Summer Courses

Intensive study for experienced language learners; introduction to French culture. Cannot be combined with FR 101, FR 102, FR 103 for more than 15 credits of first-year French.

This course is a survey of major issues facing humanity today including: hunger, economic disparities, global warming, conflict, genocide, biodiversity loss, terrorism, education, refugees, and immigration.

This course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to human wellbeing. We will take a thematic approach to analyzing the factors that impact wellbeing, focusing on health, education, and the environment.

Learn about root causes of environmental problems at local, regional, national and global scales! Explore innovative solutions, from the Environmental Justice Movement to the Red and Green New Deals!

ASYNCHRONOUS / ONLINE COURSE
FREE COURSE MATERIALS ON CANVAS. NO TEXTBOOK.

This course offers an exploration of global food movements; topics to be covered include the transition from family farming to industrial agriculture, the relation between food sovereignty and food security, political economy of agriculture, agrarian values, agroecology, peasant movements, urban agriculture, and food justice.

Learn about pressing topics related to "Global Community Building,"
including sustainable and empowering forms of community building, gender justice, community-based conservation, the Global Movement for Black Lives, transnational indigenous and grassroots solidarity, community
mobilization and transformation, hybrid approaches synthesizing indigenous and other views, and communal resource management!

ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE COURSE
FREE COURSE MATERIALS ON CANVAS. NO TEXTBOOK.

Italian 104 is designed for students who have no previous Italian instruction and who wish to have an online immersion language learning experience. This will be a fun, rigorous, dynamic and active learning experience in a respectful and supportive community of learners.

Learn about the stereotype of the Eastern Jews (Mizrahim) in Jewish Cinema from the moment of the first satire movie in 1964, "Salah Shabti," until the drama film “Sh’chur” in 1994. You will explore the stereotypical portrayal of the Eastern Jew “ Mizrahim” in Jewish Cinema by watching 8 movies.

Introduction to cultures of the Spanish-speaking world, including Spain, Latin America, and the US.

We explore socio-linguistic dynamics of communities around the world where Spanish is in contact with other languages. Designed for heritage learners—students who grew up with Spanish in their community and want to continue developing communication skills in Spanish, but open to all students with the prerequisites. Taught in Spanish.

Introduction to the Spanish sound system and its different dialects and their social meaning and value.

Complete an entire year of Spanish in twelve weeks!