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2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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Social Studies |
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SST 140 - Medieval and Renaissance Culture: 1100–1650 4 credits (Spring)
See HUM 140 .
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SST 200 - Creative Careers: Learning from Alumni 2 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: HUM 200 and SCI 200 . This course is sponsored by the Wilson Center for Innovation and Leadership. Students engage with alumni to learn about their lives and careers. Leadership and career-focused readings together with discussion with alumni will help students think creatively about their Grinnell education and possible futures.
Prerequisite: None.
Note: Plus-2 option available for Social Studies and Humanities only. S/D/F only.
Instructor: Rietz
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SST 213 - Media and the Middle East 4 credits (Fall)
See HUM 213 .
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SST 225 - Applied Geographic Information Systems Analysis (GIS) 4 credits (Spring)
This course will represent a continuation of SST 125 by enabling students who took that course to build upon and apply the skills they learned through an independent project of their choice. The course will also include a limited number of advanced labs as well as lectures on GIS conceptualization and project planning. Students will be expected to learn and implement intermediate to advanced GIS methods in their projects.
Prerequisite: SST 125 . Prerequisite or co-requisite: MAT 115 or SST 115 .
Instructor: Brottem
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Sociology |
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SOC 111 - Introduction to Sociology 4 credits (Fall and Spring)
Introduction to basic concepts, theory, and methods concerning human behavior and social structure. Special attention is paid to the scope and limitations of sociological analysis and the major empirical areas of investigation in sociology.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Staff
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SOC 220 - Sociology of Global Development 4 credits (Fall)
Provides an overview of global development with a focus on the social consequences of development practices for people living in developing countries. Also examines the ways in which consumption patterns in industrialized countries affect global development. Case study approach used to consider the effects of general practices on specific locales, such as the role of powerful forces (economic, political, ideological, religious) in shaping living conditions at the local level.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Inglis
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SOC 230 - Mass Media and Society 4 credits (Fall)
This course takes a global and transnational approach in analyzing the role of mass media in society; their organizational operations within a particular economic, political, and social environment; and the impact of the content they produce. It will examine theories on the relationship between mass media, the public sphere, and democracy; the economic and social organization of media industries; the framing and reception of media messages; and the growth of new media technologies.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 .
Instructor: Quinsaat
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SOC 235 - Class, Capital, and Inequality 4 credits (Spring)
In this course we will engage with traditional and contemporary debates on the role of class in allocating resources and influencing life chances within capitalist society. We will necessarily interrogate the ways in which an individual’s class position informs and reflects experiences associated with race, gender, and sex, among other identities. Ultimately, we will consider the weight or force of class analytics in explaining social and economic inequality in the modern era.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 , ECN 111 , or POL 101 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Inglis
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SOC 240 - Social Movements 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
This survey of contemporary social movements focuses on the processes of social and cultural change, collective group behavior, and the process and critiques of reform revolution and social movement change. We will examine definitions and theories of reform, revolution, and social movements and make comparative analyses of goals and ideologies and their development, inside and beyond the boundaries of the United States.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Haenfler, Scott
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SOC 242 - Deviance and Social Control 4 credits (Fall)
Analysis of the causes and control of deviant behavior, e.g., alcohol and drug abuse, suicide, assault, and sexual deviance. Topics include how definitions of deviance change, how people become deviant, how deviant groups are organized, and how transactions among deviants occur.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Haenfler
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SOC 248 - Self and Society 4 credits (Spring)
The study of human social interaction. Focuses on how people interact in small groups, change their beliefs, interpret behavior, develop a sense of identity, and construct their social worlds. Attention to the social psychology of collective behavior and of everyday life.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 or PSY 113 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Staff
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SOC 250 - Sociology of Religion 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
This course examines religion as a social institution that oppresses, liberates, mitigates social change, and intersects with other social institutions. In this course, we examine behavior, belonging and belief, as well as the relationships and processes that sustain religious systems of meaning. Among other things, we discuss atheism, cults, reenchantment, fundamentalism, new religious movements, capitalism, and the impact of religion on other social categories such as gender, sexuality, and ethnicity.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 .
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Snook
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SOC 260 - Human Sexuality in the United States 4 credits (Spring)
How do individuals develop attractions, make sexual choices, and define and enact their own sexuality? How do institutions and organizations influence, shape, and constrain sexual attitudes and behaviors? This course will examine the social construction of human sexuality in the United States with particular attention to gender, sexual orientation, commercial sex, and sexual education.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 .
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Erickson
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SOC 265 - Sociology of Health and Illness 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
An examination of the social contexts of health, illness, and medical care, focusing on the debates and contrasting perspectives of medical sociology. Topics include the social, environmental, and occupational factors in health and disease; the politics surrounding breast cancer and the AIDS epidemic; the patient’s perspective on illness; the development of the health professions and the health work force; ethical issues in medicine as they relate to medical technology; and alternatives to current health care organizations. Emphasis is given to how the social categories of gender, race, social class, and sexual orientation affect both illness and health care.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 .
Note: Not offered every year. Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Ferguson
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SOC 270 - Gender and Society 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
A sociological analysis of how gender is constructed and transformed in American society. This course will explore how both men and women come to know themselves as gendered beings, how gender is produced through interactions, in the media, in the workplace, and in families.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 .
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Erickson
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SOC 275 - Race and Ethnicity in America 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
Introduces students to sociological perspectives on race, ethnicity, and racial inequality in American society. Examines the historical development of race-based barriers to achievement, the emergence and persistence of racial inequality, the character of racial beliefs, resistance to racial oppression, and current problems in American race relations. Emphasis on understanding individual attitudes and behaviors in relation to the structure of social institutions.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Scott
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SOC 280 - Bound By Borders: A Sociology of Law and Migration 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
Laws bind people to each other and to their territory, and this has far-reaching consequences for people’s life chances and identities. Migrants test these ties and have been the motivation for the emergence and reconfiguration of important laws governing who can come and go. How and why this happens interests not only policymakers, government officials, and judges, but also individuals included or excluded by borders and scholars trying to understand laws. This course takes a sociological view of global migration to explain the origins of law and its effects.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 .
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Staff
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SOC 285 - Contemporary Sociological Theory 4 credits (Fall)
Contemporary sociological theory considered in light of classic theories. Emphasis on the conceptual adequacy and the logical consistency of major contemporary theoretical perspectives.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 and at least one 200-level sociology course.
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Inglis, Haenfler
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SOC 291 - Methods of Empirical Investigation 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
Cross-listed as: ANT 291 . An overview of the research process in sociology and the social sciences, with emphasis on problems of epistemology, research design, techniques of sampling, methods of data collection, principles of measurement, basic methods of data analysis, and ethical considerations. This course will explore these topics through hands-on experiences including guided work on research methods through lab exercises.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 or ANT 104 ; and at least one 200-level sociology course; and MAT 115 , SST 115 , or STA 209 (preferred), MAT 336 , or STA 336 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Quinsaat, Pandian
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SOC 292 - Ethnographic Research Methods 4 credits (Fall)
See ANT 292 .
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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. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. For current offerings review the variable topic course listing below or use the course search to filter by variable topic type.
Prerequisite: Varies; at least one 200-level sociology course and third-year standing.
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Staff
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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 offerings review the variable topic course listing below or use the course search to filter by variable topic type.
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.
Application and instructor permission required.
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 offerings review the variable topic course listing below or use the course search to filter by variable topic type.
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: Social Enterprise and Social Justice 4 credits (Fall)
See SOC 295-01 .
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ANT 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Prehistoric Technologies 2 credits (Fall)
Archaeologists examine technology most effectively through direct experimentation. We will consider the nature of technology, learning, and skill in the context of several important prehistoric technologies: stone tools, pottery, fire, and others. There will be some theoretical reading and discussion of these technologies and experimental methodology, but the class will focus on hands-on experience.
Prerequisite: None.
Note: Dates: August 25 to October 13. Half-semester deadlines apply.
Instructor: Kamp, Whittaker
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ANT 295-01 - Special Topic: Historical Archaeology 4 credits (Fall)
Historical archaeology is the archaeological study of societies from 1500 CE to present. Readings will trace the development of historical archaeology as a discipline and cover a range of important theoretical topics, including colonialism, gender and sexuality, and race and racism. Laboratory sessions will introduce course participants to core methodologies used in historical archaeology, which include analyses of the material and documentary record.
Prerequisite: ANT 104 .
Instructor: Ng
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ANT 295-02 - Special Topic: Nature and Culture on the American Prairie 4 credits (Fall)
The North American prairie has been occupied by humans for 8,000 years. Two hundred years ago, new cultures entered the region and transformed it through their farming practices into “America’s breadbasket,” virtually eliminating the tallgrass prairie ecosystem. We will examine indigenous adaptations to the prairie, the destructive effects of Euro-American agricultural systems, and the evolving relationship between humans and the land and relations among the different cultures that now occupy the region.
Prerequisite: ANT 104 .
Instructor: Andelson
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ANT 395-02 - Advanced Special Topic: Anthropological Approaches to Global Hip Hop(s) 4 credits (Fall)
In AAGH, we will sharpen tools with which to experience hip hop in its scaled diversity. How do artists make affinities and draw distinctions along aesthetic, political, and other social lines? Beyond the US, what symbolic status do artists accord the genre’s African-American historical lineages? Hip hop scholars have productively analyzed the genre by way of analytics like (post-)industrialization, authenticity, resistance, and identity. One goal will be to also explore how hip hop relates to media ideology, subjectivity, and publics/groups/nations. Through a variety of activities, we will encounter a diverse range of hip hop’s crafts in addition to rap.
Prerequisite: ANT 104 .
Instructor: Staff
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ANT 395-02 - Advanced Special Topic: Landscapes of Social Inequality 4 credits (Fall)
Social inequality is often written on the landscape as evidenced today by neighborhoods that are spatially segregated by race and class. How did dominant groups in the past use the landscape or built environment to enact social inequality based on race, class, gender, or sexuality? How did marginalized people resist these material forms of domination? This seminar engages with a range of archaeological studies to understand the relationship between power, space, and place.
Prerequisite: ANT 280 or ANT 290 .
Instructor: Ng
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ARH 295-01 - Special Topic: Art of Decolonization in India and South Asia 4 credits (Fall)
In the context of resistance and decolonization, India produced its own, distinctive version of modernism, apart from the Western world, out of its diversity and tensions between spiritual traditions and secularism, its simultaneous orientation to the democratic West and the socialist East, between its village past and its urban future. Modernism in art, architecture, and urban planning offered a dynamic alternative to the burdensome heritage of British colonial rule.
Prerequisite: Second-semester standing.
Instructor: Mackenzie
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ART 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Arts Education for Children: Creativity in the Classroom 1 credits (Fall)
See THD 195-03 .
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CHI 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Formation and Transformation: The Lasting Phenomenon of the Three Kingdoms 4 credits (Fall)
This course introduces students to the fascinating phenomenon of the Three Kingdoms from the 3rd century CE to the present. The events and personages of the Three Kingdoms have captured the imagination of the Chinese people for centuries. How should we understand the ever renewed and intense interest in this historical moment? We will seek answers in a carefully curated selection of poems, plays, novels, TV dramas, movies, Internet fan fictions and games produced by and for this period. Conducted in English.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Tang
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EAS 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Classical Asia 4 credits (Fall)
See HIS 195-01 .
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EDU 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Encountering Iowa: Writing in Place 2 credits (Fall)
Cross-listed as: WRT 195-01 . This course will use a place-based educational framework to engage with, explore, and write about Iowa-our place-in creative ways. A special focus in our course will be the telling or accounting of often-unheard perspectives in the overall story of Iowa: as a home, landscape, and place of encounter. To that end, an element of this course will be a community-engaged component, in which we will work with a Des Moines-based non-profit organization that uses the visual and other creative arts for community empowerment and healing from trauma.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Jakubiak, D. Perez
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ENG 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Just Following Up: An Introduction to Freelance Journalism 2 credits (Fall)
Journalism isn’t dying, but the newsroom might be. Employment at U.S. newspapers has dropped by nearly half since 2008; luckily, that isn’t the only career path available to journalists. Freelance journalists find their own stories, set their own hours and work from wherever they want. Of course, they also have to file quarterly taxes, chase down late payments, and be their own best (and sometimes only) advocate. This course will cover the practicalities of freelancing, from how to identify stories to building a platform on social media, as well as how to use those tools to build a more ethical, diverse and sustainable future for the profession. It’s an overview of everything you’ll need to start out as a freelance journalist–other than the writing part. This course is sponsored by the Wilson Center for Innovation and Leadership.
Prerequisite: None.
Note: Dates: September 5 to October 5. Short course deadlines apply.
Instructor: Kunkel
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ENG 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Queer and Trans Literatures 4 credits (Fall)
See GWS 395-01 .
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FMS 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: The History and Practice of Screen Dance 4 credits (Fall)
See THD 195-01 .
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GDS 295-01 - Special Topic: Disability Studies in the Global South 4 credits (Fall)
See HUM 295-03 .
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GLS 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Formation and Transformation: The Lasting Phenomenon of the Three Kingdoms 4 credits (Fall)
See CHI 195-01 .
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GWS 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Queer and Trans Literatures 4 credits (Fall)
Cross-listed as: ENG 395-01 . This course surveys 20th and 21st-century queer and trans literatures through contemporary queer and feminist theory. In addition to reading the works of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer authors, we will inquire into the implications of studying and categorizing literature in relation to gender and sexuality. We will examine representations of queer and trans identities and themes through a variety of literary forms including novels, short stories, plays, poems, graphic novels, and semi-autobiographical fiction.
Prerequisite: GWS 111 and one 200-level GWS course when taken as GWS-295 or one ENG course numbered between 210 and 290 when taken as ENG-295.
Instructor: Allen
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HIS 295-01 - Special Topic: Looking Closer: Botanical Drawing and its Social Origins 2 credits (Fall)
Cross-listed as: SMS 295-01 . This studio class will cover techniques for observed drawings of plants along with readings that provide context for the emergence of scientific botanical illustration, approximately 1750-1850. Students will observe nature through a structural and aesthetic lens using pencil and pen. Topics include sketching, line and tonal drawing and composition. Reading topics will include the relationship between botanical drawing and the scientific revolution, colonial and commercial expansion, and the role of women artists.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Note: Dates August 25 to October 27. Half-semester deadlines apply.
Instructor: Staff
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HIS 295-02 - Special Topic: Modern China - A history from the margins 4 credits (Fall)
Modern Chinese history roughly approximates the mid-1800s to 1978. These two dates are usually bookended with China’s encounter with European imperialism and China’s economic and reform era. Often lost in this grand narrative are stories from minority groups, the rural poor, and women. Using a number of excellent monographs, we will hear from the many voices who have been frequently silenced. We will also consider a key issue, the role of sovereignty: national, ecclesiastical, and even personal.
Prerequisite: HIS 100 or second-year standing.
Instructor: J. Smith
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HUM 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Digital Humanities: Ethics, Theory, and Practice 1 credits (Fall)
This course introduces students to the Vivero Digital Scholarship Fellows program. It addresses foundational ethical considerations, core theories, and best practices in digital humanities. Learning outcomes include recognizing the necessary connections between digital humanities and social justice, anti-racist
practice, and feminist practice; developing basic understanding of methods and tools in the field; and learning basic project management skills.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission required.
Note: Dates: August 29 to October 10. 1/2 semester deadlines apply. S/D/F only.
Instructor: Rodrigues, Steelberg
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HUM 195-02 - Introductory Special Topic: Introduction to Material Culture Studies 4 credits (Fall)
Cross-listed as: SST 195-01 . This course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of material culture studies. Participants explore extraordinary and everyday objects from the perspectives of art/craft history, museum studies, literature, religious studies, anthropology, archaeology, and history. Class is held at the Stew MLab in downtown Grinnell, where we blend readings and discussions with hands-on studio work exploring form, ornament, and function in clay, wood, and textile.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Maynard
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HUM 295-01 - Special Topic: Arabic Arts and Sciences Through History 4 credits (Fall)
This course invites students to explore the major historical developments and intellectual trends that shaped the development of arts and sciences among Muslims in the pre-modern time. Beginning with the rise of Islam, the course extends through the pre-modern time to sketch the growth of the political, social, and religious institutions that influenced the production of knowledge. The focus is on classical Islam, although the class approaches the period through contemporary feature and documentary films.
Prerequisite: Second-semester standing.
Note: Plus-2 option available. Foreign Language Option Available in Arabic for course only.
Instructor: Abdelfattah
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HUM 295-02 - Special Topic: Social Change in Middle East Cinema 4 credits (Fall)
This course invites students to explore how modern aesthetic forms such as cinema coming from the East critiques rigid social realities as it strives to imagine modern social experiences, thereby pushing boundaries towards social change. By chronologically examining selected Arabic, Turkish, Persians, and Hebrew films in colonial and post-colonial contexts, we will explore how film as art reveals the nature of social myth and the role public intellectuals play in perpetuating or challenging that myth. Course is taught in English.
Prerequisite: Second-semester standing.
Note: Plus-2 option available. Foreign Language Option available in Arabic for course only.
Instructor: Abdelfattah
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LIN 295-01 - Special Topic: Second Language Acquisition: Theory and Pedagogy 4 credits (Fall)
This course introduces the fundamental concepts of second language acquisition and their implications for foreign language teaching. Drawing upon theory and current research, students will gain an understanding of cognitive, social, and individual factors of adult language learning. Students will also become familiar with the language education guidelines and standards in the U.S. Students will have an opportunity to reflect on their own teaching and learning experiences, as well as design various teaching activities.
Prerequisite: LIN 114 , Foreign Language Teaching Assistant or one 300-level foreign language course.
Instructor: Staff
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PCS 295-01 - Special Topic: Introduction to Mediation 1 credits (Fall)
Disputes vary in shape, intensity and complexity and arise in multiple settings. The mediation process strives to resolve differences in ways that are effective, responsive to participant interests, and consistent with fundamental conceptions of fairness and dignity. This course, through lectures, discussions, and hands-on simulations, examines the theory and values that shape the mediation process and the strategies and skill-sets relevant to its execution.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Note: Dates: September 19 to October 5. Short course deadlines apply.
Instructor: Staff
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POL 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Practicum: Politics at Grinnell 2 credits (Fall)
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. Students will meet once each week for 50 minutes and one additional 50 minute session with students individually or in small groups.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Instructor: Trish
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POL 295-01 - Special Topic: Campaign and Elections 4 credits (Fall)
Course investigates campaigns and elections in the US, posing questions about elections in a democracy and whether campaigns matter. Exploring the institutional framework for elections (including biases affecting marginalized groups), the vote and election outcomes, and campaign dynamics, it considers material from academics and practitioners as well as data, seeking to understand broad patterns and the politics of 2022. Voter suppression, campaign finance, and presidential nominations will get special attention.
Prerequisite: POL 101 .
Instructor: Trish
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POL 295-03 - Special Topics: Politics of China 4 credits (Fall)
This three-module course on Chinese politics covers a variety of topics: China’s modern political history, the party-state political and economic system, and how historical legacies and political institutions affect interactions between the state and the public in different aspects of politics and policies, such as public opinion, media freedom, public health, ethnicity and nationalism, and foreign policy. Students will explore these topics and practice writing and critical thinking through a multi-task and interactive learning experience.
Prerequisite: POL 101 .
Instructor: Yu
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PSY 295-01 - Special Topic: Social Development 4 credits (Fall)
This course covers social development from childhood to early adulthood. We will examine the socialization roles of the family, peers, schools, communities, and media for a range of developmental outcomes. We will consider various theoretical perspectives and research methods for studying social development. Throughout the course, we will also explore cultural and historical contexts and applied and policy implications of social development research for families, education, and society.
Prerequisite: PSY 113 .
Instructor: Yust
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PSY 395-01 - Advanced Special Topci: Dimensional Psychopathology 2 credits (Fall)
With an emphasis on personality disorders, this seminar will focus on the evaluation of current research regarding dimensional approaches to the study and treatment of psychopathology. Students also will develop research proposals informed by current research that could be supported through the National Institute of Mental Health’s Research Domain Criteria.
Prerequisite: PSY 225 and PSY 248 .
Note: Dates: August 29 to October 12. Half-semester deadlines apply.
Instructor: Ralston
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REL 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Studying Religion: Black Religious Traditions 4 credits (Fall)
This course introduces Religious Studies by focusing on the key themes, historical developments, shifts, and actors that are central to the emergence and nuances of Black religious thinking in America and the African diaspora broadly. Beginning with theoretical and conceptual paradigms that outline the nature and scope of {Black} religion as framed in the scholarship of Charles Long and Anthony Pinn, this introductory course will proceed forward through modules that address the following topics-including, but not limited to, Black and womanist theologies, religion and literature, Black church studies, political activism, and even African American humanism/secularism.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Hills
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REL 295-01 - Special Topic: Religions, Race, and American Evangelicalism 4 credits (Fall)
This course acquaints students with a coherent understanding of the worldview and zeitgeist of evangelical Christianity in America, with specific attention to how racial constructs and political motivations function in its contemporary iterations. Course modules will include: historical readings on the rise of evangelicalism (within the context of the 1st and 2nd Great Awakenings), religion and authoritarianism, the evangelical family and gender, religio-racial violence, and the apocalyptic themes lodged within the QAnon conspiracy.
Prerequisite: REL 101 , REL 102 , REL 103 , REL 104 , REL 105 , or second-year standing.
Instructor: Hills
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SMS 295-01 - Special Topic: Looking Closer: Botanical Drawing and its Social Origins 2 credits (Fall)
See HIS 295-01 .
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SOC 295-01 - Special Topic: Social Enterprise and Social Justice 4 credits (Fall)
Cross-listed as: AMS 295-01 . This course will be a practical, hands-on exploration of how to effectively bring change in the world. Students with an interest in law, service, nonprofits, making a difference with their time/resources will study topics including the origins of social justice, effective altruism, an exploration of the nonprofit, alternatives to nonprofits as a means to social good, emerging approaches to social justice, and leadership coming from lived experience. This course is sponsored by the Wilson Center for Innovation and Leadership.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 , AMS 130 , POL 101 , or PCS 101 .
Instructor: McLean
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SOC 295-02 - Special Topic: Beyond Hashtags: Social Movements in Digital Society 4 credits (Fall)
In today’s global network society, the internet permeates our lives, whether it be our jobs, politics, or relationships. Social movements, powerful drivers of social change, are no exception. Digital activism has transformed protest, changing how events, protests, and movements are organized and generating alternative ways to build them. Students will explore sociological perspectives on social movements and the internet and consider the influence of networked communication technologies on the mobilization of social movements globally.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 .
Instructor: Janson
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SOC 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Indigenous Environmental Movements 4 credits (Fall)
This course explores Indigenous-led social movements in the US and Canada which are primarily aimed at ecological issues including : land or water defense, access to ceremonial places, fishing or gathering rights etc. We will consider how the unique cultural, social, and political concerns of Indigenous peoples within settler-colonial states shapes movement organizing and outcomes. We will also consider issues of settler solidarity with Indigenous movements, and police repression of these movements.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 . Preference given to those who have taken either theory or methods.
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Bacon
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SPN 295-01 - Special Topic: Beyond Femme Fatale: The Women Detectives of Spanish Novela Negra 4 credits (Fall)
This class will investigate four detective novels written by women, featuring women detectives, from contemporary Spain. Students will write several analytical essays and utilize secondary sources to supplement their textual analysis. This class functions as a low-300 level literature course.
Prerequisite: SPN 285 .
Instructor: Phillips
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SST 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Introduction to Material Culture Studies 4 credits (Fall)
See HUM 195-02 .
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SST 195-03 - Introductory Special Topic: Real Life Entrepreneurship 1 credits (Fall)
Students will gain insights into business realities and pitfalls. They will learn the basics on how to start and build a company as an entrepreneur, and how to improve a business segment within an existing company as an intrapreneur. Through examination of real-life scenarios, students will become familiar with common sense approaches to business, with thinking-out-of-the-box, and with the lowest-common-denominator method. This is a Wilson Center sponsored alumni short course; taught by Sanjay Khanna ‘85.
Prerequisite: None.
Note: Dates October 25 to November 10. Short course deadlines apply.
Instructor: Staff
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THD 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: The History and Practice of Screen Dance 4 credits (Fall)
Cross-listed as: FMS 195-01 . This course explores dance storytelling and aesthetics in movies, television, internet, smartphones and personal devices, and new media. Students will examine and practice dance on screen through filming choreography, employing camera technology and editing.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Lee
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THD 195-03 - Introductory Special Topic: Arts Education for Children: Creativity in the Classroom 1 credits (Fall)
Cross-listed as: ART 195-01 . This class introduces different creative theories and techniques for encouraging creativity for children in the classroom. Exercises address process, materials, movement, space, and evaluation, providing a critical framework for further exploration of the field. The course also addresses the specific cultural context of Taiwan, providing students with insight into educational practices in Asia. For the final class, students will work with children from the Grinnell community. No background in the arts or education is required.
Prerequisite: None.
Note: Dates: September 13 to October 6. Short course deadlines apply. S/D/F only.
Instructor: Shiou-Ling
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THD 195-04 - Introductory Special Topic: Tari Dasar; Basics of Balinese Dance 2 credits (Fall)
In this course, students will learn the basic foundations, terminology, and performance contexts of Balinese dance. By learning traditional methods of movement students will be able to explore how dance intersects with music, theater, and ceremony of Balinese life. As Balinese dance continues to expand outside of Indonesia and create new communities, students in this course will learn skills to analyze performing arts and explore creative empathy.
Prerequisite: None.
Note: Dates: October 25 to December 8. Half-semester deadlines apply. S/D/F only.
Instructor: Putri
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WRT 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Encountering Iowa: Writing in Place 2 credits (Fall)
See EDU 195-01 .
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AMS 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Contemporary US Student Activism 2 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: SOC 195-01 . This course will examine the kinds of activism that flow as the value of social justice continues to become an educational troupe, past and present. The work of the course is to unpack the preparation necessary for conceptualizing the work of organizing: symbolic, social media, working with communities of resistance and trainings.
Prerequisite: None.
Note: Dates: April 4 to May 11. Half-semester deadlines apply
Instructor: Scott
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AMS 295-01 - Special Topic: Foundations of US Popular Culture 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: HIS 295-01 .
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AMS 295-02 - Special Topic: American Journeys III: Journey Within 4 credits (Spring)
In a world that too often defines us from the outside through social comparison and social media, a key tenet of this course will be capacity-building around the areas of self-acceptance and self-appreciation. The intersection of philosophy, psychology, wellness, spirituality, and commitment to others will provide the student with the means to study their own life journey and how they view and impact the world. We will explore, from both Eastern and Western perspectives, the concept of SELF. Thoreau and Emerson and others, through their writings, will become 21st century mentors to our students, along with the works of Carl Jung, Victor Frankl, Albert Ellis, Joseph Campbell, Gloria Steinem, Audrey Lorde, belle Hooks, Kimberle Crenshaw, and others.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Instructor: Scott, W. Freeman
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ANT 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Sumak Kaway and Ikigai: Living Well and Finding Meaning in a Global World 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: GWS 195-01 . Sumak Kawsay, is a tenet of Quechua cosmology meaning ”living well” and Ikigai, an 8th century Japanese concept translated as finding meaning in life.
While cultural origins differ, both concepts ponder what constitutes a “good life.” The terms decolonize Western assumptions about the body and health and re-appropriate?ways of being and knowing in their emphasis on ancestral knowledge, healing, and eco-spiritual practices. Simultaneously, they are deployed politically and heavily commercialized. This course centers the history and current understanding of sumak kawsay and ikigai to consider health and wellness holistically, historically, and cross-culturally. Students will be traveling to Japan after finals in May, 2023.
First-year students interested in this course will need to complete an application due October 10th in addition to doing the normal course registration process. The application materials are available here: https://www.grinnell.edu/academics/global/flag/glp/spring-2023.
Students selected to participate in the Global Learning Program will be required to pay a $415 participation fee (most other required travel expenses will be covered). This fee will be added to the student tuition bill and will be due by the first day of classes. If payment of this fee causes you financial concern, please contact Megan Jones in the Financial Aid Office to discuss loan options to cover this additional cost of attendance.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Lewis. Tapias
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ANT 295-01 - Special Topic: Politics of the Past: Archaeology and Museums 4 credits (Spring)
This course investigates the politics of the past by examining how archaeological sites, museum objects, and cultural property are caught up in debates regarding heritage rights, nationalism, and memorialization. Students will discuss the roles and responsibilities of archaeologists and museum professionals in these controversies and present on recent case studies such as the removal of confederate statues, repatriation of sacred Indigenous objects, and auctioning of World War II Japanese American incarceration camp artifacts. This fulfills the Archeology subfield requirement.
Prerequisite: ANT 104 .
Instructor: Ng
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ANT 295-02 - Special Topic: Graphic Medicine: Reading Medical Comics Anthropologically 4 credits (Spring)
This course explores the burgeoning field of graphic medicine through the lens of cultural anthropology. Targeting an audience of physicians, patients, and caretakers, medical comics provide insights into the culture of biomedicine, including language and power dynamics and the cultural constructions of illness. In addition to learning how to read comics critically, students will interview a patient, write a “pathography” and produce a comic of their own. This course fulfills the Cultural Anthropology subfield requirement.
Prerequisite: One social studies division course except PHE 100 , PHE 101 , WRT 101 , or WRT 102 .
Instructor: Tapias
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