Spring 09 Interdisciplinary Seminars (All classes are 3 credit hours)

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Desktop Publishing
ART3930H/COM3930H  Santana/Kim, Class Number:  21347 or 20038
MW 10:30-11:45AM COMM143
Foundation of magazine publishing by interdisciplinary approaches, including writing feature articles, taking photographs, advertisement layout and magazine design, and production processes.

Fiction to Film
FIL 3930H, Boyar, Class Number: 11064
M 6:00-8:50 PM, BHC127, COMM143
Writing critically and creatively about key aspects of film based on fiction.

Global Environmental Change
ISC3930H, Weishampel, Class Number: 20143
TR 1:30-2:45PM CL1 218
The recent, explosive growth of the human population and its institutions and their consequences on land, air, water, and biological resources.

India Heritage of the Arts,
ARH 3930H / MUH 3930H, Chavda/Muley, Class Numbers: 20962 or 20762
T 6:00-8:50PM, BHC 126
Early art, architecture, and performing arts of India, including the history and origin of Indian classical music.

Latino/a Lives
LAH3930H/AML3930H Fernandez/Milanes, Class Numbers:  20717 and 20716
TR 10:30-11:45AM BHC126
Interdisicplinary approach studying literary self-representation including autobiographic novels, film and other works.  The focus will be the Hispanic Caribben and the U.S.

Music and the Brain
MUS 3930H / MCB 3930H, Yonetani/Sugaya, Class Numbers: 18420 or 21639
T/R 12:00-1:15 PM, BHC127
Impact of sound and music on the brain function including mood, emotion, pain, cognition, and memory using an interdisciplinary approach, the cutting-edge knowledge in neuroscience, and basic analysis of music and sound structure.

Texts & War
LIT 4932H/ INR 4932H, Angley/Jungblut, Course Number: 11014 or 21835
TR 10:30-11:45 AM, CL1 205
Diverse perspectives examining the causes, experiences, and consequences of militarized conflict.

Understanding Modern Italy
MUS3930H, Macklem, Course Number: 20023
TR 3-4:15PM BHC128
Interdisplinary approach to understanding Italy through diverse cultural expressions such as opera, literature, and film.

Understanding Prejudice
SYP3930H,  Sikorska, Course Number: 21087
W 6:00-8:50 in BHC 129
An interdisciplinary perspective on the causes and consequences of prejudice and discrimination.  Specific forms of prejudice and discrimination will be addressed, including racism, sexism, heterosexism, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and stigmatization.