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WMNS 492: Independent Study
3.00 Credits
Virginia Commonwealth University
Semester course; variable hours. Variable credit. Maximum of 4 credits per semester; maximum total of 4 credits in all independent study courses. Open generally to students of only junior and senior standing who have acquired at least 12 credits in women's studies courses. Determination of the amount of credit and permission of the instructor and coordinator must be obtained prior to registration for the course.
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WRLD 203: Cultural Texts and Contexts:______
3.00 Credits
Virginia Commonwealth University
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Through the analysis and interpretation of literary, cinematic and other cultural texts, this course explores the ways cultural and national identities have been shaped, imagined and contested in various regions of the world. While responding to the readings and films as artistic manifestations or social documents, students will also become familiar with the aesthetic, political and social contexts in which the works were and are produced. See the Schedule of Classes for specific topics to be offered each semester.
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WRLD 210: International Social Justice Studies
3.00 Credits
Virginia Commonwealth University
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. An overview of the issues, themes, disciplines, and areas of research and teaching that comprise international social justice studies in a variety of global contexts.
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WRLD 220: Human Rights and Literature
3.00 Credits
Virginia Commonwealth University
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. A crosscultural survey of human rights violations. The moral, political and pragmatic dimensions in the international response to violations are investigated including transnational organizations that document abuses as expressed in memoirs, eyewitness accounts, literature and film.
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WRLD 230: Introduction to World Cinema
3.00 Credits
Virginia Commonwealth University
Semester course; 5 lecture/screening hours. 3 credits. An overview of the main theoretical frameworks, critical concepts and debates devoted to non- Hollywood world cinemas, with special emphasis on the rethinking of national cinema and the problematizing of identity in an increasingly transnational era. Broad interdisciplinary readings in film theory, film history and cultural studies will be supplemented by case studies of particular cinemas and filmmakers, so as to convey an appreciation of the main international movements in the history of cinema.
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WRLD 330: Introduction to Film Studies
3.00 Credits
Virginia Commonwealth University
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: WRLD 230 or permission of instructor. An overview of film studies with special attention given to the debates informing the periodization of film history, the critical paradigms of the major film theories and the elements of a cinematographic language from both a technical and aesthetic standpoint.
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WRLD 359: MASC International Media Coverage:The Middle East
3.00 Credits
Virginia Commonwealth University
Semester course; 2 lecture and 2 laboratory hours. 3 credits. Prerequisites: MASC 101 or MASC 151, or permission of instructor. This interdisciplinary course, explores the media's role in covering cultural, political, religious and other issues in the Middle East. Students will examine the role and impact of the media in both the United States and Middle East in shaping global and regional public opinion. Using webcam and online technology, VCU students will discuss cross-cultural perspectives with students from the other U.S. universities and universities in the Middle East.
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WRLD 422: National Cinema
6.00 Credits
Virginia Commonwealth University
Semester course; 1-3 lecture hours. 1-3 credits. Course can be repeated with different themes up to a total of six credits. Prerequisite: WRLD 230 or 330 or permission of instructor. Tracing the development of cinematic traditions in selected nations, this course focuses on the thematic selections and stylistic techniques particular to that particular cinematographic culture. See the Schedule of Classes for the specific theme to be offered each semester.
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WRLD 430: Film and the City
3.00 Credits
Virginia Commonwealth University
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Focuses on cinematic representations of cities worlwide, so as to probe the increasingly cross-cultural dynamics of urban landscapes. Films discussed will span the entire history of cinema across genres and national traditions.
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WRLD 499: Senior Capstone Seminar
1.00 Credits
Virginia Commonwealth University
Semester course; 1 lecture hour. 1 credit. Prerequisite: senior standing or permission of instructor. Open only to students enrolled as majors in the School of World Studies, including anthropology, foreign language, international studies and religious studies. Capstone seminar summarizing and synthesizing studies in World Studies programs. Preparation for entry into career search. Organization and polishing of written works representing skills aquired in programs. Assembly of individual portfolio as means of assessment and career tool.
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