40 New Courses Approved Starting Fall 2014

At IES Abroad, academic quality is a top priority. All courses undergo rigorous evaluation and review by the Curriculum Committee before being offered to students. In its March meeting, the IES Abroad Curriculum Committee reviewed 41 total courses, of which 40 were approved.

Following is a full list of the newly approved courses by program that are eligible to be taught starting in Fall 2014:

Barcelona

• HS/SO 3xx - Discrimination and Persecution in Spain and the West: Anti-Semitism and Other Forms of Religious and Racial Prejudice (syllabus coming soon!)
• SO/EC 340 Globalized Economy and Migrations

Buenos Aires

• SL 395 - Community Service Learning in Buenos Aires

Freiburg – Environmental Studies & Sustainability

• ES/BL 305 - Technology of Renewable Energies
• BL/ES 306 - Ecosystem Management
• ES/BL 3xx - Forest Ecology and Management (syllabus coming soon!)
• BL/ES307 - Climate and the Vegetation in the Black Forest and the Swiss Alps

Freiburg – Language & Area Studies

• LT 4xx - German Literature from Wolfgang Borchert to Jenny Erpenbeck: A Creative Approach to Selected German, Austrian and Swiss Masterpieces of the Last 60 Years (syllabus coming soon!)     

Granada

• PS 360 - Cross Cultural Psychology

Istanbul

• HS 200 - Turkish Culture & Society
• IR/HS362 - Contemporary Issues in the Middle East

Milan

• CM/AR 260 - Multimedia and Interactive Communication for Art: Italian Case Studies
• US 270 - Introduction to Urban Studies: Temporary Inhabitants, Public Space and Globalization from Milan
• IR/IB 393 - Leading Across Cultures: Principles and Practice

Nantes

• RL/HS 362 - Nantes between Revolution and Counter-Revolution. Political and Religious Controversies of the French Revolution: the Example of Nantes (1780-1832)

Paris – Business & International Affairs

• EC/HS 399 - Post-Communism and Market Evolutions: A New Eastern Europe on the Rise

Paris – French Studies

• CU 343 - Paris City-Cinema: Construction and Deconstruction of the Myth of Paris in French Cinema
• FP/CU 341 - The Word And The Image: Cinema, Theatre, Literature, Opera, Painting
• IN 395 - Leading Across Cultures: Internship Seminar              

Rabat

• SO/IN 395 - Social Action Seminar

Rio de Janeiro

• MK 2xx - Sports Marketing from an International Perspective (syllabus coming soon!)
• SO 2xx - The Social and Cultural Background of Sports in Brazil (syllabus coming soon!)

Rome

• HS/CL/AH 252 - The Last Days of Pompeii
• CL/AH 261 - Public Spaces, Private Lives: The Splendor of Roman Art
• SO/AN 350 - Organized Crime in Italy: Mafias, Murders and Business
• CL/AH 265 - Classical Mythology: Gods and Heroes of Greece and Rome
• HS 250 - Post-War Italy: The Making of a Difficult Democracy
• PO/IR 265 - Terrorism: An Introduction
• PP/SO 240 - Valuing Diversity? Italian Contemporary Immigration and Integration Policies

Shanghai

• AS/ES 3xx - China's Development and Environmental Challenges (syllabus coming soon!)
• CM 3xx - Intercultural Communications Competence (syllabus coming soon!)
• EC/PO 3xx - Chinese Economy and Politics Transition and Development (syllabus coming soon!)
• IR/PO 3xx - Cooperation and Conflict: International Politics in East Asia from a Chinese Perspective (syllabus coming soon!)

Siena

• PO/HS 356 - The "Autobiography of a Nation?" The History and Ideology of Italian Fascism
• PO 343 - Mafia, Society and Politics in Italy

Siena Summer

• HS 280 - The Palio and the Contrade of Siena

Sydney Summer

• HS/CU 3xx - Australian Politics, Society and Identity 1788-Present (syllabus coming soon!)
• CU/PO 3xx - Aboriginal Society in Australia (syllabus coming soon!)

Tokyo

• AS 320 - Japan Through Film