Twenty-first century women write to define their identities, to participate in enduring debates, and to evolve from the past and speculate about the future. They write to explore the world, […]

Sarah Jane Sloane is a Professor of English and the Director of the MA in Creative Nonfiction at Colorado State University. Professor Sloane writes, studies, and teaches nonfiction narratives, particularly […]

People around the globe confront a host of contentious problems whose substance is often further complicated by cross-cultural misunderstandings and the lack of a single shared language. Some of these […]

As Semester at Sea students and faculty explore foreign countries and interact with foreign peoples, the question frequently arises: “so, how have we been affecting them?” This course examines one […]

This course introduces students to the role that international law plays within the larger realm of international relations. Where is law important, where is it less important, and why? The […]

This course introduces students to the central concepts and theories in international relations through a world order perspective.  We will examine the central sources of disorder on the international stage […]

This course will introduce students to the basic concepts and theories employed in the comparative study of politics and regimes. We will identify, compare, and analyze the core cultures, the […]

People have been moving across the globe since the beginning of history: Jews, Amerindians, Europeans, Africans, Muslims, and Chinese among others. This course will consider the extensive influence and effects […]

This course considers the development of the West since the 15th Century C.E and its subsequent interaction with the cultures of Asia, Africa and the Americas. In particular, we will […]

This course will share interview skills used by professional actors as they apply to non-performing pursuits and careers.   Actors have developed and honed countless skills, strategies, and techniques in auditioning […]

This course is designed to provide an introduction to the craft of acting, both as a participant and as an observer.  The lectures and exercises given the student are intended […]

This course explores the dramatic literature, theatre practices, and performance theories indigenous to the countries visited by Semester at Sea.  As playwrights pen works about the world and culture they […]

This course examines what the family is, what it has been, and what it is becoming in a global context. The family is usually a group of people who have […]

In this course we will examine historical and contemporary factors that structure ethnic inequalities, intergroup relations, and conceptions of race and ethnicity.  In so doing, we will review major theoretical […]

This course examines gender as a social construction and analyzes how gender is socially created and enforced. Gender stereotypes and inequalities are embedded in social relationships, social institutions, social structure […]