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Your search for courses · during 2023-24 · tagged with LTAMSOCSCI · returned 13 results
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ECON 240 Microeconomics of Development 6 credits
This course explores household behavior in developing countries. We will cover areas including fertility decisions, health and mortality, investment in education, the intra-household allocation of resources, household structure, and the marriage market. We will also look at the characteristics of land, labor, and credit markets, particularly technology adoption; land tenure and tenancy arrangements; the role of agrarian institutions in the development process; and the impacts of alternative politics and strategies in developing countries. The course complements Economics 241.
- Fall 2017, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Fall 2023
- International Studies Quantitative Reasoning Encounter Social Inquiry
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Economics 111
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ECON 240.00 Fall 2017
- Faculty:Faress Bhuiyan 🏫 👤
- M, WWillis 211 9:50am-11:00am
- FWillis 211 9:40am-10:40am
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Held for students participating in Winter Break Bangladesh program
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ECON 240.00 Spring 2019
- Faculty:Faress Bhuiyan 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 203 11:10am-12:20pm
- FWillis 203 12:00pm-1:00pm
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ECON 240.00 Fall 2019
- Faculty:Faress Bhuiyan 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 211 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWillis 211 2:20pm-3:20pm
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Participation in Winter Break OCS Program
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ECON 240.00 Fall 2020
- Faculty:Faress Bhuiyan 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLocation To Be Announced TBA 2:30pm-3:40pm
- FLocation To Be Announced TBA 3:10pm-4:10pm
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ECON 240.00 Winter 2022
- Faculty:Faress Bhuiyan 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 211 11:10am-12:20pm
- FWillis 211 12:00pm-1:00pm
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ECON 240.00 Winter 2023
- Faculty:Faress Bhuiyan 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 211 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FWillis 211 1:10pm-2:10pm
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ECON 240.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty:Faress Bhuiyan 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 211 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FWillis 211 1:10pm-2:10pm
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ECON 241 Growth and Development 6 credits
Why are some countries rich and others poor? What causes countries to grow? This course develops a general framework of economic growth and development to analyze these questions. We will document the empirical differences in growth and development across countries and study some of the theories developed to explain these differences. This course complements Economics 240.
- Spring 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2023, Spring 2024
- Social Inquiry
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Economics 110
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ECON 241.00 Spring 2018
- Faculty:Ethan Struby 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 211 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWillis 211 2:20pm-3:20pm
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ECON 241.00 Fall 2019
- Faculty:Ethan Struby 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 211 11:10am-12:20pm
- FWillis 211 12:00pm-1:00pm
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ECON 241.00 Spring 2023
- Faculty:Ethan Struby 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 203 10:10am-11:55am
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ECON 277 History and Theory of Financial Crises 6 credits
The course provides an historical perspective on financial bubbles and crashes and critically examines theories of financial crises. The course will look at the long history of financial crises to highlight recurring themes and to try to determine, among other things, what went wrong, what elements precede most crises, and which responses were effective.
- Winter 2019, Winter 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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Economics 110 and 111
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ECON 277.00 Winter 2019
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 204 1:15pm-3:00pm
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ECON 277.00 Winter 2021
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 304 10:00am-11:10am
- FLeighton 304 9:50am-10:50am
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ECON 277.00 Spring 2022
- Faculty:Victor Almeida 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 211 1:15pm-3:00pm
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ECON 277.00 Spring 2024
- Faculty:Victor Almeida 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 211 11:10am-12:20pm
- FWillis 211 12:00pm-1:00pm
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HIST 100 Beloved or Dangerous: Cities in Latin American History 6 credits
Beloved or dangerous. Ordered or chaotic. Modern or backward. What motivated these conflicting descriptions of Latin American cities? Why were cities like Buenos Aires, Havana, Mexico City, and Rio de Janeiro so important as places of political and economic power? How were these cities sites of cultural exchange for immigrant, Afro-Latin American, and Indigenous communities? In this course, we will answer these questions by exploring the histories of Latin America cities from the colonial period to the present. We will consider how urban spaces shaped people’s identities and daily lives and how these cities became places of national and global influence.
Held for incoming first year students
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HIST 100.02 Fall 2021
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:15
- M, WWeitz Center 136 11:10am-12:20pm
- FWeitz Center 136 12:00pm-1:00pm
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HIST 170 Modern Latin America 1810-Present 6 credits
This course focuses on the legacy of colonial rule and asks how nascent nation-states dealt with new challenges of political legitimacy, economic development, and the rights of citizens. Case studies from the experiences of individual nations will highlight concerns still pertinent today: the ongoing struggle to extend meaningful political participation and the benefits of economic growth to the majority of the region’s inhabitants, popular struggles for political, economic, and cultural rights, and the emergence of a civic society.
- Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Winter 2023
- Humanistic Inquiry International Studies
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HIST 170.00 Winter 2018
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:30
- M, WLeighton 330 9:50am-11:00am
- FLeighton 330 9:40am-10:40am
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HIST 170.00 Winter 2019
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:30
- M, WLeighton 301 9:50am-11:00am
- FLeighton 301 9:40am-10:40am
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HIST 170.00 Fall 2019
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:30
- T, THLeighton 305 10:10am-11:55am
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HIST 170.00 Fall 2020
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:30
- M, WWeitz Center 161 10:00am-11:10am
- FWeitz Center 161 9:50am-10:50am
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HIST 170.00 Fall 2021
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:30
- M, WLeighton 330 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FLeighton 330 2:20pm-3:20pm
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HIST 170.00 Winter 2023
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:30
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 330 9:50am-11:00am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 330 9:40am-10:40am
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HIST 273 Disease and Health in Latin American History 6 credits
Yellow fever, malaria, chagas, dengue, tuberculosis, and cholera preoccupied physicians, scientists, politicians, and urban planners in Latin America from the colonial period through the present. This course explores how ideas about health and disease were connected to race, ethnicity, and status during the colonial period and linked with nation-building during the nineteenth century. It examines how health and disease intertwined with imperialist projects and intersected with modernization campaigns during the twentieth century. It also considers the relationship between medical institutions, physicians, midwives, and healers. Other course topics include how perceptions about health, including mental and reproductive health, shaped people’s experiences.
- Winter 2022
- Humanistic Inquiry International Studies
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HIST 273.00 Winter 2022
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 426 9:50am-11:00am
- FLeighton 426 9:40am-10:40am
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POSC 221 Latin American Politics 6 credits
Comparative study of political institutions and conflicts in selected Latin American countries. Attention is focused on general problems and patterns of development, with some emphasis on U.S.-Latin American relations.
- Spring 2017, Spring 2020, Fall 2021
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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POSC 221.00 Spring 2017
- Faculty:Alfred Montero 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 233 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWeitz Center 233 2:20pm-3:20pm
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FLAC
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POSC 221.00 Spring 2020
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 211 11:10am-12:20pm
- FWillis 211 12:00pm-1:00pm
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POSC 221.00 Fall 2021
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 204 3:10pm-4:55pm
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POSC 227 Contemporary Capitalisms 6 credits
This course examines the intersections between political and economic power: how markets are embedded in social and political institutions and how they in turn shape political life and institutions. It begins with a survey of classic and contemporary theoretical frameworks, followed by an overview of the history of contemporary market economies and the search for “development,” both in the global north as well as the south. It then analyzes the contemporary varieties of capitalism across the globe, with a focus on their varying responses to challenges like globalization, economic crises, technological transformations, and climate change.
- Spring 2023
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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POSC 227.00 Spring 2023
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- T, THHasenstab 105 3:10pm-4:55pm
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RELG 227 Liberation Theologies 6 credits
An introduction to liberationist thought, including black theology, Latin American liberation theology, and feminist theology through writings of various contemporary thinkers. Attention will be directed to theories of justice, power, and freedom. We will also examine the social settings out of which these thinkers have emerged, their critiques of “traditional” theologies, and the new vision of Christian life they have developed in recent decades. Previous study of Christianity is recommended but not required.
- Spring 2019, Fall 2021
- Humanistic Inquiry Intercultural Domestic Studies Writing Requirement
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RELG 227.00 Spring 2019
- Faculty:Lori Pearson 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 211 11:10am-12:20pm
- FWillis 211 12:00pm-1:00pm
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RELG 227.00 Fall 2021
- Faculty:Lori Pearson 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 211 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWillis 211 2:20pm-3:20pm
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SOAN 203 Anthropology of Good Intentions 6 credits
Is the environmental movement making progress? Do responsible products actually help local populations? Is international AID alleviating poverty and fostering development? Today there are thousands of programs with sustainable development goals yet their effectiveness is often contested at the local level. This course explores the impacts of sustainable development, conservation, and AID programs to look beyond the good intentions of those that implement them. In doing so we hope to uncover common pitfalls behind good intentions and the need for sound social analysis that recognizes, examines, and evaluates the role of cultural complexity found in populations targeted by these programs.
- Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Winter 2024
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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The department strongly recommends that Sociology/Anthropology 110 or 111 be taken prior to enrolling in courses numbered 200 or above
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SOAN 203.00 Fall 2017
- Faculty:Constanza Ocampo-Raeder 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWeitz Center 235 8:15am-10:00am
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SOAN 203.00 Fall 2018
- Faculty:Constanza Ocampo-Raeder 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 426 10:10am-11:55am
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SOAN 203.00 Fall 2019
- Faculty:Constanza Ocampo-Raeder 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THAnderson Hall 036 10:10am-11:55am
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SOAN 203.00 Fall 2020
- Faculty:Constanza Ocampo-Raeder 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLocation To Be Announced TBA 8:15am-10:00am
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SOAN 203.00 Fall 2021
- Faculty:Constanza Ocampo-Raeder 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 236 8:15am-10:00am
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SOAN 203.00 Winter 2024
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 203 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FWillis 203 1:10pm-2:10pm
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SOAN 233 Anthropology of Food 6 credits
Food is the way to a person’s heart but perhaps even more interesting, the window into a society’s soul. Simply speaking understating a society’s foodways is the best way to comprehend the complexity between people, culture and nature. This course explores how anthropologists use food to understand different aspects of human behavior, from food procurement and consumption practices to the politics of nutrition and diets. In doing so we hope to elucidate how food is more than mere sustenance and that often the act of eating is a manifestation of power, resistance, identity, and community.
- Winter 2018, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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SOAN 233.00 Winter 2018
- Faculty:Constanza Ocampo-Raeder 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 236 3:10pm-4:55pm
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Sophomore Priority
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SOAN 233.00 Winter 2021
- Faculty:Constanza Ocampo-Raeder 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLocation To Be Announced TBA 1:45pm-3:30pm
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Sophomore Priority, Class Fees Apply
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SOAN 233.00 Winter 2022
- Faculty:Constanza Ocampo-Raeder 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 236 10:10am-11:55am
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Sophomore priority
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SOAN 233.00 Winter 2023
- Faculty:Constanza Ocampo-Raeder 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 236 10:10am-11:55am
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Sophomore priority
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SOAN 323 Mother Earth: Women, Development and the Environment 6 credits
Why are so many sustainable development projects anchored around women’s cooperatives? Why is poverty depicted as having a woman’s face? Is the solution to the environmental crisis in the hands of women the nurturers? From overly romantic notions of stewardship to the feminization of poverty, this course aims to evaluate women’s relationships with local environments and development initiatives. The course uses anthropological frameworks to evaluate case studies from around the world.
- Spring 2019, Spring 2022
- International Studies Social Inquiry Writing Requirement
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The department strongly recommends that Sociology/Anthropology 110 or 111 be taken prior to enrolling in courses numbered 200 or above
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SOAN 323.00 Spring 2019
- Faculty:Constanza Ocampo-Raeder 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THLeighton 236 10:10am-11:55am
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SOAN 323.00 Spring 2022
- Faculty:Constanza Ocampo-Raeder 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THLeighton 236 8:15am-10:00am
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SOAN 353 Ethnography of Latin America 6 credits
This course explores the origins and development of contemporary lived experiences in Latin America as interpreted through ethnographic works in anthropology. We will examine and analyze the structural processes that have shaped contact among indigenous, European, and non-European immigrants (e.g. African and Asian peoples) in Latin America since the Conquest and through colonial periods to understand today’s Latin American societies. We will pay special attention to the impacts of global capitalist expansion and state formation, sites of resilience and resistance, as well as the movement of Latin American peoples throughout the world today. Course themes will address gender, identity, social organization, indigeneity, immigration, social inequality and environment.
Not open to students who have taken SOAN 250
- Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Winter 2022
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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The department strongly recommends that Sociology/Anthropology 110 or 111 be taken prior to enrolling in courses numbered 200 or above
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SOAN 353.00 Spring 2019
- Faculty:Constanza Ocampo-Raeder 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THLeighton 236 3:10pm-4:55pm
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SOAN 353.00 Spring 2021
- Faculty:Constanza Ocampo-Raeder 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THLocation To Be Announced TBA 7:00pm-8:45pm
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SOAN 353.00 Winter 2022
- Faculty:Constanza Ocampo-Raeder 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THLeighton 426 8:15am-10:00am