Advanced review of principal elements of Spanish grammar. For majors, minors, and others who plan to continue with Spanish beyond SPANISH 240.

Discussion, guided conversation in Spanish on specific topics. Emphasis on further development of listening and speaking skills.

This course complements the Department of Anthropology's strength in the anthropology of Europe. This course uses Italy as a case study to investigate four key themes: 1) the state, civil society, and hegemony; 2) kinship, gender, and reproduction; 3) culture and economy; and 4) immigration and globalization. Throughout, we will consider symbolic as well as materialist approaches to grasping experiences of everyday life as they play out in one of Europe's southern territories. (Gen. Ed. SB, DG)

In 2020, Massachusetts will commemorate the landing of the Mayflower in 1620, framing it as an event of local, national and even global significance. The first part of the course will contextualize the events of 1620, starting with the deep history of Patuxet (the Wampanoag name for the place that became Plymouth) and Indigenous peoples in New England before contact; continuing to the European histories that launched the Mayflower and its passengers; and examining consequent events through the seventeenth century.

Explores the relationship of women to the social, cultural, economic and political developments shaping American society from 1890 to the present. Examines women's paid and unpaid labor, family life and sexuality, feminist movements and women's consciousness; emphasis on how class, race, ethnicity, and sexual choice have affected women's historical experience. Sophomore level and above. (Gen.Ed. HS, DU)

This course examines the history of the interaction of humans with the natural environment of North America since European settlement. We will examine how Americans acted to shape their environment over the past four centuries, as well as how they perceived the environment. The fundamental premise of the course is that how Americans have acted to shape their environment has been a consequence of their perceptions.

America's longest war, 1954-1975. Reasons for the U.S. intervention, key political and military policies, experiences of combatants and civilians on all sides, divisive political and moral controversies, myths and legacies. (Gen.Ed. HS)

America's longest war, 1954-1975. Reasons for the U.S. intervention, key political and military policies, experiences of combatants and civilians on all sides, divisive political and moral controversies, myths and legacies. (Gen.Ed. HS)

America's longest war, 1954-1975. Reasons for the U.S. intervention, key political and military policies, experiences of combatants and civilians on all sides, divisive political and moral controversies, myths and legacies. (Gen.Ed. HS)

America's longest war, 1954-1975. Reasons for the U.S. intervention, key political and military policies, experiences of combatants and civilians on all sides, divisive political and moral controversies, myths and legacies. (Gen.Ed. HS)