2016-17 Academic Catalog

LCST 101 Cross-Cultural Psychology Seminar in Prague: Communicating in the Czech Republic This highly recommended language course will meet twice per week and emphasize basic listening and speaking skills. Students will be challenged to utilize their new language skills in everyday situations. Prerequisite: Enrollment in Cross-Cultural Psychology in Prague Program. 4 credits; S/CR/NC; NE; Fall; Ken Abrams

LCST 101 India Program: Elementary Hindi Language This course will introduce students to basic spoken and written Hindi, covering introductory grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Students will acquire familiarity with common expressions and phrases. A basic familiarity with Hindi will facilitate students' interactions with host families and locals, help them in getting around, and with accomplishing common, everyday tasks.  Prerequisite: Enrollment in Globalization & Local Responses in India Program. 3 credits; S/CR/NC; NE, IS; Winter; Brendan P LaRocque

LCST 101 History, Religion and Urban Change in Rome: Elementary Italian This highly-recommended language course will emphasize basic listening and speaking skills. Students will be challenged to utilize their new language skills in everyday situations. Prerequisite: Enrollment in Rome OCS program next term. 3 credits; S/CR/NC; NE; Spring; William L North

LCST 101 Turkey Program: Survival Turkish This course will introduce students to the basics of spoken and written Turkish. This will give students an investment in the culture of the place and allow them to interact with their surroundings with some degree of familiarity. 3 credits; NE; Not offered 2016-17

LCST 245 The Critical Toolbox: Who's Afraid of Theory? This class introduces students to the various theoretical frameworks and the many approaches scholars can use when analyzing a text (whether this text is a film, an image, a literary piece or a performance). What do words like ‘structuralism,’ ‘ecocriticism,’ 'cultural studies,' and ‘postcolonial studies’ refer to? Most importantly, how do they help us understand the world around us? This class will be organized around interdisciplinary theoretical readings and exercises in cultural analysis. Prerequisite: At least one 200- or 300-level course in Literary/Artistic Analysis (in any language) or instructor permission. 6 credits; LA, WR2, IS; Winter; Sandra E Rousseau, Juliane Schicker