printer friendly pageINTNLREL 114D: Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (IPS 230, POLISCI 114D, POLISCI 314D)
Links among the establishment of democracy, economic growth, and the rule of law. How democratic, economically developed states arise. How the rule of law can be established where it has been historically absent. Variations in how such systems function and the consequences of institutional forms and choices. How democratic systems have arisen in different parts of the world. Available policy instruments used in international democracy, rule of law, and development promotion efforts.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Diamond, L. (PI)
;
Stoner, K. (PI)
INTNLREL 143: State and Society in Korea (SOC 111, SOC 211)
20th-century Korea from a comparative historical perspective. Colonialism, nationalism, development, state-society relations, democratization, and globalization with reference to the Korean experience.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-GlobalCom, GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Shin, G. (PI)
JAPANLIT 157: Points in Japanese Grammar (JAPANLIT 257)
Meaning and grammatical differences of similar expressions, and distinctions that may not be salient in English. Prerequisite:
JAPANLNG 18B or 22, or equivalent.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
JEWISHST 282: Circles of Hell: Poland in World War II (HISTORY 228, HISTORY 328, JEWISHST 382)
Looks at the experience and representation of Poland's wartime history from the Nazi-Soviet Pact (1939) to the aftermath of Yalta (1945). Examines Nazi and Soviet ideology and practice in Poland, as well as the ways Poles responded, resisted, and survived. Considers wartime relations among Polish citizens, particularly Poles and Jews. In this regard, interrogates the traditional self-characterization of Poles as innocent victims, looking at their relationship to the Holocaust, thus engaging in a passionate debate still raging in Polish society.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Jolluck, K. (PI)
JEWISHST 287S: Research Seminar in Middle East History (HISTORY 481, JEWISHST 481)
Student-selected research topics.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Crews, R. (PI)
LINGUIST 1: Introduction to Linguistics
The cognitive organization of linguistic structure and the social nature of language use. Why language learning is difficult. Why computers have trouble understanding human languages. How languages differ from one another. How and why speakers of the same language speak differently. How language is used strategically.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
LINGUIST 5N: What's Your Accent? Investigations in Acoustic Phonetics
Preference to freshmen. Phonetic variation across accents of English; experimental design; practical experience examining accents of seminar participants; acoustic analysis of speech using Praat.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
LINGUIST 44N: Living with Two Languages
Preference to freshmen. The nature of bi- and multilingualism with emphasis on the social and educational effects in the U.S. and worldwide, in individual versus society, and in child and adult. The social, cognitive, psycholinguistic, and neurological consequences of bilingualism. Participation in planning and carrying out a research project in language use and bilingualism.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Clark, E. (PI)
LINGUIST 47N: Languages, Dialects, Speakers
Preference to freshmen. Variation and change in languages from around the world; the roots, historical development, and linguistic and social structures of variation; how languages differ from one another and how issues in linguistics connect to other social and cultural issues; the systematic study of language.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Anttila, A. (PI)
LINGUIST 65: African American Vernacular English (AFRICAAM 21, LINGUIST 265)
The English vernacular spoken by African Americans in big city settings, and its relation to Creole English dialects spoken on the S. Carolina Sea Islands (Gullah), in the Caribbean, and in W. Africa. The history of expressive uses of African American English (in soundin' and rappin'), and its educational implications. Service Learning Course (certified by Haas Center).
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-EDP
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