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In the fourth century BCE, Plato already anticipated the popular derogatory conception of myth as an imaginative fabrication--pseudos, "a lie." Throughout Western history, however, and particularly since the rise of Romanticism, thinkers from various disciplines have viewed the stories of antiquity in more constructive terms. What is "myth"? Deliberate falsehood or veiled truth? Is it a term applicable to or recognizable in non-Western cultures also? What is the relationship between myth and history, myth and literature, myth and ideology?

This course is about the framework of transnational women's and gendered activisms and scholarship. We will survey the field of transnational feminist research and praxis, locating structures of power, practices of resistance, and the geographies of development at work in a range of theories and social movements. The course will not only examine the implementation of feminist politics and projects that have sought to ensure some measurable social, cultural, and economic changes, but also explore the ways conceptions of the `global' and `transnational' have informed these efforts.

The purpose of this course is to help students reconsider their experience abroad, in an internship or in community service learning, understanding this experience to include their preparation, travel, return and future possibilities. We will consider the relationship between these experiences and students daily lives. We will explore the ways in which people with different training and life histories have approached issues of intercultural and international exchanges while considering the possibilities and constraints of learning across boundaries.

The purpose of this class is to introduce you to opportunities in study abroad, service learning and internships in the Spanish-speaking world. By the time you finish this course you should be able to think critically about these opportunities and to make an informed decision about the type of program you would like to join as part of your Spanish Integrative Experience. This course, plus a linguistic and cultural immersion experience and Spanish 494RI taken after the experience, satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BA-Span majors.

This course explores the interactions of individuals and society through the disciplinary approaches of Communication, Journalism, and Economics. A team of faculty will help students explore fundamental issues of individualism and society. We?ll look at such questions as: How do media influence our sense of self and entitlement? What mechanisms enhance individualism? Are there social and economic benefits to developing a collectivistic culture? Has our own society changed much in the past 250 years in regards to social consciousness? Has the U.S.

Over 70% of the Earth?s surface is covered with the oceans, and nearly all of the life within the ocean is microscopic. Some of these microbes are photosynthetic and form most of the base of the marine food web. These in turn are consumed by other small creatures that eventually provide food for the larger animals in the sea. Bacteria are responsible for maintaining certain chemical balances in the oceans, and themselves are food for other microbes. Understanding how life is sustained in our oceans is vital for coastal human populations that rely on the sea for food.