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Spring 2010 Courses

Note: (Schedule)
Saturday classes meet January 16th, January 30th, February 20th, March 6th, March 27th, April 17th.

Sunday classes meet January 17th, January 31st, February 21st, March 7th, March 28th, April 18th.

History

HUM263H Islam in Black America (Fred Simonelli) Sunday

HUM258H Critical Eras in Middle Eastern History (Jane Crawford) Saturday
This course will examine historical, social, economic, and cultural issues during a specific era in European history. (Syllabus)

HUM268H Travel Study: Jamaica: Marcus Garvey and Caribbean Origins of Black Nationalism in America (Fred Simonelli) Dates: Feb. 22 to Mar. 5
Marcus Garvey developed a theory of Black Nationalism in his native Jamaica and brought it to the U.S. in the 1920s as the foundation of his United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). This course will examine the life and career of Garvey in his homeland and explore the Jamaican slave heritage that formed the foundation of his philosophy. The class will connect Garvey's work in the United States with those who built the Black nationalist movement in the 1960s and 1970s upon Garvey's principles.
(Syllabus)

Cultural Studies

HUM271CS Landscapes and Timelines (Michele Fine) Sunday
The content of this course lies at the intersection of culture and geography, of time and space, of then and now. It is global in scope, but with a human voice which through the novels will articulate various cultures in their own particular historical context. (Syllabus)

HUM289CS Two Rings: Wagner and Tolkien—Ring of the Nibelung and Lord of the Rings (Michael Heim) Saturday
This seminar connects Mount St. Mary's College to more than 100 cultural and educational institutions in Los Angeles that are staging the 2010 Ring Festival LA, a citywide celebration of arts and culture based on LA Opera's first-time presentation of Richard Wagner's epic Ring cycle. The seminar focuses on the myth and imagery of the Ring in the epics of Tolkien and Wagner, in Norse sagas and 20th-century fantasy. On June 11 & 12, 2010, the Mount will also host a 2-day workshop based on this seminar. (Syllabus)

English

HUM244E Writing Without Borders: Contemporary World Literature (Ben Huang) Saturday
Explores contemporary writing from a host of different countries covering novels, short stories, and memoirs by authors from India, Japan, Denmark, Ireland, Trinidad, Poland, and elsewhere, including the US. Our approach will be thematic and comparative—Environmental Destruction; Women and Post-colonialism, etc. Through readings, discussions, written assignments and presentations, we will become global readers, and by doing so, better global citizens. Note: This course covers completely different texts from the Passports in Prose offered last year. (Syllabus)

HUM234E Science and the Victorians (Millie Kidd) Sunday
Looks at how literature of the Victorian Period responded to contemporary scientific theories, how it borrowed from and gave emotional substance to scientific concepts, and considers how Victorian scientists conveyed their theories in the language, metaphors, and analogies usually reserved for literature. In exploring the works of scientists and writers like Tennyson, Dickens, Stevenson, Darwin, Huxley, etc. students will consider how these seemingly antithetical disciplines are actually closely interrelated cultural practices that reflect the social, political, and economic hopes and fears of the period. (Syllabus)

Creative Writing

HUM233CW Creative Writing: Non-Fiction (Marcos Villatoro) Saturday
Writing Your Own Story: Now Its Really Getting Fun/Scary! This is a CREATIVE NON-FICTION class, which means well be writing different forms of essays: everything from Gonzo Journalism (a la Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) to the ever-popular memoir (like Angelas Ashes). Youll learn how to approach a story or theme that is real, or personal, or both. Youll also learn how a good non-fiction writer uses elements of fiction in her work to make the story come alive. Its a challenging class, as you have to put more of yourself on the page. Its also lots of fun. Well read a couple of memoirs and several essays. Well spend most of our time writing. (Syllabus)

HUM230CW Creative Writing: Fiction – A Sense of Place (Joan Johnson) Sunday
This class is designed to enhance and enliven and center your work by focusing on place, specifically an American place. Whether you are writing short stories, a novel, screenplay, play or fictional journey in real geography, this class will give you an edge, a jolt, and focus on strengthening your style and story whether you are just starting or already a seasoned writer. (Syllabus)

HUM248CW Special Topic: Getting Published (Marcos Villatoro) 1-Unit dates tba (Syllabus)

HUM298 Introduction to Humanities (Fred Simonelli) 1-Unit dates tba

HUM296A Capstone Project Proposal Workshop (Millie Kidd) 1-Unit dates tba (Syllabus)

HUM296B Capstone Project (Millie Kidd)

HUM297A,B,C,D Capstone Project Continuation (Millie Kidd)

HUM255 Special Topic: Theology of Tolkien (Dan VanDyke) 1 Unit April 24-25 (Syllabus)