Spring Quarter 2024 Time Schedule

COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF IDEAS
(COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES )

       12268 A  5       TTh    400-520    LOW  102      Romadhon,Dimas Iqbal       Open     39/  40                      
                        NATURE, CULTURE, AND BELONGING                              
                        (SSC)                                                       
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                        IN THIS COURSE, WE WILL EXAMINE THE                         
                                                                                    
                        CONCEPT OF HOME THROUGH CRITICAL                            
                        THEORIES AND CREATIVE METHODS. WE                           
                        WILL EXPLORE HOW GARDENING, PLACE                           
                        SKETCHING, CITY EXPLORATION, AND                            
                        PHOTOGRAPHY CAN BE USED AS TOOLS                            
                        FOR UNDERSTANDING OUR RELATIONSHIPS                         
                                                                                    
                        WITH OURSELVES, OTHERS (HUMAN AND                           
                        NON-HUMAN), AND THE ENVIRONMENT.                            

       12269 B  5       to be arranged                                             Closed    0/   0                      

       12270 A  5       WF     1030-1220  MEB  103      Barr,Nicolaas P.           Open     29/  30                WJ    
                        THE MYTH OF JUDEO-CHRISTIAN                                 
                        CIVILIZATION (SSC, W)                                       
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                        HISTORY OF THE PRESENT: THE MYTH                            
                        OF JUDEO-CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION                             
                        EXAMINES THE USE AND ABUSE OF                               
                        THIS IDEA SINCE 9/11 AND THE                                
                        LONGER HISTORIES OF RELIGIOUS                               
                        AND RACIAL EXCLUSION IT OBSCURES.                           
                        CROSS-LISTED WITH JEW ST 289A AND                           
                        HSTCMP 111                                                  
                        THIS CLASS IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR                              
                        REGISTRATION BY AUDITORS                                    
                        OR ACCESS STUDENTS                                          

       12271 A  5       to be arranged                  Novetzke,Christian L       Closed   75/  75                JA    
                        ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE COURSE                                  
                        NO OVERLOADS                                                
                        NO AUDITORS/ACCESS                                          
                        CROSSLIST WITH RELIG 120                                    

       12272 A  5       MW     1230-220   SIG  224      Simpson,Caroline           Open     39/  40                %     
                        THE POLITICS OF WEIRDNESS IN COMICS                         
                                                                                    
                        (AH)                                                        
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                        THIS COURSE WILL TACKLE A NUMBER OF                         
                                                                                    
                        RECENT WEIRD COMICS (AKA GRAPHIC                            
                        NOVELS).  WHILE WEIRDNESS IN COMICS                         
                                                                                    
                        IS NOTHING NEW, THESE WORKS ARE                             
                        EXPLICIT IN THEIR EXPLORATION OF A                          
                        RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FORMAL                                 
                        EXPERIMENTATION AND CULTURAL                                
                        DIFFERENCE. IN EVERY CASE, THE                              
                        EXPLORATION OF BIZARRE FORMS AND                            
                        FIGURES MARKS A DEEPER RESISTANCE                           
                        TO EXISTING CODES OF REPRESENTATION                         
                                                                                    
                        AND READING                                                 

       12273 A  5       MW     1030-1220  PCAR 297      Seiler,Jessie              Closed   30/  30                J     
                        VIOLENCE AND CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT                           
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                        IN THIS CLASS, STUDENTS WILL                                
                        EXPLORE WHITE SUPREMACY FROM A                              
                        VARIETY OF ANGLES, ROOTING US IN AN                         
                        UNDERSTANDING OF WHITE SUPREMACY AS                         
                        A FUNDAMENTAL AND SYSTEMIC                                  
                        COMPONENT OF AMERICAN CULTURE AND                           
                        AS SOMETHING THAT INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE                         
                        CAN BE RADICALIZED INTO AND                                 
                        DERADICALIZED AWAY FROM. WE WILL                            
                        CONSIDER THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN                           
                        WHITE SUPREMACY AND OTHER FORMS OF                          
                        OPPRESSION, INCLUDING ANTI-LGBTQ                            
                        BIAS AND WEIGHT STIGMA, AND LEARN                           
                        TO RECOGNIZE HATEFUL SPEECH IN BOTH                         
                        ITS IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT FORMS                             

       12274 A  5       MW     1030-1120  SIG  225      Thurtle,Phillip S          Open     42/  60                      
                        T      1030-1120  GUG  218      
                        BIOFUTURES (AH, SSC, NSC)                                   
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                        EXPLORES KEY LEGAL, ETHICAL,                                
                        CULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND COMMERCIA                         
                        L ASPECTS OF THE RAPIDLY CHANGING                           
                        WORLD OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND                                  
                        BIOINFORMATICS. SPECIFICALLY ASKS                           
                        HOW NEW DISCOVERIES IN BIOLOGY                              
                        ENCOURAGE US TO RETHINK ISSUES OF                           
                        OWNERSHIP, COMMUNICATION,GEOGRAPHY,                         
                                                                                    
                        IDENTITY, AND ARTISTIC PRACTICE.                            

       21513 AA  QZ     Th     1030-1120  GUG  218                                 Open     25/  30                      

       21514 AB  QZ     Th     1130-1220  GUG  218                                 Open     17/  30                      

       12275 A  5       MW     1000-1120  *    *        Woiak,Joanne               Closed   25/  24                JO    
                        FULLY REMOTE                                                

       12276 AA  QZ     Th     930-1020   *    *        Mora,Johanna               Closed    6/   6                JO    
                        T      930-1020   *    *        

       12277 AB  QZ     Th     1030-1120  *    *        Mora,Johanna               Closed    6/   6                JO    
                        T      1030-1120  *    *        

       12278 AC  QZ     Th     1130-1220  *    *        Gatsby,Tiffany-Ashton      Closed    6/   6                JO    
                        T      1130-1220  *    *        

       12279 AD  QZ     Th     1230-120   *    *        Gatsby,Tiffany-Ashton      Closed    7/   6                JO    
                        T      1230-120   *    *        

       12280 B  5       TTh    930-1120   SAV  260      Childs,Mary E              Open     18/  20                W     
                        "THE ART OF WRITING"                                        
                        (W, SSC CREDIT)                                             
                        IN THIS COURSE STUDENTS WILL                                
                        PRACTICE THE ART OF WRITING,                                
                        CONSIDERING DIFFERENT GENRES,                               
                        THINKING OF DIFFERENT AUDIENCES.                            
                        FOCUSING ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS, WE                          
                        WILL EXPLORE VARIOUS APPROACHES TO                          
                        WRITING ABOUT CRITICAL ISSUES: THE                          
                        RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMANS AND                             
                        NATURE, THE INTERTWINING OF                                 
                        POLITICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT,                               
                        POSITIVE WAYS FORWARD.  WE WILL                             
                        READ AND DISCUSS SELECTIONS FROM                            
                        DIVERSE AUTHORS:  JOURNALISTS,                              
                        ACTIVISTS, ACADEMICS, POETS, AND                            
                        NOVELISTS                                                   

       12281 C  5       TTh    1130-120   PDL  C101     Garcia,MariaElena          Open     11/  20                      
                        "ART, MEMORY, AND VIOLENCE IN                               
                        LATIN AMERICA"                                              
                        (A&H, SSC)                                                  
                                                                                    
                        THIS CLASS INVITES STUDENTS TO                              
                        THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT ART,                                 
                        VIOLENCE, MEMORY AND SOCIAL                                 
                        ACTIVISM IN LATIN AMERICA, WITH A                           
                        FOCUS ON CULTURAL POLITICS IN PERU.                         
                                                                                    
                        STUDENTS WILL EXAMINE NOTIONS OF                            
                        OTHERNESS AND THE POWER TO LABEL AS                         
                                                                                    
                        CENTRAL TO THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF                         
                                                                                    
                        VIOLENCE.                                                   

       12282 E  5       TTh    500-650P   THO  325      Ferauge,Elizabeth          Open     21/  30                      
                        RELIGIONS AND HORROR FILMS (AH,                             
                        SSC)                                                        
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                        FROM THE EXORCIST (1973) AND THE                            
                        WICKER MAN (1973) TO MIDSOMMAR (201                         
                        9)                                                          
                        AND THE VVITCH (2016), RELIGIOUS                            
                        THEMES HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ELEMENT OF                         
                        MODERN HORROR FILMS IN THE HISTORY                          
                        OF                                                          
                        WESTERN CINEMA, PARTICULARLY IN THE                         
                        FIELD OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND                              
                        COMPARATIVE RELIGION.                                       

       12284 G  5       MW     330-520    SMI  102      Vallier,John Bellarmine    Open     37/  40                B     
                        GRUNGE IS FOR LO$ERS - SEATTLE                              
                        ALTERNATIVE MUSIC SCENES, 1964 TO                           
                        2024 (AH)                                                   
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                        STAGE DIVE INTO SEATTLE AND PNW                             
                        ALTERNATIVE MUSIC SCENES, PAST AND                          
                        PRESENT. START IN THE 1960S WITH TH                         
                        E                                                           
                        DAVE LEWIS TRIO AND THE SONICS. FAS                         
                        T                                                           
                        FORWARD INTO THE 1980S AND BEYOND                           
                        WITH TINA GODMOTHER OF GRUNGE BELL,                         
                                                                                    
                        U-MEN, GREEN RIVER, SOUNDGARDEN,                            
                        BLACK ANGER, NIRVANA, BIKINI KILL,                          
                        BRATMOBILE, BAND OF HORSES, TACOCAT                         
                        ,                                                           
                        AND BLACK TONES.                                            

       12285 H  5       M      330-520    MGH  271      Roberts,Georgia M.         Open     23/  25                B     
                        W      330-520    *    *        
                        THE LITERARY LEGACY OF TUPAC SHAKUR                         
                        - HYBRID, MONDAYS IN PERSON,                                
                        REST OF THE WEEK ONLINE (AH)                                
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                        THIS INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE FOCUS                         
                        ES                                                          
                        ON THE LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL                           
                        INFLUENCES OF ARTIST AND ACTIVIST,                          
                        TUPAC SHAKUR. WE WILL STUDY A VARIE                         
                        TY                                                          
                        OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TEXTS,                             
                        INCLUDING THE PRINCE, THE                                   
                        AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOM X, AND THE                          
                        ART OF WAR.                                                 

       12286 A  5       MW     1030-1220  THO  325      Weatherford,AM             Open     36/  40                      
                        SOUTHERN QUEERS, SOUTHERN                                   
                        FEARS                                                       
                        (AH, W)                                                     
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                        ARE MONSTERS REAL? ACCORDING TO                             
                        ZORA NEALE HURSTON, A BLACK FEMALE                          
                        ANTHROPOLOGIST FROM THE U.S. SOUTH,                         
                        THERE WERE ZOMBIES IN HAITI IN                              
                        1933. THIS COURSE INVESTIGATES KEY                          
                        TEXTS AND VISUALS FROM THE GENRES                           
                        OF THE CARIBBEAN AND U.S. SOUTHERN                          
                        GOTHIC. IT STUDIES A VARIETY OF                             
                        MONSTERS, THEIR RESPECTIVE                                  
                        DISCOURSES OF/ON MONSTROSITY, AS                            
                        WELL AS THE SOCIAL AND EPISTEMIC                            
                        POLITICS INFORMING SUCH DISCOURSES.                         

       12287 B  5       TTh    330-520    LOW  115      Frantece,Brittney          Open     23/  25                      
                        SHADOW WORK - A READING PRACTICE TO                         
                        ENGAGE IN UNKNOWN OTHERWORLDLY                              
                        AESTHETICS (SSC, W)                                         
                                                                                    
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                        WHAT IS A SHADOW, AND WHAT DOES IT                          
                        MEAN TO WORK WITH IT? SHADOW WORK                           
                        HAS ITS ROOTS IN PSYCHOANALYTIC                             
                        THEORY, ESPECIALLY IN THE WORKS OF                          
                        LACAN AND JUNG. HOWEVER, IN THIS                            
                        COURSE, WE WILL TAKE UP MORE                                
                        CONTEMPORARY AND OCCULT MEANS OF                            
                        ENGAGING WITH THE SHADOW. WE WILL                           
                        READ SHORT THEORECTICAL TEXTS IN                            
                        THE FIELD OF SPIRITUALITY, BLACK                            
                        PESSIMISM, HORROR, FUGITIVITY, AND                          
                        ECSTASY.                                                    

       12288 A  5       TTh    1230-220   MUE  153      Diment,Galya               Open      1/   5                J     

       12289 B  5       MW     1130-1220  DEN  303      Wiggins,Ellwood            Open      4/   5                J     
                        F      1130-1220  SMI  102      

      >12290 A  2       to be arranged    *    *        Wygant,Christina Dawn               19/  20  CR/NC               
                        PRE-DEPARTURE FOR CHID/JSIS                                 
                        STUDENTS ON MUNICH STUDY ABROAD                             
                        ADD CODE REQUIRED.                                          

       12291 A  5       to be arranged                                             Closed    0/   0                      
                        WITHDRAWN *REQUESTED NELL CANCEL ON                         
                        HISTORY SIDE                                                

       12292 AA  QZ     to be arranged                                             Closed    0/   0                      
                        REQUESTED NELL CANCEL ON HISTORY                            
                        SIDE                                                        

       12293 AB  QZ     to be arranged                                             Closed    0/   0                      
                        REQUESTED NELL CANCEL ON HISTORY                            
                        SIDE                                                        

       12294 A  5       to be arranged                                             Closed    0/   0                %     

       12295 B  5       MW     230-420    THO  231      Athreya,Jayadev S          Open     15/  20                %WJ   
                        MATHEMATICS: PRACTICE AND POWER (NS                         
                        C,                                                          
                        W)                                                          
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                        INTRODUCES THE CULTURAL, HISTORICAL                         
                        ,                                                           
                        ARTISTIC, POLITICAL, AND SCIENTIFIC                         
                                                                                    
                        RESONANCES OF THE PRACTICE OF                               
                        MATHEMATICS.                                                

       12296 A  5       MW     1230-220   DEM  124      Mahadevan,Sudhir           Open     12/  20                      
                        INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL CULTURE (AH,                         
                        SSC)                                                        
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                        WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN                              
                        SEEING THE WORLD AND VISUALIZING IT                         
                        WHAT ROLE HAVE PRINT, PHOTOGRAPHY,                          
                        OR THE INTERNET PLAYED IN THE                               
                        HISTORY AND CIRCULATION OF IMAGES?                          
                        HOW DO IMAGES SHAPE IDENTITY THROUG                         
                        ART, PHOTOJOURNALISM, OR                                    
                        ADVERTISING? WHY DO SOME IMAGES                             
                        ENRAGE AND OFFEND, WHILE OTHERS ARE                         
                        VENERATED AND WORSHIPPED?                                   
                        ENCOMPASSING THREE APPROACHES                               
                        (THEORY, HISTORY, CULTURE) TO THE                           
                        STUDY OF IMAGES, AND THROUGH CROSS-                         
                        CULTURAL COMPARISON, THIS COURSE                            
                        INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO VISUAL                               
                        CULTURE OR TO THE WAYS IN WHICH                             
                        PEOPLE MAKE IMAGES, ENCOUNTER THEM                          
                        IN EVERYDAY LIFE, UNDERSTAND THEM,                          
                        AND USE THEM TO MAKE SENSE OF                               
                        THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND                             
                        THEM.                                                       

 IS   >12297 A  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10E                     

 IS   >12298 B  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10E CR/NC               

       12299 A  5       W      130-420    PCAR 492      DeCarsky,Ryan              Closed    3/   3                J     
                        NO PREREQS REQUIRED                                         
                        OFFERED JOINTLY WITH DIS ST 430 A                           
                        TOPIC: QUEERING THE CRIP.                                   
                        WITHERED WITH DIST ST 430. FULFILLS                         
                        DIS ST GRAD CERTIFICATE ELECTIVE.                           

       12300 A  5       TTh    330-520    CMU  322      Underwood,Douglas M        Closed    5/   5                J     

       12301 A  5       TTh    330-520    ART  317      Chan,Christopher Santo Dom Open      6/  12                W     
                        (CALDERWOOD SEMINAR) THE                                    
                        UNCONSCIOUS, ONLINE - DREAMING                              
                        WITHOUT ALGORITHMS (AH, SSC, W)                             
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                        WE'LL ASK HOW PSYCHOANALYTIC LOGICS                         
                        OF THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND CRYPTICALLY                         
                        HAUNT OUR DEVICES, PLATFORMS, AND                           
                        NETWORK TECH, AND HOW THESE ANIMATE                         
                        OUR NIGHTMARES AND DYSTOPIAN VISION                         
                        S                                                           
                        OF THE FUTURE.                                              

       12304 E  5       Th     230-420    THO  217      Lucero,Jose Antonio        Open     10/  12                W     
                        (CALDERWOOD SEMINAR) SEMINAR IN                             
                        PUBLIC WRITING: BORDER                                      
                        STORIES (SSC, W)                                            
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                        DESPITE OFTEN CONTRASTING WILDLY                            
                        WITH THE REALITY OF BORDERS AND                             
                        MIGRANTS, STORIES ABOUT BORDERS ARE                         
                        POWERFUL FORCES THAT PROFOUNDLY                             
                        AFFECT THE FATES OF INDIVIDUALS,                            
                        FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. IN THIS                           
                        SEMINAR, STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW TO                         
                        WRITE AND EDIT PUBLIC-FACING ESSAYS                         
                        THAT TRANSLATE IDEAS FROM FILMS,                            
                        LONG-FORM JOURNALISM, PODCASTS, AND                         
                        SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC ABOUT FOUR KINDS                          
                        OF BORDER STORIES                                           

       12305 F  5       WF     830-1020   BAG  260      Alaniz,Jose                Open      0/   5                WJ    
                        POST-SOVIET LIT AND CULTURAL SCENE                          

       21493 G  5       MW     1130-120   THO  235      Al-Saleh,Danya             Open      0/   5                      
                        What is the role of universities in                         
                        in upholding the njustices of an                            
                        extractive fossil fuel-based                                
                        economy? Is the university a                                
                        climate actor? This course will                             
                        begin with a grounding in studies                           
                        of U.S. universities and their role                         
                        in producing expertise and labor                            
                        that facilitated slavery,                                   
                        Indigenous dispossession,                                   
                        environmental destruction, and                              
                        imperialism.                                                

      >12306 A  5       WF     1130-120   PDL  C101     Garcia,MariaElena                    9/  20                W     
                        HAUNTING, HORROR, AND OTHER GHOST                           
                        STORIES (AH, SSC, W)                                        
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                        THIS RESEARCH SEMINAR IS DESIGNED                           
                        TO HELP STUDENTS CONCEPTUALIZE,                             
                        DEVELOP AND FINISH SIGNIFICANT                              
                        RESEARCH PROJECTS IN A SINGLE                               
                        QUARTER. IT SHOULD BE USEFUL FOR                            
                        STUDENTS WITH VARYING DEGREES OF                            
                        RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND WITH VARIED                         
                        RESEARCH INTERESTS. THIS YEAR WE                            
                        WILL THINK WITH HAUNTING, HORROR,                           
                        AND GHOSTS AS ENTRY POINTS INTO                             
                        DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POLITICS,                                 
                        CULTURE, AND POWER.                                         

 IS   >12307 B  5       to be arranged                                                       1/  10E                     

 IS   >12308 A  5       to be arranged                                                       2/  10E                     

 IS   >12309 A  5       to be arranged                                                      10/  10E                     

       21950 A  2       F      930-1120   MGH  278      Zigler,Maya Elyse          Open      3/  12  CR/NC               
                        QUEERNESS IN THE FAILED COMING OF                           
                        AGE NARRATIVE                                               
                        A DISCUSSION-BASED EXPLORATION OF                           
                        HOW QUEERNESS CHALLENGES THE                                
                        TRADITIONAL COMING OF AGE/                                  
                        BILDUNGSROMAN STRUCTURE ACROSS                              
                        DIFFERENT MODES OF STORYTELLING.                            
                        EXAMINES HOW AND WHY QUEER                                  
                        PROTAGONISTS 'FAIL' TO COME OF AGE                          
                        BY THE STANDARDS OF                                         
                        CISHETERONORMATIVE CAPITALISM, WITH                         
                        ADDITIONAL FOCUS ON MENTAL                                  
                        HEALTH/TRAUMA, CLASS, RACE, ETC. AN                         
                        HOW ALL OF THESE IDENTITIES                                 
                        INTERSECT. COURSE READINGS INCLUDE                          
                        MYSTERIOUS SKIN (FILM/OPTIONAL                              
                        NOVEL, DIR. GREGG ARAKI), NIGHT IN                          
                        THE WOODS (VIDEO GAME/RECORDED                              
                        PLAYTHROUGH, FINJI STUDIOS), BFF                            
                        (PLAY, ANNA ZIEGLER), AND PUBERTY 2                         
                        (MUSICAL ALBUM, MITSKI), AND                                
                        ANALYSIS WILL CONSIDER THE THEORIES                         
                        PRESENTED IN JACK HALBERSTAM'S THE                          
                        QUEER ART OF FAILURE.                                       

       12310 B  2       Th     330-520    DEN  259      Burt,Ryan E.               Open      9/  12  CR/NC               
                        TIME- TH 330 - 520                                          
                        EXPLORING SEATTLE HISTORY THROUGH                           
                        THE                                                         
                        LENS OF JAZZ MUSIC, DANCE, AND                              
                        CULTURE. WE WILL DEVELOP FAMILIARIT                         
                        WITH THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE                          
                        BY ENGAGING WITH STORIES OF SEATTLE                         
                        BLACK HISTORY, SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS                         
                        MUSIC, AND MORE AND HOW THOSE                               
                        STORIES INFLUENCED AND WERE                                 
                        INFLUENCED BY JAZZ AS ART,                                  
                        COMMUNITY, AND COMMUNICATION.                               

       12311 C  2       F      1030-1220  *    *        Schweigert,Val             Open      5/  12  CR/NC               
                        QUEER HERITAGE: PAST AND PRESENT                            
                        THIS CLASS WILL MEET IN THE Q                               
                        CENTER: HUSKY UNION BUILDING 315                            
                        IN THIS COURSE, WE WILL TOGETHER                            
                        UNCOVER THE HIDDEN HISTORY AND                              
                        LEGACY OF QUEER                                             
                        COMMUNITIES AROUND THE GLOBE BY                             
                        CRITICALLY ENGAGING WITH                                    
                        DOCUMENTARIES, PODCASTS, AND                                
                        OTHER FORMS OF MEDIA.                                       

 IS   >12312 A  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10E                     

 IS   >12313 B  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10E CR/NC               

       12314 A  1-5     MW     130-320    ART  003      Belic,Bojan                Open      0/   5                J     

 IS   >12315 A  1-5     to be arranged                                                       5/  10E                     

 IS   >12316 B  1-5     to be arranged                                                       2/  10E CR/NC