MMC Seminars

2023-2024 Catalog

MMC Seminar Courses

 

Complete two of the following courses (6 Credits)

AIP 301Ghost Stories and Fox Tales in Chinese Culture (IP)

3

AIP 302Chinese Culture through Fiction and Drama (IP)

3

AIP 310The Nature of Evil (EP)

3

AIP 316The Ethics of Performance Reenactment and Passion Playing (CP, EP)

3

AIP 317Cold War Cultural Diplomacy (IP, UP)

3

AIP 331Greenwich Village (UP)

3

AIP 332New York: A World City (UP)

3

AIP 336The Politics of Abortion (UP)

3

AIP 340Cultural Dynamics of Social Dance (CP)

3

AIP 342Fashion, History and Society (CP)

3

AIP 344 Medievalisms: Past and Present (CP)

3

AIP 345/PHR 345Civil Rights (REP, UP)

3

AIP 346/PHR 346Reform or Revolution: Radical New York in the Early 20th Century (EP, UP)

3

AIP 356/PHR 356/SOC 356Structural Racism (REP)

3

ART 312A History of Graphic Design and Illustration

3

ART 320History of Museums and Collections

3

ART 324/DANC 324Careers in Arts Administration

1

ART 326/PHR 326Photography and Social Engagement: A Road to Activism

3

ART 328/DANC 328/THTR 328The Arts & Social Change

3

ART 341/PHIL 341Sublime in Art and Philosophy

3

ART 351Ancient and Classical Art

3

ART 353Medieval Art and Architecture

3

ART 356 American Art

3

ART 398Directed Study

1-6

ART 451Senior Art History Seminar

3

BUS 321 Business and Society

3

COMM 312Digital Cultures

3

COMM 333Fashion, Media, and Culture

3

COMM 335Music as Media

3

DANC 309Ethics/Aesthetics/Gender in the Performing Arts

3

DANC 313Cripping the Arts

3

DANC 354Dance and Cultural Histories  

3

EWL 319/ENV 319Narrating Climate Change

3

EWL 322Literature and Human Rights

3

EWL 329Reading the Contemporary Caribbean

3

EWL 331Literature and Revolution

3

EWL 334Literary New York

3

EWL 335Slavery in the American Imaginary

3

EWL 337 Philosophies and Poetics of Translation

3

EWL 345/COMM 345Shakespeare and Film

3

EWL 359The Empire Writes Back: Contemporary Anticolonial Fiction

3

EWL 360/SPAN 357Hispanic Women Writers

3

EWL 361/AIP 361Octavia Butler Seminar

3

EWL 362“Becoming American”: Immigrant Narratives

3

EWL 365/FREN 365Reading Contemporary Africa

3

EWL 367/AIP 305Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man

3

FREN 315French and Francophone Cinema

3

GSS 350/PHR 350Special Topics in Gender and Sexuality Studies

3

HIST 312Made in the U.S.A. : American Consumer History

3

HIST 314Hollywood Musicals

3

HIST 323/IS 323/PHR 323/PS 323Latin America: Politics, Identity, and History

3

HIST 332History of Comics and Cartoons

3

HIST 372/IS 372Women and Family in Chinese History

3

HIST 374/IS 374History of the People’s Republic of China

3

IS 306/ECO 306Development and Global Change

3

IS 311/PS 311Democracy and Its Critics

3

IS 315International Law

3

IS 324United Nations: History, Theory and Practice

3

IS 329Nationalisms, Regionalisms, Globalisms

3

IS 332Ethics of War

3

IS 339Migration, Refugees, and the Global System

3

IS 341Revolutions

3

IS 356/PS 356War and Peace 

3

IS 357/PHR 357Human Rights in Comparative Perspective

3

MUS 310Opera and History

3

MUS 320Special Topics in the History and Nature of Music

3

MUS 361Literature and Music

3

MUS 370History of Rock Music

3

PHIL 306/ENV 306Environmental Ethics

3

PHIL 324Business Ethics

3

PHIL 340Ethics and Law

3

PHR 304/SOC 304Art, Politics, and Society

3

PHR 306/SOC 306Culture and Ideology

3

PHR 312Radical Labor and Artisan Movements

3

PHR 320/ENV 320 EcoCulture and Sustainability

3

PHR 322/SOC 322 Radical Women of Color Thought in the U.S

3

PHR 330/SOC 330Great Social Thinkers

3

PHR 333/PS 333Mock Trial

3

PHR 336/PS 336/SOC 336Playing Politics

3

PHR 342/IS 342/PS 342/SOC 342Social Movement Protest and Conflict

3

PHR 354/PS 354Race and U.S. Political Thought

3

PHR 358/AIP 358/SOC 358Critical Indigenous Theory

3

PHR 362/AIP 362The Invention of Whiteness

3

PS 317Money, Sex and Power

3

PS 334/PHR 334Conservative Political Thought

3

PS 355/PHR 355Green Political Thought

3

RS 320Islam

3

RS 321Christianity

3

RS 322Exploring Religion in New York City

3

RS 326Religion, Race, and Ethnicity 

3

RS 332Judaism

3

RS 337Buddhism

3

RS 339Hinduism

3

RS 340Comparative Religious Ethics

3

SOC 360/PHR 360/GSS 360Queer Theory

3

SOC 374/PHR 374Erotic Organization of Race

3

SPAN 315Hispanic Civilization

3

SPAN 316/EWL 316Latino Literature

3

THTR 328/ART 328/DANC 328The Arts & Social Change

3

THTR 329Tragedy and Religion

3

THTR 355New York City Arts Seminar

3

THTR 381Classical Drama and Theatre

3

THTR 412History & Theory of New Media in Performance

3

  • Above are some representative courses that are offered on a regular basis. For updates and further courses, please consult the Course Bulletin.