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3.00 Credits
An historical overview of advertising media and design in American society. Students will investigate the emergence of consumer culture and advertising innovations which developed as consumerism permeated American society. Addresses the creation and manipulation of markets, the social, economic and political contexts that contributed to marketing theories, and the impact of advertising strategies from late 19th century to the present. (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, Communication 101 or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 20. Casey.
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Detailed investigation of the first amendment. Study of case law which has contributed to the creation of a unique American perspective on the role of speech in a free society. Exploration of historical origins of the first amendment, political consequence and technological constraints. Legal distinctions regarding print, broadcast and electronic media focus on implications for the 21st century. (Oral Presentations.) Open to juniors and seniors. Phelan.
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Theoretical analysis of how communication technology alters social construction of time, space, community and identity. Readings detail historical precedents in order to address future implications of emerging technologies. Open to juniors and seniors. Maximum enrollment, 12. Dowd.
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Overview of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods of communication research. A detailed rationale for each approach is offered and different approaches to communication research are compared. Students analyze and compare current communication research and finish the course with a preliminary research proposal for their senior thesis. (Oral Presentations.) Prerequisite, open to concentrators, minors or consent of instructor. Dowd.
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3.00 Credits
A semester long research project, based on research proposals completed in the communication methods course.Required of all concentrators in the department and open to senior concentrators only. (Oral Presentations.) Prerequisite, 302, 455. Casey, Phelan.
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Organized chronologically for the most part, and involving such issues as sexuality, colonialism and racism. Readings drawn from high art, not popular culture, and include such authors as Conrad, Kafka, Puig, Woolf, Duras and Valenzuela. (Writing-intensive.) (Proseminar.) Open to first-year students only. Maximum enrollment, 16.
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Study of literature as a vehicle for moral and political concerns and of the ways that literature shapes its readers. Special emphasis on popular literature, feminist criticism and the problems raised by censorship and pornography. Selected novels and plays by such writers as Ibsen, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Wright, Highsmith, Doris Lessing, Burgess and others. (Writing-intensive.) (Proseminar.) Open to first-year students only. Maximum enrollment, 16.
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3.00 Credits
Why do we read, write and dream about far-off lands, strange creatures and alternate realities? Why do children, adolescents and adults become absorbed in fantastic, new worlds through texts and movies? How do these worlds transcend time, space, and culture to re-create readers' hopes, fears, dreams and nightmares? What can these texts tell us about civilization, technology and the great beyond? We will ask these questions and others as we survey 19th- and 20th-century works like Alice in Wonderland, The Hobbit and My Neighbor Tottoro. (Writing-intensive.) Maximum enrollment, 20.
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3.00 Credits
Study and analysis of pre-modern Chinese literature in English translation. Texts will be selected from far antiquity to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Lectures will introduce authors, major genres and theories in their social and historical context, while tutorials will be spent reading and discussing samples of significant texts. Students will give oral presentations and keep abreast of prescribed readings. All lectures and discussions in English. (Same as East Asian Languages and Literatures 215.)
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3.00 Credits
Close analysis of major literary and artistic movements of the 20th century, with particular attention paid to the innovations of the avant-garde and the impact of the Bolshevik Revolution on the artistic imagination. Emphasis on the recurring theme of the fate of the individual in a mass society. No knowledge of Russian required. (Same as Russian Studies 226.)
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