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Course Schedule for INTERNATIONAL STUDIES - Fall 2013

Class No.	Course ID	Title	Credits	Type	Instructor(s)	Days:Times	Location	Permission Required	Dist
3157	INTS-131-01	Modern Iran	1.00	LEC	Bauer,Janet L.	TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM	TBA		GLB
		Enrollment limited to 45
		NOTE: 17 seats are reserved for first-year students and 8 seats reserved for sophomores.
		This course provides an introduction to 20th-century Iranian society, culture, and politics, examining secular and religious debates over gender roles, modernity, Islamism, democracy, and the West.
2414	INTS-202-01	Pacific Asia Fall&Resurg	1.00	LEC	Wen,James G.	TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM	TBA		GLB5
		Enrollment limited to 40
		Although the prospect for many developing economics has been very dim, economics in East Asia have thrived since 1945. The next century is likely to be the Pacific century. The most recent evidence of this possibility comes from China, the awakening giant with enormous potential. In an era of accelerating integration and globalization, it is important to understand how and why the Pacific Asian economies have been able to respond to the modernization challenges from the West. Topics to be discussed include: East Asia’s geographical characteristics, the early experience of interaction between this region and the West, the various modernization efforts in the region from an historical perspective, the similarities and differences in the responses of the main economies in the region to Western challenges, the competition and integration among these economies, especially between China, the emerging economic power, and its neighbors including Japan, and their interaction with the rest of the world, particularly with the U.S. today. This course is designed for non-economics majors and has no economics.
3355	INTS-208-01	Geography of Mexico	1.00	LEC	Hanson,Anne-Marie S.	TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 30
		This course is a comprehensive introduction to the geography of Mexico, a country marked by great extremes: metropolitan areas and thick rainforests; stunning resorts and steaming sweatshops; a handful of billionaires and millions in extreme poverty. We will examine these contrasts by focusing on topics such as uneven development, migration, climate change, violence and security, biodiversity protection, and indigenous movements. We will pay particular attention to why geography matters in the study of political, social, and environmental change in Mexico.
2337	INTS-212-01	Global Politics	1.00	SEM	Baker,Raymond W.	TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM	TBA		GLB5
		Enrollment limited to 15
		NOTE: 5 seats are reserved for sophomores.
		This discussion course, taking the entire globe and all its peoples as unit of study, will examine the unifying elements of the contemporary world system. Emphasis on struggles for justice, democracy, and basic human needs and rights in our global age. Particular attention to global crises originating in the Middle East.
3158	INTS-213-01	Worldly Islam	1.00	SEM	Baker,Raymond W.	TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM	TBA		GLB
		Enrollment limited to 15
		NOTE: 5 seats are reserved for sophomores.
		This course explores the diverse domestic, regional, and international politics of the Islamic world. A rich historical perspective illuminates contemporary political struggles for justice, democracy, and basic human rights and needs. (Also offered under Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies.)
3325	INTS-215-01	Central Asia in Transition	1.00	SEM	Nauruzbayeva,Zhanara	TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM	TBA		GLB
		Enrollment limited to 20
		This course investigates contemporary Central Asia as a specific context of postsocialist and postcolonial transition to independent statehood in the aftermath of global Cold War politics. Until 1990, Central Asia was considered a remote part of the Soviet Union and was little known to the outside world. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan emerged as modern, independent nation-states and were promptly integrated into global processes through Western initiatives for democratization and market reforms, oil and gas exploitation, and the American-led war on terrorism. Our major goal is to understand Central Asian societies and postsocialist changes from the perspective of communities themselves and see how these refract through the lenses of age, gender, ethnicity, and religion.
3159	INTS-234-01	Gender and Education	1.00	LEC	Bauer,Janet L.	TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM	TBA		GLB
		Enrollment limited to 30
		NOTE: There are 5 seats reserved for first-year students and 5 seats reserved for sophomores.
		What is gender equity in schooling and what impact does this have on gender equity more broadly? Different disciplinary perspectives on the impact of gender in learning, school experience, performance and achievement will be explored in elementary, secondary, post-secondary, and informal educational settings. The legal and public policy implications of these findings (such as gender-segregated schooling, men’s and women’s studies programs, curriculum reform, Title IX, affirmative action and other proposed remedies) will be explored. Findings on socialization and schooling in the U.S. will be contrasted with those from other cultures.
2555	INTS-260-01	The City in African Studies:	1.00	SEM	Myers,Garth A.	TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM	TBA		GLB
		Enrollment limited to 30
		Africa is a rapidly urbanizing region of the world; the most rapidly urbanizing by World Bank standards. Contemporary urbanization in Africa has stimulated new scholarship on the history of African cities, African urban economies, urban politics and urban identities, among other topics. African urban studies has produced some of the most thoughtful and engaged work on Africa to date. In this course we will be exploring major themes in the field of African urban studies to gain deeper appreciation of the history of African cities, their contemporary iterations, and their future possibilities.
3356	INTS-312-01	Global Political Ecology	1.00	SEM	Hanson,Anne-Marie S.	M: 1:15PM-3:55PM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 15
		The broad field of political ecology makes connections between local ecologies and larger political and economic structures. This course will explore the global ‘things’ of political ecological research, such as: trees, trash, sugar, seeds, bugs, rivers, and sea turtles. Using examples of ‘things’ from diverse world regions, the course invites students to explore the messy multi-level connections between people, ecologies, knowledge and power dynamics in a globalized world.
3353	INTS-320-01	Postsocialist City	1.00	SEM	Nauruzbayeva,Zhanara	R: 6:30PM-9:00PM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 15
		At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Soviet Union was a key site of experimentation where avant-garde architects and planners could realize their visions for democratic and egalitarian cities. This course explores how these ideals were implemented, compromised or modified from the perspectives of administrators and residents. We will also learn how the socialist legacy of built urban environments has shaped and conditioned the ways in which postsocialist societies are remade under the terms of a market economy. The course will be of particular interest to students interested in design, architecture, city planning, and public policy.
3354	INTS-335-01	Capitalism & Authoritarianism	1.00	SEM	Nauruzbayeva,Zhanara	T: 6:30PM-9:00PM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 15
		This course interrogates the common identification of capitalism with liberal democracy. Although the emergence of capitalism overlapped with the process of formation of the public sphere and participatory democracy, post-WWII economic developments have troubled this coupling. We will explore the emergence of authoritarian capitalisms in Asia by attending to the phenomenon of “Asian Tigers” and delineating their conditions of possibility. We will also investigate the scholarship on the rise of neoliberalism in Western countries that identified this particular incarnation of capitalism as authoritarian control of the most private realms of human existence. Together, we will ponder on the consequences of this disassociation of political and economic liberalism.
3360	INTS-383-01	Sports, Race & Nationalism	1.00	SEM	Figueroa,Luis A.	W: 1:15PM-3:55PM	TBA	Y	GLB
		Enrollment limited to 15
		An examination of the how sports emerged as a major sphere of society and international politics since the late 19th century and how capitalism, race, ethnicity and nationalism have played a major role in this story. We will focus our attention mainly on baseball, basketball, soccer, cricket, and “mega” sporting events, such as the Olympics and FIFA’s World Cup, with case studies from around the world. Additional attention will be given also to the interplay between sports and mega sporting events, on the one hand, and urbanization, urbanism and urban life, on the other. This course counts for both the History and INTS majors (“Global Core” in INTS). For more information, please visit the course blog at = http://sportshistory.trincoll.edu
2563	INTS-399-01	Independent Study	1.00 - 2.00	IND	TBA	TBA	TBA	Y
		Enrollment limited to 100
		Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar's Office, and the approval of the instructor and director are required for enrollment.
3247	INTS-401-01	Senior Sem Internationl Stdies	1.00	SEM	Antrim,Zayde	W: 1:15PM-3:55PM	TBA	Y	WEB
		Enrollment limited to 15
		Seniors majoring in International Studies or consent of instructor
		This writing intensive course functions as the capstone experience for all INTS majors. The instructor will guide INTS seniors through the process of completing a substantial research paper that engages critically with dominant disciplinary approaches to and public discourses about the “global” or “international” sphere. The instruction of this course will rotate among INTS faculty, each of whom will organize the course around a particular theme.
2361	INTS-466-01	Teaching Assistant	0.50 - 1.00	IND	TBA	TBA	TBA	Y
		Enrollment limited to 100
		Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar's Office, and the approval of the instructor and director are required for enrollment.
3282	AMST-409-02	American Empire	1.00	SEM	Baldwin,Davarian L.	T: 6:30PM-9:30PM	TBA		HUM
		Enrollment limited to 15
		Course open only to senior American Studies majors.
		Thomas Jefferson once boldly described the United States as an “empire of liberty.” But whether or not America has ever taken on the identity, ever functioned, as an empire has been one of the most hotly debated topics of our current global times. In this senior seminar we want to take both a historical and contemporary look at what happens when the foreign policy of the United States converges with the general practices of military engagement, occupation, nation-building, commercial market control, and/or annexation of “foreign lands.” Do such foreign relations constitute an empire? In this course we will examine a number of critical moments including the internal U.S. expansion into native American and Mexican lands, “Manifest Destiny” projects in the turn-of-the-twentieth century Caribbean and Asian Pacific, Marshall Plan policies in Cold War Europe, and “War on Terror” initiatives in the present day Middle East. What have been the aspirations of U.S. foreign policy, what have been the consequences, how do they affect the policies and practices “back home.” Have any of these experiences constituted an American Empire?
3307	ANTH-101-01	Intro to Cultural Anthropology	1.00	LEC	Hussain,Shafqat	TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM	TBA		GLB5
		Enrollment limited to 45
		Anthropology as a field asks what it means to be human: how do we know what is universal to human existence? What is natural and what is cultural? How can the strange become familiar and the familiar strange? This course introduces the theory and method of cultural anthropology as applied to case studies from different geographic and ethnographic areas. Topics to be considered include family and kinship, inequality and hierarchy, race and ethnicity, ritual and symbol systems, gender and sexuality, reciprocity and exchange, globalization and social change.
3308	ANTH-101-02	Intro to Cultural Anthropology	1.00	LEC	Notar,Beth E.	MW: 8:30AM-9:45AM	TBA		GLB5
		Enrollment limited to 45
		Anthropology as a field asks what it means to be human: how do we know what is universal to human existence? What is natural and what is cultural? How can the strange become familiar and the familiar strange? This course introduces the theory and method of cultural anthropology as applied to case studies from different geographic and ethnographic areas. Topics to be considered include family and kinship, inequality and hierarchy, race and ethnicity, ritual and symbol systems, gender and sexuality, reciprocity and exchange, globalization and social change.
3289	ANTH-228-01	Anth from Margins/South Asia	1.00	LEC	Hussain,Shafqat	TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM	TBA
		Enrollment limited to 30
		This course will examine how the northwestern and northern mountainous regions of South Asia have been constructed in the Western popular imagination, both in literary texts and in academic debates. Starting with the era of the Great Game in the late 19th century and ending with the current "war on terror," the course will explore the transformation and continuation of past social and political conditions, and their representations within the region. This will help illuminate some of the enduring themes in anthropological debates, such as culture contact; empires, territories, and resources; and human agency.
3287	ANTH-253-01	Urban Anthropology	1.00	LEC	Beebe,Rebecca	TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM	TBA		SOC
		Enrollment limited to 30
		This course will trace the social scientific (especially ethnographic and cultural) study of the modern city from its roots in the Industrial Revolution through the current urban transformations brought about by advanced capitalism and globalization. Why are cities organized as they are? How does their organization shape, and get shaped by, everyday practices of city inhabitants? This course will explore the roles of institutional actors (such as governments and corporations) in urban organization, and the effects of economic change, immigration, and public policy on the social organization and built environment of cities. It will examine social consequences of cities, including economic inequality, racial stratification, community formation, poverty, and urban social movements. Though it will focus on American urbanism, this course will also be international and ethnographic.
2505	CHIN-413-01	Advanced Chinese III	1.00	LEC	Shen,Yipeng	MW: 2:40PM-3:55PM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 20
		Prerequisite: Chinese 302 or equivalent.
		Students will further develop skills in written and spoken Mandarin, with increasing emphasis on longer texts, additional characters, and extensive discussion. In order to secure maximum proficiency, students should plan to take both 413 and 415 in sequence.
3271	ENGL-288-01	World Cinema	1.00	LEC	Younger,James Prakash	TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM R: 6:30PM-9:10PM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 30
		NOTE: The Tuesday evening meeting time is only for film screenings.
		This course provides an introduction to the study of world cinema, with a focus on cinematic cultures other than those of the USA or Europe. We will begin by considering some of the theoretical questions involved in intercultural spectatorship and introducing/reviewing critical categories we can use to discuss the films. We will then proceed through a series of units based around specific cinematic cultures, focusing on movement, genres and auteurs and on the historical, cultural, and geopolitical issues that the films illuminate. Note: Film screenings only on Thursday evenings. For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing cultural context, or a literary theory course. This course can be counted toward fulfillment of requirements for the film studies minor.
3175	HIST-223-01	Japan into the Mod World	1.00	LEC	Bayliss,Jeffrey	MWF: 10:00AM-10:50AM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 35
		Counts as one of the survey courses for the two-semester history sequence for the Asian Studies major. This course examines the social, economic, and cultural transformations that occurred in Japan from its initial encounter with Western modernity through its rise to military superpower status in the first half of the 20th century. Students will gain a greater understanding of the problems that have shaped Japan, by exploring the challenges, conflicts, triumphs, and tragedies of modernization, industrialization, and nation-building as the Japanese experienced them in the 19th and 20th centuries. The course concludes with a detailed exploration of the road to the Pacific War and the social, political, and cultural effects of mobilization for total war followed by total defeat.
3174	HIST-228-01	Islamic Civilization to 1517	1.00	LEC	Antrim,Zayde	TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 35
		This course surveys the transformation of the Middle East into an Islamic civilization from the life of Muhammad in the early seventh century through the collapse of the Mamluk Empire in 1517. It focuses on social, cultural, and political history and addresses regional variations from Morocco to Iran. Topics include women, religious minorities, and slavery, as well as Islamic education, mysticism, and literature.
3303	JWST-219-01	Israeli Film & Visual Media	1.00	LEC	Ayalon,Michal	M: 6:30PM-9:30PM	TBA		HUM
		Enrollment limited to 25
		Israeli film from the heroic nationalist sentiments of the 1950s to the conflicted alienation of the 21st century, offers a unique window into the history and society of the modern state. This course uses visual media to promote a wide variety of perspectives on Israeli culture and society, and assumes no previous knowledge about Israel. In addition to commercial movies and TV, assigned readings will address Israeli cinema as well as related historical and social issues.
2567	POLS-103-02	Intro Compar Politics	1.00	LEC	Bourbeau,James R.	TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM	TBA		SOC
		Enrollment limited to 35
		Not open to seniors.
		NOTE: 15 seats reserved for first-year students.
		This lecture course examines major themes and approaches within comparative politics. Its purpose is twofold: First, it provides the necessary theoretical and conceptual foundation for upper-level classes within this subfield. To this end, a broad array of key classics and recent works within comparative politics will be examined. Second, students will learn about the political and economic institutions that undergird foreign countries within a comparative framework. Readings will draw from various regions of the world, including Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. Questions that will be discussed include, but are not limited to, the following: What role, if any, can the government play in promoting economic growth? Why do civil wars occur and what is the role of ethnicity in perpetuating conflict?
2298	POLS-104-01	Intro Intl Relations	1.00	LEC	Kamola,Isaac A.	MW: 2:40PM-3:55PM	TBA		GLB5
		Enrollment limited to 35
		Not open to seniors.
		NOTE: 15 seats reserved for first-years.
		This course traces the evolution of the modern state system from 1648 to the present. It examines issues and concepts such as the balance of power, collective security, the nature of warfare, the role of international organizations and international law, globalization, human rights, overpopulation, global environmental devastation, etc.
2299	POLS-104-02	Intro Intl Relations	1.00	LEC	Carbonetti,Benjamin C.	MW: 8:30AM-9:45AM	TBA		GLB5
		Enrollment limited to 35
		Not open to seniors.
		NOTE: 15 seats reserved for first-years.
		This course traces the evolution of the modern state system from 1648 to the present. It examines issues and concepts such as the balance of power, collective security, the nature of warfare, the role of international organizations and international law, globalization, human rights, overpopulation, global environmental devastation, etc.
3219	POLS-322-01	Intl Political Economy	1.00	LEC	Kamola,Isaac A.	TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM	TBA		GLB5
		Enrollment limited to 35
		Prerequisite: C- or better in Political Science 104.
		This course examines the interplay of politics and economics in the current world system since the European expansion in the 16th century. Focus will be on the penetration and colonization of Latin America, Asia, and Africa; economic relations in the industrialized world and between the north and the south; the role of international institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund; the role of international trade and transnational corporations; the changing division of labor in the world economy; and current problems of the world economy.
2683	RELG-151-01	Religions of Asia	1.00	LEC	Findly,Ellison Banks	MWF: 10:00AM-10:50AM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 50
		An introduction to the major religions of Asia: Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism, with special emphasis on how each of these modes of thought gives rise to a special vision of man in the universe, a complex of myth and practice, and a pattern of ethical behavior. (May be counted toward international studies/Asian studies.)
2300	RELG-181-01	The Religion of Islam	1.00	LEC	Ziad,Homayra	WF: 1:15PM-2:30PM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 35
		This survey course explores the diversity of Muslim experiential and intellectual approaches to the key sacred sources of the religion, the Qur'an, and the figure of the Prophet. The course addresses pre-Islamic Arabia and the rise of Islam; Muhammad and the Qur'an; prophetic traditions and jurisprudence; theology and mysticism; art and poetry; basic beliefs and practices of the Muslim community; responses to colonialism and modernity; and Islam in the United States.
3223	RELG-253-01	Indian and Islamic Painting	1.00	LEC	Findly,Ellison Banks	MWF: 11:00AM-11:50AM	TBA		GLB1
		Enrollment limited to 30
		A survey of the history of miniature painting from the Persian, Mughal, and Rajput schools, with emphasis on their religious and cultural backgrounds. (May be counted toward art history, international studies/Asian studies, international studies/comparative development studies, and international studies/Middle Eastern studies.)
2687	RELG-280-01	Approaching the Qur'an	1.00	LEC	Ziad,Homayra	TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 30
		The Qur'an, believed by Muslims to be the perfect Word of God, has played a central role in the life of the Muslim community since its appearance in the seventh century. This course will explore the sacred text of Islam through its foundational concepts and terminologies, history of the text and thematic development, literary style, connection to Jewish and Christian sacred texts, history and methods of interpretation, and role in Muslim ritual life. We will also explore manifestations of the Qur'an in the literature, visual arts, and music of the Muslim world.
2304	SOCL-227-01	From Hartford to World Cities:	1.00	LEC	Chen,Xiangming	M: 1:15PM-3:55PM	TBA		GLB5
		Enrollment limited to 30
		The 21st century is truly a global urban age characterized by the simultanious decline and revival of post-industrial cities in the United States and the co-existence of boom and poverty in the rapidly industrializing cities in developing countries, as well as by how globalization is exerting growing impact on urban places and processes everywhere. This course adopts an integrated and comparative approach to studying the local and global characteristics, conditions, and consequences of the growth and transformation of cities and communities. Using Hartford—Trinity's hometown—as a point or place of departure, the course takes students to a set of world or global cities outside the United States, especially a few dynamic mega-cities in developing countries to explore the differences and surprising similarities among them.

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