking and Writing 2 credits (Fall Term 2)
Students capitalize on skills acquired in ARB 101 1 to engage with Arabic culture including popular culture and film. The course focuses on improving writing and speaking skills.
Prerequisite: ARB 101 or higher.
Instructor: Youssef
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ARH 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Innovations in the Art Market 2 credits (Fall Term 1)
With $64 billion in sales in 2019, how does the art market operate? Who are the leaders, and what innovations drive success? What is the role of the artist, the gallery, the advisor, and the collector? Using case studies, and Skype interviews, London art advisor Daniel Malarkey ‘08 will explore the social, cultural, economic and aesthetic forces that drive the business side of the art world. This course is sponsored by the Donald and Winifred Wilson Program for Innovation and Leadership.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Note: Dates: September 16 to October 6. S/D/F only.
Instructor: Staff
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ARH 195-02 - Introductory Special Topic: Art of India 4 credits (Fall Term 1)
This course will cover the art of South Asia, from ancient Buddhism, to Hinduism, the Mughal Empire, to modern day art, architecture, and film. We will view and learn to analyze sculpture, architecture (including Buddhist and Hindu temples, Islamic architecture, and modern structures), painting, and the art of the book. We will also cover the basics of the many religious traditions practiced in South Asia.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Mackenzie
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ARH 295-01 - Special Topic: Gender and Sexuality in East Asian Art 4.00 credits (Fall Term 2)
Cross-listed as: EAS 295-01 . This class explores themes of gender and sexuality in the arts of China, Japan, and Korea from the beginning of the Common Era to the present day. This class does not aim to be comprehensive but will rather focus on a series of examples that allow insights into culturally specific moments. We will be looking at a variety of media and will interrogate the diverse cultural contexts in which this art was produced and consumed.
Prerequisite: ARH 103 .
Instructor: Shea
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ARH 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Theory and Methods of Art History 4 credits (Fall Term 2)
This course studies the theory and methods of art history. We will explore historical and philosophical approaches as well as contemporary methods. The point is to think through how and why we approach art and architecture the way we do and to learn to do so more conscientiously and fruitfully.
Prerequisite: ARH 103 and third or fourth-year standing.
Instructor: Anger
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ART 295-01 & 03 - Special Topic: Fundamentals of Video Production 4 credits (Fall Term 2 and Spring Term 1)
This hands-on production course is designed to introduce students to the moving image as a form of contemporary art practice. Students will learn the skills, theories, and concepts used in digital video, participating in all aspects of production, including gathering ideas, writing a project description, storyboarding, shooting, editing, and screening. Students will be exposed to and research a range of moving image artists, gaining an understanding of the history of video art and related forms.
Prerequisite: None for Fall Term 2; second-year standing for Spring.
Note: Fall Term 1 - section 01
Spring - section 03
Instructor: Tavares
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BIO 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Immunology 4 credits (Fall Term 1)
An introduction to the cellular and molecular basis of vertebrate immune systems. Topics include the components and organization of the immune system, development of the immune system, studies of how organisms mount an immune response, and how the immune response itself can cause disease. A significant component of this course will be the critical evaluation of primary literature and case studies of immune dysfunction, along with an emphasis on written and oral communication skills.
Prerequisite: BIO 252 or BCM 262 .
Instructor: Hinsa-Leasure
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CHI 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Beginning Chinese Conversation I 1 credits (Fall Term 2)
This course is offered for the students who took CHI 101 in the first term of the fall semester (F1) to prepare for CHI 102 in the spring semester. Students who were placed in CHI 102 during the language placement may also take it. This course aims to maintain and strengthen the skills acquired in CHI 101 through conversation practices.
Prerequisite: CHI 101 .
S/D/F only.
Instructor: Feng
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CHI 295-01 - Special Topic: Intermediate Chinese Conversation I 1 credits (Fall Term 2)
This course is offered for the students who took CHI-221 in the first term of the fall semester (Fall 1) to prepare for CHI-222 in the spring semester. Students who were placed in CHI-222 during the language placement may also take it. This course aims to maintain and strengthen the skills acquired in CHI-221 through conversation practices.
Prerequisite: CHI 221 .
S/D/F only.
Instructor: Zhang
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CSC 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Network and Matrix Computations 4 credits (Fall)
This course will be a dive into network (graph) analysis. We will explore the relationship between problems stated on networks and their solutions, which may involve approximation algorithms. A key component of this class will be in understanding the interply between solutions written on paper, and their execution via matrix computations on a computer. Selected topics will include random graph models, spectral analysis, and random walks on graphs.
Prerequisite: CSC 207 and MAT 215 .
Instructor: Eikmeier
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EAS 295-01 - Special Topic: Gender and Sexuality East Asian Art 4 credits (Fall Term 2)
See ARH 295-01 .
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ECN 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Seminar in Microeconometrics 4 credits (Fall Term 2)
This economics seminar will prepare students to understand and perform modern microeconometric analyses. Topics will include OLS regression, regression discontinuity, instrumental variables, difference-in-differences, and synthetic control. Students will write a research paper using one of these methods and micro data. In addition to learning and implementing these tools, students will learn to speak the increasingly universal language of applied microeconometrics.
Prerequisite: ECN 280 , ECN 282 , and ECN 286 .
Instructor: Ohrn
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EDU 295-01 - Special Topic: Black Freedom Movement Education 2 credits (Fall Term 1)
A considerable amount of recent research in the history of education has uncovered the narratives of teachers, schools, and schooling during and after the latter Jim Crow years. This course will explore studies concerning Black education in the Civil Rights and Black Power eras that persisted through the shifting political landscape of the United States. Through archival documents, oral histories, and secondary sources, we will examine the similarities and differences of education in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Nation of Islam, community controlled schools, the Black Panther Party, and more.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Robinson
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ENG 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Literature of Conflict 2 credits (Fall Term 1)
Cross-listed as: PCS 195-01 . How might literary depictions help us understand the origins and drivers of conflict? Our readings and discussions will explore key concepts such as “just” vs. “unjust” war, structural causes of violence, and the distinction between conflict and abuse. Together, we will look at work from a diverse set of writers examining the nature of conflict, especially in relation to issues of gender and race.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Garrison
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ENG 195-02 & 03 - Introductory Special Topic: Contemporary American Writers 2 credits (Fall Term 1 and Term 2)
Students will read texts by a diverse group of contemporary writers and interact with the writers through WebEx events sponsored by the Writers @ Grinnell program. Students will write brief responses (critical or creative) to each writer’s work and events. Students will make a creative work of their own–poetry, prose, visual art, music, or film–inspired by the course. Guests will include Kiese Laymon, Dwayne Betts, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Angel Nafis, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Jamel Brinkley, & Jenny Zhang.
Prerequisite: None.
Note: Section 02 - Term 1
Section 03 - Term 2
Instructor: Bakopoulos
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ENG 195-04 - Introductory Special Topic: Literature of Peace 2 credits (Fall Term 2)
Cross-listed as: PCS 195-02 . What makes peace possible? How can we have sustainable alternatives to ongoing conflict? This course will explore how literature depicts and assesses possible models for actualizing key concepts in peace studies, including deterrence, human rights, non-violent action, positive peace, and reconciliation. We will look at work from a diverse set of writers imagining the possibility of avoiding conflict, especially around issues of gender and race.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Garrison
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ENG 295-01 - Special Topic: Innocents Abroad: Travel Narratives 4 credits (Fall Term 2)
In this course we will read travel writing by novelists, journalists, and explorers in different historical periods and we will also write non-fiction travel essays, personal travel experiences, and analytic essays about our readings. Before the great upsurge in tourism in nineteenth-century Europe, travelers ventured across the seas in search of trading opportunities or on journeys of exploration. Travel becomes a personal quest for identity in M. Scott Momaday’s “The Way to Rainy Mountain” or an existential journey in Flannery O’ Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” If Jamaica Kincaid’s satirizes tourists in A Small Place, Salman Rushdie directs us to a journey that reflects on the meaning of artistic and political freedom in Haroun and the Sea of Stories. Other readings include Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels and Teju Cole’s Open City.
Prerequisite: ENG 120 or ENG 121 .
Instructor: Kapila
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ENV 295-01 - Special Topic: Botanical Imperialism 4 credits (Fall Term 2)
The course, a mix of history and biogeography, will examine the dispersal of domesticated plants from the era of the Silk Road to the golden age of Victorian exploration, when explorers restructured geography and realigned our species’ comprehension of its place in the universe. The plants that they spread worldwide transformed the subsistence, cuisine and public health of entire continents, and forged a more enduring legacy than any Napoleon ever could.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Instructor: Campbell
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FRN 295-01 - Special Topic: Noir·e en France: Racism and Antiracism in Contemporary Metropolitan France 2 credits (Fall Term 2)
This course will acquaint students with contemporary debates and issues around racism and various antiracist efforts in metropolitan France today. Topics include but are not limited to: color-blindness and universalism, white privilege, black masculinities, police brutality, afro-feminisms, and the aftermath of colonization, in a contemporary context that echoes that of the United States while bearing distinct differences. This course will draw from a variety of media sources: new articles, opinion pieces, essays, podcasts, documentaries, book chapters, poems and other art forms and will adapt to the most recent events and uprisings. Taught in French.
Prerequisite: FRN 221 or placement.
Instructor: Tricoire
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FRN 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: French Orientalism: Empire, Sexuality and Exchange in Literature and the Arts 4 credits (Fall Term 2)
This course will explore representations of French Orientalism in prose, poetry and theatre, as well as dance, music, painting, travel writing and nineteenth-century periodicals. Tracing Orientalist strains in Romanticism, Realism and Decadent Literature, we will seek to understand the interplay of imagination and reality in French cultural production, marked by exchange with the Middle East and South Asia. We will deconstruct notions of gender, sexuality, commerce and class in French society, and unpack colonialist and imperialist discourses, showing that “French identity” and by extension the notion of “Empire,” are not fixed and unchanging entities in French literary history and the arts, but rather a set of representations that are constantly shifting and adapting to reflect economic and political interdependence.
Prerequisite: FRN 312 or FRN 313 .
Instructor: A. Lee
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GDS 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Geographies of the Bottom Billion: Global Poverty in the 21st Century 4 credits (Fall Term 2)
Cross-listed as: POL 395-01 . It is estimated that 90 percent of people living in extreme poverty in 2030 will be in sub-Saharan Africa. More specifically, the vast majority of them will be in just a handful of countries that have long been characterized by conflict and fragile institutions. This course will explore the ways in which development is being reconsidered and redefined in this new context through an engagement with the leading theories, policies, and national case studies.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing, GDS 111 and ECN 230 , GDS 295-when offered as 9 Billion People, HIS 262 , POL 251 , POL 257 , POL 258 , POL 262 , or another 200-level approved by instructor.
Instructor: Brottem
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GLS 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Japanese Science Fiction 4 credits (Fall Term 2)
See JPN 195-01 .
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GWS 295-01 - Special Topic: Growing Up Girl 4 credits (Fall Term 1)
As an introduction to the subfield of Girls’ Studies, Growing Up Girl explores the impact of this feminine gender on the lives and outlooks of girls and girl-identified women. In our engagement with historical and contemporary autobiographical texts, academic research, and popular media, we will seek answers to questions such as – Are girls simply “little women”? Why does girlhood exist and what brings it to an end? What do girls gain and lose by becoming women? Can women ever be girls (again)? How do race, class, sexuality, and nationality shape what girlhood means in different social contexts? As we explore the experiences - that is, the strengths, difficulties, hopes, and potential – of girls, we will consider girlhood as a fascinating window into our society’s inequalities as well as its possibilities.
Prerequisite: GWS 111 .
Instructor: Beauboeuf
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GWS 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Gender, Sexuality, and Disability 4 credits (Fall Term 1)
This course surveys queer and feminist perspectives on disability, mainly in the U.S. context, including major developments in disability history as well as contemporary issues and scholarly debates. Following scholarship, this course frames “disability” broadly, understood to encompass not just conditions of physical impairment, but a wide range of bodily, cognitive, sensory, emotional, and behavioral differences and capacities. The class emphasizes intersectional perspectives, centering how disability is constituted through regimes of race, capital, and empire.
Prerequisite: GWS 111 and GWS 249 .
Instructor: Lewis
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JPN 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Japanese Science Fiction 4 credits (Fall Term 2)
Cross-listed as: GLS 195-01 . This course will introduce students to the genre of science fiction as a global phenomenon, with special attention to its development in Japan. Engaging contemporary works of Japanese film, manga and anime, we will also trace SF’s development back to earlier literary genres such as the detective novel and the murder mystery. Along the way we will address such themes as: Japanese imperialism and colonialism, the American occupation of Japan, the Cold War, science and modernity in Japanese society, and race and gender in East Asia. This course is cross-listed in General Literary Studies and may be counted toward the English major and the East Asian Studies concentration.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Hofmann-Kuroda
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JPN 195-02 - Introductory Special Topic: Beginning Japanese Conversation I 1 credits (Fall Term 2)
This course is offered for the students who took JPN 101 in the first term of the fall semester (F1) to prepare for JPN 102 in the spring semester. Students who were placed in JPN 102 during the language placement may also take it. This course aims to maintain and strengthen the skills acquired in JPN 101 through conversation practices.
Prerequisite: JPN 101 .
S/D/F only.
Instructor: Schimmel
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LAT 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Apuleius 4 credits (Fall Term 1)
Readings from Apuleius’ comic novel Metamorphoses, or The Golden Ass, in Latin. Discussions and selected scholarly readings will give special attention to genre and form, style, humor, Roman religion, and the work’s place in literary history.
Prerequisite: LAT 222 or equivalent.
Instructor: Dixon
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LIN 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Field Methods 4 credits (Fall Term 1)
In this course, we will work collaboratively to gather data and uncover the grammatical structures of an unfamiliar language through direct interaction with a native speaker. Students will learn elicitation techniques through group and individual sessions, develop data presentation skills by sharing their findings with their peers, and ultimately produce a grammatical sketch of the language. Additionally, we will discuss the practical considerations and ethics of conducting linguistic fieldwork in speech communities.
Prerequisite: LIN 114 and one of the following: CLS 270 , LIN 216 , LIN 228 , LIN 270 , LIN 295-Phonetics & Phonology, LIN 317 , or LIN 375 .
Instructor: Glewwe
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PCS 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Literature of Conflcit 2 credits (Fall Term 1)
See ENG 195-01 .
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PHI 295-01 - Special Topic: Epistemic Injustices: Storywork as Resistance 4 credits (Fall Term 1)
We will study harms done to people in their capacity as knowers as a result of systemic identity prejudice: silencing, epistemic oppression, violent curriculums, and epistemologies of ignorance. We will discuss considerations of the credibility economy, needs for structural change and a role for storywork methodologies in that change. The course centers black feminist epistemologies, critical race theory, and indigenous methodologies. Readings include Dotson, Collins, Medina, Alcoff, Mills, Archibald & Linda Tuhiwai Smith.
Prerequisite: PHI 111 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Nyden
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POL 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Campaigning During a Pandemic 2 credits (Fall Term 1)
This course will examine ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the conduct of political campaigns in the US, with special attention to the question of whether the pandemic appears to have fundamentally change democratic campaign politics. One central component of the course will be an exploration of the for-profit campaign industry, especially the products and services that mark digital campaign politics, many of which seem tailor-made to the constraints of a pandemic.
Prerequisite: Second-semester standing.
Note: Dates: September 7 to October 2
Instructor: Trish
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POL 195-02 - Introductory Special Topic: Practicum: Politics at Grinnell 2 credits (Fall Term 1)
This practicum experience will focus on activities to facilitate political participation of the campus community as it relates to the November General Election. Not intended to be a vehicle for personal or group political activity, the practicum will plan and implement initiatives, both short- and long-term, to encourage electoral participation among members of the college community, regardless of political orientation, whether on campus or at a distance. The practicum is open to both international and domestic students.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Instructor: Trish
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POL 295-01 - Special Topic: Public Opinion and Democracy 4 credits (Fall Term 1)
According to democratic theory, Americans’ collective wants and hopes have value and should translate into policy via representative government. But empirical research warns us that the average American is politically unknowledgeable, uninterested, and unsophisticated. Is public opinion meaningful? Should elites heed or discard it? Can the American voter be rehabilitated or is she best relegated to the sidelines? Topics: issue voting, non-attitudes, heuristics, retrospection, framing, partisanship, polarization, social identity, stereotypes, prejudice, emotions, authoritarian disposition, survey method.
Prerequisite: POL 101
Instructor: Virgin
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POL 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Geographies of the Bottom Billion: Global Poverty in the 21st Century 4 credits (Fall Term 2)
See GDS 395-01 .
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PSY 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Psychology of Humor 4 credits (Fall Term 2)
Humor is an essential, fundamental human behavior. We will examine contemporary issues and research conducted acrsoss cognitive, social, personality, development, cross-cultural, positive, health, biological, clinical and applied fields of psychology.
Prerequisite: PSY 225 and two 200-level psychology courses.
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Gibson
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REL 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Protest and Piety: Religion and Contemporary Social Movements 2 credits (Fall Term 2)
This course is an introduction to religious studies which takes as its subject matter recent protest movements in the US. Focusing on anti-racist movements and immigrant rights, fringe conspiracies and the alt-right, we ask questions like: How do congregations contribute to social movements? What does religion have to say about racism, suffering, and catastrophe? How does belief guide action? How can religious ideas help us understand belief systems, social policies, political goals, and moral sensibilities?
Prerequisite: None.
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REL 295-01 - Special Topic: Religion and Food: Eating is Believing 4 credits (Fall Term 1)
Everyone eats, but each individual endows foods and drinks with unique significance. How do religious beliefs affect one’s food choices and eating habits? What are the relations between eating and spiritual well-being? The course will examine (1) the concepts of taboo, purity, and spirituality in religioius food regulations (2) the symbols of food in the sacred and secular contexts (3) eating and identity (4) ethical food and sustainability.
Prerequisite: REL 101 , REL 102 , REL 103 , REL 104 , REL 105 , or second-year standing.
Instructor: Y. Chen
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REL 295-02 - Special Topic: Racism, Anti-Semitism, and Religion 4 credits (Fall Term 1)
In modern times religion helped both to construct and contest racism. We examine how religious cultures and discourses contributed to the invention of race, racial classification, and structures of racism against Blacks, Jews and others. We explore how Christian anti-Judaism became racial antisemitism and how biblical interpretation both justified and resisted white supremacy. We appreciate how Christian and Jewish communities organized anti-racist and liberation movements. Finally, we consider dynamics of race and ethnicity in Israel/Palestine.
Prerequisite: REL 101 , REL 102 , REL 103 , REL 104 , REL 105 , or second-year standing.
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RES 295-01 - Special Topic: Life After Communism: Societal Transformations in Eurasia 4 credits (Fall Term 1)
Communist Party-led regimes governed territories across Eurasia for much of the 20th century, engaging in a dramatic transformation of political, economic, and social structures before their swift collapse in 1989-1991. Through an interdisciplinary social scientific lens, this course will investigate the impact of Communism on lived experiences. We will examine the social arrangements and expectations introduced by communist regimes, the power of communist nostalgia, and the ways communist legacies shape post-communist attitudes, beliefs, and actions.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Note: Plus-2 option available
Instructor: Lussier
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SAM 295-01 - Special Topic: Jews, Multiculturalism, and Antisemitism 4 credits (Fall)
See ANT 295-01 .
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SMS 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Introduction to Science, Medicine, and Technology Studies 4 credits (Fall Term 1)
This interdisciplinary course examines the rise of modern science, technology and medicine, situating these fields in their larger social and political contexts. Using case studies, both contemporary and historical, students will explore how knowledge and expertise are constructed; how informal values, norms, and networks can shape this process; how controversies and debates are managed; why certain tools, practices or ideas ultimately “win out”, and finally; how these developments have impacted society at large.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Guenther
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SOC 295-01 - Special Topic: Political Sociology 4 credits (Fall Term 2)
This course provides an introduction to the study of power, politics, and governments using a sociological perspective. Topics may include theories of political power, political parties, ideology, nationalism, civil society, and globalization.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 .
Instructor: Pandian
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SPN 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Caravans, Gangs, Drugs: Central America 4 credits (Fall Term 1)
This course focuses on Central American and Central America-American literature and cultures. It meditates on representations of social class, gender, and national identity in post-conflict Central America and in US Central American communities. We will read posts and writers writing in and from armed conflicts who are now faced with post-conflict, globalizing societies in and out of the isthmus. Class texts include poetry and fiction, in addition to films and readings in the social sciences.
Prerequisite: SPN 311 , SPN 312 , SPN 314 , SPN 315 , or SPN 317 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Aparicio
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SPN 395-02 - Advanced Special Topic: Afro Women and Religious Exemplarity in Spanish and Latin American Colonial Literature 4 credits (Fall Term 1)
This course will examine a group often invisible in the Spanish-speaking colonial transatlantic world, that of Afro-descendants. A particular attention will be given to Afro-Spanish and Afro-Latin American sisters and the spiritual biographies written about them that sought to reconcile the negative conception of blackness and womanhood with those of religious exemplarity and sainthood. The course will conclude with an examination on how those texts have remained relevant in the current digital world.
Prerequisite: SPN 311 , SPN 312 , SPN 314 , SPN 315 , or SPN 317 .
Instructor: Benoist
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SST 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Intro to Entrepreneurship and Start-Up Weekend 1 credits (Fall Term 1)
Combines an introductory course (9/14-9/25) to entrepreneurship with Pioneer Weekend Start-Up Competition (9/25-9/27). The goal of the course is to provide a framework and tools that explore contemporary and successful entrepreneurship. The application of proven and practical emotional intelligence skills will be key, as students navigate the different stages of entrepreneurship, including developing a business concept, leading a team, and facing challenges along the way. The course culminates in the weekend-long start-up competition, Pioneer Weekend, where students will receive additional mentoring from alumni leaders and entrepreneurs. Sponsored by the Wilson Center for Innovation and Leadership.
Prerequisite: None.
Note: Dates: September 17 to September 27. S/D/F only.
Instructor: Allen
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SST 295-01 - Special Topic: Digital Journal Publishing: Finding Our Home in the Landscape 4 credits (Fall Term 1)
See HUM 295-01 .
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SST 295-01 - Special Topic: Ethical Leadership in an Interconnected World 1 credits (Fall Term 2)
This class uses the topic of ethics in an interconnected world to address communications and leadership skills important for workplace success. You will not be taught about right versus wrong. Rather, the focus is upon identification of ethical issues, methods for analyzing such issues, advising about such situations to organizational leaders, and addressing ethics as workplace leaders. We will address ethical issues as they apply to large and small for-profit businesses, the non-profit sector, and within government. Sponsored by the Wilson Center for Innovation and Leadership.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Note: Dates: November 2 to December 4.
Instructor: Weiss
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THD 195-02 - Introductory Special Topic: Online Theatre: New Directions in Performance 4 credits (Fall Term 2)
In this course, students will explore the intersections of theatre and digital media, experimenting performance genres including site-specific performance, acting for the camera, scripted work for livestreaming platforms. This 4-credit class will culminate with students creating a performance for a ticketed, livestreamed event. Acting experience is not necessary.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Mayorga
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AMS 295-01 - Special Topic: Foundations of US Popular Culture 4 credits (Spring Term 1)
See HIS 295-01 .
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AMS 295-02 - Special Topic: Socially Engaged Art 4 credits (Spring Term 1)
See ART 295-02 .
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AMS 295-03 - Special Topic: African American Male Inter-generational Leadership: Comparisons & Contrasts 1950-2205 and Beyond 2 credits (Spring Term 1)
The purpose of this course is to introduce, examine, and critique Black male leadership over the late 20th and early 21st century. We will unpack 24 interviews of Grinnell black male alums to discover their leadership skills, styles, and contributions to campus life; meanwhile, highlighting their lessons of resistance to administrative restraints in the decades they attended the college. Their stories, as a repository for identity formation, intellectual fine-tuning, and the integration of one’s “lived experiences” with future professional aspirations, creates an educational legacy they left to Grinnell College. Our task is to understand that legacy through the lens of the on-going black liberation struggle. This course is sponsored by the Wilson Center for Innovation and Leadership.
Prerequisite: AMS 130 or second-year standing.
Instructor: Scott
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ANT 295-01 - Special Topic: Language and Social Justice 4 credits (Spring)
Is language sexist? How does language mediate the perpetration of police violence towards people of color? What languages should we teach in schools? This course allows students to examine issues of social justice through the lens of language. It combines linguistic approaches to race and gender with critical perspectives on language endangerment, police violence, and education in order to examine the implicit linguistic foundations upon which questions of social justice rest.
Prerequisite: ANT 104 , ANT 260 , ANT 265 , or LIN 114 .
Instructor: Sweet
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ANT 295-02 - Special Topic: Anthropology of Borderlands 4 credits (Spring Term 2)
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the anthropological study of borders and borderlands. Drawing from interdisciplinary and cross-cultural source material, we will examine the sociocultural, political, and historical construction of borders and borderlands. Among the topics addressed in this course are: nation-building processes, border enforcement, human rights, symbolic borders, how people and ideas travel across borders. In addition, we will focus on the ways in which borders and borderlands are used in identify creation and contestation processes.
Prerequisite: ANT 104 .
Instructor: Kulstad
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ANT 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Archaeology of Gender and Socialization 4 credits
The analysis of matieral culture is the key to understanding gender and gender socialization in prehistoric societies. This class will examine current theories about ways to discern genders and study the socialization process when texts are lacking or very limited.
Prerequisite: ANT 280 or ANT 290 .
Instructor: Kamp
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ANT 395-02 - Advanced Special Topic: Discourses of Time and the Politics of Hope 4 credits (Spring Term 2)
This course considers notions of time as historically contingent and culturally defined. It does so by looking at theoretical models and ethnographic examples of time as discourse. It then considers how notions of time, particularly the future, are related to hope. Other concepts addresses include: loss, nostalgia, remembering, and forgetting. Students learn how to discover and foreground multiple histories and narratives about humanity’s pathways, their cosmologies, ways of life, and pleas.
Prerequisite: ANT 260 , ANT 265 , or ANT 280 .
Instructor: French
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ARB 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Arabic in Action: Speaking and Writing 2 credits (Spring Term 1)
Students capitalize on skills acquired in ARB 221 1to engage with Arabic culture including popular culture and film. The course focuses on improving writing and speaking skills.
Prerequisite: ARB 221 .
Instructor: Youssef
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ARH 295-01 - Special Topic: Collecting the “Orient” 4 credits (Spring Term 1)
The United States and Europe are home to world-class collections of Asian art, from murals and architectural elements to sculptures, ceramics, paintings, and textiles. This class examines the origins of such Asian art collections, from the nineteenth century to the present day. We will explore the changing practices of archaeological excavations, the antiquities market, and looting, as well as consider the ways, licit and illicit, that these collections were built.
Prerequisite: ARH 103 .
Instructor: Shea
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ARH 295-02 - Special Topic: Paris in the 19th Century: Art, Literature, Architecture, and Urban Planning 4 credits (Spring Term 1)
The goals of this course include learning to discuss modernist visual art, novels and literary criticism, film, architecture and urban planning by relating them as firmly as possible to their original context. It will also include familiarizing ourselves with the changing social history of European urban life in the 19th century. One of the major goals of this course is to learn to write well and clearly about works of visual art and literature through frequent practice.
Prerequisite: ARH 103 .
Instructor: MacKenzie
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ARH 295-04 - Special Topic: From Edo to Istanbul 4 credits (Spring Term 2)
The 16th and 17th centuries marked a period of exchange on an unprecedented scale and ushered in the foundations of modern globalization. This period also signaled the beginnings of Western imperialism and colonialism. In this class, we will look at specific moments of cultural exchange across Asia, the motivations behind such exchange, and its consequences. Our focus will be artistic, with painting, printmaking, porcelain, and textiles forming its core.
Prerequisite: ARH 103 .
Instructor: Shea
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ARH 295-05 - Special Topic: Contemporary Art and Globalization 4 credits (Spring Term 2)
The contemporary art industry has expanded in recent decades to encompass the entire globe, with a shared cultural practice and aesthetic language. But does global contemporary art promote mutual understanding and provide an opportunity for a diverse range of voices and perspectives to make themselves heard, or is it just a Western cultural form and a Western economic interest taking over the rest of the world? There are strong arguments on both sides.
Prerequisite: ARH 103
Instructor: Mackenzie
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ARH 295-06 - Special Topic: Contemporary Architectures 4 credits (Spring Term 2)
This course explores issues in contemporary architecture, looking at architectural theory and production globally. Exploring examples of architecture from the 1960s to today, we discuss topics including postmodernism, deconstructivism, semiotics, gentrifications, suburbanization, and the global city. Students will analyze the built environment, visual representations of the built environment, and critical texts by prominent architects and architectural theorists.
Prerequisite: ARH 103 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Rivera
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ART 295-01 - Special Topic: The Element of Color: Theory and Practice 4 credits (Spring Term 1)
Color both enriches and complicates our human experience. This course will investigate the element of color through theory and studio practice. Readings, videos, discussions, and studio projects will examine color as the result of light, material, and visual perception. We will also look closely at the history of color as a source for symbols, metaphors, and emotions in culture and art.
Prerequisite: ART 111 .
Instructor: Kluber
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ART 295-02 - Special Topic: Socially Engaged Art 4 credits (Spring Term 1)
Cross-listed as: AMS 295-02 . This production focused course begins with examples from current practices and the history of socially engaged art including activist art, tactical media, social practice, art interventions, relational aesthetics, and institutional critique. This context frames each students’ own work to develop a series of socially engaged art projects based on contemporary social issues. The class consists of reading, writing, discussion, presentation, critique and portfolio documentation.
Prerequisite: ART 111 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Chen
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ART 295-03 - Special Topic: Fundamentals of Video Production 4 credits (Spring Term 1)
This hands-on production course is designed to introduce students to the moving image as a form of contemporary art practice. Students will learn the skills, theories, and concepts used in digital video, participating in all aspects of production, including gathering ideas, writing a project description, storyboarding, shooting, editing, and screening. Students will be exposed to and research a range of moving image artists, gaining an understanding of the history of video art and related forms.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Instructor: Tavares
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ART 295-04 - Special Topic: Experimental Media in the Age of the Pandemic 4 credits (Spring Term 2)
This course explores key moments in experimental moving image practices, including history, theory, and links to wider art and social movements. Students will investigate - through critical viewing, reading, and creating of short original production exercises using consumer tools (smartphones, basic editing software) - how moving image artists, from the birth of cinema to present day, have responded to a rapidly changing world via experimentation and innovation.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Instructor: Tavares
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BCM 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Introduction to Virology 4 credits (Spring Term 1)
Virology is the study of viruses and their interaction with host species. This course will survey the classes of viruses, the virus life cycle and their interaction with the host cellular machinery. The host immune response and viral evasion strategies will be studied. Historic and current viral diseases will be examined including cancer and HIV/AIDS. Finally, we will examine anti-viral therapies, the development of vaccines and the use of viruses in gene therapy.
Prerequisite: BCM 262 or CHM 222 and BIO 252 .
Instructor: Peters
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BIO 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Orinthology with Lab 4 credits (Spring Term 1)
This course will help students gain a broad appreciation and understanding of birds, including bird evolution, taxonomy and phylogenetics, anatomy and physiology (particiularly in regards to bird flight and reproduction), and behavior and ecology. Students will accomplish this by participating in lecture and lab activities, including field work dedicated to bird identification. Students will also develop an appreciatation for birds and bird watching through participation in citizen science-led research, using birds as study systems.
Prerequisite: BIO 252 .
Instructor: Meyers
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CHI 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Advanced Chinese Conversation 1 credits (Spring Term 1)
This course is offered for the students who took CHI 331 in the second term of the fall semester (F2) to prepare for CHI 332 in the spring semester (S2). Students who were placed in CHI 332 during the language placement may also take it. This course aims to maintain and strengthen the skills acquired in CHI 331 through conversation practices.
Prerequisite: CHI 331 .
S/D/F only.
Instructor: Zhang
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CLS 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Greek Ethical Thought 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: PHI 395-01 . The development of ancient Greek thinking about the goals of life and the motivations toward or away from them. Extensive study of Plato and Aristotle, with comparative material from Greek literature and from other Greek philosophers as well as from Roman writers who adopt Greek moral ideas. Some present-day revisiting of Greek approaches to ethics.
Prerequisite: CLS 231 , CLS 263 , PHI 231 , PHI 263 , or POL 263 . HUM 101 recommended.
Instructor: J. Cummins
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