History, Culture, and The Arts

Art as Persuasion

Pioneer Winter

Online

Art as Persuasion fully online course focuses on the cultural and political appropriation of visual and performance art for the purposes of public conformity, propaganda, and dissent (1935-present day).

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Black Nightmares: Deconstructing Symbolism and Race in Horror Stories

Trina Sanders

Online

This course will explore the themes of racism meets horror stories. This course will use the dark fantasy horror television series “Lovecraft Country” to uncover blackness, queerness, fantasy, and the struggle against racism and imperialism.

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Inventing America: Ideas, Ideals and Ideologies

Jose Rodriguez

Tues., Thurs., 2:00P-3:15P

Since the inception of the United States, the concept of American democracy has been contested. While we were taught in elementary school that The Founding Fathers came together in Philadelphia to write the Constitution, we were not told how little they all agreed on as to what that constitution should contain.

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Culture and Expression: Yesterday's Censorship, Suppression and Propaganda

Jason Calloway

Wed., 9:00A - 11:45A

For as long as humankind has gathered in groups, we have sought to express ourselves through various means: music, visual art, dance, speech, and literature.

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The History of History

Erika Kern

Tues., Thurs., 9:30A – 10:45A

This course will take a critical look at what is history, who writes history, for whom is history written, and why does history exist as an intellectual (and emotional) pursuit.

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Beyond Entertainment: The Influential Power of Music in Society

Ernesto Fernandez

Online

Music plays an important role in our daily lives and in shaping society. It accompanies us in our daily activities and as an outlet for our feelings. This omnipresence of music raises several questions: how does music affect our lives?

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You Crit Like a Girl: The Unique Role of Women in Gaming, Entertainment, and Media

Connie Viamonte

Tues., 4:00P- 6:30P

This course will investigate gender through the lens of modern media and entertainment.

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The Bicycle

Mathew Acevedo

Online

The bicycle is the world’s most prevalent method of human transportation, far exceeding the number of cars on the road and having a significant impact on how many people on Earth live, work, and play. This course will be an interdisciplinary study of the bicycle and bicycling, exploring the history of the bicycle, the science and technology of bicycles, socio-political aspects of bicycling, the business and economics of the bike industry, and different cycling traditions (road, mountain, commuting, urban, leisure, etc.).

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The Tao of Sports

Joseph Lichter

Mon., Wed., 12:30P–1:45P

In the “The Tao of Sports”, students analyze the unique and popular human experience called sports particularly by examining them through a lens of physical and social sciences.

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Myth and Ritual in Film, Part 1

Adam Gorelick

Tues.,Thurs., 12:30P - 1:45P

This course applies theoretical discussions of myth and ritual to the contemporary medium of film.

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Medical Art History to the Renaissance

Amilcar Castellano Sanchez

Mon., 1:00P– 3:30P (Yearlong)

This course encompasses the study of medical world history as it has occurred through time portrayed in different forms of art, i.e. visual, written, performed in a global perspective thus emphasizing certain areas in this review such as: anatomy, physical diagnosis, different types of illness -with a focus on infectious diseases-; a few specialties such as: obstetrics / gynecology, surgery, and psychiatry amongst others also including selected examples of preventive medicine and therapeutic approaches; all from the perspective of the vast historical registry available to us.

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Film in the Developing World: Africa

Elizabeth Hanly

Online (Summer A and Fall)

During the Summer A and Fall Semesters, this stand-alone, QM approved fully online course will focus on African film.

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Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll

Ruben Garrote and Janet McDaniel

Tues., Thurs., 12:30P-1:45P

What became known in the 1960s and ‘70s as “sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll,” though distinctive in expression, was not unique. Alluded to disparagingly a century earlier as “wine, women, and song,” the combination was seen quite differently by the ancients, who spoke of them in terms of divinities — Aphrodite, Dionysus, and Apollo — and indeed employed them as means to access direct religious experiences; that is, as techniques of ecstasy or of transcending the personality.

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Law, Literature and Pop Culture

Andrej Milic

Thurs., 6:00P- 7:15P (Online Live)

The law informs all areas of human existence and yet permeates in a prevalent way throughout pop culture narratives. To properly understand humanity and anthropology we must look at the impact of law throughout history.

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Afro-Cuban Culture: Agency, Power and Commodification

Niurca Marquez

Wed.., 2:00P-3:15P (Hybrid)

Beginning with the formation of 'cabildos,' the course will look at how Afro-Cuban religious systems have served as refuge, resistance, and empowerment in particular time periods.

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What's Going On: Frontline --- America and the World

Elizabeth Hanly

Online (Fall and Spring)

This course sets out to untie the knot we are living. It presumes that we can agree that Frontline, a documentary series aired on the Public Broadcasting Network, is a reliable source, or at least a place to begin.

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Our Stories: An Examination of Racial and Ethnic Socialization

Aisha Hamid

Tues., 9:30A - 10:45A (Hybrid)

This course seeks to survey the stories of racial and ethnic “others” in literature, film, music and art to explore the personal experiences of minorities grappling and navigating this reality.

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Quantum Narratology and Other Curiosities: Intersections of Science and Storytelling

Rhona Trauvitch

Thurs., 11:00A -12:15P (Online Live)

This course considers how certain concepts in the fields of quantum mechanics, genetics, and taxonomy manifest in narrative structure and dovetail with notions in narrative theory.

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Sex and the City

Amy Huseby

Thurs., 2:00P- 3:15P (Online Live)

This course surveys literature from fifteenth-century to present by considering the co-constitutive nature of two major issues: sexuality and urbanization.

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Player One

Maikel Alendy

Online (Summer A) and Hybrid (Fall)

Inspired by courses taught by Emily Wood and neuroscience research conducted by Stuart Brown, this course challenges students to think differently about play and its relevance to human social and biological development.

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Visual Thinking

Gretchen Scharnagl

Mon., 11:00A–12:15P

An exploration of meaning in meaningless marks. This course is designed for those that are abundantly curious.

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Earth Art

Gretchen Scharnagl

Mon., Wed., 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM

In this course we will contemplate the waste, plastic, and garbage we have produced, consumed, and discarded, asking “what’s next?”

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Miami in Miami 305

John Bailly

Wed., 10:00A-3:45P (Yearlong)

This is a seminar that explores the history, culture, and people of Miami.

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Adult Topics on Narrative Medicine

Amilcar Castellano-Sanchez

Tues., 1:00P– 3:30P (Yearlong)

This course aims to bring forth the unbreakable -- yet not well-valued and sparsely characterized -- connection between the worlds of text (narrative, poetry, short stories, memoirs, interviews, and film adaptations) to the worlds of medical ailments and medical practice.

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Creative Non-Fiction: Personal Essays

Elizabeth Hanly

Tues., 2:00P-3:15P (Online Live)

This is a course in storytelling, in writing and reading creative nonfiction.

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The Conservative Tradition

Ruben Garrote

Tues., Thurs., 11:00A-12:15P

This course will involve readings in Conservative political philosophy, but politics is not all that Conservatism encompasses.

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Miami in Miami 786

John Bailly

Wed., 10:00A-3:45P (Yearlong)

This is a seminar that explores the history, culture, and people of Miami.

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