CRIT 308 Contemporary Culture & Critique

3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course

Contemporary Culture & Critique is an introduction to the field of cultural studies and critical theory. At its core, this interdisciplinary field explores relationships between cultural practices and systems of power. It unpacks issues of how knowledge is produced, circulated, and critiqued in ways that shape our ways of thinking, creating, and navigating our everyday lives. Popular culture and creative practices will serve as a backdrop for our exploration of cultural studies and its many theoretical lenses. These lenses will help us examine topics like identity and representation, systems of being and seeing, and the relationships between what we produce as contemporary artists and broader cultural trends and forces.

Prerequisites COMP*102, COMP*102D, COMP*102E, COMP*112, or COMP*112H

This course is not repeatable for credit.