STPEC RECOMMENDED COURSE LIST – FALL 2013
If SPIRE will not let you register for a course on the STPEC course list because it is restricted to majors in a
particular department, you may wish to e-mail the instructor to ask him/her if he/she is willing to override
SPIRE to allow you to enroll. If a course is listed under more than one category you must choose which
category you wish the course to fulfill. Only the History elective may be double counted with other courses
being taken to fulfill a STPEC requirement.
Please crosscheck time periods on SPIRE or the 5 College site before registering for a class!
These courses are recommended to fulfill the STPEC requirements. Other courses at UMass and the Five College may
also be acceptable. If you would like to take a course not on this list, please consult the STPEC Academic Advisor
before you take it. Also, note that some of these courses have prerequisites. It is up to you to make sure you are
qualified for the courses you select. Five College abbreviations: UM=UMass; AC=Amherst College; HC= Hampshire
College; MHC=Mount Holyoke; SC=Smith College. You must receive a grade of C or better in a course in order for
it to count towards your graduation requirements for STPEC.
A. PREREQUISITES
1. INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL THEORY
UM HIST 101
UM POLISCI 171
UM POLSCI 271
SC GOV 100 02
SC GOV 100 04
West Thot Since 1600 - Jennifer Heuer - MW 11:15-12:05
Intro to Political Theory - Barbara Cruikshank - TuTh 11:15-12:30
Modern Pol Thought – Nicholas Xenos – MW 5:15-6:30
Intro to Political Thinking - Martha Ackelsberg - MW 01:10-02:30
Intro to Political Thinking - Jeremy Wolf - TuTh 10:30-11:50
2. INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL ECONOMY
UM ECON 103A
Intro to Microeconomics – Janis - TuTh 4:00-4:50
UM ECON 103B
Intro to Microeconomics – Coram - MW 12:20-1:10
UM ECON 103CDEF
Intro to Microeconomics – Dolenc - MW 8:00-8:50
UM ECON 103H
Honors Intro to Microeconomics – Rao - TuTh 11:15-12:30
UM ECON 104A
Intro to Macroeconomics – Voorheis - MW 11:15-12:05
UM ECON 104B
Intro to Macroeconomics – Pollin - MW 2:30-3:20
UM ECON 105
Intro to Political Economy – Voorheis - MW 3:35-4:25
[note: STPEC will count Econ 105 for your pre-requisite; HOWEVER most upper level Economics courses
require 103 or 104 as a pre-req.]
UM ECON 144H
Honors Political Economy of Racism – Saunders - TuTh 9:30-10:45
HC CSI 210
Introduction to Economics - Helen Scharber – TuTh 12:30-1:50
B. UPPER LEVEL COURSES
1. MODERN SOCIAL THEORY
UM ANTHRO 397AF ST
UM ANTHRO 597CP ST
UM COMM 497AE ST
UM GERMAN 370
UM STPEC 491H
UM STPEC 492H
UM SOCIOL 329
UM SOCIOL 442
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African American Anthropology – Amanda Johnson - TuTh 11:15-12:30
Critical Pedagogy – Jennifer Sandler - M 10:10-11:00
Global Comm Theories&Issues – Henry Geddes - TuTh 2:30-3:45
19 C German Thought - Jonathan Skolnik - TuTh 9:30-10:45
Senior Seminar I: Transnational Pols of Hist Memory – Elke Heckner - Th 4:00-6:30
Senior Seminar II: Revisioning the New Deal – Joel Saxe - Tu 6:30- 9:00
Social Movements - Millicent Thayer - MW 1:25-2:15
Sociology of Medicine – Dan Clawson - MW 4:40- 6:10
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1. MODERN SOCIAL THEORY continued
AC ANTH 324
AC LJST 374
AC POSC 415
AC POSC 467
MHC CST 391
MHC ENVST 210
MHC IR 321
MHC SOCI 223
SC ENG 309
SC GOV 267
Money:Cultural Encounters - Nusrat Chowdhury - W 2:00-4:30
Norms/Rights/Justice - Kristin Bumiller - Tu 2:30-4:30
Taking Marx Seriously - Pavel Machala - Tu 2:30-5:00
Social Movements - Amrita Basu - W 2:00-4:00
Pivotal Ideas: Conservatism - Joan Cocks - Th 1:15-4:05
Political Ecology - Catherine Corson - MW 11:00-12:15
Transnational Social Movements - Nicole Doerr - Tu 1:15-4:05
Development of Social Thought - Kenneth Tucker - TuTh 1:15-2:30
Sem:Black Prison Intellectuals - Andrea Stone - Th 3:00-4:50
Problems in Democratic Thought - Martha Ackelsberg - MW 9:00-10:20
2. POLITICAL ECONOMY
UM ECON 305
UM ECON 306
UM ECON 308
UM ECON 330
UM ECON 348
UM ECON 366
UM ECON 367
UM ECON 394CI
UM ECON 397EP
HC POLIT 302
SC ECO 213
Marxian Economics – Coram - MW 2:30-3:20
History of Economic Thought – Bausor – TuTh 2:30-3:45
Political Economy of the Environment – Boyce - TuTh 2:30-3:45
Labor in the American Economy – Voorheis - MW 1:25-2:15
Political Economy of Women – Saunders - TuTh 1:00-2:15
Economic Development – Rao - TuTh 1:00-2:15
Development of Post-Independence Africa – Mwangi - TuTh 9:30-10:45
Economics of Cooperative Enterprise – tba - MWF 2:30-3:20
Economics of Piracy – Mathew - TuTh 2:30-3:45
Urban Policy - Preston Smith II - Th 1:15-4:05
World Food System - Nola Reinhardt – TuTh 10:30-11:50
3. HISTORY AND POLITICS OF WOMEN
UM HIST 397LG
UM HISTORY 397VW
UM WOMENSST 291E
UM WOMENSST 292A
UM WOMENSST 294R
UM WOMENSST 392AA
UM WOMENSST 394H
AC BLST 332
AC WAGS 410
HC HACU 173
MHC GNDST 206
MHC GNDST 333Q
MHC GNDST 333X
MHC GNDST 333Z
MHC HIST 276
MHC POLIT 233
SC AAS 289
SC ANT 251
SC HST 278
SC HST 383
SC SOC 229
SC SOC 323
ST-US LGBT History – Julio Capo - TuTh 2:30-3:45
ST-Publc Hist Wkshop: Valley Women's Hist Coll – Laura Lovett - TuTh 11:15-12:30
S-Feminist Health Politics - Jacquelyne Luce - MWFr 3:35-4:25
S-Feminism(s) and Fashion in the African Diaspora – Tanisha Ford - TuTh 11:15 - 12:30
S-Reproductive and Genetic Technologies - Jacquelyne Luce - MWFr 4:40-5:30
S-Asian American Feminisms – Miliann Kang - Tu 2:30- 5:00
S-Critical Race Feminisms - Alexandrina Deschamps - TuTh 1:00-2:15
Reading Popular Culture - Marisa Parham - Th 1:00-4:30
Gender and HIV/AIDS - Sahar Sadjadi - W 2:00-4:00
Sex, Science, Vict. Body - Lise Sanders – MW 1:00-2:20
US Women's History since 1890 - Mary Renda - TuTh 8:35-9:50
Topic: Gender & Domestic Labor - Francine Deutsch - Tu 1:15-4:05
Slanted Subjects: Queer Theory - Tara Daly - W 1:15-4:05 [Note: In Spanish]
Thinking Through the Body - Christian Gundermann - MW 11:00-12:15
US Women's History since 1890 - Mary Renda - TuTh 8:35-9:50
Intro Feminist Theory - Elizabeth Markovits - TuTh 10:00-11:15
Feminism, Race & Resistance - Paula Giddings - TuTh 3:00-4:20
Women & Modernity In East Asia - Suzanne Gottschang - TuTh 10:30-11:50
Women In Us Since 1865 - Jennifer Guglielmo - WF 2:40-4:00
Sem:Sophia Smith Collection - Jennifer Guglielmo - Tu 3:00-4:50
Sex & Gender In Amer Society - Nancy Whittier - TuTh 9:00-10:20
Sem: Gender And Social Change - Nancy Whittier - Tu 1:00-2:50
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4. HISTORY AND POLITICS OF RACE IN THE UNITED STATES
UM AFROAM 236
UM AFROAM 297A
UM AFROAM 331
UM AFROAM 397B
UM ANTHRO 397AF
UM ANTHRO 497R
UM POLISCI 310
UM STPEC 493H
UM SOCIOL 392R
UM WOMENSST 394H
HC CSI 270
MHC AFCNA 208
MHC AFCNA 302
MHC GNDST 333Q
MHC HIST 281
MHC HIST 301
MHC LATAM 287
SC AAS 245
SC AAS 254
SC AAS 289
SC AAS 327
SC ENG 309
SC SOC 214
History of the Civil Rights Movement – Ernie Allen – MW 10:10-11:00
ST-Black Springfield:Revisited – Amilcar Shabazz - Th 7:00-9:30
Life of W.E.B. Du Bois – John Bracey - Tu 7:00-9:30
ST-Native American/African American – John Bracey - W 7:00-9:30
ST-African American Anthropology – Amanda Johnson - TuTh 11:15- 12:30
ST-Political Economy of Race & Racism - Amanda Johnson – W 12:20-3:20
Race and American Politics - Tatishe Nteta - TuTh 1:00-2:15
Black Paris – Anna Schrade – Tu 4:00-6:30 (please consult a STPEC advisor before
registering to use this course as an upper level requirement)
S-Racialization & Immigration Sujani Reddy - TuTh 2:30PM - 3:45
S-Critical Race Feminisms - Alexandrina Deschamps - TuTh 1:00-2:15
Critical Race Theory - Falguni Sheth – W 9:00-11:50
Critical Race Theory - Lucas Wilson - TuTh 2:40-3:55
Urban Policy - Preston Smith II - Th 1:15-4:05
Topic: Gender & Domestic Labor - Francine Deutsch - Tu 1:15-4:05
African Amer. History to 1865 - Lynda Morgan - MW 2:40-3:55
Col: Age of Emancipation - Lynda Morgan - Tu 1:15-4:05
Tpc:Intro to Latina/o Studies - Micaela Diaz-Sanchez - TuTh 1:15-2:30
The Harlem Renaissance - Daphne Lamothe - MW 2:40-4:00
Race & Identity in Global City - Riche' Barnes - MW 1:10-2:30
Feminism, Race & Resistance - Paula Giddings - TuTh 3:00-4:20
Race &Conflict:/Blck/Mdle/Cls - Riche' Barnes - Th 1:00-2:50
Sem:Black Prison Intellectuals - Andrea Stone - Th 3:00-4:50
Soc Hisp Carib Communities Us - Ginetta Candelario - MWF 11:00-12:00; W 7:30-9:30
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5. NON-WESTERN WORLD
UM ECON 367
UM HIST 260
UM HIST 343H
UM HIST 359
UM HIST 392P
UM POLISCI 343
UM STPEC 493H
AC ANTH 25
AC ASLC 474
AC POSC 320
HC CSI 274
MHC ANTHR 207
MHC GNDST 333X
MHC HIST 206
MHC HIST 214
MHC HIST 301
MHC POLIT 357
SC AAS 370
SC ANT 230
SC ENG 241
SC GOV 226
SC GOV 322
SC HST 208
SC HST 258
SC HST 259
SC HST 260
SC HST 313
SC HST 361
SC LSS 220
Post Independence African Development - Mwangi Wa Githinji - TuTh 9:30-10:45
Power and Violence in South Africa – John Higginson - MW 10:10-11:00
Modern Middle East – Mary Wilson - MW 4:40-5:55
Modern Brazil - Joel Wolfe -MWF 11:15-12:05
Pirates, Pilgrims & Poets: Global in Indian Ocean Hist – Johan Mathew - TuTh 9:30-10:45
Gov&Pol East Africa – Carlene Edie - TuTh 2:30-3:45
Black Paris – Anna Schrade – Tu 4:00-6:30 (please consult a STPEC advisor before
registering to use this course as an upper level requirement)
Public Culture in S. Asia - Nusrat Chowdhury - TuTh 1:00-2:20
Indian Nationalism - Dwaipayan Sen - W 2:00-4:00
Post-Colonial Nationlsm - Amrita Basu - TuTh 2:30-3:50
Cuba - Carol Bengelsdorf;Margaret Cerullo - TuTh 2:00-3:20
Peoples of South Pacific - Debbora Battaglia - TuTh 11:30-12:45
Slanted Subjects: Queer Theory - Tara Daly - W 1:15-4:05 [Note: In Spanish]
African Cities - Holly Hanson - M 7:00-9:50
History of Global Inequality - Holly Hanson - MW 8:35-9:50
Col: The Middle East and WWI - Nadya Sbaiti - TuTh 2:40-3:55
War & Peace in South Asia - Kavita Khory - Tu 1:15-4:05
Sem: Modern South Africa - Louis Wilson - Tu 3:00-4:50
Africa:Peopl/ Env/Dev Issues - Elliot Fratkin - MW 1:10-2:30
Intro/Postcolonial Literatures - Ambreen Hai - MW 1:10-2:30
Latin Amer Political Systems - Velma Garcia - TTh 9:00-10:20
Seminar In Comparative Govt - Velma Garcia - Tu 1:00-2:50
Making Of Modern Middle East - Nadya Sbaiti - TuTh 10:30-11:50
Hstry/Modern Afrca Since 1800 - Jeffrey Ahlman - TuTh 3:00-4:20
Colq:Aspect Of African History - Jeffrey Ahlman - MW 1:10-2:30
Colonial Latin Amer 1492-1821 - Ann Zulawski - TuTh 10:30-11:50
Sem: Problems/E Asian History - Marnie Anderson - Tu 1:00-2:50
Sem:Problems Span Amer & Brazl - Ann Zulawski - Th 3:00-4:50
Activism By Design - Nina Antonetti - MW 9:00-10:20
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