PST400.1 Environment, Sustainability and Policy in Hong Kong (Fall, Spring)

This course introduces you to the idea and practice of sustainable development both in HongKong and worldwide. Throughout the semester, we will explore environmental challenges such as waste management and air quality, and we will evaluate them in light of dominant global and national policies and practices. We will also focus on identifying innovative technological solutions and business strategies emerging in Hong Kong. You will learn about these issues first-hand with visits to the ECO Park of the Environmental Protection Department and the Hong Kong Wetland Park, Tin Shui Wai.

Meets with EEE 400.1.

SPA380.9 Art, Culture, and the Mapuche Aesthetic

Taught in Spanish. This course will deepen your knowledge of the Mapuche people through the examination and analysis of various aspects of its culture and its aesthetics. We will reflect on the production and meaning of its material culture (ceramic textiles, silverware) and on the representation of the Mapuche people in different iconographic contexts (prints, paintings, posters, advertising, photography, film, and video, among others).

Upon completing this course successfully, you will

Know and understand aspects of Mapuche culture and aesthetics expressed in aspects such as religion, history, social structures, and material culture.
Be able to critically evaluate problems associated with Mapuche culture and society today.
Be able to analyze issues facing the contemporary urban Mapuche population with respect to the tensions between ancient traditions and the modern world.

(ESE 4441)

This course is taught at the Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester.

PHI345 Philosophy, Money and the Good Life (Fall, Spring)

To be offered in Fall 2025

Explores the nature and meaning of money for individuals and for society at large. Philosophers since Antiquity have wondered how money relates to a life well-lived. We consider classic theory, current policy, and personal dilemmas in light of questions such as how money got started, whether meaning and value can be defined in monetary terms, how gold differs from digital currency, and whether money is important.

Satisfies Shared Competencies:

Communication Skills
Critical and Creative Thinking

GEO490 Independent Study/Guided Research in Geography (Fall, Spring)

Independent Study during Module C allows students to conduct in-depth guided research on a subject related to Hong Kong, China, or Asia. Students should have background in the subject area based on prior study and often focus on specific interests developed during Modules A and/or B. During this five-week period, students are supervised by a faculty member in Hong Kong who teaches in a discipline related to the research subject. Faculty guide the research process, assign readings, provide resources and grade the final paper. Students are able to take advantage of excellent on-site resources to conduct both library and primary research (through interviews, surveys, etc.). Students should attend all lectures and meetings in order to complete the research and paper.

PSC380.4 Human Rights and Armed Conflicts (at the U. of Florence) (Fall)

Open only to students accepted to the special program Florence Center & University of Florence (courses taught in English).

Taught in English by the University of Florence and open to Syracuse University students. Fundamental principles in the field of international and national protection of human rights. Main instruments of human rights protection at universal and regional level. In-depth analysis of the following selected areas of protection: right to life and death penalty, prohibition of torture. Introduction to international humanitarian law of the armed conflicts and to international criminal justice.

Syracuse University Students: you may not earn credit for both this course and PSC 354

ARI333 Drawing II: Representation to Conceptualization (Fall, Spring) NOT OFFERED FALL 2026

This class builds on skills developed and explored in Drawing I: Observation. Course problems will work from observation of volume and space and extend that into drawing invented forms and space. Form, structure, and expression in drawing. Drawing problems in a variety of media.

Students must bring with them or purchase specialty drawing papers and tools suited to individual project(s).

Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum

Limited enrollment, with preference given to students admitted to Studio Art Program.

Prereq: ARI 231 (Drawing I: Observation: Florentine Sketchbook) or equivalent

This course has an associated course fee. See the Course Fees webpage for more information.

ARI231 Drawing I: Observation (Fall, Spring)

Limited enrollment, with preference given to students admitted to Studio Art Program. The focus of this course is to learn to see and allow the experience to develop into drawing. Students are introduced to the fundamental principles and elements of drawing as well as major techniques and media. These include: gesture, measurement and proportion, perspective, tone, contour, composition mark-making and texture, with media being pencil, charcoal, and ink.

Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum

This course has an associated course fee. See the Course Fees webpage for more information.

ARI400.1 Advanced Painting (Fall, Spring) NOT OFFERED FALL 2026

For centuries artists, writers and intellectuals have been coming to Florence to learn from its rich artistic heritage as well as explore the city’s evolving and stimulating present. Studying in Florence today links you with this great tradition, raising questions and issues about art and creativity that can be both inspiring and challenging. This course asks the student to reflect upon this experience while learning to work through these questions as part of an artistic practice. We will look at the canon of painting and the process of representation from critical, formal and technical points of view, working with various traditional and experimental approaches as integral elements of the painting process. After a series of structured technical and conceptual exercises, students will develop a long term project that may take the form of painting or mixed media. Creative thinking and decision making will be stressed as well as an awareness of the contemporary dialogue in painting.

Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum

Limited enrollment, with preference given to students admitted to Studio Art Program.

Prereq: ARI 361 (Painting Studio II) or equivalent

This course has an associated course fee. See the Course Fees webpage for more information.

ARI361 Painting Studio II (Fall, Spring) NOT OFFERED FALL 2026

Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum

Limited enrollment, with preference given to students admitted to Studio Art Program.

Prereq: ARI 261 (Painting Studio I) or equivalent

This course has an associated course fee. See the Course Fees webpage for more information.

ANT380.22 Political Struggle and Indigenous Resistance in Latin America

Taught in Spanish. This course explores and compares the ways in which contemporary indigenous peoples in Latin American organize politically. We’ll examine the effects of this political activity on the democratic systems of the states of Latin America, which had been accustomed to a marginalized role for “Indians” among the electorate. The goals of the course include:

To compare the political development of contemporary in Latin American indigenous movements who use ethnicity and ethnic identity as an organizing principle.
To study the relationships of these movements with the respective states and their central policies.
To study literature on indigenous movements in Latin America.
To develop a critical understanding of the political perspectives of indigenous peoples.

(ICP0133)

For matriculated Syracuse students, this course counts as an elective in the ANT major or minor. The course may also be used to satisfy the Area Studies Requirement.

This course is taught at the Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. It may also be registered as PSC 380.22.