Acquisition of the four basic skills: speaking, writing, reading and understanding. For students with no previous study of Italian. Course covers the same material as one year of Elementary Italian (110 and 120) but with greater efficiency. Successful completion of ITAL 126 followed by ITAL 246 allows student to satisfy CAS language requirement in one year.

The four basic skills -- speaking, reading, writing, and understanding Italian. For those with no previous experience in the language.

The four basic skills -- speaking, reading, writing, and understanding Italian. For those with no previous experience in the language.

The four basic skills -- speaking, reading, writing, and understanding Italian. For those with no previous experience in the language.

Continuation of ITALIAN 110. Oral drills, written exercises, 3 hrs per week. Training in the four basic skills: speaking, writing, reading and understanding. Prerequisite: ITALIAN 110

This class is designed to help students think about life after the BA. The class will explore a variety of subjects, including what jobs history majors have gotten in recent years, what qualifications history majors bring to the job market, what your interests and skills suggest about the sort of employment you might find rewarding, opportunities for pre-professional training (UMass courses, internships, study abroad, and graduate school), resume writing, job search strategies, and interview skills.

An historical, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary approach to the study of families in America. We will examine the histories of various groups, exploring how these experiences have resulted in different family dynamics. We will then take up the question of the continuing relevance of race, ethnicity, and social class to families in America today and to the discussion of family in American politics. (Gen.Ed. HS, U)

In the 21st century we take maps for granted. Many of us use maps on a daily basis (think of Google Maps or GPS devices) and it has become increasingly easy for 'ordinary' people to create their own maps. But what is a map? How have maps, and the purposes that they serve, changed over time? And why should historians be concerned with the study of maps? In the first part of the writing seminar we will take a broad look at the history of cartography, focusing in particular on Europe and the Americas.

Japanese civilization. Emphasis on racism and ethnocentrism in non-Japanese perceptions of Japan; on Japanese literature; on the era of the Pacific War; and on Japan's economic development since 1945. (Gen.Ed. HS, G)

This honors course examines the social organization and cultural construction of gender and sexuality. We will look at how women and men experienced the dramatic changes that have affected Europe since 1789 and consider how much these developments were themselves influenced by ideas about masculinity and femininity.