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SOCI 390. Topics in Cultural Studies

Cross listed with: ANTH 390  
Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 011609 Grading Basis GRD

This course explores contemporary culture through a “cultural studies” lens, an interdisciplinary perspective interested in using empirical knowledge to encourage more just human relations. Specific topics of investigation will vary by semester, but each course will cover cultural studies’ intellectual history and its application to cultural expressions found in everyday life, film, music, and text.