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    Mar 29, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin [Archived Bulletin]

Courses


 
  
  • PSY 5420 - Belief in the Brain


    Goals: To introduce students to the concept of human belief and doubt in philosophy, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.  The course primarily aims to explore the differences of two theoretical belief models with emphasis on how each one of these belief models may shape our society.  This includes issues dealing with the right of free speech, mass communications, advertising, propaganda, lie detection, and religious beliefs.  Students will cultivate their own perspectives with cumulative essays and in class discussion, as well as improving lecture skills with multiple in class presentations.

    Content:  Wide-ranging perspectives on human belief: philosophical, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience; lesion method in cognitive neuroscience, prefrontal cortex functionality, cognitive science of religion, authoritarianism, dual-processing, cognitive dissonance.

    Prerequisite: PSY 3420 (grade of C- or better) and major status in psychology or neuroscience, or instructor permission

    Credits: 4

  
  • PSY 5440 - Childhood and Society


    Goals: To examine controversial issues in child development which have substantial implications for public and social policy. The topics examined will link development, education, and cultural practices from infancy through adolescence.

    Content: Specific topics vary by semester and will include topics of both historical relevance and contemporary debates within child development (e.g., adolescent risk behavior, child care, children and the law, developmental theory and educational practices, family diversity, media exposure, parenting styles, public health, poverty, and technology use).

    Prerequisites: PSY 3440 (grade of C- or better) and senior standing (with psychology major), or permission of the instructor

    Credits: 4

  
  • PSY 5720 - Clinical Health Psychology


    Goals: This seminar is designed to examine the interrelationships between behavior, emotion, health and psychological disorders and dysfunction. Students will be introduced to the assessment, treatment and causes of physical and psychological health issues.

    Content: The role of the practicing psychologist in a medical setting will be discussed and how psychologists function in the context of health care settings will be a major focus of the course (ranging from ethics to assessment and treatment) and we will examine how they operate with other medical professionals. Emphasis will be on clinical intervention and assessment of physical and mental disorders in context.

    Prerequisites: PSY 1480 (grade of C- or better) and senior standing (with psychology major), or permission of the instructor

    Credits: 4

  
  • PSY 5750 - Positive Psychology


    Goals: To introduce students to the scientific study of positive characteristics, positive experiences, and positive institutions; to critically examine particular topics in positive psychology in depth; and to make connections between theory and practice in positive psychology.

    Content: Variable from session to session.

    Prerequisites: PSY 3350 (grade of C- or better) and senior standing with psychology major

    Note: This course is open to Online Degree Completion students only.

    Credits: 4

  
  • QMBE 1010 - Microsoft Excel Associate Certification


    Goals: To enable students to achieve certification in Microsoft Excel at the Associate level.

    Content: This online course is structured as a self-tutorial with instructor support. Offered only Pass/Fail with Pass achieved by passing the proficiency exam at a Certiport center. Credits obtained cannot be used toward the requirements for the Business Analytics concentration but are counted towards breadth of study. This course is open to all Hamline students, independent of major or minor area of study.

    Please note: There is a $90 testing fee for this course.

    Credits: 1

  
  • QMBE 1011 - Microsoft Excel Expert Certification


    Goals: To enable students to achieve certification in Microsoft Excel at the Expert level.

    Content: This course is structured as a self-tutorial with instructor support. Offered only Pass/Fail with Pass achieved by passing the proficiency exam at a Certiport center. Credits obtained cannot be used toward the requirements for the Business Analytics concentration but are counted towards breadth of study. This course is open to all Hamline students, independent of major or minor area of study.

    Please note: There is a $90 testing fee for this course.

    Credits: 1

  
  • QMBE 1100 - Introduction to R


    Goals: To introduce R and RStudio, in preparation for courses in analytics and economics. By the end of this course, students will be able to import data, understand data types, manage data, and generate basic statistical output.

    Content: In this course you will learn how to program in R, in preparation for courses that use R for data analysis. You will learn how to install and configure software necessary for a statistical programming environment and learn the basics of importing and managing data. 

    Credits: 2

  
  • QMBE 1310 - Statistics


    Goals: To acquaint students with major parametric and nonparametric statistical techniques.

    Content: Data organization, simple probability, and sampling distributions; estimation and hypothesis testing; regression and correlation; time series; selected non parametric tests.

    Prerequisites: None, though a basic understanding of algebra is expected. 

    Note: Credit will not be given for more than one statistics course (MATH 1200, PSY 1340, or QMBE 1310).

    Credits: 4

  
  • QMBE 1320 - Introduction to Business Analytics


    Goals: To introduce frequently used data analysis techniques, to develop the quantitative skills necessary to use them, and to apply the methods in business decision-making settings.

    Content: The course will cover decision-making frameworks as well as data capture, analysis and presentation techniques. Topics such as budgeting, forecasting and regression will be explored using Excel and other relevant software or analytical tools.

    Prerequisite: QMBE 1310 (or equivalent statistics course) with a grade of C- or better.

    Credits: 4

  
  • QMBE 3710 - Operations Management


    Goals: To introduce students to concepts, techniques, and tools related to the design, planning, quality assessment and control, and improvement of manufacturing and service operations.

    Content: Topics including process analysis, improvement, and productivity, quality management, supply management, and inventory management, and how these topics are integrated with high-level financial objectives. Class sessions involve explaining concepts, working examples, discussing cases and performing team projects.

    Prerequisite: MGMT 3100 (grade of C- or better) or consent of the instructor.

    Credits: 4

  
  • QMBE 3720 - Decision Science


    Goals: To introduce students to decision-making analysis, stressing problem formulation, analytical methods for solution, and use of computer models.

    Content: Decision theory, linear programming, simulation, and implementation.

    Prerequisites: QMBE 1320 and MGMT 3100 (grades of C- or better) or consent of the instructor.

    Credits: 4

  
  • QMBE 3730 - Advanced Business Analytics


    Goals: To enable students to utilize advanced mathematical models and data analysis techniques.

    Content: This course picks up where QMBE 1320 leaves off, with more sophisticated models and new analytical techniques. Time permitting, topics covered will include a deeper look into optimization and spreadsheet models, multivariate regression, nonlinear regression, models of causation, and time series/forecasting.

    Taught: Yearly, spring semester

    Prerequisite: QMBE 1100 and QMBE 1320 (grades of C- or better)

    Credits: 4

  
  • QMBE 3740 - Data Mining


    Goals: Introduce students to data mining techniques and best practices.

    Content: This course includes classification, prediction, data reduction, and data visualization. Advanced regression, network and cluster analysis.

    Taught: Alternate Years

    Prerequisites: QMBE 1100, and QMBE 1320 or CDS 1010 (grades of C- or better)

    Credits: 4

  
  • QMBE 3750 - Data Management and Communication


    Goals: To build a strong foundation in data organization, and management (i.e., “data wrangling”) as well as reporting, visualization, and communication to non-technical audiences.

    Content: Businesses today operate in a very complex environment, with more data available than ever before. Students will build skills in using data management and visualization tools (including SQL and Tableau), and consider approaches to professional data representation and communication.  

    Prerequisites: QMBE 1310 (or equivalent statistics course) and QMBE 1320 or CDS 1010 with grades C-or better

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 1100 - Introduction to Religion


    Goals: To examine general theories about religion and various dimensions of religion (e.g. the sacred, scriptures, ethics, practices, mysticism, etc.), to reflect on the role of religion in public life, and to appreciate various ways of being religious and non-religious.

    Content: Topics discussed include approaches to the interpretation of scriptures, religious ethics, different kinds of “religious lives,” the challenges of religious diversity, religion and violence, atheism, religious trends in America and the world, and the relationship of religion to politics, law, science, and feminism.  A number of the world’s religious traditions and thinkers will be introduced through texts, case studies, films and field trips.

    Taught: Every semester

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 1140 - Women and Religion: Witches, Vixens, and Rebels


    Goals: To introduce religious expressions of women and their role in religion; to analyze the roles religion plays in women’s lives; to explore ways women influence as well as rethink religious traditions and shape them.

    Content: Cross-cultural examination of how religions function in women’s lives and the leadership roles women take in religion; analysis of gender structures in religion; and examination of such concepts as spirituality, community, authority, relationship, and images of the divine. The specific religious traditions and the cultural contexts of the women may vary in different years.

    Taught: Alternate years

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 1200 - Hebrew Bible/Old Testament: Textual Interpretation, Archaeology, and Digging for the Promised Land


    Goals: To survey the Jewish Scriptures/Christian Old Testament in historical context, exploring both the material’s literary characteristics—such as narrative plot and theme, poetic form and rhetoric—and its key theological emphases—such as the concept of God and the mission and destiny of Israel.

    Content: Samples from the three main portions of the Old Testament: Pentateuch, Prophets, and Writings (Psalms and wisdom literature).

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 1220 - The New Testament in Contemporary Contexts


    Goals: Students will develop their skills as interpreters by encountering the texts of the New Testament in their contexts - and through contemporary and ancient case studies. As global citizens, students will confront the ways diverse groups of people across the ages have interpreted and deployed scripture to fit the needs of their day.

    Content: What is the Christian New Testament, how did it come to be, and how has it been used? How could a single set of texts be formative for civil rights leaders and segregationists alike, for queer persons and fundamentalists, for radical environmentalists and free-market capitalists, for the historically orthodox as well as heretics, and what can the worldviews of ancient Hellenism and Judaism teach us about the problems we face today? This course will explore the content and formation of the New Testament using the methods of historical-critical analysis.

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 1300 - God, Self, and World: An Introduction to Theology


    Goals: To introduce the student to theological language and argument through critical examination of historical and contemporary thinkers as well as schools of thought.

    Content: Close reading and discussion of theological texts that explore central Christian claims about the nature of God, Jesus Christ, creation, humanity, the church, sin, suffering, evil, and salvation. Special attention will be given to the role of gender as well as to Christianity relationship to other religious traditions.

    Taught: Alternate years

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 1400 - Christian Ethics


    Goals: To provoke reflection on, and understanding of, the basis, nature, content, and consequences of Christian moral thinking. To appreciate the variety of viewpoints of moral issues within the Christian tradition and their relation to the larger society.

    Content: Close reading and discussion of various approaches to Christian ethics followed by analysis of selected moral issues such as war, euthanasia, abortion, homosexuality, and racism.

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 1500 - Introduction to Judaism


    Goals: To introduce students to the Jewish world by putting them in touch with authentic Jewish texts, experiences, values, and insights, and by enabling them to compare Judaism with their own ways of living and believing.

    Content: Analysis of the uniqueness and tragedy of Jewish history, issues of Jewish identity, the role of Jewish law in the life of the community.

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 1510 - Jewish Ethical Thought: Questions, Responses and Responsibilities


    Goals: To study the nature of the good in Judaism; to analyze such contemporary issues as war and peace, individual responsibility, sexuality, women’s issues, and related topics.

    Content: Historical context and authority, including Bible, Talmud, Responsa, and Codes; classic and modern religious literature; contemporary Jewish bioethics texts.

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 1520 - The World of Jesus


    Goals: To understand the social, cultural, and political realities that comprised the world of Jesus, and to see him as an embodiment of that milieu.

    Content: Movements in contemporary Judaism—Sadducees, Pharisees, Zealots, Essenes—as well as institutions like Temple, Torah, and Synagogue will be studied, along with the opportunities they presented to Jesus. Special emphasis will be placed on Jewish responses to Greek and Roman imperialism and culture, and to the ways in which these responses shaped Jesus’ environment.

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 1560 - Islam and the Muslim World


    Goals: To gain an understanding of the history, texts, beliefs and practices of Islam. To explore the ways the commitment to the tradition is understood and expressed in the lives of Muslims from a variety of places and backgrounds. To gain an appreciation for both diversity and unity within the tradition.

    Content: Close reading of portions of the Qur’an and other sacred writings, such as the Hadith; survey of the history of Islam; exploration of Islamic philosophy, law, art and literature. Special topics will include an examination of Sufism, the mystical tradition, and an analysis of contemporary issues relating to Islamic politics, the tension between tradition and modernization, and the growth of Islam in America.

    Teaching Methods: Lecture, small and large group discussion, videos; possible field trips and guest lectures.

    Taught: Annually

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 1620 - Religions of East Asia: Belief and Practice in China, Korea, and Japan


    Goals: To provide an introduction to the religious traditions of China, Korea and Japan. To examine continuity and diversity within each tradition and among the various traditions. To explore how religious themes and values are expressed in texts, rituals, symbols, art and architecture.

    Content: We will look at both the indigenous religions of each culture (e.g. Chinese Daoism, Korean Shamanism, Japanese Shinto) as well as those traditions that all share in common (Confucianism and Buddhism). We will discuss beliefs and practices, major thinkers and texts, historical contexts, institutional developments and popular religious movements. Topics include Chinese cosmology, Zen meditation, Korean Christianity, religion and Communism, and Confucian capitalism in contemporary East Asia.

    Taught: Annually

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 1630 - Religions of South Asia


    Goals: To provide an introduction to the religious traditions of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh). To examine continuity and diversity within each tradition and among the various traditions. To explore how religious themes and values are expressed in texts, rituals, symbols, music, art and architecture.

    Content: We will look at the Brahmanical, Jain, Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic and Sikh traditions. Topics will include yoga, renunciation, Hindu deities, caste and social structure, and women in Hinduism. The last part of the course will explore trends in the 19th and 20th century, during which the religious traditions of South Asia were connected with nationalism and the birth of modern India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. We will conclude by looking at the role that Hindu traditions, teachers and practices have played in modern America.

    Taught: Annually

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 3000 - Searching for Religion: The Quest for Meaning from the Church and Mosque to the Movie Screen and Concert Stage


    Goals: This course will investigate the following questions: What is religion and in what ways does it impact people’s lives? In what ways can religion be found not only in churches, synagogues and mosques, but also in movie theaters and concert stages, football fields and fandom? What methods should be used to study religion and what theories best explain it?

    Content: Students will study approaches to religion from a wide range of fields, including psychology, theology, anthropology, sociology, philosophy and history, as well as feminist and postmodern approaches. They will investigate religious phenomena in diverse contexts, from the totemistic rituals of aboriginal groups to contemporary popular culture.

    Taught: Spring semester

    Prerequisite: One previous religion course (grade of C- or better) or instructor approval

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 3200 - Biblical Narrative: Old Testament/Hebrew Bible


    Goals: To study in depth some portion of the narrative literature of the Jewish Scriptures/Christian Old Testament, with special attention to the issue of relevance posed by the antiquity of the texts, and to the issues posed by a sacred “literature-in-translation.” Emphasis will be given to developing close reading skills, a working acquaintance with critical methods of biblical studies, and intercultural competence.

    Content: Course content may shift from year to year. It may focus on a large block of narrative, the Deuteronomic History (Joshua-2 Kings), for example, or on an individual book (e.g., Genesis), or on a piece of a book (e.g., the Jacob cycle). Alternatively, the course may adopt a thematic approach: e.g., “family, friend, and stranger,” “holy war and peace,” or yet other topics.

    Prerequisites: REL 1200 or REL 1220, or permission of the instructor

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 3250 - Death and Dying: Religious, Philosophical, and Literary Perspectives


    Goals: This course will examine death and dying from a range of perspectives and multiple methodologies.

    Content: The texts we will read include a) philosophical and theological reflections on the meanings(s) of death, how we should live in the face of death, and the possibility and desirability of immortality; b) psychological analyses of death anxiety, grief, and mourning; c) anthropological and sociological examinations of death rituals, suicide, and institutions surrounding death; d) accounts from Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist, and Christian traditions about the nature of death and the after-life; and e) debates on controversial issues including euthanasia, war and pacifism, capital punishment and factory farming. We will also read literary treatments (short stories, poems, excerpts from novels) on many of these issues, and view films that focus on these topics.

    Taught: Alternate years

    Prerequisites: Any religion course

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 3390 - Christianity in an Age of Religious Diversity


    Goals: this course will investigate recent attempts by Christian scholars and practitioners to address how to think about, interact and live with people of other traditions. Students will leave the course with a critical understanding of the promise and the challenge of working from within a religious tradition to forge avenues of understanding and build relationships across traditions.

    Content: In an age of increasing religious diversity at the local, national, and international levels, it is imperative that religious traditions reflect on the following questions: How are we to think about the nature and meaning of religious diversity? What is the significance of my neighbor’s faith for mine? What does a commitment to my home tradition mean for how my community should relate to other religious communities that are now part of the fabric of life in our cities and neighborhoods? Taught in a seminar style, this course will explore these questions and more.

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 3400 - Contemporary Issues in Christian Ethics


    Goals: To achieve a greater appreciation of the major approaches and sources utilized by contemporary Christian ethicists, and to apply that knowledge to in-depth research into one current ethical dilemma.

    Content: The influence of scripture, philosophy, social, and natural science on the shape of Christian ethics in relationship to specific ethical issues such as sexuality, health care, politics, environment, economics.

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 3430 - Feminist/Womanist Theologies


    Goals: To explore the traditional theological claims in light of feminist and womanist critiques and reformulations.

    Content: Close reading and discussion of a variety of feminist and womanist theological works, especially focused on how gender, race, and class have affected religious language and imagery regarding God, Christ, power, sin, love, and redemption.

    Taught: Alternate years

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 3630 - Buddhism: Texts, Meditation and Enlightenment from Ancient India to Contemporary America


    Goals: To engage in an in-depth study of the Buddhist tradition, focusing on its origin in India, its development in Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Tibet, and the spread of Buddhism to America. We will look at both continuity and diversity within Buddhism, examining the different forms the tradition takes in various cultures and at the threads that run through all of them.

    Content: We will examine various facets of Buddhism—e.g. meditation, ritual, ethics, devotion—and different types of Buddhist lives—e.g. Monastic and lay, contemplative and activist. We will read both primary texts (e.g. Sutras) and modern secondary literature, and will examine Buddhist thought and practice at the “elite” level as well as the popular level. A number of sub-themes and questions will run through the course: How has each culture been shaped by Buddhism, and how has Buddhism been shaped by the various cultures? What has been the interaction of Buddhism with other aspects of culture, and with the sociopolitical sphere, in each country? Special topics include women in Buddhism, conceptions of Nirvana, the ethics of Karma, Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, and Buddhism in contemporary America.

    Taught: Alternate years

    Credits: 4

  
  • REL 5900 - Religion Colloquium


    Goals: This course brings together student majors, minors, and faculty members for the presentation and discussion of scholarly work in religion and examines the concept of vocation in a way that helps students reflect on their lives after college and on the process of finding meaningful work and discerning a calling.

    Content: Scholarly work by students, faculty members and visiting scholars; texts that explore the concept of vocation; and guest speakers and panels discussing issues related to work, careers, calling and elements that constitute a meaningful life.

    Taught: Annually

    Note: Two semesters of Colloquium are required for majors, and one semester is required for minors.

    Credits: 1

  
  • SOC 1110 - Introduction to Sociological Thinking


    Goals: To introduce students to the basic sociological concepts. To show how these concepts are used to analyze society. To increase our knowledge of how society is organized and operates. To encourage creative and critical thinking.

    Content: Study of culture, socialization, social institutions such as the family, religion, and government, race, gender, social class, and social change.

    Taught: Fall, winter, and spring terms

    Credits: 4

  
  • SOC 1120 - Social Issues


    Goals: To gain a thorough understanding of a specific social issue and its impact on society.

    Content: The social issues selected will vary with the instructor; for example poverty, stratification, disabilities, etc. See the Course Listing for a given term for that course’s focus.

    Taught: Annually

    Credits: 4

  
  • SOC 1200 - Sociological Practice


    Goals: In this gateway seminar, students explore the discipline of sociology and engage in further discovery about what it means to employ a sociological perspective. The goal of this course is to help sociology majors successfully navigate their undergraduate education and prepare for advanced study in the field and/or their career. Ideally, students will take this course in their sophomore year. Transfer students will complete the course during their first year at Hamline.

    Content: Students will learn about the sociology department and major including resources and responsibilities of the major, internships, careers in sociology, and the role and value of public sociology. Students will review the core concepts (e.g., the sociological imagination), theories (e.g., structural functionalism), and methods (e.g., survey research) to which they were introduced in their introductory course. Students will learn how to formulate a research question, prepare an annotated bibliography, and consider how theory and methodology inform one’s work, whether theoretical or applied. In addition, students may conduct mini-methodology assignments, considering the appropriateness of method to question.

    Taught: Fall term

    Prerequisite: SOC 1110 with a grade of C- or better and at least sophomore standing

    Credits: 4

  
  • SOC 3330 - Sociology of Gender


    Goals: To understand and evaluate gender as a form of social structure and the consequences that structure holds for individuals and society. To understand gender as a social, rather than purely biological, construct.

    Content: Covers a variety of topics including the social construction of sex and gender, biological explanations of gender difference, and  a selection of contemporary issues in gender studies including intersex, transgender, and masculinities.

    Taught: Fall term

    Prerequisite: SOC 1110 

    Credits: 4

  
  • SOC 3350 - Race, Racisms, and Racialization


    Goals: To develop a deep and nuanced understanding of the causes and consequences of the system(s) of racial categorization that exist in the contemporary United States.

    Content: Among other things, course content will privilege the historical process that gave rise to the current racial order, the ideologies that justify it, and the racial inequalities and ideologies that are the products of that order.

    Taught: Annually

    Prerequisite: SOC 1110 or CJFS 1120

    Credits: 4

  
  • SOC 3390 - Self, Identity, and Society


    Goals: To provide an overview of sociological social psychology, specifically the perspective of symbolic interaction. To understand how we become social beings and how, through our everyday interactions with one another, we create and re-create both ourselves and the social world in which we live.

    Content: The course will begin with a comparison of sociological and psychological theories of social psychology. We will then turn to symbolic interaction with topics that include meaning and symbols as human creations, language and cognition, impression management, the self, and the social construction of reality.

    Taught: Periodically

    Prerequisite: SOC 1110

    Credits: 4

  
  • SOC 3440 - Urban Sociology


    Goals: To explore the advent and growth of cities, the key organizations and concerns of everyday urban life, and the movement of people into and out of cities as well as regional shifts in the distribution of America’s population.

    Content: Urban and suburban domination of American life, the way in which the distribution of power has influenced the shape of cities, gentrification, the rise and fall of the “Southern Rim,” the factors that make cities desirable places to live, the various political and social problems which affect all cities and the possible remedies for these problems.

    Taught: Periodically

    Prerequisite: SOC 1110

    Credits: 4

  
  • SOC 3530 - Political Sociology


    Goals: To analyze the distribution of power in society. To explore the role of the state and the ways the key institutions of society affect the potential stability of a social system.

    Content: An overview of the field of political sociology and an examination of the reigning political ideologies in American society. The variety of available political ideologies, their dissemination, acceptance or rejection, significance of work, and movements for social change.

    Taught: Annually

    Prerequisite: SOC 1110

    Credits: 4

  
  • SOC 3700 - Medicine, Morality, and Mortality


    Goals: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

    1. describe the socialization experiences of students in medical school;
    2. identify and describe historical shifts regarding the place and practice of medicine in American society;
    3. describe patient-doctor interactions and experiences in various clinical settings;
    4. compare and contrast health and illness across social differences including race, socio-economic status, and gender;
    5. articulate key ethical issues in medicine including the case of organ transplantation;
    6. comprehend some of the complexities of medical practice, such as the role of patient compliance, surgical risk, and the anatomy of hope.


    Content: This course explores the social worlds of medicine. Topics include the process of becoming a doctor, the history of medicine, patient and doctor experiences, inequities in access to health care, organ transplantation, medical complications, and the anatomy of hope. Using literature, film, text, and guest speakers, we will examine the roles of doctors, patients, and the institution of medicine in a social exploration of health, illness, and healing.

    Taught: Periodically

    Prerequisite: SOC 1110

    Credits: 4

  
  • SOC 3930 - Social Research Methods


    Goals: To learn how to design and implement a research project. To become familiar with limits and appropriateness of various qualitative and quantitative research methods.

    Content: Various types of research methods such as field research, content analysis, and survey.

    Taught: Spring term

    Prerequisite: SOC 1110 with grade of C- or better

    Credits: 4

  
  • SOC 3950 - Theorizing Social Life


    Goals: Students will learn to wield social theory as a means to organize, understand and predict social phenomena. Students will also learn that understanding social reality is controversial and complicated.

    Content: The course is a targeted survey of early, modern and contemporary sociological theory with an emphasis on connecting theory to practice. Genealogical connections between and among theoretical constructs and ”schools” are a point of emphasis, and the social contexts within which theoretical frames develop is a primary focus.

    Taught: Fall term

    Prerequisites: SOC 1110 with grade of C- or better and junior or senior standing

    Credits: 4

  
  • SOC 5330 - Sexualities


    Goals: To understand and evaluate sexuality as a form of social structure and the consequences that structure holds for individuals and society. To understand sexuality as a social, rather than purely biological, construct.

    Content: The course will cover a variety of topics, providing a structural analysis of sexuality. Topics include social construction of sexuality, the history of sexuality in America, sexuality and religion, medicine, law, family, commerce, and education. 

    Taught: Alternate years, spring term

    Prerequisites: SOC 1110 and SOC 3330

    Credits: 4

  
  • SOC 5930 - Ethnography: Methods for Sociological Storytelling


    Goals: To learn how individual people’s stories can be analyzed for their social meaning; to learn about the place of ethnographic methods within sociology, as well as the advantages and limitations of these methods; to learn how to document others, as well as oneself, in images, sounds, and words using ethnographic methods; to learn about the relationship between theory and method, and how to apply theory to ethnographic data collection and writing; to learn how to write sociological stories based upon empirical documentation, using different narrative strategies, to various types of audiences.

    Content: This is a course about the stories that constitute people’s everyday lives and the sociological significance of documenting and writing about these life stories. In this course, students will learn to recognize how people’s everyday stories matter, and how these stories can be used to understand the social dynamics of community, the relationship between individuals and communities, institutional power, and social injustice. Students will learn about the methodological techniques social scientists use to collect, analyze, and write about these real-life stories, and they will use this knowledge to conduct their own original ethnographic research project. Course texts include social scientific forms of writing, as well as documentary films, photographs, and online audio and visual texts.

    Taught: Alternate years, spring term

    Prerequisite: SOC 1110 (grade of C- or better) and junior or senior standing, or instructor permission

    Credits: 4

  
  • SOC 5960 - Senior Seminar and Internship


    Goals: To synthesize the diverse sociology courses taken during the course of the major. To discuss the discipline of sociology—its major issues and debates, its applications, and its occupational relevance through completion of a 120-hour internship.

    Content: Completion of an internship fulfills the Hamline Plan LEAP requirement.

    Taught: Spring term

    Prerequisites: SOC 1110, SOC 1200, SOC 3930, and SOC 3950 with grades of C- or better. Instructor signature required.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SOCJ 1100 - Introduction to Issues in Social Justice


    Goals: This course will introduce students to major streams of social justice thought, including historical social justice movements, theoretical problems having to do with social equality, personal freedom, access to social resources, marginalization, and stigmatization, and the ways in which communities respond to these issues.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SOCJ 3800 - Inside-Out Prison Exchange


    Crosslisted: Also listed as CFST 3800, CJFS 3800, and WGS 3800

    The Inside-Out prison exchange program brings incarcerated individuals and Hamline undergraduates together to take a course behind prison walls to investigate issues related to crime, justice, freedom, inequality, and other social justice issues. Both inside and outside students will read various texts and write response papers throughout the semester. Students will work together to complete a class project. The course will take place at a Minnesota Department of Corrections Institution. This course is open to all Hamline undergraduate students who meet the prerequisite requirements.

    Prerequisites: One of the following courses: CJFS 1120, CFST 1100, SOC 1110, SOCJ 1100, WSTD 1010, and at least sophomore standing. Additionally, all students must complete an essay and interview to obtain instructor approval.

    Note: The department offering the course varies by term. It may be offered under CFST, CJFS, SOCJ, and WSTD.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SOCJ 5900 - Social Justice Capstone


    Goals: This course will permit major students to integrate theory, knowledge, and practical experience gained in their major using a series of readings, fieldwork experiences, and a major project.

    Prerequisite: SOCJ 1100

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPAN 1110 - Beginning Spanish I


    Goals: To introduce students with little or no previous training in the language to the basic grammar and vocabulary necessary for a variety of common activities.

    Content: Practical communication in such areas as greetings, descriptions, social and family life, food and restaurant needs, daily routines, the weather and the seasons, cultural values and leisure activities, machismo and feminism; occasional lectures concerning relevant aspects of Hispanic and Latino lives.

    Taught: Annually

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPAN 1120 - Beginning Spanish II


    Goals: To introduce students with little or no previous training in the language to the basic grammar and vocabulary necessary for a variety of common activities.

    Content: Practical communication in such areas as greetings, descriptions, social and family life, food and restaurant needs, daily routines, the weather and the seasons, cultural values and leisure activities, machismo and feminism; occasional lectures concerning relevant aspects of Hispanic and Latino lives.

    Taught: Annually

    Language placement: The department recommends that students complete SPAN 1110 before taking this course. Otherwise, students should do the online placement assessment for Spanish and contact the course instructor for placement advice.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPAN 3210 - Intermediate Spanish I


    Goals: To review and strengthen fundamental concepts. To increase writing and speaking skills. To develop an active vocabulary and improve pronunciation. To foster awareness and knowledge of Hispanic cultures and civilizations.

    Content: Intensive review of the indicative mood, including the perfect and progressive tenses, and an introduction to the forms and uses of the subjunctive. Vocabulary building, including idiomatic phrases and readings to illustrate grammatical usage and introduce Hispanic topics. Classroom conversation and small group discussion.

    Taught: Annually

    Language placement: The department recommends that students complete SPAN 1120 before taking this course. Otherwise, students should do the online placement assessment for Spanish and contact the course instructor for placement advice.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPAN 3220 - Intermediate Spanish II


    Goals: To develop skills in using compound tenses and the subjunctive in conversation and in writing. To increase vocabulary and fluency through extensive reading, writing, and conversation. Emphasis is given to self-correction and to paragraph-length speech.

    Content: A comprehensive refinement of the use of all tenses, with emphasis on the subjunctive. Reading and discussion of short stories and articles to build vocabulary and facilitate oral communication, and explore different aspects of Latino culture. Compositions and some translation.

    Taught: Annually

    Language placement: The department recommends that students complete SPAN 3210 before taking this course. Otherwise, students should do the online placement assessment for Spanish and contact the course instructor for placement advice.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPAN 3350 - Advanced Communication in Spanish


    Goals: To refine skills and attain near-native proficiency in pronunciation and in understanding native speakers.

    Content: Concentrated practice with word and sound variations used by native speakers; an analysis of idiomatic material vital to understanding normal conversation; an awareness of the importance of gestures, speech patterns, personal space and body language; and sensitivity to the interplay of language and society as well as the impact of Spanish on English.

    Taught: Periodically

    Language placement: The department recommends that students complete SPAN 3220 before taking this course. Otherwise, students should do the online placement assessment for Spanish and contact the course instructor for placement advice.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPAN 3500 - Introduction to Spanish for the Health Professional


    Goals: To become familiar with the specific Spanish vocabulary used in the healthcare field; to review Spanish grammar structures that provide the foundation for knowing how to use that vocabulary to create complete thoughts that accurately express information to or ask questions of a Spanish speaking patient; to learn about volunteer and job opportunities and requirements for employment as a translator or interpreter in hospitals and clinics that serve the Latino population in the Twin Cities.

    Content: This course is designed around a specialized and intensive amount of vocabulary study using various resources. Various readings and internet searching will be done to explore different medical practices in the United States and in Latin America, and to research the different job opportunities. This course requires a service learning experience in which students are involved in the community where they are exposed to Spanish speaking patients. 

    Taught: Periodically in fall or summer

    Language placement: The department recommends that students complete SPAN 3220 before taking this course. Otherwise, students should do the online placement assessment for Spanish and contact the course instructor for placement advice.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPAN 3600 - Hablemos de cine


    Goals: The primary goal is to strengthen the advanced-intermediate student’s listening and speaking skills in preparation for 5000-level coursework. Secondary goals include introducing students to the questions and methodologies of film criticism and developing their ability to critique films on the level of narrative and as expressions of Spanish/Latin American culture and society. 

    Content: Students will view 6-7 films from different parts of the Spanish-speaking world so as to improve their listening skills, particularly their ability to identify and understand regional accents and idiomatic expressions. Oral (and some written) assignments include comprehension exercises, plot summaries and analyses, research presentations, debates, role-playing and a final, in-depth critical review. Significant emphasis on vocabulary building, pronunciation and the confidence and skill needed to speak in longer, more complex sentences. The course is conducted entirely in Spanish, although some films are screened with English subtitles.

    Taught: Annually

    Language placement: The department recommends that students complete SPAN 3220 before taking this course. Otherwise, students should do the online placement assessment for Spanish and contact the course instructor for placement advice.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPAN 3900 - Advanced Conversation and Composition


    Goals: To teach students advanced aspects of oral and written expression in Spanish.

    Content: Oral expression, expository and creative writing, syntax, stylistics and idiomatic usage. Some introduction to advanced translation into Spanish.

    Taught: Annually

    Prerequisite: SPAN 3350 or SPAN 3600

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPAN 3910 - Spanish for the Professional


    Goals: To provide the student with a working knowledge of the Spanish language and Latino culture as related to the bilingual workplace of the United States and its counterpart abroad.

    Content: Work in such technical fields as health care and medicine, education and communication, law enforcement, social services and, in particular, business. Social and cultural issues are also emphasized. Pursuit of individual interests in specific career areas is encouraged. Strong emphasis is placed on relevant cultural issues.

    Taught: Annually

    Prerequisite: SPAN 3350 or SPAN 3600

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPAN 3950 - Introduction to Spanish Linguistics


    Goals: To teach students the basic principles of Descriptive Linguistics and of Applied Linguistics.

    Content: (1) Phonetics: exploration and classification of the sound system of Spanish and its theoretical representation; (2) Morphology: word formation and inflection in Spanish; (3) Syntax: word order, arrangement, and structure. This course provides students with a level of knowledge that enables them to make connections around relevant issues in contemporary Spanish linguistics, such as Heritage speakers’ discourse, language acquisition, bilingualism, code-switching, Spanglish, and Spanish in the United States.

    Taught: Alternate years

    Prerequisite: SPAN 3900 or SPAN 3910 with a grade of C- or higher.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPAN 5200 - Spanish-English Translation: Lenguaje y Cultura


    Goals: To learn how theories, especially about culture, frame the way a translator or interpreter renders a text and reflect on how these influences condition your own approach to translation; to improve your knowledge of the grammar, vocabulary and semantics of English and Spanish; to learn about employment as a translator or interpreter; and to complete your own significant, independent Spanish/English translation project for the Hamline Plan Q.

    Content: Learning in this course takes place through:

    1. Textbook lessons and in-class peer review of homework translation exercises;
    2. Class sessions on translation theory and special topics such as machine translation, subtitling for film and television, and inclusive language in translation;
    3. Guest presentations by professional translators and interpreters; and
    4. Students’ independent translation projects, which include short and long oral presentations in Spanish,  a reflective essay, and submission of a significant, independent Spanish-English translation project. 


    Taught: Periodically

    Note: This course is primarily taught in Spanish.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPAN 5210 - Spanish Children’s Literature


    Goals: To read, analyze, discuss, and write, in Spanish language, on a variety of children’s literary works with cultural references and with strong emphasis on literature for Latina/o/x children.

    Content: This course familiarizes students with the rich traditional, classic, and contemporary works of Children’s literature through a comprehensive selection of short stories, plays, and poetry written by Spanish-speaking authors from around the Hispanic world. This course will help students become more insightful interpreters and perceptive analysts of literature. Both theoretical and creative approaches to Children’s literature will be stressed, as well as the development of reading, critical thinking, and speaking skills. This course also explores the pedagogical role of this literature in the language classroom and uses literature to build children’s appreciation for diverse ethnic groups and Latino cultures.

    Taught: Alternate years

    Prerequisite: SPAN 3900 with a grade of C- or higher

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPAN 5300 - La cultura popular en América Latina


    Goals: To engage in the collaborative and interdisciplinary study of various forms of popular culture in Latin America (festivals, music, foods, television, sports, etc.). To appreciate how both the Humanities and the Social Sciences can help us understand the social, historical, political, economic, and aesthetic dimensions of cultural practices. To improve one’s spoken Spanish through class discussion and formal presentations on a research topic.

    Content: In the first half of the semester we learn how popular culture is defined and studied, and through readings, lectures, and class discussion we examine a range of popular Latin American cultural figures and practices. By mid-semester students will have formed working groups and chosen study topics, which they will research individually and collaboratively for several weeks. Finally, in a graduated series of oral presentations, students will teach classes on the popular culture genre they researched (e.g., comic books), and will lead us in interpreting a specific example of that genre (e.g., the Chilean comic book Condorito). Although some course readings are in English, all lectures, writing assignments, exams and presentations will be in Spanish.

    Taught: Alternate years

    Note: All coursework is done in Spanish.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPAN 5400 - Borderlands


    Goals: To reflect on the literal and symbolic power and meaning of borders.  To explore the Hispanic experience in the territories along the US-Mexico border  through literature written primarily in Spanish by Hispanic writers. Our exploration will focus on the contrasting experiences of Hispanics in the U.S. who are either native to this land, immigrants, or exiles. We will delve into how these contrasting experiences articulate with the intersecting issues of gender, race, class and nationality. For this we will need to understand, for example, the importance iconic female figures such as La Llorona, la Malinche, and la Virgen de Guadalupe have for Hispanic communities inside and outside the U.S. Other culturally relevant symbols, stereotypes, and tropes will also come into play. Ultimately, through readings and film viewing, we will attempt to interpret and understand the cross-cultural Borderlands experiences, bringing into sharp relief the meaning that border and frontier have from the Hispanic perspective.

    Content: Readings in Spanish and English from various well-known and little-known Spanish and Hispanic writers from the time of first contact to the present day, as well as essays, newspaper and blog articles and films.  Graded material includes tests, oral presentations and a final paper.

    Taught: Periodically

    Note: All coursework is done in Spanish.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPAN 5680 - Spanish Culture and Civilization


    Goals: This course is designed to give a comprehensive view of Spain and to provide students with a global knowledge of the different and diverse expressions of contemporary Spanish culture. The goal is to introduce students to the diverse realities of Spain through its history, geography, visual arts, politics, sociology and music, as well as its people, languages, traditions and daily life and customs. Spanish Culture and Civilization also presents new and current perspectives regarding Spain and its role in the European Union.

    Content: Different aspects of modern Spanish culture will be presented to the class through textbooks, contemporary movies, literary works, newspapers and magazine articles. In addition to expanding students’ cultural knowledge, this course works to develop students’ writing, reading, listening and speaking skills. Students are asked to form opinions on issues, defend their beliefs, and research and explore course topics independently.

    Taught: Periodically

    Note: All coursework is done in Spanish.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPAN 5800 - Latin American Novel and Short Story


    Goals: To expose the student to the development from realism to magical realism in Latin American novels and short stories, to analyze the importance of the historical reality of the Mexican Revolution in literature, and to examine machismo and hembrismo in the culture and how they are reflected in literature.

    Content: Through literature, students move north with the troops of Pancho Villa (Los de abajo), experience life in a machodominated pueblo where the dead speak (Pedro Paramo), examine choices that made a revolutionary into a politically powerful cacique in our modern world (La muerte de Artemio Cruz), observe the gender specific “painted woman” and “suffering mother” in relation to the macho male, and understand the impact that Mexican attitudes and customs have had on the United States.

    Taught: Alternate years

    Note: All coursework is done in Spanish.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPAN 5810 - Modern Latin American Fiction


    Goals: To explore different literary movements in the 20th century such as indigenismo, regionalismo, la novela psicologica, la vanguardia, lo real maravilloso, and feminismo; to seek connections between literary aesthetics and sociopolitical forces in Latin America; to develop through practice our ability to analyze, discuss, and write about art.

    Content: Primary texts: original works of Latin American fiction. Secondary texts: historical, biographical, and analytical readings. Authors vary from year to year. Course may occasionally focus on one or more themes, such as women writers, the regional novel, exile literature, or others.

    Taught: Alternate years

    Note: All coursework is done in Spanish.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPED 7100 - ASD: Introduction and Overview


    The incidence of autism spectrum disorders has increased significantly, and schools are charged with creating appropriate programs.

    Examine autism and Asperger Syndrome, educational criteria, identification and assessment, personal perspectives, teaching strategies, and family issues. Discuss specific research related to autism and educational practices. Address the effects of autism on families, as well as how to include the family in educational planning. Target audience: educators, administrators, autism resource specialists, special educators P-12, and related services personnel.

    Credits: 2

  
  • SPED 7101 - Proactive Behavior Management


    Too often, students with autism are ‘treated’ with behavior management strategies that expect the student to have necessary skills in the areas of emotional regulation, perspective-taking, and executive functioning. The emergence of scientific information regarding behavior and brain function should compel us to rethink many of our preconceived ideas about challenging behaviors and the strategies we use for intervention. In addition, research regarding emotional regulation development and sensory systems deficits, offers us an increased understanding of why our students struggle in specific situations.

    This class examines behavior management philosophy, sensory and emotional regulation research, tools for Functional Behavior Assessments, and strategies for writing Positive Behavior Support Plans for students on the autism spectrum.

    Prerequisite: SPED 7100

    Credits: 2

  
  • SPED 7102 - Assessment: Identification and Planning for the Student with ASD


    Become competent in the identification and assessment of individuals with autism spectrum disorders.

    Review Minnesota state criteria for the process of identification, assessment and educational planning for students with autism spectrum disorders. Effectively select, utilize, and report results using appropriate tools for evaluation of autism spectrum disorders. Write your own comprehensive evaluation report based on results obtained from testing an individual to which you have access.

    Prerequisite: SPED 7100

    Credits: 2

  
  • SPED 7103 - Communication, Assessment, and Intervention for Learners with ASD


    This course is required for students pursuing the ASD license (meets required competencies). It provides educators with an overview of the communication characteristics of individuals with ASD and explores current assessment tools and strategies related to communication. The following areas will be addressed: development of social communication and its relevance in ASD, communicative characteristics across the autism spectrum, formal and informal assessment tools and strategies currently used to evaluate communication, including the use of informal tests to evaluate communicative functions, social communication, non-verbal language and play skills, use of assessment results to identify needs and develop intervention plans, and principles of guiding language intervention in ASD.

    Credits: 2

  
  • SPED 7104 - Intervention and Strategies for Students with ASD


    This course examines how to organize and structure learning environments and integrate various evidence based strategies/interventions to support learners on the autism spectrum. This is a required course for both the ASD license and ASD certificate and is intended to be completed near the end of your ASD licensure/certificate.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPED 7105 - Collaborative Transition Programming to Support Individuals with ASD Across Ages


    The intent of this course is to develop an understanding of the impact an autism spectrum disorder has throughout an individual’s educational, employment, and independent living environments. Emphasis will be on the characteristics, issues, and essential elements for effective transition involved in the education and support of adolescents and young adults across the spectrum.

    Participants will learn effective strategies based on current research they can use to teach individuals with ASD how to manage, cope, contribute, and succeed in educational, home, employment, and community environments. Collaboration among multidisciplinary team members involved in the assessment of academic, functional, social communication, employment, and independent living abilities will be a major focus of this course. A variety of educational approaches will be explored. Participants will integrate, apply, and evaluate strategies learned and have the opportunity to share and reflect on the results with their classmates.

    The overall goal of this course is to teach educators and other team members how to prepare self­-determined individuals able to advocate their wishes, goals, needs, and accommodations. Curricular options will be carefully considered to provide opportunities related to an individual’s interests, strengths, instructional level, self-understanding, self-regulation, and self-determination.

    This is a requirement for the ASD license and an elective course for the ASD certificate. It is intended to be completed near the end of the ASD license/certificate.

    Credits: 2

  
  • SPED 7106 - Social Cognition


    Recognizing differences in learning and perception is essential to teaching individuals on the autism spectrum. Individuals with ASD have unique social cognitive processing styles and needs that impact their participation in school and the community. In addition, they face unique challenges with executive functions such as organization, planning/prioritizing, and social self-monitoring. In this course, participants will gain advanced knowledge of social cognitive and executive function differences for individuals with ASD, learn about formal and informal assessment tools, and learn how to design and implement instructional programs that promote social participation and interpersonal interactions. The strategies explored in the course specifically target promoting skills in: social understanding, self­-monitoring/self-advocacy, problem solving, cognitive flexibility, and effective organization, planning, and time management skills.

    Course assignments and resources access information from a variety of sources such as peer reviewed journal publications, text selections, web-based resources, direct student-application opportunities, and small group interaction to engage in relevant professional development and reflection, to increase knowledge and skill as a special educator, and inform your instructional practices with students and families. This course is a required course for the ASD licensure and an elective course for those seeking the ASD certificate.

    Credits: 2

  
  • SPED 7201 - Collaboration and Multi-categorical Strategies


    This course is designed to give participants an overview of special education in meeting the needs of students with mild-moderate disabilities across a wide range of classification areas. Participants will be provided with initial learning on the history of services for students with disabilities, IDEA and its impact, pre-referral interventions, assessment, IEP guidelines and LRE considerations, school wide behavioral support interventions, teaching interventions to support students in both general and special education classrooms, collaboration techniques to be used with professionals and families, and an array of publications and resources that support knowledge and application in teaching students with disabilities.

    Credits: 2

  
  • SPED 7202 - Social Communication and Positive Behavior Supports


    This course will build a deeper understanding of students with mild to moderate Autism Spectrum Disorders and related/co-occuring conditions. Participants will learn about assessment (from screening to evaluation to service), functional behavioral assessment, implementation of evidence based strategies, social cognition, self regulation and designing a safe and productive environment for learners. There will be multiple opportunities for applying the information through the use of observational experiences and shared case studies. In building a strong base of knowledge of the disability, students will be able to provide quality intervention to a range of individuals who learn and behave differently.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPED 7203 - Functional Academic and Life Skills


    The focus of this course is to provide an understanding of characteristics that impact learning in students with developmental disabilities and to promote a functional and standards based approach. This will include historical foundations, legal expectations, and current expectations in educating children and youth with a broad range of cognitive impairments and challenges in adaptive behavior. Further this course will clarify and distinguish the unique educational needs and interventions specific to students with intellectual disabilities. Finally, educational definitions, challenges related to identification, unique needs and characteristics across cognitive levels and eligibility criteria pertaining to students with developmental disabilities.

    Credits: 2

  
  • SPED 7204 - Academic and Instructional Strategies for Learners with Mild to Moderate Disabilities


    This course is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of students with learning disabilities and other health disabilities, specifically those with ADHD. The history, legal aspects, assessment, eligibility, individual education plans, remediation and interventions for students with academic and attention difficulties will be explored. Students will gain an understanding of the impact of information processing deficits on children and youth in relation to learning along with techniques for collecting and interpreting academic progress monitoring data and the use of assistive technology devices.

    Credits: 2

  
  • SPED 7205 - Behavior Intervention and Mental Health


    Students will be introduced to theory, issues and practices applicable to the education of students with EBD. Students completing the course will have a working knowledge of assessment, trends, and best practice approaches for students with EBD. Students will be able to define EBD according to local, state, and Federal (IDEA) definitions, have an understanding of the factors affecting students and the outcomes for children and youth with EBD. Students will be able to identify “best practices” for academic and behavioral approaches with children with EBD. Students will complete a review of an assessment and complete a functional behavioral assessment. Students will discuss current issues facing students and families, collaborating with outside agencies, supporting families, and collaborating with other educators and school staff.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPED 7930 - Special Education Evaluation and Assessment


    This course is designed to provide students with the basic statistical, theoretical, ethical, and practical foundations of special education evaluation and assessment. Students will be introduced to the processes, methods, tools common to their district and assigned schools. Students will focus on the application, scoring and interpretation of evaluations as well as the documentation, communication and team process involved with them. The class will also introduce the rigor of standardized administration procedures. They will be observing and participating in special education decision-making and program planning for students with special education needs. Special consideration will be paid to the nuances and implications of evaluation and assessment with respect for students and families from culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPED 7940 - Special Education Legal Requirements and Ethical Considerations


    This course details the Federal and State laws, and corresponding policies and procedures governing the education of persons with disabilities.  Legal, historical, and philosophical foundations and current issues of the special education system will be addressed.  Specifically, ethical issues of accurate identification, over-identification of students with cultural or linguistic differences, early intervention, using evidence-based interventions, and documentation of due process rights will be taught and assessed.

    Credits: 4

  
  • SPED 7950 - Special Education Community Collaboration


    The course focuses on developing and implementing professional partnerships within special and general education settings. Students will focus on the underlying theories and practical skills for collaborating effectively with students, families, teachers, related service providers, paraprofessionals, and others critical to the special education process. The goal of these collaborative efforts is to improve student outcomes by building on the strengths, perspectives, and needs of others in planning and implementing individualized education programs as a team.  Students will practice working with people of different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and professional perspectives throughout the course.

    Credits: 4

  
  • THTR 1010 - Production Experience (Category I)


    Goals: To engage the student in a range of production activities to develop communication abilities and technical skills required in the performing arts.

    Content: Stage management, board operation, and running crew for a mainstage show.

    Credits: 0.5

  
  • THTR 1120 - Introduction to Theatre


    Goals: To introduce students to the art of theatre production. To gain an understanding of both the facets of theatre production as well as theatre’s role in society and community. To develop critical skills in analysis of dramatic text and performance review. 

    Content: Exploration of dramatic aesthetics and theory applicable to theatre. An overview of theatre arts which includes historical and socio-political survey of audience relationships to theatre and theatre-making. 

    This course is intended for the general student and required of all majors and minors.

    Taught: Each semester

    Credits: 4

  
  • THTR 1130 - Dance I


    Goals: To demonstrate an understanding of basic modern and jazz dance techniques through proper warm-up, the performance of across-the-floor combinations, a sensibility to music and/or rhythmic structures, and proper use and alignment of the body in terms of mechanical functioning. To acquire an awareness of movement relative to the use of space, time, and weight. To participate in structured improvisation as a vehicle for individual movement expression. To develop an understanding and awareness of modern and jazz dance as a performance art. To acquire an understanding of dance relative to its historical, social, and cultural contexts.

    Content: An introduction to modern and jazz dance technique. Performance of fundamental elements which comprise warm-ups, center floor sequences and combinations, and across-the-floor combinations. Basic elements of dance composition and improvisation.

    Taught: Each semester.

    Credits: 4

  
  • THTR 1140 - Creating Through Movement


    Goals: To explore creativity through a hybrid of dance and physical theater.  The course will  develop students’ technical skills, strength, flexibility, endurance and coordination using dance technique to explore rhythm and movement phrasing as well as introduce different techniques to increase kinesthetic awareness such as Yoga, improvisation and Laban Movement Analysis (LMA).

    Content: The course is designed to create an atmosphere that encourages students to become aware of feelings and images which shape the creative process. Students will explore the process of collective and personal creation and develop skills to create performance pieces that communicate ideas and expresses oneself.

    Taught: Annually

    Prerequisite: None - open to any student who is interested in exploring ideas through movement.

    Credits: 4

  
  • THTR 1150 - Yoga


    Goals: To improve body mechanics; develop mental focus and control; reinforce positive body image and language; and introduce yoga philosophy and experiential anatomy.

    Content: Work with structural alignment, flexibility and strength technique to improve body mechanics and injury prevention through yoga poses; examination of how yoga philosophy relates to day-to-day living through written material and written reflections.

    Taught: Alternate years.

    Credits: 4

  
  • THTR 1180 - Introduction to Film Studies


    Goals: This introductory course invites students to develop a comprehensive vocabulary and set of methodologies for the critical analysis of narrative film.

    Content: Landmark films and theoretical paradigms will be discussed along with significant trends in technology, production and reception.

    Taught: Fall term

    Credits: 4

  
  • THTR 1230 - Acting Fundamentals


    Goals: To introduce the uninitiated student to the basic principles of acting training: physical discipline, vocal control, individual expression, and intellectual/emotional exploration of the role. 

    Content: An active, participation-based course, students should expect to participate in a variety of beginning level acting training techniques such as textual analysis, voice and breathing techniques, improvisation, group exercises, monologue development and/or scene performance. No prior experience necessary.

    Taught: Each semester

    Credits: 4

  
  • THTR 1235 - Acting I


    Goals: To build on prior training and acting experience. To establish a shared performance vocabulary employed in further acting courses as well as in department production work.

    Content: The first class in the performance training sequence in the theatre major/minor. With focused work, geared towards students with prior acting training, experience, and/or interest, students engage in various acting methodologies. Students will engage in textual analysis in partnered or group scene work, audition preparation, and/or group exercises. Intended for majors, minors, and those with specific interest and/or experience in acting. 

    Taught: Spring term

    Prerequisite: Departmental approval required

    Credits: 4

  
  • THTR 1420 - Technical Theatre


    Goals: To introduce the theories and practical skills of technical production in theatre. To develop a basis for further work in theatrical design and to qualify the student for theatrical production work.

    Content: Materials, methods, and planning skills used in scenery, lighting, costumes, and properties. Projects in basic drafting, computer-aided design, construction, electricity, and electronics.

    Taught: Annually.

    Credits: 4

  
  • THTR 1450 - Drawing for the Theatre


    Goal: Beginning drawing class especially intended for students interested in theatre design.

    Content: The course covers basic principles of light and shadow, drawing the human form, fabric illustration and the techniques of working in pencil, marker and watercolor.

    Taught: Winter, alternate years

    Note: Students intending to take Costume Design or interested in fashion illustration are encouraged to take this course prior to taking Costume Design.

    Credits: 4

  
  • THTR 3010 - Production Experience (Category II)


    Goals: To engage the student in a range of production activities to develop communication abilities and technical skills required in the performing arts.

    Content: Directing, designing, and performing in a mainstage show.

    Credits: 0.5

  
  • THTR 3120 - Analyzing the Dramatic Text


    Goals: To develop a strong foundation in script analysis with an emphasis on practical application through assignments geared to exercise the student’s ability to engage the dramatic text from a performance, a design, and a historiographic perspective.

    Content: Seven plays covering major historical periods and genres—including a focus on a variety of dramaturgical approaches—will be analyzed through close reading and experiential activities.

    Taught: Annually.

    Prerequisite: THTR 1120 or permission of the instructor.

    Credits: 4

  
  • THTR 3150 - Topics in Theatre History


    Goals: To study the broad and diverse history and literature of the theatre through special topics determined by genre, theme, and historical significance.

    Content: Topics may include Musical Theatre History, Theatre and Military Combat: From the Greco-Persian Wars to Current Conflicts in Afghanistan and the Middle East, Queer Identities on Stage: Then and Now, Experimental Visions: Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway, etc.

    Prerequisite: None; however, THTR 1120 is recommended

    Note: Students may register for this course more than once for different topics.

    Credits: 4

  
  • THTR 3160 - The Modern Stage: 1870 to the Present


    Goals: To become familiar with the broad and diverse history and literature of the theatre over the last 150 years; the practical theories of acting, design and directing; the latest research in dramatic criticism; and the ways in which the study of theatre encourages cross-disciplinary thinking. 

    Content: Representative texts from 1870 to the contemporary moment with special focus on women, people of color, and LGBTQ theatre artists.

    Taught: Spring term

    Prerequisite: None, though THTR 1120 is recommended

    Credits: 4

  
  • THTR 3180 - Topics in Film Studies


    Goals: To explore in some depth a specific film genre.

    Content: Landmark genres and theoretical writings will be discussed along with significant trends in technology, production, and reception.

    Taught: Alternate years

    Prerequisite: None, though THTR 1180 is highly recommended

    Note: Students may register for this course more than once for different topics.

    Credits: 4

  
  • THTR 3210 - Movement for Actors


    Goals: To improve physical communication through gesture, body language, and movement. Students will also develop critical analysis skills.

    Content: Physical training in different somatic modalities including Feldenkrais, Laban Movement Analysis, dance, and yoga, which will explore the unique relationship between physical movement and text.

    Taught: Periodically.

    Prerequisite: THTR 1230.

    Credits: 4

  
  • THTR 3230 - Acting II


    Goals: Building on Acting I, this course is designed to further deepen understanding and mastery of the techniques of acting and to help prepare students for working in the field.

    Content: Intermediate level acting training focused on script analysis and application in engaged scene study. Students will perform in a variety of scenes, from a variety of performance genres and time periods.

    Taught: Annually

    Prerequisites: THTR 1230 or 1235, and THTR 3210

    Credits: 4

 

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