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JPST313-01: Teaching in Japan

JPST313-01: Teaching in Japan

This course will help prepare you for applications, interviews, & instructional materials for teaching opportunities in Japan. Field trips to Japanese Saturday Schools in KY/IN. Guest lectures by former JET. No Japanese language requirement.

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Spanish For Health Care

Spanish For Health Care

This course is a Spanish language course geared toward individuals studying or working in health-related areas. In this course, you will learn medical Spanish vocabulary, basic health care practices, and aspects of Hispanic culture relative to health care. This course will also expose you to Hispanic health care practices with an emphasis on cultural norms and values; social determinants of health; and economic, political, and social issues as you prepare for potential work with Spanish-speaking patients in future careers in medicine, nursing, social work, translation/interpretation or mental health settings

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SPAN 499/599: Introduction to Medical Interpreting Course

SPAN 499/599: Introduction to Medical Interpreting Course

Learn the practical foundations of Interpreting in community settings, including social, medical, legal, and education settings. Develop a basic understanding of interpreting qualifications, the importance of cultural competencies and crosscultural understanding, specialized vocabulary and certification. Help the Latinx community in Louisville by joining this interpreting class!

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URBS410: Real Estate Principles

URBS410: Real Estate Principles

A distance education course taught in English. No prerequisites. The Kentucky Real Estate Commission has an education requirement for taking the sales license exam. Taking two real-estate courses help you meet the education requirement.

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PLAN380: ST: Real Estate Development and Finance

PLAN380: ST: Real Estate Development and Finance

The Department of Urban and Public Affairs will offer undergraduate real estate courses for the first time in Spring 2023! PLAN380 is intended to give students an overview of real estate development and finance, with emphasis on applications to real estate development.

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ML 330.01 / GER 313.01: The Power of Language(s): Social, Political, & Cultural Dimensions

ML 330.01 / GER 313.01: The Power of Language(s): Social, Political, & Cultural Dimensions

Explore social, political, and cultural dimensions of language use in the context of German-speaking societies. Learn about multilingual groups in Germany and Switzerland, analyze stereotypes about speakers of German, investigate the influence of English on the German language, examine the Nazis' abuses of language, and much more.

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ITP 115 - Heritage & Culture of the Deaf SBD1 (3 credit hours)

ITP 115 - Heritage & Culture of the Deaf SBD1 (3 credit hours)

This course provides students with an overview of the psychological, sociological, and cultural impacts of deafness upon children and adults. Learners will explore how deafness can affect an individual's linguistic and cognitive development, psychological-emotional growth, access to communication, and life opportunities. The course also examines historical relations between Deaf and hearing people and compares Deaf culture to that of the hearing community.

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ML 271-01: Chinese Pop Culture

This course is an introduction to modern and contemporary Chinese pop culture. It encourages students to critically examine the diverse Chinese pop culture from the mid-twentieth century through the present day and its global significance. Focusing on variability, historical development and cross-cultural encounters, this course offers (1) an introduction to the variety and development of Chinese pop culture; (2) an examination of interactions between traditional value and modern pop culture, cross-cultural exchange and ethnic diversity in shaping Chinese pop culture within the global context and (3) analysis of the roles that pop culture plays in social transformation and Chinese people’s ways of thinking, seeing and connecting with the world.

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GERM / ML 280: Culture of the German-Speaking World

GERM / ML 280: Culture of the German-Speaking World

Join us for this crash course of the major ideas, figures and conflicts that shaped German, Austrian and Swiss culture(s) from the Middle Ages to the present! No prior German language experience is required, but this course makes a great companion to UofL's Beginning German sequence (GERM 121, 122, 123). This course is taught in English and all course materials are freely available online!

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ML 313-50 Yokai: Japanese Ghosts and Monsters

ML 313-50 Yokai: Japanese Ghosts and Monsters

This course will survey one of the more unusual aspects of Japanese culture, the role of the supernatural in Japan. Through a historical and cultural examination of the works published in ancient Japan to contemporary Japan, students will read interdisciplinary scholarly articles and research, as well as engaging in various methods for studying and writing about the relationship between the supernatural and spiritual elements of culture and everyday life. In addition, students will apply theoretical models to their research and observations in addition to critically analyzing some of the functions that literature and art can provide from the perspectives of gender, historical context, as well as via symbolic meanings that have risen from representations and practices.

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ML 312-50: Japanese Pop Culture

ML 312-50: Japanese Pop Culture

This course will survey Japanese popular culture in contemporary Japan, with consideration to Japanese history dating back to the Edo period. Many facets of Japanese popular culture will be reviewed; specifically, anime, film, manga, theatre, literature, pop art, television, food, fashion, and music. The globalization of popular culture and its role in Asia will also be examined.

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Phys 220: Introduction to Weather and Climate

Phys 220: Introduction to Weather and Climate

Gain an understanding of the dynamics of Earth’s atmosphere, it's interaction with the planet’s surface, and how it impacts human existence. Learn about environmental issues related to terrestrial meteorology, the mechanics of storms and their life cycles. See how weather conditions are observed and measured. Learn how forecasts are made.

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WGST 692-75  / WGST 593-75 Feminist, Queer and Trans Approaches to Sport

WGST 692-75 / WGST 593-75 Feminist, Queer and Trans Approaches to Sport

Sport: a final frontier in studies of gender and sexuality. How do athletics both challenge and uphold the gender binary?

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LGBTQ Applied Health (WGST 391-51)

LGBTQ Applied Health (WGST 391-51)

LGBTQ Applied Health (WGST 391-51) provides an introductory exploration of health and healthcare as it applies to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community.

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The Digital Get Down (WGST 392-02)

The Digital Get Down (WGST 392-02)

The Digital Get Down (WGST 392-02) The Digital Get Down studies the recent history and current landscape of gender, race, sexuality, and labor in relation to digital media.

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