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Courses for Spring 2020

ARAB

  • Special Topics in Arabic Language, Literature, and Culture

    Advanced level integrated skill course focusing on specific reading and writing topics derived from the traditions and arts of the Arabic language. Course prerequisites include advanced capacity in Arabic grammar and reading comprehension. Enrollment limited to 10.
    ARAB 1990 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Bayoumi
    Schedule Code
    I: Independent Study/Research
    ARAB 1990 S02
    Primary Instructor
    Christoff
    Schedule Code
    I: Independent Study/Research
    ARAB 1990 S03
    Primary Instructor
    Faiza
    Schedule Code
    I: Independent Study/Research

  • First-Year Arabic

    Builds listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, at the low intermediate level of Arabic proficiency. Five contact hours per week, with an emphasis on grammar and communication, plus written, audio, and video assignments outside of class. This is the second half of a year-long course. Students must have taken ARAB 0100 to receive credit for this course. If ARAB 0100 was taken for credit then this course must be taken for credit; if taken as an audit, this course must also be taken as an audit. Exceptions to this policy must be approved by both the academic department and the Committee on Academic Standing. Enrollment limited to 18.
    ARAB 0200 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Bayoumi
    ARAB 0200 S02
    Primary Instructor
    Belmont Flores
    ARAB 0200 S03
    Primary Instructor
    Bayoumi
    ARAB 0200 S04
    Primary Instructor
    Bayoumi

  • Second-Year Arabic

    Develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills at the intermediate level of language proficiency through extensive use of various texts and multimedia. Promotes better understanding of Arabic cultural traditions. Five contact hours weekly, plus written, audio, and video assignments outside of class. Prerequisite: ARAB 0300. This is the second half of a year-long course. Students must have taken ARAB 0300 to receive credit for this course.
    ARAB 0400 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Christoff
    ARAB 0400 S02
    Primary Instructor
    Belmont Flores
    ARAB 0400 S03
    Primary Instructor
    Christoff

  • Third-Year Arabic

    Offers comprehensive training in listening, speaking, reading, and writing with grammar review as needed. Broadens students' perspective of Arabic culture with selections from the classical and modern traditions of Arabic writing and various art forms. Four contact hours weekly. Prerequisite: ARAB 0500.
    ARAB 0600 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Faiza
    ARAB 0600 S02
    Primary Instructor
    Faiza

  • Advanced Arabic Language + Culture

    This integrated-skill language and culture course stresses oral interaction in class. We will view and discuss films from the Arab World as vehicles to understanding the cultural and linguistic diversity of Arabic-speaking countries. Our selection of films will focus on issues of economic inequality, family dynamics, and gender, as well as the effects of war and immigration on society. By engaging the complex representation of these themes in contemporary cinema, this course will enhance students' understanding of Middle Eastern culture, while building a content-specific lexicon and advanced communicative ability. Prerequisite: ARAB0600, or an equivalent. Enrollment limited to 12.
    ARAB 0800 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Belmont Flores

  • Advanced Reading and Composition: Arabic Fiction in the West

    This course explores themes of exile, nostalgia, and identity in works written in Arabic by Arab authors living in the West. The course aims to improve the students’ skills in critical reading and writing through studying and analyzing original texts in their linguistic, cultural and historical contexts. Students read short stories and novels in Arabic by writers including Hoda Barakat, Hassouna Mosbahi and Abdul Hadi Saadoun. All readings and discussions in Arabic.
    ARAB 0950 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Faiza

PRSN

  • Reading and Research

    Work with individual students in connection with special readings, problems of research, or preparation of theses. Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.
    PRSN 2980 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Anvar
    Schedule Code
    I: Independent Study/Research

  • Intermediate Persian Language and Culture

    Expands students' proficiency in modern Persian language and culture; develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills at the intermediate level through various texts and multimedia. Prerequisite: PRSN 0300.
    PRSN 0400 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Anvar

  • Basic Persian

    Fast-paced course for beginners. Course stresses acquisition of Persian alphabet and basic grammatical patterns, beginning levels of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Strong emphasis on the links between language and culture.
    This is the second half of a year-long course. Students must have taken PRSN 0100 to receive credit for this course. If PRSN 0100 was taken for credit then this course must be taken for credit; if taken as an audit, this course must also be taken as an audit. Exceptions to this policy must be approved by both the academic department and the Committee on Academic Standing.
    PRSN 0200 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Anvar

  • Advanced Persian Language and Culture II

    Designed for students who have completed PRSN 0500 or have acquired language skills above the advanced level through other means. The main goal of the course is to improve speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and promote exposure to the language and culture through in depth study of samples of Persian literature, history, journals, newspapers, radio and TV material to advance toward mastery of contemporary literature. Students will be motivated to communicate both in written and spoken Persian by utilizing adequate grammatical order and vocabulary. Activities will include poetry reading, informal gatherings and translation from and into Persian. Prerequisite: PRSN 0500.
    PRSN 0600 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Anvar

SIGN

  • Independent Study in Sign Language/Deaf Studies

    Independent study in an area of special interest to the student, with close guidance by a member of the faculty, and leading to a major paper/project. Required of candidates for honors, and recommended for third year students. Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course. Prerequisite: SIGN 0500 or instructor permission.
    SIGN 1910 S01
    Schedule Code
    I: Independent Study/Research

  • American Sign Language I, II

    Introduces basic ASL conversation. Features core vocabulary, common signing phrases, non-manual components (facial expression, body postures), signing space, fingerspelling, numbers, loan signs, cultural protocols, rules of ASL grammar and structure. Deaf cultural behavior is introduced in the classroom and through readings, videotapes, and Deaf community events.
    This is the second half of a year-long course. Students must have taken SIGN 0100 to receive credit for this course. If SIGN 0100 was taken for credit then this course must be taken for credit; if taken as an audit, this course must also be taken as an audit. Exceptions to this policy must be approved by both the academic department and the Committee on Academic Standing.
    SIGN 0200 S02
    Primary Instructor
    Nowicki
    SIGN 0200 S03
    Primary Instructor
    Nowicki

  • American Sign Language IV

    Intensive use of expressive and receptive skills in complex grammatical structures, advanced classifiers, dialogues, and storytelling techniques. Discussion of social factors that give rise to code-switching; regional and ethnic sign variations; social, political, and cultural evolution of U.S. Deaf community. Interaction with Deaf community in directed and non-directed activities. Prerequisite SIGN 0300 or placement interview.
    SIGN 0400 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Nowicki

HNDI

  • Beginning Hindi or Urdu

    Introduces conversation, reading, and writing of modern standard Hindi and the Devanagari script. Those who already know Devanagari but have rusty conversation skills may join the class second semester; obtain instructor's permission during the first semester. Those who prefer to learn Urdu and the Persian script should contact the instructor. Prerequisite: HNDI 0100.
    HNDI 0200 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Koul

  • Advanced Hindi-Urdu

    Each student follows an independent reading list determined in consultation with the instructor. The readings may include folk tales, journalistic prose, 20th-century literature, classical Urdu poetry of the 17th to 19th centuries, or subjects in nonfiction. The class meets together three hours weekly for discussion. Each student also spends one hour weekly with the instructor. Prerequisite: HNDI 0400.
    HNDI 1080 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Koul

  • Intermediate Hindi-Urdu

    A continuation of HNDI 0100-0200. Introduces the variation of the Persian script used for Urdu. Prepares students to communicate in written and spoken language. Activities are conducted in Hindi/Urdu. Meets four hours weekly. Prerequisite: HNDI 0300.
    HNDI 0400 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Koul

EINT

  • Academic Interactions

    This course develops the English language skills of first-year international graduate students who are preparing to be teaching assistants. Students improve their fluency and expression of complex ideas in a variety of linguistic situations typical of classroom interactions. Students also increase their control of vocabulary, pronunciation and listening comprehension when communicating with American undergraduates. Instructor permission required.
    EINT 2200 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Leuchak

  • Negotiating an American Classroom

    In this course, international graduate students increase their abilities to communicate accurately and fluently in English with American undergraduates. International students develop their ability to interact, in culturally appropriate ways, in a variety of teaching situations common to an institution of higher education, where they are responsible for expressing and explaining complex information and ideas in English. Instructor permission required.
    EINT 2300 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Gourlay

  • Speaking Professionally for Internationals

    This course develops the English communication skills of international graduate students with an emphasis on intelligibility of speech and clarity of expression in a variety of teaching and professional situations (e.g. presenting material, responding to questions, directing discussions). Students develop increased facility of English in extended discourse when they are the authority in a teaching or other professional context. Instructor permission required.
    EINT 2400 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Leuchak
    EINT 2400 S02
    Primary Instructor
    Leuchak

  • Advanced Articulation Tutorial

    This course is an advanced pronunciation tutorial for international graduate students who have achieved a near-native speaker level of fluency in English, but who require greater precision of English articulations, pronunciation, fluency and/or expression. Instructor permission required.
    EINT 2500 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Gourlay
    EINT 2500 S02
    Primary Instructor
    Leuchak

CROL

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TKSH

  • Introduction to Turkish

    This is the second semester of a proficiency oriented introductory course to Turkish Language and Culture. It adopts an integrated skills approach and is designed for students who have taken Turkish 0100 or have placed into the class after consultation with the instructor or a placement exam.The course combines an emphasis on the development of communicative competences with an understanding of language structures and grammar as well as insights into Modern Turkish society and culture.
    TKSH 0200 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Ozdemir

  • Intermediate Turkish II

    TKSH 0400 is designed for students who have taken TKSH 0300 and already studied Turkish language to develop proficiency at an advanced level. New students can place into it, after special arrangements with the instructor. The course places equal emphasis on further developing four skills (reading, listening, speaking, and writing) at an advance proficiency level as well as advanced compound and subordinate structures in grammar. It combines an emphasis on the development of communication skills with an understanding of the language and insights into Modern Turkish society and culture. There will be one additional hour TBD in consultation with the instructor and students.
    TKSH 0400 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Ozdemir

  • Istanbul, Global Metropolis Seminar in English

    This course will introduce Istanbul as a global metropolis, by examining a wide range of issues and challenges facing the city and its people. Each week, we will focus on a single aspect such as: a brief historical outline of the city; the Istanbulites; the power distribution between elites and underdogs; the effects of urbanization and rapid economic development; the uniqueness and interconnection of Istanbul’s neighborhoods; cultures and their politicization; social movements and city squares as symbols of social resistance; the city’s architectural masterpieces; the representation of Istanbul in cinema and Turkish TV Series; and imagining Istanbul in modern Turkish literature.
    TKSH 1100B S01
    Primary Instructor
    Ozdemir