Interdisciplinary Studies in Culture and Society Course Descriptions

Fall, spring. Variable topics using interdisciplinary approaches from the humanities and social sciences. Topics represent current interests of the instructor.

Examines mass media (photography, film, music, news reporting, radio, TV, video games) through a variety of approaches in the humanities and social sciences. This course is required for the minor in Media Studies.

IDS205 will address these questions: What is the nature of scientific evidence and how does it compare to other types of evidence? What counts as evidence in science? In other disciplines? What are the histories of the answers to these questions, and how do they affect our everyday lives?

Through readings, and discussions led by faculty from the social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities, this course provides a panoramic survey of sustainability; critical integration of these interdisciplinary approaches yields a strong foundational understanding of sustainability.

This course will introduce students to the growing field of development studies and provide a solid foundation for subsequent course work in the Minor and, eventually, possible career tracks. It will provide an overview of how scholars and practitioners research and apply their knowledge toward understanding and solving some of the world's most challenging problems. Students will learn about several key topics related to development, including human rights, gender, environment, poverty and inequality, democratic reforms and governance, market reforms, rural development, and conflict.

Introduces a wide range of approaches to cultural inquiry and an array of research techniques through the close examination of the university as an intellectual, political, historical, economic, educational, and social institution.

Fall, spring. Uses a variety of written and visual texts from many cultures to explore concepts of identity formation, maturation, relationships, and community.

Critical survey of the various roles "history", both as a discipline and a body of perceived knowledge, plays in the modern world.

Fall, spring. History of the use of visual images in Western culture. Study of tools necessary to read images, including still and moving images, performance, and display.

Maymester Course. This course will survey the intellectual traditions of leadership and engage students themselves in the form of leadership that is public scholarship. The three-week format of Maymester will be used to introduce students to influential leaders who have a special relationship with Emory and the ILA

Introduction to the development of East Asian culture. Special attention to the themes of nature and human nature in literature, philosophy, art, religion, and science.

Introduction to the African humanities through an in-depth study of three African ethnic groups. This course will explore themes of African gods and the origins of humankind, freedom and slavery, and relationships between men and women and between kin and strangers.

An introduction to interdisciplinary analysis through topics that are best understood through multiple methodologies and forms of evidence. The ILA and IDS program support interdisciplinary inquiry across Emory College; this course will frequently be cross-listed with other departments.

An introduction to classical and contemporary political theories of justice, with application to several specific contemporary questions of public policy.

Introduction to the study of sex, gender, and sexuality across cultures and through time. Draws on contemporary work in and the perspectives of anthropology, sociology, history, and the humanities.

A seminar centered on detailed study of Freud's major writings on dreams, with goals of illuminating Freud's theory of the mind and understanding the nature of dreams, including our own.

Focuses on issues of capitalism, exchange, and historical consciousness in Japan, Taiwan, China, and Korea.

Focuses on the work of artists, philosophers, sociologists, and writers who attempted to make comprehensible the upheavals of modernization, including urbanization, industrialization, and emerging mass culture; may be repeated for credit when topics vary.

Fall, spring. Highly focused courses, drawing on multiple disciplines of the humanities and social sciences; may be repeated for credit when topics vary.

Spring. Reading in interdisciplinary scholarship and preparation for the senior project. Prerequisite: consent of the instructor and director of undergraduate studies for IDS.

A seminar for Sustainability Minors in which capstone projects and portfolios are completed. Shared readings and project presentations will support broad integration of the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of the minor.

This course culminates the minor in development studies for participating students. The seminar¿s purpose is to bring development studies minors back together as a classroom community at the beginning and end of the semester. Common readings and class meetings will be used for discussion, and students will begin the term with introductory presentations about their capstone projects and papers and how they plan to complete them during the semester. A final presentation of completed projects to the Faculty Capstone Committee will end the seminar. The steering committee will approve service learning opportunities, internships, and research projects and maintain regular contact with each student over the course of the project.

Prerequisite: prior approval of director of undergraduate studies for IDS.

Prerequisite: consent of instructor and director of undergraduate studies for IDS.

Independent research and writing for students in the Honors Program.

Independent research and writing on topic associated with concentrations of majors. Limited to majors.