9 courses with the subject WLC, 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.
WLC 105English as a Second Language3
Development of English language proficiency of non-native speakers attending the university. Extensive exposure to reading, writing, speaking and listening activities.
Survey of selected international cinemas with emphasis on major narratives, trends, and movements examined in the context of the language, history, politics, and culture of their respective countries. Possible topics to be explored through film include national identity, (post) colonialism, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, globalization and transnational exchanges.
Survey of selected European cinemas with emphasis on major narrative films and the cultural and historical context from which they derive. Explores the ways in which cinema constructs concepts of national identity and examines whether the cinema of a nation carries distinguishing traces of the nation’s unique history, culture, and ethnic makeup.
Survey and analysis of films by women filmmakers throughout the world. Diverse film styles, periods, and genres will be represented. Screening and discussion of cinematic works in their original language with English subtitles when needed.
WLC 341Explorations of Global Cultures I: Global Narratives3
Critical analysis and interpretation of texts understood broadly across diverse global contexts. Delves into the complexities of artistic expression, interpretation, and their cultural significance. Focus on close reading, visual analysis, and interpretation while examining the role of art, literature, and creative expression in shaping individual and collective identities. Taught in English.
WLC 342Explorations of Global Cultures II: Language and Human Interaction3
Examination of the complexities of language and related behavior such as learning and social interactions of individuals, groups and/or cultures in global cultural contexts. Students systematically collect and analyze data to understand and resolve issues in global and intercultural communication. Taught in English. Course may be repeated for credit under a different topic.
Investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses. For further information, consult the Directed Individual Studies section in this catalogue.
