Learn geographic information system (GIS) theory and applications specifically related to the study of the environment through lecture and hands-on work. Prerequisite: ES 172 or MS 101N.
- Profesor: Jesse Sherry
“My Life” on the Marquis: Exploring Identity Development through the Creative Arts: We often talk about the transition between adolescence and young adulthood as a period of identity exploration and development. For all of you this time period also includes transitioning to college life. During autumn term we will be exploring emerging-adult identity development and the transition from high school to college through creative arts techniques. We will cover topics that include: adult autonomy and agency, health and wellness, balancing work and play, relationships, learning styles and defining your personal values and goals. We will use the arts not only to explore these topics, but you will also learn how to use these same techniques to cope with and manage the stress of college life. This is an experiential based course and students should be willing to engage in all art forms (art, music, dance, drama, and narrative), although you do not need to be proficient in any specific form.
- Profesor: Paige Dickinson
Music Videos and Identities: How does your favorite musical artist create music videos? What do their music videos mean? Queerness from Queen to Chappell Roan. The feminisms of Madonna to Megan Thee Stallion. Racial politics from Michael Jackson to Kendric Lamar. These artists created music videos that are aesthetically significant and politically important. But mainstream artists are just part of the story. Independent musicians create music videos that further complicate mainstream musical politics with their sometimes illegible (and therefore radical) representations. In this course, we will consider how music videos from the mainstream to the margins not just express but influence changing racial, gender, and sexual identities across time. We will develop skills for analyzing music, lyrics, and images in music videos to search out the ways artists negotiate issues of aesthetics and power. Music videos satisfy us with the pleasure of listening and watching. How then do music videos leverage that pleasure to resist and reinforce social norms? To answer this question, this course traces trends in representations of identities in music videos.
- Profesor: Ryan Lambe