Arts Courses

Black Culture in the United States
Course ID Number: AAAS202
Credit Only Grants for: AASP202 or AAAS202
GenEd: DSHS, DVUP
The course examines important aspects of African American life and thought which are reflected in African American literature, drama, music and art. Beginning with the cultural heritage of slavery, the course surveys the changing modes of Black creative expression from the 19th-century to the present.

African-American Literature and Culture
Course ID Number: AAAS234
Cross-listed: ENGL234
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL234, AAAS234 or AASP298L
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
An exploration of the stories black authors tell about themselves, their communities, and the nation as informed by time and place, gender, sexuality, and class. African American perspective themes such as art, childhood, sexuality, marriage, alienation and mortality, as well as representations of slavery, Reconstruction, racial violence and the Nadir, legalized racism and segregation, black patriotism and black ex-patriots, the optimism of integration, and the prospects of a post-racial America.

Selected Topics in the African Diaspora; Menace 2 Society: Structural Racism in Nihilistic Urban and Brown Films
Course ID Number: AAAS398W
Cross-listed (if applicable): AMST328V and USLT398B
Credit Only Grants for (If applicable): AAAS398W, AMST328V, or USLT398B

"Through The Wire": The Politics and Policies of a Chocolate City
Course ID Number: AAAS415
Credit Only Grants for: AAAS415 or GVPT368W
We will use the HBO television series, The Wire, as a thread to integrate topics that form the basis of a thorough understanding of urban politics. Each week will have a different thematic focus - i.e., community development, inequality, crime, incarceration, policing, labor, education, and racial relations - and will couple scholarly work with in-class discussions to examine the social and political dynamics that emerge in the series. All of the assignments work together to expose students to social science, how social science is conducted, and how political science can help us better understand the world around us.

Asian Americans and Media
Course ID Number: AAST351
Credit Only Grants for: AAST351, AAST398M or AAST398N
GenEd (if applicable): DSSP, DVUP
From yellow peril invaders to model minority allies, Asian Americans have crafted their own dynamic cultural expressions in a number of media from film, television, and music to fashion, sports, and food that reveal and contest the contradictions of the U.S. nation-state. Asian American culture also uniquely sits at the nexus of immigration flows and digital technologies, providing a transnational lens to view the US place in the world. This advanced course, then, will introduce students to the study and practice of Asian American culture as multiple , hybrid, and heterogeneous. It will do so through three sections: section one will introduce students to classical, cultural, and media concepts as well as relevant keywords outlined by Asian American Studies scholars; section two will review the work of Asian American cultural theorists; section three will focus on analyses of particular Asian American cultural productions. In doing so, students will gain an understanding of the shifting and interlocking tensions among the local, the national, and the global that form the cultural geographies of Asian America.

Asian Americans in Film
Course ID Number: AAST355
Cross-listed: AMST328W
Credit Only Grants for: AAST355, AAST398L or AMST328W
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Explores how Asian Americans have historically been represented in the U.S. by Hollywood, and in turn, how independent and Hollywood Asian American filmmakers have represented themselves. It covers the history of racial, gendered, and sexualized representations of Asian Americans in Hollywood, as well as Asian American filmic responses within and outside Hollywood. It also introduces how four basic tools of film analysis mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound work together to create meaning in moving images. It examines how these elements are put together in three different types of films by Asian American filmmakers: narrative, documentary, and experimental. How films function in society to circulate ideas that reproduce and challenge stereotypes about Asian Americans.

Selected Topics in Asian American Studies; Queer Asian American Literature
Course ID Number: AAST398W
Cross-listed: ENGL359I and LGBT359J
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL359I, AAST398W or LGBT359J

South Asian American Literature and Culture
Course ID Number: AAST440
Credit Only Grants for: AAST440 or AAST498W
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Examines writing by South Asian American authors and authors writing about South Asian American issues. It explores major South Asian diaspora themes, considering how migration, war, the events of 9/11, global capitalism, and the changing socio-political and racial scene have affected South Asians in the United States. We will use a transnational approach to consider how writers and filmmakers explore gender, class, religious, caste, and other differences amongst South Asian Americans. We will also examine the place of South Asian Americans in relation to other Asian American populations. We will consider how South Asian American texts disrupt traditional literary classifications based on national identities by reflecting the complex global conditions, imperialistic and capitalistic expansion, and interconnectedness of peoples, nations, and cultures that have transformed American literature and conceptions of American identity.

Film and American Culture Studies
Course ID Number: AMST204
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Exploration of the American film from a historical perspective, illustrating the motion picture's role as an institutional phenomenon, as a form of communication, and as a source of cross-cultural study.

U.S. Latinx Literature and Culture
Course ID Number: AMST298Q
Cross-listed: ENGL235
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL235 or AMST298Q
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Examines the poetry, prose, and theater of Latinx communities in the United States from their origins in the Spanish colonization of North America to their ongoing development in the 21st century. Considers how authors use literary form to gain insight into human experience, including mortality, religious belief, gender and sexuality, war and peace, family, language use, scientific inquiry, cultural tradition, ecology, and labor. Also studies how Latinx literary traditions have shaped and been shaped by broader currents in American literature, as well as what connections exist between Latinx literature and social and artistic developments in other parts of the world, particularly Latin America and the Caribbean. Authors may include Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Eulalia Perez, Juan Nepomuceno Seguin, Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Jose Marti, Arthur A. Schomburg, Jesus Colon, Julia de Burgos, Cesar Chavez, Ariel Dorfman, Gloria Anzaldua, Junot Diaz, and Cristina Garcia.

(Dis)ability in American Film
Course ID Number: AMST320
Credit Only Grants for: AMST320 or AMST328X
GenEd: DSHU or DSSP, DVUP
Explores the connection between film and disability through an analysis of independent and mainstream American films in various film genres. Specifically, we will consider how these film representations reflect and/or challenge the shifting social perspectives of disability over the 20th and 21st centuries. Beginning with the presentation of disability as theatrical spectacle in the traveling sideshow and early cinema, we will work our way through film history to develop an understanding of our society's complicated relationship with disability.

Perspectives on Identity and Culture; Menace 2 Society: Structural Racism in Nihilistic Urban and Brown Films
Course ID Number: AMST328V
Cross-listed: AAAS398W and USLT398B
Credit Only Grants for: AAAS398W, AMST328V, or USLT398B

Asian Americans in Film
Course ID Number: AMST328W
Cross-listed: AAST355
Credit Only Grants for: AAST355, AAST398L or AMST328W
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Explores how Asian Americans have historically been represented in the U.S. by Hollywood, and in turn, how independent and Hollywood Asian American filmmakers have represented themselves. It covers the history of racial, gendered, and sexualized representations of Asian Americans in Hollywood, as well as Asian American filmic responses within and outside Hollywood. It also introduces how four basic tools of film analysis mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound work together to create meaning in moving images. It examines how these elements are put together in three different types of films by Asian American filmmakers: narrative, documentary, and experimental. How films function in society to circulate ideas that reproduce and challenge stereotypes about Asian Americans.

Introduction to Museum Scholarship
Course ID Number: AMST655
Cross-listed: ANTH655, HIST610, INST653
Credit Only Grants for: AMST655, ANTH655, HIST610, INST728T or INST653
Provides students a basic understanding of museums as cultural and intellectual institutions. Topics include the historical development of museums, museums as resources for scholarly study, and the museum exhibition as medium for presentation of scholarship.

Anthropology of Cultural Heritage
Course ID Number: ANTH464
Credit Only Grants for: ANTH469T, ANTH689T, ANTH464, ANTH664
A global exploration of how the past is remade in the present. Covers the breadth of scope and specific interventions of heritage practice at the global scale, including the social, political, economic, and ethical dimensions of cultural heritage.

Introduction to Museum Scholarship
Course ID Number: ANTH655
Cross-listed: AMST655, HIST610, INST653
Credit Only Grants for: AMST655, ANTH655, HIST610, INST728T or INST653
Provides students a basic understanding of museums as cultural and intellectual institutions. Topics include the historical development of museums, museums as resources for scholarly study, and the museum exhibition as medium for presentation of scholarship.

Special Topics in Arabic Studies; Beyond the Arabian Nights: Popular Culture in Middle Eastern History
Course ID Number: ARAB499O
Cross-listed: HIST429I
Credit Only Grants for: ARAB499O or HIST429I
Explores storytelling, theater, epics, poetry, and other aspects of popular culture in the Middle East from the rise of Islam to today. Students will examine the connections between cultural production, social class, literacy, religion, and ethnicity in the Arabic-speaking world and will study the communicative and creative modes that people have used to entertain, educate, and preserve their history.

Design Thinking and Architecture
Course ID Number: ARCH170
GenEd: DSHU
Examines conceptual, perceptual, behavioral, and technical aspects of the built environment, and methods of analysis, problem-solving, and design implementation.

History of World Architecture II
Course ID Number: ARCH226
GenEd: DSHU
Post-1500 - History of Architecture survey course - History of Architecture structured to develop critical thinking and visually literacy with regard to the worldwide legacy of design thinking and building innovation in architecture

Intro to Creative Placemaking: Practices & Principles
Course ID Number: ARCH350
Credit Only Grants for: ARCH458 or ARCH350
This case-study based seminar introduces students to Creative Placemaking as a practice that leverages the power of the arts, culture, and design to support equitable, vibrant, and sustainable communities. Students analyze Creative Placemaking initiatives that elevate our shared humanity and address critical challenges, such as conversations about racial injustice, inequitable development, climate change or celebrations of the diverse communities and cultures around us. Such projects enable us to consider and imagine ethical development practices, especially in underserved and historically marginalized neighborhoods. Based on participation in creative placemaking and presentations from practitioners, they will capture the ways that artists and designers in partnership with local culture bearers and knowledge keepers can play a vital role in shaping, keeping, and making meaningful places.

Explorations in Arts and Humanities; Cyberpunk: Back to the Future
Course ID Number: ARHU158A
GenEd: DSSP
Restricted to first semester first year students in the College of Arts and Humanities. Fictions of the 80s and 90s describe a future that we recognize as our present. Rooted in their political, literary, & technological contexts, the novels, films, and games termed cyberpunk are notable for their AIs and cyborgs. Often seen as fanciful dystopias, cyberpunk texts tapped into the cultural anxieties of the moment, offering narratives of both hope and despair, conceiving of a world familiar to us today. In philosophy & cultural studies, we will examine the constitution of the human subject and questions of agency. In history, we will look at the ramification s of cyberpunk-esque developments, thinking about what locked us into this among our possible futures. In multimedia studies, we might consider the ways these thematics continue to play out in literature, film, and games.

Explorations in Arts and Humanities; The Art of Public Health: Humanistic Exploration of Health Disparities
Course ID Number: ARHU158N
GenEd: DSSP
Restricted to first semester first year students in the College of Arts and Humanities. Artists explore and document public health disparities by collectively creating a multiverse of expression. Public health data presents a technical framework in presenting the challenges faced by communities. Artists, over the ages, have expanded this narrow lens by responding to health inequities through advocacy and giving voice to the experiences of marginalized communities. Engaging with literature, film, music and visual art, students will explore the essentiality of the humanities in creating a broader understanding of health disparities.

Explorations in Arts and Humanities; Art as Inquiry: How Making Shapes Understanding
Course ID Number: ARHU158Y
GenEd: DSSP
Course Description: Restricted to first semester first year students in the College of Arts and Humanities. Drawing from visual art practice, art history and philosophy, this course examines how different traditions have approached the role of artin shaping understanding. Students will explore historical and contemporary artworks across a range of media, to consider how artists have sought to explain, question, document, or reimagine the world around them. A significant portion of the course is devoted to hands-on making, alongside close looking, discussion, and critical reading. Students will work with materials, processes, and forms to interrogate the conditions and contexts of everyday life. Making art is treated not as a technical skill-building exercise, but as a mode of inquiry that complements historical and interpretive approaches. No prior art experience is required.

Arts Organizations and Audiences in the United States
Course ID Number: ARHU240
Cross-listed: TDPS240
Credit Only Grants for: TDPS240 or ARHU240
An introduction to the history and role of arts organizations in the U.S., as well as the respective audiences and populations they serve. This grounding allows artists and emerging administrators to understand the events and questions that have shaped the field, and develop strategies for advancing sustainable arts organizations in the future.

Writing for the Stage and Screen: An Introductory Workshop
Course ID Number: ARHU275
Cross-listed: ENGL275
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL275 or ARHU275
GenEd: DSHU, DSSP
Introduction to the theory and practice of scriptwriting with an opportunity to read, view, evaluate, write, and revise texts meant to be performed. Students will practice writing for the stage, film, and television and also examine selected scripts, performances, and film and television clips as models for their own creative work. Students will complete frequent writing exercises, participate in workshops, and learn to apply scholarship to the analysis and critique of scripts.

"Are you - Nobody - too?" Why we create and share stories, poems, comics and zines
Course ID Number: ARHU298L
GenEd: DSHU
Our ability to create and maintain meaningful social connections tells us that we are not alone; it reminds us that we are connected to something larger, a community, a group of people willing to celebrate our triumphs and help us cope during difficult times. Emphasizing the principles of participation, connection, and collaboration, this course explores how various traditionally marginalized people form their own cultural communities and develop a sense of reciprocal belonging through the creation (and independent distribution) of stories, poems, spoken word poetry, comics and zines.In spite of intersectional obstacles such as the lack of political power, access to resources and economic opportunities, these communities may find it possible to redefine their place in society by demonstrating originality, resilience, and talent.

Arts Entrepreneurship and the Creative Profession
Course ID Number: ARHU340
Cross-listed: MUSC448E
Credit Only Grants for: ARHU340 or MUSC448E
GenEd: DSSP
Introduces students to arts entrepreneurship in preparation for diverse and ever-changing careers in the creative fields. Students will practice and develop their entrepreneurial mindsets and learn about different frameworks for audience engagement. Topics include financial management, revenue development, business planning, and the "need-to-knows" of the gig economy. Throughout the semester, students will have the opportunity to learn from a variety of entrepreneurs in the arts and to evaluate their future career paths.

Writing the Feature Film
Course ID Number: ARHU376
Cross-listed: CINE376
Credit Only Grants for: ARHU376 or CINE376
Examines the creative process of developing and writing a feature-length screenplay. Students will experience a collaborative workshop environment, researching stories, pitching feature film ideas, creating a logline, developing a detailed beat sheet and, ultimately, writing a complete first draft of the screenplay.

Art and Society in Ancient and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean
Course ID Number: ARTH200
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Examines the material culture and visual expressions of Mediterranean and European societies from early times until ca. 1300 CE, emphasizing the political, social, and religious context of the works studied, the relationships of the works to the societies that created them, and the interrelationship of these societies.

Art and Society in the West from the Renaissance to the Present
Course ID Number: ARTH201
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Examines representative European and American works of art from the later Middle Ages to the present, highlighting the dynamic exchange between artistic and cultural traditions both within periods and across time.

Art and Activism
Course ID Number: ARTH260
GenEd: DSHU or DSSP, SCIS
Can art effect social change? How may we use the history of radical and avant-garde art to inform present-day movements and models of artistic and creative activism? This course explores the modern and contemporary history of political art and arts activism on local, national, and global scales.

Monuments, Monumentality, and the Art of Memorial
Course ID Number: ARTH261
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP, SCIS
Why do societies create monuments? And why do they preserve and destroy, change and remove them? How do monuments embody cultural values, shape historical narratives, and become sites of mourning and memory? This course investigates the political and cultural work of monuments across time and space, from the ancient world to European empires to the contemporary United States. The issues we consider include intercultural exchange and religious contexts, race and representation, and appropriation and iconoclasm.

Public Art
Course ID Number: ARTH262
GenEd: DSHU or DSSP
How does public art function on a university campus, in major cities, and across the United States? This course invites students to empirically study the modern history and civic values of public art spanning sculpture, painting, mixed-media, and installation. We consider the nature of public space, the politics of representation and community, and the civic and memorial functions of art. The course is built around a semester-long project in which students will commission a work of public art for our College Park campus.

Special Topics in Art History and Archaeology; Ethics of Art Museums
Course ID Number: ARTH289A
Examines the art museum as a site of aesthetic contemplation, Cultural preservation, education, and business as we attempt to answer questions such as: Why were art museums established? What ethical questions might they raise for artists, museum professionals, and members of the public?

Roman Art and Archaeology
Course ID Number: ARTH303
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Sites and monuments of painting, sculpture, architecture, and the minor arts from the earliest times through the third century A.D. with emphasis on the Italian peninsula from the Etruscan period through that of Imperial Rome.

Seventeenth-Century Art in the Netherlands
Course ID Number: ARTH350
GenEd: DSHU
Painting, sculpture and architecture in seventeenth-century Netherlands.

Twentieth-Century Art to 1945
Course ID Number: ARTH350
Painting, sculpture, and architecture in Europe and America from the late nineteenth century to the end of World War II.

Picturing Contemporary Life: Art Since 1945
Course ID Number: ARTH351
Visual art since 1945, with an emphasis on North America and Europe.

Film as Art; Gilliam and Cronenberg:The Existential Individual in an Absurd World
Course ID Number: ARTH359I
Terry Gilliam and David Cronenberg come from distinctly different conceptual backgrounds, essentially a cartoonist/satiric artist and a philosopher/writer, a "picture" guy and a "word" guy. Both come out of a mindset of the modernist/existentialist worldview but make their artwork in an ironic/postmodern world -- the filmmakers both consider the lack of meaning in the world and the powerlessness of the individual. Gilliam thinks of identity in terms of imagination; Cronenberg thinks in terms of the body's effect on the mind. The films of these artists will also be considered through their exploration of the role of the artist and the individual, the nature and forms of reality, and some psychological considerations of human identity.

Presently Black: Contemporary African American Art
Course ID Number: ARTH362
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Looks critically at African-American and African diaspora art, focusing particularly on works made in the 20th and 21st centuries. Organized chronologically, this class will provide students with a more thorough understanding of this period of art, as well as the overall connection of visual material to the social, the political, and the aesthetic frames of its production. We will study the ways in which African-American visual production has been shaped by larger discourses about American art, but has also responded to the very real circumstances of racial exclusion in both the mainstream art world and larger society. Students will also have a chance to interact directly with the collection of the David C. Driskell Center throughout the semester.

Art of Japan after 1500
Course ID Number: ARTH383
Thematically-focused topics in the painting, sculpture, architecture, gardens and decorative arts of early modern, modern and contemporary Japan, from 1500 to present.

Special Topics in Art History and Archaeology; From Site to Sight I: The Materiality of an Ancient Interco nnected South Asia
Course ID Number: ARTH389J
Students may enroll in either semester or both. No prerequisites required. This two-semester course sequence, beginning fall 2026 and continuing in spring 2027, offers students a sustained introduction to the material and visual histories of South Asia and its Indian Ocean worlds. It foregrounds how archaeological, architectural, and art historical methods are used to reconstruct the past. From Paleolithic rock shelters at Bhimbetka and early agricultural settlements at Mehrgarh, to Indus urban centers such as Harappa, Buddhist monastic and pilgrimage landscapes at Sanchi and Kanheri, and port cities like Arikamedu, the course explores how ancient and premodern societies produced meaning through objects, built environments, and visual practices.

Contemporary Chinese Art and Film
Course ID Number: ARTH392
Cross-listed: CINE337
Credit Only Grants for: ARTH392, FILM329L or CINE337
GenEd: DSHU
Contemporary Chinese art and film are arguably the most vibrant of all national arts at the turn of the millennium and have become the face - both figuratively and literally - of contemporary China, a complex society with historic overlays of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Communism, Post-socialism, and state capitalism. Students will consider a wide range of art forms (painting, photography, video, installation, web-based media, and film) in four broad themes (uses of the past; critiques of power; representations of race, gender, and sexuality; socially engaged art) and explore the complex intertwining of the political, historical, and aesthetic aspects in Chinese contemporary art and film, as well as the multiple contexts in which these artworks are created and circulated.

Colloquium in Art History; Contemporary Art in Local Collections
Course ID Number: ARTH488A
This course considers art since 1960 by focusing on works we can study in person in College Park and Washington, DC. Participants will become familiar with major art movements of the last sixty-five years and will practice visual analysis and art criticism as well as academic art writing. They will also present works of art to fellow students in person. Each student's semester will culminate in a research essay and presentation on one artist whose work we have seen. The semester will be organized into thematic units pertaining to work we can see in person this fall. Note: enrolled students must have time before and after class to commute to our meetings in Washington; the trips can last up to 75-minutes each way from College Park.

Colloquium in Art History; Art and Visual Culture of the Great Depression
Course ID Number: ARTH488D
During the Great Depression, skyrocketing economic inequality, environmental disasters, and social movements transformed American life.This class focuses on the visual culture of this period-from documentary photography and public murals to film and sculpture. In addition to examining iconic works by artists like Dorothea Lange and Diego Rivera, we will engage archives of photographs, posters, artist papers and other primarysources from the 1930s. In this way, students inthis course willnot only explore a critical era in American visual culture but also reflect on how we form and use archives to shape our understanding of the past.

Two-Dimensional Design Fundamentals
Course ID Number: ARTT100
GenEd: DSSP
Principles and elements of two-dimensional design. Introduction to visual communication. Students must pay a $40.00 laboratory studio fee.

Elements of Drawing I
Course ID Number: ARTT110
GenEd: DSSP
Fundamental concepts, media, and processes of drawing. Emphasis on observation and representation in combination with individual expression. Subject matter includes still life, human figure, nature, the built environment, and conceptual projects. Students must pay a $40.00 laboratory studio fee.

Introduction to Art Theory
Course ID Number: ARTT150
GenEd: DSHU
Fundamental concepts of global, philosophic, and critical art theory examined through various historic and contemporary texts, and the analysis of works of art.

Three-Dimensional Art Fundamentals
Course ID Number: ARTT200
Fundamental concepts of three-dimensional form and space examined through the manipulation and organization of various materials. Students must pay a $40.00 laboratory studio fee.

Elements of Drawing II
Course ID Number: ARTT210
Continuation of ARTT110 with additional emphasis on color, figure drawing, and contemporary issues. Students must pay a $40.00 laboratory studio fee.

Introduction to Digital Art and Design Processes
Course ID Number: ARTT255
Credit Only Grants for: ARTT255 or ARTT354
Introduction to basic software and principles of digital imaging, and how they are applied to art and design. Topics covered: Digital image construction and manipulation, Vector-Based digital techniques layout, typography, etc), time-based digital techniques (video and audio composition and manipulation), and basic interactivity (web-design). Digital media used to explore visual principles established in ARTT100.

Elements of Painting
Course ID Number: ARTT320
Concepts and fundamental processes of oil and/or acrylic painting. Students must pay a $40.00 laboratory studio fee.

Elements of Sculpture: Metal Casting
Course ID Number: ARTT330
Sculptural concepts and fundamental processes related to metal casting. Students must pay a $40.00 laboratory studio fee.

Elements of Sculpture: Steel
Course ID Number: ARTT331
Sculptural concepts and fundamental processes related to steel fabrication; torch cutting, welding, hot forging, and finishing. Students must pay a $40.00 laboratory studio fee.

Elements of Sculpture: Wood and Mixed Media
Course ID Number: ARTT333
Sculptural concepts and fundamental processes using wood and mixed media. Students must pay a $40.00 laboratory fee.

Elements of Printmaking: Woodcut and Relief
Course ID Number: ARTT341
Concepts and fundamental processes related to woodcuts, linocuts, and other relief printing media. There is a $40.00 lab fee for this course.

Elements of Printmaking: Screen Printing
Course ID Number: ARTT343
Concepts and fundamental processes related to silkscreen printing.

Elements of Digital Media
Course ID Number: ARTT370
Exploration of image creation and manipulation, interactivity, and linkages between digital audio and video. Emphasis on issues in contemporary digital art.
Students must pay a $40.00 laboratory studio fee.

Advanced Special Topics in Art; Markets and Collecting
Course ID Number: ARTT489T
An exploration of the various roles and institutions that form the contemporary art world. Students will undertake projects in exhibition curation, artwriting, art collection management and more.

Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
Course ID Number: CHIN315
GenEd: DSHU
Major works of fiction and drama from 1920 to the present read in the context of social and literary change. Emphasis on western and traditional Chinese influences on the writers and their works. No knowledge of Chinese required.

Chinese Calligraphy: Theory and Practice
Course ID Number: CHIN331
History of the writing system; major scripts, modes, and styles. Intermediate brushwork and lectures on the culture. Characters for practice selected to correspond to lecture topics. Taught in English.
 

Film Form and Culture
Course ID Number: CINE245
Cross-listed: ENGL245
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL245, CINE245 or FILM245
GenEd: DSHU
Introduction to film as art form and how films create meaning. Basic film terminology; fundamental principles of film form, film narrative, and film history. Examination of film technique and style over the past one hundred years. Social and economic functions of film within broader institutional, economic, and cultural contexts.

Film Art in a Global Society
Course ID Number: CINE280
Cross-listed: CMLT280
Credit Only Grants for: CINE280, FILM298D or CMLT280
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Comparative study of a variety of film traditions from around the world, including cinema from Hollywood, Europe, Asia and developing countries, with a stress on different cultural contexts for film-making and viewing.

Special Topics in International Film Studies; Masterpieces in French and Francophone Cinemas
Course ID Number: CINE298A
Cross-listed: FREN243
Credit Only Grants for: FREN243 or CINE298A
This course, taught in English, will present a large array of films directed by famous French directors (Jean Renoir, Robert Bresson, Jean-Luc Godard, Agnes Varda, etc..) and Francophone filmmakers (Arcand, Sembene) who were internationally known in their time and have had a considerable influence on today's filmmakers in the U.S. (Tarantino, Lynch, Lee, etc..) and abroad (Sissoko, Angelopoulos, VonTrier, ect..).

Cinema History I: The Silent Era
Course ID Number: CINE301
Cross-listed: CINE301 or FILM301
Credit Only Grants for: FILM301
Examines the development of silent cinema from the 1890s to the early 1930s drawing on at least five distinct national traditions (French, German, Russian, British, and American). Introduces students to key cinematic conventions as they emerged around the world. Priority given to Cinema and Media Studies majors

Introduction to Filmmaking 1
Course ID Number: CINE310
Cross-listed: CINE319M or CINE310
Credit Only Grants for: CINE319M
This practice-based course offers an introduction to the foundational skills, techniques, and principles of filmmaking. Prior film or video production experience is not necessary.

Editing for Film and Media
Course ID Number: CINE315
Provides advanced training for students to edit their narrative, documentary, or animation projects, as well as reference material. Students will learn to design their film's visual storytelling, taking their projects from the shooting script and storyboard to rough cuts and picture look. If you are interested in this course but do not meet the pre/co-requisites please contact the instructor at yaelin@umd.edu.

Special Topics in Documentary, Animation, Experimental Cinema, and Other Visual Media; Ecomedia
Course ID Number: CINE319G
Cross-listed: ENGL329M
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL329M and CINE319G

Special Topics in Documentary, Animation, Experimental Cinema, and Other Visual Media; Sound Design
Course ID Number: CINE319P
Cross-listed: THET380
Credit Only Grants for: CINE319P or THET380
Theatre Sound Design is a first course in designing sound for stage productions. Cross-listed with THET380. Credit only granted for THET380 or CINE319P. Students must pay a $25 lab fee.

Special Topics in Documentary, Animation, Experimental Cinema, and Other Visual Media; The Henson Family as Filmmakers
Course ID Number: CINE319Z
Cross-listed: ENGL329Z
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL329Z or CINE319Z
Encourages students to see Jim Henson and his family, not just as puppeteers, but as filmmakers. We will study Jim Henson's earlier avant-garde films (Timepiece) and studio features (The Great Muppet Caper, Labyrinth), along with the film projects directed or produced by his children, Brian Henson (The Muppet Christmas Carol), Lisa Henson (Mirrormask), andCheryl Henson (Handmade Puppet Dreams).

Special Topics in National/International Cinemas; Sports in Film
Course ID Number: CINE329T
Explores the global development of sports, cinema, and politics as intertwined during the 20th and 21st centuries. Examining works by pioneering directors such as Ken Burns, Leni Riefenstahl, Martin Scorsese, Steve James, Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, Gurinder Chadha, Jafar Panahi, and Asif Kapadia, the course focuses on the critical depictions of athletes, coaches, fans, and families across cinematic genres such as documentaries, biopics, drama, and comedy.

Brazilian Film
Course ID Number: CINE332
Cross-listed: PORT332
Credit Only Grants for: PORT332, CINE332, or FILM332
Brazilian films from the late 1950s to the present with a special view to the relationship between cinema, society, historical dates, and social changes in Brazil. Taught in English.

Soviet Film: Propaganda, Myth, Modernism
Course ID Number: CINE334
Cross-listed: RUSS334
Credit Only Grants for: RUSS334, CINE334, or FILM334
A Survey of Soviet film from the 1920s to 1991, focusing on important directors, genres, themes, and styles. Taught in English.

Contemporary Chinese Art and Film
Course ID Number: CINE337
Cross-listed: ARTH392
Credit Only Grants for: ARTH392, FILM329L or CINE337
Contemporary Chinese art and film are arguably the most vibrant of all national arts at the turn of the millennium and have become the face - both figuratively and literally - of contemporary China, a complex society with historic overlays of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Communism, Post-socialism, and state capitalism. Students will consider a wide range of art forms (painting, photography, video, installation, web-based media, and film) in four broad themes (uses of the past; critiques of power; representations of race, gender, and sexuality; socially engaged art) and explore the complex intertwining of the political, historical, and aesthetic aspects in Chinese contemporary art and film, as well as the multiple contexts in which these artworks are created and circulated.

Film Comedy
Course ID Number: CINE342
Cross-listed: SLLC342
Credit Only Grants for: SLLC342, CINE342, or FILM342
Comedy as a specific cinematic genre.

Special Topics in Genres/Auteurs/Cinema Movements; Disaster Cinema
Course ID Number: CINE359C
Exploration of disaster films in Hollywood and global cinema during the past century. The course will examine disaster films, such as Godzilla, King Kong, and Contagion, as a form of cinema's critical encounter with war, colonialism, and scientific development.

Special Topics in Film Theories; Who Gets Final Cut: Director's Cuts, Studio Cuts, and Editions Both Special and Otherwise
Course ID Number: CINE369K
Credit Only Grants for: CINE369K or ENGL329K
Explores instances where multiple versions of the same film exist, including films re-issued as director's cuts (Blade Runner), films re-edited for the international market (Godzilla), re-edited for television (Fast Times at Ridgemont High), or simply films that directors can't stop tinkering with (Star Wars).

Writing the Feature Film
Course ID Number: CINE376
Cross-listed: ARHU376
Credit Only Grants for: ARHU376 or CINE376
Examines the creative process of developing and writing a feature-length screenplay. Students will experience a collaborative workshop environment, researching stories, pitching feature film ideas, creating a logline, developing a detailed beat sheet and, ultimately, writing a complete first draft of the screenplay.

Special Topics in Documentary, Animation, Experimental Cinema, and Other Media; Cinema and Media Preservation at UMD
Course ID Number: CINE419P
Cross-listed: ENGL468B
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL468B or CINE419P

Special Topics in Genres/Auteurs/Cinema Movements; Paul Thomas Anderson's America
Course ID Number: CINE459P
Examination of the films of Paul Thomas Anderson with a view towards their style and cultural meaning, their place in film history, and theirsignificance as works of historical representation.

Ancient Myths and Modern Lives
Course ID Number: CLAS170
Cross-listed: RELS170
Credit Only Grants for: CLAS170 or RELS170
What are myths and why do we tell them? What powers do myths have? We will tackle these questions by looking at the enduring and fascinating myths from ancient Greece and Rome. In addition to studying how they shaped ancient societies, we will also look at their modern influence and reflect upon the power that myths still hold in our contemporary world. Taught in English.

Special Topics in Classical Literature; Infinite Scroll: From Ancient Books to Smartphones
Course ID Number: CLAS309N
From the Bible and the Qur an to the Greek and Latin Classics, the books that have shaped the modern world were written thousands of years ago and we almost never possess the ancient originals themselves. So how have these texts reached us? How were they produced, accessed, read, and copied in the ancient world? And are the versions we read today faithful to their originals? This course explores the long journey of texts from antiquity to the present. Through selections from ancient literature and modern scholarship, students will learn how books are shaped not only by their authors but by their copyists, editors, translators, and readers. Our exploration of the history of written texts will take us to the UMD special collections, the Hornbake Library Letterpress Studio, and other collections in the D.C. area.

Black Diaspora Literature and Culture
Course ID Number: CMLT235
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Examination of key works by writers of the African Diaspora. Relationship among black people across multiple geographic spaces; Africa, the Caribbean, the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Specific historical, cultural, and literary contexts; themes such as gender, sexuality, migration, slavery, freedom, and equality. Readings may include literary texts (fiction, poetry, drama), music and film. All readings in English, but drawn from multiple languages of the black diaspora, including English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.

Global Literature and Social Change
Course ID Number: CMLT270
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Comparative study of literature through selected literary works from several non-Western cultures, viewed cross-culturally in light of particular social, political, and economic perspectives.

World Literature by Women
Course ID Number: CMLT275
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Comparative study of selected works by women writers of several countries, exploring points of intersection and divergence in women's literary representations.

Literatures of the Americas
Course ID Number: CMLT277
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Comparative study of several North, South, and Central American cultures with a focus on the specificities, similarities, and divergences of their literary and cultural texts.

Film Art in a Global Society
Course ID Number: CMLT280
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Comparative study of a variety of film traditions from around the world, including cinema from Hollywood, Europe, Asia and developing countries, with a stress on different cultural contexts for film-making and viewing.
 

Game Programming
Course ID Number: CMSC425
An introduction to the principles and practice of computer game programming and design. This includes an introduction to game hardware and systems, the principles of game design, object and terrain modeling, game physics, artificial intelligence for games, networking for games, rendering and animation, and aural rendering. Course topics are reinforced through the design and implementation of a working computer game.

Introduction to Data Visualization
Course ID Number: CMSC471
Credit Only Grants for: CMSC471 or CMSC498O
Datasets are becoming increasingly large and complex, requiring intuitive ways to explore and interpret them quickly and efficiently. In this case, a picture is worth a thousand words: visualizations enable us to transform data into images that are easier to understand and reason about, compared to raw numbers and raw text. Visualizations are critical tools in externalizing and organizing our knowledge and insights, whether to explore collected datasets to improve our understanding of the physical world, to assess and debug analysis/experimental workflows, or to present new and interesting results to diverse audiences. In this course we will study techniques and algorithms for creating effective visualizations based on principles from graphic design, perceptual psychology, and cognitive science. Students will learn how to design and build interactive visualizations for the web, using the D3.js (Data-Driven Documents) framework.

Developing Digital Media: Blogs, Magazines, and their Audiences
Course ID Number: COMM363
Develop journalistic and digital media production skills while examining how communication theory and periodical methodology combine to create information-sharing communities among targeted audiences. Develop skills for positions in magazine publishing, organizational communication, journalism, marketing, public relations, social media, and advertising.

College Park Scholars: Arts First-Year Colloquium I
Course ID Number: CPSA100
Introductory colloquium: Aesthetic, intellectual and personal examination of the arts.

College Park Scholars: Arts Service-Learning Outreach
Course ID Number: CPSA149

College Park Scholars: Arts Second-Year Colloquium I
Course ID Number: CPSA200
Advanced colloquium I: Examination of the arts in society; and preparation for "Scholarship-in-Practice" project.

Choreography I: Improvisation
Course ID Number: DANC109

Fundamentals of Ballet
Course ID Number: DANC128

Global Dance Forms; Yoga/Pilates
Course ID Number: DANC138D

Fundamentals of Modern Dance
Course ID Number: DANC148

Fundamentals of Jazz
Course ID Number: DANC158

Introduction to Dance
Course ID Number: DANC200

Dance Techniques; Advanced Hip Hop: Street & Club Styles
Course ID Number: DANC338P

Acting Human: Shakespeare and the Drama of Identity
Course ID Number: ENGL120
GenEd: DSHU, SCIS
Shakespeare's ideas of dramatic realism studied through close examination of literary and dramatic techniques. How Shakespeare generates the fiction of a living, thinking person in the space of five acts, and how readers participate in the making of that fiction. Some attention to Shakespeare on film and what the playwright can teach us about different media.

Why Fiction Matters
Course ID Number: ENGL126
GenEd: DSHU or DSSP, SCIS
Consider how short stories, novellas, and novels are vital to understanding our world and ourselves. Read and analyze a diverse range of twentieth- and twenty-first-century fiction, and apply the techniques of form and craft to your own experiments in fiction writing. Use critical analysis and hands-on creative experimentation to explore how fiction helps us understand the past, engage in the present, and build a better future.

American Fictions: U.S. Literature, History, Politics, and Constitutional Law
Course ID Number: ENGL140
GenEd: DSHU, SCIS
Works of American literature explored in the context of major texts and developments of U.S. history, culture, politics, and constitutional law. We begin with the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, and survey the course of American literature and history, from 1776 to the present, in relation to defining political and constitutional issues. Readings of canonical works like "Huckleberry Finn" and "The Grapes of Wrath" coupled with special attention to minority authors and issues, and horizons of constitutional contemplation opened up by minority, immigrant, and women's voices and experiences. Key historical and political issues include human rights; equal protection; religious tolerance; democratic principles; republican structures of government; independence; revolution; slavery; removal; immigration; free speech; labor rights; civil rights; feminism; environmentalism; international law and flows of people; economic globalization; technology and digital innovation; and the role that literature and the humanities play in fostering various forms of civil society, multiculturalism, and a globally accountable citizenship.

Race, Children's Television, and the Legacies of Jim Henson
Course ID Number: ENGL154
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL154 or ENGL439J
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP, SCIS
How do children form ideas about race from television? We will approach this question by studying representations of race in children's television from the founding of the animation industry in the 1910s to educational programming epitomized by Sesame Street and the work of Jim Henson. We will also explore representations of race in the "Saturday Morning Cartoon Lineup" and in the subsequent proliferation of computer-generated images, gifs, and memes. Students will visit archives on campus pertaining to Jim Henson's work and reflect on what they find. Assignments will include a paper focused on critical analysis and self-reflection, and students will have the option of completing a multimedia project featuring video production, puppet making, or another creative means of producing a lesson for children.

The Medieval Imagination
Course ID Number: ENGL201
GenEd: DSHU
How and why do the Middle Ages resonate with us now? Explore a wide range of narratives, poems, artworks, and songs from ancient, medieval, and Renaissance cultures. Study popular culture, manuscript and print technologies, and the relationship between the sacred and the profane over a millenium. Learn about modern and contemporary medievalist revivals that might include authors such as J.R.R. Tolkien and N.K. Jemisin, television series such as Game of Thrones, and more.

American Literature(s)
Course ID Number: ENGL222
GenEd: DSHU
Explore American literary traditions in a variety of poetic and narrative forms and in diverse historical contexts, ranging from colonization to the Civil Rights Movement and beyond. Genres examined in this course might include lyric poems, travel narratives, gothic short fiction, slave narratives, and science fiction. Emphasis on developing skills of literary interpretation and critical writing, while attending to the place of race, class, gender, and sexuality in American literary culture. Authors may include Phillis Wheatley, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Frederick Douglass, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, among others.

African-American Literature and Culture
Course ID Number: ENGL234
Cross-listed: AAAS234
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL234, AAAS234 or AASP298L
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
An exploration of the stories black authors tell about themselves, their communities, and the nation as informed by time and place, gender, sexuality, and class. African American perspective themes such as art, childhood, sexuality, marriage, alienation and mortality, as well as representations of slavery, Reconstruction, racial violence and the Nadir, legalized racism and segregation, black patriotism and black ex-patriots, the optimism of integration, and the prospects of a post-racial America.

U.S. Latinx Literature and Culture
Course ID Number: ENGL235
Cross-listed: AMST298Q
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL235 or AMST298Q
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Examines the poetry, prose, and theater of Latinx communities in the United States from their origins in the Spanish colonization of North America to their ongoing development in the 21st century. Considers how authors use literary form to gain insight into human experience, including mortality, religious belief, gender and sexuality, war and peace, family, language use, scientific inquiry, cultural tradition, ecology, and labor. Also studies how Latinx literary traditions have shaped and been shaped by broader currents in American literature, as well as what connections exist between Latinx literature and social and artistic developments in other parts of the world, particularly Latin America and the Caribbean. Authors may include Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Eulalia Perez, Juan Nepomuceno Seguin, Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Jose Marti, Arthur A. Schomburg, Jesus Colon, Julia de Burgos, Cesar Chavez, Ariel Dorfman, Gloria Anzaldua, Junot Diaz, and Cristina Garcia.

What is Poetry?
Course ID Number: ENGL243
GenEd (if applicable): DSHU
An exploration of arguably the most complex, profound, and ubiquitous expression of human experience. Study through close reading of significant forms and conventions of Western poetic tradition. Poetry's roots in oral and folk traditions and connections to popular song forms.

Drama, Performance, and Spectacle
Course ID Number: ENGL244
GenEd: DSHU
Exploration of drama through a consideration of plot, narrative flow, analytical flow, staging, performance, manuscript and printing history, text and textual change over time, and interpretation. Plays will be approached as public attempts to understand what it means to be alive.

Film Form and Culture
Course ID Number: ENGL245
Cross-listed: CINE245
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL245, CINE245 or FILM245
GenEd: DSHU
Introduction to film as art form and how films create meaning. Basic film terminology; fundamental principles of film form, film narrative, and film history. Examination of film technique and style over past one hundred years. Social and economic functions of film within broader institutional, economic, and cultural contexts.

Reading Women Writing
Course ID Number: ENGL250
Cross-listed: WGSS255
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL250, WMST255 or WGSS255
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Explores literary and cultural expressions by women and their receptions within a range of historical periods and genres. Topics such as what does a woman need in order to write, what role does gender play in the production, consumption, and interpretation of texts, and to what extent do women comprise a distinct literary subculture. Interpretation of texts will be guided by feminist and gender theory, ways of reading that have emerged as important to literary studies over the last four decades.

Detective Fiction
Course ID Number: ENGL251
GenEd: DSHU
Explore "whodunnit" fiction from its nineteenth-century beginnings to the contemporary moment. Why are readers intrigued by the methodical discovery of the exact circumstances of a mysterious event? How does the figure of the eccentric, intelligent, often unofficial investigator take prominence? How does detective fiction emerge from and react to global imperialism, the modern metropolis, forensic science, and the modern legal system? How does the genre represent and respond to gender, class, and racial inequities? Texts may range from the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle, to the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction" in the 1920s and 30s by writers such as Agatha Christie, to late-twentieth century and contemporary novelists such as Chester Himes, P.D. James, and Mia P. Manansala, to film and television adaptations such as Enola Holmes, See How They Run, and Kenneth Branagh's Hercule Poirot films.

Literature, Science, and Technology
Course ID Number: ENGL255
GenEd: DSHU
Consider the relationship between fiction and science. How does science as we know it depend on certain fictions or narratives? How do we come to know science through the fictions we encounter? How do literary works represent the ethics of science and technology? What role does science play in the oppression of peoples? What alternative, more liberatory ways of using science are possible?

Fantasy Literature
Course ID Number: ENGL256
GenEd: DSHU
How fantasy employs alternate forms of representation, such as the fantastical, estranging, or impossible, which other genres would not allow. Through novels, short stories, graphic novels, and film, traces fantasy's roots in mythology and folklore, then explores how modern texts build upon or challenge these origins. Examination of literary strategies texts use to represent the world through speculative modes. How to distinguish fantasy from, and relate it to, other genres such as horror, fairy tales, and magical realism. Fantasy's investment in world-building, history, tradition, and categories of identity such as race, class, and gender. How fantasy, as a genre, form, and world-view, is well-suited to our contemporary reality.

Children’s Literature
Course ID Number: ENGL257
GenEd: DSHU
Literature of the nineteenth through the twenty-first century concerned with, and written for, children and young adults. How such narratives speak to themes of changing social, religious, political, and personal identity. Through poetry, novels, graphic novels, and film, explores how children's tales encapsulate and reflect on human existence, while pushing boundaries of what constitutes "children's literature" and what exactly defines the "child." Considers questions of literary classification through investigation of political and religious issues, gender politics, animal rights, social justice, race, war, and what it means to "grow up."

LGBTQ+ Literatures and Media
Course ID Number: ENGL265
Cross-listed: LGBT265
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL265 or LGBT265
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
A study of literary and cultural expressions of queer and trans identities, positionalities, and analytics through an exploration of literature, art, and media. We will examine historical and political power relations by considering the intersections of sexuality and gender with race, class, nation, and disability. Topics include the social construction and regulation of sexuality and gender, performance and performativity, intersectionality, and the relationship between aesthetic forms and queer/ trans subjectivity. Our interpretations will be informed by queer and trans theories.

Writing Poems and Stories: An Introductory Workshop
Course ID Number: ENGL271
GenEd: DSSP
Introduction to theory and practice of writing fiction and poetry. Emphasis on critical reading of literary models. Exercises and workshop discussions with continual reference to modeling, drafting, and revising as necessary stages in a creative process.

Writing Fiction: An Introductory Workshop
Course ID Number: ENGL272
GenEd: DSSP
Introduction to theory and practice of writing fiction. Emphasis on critical reading of literary models. Exercises and workshop discussions with continual reference to modeling, drafting, and revising as necessary stages in a creative process.

Writing Poetry: An Introductory Workshop
Course ID Number: ENGL273
GenEd: DSSP
Introduction to theory and practice of writing poetry. Emphasis on critical reading of literary models. Exercises and workshop discussions with continual reference to modeling, drafting, and revising as necessary stages in a creative process.

Writing for the Stage and Screen: An Introductory Workshop
Course ID Number: ENGL275
Cross-listed: ARHU275
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL275 or ARHU275
GenEd: DSSP, DSHU
Introduction to the theory and practice of scriptwriting with an opportunity to read, view, evaluate, write, and revise texts meant to be performed. Students will practice writing for the stage, film, and television and also examine selected scripts, performances, and film and television clips as models for their own creative work. Students will complete frequent writing exercises, participate in workshops, and learn to apply scholarship to the analysis and critique of scripts.

Monsters and Racism: Black Horror and Speculative Fiction
Course ID Number: ENGL289J
Cross-listed: WGSS271, AAAS271
Credit Only Grants for: AAAS271, ENGL289J, HONR299Y, HNUH238W, WGSS271 or WGSS298W
GenEd: DSHU
The previous decade has been considered a renaissance for Black Horror. From Get Out to Lovecraft Country, the genre has enjoyed unprecedented mainstream media buzz and accolades. This course looks at contemporary Black horror and speculative fiction as cultural texts which put into question our notions of human(e) and inhuman(e) through critiques of white supremacy and accompanying oppressions. Students will learn a host of critical skills through close reading and analysis of literature and film by Black creators such as Jordan Peele, Misha Green, Toni Morrison, Jewelle Gomez, and Octavia Butler. With the ability to interpret cultural texts using literary criticism, film analysis, history, cultural studies, ethnic studies, feminist theory, and the social sciences, students will connect these texts to continuing historical and contemporary issues of racial and cultural oppression such as medical discrimination, policing and criminalization, misogynoir, and racialized capitalism.

Introduction to Digital Studies
Course ID Number: ENGL290
GenEd: DSHU or DSSP
Introductory course in digital studies. Surveys contemporary humanities work in digital technologies, including the web and social media and their historical antecedents. Explores design and making as analytical tools alongside reading and writing. Situates digital media within power and politics and develops critical awareness of how media shape society and ethics. Interdisciplinary approaches to creativity, analysis, and technology. While the course will include hands-on practice, no prior experience of programming, designing, or making required other than a willingness to experiment and play.

Digital Writing and Content Creation
Course ID Number: ENGL293
GenEd: DSHU or DSSP
A hands-on exploration of rhetoric, technology, and digital expression. Study a variety of digital writing and content creation platforms, and learn about theories and practices in digital communication. Learn to analyze and create the kinds of multimodal documents (websites, podcasts, videos) that constitute communication in a digital world.

Introduction to Digital Storytelling and Poetics
Course ID Number: ENGL295
GenEd: DSHU or DSSP
What is the thread weaving through an animated visualization of economic data in a popular newspaper, an indie text-based videogame, a saucy twitter bot spitting out haikus, and an interactive digital essay? Storytelling--using whatever is at hand to communicate with audiences in evocative and connected ways. Combining technical and textual analysis with their own experiments in digital composition, students will learn to use new media techniques for the interpretation, creation, and dissemination of both critical and imaginative writing. From branching narratives to hypertext media and video games, to more recent developments in machine-generated poetry, XR, and embodied and location-based narrative, the methods and materials in this introductory course link creative expression and analysis of texts to contemporary conversations about social difference, representation, interface, and computation.

Reading and Writing Disability: Rights and Representation
Course ID Number: ENGL296
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Locate and analyze disability in various settings, modes, and texts. Investigate the material and cultural effects of the language, stories, and myths of disability. Explore the many definitions and frameworks of disability: as dynamic lived experiences, as a political identity, as a rich culture, as socially constructed barriers, and as an oppressed minority group. Examine how disability is portrayed, controlled, stereotyped, and celebrated across social, medical, political, cultural, and personal networks.

Early Drama
Course ID Number: ENGL305
Explore medieval and Renaissance drama and performance, placing the Shakespearean stage in its cultural and historical contexts.

Special Topics in Shakespeare; Activist Shakespeare
Course ID Number: ENGL308I

17th- and 18th-Century British Literature and Culture
Course ID Number: ENGL311
Explore 17th- and 18th-century British literary cultures. Read novels, political writing, poetry and drama by authors such as Milton, Behn, Swift, Equiano, and Wollstonecraft. Learn about the history of empire, colonialism, coffee house culture, female performance, science, philosophy, sexuality, and revolution.

Native American Literature
Course ID Number: ENGL316
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Examines literature that explores the experiences and cultures of America's Indigenous peoples from the sixteenth century to the contemporary moment. We will analyze poetry, historical accounts, oral narratives, short stories, and novels by Native American writers in order to explore key concerns in Native American Studies, such as dilemmas of Indigenous sovereignty, settler colonialism, the settler state, stolen land, and the natural environment.

Special Topics in Science, Literature, and Media; From Frankenstein to Dracula: the Monstrous and Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century Literature
Course ID Number: ENGL319C

Special Topics in LGBTQ+ Literatures and Media; Queer Asian American Literature
Course ID Number: ENGL359I
Cross-listed: AAST398W and LGBT359J
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL359I, AAST398W or LGBT359J

Special Topics in African American, African, and African Diaspora Literatures; Blues and African American Folksong
Course ID Number: ENGL368B

Medieval Myth and Modern Narrative
Course ID Number: ENGL377
Literary patterns characteristic of medieval myth, epic, and romance; their continuing vitality in modern works; and links between Medieval works like "The Prose Edda", "Beowulf", "The Morte D'Arthur", "The Volsunga Saga", and "Grettis Saga" and modern narratives like Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings".

Special Topics in English; Women and Memory in Material and Digital Worlds
Course ID Number: ENGL378Z

Writing for the Arts
Course ID Number: ENGL398A
GenEd: FSPW
Examines the situations and genres in which working professionals (practitioners, advocates, administrators, and educators) write about art, culture, and artists. The course covers the complex process that writers need to learn, including how to accommodate information to specific audiences, how to use stylistic and visual devices to make information more accessible, and how to edit their own work as well as that of their peers. Assignments parallel the writing demands that students will face in the workplace, including analyzing and composing artist statements, an arts manifesto, art education guides, press releases about artists and their work, critical reviews of exhibits and performances, and proposals to funding agencies and foundations.

Writing Non-Fictional Narratives
Course ID Number: ENGL398R
GenEd: FSPW
Approaches nonfiction narrative-a kind of writing influenced by fiction, magazine journalism, memoir, and personal essay--as a form of professional writing used in publishing and a range of careers involving proposal writing, work documentation, lobbying, social marketing, and political commentary, among others. Students learn to use many of the same tools as fiction writers, such as dialogue, vivid description, developing characters, nonlinear structure, and shifts in tense, time, and points of view. They also learn how to edit their own work as well as that of their peers, doing multiple revisions of the major assignments for a final portfolio. Major assignments include essays targeted to specific publications, query letters, audience analysis, and a publisher analysis.

Shakespeare: The Early Works
Course ID Number: ENGL403
Close study of selected works from the first half of Shakespeare's career. Generic issues of early histories, comedies, tragedies. Language, theme, dramatic technique, sources, and early modern English social-historical context.

18th-Century British Literature and Culture
Course ID Number: ENGL416
The literatures of the Enlightenment grappled with a sea change in the understanding of humans, commodities, the planet, non-human animals, the body, newly-encountered "others," and God. Once called the "Age of Reason," novels, plays, and philosophy from this period in fact plumb passions, emotions, and sentiments through plots about love, exploitation, envy, crime, desire, and ambition. Satirists mocked everything from colonialism to virtue claims to satire itself. Read works that transformed what it meant to love, resist, exploit, and desire. Paradoxically, this "Age of Passions" elevated sympathy in the crucible of capitalism, invented human rights in the context of Empire; and formulated racial categories on the road to abolition and religious toleration. Authors might include Daniel Defoe, Eliza Haywood, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Bernard Mandeville, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Aphra Behn, William Congreve, Olaudah Equiano, and others.

British Romantic Literature and Culture
Course ID Number: ENGL420
Explore a time (roughly 1780-1830) of great change, political revolution, empire-building, changing economic and sexual relations, and philosophical innovation. Arguably, many of our contemporary notions about literature and what an author is were created during this period. Consider the influence of these changes in such authors as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Byron, Godwin, Wollstonecraft, Austen, and more.

The Modern Novel
Course ID Number: ENGL457
Explore the remarkable development and transformation of the novel in the twentieth century. Learn about the development of the novel through realism, modernism, and postmodernism, from the transformations made by major modernists like Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Jean Toomer, William Faulkner, and Katherine Ann Porter to playful, unusual and fascinating postmodern and contemporary fiction by Ralph Ellison, Kathy Acker, Salman Rushdie, Toni Morrison, and others.

Folksong and Ballad
Course ID Number: ENGL462
Explore America's diverse folksong heritage and its impact on world culture. Learn about such regional, ethnic, and popular music forms as ballad, country, bluegrass, blues, rock, gospel, soul, rap, and zydeco within their specific cultural contexts and as commercial products commodified by a voracious music industry. While we will consider the European and African roots of many of these musical traditions, our focus will be on American contributions in the twentieth century. Reading and listening will focus on genres such as blues or bluegrass; particular artists such as Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Bill Monroe, and Louis Jordan; and major figures in the recording industry or fieldworker collectors such as Alan Lomax.

Introduction to Computer Aided Design
Course ID Number: ENME272
Credit Only Grants for: ENME414 or ENME272
Fundamentals of CAD, using solid modeling packages (Pro/E, SolidWorks, and Autodesk Inventor). Two and three dimensional drawing. Dimensioning and specifications. Introduction of CAD based analysis tools. Students will complete a design project.

Topics in Mechanical Engineering; The Legend of Zelda: A Link to Machine Design
Course ID Number: ENME299Z

Masterpieces in French and Francophone Cinemas
Course ID Number: FREN243
Cross-listed: CINE298A
Credit Only Grants for: FREN243 or CINE298A
GenEd: DSHU
This course, taught in English, will present a large array of films directed by famous French directors (Jean Renoir, Robert Bresson, Jean-Luc Godard, Agnes Varda, etc..) and Francophone filmmakers (Arcand, Sembene) who were internationally known in their time and have had a considerable influence on today's filmmakers in the U.S. (Tarantino, Lynch, Lee, etc..) and abroad (Sissoko, Angelopoulos, VonTrier, ect..).

Studies in 17th Century French Literature and Culture; The Cultures of Absolutism in the Age of Louis XIV
Course ID Number: FREN439L
Decamping from Paris to establish the royal court at Versailles, Louis XIV, the self-proclaimed "Sun King," outlawed Protestantism, cultivated state control of the arts, and encouraged colonial expansion based on slave labor in the Americas. Focusing on documents produced during the "grand siecle" itself, we will examine the theory and practice of Louis's authoritarian initiatives as well as expressions of resistance to them, with a special emphasis on journalism and poetic literature.

Studies in 19th Century French Literature and Culture; Victor Hugo: Life, Works, and Afterlives
Course ID Number: FREN459V
An advanced study of Victor Hugo s major works across genres (poetry, theatre, fiction) in their historical and cultural contexts, with particular attention to reception, legacy, and cross-cultural adaptations. Readings situate Hugo within Romantic aesthetics, the political upheavals of the nineteenth century (1830, 1848, exile), and debates on authorship, the public sphere, and social justice. Traces Hugo s afterlives through critical reception and global reworkings in translation, illustration, theatre, film, and musical adaptations. Primary texts may include selections from Hernani, Notre-Dame de Paris, Les Contemplations, and Les Miserables, alongside critical and media materials.

Seminar; Francophone Caribbean Literature & Culture of the 20th and 21st Centuries
Course ID Number: FREN699U
Through the lenses of writers such as Maryse Conde, Aime Cesaire, Kettly Mars, Evelyne Trouillot, Gisele Pineau and Fabienne Kanor this course proposes an interdisciplinary approach to study contemporary French Caribbean literatures and cultures. Examine the distinct yet interconnected histories and cultures of Haiti the world's first black republic and theFrench Departements d Outre-Mer (DROMs) of Martinique and Guadeloupe. Among the themes we will discuss are religion, politics, immigration, gender equity and ecological disasters and climate justice.

Highlights of German Literature and Culture
Course ID Number: GERS322
Cross-listed: GERM322
Credit Only Grants for: GERM322 or GERS322
GenEd: DSHU
Selected literary masterworks, social and cultural issues, and historical events in German-speaking countries from the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Junges Deutschland, Realism, Naturalism and its counter currents, Expressionism to the present. Taught in German.

Gender and Sexuality in German Literature and Society
Course ID Number: GERS442
Cross-listed: GERS689L
Credit Only Grants for: GERM442 or GERS442
Gender and Sexuality in German Literature and Society analyzes gender and sexuality as key discourses for understanding German-speaking literatures, cultures, and societies. Topics include the history of sexuality; death and desire; and representations of gender in German literature. Taught in German.

Literary or Media Genres; The Modern Lyric
Course ID Number: GERS458B
Cross-listed: GERS689R
Credit Only Grants for: GERS458B or GERS689R
Studies the relationship of the lyrical poem to the social, political, and ecological catastrophes of the 20th century. Students will also study poetic theory, historical poetry readings, and musical adaptations. Poets studied include Hofmannsthal, Trakl, Rilke, Lasker-Schuler, Benn, Kolmar, Brecht, Sachs, Celan, Aichinger, Bachmann,and Biermann, among others. Taught in German.

Translation in a Global Context
Course ID Number: GLBC350
Cross-listed: SLLC350
Credit Only Grants for: SLLC350 or GLBC350
Provides a theoretical foundation for understanding the history, practice, and ethics of translation in a global context. Students will learn about key movements, theories, and debates in the field of translation studies, with a focus on scholarly readings that examine the role of language, literature, and culture in shaping perception and reality, and compare a variety of published translations in order to examine the role of translation in the negotiation and creation of meaning. A key facet of our readings and discussions will be a critical engagement with how global issues of power, violence, and resistance are intertwined with processes of translation. Students will be able to synthesize what they have learned by undertaking a translation project of their own, in consultation with the course instructor and faculty specialists in their language(s) of choice.

"Through The Wire": The Politics and Policies of a Chocolate City
Course ID Number: GVPT368W
Cross-listed: AAAS415
Credit Only Grants for: AAAS415 or GVPT368W
We will use the HBO television series, The Wire, as a thread to integrate topics that form the basis of a thorough understanding of urban politics. Each week will have a different thematic focus - i.e., community development, inequality, crime, incarceration, policing, labor, education, and racial relations - and will couple scholarly work with in-class discussions to examine the social and political dynamics that emerge in the series. All of the assignments work together to expose students to social science, how social science is conducted, and how political science can help us better understand the world around us.
 

Seminar in Design Cultures & Creativity
Course ID Number: HDCC106
GenEd: DSHU
History, concepts, and technologies of creative design expression, coupled with an introduction to development for particular platforms and devices.

Seminar in Digital Cultures and Creativity; Music Composition
Course ID Number: HDCC208A
GenEd: DSSP

Seminar in Digital Cultures and Creativity; Text(iles)
Course ID Number: HDCC208T
GenEd: DSSP

Special Topics in Hebrew Studies; Israeli Culture in Television, Film and Music
Course ID Number: HEBR249C
Cross-listed: ISRL249M
Credit Only Grants for: HEBR249C or ISRL249M
Modern Israeli film, television and music through a cultural and historical lens. Taught in Hebrew.
 

Special Topics in Historic Preservation; Preserving Asian American Histories and Historic Preservation
Course ID Number: HISP319K
Cross-listed: AAST398I
Credit Only Grants for: HISP319K or AAST398I
This course introduces students to historic preservation and the ways in which Asian Americans have been interpreted through narratives of archival research of the built environment and landmark designation. Students will gain a greater understanding of the role of Asian Americans in US historic preservation practice, the preservation of Asian Americans historic sites (people, places, historical moments) and how to conduct research on Asian American historic preservation. Though the class will concentrate on Asian Americans, issues related to Asian Americans represented in historic preservation (including historic sites) will be examined within the larger context of America's multicultural preservation landscape.

History, Theory, and Practice of Historic Preservation
Course ID Number: HISP600
An introduction to history, theory and practice of historic preservation covered through readings, discussions, presentations, class projects, and field trips.

The Ancient World
Course ID Number: HIST110
GenEd: DSHU
Interpretation of select literature and art of the ancient Mediterranean world with a view to illuminating the antecedents of modern culture; religion and myth in the ancient Near East; Greek philosophical, scientific, and literary invention; and the Roman tradition in politics and administration.

The Medieval World
Course ID Number: HIST111
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
The development of Europe in the Middle Ages; the role of religious values in shaping new social, economic, and political institutions; medieval literature, art and architecture.

Islamic Civilization
Course ID Number: HIST120
Cross-listed: RELS120
Credit Only Grants for: HIST120 or RELS120
GenEd: DSHU
Introduction to society and culture in the Middle East since the advent of Islam: as a personal and communal faith; as artistic and literary highlights of intellectual and cultural life; and as the interplay between politics and religion under the major Islamic regimes.

Special Topics in History; Modern African History through Film, Literature, and Music
Course ID Number: HIST319F

Special Topics in History; Britain in the Age of Bridgerton
Course ID Number: HIST329A
Period dramas like Bridgerton and Jane Austen adaptations often present a fantasy of the late Georgian and Regency period; this course will explore the social, political and cultural realities, from slavery in the sugar colonies and Parliamentary politics to the history of fashion and sexuality. We will also examine how 21st century popular culture uses this period in history to promote a certain version of "Britishness" and romanticize the past for profit.

Crafting Value
Course ID Number: HNUH228D
GenEd: DSSP, SCIS
Is there value in handmade goods today? This course invites participants to investigate the enduring significance of handmade goods as one of the humanities oldest forms of expression. Humans have been hand making goods for self-expression and for one another as gifts for thousands of years yet the ease of mass production and rise of digital technology have impacted how humans relate to handmade goods in everyday life. Through readings, discussions, visiting artists and class projects, students will debate the significance of the handmade as a form of expression in contemporary society.

Ancient Romans: Telling Stories with Data
Course ID Number: HNUH228L
GenEd: DSHS
When you think of ancient Romans, whom do you picture? The emperors whose deeds are preserved in monuments? The politicians whose writings we still study today? While wealth and power have traditionally shaped whose stories are remembered, technological advances are providing unprecedented access to the lives of Romans lost to history. When AI can decipher the letters of ordinary soldiers and open-access databases let us into the homes of Pompeii's poorest residents, our methods and questions are limited only by our own creativity. But how might these innovative approaches perpetuate old biases, or introduce new ones? In this class, we'll both interrogate and contribute to the ongoing project of populating ancient Rome with diverse, complex individuals, centering the politics of data by examining how the tools we use shape the stories we tell.

The Book is Better? Literary Craft in an AI World
Course ID Number: HNUH229I
GenEd: DSNS
Hardly a day goes by without some newsworthy item being reported on Earth's changing climate. Often the stories are contradictory, tainted by parochialism and extremism, not only by the conservative and liberal media, but also by the camps of so-called believers and deniers. This seminar begins with a review of the history of how decisions regarding human interactions with the environment have either doomed past societies to failure or enabled long-term, sustainable success. That sets us up to examine the science of global warming, in a manner accessible to non-scientists, as well as the potential consequences of a rapidly changing climate, and the economics of large-scale renewable resources needed to avert climate catastrophe. During the final few weeks of this seminar, students will work in groups representing various parts of the world to negotiate an international plan to transition the world energy supply to renewable resources that emit little or no greenhouse gases.

From Page to Protest: Youth, Power, and the Politics of Storytelling
Course ID Number: HNUH238L
GenEd: DSHU
How do we make the unseen visible when history and marginalized experiences are contested or erased? Amid book bans, curriculum censorship, and political efforts to rewrite the past, storytelling becomes a powerful battleground for truth and resistance. This seminar explores how young adult literature--such as novels addressing police violence, immigration, or dystopian futures--can expose injustice, challenge oppression, and preserve memory. By connecting historical resistance movements to present-day debates over censorship and curriculum, students will analyze how narratives shape public consciousness, reckon with systemic inequality, and inspire social change.

Sing, Speak, Sign: How We Use Music and Language to Communicate
Course ID Number: HNUH248N
GenEd: DSHU
People often say that "music is a universal language." But is music a language? And is it really universal? This course explores how people actually communicate - or think they communicate - using music and language. We look at how different cultural contexts shape the ways in which people talk about music, make meaning out of music, and decide who (or what) has a "voice." You will learn how to analyze scholarship in ethnomusicology and linguistic anthropology, understand how people interact through music and language, and think critically about why music moves you.

Riding the Korean Wave: Kdrama, Race, and Global Culture
Course ID Number: HNUH278C
GenEd: DSHS, SCIS
How does culture construct our knowledge of the world and ourselves? Using Korean dramas, aka Kdramas, as a case study, this course will explore how various media negotiate blackness for global audiences. As a viral, billion-dollar art form, Kdramas provide an ideal window through which to explore recent trends in our global culture, including colorism, "Black as cool," travel as consumption, and immigration. They illuminate the politics of culture. We will examine how moral panics and social dilemmas are presented in the fictitious world of "Kdramaland," and how they inform our understandings of South Korean society, our own societies, and the world. Drawing on social science research by Koreans and non-Koreans alike, students will debate the ways the culture of the Korean wave reflects, reproduces, and challenges social inequities of marginalized and minoritized groups, as well as how those groups respond, to illuminate the larger global forces at work in intercultural exchange.

Getting Graphic: Comics as Resistance
Course ID Number: HNUH278R
GenEd: DSSP, DVUP
In 2023, Maia Kobabe's graphic memoir, Gender Queer, was the most challenged book in the U.S. Often restricted due to spurious claims about corrupting children, comics have a long history of upsetting the status quo with their unique use of words and pictures. Artists from historically marginalized communities continue to shape this medium. This class examines comics, from glossy horror comics to grungy punk zines, that reject the conventional and subvert suppression. Learning experientially through DMV resources like the D.C. Punk and Indie Fanzine Archive and local comics fests, students will generate their own comics and investigate censorship and resistance.

Innovation Tools & Mindsets
Course ID Number: IDEA201
Credit Only Grants for: IDEA201 or IDEA258A
Challenges assumptions around what is needed to innovate and who innovators are. Through hands-on activities and reflection, you'll be invited to step out of your comfort zone, think and work in new ways, and gain confidence in your creative abilities.

The Innovation Studio: Experience Design in Performance Contexts
Course ID Number: IDEA459
Credit Only Grants for: DEA459 or IDEA659
When you think of classical music, do you picture ball gowns, men in powdered wigs, and music to fall asleep to? For many, these common misconceptions create barriers to encountering live classical music. The Academy for Innovation & Entrepreneurship partners with the National Orchestral Institute + Festival to challenge long-standing assumptions and explore the potential for belonging, experimentation, and awe that live classical music offers. This interdisciplinary design studio serves as a collaborative, experiential space to explore and develop ideas for future NOI+F festivals. We'll cover tenets of Experience Design like Phase 0, relational empathy, immersion, world building, and diagramming, and draw on practices such as Futuring, Improv, and Human-Centered Design to create innovative, audience-centered experiments. Whatever your experience level with classical music, design, or powdered wigs, you'll deepen your creative intuition and uncover new ways of working and thinking.

Introduction to Immersive Media
Course ID Number: IMDM101
Credit Only Grants for: CMSC101 or IMDM101
An introduction to the basic practices, concepts and issues in Immersive Media Design. Conducted as a hybrid studio/lecture course, students will work collaboratively in teams to complete both research and practical projects, including surveying current artists and practice in immersive media; completing studio-based interactive projects that fuse computational media into physical objects; and working in teams to ideate and execute large scale, immersive media works.

Creative Coding for Digital Media
Course ID Number: IMDM127
Credit Only Grants for: IMDM127 or CMSC125
An introduction to the principles of Computer Science supported by exercises in computer programming with an emphasis on creative coding, algorithmic image creation and manipulation, and interactive experiences. Students will make use of both exploratory coding approaches, and problem/solution-driven approaches, to design and implement software with visual and auditory output. The course also includes an introduction to a wide variety of issues relating to computer science and software, including software design and construction, problem-solving, and fundamental questions about the nature, limitations, and ethical use of computers and algorithms. It also explores how creativity tools can be used and as well as providing some insight into how they are implemented. The course is targeted to students with a broad diversity in backgrounds and interests. No prerequisites are assumed beyond high school algebra.

Digital Media Theory and Culture
Course ID Number: IMDM150
GenEd: DSHU
An introduction to the fundamental structures and themes of digital culture in contemporary society. This course will provide you with a theoretical grounding in which to understand the current landscape of digital media culture, design and art. As an introductory course for the Immersive Media Design major, the focus will be on contextualizing immersive digital media such as virtual reality, augmented reality, immersive projection, and electronic art installation through reading, writing and discussion. Students will have opportunities to experience a range of these technologies first hand.

Introduction to Computational Media
Course ID Number: IMDM227
Comprehensive introduction to programming for visual, auditory and tactile art. Introduction to basic programming constructs, algorithms, data structures, and data transformations for creating and managing multimedia content, and conducting user interaction. Emphasis on programming and software design including the interfaces between hardware and software in multimedia devices, creating graphical user interfaces, and basic graphics and sound rendering.

Computational Virtual Reality
Course ID Number: IMDM327
Introduction to mechanisms and programming for virtual reality, augmented reality, and related technologies. Covers elements of a standard VR system, including creating, managing and rendering visual and audio VR content, tracking orientation and positions of head mounted display (HMD) and controller, rendering stereo imagery for VR headsets, and implementing approaches for user interactivity.

Special Topics in Immersive Media; Sound and Music
Course ID Number: IMDM498K

Golf Course Design and Construction
Course ID Number: INAG250
GenEd: DSSP
An appreciation and understanding of the game of golf is obtained through lectures on the history, organizations, and rules of the game. Golf course design theories, great architects and their courses, and construction specifications are discussed. Students will complete two golf course design projects.

Design Across Campus
Course ID Number: INST104
GenEd: DSHU, SCIS
What is design, who does it, and how is it done? There is no one answer to this question--it depends on who you ask. The answers to these questions vary across disciplines and across the University campus. This course, designed with modules from contributors in UMD programs including Information Studies, Human-Computer Interaction, Graphic Design, Immersive Media Arts, Journalism, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering, and Policy, will introduce students to the goals and values, approaches, skills, and practices of diverse fields of design. It will enable students to identify grand challenges in design and serve as a sorting hat to help students find a design practice that matches their own values, approaches, skills and goals.

Design Thinking for Visual Communication
Course ID Number: INST381
Credit Only Grants for: INST398J or INST381
In an age where technology increasingly permeates our daily existence, there remain certain human qualities that machines cannot replicate: creativity, curiosity, and empathy. This course endeavors to delve into the dynamic relationship between the pillars of aesthetics and the core skills of Design Thinking (DT), all with the goal of enhancing the design process. Throughout the course, we will witness instances where DT bolsters Visual Communication (VC), and conversely, where VC lends its support to the DT process. Our exploration will revolve around three pivotal questions: How can we engage users and establish meaningful connections with them? How can we empathize with users' challenges and provide them with effective solutions? How can we embrace a holistic approach to design?

"Maker Movement" Approach to Computing; Knitting = Algorithms + Coding
Course ID Number: INST388E
Students will examine the relationship between knitting, algorithms, and coding through the investigation and practice of knitting stitches, the design of knitting patterns, and textile creation independent of current technology and time. In this course, we will explore the concepts of computational thinking, algorithms, and coding using the medium of knitting, creating fiber arts that reflect an understanding of the importance of algorithms and their use in problem-solving. We will capture that understanding and translate algorithms into knitting patterns, culminating in a project to create fiber art employing designs developed in the course.

Special Topics in Information Science; Creative Coding
Course ID Number: INST408Z
This course studies computational and data-driven tools for writing poetry and fiction. The focus is on experimental writing with computers, including digital fiction and poetry. Students will also explore novel forms of collaboration with the computer, such as using an AI-generated passage of text as the seed for a more conventionally authored short story; writing a poem that contains lines and stanzas scored either ridiculously high or low by sentiment algorithms; using paper rather than screens as a medium for computational display.

Selected Topics in Israel Studies; Israeli Culture in Television, Film and Music
Course ID Number: ISRL249M
Cross-listed: HEBR249C
Credit Only Grants for: ISRL249M or HEBR249C
Modern Israeli film, television and music through a cultural and historical lens. Taught in Hebrew.

Survey of Italian Society and Culture: From the 1980s to the Present Day
Course ID Number: ITAL362
Development of Italian society and culture from the 1980s to the present. Literature, cinema, economy, popular culture, daily life. Taught in Italian.

The Italian Renaissance
Course ID Number: ITAL421
A study of major trends of thought in Renaissance literature, art, and science. Taught in English.

Special Topics in Japanese Studies; The Supernatural and the Strange in Classical Japan
Course ID Number: JAPN498B
Investigates supernatural and strange occurrences in novels, plays, folk tales, and ghost stories from the Heian, Medieval, and Edo periods.Through close reading of literary texts, picture scrolls, and performances, we will explore how the presence of eerie and otherworldly tropes provided a means to make sense of the natural, spiritual, and socio-political worlds in premodern Japan. Taught in English.

Introduction to Mass Communication
Course ID Number: JOUR150
GenEd: DSHS or DSSP
Survey of the functions and effects of the mass media in the United States. A consumer's introduction to newspapers, television, radio, film, sound recording, books, magazines, and new media technology.

Introduction to Storytelling with Code
Course ID Number: JOUR152
An introduction to the ways markup and programming languages and computational thinking are transforming news reporting and storytelling.

Audio and Podcast Reporting
Course ID Number: JOUR334
Students will learn the tools needed to report and produce short- and long-form audio storytelling, including writing, reporting, interviewing, production, editing, hosting and delivery. Field reporting and audio gathering outside of class are required, along with writing and mixing broadcast-quality audio stories. Students will work together to produce a complete radio broadcast on deadline, with live and pre-recorded elements. Various interests in audio reporting are welcome and encouraged.

News Videography
Course ID Number: JOUR347
Cross-listed: JOUR603
Credit Only Grants for: JOUR262, JOUR347 or JOUR603.
Introduction to shooting, editing and production of video stories for broadcast and the Web; includes newsgathering in the field.

Interactive Design and Development
Course ID Number: JOUR352
Cross-listed: JOUR652
Credit Only Grants for: JOUR352 or JOUR652
Conceptualize, wireframe, design and build responsive Web pages using HTML, style sheets and other coding tools; work with open source interactive tools, JavaScript libraries, multimedia and text to create charts, timelines, maps and other forms of nonfiction storytelling.

Topics in Broadcast and Electronic Media; Visual Theories: Examining Representation in Documentary, Film and Digital Media
Course ID Number: JOUR368B
In this course, we'll examine the historic representation of people, places and cultures in documentary film, television and more recently through social media. Each week we'll explore seminal and cutting edge visual theories that will guide our weekly in-class discussions and assignments. The course, designed for both filmmakers and scholars, culminates with a final project through which students operationalize their understanding of visual theories by creating a research paper, video essay or podcast.

Topics in Broadcast and Electronic Media; Video Lab
Course ID Number: JOUR368K
This course focuses on the future of video journalism, from documentary to 360 videos. In the class, students can experiment with cinematic techniques, motion graphics, choose-your-own-adventure style videos and more. The class is heavily influenced by independent documentary filmmaking and video storytelling. Students will be required to contribute to a weekly behind-the-scenes vlog of our class documenting the work we do.

Topics in Broadcast and Electronic Media; Documentary Video Production and Cinematography
Course ID Number: JOUR368T
Introduction to shooting, editing and production of video for film and web; includes visual storytelling, story research, lighting, interviewing, editing, managing video and film projects.

Photojournalism
Course ID Number: JOUR370
Credit Only Grants for: JOUR370 or JOUR670
Students are required to borrow, rent or purchase a 35mm digital camera. Contact department for camera specifications. Examining the basics of shooting, editing and storytelling with still photos taken with 35mm digital cameras. Students shoot portraits, feature photos and action shots. The final project is a photo story/essay.

Literature in Journalism
Course ID Number: JOUR456
Credit Only Grants for: JOUR456 or JOUR673
From Truman Capote's In Cold Blood to Mark Bowden's Black Hawk Down, students will examine how literary works can help writers approach a subject in a different way than more traditional forms of journalism, including the advantages and limitations of the style.

Special Topics in Journalism; The Power of the Writing Voice: Covering Celebrities, Art Exhibits, Concerts and Theatre
Course ID Number: JOUR458V
In this course, students will be introduced to writing journalism profiles of celebrities, covering music concerts, art exhibitions and theatrical productions for "Style" sections of newspapers and magazines.

Caribbean Literature in English
Course ID Number: LACS348E
Cross-listed: ENGL362
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL362, LASC348E, or LACS348E
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Political and literary traditions that intersect in the fiction, poetry, and drama written in English by Caribbean writers, primarily during the 20th century.

Urban Agriculture: Designing and Assessing Edible Landscapes
Course ID Number: LARC151
GenEd: DSSP, SCIS
Students will examine the growing development of urban agriculture and edible landscapes. Urban agriculture has seen a recent growth and interest in cities across the globe. From Paris to New York, from Baltimore to Detroit, urban agriculture is an emerging land use to address a variety of needs. Redevelopment, food deserts, community engagement and environmental justice are just some of the issues and topics that are connected to the recent growth of urban agriculture. This course will take a critical examination of urban agriculture's contribution to the food system, its input and outputs in the urban landscape, and the planning and design of urban agriculture and edible landscapes.

Introduction to Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design
Course ID Number: LARC160
GenEd: DSHU or DSSP
History, theory, philosophy and current practice of the profession of landscape architecture. Explores the interactive relationship between humans and their environment by examining people's perceptions of and changing attitude towards the landscape, as well as, an examination of how these are related to ecological and cultural influences. Topics include urban, ecological, community and creative design.

Literature and Materials for Children
Course ID Number: LBSC645
Survey of literature and other materials for children and youth. Criteria for evaluating and using such materials as they relate to the needs, interests, reading abilities, and other capabilities of young readers.

LGBTQ+ Literatures and Media
Course ID Number: LGBT265
Cross-listed: ENGL265
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL265 or LGBT265
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
A study of literary and cultural expressions of queer and trans identities, positionalities, and analytics through an exploration of literature, art, and media. We will examine historical and political power relations by considering the intersections of sexuality and gender with race, class, nation, and disability. Topics include the social construction and regulation of sexuality and gender, performance and performativity, intersectionality, and the relationship between aesthetic forms and queer/ trans subjectivity. Our interpretations will be informed by queer and trans theories.

Special Topics in LGBTQ+ Literatures and Media; Queer Asian American Literature
Course ID Number: LGBT359J
Cross-listed: ENGL359I and AAST398W
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL359I, AAST398W or LGBT359J
 

Introduction to Digital Studies in the Arts and Humanities
Course ID Number: MITH610
An introduction to digital studies in the arts and humanities, broadly conceived as the critical, creative, and practical engagement with digital media, methods, tools, and experiences, as well as the theoretical and conceptual bases for understanding them.

Class Piano
Course ID Number: MUSC102B
Functional piano training for beginners. Development of techniques for school and community playing. Basic piano techniques; chord, arpeggio and scale techniques; melody and song playing; simple accompaniments, improvisation for accompaniments and rhythms; sight reading and transposition and playing by ear.

Beginning Classical Guitar
Course ID Number: MUSC106
Introduction to classical guitar notation, technique, literature and performance. No previous musical experience required.
For students with no previous musical experience.

Ensemble; Chamber Strings
Course ID Number: MUSC129A

Ensemble; Chamber Woodwinds
Course ID Number: MUSC129B

Ensemble; Chamber Brasses
Course ID Number: MUSC129C

Ensemble; Steel Band
Course ID Number: MUSC129D

Ensemble; Advanced Steel Band
Course ID Number: MUSC129E

Ensemble; Brass Ensemble
Course ID Number: MUSC129F

Ensemble; Balinese Gamelan
Course ID Number: MUSC129G

Ensemble; Japanese Koto
Course ID Number: MUSC129K

Ensemble; Percussion
Course ID Number: MUSC129P

Ensemble; Korean Percussion Ensemble
Course ID Number: MUSC129Q

Music Fundamentals I
Course ID Number: MUSC140
GenEd: DSSP
Introductory theory course. Notation, scales, intervals, triads, rhythm, form and basic aural skills.

Popular Music in Black America
Course ID Number: MUSC204
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Traces black popular music in the U.S. with a special focus on spirituals, ragtime, the blues, early jazz, R&B, Motown, funk, soul, and rap. Examines how these styles have been borrowed by the American music industry.

History of Popular Music, 1950-Present
Course ID Number: MUSC205
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
A historical survey of rock music (blues, rock, soul, metal, rap, etc.) from circa 1950 to the present, with emphasis on popular music as music and popular music as social history.

The Impact of Music on Life
Course ID Number: MUSC210
Cross-listed: MUET210 
Credit Only Grants for: MUET210 or MUSC210
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Music as a part of culture. Materials drawn from traditions throughout the globe to illustrate issues of historical and contemporary significance, including the impact of race, class and gender on the study of music.

World Popular Musics and Identity
Course ID Number: MUSC215
Cross-listed: MUET200
Credit Only Grants for: MUET200 or MUSC215
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Explore some of the most popular music genres in the world in order to learn about the roles that socially-constructed identities play in the promotion, presentation and interpretation of different types of popular music. Through historical context and performance analysis, this course invites students to consider how identities such as race, gender, sexuality, class, culture, religion, region and nation shape the development of genres and the functions they serve beyond mere entertainment.

Ensemble; Symphony Orchestra
Course ID Number: MUSC229A

Ensemble; Wind Orchestra
Course ID Number: MUSC229D

Ensemble; Wind Ensemble
Course ID Number: MUSC229E

Ensemble; Marching Band
Course ID Number: MUSC229F

Ensemble; Marching Band: Woodwinds and Brass
Course ID Number: MUSC229G

Ensemble; Marching Band: Drumline and Auxillary
Course ID Number: MUSC229I

Ensemble; Jazz Ensemble
Course ID Number: MUSC229J

Ensemble; Marching Band Dance Team
Course ID Number: MUSC229K

Ensemble; Pep Band
Course ID Number: MUSC229P

Ensemble; University Band
Course ID Number: MUSC229U

Ensemble; Jazz Combo
Course ID Number: MUSC229Z

Elements of Music Composition for Non-Majors
Course ID Number: MUSC240
Credit Only Grants for: MUSC240 or HONR218M
Emphasizes learning concepts and techniques of music composition through the study of music theory and structure used in both classical and popular music forms. Students will compose music using computer assisted and composition tools. These tools include cloud based digital audio workstations and music notation programs. Compositions will be written in these musical styles but not limited to classical, jazz, and popular. Students will also explore methods of sharing their compositions on various digital platforms.

Music as Global Culture
Course ID Number: MUSC260
Credit Only Grants for: MUSC220 or MUSC260
Explores how and why people create, transform, and move music around the globe. Taking a comparative approach to Western art musics and other musics of the world, the course will examine a variety of musical practices in their social, political, and economic contexts. Experiential knowledge will be developed through hands-on ethnographic research.

Ensemble; University of Maryland Chorale
Course ID Number: MUSC329A

Ensemble; Chamber Singers
Course ID Number: MUSC329B

Ensemble; Gospel Choir
Course ID Number: MUSC329E

Ensemble; Ensemble: Tactus (Tenor & Bass Choir)
Course ID Number: MUSC329M

Ensemble; Opera Chorus
Course ID Number: MUSC329O

Ensemble; Treble Choir
Course ID Number: MUSC329W

Music in Western Culture After 1900
Course ID Number: MUSC361
Credit Only Grants for: MUSC330 or MUSC361
Continuation of MUSC360. A historical study of Western classical music, popular music, and jazz since 1900.

Area Studies in Ethnomusicology; Music of the Andes
Course ID Number: MUSC438A

Area Studies in Ethnomusicology; Music in the Muslim World
Course ID Number: MUSC438M

Arts Entrepreneurship and the Creative Profession
Course ID Number: MUSC448E
Cross-listed: ARHU340
Credit Only Grants for: ARHU340 or MUSC448E
Introduces students to arts entrepreneurship in preparation for diverse and ever-changing careers in the creative fields. Students will practice and develop their entrepreneurial mindsets and learn about different frameworks for audience engagement. Topics include financial management, revenue development, business planning, and the "need-to-knows" of the gig economy. Throughout the semester, students will have the opportunity to learn from a variety of entrepreneurs in the arts and to evaluate their future career paths.

Introduction to Ethnomusicology
Course ID Number: MUSC677
An introduction to the field of ethnomusicology: its origins as comparative musicology, its establishment as an autonomous discipline, and its contemporary trajectories.

Introduction to Persian Literature in Translation
Course ID Number: PERS371
GenEd: DSHU
Introduction to classical and modern canons of Persian literature in historical, esthetic, and social context. Taught in English.

The Physics of Music
Course ID Number: PHYS102
Credit Only Grants for: PHYS102 and PHYS499C
GenEd: DSNL
A study of the physical basis of sound, acoustical properties of sound, the human ear and voice, reproduction of sound, electronic music, acoustical properties of auditoriums, and other selected topics.

Physics of Music Laboratory
Course ID Number: PHYS103
Optional laboratory to accompany PHYS 102. Laboratory experiments, including the velocity of sound, sound quality and wave shape, traveling and standing waves, fourier synthesis and analysis, musical synthesizer, psychoacoustics, and audio equipment.

Making Physics Experiments
Course ID Number: PHYS456
Credit Only Grants for: PHYS499X or PHYS456
Laboratory course emphasizing practical skills used for making Physics experiments within the broader context of the maker movement and the maker culture. Design, fabrication, hands-on skills, repair, and safety. Practical skills not otherwise covered in traditional coursework (e.g.: carpentry, electronics disassembly/assembly, soldering, etc.).

Brazilian Cinema
Course ID Number: PORT332
Cross-listed: CINE332
Credit Only Grants for: PORT332, CINE332, or FILM332
Brazilian films from the late 1950s to the present with a special view to the relationship between cinema, society, historical dates, and social changes in Brazil. Taught in English.

Ancient Myths and Modern Lives
Course ID Number: RELS170
Cross-listed: CLAS170
Credit Only Grants for: CLAS170 or RELS170
GenEd: DSHU, SCIS
What are myths and why do we tell them? What powers do myths have? We will tackle these questions by looking at the enduring and fascinating myths from ancient Greece and Rome. In addition to studying how they shaped ancient societies, we will also look at their modern influence and reflect upon the power that myths still hold in our contemporary world. Taught in English.

Soviet Film: Propaganda, Myth, Modernism
Course ID Number: RUSS334
Cross-listed: CINE334
Credit Only Grants for: RUSS334, CINE334, or FILM334
A Survey of Soviet film from the 1920s to 1991, focusing on important directors, genres, themes, and styles. Taught in English.

Bollywood, Muslims, and Urdu
Course ID Number: SLLC382
Muslims and Urdu feature prominently in the Hindi cinema of Bollywood, which is centered in the cosmopolitan, coastal city of Mumbai, India, formerly known as Bombay. In Bollywood film, Urdu is the preferred language of love, duty, and sacrifice. But it is also closely associated with India's Muslim community, the largest religious minority, and with the conventions of a feudal past. This course introduces students to the methods used by scholars to understand how these films have represented the nation and its minorities.

Sociology of Culture
Course ID Number: SOCY451
Credit Only Grants for: SOCY498C or SOCY451
Analyzes the relationship between society and culture. How do social forces affect cultural objects and products? How do values and meanings shape individual behavior? How can culture be both a source of domination and resistance? These and other topics will be analyzed to show the role of culture in our lives.

The Usable Past: Reflecting on Archives in Contemporary Fictions and Films from the Southern Cone
Course ID Number: SPAN434
Credit Only Grants for: SPAN434 or SPAN408F
Che Guevara on a t-shirt, Eva Peron in a Broadway musical, Bolivar as trans on a postcard, Gabriela Mistral on a peso bill, Pablo Neruda as a postman's friend, Frida Kahlo as a feminist icon, Artigas in a blues band ... The list goes on. Nevertheless, what all these cultural appropriations have in common is that the present has used the past to inscribe a functional narrative for that time. This course will not ask if we can know past events as they really happened, but rather it will explore how contemporary fictions, films, and visual art from the Southern Cone construct usable cultural archives for their present. Also, this seminar traces the ways in which contemporary authors, filmmakers, and visual artists reflect on the past in order to critically read their present. Concentrating on the past as both the subject of fiction and as a force for inscribing fiction, this seminar inscribes an approach to time that moves away from a linearity.

Construction of Gender and Sexuality in the Spanish Realist-Naturalist Novel
Course ID Number: SPAN456
Examines 19th-century Spanish normative notions regarding gender expression and identities as well as men's and women's sexualities in the Realist and Naturalist novel. Also, we will discuss representations of men and women whose behavior ran afoul of a heteronormative system that valued domestic privacy as a space of honor and virtuous masculinity and femininity. Taught in Spanish.

Open Seminar; Contemporary Afro-Latin American Fiction
Course ID Number: SPAN798A
Explores Afro-Latin American fiction of the last 60 years. We will disc uss what techniques Afro-Latin American writers have experimented with as well as the themes they have delved into. We will be reading authors such as Zapata Olivella, Marta Rojas, Mayra Santos-Febres, Washington Cucurto, and Marcial Gala.

Open Seminar; Transnational Theory and Literature
Course ID Number: SPAN798N
Examines the emergence of transnational theory in literary and cultural studies and its challenge to the nation-state as the dominant frame for analyzing culture. We will approach transnationalism both as a historical condition shaped by the global circulation of people, capital, and ideas, and as a critical methodology for understanding aesthetic production beyond national borders. The seminar places transnational theory in dialogue with adjacent frameworks such as world literature and cosmopolitanism. Through close engagement with key theoretical texts andliterary works, we will address questions of circulation, translation, linguistichegemony, and literary world-building. Taking Brazilian and Hispanic American literature as primary case studies, the seminar also encouragesstudents to approach these cultural regions from a transnational perspective, examining the ways literary and cultural production in Latin America participates in broader global circuits of exchange, influence, and interpretation.

Open Seminar; Puerto Rican Literature and Musicality: The Potens of the Fiesta
Course ID Number: SPAN798V
Explores the imaginal world running through literature and music in Puerto Rico, considering the fiesta as a becoming and a shared epiphany of Puerto Rican sociability. Rather than tracing filiations or genealogies,we listen to how verse is infected by the drum, and which images and narratives insist through danza, bomba, plena, salsa, and reggaeton. Are resistance or identity privileged themes? What does it mean to listen? What do we listen to between rhythms and words? When and how does the fiesta destitute and revolt against the political order? The course studies potent as the becoming of another world: energy and intensities that create worlds in text, song and dance and asks whether music can be thought without domestication. We will also examine the limits and fixations of current academic, critical, and political discourse. Taught in Spanish.

Introduction to Technical Production
Course ID Number: TDPS201
Students are provided with an overview of topics related to the technical production of theatre and dance including: scenic, prop and costume construction, lighting, sound and video execution and management structures.

Arts Organizations and Audiences in the United States
Course ID Number: TDPS240
Cross-listed: ARHU240
Credit Only Grants for: TDSP240 or ARHU240
An introduction to the history and role of arts organizations in the U.S., as well as the respective audiences and populations they serve. This grounding allows artists and emerging administrators to understand the events and questions that have shaped the field, and develop strategies for advancing sustainable arts organizations in the future.

Special Topics in Intermediate Performing Arts; Technology and the Performing Arts
Course ID Number: TDPS358T

Arts Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
Course ID Number: TDPS441
Cross-listed: ARHU441
Credit Only Grants for: TDPS458E, ARHU441, TDPS441, ARHU640 or TDSP640
Establishes arts entrepreneurship as a unique discipline with the goal of connecting creative initiatives (products, artforms, and programs) to audiences, resources, and communities. Introduces students to the ways in which creative initiatives both create value and offer solutions to social, political, environmental, and cultural issues. Students will develop artist impact statements and identify different contexts and ways to apply their talents and creative initiatives in society.

Introduction to the Theatre
Course ID Number: THET110
GenEd: DSHU
In the age of pop music and blockbuster films, of memes and viral videos, we often forget that theatre was one of the original forms of popular entertainment. We will focus on theatre practitioners including actors, directors, designers and backstage personnel to understand how theatre is produced. We will also consider popular entertainment in Europe and America, with a particular focus on musical theatre and Broadway to explore how theatre communicates, resonates, and remains relevant to all audiences.

Fundamentals of Theatrical Design
Course ID Number: THET116
Examines theatre as an environmental art that is realized through collaboration between set, costume, and lighting designers.

Introduction to Acting
Course ID Number: THET120
Through scene study, exercises, and improvisation, an appreciation is developed for the working habits of actors, which will aid them in rehearsal as well as performance.

Foundations of Acting and Performance
Course ID Number: THET222
Students will become familiar with the tools and process of acting through the discipline of acting exercises, analyzing character and performing. Students will research various theatre artists that have contributed to the acting process. Through monologue and scene work students will learn listening skills, communicative, collaborative and embodiment skills and will learn how to use the self in the imaginative process and research. And, most importantly, students will learn the creative process through practice. Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.

Text and Context in Western Theatre
Course ID Number: THET223
Introduction to the analysis and critique of the play script. Students will have the opportunity to read, analyze, and interpret western dramatic literature from a range of periods and styles. Texts are analyzed from a variety of theatrical analytical perspectives, with an eye towards choices theatre artists must make in the creation of a theatrical production.

Special Topics in Introductory Theatre and Performance; Improvisation
Course ID Number: THET228A

Introduction to Playwriting
Course ID Number: THET240
Credit Only Grants for: THET240 or THET340
GenEd: DSSP
Will introduce students to the art of playwriting through exploratory writing exercises, the reading of successful plays and the development of new short scripts. Writing workshop discussions will address how to make theatrical choices, and how to use the six elements of storytelling. Previous experience in Theatre is necessary, but no playwriting experience is required. Students must pay a $25 lab fee

Broadway Mashup: Remixing America Through Musical Theater
Course ID Number: THET251
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP, SCIS
Interrogate musical theater's political history, investigating how this uniquely American genre uses narrative, song, and dance to weave critical differences across race, ethnicity, immigration status, religion, gender, sexuality, and ability into our national fabric.

Introduction to Stage Management
Course ID Number: THET274
Familiarization with the techniques and skills required of a Stage Manager in a theatrical production, including organization, production meetings, rehearsals, tech and running a show. The outcome at the conclusion of the course is the ability to function as an Assistant Stage Manager in a supervised situation.

Stage Costume Construction I
Course ID Number: THET284
Study and practical experience in garment construction and related costume crafts as used in theatre costume design. Flat pattern development, corset construction, theatrical sewing techniques and organization of the costume construction process. Students must pay a $25 lab fee

The Art of Communication and Presentation
Course ID Number: THET285
Credit Only Grants for: COMM107, COMM200, INAG110, JOUR130, or THET285
GenEd: FSOC
An introduction to the fundamental practice and theory of public speaking and oral communication using theatrical techniques of both performance and the craft of storytelling.

Black Theatre and Performance I
Course ID Number: THET293
GenEd: DSHU
Thematic and historical survey of African-American drama from the late nineteenth century to the 1960s. Emphasis on sociopolitical context, thematic thrust, issues, styles, the aesthetic reflected in the work, impact on African-American and general theatre audiences.

Voice for the Actor I
Course ID Number: THET310
Freeing the natural voice. In-depth experience of connection of actor's voice to thought, impulse and emotion. Tools for releasing tension, increasing resonance and range, and refining articulation will be explored.

Character Development
Course ID Number: THET324
European-based physical approach to acting. Primary focus on character development, may include creating original characters and learning how to bring to life an already scripted character. Techniques to explore the soul and psychology of characters and their physical qualities, voice, rhythm and movement. Students must pay a $25 lab fee

Play Directing I
Course ID Number: THET330
A lecture-laboratory course dealing with the techniques of coordinating, designing and guiding the production of a script through to performance. Study and practice in stage composition, movement, pacing, script and character analysis, and rehearsal routines. Emphasis on methods of communicating a script to an audience.

Playwriting I
Course ID Number: THET340
Will introduce students to the art of playwriting through exploratory writing exercises, the reading of successful plays, the development of new short scripts, how to make theatrical choices, and how to use the six elements of storytelling. Students must pay a $25 lab fee

Musical Theatre I
Course ID Number: THET351
An introduction for students interested in developing their skills with musical theatre, specifically the work of the actor interpreting songs and text in musicals. With a primary focus on American Musical Theatre repertoire, students will prepare and present various solo, duet, and group numbers. Students must pay a $25 lab fee.

Scenic Design I
Course ID Number: THET371
A study of design theory and style. Methods and techniques of coordination of all elements of scenic design for theatre.

Sound Design
Course ID Number: THET380
Theatre Sound Design is a first course in designing sound for stage productions. Students must pay a $25 lab fee.

Media Design
Course ID Number: THET385
Focuses on learning the grammar and conceptual thinking behind multimedia design for live performance. Students will learn how our new multimedia tools can enhance the sense of liveness as well as explore the different ways in which technology can be implemented into preproduction thinking, rehearsal experimenting, and ultimately, effective use in performance.

History of Theatre I
Course ID Number: THET390
The history of Western theatre from its origins in classical antiquity through the mid-seventeenth century with emphasis on plays and playwrights, architecture and decor, acting and costuming, and significant personalities. Includes explorations of interrelationships between Western theatre and the theatre of other cultures.

History of Art, Architecture, and Decor for the Theatre
Course ID Number: THET475
Cross-listed: THET670
Credit Only Grants for: THET475 or THET670
Study of Western art, architecture, and decor and their practical application to theatrical production.

Special Topics in Theatre History from 1800 to Present; American Theatre from Conquest to Contemporary
Course ID Number: THET489B

Forbidden Books: Censorship of Children's and Young Adult Literature
Course ID Number: TLPL206
Credit Only Grants for: TLPL288W or TLPL206
GenEd: DSHS, SCIS
What is the relationship between censorship and intellectual freedom? This course examines the history of censorship from Plato to Fake News with a focus on contemporary censorship analyzed through historical, political, ethical, moral, philosophical, and socio-cultural perspectives. We consider the evolving definition of censorship, forms of censorship, the rationalizations and arguments for censorship, and the consequences and unintended results of censorship.

Introduction to Children's Literature and Critical Literacy
Course ID Number: TLPL340
Credit Only Grants for: EDCI443 or TLPL340
Analysis of literary materials for children and youth. Timeless and ageless books, and outstanding examples of contemporary publishing. Evaluation of the contributions of individual authors, illustrators and children's book awards.

Foundations of Art Education
Course ID Number: TLPL433
Credit Only Grants for: EDCI403 or TLPL433
Introduction to the field of Art Education and the role of the visual arts in grades PreK-12 for today's diverse school populations. The fundamental, historical and philosophic components of art education with an emphasis on arts disciplines and curriculum. Includes a school-based practicum. For those considering art education as a major.

Studio Processes and Materials: 2D
Course ID Number: TLPL436
Credit Only Grants for: EDCI406 or TLPL436
A discussion/studio format used to develop skills, materials, resources and education strategies for using technology and two-dimensional art in K-12 programs.

Art Education Methods II
Course ID Number: TLPL447
Credit Only Grants for: EDCI423, EDCI603, TLPL447 or TLPL633
Methods II builds upon the pedagogical foundation of Methods I and provides future art teachers with the means for developing pre K-12 art lessons and unit plans for a balanced qualitative art program for today's diverse and inclusive schools and classrooms.

Literature for Adolescents
Course ID Number: TLPL457
Credit Only Grants for: EDCI466 or TLPL457
GenEd: DSHU
Reading and analysis of fiction and nonfiction; methods for critically assessing quality and appeal; current theory and methods of instruction; research on response to literature; curriculum design and selection of books.

Professional Seminar in Education; Art Education
Course ID Number: TLPL478A

Central Americans and the United States: Culture, Politics, and Community
Course ID Number: USLT450
Cross-listed: AMST498C
Credit Only Grants for: AMST498C, USLT450 or USLT498D
With attention to history, memory, politics, and culture, this course examines the relationships, conflicts, and exchanges of people and power between the United States and the Central American isthmus. We will investigate the role of the US government and military, as well as US corporate interests and US-backed dictatorships, in the culture, politics, and economy of nations including El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Honduras. Through literature, feature films, documentary films, theatre, poetry, and other mediums, the class will analyze responses to this history in Central American cultural productions originating both from the isthmus and from Central Americans living in the United States. In addition to US interventions in the Americas, the course will examine migration from Central America to North America and will conclude by exploring the lives and activities of Central Americans living in the USA.

Introduction to WGSS: Art and Culture
Course ID Number: WGSS250
Credit Only Grants for: WMST250 or WGSS250
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Provides students with a critical introduction to the ways that art and art activism have served as a conduit to understanding and challenging systems of inequity and practices of normativity. Interrogating the categories of gender, sexuality, race, class, ability, the course will provide students with an examination of how artists have responded to pressing social justice issues of their eras. While the course centers visual art, students will also engage genres such as music, plays, literature, digital and performance art as arenas of social change.

Reading Women Writing
Course ID Number: WGSS255
Cross-listed: ENGL250
Credit Only Grants for: ENGL250, WMST255 or WGSS255
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Explores literary and cultural expressions by women and their receptions within a range of historical periods and genres. Topics such as what does a woman need in order to write, what role does gender play in the production, consumption, and interpretation of texts, and to what extent do women comprise a distinct literary subculture. Interpretation of texts will be guided by feminist and gender theory, ways of reading that have emerged as important to literary studies over the last four decades.

Introduction to Black Women's Studies
Course ID Number: WGSS263
Cross-listed: AAAS263
Credit Only Grants for: WMST263, AASP298I, WGSS263, AAAS263 or AASP263
Interdisciplinary exploration of Black women, culture and society in the United States. Drawn primarily from the social sciences and history with complementary material from literature and the arts.

Monsters and Racism: Black Horror and Speculative Fiction
Course ID Number: WGSS271
Cross-listed: AAAS271, ENGL289J
Credit Only Grants for: AAAS271, ENGL289J, HONR299Y, HNUH238W, WGSS271 or WGSS298W
GenEd: DSHU
The previous decade has been considered a renaissance for Black Horror. From Get Out to Lovecraft Country, the genre has enjoyed unprecedented mainstream media buzz and accolades. This course looks at contemporary Black horror and speculative fiction as cultural texts which put into question our notions of human(e) and inhuman(e) through critiques of white supremacy and accompanying oppressions. Students will learn a host of critical skills through close reading and analysis of literature and film by Black creators such as Jordan Peele, Misha Green, Toni Morrison, Jewelle Gomez, and Octavia Butler. With the ability to interpret cultural texts using literary criticism, film analysis, history, cultural studies, ethnic studies, feminist theory, and the social sciences, students will connect these texts to continuing historical and contemporary issues of racial and cultural oppression such as medical discrimination, policing and criminalization, misogynoir, and racialized capitalism.

World Literature by Women
Course ID Number: WGSS275
Cross-listed: CMLT275
Credit Only Grants for: WMST275, CMLT275 or WGSS275
GenEd: DSHU
Comparative study of selected works by women writers of several countries, exploring points of intersection and divergence in women's literary representations.