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4.00 Credits
Students will learn the games that form a context with which, or from which, to improvise. Then they will improvise; they will play in their own and in each others' improvised sketches. They will learn to solve problems, find metaphors and examine improvisation as an excellent tool with which to monitor the process of learning. From the engagement in games and their analysis will come the most important outcome: the growth of confidence. Pre 1999 Competence: AL-2, AL-A. BA 1999 Competencies: A-2-B, A-5
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The language that individuals and groups use to tell their stories creates their identities. This multi-disciplinary course examines how post-modern language, especially language in media, frames national and global politics and its underlying power relationships. Issues addressed include the politicization of language in the U.S. immigration debate and the role that English as global lingua franca plays in spreading American culture as well as the subsequent effects on self-expression in English among native speakers via political correctness, forbidden speech and code words. Other topics include gender roles, intellectual property rights, and even the overall need for virtually ceaseless verbal stimulation in a media/image driven world. Students will utilize intercultural communication theories to reflect upon their self-identity and its role in defining their relationship to their communities and institutions and will expand outward to understand national and ethnic identities from a global perspective. Students examine current events in the media and the ethical implications language-related biases impose upon discourse while using the Internet to create their own presentation about the topic. Competences: A3C,H2G,H5,FX
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4.00 Credits
Documentary photography emerged in the middle of the 19th century as a means of defining, directing and/or transforming social opinion. From that time forward, photographs have been commissioned with the intention of building consensus for profound social change. Public and private agencies alike have used photographs to make the larger society aware of new thinking about problems such as immigration, poverty, war, political, ethnic or gender injustice. This course will examine the photographic images spawned by various social issues and movements that have affected American social thinking and guided social activism from the Civil War forward. Please note that no prior knowledge of the history of photography or of 19th or 20th century American history is expected nor is a working knowledge of any art-making discipline assumed. Competencies: E1, E2. Faculty. Alan Cohen
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4.00 Credits
Sexuality, Gender, Power and Organizations: these concepts and their interrelationships are the general focus of this course. Gender and gender relations and their relationship to power have long been deemed to be absent or relatively unimportant with in the study of organizations. The gendered nature of organizations and their management has not been part of dominate mainstream traditions of theorizing on organizational and business activity. Focusing on issues that are well known in our everyday life and work this course deconstructs issues such as affirmative action, gender discrimination, sexual harassment and violence in the workplace and ancillary organizations. Competences: A3D, A4, H2X, FX. Faculty: Kevin Quinn
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4.00 Credits
Bleeping out "offensive" words, restricting the viewing and distribution of film, casting "objectionable" books into the fire---what is an educated person's response to these actions During this course, learners pursue and evaluate their own ethical perspectives and use them to analyze an issue involving censorship of culture. Our study culminates in the construction of an argument upholding a position on censorship of artistic work. Competencies: A-1-A, A-3-C, H5, F-X
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4.00 Credits
We are all made of star dust. Find out how and why in this course. The moon is made up fragments of earth. Learn how we depend on each other. All life has been wiped out at least 6 times on this planet. Find out if God really likes us. We humans have only been around for 100,000 years, but we are rearranging our planet big time. Figure out if we know what we are doing. Competences: A4, A3G, H5. Faculty: Staff
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4.00 Credits
The short story is often thought of as the novel s poor stepchild. Descriptions of the former typically allude to its brevity as proof of its lesser literary value. This course will try to prove that great fiction is not judged by the number of words it comprises, but by its effect on the reader. Evidence will come in the form of short stories selected according to author Richard Ford for their creators ability to spell out so well for us where daring starts and where it leads, and exactly why it is the pure and indispensable and thrilling call that brings us all to stories. Competences: A1A, A1C, aid, A5, FX. Faculty: Charles DiCola
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4.00 Credits
Shakespeare changed the English language. So did Winston Churchill, Mickey Mouse, and Ice T. Radio and television have certainly contributed. Some of these changes took years; some materialized over night. The most recent changes in how we communicate, and perhaps the greatest have come from the internet. Email, emoticons, and texting have all influenced our ability to say what we mean, and to comprehend what others are trying to tell us. In this course, students will examine the ways in which these new technologies are provoking alterations in our day to day speech. Spelling is certainly changing. Remember when we wrote through instead of thru And who writes letters anymore Through critical analysis of internet speak, learners will acquire skills for assessing the impact of electronic communication on literature. Looking at creativity and creative uses of technology, students will learn how to use electronic means of producing their own written work. Furthermore, students will examine how electronic communication has influenced our ability to be heard in the workplace. This course is a hybrid. Students should expect to use internet sources to complete coursework and to communicate with the Instructor and with one another. Competences: A1X, A2X, as, FX. Faculty: William Muller
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4.00 Credits
Guided Independent Study: Arts and Ideas
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4.00 Credits
This four-day class (December 10-14) takes place at a Franciscan hermitage and meditation center in Columbus, New Mexico, where students will build a meditation garden for a historic chapel. Each day includes directed work in the garden, together with instruction in various techniques of meditation (yoga, taize prayer, sitting and walking meditation, etc). Evenings are devoted to lectures on immigration issues, culture, and the spirituality of the ancient desert hermits. In addition, students will participate in an interfaith service in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patron saint of Mexico. One-competence class: H-2-H; A-3-G; A-1-B. Fee of $550 covers all expenses except airfare into El Paso, Texas and tuition. Contact instructor for details: pmonagha@depaul.edu.
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