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Social Interaction, Samantha Szczur

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Human beings employ an array of communicative symbols to craft selves, identities, groups, and reality more generally. This graduate seminar is dedicated to examining the myriad ways humans create and negotiate realities and identities through social interaction. As such, we will attend to the individual, groups, cultures, larger social formations, and the inter-­relationships among these arenas. Studies of social interaction are interdisciplinary and emerge from an array of research methodologies. Consequently, our readings reflect a diversity of perspectives on disciplinary and methodological levels.

Advanced Public Relations Writing And Production, Rashmi Thapaliya

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This class focuses on the strategic management of multipleorganizational communication channels and the production of written content acrossdifferent platforms. Students learn how to manage, produce, and coordinate writtencontent and how to engage internal and external stakeholders using a variety ofcommunication channels (off- and online) available to non- and for-profit organizations.

Principles And Practices Of Public Relations Campaigns, Rashmi Thapaliya

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This course examines the methods and approaches to planning,pitching, and implementing public relations campaigns. It introduces students to astakeholder approach to developing campaign strategy including preparing a projectproposal, managing a campaign, and evaluating a campaign’s success. The techniquesaddressed in this course are applicable to diverse clients and build on prior knowledge ofpublic relations writing.

Media Criticism, Scott Walus

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This course is an overview to studying media content, producers, and audiences. This empirical andcritical overview maps the current state of mass communication and media studies research through boththeoretical and applied pieces. Specifically it provides the foundations to entering a conversation on mediastudies, the methodology and theory behind producer studies, various theoretical approaches to textualanalysis, and approaching audience and reception studies.

Production I, Scott Walus

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This production-centered course teaches the foundational elements of visual storytelling through video,television, and film. These foundational elements include narrative construction, visual composition,genre aesthetics, visual brand development, characterization, and non-linear editing in order tocommunicate a unified message through video, audio, and graphics.

Television Criticism, Scott Walus

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Television remains the greatest shared cultural force for explaining the world and providing possibilitiesfor living in that world. The average household spends 59.5 hours a week watching televisual content.From early childhood through old age viewers connect with characters who they will never meet andinvest deeply into a narrative that will never end. This course takes an in-depth examination into howtelevision keeps us watching and the complex meanings present in even the most innocuous programming.

Television & Video Development, Scott Walus

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This course focuses on the development process of both the creation of television and video content aswell as that of the individual producer. Students will learn about the industry, future careers, the resourcesand opportunities available at EIU, pre-production formats (scripts, storyboard, pitches), the narrativestructure, logistics, and types of productions. This course prepares students for navigating productions, amajor or minor in media, and their profession after graduation.

Osgoode Syllabus Of Courses And Seminars: 2017 - 2018, Office Of Student Services

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No abstract provided.

Sexuality And Human Rights (Spring 2017), Robert D. Tobin

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"What happens when we think of sexuality, with all its transgressive and individualistic energies, in terms of rationally established universal human rights? Literary texts that focus on individual cases in the context larger cultural and social traditions with a particular attention to the power of language can help us sort through some of the complex ideas that emerge from a discussion of sexual rights. In this class, we will focus on the relationship between sex and politics, especially in questions of gay, lesbian, and transgender right, as well as sex work and HIV/AIDS."

Osgoode Syllabus Of Courses And Seminars: 2016 - 2017, Office Of Student Services

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No abstract provided.

Germans, Jews And Turks (Fall 2015), Robert D. Tobin

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This class studies the expression of cultural identity in central European literature. How have people come to think of themselves or others as “Germans,” “Jews,” “Turks,” or some combinations thereof? While the Holocaust is obviously central to the German-Jewish relationship, it is not the only focus of this course—we will read literary reflections of the emancipation of the Jews, of German-Jewish assimilation and symbiosis, of the rise of anti-Semitism and Zionism, as well as attempts to remember the past. And while the long history of the relationship between Jews and non-Jews in Germany will be a major component of our …

Osgoode Syllabus Of Courses And Seminars: 2015 - 2016, Office Of Student Services

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No abstract provided.

Human Rights And Literature (Fall 2015), Robert D. Tobin

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"In this class, we will be reading literary and cultural documents to contemplate the concept of “human rights.” What rights do all humans have, simply by virtue of being human? Who counts as human? Do current understandings of human rights exclude some people? Do humans have more rights than other species? How do questions of gender and sexuality fit into the discussion of human rights?

As we seek to answer these questions, we will trace the development of human rights discourses from the Enlightenment to the present, looking at literature from a variety of cultures and human rights documents from …

The National Imagination (Spring 2014), Robert D. Tobin, Juan Pablo Rivera

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What images make people think of the United States of America? Cowboys? The flag? And are there similar icons in other cultures that help define cultural identity? The National Imagination explores the concept of a national community as constructed and critiqued through literary and cinematic narratives, as well as other cultural texts.

Our underlying premise is that national languages and cultures promote the identity of particular communities. We are interested in examining those subjective expressions of culture—images, symbols, narratives—that lead people to feel that they are members of the communities we call nations. We are also interested in discovering points …

Sexuality And Textuality (Fall 2014), Robert D. Tobin

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"Sexuality and Textuality" serves as an introduction to gay and lesbian literary studies and queer theory. It looks at questions of sexuality and literature in ancient and early modern texts (from the Hebrew, Greek and English traditions), as well as in modern texts (from German, French, Spanish, Japanese, and English traditions). In addition to literary texts, students will work with a number of cinematic representations of queer sexuality. Besides these primary texts, students will work with important secondary literature about sexuality."

A photo of this Fall 2014 class was taken as part of Professor Bob Tobin's ongoing class photo tradition.

Sexuality And Human Rights (Spring 2014), Robert D. Tobin

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What happens when we think of sexuality, with all of its transgressive and individualistic energies, in terms of rationally established universal human rights? Literary texts that focus on individual cases in the context of larger cultural and social traditions with a particular attention to the power of language can help us sort through some of the complex ideas that emerge from a discussion of sexual rights.

In this class, we will focus on issues such as sadism, masochism, polygamy, prostitution, HIV/AIDS, and transsexuality that bring questions of rights to the forefront.

A photo of this Spring 2014 class was taken …

Osgoode Syllabus Of Courses And Seminars: 2014 - 2015, Office Of Student Services

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No abstract provided.

Human Rights And Literature (Fall 2013), Robert D. Tobin

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In this class, we will be reading literary and cultural documents to contemplate the concept of "human rights". What rights do all humans have, simply by virtue of being human? Who counts as human? Do current understandings of human rights exclude some people? Do humans have more rights than other species? How do questions of gender and sexuality fit into the discussion of human rights?

As we seek to answer these questions, we will trace the development of human rights discourses from the Enlightenment to the present, looking at literature from a variety of cultures and human rights documents from …

Global Freud (Fall 2013), Robert D. Tobin

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In 1909, Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis went global. At the behest of Clark's president G. Stanley Hall, Freud traveled with Carl Jung and Sandor Ferenczi from Vienna, capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to speak at Clark University. Clark is the only university in the Americas at which Freud ever lectured and the only university in the world to have given Freud an honorary degree. Freud's visit to Clark took place at the cusp of his career -- ten years before his visit he was known only to a small group in Vienna while ten years after his visit he was …

Osgoode Syllabus Of Courses And Seminars: 2013 - 2014, Office Of Student Services

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No abstract provided.

Christian Engagement With Poverty, Government, And Foreign Assistance, Evangelical Advocacy: A Response To Global Poverty

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Stemming from the May 2010 Government, Global Poverty and God’s Mission in the World evangelical declaration (and consultation hosted at Wheaton College that originated the declaration), this course will explore four broad module categories that emerged: Theology of Poverty in Today’s World, How Christians Engage Government, Government Initiatives against Global Poverty, and Christian Advocacy on U.S. Foreign Assistance. Each module will include a robust exploration of: 1) important topics; 2) contentious questions; 3) key resources; and, 4) questions for reflection and action.

A Theology Of Poverty Backues, Evangelical Advocacy: A Response To Global Poverty

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No abstract provided.

Theology Of Poverty Boyd, Evangelical Advocacy: A Response To Global Poverty

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No abstract provided.

Bs 502 Pentateuch, Robert Angelo Traina

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No abstract provided.

Nt 645 General Epistles, Robert Angelo Traina

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No abstract provided.

Bs 682 Method In Bible Study, Robert Angelo Traina

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No abstract provided.

Nt 530 The Gospel Of Mark, Robert Angelo Traina

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No abstract provided.

Bs 660 Romans, Robert Angelo Traina

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No abstract provided.

Ctm 604, The Bible, Pacifism, Just War And Just Peacemaking, Evangelical Advocacy: A Response To Global Poverty

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An analysis of the arguments--biblical, theological, historical--for and against the claim that Christians should never kill and exploration of nonviolent peacemaking. Class discussion and student presentations will be a major part of the class.

Political And Public Theologies, Evangelical Advocacy: A Response To Global Poverty

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No abstract provided.