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Sociology
  

  • SOCI 312 - Social Inequality

    Analyzes social structure and social stratification, emphasizing economic class, life styles, differential prestige, and inequality. The theory of social class and its measurement is discussed, and the change and stability of social class is considered. Comparative examples of stratification are examined, although the emphasis is on the American class system.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) or (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210)
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None
    Formerly: SOAN 312


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  • SOCI 313 - Environmental Problems and Environmental Activism in the People’s Republic of China

    Explores China’s complex environmental issues, their historical roots, and social implications. Also examines the rise of environmental social activism in China. Using pedagogical methods from InterGroup Dialogues (IGD), students are provided with the intellectual tools to analyze issues of power, privilege, and identity and by extension, their own position in the world in relation to these environmental issues. This course is linked to an extended study to China. Students travel to the People’s Republic of China, where they will examine sites of environmental problems, but also meet activists and see their work in progress. The trip will also bring to the forefront some of the issues of power, privilege, and race issues that were discussed in the course.

    Credits: 1.00
    Crosslisted:   &   
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements


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  • SOCI 313E - Environmental Problems and Environmental Activism in the People’s Republic of China (Extended Study)

    This extended study is linked to the on-campus course SOCI 313 . Students will travel to the People’s Republic of China, where they will examine sites of environmental problems, but also meet activists and see their work in progress. The trip will also bring to the forefront some of the issues of power, privilege, and race issues that were discussed in the course.

    Credits: 0.50
    Crosslisted:   &   
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: None
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 313L - Environmental Problems and Environmental Activism in the People’s Republic of China Lab

    Examines the rise of environmental social activism in China; the historical, political, cultural, and economic roots of China’s current environmental problems, including deforestation, air pollution, water pollution, and species loss. Students learn theories of environmental justice and explore the rise of environmental activism in the PRC. The course will utilize pedagogical methods from InterGroup Dialogue (IGD) to provide students with the intellectual tools to analyze issues of power, privilege, and identity and by extension, their own position in the world in relation to these environmental issues.

    Credits: 1.00
    Crosslisted:   & ENST 313L  
    Corequisite: SOCI 313  
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: None
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 318 - International Migration, U.S. Immigration, and Immigrants

    Introduces students to approaches to the study of international migration, immigrant assimilation and adjustment, ethnic social and economic stratification, and immigration policy formation and analysis. These topics are explored within the historical and contemporary context of the United States and New York. The class considers theoretical perspectives that have been applied to the study of migration as well as approaches used by sociologists and geographers in empirical analyses of US immigration, immigrant populations, and ethnic relations. These analytical issues are considered in detail for immigrant and ethnic groups within New York State and the New York metropolitan community. Finally, students consider the relationships among patterns of immigration and ethnic relations, cultural change, international relations and transnational linkages, and US immigration policy reform.

    Credits: 1.00
    Crosslisted:   
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 319 - Food (CB)

    Food is fundamental — it sustains us and is essential for our survival — but food is more than just what we eat. Food is also a commodity with complex global markets and ecological impacts; it is highly regulated through our political processes and institutions; and it forms a key part of our culture and the social rhythms of everyday life. This course explores these many dimensions of food, focusing especially on key questions about where it comes from, how it is produced, and how it is embedded in our economic, political, and cultural institutions. Students participate in a service learning internship at Common Thread Community Farm in Madison, NY. The course also involves field trips to and guest speakers from local food and farming communities. (CB)

    Credits: 1.00
    Crosslisted: ENST 319  
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) or (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210) or    and students must have an open morning (no other enrolled courses) on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m., in order to accommodate the farm internship component of the course.
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements
    Formerly: SOAN 319


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  • SOCI 320 - Social Deviance

    Examines the nature and consequences of deviant behavior in modern society. Students develop an understanding of the historical development of the study of deviance, the main theoretical perspectives on deviance, and some of the substantive concerns in the study of deviant behavior. This includes conceptualizations and definitions of deviance, the emergence and management of deviant identities, deviant careers, deviant subcultures, accounts of deviant behavior, and the social control of deviance. Specific types of deviance studied include substance use, sexual practices, non-violent crime, violent crime, mental illness, and youth subcultures.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: SOCI 201  or SOCI 250  
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 321 - Black Communities

    Uses a social scientific approach to examine the circumstances and dynamics characterizing black communities in the contemporary United States. Key areas of inquiry include the operation of major social institutions shaping community life, social class divisions, health and housing prospects, and the ways that the intersections of racial/ethnic identity, class, and gender shape the experiences of community members.

    Credits: 1.00
    Crosslisted:   
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) or (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210) or    
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None
    Formerly: SOAN 321


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  • SOCI 324 - Medical Sociology

    Introduces students to the uniqueness of sociological perspectives in understanding health care, and the social factors that influence health care. Students employ several levels of analysis: social history, social interaction, work roles, organizations, organizational relationships, and social policy. The framework for this course is that of social organization to show that the social organization of a society influences, to some degree, the type and distribution of disease, illness, and death found in that society. The social organization of a society also influences, to a significant degree, how the system of medical care responds. The values and assumptions underlying the medical definition of health are not necessarily the same as those underlying the sociological definition of health. A focus of the course is to examine race, class, and gender issues that influence the delivery of healthcare in this country. Attention is given to such topics as social epidemiology, the social demography of health, social stress, and illness behavior. Students also review the sick role, doctor-patient interaction, medical health professionals, hospitals and other health care agencies, and the healthcare delivery system in the United States and other countries.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) or (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210)
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 326 - Nations and Nationalism

    Nationalism is on the rise in the United Kingdom and the United States again, as well as in China, Russia, and elsewhere. But what exactly is nationalism? Why does it arise? And what are its effects on society? Students explore nationalism through case studies, both from history and in today’s news. Students investigate the relationship between nationalism and other social constructions of identity, such as language, religion, ethnicity, and gender. The course also examines contemporary phenomenon undermining nationalism: transnationalism, multinationalism, and globalization.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) or (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210)
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements
    Formerly: SOAN 326


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  • SOCI 328 - Criminology

    Designed to introduce students to the field of criminology, the concept(s) of crime, the dilemmas modern criminologists encounter in conducting research, and the major theoretical perspectives on crime and criminal behavior. Emphasis is placed on sociological determinants of criminal behavior, as well as the functioning of the US criminal justice system.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) or (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210)
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None
    Formerly: SOAN 328


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  • SOCI 330 - Race and Crime

    Uses a social scientific approach to examine the relationship between race and crime in the contemporary United States, with a particular emphasis on the African American experience. Key areas of inquiry include the nature of mass incarceration, urban crime, the politics of the new law and order regime, the relationship between punitiveness and prejudice, racial profiling, the community-level impacts of mass incarceration, the legitimacy crisis facing the criminal justice system, media depictions of race and crime, and racial stereotyping.

    Credits: 1.00
    Crosslisted:   
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) or (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210) or ANTH 202  
    Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Sociology & Anthropology, Sociology, Africana & Latin Amer Studies Majors and Minors
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 332 - Business and Society

    Analyzes the impact of corporations on US society in the context of changing technologies, the growing importance of service industries, and the need to remain competitive in the international economy. Students explore the effects of corporate strategies and decisions on industrial structure, employment, and social welfare.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) or (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210)
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 333 - Sociology of the Life Course (RI)

    Takes the human life span as the primary unit of analysis. Individuals live their lives within contexts supplied by an existing social framework. It is this framework that orders transitions between the various stages of life, constructs the various roles that individuals occupy over the course of their lives, and provides the set of historical conditions, ideas, and institutions by which individuals give meaning to their existence. Human lives are characterized by both continuity and change, and each human must negotiate the path of his or her life through a web of institutional networks. These pre-existing frameworks through which individuals travel are subject to the constraints of the past but are also open to possibilities created by each new generation. Understanding this complex relationship can not only broaden our notion of what it means to be human, but take our humanity to new heights as well.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) or (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210)
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 333L - Sociology of the Life Course Field Component/Lab

    This community-based learning “field” component, offered on an irregular basis, is an add-on to SOCI 333 . It entails a minimum of 20 hours in the “field,” conducting interviews, attending workshops, fulfilling assignments, and constructing a final project in the form of a podcast in partnership with a community-dwelling elder.

    Credits: 0.25
    Corequisite: SOCI 333 
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 335 - Sociology of Death, Dying and Grieving (RI)

    Focuses on the structural and cultural elements surrounding death and dying. Students examine death from the perspective of US- based health-care professionals, family members, institutions, the funeral industry, and the dying themselves. In so doing, students discuss who has access to “a good death,” ethical issues in how death is defined, how these realities are shaped by structural inequalities, and policy suggestions for the future. Initially, students focus on intersections between death and dying, COVID-19, race, gender, and age. From there the course readings expand out to biographical, journalistic and social science sources to explore cross-cultural rituals of death, dying, and grieving. This course fulfills a community-based (CB) learning component, as students visit (in some cases, virtually) a hospice home for the dying and/or a funeral home, and a local cemetery, participate in a Death Café, and explore writing their own obituaries. This course also counts as a Research Intensive (RI) course.

    Credits: 1.0
    Prerequisites:   or   
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 337 - Globalization and Culture

    What does “globalization” mean, and what does it mean for societies and people facing the onslaught of global corporations? This course examines the phenomenon of globalization from a variety of theoretical perspectives, ranging from neo-liberal economics to cultural anthropology. It analyzes how each of these works defines the causes of globalization and its effects on traditional cultures, community relationships, economic wealth and justice, and political institutions. To put these theoretical works in perspective, interspersed with them will be actual case studies of real people and real communities, ranging from Costa Rican farmers to Thai factory workers, interacting with the forces of globalization. These case studies will allow students to test the abstract analyses and see which theories fit reality.

    Credits: 1.00
    Crosslisted:   
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) or (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210)
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements


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  • SOCI 340 - Work and Society

    This study of the organization of work in industrialized societies includes the following topics: technology and work; hierarchy and control in the workplace; women, minorities, and work; worker discontent; and the professionalization of work. Special attention is given to the topics of skill and technology, especially with regard to workplace democratization.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) or (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210)
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 344 - The Sociology of Money and Markets

    Examines the social, cultural, and political underpinnings of economic constructs such as money, the market, consumption, and finance. Students explore how a sociological perspective complements and challenges traditional economic theories. The focus is on the economics of everyday life - consumption, saving, and investing.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) or (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210)
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 348 - Contested identities: Popular Culture in America

    Popular culture is an important site for the expression of cultural identity and social conflict in America. This course views popular culture as an essential site in the cultural politics of America that involves the formation of ideas, identities, pleasures, and even desires. A central element in this cultural politics is the contested nature of American identity as well as the contested nature of social identities based on race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, etc. Students also read theoretical texts that place popular culture and mass media in their social, economic, and political contexts. From conflicts over high art and popular art, to leisure and social class, to race and ethnicity, to film and the spectacle, to gender and the family, to sexuality and deviance, to cultural appropriation, students explore the rich, complex, and fraught history of American popular culture over the last 150 years.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) or (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210) or ( )
    Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Sociology & Anthropology, Sociology, Film & Media Studies Majors and Minors
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None
    Formerly: SOAN 348


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  • SOCI 355 - Culture, Class, Politics: Social Theory

    The course charts the development of social theory since the classical social theorists, with a particular focus on how critical social thinkers have understood inequality and forms of social power. The course gives special attention to the relationship between social thought and its historical-political context, and notably its relationship to labor and anti-colonial movements and the “new social movements.” Central themes in the course include the problems of the idea of “culture”; how much an understanding of “class” can or cannot explain; and the status of notions of ideology, discourse, and materialism in contemporary social thought. Theorists who work may be covered include Gramsci, Norbert Elias, Karl Polanyi, C. Wright Mills, De Beauvoir, Fanon, Said, Bourdieu, Habermas, Stuart Hall, Anthony Giddens, and others.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) or    
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 361 - Power, Politics, and Social Change

    Examines the relationship between power, politics, and social change with a special focus on social movements. It considers questions such as: What leads to social movement? What do social movements do? What are the tools they use? The approach of this course is historical and comparative. It will consider what social movements can tell us about society, and apply key sociological concepts to considerations of collective action. The course will consider the building blocks of social movements from the perspective of a social movement participant, exercising the notion of ‘sociological competence.’ By studying social movements through the perspectives of both scholar and activist, students will gain helpful tools for collective action and social change.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) or (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210) or   
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 367 - Sociology of Gender

    Drawing on theoretical and empirical research, as well as visual media and print news reporting, this course explores gender as a primary market of social inequality in our society and a major impetus for social change. Specifically, students analyze how gendered ideologies, practices, and contexts shape social institutions such as work, family, medicine, sport, military, religion, and the beauty industry. They examine how institutions and bodies become contested sites for gender and sexual politics. The class also pays close attention to how gendered ideologies work in tandem with race, class, and sexual expectations, constraining (and sometimes enabling) bodies and lives. The course encourages students to analyze US culture with a gendered lens.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) or (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210) or (WMST 202 )
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 369 - Women, Health, and Medicine

    Draws on interdisciplinary research and writings to explore the ways in which the nature, distribution, meanings, and everyday life experiences associated with health, medicine, and illness are shaped by historical, cultural, political, and economic factors. Covering both micro- and macro-sociological terrains, students utilize a gendered lens to critically analyze the construction of gendered medical problems and doctor-patient encounters throughout history, women’s experiences in a male-dominated health care system, and social movements in response to medical injustices.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: SOCI 201  or SOAN 204 or SOCI 250  or SOAN 210
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 375 - Media and Politics (RI)

    Uses a social scientific approach to examine the role that the media plays in American politics. Key areas of inquiry include the function of the media in democracy, the news-making process, campaigning through the news, political advertising, media effects, governing through the news, and infotainment/satire.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) or (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210)
    Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Sociology & Anthropology, Sociology Majors and Minors
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 378 - Social Theory of Everyday Life

    Since classical times, philosophers and historians have studied and recorded the details of everyday life with an eye to grasping the meaning of social practice. The past 50 years, however, have seen the bourgeoning of an exciting body of critical theory on the quotidian. Much of this work is concerned with profound questions about how the systems, structures, and practices of modernity shape basic human interactions with things, with places, and with other persons, and how these, in turn, reproduce social structures. This course presents sociological and anthropological texts concerned with everyday domesticity, cuisine, gesture, movement, activity, entertainment, talk, schooling, and bureaucracy, and explores the theoretical paradigms of knowledge, practice, and power to which these texts are ultimately addressed.

    Credits: 1.00
    Crosslisted:   
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) or (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210)
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 391 - Independent Study

    Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.

    Credits: variable
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 453 - Senior Seminar in Sociology

    In this capstone seminar for the sociology major, students conduct original sociological research on the topics of their choice. Research projects grounded in sociological theory, review relevant literature on the topics, and collect and analyze data to find their own results. Each student’s project results in a significant thesis paper, through which students learn the process of doing sociological research and writing a sociological article. Seminars focus on a variety of broad topical areas in sociology, depending on the instructor.

    Credits: 1.00
    When Offered: Fall semester only

    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 101  or SOAN 101) and (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) and (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210) and (SOCI 251  or SOCI 253  or SOCI 254  or  ) (SOCI 101  with a grade of C or higher)
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: Only Senior
    Recommended: All Sociology majors should plan to take this course in the fall of their senior year.
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 491 - Independent Study

    Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.

    Credits: variable
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: None
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 494 - Honors and High Honors Seminar

    Serves as a bridge to the Honors Thesis Workshop. Students develop a proposal and collect initial data for a substantive, research-based thesis project, to be completed in  .

    Credits: 1.00
    When Offered: Fall semester only

    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: (SOCI 101  or SOAN 101) and (SOCI 201  or SOAN 204) and (SOCI 250  or SOAN 210) and (SOCI 251  or SOCI 253  or SOCI 254  or ANTH 211 ) (SOCI 101  with a grade of C or higher)
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: Only Senior
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SOCI 495 - Honors and High Honors Thesis Workshop

    With the guidance of their instructor from SOCI 494  and a topical adviser from among the continuing faculty in sociology, students work to complete the projects begun in SOCI 494 .

    Credits: 1.00
    When Offered: Spring semester only

    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: SOCI 494  
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: Only Senior
    Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to seniors who have completed SOCI 494  
    Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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Spanish
  

  • SPAN 121 - Elementary Spanish I

    The SPAN 121,122 sequence invites students to an introductory-level communication with the Spanish-speaking world. In SPAN 121, students become familiar with the mechanics of the spoken and written language while sharing information about themselves and their surroundings. Exercises and projects focus on learning about people, cities and music in Latin American and Spain through basic language structures. Students are strongly encouraged to continue into SPAN 122 to complete the year-long sequence. Language Placement Guidelines

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No Senior
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 122 - Elementary Spanish II

    SPAN 122 builds upon the skills acquired in SPAN 121 by enhancing mastery of the language through the use of short stories, video and audio exercises, and the exploration of other forms of cultural production in the Spanish-speaking world. Language Placement Guidelines

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No Senior
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 195 - Elementary-Level Spanish Language Abroad

    Elementary-level language courses taken abroad with a Colgate study group, an approved program, or in a foreign institution of higher learning.

    Credits: 1
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 201 - Intermediate Spanish

    Designed to improve the student’s ability to understand, speak, read, and write Spanish. It includes a comprehensive review of grammar, regularly scheduled vocabulary study, conversational practice, short compositions, and laboratory exercises. Language Placement Guidelines

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: Two or three years of high school Spanish or SPAN 121 , SPAN 122  
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Recommended: Students with more than 3 years of high school Spanish should not register for this course Students with a grade of D+ or below in SPAN 122  are urged to repeat the course before taking SPAN 201.
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 202 - Intermediate Spanish: Language and Literature

    Continues to improve the student’s ability to understand, speak, read, and write Spanish and emphasizes development of reading comprehension. It includes a review of the more difficult points of intermediate grammar and focuses on the acquisition of skills necessary for the study of literature. Vocabulary study, conversational practice, and short compositions based on readings are included. Instructors will determine eligibility of students with more than 3 or 4 years of secondary school Spanish following review of language background. Language Placement Guidelines

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: Three to four years of high school Spanish or SPAN 201  or equivalent
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Restrictions: Not open to students who receive credit for SPAN 202 by scoring 4 on the AP language exam or 4 on the AP literature exam. Students with more than four years of secondary school Spanish may not register for this course and should select a 300-level course instead.
    Recommended: Recommended for students who have a good background in grammar but need further training in reading before taking courses at the 350 level.
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements


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  • SPAN 291 - Independent Study

    Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.

    Credits: variable
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 295 - Intermediate-Level Spanish Language Abroad

    Intermediate-level language courses taken abroad with a Colgate study group, an approved program, or in a foreign institution of higher learning.

    Credits: 1
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 351 - Spanish Literature: Knights and Troubadours in Medieval Spain

    Offers an introduction to Spanish literature from its medieval origins through the 15th century, with emphasis on the relations among literature, culture, and civilization. Works from different genres are studied, including epic poetry, Hispano-Arabic poetry, folk ballads, early theater, historical works, and short stories. Students explore issues of authorship, as well as the cultural, religious, and historical contexts that produced each work. Language Placement Guidelines

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: At least four years of high school Spanish or SPAN 202  
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Restrictions: Students who complete a 400-level course may not register for this course.
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 352 - Spanish Literature: Love and Honor in the Golden Age

    This survey examines the interrelated notions of love, sex, and honor as they appear in the prose, theater, and poetry of Spain. Emphasis is placed on the Renaissance and the Baroque, the so-called Golden Age of Spanish literature (16th and 17th centuries). Language Placement Guidelines

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: At least four years of high school Spanish or SPAN 202  
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Restrictions: Students who complete a 400-level course may not register for this course.
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 353 - Spanish Literature: Modern Spain in Crisis

    Beginning with the loss of the empire in the 19th century and moving through a series of political upheavals, including civil war and fascism, the history of modern Spain has been one of turmoil and continual conflict. The numerous political crises resulted in larger crises of a social, spiritual, and moral nature. Questions of national identity, generational gaps, and gender, as they appear in Spanish literature from the late 19th century to the present day, are the focus of this course. Readings include works of prose, theater, and poetry drawn from a range of literary movements, and emphasis is placed on the socio-historical context and its relationship with literary innovation. Language Placement Guidelines

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: At least four years of high school Spanish or SPAN 202  
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Restrictions: Students who complete a 400-level course may not register for this course.
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements


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  • SPAN 354 - Latin American Literature: Illusion, Fantasy, Magical Realism

    Through a survey of Latin American literature from its origins through the 20th century, this course examines the many forms of alternative reality that Latin American writers have created and explored. The course relates those realities to the cultural and sociological history of Latin America as well as to larger Western literary modes, such as the Baroque, Romanticism, and Surrealism. Language Placement Guidelines

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: At least four years of high school Spanish or SPAN 202  
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Restrictions: Students who complete a 400-level course may not register for this course.
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 355 - Latin American Literature: The Many Voices of Latin America

    The course explores the diversity of literary voices in Latin America, from pre-Columbian texts to the contemporary writings of Castellanos, Rulfo, and García Márquez. This survey introduces students to the most important developments in Latin American literary history as it examines questions of cultural, ethnic, gender, and class identities. Language Placement Guidelines

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: At least four years of high school Spanish or SPAN 202  
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Restrictions: Students who complete a 400-level course may not register for this course.
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements


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  • SPAN 361 - Advanced Composition and Stylistics

    Structured as an intensive composition class. Emphasis is placed on mastering the fine points of Spanish grammar in order to improve writing skills. In addition to regular class meetings, students are required to attend a series of cultural events, which may include film, theater, etc. Language Placement Guidelines

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: At least four years of high school Spanish, or SPAN 202  
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Restrictions: Not open to students with a score of 5 on AP language exam, except by permission of instructor. Must be taken on campus to fulfill major or minor requirements.
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 380 - Perfecting Language (Madrid Study Group)

    Provides students with a comprehensive review of the finer points of the Spanish language, with an emphasis on fostering near-native pronunciation, correctness of grammar in speech and writing, and the idiomatic use of the language in a variety of contexts. Placement in this course is determined by the Director in consultation with the Santiago de Compostela faculty following the two-week introductory session there.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 391 - Independent Study

    Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.

    Credits: variable
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 395 - Advanced-Level Spanish Language Abroad

    Advanced-level language courses taken abroad with a Colgate study group, an approved program, or in a foreign institution of higher learning.

    Credits: 1
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 400 - Program Seminar (Madrid Study Group)

    An advanced study of the history, art, theater, and film in Spain. Offered as part of the Madrid Study Group and counts for the Spanish major and minor.

    Credits: 1
    When Offered: Fall study group

    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 460 - Spanish Renaissance and Baroque Poetry

    This seminar studies Spanish poetry of the 16th and 17th centuries. Particular attention is paid to three currents: the Petrarchan tradition of love poetry, Neo-stoic moral poetry, and the burlesque. Emphasis is placed on the works of Garcilaso, Fray Luis de León, Góngora, Lope de Vega, and Quevedo.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 461 - Theater of the Golden Age

    This seminar studies the techniques and themes of the comedia as exemplified primarily in the works of Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca, and Tirso de Molina.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements


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  • SPAN 462 - Cervantes’ Don Quijote

    A contextualized, in-depth reading of Cervantes’ masterpiece.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 465 - 19th-Century Spanish Literature

    First explores the historical and literary circumstances surrounding the rise of realism in 19th-century Spain, paying particular attention to aspects of the tradition that are peculiar to the Spanish tradition. Representative works from the height of Spanish realism are examined, and the course ends with the study of texts from the last decades of the century that sought to transcend the limitations inherent in the realist movement.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 467 - Latin American Romanticism

    Examines the rise of Romantic modes of expression in 19th-century Latin American letters. Works are studied in the context of the continent’s struggle for political and cultural independence, anti-slavery sentiment, political dissent and the experience of exile, and the project of nation building.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 468 - Visions and Re-visions of the Spanish Conquest: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

    Combines historical and literary approaches to examine early representations and interpretations of the Spanish discovery and conquest of the Caribbean and Mexico. The first half of the course compares texts produced by indigenous and Spanish actors during the Conquest period. The analysis of letters, chronicles, treatises, codices and other documents offers insight on the diverse Spanish and Native understandings of the events and ways of portraying them, and on the fierce legal and moral debates that the Conquest engendered among Spaniards. The second half of the course focuses on retrospective representations of the Conquest during the established colonial regime. The analysis of plays, poetry, works of art, and other texts of the 16th and 17th centuries reveals how the Conquest and its aftermath were reimagined by Spanish and Creole subjects, enabling them to articulate new forms of power, authority and hybrid identity.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 470 - Subject and the City: Imagined and Real

    What do literary subjects and contemporary cities have in common? Students explore the connections between the two of them, placing special emphasis on the role that imagination plays in the construction of space. Through the analysis of novels, short stories, diaries and hybrid texts, students question the notion of authorship, problematizing the relationship between fictional characters, authors and readers with urban landscapes and spatial theories. A close analysis of literary representations of cities such as Madrid, Barcelona and New York, as well as the subjects who inhabit them, leads students to examine the fine line that separates the real from the fictional realm.

    Credits: 1
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 473 - Women and Censorship in Contemporary Spanish Novels

    In post-Civil War Spain, the prolonged tenure of Franco led to almost 40 years of strict censorship on the part of the government. The death of Franco in 1975 brought a cultural regeneration to the country, which was renowned for its literary innovation and fresh relationship to a new sociocultural context, especially for female writers and female representation. This course analyzes themes of oppression and social injustice from a gender perspective in the literary works of post-war novelists, as well as the novelistic representations of women undergone by Spain during the transition to democracy.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 474 - Short Fiction in Contemporary Spain

    In 20th and 21st century Spain, short fiction has grown and evolved in numerous exciting directions. This course focuses on several of these new developments, which include the emergence of micro-fiction, the increasingly prominent place of female writers, and the blurring of the boundaries between fiction and reality through hybrid pieces that stand between stories and opinion columns.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 475 - Spanish as a Global Language

    Explores the historical, social, and cultural elements represented in the dialectical diversity of the Spanish language. Some of the issues studied are the development of Spanish as the national language of Spain; the contemporary status of regional languages and dialects within Spain; the spread of Spanish in the Americas, Africa, and Asia through conquest and colonization; language policies toward indigenous languages in Latin America; and the future of the role of Spanish as a minority language in the United States. Emphasis is put on the role of language in cultural and social identity as well as in political power and conflict. Taught in Spanish.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 476 - Linguistic History of Spain

    This seminar provides advanced-level language students with the understanding of the evolution of the Spanish language. It focuses on the external history (i.e., cultural, social, historical, and political factors that contributed to the evolution of Spanish from Latin to early romance, and then to the modern language), as well as the internal linguistic changes (i.e., changes in sounds, word formation, sentence structure, and vocabulary). These external and internal developments are considered within the context of linguistic diversity of pre-modern Iberia. Special attention is paid to historical explanations of “irregularities” found in modern Spanish. Therefore, the course is of interest to students who wish to improve their understanding of the idiosyncrasies of the Spanish language. The class also linguistically analyzes a selection from pre-modern texts. This analysis is of particular interest to students who plan to take courses in medieval, Golden Age, and colonial Spanish literature. The course does not presuppose knowledge of linguistics or languages other than Spanish. Taught in Spanish.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 477 - Women Writing in Latin America

    An in-depth study of the relationship between gender and genre in literary texts written by women in contemporary Latin America and the Hispanic Caribbean, the course addresses questions of authorship within the development of Latin American women’s literary traditions, as well as the relationship between patriarchal societies and women’s literary discourses.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 478 - Literature of the Caribbean

    A close study of the Hispanic literature of the island nations of the Caribbean, with particular attention to ethnic and cultural diversity. Representative authors in the various genres are studied within the general framework of their social and literary contexts. Emphasis is placed on contemporary writers.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 481 - Major Hispanic Authors

    This seminar provides the opportunity for extensive study of the works of the most distinguished authors writing in the Spanish language before 1900. It is taught by a staff member who has particular interest and expertise in the literature to be examined.

    Credits: 1.00
    When Offered: On an irregular basis

    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 482 - Major Hispanic Authors

    This seminar provides the opportunity for extensive study of the works of the most distinguished authors writing in the Spanish language after 1900. It is taught by a staff member who has particular interest and expertise in the literature to be examined.

    Credits: 1.00
    When Offered: On an irregular basis

    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 483 - Spanish American Modernismo: Spleen, Femme Fatales, Artificial Paradises

    Analyzes literary works from the Spanish American Modernista period (1880-1910). The critical analysis of poems, chronicles, short stories and novels will be situated within the broader context of modernity, and within relevant social, cultural and political contexts in Latin America during the transition from the 19th to the 20th century.

    Credits: 1.00
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 485 - Latin American Novels Before the Boom (1910-1950)

    Undertakes an in-depth study of selected novels written before the Latin American Boom of the 1960s. These highly experimental texts, covering a wide range of geographical regions, will be situated within relevant cultural and socio-political contexts, which include topics related—but not limited to—technology and mass media, urbanization and public spaces, working-class movements, and critiques of Hollywood’s culture industry.

    Credits: 1.00
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 486 - Latin American Dictatorship Theater

    Offers students a close study of theater, performance, history, and cultural politics during the dictatorships in Latin America from the 1950s. Special emphasis is given to the military regimes in Argentina (1976-83), Chile (1973-90), Uruguay (1973-85), Paraguay (1954-1989), and the Dominican Republic (1930-1961).

    Credits: 1.0
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 487 - Postdictatorial Transatlantic Theater

    A close study of theater, performance, and cultural politics through memory and trauma from 1990 to 2010 in the Southern Cone and Spain. The dictatorships in Argentina (1976-83), Chile (1973-90), and Uruguay (1973-85) led to political persecution, censorship, and exile. Numerous dramatists and theater groups found refuge in Spain, where literary and cultural production continued as an act of protest against the military regimes. This political engagement remained once the democracy was restored and played a significant role in the advancement of social justice in the following decades of the post-dictatorship context.

    Credits: 1.0
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 490 - Honors

    Students pursuing honors in Spanish enroll in this course.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • SPAN 491 - Independent Study

    Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.

    Credits: variable
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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Theater
  

  • THEA 220 - Drama and the Greeks!

    Explores the dramatic challenge of producing a Greek tragedy. Students focus on a Greek play of global impact, one that is performed all over the world today in a variety of different cultural and social contexts. Students begin with an introductory segment that explores what is distinctive about Greek tragedy and has made it a central part of an increasingly complex theatrical canon. The course concludes with students working in groups to experiment with and stage their own interpretations of scenes from the play.

    Credits: 1
    Crosslisted: CLAS 220
    Corequisite: THEA 220L
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements


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  • THEA 220L - Drama and the Greeks! Lab

    Required corequisite to THEA 220.

    Credits: 0
    Corequisite: THEA 220
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 232 - London Theater Study Group: Campus Prep

    This 0.25-credit course designed to prepare students for the London Theater Study Group experience. The course will meet for a total of ten hours, during the semester before the group is scheduled to commence. The class will engage in series of framework readings, and a live theater performance in order to prime and prepare students for the coursework abroad.

    Credits: 0.25
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 240 - Intro to Hip Hop Dance

    An introduction to the fundamental movement techniques and concepts of hip hop dance. Work will focus on the mechanics of rhythm, popping, waving, and choreography. It will include attending live dance concerts, written assignments, readings, and choreography projects. In addition to physical practice, hip hop will be studied as an embodied cultural form with particular attention given to histories and issues of race, gender, and class.

    Credits: 1.00
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 246 - Introduction to Performance Studies

    What is performance? The verb “to perform” can be variously defined as “to carry out an action,” “to discharge a duty,” “to accomplish a task,” and “to present to an audience.” Interdisciplinary in nature, students explores performance in the context of the performing and media arts, as well as in the context of ritual, politics, and everyday life. Emphasizes the relationship between performance and race, gender, sexuality, and other vectors of identity: how are various types of difference enacted, articulated, and represented through performative acts?

    Credits: 1.00
    Crosslisted: FMST 246
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 250 - Stagecraft

    A survey course that is designed to familiarize students with the areas of theatre technology required in mounting a theatrical production, and to give an understanding of how the various areas of stage technology work together to achieve a cohesive result. At the end of the course students are prepared for further production work in theatre as evidenced by the application of basic tools and materials necessary for construction; ornamentation; installation and painting of theatrical scenery; costume construction; stage lighting; and stage and production management. Course requirements include 24 lab hours, undertaken weekly, and covering safety, equipment, materials, and procedures. Open to all students.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No Junior, Senior
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 252 - Scenic Design

    In this hands-on introductory class, students learn and put into practice, the steps of the creative process necessary to articulate their theatrical scenic design vision. Through several theoretical production projects, students examine the intersection of storytelling, visual research, artistic impulse, and script analysis that is the design concept’s point of origin. Consideration of the practical concerns of the scenic designer’s role as collaborator inform and further develop students’ individual design work. This course covers basic technical skills such as digital perspective drawing, introductory 3D modeling, and simple model box building; prior experience in these is not necessary to participate fully in this class.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None
    Formerly: ENGL 252


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  • THEA 253 - Costume Design

    In this hands-on introductory class, students learn and put into practice the steps of the creative process necessary to articulate their theatrical costume design vision. Through several theoretical production projects, students examine the intersection of storytelling, visual research, artistic impulse, and script analysis that is the design concept’s point of origin. Consideration of the practical concerns of the costume designer’s role as collaborator inform and further develop students’ individual design work. This course covers basic technical skills such as digital collage, drawing, and painting; prior experience in these is not necessary to participate fully in this class.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None
    Formerly: ENGL 253


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  • THEA 254 - Acting I

    An introduction to acting as art, discipline and craft. Provides a practical and theoretical introduction to the basic skills of acting. Consists of individual and ensemble exercises to develop physical awareness, concentration, and imagination. Aimed at enhancing self-confidence, expressiveness, and creativity. Acting teaches poise and presence, vocal and physical coordination. Through corporeal exercises, improvisations, play analysis, and scene work students acquire a working vocabulary in the fundamentals of acting. Culminates with in-class performance work. No prior acting experience is required.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No Junior, Senior
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None
    Formerly: ENGL 254


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  • THEA 257 - Theater for Young Audiences Workshop

    An introduction to performance through the creation of a play for young audiences. In this intensive workshop students explore all aspects of theater-making, familiarizing them with the building blocks of theater production. The course culminates in public performance and involves a service-learning component, which may include community-based projects and touring.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: THEA 257L  
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 257L - Theater for Young Audiences Workshop Lab

    Required corequisite to THEA 257.

    Credits: 0.00
    Corequisite: THEA 257  
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: None
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 259 - Performance I

    Credit for performance in a University Theater production. May be repeated up to three times for credit. The University Theater production is an opportunity offered to students to be involved in a production directed either by a Colgate faculty member or by an artist in residence. The production is cast through an audition process, which usually occurs at the beginning of each semester. Students may also receive credit through working on the production in a substantial technical or production related role.

    Credits: 0.50
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: None
    Liberal Arts CORE: None
    Formerly: ENGL 259


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  • THEA 266 - Introduction to Drama

    A survey of theater history and dramatic literature from ancient Athens through the early 19th century. Plays include not only classics of Western drama but also exemplary theater texts from around the world.

    Credits: 1.00
    Crosslisted:   
    When Offered: Usually in the fall semester

    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Recommended: Students intending to major/minor in theater usually take either THEA 266  or THEA 267  by the end of sophomore year. 
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 267 - Modern Drama

    A survey of the new theatrical styles to emerge around the world in the 19th and 20th centuries. Course readings closely consider the relationship between a play’s literary form and its realization in performance, as well as theater’s response to the emergence of film, television, and new media.

    Credits: 1.00
    Crosslisted:   
    When Offered: Usually in the spring semester

    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No Junior, Senior
    Recommended: Students intending to major/minor in theater usually take either THEA 266  or THEA 267  by the end of sophomore year. 
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 270 - Introduction to Dance Studies

    Students are introduced to various approaches to studying dance. Students surveys diverse dance practices according to the function dance serves across temporal and geographic locations. By studying dance in wide-ranging contexts, students engage in conversations about race, gender, sexuality, class, and nationality. Students gain an understanding of the sociohistorical and cultural contexts in which dance practices are embedded, thereby becoming better equipped to recognize and unravel assumptions and hierarchies that have come to frame dancing bodies in predominant discourses.

    From consolidating and showcasing national identities for newly independent nations to providing a safe space for queer people outside the reach of hostile environments, dance has served a variety of critical functions in the lives of individuals and communities across time and space. Dance studies illuminates broad cultural, social, and political phenomena through the lens of dance and movement. As a growing field in the humanities, dance studies destabilizes the primacy of text in its insistence on body-based knowledge production. 

    Credits: 1.00
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 271 - Introduction to Contemporary Dance

    Introduces students to a range of approaches to contemporary dance practice and theory. Through exploration of contemporary dance fundamentals, students gain a fuller understanding of their moving bodies and improve their bodily awareness, fluidity, and confidence. While this is primarily a practice-based course, students also study contemporary dance as a global phenomenon alongside critical race theories. Engaging with texts, video recordings, and a live performance, students broaden their awareness of the wide range of contemporary choreography on global stages and familiarize themselves with debates in the field of dance studies.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 272 - Dance Imagery & Improvisation

    Teaches students how to use imagery as a choreographic tool to develop personal and inventive movement expression. Exercises emphasize a holistic body-mind perspective and cultivation of subtle body consciousness. This course complements the introductory through advanced levels of contemporary dance technique, as well as acting and theater improvisation courses. Students discover their aesthetic preferences and work to expand their expressivity.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No Junior, Senior
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 273 - Contemporary African American Drama

    A study of the dramatization of African American experiences and perspectives, examined through close readings, viewings, and informed discussion of works by current contemporary black American playwrights, scholars, and drama critics.

    Credits: 1
    Crosslisted: ALST 273
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 276 - Playwriting I

    Introduces students to the principles, practices, and processes of playwriting—writing for live performance “upon the stage.” In order to develop a working understanding of the elements and devices of playwriting, students engage in regular writing exercises, assignments, and script analysis. Students draft and revise short pieces of dramatic, theatrical writing, including 10-minute plays.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 321 - Shakespeare

    Selected comedies, tragedies, and histories of Shakespeare, considered from a variety of critical, theatrical, historical, and textual perspectives, depending on the individual instructor’s interests. Students may take both 321 and 322, although only one of these courses may be counted towards a Theater major or minor.

    Credits: 1.00
    Crosslisted:   
    When Offered: Fall semester only

    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year, Sophomore
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 322 - Shakespeare

    Selected comedies, tragedies, and histories of Shakespeare, considered from a variety of critical, theatrical, historical, and textual perspectives, depending on the individual instructor’s interests. Students may take both 321 and 322, although only one of these courses may be counted towards a Theater major or minor.

    Credits: 1.00
    Crosslisted:   
    When Offered: Spring semester only

    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: No First-year, Sophomore
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 332 - Theater and Performance: London and the International Stage (Study Group)

    Designed for students to experience, examine and analyze from a performance perspective live theater and performance in London. While the course will focus primarily on British theatre: its productions, playwrights, traditions, theatres, and artists students will have the opportunity to attend performances by international companies in London. Productions attended will include as wide a variety of venues, styles, and periods of theatre as possible.

    Credits: 1.00
    Prerequisites: THEA 232
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 341E - Performing & Media Arts in Hong Kong (Extended Study)

    A three-week extended study course in the spring. The course offers students an immersive experience in Hong Kong’s vibrant performing and media arts scene. It includes visits to live performances, film screenings, museums, and galleries, as well as lectures and walking tours with Hong Kong-based scholars on the city’s history, arts, and culture.

    Credits: 0.50
    Crosslisted:   
    Prerequisites:   or (  or  )
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: None
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 349 - Global Theater

    An exploration of Asian, African, intercultural, and postcolonial performance traditions, spanning theater, dance, ritual, and everyday life. Course materials include both classic and contemporary play texts along with selected readings in history, anthropology, and performance studies.

    Credits: 1.00
    Crosslisted:   
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: Global Engagements


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  • THEA 350 - Theater Practicum

    Concerted, directed work in a specific theatrical skill.

    Credits: variable
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: None
    Liberal Arts CORE: None
    Formerly: ENGL 350


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  • THEA 351 - American Theater

    Asks how we perform our American identities, both onstage and off. Readings include Euro-American, African American, Asian American and Latinx plays from the 19th century to the present along with selected readings in theater history and performance theory.

    Credits: 1.00
    Crosslisted: ENGL 351  
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 353 - Theater, Play, and Improvisation

    Designed to cultivate the actor’s creativity, spontaneity, and collaborative skills through theater, play, and improvisation. Students strives to locate the “quality of play,” which, at its essence, is a deep sense of far reaching curiosity. Narrative and corporeal improvisation are explored with a focus on the relationship between the actor’s body and imagination.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None
    Formerly: ENGL 353


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  • THEA 354 - Directing I

    An introduction to the art and craft of directing. Theoretical information is coupled with concerted exploratory work. The aim is to create common experience in acquiring the fundamentals of the discipline, identify and cultivate individual creative potential, develop leadership skills and artistic responsibility.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None
    Formerly: ENGL 354


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  • THEA 355 - Acting II

    A technique and scene study class designed to be an exploration of plays with heightened language and/or style, e.g., the Greeks, Shakespeare, Moliere, or other verse drama.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 358 - Narrative Screenwriting

    A workshop approach to the craft of writing for the camera. Students read and analyze screenplays, view and discuss short films, and engage in creative writing exercises in order to understand the elements of visual storytelling and the screenwriter’s process and craft. A complete, short, narrative screenplay is the final project.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites:   
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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  • THEA 359 - Performance II: Performance Creation Studio

    A collaborative, advanced performance-based course focusing on the rehearsal of a work for public performance with a faculty or guest director. The course focuses on devising, a process that enables a group to be creatively involved in a work that both emerges and is generated by the group working collectively.

    Credits: 1.00
    Corequisite: None
    Prerequisites: None
    Major/Minor Restrictions: None
    Class Restriction: None
    Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
    Liberal Arts CORE: None


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