CUTF WINTER 2010 COURSE OFFERINGS
152-294-200 Comparative Literature 98TA
Crusader Jerusalem: the city in medieval textual narratives
Offered Thursday, 2:00-4:50, Royce 152
Instructor Tamar Avedissian/Kathleen Komar
Grade Letter grade
General Education Credit Foundations of Society & Culture – Historical Analysis
Course description This seminar will explore the representations of the city Jerusalem in the chronicles and literature of Arabic, Armenian, Latin, Old French and Middle English traditions.
Class requirements Class participation; response papers; final essay
Prerequisite Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
238-294-200 Film & TV 98T
Punk Cinema and Media
Offered Wednesday, 9:00-12:00, Haines A78, seminar
Tuesday, 11:00-12:50, Haines A78, screening
Instructor Laurel Westrup/Chon Noriega
Grade Letter grade
General Education Credit Foundations of the Arts and Humanities – Visual and Performance Arts Analysis and Practice
Course description This discussion-based seminar will consider many formulations of “punk cinema and media.”
Class requirements class participation; screening journal; reading presentations; midterm; final research paper; presentation of research
Prerequisite Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
215-291-200 Germanic Languages 98T
Sex and the City in Vienna 1900: Dreams, Anxiety, and Sexuality in Freud and his circle
Offered Tuesday, Thursday, 11:00-12:15, Humanities A46
Instructor Ivett Rita Guntersdorfer/Wolfgang Nehring
Grade Letter grade
General Education Credit Foundations of the Arts and Humanities – Literary and Cultural Analysis
Course description Where do dreams and anxieties come from? Focusing on the turn of the 20th century Vienna, this course will reintroduce Freud’s main ideas and those of his contemporaries, with the goal of investigating their interrelations and its relevance to today.
Class requirements Participation, group presentation, reading, research paper
Prerequisite Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
237-295-200 Italian M98T/Comparative Literature M98Tb
152-295-200 Re-Imagining the Family in a Transnational World
Offered Thursday, 1:00-3:50 p.m., Rolfe 3134
Instructor Staisey Divorski/Lucia Re
Grade Letter grade
General Education Credit Foundations of Society and Culture – Social Analysis
Course description As people and products move across the globe, nations regulate the family through visas and citizenship. This seminar examines how immigrant literature and film represent and re-imagine gendered and ethnicized discourses on the family
Class requirements Participation; response papers; weekly questions; paper proposal; bibliography; paper
Prerequisite Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
245-236-200 UG Law 98T
Law, Trafficking, and Transnational Feminisms
Offered Tuesday, Thursday, 10:00-11:30, Law School 3393
Instructor Hailly Korman/Stuart Biegel
Grade Letter grade
General Education Credit Social Analysis
Course description An inside view into the major public education debates happening on Capitol Hill, in Sacramento, and here in Los Angeles. This course is based primarily on current policy proposals with corresponding readings but some sessions investigate the philosophical underpinnings of those proposals. Special attention will be paid to educational inequity, low-income families, and students of color.
Class requirements daily reactions; final paper; debate preparation and participation; reading list
Prerequisite Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
278-298-200 Music History M98T/LGBTM98T
246-294-200 Divas in Song: Women, the Hollywood Studio system, & LGBT Audiences
Offered Thursdays, 2:00-4:50, Schoenberg Music Building 1402
Instructor Ross Fenimore/Mitchell Morris
Grade Letter grade
General Education Credit Visual & Performance Arts Analysis and Practice
Course description This seminar will focus on the musical styles that shaped divas in the Hollywood Studio System from 1930 to the period of reorganization after United States v. Paramount Pictures (1948). Emphasis is placed on the role of LGBT audiences.
Class requirements participation; written discussion questions; analytical assignment; abstract; annotated bibliography; draft/peer review; final paper & presentation
Prerequisite Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
324-290-200 Political Science 98T
Comparative Responses to AIDS in Africa
Offered Wednesdays, 9:00-11:50, Haines A6
Instructor Kim Yi Dionne/Daniel Posner
Grade Letter grade
General Education Credit Social Analysis
Course description Comparative study of the global & local interventions against HIV & AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa advances critical-analytic approaches to international health & development interventions requiring coordination of actors across multiple levels of governance.
Class requirements weekly online posts; discussant assignment; thesis statement & outline; first draft of term paper; peer review of colleague’s first draft; final draft of term paper
Prerequisite Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
328-280-200 Psychology 98TA
From Michael to Mia: The Psychology of Race and Gender in Sport
Offered Tuesdays, 10:00-12:50, Franz 1571
Instructor Kimberly Kahn/Tara Scanlan
Grade Letter grade
General Education Credit Social Analysis
Course description Using a social psychological approach, this course will examine how issues of race and gender affect the sporting domain. We will explore how racial and gender stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination impact athletes, coaches, referees, and fans.
Class requirements participation; thought papers; rough draft; final draft; presentation
Prerequisite Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
328-281-200 Psychology 98TB
Why We Remember and Why We Forget: Educational applications of memory research
Offered Wednesdays, 9:00-11:50, Franz 1571
Instructor Jeri Little/Elizabeth Ligon Bjork
Grade Letter grade
General Education Credit Life Science without a lab/demo
Course description Why do people forget? And how can they better remember? This seminar will introduce students to research findings in human learning and memory, including techniques found to improve the long-term retention of information and its transfer to other contexts.
Class requirements class participation; discussion board participation; quizzes; papers; class presentation
Prerequisite Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
359-290-200 World Arts & Cultures 98T
Site Specific Performance and the Politics of Place
Offered Tuesday, Thursday, 3:00-4:20, Kaufman 101
Instructor Rosemary Candelario/Susan Leigh Foster
Grade Letter grade
General Education Credit Visual & Performance Arts Analysis and Practice
Course description This seminar examines the interactions of bodies performing in various geographical and architectural sites. We will investigate the meanings of diverse places and how performances intervenes in, enhances, or alters space, looking specifically at the politics engendered in each case.
Class requirements active participation; critical questions; discussion facilitation; research project including final paper
Prerequisite Satisfaction of Entry-level Writing requirement
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