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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course traces the study of American consumer culture beginning with historical perspectives on societies of mass culture. We will survey consumption in theory and in practice throughout the twentieth century and then turn to consumer culture in the new millennium. In exploring theories of representation and the politics of taste and class, we will engage the central topics and themes surrounding advertising and promotional culture, consumerism and lifestyle, as well as built environments such as shopping malls. This course focuses on aesthetics, identity politics, and consumption as a signifying practice. May be elected as Art History 258A.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Studies of rhetorical and filmic issues including directed readings and/or approved projects. The student is expected to submit a written proposal to the instructor prior to registration for the study. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Students evaluate diverse forms of communication such as speeches, film, writing, and advertisements using a variety of critical perspectives including NeoAristotlean, author, audience, genre, narrative, cultural, dramatistic, ideological, gender, semiotics, hyperrealism, power relations, and deconstructionism. Through a series of papers culminating in a lengthy paper, usually the student's thesis, students engage in scholarly writing that utilizes these critical perspectives. The goal is for students to become more articulate in expressing the significant ways in which communication influences people. Open only to and required of junior or senior rhetoric and film studies majors.
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2.00 Credits
Research and writing of the senior thesis. Open only to and required of senior majors.
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2.00 Credits
Research and writing of the senior honors thesis. Open only to and required of senior majors. Prerequisite: admission to honors candidacy.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 Special topics in science include interdisciplinary offerings generally not considered in courses offered by specific departments. The material will vary from semester to semester.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Discussion and directed reading on a topic of interest to the individual student. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
A systematic and in-depth introduction to the sociology of social problems. This course examines, from a sociological perspective, some of the more commonly-identified social problems in contemporary America, and analyzes the structure and culture of this society, in the attempt to determine how and why these problems are produced and sustained. Three periods per week. This course is open to all students, and can be counted toward the 36 credits required for a major in sociology; however, those students who are fairly certain that they will declare sociology as their major and who wish to take only one course at the introductory level may want to consider taking Sociology 117 instead of Sociology 110.
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4.00 Credits
A comprehensive introduction to the discipline of sociology. The course covers basic theoretical and methodological perspectives. Specific topics include culture, social interaction, deviance, socialization, organizations, the global economy, political sociology, race relations, gender relations, sexuality, social movements and the mass media. Emphasis is placed on integrating conceptual understanding with observation and analysis of familiar social settings. Three periods per week. This course is open to all students, but is primarily intended for students who have decided upon or who are seriously considering sociology as a major field of study. Required of all majors; should be taken as early in the student's program as possible.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Is same-sex marriage a religious issue or a political one Was the first Matrix movie Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, or secular Do people really get sucked into cults, and can deprogrammers get them out again Why do so many ethnic groups have their own temples, mosques, or churches What is witchcraft, and what does it have to do with feminism This class invites students to consider religion through the lenses of sociology and cultural studies. It will explore the influence of religion on social institutions, politics, social movements, and popular culture, as well as considering the effects of society and culture on religion. Topics include: civil religions; religion and the social order; religion, gender, and race; new religious movements and "spirituality"; seekerism and secularization; religion and social change; religion in popular culture; and religion and violence. Open only to first-year and sophomore students. May be elected as Religion 107.
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