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Introduction to Intercultural Competence
Introductory overview aiming to define and practice intercultural competence by examining how to use it in educational, professional, and social settings.
Viking Sagas in Translation
Studies Old Norse-Icelandic literature: kings' sagas, family sagas, mythical-heroic sagas, and romances. Texts and lectures in English.
Language, Mind, and Brain
How does our brain process, learn, and produce language? Does it differ across languages? How is our brain different from AI? In this course, you will learn about the theoretical ideas, experimental techniques and findings, and major controversies in psycholinguistics.
Yugoslav Cinema
Socialist Yugoslavia is known for its subversive and experimental cinema. This course explores the prominent genres, movements, and themes of both post-WWII socialist Yugoslavia and its post-socialist successor states after 1991.
Sports and Society in Ancient Greece and Rome
This course is a short-term, faculty-led program where students will have the opportunity to explore the role of sports in ancient Greek and Roman society.
Spanish in the Professions
Introduction to Spanish in business, law, medical, education, and social service fields, with a focus on the importance of bilingualism in the U.S., strategies for lifelong learning, and cultural considerations.
Tokyo: Then and Now
In this course, you will learn about the city of Tokyo through maps and artwork, its literary and culinary creativity, its markets and marketplaces, its quaint neighborhoods and bustling city centers, and its place in film, manga, and anime.
Crime, Punishment, and Redemption in the U.S.
This course fosters a deep analysis of the U.S. criminal-penal system with special attention to the role of religion and explores the religious concepts that have informed our moral imaginations regarding crime, punishment, redemption, and the socio-political resistance against our criminal-penal system.
Computer-Assisted Translation
A foundation course in the history, technical underpinnings and functionality of computer-assisted translation (CAT). Students work with several CAT tools and learn the functions and features of CAT.
Italian Culture and Globalization
Introduction to factors that have shaped present-day Italy, with particular attention to globalization; basic concepts contributing to understanding its present social and cultural development in a European and global context.
Literature and Ideas
Exploration of the relation between literature and ideas through in depth study of modern thinkers, theorists, and philosophers who have greatly impacted the comparative study of literature, such as Marx, Freud, de Beauvoir, Foucault, and Said.
