Courses

PRB LOG THRY

Creation of independent movies, programs, series, and other media within the current media business environment. Students will learn about researching and writing treatments, budgeting, and "pitching" projects in a professional manner. Additionally, students learn basics about legal issues in filmmaking, resume writing techniques, and the key practices of fundraising.

An exploration of different career options and of professional development. Understanding ethics and the professional Code of Ethics, and use critical thinking in examining ethical questions and make ethical decisions.

Use of media to influence public opinion in political and social campaigns. Media audiences and theories of attitude change.

Use of media to influence public opinion in political and social campaigns. Media audiences and theories of attitude change.

Readings in philosophy, ethics, history, and Biblical exegesis. Special attention to the works of Judah Ha-Levi, Maimonides, and Nahmanides.

Examination of the dynamics of urban-centered protest movements in the U.S., such as the labor movement, the African-American, feminist, and gay and lesbian civil rights movements, and the anti-Vietnam war, and pro-life and pro-choice movements through a combination of reading books about such movements and watching film footage featuring the activities of movements.

Examination of the dynamics of urban-centered protest movements in the U.S., such as the labor movement, the African-American, feminist, gay and lesbian civil rights movements, the anti-Vietnam war, and pro-life and pro-choice movements through a combination of reading books about such movements and watching film footage featuring the activities of movements.

An interdisciplinary introduction to some of the major historical and current concepts in psychoanalytic theory-e.g., the Oedipus complex, paranoia, projective identification-in conjunction with literary texts that may range from Greek tragedy to postmodern psychological fiction and drama, depending on the interest of the instructor.

This course examines the major theoretical movements in the field of psychological anthropology by surveying four major issues in the field: the relationship of phylogeny and ontogeny; motivation, personality, and mental illness; ethnopsychologies; and cognition. In all four, the central theme is the relationship of culture to behavior or thought.