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ATY
5 courses with the subject ATY, 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.
ATY 1100Language and Culture3
The course will explore the ways people employ language in different cultural and social settings, and encourage students to reflect critically about the relations between language, social and cultural practices, and power. Through a diverse range of readings and case studies, this course will introduce students to the sociolinguistic and ethnographic study of language, language practices, and language beliefs/ideologies. Finally, special emphasis will be given to arguments around language use in art and media.
World Cultures introduces students to the histories and cultures of a key global region or population (Middle East North Africa; the Atlantic World; Latin America; Indigenous Americas; Refugees and Migrants) as well as offering a broad introduction to the comparative study of peoples, cultures, and languages. Students will explore varied ways of learning about cultural similarities and differences, as well as local, regional, national, and international interconnections and power dynamics among groups. Students will examine how divergent sources of popular and academic literature, news, film, and ethnographic works represent cultures and provide-or do not provide-political-economic context. Topical themes may include language and culture; ritual and religion; power and hegemony; race and racism; class and inequality; gender and sexuality; local and global environment; health and healing; internal and transnational migration; ethnicity and nationalism; and kinship, family, and marriage. Regional focus will change based on student interest and instructor availability. PREREQUISTIES: NONE
ATY 2001World Cultures: Middle East and North Africa (MENA)3
This course introduces students to the diversity and dynamism of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions (alt. SWANA). Drawing on academic and journalistic writing, documentaries, literature, and feature-films, this course offers both breath and depth, examining the history, politics, religion and social movements that shaped the broad area from Morocco to Afghanistan. The course will also also examine how European and North American interests have impacted both the actual history of the region and the stereotypes, narratives, and academic approaches that emerge from these encounters. ATY 2100 Film Anthropology 3 credits
per semester) This course explores the rich relationship between anthropology and film. Drawing on several subfields of Anthropology (Visual Anthropology, Critical Media Practice, Sensory Ethnography, and the Anthropology of Cinema) this course will introduce students study of film as a cultural artifact; the influence of popular film on the construction of culture, including the way popular film both reflects and shapes policy; and the use of film as an ethnographic medium. ATY 2200 The Middle East on Film 3 credits
PER SEMESTER) This course offers an introduction to the ethnographic study of films, television, and other visual media produced in and about the Middle East, North Africa, and the broader SWANA region. Parallel to film screening, students will read critical and analytical material that provide background as well as commentary and analysis of cultural and historical contexts on content of films and their making. The course will examine a series of topics such as identity politics, religious affiliation, gender, immigration, belonging, homeland and exile. The course will pay attention to regional and national film industries, with special focus on the Ramadan “soap opera,” dubbing/voice acting, and artistic communities. COM 1100 Public Speaking 3 credits The aim of this course is to develop speaking and listening skills appropriate to the demands of modern life. The one-semester course is an exercise in forms of communication, voice, and diction based on the student's experience. Using rhetorical principles, the focus will be on the practice of techniques of speech construction and delivery through readings, lectures and class exercises aimed at aiding student's abilities to understand and critique arguments. Additionally, students will develop their own arguments in speeches, presentations, workshops, debates and mock interviews. ENG 1200 Writing About... 3 credits “Writing about…:” is a topics course that is offered as an alternative to the Composition II (ENG 1102) requirement for those first year students with outstanding Composition I (ENG 1101) achievement or AP English credit. These courses emphasize college-level thinking and writing, while focusing on particular subjects drawn from faculty members' areas of experience. Prerequisite(s): ENG 1101, AP or transfer credit, or instructor permission. FRE 1101 Elementary French I 3 credits An introduction to the French language with the goal of oral proficiency. The major emphasis is on spoken French, basic grammar and vocabulary building, which will provide the student with the necessary language skills to function on a basic level in a French-speaking country. The student will also learn about cultural elements of the country and its people. FRE 1102 Elementary French II 3 credits An introduction to the French language with the goal of oral proficiency. The major emphasis is on spoken French, basic grammar and vocabulary building, which will provide the student with the necessary language skills to function on a basic level in a French-speaking country. The student will also learn about cultural elements of the country and its people. FRE 2088 Independent Study: 2088 Level 1 to 3 credits Independent Study is available in the following areas: ARH, FRE, GER, HIS, HUM, ITA, LIT, MAT, MST, PHI, PSY, SCI, THH, WRI. An Independent Study is a contract between a highly motivated student and a Liberal Arts faculty member available. It is entirely at the discretion of the faculty member whether or not to accept an Independent Study. Independent Study at the 2088 level is intended for second-year students with special academic interests not served by the regular schedule of classes. Independent Studies are not offered for courses already listed in the Bulletin. Students may earn a maximum of 6 semester hours in Independent Studies toward the degree. Independent Study forms can be obtained from the office of the Division of Liberal Arts. Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200 FRE 2101 Intermediate French I 3 credits Continuation of structural skills and vocabulary as needed for expanded understanding and production of the French language. Reading of contemporary literature, which will help familiarize the student not only with the everyday language, but also with current issues and the way francophone people feel, think and act.
