Fall 2008 LEAD IU Second 8 Week Courses
All Courses are EDUC-U 495
Fast Track to Leadership - U495 Section #30289 1 Credit
Thursdays, 2-4 p.m.
Students will explore the history and tradition of student involvement, engagement, and leadership at IU. They will discuss trends and current issues that relate to the growth of the student organization community and out-of-the-classroom experiences.
Introduction to Civic Engagement, Section #30294 1 Credit
Tuesdays, 1:15-3 p.m
Students will learn about civic engagement and its various manifestations in individual and public life. Participants will examine the rise of civic engagement efforts in the U.S. and abroad, develop the skills to articulate personal experiences, and gain a better understanding of the role of civic engagement in their own lives.
Diversity Issues, Section #30294 1 Credit
Thursdays, 1:15-3 p.m.
The goal of this course is to equip students with leadership skills and to develop individuals as inter-culturally competent leaders. Students will examine leadership within social institutions and across cultural, structural, and individual levels of interaction. They will also study diversity’s contributions to maintenance, change, and cohesiveness of communities and society-at-large.
Leadership Ethics - U495 Section #30290 2 Credits
Tuesdays, 2-4:45 p.m.
Students will explore leadership ethics. Through the development of a broad understanding of the theoretical, philosophical, and historical roots of ethics, students will critically analyze the ethical complexities of leadership and begin to develop their own statement of leadership ethics.
Leadership Essentials - U495 Section #30291 2 Credits
Tuesdays, 3-5:45 p.m.
This course will allow students to explore personal values and goals, learn about characteristics (inherited and acquired), recognize motivation sources, and survey a variety of leadership approaches/styles. Participants will leave the course with a better understanding of self and how leadership fits into our daily lives.
Note: These courses count as electives outside the College of Arts and Sciences for CMCL majors. Students are limited in the number of credits they can take outside the College and count toward their degree. If you are uncertain about whether or not you have room to take a course like this, feel free to contact me at tkauf@indiana.edu.
Showing posts with label fall 2008 classes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fall 2008 classes. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Men of Color Leadership Institute
BE A LEADER!
Encourage student participation in the Men of Color Leadership Institute as part of the requirements for completing the R100 Participant Leadership Course.
Students learn from the MOCLI in combination with completing readings and reflections about leadership topics including: followership, time management, integrity, diversity, teamwork, and communication. Students will:
· Utilize resources made available through Oncourse and the Internet
· Class is free if student taking less than 17 hours
· One credit hour, graded course
· Meet for four hours total during the entire semester
· Counts toward the Leadership Minor
R100 Participant Leadership Development
Section 10539
By permission only
Contact Dr. Deb Getz,
Director, Center for Student Leadership Development
dgetz@indiana.edu
812.855.0975
Encourage student participation in the Men of Color Leadership Institute as part of the requirements for completing the R100 Participant Leadership Course.
Students learn from the MOCLI in combination with completing readings and reflections about leadership topics including: followership, time management, integrity, diversity, teamwork, and communication. Students will:
· Utilize resources made available through Oncourse and the Internet
· Class is free if student taking less than 17 hours
· One credit hour, graded course
· Meet for four hours total during the entire semester
· Counts toward the Leadership Minor
R100 Participant Leadership Development
Section 10539
By permission only
Contact Dr. Deb Getz,
Director, Center for Student Leadership Development
dgetz@indiana.edu
812.855.0975
Monday, August 18, 2008
Interesting A&H Course with Openings for Fall: FOLK-F 131 Introduction to Folklore in the United States
F131 – Introduction to Folklore in the United States
Monday and Wednesday, 3:35-4:25pm, plus discussion section meeting
People from all over the world call the United States home. Some arrived centuries ago, others arrived a few years ago. Along with ambition and family, all of them bring with them their expressive culture.
This class looks at contemporary cultural expressions in the United States by focusing on folklore – defined as creativity in everyday life. Through lectures, videos, slides, audio recordings and a few guest lectures, we explore folklore in the US now, for example, by studying urban legends, personal narratives, tattoos, and car art, as well as family traditions. We understand the present by looking at the past, seeing European, African, Native American, and Asian influences on the architecture, folktales, food, and body art of the United States.
Students in the class will engage in two field projects, identifying items of folklore around them, analyzing the stories, jokes, body art, and home decoration within their own social circles, collecting folklore from their families and friends.
This lively class is taught by Dr. Pravina Shukla, two-time winner of the Indiana University Trustees’ Teaching Award (2002, 2007).
Monday and Wednesday, 3:35-4:25pm, plus discussion section meeting
People from all over the world call the United States home. Some arrived centuries ago, others arrived a few years ago. Along with ambition and family, all of them bring with them their expressive culture.
This class looks at contemporary cultural expressions in the United States by focusing on folklore – defined as creativity in everyday life. Through lectures, videos, slides, audio recordings and a few guest lectures, we explore folklore in the US now, for example, by studying urban legends, personal narratives, tattoos, and car art, as well as family traditions. We understand the present by looking at the past, seeing European, African, Native American, and Asian influences on the architecture, folktales, food, and body art of the United States.
Students in the class will engage in two field projects, identifying items of folklore around them, analyzing the stories, jokes, body art, and home decoration within their own social circles, collecting folklore from their families and friends.
This lively class is taught by Dr. Pravina Shukla, two-time winner of the Indiana University Trustees’ Teaching Award (2002, 2007).
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Interesting Course for Fall: REL-R 388 Mandir and Masjid at the Movies
Mandir and Masjid at the Movies
REL R388 - 3 credits - can be applied to India Studies major or minor
Two 75-minute class meetings plus one movie screening per week
Mandir (temple), masjid (mosque), and for that matter church make frequent appearances in South Asian cinema, sometimes for surprising reasons. In this course we will consider the meaning of religion in South Asia using film as our lens to explore what John Booth calls the "ambiguity of the sacred-secular distinction in Indian culture." We will begin by reading and discussing two chapters on how scholars "read" film, with a bit of practice in class before our first film screening. The Lyden textbook will provide us with our theoretical background.
Each week we will watch and discuss, in detail, one film. Our broad topics include partition, gender, myth, fundamentalism, and the diaspora. We will come to know a range of views on religion and its role in the lives of South Asians through film produced in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, and our reading of critical articles for each film. The films include mythologicals, social commentary, and Bollywood blockbusters, all of which have a great deal to tell us about religion in South Asia. No prerequisites, and prior knowledge of South Asia, while helpful, is not expected.
This course contributes to a liberal arts education by introducing some of the ways people in South Asia use film to reflect their various views on their own cultures and religions. Students will develop critical thinking and writing skills through class discussions and weekly writing assignments.
Each week students will submit a 1-2 page response to questions raised by that week's material. Grading will be based on these papers (30%), attendance and participation in classroom activities (30%), and two term papers (40%).
Our in-class discussions will centre around the readings, and questions posed on OnCourse will help guide students' thinking about each piece.
By the end of the course students will be able to
- recognize and deconstruct religious tropes in South Asian film, and discuss these in religious studies critical terms
- discuss the role of Bollywood in perpetuating communal (religious) stereotypes, and how the diaspora furthers such goals
- understand the enduring trauma of the Partition of South Asia
- debate the cliche "Hindus and Muslims are all brothers" from various South Asian cinematic perspectives
REL R388 - 3 credits - can be applied to India Studies major or minor
Two 75-minute class meetings plus one movie screening per week
Mandir (temple), masjid (mosque), and for that matter church make frequent appearances in South Asian cinema, sometimes for surprising reasons. In this course we will consider the meaning of religion in South Asia using film as our lens to explore what John Booth calls the "ambiguity of the sacred-secular distinction in Indian culture." We will begin by reading and discussing two chapters on how scholars "read" film, with a bit of practice in class before our first film screening. The Lyden textbook will provide us with our theoretical background.
Each week we will watch and discuss, in detail, one film. Our broad topics include partition, gender, myth, fundamentalism, and the diaspora. We will come to know a range of views on religion and its role in the lives of South Asians through film produced in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, and our reading of critical articles for each film. The films include mythologicals, social commentary, and Bollywood blockbusters, all of which have a great deal to tell us about religion in South Asia. No prerequisites, and prior knowledge of South Asia, while helpful, is not expected.
This course contributes to a liberal arts education by introducing some of the ways people in South Asia use film to reflect their various views on their own cultures and religions. Students will develop critical thinking and writing skills through class discussions and weekly writing assignments.
Each week students will submit a 1-2 page response to questions raised by that week's material. Grading will be based on these papers (30%), attendance and participation in classroom activities (30%), and two term papers (40%).
Our in-class discussions will centre around the readings, and questions posed on OnCourse will help guide students' thinking about each piece.
By the end of the course students will be able to
- recognize and deconstruct religious tropes in South Asian film, and discuss these in religious studies critical terms
- discuss the role of Bollywood in perpetuating communal (religious) stereotypes, and how the diaspora furthers such goals
- understand the enduring trauma of the Partition of South Asia
- debate the cliche "Hindus and Muslims are all brothers" from various South Asian cinematic perspectives
Friday, July 25, 2008
400 Level CMCL Courses Still Open
If you would like to add an upper-level CMCL course to your schedule for the fall, please consider C435 Documentary Filmmaking and/or C432 Visual Rhetoric.
C435 has just a few seats left, while there are still many seats available in C432. If more students do not enroll in C432, we may be forced to cancel the class due to low enrollment. This would be a terrible thing, because the class is great!
C435 has a prerequisite: you must have already completed a production course of some kind. Courses that qualify include CMCL-C 360 Motion Picture Production, C335 Production as Criticism, or TEL-T 283 Introduction to Production Techniques and Practices. C435 also requires special permission, so let me know if you are interested in enrolling and I will give you the required permission.
See below for course descriptions for both of these courses. Specific questions about the courses should be directed to the course instructors, whose names and e-mail addresses are listed below.
C432 Visual Rhetoric (3 cr, #16012)
MW 2:30pm-3:45pm (lecture)
M 7:15pm-10:15pm (required film screening)
Instructor: Michael Kaplan
E-Mail: mikaplan@indiana.edu
What does it mean to be a citizen of a democracy? How do we know
what makes a (good) citizen? And what kinds of activities count as
citizenship? What happens when the conception of citizenship we rely
upon begins to appear unjust or unworkable? Most importantly, what
are the consequences for democracy of defining citizenship one way
as opposed to another? Such questions have been debated at length by
scholars, but we have all given them much more thought than we may
even realize. Both the meaning of citizenship and the problems that
beset it have long been important themes of the most familiar forms
of entertainment, such as fiction film. In fact, we learn the most
consequential lessons of good citizenship from movies that feel
nothing like civics class and seem not to be about politics at all.
This course examines the ways we collectively imagine democratic
citizenship by taking a comparative approach: we will read samples
of major debates about citizenship (rights vs. obligations; personal
virtue vs. good institutions; abstraction vs. particularity; the
challenge of multiculturalism; the promise of cosmopolitanism; etc.)
and watch films in which these issues are addressed and/or
imaginatively resolved. The point is to see how watching such films
is in fact our most common way of “doing” our own
citizenship “theory,” and to think about the political implications
of this fact. So, students will analyze the rhetorical strategies of
films in relation to theoretical readings about citizenship—think
High Plains Drifter as a thesis about civic virtue, Die Hard with a
Vengeance as a defense of liberal multiculturalism, Thelma & Louise
as a critique of abstract universalism, or Bulletproof Monk as a
model of hybrid cosmopolitanism.
C435 Documentary Filmmaking: Theory and Practice (4 cr, 8110)
TuTh 3:00pm-5:00pm
Instructor: Robert Clift
E-Mail: raclift@indiana.edu
What makes a documentary a documentary? Its subject matter?
Stylistic or technical features? The fact that it uses real people
and not actors (most of the time, that is)? This course will
explore these and other questions as it traces the history of
documentary film practice. We will study the major American and
European documentary movements through film screenings and readings,
and we will engage the styles discussed in a series of hands-on
exercises. Aside from these exercises, there will be several
quizzes, a midterm, and three short papers/journals.
This will be an intense seminar, involving plenty of reading, film
viewing, writing, and creative work. The goal of the class is to
gain a critical understanding of some fundamental concepts involved
in documentary filmmaking, such as realism, evidence, voice, ethics,
etc. The production exercises will be completed in the miniDV
format, which has become the medium of choice for many documentary
filmmakers.
C435 has just a few seats left, while there are still many seats available in C432. If more students do not enroll in C432, we may be forced to cancel the class due to low enrollment. This would be a terrible thing, because the class is great!
C435 has a prerequisite: you must have already completed a production course of some kind. Courses that qualify include CMCL-C 360 Motion Picture Production, C335 Production as Criticism, or TEL-T 283 Introduction to Production Techniques and Practices. C435 also requires special permission, so let me know if you are interested in enrolling and I will give you the required permission.
See below for course descriptions for both of these courses. Specific questions about the courses should be directed to the course instructors, whose names and e-mail addresses are listed below.
C432 Visual Rhetoric (3 cr, #16012)
MW 2:30pm-3:45pm (lecture)
M 7:15pm-10:15pm (required film screening)
Instructor: Michael Kaplan
E-Mail: mikaplan@indiana.edu
What does it mean to be a citizen of a democracy? How do we know
what makes a (good) citizen? And what kinds of activities count as
citizenship? What happens when the conception of citizenship we rely
upon begins to appear unjust or unworkable? Most importantly, what
are the consequences for democracy of defining citizenship one way
as opposed to another? Such questions have been debated at length by
scholars, but we have all given them much more thought than we may
even realize. Both the meaning of citizenship and the problems that
beset it have long been important themes of the most familiar forms
of entertainment, such as fiction film. In fact, we learn the most
consequential lessons of good citizenship from movies that feel
nothing like civics class and seem not to be about politics at all.
This course examines the ways we collectively imagine democratic
citizenship by taking a comparative approach: we will read samples
of major debates about citizenship (rights vs. obligations; personal
virtue vs. good institutions; abstraction vs. particularity; the
challenge of multiculturalism; the promise of cosmopolitanism; etc.)
and watch films in which these issues are addressed and/or
imaginatively resolved. The point is to see how watching such films
is in fact our most common way of “doing” our own
citizenship “theory,” and to think about the political implications
of this fact. So, students will analyze the rhetorical strategies of
films in relation to theoretical readings about citizenship—think
High Plains Drifter as a thesis about civic virtue, Die Hard with a
Vengeance as a defense of liberal multiculturalism, Thelma & Louise
as a critique of abstract universalism, or Bulletproof Monk as a
model of hybrid cosmopolitanism.
C435 Documentary Filmmaking: Theory and Practice (4 cr, 8110)
TuTh 3:00pm-5:00pm
Instructor: Robert Clift
E-Mail: raclift@indiana.edu
What makes a documentary a documentary? Its subject matter?
Stylistic or technical features? The fact that it uses real people
and not actors (most of the time, that is)? This course will
explore these and other questions as it traces the history of
documentary film practice. We will study the major American and
European documentary movements through film screenings and readings,
and we will engage the styles discussed in a series of hands-on
exercises. Aside from these exercises, there will be several
quizzes, a midterm, and three short papers/journals.
This will be an intense seminar, involving plenty of reading, film
viewing, writing, and creative work. The goal of the class is to
gain a critical understanding of some fundamental concepts involved
in documentary filmmaking, such as realism, evidence, voice, ethics,
etc. The production exercises will be completed in the miniDV
format, which has become the medium of choice for many documentary
filmmakers.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Recently Added Courses for Fall in the Central Eurasian Studies Department
We added four Central Eurasian Studies Department courses for Fall 2008, listed below. Graduate credit options also exist (see Schedule of Classes).
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CEUS-U 320 (class #29854) VT: Hungary Through Literature and Film
3 credit hours
Instructor: Dr. Peter Nemes, pnemes@indiana.edu
TuTh 11:15AM - 12:30PM; BH 245
NOTE: Awaiting decision about COLL culture studies/distribution credit.
NOTE: The CMLT chair said this course will count toward CMLT degree requirements.
This course offers an introduction to Hungarian culture through literature (mainly novels) and cinema. The goal of “Hungary through Literature and Film” is to familiarize students with the unique culture of Hungary through a variety of readings and films. In each class the presentation of the historical context is followed either by a screening of a motion picture or a discussion and interpretation of the weekly reading. The loosely chronological sequence allows for a gradually deeper understanding of major themes and topics. The combined experience of literature and cinema builds a perspective from which history and culture can form a meaningful whole. All texts will be read in English translation, and all movies will have English subtitles, no knowledge of Hungarian is required.
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CEUS-U 426 (class #29859) Modern Hungarian Literature
3 credit hours
Instructor: Dr. Peter Nemes
TuTh 4:00PM - 5:15PM; PV 270
This course carries COLL A&H distribution credit
NOTE: The CMLT chair said this course will count toward CMLT degree requirements.
This course introduces students to modern Hungarian literature, through a variety of readings in English. All cultures can be explored via their literary achievements; however, in the case of smaller cultures (like Hungarian) this is especially true as all the major historical, social, and cultural events and structures are reflected in the writings of the different generations. The course takes great care to introduce, analyze and evaluate the context of literature, including the language, the social structure and the historical significances, and through a comparative literary historical perspective positions the achievements of Hungarian literature into a wider European context.
The course offers an introduction to the Hungarian literature of the twentieth century. The main topics to be discussed are: 1) socio-economic modernization and literary modernity at the beginning of the twentieth century; 2) The role of Hungary in the culture of the Habsburg Monarchy; 3) Naturalism, Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Expressionism; 4) the influence of Freud and Marx; 5) the conflict between urbanization and Populism in the interwar period; 6) Socialist Realism and its opposition (religious poetry, individualist parables, Postmodernism) in the years 1947-1996. All texts will be read in English translation. This semester we will focus on major accomplishments in prose (novels, short stories), and on the problems associated with constructing a national literary history.
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CEUS-U 320 (class #29856) VT: The Empire and the Nation - The Hapsburgs and Hungary, 1526-1920
3 credit hours
Instructor: Dr. Agnes Fulemile
TuTh 1:00PM - 2:15PM; GB238
In 1526 in the battle of Mohacs, Suleiman the Magnificent’s army crushed the Hungarian army. The young Jagiellon Louis II, brother in-law of Habsburg Ferdinand, died on the battlefield. The throne of Hungary became the subject of dynastic dispute. Hungary fell into three parts, while the Ottomans occupied central and Southern Hungary. From this time on the Habsburg Empire as a Central European Empire started to gradually emerge. From Ferdinand to Charles the IV (1916-1918), the last Habsburg king of Hungary, 16 Habsburg rulers followed each other in the throne of kingdom Hungary.
The course will discuss this long period of the history of Hungary embedded into the Habsburg dynastic history and into a larger European context. Besides basic political history there will be an emphasis on social and cultural history of the time. Alongside historic literature, archival sources, images and artwork will be used for analysis. The course is an interdisciplinary course using approaches of history, historical anthropology and art history.
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CEUS-U 320 (class #29853) VT: Medieval Hungary at the Crossroads of East and West
3 credit hours
Instructor: Dr. Agnes Fulemile
TuTh 11:15AM - 12:30PM; GB238
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CEUS-U 320 (class #29854) VT: Hungary Through Literature and Film
3 credit hours
Instructor: Dr. Peter Nemes, pnemes@indiana.edu
TuTh 11:15AM - 12:30PM; BH 245
NOTE: Awaiting decision about COLL culture studies/distribution credit.
NOTE: The CMLT chair said this course will count toward CMLT degree requirements.
This course offers an introduction to Hungarian culture through literature (mainly novels) and cinema. The goal of “Hungary through Literature and Film” is to familiarize students with the unique culture of Hungary through a variety of readings and films. In each class the presentation of the historical context is followed either by a screening of a motion picture or a discussion and interpretation of the weekly reading. The loosely chronological sequence allows for a gradually deeper understanding of major themes and topics. The combined experience of literature and cinema builds a perspective from which history and culture can form a meaningful whole. All texts will be read in English translation, and all movies will have English subtitles, no knowledge of Hungarian is required.
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CEUS-U 426 (class #29859) Modern Hungarian Literature
3 credit hours
Instructor: Dr. Peter Nemes
TuTh 4:00PM - 5:15PM; PV 270
This course carries COLL A&H distribution credit
NOTE: The CMLT chair said this course will count toward CMLT degree requirements.
This course introduces students to modern Hungarian literature, through a variety of readings in English. All cultures can be explored via their literary achievements; however, in the case of smaller cultures (like Hungarian) this is especially true as all the major historical, social, and cultural events and structures are reflected in the writings of the different generations. The course takes great care to introduce, analyze and evaluate the context of literature, including the language, the social structure and the historical significances, and through a comparative literary historical perspective positions the achievements of Hungarian literature into a wider European context.
The course offers an introduction to the Hungarian literature of the twentieth century. The main topics to be discussed are: 1) socio-economic modernization and literary modernity at the beginning of the twentieth century; 2) The role of Hungary in the culture of the Habsburg Monarchy; 3) Naturalism, Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Expressionism; 4) the influence of Freud and Marx; 5) the conflict between urbanization and Populism in the interwar period; 6) Socialist Realism and its opposition (religious poetry, individualist parables, Postmodernism) in the years 1947-1996. All texts will be read in English translation. This semester we will focus on major accomplishments in prose (novels, short stories), and on the problems associated with constructing a national literary history.
--------------------------
CEUS-U 320 (class #29856) VT: The Empire and the Nation - The Hapsburgs and Hungary, 1526-1920
3 credit hours
Instructor: Dr. Agnes Fulemile
TuTh 1:00PM - 2:15PM; GB238
In 1526 in the battle of Mohacs, Suleiman the Magnificent’s army crushed the Hungarian army. The young Jagiellon Louis II, brother in-law of Habsburg Ferdinand, died on the battlefield. The throne of Hungary became the subject of dynastic dispute. Hungary fell into three parts, while the Ottomans occupied central and Southern Hungary. From this time on the Habsburg Empire as a Central European Empire started to gradually emerge. From Ferdinand to Charles the IV (1916-1918), the last Habsburg king of Hungary, 16 Habsburg rulers followed each other in the throne of kingdom Hungary.
The course will discuss this long period of the history of Hungary embedded into the Habsburg dynastic history and into a larger European context. Besides basic political history there will be an emphasis on social and cultural history of the time. Alongside historic literature, archival sources, images and artwork will be used for analysis. The course is an interdisciplinary course using approaches of history, historical anthropology and art history.
-------------------------
CEUS-U 320 (class #29853) VT: Medieval Hungary at the Crossroads of East and West
3 credit hours
Instructor: Dr. Agnes Fulemile
TuTh 11:15AM - 12:30PM; GB238
Recently Added Course for Fall: REL-R 370 Islam in America
R370 Islam in America, Jaques 29788 05:45P-08:30P T BH 209
Above course carries Social and Historical distribution.
Since the tragedy of September 11, 2001, American Muslim's have come into national focus. This focus has generated a great deal of interest in American Muslims. This course explores the history and life of Islam and Muslims in the United States. American Muslims are a very diverse and complex group. Students will have an opportunity to understand the ethnic and religious diversity within the American Muslim context. American Muslim's have unique histories and belief's even within each ethnic and religious group.
Divergent opinions on issues gender relations and women's issues, debates about Islam' s role in politics, the role of race and ethnicity and the spirituality of American Muslims. This course will also examine the development of Muslim American institutions and Muslim American civil society. Students will also examine the affect of specific events in American history like September 11, 2001 has had on the American Muslim community. Students will have the opportunity to analyze recent polls and academic surveys that have been conducted to determine the nature of the American Muslim community. Specific national organizations that students will be encouraged to explore further will include the Islamic Society of North America, Islamic Circle of North America, the Nation of Islam, the Ministry of Imam W. D. Muhammad, Council on American Islamic Relations, Muslim Public Affairs Council, Muslim Alliance of North America and the Muslim American Society. At the grassroots level students will meet and study local mosques, Islamic schools as well as other civic institutions established by Muslim Hoosiers.
Above course carries Social and Historical distribution.
Since the tragedy of September 11, 2001, American Muslim's have come into national focus. This focus has generated a great deal of interest in American Muslims. This course explores the history and life of Islam and Muslims in the United States. American Muslims are a very diverse and complex group. Students will have an opportunity to understand the ethnic and religious diversity within the American Muslim context. American Muslim's have unique histories and belief's even within each ethnic and religious group.
Divergent opinions on issues gender relations and women's issues, debates about Islam' s role in politics, the role of race and ethnicity and the spirituality of American Muslims. This course will also examine the development of Muslim American institutions and Muslim American civil society. Students will also examine the affect of specific events in American history like September 11, 2001 has had on the American Muslim community. Students will have the opportunity to analyze recent polls and academic surveys that have been conducted to determine the nature of the American Muslim community. Specific national organizations that students will be encouraged to explore further will include the Islamic Society of North America, Islamic Circle of North America, the Nation of Islam, the Ministry of Imam W. D. Muhammad, Council on American Islamic Relations, Muslim Public Affairs Council, Muslim Alliance of North America and the Muslim American Society. At the grassroots level students will meet and study local mosques, Islamic schools as well as other civic institutions established by Muslim Hoosiers.
Monday, April 21, 2008
New Course Available to Non-Business & Business Majors
Are you interested in studying about women in business?
Enroll in BUS-Z 355 this Fall 2008 semester!
The course is Monday & Wednesday from 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
You don’t have to be in the Kelley School of Business to enroll!
You will have a chance to learn about …
The status and measures of gender diversity
Glass ceiling: causes, effects, and solutions
Unique elements of women’s leadership and decision-making styles
Mentoring and training plans
Work/family balance
Visible/invisible diversity and gender
Note: This course counts as an elective outside the College of Arts and Sciences for CMCL majors. The course does NOT count toward the business minor.
Enroll in BUS-Z 355 this Fall 2008 semester!
The course is Monday & Wednesday from 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
You don’t have to be in the Kelley School of Business to enroll!
You will have a chance to learn about …
The status and measures of gender diversity
Glass ceiling: causes, effects, and solutions
Unique elements of women’s leadership and decision-making styles
Mentoring and training plans
Work/family balance
Visible/invisible diversity and gender
Note: This course counts as an elective outside the College of Arts and Sciences for CMCL majors. The course does NOT count toward the business minor.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Interesting Course for Fall: CMLT-C 252 Literary and Television Genres
CMLT C252-14754 ~ Topic: Literary and Television Genres
(Note that this course is in Comparative Literature, not CMCL)
Instructor: E. Chamberlain – edachamb@indiana.edu
Course Meeting Times: Fall 2008 ~ MW ~ 5:45pm-7pm
This course satisfies the university A & H requirement
Course Description:
In this course, we will compare how television programs and texts tell stories in selected genres of expression like soap operas, biographies, memoirs and scripted “reality” adventures. We will discuss the ideological and theoretical scopes of these popular genres, and spend time evaluating how one media represents the other. In other words, we will discuss how media and texts intersect and overlap. Among the issues we will consider are: how do television shows depict people reading? How do these genres discuss literature? How do novels, short stories and/or plays discuss the influence of television in people’s lives? What roles do actors have in literary depictions of television shows? What are the limits of made-for-television adaptations of literature? How do advertisements influence the way we think of the shows we watch? How did literature depict the same genres before the advent of television? How do both television and literature blur the boundaries between fiction and reality? To consider these questions, we will study several short stories, TV programs, a memoir, alternative video and several more forms of representation.
(Note that this course is in Comparative Literature, not CMCL)
Instructor: E. Chamberlain – edachamb@indiana.edu
Course Meeting Times: Fall 2008 ~ MW ~ 5:45pm-7pm
This course satisfies the university A & H requirement
Course Description:
In this course, we will compare how television programs and texts tell stories in selected genres of expression like soap operas, biographies, memoirs and scripted “reality” adventures. We will discuss the ideological and theoretical scopes of these popular genres, and spend time evaluating how one media represents the other. In other words, we will discuss how media and texts intersect and overlap. Among the issues we will consider are: how do television shows depict people reading? How do these genres discuss literature? How do novels, short stories and/or plays discuss the influence of television in people’s lives? What roles do actors have in literary depictions of television shows? What are the limits of made-for-television adaptations of literature? How do advertisements influence the way we think of the shows we watch? How did literature depict the same genres before the advent of television? How do both television and literature blur the boundaries between fiction and reality? To consider these questions, we will study several short stories, TV programs, a memoir, alternative video and several more forms of representation.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Interesting Journalism Class for Falll: JOUR-J 460 Science Writing
JOUR-J460 SCIENCE WRITING, 28797, 3 credits
(Health and environmental writing included!)
Fall Semester 2008
T, TH 2:30-3:45 p.m. Ernie Pyle hall, room 157. Professor Holly Stocking.
No pre-requisites. Open to any undergraduate student.
CONCERNED OR CONFUSED ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING? SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES? THE CONTROVERSY OVER FATS IN THE DIET? You are not alone. Many people are, and writers who can help explain these and other science-related topics to the public are sorely needed in the media today.
J460 will help you to help develop skills in REPORTING and WRITING ABOUT SCIENCE - including the SOCIAL SCIENCES and science related to HEALTH and the ENVIRONMENT -- for newspapers, magazines, online media, and other media outlets. (It's not has hard as you may think!)
If you take this course, you will also meet many science writers and be introduced to the many kinds of jobs there are out there for people who can write well about science for the general public. There is a strong chance we will even take a trip to Palo Alto, California, to attend the annual meeting of the National Association of Science Writers; the School of Journalism will subsidize this trip.
YOU WILL ENJOY AND BENEFIT from this course if you have an interest in or curiosity about science, and just as importantly, if you have been told by someone other than your mother or roommate that you are a clear, engaging writer. Any journalism student who fits this description can join the course (even underclassmen, though you may want to talk to me first). Students elsewhere in the university are also welcome. If you have any questions about whether or not you "fit" the course, please feel free to email the professor.
The professor, S. Holly Stocking, worked as a journalist for the Los Angeles Times, the Minneapolis Tribune, the Associated Press, and a national research center before earning her PhD in mass communications. She has done research on the public communication of science, co-authored three science-based books, and written numerous scholarly articles on communicating science to the general public. She also has consulted for numerous science organizations including the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Association for Psychological Science (APS), and the Aspen Global Change Institute. She is a fellow of AAAS and a member of FACET, the Faculty Colloquium for Excellence in Teaching at Indiana University.
For more information, e-mail stocking@indiana.edu.
Note: This course counts as an elective outside the College of Arts and Sciences for CMCL majors. It does not count toward the Journalism certificate.
(Health and environmental writing included!)
Fall Semester 2008
T, TH 2:30-3:45 p.m. Ernie Pyle hall, room 157. Professor Holly Stocking.
No pre-requisites. Open to any undergraduate student.
CONCERNED OR CONFUSED ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING? SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES? THE CONTROVERSY OVER FATS IN THE DIET? You are not alone. Many people are, and writers who can help explain these and other science-related topics to the public are sorely needed in the media today.
J460 will help you to help develop skills in REPORTING and WRITING ABOUT SCIENCE - including the SOCIAL SCIENCES and science related to HEALTH and the ENVIRONMENT -- for newspapers, magazines, online media, and other media outlets. (It's not has hard as you may think!)
If you take this course, you will also meet many science writers and be introduced to the many kinds of jobs there are out there for people who can write well about science for the general public. There is a strong chance we will even take a trip to Palo Alto, California, to attend the annual meeting of the National Association of Science Writers; the School of Journalism will subsidize this trip.
YOU WILL ENJOY AND BENEFIT from this course if you have an interest in or curiosity about science, and just as importantly, if you have been told by someone other than your mother or roommate that you are a clear, engaging writer. Any journalism student who fits this description can join the course (even underclassmen, though you may want to talk to me first). Students elsewhere in the university are also welcome. If you have any questions about whether or not you "fit" the course, please feel free to email the professor.
The professor, S. Holly Stocking, worked as a journalist for the Los Angeles Times, the Minneapolis Tribune, the Associated Press, and a national research center before earning her PhD in mass communications. She has done research on the public communication of science, co-authored three science-based books, and written numerous scholarly articles on communicating science to the general public. She also has consulted for numerous science organizations including the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Association for Psychological Science (APS), and the Aspen Global Change Institute. She is a fellow of AAAS and a member of FACET, the Faculty Colloquium for Excellence in Teaching at Indiana University.
For more information, e-mail stocking@indiana.edu.
Note: This course counts as an elective outside the College of Arts and Sciences for CMCL majors. It does not count toward the Journalism certificate.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
New Upper-Level Human Sexuality Course
CAN’T GET INTO F-255? STILL WANT TO LEARN ABOUT SEX?
ENROLL IN HPER-H 317:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will explore sexual interactions including societal and media messages, gender roles, and gender assigned sexual behavior as they impact physical and emotional health. There will be a focus on gender differences and encounters within the social context that inform sexual behavior and its health consequences.
Course Number: 29444
Time: Tuesday 5:45pm-8:15pm
Who should take this course?
* Students who want to talk about sex
* Students who can’t get into F255--try this course!
* HPER, Gender Studies, Sociology, Psychology students
* Students who have taken F255 and want to explore sexuality and sexual health from another perspective
* Any student interested in learning more about sexuality: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors
* Students who are looking for a deeper understanding of the issues and factors that impact sexuality and sexual encounters
ANY QUESTIONS: Contact Kristen Jozkowski at knjozkow@indiana.edu
Note: This course counts as an elective outside the College of Arts and Sciences for CMCL majors.
ENROLL IN HPER-H 317:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will explore sexual interactions including societal and media messages, gender roles, and gender assigned sexual behavior as they impact physical and emotional health. There will be a focus on gender differences and encounters within the social context that inform sexual behavior and its health consequences.
Course Number: 29444
Time: Tuesday 5:45pm-8:15pm
Who should take this course?
* Students who want to talk about sex
* Students who can’t get into F255--try this course!
* HPER, Gender Studies, Sociology, Psychology students
* Students who have taken F255 and want to explore sexuality and sexual health from another perspective
* Any student interested in learning more about sexuality: Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors
* Students who are looking for a deeper understanding of the issues and factors that impact sexuality and sexual encounters
ANY QUESTIONS: Contact Kristen Jozkowski at knjozkow@indiana.edu
Note: This course counts as an elective outside the College of Arts and Sciences for CMCL majors.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Interesting Fall 2008 Course: The Ecology of Eating
Fall 2008 Collins course. Open to all IU students!
CLLC-L 320 The Ecology of Eating
Agriculture & Environment in Local & Midwestern History
▪ current scholarly writings and historical documents, from the pre-colonial era to the present
▪ research project: locate historical materials on Indiana agriculture and environment for a website featuring student projects
▪ 300-level course, 3 credit hours (S&H)
▪ C L320/Class 27296
▪ 11:15-12:30 Tu/Th Ed Basement of Collins
Feel free to contact the instructor,
Elizabeth Cafer du Plessis: ecafer@indiana.edu
CLLC-L 320 The Ecology of Eating
Agriculture & Environment in Local & Midwestern History
▪ current scholarly writings and historical documents, from the pre-colonial era to the present
▪ research project: locate historical materials on Indiana agriculture and environment for a website featuring student projects
▪ 300-level course, 3 credit hours (S&H)
▪ C L320/Class 27296
▪ 11:15-12:30 Tu/Th Ed Basement of Collins
Feel free to contact the instructor,
Elizabeth Cafer du Plessis: ecafer@indiana.edu
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