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Comparative Cultural Studies

Requirements

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All major areas of concentration in Comparative Studies require a total of 55 credits, including at least one “foundation course” in the area of concentration; remaining courses fulfill interdisciplinary/thematic/comparative and distribution requirements. All Comparative Studies students should work with their advisers to develop a strong, coherent, individualized program. For students graduating Autumn 2007 or later, the total number of credits required will be 60 with the addition of Comparative Studies 598, Senior Seminar.

The concentration in Comparative Cultural Studies requires the following:

Foundation course (5 credits):

Interdisciplinary/thematic/comparative requirements (30 credits):


Distribution requirement (25 credits):

Students choose a field of focus from the following topics or others as approved by the faculty adviser. The topics listed here are examples of ways in which a focus area in comparative cultural studies can be developed in keeping with students’ particular interests. Courses from other Comparative Studies tracks as well as courses in other departments may be used to satisfy part of this requirement. No more than five credits at the 200-level may count toward fulfillment of the Distribution Requirement.

Every student is encouraged to meet with the faculty adviser often to discuss his or her course of study and to explore the precise combination of courses that speaks directly to the student’s developing scholarly interests.

Comparative Studies
214 Introduction to Sexuality Studies
234 American Icons
H240 The Nature of Modernity
241 Intro to Asian American Studies
242 Intro to Latino/a Studies
243 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Race and Ethnicity in the Americas
264 Reading Popular Culture
270 Intro to Comparative Religion
272 Science and Society
273 Intro to World Literature
275 Intro to Visual Representation
314 Women in East Asian and Asian American Literature
322 Native American Religions
336 Cultural Studies of American Popular Musics
339 Transnationalism and the Americas
345 South Asian Amer Religion & Culture
358 Film and Literature as Narrative Art
373 Problems in Literary and Cultural Translation
377 Contemporary Folklore in the Arab World
398 Approaches to Comparative Studies
508 Utopia and Anti-Utopia
510 The 20th-century Novel: Transnational Contexts
525 Religious Movements in Global Context
526 New Age and New Religious Movements
531 The City and Culture
535 Gender, Sexuality, and Science
541 Myth and Ritual
542 Native American Identity
543 Asian American Literature and Culture
544 Latino/a Literature and Culture
545 Intersections: Approaches to Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality
550 Wexner Center Seminar
573 World Literature: Theory and Practice
585.01 Intro to the Study of Literacy
585.02 History of Literacy
620 Approaches to the Study of Religion
641 Japanese Religion Tradition
645 Studies in Korean American Literature
648 Studies in Orality and Literacy
651 Topics in Comparative Studies
660 Modernism: Origins & Dev in 20th-C Culture & Politics
665 Studies in Japanese American Literature
672 Poetry and Politics in the 20th-Century Mediterranean
677.01 Genres in Folk Literature
677.02 Themes in World Folklore
677.03 Folk Custom, Art, & Material Culture
677.04 Comparative Folk Groups
678 Studies in Chinese American Literature
706 Complex Ethnography
715 Theorizing America
716 Theorizing Culture
730 Theorizing Science and Technology
790 Foundations of Contemporary Critical Theory
792 Interdepartmental Studies in the Humanities

African American and African Studies
243 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Race and Ethnicity in the Americas
244 Survey of African and African-Derived Music in the Western World
282 Major Themes in African American and African Cultures and Civilizations
288 Bebop to Doowop to Hiphop: The Rhythm and Blues Tradition
303 Language, Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.
310 Perspectives on the African Diaspora
342 Magic, Religion, and Ritual in Africa
345 African American Thinkers
351 Caribbean Literature in English
375 Early African American Art
378 History of Jazz I
379 History of Jazz II
451 Black Experience in Caribbean, African, and African American Literatures
545 Intersections: Approaches to Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality
552 Contemporary African-American Culture
565 Slavery in the Atlantic World
571 Images of Black People in Media Production
582 Studies in African American Literature
H584 Literature and Modern Experience in Africa
595 Theorizing Race
669 Slavery in Comparative Context
748 Contemporary Art Music Traditions, Africa & Diaspora
756 Theorizing Race and Ethnicity
760 African Pop Culture
781 Topics in African Political Philosophy
782 Modern Black Political Thought

Anthropology
202 Peoples & Cultures: Intro to Cultural Anthropology
525 History of Anthropological Theory
620 Special Topics in Anthropology
626 Urban Anthropology

Chinese
505 China in Chinese Film
600 Performance Traditions of China
678 Studies in Chinese American Literature

Communication
200 Communication in Society
240 Intro to Communication Technology
311 Visual Communication Design
*341 Policy Issues in Communication Technology
*368 Intercultural Communication in Organizational Contexts
*501 Mass Communication and Youth
*512 Communication, Images, and Action
*606 Development of the Mass Media in America
*614 Issues and Images in Political Communication
*629 Language and Social Interaction
*642 Mass Communication and Society
*643 International Communication and the World Press
*644 Advertising and Society
*648.01 History of American Newspaper Comic Strips
*648.02 History of American Newspaper Political Cartoons
*654 Social Implications of Technology
*655 Computer Interfaces and Human Identity
*659 Communication Systems and Society
*662 Communication and Gender
*665 Communication and Community

Dance
658 Early Ballet History
659 Ballet & Modern Dance History, 19th & 20th Centuries
753 Dance Criticism and Aesthetics
757 Dance in a Time of Turbulence: Ballet and Modern Dance, 18th-20th-Century
759 Postmodernism in Dance

East Asian
341 Thought in China in Japan
346 Asian American Film
H399 East Asian Thought in the Western Imagination
675 Women Writers, Culture, and Society in East Asia
677 Performance Traditions in Contemporary East Asia

English
264 Intro to Reading Popular Culture
277 Intro to Disability Studies
505 Language and the Black Experience
569 Digital Media and English Studies
571 Studies in the English Language
573.01 Rhetorical Theory and Analysis of Discourse
573.02 Rhetorical Theory and Analysis of Social Action
574 History and Theories of Writing
575 Special Topics in Literary Forms and Themes
576.01 History of Critical Theory: Plato to Aestheticism
576.02 History of Critical Theory: 1900 to Present
576.03 Issues and Movements in Critical Theory
577 Studies in Folklore
577.01 Folk Groups and Communities
577.02 Folklore Genres: Form, Meaning and Use
577.03 Issues and Methods in the Study of Folklore
578.01 Special Topics in Film and Literature
578.02 Special Topics in Cinema
579 Special Topics in Nonfiction
580 Special Topics in Gay and Lesbian Language and Literature
581 Special Topics in U.S. Ethnic Literatures
582 Studies in African American Literature
583 Special Topics in World Literature in English
585.01 Intro to the Study of Literacy
585.02 History of Literacy
586 Studies in American Indian Literature and Culture
587 Asian American Literature and Culture
588 Latino/a Literature and Culture
592 Special Topics in Women’s Literature
593 Literature and Law
596 Studies in Literature and the Other Arts
681.01 Studies in Korean Amer Literature
681.02 Studies in Japanese Amer Literature
681.03 Studies in Chinese Amer Literature

French
206 Intro to French Media and Visual Culture
250 Topics in French Literature and Culture in Translation
418 French Language and Culture
427 Francophone Literature: from Empire to Nation
470 Introduction to French Cinema
670 Studies in French Cinema
672 French Cinema, 1945 to Present

Geography
450 The Making of the Modern World
460 Political Geography

German
250 German Literature and Popular Culture
299 Weimar and the Third Reich in German Literature and Film
399 The Holocaust in Literature and Film
H670 Cinema and the Historical Avant Garde
671 German Cinema to 1945
672 German Cinema from 1945 to the Present

History
309 The Sixties
325 Intro to Women’s History
326 History of Modern Sexualities
331 The Holocaust
332 Jews in American Film
346 Intro to Asian American History
368.01 Introduction to Native American History
368.02 Native American Peoples of the Andes
398 Intro to Historical Thought
513.01 European Intell & Cultural Hist: Age of Modernity, 19th Cent
513.02 European Intell & Cultural Hist: Age of Modernity, 20th Cent
523 History of Women in the Western World: Ancient Civ to Industrial Revol
524 History of Women in the Western World: Industrial Revol to Present
525 Topics in Women's History
526 Historical Perspectives on Sexuality: Same-Sex Sexuality in the Western World
528 Love in the Modern Western World
533.06 Women in Latin America
568.01 Native American History from European Contact to Removal, 1560-1820
568.02 Native American History from Removal to Present
577.01 Chicano History, From the Spanish Colonial Period to 1900
577.02 Chicano History, From 1900 to the Present Era
579.01 American Cultural & Intellectual History, 1789-1900
579.02 American Cultural & Intellectual History, 1900-pres
588 Slavery in Comparative Context
589 Mar/ginal Groups in the Non-Western World

History of Art
260 Introduction to World Cinema
340 Aspects of Modernity
345 History of Photography
350 World Cinema Today
400 Women Artists of the Western World
500 Wexner Center Seminar
541 Contemporary Art since 1945
546 Classic Film Theories
600 Introduction to Contemporary Art Historical Theory
614 Comparative Study of African and European Art
641 Postmodernism
646 Intro to Film Theory
647 Silent Cinema: 1895-1927
648 Classical Sound Cinema: 1927-1948
649 Recent Cinema: 1948-Present
650 Avant-Garde Cinema
653 History of Documentary Cinema
710 Studies in Art Theory and Criticism
715 Historical Conceptual Bases of Art History
737 Studies in Modern Art
750 Selected Topics in Cinema Studies

International Studies
356 Introduction to Globalization
500 Conceptual Approaches to International Studies
525 Contemporary Religious Movements in Global Perspective
531 The City and Culture

Japanese
600 Performance Traditions of Japan
665 Studies in Jspanese American Literature

Korean
600 Performance Traditions of Korea
645 Studies in Korean American Literature

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
244 Films of the Middle East
311 Language Evolution and Language Change
314 The Road to the Alphabet: the Middle Eastern Origins of Western Writing
344 The Middle East in the Media
345 Women in the Muslim Middle East
360 Sheherazade and Company: Sex, Gender and Power in Middle Eastern Storytelling
374 The Novel in the Middle East
642 Representing the Middle East in Film
646 Colonial Cities in Postcolonial Memory: The Politics of Urban Development in the Near East
648 Studies in Orality and Literacy
672 Poetry and Politics in the 20th-century Mediterranean
675 Intellectuals in the Middle East

Philosophy
230 Political and Social Philosophy
240 Philosophical Problems in the Arts
H242 Philosophy of Film
307 Contemporary Continental Thought
336 Philosophical Perspectives on Issues of Gender
595 Theorizing Race

Russian
360 Russian Dreams & Nightmares: Modern Russian Experience through Film

Scandinavian
520 The Films of Ingmar Bergman

Sociology
380 American Racial and Ethnic Relations
382 Sociology of Asian Americans

Spanish
322 Spanish Society and the Arts
330 Reinventing America
331 Caribbean Cultures
380 Intro to Latin American Film
510 Mexican Studies
520 Latin American Literature in Translation: Fictions and Realities
555 Indigenous and Colonial Literatures of Latin America
557 Survey of Latino/a Literature in the U.S.
560 Introduction to Spanish-American Culture
561 Introduction to Spanish Culture
H565 Latin American Indigenous Literatures and Cultures
580 Latin American Film
581 Spanish Film
H590 Interdisciplinary Protocols: Identity and National Formation in Latin America: Perspectives form Literature, Culture, and History
640 Globalization and Latin America: Multi-Disciplinary Approaches

Theatre
H230 Moving Image Art
271 Great Ages of the Theatre
531 Theatre Repertory I
532 Theatre Repertory II
533 Theatre Repertory III
671 Theatre Topics I
672 Theatre Topics II
673 Theatre Topics III
674 Contemporary Theatre History
774 Cinematic Representation
777 Studies in the Documentary
778 A History of the Moving Image

Women’s Studies
300 Intro to Feminist Analysis
305 Gender, Culture, Power in International Perspective
317 Women and Film
340 Latina Experience in the U.S.
370 Varieties of Female Experience: Lesbian Lives
375 Women and Visual Culture
505 Feminist Analysis in Global Perspective
510 American Women’s Movements
517 Women Film Directors
520 Women of Color and Social Activism
524 Women and Work
527 Studies in Gender and Cinema
535 Gender, Sexuality, and Science
540 Studies in Women of Color Writing Culture
545 Intersections: Approaches to Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality
550 History of Western Feminist Thought
575 Issues in Contemporary Feminist Theory
576 Women and Visual Cultures of Latin America
620 Topics in Feminist Studies
624 Women and Social Change in Latin America

Yiddish
399 The Holocaust in Literature and Film

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