Goucher College 2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
Goucher College 2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

Course Descriptions


 

Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

  
  • SP 130 - Intermediate Spanish (4 Cr.)

    (LER-FL)(GCR FL - Platforms 1 & 2)
    This course is designed to expand knowledge of the Spanish language and explore the cultural diversity in the Spanish-speaking world through the development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. This is the third and final course of the lower-division language sequence. Satisfactory completion of the course fulfills the foreign language requirement. Four contact hours. Prerequisite: SP 120  or SP 120S  or SP 120V , with a minimum grade of C- or placement exam. Fall and Spring semesters.
  
  • SP 130G - Intermediate Spanish Abroad - Global (4 Cr.)

    (LER-FL and SA)(GCR SA and FL - Platforms 1 & 2)
    Special section of SP 130. Continued development of the four basic language skills during a three-week intensive course abroad, coupled with homestays and cultural explorations within the country (Alicante, Spain). Prerequisites: SP 120 or SP 120V, with a minimum grade of C- or placement exam. Enrollment in SP 119 during second seven weeks of the Fall semester prior to the trip is required. January intersession.
  
  • SP 130S - Intermediate Spanish with Community-Based Learning (4 Cr.)

    (LER-FL)(GCR FL - Platforms 1 & 2)
    Spanish 130S is designed to improve your intermediate level listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through a variety of interactive and cultural activities inside and outside the classroom. You will take an active role in the learning experience by participating in the community-based learning (CBL) component of the course, which involves working with Spanish-speaking community members from area neighborhoods at Goucher’s Futuro Latino Learning Center. Options to complete the CBL requirement include participating in one of the on-campus Saturday programs in Spanish or, for students with Saturday conflicts, working as part of the FLLC Research Team during the week. You will have three hours of in-class meetings per week and the fourth hour will be fulfilled with the CBL experience.
    Prerequisite: SP 120 , SP120S, or SP 120V  with a minimum grade of C-, or placement exam. Variable semesters.
  
  • SP 130V - Intermediate Spanish (4 Cr.)

    (LER-FL)(GCR FL - Platforms 1 & 2)
    This is a four-credit course, with three hours a week conducted face-to-face and one hour a week online, in which students Skype and conduct other interactive activities with native Spanish speakers living abroad. This course is designed to expand knowledge of the Spanish language and explore the cultural diversity in the Spanish-speaking world through the development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Prerequisite: SP 120  or SP 120V , with a minimum grade of C- or placement exam. Variable semesters. Miranda-Aldaco, Moreno-López.
  
  • SP 132 - Spanish Learning Studio (2 Cr.)

    (GCR FL - Platform 1)
    This course is a two-credit, 130-level learning studio for students who placed in SP 110 and need it to complete the Foreign Language and Culture Requirement. It may be taken as a skills-based workshop in topics such as: storytelling, writing, comic book writing, translation, conversation, or social media; or as a virtual, community-based learning, or study abroad course. SP 132 is intended for students completing Platform 1 and not intending to major or minor in a language. If a student is planning to major or minor in a language, s/he should take SP 130  instead of SP 132. SP 132 courses may be repeated for credit if topic is different. Any student having previously completed 130 or a level beyond 130 may not take 132 for credit. Pre-requisites: SP 110  (or SP 110V ) and SP 120  (or SP 120S  or SP 120V ) with a minimum grade of C-. Fall and spring semesters. First offered Fall 2018. Program faculty.
  
  • SP 229 - Intermediate Readings in Spanish (4 Cr.)

    (GCR FL - Platforms 3 & 4)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course is designed for continued development of students’ language abilities, emphasizing reading and writing skills through cultural and literary texts. It will include a review of the fundamentals of grammar in the context of the readings. Course does not count toward the Spanish major or minor. Prerequisite:   or   or   or   or placement exam. Fall and Spring semesters. Program faculty.
  
  • SP 229G - Intermediate Readings in Spanish - Global (6-8 Cr.)

    (LER - FL)(GCR FL - Platforms 3 & 4)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Special section of SP 229 abroad. Continued development of students’ language abilities, emphasizing reading and writing skills through cultural and literary texts in an abroad context. Prerequisite: SP 130  or SP 130G  or SP 130S  or SP 130V  or placement test. This course is intended for students that want to enroll in one of the language ICAs in Alicante, Spain, Granada, Nicaragua, or one of our interdisciplinary program: Environmental Studies in Ecuador or Multicultural Education in Nicaragua .
  
  • SP 230 - Intermediate Conversation and Composition (4 Cr.)

    (GCR RPP and FL - Platforms 3 & 4)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course is the next big jump into your Spanish language skills. It is designed to improve your listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through cultural and literary texts.  Emphasis will be given to the development of conversation through storytelling, and class discussions. Students will identify the factors that contribute to various types of differences, inequalities and power structures analyzing written, visual and audiovisual materials. Writing will activate the use of everyday vocabulary, and hone critical and analytical skills. The process of writing will be enhanced through peer review, drafts, feedback, and numerous revisions. Grammar is examined to improve communicative skills. Prerequisite:   or   or   or   with a minimum grade of A-,   or placement exam. Fall and Spring semesters.
  
  • SP 230S - Intermediate Conversation and Compositions with Community-Based Learning (4 Cr.)

    (GCR RPP and FL - Platforms 3 & 4)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Special section of SP 230. Development of conversation and writing skills through the study and discussion of texts, audio, short videos, and full length films. An integrated community-based learning component will provide the students with meaningful opportunities to increase their language skills while engaging with the local Spanish-speaking community. This interaction will replace one hour of class each week and will allow students to identify the factors that contribute to various types of differences, inequalities and power structures, whether they be historical, social, or political factors. Prerequisite:   or   or   or   with a minimum grade of A- or,  SP 229  or placement exam. Variable semesters.
  
  • SP 230V - Intermediate Conversation and Composition with On-line Component (4 Cr.)

    (GCR RPP and FL - Platforms 3 &4)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Special section of SP 230. Development of conversation and writing skills through the study and discussion of texts, audio, short videos, and full-length films. An integrated on-line component will provide the students with meaningful opportunities to increase their language skills while engaging with native Spanish-speakers abroad via Skype. This interaction time will replace one hour of class each week and will allow students to identify the factors that contribute to various types of differences, inequalities and power structures, whether they be historical, social, or political factors. Prerequisite:   or   or   or   with a minimum grade of A- or,   or placement exam. Variable semesters. Miranda-Aldaco, Moreno-López.
  
  • SP 235 - Advanced Conversation and Composition (4 Cr.)

    (GCR RPP and FL - Platforms 3 &4)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Continuation of the skills introduced in SP 230 ,  , or  . Emphasis on critical writing, analytical reading, and advanced conversation required for upper-level courses. Practice of complex linguistic structures, writing of summaries, developing arguments, and interpretation of quotes. The program is structured around main topics: international politics; immigration; multiculturalism; women, gender, and sexual orientation; and Latin-American culture. Prerequisites: SP 230  or   or   or placement test. Fall and Spring semesters. Program faculty.
  
  • SP 296 - Latin American Studies: Linkage through Language (2 Cr.)


    This course is an option for students who are proficient in Spanish and who are concurrently enrolled in LAM 105: Introduction to Latin American Studies. Students and the instructor meet on a regular basis to discuss, in Spanish, themes, events, and concepts related to Latin America. Students enrolled in SP 296 might opt to write their exams and assignments in Spanish as well. This course may not be taken separately or as a stand-alone course. Prerequisite: permission of the LAM 105 faculty. Co requisite: LAM 105 . Variable semesters. Program faculty.
  
  • SP 322 - Survey of Latin-American and Peninsular Literature and Culture (4 Cr.)

    (Formerly SP 254 and SP 294) (LER DIV and LER TXT)(GCR RPP and FL - Platform 4)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course is designed to help students appreciate and enjoy Latin America and Spain’s literature and culture. It will introduce some major artistic movements, and a variety of authors and artists. Through the critical analysis of texts, visual arts and films, which focus on issues of race, gender, sexuality, socio-economics and culture, students will understand the different worldviews of these multi-cultural traditions and how they relate to their contemporary reality. Prerequisite: SP 235 , SP 350 , SP 361 , SP 363 , or SP 365 , or placement exam. Fall and Spring semesters. Program faculty.
  
  • SP 339 - The Critical Pedagogue: Teaching Spanish as a Cross-Cultural Transformative Process (4 Cr.)

    (Formerly SP 240) (LER DIV) (GCR RPP and FL - Platform 4)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    In this course class discussions and readings will revolve around questions such as: Does the neutral/objective teacher exist? Is what one chooses to include or leave out of the curriculum a political act? Students will analyze bias, stereotypes and generalizations in textbook and pedagogical material. They will read in Spanish the book “I, Rigoberta Menchu, An Indian Woman in Guatemala” and discuss the realities of social and political struggle and their connection to class materials. Students will also examine Spanish and Mexican films, which shed critical views of educational systems and compare them to their own. Finally, students will observe teachers of Spanish, create their own lesson plans, exams and class activities, and practice different methods for teaching reading, writing, listening, speaking and cultural material. Prerequisite: SP 235  or placement. Variable semesters. Miranda-Aldaco, Moreno-López.
  
  • SP 350 - Special Topics for Spanish Studies (4 Cr.)

    (GCR FL - Platform 4)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course will explore different areas in the study of Spanish from creative writing and storytelling to Spanish for the professions (medical, legal, or business). Topics will vary from year to year. Prerequisite: SP 230 , SP 230S , SP 230V , or SP 235 ; or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Program faculty.
  
  • SP 361 - Spanish in the Media (4 Cr.)

    (GCR RPP and FL - Platform 4)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    The media and the press shape not only language use but identity formation among Spanish-speakers in Latin America and the United States. With this in mind, the goal of this course is to explore the emergence of a universal or transnational Spanish that seeks to generate a Pan-Hispanic identity while respecting multicultural perspectives. The course will refine oral and written language skills in a variety of media formats. Prerequisite: SP 235  or placement exam. Variable semesters. Program faculty.
  
  • SP 363 - Spanish in the Workplace: Language and Culture (4 Cr.)

    (Formerly SP 263) (LER DIV)(GCR RPP and FL - Platform 4)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course is designed to increase students’ knowledge of the Spanish language and Hispanic culture in preparation for their participation in the United States bilingual workforce. The students will have the opportunity to complete one credit of service work by taking part in a community-based learning experience. Through community-based work and class readings, students will develop a high level of intercultural and linguistic competence needed to strive in today’s global economy. Students will also begin creating their language portfolios, write their resumes in Spanish, and participate in a series of communicative activities to enhance their verbal and auditory skills.  Prerequisite: SP 235  or placement. Variable semesters. Ramos-Sellman and Ramos-Fontan.
  
  • SP 365 - The Intrepid Dialectologist: Learning Spanish Through Dialects and Community-Based Learning (4 Cr.)

    (Formerly SP 265) (LER DIV)(GCR RPP and FL - Platform 4)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    As is the case with most languages, Spanish is not unified or monolithic. It has the multiplicity of varieties that reflect the diverse experiences and culture of a people who defy being categorized by nationality, ethnicity, or race. From Mexico to Argentina and Puerto Rico to Spain, this course will give students the tools to uncover the worldviews that the different varieties of Spanish can reveal. Through service learning, students will interview and converse with members of the Spanish speaking community in Maryland. This will give them the opportunity to experience first hand language diversity, and discuss how language as a social institution can create social class, social distance and social dominance. Prerequisite: SP 235  or placement. Variable semesters. Cortés-Conde.
  
  • SP 390 - Internship in Hispanic and Latinx Studies (0-4 Cr.)


    Internship opportunities include work in the US and abroad with government agencies, business, and nonprofit organizations.  Internships allow student to participate in projects in which they make use of their foreign language skills in a work environment. Students complete work on site under the supervision of professionals in the field and also complete academic assignments as determined by the faculty internship sponsor.  This course may not replace another required course for the major or minor. Each credit requires 45 hours at the internship site.  Prerequisite:  SP 235 . Graded pass/no pass. Course may be taken during academic semesters as well as summer and winter breaks.
  
  • SP 399 - Independent Work (1-4 Cr.)


    Students will work with a professor to design an intermediate-advanced research project on a topic of their choosing. An independent study may not replace a course required for the major or the minor. Fall and spring Semesters.
  
  • SP 399G - ICA: Independent Work (2 or 4 Cr.)

    (LER-SA)(GCR-SA and FL - Platforms 3 & 4)
    Special section of SP 399 abroad. This course is intended for students that already have credit for SP 229 but still want to enroll in one of the language ICAs in Alicante, Spain, or one of our interdisciplinary programs: Environmental Studies in Ecuador or Multicultural Education in Nicaragua.
  
  • SP 418 - Trans-Nationally Queer: Finding a Voice in the Gay Spanish-Speaking World (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Starting with Denmark in 1989, Belgium, Spain, Canada, South Africa, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Argentina, Mexico, and the US have granted some form of civil rights to their gay citizens. But, artists, film directors, authors, pop singers, actors and actresses have been contributing for decades not only to the pop culture of the gay Spanish speaking world but also to its rich literary tradition. Through novels, films, songs, art pieces, essays and articles students analyze the evolution of the queer movement in different Spanish speaking communities around the world and compare it to the on-going struggle in the U.S. Prerequisites: SP 322  or permission of instructor. Variable semesters. Moreno-López.
  
  • SP 428 - Latin American Cinema (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    The objective of this seminar is to explore film narratives and examine socio-economic, ethnic and gendered world-views represented in them. In order to understand these world-views we will compare them to socio-economic, ethnic and gendered representations in U.S. films. In understanding the media itself we will render film scenes to a different media. Prerequisite: SP 322SP 322 .  Variable semesters. Cortés-Conde.
  
  • SP 432 - Special Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Literary themes and genres in Spanish peninsular literature. The topic will vary from year to year and may include Spanish peninsular short story, theatre, or novel. May be repeated for credit if topic is different.  Prerequisite: SP 322 . Variable semesters. Moreno-López, Zavales Eggert.
  
  • SP 440 - Social Criticism Through Written and Visual Texts (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Students explore social issues from different historical periods through the study and critical analysis of different literary works and their representation in films. Students will explore works that range from comedies that focus on love, sex and the Catholic church in the Golden Age, to dramas that unfold during the Spanish Civil War. Prerequisite: SP 322 . Variable semesters. Moreno-López.
  
  • SP 445 - Special Topics in Latin American Literature (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Literary themes and genres in 20th-century Latin American literature. The topic will vary from year to year. May be repeated for credit if topic is different. Topics may include the Latin American short story, theatre, or novel. Prerequisite: SP 322 . Variable semesters. Cortés-Conde, Murphy.
  
  • SP 460 - Special Topics in Spanish Translation (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    The topic will vary from year to year and may include translation for content specific areas (such as business, literature, medicine); translation vs. interpretation; dubbing and subtitles in films; and on-line language translators. May be repeated for credit if topic is different. Prerequisite: SP 322  or permission of instructor. Variable semesters. Moreno-López.
  
  • SP 497 - Capstone on Hispanic/Latinx Studies (2 Cr.)


    The capstone is an intensive culminating experience for majors. Students work to integrate their previous coursework and understanding of disciplinary perspectives into a major piece of scholarship. Capstone projects can take many forms: the refinement and/or extension of a 400-level research paper in preparation for publication; a creative, real-world application of knowledge and analysis in the field of Hispanic Languages, Literatures and Cultures; a practice teaching session of a relevant topic in the discipline; an e-portfolio of Goucher work with reflective commentary and analysis, among other possibilities. This project will build to a final symposium in which all students will present their work for the Goucher community. Prerequisites: Senior standing and one 400-level seminar in Spanish. Fall and Spring semesters. Cortés-Conde, Moreno-López, Murphy, Zavales Eggert.

Historic Preservation

  
  • HP 110 - Preserving Our Heritage (4 Cr.)

    (formerly HP 210) (VMC 110) (LER-TXT & LER-ENV)(GCR ENV)
    An introduction to the field of historic preservation, covering its development and its role in American society. Students will study American architectural history, and will explore the impact of the built environment on the quality of urban life.  The role of historic preservation in the environmental sustainability movement will also be examined. Also open to students who have not previously taken courses in history. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Sheller.
  
  • HP 115 - Exploring Artifacts and Architecture (4 Cr.)


    Students will learn techniques for studying and interpreting the meaning of historical artifacts and architecture. Reading and classroom discussion will be supplemented with work in the Special Collections lab, and with field trips to historic sites and museums. This course is primarily intended for first or second year students. Variable semesters. Sheller.
  
  • HP 210 - Preserving our Heritage (4 Cr.)

    (formerly HP 110) (LER-TXT and LER-ENV)(GCR-ENV)
    An introduction to the field of historic preservation, covering its development and its role in American society. Students will study American architectural history, and will explore the impact of the built environment on the quality of urban life.  The role of historic preservation in the environmental sustainability movement will also be examined. Also open to students who have not previously taken and courses in history. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Sheller.
  
  • HP 213 - Historical Archaelogy and Material Culture (4 Cr.)

    (BKS 213/VMC 213)
    This course will examine the goals, methods, and contributions of archaeology to Historic Preservation and the historical record. It will also focus on understanding and interpreting the meaning of objects, artifacts, and cultural landscapes as historical evidence.  Prerequisite: VMC 110  (HP 110 ) or sophomore standing. Offered Spring 2019 and alternating years. Sheller.
  
  • HP 230 - Understanding Historic Buildings (4 Cr.)

    (ES 231/VMC 230)
    Development of the vocabulary to describe buildings: elements of a building, traditional construction techniques and building materials, and preservation issues. Students will study the architectural heritage of Baltimore through field trips. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Sheller.
  
  • HP 235 - Environmental and Global Perspectives on Preservation (4 Cr.)


    This course will examine the ways in which historic preservation supports and advances the environmental sustainability agenda as well as areas where the two movements diverge. It will also explore the practice of preservation in different countries and cultures in order to provide students with a meaningful international and multicultural context for understanding historic preservation. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Offered Fall 2012 and every other year. Sheller.
  
  • HP 290 - Practicum in Historic Preservation (0-4 Cr.)


    Students are placed in museums, preservation organizations, historical societies, governmental agencies, and at historic sites for practical experience. May be taken for letter grade or pass/no pass. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Program faculty.
  
  • HP 299 - Independent Work (1.5-4 Cr.)


  
  • HP 315 - Preservation Workshop (4 Cr.)

    (VMC 315)
    This course builds upon knowledge and skills students acquire in lower-level classes on material culture and historic preservation. Students may choose to focus their research on either historic architecture or material culture. Those students who choose to focus on historic architecture will work with local preservation agencies to document historic structures or districts in preparation for nominations or landmark status. Students wishing to work with material culture will choose an object or group of objects from the college’s Art and Artifact Collection or Special Collections to study intensively and then prepare for an exhibit. Prerequisite: VMC 110 /HP 110 , VMC 230 /HP 230 , or VMC 213 /HP 213 ; or permission of the instructor. Spring semester, offered 2020 and every other year. Sheller.
  
  • HP 399 - Advanced Independent Work (1.5-4 Cr.)



History

  
  • HIS 103 - Mass Violence and International History (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    “Preserve the dynasty! Destroy the foreign!” This was the battle cry of a wave or rural unrest that spread across China in 1899 and 1900, in the form of the Boxer Uprising. Within a few months, it had been brutally suppressed by an international Eight-Nation Army, but not after severe destruction of lives and property. Where did it come from? Why did it target foreigners and their Chinese allies? How was it perceived around the world at the time, and subsequently? These are some of the questions that will be addressed in this course, which will serve as a point of entry into the methods of history. Students will work with a variety of primary and secondary sources as they learn the tools of doing history, as well as the multi-perspective, multi-archival approach of international history. This course is primarily intended for first or second year students. Spring semester. Dawley.
  
  • HIS 104 - Samurai: History & Myth (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary area)
    “Samurai”. The word conjures up images of a byone age, of battle, of a strict code of behavior, of honor and integrity above all. But where do these images – these myths – come from, and do they match historical reality? In this course, we will examine the historical realities of the samurai, how they came into existence as a social class, and how they emerged as the rulers of Japan for seven centuries through a period in which they tore the country apart with their warfare as well a final era of peace and prosperity, during which their martial ethos was largely beside the point. We will then examine how myths surrounding the samurai were created in the late 19th and early 20th century, mostly after they had ceased to exist in reality, and how those myths have reemerged in Japan and around the world since the mid-twentieth century. In short, we will examine the gaps between history as it occured and history as it is remembered. Spring, offered 2020 and every other year. Dawley.
  
  • HIS 108 - Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Slavery (4 Cr.)

    (GCR RPP)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    One was a Midwestern self-made man and lawyer turned anti-slavery politician.  The other was a Maryland-born enslaved person turned fugitive and anti-slavery activist. Individually-and eventually, in association-Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass had a profound influence on the Civil War-era crisis over slavery.  They also wrote some of the most beautiful and powerful prose in American history.  This introductory class, which will serve as a point of entry into the practice and tools of History, examines in depth the writings of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.  Themes to be discussed include:  the meaning of liberty; the role of political parties in American democracy; racial ideology; the influence of religion on American thought; and the impact of the Civil War. This course is primarily intended for first or second year students.   Fall semester. Hale.
  
  • HIS 109 - Special Introductory Topics in History (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Explore History through a Special Introductory Topic. Variable semesters.
  
  • HIS 189 - Mariners, Renegades, and Castaways: Writing History from the Margins of Empire (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    What is history, and who gets to write it? This course probes these questions by investigating Atlantic history from the “bottom up.” Rather than focusing on the lives of monarchs and nations, we’ll investigate the emergence of “globalization” through the lives of runaway slaves, pirates, and the bawdy tavern scene of the Atlantic World. Students will work closely with primary sources to uncover “hidden histories” of the maritime underground while touching on themes ranging from early modern prostitution to slave rebellions. Are you ready to set sail? This course is primarily intended for first or second year students. Spring semester. Dator.
  
  • HIS 200 - Introduction to Africana Studies (4 Cr.)

    (cross-listed as AFR 200) (GCR-RPP)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Rather than teaching the history and culture of Africa or communities in the African diaspora, “Introduction to Africana Studies” aims to provide students in the Africana studies minor with key theories, approaches, and critical lenses that they may use in ensuing coursework and research in the Africana minor program. This reading- and writing- intensive course covers such topics as: basic geographical and demographic information about the continent of Africa and the African diaspora; the history of Africana studies in academe; theories that embrace the view that there are many Black experiences, rather than one overarching worldview; approaches toward the examination of Black identities within the context of gender, race, sexuality, and class; and select, exemplary humanistic/social scientific research by pioneering scholars in Africana studies. Fall semester.
  
  • HIS 202 - The South China Seas: A History (4 Cr.)

    (ES 202) (GCR DA-AC)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    The South China Sea is one of the most hotly contested bodies of water in the world today, but how the current disputes arose is not well understood. This class will explore the historic origins of contemporary problems by taking a very long-term approach to the study of human interactions with, and knowledge of, the South China Sea. It will adopt the approach and methodology of environmental history, and will incorporate GIS mapping technology so that the students will be able to show how ideas about, and territorial claims upon, the sea have changed over the past 1000 years by creating overlapping digital map layers. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Prerequisite: completion of GCR - Data Analytics Foundational level. Variable semesters. Dawley.
  
  • HIS 204 - Tumultuous Centuries: Modern Japan (4 Cr.)

    (LER DIV)(WEC)(GCR RPP)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course explores Japan’s dramatic, and repeated, transformations during the 19th and 20th centuries. It will examine a range of topics, including samurai culture and the nature of the Tokugawa shogunate; the domestic and foreign sources of the collapse of that order; the revolutionary nature of the Meiji Restoration; Japan’s emergence as an industrial power and imperialist state; pan-Asianism and Japan’s drive for pre-eminence in Asia; the Pacific War and its aftermath; Japan’s post-war reconstruction and economic miracle; the transformation of gender roles; Japan’s social movements, and the dilemmas that Japan has faced as a militarily-constrained economic powerhouse. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Dawley.
  
  • HIS 205 - Bad Spirits: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in History and Memory (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Between 1500 and 1866, an estimated 12.5 million Africans were forcibly removed from their families and loved ones and shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to labor as slaves in the Americas. The vast scope of the slave trade-in terms of its human toll as well as its reach across the continents-left an indelible stamp on societies on both sides of the Atlantic.

    This course examines the Atlantic slave trade and its lasting imprint on the modern psyche through three different lenses: through the experiences of the slaves, slave traders, and other Atlantic contemporaries who lived through its growth and abolition; through the interpretations of historians who have studied the trade; and through the creative work of Atlantic “ancestors”-such as spiritual diviners, filmmakers, and writers-who have wrestled with its legacies and meanings in more recent history. By looking at the slave trade through these different perspectives, this course not only aims to introduce upper-level undergraduates to some of the core themes in the history of the slave trade, but also to provide students with insight into the trades’ cultural impacts past and present. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Dator
  
  • HIS 206 - Success and Failure in Early American Capitalism (4 Cr.)


    The rags-to-riches theme is a staple of the American historical experience. But, personal and economic failure has also played an important role in the development of the United States. This course examines the relationship between and meaning of economic success and failure from the era of Ben Franklin to that of Andrew Carnegie. In addition to secondary accounts of early American entrepreneurialism, debtor laws, bankruptcy practices, and commercial panics, readings will likely include Franklin’s Autobiography, Herman Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener”, Horatio Alger’s “Ragged Dick”, Carnegie’s “Gospel of Wealth”, and beggars’ letters to John D. Rockefeller. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Hale.
  
  • HIS 210 - Survey: Early American History (4 Cr.)

    (formerly HIS 110) (LER-TXT and LER-DIV)(GCR RPP)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course investigates the broad sweep of early American history from the era of European-Native American encounters through the era of the Civil War.  Topics to be discussed will likely include Native American life, the origins and career of slavery, patterns of European settlement, the American Revolution, the birth and growth of political parties, economic development, the antebellum conflict over slavery, and the causes and consequences of the Civil War.  Readings will include primary and secondary sources. Also open to students who have not previously taken and courses in history. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Every other spring semester. Dator, Hale.
  
  • HIS 211 - Survey: Modern American History (4 Cr.)

    (formerly HIS 111) (LER TXT and LER DIV)(GCR RPP)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    What is “freedom?” How has freedom related to the idea of the “American Dream?”
    This course is the second half of the introductory survey of US History. It draws on a variety of primary and secondary sources in social, cultural, economic, and political history to explore major themes and key transformations that have shaped issues both domestic and international. Key eras explored include Reconstruction, Western Expansion and the birth of US Empire, the rise of Big Business and Organized Labor, the Progressive Era, the development of Mass Culture, the Great Depression and New Deal, World War II and the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam Era, Conservatism and the “Reagan Revolution,” and the War on Terror. The course investigates these moments and movements through multiple perspectives while highlighting the contested nature of equality, freedom, and citizenship in the context of national identity. Also open to students who have not previously taken and courses in history. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Every other spring semester. Dator, Hale.
  
  • HIS 213 - Survey: Becoming East Asia (4 Cr.)

    (formerly HIS 113) (LER-TXT and LER-DIV)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)(WEC)
    What is East Asia and how did it become so? Regions of the world are not natural, they are the products of human action and ideas about space, culture, history, and geopolitics. This course will examine how East Asia became a region, and what defined it as such through this process. It will focus on the histories of China, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan, and the history of region-building, from the 14th to the 20th centuries. Also open to students who have not previously taken and courses in history. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Every other fall semester. Dawley.
  
  • HIS 216 - Survey: Europe, Classical to 1789 (4 Cr.)

    (formerly HIS 116) (LER-TXT and LER-DIV)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Survey of European history from ancient Greece and Rome to the rise of early modern nation states. Includes classical culture and society, the emergence of Christianity, the European Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Reformation, early modern Colonial empires, and European absolutism. Also open to students who have not previously taken and courses in history. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Fall semester.
  
  • HIS 217 - Survey: Modern Europe, 1789-Present (4 Cr.)

    (formerly HIS 117) (LER-TXT and LER-DIV)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    A continuation of HIS 216, which may be taken independently. Emphasis on major social, cultural, and political developments from the Enlightenment to the present. Includes the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, industrialization, nationalism, socialism, European colonialism and imperialism, fascism, the world wars, and the Cold War. Also open to students who have not previously taken and courses in history. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters.
  
  • HIS 224 - Europe: 1914-1945 (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course will examine in detail the period of European history bookended by the dates of the two world wars. Focusing at various times on Britain, France, Germany, Russia/Soviet Union, Italy, and Spain, we will study the political and military situation leading up to and during World War I; the home front; the social and cultural causes of revolutions after the war; the peace treaty and Wilsonian intervention; veterans’ affairs and war wounds; gender and society in the 1920s; dislocations in the European empires; the Great Depression and the rise of fascism; socialism in power and in opposition; nationalism, race, and anti-Semitism; technology; the Holocaust; and challenges for a postwar world. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters.
  
  • HIS 225 - Survey: Latin America: The Colonial Period (4 Cr.)

    (formerly HIS 125) (LAM 225) (LER-TXT and LER-DIV)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course examines the history of the dynamic region that is now called Latin America, from the pre-Columbian era to the early nineteenth-century wars of independence. It focuses on interactions among Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans, tracing the evolution of a range of multiethnic societies in the Americas and examining the Atlantic exchanges through which they were formed. The class will also pay close attention to thinking about the intersection of race and ethnicity in the colonial period as well as histories of women, gender and sexuality. Together we will read primary sources that range from court cases, to maps, memoirs, letters, visual art and music and read monographs that center the lives and experiences of Latin American peoples from a range of regions and time periods before independence. Also open to students who have not previously taken and courses in history. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Amador.
  
  • HIS 235 - American Revolution (4 Cr.)

    (GCR RPP)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course surveys the major developments in American society from the end of the Seven Years’ War to the inauguration of American constitutional government. Topics to be discussed include: internal disputes over the meaning of liberty and equality, the nature and consequences of the military conflict, the impact of the American Revolution on slaves and Native Americans, the significance of the American rebellion within the Atlantic world, and the struggle over and ratification of the Constitution. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Hale.
  
  • HIS 238 - Topics in Comparative Colonialism (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Colonialism, and the imbalanced political, social, and economic relations that it engendered, shaped the modern world in ways with which global society continues to struggle. In order to understand the precise influence of the world empires on the past and the present, this course will adopt a comparative approach and a global framework. Although the precise geographic and temporal foci will change with the instructor, the course will promote critical thinking about issues of nationalism, ethnicity, race, and gender. This course can be repeated if it is taken with a different instructor and on a different topic. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters.
  
  • HIS 242 - From Puritan Diaries to Oprah’s Book Club: Readers and Writers in American History (4 Cr.)

    (LIT 242)
    Using insights gleaned from various disciplines, this course examines the history of reading and writing in America. In particular, we will study how written texts are produced, disseminated, and consumed. Topics include: Indians and the discovery of print; the sentimental novel; slave narratives; religious readers; the making of an American literary canon; comic books in modern America; and, of course, Oprah’s book club. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Hale.
  
  • HIS 243 - Early American Republic 1789-1815 (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course examines the history of the United States from the beginning of Constitutional government in 1789 to the end of the War of 1812. Topics include: the rise of political parties, the character and role of major political figures such as Thomas Jefferson and John Adams; the impact of the French Revolution and Napoleon; the plight of Native Americans and African Americans; the early American seduction novel; and changing economic and familial practices. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Hale.
  
  • HIS 260 - Slavery, the Civil War, & Reconstruction (4 Cr.)

    (GCR RPP)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    The mid-nineteenth-century sectional conflict over slavery, including the tumultuous bloodbath known as the Civil War, was a defining moment in American history. This course investigates the causes, nature, meaning, and consequences of that conflict. Specific topics to be addressed might include: the relationship between slavery and capitalism; the relationship between the enslaved and those who held them in bondage; racial ideology; the politics of slavery and the politics of North versus South; secession and the outbreak of war; the evolution and nature of the military conflict; the Northern and Southern homefronts, including gender relations; the sequence of events leading to emancipation; African American efforts to enact and secure freedom; the politics of Reconstruction; and the persistence of racial and sectional conflict after the Civil War. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Hale.
  
  • HIS 270 - African American History I (4 Cr.)

    (LER DIV)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course surveys the history of African Americans in the United States between 1619 and 1877. Beginning with a brief overview of the various African cultures that informed black life in early America, the course proceeds with an in depth exploration into historical processes that linked race, gender, and class during the eras of slavery and abolition. Some of the broad themes that we will explore are: 1) The historical relationship between African culture & African American cultural development; 2) The importance of resistance and social struggle in the formation of black identity; 3) The social construction of race and its connection to both legal regimes and lived realities; and 4) The relationship between race & African American ideas about belonging. Students interested in topics such as slavery and resistance, the historical origins of black folk culture, the Haitian and American Revolution, and the role of black abolitionists and intellectuals during the age of Dred Scott and the Fugitive Slave Act will find this class interesting. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Dator
  
  • HIS 272Y - Intensive Course Abroad (5 Cr.)

    (LER - SA)


    Course includes a three-week intensive course abroad in the winter or summer accompanied by a seven-week pre-departure preparation or post-departure discussion, or both in the fall and spring.

     

    The Past in the Present from Tokyo to Taipei (5)

    By visiting sites in Japan and Taiwan, this course will give students the opportunity to directly experience and assess how past histories of imperialism, occupation, and war influence the world of the present. We will seek to understand how Japan’s history of imperial expansion and occupation, and Taiwan’s experience of colonization by Japan and rule by China, are remembered today, and how they have shaped contemporary relations between Taiwan and Japan, and between both places and the United States. This course comprises both a pre-course to be held in the spring before departure (2 credits), and the three-week program overseas following spring commencement (3 credits). The pre-course is mandatory for all students who are on campus. Offered 2018 and alternate years. Dawley and White.

  
  • HIS 273 - African American History II (4 Cr.)

    (GCR RPP)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course surveys the history of African Americans from Reconstruction through the present. Although we will trace a chronological path, the course investigates issues such as the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Movement & Black Power, and the “Urban Crisis” while also attending to matters of class and gender. Students will also learn about the historical significance of black cultural production to the American popular imagination by studying aspects of Blues, Jazz, and Hip-Hop culture.
      Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Dator.
  
  • HIS 287 - The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Modern China (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course examines China’s history from the 17th century to the present, a period in which it became the most influential country in the world for 150 years, and then slowly declined and fragmented as a result of internal and external factors. After 20th century of dramatic revolutions and upheavals, it has almost regained its former status. We will examine China’s political and social structures, economic fluctuations, and its changing position in global affairs. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Dawley.
  
  • HIS 289 - Special Topics in History (4 Cr.)

    (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    Close investigation of a special topic or theme in History.  The topic or theme is variable. Course may be repeated if topic is different. Fall semester. Offered in alternate years. Program faculty.
  
  • HIS 290 - Practicum in History (0-4 Cr.)


    Students are placed in agencies, libraries, and archives for practical experience. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. May be taken for pass/no pass only. Program faculty.
  
  • HIS 295 - Latin American History: National Period (4 Cr.)

    (LAM 295) (LER - DIV)(LER - TXT)(GCR-RPP)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course examines the history of Latin America from the rise of independence movements in the early nineteenth century until the present. It focuses in particular on the formation of nation states and the social, political, and ideological issues that manifest in the development of these nations. The course will move chronologically exploring the creation of independent nations during the nineteenth century out of the crisis of Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires in the Americas, considering the consolidation of liberal political economies and challenges to these economies. These histories will provide a framework for a final section exploring the twentieth century that will focus on dictatorships and the neoliberal order in the region, as well as social and political movement that challenged them. Within the context of this chronological framework we will draw from a wide range of case studies that will include the history of Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Andean Republics and Central America. These case studies will allow us to examine closely the changes and continuities in Latin American societies during the national period. We will use these examples to explore recent historical approaches to this history that have highlighted the importance of exploring gender and race in these histories. Throughout the course the students will also analyze primary and secondary sources related to the course themes that highlight the experiences among others of immigrants, indigenous communities, and communities of African descent. By the end of the semester students will have read widely on the history of Latin American nations, examined the experiences of various groups within the region, and written about and interpreted these histories. Students new to the field of History are welcomed in the class; no prior knowledge of Latin American history is required or expected. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters.
  
  • HIS 299 - Independent Work in History (1-4 Cr.)


    Independent research on a historical problem leading to a substantial research paper or directed readings with a strong writing component.
  
  • HIS 320 - Special Topics (4 Cr.)


    Variable semesters.
  
  • HIS 387 - Seminar in Modern East Asia (4 Cr.)


    Independent research and directed reading on topics in East Asian history, culminating in a substantial paper. The topics will vary from year to year. Repeatable for additional credit with different topic. Prerequisite: one 200-level history course or permission of instructor. Variable semesters. Dawley.
  
  • HIS 397 - Senior Portfolio (1 Cr.)


    Majors should register to complete their senior portfolio, typically in their senior spring or final semester. Prerequisite: intended only for graduating history majors. Spring and Fall semesters.
  
  • HIS 400 - Independent Work in History (1.5-4 Cr.)


  
  • HIS 415 - Tutorial in Historical Research (4 Cr.)


    The discipline of history is built upon the skills of empirical research in written texts and material culture, and the transformation of that data into meaningful narratives about the past through interpretation and research. This course asks students to demonstrate their mastery of the discipline through an advanced project of research and writing of their own design. Students will complete this project through regular course meetings and one-on-one interaction with a member of the faculty. Required of all majors and minors, usually in the fall of their final year; open to non-majors by permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Program faculty.
  
  • HIS 495 - Senior Thesis in History (4 Cr.)

    (formerly HIS 450)
    Fall semester and spring semester.
  
  • HIS 497 - Capstone in History (2-4 Cr.)

    (formerly HIS 480)
    Each student will visualize and design a capstone project that culminates their work in the history program. This capstone project can take many forms: the refinement and/or extension of 400-level research tutorial essay; a creative, real-world application of historical knowledge and analysis; a practice teaching session of one historical problem or issue; or a portfolio of Goucher work with reflective commentary and analysis. This project will build to a final symposium in which all students will present their work for the Goucher community. Required of all majors and minors, usually in the spring of their final year.  Spring semester.

Intellectual Disabilities

  
  • SPE 224 - Practicum in Special Education with Children with Intellectual Disabilities (Variable Cr.)


    Practicum with children with intellectual disabilities in the elementary/middle-school age range under the supervision of a classroom teacher in special education. The practicum provides insight into the special needs and the unique educational approaches to teaching children with mental retardation. Prerequisites: one special education course and permission of the instructor before November 1. January intersession.

Interdisciplinary Studies

  
  • IDS 201 - Study Abroad Immersion Course (1 Cr.)


    The Study Abroad Immersion Course is a one-credit opportunity to help students have a more intentional, immersive and integrative experience while studying abroad. The course is part of the Study Abroad Learning Education Requirement (LER-SA). Office of International Studies permission required. Pass/No-Pass grading only.
  
  • IDS 290 - Internship (0-4 Cr.)


    Service-learning internship in Baltimore City is section .001.
  
  • IDS 299 - Independent Work in Interdisciplinary Studies (3-4 Cr.)


  
  • IDS 300 - Making Connections: A Service-Learning Liberal Arts Capstone (4 Cr.)


    Multidisciplinary capstone experience to help seniors put their own majors in a larger context by examining inter-relationships among their courses, between their own major and other majors, and between liberal arts college experience and issues in the off-campus community. Students will work cooperatively as a team and explore the contributions of different liberal arts academic disciplines to address social and civic issues. Process and results will be presented both on and off campus. Large fieldwork component to be carried out as part of Goucher’s partnership with the HARBEL Community Organization in northeast Baltimore City. Prerequisites: senior standing and permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Instructor to be appointed.
  
  • IDS 399 - Advanced Independent Work (3-4 Cr.)


  
  • IDS 497 - Interdisciplinary Studies Capstone (2 Cr.)


    The Individualized Interdisciplinary Major (IIM) provides a platform for motivated students to design their own interdisciplinary major. This capstone course investigates interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to research and how these approaches have served to advance the sciences and the humanities. The IIM capstone also provides a platform for IIM students to share their approaches to true interdisciplinary thinking and research. Students will work on projects that will be suitable for the student symposium. Prerequisite: declared IIM major. Fall and spring semesters. Poliakoff-Chen.

Italian

  
  • IT 110 - Elements of Italian I (4 Cr.)


    This course introduces the basic structure of the Italian language in a communicative and cross-cultural context. Students will develop the four basic language skills of listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing as well as acquiring cultural competency while building a solid background in grammar and vocabulary. All throughout the semester a variety of activities will be used to develop the student’s skill in using the language in everyday situations. Four contact hours. Fall semester.
  
  • IT 120 - Elements of Italian II (4 Cr.)


    In this course, we will continue our study of the Italian language, concentrating on the further development of the four language skills of listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing as well as acquiring cultural competency while building a solid background in grammar and vocabulary. This course will allow you to begin building communicative competency by offering many opportunities to speak, write, read and obtain a basic feel for the culture itself. All throughout the semester a variety of activities will be used to develop the student’s skill in using the language in everyday situations. Four contact hours. Prerequisite: IT 110  with a minimum grade of C- or placement. Spring semester.
  
  • IT 130 - Intermediate Italian (4 Cr.)

    (LER - FL)
    Continued development of both spoken and written Italian, vocabulary acquisition, and grammar concepts. Readings focus on both literature and cultural aspects of the Italian world. Four contact hours. Prerequisite: IT 120  with a minimum grade of C- or placement. Fall and spring semesters.
  
  • IT 132 - Special Topics in Language and Culture - Italian (2 Cr.)


    Working in small groups or within other collaborative formats, students will explore cultural themes and apply grammatical concepts in the target language through the use of authentic materials such as literary and journalistic texts, advertisements, films, songs, or digital media. IT132 focuses on the attainment of low-intermediate level proficiency. Students completing the FLCR must take IT 132 to complete the FLCR on Platforms 1 and 2. They may take two 132 courses instead of IT 130  (4 Cr.) if the topic is different and course is available. Two 132 courses are the prerequisite for 200 level coursework. Any student having previously completed 130 or a level beyond 130 may not take 132 for credit. Prerequisite: IT 120  or equivalent with a grade of C-. Variable semesters. First offered Fall 2018.

Judaic Studies

  
  • JS 105 - The Jewish Experience (4 Cr.)

    (RLG 105) (LER-TXT AND DIV)
    This course surveys and examines the wide variety of Jewish cultures from late antiquity to the modern period in the land of Israel and the Middle East, Spain, Eastern Europe, Germany, and the United States. We will consider the multifarious religious and secular aspects of the Jewish experience, and how Jews adapted to, resisted, and contributed to the cultures around them. Spring semesters.
  
  • JS 114 - Jewish Humor (4 Cr.)

    (LER DIV)(LER TXT)(GCR RPP)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
    This course uses the long history of Jewish humor to introduce the student both to the discipline of Judaic studies and also to the philosophical issues–ethical, political, and social–that arise from studying humor. Some questions we might discuss are: What makes something humorous? How do we respond–ethically, socially, and politically–to offensive humor? What role does humor play in society? Explicitly, we will draw comparisons between Jewish humor and other ethnic humors (e.g. African-American humor) and try to assess what humor does and can mean for us moving forward. Some of the figures we might focus on are, e.g., Henri Bergson, Sigmund Freud, Sarah Silverman, and Dave Chappelle Fall semester. Offered fall 2017 and every other year. Shuster.
  
  • JS 130 - Elements of Hebrew III (4 Cr.)

    (LER-FL)
    A continuation of previous work. This course sequence is designed to make it possible for students to attain a high-intermediate level in oral, aural, and written Hebrewat the completion of this course. Fall semester.
  
  • JS 208 - Philosophy of Religion (4 Cr.)

    (PHL 208 and RLG 208) (LER DIV and LER TXT)(GCR RPP)
    In a historically sensitive and comparative manner, this course examines classical and contemporary philosophical accounts of the nature and existence of ultimate reality. Topics covered include conceptions of ultimate reality, evil, immortality, religious experience, and human subjectivity as well as arguments for and against theism, atheism, and agnosticism. Our approach will draw on both Eastern and Western traditions and will be sensitive to the social and political relations that animate religious traditions. Offered spring 2017 and every two years. Shuster.
  
  • JS 217 - Judaism and Political Theology (4 Cr.)

    (PSC 217)
    This class explores the relationship between religion and the political order. Some questions that animate it are: is or must the political order somehow be based on or tied to religion? What does it mean to be secular, especially given secularism’s religious origins (a point we also explore)? These and other broader questions are connected to traditions of thinking about these issues in Judaism, itself a fundamental input into both Christianity and Islam, and thereby a large portion of the world, both ancient and modern. Throughout, the aim is to use Judaism to illuminate and think about broader political theological questions–so we are just as likely to read the Talmud or Moses Maimonides as we are to read Barack Obama or Martin Luther King. Spring. Offered Spring 2018 and every other year. Shuster.
  
  • JS 233 - Contemporary Jewish Literature (4 Cr.)


    This course will provide students with an opportunity to read a wide variety of literary material by European Jewish writers from the turn of the century to the present day. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Variable semesters.
  
  • JS 235 - A Survey of Modern Hebrew Literature (4 Cr.)


    Modern Hebrew literature reflects the distinctive heritage and the turbulent recent history of the Jews, so it is markedly different from the modern American literature that we know. This course, taught in English, supplies the background needed to make Hebrew literature accessible in translation. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Variable semesters
  
  • JS 240 - The Israeli Media (4 Cr.)


    This course will be conducted in Hebrew and will include an analysis of Israeli media as a reflection of historic goals and cultural values in the society. Prerequisite: JS 133. Variable semesters. Program faculty.
  
  • JS 241 - Israeli Film and Television (4 Cr.)


    An advanced Hebrew culture course that focuses on various aspects of Israeli society as portrayed in Israeli films and TV. This course is conducted in Hebrew. Prerequisite: placement test in Hebrew. Variable semesters.
  
  • JS 242 - The Modern Jewish Experience (4 Cr.)

    (LER-TXT)
    Through an analysis of various forms of literature and media-autobiography, theological and philosophical writings, political treatises, fiction, and film-we will consider the ways in which secular Jewish identities and commitments in the modern world have been articulated and contested. We will work to define the meaning of “the secular,” “secularization,” and “secularism” and consider how these terms may be applied to Judaism. We will be attentive throughout to the complex dialectical relationship between Judaism as a religion and secular manifestations of Jewishness. Topics will include Spinoza and the theological-political critique of Judaism, the varieties of Jewish nationalism, and the phenomenon of “non-Jewish” Jews. Fall semester
  
  • JS 247 - Issues in Contemporary Jewish Thought (4 Cr.)


    The modern world opened up vistas of possibilities for Jews, but it also posed profound problems for Judaism. The development of a modern historical consciousness and the possibility of political and social integration challenged traditional models of Jewish religiosity and identity and opened up the space for new forms of “Jewishness.” In this course, we will inquire into the nature and meaning of “Jewish modernity.” What does it mean to be a Jew and a modern at the same time? In what ways can modern Jewish commitment be understood? This course examines these issues from the writings of Moses Mendelssohn, Herman Cohen, Martin Buber, Franz Roseznweig, Abraham J. Heschel, Rav Joseph Soloveitchik, Judith Plaskow, and Rachel Adler. Spring semester.
  
  • JS 250 - World Crisis (4 Cr.)


    This course focuses on world crisis. Each crisis is studied within a framework that uses methods and concepts in international relations theory. Topics are selected based on current world problems. Prerequisite: PSC 150 . Fall semester. Honick
  
  • JS 258 - The International Politics of the Middle East (4 Cr.)

    (PSC 258 )
    Examination of regional and international issues in the Middle East. Topics include the Arab- Israeli conflict, inter-Arab rivalries, instability in the Persian Gulf, and the crisis in Lebanon. Prerequisite: PSC 100 COURSE NOW INACTIVE. Spring semester. Honick.
  
  • JS 272Y - Intensive Course Abroad (2 or 4 Cr.)

    (ED 272Y ) (LER-SA)(GCR-SA)


    INTENSIVE COURSE ABROAD (GEN. ED. #3) Courses include a pre-departure or post-departure discussion (or both) in the fall or spring term and a three-week intensive course abroad in the winter intersession or summer.

    EDUCATION IN A MULTICULTURAL ISRAELI SOCIETY (1.5-3) (ED 272Y) This course will provide fieldwork experience and lectures from the faculty of Ben Gurion University of Negev in Israel concerning education for Bedouin Arabs and Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Spring semester/summer

 

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