Subject: Amer Culture & Difference (AMCD)

CRN: 20741

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 227

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing to learn

  David Lawrence

In AMCD 200, students learn about the historical and theoretical foundations of Cultural Studies as an academic discipline and use cultural theory to analyze a variety of cultural products and representations. In this course, students look specifically at dominant and subversive constructions of gender, race, ethnicity, national and sexual identities, and how these constructions are deployed through cultural practices and productions such as sports, film and television, folklore and popular culture, youth subcultures, music, and so on. For example, the course may contain units on "nation" and the creation of American mythologies; the process of hero-making in American history; stereotypes and the representation of race and ethnicity in television and film; representations of gender and sexuality in advertising; as well as a section on American music from jazz, blues, folk and roots music, to rock and roll, punk, and hip-hop.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 20761

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 311

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     CommGood/Community-Engaged
     Writing to learn

  Heather Shirey

Street art—including graffiti, murals, and other installations in public space—provides expressive avenues for marginalized voices, shapes urban space, and promotes competing visions of community development. In contrast to art that is created for museums or the commercial art market, street art is uniquely positioned to engage with social issues from a critical perspective. This class will involve an analysis of street art projects from the United States, situated in comparison with projects from around the world. Topics to explored include the history of street art over time (from its origins in graffiti to contemporary mural festivals); the impetus for street art in communities in the USA and globally; models for creating, preserving, and presenting street art; the institutionalization of street art; street art as it relates to diversity and inclusion; and, ultimately, the potential for street art to play a role in social change.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 20763

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 305

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Art History Museum Studies
     Honors Course
     Writing to learn

  Amy Nygaard

In this course, museum successes and failures will be examined in relation to the broad topics of exhibition design, collecting, politics, tourism, museum organizational structures, architecture, and education. The course combines thematic and theoretical classroom discussions with practical and experiential museum components. This course will provide an opportunity for discussions with museum professionals. Partnerships with regional museums will provide hands-on project opportunities during the semester.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 20764

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 312

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing to learn

  Gretchen Burau

This course surveys historical and contemporary art forms of Oceania, a region that includes Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Sculpture, painting, architecture, and body arts will be explored in relation to gender roles, identity, repatriation, and Western influence. Students will learn how material culture, along with the concepts of mana and tapu, sustained highly stratified cultures in places such as Hawaii and New Zealand. We will also study egalitarian societies in which a balanced relationship is maintained with natural environments through daily practices and spiritual beliefs. Students will work with objects from the American Museum of Asmat Art at the University of St. Thomas (AMAA@UST). Films and other digital resources will be used to illustrate how Pacific cultures have changed over time.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 20766

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Victoria Young

A survey of high style and vernacular architecture in the United States from the Native Americans to the present day. Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: identify the major themes and styles in American architecture; recognize major monuments and their designers; and understand how an American identity was projected in architecture. This includes understanding American architecture and its relationship to corresponding developments in art, landscape, and the urban fabric. Emphasis will be placed on structures in Minnesota and the upper Midwest.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 22197

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 203

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Holocaust/Genocide Minor Appr
     Writing to learn

  Amy Nygaard

Trauma is endemic in modern society and art has always played a vital and expressive role in testifying to its presence and aiding in recovery. Artists have used their work to address and confront traumatic experiences-including war, genocide, racialized violence, ecological disasters, and personal trauma-among other forms. This course investigates the history of trauma through representations in the visual arts.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 20768

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 311

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Class, Civilization Major Appr
     Class. Civilization Minor Appr
     Writing to learn

  Vanessa Rousseau

A survey of the art and architecture of ancient Greece from the fall of the Bronze Age civilizations to the end of the Hellenistic period. Particular attention will be given to sculpture, vase painting, and the relationship of art to the broader culture, to the art of the ancient Near East and Egypt, and to gender relations in ancient Greece.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 20769

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 311

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Class, Civilization Major Appr
     Class. Civilization Minor Appr
     Writing to learn

  Vanessa Rousseau

A survey of the art and architecture of ancient Greece from the fall of the Bronze Age civilizations to the end of the Hellenistic period. Particular attention will be given to sculpture, vase painting, and the relationship of art to the broader culture, to the art of the ancient Near East and Egypt, and to gender relations in ancient Greece.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 20770

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 203

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     LatAm/Caribb Minor
     Writing to learn

  William Barnes

This course is designed to provide an understanding of the foundation of the arts of Spanish-speaking Latin America. Its focus will be the development of the arts from the time of the Spanish entrada in the late 15th century through the time of the independence movements of the 19th century and beyond. In general, it will focus on Early Colonial and Viceregal New Spain and Peru. At the close of this course participants will be expected to approach any period of Latin American art with a deeper awareness of its historical context and an increased sense of analytical confidence.

4 Credits

Subject: Business Ethics (BETH)

CRN: 21940

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: McNeely Hall 114

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Julie Norton

College is often a time for students to both learn skills to earn a livelihood and ask big questions about one’s purposeful vocation in life. This seminar will explore alignment and conflict between these two important goals. On one hand, participants will examine personal fit within a market economy. On the other hand, they will examine the work they may feel called by their heart, faith, and/or society to do. In doing so, participants will read about, watch, and meet  professionals who are grappling with similar tensions between money, which they need to live, and meaning, which they need to flourish. The seminar provides students with the opportunity to examine “common good” endeavors in the for-profit and/or non-profit sectors. In the process, students will inquire about the possibility of developing themselves as principled leaders and finding meaningful work that also sustains them, their families, and the common good. While much of the course content involves philosophical reflection, much of the course outcomes are practically oriented toward personal and professional development. Prerequisites: Junior standing. 

2 Credits

Subject: Business Ethics (BETH)

CRN: 21941

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: McNeely Hall 114

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Mahak Nagpal

This course explores whether or not traditional concepts associated with the human person, business, and law are capable of addressing changes introduced by technology and its rapid evolution.  In particular, students will be asked to consider whether concepts associated with property, privacy, rights, justice, and the good can accommodate technological innovations such as automation, decision-making by algorithms, big data, and the "de-skilling" of work.  What might this mean for "meaningful work" in the future?  What might it mean for education and culture?  Will technology create an electronic Panopticon, substituting a world governed by big data and a lack of privacy for Weber’s “iron cage?"  In the process, students should ask whether or not technological innovation is outpacing the ability of traditional concepts in business, the law, and philosophy to properly address deeper questions associated with promoting the human good.

4 Credits

Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)

CRN: 20876

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Robert Kennedy

This course explores from an interdisciplinary perspective the history of the Catholic Church as it interacts with the secular world and is shaped by its dominant personalities and events. No other institution in history has survived, and flourished, for so long and in the face of so many challenges. This course will critically reflect upon the history of the Church, from its origins in the Apostolic Age to the modern period, as a series of cycles with a common pattern of creativity, achievement, and retreat. Students may expect to complete the course with an awareness and understanding of the major personalities and events, secular and ecclesial, that have shaped the life of the Church.

4 Credits

Subject: Classical Civilization (CLAS)

CRN: 20976

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 318

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Class, Civilization Major Appr
     Class. Civilization Minor Appr
     Writing to learn

  Jordan Mitchell

This Course focuses on analyzing and understanding Classical epic poetry, the ancient presentation of heroic figures and heroic exploits, and recognizing the influence of epic/heroic literature on the modern storytelling device of film. While the genre of epic is central to the course, other genres (both literary and cinematic) which present he-roic figures, e.g., tragedy, history, comedy, action, fantasy, will also be explored. Analyzing the works read or viewed via writing and class discussion will constitute the primary course activities; students will engage in reading, viewing and writing outside of class, while class time will include some writing, viewing and discussion. In order to allow am-ple time for discussion and analysis, the majority of films in their entirety will be viewed outside of class. The course grade will be based substantially on written analysis (i.e., essays, papers) of the texts and films studied. ENGL 203 may also be substituted for this course.

4 Credits

Subject: Classical Civilization (CLAS)

CRN: 20977

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Class, Civilization Major Appr
     Class. Civilization Minor Appr
     Writing to learn
     WGSS Major Approved
     WGSS Minor Approved

  Liz Hepner

Mythology is the embodiment and encoding of the beliefs, principles, and aspirations of ancient cultures. This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to mythology as an introduction and foundation to Classical civilization. Both Greek and Roman myths will be examined from a variety of theoretical perspectives, including aetioligical, structuralist, and psychological theories. Consideration will also be given to the study of literature in translation, art history, religion, and history. The course grade will be principally based on writing assignments and class discussions. ENGL 203 may also be substituted for this course.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20989

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 202

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Bernard Armada

This course focuses on building a range of communication skills through improvisation activities. Students explore theatrical techniques that teach listening, collaboration, spontaneity, team building, emotional intelligence, storytelling, and confident public speaking with connections to academic, professional, and personal situations. In addition to participating in improvisation activities, students will read the works of expert theorists and practitioners of applied improvisation in corporate and professional settings. No previous improvisation experience necessary.

2 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20990

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 202

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Bernard Armada

Building Communication Skills through Improvisation II is the second of the two-course sequence that introduces you to the world of applied improvisation. It is a cutting-edge course designed to help you continue building on the communication skills acquired and developed in COMM 246: Building Communication Skills through Improvisation. Unlike its predecessor, COMM 248:Building Communication Skills through Improvisation II is tailored more specifically for the professional world, training students to use improvisation as a tool for human communication, business, and organizational development. It uses different readings, higher-level assignments, and more complex improvisational techniques while maintaining its core focus on teamwork, creative problem-solving, oral communication, nonverbal communication, audience analysis, clarity, and adaptability.

2 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20991

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 209

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Bernard Armada

This is a course for anyone wishing to thrive in public and professional life. Business, science, engineering, and health professionals have always used stories to improve their communication with a variety of audiences such as employees, patients, investors, clients, consumers, and other key stakeholders. However, in recent years, the role of storytelling in professional settings has become even more critical. Today it is one of the most important tools at the disposal of people working in business, science, engineering, and health professions. This course invites students to explore, illustrate, and apply narrative theory to inform practice. Students will learn how stories can enhance clarity and optimize persuasion, how they can foster synergy and motivation, and how they may build healthy organizational cultures. Students also will explore, illustrate, and apply how stories can design brand identity, attract investors, allay concerns, and help resolve crises. Equipped with the practical power of storytelling, students will develop skills that will help their careers and enable them to effectively advance the common good.

2 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20996

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
     Writing to learn
     WGSS Major Approved
     WGSS Minor Approved

  Anna Kudak

This course examines the influence of culture on our own and others’ communication. Students will be introduced to different aspects and levels of culture, including basic principles and theories that explain cultural differences on the group level, and challenges in intercultural communication, such as stereotypes, ethnocentrism, conflicting ethical standards, and racial disparities. Through lectures, discussions and first-hand practice, students are expected to form global perspectives and become more competent in intercultural communication. Students are advised to take the course either during or after the sophomore year.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20997

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
     Writing to learn
     WGSS Major Approved
     WGSS Minor Approved

  Anna Kudak

This course examines the influence of culture on our own and others’ communication. Students will be introduced to different aspects and levels of culture, including basic principles and theories that explain cultural differences on the group level, and challenges in intercultural communication, such as stereotypes, ethnocentrism, conflicting ethical standards, and racial disparities. Through lectures, discussions and first-hand practice, students are expected to form global perspectives and become more competent in intercultural communication. Students are advised to take the course either during or after the sophomore year.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21876

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 227

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Matthew Batt

This course will explore the contemporary literary scene in the Upper Midwest. It will examine both the conventions and innovations practiced by writers working now in the Twin Cities and beyond, focusing on what makes their work unique, urgent, and, ultimately, Midwestern. The larger idea we will be asking of these writers as well as of ourselves is "What does it mean to be Midwestern and/or Minnesotan"? We will focus on a diverse spectrum of writers, potentially including Michael Kleber-Diggs, Louise Erdrich, Heid Erdrich, Marlon James, Peter Geye, Kao Kalia Yang, Ty Chapman, Stephen Graham Jones and Ashley Shelby. This course satisfies both an Integration in the Humanities requirement and a WAC Writing Intensive requirement. Please note that ENGL 201 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 202, 203, or 204.Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 22294

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 211

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing to learn

  David Rathbun

Short stories, because of their compression and intensity, offer lively plots and constant surprises. To the delight of readers everywhere, American authors provide a wellspring of tales that uncover our past, define our present, and speak to our future. In keeping with our diverse American heritage, stories have been chosen from a broad cross-section of literary and cultural traditions. Alongside canonical authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, we’ll read the works of Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Wakako Yamauchi, Kate Chopin, Eudora Welty, Ray Bradbury, and others, examining how these diverse voices diverge from, resist, and transform the traditional American short story canon. This course satisfies a WAC Writing to Learn requirement and an Integrations in the Humanities requirement.; Please note that ENGL 201 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 202, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 22274

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 211

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Film Studies Major Approved
     Film Studies Minor Approved
     Film Studies History&Analysis
     Writing Intensive

  Shannon Scott

This course explores the genre of noir in both film and literature beginning chronologically in post-World War II America, exploring McCarthyism and Hollywood blacklisting, as well as women's changing roles during and after the war. This background will provide a basis for the success of film noir with American audiences. Texts used early in the course are often those adapted into film (James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity and Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep). Emphasis in film is placed on the visual techniques used to create the aesthetic of film noir. As filmmakers fled Germany and Austria in the 1930s to work in Hollywood, techniques from German expressionist film helped to visually convey feelings of alienation, obsession, and instability fundamental to the genre (for example, Fritz Lang’s The Big Heat, Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity, and Otto Preminger’s Laura). The second half of the course will focus on the genre of noir in contemporary literature and film. Cinematic examples may include Devil in a Blue Dress, Memento, Mulholland Drive. Literary texts may include those written by Walter Mosley, Megan Abbott, and S. A. Cosby. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. This is a cross-listed course, with 10 seats in this ENGL 202-W02 section and 10 seats in FILM 297-W01. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, 190 or instructor permission.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21118

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 305

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     IRST Minor Approved
     Writing to learn

  David Gardiner

This interdisciplinary course offers a broad introduction to the study of Irish literature, history and culture. This course focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora, from the early Christian period to the present. This course satisfies an Integrations in the Humanities requirement, the Global Perspectives requirement, and the WAC Writing to Learn requirement. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. This is a cross-listed course with Irish Studies, with five seats in this ENGL 202-L01 section and 15 seats in IRST 200-L01. Prerequisite: None.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 22292

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Gordon Grice

Literature takes a walk on the wild side when men and women clash with deadly carnivores. We’ll read vintage tales by fiction writers, hunters, and naturalists for the surprising light they throw on race, gender, ecology, and even religion. Authors will include Erckmann-Chatrian, Ambrose Bierce, and Arthur Conan Doyle. This course satisfies an Integrations in the Humanities requirement, the Global Perspectives requirement, and a WAC Writing Intensive requirement. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 22305

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Chris Hassel

How do global politics influence our desire to explore space? How does space exploration impact our theological viewpoints of the universe? What roles might nation-states and corporations play in future space endeavors? Focusing on the human yearning to explore space, as well as current efforts to put humans on Mars in the near future, this class will attempt to answer these questions by examining a variety of literary forms including fiction, science fiction, poetry, nonfiction prose, and biography. Likely works to be studied include Tracy K. Smith’s LIFE ON MARS, Mary Doria Russell’s THE SPARROW, and Andy Weir's THE MARTIAN. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integrations in the Humanities requirement. Please note that ENGL 203 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 202, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 22216

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Joshua Brorby

For centuries, people have gathered around campfires or drawing-room hearths to tell tales of ghosts, ghouls, hauntings, and horror. Why are we perpetually drawn to these narratives of dread and anxiety? What aspects of culture, or perceived elemental forces beneath culture, conjure up stories that evoke the pleasurable feeling of being afraid? This course considers overlaps of fear and pleasure, the present and the past, the domestic and the foreign, the sanctioned and the sinful, in an overview of that strikingly influential genre: the Gothic. Emerging in the tumultuous final decades of the eighteenth century, with violent revolutions abroad and simmering discord “at home,” Gothic literature in the U.K. can be traced down through the Victorian nineteenth century as a genre in constant tension with the dominant mores of the society that produced it. How did women writers of the Gothic imaginatively grapple with the constraints of male-dominated institutions? How might the familiar haunted houses and landscapes of the Gothic suggest that the sins of the past maintain a choking hold on the present? Why do tales of the supernatural and elemental often seem to look outward nervously, to the faraway possessions of the British Empire, as they remain bound up in the home? These questions and more will be considered as we read short and longer texts by authors such as Mary Shelley, Emily and Charlotte Brontë, Sheridan Le Fanu, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Marie Corelli, and more. As we read about the past, we will also look ahead to recent books and movies to explore how the anxieties of the Gothic still haunt us today. This course satisfies an Integrations in the Humanities requirement, the Global Perspectives requirement, and a WAC Writing Intensive requirement. Please note that ENGL 203 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 202, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 22309

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

  Jeannie Hofmeister

“Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.” French novelist Andre Malraux suggests that those who lie are deceiving themselves. Throughout world history people have kept secrets and deliberately lied for their own gain or simply for the thrill of knowing they have the power to deceive. Are there consequences for deliberate acts of deception? In this course, we will analyze how various international writers explore this human characteristic and discuss what we can learn about ourselves by considering the theme of lies and deception in global literature. Possible texts include: THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS by M.L. Stedman, Patrick Shanley's DOUBT, and WHITE IVY by Susie Yang. This course satisfies an Integrations in the Humanities requirement, the Global Perspectives requirement, and a WAC Writing Intensive requirement. Please note that ENGL 203 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 202, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21119

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 227

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Writing to learn

  Dan Jones

How did the modern warfare of World War I change those who fought and those who stayed at home? Why did so many of the best American artists flee to Paris? How did the traditionalism and stability of the 1950s lead to the radicalism and rebellion of the 60s? How has technology, from the typewriter to the internet, reshaped literature? Such questions will be explored in a chronological framework though extensive readings in American literature from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. Threaded throughout the literature are themes such as progress and innovation, war, the “lost generation,” the New Woman, race, and conformity and individuality. This course fulfills the Historical Perspectives requirement in the English major. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190. 

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 22230

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 227

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Douglas Phillips

The core of our study will center around works of 20th century world literature that might be best called existential – existential for the ways in which they address questions about human agency, authenticity, responsibility, and what constitutes a meaningful life. Toward that end, we will also study precursors of existential literature, beginning with such 18th century writers as Voltaire, then move forward in time to Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Ibsen and Nietzsche, before settling into such key 20th century figures as Freud, Kafka, Pirandello, Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Hannah Arendt, and Clarice Lispector. This course satisfies both an Integrations in the Humanities requirement and the Global Perspectives core requirement, as well as the WAC Writing to Learn requirement. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190. NOTE: This course was formerly titled The Modern Tradition.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21120

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
     Writing to learn

  Emily James

Increasingly, education for nurses, physicians, and other healthcare professionals includes the practices of reading literature, writing reflectively, and engaging in role-play to learn how to care for patients (and for themselves). This is sometimes called narrative medicine. By focusing on stories (of the patient, the healthcare professional, and the cultures and systems in which both live) and therefore humanizing the often-impersonal world of the healthcare system, it improves the quality of care for patients and reduces burnout among healthcare professionals. In this course we will engage in practices of narrative medicine, reading and writing about literature as a means of understanding ourselves and others. The texts we'll read illuminate questions about pain and illness, empathy and the training of healthcare professionals, the health implications of racial and economic injustice, and the need for reformation of the healthcare system. Prerequisites: ENGL 121 or 190, or transfer equivalent

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21874

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 227

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Sports Management Minor
     Sports Studies Minor
     Writing to learn

  Liz Wilkinson

This course is focused on the multiplicities of narrative that are sport, with a special emphasis on American authors and U.S. sports journalism. Sports by definition are stories that literally play out in front of us: stories that involve conflict – conflict within the self, conflict in relationships, conflict against the elements, and, if we believe it possible, conflict with the supernatural. Through sports literature, students will thoughtfully investigate human interactions: the best we have to offer and sometimes the worst. Sports literature, whether that be fiction, non-fiction, drama, or poetry, asks us to consider what is just and what is unjust -- and how we discern which is which. Analytical and creative non-fiction writing assignments put students in thoughtful conversation with the ways that race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, class, disability, or other underrepresented or marginalized positions affect our engagement with sports and our world. Prerequisites: ENGL 121 or 190, or transfer equivalent.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21124

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 212

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing in the Discipline

  Asmita Ghimire

This course introduces students to principles and skills necessary for writing in professional settings. It includes study of rhetoric, ethics, and information design in workplace writing; examination of the roles of professional writers; close readings of texts and documents that model professional techniques; and practice composing in a variety of professional genres. The course will include instruction in ethical communication, rhetorical context, document design, communication technologies, precision, concision, and tone. This course fulfills the Theory and Practice requirement in the English major. Prerequisites: ENGL 121 or 190.  

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 22244

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 212

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing in the Discipline

  Asmita Ghimire

This course introduces students to principles and skills necessary for writing in professional settings. It includes study of rhetoric, ethics, and information design in workplace writing; examination of the roles of professional writers; close readings of texts and documents that model professional techniques; and practice composing in a variety of professional genres. The course will include instruction in ethical communication, rhetorical context, document design, communication technologies, precision, concision, and tone. This course fulfills the Theory and Practice requirement in the English major. Prerequisites: ENGL 121 or 190.  

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21125

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 207

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     English-Theory and Practice

  Juan Li

ENGL 305 is an introduction to the systematic study of the structure and use of the English language, with an emphasis on connections between academic linguistics and relevant social and educational questions. Students will study the English sound system through phonetics and phonology, word formation processes through morphology, and structures and meanings of clauses through syntax and semantics. Throughout the process of learning the linguistic tools to describe the English language, students consider variations of structures and uses in different varieties of English and critically engage with issues related to linguistic difference. With the linguistic toolkit introduced in the class, students will examine instances of language use in various social contexts, addressing the intersections of language and aspects of diversity including race, ethnicity, gender, political perspective, and citizenship. This course fulfills the Theory and Practice requirement in for the English with Literature and Writing major and is a required course for English with Secondary Education majors. Prerequisites: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21129

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn
     WGSS Major Approved
     WGSS Minor Approved

  Emily James

This course surveys literature by women across the long twentieth century—from early-century writers like Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Virginia Woolf to contemporary writers such as Tracy K. Smith, Sarah Howe, and Ada Limón. Along the way, we will discuss social, cultural, and historical context, including contemporary issues. We will also read, analyze, and emulate the recent work of essayists such as Leslie Jamison and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie—writers who have forged new conversations about women, feminism, and gender studies. The course requires community involvement (event attendance and excursions), regular reading and writing assignments, and enthusiastic participation in class discussion. This course satisfies both an Integrations in the Humanities and the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirements, as well as a WAC Writing to Learn requirement. In addition, this course satisfies a major/minor requirement for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies students; it also satisfies the Human Diversity and Context and Convergences requirements for English with Literature & Writing majors, a Human Diversity requirement for English with Professional Writing majors, and a literature requirement for English with Creative Writing majors. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121 or 190. 

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21131

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Pre-1900 American Lit.
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing to learn

  Laura Zebuhr

This course is about how 19th c. American literary traditions use Gothic tropes and modes to represent an idea of nature and the natural world. While we often think of “nature writing” as having a positive emotional orientation to human/nature relationships (in which safe exposure to wildness heals and refreshes our spirit, natural resources support human endeavors, and we do our best to use these resources wisely) such pastoralism masks darker truths. For example, the wallpaper in The Yellow Wallpaper looks like convulsing mushrooms and wallowing seaweeds. Frederick Douglass repeatedly uses images of being trapped in the earth to describe his despair while enslaved. In Poe’s famous story, Usher thinks it is stones and mold that cause his madness, and cursed mansions tend to collapse into lakes and oceans in Southern Gothic stories. With these and other examples in mind, we will turn our attention to a counter-tradition of nature writing in which negative emotional states prevail: fear, dread, even hate. In our readings of these and other “ecogothic” texts we will attend to a range of 19th c. contexts including: new ideas about the earth in geology and geography, claims about human nature in sexology, psychology, and scientific racism; mining and other extractive industries; and political movements like abolitionism, feminism, and animal rights. This course satisfies an Integration in the Humanities and the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice core requirements, as well as a WAC Writing to Learn requirement. It also counts for the Sustainability minor. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21132

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing to learn

  Kanishka Chowdhury

This course explores the ways in which literature and film represent the natural world, engage with ecological concerns like the environmental implications of AI, and invite us to reimagine our relationship with our planet. From Indigenous worldviews to climate change to speculative futures, we’ll examine how narrative forms—novels, poetry, memoirs, and cinema—help us make sense of our planet. Our texts will include voices from the Global South to shed light on how environmental issues intersect with colonial histories. Along the way, we’ll also engage with key concepts such as the Anthropocene, ecofeminism, and postcolonial ecologies. Students will develop critical tools to analyze narratives, reflect on what it means to live ethically and imaginatively in a time of environmental uncertainty, and consider how storytelling can inspire awareness, resistance, and change. And, of course, there will always be room for wonder—for recognizing the amazing gift that is our planet. We will begin with a book that captures this wonder: Samantha Harvey’s ORBITAL. Other texts for the semester may include Octavia Butler’s PARABLE OF THE SOWER, Amitav Ghosh’s THE HUNGRY TIDE, Robin Wall Kimmerer's BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, and Mai Der Vang's PRIMORDIAL. This course satisfies an Integration in the Humanities requirement and a WAC Writing to Learn requirement. Application is being made to have this course count as meeting a Sustainability requirement (approval not guaranteed). Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: Environmental Studies (ENVR)

CRN: 22506

In Person | Topics Lecture 2

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

Requirements Met:
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing to learn

  Kanishka Chowdhury

This course explores the ways in which literature and film represent the natural world, engage with ecological concerns like the environmental implications of AI, and invite us to reimagine our relationship with our planet. From Indigenous worldviews to climate change to speculative futures, we’ll examine how narrative forms—novels, poetry, memoirs, and cinema—help us make sense of our planet. Our texts will include voices from the Global South to shed light on how environmental issues intersect with colonial histories. Along the way, we’ll also engage with key concepts such as the Anthropocene, ecofeminism, and postcolonial ecologies. Students will develop critical tools to analyze narratives, reflect on what it means to live ethically and imaginatively in a time of environmental uncertainty, and consider how storytelling can inspire awareness, resistance, and change. And, of course, there will always be room for wonder—for recognizing the amazing gift that is our planet. We will begin with a book that captures this wonder: Samantha Harvey’s ORBITAL. Other texts for the semester may include Octavia Butler’s PARABLE OF THE SOWER, Amitav Ghosh’s THE HUNGRY TIDE, Robin Wall Kimmerer's BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, and Mai Der Vang's PRIMORDIAL. This course satisfies an Integration in the Humanities requirement and a WAC Writing to Learn requirement. Application is being made to have this course count as meeting a Sustainability requirement (approval not guaranteed). Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: Environmental Studies (ENVR)

CRN: 22505

In Person | Topics Lecture 1

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

Requirements Met:
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing to learn

  Laura Zebuhr

This course is about how 19th c. American literary traditions use Gothic tropes and modes to represent an idea of nature and the natural world. While we often think of “nature writing” as having a positive emotional orientation to human/nature relationships (in which safe exposure to wildness heals and refreshes our spirit, natural resources support human endeavors, and we do our best to use these resources wisely) such pastoralism masks darker truths. For example, the wallpaper in The Yellow Wallpaper looks like convulsing mushrooms and wallowing seaweeds. Frederick Douglass repeatedly uses images of being trapped in the earth to describe his despair while enslaved. In Poe’s famous story, Usher thinks it is stones and mold that cause his madness, and cursed mansions tend to collapse into lakes and oceans in Southern Gothic stories. With these and other examples in mind, we will turn our attention to a counter-tradition of nature writing in which negative emotional states prevail: fear, dread, even hate. In our readings of these and other “ecogothic” texts we will attend to a range of 19th c. contexts including: new ideas about the earth in geology and geography, claims about human nature in sexology, psychology, and scientific racism; mining and other extractive industries; and political movements like abolitionism, feminism, and animal rights. This course satisfies an Integration in the Humanities and the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice core requirements, as well as a WAC Writing to Learn requirement. It also counts for the Sustainability minor. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21148

CoFlex:In Person&Online Async | Lecture

St Paul: Brady Educational Center LL19

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Sam Hoolihan

FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21149

CoFlex:In Person&Online Async | Lecture

St Paul: Brady Educational Center LL19

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Sam Hoolihan

FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21150

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Brady Educational Center LL07

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Matthew Treon

FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21151

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Ora Itkin

FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21153

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  James Snapko

FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21152

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Brady Educational Center 105

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Gregory Winter

FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 22275

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 211

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Film Studies History&Analysis
     Writing Intensive

  Shannon Scott

This course explores the genre of noir in both film and literature beginning chronologically in post-World War II America, exploring McCarthyism and Hollywood blacklisting, as well as women's changing roles during and after the war. This background will provide a basis for the success of film noir with American audiences. Texts used early in the course are often those adapted into film (James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity and Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep). Emphasis in film is placed on the visual techniques used to create the aesthetic of film noir. As filmmakers fled Germany and Austria in the 1930s to work in Hollywood, techniques from German expressionist film helped to visually convey feelings of alienation, obsession, and instability fundamental to the genre (for example, Fritz Lang’s The Big Heat, Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity, and Otto Preminger’s Laura). The second half of the course will focus on the genre of noir in contemporary literature and film. Cinematic examples may include Devil in a Blue Dress, Memento, Mulholland Drive. Literary texts may include those written by Walter Mosley, Megan Abbott, and S. A. Cosby. NOTE: This is a cross-listed course, with 10 seats in this FILM 297 section and 10 seats in the ENGL 202-W02 section. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, 190 or instructor permission.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 22508

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 207

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Film Studies Major Approved
     Film Studies Minor Approved
     Holocaust/Genocide Minor Appr

  Yana Taets

The subject matter of these courses will vary from year to year, but will not duplicate existing courses. Descriptions of these courses are available in Classfinder, View Searchable Class Schedule

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21159

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Ora Itkin

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement of the core curriculum at UST by addressing issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status. It scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21164

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

  Christopher Kachian

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement of the core curriculum at UST by addressing issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status. It scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21158

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing in the Discipline

  Juli Kroll

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement of the core curriculum at UST by addressing issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status. It scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21157

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing in the Discipline

  Juli Kroll

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement of the core curriculum at UST by addressing issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status. It scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21160

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Thomas Schultz

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement of the core curriculum at UST by addressing issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status. It scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21161

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Thomas Schultz

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement of the core curriculum at UST by addressing issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status. It scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21162

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Brady Educational Center LL07

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Valentin Solachau-Chamutouski

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement of the core curriculum at UST by addressing issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status. It scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21163

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Brady Educational Center LL07

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Matthew Treon

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement of the core curriculum at UST by addressing issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status. It scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21167

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Brady Educational Center LL03

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     [Core] Signature Work
     Writing to learn

  James Snapko

This course trains students in the use of a wide range of film theory and criticism as tools for interpreting film and media as texts, as narrative, as works of art, as historical artifacts, as political expression, as semiotic systems, as mediums of identity and social change, and more. Building on knowledge and skills learned in FILM 200 Introduction to Film, students will learn a range of compelling critical methods for the analysis of film and media, including many of the following: auteur theory; psychoanalysis; feminism, gender and masculinity studies; Marxism; cultural studies; queer theory; audience reception and star studies; postcolonialism; genre analysis; and race and ethnicity, among others. Film Theory and Criticism will help situate you as informed, critically engaged viewers of global film and media texts and practices. Each area of film criticism will be accompanied by a screening of a film or films that elucidate main points of the area of film theory that is the focus for that week. Through the combination of canonical theoretical approaches and more contemporary angles developed since the 1970s, this course will provide you with skills necessary to interpret films as collaborative art works, as technical artifacts, as sociocultural and ideological productions, and as products of a globalized media world. Prerequisite: Film 200 or instructor permission.

4 Credits

Subject: German (GERM)

CRN: 21217

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 319

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE Soci Just&Cultural Transf
     Writing to learn

  Susanne Wagner

Continuation of GERM 211. Prerequisite: GERM 211 or equivalent completed with a C- or better

4 Credits

Subject: German (GERM)

CRN: 22666

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 318

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing to learn

  Susanne Wagner

The course offers an innovative and immersive approach to language and culture acquisition through service learning and community engagement. Designed to foster linguistic proficiency, intercultural competence, and a sense of civic responsibility, this course empowers students to apply their German language skills in real-world settings while making a meaningful impact on the local community. The course may be taken twice for a total of 4 credits. Prerequisites: GERM 212 or equivalent, and instructor permission

2 Credits

Subject: German (GERM)

CRN: 21218

Online: Sync Distributed | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Susanne Wagner

This course is designed for students planning to study abroad during the next semester/academic year, but any student interested in intercultural communication or in using German for professional purposes is welcome.  The course prepares learners for studying and working in German-speaking countries (including advanced language study at a university and/or internships) as well as working at German-speaking companies operating in the USA.  It will advance students intercultural communication: they will learn about cultural differences and discuss practical issues of coping with the experience of (living in) a foreign culture/country.  Culturally relevant class content is supplemented with grammar and vocabulary review. Prerequisites: GERM 212 or equivalent

2 Credits

Subject: History (HIST)

CRN: 21307

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 481

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     School of Ed Transfer Course

  Zsolt Nagy

This course is a close examination of twentieth century European history or, as some historians refer to it, the "short twentieth century" of the "dark continent." It follows the cultural, social, economic, and political development of Europe through wars and reconstruction. Topics include, but are not limited to, imperial and national rivalry, WW I and its aftermath, Russian Revolution, Fascism and Nazism, WW II and its aftermath, Cold War and the division of Europe, 1989, and the emergence of the European Union.

4 Credits

Subject: History (HIST)

CRN: 21312

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 481

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

  Jennifer McCutchen

How have guns come to permeate American identity, culture, and society? Why do some Americans see guns as a tool of safety, while others see them as an object of danger? How and why have these views changed over the course of American history? The goal of this course is to explore the historical, political, legal, and cultural perspectives that can help make sense of the contemporary significance of guns in the United States. It traces both continuity and change in gun culture and gun law from the colonial period to the present to unravel the relationship between gun rights and gun rules; between crime and self-defense; and between the past and present politics of guns.

4 Credits

Subject: Honors (HONR)

CRN: 22266

In Person | Topics Lecture 4

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 209

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Jerry Husak, Gordon Grice

These interdisciplinary seminars are intended to develop integrating insights through an analysis of topics chosen from different disciplines. Often they are taught by two faculty members or by a visiting lecturer who holds one of the endowed chairs at the university.

2 Credits

Subject: Honors (HONR)

CRN: 22267

In Person | Topics Lecture 5

St Paul: John Roach Center 246

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

  David Lawrence, Amy Finnegan

These interdisciplinary seminars are intended to develop integrating insights through an analysis of topics chosen from different disciplines. Often they are taught by two faculty members or by a visiting lecturer who holds one of the endowed chairs at the university.

2 Credits

Subject: Irish Studies (IRST)

CRN: 21314

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 305

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     IRST Minor Approved
     Writing to learn

  David Gardiner

This interdisciplinary course offers a broad introduction to the study of Irish literature, history and culture. This course focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora, from the early Christian period to the present. This course satisfies an Integrations in the Humanities requirement, the Global Perspectives requirement, and the WAC Writing to Learn requirement. This is a cross-listed course with the English Department, with 15 seats in this IRST 200-L01 section and five seats in ENGL 202-L01. Prerequisite: None.

4 Credits

Subject: Journalism/Mass Comm (JOUR)

CRN: 21322

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Schoenecker Center 238

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

  Lana Medina

This course empowers and supports students’ engagement with traditional and emerging forms of media. Students will not only understand how media contents shape people’s beliefs about different social groups, and how media exposure and usage influence identity development and cultural norms, but also become mindful in their own creation of media content. Students will be able to use media wisely and critically for individual purposes and in broader civic participation. Students will work collaboratively and collectively to build their knowledge structures in media literacy, and to understand how media contents are created, used, interpreted, and re-used by themselves and others. As a result of this course, students will have a firm grasp on not only the relationships of literacy and media, but also concrete experiences in responsible creation and use of media texts including social media posts, wiki entries, short videos, photo essays, etc.

4 Credits

Subject: Journalism/Mass Comm (JOUR)

CRN: 21325

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Schoenecker Center 238

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert

  Ashley Peters

This course focuses on mediated information about the environment, the environmental movement and its issues. Students will examine what makes (and what has made) the environmental journalism of today, beginning with early journalistic influences such as found in ancient texts to more current writing about agriculture, nature, science, outdoor adventures, and journalism from points of view.

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 22335

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 202

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

  Mike Klein

Students will explore the intersections of art and social justice with a focus on visual arts and social movements in the Twin Cities. Topics of study will include public art, protest art, expression and censorship, social movement theory, aesthetic theory, and the Twin Cities as a unique space for social practice art. Readings, videos, and art exploration will be accompanied by making art as an approach to learning, but students will not be graded on the quality of art, only the meaning they make. In other words, no art experience necessary! The class will collaborate with a local artist or arts collective who uses art to address social justice and conclude with an art installation, exhibition, or virtual display of student artwork

2 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 21327

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 305H

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing to learn

  Obasesam Okoi

Major aspects of world and local conflict, theories of social science relating to conflict and violence, and various proposals for solutions. Among the aspects of conflict studied are cultural differences, scarcity of resources, economic and social structures, international trade, the arms race, corruption, oppression and war. Proposed solutions assessed include development, structural changes, world governance, multinational agencies, military power, civilian-based defense, active nonviolence for social change, conflict resolution, disarmament, cultural exchange, religious revival and prayer. These topics are considered in the light of theory, history, and literature. Students apply these concepts by investigating one country or geographic area in depth through a semester long research project. Usually offered every semester.

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 21328

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 305H

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing to learn

  Amy Finnegan

Major aspects of world and local conflict, theories of social science relating to conflict and violence, and various proposals for solutions. Among the aspects of conflict studied are cultural differences, scarcity of resources, economic and social structures, international trade, the arms race, corruption, oppression and war. Proposed solutions assessed include development, structural changes, world governance, multinational agencies, military power, civilian-based defense, active nonviolence for social change, conflict resolution, disarmament, cultural exchange, religious revival and prayer. These topics are considered in the light of theory, history, and literature. Students apply these concepts by investigating one country or geographic area in depth through a semester long research project. Usually offered every semester.

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 21329

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 305H

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing to learn

  Obasesam Okoi

Major aspects of world and local conflict, theories of social science relating to conflict and violence, and various proposals for solutions. Among the aspects of conflict studied are cultural differences, scarcity of resources, economic and social structures, international trade, the arms race, corruption, oppression and war. Proposed solutions assessed include development, structural changes, world governance, multinational agencies, military power, civilian-based defense, active nonviolence for social change, conflict resolution, disarmament, cultural exchange, religious revival and prayer. These topics are considered in the light of theory, history, and literature. Students apply these concepts by investigating one country or geographic area in depth through a semester long research project. Usually offered every semester.

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 21330

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 308

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Writing Intensive

  Mike Klein

Active nonviolence as a means for societal defense and social transformation analyzed through case studies of actual nonviolent movements, examining their political philosophy and how this philosophy is reflected in their methods and strategies. Examples of possible case studies include: Mahatma Gandhi's movement for a free India, Danish resistance to Nazi occupation, the struggle for interracial justice in the United State, an integrated Canada-to-Cuba peace-and-freedom walk, the campaign to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas (WHINSEC), fair trade movements, and the Honeywell Project. The course emphasizes the theory and active practice of nonviolence as well as oral histories of successful nonviolent movements. Usually offered every semester.

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 21331

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 305H

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Writing Intensive

  Mike Klein

Active nonviolence as a means for societal defense and social transformation analyzed through case studies of actual nonviolent movements, examining their political philosophy and how this philosophy is reflected in their methods and strategies. Examples of possible case studies include: Mahatma Gandhi's movement for a free India, Danish resistance to Nazi occupation, the struggle for interracial justice in the United State, an integrated Canada-to-Cuba peace-and-freedom walk, the campaign to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas (WHINSEC), fair trade movements, and the Honeywell Project. The course emphasizes the theory and active practice of nonviolence as well as oral histories of successful nonviolent movements. Usually offered every semester.

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 21332

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 308

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Writing Intensive

  Amy Finnegan

Active nonviolence as a means for societal defense and social transformation analyzed through case studies of actual nonviolent movements, examining their political philosophy and how this philosophy is reflected in their methods and strategies. Examples of possible case studies include: Mahatma Gandhi's movement for a free India, Danish resistance to Nazi occupation, the struggle for interracial justice in the United State, an integrated Canada-to-Cuba peace-and-freedom walk, the campaign to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas (WHINSEC), fair trade movements, and the Honeywell Project. The course emphasizes the theory and active practice of nonviolence as well as oral histories of successful nonviolent movements. Usually offered every semester.

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 21333

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 308

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Writing Intensive

  Ry Siggelkow

Active nonviolence as a means for societal defense and social transformation analyzed through case studies of actual nonviolent movements, examining their political philosophy and how this philosophy is reflected in their methods and strategies. Examples of possible case studies include: Mahatma Gandhi's movement for a free India, Danish resistance to Nazi occupation, the struggle for interracial justice in the United State, an integrated Canada-to-Cuba peace-and-freedom walk, the campaign to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas (WHINSEC), fair trade movements, and the Honeywell Project. The course emphasizes the theory and active practice of nonviolence as well as oral histories of successful nonviolent movements. Usually offered every semester.

4 Credits

Subject: Languages (LNGS)

CRN: 21345

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 207

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     [Core] Signature Work
     Writing to learn

  Daniel Tight

This course examines the importance of languages and cultural knowledge in a globalized world. Drawing on examples from students’ experiences and incorporating scholarly sources and information from different disciplines, students will learn about the intersection of languages and cultures from around the world. Topics will include issues of identity, power, social justice, dignity, diversity, global citizenship, and vocation. Prerequisite: Students must have at least 80 credits in order to register for this course.

2 Credits

Subject: Languages (LNGS)

CRN: 22489

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 207

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Film Studies Major Approved
     Film Studies Minor Approved
     Holocaust/Genocide Minor Appr

  Yana Taets

This course explores a variety of narrative, filmic, and (visual) cultural responses, to the Holocaust including literature from different genres, feature and documentary films, memorials, works of art (visual culture), and music. Students will read, analyze, and discuss a selection of diverse works pertaining to the Holocaust from a representative and global perspective of literature, film, and the arts.

4 Credits

Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)

CRN: 21413

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Brady Educational Center LL03

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     CommGood/Community-Engaged
     Writing Intensive

  Sarah Schmalenberger

This course focuses on the study of music in the United States within its historical, cultural, and sociological contexts. The course will develop skills in critical listening analysis using appropriate musical terminology, to describe both aural and written traditions of music. Repertoire to be explored include homeland traditions of cultures and population groups brought over through migration/immigration, blends of popular and concert traditions, and new and emerging styles unique to the United States. Historical, cultural, and social contexts will facilitate and understanding of how music reflects particular identities, ideas, values, and issues among population groups in the United States.

4 Credits