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A COMPLETE LIST OF CHID CORE COURSES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE CHID OFFICE, PDL B102 OR CALL 543-7333
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| CHID 110 QUESTION OF HUM NAT | (VLPA/I&S) |
10738 A 5 MW 220-430 THO 101 SCHENOLD,TERRENCE E Open 28/ 40
Full-term
THE PROBLEM OF IMAGINATION:
AESTHETIC EDUCATION IN THE 21ST
CENTURY
(VLPA)
IN THE OFT-REFERENCED YET RARELY
READ 9-11 COMMISSION REPORT, WE
FIND A STARTLING CONCLUSION IN
THE RESULTS PRESENTED BY THE
COMMITTEE TASKED WITH CRITICAL
EVALUATION OF THE GOVERNMENT IN
THE LEAD-UP TO THE CATASTROPHE:
NAMELY, THAT THE SINGLE MOST
IMPORTANT FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP
WAS A FAILURE OF IMAGINATION. THE
IDEA THAT AN INDIVIDUAL, A
COLLECTIVITY, OR AN ENTIRE
CULTURE COULD SUFFER A FAILURE OF
IMAGINATION, VARIOUSLY
INTERPRETED, SUFFUSES MANY OF OUR
PROBLEMS TODAY, FROM OUR
DIFFICULTIES WITH REIMAGINING ALL
SORTS OF INSTITUTIONS AND
IMPORTANT CONCEPTS, TO OUR
INABILITY TO SEE THAT WHICH DOES
NOT SHOW UP ON BALANCE SHEETS OR
BODY SCANS.
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| CHID 230 INTRO DISABILITY ST | (I&S,DIV) |
14481 A 5 MTWThF 110-320 EEB 003 Johnson,Kristen L Open 1/ 5 J
A-term
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| CHID 250 SPECIAL TOPICS | (I&S) |
10740 B 5 MTWTh 220-430 CMU 228 Simpson,Caroline Chung Open 6/ 20 W
A-term
READING AND WRITING WIDELY
(VLPA)
THIS IS A READING AND WRITING
COURSE. MORE SPECIFICALLY, THIS
IS A COURSE IN WHICH WE WILL
FOCUS ON WRITING FOR A WIDE
AUDIENCE ABOUT VERY COMPLICATED
SOCIAL ISSUES. IN THE PAST
CENTURY, WRITING ABOUT MANY OF
THESE ISSUES WAS USUALLY RESERVED
FOR THE SPECIALIST: SCHOLARS,
POLITICAL PUNDITS OR
COMMENTATORS, SOCIAL SCIENTISTS.
BUT IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET,
EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO WEIGH IN.
WE WILL READ AND DISCUSS A HOST
OF CONTEMPORARY WRITERS WHO ARE
WRITING ESSAYS DEVOTED TO
DISCUSSION OF SOME OF THE MOST
PRESSING OF SOCIAL ISSUES.
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10741 C 5 MTWTh 940-1150 DEN 210 Dwyer,Anne K Open 8/ 20
A-term
FILM AND THE POST-APOCALYPTIC
IMAGINATION
(VLPA)
THIS CLASS WILL EXPLORE THE POST-
APOCALYPTIC IMAGINATION, FOCUSING
PRIMARILY ON SECULAR IMAGININGS OF
THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
IN FILM. FILMS MAY INCLUDE WORLD WA
Z, INTERSTELLAR, WALL-E, MAD MAX:
FURY ROAD, MELANCHOLIA, CHILDREN OF
MEN, BLADERUNNER, 12 MONKEYS, AND
OTHERS. COURSE MATERIALS WILL ALSO
CONSIST OF THEORETICAL READINGS AND
POSSIBLY SOME FICTION UPON WHICH
FILM ADAPTATIONS ARE BASED.
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| CHID 270 SPECIAL TOPICS | (I&S) |
10744 B 5 TWThF 110-320 SAV 157 Lopez Vergara,Sebastian O Open 9/ 10 WJ
B-term
THE WIRE AS THEORY: SOCIAL SCIENCE
FICTION
(VLPA)
THE WIRE HAS BEEN WIDELY HERALDED
BY CRITICS AS ONE OF THE BEST
TELEVISION PROGRAMS EVER MADE. IT
HAS ALSO GAINED MUCH ATTENTION
AND PRAISE FROM SCHOLARS ACROSS
THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL
SCIENCES FOR ITS CRITIQUE OF
INEQUALITY, THE WAR ON DRUGS, AND
THE POLITICS OF RACE, GENDER AND
SEXUALITY. THIS SEMINAR SUGGESTS
THAT THE POPULARITY OF THE WIRE
IS RELATED TO THE THEORETICAL
WORK THAT THE PROGRAM PERFORMS.
YET, AS ALL WORKS OF THEORY, THE
WIRE ALSO HAS LIMITATIONS.
VIEWING THE WIRE SERIOUSLY AND
CRITICALLY AS A WORK OF THEORY,
THIS SEMINAR EXPLORES WHAT THEORY
IS AND WHAT ITS FUNCTION CAN AND
SHOULD BE IN THE WORLD.
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14356 D 5 MTWTh 940-1230 RAI 121 Open 0/ 4 J
B-term
"SCREENWRITING/FILMMAKING"
TAUGHT BY VISITING FILMMAKER
FELIX VISCARRET
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| CHID 491 SENIOR THESIS | (I&S) | Prerequisites |
IS >10751 B 5 to be arranged 0/ 10 Full-term INDEPENDENT THESIS CONTACT CHID[AT]UW.EDU FOR ADD CODE |
| CHID 492 SENIOR THESIS | (I&S) |
IS >10752 A 5 to be arranged 1/ 5E Full-term CHID INDEPENDENT STUDY INSTRUCTOR CODE PDL B102A |
| CHID 493 SENIOR THESIS | (I&S) |
IS >10753 A 5 to be arranged 2/ 5E Full-term INSTRUCTOR CODE PDL B102A |
| CHID 496 FOCUS GROUPS |
10754 A 2 T 230-420 PDL C101 ANDERSON,CYNTHIA M. Open 7/ 15 CR/NC
Full-term
ANIMATION: MIYAZAKI AND THE
VITALITY OF MEDIA
INVESTIGATE THE IMPORTANCE OF
ANIMATION IN CONTEMPORARY MEDIA,
COMPARE JAPANESE AND WESTERN
VISUAL CONVENTIONS, RESEARCH THE
GENDERED USES OF
TECHNOLOGY, AND INTERROGATE THE
ROLE OF WORLD BUILDING AND
SPECULATIVE
FICTION IN UNDERSTANDING THE
WORLD.
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>10755 B 2 MW 110-210 SAV 140 ANDERSON,CYNTHIA M. 0/ 12 CR/NC
Full-term
CHID FOCUS GROUP TBA
CONTACT CHID FOR ADD CODE
CHID[AT]UW.EDU
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| CHID 499 UNDERGRAD IND STDY |
IS >10756 A 1-5 to be arranged 1/ 5E Full-term INSTRUCTOR CODE PDL B102A |
IS >10757 B 1-5 to be arranged 0/ 15E Full-term *INSTRUCTOR CODE PDL B102A |