This course gathers together an array of recent Latin American, Spanish, Caribbean, and Latinx films with an emphasis on addressing the experiences of marginalized people. We will explore the historical and cultural contexts in which these films are made and seen, in many cases reaching vast audiences across the world, and we will push at the boundaries of the category "Hispanic" in cinema.

The main objective of this new course is to investigate how questions of multilingualism and translation emerge in Spanish and Portuguese American writings. We will start by looking at the ways in which America has been the scene of multiple encounters between communities speaking different languages and examine how writers both in English and in other languages have represented these collective language encounters.

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America imprisons a huge number of people ? roughly 2.3 million. The jails that hold these individuals are in our communities (including Northampton and Greenfield), but the incarcerated people and their family are generally invisible, to the point that many community members have no idea they live, shop and go to work right next to compounds that imprison hundreds ? sometimes thousands ? of their former neighbors, co-workers and fellow students. How do people get to prison? Who goes to prison? What is life in jail like? What happens when people get out of prison?

In this introductory seminar, students will develop a general understanding of how art is approached in our education system and its relationship to contemporary society. Through discussions and personal hands on art exploration we will discuss the basic pillars of Art Education while exploring the UMass campus and the opportunities available to students within the community.

This course challenges and reimagines alternate futures to the dystopic Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel Handmaid's Tale that presents a particularly dark vision of human futures. The novel has remained in the public eye, and recently back in the press because of the popular Hulu series of the book. Atwood has said she is writing a sequel.

This seminar will explore the biology of today?s domestic horse by investigating the evolution, behavior, and intelligence of these remarkable animals. We will discuss the origins, expansion, and management of the domestic horse and investigate the many different breeds that have developed over time. The biology of wild horses and other Equus species (zebras and donkeys) will also be examined. Students will have the opportunity to work with horses at the UMass Hadley Farm several times throughout the semester.

This course will provide an introduction to queer feminist thinking. Over the course of the semester we will explore topics such as desire, love, pleasure, monogamy, polyamory, pornography, marriage, friendship, and community. We will begin by looking at different ideas about what ?feminism? and ?queerness? are and ways the relationship between them has been explained and debated. We will use short readings, videos, poems, and mini-lectures to frame our discussions.

Music accompanies some of the most important ? and mundane ? moments in our lives. Whether for celebration or mourning, during work, or just for fun, music is there! This seminar will explore these music choices in two ways: First, what are people around the world listening to? And second, what is the soundtrack of your life at UMass? We?ll listen to music from Western Africa, Tibet, America, India, and Bulgaria ? and more! By taking the seminar, you will develop an appreciation of the multifaceted role that music plays in society and in your own life.

Bees collecting sugar from a spilt soda, birds using napkins to build their nests?? Have you ever wondered about the place of a college campus within the natural world? What are the plants and animals that make up the environment between the bustling buildings and busy roads and how do they all interact? Whether intentional or not, how has the university provided habitat for plants and animals? In Campus Ecology, we will explore the campus current and historical land-use practices, as well as discover the plants and animals that make up the urban environment.