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RUSS 8999 - Master’s Thesis
Research for and final preparation of M.A. thesis.
Credits: 1 to 12
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RUSS 9999 - Non-Topical Research, Doctoral
For doctoral research taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.
Credits: 1 to 12
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Sanskrit |
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SANS 6010 - Elementary Sanskrit I
A study of sounds of Sanskrit, the Devanagari script and the basic grammar. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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SANS 6012 - Selections from the Mahabharata
A second-year course focusing on developing reading fluency in Sanskrit. Selections are chosen to reinforce students’ knowledge of grammar from SANS 5020, to expand vocabulary and to introduce the Mahabharata, one of ancient India’s major epics. Prerequisite: SANS 5020 and graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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SANS 6014 - Selections from the Ramayana of Valmiki
A second-year course focusing on developing reading fluency in Sanskrit. Selections are chosen to reinforce student’s knowledge of grammar from SANS 5020, to expand vocabulary, and to introduce the Ramayana of Valmiki, one of two major epics of ancient India, and the ‘first poem’ in Sanskrit. Prerequisite: SANS 5020 and graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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SANS 6016 - Selections from the Kathasaritsagara of Somadeva
A second-year course focusing on developing reading fluency in Sanskrit. Selections are chosen to reinforce student’s knowledge of grammar from SANS 5020, to expand vocabulary, and to introduce the Kathasaritsagara of Somadeva, the most important collection of story literature in Sanskrit. Prerequisite: SANS 5020 and graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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SANS 6020 - Elementary Sanskrit II
A continuation of SANS 5010. Prerequisite: SANS 5010 or instructor permission. Note: The following six courses are all intermediate level Sanskrit courses. They are offered two-by-two in a three-year rotation.
Credits: 3
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SANS 6022 - The Bhagavadgita
A second-year course focusing on developing reading fluency in Sanskrit. Selections are chosen to reinforce students’ knowledge of grammar from SANS 5020, to expand vocabulary and to introduce the Bhagavadgita, a major religious text of ancient India. Prerequisite: SANS 5020 and graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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SANS 6024 - Selections from the Upanisads
A second-year course focusing on developing reading fluency in Sanskrit. Selections are chosen to reinforce student’s knowledge of grammar from SANS 5020, to expand vocabulary, and to introduce the Upanisads, a major spiritual text of ancient India. Prerequisite: SANS 5020.
Credits: 3
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SANS 6026 - Selections from the Puranas
A second-year course focusing on developing reading fluency in Sanskrit. Selections are chosen to reinforce student’s knowledge of grammar from SANS 5020, to expand vocabulary, and to introduce the huge corpus of Puranic texts. Prerequisite: SANS 5020.
Credits: 3
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SANS 7010 - Classical Plays and Poetry
A close reading of theatrical and poetic works from the classical period of Sanskrit literature, approximately 150 BCE to 1200 CE.
Credits: 3
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SANS 7020 - Literary Theory
A close reading of texts in South Asia’s long history of literary theory. Texts readings include, but are not limited to, the Natyasastra, the Kavyalamkara of Bhamaha, the Kavyadarsa, the Kavyalamkara of Rudrata, the Sarasvatikanthabharana, the Kavyanusasana, the Kavyaprakasa, the Kavyalamakarasutravrtti, the Rasagangadhara, and the Dhvanyaloka. Prerequisite: SANS 7010 or at least three courses from SANS 5012-5026.
Credits: 3
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SANS 7030 - Philosophical Texts I
A close reading of texts in these philosophical traditions of South Asia: Nyaya, Mimamsa, Vedanta, Sankhya, Yoga and Vaisesika.
Credits: 3
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SANS 7040 - Philosophical Texts II
A close reading of texts in these philosophical traditions of South Asia: Nyaya, Mimamsa, Vedanta, Sankhya, Yoga and Vaisesika.
Credits: 3
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SANS 7051 - Vedic Texts I
A close reading of Vedic texts. Readings may come from the four Samhita texts, the Brahmanas, or the Aranyakas. Prerequisite: At least two courses from SANS 5012-5026.
Credits: 3
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SANS 7052 - Vedic Texts II
A close reading of Vedic texts. Readings may come from the four Samhita texts, the Brahmanas, or the Aranyakas. Prerequisite: SANS 7051, a Sanskrit reading course in Religious Studies, or at least three courses from SANS 5012-5026.
Credits: 3
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SANS 7053 - Texts in the Science and Philosophy of Grammar I
A close reading of texts in the linguistic tradition of Panini. Text readings include, but are not limited to, the Mahabhasya, the Kasika, the Paribhasendusekhara, and the Siddhantakaumudi, each with its many commentaries. Prerequisite: at least two courses from SANS 5012-5026.
Credits: 3
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SANS 7054 - Texts in the Science and Philosophy of Grammar II
A close reading of texts in the linguistic tradition of Panini. Text readings include, but are not limited to, the Mahabhasya, the Kasika, the Paribhasendusekhara, and the Siddhantakaumudi, each with its many commentaries. Prerequisite: SANS 7053, a Sanskrit reading course in Religious Studies, or at least three courses from SANS 5012-5026.
Credits: 3
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SANS 8993 - Independent Study in Sanskrit
Independent Study in Sanskrit.
Credits: 1 to 3
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Science, Technology, and Society |
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STS 5500 - Topics in Technology and Society
A first-level graduate/advanced undergraduate course relates technology or engineering to the broader culture. The specific subject will differ from time to time.
Credits: 3
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STS 5993 - Independent Study: Technology and Society
Detailed study of graduate course material on an independent basis under the guidance of a faculty member.
Credits: 1 to 12
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Slavic |
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SLAV 5500 - Selected Topics in Slavic Linguistics
Prerequisite: LNGS 3250 and instructor permission. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 5610 - Polish Literature
A graduate-level survey of Polish literature from its Medieval beginnings to the contemporary period. Readings include Jan Kochanowski, Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Slowacki, Boleslaw Prus, Stefan Zeromski, Bruno Schulz, Witold Gombrowicz, Czeslaw Milosz, Tadeusz Rozewicz, Tadeusz Borowski, Wislawa Szymborska, Slawomir Mrozek, and others. Undergraduate students welcome with the permission by the instructor. All readings in English.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 8500 - Topics in Slavic Languages and Literatures
Could include any Slavic languages, fiction, poetry, drama, or culture. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 8620 - Seminar in Slavic Linguistics
Seminar in Slavic Linguistics Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SLAV 8998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
For master’s research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.
Credits: 1 to 12
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SLAV 8999 - Non-Topical Research
For master’s thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
Credits: 1 to 12
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SLAV 9998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research
For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected.
Credits: 1 to 12
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SLAV 9999 - Non-Topical Research
For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.
Credits: 1 to 12
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Sociology |
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SOC 5020 - Introduction to Statistics
SOC 5020 will serve as an introduction to multivariate regression, with an emphasis on applications in the field of sociology. Along the way we will review basic concepts related to probability and inference. More specifically, this course will cover ANOVA, t tests, OLS regression, and logistic regression. In sum, the course is designed to teach graduate students in sociology how to use basic statistics to address concrete sociological problems.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5030 - Classical Sociological Theory
A seminar focusing on the writings of Marx, Weber, Durkheim and other social theorists. Open to students in related disciplines. Prerequisite: Six credits of sociology or instructor permission; open to advanced undergraduates.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5056 - Sociology of Culture
Examines the most recent theoretical and methodological developments in the sociology of culture. Examines the influence of structuralism, phenomenology, critical theory, and cultural anthropology on contemporary sociological theory and practice. Considers the ways cultural analysis can be applied to a variety of pressing empirical problems.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5057 - Sociology of Family
This course analyzes the ways in which societies address needs of intimacy, care and provisioning – the tasks commonly assumed by families – under varying circumstances and in different contexts, including from historical and comparative perspectives. Prerequisite: Six credits in sociology or permission from the instructor.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5059 - Sociology of Science
Topics include science as a major institution in modern society; interrelations of science and society; social organization of science; the scientific career (socialization and professionalization); status, roles, and characteristics of science; science policy studies as an emerging discipline; and technological assessment. Prerequisite: SOC 5120 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5060 - Contemporary Sociological Theory
Considers the nature and purpose of sociological theory, and a survey of the most important contemporary theories and theorists. Prerequisite: SOC 5030, six credits of sociology or instructor permission; open to advanced undergraduates.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5080 - Comparative Historical Sociology
This course will focus not so much on methodological as on substantive issues of macro sociological inquiry. Among the topics covered will be: the state, power, revolution, nationalism and class formation. Prerequisite: Six credits of sociology or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5086 - Media Sociology
In a reading and discussion-intensive seminar experience, students will examine key schools of theory, research, and criticism, both in sociology and in related social sciences and humanities traditions that have helped shape the development of the interdisciplinary field of Media Sociology. Units will include: semiotics of texts; audience studies; media organizations; media globalization; new media and social transformation.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5100 - Research Design and Methods
Studies the steps necessary to design a research project including searching the literature, formulating the problem, deriving propositions, operationalizing concepts, constructing explanations, and testing hypotheses. Prerequisite: SOC 3120, or graduate standing, six credits of sociology; or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5110 - Survey Research Methods
Covers the theory and practice of survey research. Topics include surveys as a scientific method; applied sampling of survey populations; the construction, testing, and improvement of survey instruments; interviewer training; the organization of field work; coding and data quality control; data analysis; and the preparation of survey reports. Prerequisite: SOC 3120 or graduate standing, six credits of sociology or health evaluation sciences, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5120 - Intermediate Statistics
Studies the social science applications of analysis of variance, correlation, and regression; and consideration of causal models. Prerequisite: SOC 3130, graduate standing, six credits of sociology or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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SOC 5140 - Qualitative Methods
Studies the theory and practice of qualitative, non-statistical methods of sociological inquiry including field work, interviewing, textual analysis, and historical document work. Students practice each method and design larger projects. Prerequisite: Six credits of sociology or instructor permission; open to advanced undergraduates.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5150 - Time and Memory
This course surveys the field of memory studies, and is centered in particular on the concept of “collective memory.” What are the varieties of practices ‘including commemoration, recollection, collecting, museification, monument building, reminiscence, etc. through which we represent the past, and what difference do these practices make’ Further topics include reputations, public history, transitional justice, and trauma.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5300 - Sociology of Self
Over the past few decades the concepts of self and identity have been at the center of considerable intellectual debate in the social sciences and the humanities. In this course, we’ll explore classic and contemporary perspectives on the self and society, culture and the category of the person. Among other questions, we will consider human agency, reflexivity, self presentation, identity formation, memory, pathology, emotion, and embodiment.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5320 - Sociology of Gender
This course will explore the social construction and consequences of gender, covering such topics as work, care, sexuality, identity, politics and inequality. Readings will include the classics as well as newer works in the field.
Prerequisite: Graduate status; six credits in sociology or permission from the instructor.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5400 - Empires
This course will look at empires in the broadest possible context, historically and geographically. Its main focus will be the modern European empires: Spanish, British, French, Austrian, Russian, and Ottoman. Their form of rule, treatment of subject peoples, self-conceptions of the ruling peoples and their sense of the ‘mission’ of empire will be emphasized. There will be comparisons between empires - past, contemporaneous, and future.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5420 - Social Stratification
Studies the distribution of rewards and punishments and the resulting social inequalities in cross-cultural and historical perspective. Analyzes negative liabilities such as arrest, imprisonment, unemployment, and stigmatization, and positive assets such as education, occupation, income, and honor. Draws on the literature of both stratification and deviance/criminology. Focuses on the distributive aspects of power and the resulting social formations such as classes, and status groups. Prerequisite: SOC 5030, 7130 or their equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5720 - Nations and Nationalism
A consideration of some of the principal theories and concepts of nationhood and nationalism, with special focus on a number of case studies drawn from Eastern and Western societies. Prerequisite: Six credits of sociology or instructor permission; open to advanced undergraduates.
Credits: 3
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SOC 5900 - Economic Sociology
This course surveys the classic and contemporary research literature in economic sociology. The course explores this literature’s central claims that economic action is embedded in social relationships and shaped by social institutions, and considers the economy in comparative and historical perspective. Prerequisite: Graduate status; six credits in Sociology or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SOC 7102 - Qualitative Methods in Media Audience Research
This course is designed to be a practical introduction to how to do audience research in the field of culturally-oriented communication study. The primary work students will be doing is to prepare research projects illustrating the in-depth application of one (or possibly multiple) methods of research employed in studying the cultural audience.
Credits: 3
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SOC 7130 - Intro to Social Statistics
Intro to Social Statistics
Credits: 3
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SOC 7140 - Sociology of Consumption
The course explores the theories, practices and politics of modern consumption. Among the topics to be discussed are the historical development of modern consumer society, colonialism and consumption, consumption and the creation of difference, the cultural meanings of commodities, and the commodification of social life.
Credits: 3
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SOC 7360 - European Social Theory
Presents a survey of recent developments in continental social theory, includeing, but not restricted to, structuration theory (Giddens), actor-network theory (Latour), systems theory (Luhmann), and the theory of communicative action (Habermass). Prerequisite: Two courses in sociological theory, one at the graduate level.
Credits: 3
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SOC 7980 - Graduate Research Workshop
This class is part of a two-semester sequence which aims to prepare graduate students to write professional, sociological research papers. In the fall semester, students will select a topic, scholarly literature, research question, theoretical framework, data source, and method of analysis. Students will present several times, draft key sections, and engage our intellectual community in helping others to complete their projects.
Credits: 3
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SOC 7981 - Graduate Research Workshop
This class is part of a two-semester sequence which aims to prepare graduate students to write professional, sociological research papers. In the spring semester, students will undertake and complete data analyses, draft results and conclusion sections, revise previously drafted sections, and engage in helping others to complete their projects.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8000 - Graduate Seminar in Media Studies
This course surveys key texts in the interdisciplinary field of Media Studies to Ph.D. students in a variety of disciplines and does not presume students will have background in the Media Studies literature. In a reading and discussion-intensive seminar experience, students will examine social sciences and humanities-based theory, research, and criticism that have helped shape the development of the field.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8030 - Sociological Issues
Studies contemporary issues effecting sociology as a science, as an academic discipline, and as a profession. Frequent guest lecturers.
Credits: 1
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SOC 8040 - Sociological Issues
Studies contemporary issues effecting sociology as a science, as an academic discipline, and as a profession. Frequent guest lecturers.
Credits: 1
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SOC 8051 - Sociology of Work
Studies the division of labor, occupational classification, labor force trends, career patterns and mobility, occupational cultures and life-styles, and the sociology of the labor market.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8052 - Sociology of Religion
Classical and contemporary theories and empirical research are examined to illuminate the changing role of religious belief and religious institutions in the Western World. Emphasizes the methodological problems of studying religion.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8053 - Sociology of Education
Analysis of education as a social institution and its relationship to other institutions, e.g., the ecology, the stratification system, the family. Special attention is devoted to the role of education in the status attainment process.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8054 - Political Sociology
Studies the relationships between social structure and political institutions. Discusses competing theories on power structures, political participation, ideology, party affiliation, voting behavior, and social movements in the context of recent research on national and local politics in the United States.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8055 - Sociology of Law
This seminar begins with a history of the field, and then narrows to a single theoretical problem: the sociology of the case. In particular, it addresses how the social structure of a legal case predicts and explains the handling of the case, such as the style and quantity of social control it attracts. The readings include theoretical works as well as research reports.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8059 - Conflict
Theoretical exploration of the social causes of conflict about right and wrong and the social factors that explain the handling of these conflicts in diverse settings across the world. Topics include individual and collective violence, avoidance, third-party intervention such as mediation and adjudication, therapy, and the evolution of conflict and morality across history.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8410 - Race & Ethnicity
Studies pivotal issues relating to race in contemporary American society from a theoretical and historical point of view. These include such topics as the contested meaning of the term “race”, the relationship between race and ethnicity, assimilation, the relationship between race and inequality, and crime.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8470 - Sociology of Knowledge
Studies the social foundations of knowledge, including formal systems of knowledge to the realities of everyday life. Includes classical and contemporary literature on the subject.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8542 - Selected Topics in Sociology
Advanced graduate seminars. Offerings are given in a semester determined by faculty and student interest.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8562 - Selected Topics in Sociology
Advanced graduate seminars. Offerings are given in a semester determined by faculty and student interest.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8710 - Sociology of Organizations
Examines formal organizations in government, industry, education, health care, religion, the arts, and voluntary associations. Considers such topics as power and authority, communication, ‘informal’ relations, commitment, and alienation.
Credits: 3
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SOC 8998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
For master’s research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.
Credits: 1 to 12
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SOC 8999 - Non-Topical Research
For master’s thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
Credits: 1 to 12
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SOC 9010 - Directed Reading
Independent study with a faculty member.
Credits: 1 to 12
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SOC 9050 - Research Apprenticeship
Provides practical research experience through close collaboration with a faculty member. (Faculty members propose project and chose apprentices from the pool of applicants.) Student apprentices will be junior colleagues, involved in all phases of the project. This collaborative effort will lead to a distinct scholarly product, usually a co-authored paper suitable for publication.
Credits: 1 to 12
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SOC 9060 - Research Apprenticeship
Provides practical research experience through close collaboration with a faculty member. (Faculty members propose project and chose apprentices from the pool of applicants.) Student apprentices will be junior colleagues, involved in all phases of the project. This collaborative effort will lead to a distinct scholarly product, usually a co-authored paper suitable for publication.
Credits: 1 to 12
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SOC 9998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research
For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected.
Credits: 1 to 12
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SOC 9999 - Non-Topical Research
For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.
Credits: 1 to 12
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South Asian Literature in Translation |
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SATR 5110 - Modern Urdu-Hindi Literature
This upper level course will comprise readings that will cover a broad spectrum of what constitutes the “modern” in Urdu and Hindi Literature. The course will track the historical beginning of Urdu-Hindi as a language, its development as a literary language and the complexities of the divide form one to two distinct languages: modern Hindi and modern Urdu.
Credits: 3
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SATR 5300 - Colonial and Postcolonial Bengali Literature in Translation
This course is designed to give students a comprehensive understanding of Bengali literature as it has developed through the colonial and postcolonial periods. This course critically examines the questions of western literary influences on Bengali literature and their successful/unsuccessful appropriations/adoptions by Bengali writers.
Credits: 3
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SATR 6700 - Medieval Indian Literature: Vernacular and Bhakti Revolution
This course explores the classic authors and texts of the Indian pre-modern literary period 700 - 1650 CE, which saw the rise of devotional Hinduism, the arrival of Islam in India and its fundamental influence on Indian literature, and the use of vernacular - regional languages in literature.
Credits: 3
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SATR 7300 - Literature & Society in South Asia: Breaking the Cast(e)
Dalit literature is perhaps the most remarkable literary movement to emerge in post-independence India. It is the voice of the most marginalized section of India’s population, those formerly known as untouchables. Until the advent of Dalit literature, the lives of Dalits had seldom been recorded in Indian literature. We will read fictional and non-fictional narratives of Dalit writers, and watch films to visualize and comprehend their lives.
Credits: 3
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South Asian Studies |
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SAST 5300 - The Pleasures of Bollywood: Melodrama, Realism, Mythos
This class will focus on cinema produced by the industry in Mumbai, popularly called Bollywood. Topics will include the relationship between fiction and documentation, between melodrama and realism, music and affect. Students will be taught the tools of film analysis and will be expected to watch and unpack films each week. They will also be expected to consider films in the social, political and economic contexts in which they were made.
Credits: 3
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SAST 5400 - Popular culture in South Asia: Advertising, visual aesthetic, posters
The course will look at the aesthetics of visual culture from the 19 th to the contemporary period. Students will be trained to consider popular culture, to think about the relationship between high art forms such as painting, photography and multi-media and the more seemingly mundane aesthetics of press photography, posters and billboards, teaching posters, commercial art and advertising, and the new spate of financial advertising.
Credits: 3
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SAST 6701 - Business and Banking in South Asia
South Asia, the region which stretches from Afghanistan to Burma and down to Sri Lanka, has been the center of thousands of years of trade and finance. In this course we will investigate the early history of this vast flow through the following: the highlights of the history of business and banking, trade and finance from about 1500 B.C to the early European merchant adventurers , the worlds and cultures that were implicated in that history.
Credits: 3
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SAST 7450 - The Languages of South Asia
An examination of the phonological, morphological, and syntactic structures of South Asian languages from typological, social, and historical perspectives. No knowledge of a South Asian language or linguistics is required.
Credits: 3
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Spanish |
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SPAN 5202 - Hispanic Sociolinguistics
Studies the theoretical aspects of conversational analysis, incorporating it into the analysis of natural talk. Emphasizes the organization of conversations, the role of sociocultural background knowledge and preferred rules of politeness, and cross-cultural and cross-gender differences.
Credits: 3
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SPAN 5300 - Middle Ages and Early Renaissance
Studies the major texts, authors, and literary trends of the Spanish Middle Ages and early Renaissance.
Credits: 3
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SPAN 5350 - Golden Age
Studies the major texts, authors, and literary trends of the Spanish Golden Age.
Credits: 3
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SPAN 5600 - Enlightenment to Romanticism
Studies the major texts, authors, and literary trends of the Spanish eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Credits: 3
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SPAN 5650 - Realism and Generation of 1898
Studies the major texts, authors, and literary trends of the second half of the Spanish nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries.
Credits: 3
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SPAN 5700 - Spanish Civilization and Culture
Studies the non-literary achievements of Spain from pre-Roman times to the present. Includes a survey of the socio-political history, the art, architecture, music, philosophy, and folklore of Spain, defining the essential characteristics of Spanish civilization.
Credits: 3
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SPAN 5701 - The Inquisition in Spain and Latin America
The Inquisition in Spain and Latin America
Credits: 3
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SPAN 5702 - Islam in Europe: Muslim Iberia
An introduction to Islam and a cultural history of al-Andalus (Muslim Iberia) from the year 711 until the expulsion of the Moriscos ‘Muslims converted, often forcibly, to Christianity’ from early modern Spain in 1609. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or equivalent level of proficiency in Spanish.
Credits: 3
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SPAN 5710 - Latin American Civilization and Culture
Studies the non-literary cultural achievements of Latin America. Surveys the socio-political history, the art, architecture, music, philosophy, social structure and ‘popular culture’ of Latin America, defining the essential characteristics of Latin-American civilization.
Credits: 3
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SPAN 5750 - Contemporary Spanish Literature
Studies the major texts, authors, and literary trends of the Spanish twentieth century.
Credits: 3
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SPAN 5800 - Spanish America: Colonial Period to 1800
Studies the major texts, authors, and literary trends of Spanish America up to 1800.
Credits: 3
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SPAN 5820 - Spanish America: From Romanticism to Modernism
Studies the major texts, authors, and literary trends of Spanish America in the nineteenth century.
Credits: 3
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SPAN 5850 - Spanish America: Modern Period
Studies the major texts, authors, and literary trends of Spanish America in the twentieth century.
Credits: 3
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SPAN 5960 - Spanish Creative Writing Workshop
This course is taught by two of the most distinguished and exciting writers in the Spanish-speaking world today, with extensive experience giving writing workshops. It is dedicated to creative writing (short stories), emphasizing creative, and suggesting ways to initiate the creative process. Students need to have a good command of the Spanish Language, at 4000 level or similar. Undergraduate as well as graduate students are welcome.
Credits: 3
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SPAN 7040 - Translation from Spanish to English
Spanish 7040 offers an introduction to the craft of literary translation.
Credits: 3
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SPAN 7100 - Literary Theory
Studies the modern theories of literary criticism, including formalism, structuralism, semiotics, and the application of theory to major Spanish authors.
Credits: 3
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SPAN 7200 - The Structure of Spanish
The Structure of Spanish
Credits: 3
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