ClassInfo - Fall 2019 Cultural Stdy/Comparative Lit Classes

Fall 2019 | CSCL 1001 Section 001: Introduction to Cultural Studies: Rhetoric, Power, Desire (16893)

Instructor(s): Matthew Hadley
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019

Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM

UMTC, East Bank

Nicholson Hall 155
Enrollment Status:: Open (183 of 184 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: Ways of reading texts, artistic forms, everyday practices that define ongoing conflicts over meaning, value, truth. Examples from visual arts, music, film, literature, myth, ritual, built environment.
Class Notes:: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?CSCL1001+Fall2016
Class Description:: What is culture? How does culture impact our everyday lives, and influence the larger world in which we live? This class will tackle the BIG questions about our living together in this world, and will throw us all into some of the most pressing and heated discussions happening today. We will come at these big questions and cultural hot topics through a consideration of contemporary and historical aspects of popular culture. This class will introduce students to various strategies for making sense of and speaking more deeply about movies, music, literature, advertisements, and current events. This will involve taking up a range of theoretical approaches to making sense of our world and our place in it. Our ultimate goal will be to ask whether a more engaged and critical perspective on our own cultures could open up space for us all to rework, rethink, and redirect our world to a better future.
Who Should Take This Class?:: Take this class if you enjoying taking on the big questions, or would be interested in being more engaged in speaking about and debating aspects of contemporary popular culture.
Grading:: The course grade is roughly calculated as follows: attendance/participation (20%); quizzes/exams (30%); writing assignments (50%)
Exam Format:: The exams are composed of questions drawn from lecture and the readings.
Class Format:: Each class will generally be a combination of lecture and discussion with occasional screenings.
Workload:: Students will complete a variety of blog/discussion posts (~6), will be responsible for reading around 40+ pages a week, and will be asked to prepare for exams.
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16893/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 19 April 2019

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