Prerequisite: SPAN 102 or demonstrated proficiency of Novice High. SPAN 201 (3hrs) and SPAN 202 (3hrs) comprise an accelerated, intensive language sequence intended to fulfill both semesters of intermediate Spanish. The two courses focus on the skills of reading, writing, listening, speaking, and cultural competence in an immersive setting. Students must enroll in both SPAN…
Prerequisite: SPAN 102 or demonstrated proficiency of Novice High. SPAN 201 (3hrs) and SPAN 202 (3hrs) comprise an accelerated, intensive language sequence intended to fulfill both semesters of intermediate Spanish. The two courses focus on the skills of reading, writing, listening, speaking, and cultural competence in an immersive setting. Students must enroll in both SPAN…
This course is designed to enhance students’ communicative competence in professional contexts within the Hispanic business world. Building upon prior linguistic knowledge, it emphasizes the practical application of both oral and written Spanish through engagement with authentic, real-world scenarios. Students will be introduced to essential business terminology and linguistic conventions commonly encountered in commercial settings.
This course provides an overview of foundational theories, methods of inquiry, and research evidence in the field of criminology. It will provide students with an overview of current trends and issues in criminology as well as historical events that have shaped crime and systems of policing, courts, and prisons. The class will primarily use a…
This course provides students the opportunity to examine current international security issues through instruments of state power. Using Poland as a case study, this course also examines alliances and collective security through the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The future of international security is also examined.
This course focuses mainly on the peoples, histories and cultures of Slavic Europe with special emphasis on the Soviet and German occupations. The class combines traditional class activities with excursions to relevant places of interest in Eastern Europe and the surrounding countryside. Students are asked to critically examine their encounters with Slavic society.
The course will examine the legacy of authoritarian rule in the former Czechoslovakia and more global threats to liberal democracy posed by authoritarian populist parties and politicians we are witnessing throughout Europe and the world. It will also explore the ways Czech activists, thinkers, including Kafka, Havel, Benda, and others, and citizens have resisted authoritarianism…
Independent course work done on an individual basis under the guidance of a selected faculty member. Students are expected to propose a specific topic related to the sites, monuments (works of art), or artists available for a study in Prague.
A selective chronological study of the major visual arts from Gothic through modern times. Taught exclusively on sites (churches, museums, galleries, etc.), the course surveys art of the Western tradition. Emphasis is placed on understanding art within a particular historical and social context, giving students a sense of the history of ideas as well as…
FREN 201 (3hrs) and FREN 202 (3hrs) comprise an accelerated, intensive language sequence intended to fulfill both semesters of intermediate French during the summer. The two courses are taken consecutively during the KIIS Paris 2 program, in Paris, France, during the month of July. The two courses focus on the skills of reading, writing, listening,…
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