36 courses with the subject MC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
MC 200Mediterranean Crossings: Migration, Integration, and Social Unrest3
3 lecture hours This course looks at how migratory experiences through the Mediterranean have been depicted by migrant writers and filmmakers. Students examine selected films and literary texts and analyze them within the context of migratory phenomena. Texts discussed also include short stories, films and documentaries, photography, literary criticism, and popular songs.
MC 201Mafia Movies: Crime and Corruption in Italian Popular Culture3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course looks at Italian film and television representations of the Mafia. Students view selected films and analyze them within the context of the historical and social development of organized crime in Italy. Texts discussed also include novels, historical studies, film criticism, photography, documentaries, and popular songs.
MC 202Rome: The Making and Unmaking of the Eternal City3
3 lecture hours Perhaps more than any other city, Rome is caught between two seemingly incompatible realities: the vitality of a modern capital in constant expansion and the inertia of an ancient city that houses countless treasures of artistic, archeological, religious and historical significance. In this course we explore a variety of texts (ancient and modern) and films which have shaped the image of Rome over several millennia.
MC 203Gender as Performance: Representation of Masculinities in Latin American/Latinx Theatre3
This course provides an introduction to Latin American and Latinx theater from the point of view of gender studies and the representation of masculinities. Students gain an understanding of the different trends that led to the development of theatrical manifestations in Latin America while learning about their historical, socio-economic, political, and cultural context from the late 60s up to today.
MC 204Images of the Mind: Introduction to Chinese Calligraphic Art (Interdisciplinary)3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This is an interdisciplinary course cross-listed with FA 204 introducing students to Chinese calligraphy. Through guided training students gain knowledge of key concepts, methods and techniques of calligraphy and brush pen writing. Students receive a thorough background in the history of the art form and its significance in Chinese culture, literature and language. 440 Courses and Departments
MC 205Mexican Cinema: Between The National and The Global3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course is cross-listed with FI 206. Students analyze films produced in Mexico from the 1930s to the present; from the nationalistic underpinnings of earlier productions to contemporary transnational ventures intended to for globalized market. This course considers how Mexico’s history and socioeconomic features inform the aesthetics of Mexican cinema.
MC 206Arab Literature and Culture: An Introduction3
3 lecture hours This course examines the rich and variegated cultural background of the Arab tradition by looking at language varieties, literary traditions, customs, and representative institutions. It provides an interdisciplinary overview of the major aspects of Arab culture through the study of primary literary texts, media and films. Taught in English.
2 lecture and 2 lab hours An exploration of world cinema through the theme of gastronomy. Students learn how food is depicted across various cinematic genres and cultural contexts. Analysis focuses on the development of the “food film” and how cinematic and televisual representations of food communicate issues of gender, economics, politics, sexuality, and ethnic identity.
3 lecture hours In this course, we explore the space that Paris occupies in both the imagination and history. Paris is many things to many people, as evidenced in various genres of literature, painting, photography and film portraying Europe’s most populous city. Students will be encouraged to complement and/ or readjust their own perceptions of the City of Lights, based on readings, screenings, and forays into the works of literature and literary expression depicting and representative of Paris.
MC 210WORK IT! Labor and the Making of Contemporary Italy3
3 lecture hours This course uncovers changes, and recurring trends, in labor history in Italy. Students address the complexity of Italy’s economic transformations-from reconstruction to the shifts in migration patterns as affected by labor demands-by exploring how industrialization was narrated, celebrated, challenged, and even influenced by literary and cinematic texts.
MC 211Brazilian Cinema: Inventing Places and Spatial Myths3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours Students analyze films from diverse periods in Brazilian cinema through a series of places that explore geographic and symbolic spaces in the nation’s cultural imaginary. The City, The Backlands, The Amazons, and the topic of Nomadism are studied considering aspects of Brazilian culture related to race, gender and social class.
MC 212All In The Family: Representation of Italian Families in the 20th and 21st Centuries3
3 lecture hours What are the origins of the myth of the Italian family? This course investigates the sources behind the enduring legacy of this trope of Italian society, through a wide variety of media. Students learn about the social, historical, and cultural forces that shaped the idea of la famiglia. 2026-27 Undergraduate Catalog 441
3 lecture hours This course examines fashion in Italian culture from the Middle Ages through the present day. Drawing upon historical sources as well as cultural expressions including literature, film, and advertising, we look at fashion’s significant place in Italian history both as an industry and as an expression of sociopolitical change.
MC 214Postcards from Italy: Marginality and Urban Ecologies in Modern Italian Culture3
3 lecture hours Italy’s artistic past is often an obstacle to understanding its present. This course looks at four Italian cities in written and visual narratives and explores the connections between people and environments, as well as how Italians deal with industrialization, climate change, migrant labor, mass tourism, and changing socioeconomic patterns.
3 lecture hours An examination of the cultural expression of Italian Americans from the late 19th century to today. Students analyze a wide variety of texts including literature, theater, film, music, and the visual arts, and contextualize the history of Italian Americans within issues of ethnic identity in the United States.
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course is cross-listed with FI 246. Students survey the defining elements of Italian cinema from inception to contemporary Italian cinematic practices. Screenings include Neorealist masterpieces, cinema d'autore, commedia all'italiana, spaghetti Westerns, and contemporary Italian films.
2 lecture and 2 lab hours Students are introduced to Latin American cinema, considering the pivotal role of diverse forms of resistance, focusing on issues crucial to understanding the continent's cinematic creation, including cultural identity, race, ethnicity and gender. They develop a critical understanding of the evolution of Latin American film practices since the 1960s to current trends.
3 lecture hours An exploration of the cultural context of Mexican Revolution, between 1910 and 1940. Cultural production is examined using interconnected perspectives from critical sources and written and visual archival material. Study of the impact of Mexican literary and artistic revolutionary movements in Latin America and the United States during this period. This course is taught in English.
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course analyzes Spanish films since the establishment of democracy in 1975 to the present to examine different narratives of cultural identity in contemporary Spain in key aspects related to gender, immigration, political identities and the transatlantic relation with other Spanish American national cinemas. 442 Courses and Departments
MC 300The Poetics of Sound in Hispanic Caribbean Literature3
3 lecture hours This course is designed to explore the interconnectedness of literature with the music of the Hispanic Caribbean (Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Puerto Rico). While our main focus will be the study of seminal literary texts, we will also look at selections from films/ animations and other forms of visual arts to gain additional opportunities to appreciate an artistic, cultural, social, and political profile of the Hispanic Caribbean. This course will be taught in English.
3 lecture hours This course examines the construction of France’s complicated culinary identity, the power of its influence, and its struggle to remain relevant. Students explore a variety of French and Francophone texts such as recipes, cookbooks, etiquette guides, menus, articles, restaurant reviews, works of fiction, autobiographies, plus documentaries and films. In English.
3 lecture hours Introduction to Caribbean Studies introduces students to the Caribbean region and societies with an emphasis on their history, sociology, politics, and cultures. Systematically reflecting on the relevance of the past to the present, students will explore current global trends and their impact on the Caribbean region and its diaspora.
MC 305Tang Poetry and Calligraphy: Classical Traditions of China (618-907 CE)3
3 lecture hours This course introduces students to Chinese calligraphy and poetry during the Tang period (618-907 CE), the golden age of Chinese art and culture. Students develop extensive knowledge of the classical tradition of Chinese language and literature, an understanding and appreciation of Chinese thought and culture and their place in the broader East Asian cultural ecology since the Middle Ages.
MC 306Africa: Contemporary Voices in Francophone Culture3
Semesterly course offerings are subject to change. History of Art Minor History of Art introduces students to the history of art, architecture, and visual culture of world civilization from pre-history to the present. Courses emphasize the interrelation between art and the cultures that produced it, with special attention to social, economic, political, religious, and philosophical contexts. This minor is open to all students with the exception of students enrolled in the Art History and Museum Professions, B.S. program. To declare your minor, please speak to your academic advisor for assistance. The following requirements below are intended for students beginning Fall 2026. Minor Coordinator:
MC 308White Gold: Sugar, Power and the Creation of Atlantic Capitalism (Interdisciplinary)3
3 lecture hours In this team-taught course, students study the political and economic implications of the rise of sugar to dietary prominence and the literary representations of this phenomenon. Students examine the human costs of consumer behavior.
MC 331Emotion Pictures: Film and Television Melodrama3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours Students are introduced to the genre of melodrama and its development from the silent era through the present day. Students analyze formal and thematic elements, with a focus on political and social-cultural contexts: Screenings include classical Hollywood pictures, soap operas, telenovelas, and films from Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prerequisite(s): any FI, HA or MC course.
2 lecture and 2 lab hours Students are introduced to the rich legacy of French Cinema, from its early days in silent film to Surrealism and Poetic Realism between World War I and World War II to its position of influence with the New Wave in the 1960s. The political cinema of the 1970s is examined, as well as today's new French filmmakers.
MC 345Food for Thought: Gastronomy in Italian Literature and Culture3
3 lecture hours An overview of italian literature reveals how, through food, Italians have affirmed and defended their cultural heritage. Utilizing an analysis of influential literary texts, students examine the historical evolution of Italian cuisine from the excesses of the Roman table to today’s ‘slow food movement’ and Taught in English. Prerequisite(s): EN 131 or equivalent.
MC 351From Modern to Contemporary Latin American Women Writers3
3 lecture hours An introduction to Latin American literature written by women. Using the lens of sociopolitical realities on the Latin American continent, students critically examine work created in diverse genres. Course is taught in English.
