This course is an intermediate-advanced course in Ukrainian offered through the Five College Center for World Languages. The course format includes intensive independent study and an evaluation by an outside evaluator, as well as collaborative contribution of course readings and discussion questions. Students studying Ukrainian develop speaking and listening skills needed for study abroad in Ukraine and engagement with Ukrainian-speaking communities, and to support course work in Eastern European Studies and other academic, vocational, and personal goals.

Haitian Creole VII is an intermediate course in Haitian Creole offered through the Five College Center for World Languages. The course format includes intensive independent study and an evaluation by an outside evaluator, as well as collaborative contribution of course readings and discussion questions. Students studying Haitian Creole develop speaking and listening skills needed for study abroad in Haiti and engagement with Haitian Creole-speaking communities, and to support course work in Caribbean and Francophone Studies and other academic, vocational, and personal goals.

Swedish VI is an intermediate-advanced course in Swedish offered through the Five College Center for World Languages. The course format includes intensive independent study and an evaluation by an outside evaluator, as well as collaborative contribution of course readings and discussion questions. Students studying Swedish develop speaking and listening skills needed for study abroad in Sweden and engagement with Swedish-speaking communities, and to support course work in European and Scandinavian Studies and other academic, vocational, and personal goals.

This course is an advanced course in Indonesian offered through the Five College Center for World Languages. The course format includes intensive independent study and an evaluation by an outside evaluator, as well as collaborative contribution of course readings and discussion questions. Students studying Indonesian develop speaking and listening skills needed for study abroad in Indonesia and engagement with Indonesian-speaking communities, and to support course work in Southeast Asian Studies and other academic, vocational, and personal goals.

Topics in Advanced Indonesian III is an advanced course in Indonesian offered through the Five College Center for World Languages. The course format includes intensive independent study and an evaluation by an outside evaluator, as well as collaborative contribution of course readings and discussion questions. Students studying Indonesian develop speaking and listening skills needed for study abroad in Indonesia and engagement with Indonesian-speaking communities, and to support course work in Southeast Asian Studies and other academic, vocational, and personal goals.

Mentored Turkish for Turkish Speakers II is part of the Mentored Language Program administered by the Five College Center for World Languages. The course is designed for students who already have advanced proficiency in spoken Turkish, but want to learn to read and write in the language. The course continues the review of Turkish grammar and structure started in Turkish for Turkish Speakers I. The course format combines independent study with weekly individual tutorials with a Turkish language mentor.

Topics in Advanced Indonesian II is an advanced course in Indonesian offered through the Five College Center for World Languages. The course format includes intensive independent study and an evaluation by an outside evaluator, as well as collaborative contribution of course readings and discussion questions. Students studying Indonesian develop speaking and listening skills needed for study abroad in Indonesia and engagement with Indonesian-speaking communities, and to support course work in Southeast Asian Studies and other academic, vocational, and personal goals.

Rather than a course on the by now well-trodden topic of literary adaptation in film, this graduate seminar seeks to look at the literary in cinema, and the cinematic in literature, by using straightforward literary adaptations as well as indirect reappropriations of a medium by the other. In the process, the fluid boundaries of film, drama, and novels as media will be brought to light, but we will also see a set of fundamental traits that may be ascribed to one medium or the other, as part of the tradition, history, or each medium's "genetic" makeup.

Examines contemporary issues in US education through the use of economic theory and current research literature. Particular attention will be paid to the causes and consequences of the racial and socioeconomic academic achievement gap. Topics include (but are not limited to): teacher selection and evaluation, school choice, standardized testing and accountability measures, access to high-quality education, and the implications of current education reform measures.