We will view, analyze, and discuss films by modern documentary masters such as Michael Moore ("Sicko"), Chris Paine, ("Revenge of the Electric Car"), Seth Gordon ("The King of Kong - A fistful of Quarters"), Pamela Yates ("Granito") and many others to further the understanding of the documentary craft and art from a filmmaker's perspective. Students will also do preproduction (research and treatment) for their own short documentary, along with shorter hands-on exercises in writing narration, interview techniques, etc.

This course combines reading and discussion with application of theoretically informed methods in the study of everyday social interaction. We will: 1) Read and discuss representative studies of social interaction and communicative behavior in cultural context. 2) Do graduated classroom and field exercises to assemble methodological tools and accumulate data for your final paper. The final paper will be based on accumulated data?observations, transcripts, and interviews?and analyses from your field site/activity. Satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BA-Comm majors.

Practice in writing and in oral communication skills. Assignments drawn from different areas of classical scholarship: language and literature, art and archaeology, or history and civilization. For classics majors, satisfies Junior Year Writing requirement.

This course closely examines the ancient city of Pompeii in order to understand its development from a prehistoric village to the Roman city buried by Vesuvius in AD 79.

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Lives, roles, contributions, and status of women in Greek and Roman societies, as reflected in classical literature and the archaeological record. (Gen.Ed. HS)

Taught in English. A survey of ancient Greek and Roman authors of comedy - Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, Theories of comedy, ancient and modern. Modern comparisons will be drawn through use of contemporary films.

Survey of ancient Roman literature, art, and history. The expansion of Rome and its political, social, and cultural development through the Republic to the Empire, emphasizing Roman influence on later western civilization. (Gen.Ed. HS)

Archaeology of ancient Greece in Minoan-Mycenaean, Geometric, Archaic, and Classical Periods. Methods, progress, and ethics of archaeological research. Emphasis on remains displaying the architectural and urbanistic development of major cities and sanctuaries, and on their contribution to western civilization.

Various voices of ancient Greek literature in translation, including selections from the poetry of Homer, Hesiod, lyric poets, tragedians, and comedians; from the histories of Herodotus, and Thucydides; and from the works of Plato, among others. Their meaning and wisdom for later generations. (Gen.Ed. AL)