This seminar introduces students to theories about race, ethnicity, and television. It explores U.S. race and ethnicity—as social categories and markers of identity/identification—and systemic racism and racial capitalism—as structures of power, inequality, and domination—from the lens of media and popular culture. We will develop conceptual and theoretical tools to analyze media, with an emphasis on developing the student’s ability to analyze and articulate a theoretical argument.
Days: MO WE  10:30-11:50 AM

Survey of major directions in film and media theory. Various theories of mass culture, realism, auteurism, semiotics, feminism, cultural studies, and theories of other media, with an emphasis on developing the student’s ability to analyze and articulate a theoretical argument. Materials Fee
Prerequisite: FLM&MDA 85 and FLM&MDA 86 and FLM&MDA 87 and (FLM&MDA 101A or FLM&MDA 101B or FLM&MDA 101C or FLM&MDA 101D or FLM&MDA 101E). Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.
Days: MO WE  03:00-04:20 PM

Emphasis/Category: Inter-Area Studies, Global Middle East
This course surveys the history of the ancient Persian Empire from 550-330 BCE, from the empire’s founding by Cyrus II to the death of the last Achaemenid Persian king, Darius III. Much of what we know about the Persian Empire comes from what ancient Greek authors, such as the historians Herodotus andXenophon, the tragedian Aeschylus, and the biographer Plutarch, had to say about it; when relying on the work of these authors, we are forced to some extent to view the Persians and their empire through a Greek lens. And yet, whenever possible in this course, we will also consider what the ancient Persians themselves thought about their empire. Thus, the readings for the course will not only be Greek literary sources, but also Persian written and visual sources, including inscriptions, seals, coins, and archaeological sites and monuments.
Days: TU TH  02:00-03:20 PM

Emphasis/Category: Locating Europes and European Colonies, Inter-Area Studies
This course explores the culture of international relations, diplomacy, and humanitarian organizations in France and the French-speaking world with an emphasis on oral communication usually through the completion of simulated professional tasks in a professional context. The course is taught entirely in French.
Days: MO WE  01:00-02:20 PM