Humanities, History , and Social Sciences 50-3301 - Politics of Money

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Columbia College-Chicago

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Description:

Initially examining two prominent commodities, food and weapons, this course looks behind these commodities purchased with money in order to see the social, political, and economic structures that produce them. Course interrogates the ways in which the money we spend works within an politicaleconomic system that appears to be natural yet is saturated with social and political power. Using films, books, and articles, the course covers contemporary, historical, and theoretical understandings and ideological critiques of the political economy of money. 3 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: ONE PRIOR COURSE IN HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE OR HUMANITIES AND WRITING AND RHETORIC II - SERVICE LEARNING

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.colum.edu

Phone Number:

(312) 663-1600

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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