This course is designed to create intelligent consumers of policy research. The course is not designed to make students into policy researchers, but to enable them to understand the research done by others with a sufficiently skeptical eye to allow them to determine whether the findings of the research are valid given the assumptions made and methods used. This will involve, in part, thinking about the various problems in research design or conduct that could lead to faulty conclusions.

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This colloquium will complement POLISCI 352 through an examination of U.S.?Latin American relations from the perspectives of Latin American officials, activists, media, academics, and other analysts. All readings will be IN SPANISH, and weekly discussions will be conducted in a mix of Spanish and English. Students may elect to compose final assignment in either language, but will be asked to attempt some shorter writing exercises in Spanish.

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This course will provide basic introduction and exploration of issues involved in a standard criminal jury trial. The course will give students insight and exposure to trial issues including but not limited to jury selection, jury instruction, juror deliberations, jury verdicts and post-verdict sentencing. Students will have opportunities to review current Massachusetts law and standards regarding this issues and participate in class discussions and mock exercises.

Theoretical issues and practical problems raised by translation, in light of recent research. The role of translation and translated literature in cultural systems and in the history of literary development. Genre and form (poetry, dramatic literature), language register and tone, metaphor and imagery, word play. Readings in theory (Nida, Even-Zohar, Lefevere, Quine, Catford) combined with workshop practice.