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Instructor |
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| MUSIC248 Universe of Music | D Patterson | Feb 4 - May 10 | Online | - | - | 3 | 2680 | $1020 | |
Description for MUSIC248:
An introduction to the infinite universe of music from its origins to the present, this course investigates the role of instruments, culture, myth and science in the evolution of music. Illustrations through the medium of the World Wide Web present the concept of music as both communication of ideas and expression of feelings in diverse musical traditions of the world.
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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: Arts
Diversity: International focus |
| MUSIC268 Music of Latin America | P Janson | Feb 4 - May 10 | Online | - | - | 3 | 4152 | $1020 | |
Description for MUSIC268:
This course is an introductory online course dealing with the diverse musical traditions of Latin America, including the role of music in society, ritual, and culture. The result is a comparative study of styles, dances, and instruments, with a certain emphasis given to the development of critical listening skills. Students need access to a computer with Internet sound capabilities. Course subject matter is generally limited to music that has surfaced and developed in Latin America and not as it has developed in the continental United States. Readings will be supplemented by various links as well as the Latin American audio selections available from the Naxos catalogue.
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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: Arts
Diversity: International focus |
| HIST214 Modern World History | T Johnson | Feb 6 - May 8 | Copley | W | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 1026 | $1020 | |
Description for HIST214:
This course offers an examination fo the processes of modernization and globalization sicne the late eighteenth century; their connections to imperialism, colonialism, and war; and their relationships to changing perceptions of society, politics, economics, gender, and culture in different regions of the world.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Diversity: International focus |
| WOST110 Women in Global Perspectives | Staff | Feb 8 - May 3 | W-1-020
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 020
| F | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 2923 |
Description for WOST110:
This interdisciplinary course explores multiple meanings of gender in a transnational world. Topics include: contradictory meanings of traditional femininity across cultures; global media representations of the female body, beauty, sexuality; impacts of colonialism, nationalism, patriarchy, and the global economy on women’s work and family lives; women’s rights as human rights; and local and transnational feminist activisms.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Diversity: International focus |
| AFRSTY101 Introduction to Africana Studies | T Nelson | Feb 9 - May 4 | M-3-407
McCormack Bldg, 3rd Floor, Room 407
| Sa | 8:15 - 11:15am | 3 | 1005 |
Description for AFRSTY101:
This course presents an overview of the major theories in the field of Africana studies. It seeks to explore the Africana experience in a way that is orderly, systematic, and structurally integrated; and to convey an understanding of the cultural, historical, and political roots of this experience. The course focuses chronologically on major historical episodes through a study of ancient African civilizations, slavery, colonialism, and African liberation movements.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: World Cultures
Diversity: International focus |
| AFRSTY101 Introduction to Africana Studies | Y Nurrudin | Feb 4 - May 10 | Online | - | - | 3 | 3455 | $1020 | |
Description for AFRSTY101:
This course presents an overview of the major theories in the field of Africana studies. It seeks to explore the Africana experience in a way that is orderly, systematic, and structurally integrated; and to convey an understanding of the cultural, historical, and political roots of this experience. The course focuses chronologically on major historical episodes through a study of ancient African civilizations, slavery, colonialism, and African liberation movements.
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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: World Cultures
Diversity: International focus |
| ANTH272 Peoples and Cultures of Africa | B Worley | Feb 4 - May 10 | Online | - | - | 3 | 2443 | $1020 | |
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| ASIAN359L Women in Modern China | J Babbitts | Feb 4 - May 10 | Online | - | - | 3 | 2906 | $1020 | |
Description for ASIAN359L:
This course examines the social and cultural roles of Chinese women, and their changes over time. Emphasis is given to twentieth-century China, especially the People’s Republic period.
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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: World Cultures
Diversity: International focus
Cross listed: HIST 359L & WOST 359L. |
| HIST252 Africa before 1900 | T Johnson | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-2-158
Wheatley Bldg, 2nd Floor, Room 158
| Sa | 8:15 - 11:15am | 3 | 4596 |
Description for HIST252:
This course examines the history of Africa prior to 1900. The course emphasizes such themes as Islam in Africa, trade and politics in medieval Africa, slavery and the slave trade, the creation of European colonization, and early resistance to that colonization.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: World Cultures
Diversity: International focus |
| HIST359L Women in Modern China | J Babbitts | Feb 4 - May 10 | Online | - | - | 3 | 2907 | $1020 | |
Description for HIST359L:
This course examines the social and cultural roles of Chinese women, and their changes over time. Emphasis is given to twentieth-century China, especially the People’s Republic period.
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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: World Cultures
Diversity: International focus
Cross listed: ASIAN 359L & WOST 359L. |
| WOST359L Women in Modern China | J Babbitts | Feb 4 - May 10 | Online | - | - | 3 | 2908 | $1020 | |
Description for WOST359L:
This course examines the social and cultural roles of Chinese women, and their changes over time. Emphasis is given to twentieth-century China, especially the People’s Republic period.
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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: World Cultures
Diversity: International focus
Cross listed: ASIAN 359L & HIST 359L. |
| AFRSTY310 Modern Caribbean Society | J Rene | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-2-107
Wheatley Bldg, 2nd Floor, Room 107
| Sa | 8:15 - 11:15am | 3 | 5764 |
Description for AFRSTY310:
This course undertakes a phenomenological and interpretive analysis of the organization and social structure of modern Caribbean societies. After a brief examination of the colonization and slavery period, it concentrates on the contemporary era with a special focus on key factors that have shaped the cultural parameters and the internal dynamics of the social systems of these Creolophone, Francophone, Anglophone Hispanophone and Dutch-speaking Caribbean societies. Special attention is therefore given to the salient racial, ethnic, social, political, economic and cultural issues that have significantly influenced and contributed to present day Caribbean societies.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Diversity: International focus |
| ASIAN363L Modern Japan | C Kim | Feb 4 - May 10 | Online | - | - | 3 | 2559 | $1020 | |
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| EEOS102 World Regional Geography | D Merwin | Feb 4 - May 10 | Online | - | - | 3 | 2910 | $1020 | |
Description for EEOS102:
An overview of world regions in terms of physical environment, human populations and the relationship between them. Topics with a focus on diversity are discussed from an international viewpoint and center on particular countries.
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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Diversity: International focus |
| EEOS102 World Regional Geography | D Merwin | Feb 4 - May 10 | Online | - | - | 3 | 4267 | $1020 | |
Description for EEOS102:
An overview of world regions in terms of physical environment, human populations and the relationship between them. Topics with a focus on diversity are discussed from an international viewpoint and center on particular countries.
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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Diversity: International focus |
| HIST363L Modern Japan | C Kim | Feb 4 - May 10 | Online | - | - | 3 | 2444 | $1020 | |
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| POLSCI202 Comparative Politics: Third World | Staff | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-012
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 012
| Sa | 11:45am - 2:45pm | 3 | 2905 |
Description for POLSCI202:
Introductory survey of political systems in non-industrialized nations, drawing on examples from Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Course content focuses on the nature of the development process and the evolution of political institutions and practices.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Diversity: International focus |
| POLSCI220 International Relations (B) | Staff | Feb 7 - May 9 | Copley | Th | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 1091 | $1020 | |
Description for POLSCI220:
This course focuses on basic patterns and concepts which explain interactions among nations. Special attention is given to the role of ideologies, international organizations, conflict resolution, the impact of multinational corporations, underdevelopment, the international dimension of human rights, ethnic, "racial," religious, and gender differences, and the dynamics of globalization.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Diversity: International focus |
| POLSCI220 International Relations (B) | R Weiner | Feb 4 - May 10 | Online | - | - | 3 | 2681 | $1020 | |
Description for POLSCI220:
This course focuses on basic patterns and concepts which explain interactions among nations. Special attention is given to the role of ideologies, international organizations, conflict resolution, the impact of multinational corporations, underdevelopment, the international dimension of human rights, ethnic, "racial," religious, and gender differences, and the dynamics of globalization.
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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Diversity: International focus |
| POLSCI375 Third World Development (C) | H Shahdadi | Feb 4 - May 10 | Online | - | - | 3 | 3422 | $1020 | |
Description for POLSCI375:
Investigation of theories of interdependence, dependency, and neocolonialism. Special attention to North/South relations, various approaches to development and forms of assistance provided by the industrial countries, resource problems, and other political and developmental issues facing North and South.
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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Diversity: International focus |
