The purpose of this course is to explore contemporary (and future) Japan through film from the late 1980s to the present and beyond. The foundations of the course lie in Film Studies in its broader sense. It is not intended to simply summarize the...
This course examines the role of formal and informal censorship in British media since the early 20th century and its role in policing the moral, sexual and political status quo. Through the study of key texts (media artifacts, such as film, books...
Cinema was born in Paris, at the end of the 19th century. The culmination of a century of technical innovations and artistic revolutions, cinema embodies modernity. It will thus replace literature and celebrate, in turn, the myth of Paris; to such an...
This course is an examination of contemporary cinema from Europe and asks a key question: what do national cinema products reveal about national identity, culture, and values? The course will combine a study of the economics and cultural politics of...
This course offers an introduction to contemporary Spanish society through cinematic representation. The 1960s will serve as the starting point to provide a general overview of cinema under the Franco regime and to analyze subsequent historical...
The Mediterranean region, one of the oldest trading regions in the world has been described as an area of mutual economic, social and cultural exchanges. Yet this ancient trading ground is now threatened by unsustainable human pressures on fragile...
Access to the sea and sources of freshwater for domestic use and agricultural purposes has in the past determined the establishment of Mediterranean cities and shaped their destiny.
Today, in a context of global environmental change, urban sprawl...
This course introduces the fundamental concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the major functionality of the ArcGIS Desktop software package. After presenting various definitions of GIS, the basic principles of modelling the infinitely...
This semester-long course is designed for students with little or no prior knowledge of the language.
By the end of the course, the successful student will develop a basic foundation in the five skills: intercultural communication, reading, writing...
This course is designed for students with little or no prior knowledge of the language. By the end of the course, the student will have developed a basic foundation in the five skills: intercultural communication, reading, writing, listening and...