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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Course surveys the portrayal of metropolitan life in film, television, the press, and other media. Students discuss documentary films, such as I Remember Harlem, and full-length feature films, such as Grand Canyon, Metropolis, and Little Murders. Local city news coverage (print, television, and radio) is examined for urban stereotypes. 3 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 52-1152 WRITING AND RHETORIC II
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3.00 Credits
This course will study the postmodern satirical presentations and commentary which The Simpsons has made (and continues to make) through its utilization of the humanities. We will examine how The Simpsons raises and comments on issues of civic, cultural, gender, global and political identities using traditional humanities studies including artistic, film, literary, philosophical and religious critiques. Special emphasis will focus on self-referentiality and how The Simpsons satirizes both itself and its characters as an operative principle and strategy. 3 CREDIT S
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3.00 Credits
In this class, students will explore prison culture in America by examining the history and philosophy of prisons, and the way prisons are portrayed in literature, film, and television, including popular shows such as Prison Break and OZ. Given America's fascination with crime and the swelling number of incarcerated individuals (over two million in America), the class raises important questions and issues about poverty and privilege; punishment and redemption. Students will discuss the similarities between prisons and various dissimilar institutions (such as colleges) that also have their own language, rituals, and hierarchy. In addition to readings, screenings, and discussions, the class will host guest speakers (such as a prison guard, a former inmate, a public defender, and a prison minister) who work closely with prison populations. Students will read one novel about crime and punishment in America, as well as articles, essays, stories, poems, prison narratives, song lyrics and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction about prisoners and life behind bars, as well as about the culture that surrounds those incarcerated. 3 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 52-1152 WRITING AND RHETORIC II
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3.00 Credits
Course is guided by two major questions: Why did the Holocaust occur How did it happen Because the answers are complex and multifaceted, our effort to explore and understand the Nazi extermination of six million Jews draws on several kinds of material. 3 CREDIT S
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3.00 Credits
Universal and timeless, dying and death are life experiences integral to human existence. What and how we experience, give order to, make sense of, and live out these journeys in our lives and in relation to others within societal, cultural, philosophical and spiritual contexts will be the focus of our course of study. 3 CREDIT S
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces modern Chinese history through Shanghai's important role as a sea port in the 19th century, as a city occupied by Western and Japanese forces in the 20th century, as the seat of the first Chinese Communist party, and as a contemporary art and business center. We will begin our discussion in Chicago during the first week of J-Term, and then depart for Shanghai. We will visit temples, tea-houses, Art Deco buildings and modern skyscrapers; talk to gallery curators, visit Modern Art Museums and schools, as well as enjoy performances by cutting-edge musicians and dancers. 3 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 51-1102 EASTERN HUMANITIES OR 51-1101 WESTERN HUMANITIES
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4.00 Credits
Building on one year of college Spanish, this course extends each student's capacity to understand, read, speak, and write Spanish through exposure to the rich variety of arts in Hispanic cultures. 4 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 51-1302 SPANISH II
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4.00 Credits
This course uses contemporary Spanish and Latin American films as its content base to advance speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary and culture skills through guided conversation. Films viewed include Carmen, Camila, Tristana, and Amores Perros. 4 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 51-1302 SPANISH II OR 51-2303 SPANISH III
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4.00 Credits
Course serves heritage Spanish-speakers, born or educated in the U.S., and other students whose mother tongue is not Spanish but whose proficiency level equals Spanish II at Columbia College or three years of high school Spanish study. Course strengthens command of spoken and written Spanish and includes cultural enrichment by the Hispanic arts heritage in Chicago and elsewhere. 4 CREDIT S
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4.00 Credits
This course will use contemporary Italian films such as Cinema Paradiso, Mediterraneo, Lamerica and La Vita e Bella as its content base. A textbook will reinforce speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary and culture to advance student's skills. 4 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 51-1321 ITALIAN II: LANGUAGE & CULTURE
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