PSY393 Personality (Fall, Spring)

The study of personality occupies a rather special place in psychology. Personality theories try to propose general perspectives to explain what we are as human beings. We will examine the development of personality theories during this century, starting with Freud, whose psychoanalytic theory forms a reference point for most later theories. We will study the development of the American perspectives of behaviorism, humanism, and psychological testing, with particular emphasis on their origins in European philosophy and psychology. In an effort to sensitize ourselves to human variation, we will attempt to observe and explain differences and commonalities between people within and between cultures.

Registration restriction: Enrollment is limited, with priority given to Psychology majors. Enrollment during online registration may be limited to only one Psychology course for non-majors.

Prereq: PSY 205 or PSY 209, or an equivalent foundational Psychology course

PSY375 Cross-Cultural Psychology (Fall, Spring)

The interaction between brain, mind, and society is key to the study of cross-cultural psychology. Cross-cultural psychology is a scientific discipline that tries to explain the similarities and differences between human minds in different places throughout the world. In this class we will discuss such basic questions about universal and culture-specific psychological states and dispositions as ‘Does a New Guinea stone-age warrior feel the same emotions as, say, a New York college student? Does your mother tongue make you “see” the world in different ways from speakers of other languages? Why do we encounter people who consider good what we consider evil?’

Scientific answers to such basic questions pave the way for solving practical problems in a globalized society. Throughout the semester, we will draw on relevant examples you encounter while living abroad.

Counts as an IDEA course requirement for Syracuse students.

Pre-req: PSY 205 or PSY 209, or equivalent foundational Psychology course

Registration restriction: Enrollment is limited, with priority given to Psychology majors. Enrollment during online registration may be limited to only one Psychology course for non-majors.

PSC422 Modern Spain: History and Politics (Fall, Spring)

Through history, and by analyzing the present, the main aim of this class is to help the students understand present-day Spain, politically, socially, economically, culturally, etc. Starting with a review of Spanish history, and analyzing in depth the numerous political systems developed during the 20th century (including a parliamentary monarchy, a republic that brought the Civil War, the forty-year dictatorship of Franco, and the outstanding Spanish transition to democracy), they will be able to understand the origin and debates concerning some of the conflicts that exist today in Spain such as the regional-nationalisms, the debates about the structure of Spain, welfare state, Spain in the EU, etc.

This course may also be registered as HST 412.

MES321 Christians, Jews, and Muslims: Historic Encounters in the Mediterranean (Fall, Spring)

In its more than two-thousand-year history, Spain has been the home of Jews, Christians, and Muslims, who over centuries met, loved, shared and fought within its borders with consequences that affected not just the entire Mediterranean basin, but also the rest of the world. This course intends to examine key “historic encounters” between the three versions of monotheism, with constant reference to the richness of past cultural and religious legacy rooted in the Mediterranean region, from the end of the Roman Empire to the birth of the modern era. Cross-listed with REL/HUM/JSP 321.

MAR400.1 Marketing in Spain and the U.S. (Fall, Spring)

Investigates with real cases the differences in the application of the elements of the marketing mix (product, place, promotion, pricing, services) among Spanish and U.S. business systems. These differences will be studied and identified, an explanation of how the marketing systems operate will be developed, and the underlying cultural, economic, and ethical issues that foster the differences will be discussed. Guest speakers and recommended site visits will allow students to investigate and interact with the Spanish system and its managers. The students will also have the opportunity to participate in class debates and practice the art of public presentations of their assignments during semester classes.

Course restriction: Counts only as a Business Elective for Syracuse Management majors; does not count toward major or minor.

Pre-req: MAR 255, MAR 301 or equivalent introduction to marketing course, and junior standing

JSP321 Christians, Jews, and Muslims: Historic Encounters in the Mediterranean (Fall, Spring)

HUM321 Christians, Jews, and Muslims: Historic Encounters in the Mediterranean (Fall, Spring)

HST417 The History of Women in Spain (Fall, Spring)

Taught in Spanish. Approaching the history of women in Spain always demands a look into the past: into the Muslim, Jewish and Christian societies of the Middle Ages, and also into the 16th to 18th centuries, when the model of woman and Catholic family was shaped that would endure into the 20th century. But the approach to the history of women in Spain requires also analyzing the hard path to equality — the struggle for the recognition of the rights of Spanish women in the 19th and 20th centuries. One hundred years of work to improve women’s rights, through the Second Spanish Republic and the setbacks of Francoism, concluded in Article 14 of the Constitution of 1978 in which equality was formally established. But this is not the end of the story, and leads us to a great question: Does formal equality mean real equality in the present? We’ll draw a portrait of Spanish women in the 21st century, their roles in jobs, family, education, image, society, religion, etc., in order to provide some answers.

Cross-listed with WGS/SPA 417.

Syracuse students: Satisfies IDEA course requirement.

Pre-req: SPA 202, four semesters of college-level Spanish, or the equivalent

HST412 Modern Spain: History and Politics (Fall, Spring)

This course may also be registered as PSC 422.

HOA464 Modern Spanish Art (Fall, Spring)

Sections may be taught in English or Spanish. Refer to Schedule of Classes. Spanish art and architecture from the late 18th century to the present. Goya and succeeding movements including Picasso’s cubism, the surrealism of Miró and Dalí, and the modernist architecture of Gaudí. Using Goya as a point of departure, illustrated lectures concentrate on the subsequent Spanish Masters in relation to other Realists, Impressionists and Post-Impressionists in Europe and abroad. Includes visits to the Prado, the Sorolla, the Thyssen-Bornemisza, and the Reina Sofía museums (Madrid), and to galleries and exhibits in Madrid and the surrounding area.

When taught in Spanish, meets with SPA 364. Enrollment is limited with preference given to art history and fine arts majors.

Pre-req when taught in Spanish: SPA 201, three semesters of college-level Spanish, or the equivalent

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