2022-2023 Undergraduate Course Catalog 
    
    May 03, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Knowledge Management

  
  • KNM 403 - Process Continuity and Future Planning

    College of Professional Studies
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

    Addresses knowledge continuity management (KCM), the KM team, future challenges and knowledge management disciplines and nuances. KCM is a specific application of knowledge management with a goal of identifying valuable knowledge that is vulnerable and at risk of being lost due to the departure of one or more employees.
    PREREQ: KNM 301

World Language Program: Korean

  
  • KOR 101 - Korean I

    College of Arts and Sciences
    4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introductory proficiency-based course which prepares students to understand, speak, read, and write in culturally authentic contexts. Activities are conducted in Korean. Students cannot enroll in KOR 101 after earning credit for KOR 102, KOR 201, KOR 202, or higher.
    PREREQ: REQUIRED PLACEMENT EXAM SCORE
  
  • KOR 102 - Korean II

    College of Arts and Sciences
    4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Continuing proficiency-based course which develops communicative abilities in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in culturally authentic contexts. Activities are conducted in Korean. Students cannot enroll in KOR 102 after earning credit for KOR 201, KOR 202, or higher.
    PREREQ: KOR 101 OR REQUIRED PLACEMENT EXAM SCORE
  
  • KOR 180 - International Course

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-12 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
    Repeatable
  
  • KOR 200 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • KOR 201 - Korean III

    College of Arts and Sciences
    4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Continuing proficiency-based course which refines and expands previously acquired linguistic skills in culturally authentic contexts. Activities are conducted in Korean. Students cannot enroll in KOR 201 after earning credit for KOR 202 or higher.
    PREREQ: KOR 102 OR REQUIRED PLACEMENT EXAM SCORE
  
  • KOR 202 - Korean IV

    College of Arts and Sciences
    4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Continuing proficiency-based course which further refines and expands previously acquired linguistic skills in culturally authentic contexts. Incorporates reading, discussing, and analyzing texts as a basis for the expression and interpretation of meaning. Activities conducted in Korean. Students cannot enroll in KOR 202 after earning credit for a course higher than KOR 202.
    PREREQ: KOR 201 OR REQUIRED PLACEMENT EXAM SCORE
  
  • KOR 300 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable

Latino-Latin American Studies

  
  • LAS 200 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s)
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • LAS 300 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s)
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • LAS 302 - Introduction to Latin American Literature

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: SPA 322 
    Modern Latin American literature using new methods of study, basically Cultural Semiotics.
    PREREQ: SPA 202 
  
  • LAS 313 - Modern Latin America

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: HST 323 
    The turmoil of the postindependence period and the search for economic and political stability. Reasons for and consequences of export-led growth. The role of the United States in preserving the status quo in the Americas.
  
  • LAS 315 - Advanced Language Usage

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: SPA 302 
    Advanced grammar, composition, and conversation.
  
  • LAS 318 - South American Cultures

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: ANT 322 
    Archaeology and cultural history. Racial, linguistic, and cultural areas from 1492 to today. Studies of contemporary Indian and Mestizo populations.
  
  • LAS 321 - Latin American Development: Spatial Aspects

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: GEO 321
    Spatial dimensions of development process in Latin America since the 1930s in a variety of contexts and at several scales. Variety of spatial models that may be applied.
  
  • LAS 322 - Colonial Latin America

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: HST 322 , SPA 325  
    Development of Amer-Indian civilization and the Spanish conquests. Evolution of the Spanish American economy and the unique American culture. Growth of the plantation economy of Brazil. The movements toward independence.
  
  • LAS 324 - Recent Latin American History

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: HST 324 
    Developments since World War I. Political, economic, and social change and growth of nationalism.
  
  • LAS 325 - Colonialism in Latin America

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Processes of geographical change in latin America from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century. Reconstruction of geographies of Latin America at critical periods.
  
  • LAS 326 - Beyond the Screen: Latin American and Spanish Film

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: SPA 326 
    Film theories (historical, auteur, national, etc) and terminology, trends in film, women in film, problems with cultural representation.
  
  • LAS 332 - Music in the Caribbean

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: HOM 326
    Music of the Caribbean region in its cultural, historical, and political contexts. The course uses instruments, rhythms, and movements as starting points to explore issues of migration, urbanization, nationalism, race and ethnicity in the Caribbean.
  
  • LAS 333 - Politics of Latin America

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: PSC 333 
    Political processes and institutions in Latin America. The region’s experience with modernization.
  
  • LAS 334 - Contemporary Issues in Chile and Latin America

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: HST 406 , IRP 334 , PSC 428 , SPA 334 
    Offered only in Santiago. This seminar features in-situ lectures and activities in Chile, Argentina and Uruguay introducing important political, sociological and environmental issues in the Southern Cone region.
  
  • LAS 335 - Mexico and the United States

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Crosslisted with: PSC 334 
    The history and politics of Mexico, with special attention to relations between Mexico and the United States and the politics of immigration, NAFTA, the drug trade, and other bilateral issues.
  
  • LAS 343 - Latina Feminist Theories

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: LIT 343 , WGS 343 
    Examines Latina feminist and queer thought and methods for social transformation; places US women of color feminisms in conversation with Latina/o and Latin American histories, identities, cultural productions, and activisms.
  
  • LAS 358 - Latin American International Relations

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: PSC 358 
    Examines Organization of American States and other regional institutions. Considers how regional cooperation efforts have been shaped by political, economic, and cultural diversity of the countries in the region and by the changing global context.
  
  • LAS 402 - Hispanic Journalistic Practices

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: SPA 402 
    Examines journalism and media in Spanish as they are practiced in Spanish-speaking countries and the U.S. Conducted in Spanish. [Effective spring 2009]
  
  • LAS 423 - Effects of Globalization in Latin America

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Crosslisted with: ANT 423
    Double Numbered with: LAS 623
    A grassroots view of major transformations in Latin America due to globalization/global change, including adaptations to global warming, effects of and reactions to neo-liberal policies, internal and international migration, ethnic movements and social revolutions.
  
  • LAS 424 - Dictatorships, Human Rights, and Historical Memory in the Southern Cone

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: HST 424 , IRP 424 , PSC 424 
    Offered only in Santiago. The time period (1940-present) and its significance and contributions to the configuration of social, political and economic aspects of Chile today. Relies on primary sources, comparisons within the Southern Cone, and a focus on US role and influence during this period.
  
  • LAS 425 - Post-colonialism and Philosophy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: PHI 425 
    The philosophical analysis and critique of colonialism’s representations of other cultures and justifications for intervention, as well as debates over effective forms of resistance.
  
  • LAS 433 - Business Spanish

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: SPA 433 
    Language usage in relation to Spanish and Latin American business.
  
  • LAS 439 - Community Outreach: Language in Action

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: SPA 439 
    Language immersion in the Spanish-speaking community in the Syracuse area. Emphasis on improving spoken and written Spanish through a service learning component. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: SPA 301 
  
  • LAS 461 - Nobel Prize Writers of the Spanish-Speaking World

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: SPA 461 
    Presents works by 10 Nobel Laureates in Spanish.301
  
  • LAS 463 - Contemporary Latin American Theater

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: SPA 463 
    Introduction to major theater works and movements in 20th-century Latin America.
  
  • LAS 465 - Literature and Popular Culture

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: SPA 465 
    Mass culture and post modernism. Interactions between mass media culture, art, and politics in Latin America.
  
  • LAS 467 - Film and Literature

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: SPA 467 
    A critical study of books made into film in Latin American literature.
  
  • LAS 471 - Contemporary Latin American Literature

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: SPA 471 
    Latin American literature from the 1920s to the present. Emphasizes the development of the contemporary novel.
  
  • LAS 475 - Women, Myth and Nation in Latin American Literature

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: SPA 475 , WGS 475 
    Myths about women and nation. Modern interpretations and reconstructions of these myths in contemporary literature by Latin American women writers. Literary texts with theories on myth. Representation and “real” constructions of feminine and national identities in different regions of Latin America.
  
  • LAS 479 - Perspectives on Mexico and Central America: Literature, Art, Film

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: SPA 479 
    Literary works, films and arts created in Central America. Topics include perspectives on indigenism, feminine and masculine identities, religion, politics, technology and its future implications on those countries.
  
  • LAS 480 - International Course

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-12 credit(s) Irregularly
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
    Repeatable
  
  • LAS 481 - The Literature of Latinos in the United States

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: SPA 481 
    Short stories and poetry written in Spanish by Latinos. Themes such as identity, language, and culture. Political, social, and cultural readings.
  
  • LAS 482 - Chican@/x and Latin@/x Literature: Vision as Power

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: SPA 482
    Chican@/x and Latin@/x literature employs vision as an aesthetic form of resistance, affecting what we see when we read and how we understand our world.
    PREREQ: SPA 202 AND SPA 301
    COREQ: SPA 301
  
  • LAS 483 - US Latin@/x Literature and The Body

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: SPA 483 
    Study how contemporary Latin@/x Literature employs the narrative body in artistically conveying social practices.
    PREREQ: SPA 202  AND SPA 301 
    COREQ: SPA 301 
  
  • LAS 489 - Hispanic Caribbean Narrative and Film

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: SPA 489 
    Texts in Spanish by Caribbean writers. Explores themes such as women, politics, death, identity. Readings are accompanied by films and followed by critical theory and analysis.
  
  • LAS 493 - Afro-Hispanic Topics in Caribbean Literature

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: SPA 493 
    Caribbean African-Hispanic literature (poetry and short stories) with different areas of social and political interest. Emphasis on different Caribbean religions.
    PREREQ: SPA 301 
  
  • LAS 494 - Hispanic Caribbean Literature

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Crosslisted with: SPA 494 
    This course studies the Spanish Caribbean’s multiple identities through the discussion of a series of literary and cultural texts. The course concentrates on race, gender, sexuality, migrations, postcolonial relations, popular culture and diasporas.
  
  • LAS 495 - Marginal Cultures in Hispanic Caribbean Literature

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: SPA 495 
    Caribbean poetry and short stories about race, gender, and homoeroticism. Includes social, political, and cultural readings.
  
  • LAS 497 - Text and Context in Cuban Revolutionary Literature

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: SPA 497 
    Literary works of the Cuban revolutionary period by Cuban and Cuban-American authors from different literary and political points of view.
  
  • LAS 499 - Honors Capstone Project

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum
  
  • LAS 520 - Research on Latin America

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-3 credit(s) Every semester
    Reading and special work
    Repeatable
  
  • LAS 537 - Environmental Policy in a Development Context

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: GEO 537 
    Offered only in Santiago. Examines historical/intellectual/ material processes that transformed nature into natural resources to be exploited; ways global political process has guided global responses to environmental problems; Chilean environmental policy over the last 20 years.

Latin

  
  • LAT 101 - Latin I

    College of Arts and Sciences
    4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introductory course which prepares students to acquire a reading knowledge of classical Latin, focusing on morphology and syntax, and its role in the culture and literature of ancient Roman society. Students cannot enroll in LAT 101 after earning credit for LAT 102, LAT 201, LAT 202, or higher.
    PREREQ: REQUIRED PLACEMENT EXAM SCORE
  
  • LAT 102 - Latin II

    College of Arts and Sciences
    4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Continuing course with emphasis on morphology and syntax. Introduction to examples of unsimplified Latin prose of the Republic and Empire, read and interpreted within the cultural context of Greco-Roman society. Students cannot enroll in LAT 102 after earning credit for LAT 201, LAT 202, or higher.
    PREREQ: LAT 101 OR REQUIRED PLACEMENT EXAM SCORE
  
  • LAT 201 - Latin III

    College of Arts and Sciences
    4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Continuing course with review of morphology and syntax and further study of idioms, rhetorical figures, and syntactic peculiarities. Reading and study of representative prose authors. Students cannot enroll in LAT 201 after earning credit for a course higher than LAT 201.
    PREREQ: LAT 102 OR REQUIRED PLACEMENT EXAM SCORE
  
  • LAT 310 - Latin Prose Authors

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Readings from selected authors. Review of grammar and syntax.
    PREREQ: LAT 201
  
  • LAT 320 - Latin Poets

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Readings from selected Latin poets. Review of grammar and syntax. Latin metrics and prosody.
  
  • LAT 410 - Advanced Latin Prose

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Readings from selected Latin prose authors.
    PREREQ: LAT 310
    Repeatable 4 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  
  • LAT 420 - Advanced Latin Poetry

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Readings from selected Latin poets.
    PREREQ: LAT 320
    Repeatable 4 time(s), 12 credits maximum

Legal Studies

  
  • LGL 201 - Introduction to Legal Systems and Legal Ethics

    College of Professional Studies
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Examine definitions and sources of law and organization of judicial system. Representative substantive areas of law covered to develop case analysis, legal thinking, and writing. Codes of professional ethics for lawyers and non-lawyers also explored.
  
  • LGL 322 - Alternative Dispute Resolution

    College of Professional Studies
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Fundamentals of arbitration, mediation, and negotiation in legal disputes and litigation are examined. Practical applications in business, community, and domestic settings studied. Increasing use of court ordered ADR explored. Procedures, skills, and ethics are covered.

Linguistics

  
  • LIN 180 - International Course

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-12 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
    Repeatable
  
  • LIN 201 - The Nature and Study of Language

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduction to the study of human language. Language change and diversity, usage, meaning, phonetics, grammatical description, and language learning.
  
  • LIN 202 - Languages of the World

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: ANT 202 
    Introduction to Universal Grammar. Similarities and differences in structures of human languages. Syntax and morphology. Theory development.
    PREREQ: LIN 201 
  
  • LIN 251 - English Words

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    An analysis of English words, their structure, history, meaning, and formation from a theoretically informed linguistic perspective. The course is primarily concerned with the words borrowed from the classical languages.
  
  • LIN 301 - Introductory Linguistic Analysis

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: LIN 601
    Techniques and methods of modern linguistics, including specific analysis of phonetic, phonological, morphological, and syntactic aspects of natural language structure. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: LIN 201
  
  • LIN 305 - Linguistic Structure of English

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: LIN 605
    Systematic and comprehensive survey of the structure of Modern English from a linguistic perspective. Topics include phonetics, phonology, morphology, semantics/pragmatics,various syntactic properties pertaining to English. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: LIN 201
  
  • LIN 312 - Meaning and Communication

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: LIN 612
    Introduction to aspects of linguistic meaning that are dependent on context and other non-linguistic factors.
    PREREQ: LIN 301
  
  • LIN 321 - Introduction to Methodology of Teaching Languages: English/Foreign Language Teaching

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: LIN 621
    Topics include history and theories of language teaching; the teaching of content (grammar, sound system, lexis, and pragmatics) and skills; and assessment. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: LIN 201   or LIN 301   or SPA 437   OR (SPA 435   AND SPA 436  )
  
  • LIN 326 - Structure of Standard Arabic

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: ARB 326
    Double Numbered with: LIN 626
    Structure of Standard Arabic, including the phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Includes social and historical issues related to the development of the Arabic language. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • LIN 371 - Dimensions of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: ANT 371
    Double Numbered with: LIN 671
    Foundations, theory, and practice of bilingual/bicultural education. Critical concepts of linguistic, sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic issues and methods as applied to bilingualism/multiculturalism. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: LIN 201
  
  • LIN 373 - Language Variation and Change

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: ANT 378
    Double Numbered with: LIN 673
    An exploration of the theories, qualitative and quantitative methods, and the ideological, social, cultural, linguistic and structural factors involved in the study of language variation and change. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: LIN 201
  
  • LIN 374 - Topics in Sociolinguistics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Crosslisted with: ANT 374, SOC 372
    Double Numbered with: LIN 674
    Functions of language in society. Geographical, socioeconomic, and male-female differentiation. Functions of various types of speech events. Requirements include an additional research paper for graduate students.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • LIN 375 - Forensic Linguistics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Crosslisted with: ANT 375  
    Double Numbered with: LIN 675
    Examines the application of core linguistic concepts, (including concepts of socio-psychological/pragmatic/discourse analysis), and interpretive techniques to investigate crimes, and other legal matters in which language data is used as pertinent evidence. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • LIN 381 - Global Communication Through World Englishes

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: LIN 681
    World Englishes pose unique challenges for linguists, language pedagogues, business leaders, communication experts, and researchers in intercultural/ international communication. Various topics reflecting these challenges are presented. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: LIN 201
  
  • LIN 392 - Second Language Acquisition

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: LIN 692
    Survey of research on second-language acquisition; linguistic, biological, cognitive, affective, and social factors.
    PREREQ: LIN 201  or LIN 301  or LIN 305 
  
  • LIN 400 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • LIN 406 - Field Methods in Linguistics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: LIN 606
    Course introduces students to tools/techniques for collecting/analyzing language data. Under documented language used when possible. Students work with a native-speaker consultant. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: LIN 301  OR LIN 601
  
  • LIN 411 - Semantics of Human Languages

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: LIN 611
    Introduction to analysis of meaning in natural languages. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: LIN 301 
  
  • LIN 422 - Advanced Methods of Teaching Languages: English/Foreign Language Teaching

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: LIN 622
    Topics include curriculum development, technology in language learning, global dialects, individual differences, second language acquisition, and professional development. Students complete a practicum. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: LIN 321 
  
  • LIN 431 - Phonological Analysis

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: LIN 631
    Introduction to analysis of sound systems of natural languages. Extra work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: LIN 301 
  
  • LIN 441 - Syntactic Analysis

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: LIN 641
    Introduction to analysis of morphological and syntactic systems of natural languages. Extra work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: LIN 301 
  
  • LIN 451 - Morphological Analysis

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Double Numbered with: LIN 651
    An introduction to morphological theory and analysis in contemporary generative linguistics. The course familiarizes students with the main topics that interest morphologists by exposing students to a range of cross-linguistic data.
    PREREQ: LIN 301 
  
  • LIN 461 - Introduction to Historical Linguistics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: LIN 661
    An introduction to traditional terminology and methods, and to more recent studies in formal, explanatory theories of language change. Theories of phonological as well as syntactic change. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: LIN 301 
  
  • LIN 471 - Dimensions of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: LIN 671
    Foundations, theory, and practice of bilingual/bicultural education. Critical concepts of linguistic, sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic issues and methods as applied to bilingualism/multiculturalism. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • LIN 499 - Honors Capstone Project

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum
  
  • LIN 580 - International Course

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-12 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
    Repeatable

Literature in English Translation

  
  • LIT 101 - Ancient Greek Literature: The Rise of Athens

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Major genres (Epic; Lyric; Tragedy; Comedy) and authors (Homer; Sappho; Aeschylus; Euripides; Aristophanes) of Greek antiquity.  All readings in English.
  
  • LIT 102 - Roman Literature: Empire and Its Discontents

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
    Major genres (Epic; Oratory; Love Poetry; History; Comedy) and authors (Plautus; Cicero; Catullus; Livy; Vergil) of Ancient Rome.  All readings in English.
  
  • LIT 131 - Great Jewish Writers

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: JSP 131 , REL 131 
    Introduction to fiction by Jewish authors. Topics include modernization, rebellion against authority, alienation, childhood, superstition, and the holocaust. Some films included.
  
  • LIT 180 - International Course

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-12 credit(s) Irregularly
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
    Repeatable
  
  • LIT 203 - Greek and Roman Epic: Heroes, Gods, and the Universe

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Iliad and Odyssey (Homer); Argonautica (Apollonius of Rhodes); On the Nature of Things (Lucretius); Aeneid (Vergil); Metamorphoses (Ovid).  All readings in English.
  
  • LIT 204 - Popular Culture in Modern Japan

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Considers expressions of “pop culture” in Japan from the 17th century through the present.
  
  • LIT 205 - Tokyo Today in Literature and Film

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Examines pieces of literature and film that have rendered aspects of life in contemporary Tokyo.  Focuses on how the aesthetic imagination has represented the possibilities and perils of the modern metropolis.
  
  • LIT 211 - Ancient Greek Drama: The Birth of Comedy and Tragedy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Tragedy (Aeschylus; Sophocles; Euripides) and Comedy (Aristophanes; Menander).  All readings in English.
  
  • LIT 226 - Dostoevsky and Tolstoy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Lectures, readings, discussions, and reports on Dostoevsky’s and Tolstoy’s major novels.
  
  • LIT 227 - Pasternak and Solzhenitsyn

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    The search for the meaning of human existence, for universal truths in life: the importance of individual freedom, morality, human affection and suffering in the caldron of twentieth-century Soviet socialism.
  
  • LIT 231 - Jewish Literature

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: JSP 231 , REL 231 
    Survey of major works in the Jewish tradition, including Hebrew and Yiddish prose in translation. Themes include nature, culture, exile, humor, satire, and talking takhlis.
  
  • LIT 235 - Travel Narratives and Pilgrimages

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: JSP 235 , REL 235 
    Study of secular and spiritual travel narratives, both factual and fictional. Included are tales of exploration, shipwreck, and pilgrimage to the Holy Land, which played a key role in literary history.
  
  • LIT 237 - Jewish Mysticism

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: REL 237, JSP 237
    A literary and philosophical approach to Jewish mysticism (Kabbala), combined with close reading of Hasidic stories. In addition, students learn about meditation in the Judaic tradition and have an opportunity to experiment with contemplative techniques.
  
  • LIT 239 - Jewish Humor and Satire

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: JSP 239 REL 239  
    Introduction to Jewish humor and satire, focusing on American and Yiddish fiction and film. Informed by Freudian theories, analysis of literary works, stand-up comedy, early Yiddish movies, and American films.
  
  • LIT 241 - Dante and the Medieval World

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Passages from the Divine Comedy as an encyclopedic work illuminating vital historical, intellectual, and cultural forces in the medieval world.
 

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