The Area Studies Component allows students to develop an in-depth understanding of the area of the world in which they are specializing.
This list of Penn courses is intended for illustrative purposes only and gives a limited number of examples. In addition, Area Studies courses are frequently taken during study abroad.
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Arabic |
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ANTH 232 |
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The Middle East: Cultural Continuities |
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ANTH540 |
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Society and Culture in the Islamic World (Introduction to Islamic Society) |
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ARTH217 |
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Islamic Civilization and its Visual Culture |
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FOLK369 |
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Muslim Folklore and
Folk life |
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HIST390 |
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Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict |
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NELC031
(HIST081) |
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History of the Middle East Since 1800 |
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NELC031 (HIST084) |
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The
Middle East in the 20th Century |
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NELC101 |
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Introduction to the Ancient Near East |
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NELC102 |
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Introduction to the Middle East |
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NELC136 (RELS143) |
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Islam: Religion and Institutions |
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NELC137 |
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Introduction to Islamic Intellectual History |
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NELC236
(RELS246) |
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Islamic Religion and the Law |
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NELC238 |
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Introduction to Islamic Law |
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PSCI211 |
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Politics in the Contemporary Middle East |
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PSCI253 |
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International Politics of the Middle East |
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PSCI254 |
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Moscow and the Middle East |
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PSCI275 |
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Muslim Political Thought |
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RELS249 |
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Topics in Islamic Religion and Society |
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Chinese |
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EALC011 (COLL004, NELC085) |
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Life and Death in Ancient China and Ancient Egypt |
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EALC035 (HSOC152, HSSC152) |
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Chinese Science |
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EALC047 (HIST097) |
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China in the 20th Century |
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EALC048 (SOCI280) |
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Social Issues in Contemporary China |
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EALC103 (HIST003) |
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Asia in a Wider World |
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EALC121 |
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Chinese Poetry and Prose: In Translation |
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EALC122 |
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Chinese Fiction and Drama in Translation |
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EALC125 |
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Cultural Chinas: 20th Century Chinese Literature and Film |
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EALC131 |
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Introduction to Classical Chinese Thought |
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EALC227 (ARTH216) |
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Chinese Painting |
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EALC229 |
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Chinese Architecture |
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EALC239 |
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Sex and Society in Ancient China |
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ECON023 (SAST504) |
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Topics in Economic Development: India and China |
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HIST096 (EALC041) |
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Social History of China: From Empire to People's Republic |
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PSCI219 |
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Contemporary Chinese Politics |
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French |
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FREN224 |
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Le Francais dans le Monde |
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FREN226 |
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French Civilization, from the Beginnings to 1789 |
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FREN227 |
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Modern France
1789-1944 |
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FREN228 |
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The
French Languages: Past, Present and Future |
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FREN230 |
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Masterpieces of French Cinema |
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FREN231 (AFST231, FILM248) |
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Cinema Africain Francophone |
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FREN250 |
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French Literature in Translation |
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FREN301 |
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French Identity in the Twentieth Century |
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FREN322 |
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France and The European Union |
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FREN350 |
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French Classical Literature and Culture |
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FREN360 |
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French Literature of the 18th Century |
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FREN370 |
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French Literature of the 19th Century |
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FREN390 |
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Survey Francophone Listerature |
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FREN593 (AFAM593, AFRC593, AFST593) |
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Studies in Francophone African Literature |
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AFST076 (HIST076,
AFAM076) |
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Africa Since 1800 |
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AFST210 (AFRC210, HIST250) |
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African Religions |
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AFST225 (AFRC225) |
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African Languages and Culture |
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AFST257 (AFRC257, PSCI210) |
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Contemporary African Politics |
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AFST268 (WSTD268) |
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Women and Human Rights in Africa |
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AFST305
(AFAM305, WSTD305) |
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Interpreting African Women's Lives |
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AFST435 |
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Understanding African Conflicts |
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ANTH190 (AFRC190, AFST190, HIST190) |
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Introduction to Africa |
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ANTH214
(AFRC214, AFST214) |
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Societies and Cultures of Africa |
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ANTH514
(AFRC514, AFST514) |
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The Anthropology of Africa |
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German |
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GRMN004 |
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Seminar: Germany and the Holocaust |
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GRMN229 |
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German Business Culture |
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GRMN245 (COML231) |
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Literature and Culture of Central Europe |
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GRMN255 (COML255) |
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Mann-Hesse-Kafka |
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GRMN257 (COML269, FILM257) |
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Nazi Cinema |
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GRMN258 (COML270, FILM258) |
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German Cinema |
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GRMN269 |
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Introduction to German Culture |
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GRMN355 |
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Jugendliteratur: From the Third Reich to the Present |
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GRMN377 |
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Germany and the European Union |
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GRMN378 |
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Foreign in Germany |
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GRMN380 |
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Heimat |
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GRMN383 |
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German Political Landscape |
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HIST343 |
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Nineteenth Century European Intellectual History |
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HIST344 |
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Twentieth Century European Intellectual History |
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HIST421 |
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European International Relations Since World War I |
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HIST430 |
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich |
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Hindi |
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ARTH515 (SAST515) |
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Proseminar in Indian Architecture |
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ECON023 (SAST504) |
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Topics in Economic Development: India and China |
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ECON027 (SAST302) |
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Economic History of South Asia (India 1500-1947) |
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HIST085 (SAST085) |
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India Before Modernity |
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HIST086 |
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Gandhi's India |
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RELS173 (SAST173) |
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Introduction to Buddhism |
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RELS562 (SAST562) |
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Religions of Southern India |
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SAST001 |
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The
Cultural Legacies of South Asia: Part I |
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SAST002 (RELS152) |
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The
Cultural Legacies of South Asia: Part II |
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SAST103 (PHIL050, RELS155) |
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Introduction to Indian Philosophy |
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SAST105 (RELS165) |
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Karma and Rebirth in Indian Thought and Culture |
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SAST110 |
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India's Working Women |
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SAST112 (FILM112) |
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Images of South Asia in Hollywood |
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SAST142 (ANTH142, RELS142) |
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Islam in South Asian Culture |
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SAST163 (RELS163) |
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Introduction to Hinduism |
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SAST200 |
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Language and Society in South Asia |
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SAST202 (ANTH202) |
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Archaeology of South Asia |
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SAST204 (ARTH104) |
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Introduction to Art in South Asia |
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SAST205 (RELS448) |
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Muslim Culture in South Asia |
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SAST211 (ARTH211) |
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Indian Art |
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SAST212 (ARTH212) |
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Cities and Temples of Ancient India |
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SAST213 (COML213, RELS203) |
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Indian Literature and the West |
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SAST256 (PSCI256) |
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International Relations of the US and Asia |
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SAST263 (RELS263) |
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Studies in Hinduism |
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SAST265 (MUSC165) |
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Performing Arts in South Asia |
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SAST266 (MUSC466) |
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Musical Culture of North India |
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SAST331 (HSOC411) |
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Contemporary Issues in South Asian Health |
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SAST552 (RELS552) |
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Devotional Literature of North India |
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Italian |
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HIST027 (ANCH027) |
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History of Ancient Rome |
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HIST308 |
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Renaissance Europe |
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ITAL215 |
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Introduction to Literature |
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ITAL220 |
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Italian Culture & Civilization |
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ITAL260 |
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Worldviews in Collision |
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ITAL300 (COML300, FILM340, HIST322) |
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Topics in Italian History, Literature, and Culture |
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ITAL310 (COML310, WSTD310) |
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The
Medieval Reader |
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ITAL322 (COML280, FILM240) |
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Italian Cinema |
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ITAL335 |
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Medieval and Renaissance Literature |
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ITAL351 |
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Mad
Love (Literature, music, and film) |
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ITAL380 (FILM380) |
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Italian Literature of the 20th Century |
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ITAL383 |
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20th century Italian Novel |
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Japanese |
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EALC002 |
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Introduction to Japanese Civilization |
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EALC017 (COML187, WST187) |
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Possessing Women |
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EALC063 |
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Medicine, Literature, and Culture in Japan |
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EALC069 (SCOI 389) |
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Japanese Popular Culture |
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EALC070 (HIST 090) |
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Pre-modern Japanese History |
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EALC071 (HIST 091) |
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Modern Japanese History |
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EALC074 |
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History of Kyoto |
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EALC119 |
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East Asian Ceramics |
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EALC152 |
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Japanese Literature: the Classic Tradition |
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EALC155 |
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Modern Japanese Literature: From Meiji to World War II |
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EALC156 |
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Post World War II and Contemporary Japanese Fiction |
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EALC157 |
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The Arts of Japan |
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EALC166 (WSTD186) |
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Gender and Sexuality in Japan |
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EALC176 (HIST276) |
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Japan: Age of the Samurai |
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EALC255 (COML385, FOLK485, THAR485) |
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Japanese Theater |
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EALC258 |
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Japanese Architecture |
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EALC279 |
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Contemporary Japanese Society |
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EALC553 |
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Loyal Warriors in Japanese Literature |
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PSCI212 |
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Japanese Politics |
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PSCI216 |
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Government and Politics of East Asia |
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PSCI255 |
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East Asian International Relations |
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PSCI566 |
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Government and Politics of East Asia (Japan and Korea) |
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Korean |
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EALC080 |
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Korean Civilization |
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EALC081 (HIST120) |
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Korean History Before 1860 |
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EALC082 (HIST121) |
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Korean History After 1860 |
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EALC091 (HIST391) |
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Korea: Remembering the Forgotten War |
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EALC180 |
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Pre-Modern Korean Literature |
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EALC186 (COML186, FILM324) |
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Screening Modern Korea: Korean Film and Culture |
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EALC195 (WSTD397) |
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Women in Korea |
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EALC285 |
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Arts of Korea |
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EALC505 (HIST395) |
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East Asian Diplomacy |
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PSCI216 |
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Government and Politics of East Asia |
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PSCI255 |
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East Asian International Relations |
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PSCI566 |
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Government and Politics of East Asia (Japan and Korea) |
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Portuguese |
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HIST070 (LALS070, LTAM070) |
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Colonial Latin America |
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HIST071 (LALS071) |
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Latin American Survey 1791-Present |
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LALS258 (AFRC258, ANTH227, MUSC258) |
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Caribbean Music and Diaspora |
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PRTG240 (FILM232) |
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Topics in Brazilian Culture |
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PSCI116 |
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Political Change in the Third World |
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RELS211 (AFRC260, AFST292) |
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African Religion in America |
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Russian |
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RUSS048 (HIST048) |
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The Rise and Fall of the Russian Empire, 1552-1917 |
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RUSS049 (HIST048) |
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The Soviet Century, 1917-1991 |
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RUSS145 |
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Russian Literature tot he 1870s |
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RUSS155 |
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Russian Literature after 1870 |
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RUSS165 (FILM265, SLAV165) |
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Russian and East European Film |
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RUSS190 |
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Terrorism: Russian Origins and 21 c. Methods |
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RUSS196 |
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Russian Short Story |
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RUSS197 (COML197) |
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Madness and Madmen in Russian Culture |
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RUSS201 |
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Dostoevsky and His Legacy |
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RUSS202 (FILM302) |
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Tolstoy |
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RUSS234 (COML235, HIST219 |
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Literary and Cultural History of Medieval Russia |
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RUSS260 (HIST413) |
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Conformity and Dissent: USSR |
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RUSS275 (FILM265) |
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Russian History in Film |
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RUSS413 |
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Advanced Russian II: Utopia, Revolution and Dissent:
Twentieth-Century Russian Literature, Film, and Culture |
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RUSS416 |
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Bussiness and Democracy in the New Russia |
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RUSS420 |
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Contemporary Russia Through Film |
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RUSS468 |
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Post-Soviet Russian Society: People, Business, Democracy |
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ECON062 |
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The Soviet and Post-Soviet Economy |
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PSCI217 |
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Russian Politics |
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PSCI254 |
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Moscow and the Middle East |
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PSCI314 |
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Transitions to Democracy |
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PSCI557 |
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Politics of the Soviet Successor States and Eastern Europe |
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Spanish |
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HIST070 (LALS070, LTAM070) |
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Colonial Latin America |
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HIST071 (LALS071) |
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Latin American Survey 1791-Present |
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HIST303 (LALS303) |
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Social Movements in Latin America |
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HIST312 (LALS312, RELS312) |
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Religion in
Latin America |
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HIST587 (LALS587) |
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Iberian Colonialism |
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LALS057 (ENGL057) |
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Literature of Americas Before 1900 |
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LALS200 (ANTH200) |
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Modern Latin American Culture |
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LALS221 (SPAN221) |
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Early Hispanic Literature and Culture |
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LALS222 (SPAN222) |
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Modern Hispanic Literature and Culture |
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LALS252 (COML252, SPAN252) |
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Spanish American Literature in Translation |
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PSCI155 |
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Inter-American Relations |
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PSCI213 (LALS213) |
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Latin American Politics |
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SPAN219 |
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Hispanic Texts and Contexts |
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SPAN225 |
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El Espanol en el Mundo |
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SPAN227 |
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Detecting the City: Metropolitan Fictions of Spain and Latin America |
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SPAN319 |
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History of the Spanish Language |
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SPAN380 (LALS380) |
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Contemporary Spanish Literature |
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SPAN392 (LALS392) |
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Colonial Latin American Literature |
