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2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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ENME 360 - Vibrations (3.00)
Dynamic characteristics of machinery with emphasis on systems with single and multiple degrees of freedom.
Course ID: 54209
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must have completed ENME 220 and ENME 221 and ENME 303 and MATH 225 all with a grade of “C” or better.
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ENME 403 - Automatic Controls (3.00)
Hydraulic, electrical, mechanical and pneumatic automatic control systems; open and closed loops; steady-state and transient operations; stability criteria; linear and non-linear systems; and Laplace transforms.
Course ID: 54214
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must have completed ENME 360 and either CMPE 306 or ENEE 302 with a grade of “C”or better before you can take this course.
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ENME 405 - Energy Conversion Design (3.00)
Application of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and processes; design of engines, compressors, and heat exchangers; and energy and fuel-handling equipment.
Course ID: 54216
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must have completed ENME 321 with a grade of “C” or better.
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ENME 408 - Selected Topics in Engineering Design (3.00)
Three lecture periods per week. Creativity and innovation in design, generalized performance analysis, reliability and optimization as applied to the design of components and engineering systems, use of computers in design, and design of multivariable systems. Note: May be repeated for a maximum of nine credits with permission of advisor and allowed multiple enrollment in term.
Course ID: 54217
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: Biomaterials, Space Tech & Design, Biomechanics, Elements of Aerospace, Macromech of Composites, Baja SAE Project, Satellite Design, Spacecraft Systems Engineering
Requirement Group: You must have Senior standing in Mechanical Engineering and have a 2.0 or better GPA.
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ENME 409 - Mechanics of Deformable Solids (3.00)
Introduction to the mechanics of engineering materials in three dimensions, concepts of stress and strain, generalized Hooke’s law and equilibrium of solids. Modes of failure, including plasticity, stability, fatigue and fracture, will be treated. This course is repeatable for credit.
Course ID: 54218
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: Elasticity Theory & App, Adv Mech. Of Materials, Deformable Solids, Mech Of Deformable Sol, Mechanics Of Materials
Requirement Group: You must have completed ENME 220 with a grade of “C” or better before you can take this course.
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ENME 410 - Operations Research I (3.00)
Applications of linear programming queuing model, theory of games and competitive models to engineering problems. Recommended Preparation: Senior standing in mechanical engineering.
Course ID: 54219
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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ENME 412 - Mechanical Design for Manufacturing and Production (3.00)
Physical properties of materials and review of fundamental principles of product design. Various classes of engineering materials are characterized. Types of manufacturing processes that can be applied to the production of the design are discussed.
Course ID: 54221
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
Requirement Group: You must have Senior standing in Mechanical Engineering and have a 2.0 or better GPA.
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ENME 416 - Intermediate Thermodynamics (3.00)
Application of the first and second laws of thermo-dynamics in the analysis of basic heat engines, air compression and vapor cycles, and heat sources in fossil fuels and nuclear fuels.
Course ID: 54224
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must have completed ENME 217 with a grade of “C” or better.
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ENME 421 - Advanced Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer (3.00)
Introduction to analytical and numerical methods to solve heat transfer problems involving heat conduction and radiation processes. Recommended Preparation: ENME 321 .
Course ID: 100285
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must complete ENME 321 with a grade of C or better
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ENME 422 - Heat Transfer in Biological Systems (3.00)
This is a cross-listed course offered to upper level undergraduate students as a science elective, and regular graduate students. The course focuses on how heat transfer mechanisms and principles are applied to biological systems. It includes how to model heat transfer in tissue with blood perfusion, major experimental approaches for measuring thermal and physiological properties of tissue, as well as detailed description of various aspects of bioheat transfer analyses in hyperthermia treatment to kill tumor.
Course ID: 54225
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must complete ENME 321 with a grade of C or better
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ENME 423 - Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Design (3.00)
Topics will include heating and cooling load calculations; psychrometrics applied to HVAC design, thermodynamics of refrigeration, space air diffusion, piping and duct flow analysis, introduction to solar energy and indoor air quality.
Course ID: 54226
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must have completed ENME 321 and have Senior standing in Mechanical Engineering with a 2.0 or better GPA.
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ENME 425 - Internal Combustion Engines (3.00)
Fundamentals underlying the design and operation of internal combustion engines; aspects of fuels, lubricants, instrumentation, combustion and performance; and the causes and control of air pollution.
Course ID: 54228
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must have completed ENME 217 with a grade of “C” or better.
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ENME 432L - Fluids/Energy Laboratory (2.00)
Measurement of fluid properties, fluid forces and observation of flow phenomenon; demonstration of flow measurement techniques; and measurement of heat-transfer properties: conduction, convection and radiation; and condensation and evaporation measurements.
Course ID: 54230
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
Attributes: Course Fee = $50.00, Writing Intensive
Requirement Group: You must have completed ENME 320 and ENME 321 both with a grade of C or better.
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ENME 442 - Fluid Mechanics II (3.00)
Hydrodynamics with engineering applications, stream function and velocity potential, conformal transformations, pressure distributions, circulation, numerical methods and analogies.
Course ID: 54231
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: Must have completed ENME 320 with a grade of “C” or better and have Senior standing in Mechanical Engineering with a 2.0 or better GPA.
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ENME 444 - Mechanical Engineering Systems Design (3.00)
Two lectures and two laboratory periods per week. Design of components that form a complete working system; engineering economics, performance-cost studies, optimization, engineering design practice through case studies; and legal and ethical responsibility of the designer.
Course ID: 54232
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
Attributes: Course Fee = $50.00
Requirement Group: You must have completed all 300 level courses required in ENME with a grade of “C” or better.
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ENME 460 - Kinematics and Mechanism Design (3.00)
This course focuses on the kinematic analysis and mechanism design. Extensive kinematic concepts and theories including Gruebler’s mobility analysis, Grashof criteria, kinematic analysis and kinematic synthesis will be covered. These kinematic fundamentals will be applied to solve a real-world mechanism design problem. Students are assigned both an individual analysis project and a team design project and required to complete a design realization and technical report.
Course ID: 100282
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must have completed ENME 303 with a grade of “C” or better.
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ENME 461 - Dynamics II (3.00)
Linear and non-linear plane and three-dimensional motion, moving aces, LaGrange’s equation, Hamilton’s principle, nonlinear vibration, gyroscope and celestial mechanics.
Course ID: 54235
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must have completed ENME 360 with a grade of “C” or better.ENME 321
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ENME 462 - Introduction to Engineering Acoustics (3.00)
Study of the physical behavior of sound waves. Introduction to terminology and instrumentation used in acoustics. Criteria for noise and vibration control. Some fundamentals underlying noise control and applications to ventilation systems, machine and shop quieting, office buildings jet noise, transportation systems and underwater sound.
Course ID: 54236
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must have completed ENME 303 and ENME 320 and ENME 360 and MATH 225 all with a grade of C or better.
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ENME 463 - Mechanical Engineering Analysis (3.00)
Mathematical modeling of physical situations. Solution of problems expressed by partial differential equations. Application of Fourier series and integrals. Laplace transformation; Bessel functions; Legrendrepolynomials; and complex problems in mechanical vibrations, heat transfer, fluid mechanics and automatic control theory. Recommended Preparation: MATH 225
Course ID: 54237
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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ENME 464 - Machine Design II (3.00)
The study of stress and strain as applied to engineering problems, stress and strain from a three-dimensional point of view, theories of failure, residual stresses, dynamic loading, fatigue, environmental influence, temperature extremes and corrosive media. Case studies of design practices.
Course ID: 54238
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must have completed ENME 304 with a grade of “C” or better.
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ENME 465 - Introductory Fracture Mechanics (3.00)
An examination of the concepts of fracture in members with pre-existing flaws. Emphasis is primarily on the mechanics aspects with the development of the Griffith theory and the introduction of the stress intensity factor, K, associated with different types of cracks. Fracture phenomena are introduced together with critical values of the fracture toughness of materials. Testing procedures for characterizing materials together with applications of fracture mechanics to design are treated.
Course ID: 54239
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must have Senior standing in Mechanical Engineering and have a 2.0 or better GPA.
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ENME 471 - Computer Aided Finite Element Based Design (3.00)
This course introduces the method of finite elements as a tool for mechanical design. The concepts of geometry descritization and function interpolation are used in formulating the linear finite element equations. Various types of elements and general guidelines of finite element modeling are presented. The one-dimensional model is fully formulated, and aspects of nondimensional finite element modeling are presented. During the two-hour weekly labs, students are introduced to several finite element packages, such as the I-DEAS, ABAQUS and in-house DENDRO softwares. Emphasis is placed on the use of Integrated Design and Analysis Software (IDEAS), which is required for the completion of term design projects.
Course ID: 54241
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
Requirement Group: You must have Senior standing in Mechanical Engineering and have a 2.0 or better GPA.
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ENME 472 - Materials and Processes for Micro/Nanoscale Systems (MEMS) (3.00)
A fundamental course presenting key topics in materials and processing for the design and manufacture of micro and nano scale systems often called microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Students will focus on understanding materials and microfabrication technologies commonly employed in these small scale systems. Material properties, parameters and their relationship with microfabrication processes, length scale and applications are discussed with regards to elastic and inelastic deformation, fracture, residual stress, fatigue, creep, adhesion, and stiction. Case studies on devices for sensing and actuation applications will be addressed to connect the course topics. Recommended Preparation: ENME 301 , ENME 220
Course ID: 100286
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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ENME 473 - Mechanical Design of Electronic Systems (3.00)
Design considerations in the packaging of electronic systems. Production of circuitboards and design of electronic assemblies. Vibration, shock, fatigue and thermal considerations.
Course ID: 54242
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must have completed ENME 304 and ENME 321 and ENME 360 all with a grade of “C” or better.
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ENME 475 - Robotics (3.00)
Basic engineering principles in the design and analysis of robots. Industrial applications of robots, Kenematics, dynamics and control of robotic manipulators as well as grasping mechanics.
Course ID: 54243
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must have completed ENME 360 and either CMPE 306 or ENEE 302 and have senior standing in Mechanical Engineering with a 2.0 or better GPA.
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ENME 480 - Engineering Experimentation (3.00)
One lecture and two laboratory periods a week. Theory of experimentation. Applications of the principles of measurement and instrumentation systems to laboratory experimentation. Experiments in fluid mechanics, solid mechanics and energy conversion. Selected experiments or assigned projects to emphasize planned procedure, analysis and communication of results, analogous systems and leadership. Recommended Preparation: Senior standing in mechanical engineering.
Course ID: 54244
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
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ENME 482L - Vibrations/Controls Laboratory (2.00)
Methods and instrumentation for determining the vibration properties of mechanical systems. Various methods of spectral and modal analysis. Open-and closed-loop control experiments.
Course ID: 54245
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
Attributes: Course Fee = $50.00
Requirement Group: You must have completed ENME 360 and ENME 403 both with a grade of “C” or better.
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ENME 488 - Special Problems (3.00)
Advanced problems in mechanical engineering, with special emphasis on mathematical and experimental methods. This course is repeatable for credit. Recommended Preparation: Permission of department chairman and senior standing in mechanical engineering.
Course ID: 54246
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Independent Study Topics: Future of Aging Tech
Topics: Future of Aging Tech
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ENME 489 - Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering (3.00)
Selected topics of current importance in mechanical engineering. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 9 credits or 3 attempts. Recommended Preparation: Senior standing and permission of department. Note: May be repeated for a maximum of nine credits with permission of student’s advisor.
Course ID: 54247
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Topics: Top:Composite Matrl Dsgn, Sp Top: Biomed Engnrng, Top:Intro To Combustion, Top: Fluid Machinery, Top:Biofluids, Spec Topics In Mech Engr, Comp Aided Fe Design, Intro To Biomechanics, Digital And Analog Elect, Subsurface Hydrology, Project/Construction Mgt, Chem Of Natural Waters, Industrl Water Pollution, Mechatronics Sys Design, Prjct/Cnstrtn Plan&Sched, Macromech Of Composites, Materials And Proc Mems, Sensors & Instrument, Electric Energy Conv, Top: Engr Expert Systems, Advanced Energy Lab, Mechanics Of Composites, Mechtronics, Thermal/Fluid Sys Design, Spec Top In Mech Engin, Comp Subsurf Hydrol II, Intro Environmental Engr, Bioheat Transfer, Apld Comp Thrml Fluids, Space Tech & Design, Tpcs:Analog/Digital Me, Intro/Material Proc/Mems, Top: Mechatronics, Appl Of Finite Elements, Special Topics, Biomechanics, Behavior & Failure Mat, Cost & Optimization Engr, Spec Top: Biomaterials, Mechotronics, Composite Materials, Heat Transfer, Matrix Analysis, Advanced Concrete Struct, Research Special Topics, Biomaterials, Thermal Fluids, Electromag Energy Cnvrsn, Heat Trans In Biol Sys, Mech/Behavior/Materials, Spec Topics: Robotics, Electro-Mech Design, Topics In Mech Engr, Env Phy Land-Atmos Inter, Mech Behavior Mat, Advanced Materials, Water Supply Sewer Sys, Special Topics Mech Eng, Computational Fluid Dyn, Top: Finite Element Anly, Top:Biomechanical Engr, Top:Mechatronics, Engineering Economics, Ap Comp Therm/Fluid Mech, Thermal Dynamics, Into To Biomaterials, Storm Water Management, Adv Structural Dynamics, Composite Macromechanics, Topics:Turbo Machinery, Internal Combustion Eng, Comp Aided Manufacturing, Finite Element Design, Stress Waves And Shock, Mechatronics Sysm Design, Elements Of Aerospace, Top: Sae Mini-Baja Proj, Baja SAE Project, Kinematics & Mechanism Design, Adv Cond, Radiation Heat, Sp Top: Robotics, Top:Comp-Aided Design II, Top: Electrnc Syst Dsgn, Top: Noise Control Engr, Topic: Thermal Fluids, Top:Mech Of Comp Mater’l, Top:Robotic Systems, Modeling Physical System, Topics In Thermodynamics, Plasticity, Advanced Struct Dynamics, Industrial Air Pollution, Mechatronics System Dsgn, Microfluidics, Top:Intro Continuum Mech, Topic:Continuum Biomech, Computer Vision, Adv Materials Science, Elec Vehicle Sys Design, Topic In Mech Engr, Hazard Waste Site Rmdtn, Adv Concrete Structures, Advanced Biomaterials, Heat Tran Biological Sys, Macromechanics/Composite, Analog & Digital Electronics, Elementary Engineering, Ceramics, Fatigue of Materials and Structures, Global Engineering, Energy Sources for the Future, Advanced Vehicle Characterization, Medical Devices, Non-Linear Vibrations, Finite Element Theory, Advanced HVAC, Fund & Appl of Plasma Physics
Requirement Group: You must have completed all 300 level ENME courses with a grade of “C” or better and have senior standing with a 2.0 or better GPA.
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Media and Communication Studies |
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MCS 101 - Media Literacy (4.00)
This course is designed to help students critically engage with the media of communication, information, entertainment, and surveillance that surround us. Critical engagement includes understanding the history, political economy, and rhetorical power of these media. It also includes an introduction to the basic skills of multi-modal media production. Reading, writing, editing, composing, and publishing these traditional liberal arts skills are at the heart of this new media literacy, along with newer ones like remixing.
Course ID: 101777
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
Attributes: Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP)
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MCS 101L - Multimedia Literacy Lab (1.00)
This one-credit lab section will provide students with basic skills in digital media production. Students will receive hands-on training on a variety of software including Final Cut Express, Garage Band and Photoshop. In addition students will gain experience with digital still cameras, video cameras and audio recording equipment. On completing this course students will be able to self-publish multimedia content in various formats, including DVD and online video.
Course ID: 100224
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Laboratory
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MCS 222 - Introduction to Media & Communication Studies (3.00)
This course offers students an introduction to the critical perspectives and research methods that are central to the analysis of mass communication policy and programming, new media, interpersonal communication, and audience reception. The course will provide students the skills to design and apply a range of interdisciplinary concepts and methods to media analysis projects. Themes of the course will situate various forms of media within specific historical and cultural contexts.
Course ID: 51254
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: MCS 222H
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR)
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MCS 222H - Introduction to Media & Communication Studies (3.00)
This course offers students an introduction to the critical perspectives and research methods that are central to the analysis of mass communication policy and programming, new media, interpersonal communication, and audience reception. The course will provide students the skills to design and apply a range of interdisciplinary concepts and methods to media analysis projects. Themes of the course will situate various forms of media within specific historical and cultural contexts.
Course ID: 100348
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: MCS 222
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR)
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MCS 333 - History and Theory of Mass Communication and Media Studies (3.00)
This course will introduce students to the history of the discipline of mass communications and media studies, which have their origins in the sociology of “mass society” at the turn of the twentieth century in the US and Europe. The course will chart the shift from a “Mass Communications” approach emphasizing “media effects” approaches that merged in the 1970s as part of a larger shift in studies of human behavior and expressive culture. The course will consider the ways that changes in the technologies of communication, information, entertainment, and surveillance have helped to shape the paradigms under which scholars study audiences, messages, and culture. Further, the course will examine how these same changes have shaped the way producers think about and communicate with audiences.
Course ID: 55394
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must have completed MCS 222 with a C or better.
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MCS 334 - Media & Globalization (3.00)
This course is designed to help students to learn about the global flows of media images and the networks, capital, and people that shape and are shaped by them. Students will study a broad range of case studies and investigate new media practices that will help them to become critically aware of the relationships between global mass media and transnational cultural, political, and economic institutions. Students will also develop learn how to analyze media practices comparatively. Recommended Course Preparation: MCS 101 , MCS 222 , MCS 333
Course ID: 101813
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must complete MCS 101 or MCS 222 or MCS 333 with a grade of ‘C’ or better.
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MCS 355 - Social Media: Networking and Mobility. (3.00)
This course is designed to encourage students to critically engage with the growing role that social media, online networks, and mobile communication technologies play in their understanding of self and community, sociability and privacy. Students will reflect on the centrality of collaboration, networking, and participation in social media technologies. Assignments and readings will require students to interact with core questions surrounding the emergence of social media and the impact of living increasingly mediated lives. Special attention will be paid to the centrality of writing in a digital world, even as the platforms for composition, editing, and publication have changed.
Course ID: 101852
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Writing Intensive
Requirement Group: You must complete MCS 101 or MCS 222 with a C or better.
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MCS 370 - Special Topics in Media and Communication Studies (3.00)
A study of key concepts, skills, or themes in the areas of media and communication studies. Topics to be announced each semester offered. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits or 2 attempts. Recommended Preparation: MCS 222
Course ID: 55395
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: Facebook Culture, Special Topics In MCS, Desktop Publishing, Hip Hop Media and Culture, New Media Production and Theor, Television Production, Vampire Media and Culture, Media Ecology: Everyday Life in the Digital Age, Transcultural Studies in Global Television, Political Writing, The Avant-Garde at the Movies, MCS Production Fellows, Modern Public Relations, Media Ethnography, Race, Humor, & 90’s Television, Sports Production, Politics and Media
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MCS 377 - Desktop Publishing and the Web (3.00)
An introduction to desktop publishing on the Macintosh platform. The course will focus on the Adobe Design software. The course will aid students in solving design problems and developing skills in visual communication. Students will develop skills in vector and raster graphics and develop a website as well as become familiar with the use of the graphics in desktop publishing.
Course ID: 100014
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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MCS 388 - Modern Public Relations (3.00)
This course is designed to introduce students to the key skills and insights of public relations
engagement using traditional and social media in the non-profit, corporate and agency worlds. Students will examine real-life case studies and crisis communications strategies; analyze topical public relations issues; and review the industry’s code of ethics. Recommended Preparation:MCS 101 or MCS 222
Course ID: 102137
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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MCS 390 - Transcultural Studies in Global Television (3.00)
This course will study the concepts, institutions, distribution channels, production and marketing practices, products and audience reception of globally distributed television programming. Special emphasis will be placed on localization strategies, aesthetic conventions and genre traditions, notions of cultural proximity, and debates around hybridity and transculturality. Students enrolled in MLL 480 will be expected to have advanced foreign language proficiency and will be expected to examine foreign language television productions and discuss issues in the secondary literature in that language. MLL 480 students will need department consent to take the course. Recommended Course Preparation: MCS 333 .
Course ID: 100677
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: MLL 480
Requirement Group: You must have completed MCS 222 with a C or better.
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MCS 395 - Television Production Techniques I (3.00)
Development of skills pertaining to the operation of cameras, recorders, control consoles, lighting instruments and general operating procedures. Each student gains experience as a team member of on-campus TV productions.
Course ID: 52388
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: ART 395
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MCS 400 - Independent Projects in Media and Communication Studies (1.00 - 6.00)
Independent projects are designed and the number of credits determined by individual students in consultation with an advisor or instructor. Variable credit course repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits.
Course ID: 55396
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Independent Study
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MCS 404 - Internship (3.00)
For students interested in an introductory internship experience. Students are expected to commit 40 hours a semester per credit. For example, for three credits, the expectation would be 120 hours of field work. The internship allows students to apply academic concepts and ideas to a work environment. Interested participants must see a Media and Communication Studies faculty member before registering. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits or 2 attempts. Recommended Preparation: Permission of instructor
Course ID: 55397
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Independent Study
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MCS 484 - Media Production Fellows (3.00)
This selective seminar style course will provide students with an advanced applied experience in video field production. Working as part of a production team, students will in create a professional quality video focusing on topics drawn from communities in the Baltimore area. While refining skills in pre-production research, field production and postproduction, students will gain experience in community engagement and in working with local informants as collaborators in telling their story.
Course ID: 102151
Consent: No Special Permission Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must completeMCS 395 or MLL 495
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MCS 499 - Capstone Senior Seminar (3.00)
The Capstone Experience Seminar encourages students to integrate the subject matter and interdisciplinary methods of the major by focusing on a significant problem in the study media and communications studies. Emphasis is placed upon the involvement of students in both the process and content of cultural analysis and interpretation. Importantly, the form that students” projects take may be either traditional research paper or a new media production, for example a digital story telling project. Recommended Preparation: MCS 222 , MCS 333
Course ID: 55398
Consent: Departmental consent
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group:You must complete MCS 333 with a C or better.
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Modern Languages & Linguistics |
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MLL 190 - The World of Language I (3.00)
Language as a distinctive characteristic of the human species. In this course, we examine the structure of both written and spoken forms of language across cultures, comparing them with animal communication and human gestural systems. We explore language’s neurological basis, theories of origin, and first-and second-language learning.
Course ID: 50095
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: MLL 190H
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR)
Same as Offered: ENGL 190 , LING 190
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MLL 191 - The World of Language II (3.00)
Language as both a reflection and a determiner of social relationships. In this course, we examine the varying idioms of the scientist, the politician, the media, the poet, the child and the magician, and we investigate how language changes and how it marks social groups. Communication strategies and social taboos reflected in language are discussed for various cultures. Although this course continues work begun in The World of Language I, it is designed so that students can easily enter MLL 191 without having taken MLL 190 .
Course ID: 50073
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
Same as Offered: ENGL 191 , LING 191
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MLL 205 - Great Books from the French-Speaking World (3.00)
The course will examine the culture of the French-speaking world as reflected in the works of such writers as Chretien de Troyes and Marie de France (medieval romances); Rabelais and Montaigne (Renaissance); Racine, Moliere (17th century); Rousseau, Voltaire (18th century); Balzac, Hugo, Sand, Flaubert (19th century); Proust, Sartre, Beauvoir, Césaire, Hébert (20th century). Taught in English. No French required.
Course ID: 55418
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
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MLL 206 - Great Books from the German-Speaking World (3.00)
The course will focus on the culture of the German-speaking world, as reflected in the works of such writers as Goethe, Schiller, Heine, Kleist, Brecht, Boll, Seghers, Grass and Wolf. Taught in English. No German required.
Course ID: 55419
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GFR)
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MLL 207 - Great Books from Russia and the Soviet Union (3.00)
This course will focus on cultural issues in Russian and Soviet literature, as reflected in major works of Gogol, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Mayakovsky, Babel, Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva and Solzhenitsyn, among others. Taught in English. No Russian required.
Course ID: 55420
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GFR)
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MLL 208 - Great Books from the Spanish Speaking World (3.00)
An introduction to literary traditions and cultural diversity of Spain and Spanish America through great literary works in translation. Readings (primarily narrative fiction) selected from works of such representative authors as Santa Teresa, Miguel de Cervantes, Benito Perez Galdos, Miguel de Unamuno, Jorge Luis Borges, Ana Maria Matute and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Taught in English. No Spanish required.
Course ID: 55421
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GFR)
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MLL 209 - Great Books from Italy (3.00)
An introduction to literary and cultural traditions of Italy through an examination of works by Italian authors. Readings, including fiction, drama, essay and poetic narrative, to include selected works from such representative authors as St. Francis, Marco Polo, Dante Alighieri, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Cellini, Goldoni, Casanova, Manzoni, Pirandello, Pavese and Calvino. Taught in English. No Italian required.
Course ID: 55422
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
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MLL 210 - Africa: Culture and Development (3.00)
This course provides a general introduction to Africa. It is designed to survey its peoples, languages, cultures, societies and development. An emphasis is placed on how language and development are interrelated. Modules are offered to students to build on their special interests in the continent.
Course ID: 50005
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
Same as Offered: AFST 213
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MLL 211 - Postwar West European Cinema (3.00)
Introduction to the major schools of post-war Western European cinema, including Italian neorealism, the new Italian cinema, the French new wave and the new German cinema. Taught in English.
Course ID: 55424
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GFR)
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MLL 212 - East European Cinema (3.00)
Introduction to the major schools of Eastern European cinema, including classical and contemporary Soviet cinema, the Polish school and the Czech new wave. Taught in English.
Course ID: 55425
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GFR)
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MLL 213 - Film and Society in Spain (3.00)
An examination of recent Spanish films and of social questions they reflect and address. Taught in English. No knowledge of Spanish is required.
Course ID: 55426
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
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MLL 214 - The New German Cinema (3.00)
A study of the new German cinema, its culture, background and works by internationally acclaimed directors Alexander Kluge, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders and Margarethe von Trotta. Taught in English.
Course ID: 55427
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GFR)
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MLL 215 - French Film Classics (3.00)
An introduction to the classic films of French cinema in the context of French culture and society. Representative directors include Vigo, Clair, Carne, Renoir, Truffaut, Godard, Rohmer, Chabrol and Malle. Taught in English. No knowledge of French required.
Course ID: 55428
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
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MLL 216 - Classics in German Cinema (3.00)
Study of the major works of German cinema, from the beginnings to the present, as reflections of German culture. Taught in English. Knowledge of German is not required.
Course ID: 55429
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
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MLL 217 - Classics in Russian Film (3.00)
An examination of masterworks of Soviet cinema and the social and political context they reflect and address. Taught in English. Knowledge of Russian is not required.
Course ID: 55430
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GFR)
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MLL 218 - Film and Society in Latin America (3.00)
An examination of recent Latin-American films and of social questions they reflect and address. Taught in English. Knowledge of Spanish is not required.
Course ID: 55431
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
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MLL 219 - Contemporary French Cinema (3.00)
Contemporary French cinema is an introduction to popular French films of the last 25 years. It charts recent developments in all genres of French cinema. Reflecting the diversity of French film production since the new wave, this course will examine a variety of genres from the thriller to the war movie alongside the cinema du look and the work of women filmmakers. Directors will include Luc Besson, Jean-Jacques Beinex, Claude Berri, Yves Robert, Diane Kurys, Agnes Varda, Maurice Pialat, Jean-Marie Poiret and Coline Serreau. Taught in English. No knowledge of French required. This course is repeatable for credit.
Course ID: 55432
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: Contemp French Cinema, Images Of Society
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
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MLL 220 - Film and Society in China (3.00)
This course introduces students to Chinese society during the last hundred years through the viewing and analysis of major films from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Taught in English. No knowledge of Chinese required.
Course ID: 55433
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
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MLL 225 - Iranian Cultures (3.00)
The course will address the general concept of culture in the context of social, intellectual, artistic, spiritual, and everyday systems defining Iranian life. Students will read from several books, listen to Persian music, view Iranian movies, taste the cuisine, read translated poetry books, and learn conversational Persian language. They will also examine Iranian magazines and newspapers and will benefit from discussions. The course will broaden their understanding of culture in general, and Iranian culture in particular.
Course ID: 55435
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GFR)
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MLL 230 - World Language Communities (3.00)
A course designed to expand the cultural awareness of students by introducing them to the study of language in a broad context of historical, political and social issues. Special emphasis is placed on the question of bi- or multi-lingual states and on the explosiveness of the language issue in many regions. Taught in English.
Course ID: 50198
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
Same as Offered: LING 230
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MLL 231 - Introduction to World Literature I (3.00)
An introduction to major works in world literature from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
Course ID: 50055
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GFR)
Same as Offered: CPLT 231, ENGL 231
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MLL 232 - Introduction to World Literature II (3.00)
An introduction to major works in world literature from the late Renaissance to the present.
Course ID: 50057
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GFR)
Same as Offered: CPLT 232, ENGL 232
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MLL 234 - Culture and Values through Art I (3.00)
This interdisciplinary course examines the early heritage of today’s multicultural world from a global perspective. It explores world views and cultural values through art as the medium of communication. Social beliefs, values and art from cultures of Asia, Africa, the Native Americas, the Islamic world and Europe from 50,000 B.C.E. to 1400 C.E. are traced comparatively, including their overlays, convergences and separate developments. Students collaborate in research and participate in experiential exercises relating course content to issues of cultural identity, cultural awareness, globalization and pluralistic societies. Notes: May be taken independently from Part II.
Course ID: 55436
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: MLL 234H
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
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MLL 235 - Culture and Values through Art II (3.00)
This interdisciplinary course examines the heritage of today’s multicultural world from a global perspective. The course explores the world views, values and art from cultures of Asia, Africa, the Native Americas, the Islamic World, Europe and the United States from the 14th to the 20th centuries. Students collaborate in research and participate in experiential exercises relating course content to issues of cultural identity, cultural awareness, globalization and pluralistic societies. Notes: May be taken independently from Part I.
Course ID: 55438
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: MLL 235H
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
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MLL 240 - Project in Cultural Sustainability (3.00)
This course has been designed to help UMBC students acquire the cultural literacy and develop the tools they will need to face the challenges of globalization. Adopting an intercultural approach, it will examine the ongoing impact of the Western value system on the world. In response, students will learn how to analyze the impact of globalization on local communities and consider alternatives. They will also develop the social entrepreneurship skills needed to position themselves as agents of social change. Because local community involvement is an important element in the development of cultural diversity, heritage, and a deeper appreciation of life values, students in the course will generate a community information web site reflecting the values of sustainability.
Course ID: 100203
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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MLL 250 - Introduction to the French-speaking World (3.00)
A historical and cultural presentation of societies in which French plays a major role, including France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec, North and West Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. The points of view of French speakers from around the world will be on such themes as political and cultural conflict, literary creativity and music. Readings and discussions are in English.
Course ID: 55441
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
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MLL 255 - Intercultural Paris (3.00)
This culture course aims to introduce students to the field of French studies by examining France’s capital city in both historical and contemporary contexts and the numerous, marginalized, and multicultural populations it has been home to: women, gays and lesbians, North-and Western African immigrants, Jews, and undocumented workers. The course adopts an interdisciplinary approach informed by cultural studies, history, anthropology, linguistics, urban studies, and gender and women’s studies.
Course ID: 100973
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: GWST 255
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MLL 261 - German Ethnic and Cultural Identity (3.00)
This course will study the cultural identity of the German-speaking world, including Europe, as well as German groups in North America, Latin America and Africa, as manifested in writing, music and other forms of cultural expression
Course ID: 55442
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
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MLL 270 - Introduction to Russian Culture and Civilization (3.00)
An introductory survey of Russian cultural achievements from the 10th century to the revolution of 1917. Topics include religion, art, architecture, music, literature and folklore. Readings and discussions in English.
Course ID: 50192
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
Same as Offered: RUSS 270
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MLL 271 - Introduction to Modern Russian Civilization and Culture (3.00)
An introductory survey of Russian civilization from 1917 through the revolutionary period and Stalinism to dissidence, glasnost and the present. Topics include literature, art, music, social values and intellectual expression. Readings and discussions in English.
Course ID: 50206
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
Same as Offered: RUSS 271
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MLL 280 - Introduction to the Spanish-Speaking World (3.00)
A historical overview and cultural analysis of societies in which Spanish is the dominant language, including Spain, Latin America and Hispanic communities in the United States. Intended primarily to provide greater insights into the realities experienced by speakers of Spanish.
Course ID: 55444
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
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MLL 288 - Information Technology in Foreign Languages (3.00)
This course is designed to familiarize students with technological resources in foreign languages and to prepare them in the effective use of technology approaches and technology-based resources. Activities will include assessing and using software with foreign language capabilities, mastering general Internet tools (File Transfer Protocol, listservs, news groups, etc.), accessing electronic library resources, conducting effective searches on the Web, including the retrieval of text files and images with particular attention to copyright issues. Participants will have the opportunity to develop and/or expand the knowledge base and skills inherent to information technology and indispensable to learning and practicing a foreign language today. Recommended Preparation: Word-processing skills/e-mail on the UMBC system
Course ID: 55445
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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MLL 299 - MLLI Experiential Learning (1.00 - 2.00)
Independent, individualized language and cultural study (such as participation in Intercultural Learning Exchange activities) in an area determined by the student’s particular needs. May be repeated for up to 8 credits.
Course ID: 101767
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Independent Study
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MLL 300 - Selected Topics in Modern Languages and Linguistics (3.00)
Course ID: 55446
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: Early Chinese Poetry and Prose
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MLL 301 - Textual Analysis: Words, Images, Music (3.00)
This course introduces techniques of analytical reading and reader response that apply to a broad range of texts, including verbal, visual, musical and multi-media, such as cinematic and electronic discourse. Students interact with various forms of communication from popular and high culture by examining their structural and stylistic/aesthetic properties; the cultural assumptions and values that they convey; and the texts’ performative effects on emotions, action and thought. Emphasized are the properties of texts that make them effective, pleasing or dangerous and the social context of communication. Recommended Preparation: MLL 190 , MLL 191 or another linguistics course
Course ID: 55447
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR)
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MLL 305 - Introduction to Intercultural Communication (3.00)
This interdisciplinary course introduces students to the basic issues of intercultural communication and acquaints them with the fundamentals of intercultural training. Drawing on linguistic theory, anthropological definitions of culture and ethnicity, and extensive case studies, the course begins with a discussion of the nature and function of verbal and nonverbal communication in multicultural settings. The second part of the course examines the ways in which conflicts may arise between cultures and explores the development of intercultural competence and the resolution of cultural conflicts via intercultural training. Recommended Preparation: Junior standing or prior study in anthropology, linguistics or a related discipline
Course ID: 55449
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: MLL 305H
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
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MLL 306 - Intercultural Communication: Issues Confronting Immigrant and Heritage Communities (4.00)
Immigration and social adjustment to a new environment could be analyzed from different theoretical perspectives. By doing service learning, students will learn to combine the analysis of immigration and the perspective of intercultural communication. Difficulties in the process of adjustment faced by new immigrants and other members of local heritage communities in the Maryland/D.C. region will allow students to explore ways in which the development of intercultural competence can help resolve cultural conflicts in a multicultural society. Guest speakers from local immigrant/heritage communities will be invited to participate in the seminars. The course will entail spending three hours per week in immigrant/heritage communities doing service learning related to intercultural communication. Recommended Preparation: A language course above the 201 level, or MLL 305 , or permission
Course ID: 55451
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GFR)
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MLL 310 - Intercultural Studies of International Film (3.00)
Major international cinematic trends from the earliest periods to the contemporary era. Emphasis on the feature film in the context of national cinemas and intercultural communication. Topic to be announced each semester offered. Taught in English. Note: May be repeated for credit.
Course ID: 55452
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Discussion, Lecture
Topics: St:Women In Europn Film, Stds:E.European Cinema, International Film, Stds: New German Cinema, Stds: E European Cinema, Stds:Postwar W Europ Cin, Stds:International Film, Classics German Cinema, West African Cinema, Stds International Films, Gay And Lesbian Cinema, Top:Films Of Fritz Lang, Caribbean Film, Stds:Ethnographic Films, Stds:Classics Germn Cin, The New German Cinema, Postwar West Eur Cinema, Flms/Revolutn & Soc Chng
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
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MLL 311 - Introduction to Korean Culture (3.00)
This course introduces students to Korean culture. It will help students understand the values, attitudes and norms that constitute Korean culture and lead students to get the feel of the dynamic vitality of Korean culture. The course will broaden their understanding of culture in general, and Korean culture in particular. Taught in English. Knowledge of Korean is not required. Recommended Preparation: MLL 190 , MLL 191 , MLL 230 , or MLL 301 .
Course ID: 100432
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP)
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MLL 313 - Images of Society in Contemporary Spanish Films (3.00)
Course ID: 55455
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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MLL 315 - Images of Society in Contemporary Korean Films (3.00)
Study of major works of Korean cinema, encompassing a range of genres and styles. Emphasis on the film as an art form and a mirror of society. Taught in English. No knowledge of Korean required. Recommended Preparation: MLL 190 , MLL 191 , MLL 230 , or MLL 301 .
Course ID: 100433
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP)
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MLL 317 - Images of Society in Contemporary Japanese Films (3.00)
This course examines various contemporary Japanese films by focusing on the relationship between the films and Japanese culture and society. It includes diverse genres and styles to enhance students’ critical thinking skills. Taught in English. No Knowledge of Japanese required. Recommended Preparation: MLL 190 ,MLL 191 , MLL 230 , or MLL 301 .
Course ID: 55434
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GFR)
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MLL 319 - Images of Society in Contemporary French Films (3.00)
An examination of outstanding films from the Francophone world, encompassing a range of genres and styles and reflecting the diversity of French film production. Emphasis on the film as an art form and a mirror of society. Taught in English. No knowledge of French required. Recommended Preparation: Junior/senior standing
Course ID: 55457
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
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MLL 320 - International Feminist Filmmakers (3.00)
This course uses a feminist film studies lens to analyze transnational documentary and feature films. Drawing on feminist, documentary, and postcolonial film theory, students will gain the necessary skills to critically analyze representations of gender, race, class, nationality, and sexuality in transnational film. We will examine the politics of gender in films produced in the West and the Global South and we will assess the flows between “first world” and “third world” cinematic traditions.
Course ID: 50105
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR)
Same as Offered: GWST 320
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MLL 321 - Jewish Writing in World Literature (3.00)
This course will study the development of modern Jewish writing from its beginnings in the Yiddish works of Eastern Europe through its diasporic extension into Western Europe, North Africa, Latin America, North America and Israel. Special attention will be given to the analysis of Jewish humor, in literature as well as other cultural forms, from the novels of Sholom Aleichem to the films of Woody Allen. Jewish literary responses to the Holocaust also will be discussed. The course will emphasize the cross-cultural nature of Jewish diasporic writing in its attachment both to common Jewish traditions and to diverse national, historical, geographical and linguistic contexts.
Course ID: 50179
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
Same as Offered: JDST 321
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MLL 322 - Gender, Race, and Media (3.00)
In this course, we define media and analyze intersecting formations of gender, race, class, and sexuality, as produced through a range of media genres and forms. These include, but are not limited to, advertisements and commercials, television and film, music and music videos, visual arts, and digital visual cultures. We interrogate media as powerful, pervasive sites where dynamic relations between dominant representations and resistant subject formations are staged. As consumers and producers of media, we learn to articulate the entanglement of social justice concerns, politics, and cultural and economic resources. We practice tools of critical reading and thinking, such as textual analysis, visual discourse analysis, and the basics of media literacy. Recommended Preparation: GWST 100 and (200 or 210).
Course ID: 50004
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR)
Same as Offered: AFST 347 , GWST 322
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MLL 323 - Modern Hebrew Literature (3.00)
A survey of various forms of Hebrew literature in English translation from throughout the world since the 19th century. In addition, modern Hebrew literature is compared to, and contrasted with, pre-modern Hebrew literature and Yiddish literature. Recommended Preparation: An English or world literature course in any language at the 200 level or above or consent from the instructor
Course ID: 50178
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
Same as Offered: JDST 323
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MLL 324 - World Language Issues (3.00)
The course examines the consequences of socio-linguistic heterogeneity in multi-cultural societies through an examination of topics such as the parameters of language variation; the relationship between indigenous, colonial and immigrant languages; language attitudes; and language planning. Students will use these concepts to work toward the resolution of language-based conflicts in a required written research project. Students may register for either MLL 230 or MLL 324. Recommended Preparation: Junior standing
Course ID: 55459
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GFR)
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MLL 325 - Ethnic Minorities (3.00)
An introduction to language minority groups in the United States and the factors that have helped shape our linguistic environment. The class studies many related issues, such as ethnicity, immigration, settlement patterns, language maintenance efforts and language policies in government and education.
Course ID: 55460
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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MLL 326 - Literature and Social Change (3.00)
A study of social problems and different visions of social change reflected in the literature of various nationalities and groups. Taught in English.
Course ID: 55461
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GFR)
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MLL 327 - Modern Japanese Culture (3.00)
This course examines modern Japanese culture, including family structure, daily life, regional variations, interpersonal and intercultural communication, education from nursery school to college, the traditional arts still practiced in modern Japan and the development of popular youth culture. Students will deepen their understanding through cross-cultural role playing, hands-on experience with the arts and field trips. The course is taught in English. Recommended Preparation: Junior standing
Course ID: 55462
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GFR)
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MLL 328 - Traditional Chinese Fiction and Drama (3.00)
A survey of representative Chinese short stories, novels and plays from the third to the 19th centuries. Focus is placed on the study of T’ang, Sung, Ming dynasty novels and Yuan dynasty drama. The course is taught in English. No knowledge of Chinese required. This course is repeatable for credit.
Course ID: 55463
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
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MLL 329 - Early and Medieval Chinese Literature (3.00)
This course is an introduction to important works of the classical literary tradition of China from the Zhou Dynasty (1045-221 BCE) through the Northern Song dynasty (976-1127 CE). In a chronological survey of the important writers of the early and medieval periods, the course tackles some fundamental questions of the Chinese literary tradition, including the meanings of the word that came to mean literary writing, wen, and the place of wen in traditional Chinese culture; which genres of writing became the most prominent in the early tradition, and why; and the ways in which the scope of Chinese literature broaden and changed. The course is taught in English, with no knowledge of Chinese language required. Recommended Course Preparation: MLL301 or ASIA100 or HIST103 (any one of these three)
Course ID: 101848
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must complete MLL 301 or ASIA 100 or HIST 103
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MLL 330 - Theatre in Modern Languages (3.00)
The rehearsal and performance in modern languages of a full-length play (or several shorter works). Students participate as actors and/or assist in tasks of production. They also investigate areas pertinent to the play, such as the life and work of the playwright, historical and cultural milieu depicted, and theories and techniques of staging. Recommended Preparation: A language course at the 202-level or permission of instructor. Notes: May be repeated for credit with permission of the instructor.
Course ID: 55464
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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MLL 332 - Topics in German Culture (3.00)
This course will focus on a broad spectrum of topics (events, movements, and individual thinkers) that have shaped German intellectual thought throughout Germany’s history. Students will be introduced to concepts that have had a lasting impact and are essential for a true understanding of German culture. Topics will be announced each semester offered. Readings and discussion in English. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 12 credits.
Course ID: 55465
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: Topics In German Culture, Frankfurt School, Heimat In Germ Culture, Cult Thought 18Th/19Th, Contemporary Film and Society in Germany, Multicultural Germany, German Culture through Film
Attributes: Culture (GFR)
Requirement Group: Your academic level must be junior to enroll.
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