France

This course analyzes corruption in the United States. It highlights how abuse of position for personal gain has long been a political and social issue with minimal impact because of significant economic growth. It focuses on scandals throughout United States history that have exposed official venality and the U.S. political authorities that have passed laws and regulations to respond to corruption.

This course addresses the historical depth and most recent cases of terrorism in Europe and in other regions of the world with a combined traditional and critical view. It offers a complete overview of terrorism, the diversity of its direct and indirect use, as well as its most contemporary trends.

This is an intermediate level French language course for students who have previously completed two or more semesters of French. Building on the basics of the language and utilizing good listening comprehension skills, the course builds students’ confidence in their ability to communicate. It focuses on understanding expressions and common vocabulary relevant to one’s persona life, including family, purchases, surrounding environment, studies, and work. The course builds skills to understand advertisements, announcements, and simple clear messages; read short, simple texts; and find specific predictable information in common documents such as short advertisements, brochures, menus, and timetables; understand short simple personal letters and emails; communicate during simple, habitual tasks that demand only an exchange of simple, direct information on subjects and activities that are familiar; have brief exchanges, using a series of sentences or expressions to describe in simple terms family or other people, living circumstances, education, and current or recent professional or academic activities; write notes and simple, short messages; and write a personal letter or email that is focused and structured, such as a thank you letter.

This course requires international students to facilitate ten conversation sessions in their maternal language (English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, etc.) to French-speaking students. The conversation groups have a maximum of seven students. At the end of the semester, conversation workshop teachers are graded based on evaluations by the French students and a reflective report assignment.

This course introduces the spatial effects the law has in everyday life's urban spaces, problems related to geography in general, and cities in specific. It examines the relationship between space and law, and how law and legal theory are essential starting points in understanding cities and vice versa. The course also confronts legal and social theories using architecture, literature, film, art, and legal ethnographic approaches. It addresses inquiries such as how law creates space; how national and international laws construct cities; how law, literature, and film represent cities; and how it is possible to do legal research in this field.