David Art (political science)
Political Science 125: Building the European Union is revised to incorporate several simulations of EU negotiations and set of analytical questions that students will answer in response to each reading. The goal of the course is to help students acquire the intellectual habit of analyzing and thinking critically about what they read and to understand the challenges facing the members of the EU.

Daniela Bartalesi-Graf (romance languages)
A revision of intermediate Italian language courses involves a system designed to help students to become more visually literate. The connections between decoding images from advertisements, political posters, and historical photographs and cross-cultural awareness are explored.

Anne Lombardi Cantú (romance languages)
Spanish 191: Staging History in Latin American Theater: Identity and
Nation-Building is a new course in which students read plays by Latin American playwrights as well as essays on theater and authors. Critical thinking skills are strengthened through discussion and dramatic readings as students learn to relate theater to a variety of national issues and to discern how theater is affected by them and how theater contributes to the dialogue surrounding those issues.

Catherine Freudenreich (biology)
A new seminar in molecular biology and genetics focuses on the original papers of Nobel Prize winners. Students learn how to read research papers critically and trace the effects of the accomplishments of the prize winners on subsequent scientific research.

Nancy Petrov (German, Russian, and Asian languages and literature)
A revision of intermediate Russian language is designed to develop learner autonomy and raise student awareness of the nature of progress in foreign language development. Use of self-evaluation and non-traditional assessments are emphasized, including formative portfolios and graphic organizers.

Peter Probst (art and art history)
The Decorated Body is a new course that examines the aesthetics, meanings and practices of body adornment in Africa and other parts of the globe. Following the notion of the body as a canvas, students discover how permanent body decorations such as tattooing and scarification offer insights into issues of gender, power, history, and social identity.

Claire Schub (romance languages)
Business French is redesigned to include sessions with French business people, readings from French newspapers and magazines, and culminates in students’ taking the Paris Chamber of Commerce exam for the diplome du français des affaires.

John Straub (economics)
A new course in applied econometrics for undergraduates helps students to read empirical research papers and challenges them to replicate the econometric analyses. Exercises help students strengthen the economic and econometric skills they have acquired in prerequisite courses and learn new skills for use in original research projects.

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