Courses and Syllabi
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Cultural Studies Spring 2027
Undergraduate
CULT 320: Globalization and Culture (3 Credits)
Examines cultures in globalization, with special attention to the role of technologies and new media. Provides historical and contemporary contexts for understanding the relationships among circuits of production and consumption; population flows; social inequalities and collective identities; globalizations from "above" and "below;" built and natural environments. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.
Registration Restrictions:
Students with a class of Freshman may not enroll.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
CULT 362: AI & Culture (3 Credits)
Explores the cultural, socioeconomic, aesthetic, and political dimensions of artificial intelligence. Examines how AI tools and technologies reshape labor, identity, power, expression, and social life. Topics may include algorithmic bias, digital labor, surveillance, colonialism, disinformation, environmental harm, and how AI systems reflect—and reinforce—existing social inequalities. Through readings, writing, and hands-on experiments with AI platforms, students learn to interrogate the narratives, ideologies, and infrastructures that shape artificial intelligence in the 21st century. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- CULT 362 - DL1: AI & Culture — Md Samzir Ahmed - Online
Graduate
CULT 804: Histories of Cultural Studies II (3 Credits)
Continues the historical survey of cultural studies up to the present and assesses possibilities for future development. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May not be repeated for credit.
Recommended Prerequisite: Admission to a PhD program and CULT 802 or permission of instructor.
Registration Restrictions:
Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- CULT 804 - 002: Histories Cultural Studies II — Tim Gibson — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM M - Peterson Hall 2408
CULT 808: Student/Faculty Colloquium in Cultural Studies (1 Credit)
Forum for presentation of original and current research in cultural studies. Notes: Students register for 1 credit per semester over a three-semester period. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 4 credits.
Recommended Prerequisite: Admission to doctoral program.
Registration Restrictions:
Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Cultural Studies.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate or Non-Degree level students.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Satisfactory/No Credit scale.
This course is graded on the Satisfactory/No Credit scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- CULT 808 - 001: Student and Faculty Colloquium — Roger N Lancaster — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R - Peterson Hall 2408
CULT 812: Visual Culture (3 Credits)
Examines theories, production, consumption, and reception of visual culture. Covers film, video, visual arts, music, display, ritual, performance, performativity, and theories of the aesthetic. Includes key readings from theorists such as Adorno, Artaud, Benjamin, Brecht, Bryson, Doane, Fiske, Heath, Marcuse, Merleau-Ponty, and Sartre. Notes: This course is designed for the PhD student. Those students not admitted to a PhD program are required to contact the instructor. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May not be repeated for credit.
Recommended Prerequisite: Admission to a doctoral program or permission of instructor.
Registration Restrictions:
Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Cultural Studies.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- CULT 812 - 001: Visual Culture — Denise Albanese — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M - Innovation Hall 317
CULT 820: After Colonialism (3 Credits)
Surveys racial, ethnic, caste, and national identities in colonial contexts; the changing shape of the world system and reactions to it from the era of colonial conquest to the age of globalization. Special attention to anti-colonial critiques, postcolonial works, and the present shape of global inequalities. Notes: This course is designed for the PhD student. Those students not admitted to a PhD program are required to contact the instructor. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May not be repeated for credit.
Recommended Prerequisite: Admission to a doctoral program, or permission of instructor.
Registration Restrictions:
Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Cultural Studies.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- CULT 820 - 001: After Colonialism — Paul Smith — 01:30 PM to 04:10 PM T - Innovation Hall 139
CULT 860: Special Topics in Cultural Studies (3 Credits)
Specialized interdisciplinary topics in cultural theory and analysis. Notes: These courses are designed for the PhD student. Those students not admitted to a PhD program are required to contact the instructor. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit when topic is different. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the term.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: Admission to a doctoral program, or permission of the instructor.
Registration Restrictions:
Enrollment is limited to Graduate or Non-Degree level students.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
3 Sections Currently Scheduled
- CULT 860 - 001: Culture, Media, Technology — Paul Smith — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W - Music Theater Building 1008
- CULT 860 - 002: Sex + Internet — Alexander Monea — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM W - East Building 134
- CULT 860 - 003: Space, Place, and Mobilities — Rashmi Sadana — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T - Horizon Hall 4000