There is my tentative class schedule for Spring Quarter of 2011. Subject to change of course. I might add a class at 9:30-11:00 titled Vietnamese for Vietnamese Speakers, just to appease my dad. We’ll see though, cause I might just end up taking that my Senior Year. As for COMT 175, I might drop that in favor of taking a Stephanie Jed Class entitled Literature of the Renaissance. Interesting, right?!
Anyway, here’s a short blurb describing all four of the classes listed in my schedule, which all just so happen to be on the 2nd floor of Center Hall…..
HIUS 131. Cultural History from the Civil War to the Present (4)
This course will focus on the transformation of work and leisure and the development of consumer culture. Students will consider connections between culture, class relations, gender ideology, and politics. Topics will include labor radicalism, Taylorism, the development of organized sports, the rise of department stores, the transformation of middle-class sexual morality, the growth of commercial entertainment, and the culture of the cold war.
COMT 175. Advanced Topics in Communication, Media Methods (4)
Specialized “practice” in communication: media methods with topics to be determined by the instructor in any given quarter. May be repeated for credit three times. Prerequisite:communication majors only.
HIEU 118. Americanization in Europe (4)
Examines problems surrounding the transfer of American culture, values, and styles to Europe in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Topics may include: consumer society, popular culture, commercial and business practices, “McDonaldization,” political and military influence, democratization, and resistance to Americanization. Students may not receive credit for both HIEU 117S and HIEU 118. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
COCU 125. How to Read a Film (4)
The purpose of this course is to increase our awareness of the ways we commonly interpret or make understandings from movies and to enrich and increase the means by which one can enjoy and comprehend movies. We will talk about movies and we will explore a range of methods and approaches to film interpretation. Readings will emphasize major and diverse theorists, including: Bazin, Eisenstein, Cavell, and Mulvey. Prerequisite: COCU 100 or consent of instructor.
