printer friendly pageOSPSANTG 12S: Accelerated Second-Year Spanish, Part I: Chilean Emphasis
Intensive sequence integrating language, culture, and sociopolitics of Chile. Emphasis is on achieving advanced proficiency in oral and written discourse including formal and informal situations, presentational language, and appropriate forms in academic and professional contexts. Prerequisite: one year of college Spanish, or 11 or 21B if taken more than two quarters prior to arriving in Santiago.
Terms: Aut, Spr, Sum
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Abad, M. (PI)
OSPSANTG 13S: Accelerated Second-Year Spanish, Part II: Chilean Emphasis
Intensive sequence integrating language, culture, and sociopolitics of Chile. Emphasis is on achieving advanced proficiency in oral and written discourse including formal and informal situations, presentational language, and appropriate forms in academic and professional contexts. Prerequisite: 11 or 21B within two quarters of arriving in Santiago, or 12 or 22B.
Terms: Aut, Spr, Sum
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Abad, M. (PI)
OSPSANTG 30: Short Latin American Fiction of the 20th Century
Introduction to short narrative fiction produced in Latin America during the 20th Century. Key features of the short story genre, as defined by Chekhov in the 19th Century and redefined by Kafka and Borges in the 20th Century. Main literary movements of the period in Latin America, including Regionalism, Social Realism, the Avant-Garde, the Boom of the 1960s and Magical Realism, the Post-Boom, etc. Close reading course with strong emphasis on analysis and discussion of the required texts. Readings placed in the context of the main developments in Latin American history and culture in the period.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Missana, S. (PI)
OSPSANTG 33: Spanish Language Tutorial
Prerequisite: two years of college Spanish or equivalent placement.May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Spr, Sum
| Units: 2
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPSANTG 40: Academic Internship
May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Spr, Sum
| Units: 2
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Jaksic, I. (PI)
OSPSANTG 60: Microbes and Society
The spread of microbial species is associated with the spread of human beings across the planet. Role of microbial species in shaping human history and society. What role did microbial diseases play in early human migration and the spread of humans across the continents? How can we explain the uneven spread of diseases such as flu or HIV? Which human behaviors enhance, and which thwart, the spread of microbial species?
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Bendavid, E. (PI)
OSPSANTG 61A: Independent Study: Health and Environment
Life expectancy and healthy life years have increased dramatically over the past 100 years, at the same time as anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation. Where and how can we see the effects of environmental changes on health? What are the health implications of rising temperatures, of land-use changes, of urbanization?
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Bendavid, E. (PI)
OSPSANTG 61B: Indep. Study: Global Health, Epidemiology and History
What ails whom, where, and how did we get here? Why is malaria the major killer of children in Western Africa, but has disappeared from the United States and most of South America? Where did smallpox go, and why is it so hard to make measles history? As the world ages, what diseases have we managed to do away with in old ages, and which ones are facing our parents ¿ and us?
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Bendavid, E. (PI)
OSPSANTG 68: The Emergence of Nations in Latin America
Major themes of 19th-century Latin American history, including independence from Spain, the emergence of nation states, and the development of a new social, political, and economic order.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI, GER:EC-GlobalCom
Instructors:
Jaksic, I. (PI)
OSPSANTG 71: Santiago: Urban Planning, Public Policy, and the Built Environment
Santiago¿s growth and development over time and in comparison to other mega cities in the world; impact of urban highways on the built environment; shopping malls and the development of new urban sub-centers. Topics: brief history of the city, from 1541 to1940; urban development since 1940; the 1960 Inter-communal Urban Plan; planning and the configuration of modern Santiago; housing policy as an instrument to combat poverty; social housing policy and Santiago¿s built environment.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
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