Producing Video for Social Media
This course provides participants with a basic understanding of video production. Video is arguably the most engaging form of communication in that it involves both auditory and visual cues and draws on emotions in order to create meaning.
Internship in Spanish
This course serves as curricular, intellectual, and professional support to a 10-week Spanish internship. Students will be matched to an internship with a community partner (private or public agency, institutional office, non-profit or community organizer) whose mission aligns with students’ professional aspirations in a variety of disciplines.
Latino Cultures in the United States
Interdisciplinary study of Latino contemporary issues in the United States incorporating aspects of the distinct socio-historical, political, economic, and cultural dynamics that have contributed to the shaping, development and increasing prominence of Latino communities.
American Women’s History
This course is a survey of American women’s history from the colonial period to the present. Students will examine the social, cultural, economic, and political developments shaping American women’s public and private roles over several centuries, in addition to the ways in which women gave meaning to their everyday lives.
Social Movements
The study of social movements is fundamentally the study of how and why groups collectively try to make social change. In order to explore these theoretical questions, we will examine some of the historic watersheds of social movements in the U.S. (including labor, civil rights, and feminist struggles), their more contemporary manifestations, and other important contemporary movements such as global justice movements, racial justice, and LGBTQI* movements.
Digital Anthropology
This course introduces students to the theories and methods necessary for doing research in digital anthropology.