Romance Studies (ROMS)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

ROMS 1102

We tell stories for many reasons: to entertain; to seduce; to complain; to think. This course draws upon the literatures and cultures of the romance languages to explore the role of narrative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Weird Fiction from Latin America and the Worl

  • 18081 ROMS 1102   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: The Decameron

  • 18082 ROMS 1102   SEM 102

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: The Decameron

  • 18083 ROMS 1102   SEM 103

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Writing the Self in French Literature

  • 18085 ROMS 1102   SEM 105

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ROMS 1108

What is a culture, and how do we know one when we see it?  This course draws upon the histories and texts of French, Spanish, Italian, and/or Portuguese speaking worlds to discuss issues of identity, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Writing Italy

  • 18086 ROMS 1108   SEM 101

    • MW Uris Hall G88
    • Eibenstein-Alvisi, I

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ROMS 1109

What kind of information do images - in photography, painting, and/or film - convey?  What kind of impact do they have on the minds and the bodies of their audiences?  This course foregrounds the role ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: French Film—1895 to the Present

  • 18087 ROMS 1109   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Non/Human:Figures in Contemporary Visual Cultu

  • 18088 ROMS 1109   SEM 102

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ROMS 1113

Some of the most important and intriguing thinkers, from the Middle Ages to postmodernity, have done their thinking in the romance languages.  This course explores a body of work that would be ... view course details

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  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:On Love

  • 18089 ROMS 1113   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Dante's Examined Life

  • 18090 ROMS 1113   SEM 102

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWs: Neoliberalisml: Theory and Practice

  • 18160 ROMS 1113   SEM 103

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ROMS 1120

In this class, students will learn about animal welfare and conservation through international films. We will discuss wildlife, companion and farm animals in conjunction with human cultures and politics. ... view course details

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  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18092 ROMS 1120   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ROMS 3210

The Romance languages are the lasting imprint of all that happened to the Latin language as it moved through time, territories, and people of many ethnicities.  While the Latin of antiquity retained its ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 3321

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16194 ROMS 3210   LEC 001

  • Prerequisites: A 2000-level (or higher) course in any Romance language, and some familiarity with a second one or with Latin.

ROMS 3971

How and why is a book "translated" into an opera? We will study several such works and the operas they inspired: Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, Verdi's Rigoletto, Massenet's Werther, Giordano's Andrea Chénier, ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 3971ENGL 3713

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18476 ROMS 3971   SEM 101

ROMS 4151

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  •   Seven Week - Second.  Combined with: ASRC 4151COML 4364

  • 2 Credits Graded

  • 19029 ROMS 4151   SEM 101

    • M Uris Hall 204
    • Oct 15 - Dec 4, 2018
    • Staff

ROMS 4260

Communism merged multiple theories, events and experiences.  It's complexity does not lie exclusively in the discrepancies that separate the communist idea from its historical embodiments; it lies in the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16200 ROMS 4260   SEM 101

ROMS 5080

This practicum is designed to better enable the TAs to meet the needs of their students in the understanding and acquisition of the linguistic forms, notions, and functions covered in their course. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  6208 ROMS 5080   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Amigo-Silvestre, S

  • Required for all graduate TAs teaching language for the first time in the Department of romance Studies.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  6368 ROMS 5080   SEM 102

    • TBA
    • Bevia, M

  • Required for all graduate TAs teaching language for the first time in the Department of romance Studies.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  6369 ROMS 5080   SEM 103

    • TBA
    • Bevia, T

  • Required for all graduate TAs teaching language for the first time in the Department of romance Studies.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  8802 ROMS 5080   SEM 104

    • TBA
    • Fulginiti, V

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  8803 ROMS 5080   SEM 105

    • TBA
    • Glidja, F

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  8804 ROMS 5080   SEM 106

    • TBA
    • Menard, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  8805 ROMS 5080   SEM 107

    • TBA
    • Staff

ROMS 6100

Designed to give insight into how to formulate projects, conduct research, and publish one's work, the colloquium offers a venue for faculty-graduate student dialogue in a collegial, intellectual setting.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  •  9907 ROMS 6100   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Keller, P

ROMS 6525

Communism merged multiple theories, events and experiences.  It's complexity does not lie exclusively in the discrepancies that separate the communist idea from its historical embodiments; it lies in the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16204 ROMS 6525   SEM 101