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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

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SHUM 4613
Theorizing the Local and the Global: Corruption and the Indian Novel in English

This course will survey the history of the novel in India in English over the past hundred years, from colonial rule, through the consolidation of the Indian nation, to the growing pressures of globalization. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4463, ENGL 4996

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16832 SHUM 4613   SEM 101

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SHUM 4614
Polluted Senses

Nothing is more essential to humans than everyday sensory experiencing. We feel the rain on our skin, or smell the stench of garbage, and decide what to do. Our senses clue us into possibilities and potential ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 4014

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16814 SHUM 4614   SEM 101

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SHUM 4615
Artivism: Electronic Civil Disobedience

The seminar will investigate the critical theories and practices by post-contemporary artivist and activist networks to corrupt the protocols of networks across the arcs of the planet by focusing on the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: VISST 4615

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16817 SHUM 4615   SEM 101

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SHUM 4616
Corrupting Environmental Media

This course seeks to explore the intersections of corruption and environmental media. We will be analyzing films and other media (including artworks and literary texts) that deal with the environmental ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4614, STS 4616

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16812 SHUM 4616   SEM 101

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SHUM 4617
Seeing Corruption in Mexico

This seminar seeks to examine the relationships among three topics: (i) social vision (a form of collective intentionality), (ii) institutional corruption in Mexico, and (iii) artistic visual representations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 4617, VISST 4617

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16813 SHUM 4617   SEM 101

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SHUM 4618
Data Corruption's Deep History

How can studying the deep past of information storage and transmission help us understand our current engagements with information and contemplate its future? In this course we will we will explore the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16815 SHUM 4618   SEM 101

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SHUM 6308
Expanded Practice Seminar

Expanded Practice Seminars bring students and faculty in the humanities and the design disciplines together around a common and pressing urban issue such as the cultural and material practices induced ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARCH 5819, ARCH 6308, ARTH 6308

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Migration & Discrimination

  • 17520 SHUM 6308   SEM 101

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