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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

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French
  

  • FRENCH 101 Elementary French I

    4 Credit(s)

    Practice in the four language skills, with concentration on an audio-lingual approach, for students who have no creditable training in French. Includes an introduction to French and francophone culture. Weekly laboratory attendance and assignments required.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

4 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 102 Elementary French II

    4 Credit(s)

    A continuation of FRENCH 101. Concentrated practice in the four language skills, with an audio-lingual approach, for students who have completed FRENCH 101 or its equivalent. Continued attention to French and francophone culture. Weekly laboratory attendance and assignments required.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: FRENCH 101 or equivalent
4 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 122G A Long History of the Comic Book

    4 Credit(s)

    The birth of comics is traditionally dated to the 19th century. But pictorial storytelling has a much longer history. In this course, we read word and image together, across centuries, exploring texts from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the modern era. Along the way, we will ask questions about literacy and media, adaptation and translation, and how the imagination works. Special attention will be paid to the rich French-language tradition, from medieval illustrated bibles to Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis.

    First Year Seminar

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Degree students only with fewer than 30 credits when they entered UMass Boston.

    Students may complete only one 100G course (First Year Seminar).

4 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 150G Self and Other in French Literature

    4 Credit(s)

    A study of individual identity within communities of other selves, through close reading and analysis of literary works by major modern French writers (Gide, Mauriac, Camus, Sartre). These works represent a broad range of viewpoints, from atheist to agnostic to believer. The essential human questions they pose challenge students to re-examine their own education, beliefs, and actions. All readings are in English.

    First Year Seminar

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Degree students only with fewer than 30 credits when they entered UMass Boston.

    Students may complete only one 100G course (First Year Seminar).

4 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 201 Intermediate French I

    4 Credit(s)

    This course seeks to help students attain the level of intermediate competence in speaking, listening, reading, and writing, through imaginative and personalized activities that are relevant to student interests. These activities include an introduction to the culture and literature of the French-speaking world. Weekly laboratory attendance and assignments required.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

4 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 202 Intermediate French II

    4 Credit(s)

    This course seeks to build on the level of achievement reached in FRENCH 201. Participants study a variety of literary and cultural texts as models of written expression. Weekly laboratory attendance and assignments required.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

4 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 265G Greek Myths on Twentieth-Century French Stages

    3 Credit(s)

    This course will explore the reappearance of Greek myths in a number of French plays from the twentieth century. Through close reading and analysis of major works by Andre’ Gide, Jean Cocteau, Jean Giraudoux, Jean Anouilh, and Jean-Paul Sartre, we will examine the factors that encouraged the resurrection of these ancient stories and the imaginary response of these contemporary authors through the creation of their own version of the memorable characters and challenging situations of antiquity. In a more general way, we will also consider how our reading of this dramatic literature differs from other kinds of reading and can, therefore, serve as an important contribution to the overall academic experience here at UMass Boston. No previous knowledge of Greek mythology is required. all readings are in English.

    Intermediate Seminar

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and a minimum of 30 credits

    Degree students only

    Students may not take more than one 200G (Intermediate Seminar) course.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 285L History of French Cinema

    3 Credit(s)

    This course will acquaint students with films and filmmakers that have made an impact on French cinema and Society from the early 20th century to today. It provides a broad survey of cinematic practices in France and explores the major social issues political debates, and historical memories that have preoccupied French society. The course focuses on how French film interrogates social and national identity in France, but also in Africa and Europe more broadly. FRENCH 285L and CINE 285L are the same course.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 301 Composition et stylistique

    3 Credit(s)

    A course in written expression beyond the intermediate level. Emphasis is on composition as well as on grammatical and stylistic analysis of contemporary texts.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 302 Initiation a la litterature et a la civilisation francaises: Depuis le Moyen Age jusqu’a la fin du 1

    3 Credit(s)

    French literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the end of the seventeenth century. Selected readings from Chanson de Roland, courtly novels, lyric poetry of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Rabelais, Montaigne, Corneille, Racine, Moliere, LaFontaine, with lectures on the cultural backgrounds of the periods under study.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 303 Intro Lit & Cult II

    3 Credit(s)

    French literature and culture of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Selected readings from Diderot, Marivaux, Voltaire, Rousseau, Chateaubriand, Lamartine, Hugo, Vigny, Musset, Balzac, Baudelaire, and Zola, with lectures on the cultural background of the periods studied.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 304 French Conversation

    3 Credit(s)

    Discussions based on authentic documents from a broad variety of sources representing diverse aspects of French and francophone culture: individual oral presentations, exchanges with a partner or small group, full-class discussions. Written summaries of documents, review of grammar points as needed.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 305 20th/21st Century French and Francophone Literature

    3 Credit(s)

    This course will cover major topics in French and Francophone literature and culture during the 20th and 21st centuries. Following historical developments and a chronological order of literary production, this course covers the themes of war, love, language, feminism, immigration and exile. The course is taught in French

    Distribution Area: World Languages

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: FRENCH 202 or permission of instructor
3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 306L Introduction to French Cinema (in French)

    3 Credit(s)

    An introduction to the major works, filmmakers, and movements of French cinema. We will develop a basic knowledge of French film through the analysis of different genres. Through cinema we will also study social, historical and political issues. The course will be taught in French. FRENCH 306L and CINE 306L are the same course.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: FRENCH 202 or permission of instructor
3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 307 French and Francophone Popular Culture

    3 Credit(s)

    This course explores trends in popular culture in the French-speaking world from the early twentieth century to the present day. We will study digital media, popular music, and films from the French-speaking world for language learning and cultural awareness. These materials will be analyzed for their textual, historical, and cultural values. The course will be taught in French.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: FRENCH 202
3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 308L Feminist Histories: Renaissance France and Beyond

    3 Credit(s)

    Students will study one important branch of the history of global feminism: women’s writing in medieval and Renaissance France. In addition to literature, we will also consider the social history of these women, as well as the impact of their feminist thinking on the rest of Europe and beyond, through to our contemporary world.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 378 Independent Study

    1 - 3 Credit(s)

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Instructor consent
1 - 3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 379 Independent Study

    1 - 3 Credit(s)

    For those students wishing to pursue the study of French language, literature or culture beyond the intermediate level. A course of study is jointly designed by supervising instructor and student.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Instructor consent
1 - 3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 411 Theme et version

    3 Credit(s)

    Translation from English into French, and from French into English, with analysis of the grammatical and stylistic problems presented by the texts.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 452 Roman et theatre romantiques

    3 Credit(s)

    The French romantic theatre and novel of Hugo, Vigny, Musset, Sand, Balzac, and Stendhal.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 464 Roman Du 20e Siecle

    3 Credit(s)

    Discussion of representative twentieth century novels, by such writers as Camus, Gide, Bernanos, Malraux, Robbe-Grillet, Sartre, Mauriac, Duras, ben Jelloun and Ba.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 465 20th Century French Theater

    3 Credit(s)

    This course examines societal trends in 20th century France and the Francophone world through theater. In order to highlight the diversity of French theater throughout the century this course is organized thematically around questions such as war, cruelty, existentialism, art and love. Playwrights include Giraudoux, Sartre, Genet, C?saire, and Reza among others.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 478 Readings & Research

    1 - 3 Credit(s)

    Primarily for seniors with a GPA of at least 3.0 in their major who wish to pursue a research topic in depth, one ordinarily not available in standard course offerings. A written prospectus detailing the plan of study must be submitted to supervising instructor and department.

1 - 3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 479 Readings & Research

    1 - 3 Credit(s)

    Primarily for seniors with a GPA of at least 3.0 in their major who wish to pursue a research topic in depth, one ordinarily not available in standard course offerings. A written prospectus detailing the plan of study must be submitted to supervising instructor and department. (Course offered in the spring only.)

1 - 3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 480 Images of Otherness in French and Francophone Literature

    3 Credit(s)

    Through a thorough examination of novels, plays, film and poetry in French this class will focus on images of the ‘foreigner’, the ‘stranger’, the ‘other’ as well as on the representation of gender and national differences. Historical and sociological contextual frameworks will help situate the different representations. Course will be taught in French.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: FRENCH 301 or permission of instructor
3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 490 Special Topics

    3 Credit(s)

    Topics vary each semester according to instructor.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • FRENCH 498 Honors Research Project

    3 Credit(s)

    Independent and original investigation of a specific aspect of French studies of interest to the student, under the supervision of a departmental advisor. Student will read primary and secondary texts and determine a critical methodology in preparation for the writing of the thesis. Completion of a thesis prospectus and acceptance by the student’s proposed thesis supervisor are prerequisites for admission to 499.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

3 Credit(s)

Freshmen Seminar
  

  • SEMINR 114G Invest Across Curriculum

    4 Credit(s)

    Working in teams and individually, students conduct library research; analyze and orally present arguments; and write and revise essays. Students ultimately evaluate the effectiveness of their own and others’ arguments. Topics vary by section.

    First Year Seminar

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Degree students only with fewer than 30 credits when they entered UMass Boston.

    Students may complete only one 100G course (First Year Seminar).

4 Credit(s)
  

  • SEMINR 120G Mind-Body Connection

    4 Credit(s)

    This course examines traditional and modern views of the mind and body, for example he interaction between physical awareness and mental functions, and connects these views to study strategies. Physical exercises - adaptable for students with disabilities - are integrated into most class sessions.

    First Year Seminar

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Degree students only with fewer than 30 credits when they entered UMass Boston.

    Students may complete only one 100G course (First Year Seminar).

4 Credit(s)
  

  • SEMINR 125G Defining Freedom

    4 Credit(s)

    By examining the issues of race, class, and gender, participants look at what freedom has meant to different people in the United States. They are also asked to reflect on and write about their personal definitions of freedom, and to broaden and deepen the understanding they bring to their own historical situations.

    First Year Seminar

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Department consent

    Degree students only with fewer than 30 credits when they entered UMass Boston.

    Students may complete only one 100G course (First Year Seminar).

4 Credit(s)
  

  • SEMINR 126G Aging & Wisdom

    4 Credit(s)

    This course is a First Year Seminar for non-native speakers of English. We will examine varied historical, cross-cultural, and literary views on aging and wisdom. Through a wide range of texts and genres, a visit to a nursing home and an interview with an octogenarian, we will take an in-depth look at the way individuals, society and families deal with and view the elderly, death and dying. We will analyze the causes and effects of these attitudes and how they relate to social and political expectations, policies and changes.

    First Year Seminar

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Department consent

    Degree students only with fewer than 30 credits when they entered UMass Boston.

    Students may complete only one 100G course (First Year Seminar).

4 Credit(s)
  

  • SEMINR 127G Food Matters

    4 Credit(s)

    Why does food matter? In this class we will explore our relationship to food and the role we play in the complex food system. We will read a selection of texts from a variety of genres as we examine different views on the meaning of food, food consumption, production and sustainability. With the help of the readings and class materials, we will reconsider the ways in which we think about food and the association we have with food, and we will carefully reflect on the implications of our food choices and our responsibilities as consumers in the complex food system. We will have a wiki that I created for our class. Students will be able to extend our class discussions to cyberspace by having a place to further communicate with each other and exchange views and opinions on the issues discussed in class, as well as posting some assignments for review.

    First Year Seminar

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Department consent

    Degree students only with fewer than 30 credits when they entered UMass Boston.

    Students may complete only one 100G course (First Year Seminar).

4 Credit(s)

General Core
  

  • CORCOM 110 Critical Inquiry

    3 Credit(s)

    Critical Inquiry

3 Credit(s)
  

  • CORCOM 160 Foreign Language I

    3 Credit(s)

    Foreign Language I

3 Credit(s)
  

  • CORCOM 210 Particptn In Gvrnmnt

    3 Credit(s)

3 Credit(s)
  

  • CORCOM 220 Historical Change

    3 Credit(s)

    Historical Change

3 Credit(s)
  

  • CORCOM 230 Making Arguments

    3 Credit(s)

    Making Arguments

3 Credit(s)
  

  • CORCOM 260 Foreign Language II

    3 Credit(s)

    Foreign Language II

3 Credit(s)
  

  • CORCOM 300 Social Research

    3 Credit(s)

    Social Research

3 Credit(s)
  

  • CORCOM 310 Economic Distributn

    3 Credit(s)

    Economic Distributn

3 Credit(s)
  

  • CORCOM 320 Social Difference

    3 Credit(s)

    Social Difference

3 Credit(s)
  

  • CORCOM 330 Critical Practice

    3 Credit(s)

    Critical Practice

3 Credit(s)
  

  • CORCOM 350 Influnce Polcy Makng

    3 Credit(s)

    Influnce Polcy Makng

3 Credit(s)
  

  • CORCOM 351 Debating Policy Issu

    3 Credit(s)

    Debating Policy Issu

3 Credit(s)
  

  • CORCOM 352 Action Learning

    3 Credit(s)

    Action Learning

3 Credit(s)
  

  • CORCOM 360 Foreign Lang III

    3 Credit(s)

    Foreign Lang III

3 Credit(s)
  

  • CORCOM 371 Critical Rdgs I

    3 Credit(s)

3 Credit(s)
  

  • CORCOM 372 Critical Rdgs II

    3 Credit(s)

    Critical Rdgs II

3 Credit(s)
  

  • CORCOM 373 Critical Rdgs III

    3 Credit(s)

    Critical Rdgs III

3 Credit(s)
  

  • CORCOM 410 Doing Social Resrch

    3 Credit(s)

    Doing Social Resrch

3 Credit(s)

German
  

  • GERMAN 100 Intensive Elementary German

    8 Credit(s)

    An intensive language course that covers the entire elementary level in one semester. Speaking, listening, reading and writing are practiced in situations based on real-life, using authentic texts. Open to all students with no previous academic training in German. After completing GERMAN 100, students may enter courses a the intermediate level.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

8 Credit(s)
  

  • GERMAN 101 Elementary German I

    4 Credit(s)

    Intensive practice in the four language skills, with an audio-lingual approach, for students who have no creditable training in German. Weekly laboratory attendance and assignments required. (Course offered in the fall only.)

    Distribution Area: World Languages

4 Credit(s)
  

  • GERMAN 102 Elementary German II

    4 Credit(s)

    Continuation of GERMAN 101. (Course offered in the spring only.)

    Distribution Area: World Languages

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: GERMAN 101 or equivalent
4 Credit(s)
  

  • GERMAN 103 German for Business

    3 Credit(s)

    This course is designed for students at the beginning of the low intermediate level who wish to prepare for the world of business. The course will familiarize students with the appropriate communications tools for a range of work and business related situations, such as team meetings, telephone conversations, job search, business developments, oral presentations, etc. This course is open to students who have completed German 102 or have equivalent language proficiency.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERMAN 200 Intensive Intermediate German

    8 Credit(s)

    This is an intensive language course that covers the entire intermediate level in one semester. Speaking, listening, reading and writing are practiced in situations based on real-life, using authentic texts. Open to students who have completed German 102 or have equivalent language proficiency. After completing GERMAN 200, students may enter courses at the advanced level. German 200 is equivalent to the level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: GERMAN 102 or GERMAN 100
8 Credit(s)
  

  • GERMAN 201 Intermediate German I

    4 Credit(s)

    Development of the skills of speaking, aural understanding, reading, and writing on the intermediate level. Review and further study of grammar; vocabulary building; readings of varied materials; practice in oral and written expression. (Course offered in the fall only.)

    Distribution Area: World Languages

4 Credit(s)
  

  • GERMAN 202 Intermediate German II

    4 Credit(s)

    A continuation of GERMAN 201; intensive work in skills of reading, understanding, speaking and writing. Through active engagement with a variety of written and audio-visual materials students improve their command of the language and deepen their knowledge of contemporary German culture. (Course offered in the spring only.)

    Distribution Area: World Languages

4 Credit(s)
  

  • GERMAN 230 Crisis and Continuity: German Culture and Society in the 20th Century

    3 Credit(s)

    An interdisciplinary introduction to modern German culture, drawing on historical and literary texts, film, art and music. Using the German capital of Berlin as its focal point, this course investigates such themes as national identity, authoritarian traditions versus modern movements, the roles of women and minorities as they appear in both popular and “high” culture from the turn of the century to reunification. Taught in English; no knowledge of German necessary.

    Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERMAN 280 Special Topics in German Literary and Cultural History

    3 Credit(s)

    Announced topics, generally a particular author, work or historical moment.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERMAN 330L Doppelganger: The Uncanny Double in World Literature and Film

    3 Credit(s)

    This course will examine the figure of the uncanny doppelganger in world literature and film as well as in psychoanalytic and film theory. For more than two centuries, the figure of the doppelganger has played a major role in folklore, fiction and popular culture. A doppelganger is a ghostly double of a living person and typically appears as his or her twin, shadow or mirror image, representing evil or misfortune. The motif of “self-as-other” fuses supernatural horror with a philosophical inquiry concerning personal identify and psychological investigation into the hidden depths of the human psyche.

    Distribution Area: Humanities

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERMAN 365 Masterpieces of German Literature

    3 Credit(s)

    This course introduces students to key authors, genres, and movements in German literary history between 1770 and the present. Focusing on some of the most prominent works of German literature - including prose, drama, and poetry - this course explores key themes and tendencies of the German literary tradition. It reflects on the question how the concept of “German” culture developed over time and assesses its importance int he current era of globalization and mass communication.

    Distribution Area: World Cultures

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERMAN 372L German Cinema

    3 Credit(s)

    German cinema constitutes one of the most creative, influential and exciting of all filmic traditions. In this course students will analyze masterpieces of the German cinema and develop an understanding of their expressive modes and formal structures. Topics may include Nazi cinema, cinema and technology, minority filmmaking, German filmmakers in American exile, German New Wave, women filmmakers, and contemporary German cinema. GERMAN 372L and CINE 372L are the same course.

    Distribution Area: The Arts | Diversity Area: International

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERMAN 379 Independent Study

    1 - 3 Credit(s)

    Independent Study is offered to students to study particular topics that are not provided for by regular curriculum offerings. The course enables a student to pursue a topic that is directly relevant to the student’s course of study and to do so with a course instructor’s oversight.

1 - 3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERMAN 478 Readings & Research

    3 Credit(s)

    Primarily for seniors with a GPA of at least 3.0 in their major who wish to pursue a research topic in depth, one not ordinarily available in standard course offerings. A written prospectus detailing the plan of study must be submitted to the supervising instructor and the department.

3 Credit(s)

Gerontology
  

  • GERON 150 Frontiers in Global Human Aging

    3 Credit(s)

    This introductory course provides an overview of research and knowledge in human aging. This course builds a framework for understanding the biopsychosocial aspects of human aging and the characteristics of older adults in the world today. The survey course looks at the latest findings across many disciplines that study global aging (e.g., psychology, sociology, political science, public health, social work, nursing). For example, it explores a number of variables that are important to human aging such as personal health and well-being, social support, and race and cultural contributions to the life course. This course also covers the basic aspects of planning and delivering health and social services for older adults.

    Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERON 160 Global Aging and the Life Course I

    3 Credit(s)

    This foundational course introduces the major topics, concepts and terminology in life course studies using a global comparative perspective. This course builds a framework for understanding aging populations and aging individuals. It considers how different cultures and contexts influence attitudes toward aging and the aged. Case studies and essays from international gerontology scholars will be presented and studied.

    Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERON 240 Policy and Aging

    3 Credit(s)

    This undergraduate course provides an overview of policy and aging. The course provides a general framework for understanding and analyzing social policy and introduces students to the study of public policy. In addition, the course offers an overview of aging policy in the United States, with attention to financial security, access to health care, long-term care, and the Older Americans Act. Students are introduced to policy analysis. This course includes two sections, the first section introduces the legislative bodies and administrative agencies. This section allows students to critically analyze the state legislative process and to master verbal reasoning skills necessary to engage in strategic planning for influencing the decision makers. The second section provides a general framework for understanding and analyzing social policy and introduces students to the study of public policy.

    Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERON 250 Mental Health and Aging

    3 Credit(s)

    This course will provide students with a comprehensive overview of psychological aspects of aging. this course will be organized into three broad sections. 1) In the first section of this course, you will become aware of the increasing population of older adults, methods in aging studies, biological theories, physical changes, quality of life and longevity, common diseases, and person -environment interactions. 2) The second section of this course will cover attentional processes, types of memory, intelligence, and social cognition. 3) For the final section of this course, we will focus on mental health. Specifically learning about changes in personality with age, psychological and cognitive disorders including depression, anxiety, dementia, relationships throughout the lifespan, death and dying, and end of life care. To finish the semester we will reflect back on what we have learned and focus on how we can successfully age and encourage others to do so also.

    Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERON 260 Health and Physical Aspects of Aging

    3 Credit(s)

    This course focuses on the physical changes in the body associated with normal aging. There is a lessened reserve capacity in all organ systems in the body that increase susceptibility to disease and illness. Emphasis is on health promotion and disease and disability prevention.

    Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERON 305 Concepts of Aging

    3 Credit(s)

    This course builds a framework for understanding the biopsychosocial aspects of human aging and the older adult in the United States today. It explores a number of variables that are important to the study of human aging and fundamental to the planning and delivery of effective health and social services of older persons. Each student examines his/her own aging process regardless of his/her chronological age.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERON 315 Working with Elders

    3 Credit(s)

    This course will facilitate the acquisition of knowledge and skill to engage learners in a helping relationship with older adults. The structured experience of friendly visitation to a frail older adult provides an opportunity to perform in the role of an effective helper in purposeful relationship with a frail elder.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERON 325 Applied Research in Aging

    3 Credit(s)

    This 3-credit course is a project in conjunction with a community organization about an issue affecting the elderly. Students learn to clearly articulate significant questions, develop a research methodology, prepare instruments and gather data that informal debate on the issue. Students will participate in the design and implementation of a group field project. We will use mixed methods to explore the attitudes and behavior of these older adults.

    Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERON 342L Aging and Society

    3 Credit(s)

    This undergraduate course provides an overview of the significant sociological perspectives, social issues, and social science research pertaining to the phenomenon of aging in society. During the semester we will deconstruct myths of aging and stereotypes about the aged, examine the roles we have constructed for older people in society and analyze the impact of gender, race and social class on the aging process in the United States. GERON 342L and SOCIOL 342L are the same course.

    Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences | Diversity Area: United States

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERON 350 Families in Later Life

    3 Credit(s)

    This course is designed as an overview of major areas of research on later life families. The class provides an opportunity to develop and evaluate research dealing with families in later life. Students will learn about theoretical bases of research and special methodological issues facing family researchers. Selected substantive topics include: intimate relationships in later life, intergenerational relationships, sibling relationships, the demographics of later life families, family caregiving, and policy issues.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERON 355 Service Delivery Issues for Aging Populations

    3 Credit(s)

    This course is concerned with the link between consumers and aging services in settings with well-developed formal services. The aim of the course is to provide students with an understanding of the structural problems that underlie the challenges that consumers face in using formal services. the course will cover a wide range of services that older people may need, the complementary relationship between formal and informal services, boundaries issues among service specialties and service professionals, service coordination and integration, and the role of both consumer direction and professional case management in negotiating service systems.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERON 401 Field Placement I

    3 Credit(s)

    This course provides students with an opportunity for a guided practical experience in one of a variety of possible settings. Field placements will typically be approximately 14 weeks in duration. The internship setting will involve an on-site supervisor who is qualified to participate in the development, monitoring, and assessment of the student learning plan. The instructor, on-site supervisor, and student will develop a work plan that will include the aim of the project proposed for the student, the methods to be employed, the effort expected, and the time frame for project completion. Students will communicate with the instructor regularly during the semester.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERON 411 Introduction to Longterm Services and Supports

    3 Credit(s)

    This is the first part of a two-semester seminar leading toward more advanced work in gerontology. It offers students an opportunity to examine, discuss, and apply one of several current major social policy issues within the field of aging, and to study the challenges to everyday life from the perspectives of individuals, their families, and their communities. We will learn about advocacy efforts locally and nationally to support policies to improve the quality of life for persons dealing with the particular issue being studied.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERON 415 Environmental Gerontology

    3 Credit(s)

    This undergraduate course introduces the major topics and concepts in environmental gerontology. The micro-level interventions (e.g. home modifications, products for older adults) have become a component of a newer, larger movement: Age-Friendly Communities. This course will provide a comprehensive overview of design interventions for older adults. We will cover important related theories and frameworks, details of home modifications, aspects of age-friendly communities (urban, suburban, and rural - both public and private), and important policies that inform this work. Students will have an opportunity to conduct environmental micro- and macro-level audits and to interview allied professionals. Readings will provide details that students can immediately apply to their current aging services work.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERON 440 Global Aging II

    3 Credit(s)

    This advanced undergraduate course offers a comprehensive coverage of population aging around the world. Throughout the semester students become familiar with how people age differently in various cultures and how individuals, governments, and organizations adapt to meet the needs of this demographic change.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GERON 441 Global Aging Field Placement II

    1 - 4 Credit(s)

    This advanced course provides an opportunity for students to experience a field placement in a global setting. This cross-national placement will provide students with a guided practical experience in gerontology in a variety of possible settings. Field placements may vary in length to accommodate the needs of the site and students (range of 1-4 weeks).

1 - 4 Credit(s)

Global Affairs
  

  • GLBAFF 220 Introduction to Global Affairs

    3 Credit(s)

    This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to global affairs and will provide student with an introduction to the complexities and interconnectedness of the global arena. Students will be introduced to major theories, key terms, important concepts and issues in global affairs. The purpose of this course is to analyze the dynamic interactions that transcend the nation-state to shape the world around us. This requires an appreciation of the interconnectedness of global and local events as well as the associated processes and structures.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GLBAFF 301 Contemporary Issues in Global Affairs

    3 Credit(s)

    This course focuses on major issue areas and topics with an international dimension and/or global impact and with salience for the emerging patterns of world politics. While engaging in critical analysis of current topics, it also examines the broader conceptual context and analytic framework which explain interactions among nations.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GLBAFF 305 Global Communications and Information

    3 Credit(s)

    This course will focus on the information revolution and international relations, media coverage of international issues such as the war in Iraq, the use of geographic information systems to analyze conflict, and the popular revolutions that swept across the Middle East. Students will learn to utilize the internet to analyze themes and geographic patterns of coverage of world events from a wide-variety of online media sources, including English language newspapers such as The Jerusalem Post, The Independent (Bangladesh), the St. Petersburg Times, The Japan Times, The Hindustan Times, The East African Standard, The People’s Daily, The Teheran Times, The Jakarta Post, and the Yemen Times. Students can log on to the Kidon media link, which will connect them to hundreds of newspapers and news sources from Europe (some in English) or “Paperboy”, which is a source of hundreds of newspapers and magazines online. Students will learn to access other media sources online such as the US State Department’s media reaction page, the “World News Connection” website, and “Middle east online” among others. The course will conclude with a case study of the phenomenon of WikiLeaks as it applies to global affairs.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GLBAFF 308 Human Security

    3 Credit(s)

    Human security stands out in sharp contrast to the traditional approach to state security. This course will focus on such factors as the protection of the human rights of people, the responsibility of governments to protect people from genocide, the importance of human development, global health, food security, and the protection of the environment.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GLBAFF 309 International Terrorism

    3 Credit(s)

    This course focuses on International Terrorism. It defines terrorism as a deliberate act designed to inflict violence on and cause harm to innocent civilians for a variety of motivations, ranging from ideological factors on both the left and the right wings of the political spectrum to promoting a religious cause such as engaging in a Holy War, to realizing the self-determination of a group of people who ae pursuing separatist objectives. Special attention in this course will be paid to 9/11, al Qaeda, the war against terror, and some of the ethical and moral dilemmas which this raises.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GLBAFF 310 Global Financial Markets

    3 Credit(s)

    This course is designed to familiarize non-business students with the global financial markets, including stocks, bonds, derivatives, real estate and currency markets; to acquaint students with the history of global financial market’s crises; to expand students’ awareness and understanding of financial markets’ products and services; the global financial markets players and financial markets regulators.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GLBAFF 311 Global Health Issues

    3 Credit(s)

    This course focuses on an investigation of the extent to which an effective system of global governance exists to deal with such international health issues as health security and the human right to health within the context of the increasingly important role of information technology in the prevention and surveillance of infectious and communicable diseases. A major focus of the course will also be placed on the health disparities which exist between the developed and developing countries and efforts by the international health community to eliminate those gaps. The role of the World Health Organization in dealing with international health issues will also be analyzed especially in connection with the growing importance of other non-state international health actors such as NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) and foundations (the Gates Foundation). The relationship between world politics and global health will also be examined throughout the course.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GLBAFF 312 International Institutions and Management of Development

    3 Credit(s)

    This 3 credit core course will provide an in-depth exploration of the role that various types of international organizations play in international development. The course will look at the major development organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and regional development banks, as well as bi-lateral aid agencies (USAID, DFID, JICA), international NGO’s (Soros, Clinton, Gates) as well as the increasing role of international corporations and militaries in development efforts. Students will read assigned materials, review websites and other online materials, engage in online discussion with their cohort, and complete writing assignments.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GLBAFF 313 Regional Political Economy

    3 Credit(s)

    This course will begin with a theoretical discussion of regions, regionalism, and regional organizations. Special attention will be paid to the case of regionalism and political economy in Europe and the future of the European project within the context of the Eurozone crisis. Emphasis will also be placed on the role of the European Union as a major non-state actor in the international, regional, and sub-regional systems both during and after the Cold War. Particular attention will be paid to the enlargement of the European Union and NATO eastward into the former communist sphere of influence. Other important regional and sub-regional organizations, in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East will be analyzed.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GLBAFF 350 Research and Methods in Global Affairs

    3 Credit(s)

    This course will focus on the research methods and steps needed to produce a top quality research paper on an important issue/topic in the field of global affairs. Students will learn to engage in all aspects of researching, developing, and completing a quality paper indicative of focused research, rigorous investigation, critical analysis, effective utilization of relevant concepts, and review of the literature. An analysis of the major approaches to global affairs is designed to provide a framework for an investigation of the topic (usually a case study or case studies) that you have selected for your paper. The major approaches t global affairs that will be covered are realism, neo-realism, constructivism, critical theory, classic Marxist analysis and various neo-Marxist approaches to the study of global affairs. The course will include learning how to use scholarly journals, books, and websites in researching your paper.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GLBAFF 420 Diplomacy

    3 Credit(s)

    This course focuses on the theory and practice of diplomacy. Diplomacy, which involves the science and art of negotiation, is viewed as an institution which is central to global affairs as it has evolved over the centuries. The course examines the evolution of diplomacy from its classic origins to the new, modern diplomacy which has been affected by the revolution which has occurred in the field of information technology as illustrated by the phenomenon of Wikileaks. The course will focus on the different types and forms of diplomacy, including bilateral diplomacy, multilateral diplomacy, citizen or two-track diplomacy, and public diplomacy among others. The course will also engage in an analysis of such topics as sub-state and regional diplomacy, diplomacy and war, diplomacy and foreign policy, diplomacy and intelligence.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GLBAFF 424 Foreign Policy Analysis

    3 Credit(s)

    This course will equip the student with the skills to apply foreign policy analysis to the real world based on a consideration of the various approaches to the study of the process of foreign policy, such as decision-making, Graham Allison’s rational actor model, the organizational process and bureaucratic politics model, social psychology, the role of public opinion in foreign policy-making, comparative foreign policy, the pre-theory model of foreign policy, the role culture and identity in foreign policy making, and national role conception identity work. Students will analyze real world case studies utilizing these various approaches. Students will engage in intensive analysis of historically significant international crises. At the end of the course, students will engage in a role playing and simulation exercises based on a topical geopolitical situation.

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GLBAFF 490 Internship in Global Affairs

    3 - 6 Credit(s)

    Students will be required to participate in an internship related to global affairs. The internship can be international or domestic, if associated with global issues. The internship may take place over the summer semester or in conjunction with other courses during the spring or fall semesters. Many internship are listed every week in the Global Job Board by the Foreign Policy Association. A number of internships are usually available in the Washington, DC or New York City area, especially during the summer. It is also expected that students will be able to find a number of internships in countries other than the United States. There are a number of internship opportunities in the Boston area with organizations such as the United Nations association of Greater Boston, World Boston, and the 70 foreign consulates located in the metro area.

3 - 6 Credit(s)

Greek
  

  • GREEK 101 Elementary Classical Greek I

    4 Credit(s)

    Fundamentals of ancient Attic Greek, designed to complete a standard, basic textbook with Greek 102. (Course offered in the fall only.) Students are allowed to receive credit for both GREEK 101 and GREEK 151 in any order.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

4 Credit(s)
  

  • GREEK 102 Elementary Classical Greek II

    4 Credit(s)

    A continuation of Greek 101. (Course offered in the spring only.)

    Distribution Area: World Languages

4 Credit(s)
  

  • GREEK 151 Biblical Greek I

    4 Credit(s)

    This course offers an introduction to koine (Hellenistic) Greek, with particular emphasis on the great Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and on the Christian New Testament. Grammar, vocabulary, and reading skills acquired in this course are readily transferable to the study of Greek literature of earlier periods as well. Students are allowed to receive credit for both GREEK 101 and GREEK 151 in any order.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

4 Credit(s)
  

  • GREEK 211 Intermediate Greek

    3 Credit(s)

    Review of basic principles and introductory reading of a prose author: Plato, Lysias. (Course offered in the fall only.)

    Distribution Area: World Languages

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GREEK 222 Intermediate Greek II: Homer

    3 Credit(s)

    Introductory reading in the Iliad or Odyssey; continuation of Greek 211; credit may be applied toward any departmental major. (Course offered in the spring only.) Note: Either Greek 222 or Greek 224 is a prerequisite for all Greek courses at or beyond the 300 level. Students may not receive credit for both Greek 222 and 224.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

3 Credit(s)
  

  • GREEK 301 Attic Orators

    3 Credit(s)

    Selected readings in Lysias, Demosthenes, and other major orators; background and scholarship.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

    Enrollment Requirements:
    Prerequisite: One 200-level GREEK course
3 Credit(s)
  

  • GREEK 302 Plato

    3 Credit(s)

    Readings in selected dialogues, background and scholarship.

    Distribution Area: World Languages

3 Credit(s)
 

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