All Courses
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FG240 Hip Hop and Feminism
Introduces students to Black, Third Wave, and Transnational feminist studies of hip hop music, fashion, dance, film, and other aspects of the culture. Pays particular attention to ways feminist scholars examine hip hop theories and politics concerning race, gender, sexuality, class, age, and other social, cultural, and political markers, especially the ways power and dominance are reproduced, revised, and resisted within the culture.
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CC101 Critical Inquiry Seminar: Knowledge, Identity, and Power
Investigates the dynamics and consequences of power, how power is mediated through identities, and the relationship of these issues to the representation and production of knowledge. Also examines the theories and methodologies constitutive of Feminist & Gender Studies, an interdisciplinary field that examines the historical, contemporary, and always changing relationships between power and markers of identity, such as gender, sexuality, race, class, nation, dis/ability, and citizenship. Informed by the legacies of the civil rights, student, labor, LGBTQ, and women’s movements, this course encourages reflection on student participation in institutions of power and privilege, as well as their role in affecting change.
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FG107 Critical Race Theory & the Law
Students considering majors in history, political science, pre-law, or the humanities will need to hone their critical thinking and analytical skills while developing a broad understanding of the complexities of government, history, and society. Designed for pre-college students, this course examines the deeply rooted interconnectedness between race and the law. Students will study the origins of Critical Race Theory (CRT), its major themes, such as liberalism, counter-storytelling, and intersectionality, and critiques of CRT, with a particular focus on political, legal, scholarly, and popular discourses.
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AH120 Global Architecture I: Pyramids to Cathedrals 3000 BCE-1400 CE
An introduction to the study of architecture that considers the relationships between monuments and the societies that produced them. We will survey the architecture and engineering of pre-industrial societies from a global perspective-- Egypt, China, India, the Americas, Greece, Rome, Islamic lands and the European Middle Ages as well as vernacular structures, how they expressed the values of their respective civilizations and how they were built. We will also consider contemporary attempts to understand and/or reproduce the technologies and building practices of the past.
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AH120 Global Architecture I: Pyramids to Cathedrals 3000 BCE-1400 CE
An introduction to the study of architecture that considers the relationships between monuments and the societies that produced them. We will survey the architecture and engineering of pre-industrial societies from a global perspective-- Egypt, China, India, the Americas, Greece, Rome, Islamic lands and the European Middle Ages as well as vernacular structures, how they expressed the values of their respective civilizations and how they were built. We will also consider contemporary attempts to understand and/or reproduce the technologies and building practices of the past.
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AH210 Islamic Art
This course is a general survey of the art and architecture of the classical Islamic lands, the Mediterranean and Near East, from 650 to 1700, although we will discuss later and contemporary art from Islamic lands as well. We will pay particular attention to the formation of Islamic art--how typical "Islamic" forms developed from the artistic vocabulary of the late antique Mediterranean and Persia. Architecture and manuscript painting will be emphasized, although metalwork, pottery, and textiles, so important in the Islamic tradition, will be considered as well. Throughout the course, we will compare Islamic achievements in architecture and painting to the contemporary traditions of western Europe.