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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.
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- Schedule of Classes - January 9, 2020 9:13AM EST
- Course Catalog - January 9, 2020 9:14AM EST
Classes
SHUM 2750
Course Description
This seminar offers an introduction to the humanities by exploring the historical, cultural, social and political stakes of the Society for the Humanities annual focal theme. Students will consider novels, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2750, ENGL 2950, GOVT 2755
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Energy
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR A D White House 110
Instructors
Pinkus, K
SHUM 4638
Course Description
From The Walking Dead to 28 Weeks Later, zombies are king. These monsters are more than pop culture fluff. This course considers how zombies serve as a symptom of and metaphor for anthropogenic climate ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4968, SHUM 6638
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M A D White House 110
Instructors
Albanese, M
SHUM 4639
Course Description
Ever-increasing global interconnection drives some of the most pressing political and ethical questions of our time. This seminar centers on two intersecting areas of inquiry. The first deals with the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4139, ANTHR 7139, MUSIC 4239, MUSIC 6239, SHUM 6639
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T A D White House 110
Instructors
Appert, C
SHUM 4640
Course Description
This course examines contemporary literary and cultural memory work that mediates the emergence of nuclear energy in Asia and the Pacific after World War Two as a transpacific settler colonial and racial ... view course details
SHUM 4641
Course Description
This seminar explores Latin American political violence since the 1970s, focusing on the role technology played in internal conflicts called "Dirty Wars," in which the state employed extrajudicial violence ... view course details
SHUM 4642
Course Description
This course addresses psychoanalytic understandings of psychic energy, its sources and functions, and its manifestations as mania or psychosis. Students will be introduced to foundational psychoanalysts: ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4642, ENGL 4962, SHUM 6642
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T A D White House 109
Instructors
Soros, E
SHUM 6308
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARCH 6308, ARCH 6408, COML 6369
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Climate Imaginaries and Migration in the Caribbean
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R A D White House 110
Instructors
Melas, N
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SHUM 6638
Course Description
From The Walking Dead to 28 Weeks Later, zombies are king. These monsters are more than pop culture fluff. This course considers how zombies serve as a symptom of and metaphor for anthropogenic climate ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4968, SHUM 4638
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M A D White House 110
Instructors
Albanese, M
SHUM 6639
Course Description
Ever-increasing global interconnection drives some of the most pressing political and ethical questions of our time. This seminar centers on two intersecting areas of inquiry. The first deals with the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4139, ANTHR 7139, MUSIC 4239, MUSIC 6239, SHUM 4639
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T A D White House 110
Instructors
Appert, C
SHUM 6640
Course Description
This course examines contemporary literary and cultural memory work that mediates the emergence of nuclear energy in Asia and the Pacific after World War Two as a transpacific settler colonial and racial ... view course details
SHUM 6641
Course Description
This seminar explores Latin American political violence since the 1970s, focusing on the role technology played in internal conflicts called "Dirty Wars," in which the state employed extrajudicial violence ... view course details
SHUM 6642
Course Description
This course addresses psychoanalytic understandings of psychic energy, its sources and functions, and its manifestations as mania or psychosis. Students will be introduced to foundational psychoanalysts: ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4642, ENGL 4962, SHUM 4642
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T A D White House 109
Instructors
Soros, E