An interdisciplinary seminar in Russian Studies. Content may include comparative study of cultural phenomena or products or cross- disciplinary approaches to one topic. MCL/Russian major/minors taking the course for Russian credit will be required to read and research in Russian. May be repeated for up to 6 credits with different subtitles.
This course is a core research design course in the Sociology graduate program. The primary objectives are to: (a) help you understand the process of social science research and (b) build your skills to develop an original research project in sociology or related social science disciplines.
This seminar explores the interrelationships between social processes, development and the environment. It provides the graduate student with the necessary theoretical and analytical tools to examine the social and cultural processes of environmental degradation and change. Topics include political ecology, health impacts of development, deforestation, resource tenure systems, environmental grassroots movements and large-scale development organizations.
Readings and discussion of Spanish literature and culture from the 18th and 19th century. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 credits when taught under different subtitles.
Offers students a theoretical and practical overview of L2 Spanish pedagogy as a means to empower them as language instructors who can intelligently select and evaluate pedagogical theories and practices. Students will have the opportunity for hands-on implementation of theory in their own classroom practice.
Introduction to principles of statistics with emphasis on conceptual understanding. Students will articulate results of statistical description of sample data (including bivariate), application of probability distributions, confidence interval estimation and hypothesis testing to demonstrate properly contextualized analysis of real-world data.
This course develops a practical understanding of writing and rhetoric through multimedia platforms and artifacts. Students will produce and publish to the web in a range of media such as digital video and photography, blogs, wikis, podcasts, and comics.
The course examines how social media and the writing practices we employ influence notions of what it means to participate in community, society, and public discourse. Students will compose across different social media platforms and explore theoretical literature to examine the ways these tools are evolving.
Intensive writing and reading in the genre of the essay. The course will explore the conventions of the essay and may analyze historical changes in the genre or survey well-known essayists such as Montaigne and Woolf. Students will write essays and analyze the stylistic choices of professional essayists in order to inform their own writing in the genre.
This course offers a detailed examination of the history and theory of a specific rhetorical tradition or group of traditions. Students will gain familiarity with key concepts and terms in a rhetorical tradition, compare and contrast culturally situated definitions of rhetoric, and better understand the way rhetorical historiography influences how rhetorical traditions are defined and taught. Repeatable up to 6 hours under different subtitles.
