'(In Spanish)With the growth of Afro-Latin American literary studies, there has been a growing interest in the recovery and the study of works by women of African descent. This course will examine the intersections of ethnic, cultural, national, class, sexual, and gender identities in representative texts (poems, short stories, essays, testimonios, and film) by Afro-Latina and Afro-Latin American women. We will discuss the construction and meaning of 'race,' color, and racialized gender roles.

'Students will explore issues common to all keyboard instruments, such as keyboard geography, tuning and temperament; investigate the instruments' constructions and playing mechanisms; and examine the interrelationship of technological advances in instrument construction and the nature of the music composed for each instrument. Throughout the course, students will listen to music composed for each specific instrument, as well as music written for other media realized on various keyboard instruments.

'This course will require students to integrate the body (fine motor skills, kinesthetic memory, and core musculature), the senses (hearing, sight and touch), the emotions (for interpretive performance), and the intellect (physiology and psychology). All students will learn either violin or viola and will also learn about performance, and causes and cures for stage fright.'

'Explores the ways in which sound is organized into musical structures. Topics include the physical properties of sound; the basic vocabulary of Western music (scales, key signatures, intervals, triads, rhythm, meter); and an introduction to musical form and analysis. Includes extensive practice in music reading, sight singing, ear training, and critical listening.'

'The course provides an historical and topical overview of Latina/o migration to the United States. We will examine the economic, political, and social antecedents to Latin American migration, and the historical impact of the migration process in the U.S. Considering migration from Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, we will discuss the social construction of race, the gendered nature of migration, migrant labor struggles, Latin American-U.S. Latino relations, immigration policy, and border life and enforcement.

'This course will investigate how representations of gender and class serve as a structuring principle in the development of the genre of the Victorian novel in Britain. We will devote significant attention to the construction of Victorian femininity and masculinity in relation to class identity, marriage as a sexual contract, and the gendering of labor. The texts chosen for this course also reveal how gender and class are constructed in relation to other axes of identity in the period, such as race, sexuality, and national character. Novelists will include Dickens, Eliot, Gaskell, C.

This course examines social psychology and sociological theories and research addressing why women do more housework and child care than men. It pays special attention to the situation of dual-earner families and considers class and ethnic differences on the nature of this inequality and the barriers to full equality at home.