Courses

Each student will serve as an intern in a public or private agency and complete an individual research project under the direction of the instructor.

A credit-bearing internship for students interested in pursuing applied knowledge in Asian American community organizations and American agencies serving these populations which is meant as a capstone for the AACS minor. The internships are accompanied by regular meetings with a faculty who will supervise the learning experiences and outcomes of the students.

This course is designed to give the student practical experience in environmental studies and may take a variety of forms, such as development and execution of a research project requiring collection of data in the field, or practical experience under special supervision in a public or non-profit institution carrying out environmental activities. Students will be assigned appropriate required reading.

This course is designed to give the student practical experience in labor issues and may take a variety of forms, such as development and execution of a research project requiring collection of data in the field, or practical experience in a labor union office or related institution under special supervision. Students will be assigned appropriate required reading. (May be repeated once for credit provided the project is different.) Permission of the program director is required.

Individual or group fieldwork with prior approval of the department. This course is repeatable with permission of the chair or political science internship director.

Students are assigned to work with host organizations such as: women's political organizations, battered women's shelters, welfare rights groups. Students prepare a formal document based on their experiences and readings.

Examination of film as a medium that has documented, and that has itself been part of some of the major social, cultural, and political transformations of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. With an equal emphasis on film analysis and history, the course begins with the birth of the medium in 1895 and its immediate challenge to the dominant Victorian ideology of both Europe and the United States.

Philosophical and cinematic analysis of significant films. Special stress given to ideological and mythic functions, narrative and visual styles, and the interaction of political, aesthetic, and semiological elements. Various specific topics such as American Depression-era films; imagination and insurrection; revolutionary cinema; films of the fifties; the politics of everyday life; film aesthetics. Consult the department for current offerings.

This course is a practical study in the fundamentals of music composition to accompany moving images in film and television. It includes the analysis of existing film music and the creation of original music based on given subjects. Issues covered include timing music to picture, interacting with production staff, and developing skills for working under deadlines. To be offered online or hybrid.

Advanced study of scoring to picture. Students will compose music to several short films. Students will prepare, organize, and run recording sessions to realize their works. To be offered in hybrid mode.