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UST 1000 - Learning in Community

Credits:	1.0 -2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EHS 1000/UST 1000/ ES 1000
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Facilitates the successful transition into college learning and student life at UMD. Credit will not be granted if already received for EHS 1000.

EHS 1000 - Into the World (GLOBAL PER)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EHS 1000/UST 1000/ ES 1000
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course fulfills the UST 1000 requirement. Facilitates the transition into college learning and student life at UMD and the College of Education and Human Service Professions. Introduces the promise and peril of global challenges in the 21st century and relates these challenges to local communities. pre-req: 1st semester CEHSP student

ES 1000 - Global Cultural Perspectives on Environmental Sustainability (GLOBAL PER)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course fulfills the UST 1000 requirement. This course explores the global cultural context of sustainability while facilitating the successful transition into college learning and student life at UMD. Examine the topic of environmental sustainability through the context of global culture and affairs. Explore different cultural approaches to solving environmental issues, compare and contrast these approaches with those taken in the US. Investigate the concept of outsourcing with respect to the peoples and ecosystems that are impacted by the practice. pre-req: less than 30 credits earned

LING 1000 - Language and Culture in the U.S. What does it Mean to Speak American (CDIVERSITY)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course fulfills the UST 1000 requirement. Facilitates the successful transition into college learning and student life at UMD while simultaneously fulfilling other core requirements. Examines the topic of Cultural Diversity in the U.S. through the context of language and dialect in American English. Explores the impact language has on the broad spectrum of American culture, and conversely, the ways in which various American cultures and their diverse heritages have influenced the many ways language is spoken in the United States. Investigates concepts of linguistic competency, perceptions and biases toward language, power structures manifested in language, and influences of class, race, ethnicity, and heritage on spoken language. pre-req: less than 30 credits

PSY 1100 - Living Your Best Life: Applying Positive Psychology (CDIVERSITY)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course fulfills the UST 1000 requirement. Facilitate the successful transition into college learning and student life at UMD; applications of positive psychology across cultures and positive behavior change; the examination of diverse perspectives in positive psychology; the promotion of student well-being, community and inclusivity, and time- and stress-management techniques. pre-req: less than 30 credits

WRIT 3100 - Advanced Writing: Language and Literature

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Study of writing for those invested in the disciplines involving language and literature. Exploration of academic and professional rhetorical situations. Practice with research methods, document design, editing, effective collaboration, and ethical issues in the production of documents in multiple genres for multiple audiences. pre-req: 1) WRIT 1120 or MNTC or AA completed 2) minimum 60 credits earned or in progress

WRIT 3110 - Advanced Writing: Arts and Letters

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Study of writing for those invested in the disciplines of art, design, and performing arts. Exploration of academic and professional rhetorical situations. Practice with research methods, document design, editing, effective collaboration, and ethical issues in the production of documents in multiple genres for multiple audiences. pre-req: 1) WRIT 1120 or MNTC or AA completed 2) minimum 60 credits earned or in progress

WRIT 4200 - Writing and Cultures

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

Through historical, theoretical and applied lenses, examines the dialectic between writing and culture, that is, how writing shapes culture and, conversely, how culture shapes writing. Specific concepts (access, agency, community, identity and power) relevant to understanding how cultures and the social relations that constitute them are constructed and maintained will be examined in detail. prereq: 1120, minimum 60 cr

ART 1010 - Drawing I (FINE ARTS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Introduction to the drawing experience and problems concerned with translation of three-dimensional visual experience into two-dimensional form. prereq: preArt or Art BA or Arts Admin BA or preArt Educ K-12 or Art Educ K-12 BFA or Art History BA or preGraphic Design or Graphic Design BFA or preStudio Art or Studio Art BFA or Theatre-Costume Design BFA or Art minor or instructor consent

ART 1011 - 2-D Design

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Introduction to two-dimensional design through study of design elements and principles, including visual organization and color theory and their application in various media. prereq: preArt or Art BA or Art Admin BA or preArt Educ K-12 or Art Ed K-12 BFA or Art History BA or preGraphic Design or Graphic Design BFA or preStudio Art or Studio Art BFA or preMarketing & Graphic Design or Marketing & Graphic Design BBA or Art Min or instructor consent

ART 1012 - 3-D Design

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Introduction to basic concepts and materials of three-dimensional form and space. prereq: preArt or Art BA or Arts Admin BA or preArt Educ K-12 or Art Educ K-12 BFA or Art History BA or preGraphic Design or Graphic Design BFA or preStudio Art or Studio Art BFA or Art minor or instructor consent

ART 1013 - 2-D Digital Design

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Two-dimensional studio and graphic design concepts using the computer as a creative tool. Instruction presented only on the macOS. prereq: preArt or Art BA or Art Admin BA or preArt Educ K-12 or Art Ed K-12 BFA or Art History BA or preGraphic Design or Graphic Design BFA or preStudio Art or Studio Art BFA or preMarketing & Graphic Design or Marketing & Graphic Design BBA or Art Min or Arts in Media Min or Photo Min or instructor consent

ARTH 1303 - History of World Art I (LE CAT, HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Development of world art and architecture from prehistory through Middle Ages.

ARTH 1304 - History of World Art II (LE CAT, HUMANITIES)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Development of world art and architecture from Renaissance to present.

ARTH 1305 - History of World Art III (HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Examines the arts and visual culture of the Americas, Asia and Africa. This course aims to develop a critical understanding of art forms from global cultures. We will examine a range of visual material including painting, sculpture, ceramics, and architecture, from prehistoric times to present. We will also examine the critical debates that frame the study of "non-Western" art.

ARTH 2300 - The City as a Work of Art (LE CAT, HUMANITIES)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

The city as a work of art and center of culture. A study of artistic representations combined with references to primary texts. Use of case studies of particular urban centers to explore the rise of the city and the history of urban planning around the globe.

ARTH 3130 - Modern and Contemporary Mexican Art

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course focuses on modern and contemporary visual culture of Mexico from approximately 1860 to the present. It examines the dominant art forms of late nineteenth and twentieth century Mexico: these include post-revolutionary muralism and social realism; movements, artists, and visual genre outside of the nationalist traditional; abstraction, surrealism, the international avant-garde, urban planning, photography, print culture, film, performance, and conceptual art.

ARTH 3150 - Contemporary Global Exhibition

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This class will examine the transformation of art worlds and urban spaces by the development of contemporary global exhibitions, such as various Art Biennales now held around the globe, Art Basel, Documenta, and the Sculpture Projects Munster. In particular, we will examine how such exhibitions, as well as globalization in general, have transformed the way art is created, distributed, and received.

ARTH 3330 - Renaissance Art & Architecture: Europe 1300 - 1550 (HUMANITIES)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

Explores the art and architecture of Europe between 1300 and 1550. Focuses on issues central to understanding the period: relationship between patrons and artists, the changing status of the artist; the intersection of art and polities; representations of religious beliefs; and critical approaches to the stud of artists and their oeuvre.

ARTH 3370 - Dreamworld and Catastrophe: Art and Visual Culture in the Cold War

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

The Cold War marked a period of nearly five-decades of intense ideological, political, and economic division, which impacted all areas of the glove. This course examines art and visual culture across the period's two major world powers to demonstrate both fundamental discords as well as shared preoccupations. More than a study of the traditional geographies of the capitalist West and the communist East, this course offers insight into how the Cold War's globalization reached all ares of the glove, from the African continent to Latin America to Southeast Asia. A particular emphasis will be placed on experimental forms of culture, particularly in the late Cold War era.

ARTH 2380 - A Global History of Contemporary Art

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This course maps the trajectories of art and design from the 1970's to the present, paying close attention to: global movements; the terrains of the category called contemporary art; the modes through which globalization affects and challenges this terrain; and the role of art in world politics.

ARTH 2390 - US Art and Visual Culture in the 20th Century (LE CAT, LECD C, RACE JUST)

Credits:	3.0 [max 6.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course offers an introduction to US art and visual culture - including architecture, painting, photography, sculpture, advertising, and performance art - from the 20th century, with some additional contextualization from the 19th century. More than simply offering a survey of stylistic changes over time, the class explores the social and political meanings of art. Students will acquire the tools necessary to analyze what art reveals about the nation's values and beliefs. While offering students exposure to a range of issues that are of critical concern to American society, the course will pay particular attention to questions surrounding gender, race, and ideology.

ARTH 3140 - Women in Art/Visual Culture in Latin America

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Even Year

This course focuses on representations of women and by women in the art and visual culture of Mexico and other Latin American countries, examining the many ways in which the image of female body in Latin America has been used to construct and typify regional understandings of gender, class, racial, and national identities. Distinguishing between women as subject matter and women as producers of art, we will also look to female artists in the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries to investigate how they might be engaging with and/or critiquing traditional iconographical representations.

ARTH 3110 - Art of the Ancient Americas

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

A selective visual introduction to the Americas before the Spanish Conquest, focusing on the form, function, and symbolism of Ancient American art and architecture and its role in the construction and maintenance of political power, religious belief and practice, concepts of space, and bodily performance.

ARTH 3331 - European Architecture and its Legacy (HUMANITIES)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Even Year

Studies the history of architecture and the built environment in Europe from antiquity through 1800 by focusing on theoretical writings and representative building. In addition, the course will explore theories of spatial analysis and the legacy of western architecture into the present day.

ARTH 3340 - Baroque and Rococo: European Art & Architecture 1550 - 1750

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Explores the art and architecture produced in Europe during the Early Modern Period c. 1550 - c. 1750 (periods often referred to as the Baroque and Rococo). IOncludes study of canonical works and the artists that produced them; analysis of primary and secondary source materials, introduction to art historical methodologies; and consideration of the regional variations of the "baroque."

ARTH 3360 - Art and Social Change in Europe, Russia, and the United States

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

What is the relationship between artistic practice and polities? How do artists and their audiences engage with the visual in times of great social change? How do art and visual culture help us to engage with, understand, and change the world? This seminar offers weekly units that offer close examinations of major cultural moments of the modern and contemporary era, and range from the experimental and autonomous to the coervice and fascist. Topics will traverse Europe, Russia, and the United States from the 19th and into the 21st centuries. The exact content of the seminar may vary annually.

ARTH 3361 - Being and Becoming Modern: European Art 1855 - 1955

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Even Year

This seminar traces a history of art practice from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century across the European continent. It follows key movements and figures of modern art, while emphasizing the social, political, and philosophical events that inform them. Beginning with Realism, and ending at the beginning of the Cold War, this course is bracketed by important questions pertaining to the role of the artist in reflecting upon, critiquing, and influencing national and global culture, writ large. Throughout the term we will also look beyond the limited scope of the fine arts canon to the larger visual cultures that inform and disrupt its boundaries. The exact content of the seminar, including its time period, may vary annually.

ARTH 4330 - Methods and Theories of Art History and Visual Studies

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

This seminar, an exit requirement for all Art History majors, introduces major issues of method and critique in the study of art and visual culture. It focuses on understanding disciplinary and critical modes of scholarly inquiry in the visual arts, including the role of historical research. The course emphasizes intensive reading, discussion, and writing. pre-req: ARTH 3370 and Art History major

ARTH 4999 - Senior Paper Art History

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Students write and/or revise a final paper demonstrating their competency in art historical research and writing. prereq: Major in ArtH with 90 credits, instructor consent, no grad credit

CHIN 1101 - Beginning Chinese I: Mandarin Chinese (LE CAT, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to Mandarin Chinese for students with little or no prior study. Emphasis will be on expressions for daily living with appropriate grammar and vocabulary. Writing in the phonetic pin yin system will be introduced as will high frequency characters. prereq: Little or no prior formal study of this language or instructor consent

CHIN 1102 - Beginning Chinese II: Mandarin Chinese (LE CAT, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Introduction to Mandarin Chinese for students with little prior study. Emphasis will be on expressions for daily living with appropriate grammar and vocabulary. Writing in the phonetic pin yin system will be introduced as will high frequency characters. prereq: 1101

CHIN 1201 - Intermediate Chinese I: Mandarin Chinese (LE CAT, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Consolidation and enrichment of previously acquired abilities speaking and understanding Mandarin Chinese. Emphasis on oral and aural skills, vocabulary building, some reading and writing in the phonetic pin yin system with high frequency characters. pre-req: CHIN 1102 or instructor consent

CHIN 1202 - Intermediate Chinese II: Mandarin Chinese (LE CAT3, LEIP CAT03, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Consolidation and enrichment of previously acquired abilities speaking and understanding Mandarin Chinese. Emphasis on oral and aural skills, vocabulary building, some reading and writing in the phonetic pin yin system with high frequency characters. pre-req: 1201 or instructor consent

FR 1101 - Beginning French I (LE CAT3, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Summer

Conversation and communicative course for students with little or no previous study of French. Emphasis on oral and aural skills; some grammar. Taught in French and English. prereq: Little or no prior formal study of this language, or instructor consent

FR 1102 - Beginning French II (LE CAT3, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring & Summer

Conversation and communicative course for students with limited previous study of French. Emphasis on oral and aural skills; some grammar. Taught in French and English. prereq: 1-2 yrs high school French or 1101 or instructor consent

FR 1201 - Intermediate French I (LE CAT3, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Consolidation and enrichment of previously acquired abilities speaking and understanding French, set within introduction to written French and survey of contemporary culture of French-speaking societies. Emphasis on oral, aural, and reading skills; vocabulary building; some writing. Taught in French. prereq: 3-4 yrs high school French or 1102 or instructor consent

FR 1202 - Intermediate French II (LE CAT3, LEIP CAT03, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Consolidation and enrichment of previously acquired abilities speaking and understanding French, set within introduction to written French and survey of contemporary culture of French-speaking societies. Emphasis on oral, aural, and reading skills; vocabulary building; some writing. Taught in French. prereq: 4 years high school french or 1201 or instructor consent

FR 3305 - French Cuisine: Exploring French Culture Through Food (HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	FR 3305/HON 3305
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Taught in French. Aspects of French culture through its expression in cuisine. Students will learn to decipher the many expressions of culture around the preparation and service of food at the table, kitchen, and restaurant. pre-req: 1202 or 2301 with grade of C or higher; or instructor consent

FR 4018 - Studies in Francophone Cultures and Literature (HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

Studies literature and film from francophone (i.e. the French-speaking world) such as Maghreb, Sub-Saharan Africa, French Indochina, Canada, and the French West Indies. Focuses on politics and aesthetics in relation to colonization, diaspora, cultural identities and metissage (cultural, linguistic and ethnic blending or hybridity) as well as the creation of new existential and political spaces. Taught in French. prereq: 1202 or 2301 with grade of C or better; or instructor consent; no grad credit

FR 4412 - Contemporary French Culture and Society (HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Study of contemporary social, cultural, and political issues in France and other Francophone regions. Conducted in French. prereq: 1202 or 2301 with grade of C or higher; or instructor consent; no grad credit

FR 4492 - Modern French Literature (19th-21st century) (HUMANITIES)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Literary works from the 19th through the 21st century studied within their historical, political, and social contexts. Taught in French. prereq: 1202 or 2301 with C or better; or instructor consent; no grad credit

GER 1101 - Beginning German I (LE CAT, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Communicative course for students with little or no previous study of German. Cultivation of the four modalities of language acquisition (speaking, listening, reading, writing). Development of intercultural competency. Taught primarily in German. prereq: Little or no prior formal study of this language, or instructor consent

GER 1102 - Beginning German II (LE CAT, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Communicative course for students with limited previous study of German. Cultivation of the four modalities of language acquisition (speaking, listening, reading, writing). Development of intercultural competency. Taught primarily in German. prereq: 1-2 years high school German or 1101 or instructor consent

GER 1201 - Intermediate German I (LE CAT, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Consolidation and enrichment of previously acquired abilities in four modalities (speaking, listening, reading, writing), set within contemporary culture of German-speaking societies. Further development of intercultural competency. Taught in German. prereq: 3-4 years high school German or 1102 or instructor consent

GER 1202 - Intermediate German II (LE CAT, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Consolidation and enrichment of previously acquired abilities in four modalities (speaking, listening, reading, writing), set within contemporary culture of German-speaking societies. Further development of intercultural competency. Taught in German. prereq: 4 years high school German or 1201 or instructor consent

GER 3401 - Texts and Contexts in German Speaking World (HUMANITIES)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Techniques and tools for understanding and writing about German poetry, fiction, and drama both as literary texts and as cultural testimony. Emphasis on class discussion and writing. Taught in German. prereq: 1202 or 2301 with grade of C or higher or instructor consent

GER 3403 - Page and Stage: German Theater and Performance (FINE ARTS)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Introduction to basic theories of drama and performance, survey of major German dramatists and current stage practices in Germany. Emphasis on class discussion and interpretive reading in German, with critical essays in German. Taught in German. prereq: 1202 or 2301 with a grade of C or higher or instructor consent

GER 3407 - Sustainability in German-speaking Cultures (SUSTAIN)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

This course offers the opportunity to learn about the discourses and cultures of sustainability in German-speaking countries. In this course you will be able to study several examples of successful sustainable development. Successful development in German-speaking countries has been possible due to several factors, including the coordination of economic strategies, grass roots community-based support, and dexterity in governmental organization. While the conditions of these successes are still being studied, this course engages students by exploring lessons learned from German-speaking countries and their approaches to sustainability. The answers to the questions we ask in this course will contribute to the discourse on sustainable development for years to come. You will also have the opportunity to familiarize yourself with relevant vocabulary and communication strategies, learn how policymaking in German-speaking countries balances the interests of several stakeholders, and reflect on the larger cultural background of valuable sustainable practices. (Taught in German.) pre-req: 1202 or 2301 with a grade of C or higher or instructor consent

GER 3601 - German Studies I: Knights to Nationalisms (HUMANITIES)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Introduces students to Germanic history, culture and literature from third century until 1848. Taught in German. prereq: 1202 or 2301 with a grade of C or instructor consent

GER 3602 - German Studies II: From the Rise of the Reich to the Fall of the Wall (HUMANITIES)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

Introduces students to the methods of German Studies, as well as to Germanic history, culture, and literature from the mid-19th to the 21st century. Topics may include: Germany as a nation state; National Socialist rise to power; the Weimar Republic; body culture; exile(s) and exile literature; the city as metropolis; womens movements and womens rights; mass culture; the industrial revolution; education and education reforms; (N)Ostalgia, Wendeliteratur; terrorism; the establishment and influence of green party politics. Taught in German. pre-req: 1202 or 2301 with a grade of C or higher or instructor consent.

GER 4302 - German Women Writers and Filmmakers (HUMANITIES)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Analysis of German written and visual texts and exploration of women's oppression within repressive political systems as well as Western democracies; women's exploration of their selves; and the question of whether there is a "female writing". Conducted in German. prereq: 1202 or 2301 or instructor consent; no grad credit

GER 4305 - German Cinema (HUMANITIES)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

An introduction to the history of German cinema and to film analysis with a focus on the relationship among German film, history, literature, culture, and politics. The course will examine representative works from various cinematic periods. Taught in German. prereq: 1202 or 2301 with a grade of C or higher or instructor consent; no grad credit

GER 4404 - Contemporary Germany (HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Civilization, culture, and politics of Germany and German-speaking countries since 1945. Research term paper in German. prereq: 1202 or 2301 with a grade of C or higher or equivalent or instructor consent; no grad credit

GER 4502 - German Modernisms: From Vienna to Berlin (HUMANITIES)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Fall Even Year

Focuses on the literature and culture of the two major centers in German modernisms: fin de sicle Vienna and Weimar Berlin. Both cities were the site of intellectual and aesthetic upheavals that challenged traditional notions of the subject, representation, class, gender, and technology. Examines major thinkers, writers, artists, and movements in German speaking areas between 1890 and 1933. Taught in German. prereq: 1202 or 2301 with a grade of C or higher or instructor consent; no grad credit

AMIN 1103 - Beginning Ojibwe I (LE CAT3, LECD CAT03, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Speaking and comprehension of basic Ojibwe speech patterns. Development of rudimentary reading knowledge.

AMIN 1104 - Beginning Ojibwe II (LE CAT3, LECD CAT03, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Speaking and comprehension of basic Ojibwe speech patterns. Development of rudimentary reading knowledge. prereq: 1103 or instructor consent

SPAN 1101 - Beginning Spanish I (LE CAT, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Conversation and communicative course for students with little or no previous study of Spanish. Cultivation of the four modalities of language acquisition speaking, listening comprehension, writing and reading comprehension. Development of intercultural competency. Taught primarily in Spanish. prereq: Little or no prior formal study of this language, or instructor consent

SPAN 1102 - Beginning Spanish II (LE CAT, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Conversation and communicative course for students with limited study of Spanish, cultivation of the four modalities of language acquisition (speaking, listening comprehension, writing, and reading comprehension). Development of intercultural competency. Taught primarily in Spanish. prereq: 1-2 yrs high school Spanish or 1101 or instructor consent

SPAN 1201 - Intermediate Spanish I (LE CAT, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Consolidation and enrichment of previously acquired abilities in the Beginning Spanish sequence. Further cultivation of the four modalities of language acquisition (speaking, listening comprehension, writing, and reading comprehension). Emphasis on oral and written production. Further development of intercultural competency as it relates to the diverse cultures of Latino and Spanish-speaking communities around the globe. Taught in Spanish. prereq: 3-4 yrs high school Span or 1102 or instructor consent

SPAN 1202 - Intermediate Spanish II (LE CAT, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Consolidation and enrichment of previously acquired abilities in Intermediate Spanish. Further cultivation of the four modalities of language acquisition (speaking, listening comprehension, writing, and reading comprehension). Emphasis on oral and written production. Further development of intercultural competency as it relates to the diverse cultures of Latino and Spanish-speaking communities around the globe. Taught in Spanish. prereq: 4 yrs high school Span or 1201 or instructor consent

SPAN 2301 - Advanced Spanish (LE CAT, COMM & LAN)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Development of Spanish literacy within a culturally authentic context. Strong emphasis on academic writing and formal oral and aural communication skills; cultivation of literary and filmic analysis abilities; intensive review of key grammar. Taught in Spanish. prereq: 5 yrs high school Span or 1202 or instructor consent

SPAN 3042 - Civilization, Cultures and Communities in Latin America (HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Historical overview and survey of key themes of Latin America until the present day. Analysis of key cultural (literary, filmic, artistic, architectural, and musical) texts. Strong focus on academic writing and research. Taught in Spanish. prereq: 2301 with C or better or instructor consent

SPAN 3044 - Civilization, Cultures and Communities of Spain (HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Historical overview and survey of key themes of the Iberian Peninsula from pre-history until the present day. Analysis of key cultural (literary, filmic, artistic, architectural, and musical) texts. Strong focus on academic writing and research. Taught in Spanish. prereq: 2301 with C or better or instructor consent

SPAN 4011 - Latin American Prose (HUMANITIES)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Prose fiction with emphasis on twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Attention also to cultural background. Taught in Spanish. prereq: 2301 with C or better or instructor consent; no grad credit

SPAN 4013 - Latin American Poetry and Drama (HUMANITIES)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Emphasis on twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Attention also to cultural background. Taught in Spanish. prereq: 2301 with C or better or instructor consent

SPAN 4017 - Latin American Cinema and Culture (FINE ARTS)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Exploration of the production of cinema paired with the analysis of and insight into Latin American cinema and culture. Taught in Spanish. prereq: 2301 with C or better or instructor consent; no grad credit

SPAN 4018 - Latin America From Within (HUMANITIES)

Credits:	4.0 [max 8.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Study of selected Latin American countries: historical, political, cultural, and other defining moments and literary expressions of those moments, with the goal of seeing the country from within. Taught in Spanish. prereq: SPAN 2301 with C or better or instructor consent; no grad credit repeatable: Allow up to 2 repetitions totaling up to 8 credits.

SPAN 4019 - Seminar: Latin America in the 21st Century (HUMANITIES)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Fall Even Year

A study of longer, newer, or less studied (yet important) literary works, as well as their relevant cultural background. Taught in Spanish. prereq: 2301 with C or better or instructor consent; no grad credit

SPAN 4022 - Medieval and Golden Age Literature and Culture of Spain (HUMANITIES)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

Survey of Spanish literature from the Middle Ages through the Baroque. Relies on written tradition but will also delve into other types of cultural production (pictorial, sculptural, architectural, etc.). Also reviews current renditions (textual and filmic) of some of the texts. Strong focus on academic writing and research. Taught in Spanish. prereq: 2301 with C or better or instructor consent, no grad credit

SPAN 4027 - Contemporary Literature and Culture of Spain (HUMANITIES)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

The study of twentieth and twenty-first century literature and culture of Spain from the Second Republic until the present day. Strong focus on academic writing and research. Taught in Spanish. prereq: 2301 with C or better or instructor consent; no grad credit

SPAN 4028 - Literature and Culture of Spain 18th to the 20th Century (HUMANITIES)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

Literature and culture (art, film, music, architecture, popular culture) of the Spanish Enlightenment through the twentieth century. Texts will be studied within their historical, political and social contexts and will shed light on the author/composer/artist's ideology vis-a-vis dominant philosophical and political climates. Strong focus on academic writing and research. Taught in Spanish. prereq: 2301 with C or better or instructor consent; no grad credit

SPAN 4030 - Cinema and Culture of Spain (FINE ARTS)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

Overview of cinema of Spain. Examines a variety of filmic genres. Spanish national identity will be the main axis of inquiry. Strong focus on academic writing and research. Taught in Spanish. prereq: 2301 with C or better or instructor consent; no grad credit

SPAN 4090 - Aspects of the Hispanic World (HUMANITIES)

Credits:	4.0 [max 8.0]
Course Equivalencies:	SPAN 4090/FST 4077
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring & Summer

Sociopolitical, historical, literary, and cultural events of major importance in Latin America, Spain, or in Latino communities in the United States. Strong focus on academic writing and research. Content of course varies from semester to semester, students may take this course a second time with alternate content. Taught in Spanish. prereq: SPAN 2301 with C or better or instructor consent; no grad credit repeatable: Allow up to 2 repetitions totaling up to 8 credits.

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