French

This course experiments with and develops the techniques and graphic gestures including drawing, imprint, stencil, monotype, screen printing, photomontage, frame-by-frame animation, and cut papers. Sessions are accompanied by image analyses to encourage students to explore to the many possible forms of representation and help situate their practice in the field of current creation. In addition to class sessions, a regular practice provides an opportunity to produce more elaborate works and gain autonomy and singularity.

This course introduces the lexicographical approach implemented in language dictionaries as well as different types of relation and construction of meaning in lexicon. The course covers synonyms, homonyms, antonyms, hyponymy, hyperonymy, derivatives and compounds, and the phenomena of multiple meanings. It provides an opportunity to practice categorizing and organizing the uses of words in the form of mock dictionary entries.

This course focuses on the emergence of the literary tale, both the scholarly and popular aspects, and the way in which its great models, particularly Giovanni Boccaccio’s THE DECAMERON and Giambattista Basile’s STRAPAROLA, depict the oral origins of the genre. As they relate to a corpus of classic literary tales (Perrault, Grimm), the course studies contemporary cinematic adaptations to examine the plasticity of the genre, including the emphasis of fairy tale in popular culture. It examines how these stories are appropriated and adapted to fit the current social and political discourse and discusses whether these adaptations are part of scholarly or popular culture. Films studied include Pier Paolo Pasolini’s LE DECAMERON (1971), Jacques Demy’s PEAU D’ANE (1970), and Pablo Berger’s BLANCANIEVES (2012).

This course studies French business with a focus on commercial, communication, and marketing strategies. Topics covered include selection of products, distribution channels, communication and business image, visual and sound identity, communication decisions, and business reputation. The course utilizes local, national, generalized, and specialized mass media.

This course presents the theories of international commerce from a classical and neoclassical perspective. The course covers the Ricardian model of exchange, the Heckscher-Ohlin model, and contemporary theories of international commerce.

This course analyzes anthropological texts and literature. It studies anthropologists including Claude Levi-Strauss, Pierre Bourdieu, Franz Boas, and Bronislaw Malinowski. The course discusses these anthropologists and their writings as a group while comparing and connecting them to others.

This is an advanced level C2 French course focused on perfecting grammar, writing, vocabulary, and oral expression. The course covers understanding and analyzing texts (news articles, scientific literature, literary excepts), speaking skills (debate, presentations), and writing (synthesis, supporting arguments, literary expression). 

This course considers current climate events and case studies in tandem with theoretical concepts and indicators. Topics include the ongoing debates and central concepts of green-growth; understanding the current climate crisis and its relationship with capitalism; faults with using GDP to measure development; international economic relations pertaining to the environment; how to collectively govern natural resources; theories and principles of political instruments to regulate the economy and the environment; and how to transition away from fossil fuels.