IDST 5020 Foundations and Theories of Interdisciplinary Studies
Exposes the beginning graduate student to exemplary works and methodologies of disciplines oriented to humanities and social sciences, such as philosophy, sociology, history, communication, fine arts, and literature.
Previously listed as HUMN 5025/SSCI 5020.
Max hours: 3 Credits.
This course must be taken in the first fall semester as an MH student in the program.
Offered every Fall semester.
IDST 5013 Methods and Practices of Interdisciplinary Studies
The second of three required Master of Humanities core courses, this course introduces beginning graduate students to methodologies and intellectual frameworks for gathering, organizing, and developing interdisciplinary research. The focus is on the application of theories and methods of research, interpretation, and analysis in humanistic research through readings that explore philosophical and cultural discourses that have altered theory and methodology. Course note: Students must repeat this course if they earn a C+ or lower and must have permission from the instructor to repeat the course. Students will only earn 3 credits for this course, even if they must repeat it.
Previously listed as HUMN/SSCI 5013.
Max hours: 3 Credits.
This course must be taken in the first spring semester and an MSS or MH student in the program.
Offered every Spring semester.
IDST 5023 Research Perspectives in Interdisciplinary Studies
This course provides beginning graduate students grounding in critical theorists, key analytic models, and their application in disciplines which comprise the humanities (philosophy, literature, art history, visual studies, history, communication) for the purpose of graduate-level, interdisciplinary humanities research. Examines questions about reality, knowledge, and ethics that affect research and writing in the humanities.
Course note: Students must repeat this course if they earn a C+ or lower and must have permission from the instructor to repeat the course. Students will only earn 3 credits for this course, even if they must repeat it.
Previously listed as HUMN 5924/SSCI 5023 "Directed Research/Research Perspectives."
Max Hours: 3 Credits.
IDST 5660 Visual Arts: Its Past, Present, and Interpretations
Provides graduate-level interdisciplinary study in the historiography, methodologies, and theories used to understand how visual arts, including painting, sculpture, photography, film, and performance art influence the making of culture. Students gain critical skills for analyzing a variety of visual and aesthetic products of culture.
Previously listed as HUMN 5660 "Visual Arts: Interpretations and Contexts."
Max hours: 3 Credits.
IDST 5720 Sex, Gender, and Visual Representation
Studies sexuality, gender, and identity representation from classical antiquity through the present in the visual arts. Uses the literature of visuality, feminism, race, and queer theory. Explores representations of femininity, masculinity, and androgyny and their reinforcement and challenge to gender-identity norms.
Previously listed as HUMN/SSCI/WGST 5720 "Sexuality, Gender, and Visual Representation." Cross-listed with WGST 4720/5720
Max hours: 3 Credits.
Term offered: fall, spring.
HUMN-SSCI 5325- First Amendment: Theory and Context
First Amendment jurisprudence including free speech/responsibility, sedition/seditious libel/dissent, prior restraints, time/place/manner restrictions, hate/intimidating speech, defamation, privacy/security tensions, intellectual property/public good, advertising, corporate speech, sexual expression, and public status of religion.
Cross-listed with HUMN 4325, SSCI 4325, SSCI 5325, PSCI 4325 and PSCI 5325. Max hours: 3 Credits.
HUMN 5984/SSCI 5050 Topics: Colonial Legacies -
This course advocates for our critical consideration of the manifestations of colonial inheritance. From the politics of natural disasters, to animals, to food, and the limitations imposed upon everyday lives, the legacies of colonialism sit on every doorstep. Repeatable.
Max Credits: 9. Topics courses are special and subject to change. This is an example of one of our program topics courses.
SSCI 5251 Introduction to Legal Studies
A survey of the United States legal system, including lawmaking powers, jurisdiction, court procedures, professional ethics and major principles of business law, contracts, estates and probate, family law, property, and torts.
Cross-listed with SSCI 4251/HUMN 4251/HUMN 5251. Max hours: 3 Credits.
Offered every Fall semester.
WGST 6010 Methods and Theories of Feminism and Gender
This course provides graduate-level interdisciplinary study in historiography, methodologies, and theories of women's, gender, and sexuality studies and considers how culture is constructed around these categories.
Max hours: 3 Credits.
HUMN/SSCI 5540 Law, Diversity and Community in US History
Engaging extensive primary and secondary source material, the course applies an interdisciplinary approach to diversity and conflict that often surrounds the quest for economic, moral, and social inclusion in the United States.
Cross-listed with HUMN 5540. Max hours: 3 Credits.
Offered every Fall semester.
IDST 5770 Viewing Empire: The Art of Imperial and Colonial Propaganda
Western empires disseminate political, social, economic & cultural practices through the complex interplay of cultural practices. Visual production is a complex site for meaning-making within imperialism. Examines how visual discourses operated to create meaning for audiences, through a focus on postcolonial critique.
Previously listed as "Selling Empire: The Art of Propaganda." Cross-listed with WGST 5770