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USC Catalogue 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Courses of Instruction

The terms indicated are expected but are not guaranteed. For the courses offered during any given term, consult the Schedule of Classes.
 

Cinematic Arts

Note: Instructor availability for a particular course or section cannot be guaranteed.
  

  • CNTV 411 Directing Intensive

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sm
    An overview of the concerns, functions and responsibilities of the director. The core of the course is casting, producing and directing an individual project.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 413 Digital Editing

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Introduction to non-linear editing techniques, hardware, digitizing, logging, and special effects, using the AVID Media Composer editing system.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 415 Commercial Production: The Art of the Sixty-Second Story

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sm
    The three main components of commercials: agency creation, spot production, and post-production. Writing, pitching, casting, directing, and editing commercials.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 419 Inside the Business of Film and Television

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    An overview of the contemporary studio system, independent films, and television, including script analysis, pitching, optioning properties, the marketplace, representation, career management, and networking.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 420 Independent Feature Filmmaking

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Independent feature film development, financing, production, and distribution. Discussions with independent filmmakers.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 427 The Art and Commerce of Independent Film

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A comprehensive analysis of the development-to-release life cycle of independently produced films.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 440 The Business of the Entertainment Industry: Motion Pictures, Television, Animation, Video Games, and Interactive Entertainment

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    An in-depth analysis of the history, evolution, and current state of the motion picture, television, animation, video game, and interactive entertainment industries.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 441 Business and Cinematic Arts Entertainment Practicum

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Application of business and cinematic arts concepts to entertainment industry networking and career-building experiences. Peer collaboration/competition, and identifying organizational compatibility.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Business Administration (Cinematic Arts) majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 457 The Entertainment Entrepreneur: Getting Your First Project Made

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    The practical aspects of entrepreneurial producing in the entertainment industry. Identifying and understanding the pitfalls and benefits of creating one’s own projects.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 458 Producing and Marketing Feature Length Films

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    The principles and business practices of producing and marketing feature length films in the motion picture industry.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Business Administration (Cinematic Arts) majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 463 Television: Integrating Creative and Business Objectives

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    An investigation of the creative and business sides of television and how they connect, including changes caused by fractionalization and digital technology.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Business Administration (Cinematic Arts) students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 467 The Future of Digital Media and the Entertainment Industry

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Examines how digital media will affect the future of the television, motion picture, game, music, and interactive industries.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 474 Digital DNA: Media Redefined

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A practical, hands-on learning experience in creating media content and turning that content into a myriad of viable businesses.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • CNTV 490x Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Individual research and readings.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 495 Internship in Cinematic Arts

    Units: 1, 2, 4
    Max Units: 04
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    On-the-job film, television, and interactive industry experience in the areas of interest of the individual student. Requires departmental approval.
    Duplicates Credit in former CTIN 495 and former CTPR 495
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • CNTV 499 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Selected topics in cinematic arts.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 501 Cinematic Arts Seminar

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 4.0
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to an industry and art form in the midst of transformation, with guest speakers and cinematic arts faculty who will address new research and technologies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • CNTV 521 The World of the Producer

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A comprehensive overview of the role of the producer in creating television programming, feature films, and new media content.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 522 The Television Industry: Networks, Cable and the Internet

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    The current state of the television industry and future business paradigms.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 523 Feature Film Financing and the Studio System

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An overview of the motion picture studio system and how to finance feature films. Principles, business practices, and future trends.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 524 Digital Technologies and the Entertainment Industry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    The impact of digital technologies on the film, television, and music industries from content creation to distribution.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 525 Entertainment Marketing in Today’s Digital Environment

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Entertainment industry marketing disciplines, covering motion pictures, television, music, theme parks, home entertainment, and video games. Current principles and business practices.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • CNTV 530 Cinematic Ethics

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An introductory course in the ethical questions professionals encounter in the field of cinematic arts. Case studies and guest lectures.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to students in the School of Cinematic Arts
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 589 Graduate Film Seminar

    Units: 2 or 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Detailed investigations and discussion of various aspects of film.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 590 Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Research leading to the master’s degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • CNTV 594a Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • CNTV 594b Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • CNTV 594z Master’s Thesis

    Units: 0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • CNTV 595 Professional Practicum

    Units: 1, 2, 4
    Max Units: 8
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Film, media, archival and interactive industry experience in areas of interest to the individual student, and development of a personal brand. Requires departmental approval.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate students.
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • CNTV 599 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Detailed investigation of new or emerging aspects of cinematic arts; special subjects offered by visiting faculty; experimental subjects.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CNTV 794a Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No Credit

  

  • CNTV 794b Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No Credit

  

  • CNTV 794c Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No Credit

  

  • CNTV 794d Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No Credit

  

  • CNTV 794z Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No Credit


Comparative Literature
  

  • COLT 101gp Masterpieces and Masterminds: Literature and Thought

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    A broad introduction to the great works of Western culture from antiquity to 1800.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
    Satisfies Global Perspective in Category H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions
    Duplicates Credit in former COLT 150x.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 102g On Location: The Place of Literature in Global Cultures

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Comparative study of works from a broad range of cultural traditions that originate from, and provide insight into, vital global locations outside the Western sphere.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 250g Cultures of Latin America

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Comparative study of Latin American cultures, especially vis-a-vis those of Europe and the U.S. Materials drawn from literature, but also film, opera, history, cultural theory.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 251g Modern Literature and Thought of the West Since 1800

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: SpSm
    Survey of literary and other cultural texts from the 19th to the 21st centuries, with emphasis on the individual and social change.
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions
    Duplicates Credit in former COLT 151x.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 255gw Southeast Asian Literature and Film

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    (Enroll in EALC 255gw )
  

  • COLT 264gp Asian Aesthetic and Literary Traditions

    Units: 4
    A comparative study of the Asian aesthetic heritage of poetry, painting, music, and drama; of literary themes, trends, and myths.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
    Satisfies Global Perspective in Category H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as EALC-264
  

  • COLT 302 Introduction to Literary Theory

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to general forms of reflection on literary discourse.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 303 Globalization: Culture, Change, Resistance

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Cultural dimensions of issues in globalization: migration, diaspora, terrorism, communications, climate change, collectives, production and technology, money and exchange.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 311 Epic

    Units: 4
    Formation and development of epic poetry from Near Eastern and Greco-Roman antiquity through the Renaissance to the present. Emphasis on relation to political and cultural change.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 312 Heroes, Myths and Legends in Literature and the Arts

    Units: 4
    Study of transformations of characters and themes from myth, legend or fairytale (Oedipus, Antigone, Faust, Don Juan, Cinderella, Comic and Tragic Twins, Hero and Monster).
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 324 Women in Medieval and Renaissance Europe

    Units: 4
    Study of literary, social and cultural lives of women during the European Middle Ages and Renaissance. Reading and analysis of texts written by and about women.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as SWMS-324
  

  • COLT 335 Decadence and Modernity

    Units: 4
    Study of the notion of “decadence” and its impact on modern and contemporary literary/cultural production, with a comparatist focus on different linguistic traditions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 345 Realist Fiction

    Units: 4
    Study of the ways literature presents the “real” (social and/or individual) through readings of selected novels and short stories in the realist and naturalist traditions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 346 Fictions of the First Person

    Units: 4
    Study of prose fiction in the first person as a model of fiction in general and as a reflection of the fictional structure of selfhood.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 348 Modernist Fiction

    Units: 4
    Study of the Modernist aesthetic in narrative texts by Gide, Joyce, Kafka, Woolf and others; possible focus on related trends in other literary traditions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 351 Modern and Contemporary Drama

    Units: 4
    Comparative study of major modern dramatic trends, subgenres, and techniques, through representative works from Strindberg to the Theatre of the Grotesque and the Absurd.
    Duplicates Credit in former COLT 305.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 354 Revolutions in Theater

    Units: 4
    Comparative study of groundbreaking contributions to modern theories of theater and performance in the context of other 20th century revolutions — aesthetic, cultural, and social.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 357 The Avant-Garde

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Study of the relationship between literary modes and other arts since 1900, focusing on particular avant-garde movements.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 365 Literature and Popular Culture

    Units: 4
    Study of mass-reproduced verbal and visual art forms, such as graphic novels, comics, animation, popular music, video, graffiti, advertising.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 370 Leaders and Communities: Classical Models

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    (Enroll in CLAS 370 )
  

  • COLT 373 Literature and Film

    Units: 4
    Examines literature and film as distinct modes of representation, narration, and structuring of time, language, memory, and visuality.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as CTCS-373
  

  • COLT 374gm Women Writers in Europe and America

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Introduction to works of major women writers from the Middle Ages to the 20th century in their literary, social, and cultural contexts.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as SWMS-374
  

  • COLT 375 Latin American Cultural and Literary Theory

    Units: 4
    Survey of cultural critique focused on Latin America as a cultural region and on Latin Americanism as a transnational academic practice.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as SPAN 375
  

  • COLT 377 Literature, Theory, Gender

    Units: 4
    Literary representations and theories of gender difference. - Examines questions of gendered voice in writing and the cultural construction of gender in various periods and cultures.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as SWMS-378
  

  • COLT 379 Nationalism and Postcolonialism in Southeast Asian Cinema

    Units: 4
    Cinema from Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam in local and global cultural contexts.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as CTCS-379
  

  • COLT 381 Psychoanalysis and the Arts

    Units: 4
    Introduction to psychoanalytic literature on the arts, including classic texts by Freud, Jones, Lacan, Derrida, and others. Readings of theoretical and fictional works.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 382gw Zen and Taoism in Asian Literature

    Units: 4
    Studies of the presence and influence of Zen Buddhism and Taoism in Asian literature, with a focus on China and Japan.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
    Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 385 Literature and Justice

    Units: 4
    Examination of literary and autobiographical texts that raise questions of justice in multicultural societies; links to theories of justice in historical, political, or philosophical contexts.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 390 Special Problems

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
    Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 391 Literary Criticism from Plato to Postmodernism

    Units: 4
    Survey of major texts in the literary criticism of the West from the Greeks to postmodern theories.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 420 The Fantastic

    Units: 4
    Representative works from the “fantastic” and related currents within the European, U.S., and Spanish American traditions; reading of texts by authors such as Borges, Cortazar, Kafka, and Poe. Discussion of relevant theoretical concepts and critical works.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 426 Utopias

    Units: 4
    Examination of selected utopias in their historical context as “no places” whose projections of alternate cultures always comment on their own.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 435 Poetry and Poetics of the Everyday

    Units: 4
    Relations between poetry of the dominant tradition in various languages and vernacular forms of poetry, such as riddles, nursery rhymes, ballads, and poems in dialect or slang.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 437 Arabic Autobiography: Writing and Interpreting the Self

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Exploration of twentieth-century Arabic autobiographical writings and interrogation of the complex ways by which such works unsettle fundamental assumptions of literary history and modernity.
    Duplicates Credit in COLT 448  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as MDES 437
  

  • COLT 445 Europe and the Writing of Others

    Units: 4
    Analysis of European texts — literary, musical, philosophical, visual — that focus on other cultures, as well as of non-European texts dealing with Europe or - European cultural forms.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 447 Traveling Genres: Politics/Poetics of Modern Arabic Prose

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Introduction to nineteenth-century Arabic travel-writing and investigation of its role in the reconfiguration of the Arabic tradition at the interface of aesthetics and politics.
    Duplicates Credit in COLT 448
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as MDES 447
  

  • COLT 448 Multilingual Encounters

    Units: 4
    Exploration of multilingual encounters in literary works, films, and theoretical texts. Topics may include immigrant languages, dialects, jargons, imaginary or hybrid languages, theories of translation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as MDES 449
  

  • COLT 449g Dante

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    (Enroll in ITAL 382g )
  

  • COLT 451 Opera and Cultural Theory

    Units: 4
    Study of the words and plots of operas from the viewpoint of gender, postcolonial, and psychoanalytical theory. Special attention to contemporary stagings and film versions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 452 Representation and Cognition in Photography

    Units: 4
    Analysis of documentary photo- - representation in its historical context through study of the work of selected 20th century documentary photographers and of pertinent critical writings.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 453 Bildungsroman in Modern East Asia

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    (Enroll in EALC 454 )
  

  • COLT 454 Aesthetic Philosophy and Theory

    Units: 4
    Introduction to philosophical and critical writings on the nature of art and aesthetic experience. Special attention to technology’s impact on art.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ENGL-454
  

  • COLT 460 Love, Self and Gender in Japanese Literature

    Units: 4
    (Enroll in EALC 460 )
  

  • COLT 462 Soundtracks of Our Lives

    Units: 4
    The reciprocal, ideological relations between modes of listening, sounds, music; and literature, film, culture. Examines a range of issues in auditory culture across a broad historical span.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 470 Literature and Media in Latin America

    Units: 4
    Study of the relations between Latin American literature and different mass-media genres.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as SPAN-470
  

  • COLT 471 Literature, Theory, History

    Units: 4
    Examines the relation between historical and theoretical approaches to literary works.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 472 Los Angeles Crime Fiction

    Units: 4
    The noir tradition in books and films set in Los Angeles. Emphasis on generic conventions, representations of the city, and discourses of class, gender, race.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 474 Desire, Literature, Technology

    Units: 4
    Relations between technology, desire, power and literature through contemporary philosophers, theorists and literary critics. Examines literature and philosophy in relation to global technological planning.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 475 Politics and the Novel

    Units: 4
    Examination of the modern realist novel with special focus on the representation of social change (revolution, class conflict, sexual politics).
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 476 Narrative and the Law

    Units: 4
    Study of the relationship between law and narrative through Western literature, including the realist novel, medieval morality plays and Greek drama.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 478 Family in Theory and Literature

    Units: 4
    Representations of the family in literary works and films across different cultures and historical periods. Readings in anthropology, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and feminist and gender theory.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 480 Dada and Surrealism

    Units: 4
    A comparative study of Dada and Surrealism in literature in relation to painting, sculpture, photography and cinema.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 485 The Shoah (Holocaust) in Literature and the Arts

    Units: 4
    A critical analysis, in their historical contexts, of representative literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works created by or about the victims of the Shoah (Holocaust).
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 486 Deconstructive Thought

    Units: 4
    Deconstructive analysis of theories of language, representation, selfhood, the human, art and technology, politics and ethics. Study of works by Derrida and others.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 487 Critical Image

    Units: 4
    Introduction to critical reflection on the image. Analysis of criticism, fiction, film, and visual artifacts.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 490x Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Max Units: 12.0
    Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.
    Prerequisite: departmental approval.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 495 Senior Honors Thesis

    Units: 4
    Writing of an honors thesis under individual faculty supervision.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 499 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Intensive study of selected author or authors in the context of a major literary tradition.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • COLT 510 Introduction to Translation Studies

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to the graduate certificate in Translation Studies; study of canonical works in translation theory.
    Registration Restriction: Only open to graduate students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as CSLC 510
  

  • COLT 511 Translating Race

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 08
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Contemporary notions of racial, cultural, and religious difference across languages and history.
    Recommended Preparation: COLT 510 
    Registration Restriction: Only open to graduate students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as CSLC 511
  

  • COLT 512 Literary and Cinematic Translingualism and Translation

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 08
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduces key debates regarding translingualism and translation in postcolonial, comparative, and cross-cultural literary and cinematic contexts
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as CSLC 512
  

  • COLT 519 Translation in Theory and Practice

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Workshop in translation; capstone to graduate certificate in Translation Studies.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as CSLC 519
  

  • COLT 525 Studies in Literary and Cultural History

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Literary and cultural currents from classical antiquity through modernity. Varying focus on specific genres, periods, movements, or problematics.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as CLSC-525
  

  • COLT 545 Studies in Literature and the Other Arts

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Study of intersections between the literary arts and music, opera, film, theatre, photography, dance, or painting.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as CSLC-545
  

  • COLT 555 Studies in Literatures of the Americas

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Comparative study of literary currents in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as CSLC-555
 

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