Tag Archives: Spring 2022
Producing Essentials (ISPEC-UT 1006)
Topics in Africana Studies (SCA-UA 180)
Explores specific issues dealing with the black urban experience, focusing on social and cultural institutions. Possible themes, which vary from semester to semester, include class and poverty, the police, urban development, education, sports, music, and art.
Social and Cultural Analysis (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Principles of Macroeconomics (ECI-UF 101)
This course provides an introduction to the fundamental topics in macroeconomics, the analysis of the economy as a whole. After an overview of introductory economic concepts, such as comparative advantage, opportunity costs, and supply and demand, the course focuses on the determinants of aggregate income, employment, and prices. Other topics include the study of long-run economic growth, the business cycle, the financial system, as well as monetary and fiscal policy. *ECI-UF 101 and ECII-UF 102 may meet some of the equivalent course requirements for the College of Arts and Science. Students may take ECI-UF 101 and ECII-UF 102 in any order; neither course is a pre-requisite for the other.
Economics I (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2022)
ECI-UF 101-000 (19798)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Mejorado, Ascension
ECI-UF 101-000 (13426)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Mejorado, Ascension
ECI-UF 101-000 (13352)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Mejorado, Ascension
ECI-UF 101-000 (19799)at Washington SquareInstructed by
ECI-UF 101-000 (19800)at Washington SquareInstructed by
Monsters and Their Humans (RELST-UA 649)
Humanity has long imagined monstrous transformations of ourselves. What do these creatures mean to us, historically and today? What do we think we are becoming? Investigates the supernatural in popular culture through vampires and zombies. Places them in the context of our imagination of the divine through history and ethnography, and also alongside our intimate problems of managing sex, gender, race, and class. The archives of religions, psychologies, philosophy, film, TA, and novels provide rich source material, Requires a short midterm essay and a longer final project, while posting to a forum most weeks.
Religious Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2022)
RELST-UA 649-000 (20380)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Zito, Angela · Rubino, Rena
American Cinema: 1960 to Present (FMTV-UT 324)
Offered in the spring semester only. Course level: Intermediate. 4 points. No prerequisite. Over the last 50 years the American Cinema has produced a remarkably rich abundance of entertaining, exciting, and challenging films. This course is designed to provide a survey of the wealth of styles, forms, purposes, and approaches to filmmaking that developed and emerged in this era. While Hollywood has obviously served as the dominant mode of filmmaking in this country, a significant of other filmmaking practices have continued to operate and sometimes thrive outside of it. Beyond the attention paid to Hollywood narrative cinema as it has changed and evolved over this half-century, we will also consider documentaries, avant-garde and experimental works, independent narraive cinema, and “cult” films. Consequently, we will be screening a variety of films, including works by such notable American filmmakers as Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Quentin Tarantino, George Romero, John Singleton, and Michael Moore.
Youth and Consumer Culture in China (GCHN-SHU 246)
How can a hamburger symbolize progress, an animated character provide comfort, and rock music define one’s identity? In this course we will study the role of consumer culture in the lives of Chinese youth, both today and in the past. By examining popular commodities including sneakers, coffee, backpacking, and celebrity idols, we will think about how young people use these things to find friendship and love, to seek success and happiness, and to define who they are. As we consider why people like particular commodities, we will learn about class, gender, ethnicity, and modernity in China. Reading about the history of commodities in China, we will consider what is new about consumer culture, and why people’s tastes change over time. Alongside studies of specific commodities, we will read key theoretical texts about shopping, advertising, media, identity, and fantasy: these texts will help us understand how commodities can be imbued with tremendous power to shape our desires and create our identities. During the semester, each student will conduct qualitative research about a commodity, including online research and offline interviews with people who buy and sell this commodity. At the end of the semester, we will gather your research together to produce a handbook of Chinese youth and consumer culture. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Fulfillment: CORE SSPC/IPC; GCS Elective: The Politics, Economy, and Environment of China; Social Science focus Anthropology 200 level.
Global China Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks
Printmaking in an Expanded Field (ART-SHU 255)
This Praxis course is an exploration of contemporary and traditional artistic printmaking practices, with an emphasis on expanding notions of conventional printmaking techniques and forms. Students will be introduced to various printmaking techniques, and experiment with traditional and non-traditional forms, in conjunction with their histories and consider what constitutes a hand-made print in an artistic framework. Students will gain an understanding of printmaking – its history based in China, development across the globe and inventive contemporary practices which include sculptural forms. They will learn techniques, modes, forms, and applications of printmaking – with an emphasis on relief prints (stamps and wood cuts) – in a conceptual framework of contemporary printmaking practices and global visual culture. Note: attendance in the first class meeting is mandatory, otherwise you will be dropped from the course. Prerequisite: None. Fulfillment: This course satisfies IMA/IMB elective.
Art (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2022)
ART-SHU 255-000 (19570)02/07/2022 – 05/13/2022 Tue,Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at ShanghaiInstructed by Lin, Monika
Elementary Turkish I (MEIS-UA 501)
Introduction to the written and spoken language of modern Turkey. All texts are in Latin characters and comprise both textual and audio material.
Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Fall 2022)
MEIS-UA 501-000 (8169)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Erol, Ayse
Aesthetic History of Photography (PHTI-UT 1102)
Open only to Photography & Imaging majors. Sophomore Standing. This class will chronicle the history of photography?s complex and symbiotic relationship to the other visual arts: painting, sculpture, architecture, installation and performance, among others. Beginning with the medium?s invention and the early fights of its practitioners to establish themselves as fine artists, the course will describe photographers? unique attempts to negotiate their relationships with both artistic movements and the media culture of which they are a part. Robinson, Cameron, Emerson, F. Holland Day, Stieglitz, Moholy-Nagy, Rodchenko, Weston, Alvarez Bravo, Lartigue, De Carava, Cahun, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus and Cindy Sherman (among others) will be seen within the context of their respective art worlds, so the impact of art movements, cultural attitudes and new technologies on photographers during different historical periods can be assessed.
Photography and Imaging (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2025)
PHTI-UT 1102-000 (17801)01/21/2025 – 05/06/2025 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Rice, Shelley
Information Technology in Business & Society (BUSF-SHU 142)
In Information Technology in Business and Society, students learn the fundamental concepts underlying current and future developments in computer-based information technology – including hardware, software, network and database-related technologies. They will also acquire proficiency in the essential tools used by today’s knowledge workers and learn how these can be used to help solve problems of economic, social or personal nature. Throughout the course, they will be exposed to a range of more advanced topics which may include big data, information privacy, information security, digital piracy and digital music. Pre-requisites: not open to freshman. Fulfillment: This course satisfies BUSF/ BUSM Business Elective, Business Analytics Track; IMB Business Flexible Core.
Business and Finance (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2022)
BUSF-SHU 142-000 (17570)02/07/2022 – 05/13/2022 Mon,Wed1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Early afternoon)at ShanghaiInstructed by Junque De Fortuny, Enric
History of Theatre Architecture (THEA-UT 722)
This course examines the development of theatre architecture and design from the early formalized drama spaces (the theatre of Dionysus and the theatre of Epidaurus) to the English playhouse (the Globe to Convent Garden). We discuss the significance of the Italians to design, from the first temporary scenic elements to Serlio and Torelli to the Bibiena family. The course continues with the Paris Opera House, Wagner’s Bayreuth theatre; and the American playhouses of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries, and it includes the technological changes during that period. The final aspect of the course focuses on contemporary multiple use and adaptable theatre spaces. Emphasis is placed on how trends in the theatre affect the designs of productions, individuals, and aesthetic and technical innovations. (Theatre Studies C)
Drama (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Art and Architecture: Reinventing the City (VISAR-UH 2121)
This course takes a sculptural approach to exploring and reimagining the city by looking at the existing landscape of Abu Dhabi. Students will visit public parks, streetscapes, the markets, super-blocks, the port, shopping malls, and industrial districts. We will document our observations through field notes, drawings, photography, video and sound recordings. This research will serve as a foundation for creating objects, sculptures, and installations. Students will learn to develop forms of artistic and architectural presentation and representation that reflect the urban design and development of the city. This research and artistic production will be accompanied by selected readings that address theoretical, historical and contemporary perspectives from authors and artists such as: Atelier, Bow Wow, Denise Scott Brown, Homi Baba, Dan Graham, Kevin Mitchell, Robert Venturi, Andrea Zittel.
Visual Arts (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 16 Weeks
Sports Marketing (MKTG-UB 47)
Provides an overview of sports marketing as a component of a fully integrated marketing communication strategy. Studies the history and contemporary application of sports marketing as a method to achieve goals. Considers corporate as well as sporting property use of sports marketing strategies to achieve business objectives. Examines strategies that address critical business constituencies, including consumers, trade factors, employees, and the financial community. Covers sports marketing within the context of special sporting event sponsorships and professional sports teams as well as governing organizations, sports media (broadcast, print, and the Internet), licensing, hospitality, etc.
Marketing (Undergraduate)
2 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2022)
MKTG-UB 47-000 (10724)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Evening)at Washington SquareInstructed by Master, Stephen
Visual Arts Praxis (ART-UE 900)
A studio course that combines theory & artistic practice to examine the development of the arts from a critical perspective. The course will address a range of models from structuralism & semiotics to modern & postmodern paradigms. The class is designed for practicing artists, allowing students to gain the skills & confidence to express their artistic objectives in critical writing, art making, & verbal analysis. Each student is responsible for oral presentations, works of art generated through research, & written statements about their artistic objectives.
Studio Art (Undergraduate)
3 credits – 15 Weeks
The Minimum Viable Product: The Lean Launchpad (IMBX-SHU 201)
This class is based on the entrepreneurship methodology of Steve Blank, “The Lean Launchpad” with some changes to adapt it to our specific circumstances. The methodology enables to test and develop business models based on querying and learning from customers. This is a practical class – essentially a lab. Our goal, within the constraints of a limited amount of time, is to help you find a repeatable and scalable business methodology for your startup. This will allow you to build a company with substantially less money and in a shorter amount of time than using traditional methods. Rapidly iterate your product to build something people actually want. You will build minimum viable products (MVPs) weekly to avoid hypotheticals and get real customer feedback that you can use to iterate (small adjustments) or pivot (substantive changes) faster. Prerequisite: Junior to Senior only (exceptions granted on a case by case basis). Fulfillment: IMA/IMB Elective.
Interactive Media and Business (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks
Silence (CADT-UH 1052)
How does “silence” help to define our sense of being and existence? Across different cultures, various philosophies of art, science, and society have viewed and thought about silence differently. This course invites students to think about and experience silence by asking three fundamental questions: 1) What does it mean to be silent? (Literally and metaphorically); 2) Does silence shape our lives? And if so, how? 3) Can we have an active relationship and recognition with silence just as we do with sound or action? Drawing on multi-disciplinary sources from around the world to explore the philosophical frameworks and thought systems that have engaged in the study and observation of silence, the syllabus will include works of art, literature, theater, films, architecture, and music, which students will engage via a mix of seminar, lecture, and studio methods of teaching, to enable the creations of their own artistic responses to their experience of silence and the material presented in class.
Core: Arts, Design and Technology (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Fall 2024)
CADT-UH 1052-000 (19965)08/26/2024 – 12/10/2024 Tue,Thu12:00 AM – 2:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Abu DhabiInstructed by Özhabeş, Özlem
Projects in Programming and Data Sciences (TECH-UB 24)
This course is the follow-on course to Introduction to Programming and Data Science, which is offered in the Fall. It is recommended for undergraduate students who 1) are interested in jobs in the rapidly growing fields of data science and data analytics or 2) who are interested in acquiring the technical and data analysis skills that are becoming increasingly relevant in all disciplines. Intro to Programming and Data Science forms the basis for this course, but it is not a pre-requisite. Students with basic knowledge of programming in Python and SQL are welcome to join. This course covers select topics that build on the prior course work and is largely project based. Much of the course will be project-based work, with students working on projects that utilize the skills used in this and the prior Programming and Data Science course.
Computing and Data Science (Undergraduate)
3 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2023)
TECH-UB 24-000 (19343)at Washington SquareInstructed by
TECH-UB 24-000 (19344)at Washington SquareInstructed by
Social Media & Digital Marketing (TECH-UB 38)
This course examines the major trends in digital marketing using tools from business analytics and data science. While there will be sufficient attention given to top level strategy used by companies adopting digital marketing, the focus of the course is also on business analytics: how to make firms more intelligent in how they conduct business in the digital age. Measurement plays a big role in this space. The course is complemented by cutting-edge projects and various business consulting assignments that the Professor has been involved in with various companies over the last few years. Prof Ghose has consulted in various capacities for Apple, AMD, Berkeley Corporation, Bank of Khartoum, CBS, Dataxu, Facebook, Intel, NBC Universal, Samsung, Showtime, 3TI China, and collaborated with Alibaba, China Mobile, Google, IBM, Indiegogo, Microsoft, Recobell, Travelocity and many other leading Fortune 500 firms on realizing business value from IT investments, internet marketing, business analytics, mobile marketing, digital analytics and other topics.We will learn about statistical issues in data analyses such as selection problem, omitted variables problem, endogeneity, and simultaneity problems, autocorrelation, multi-collinearity, assessing the predictive power of a regression and interpreting various numbers from the output of a statistical package, various econometrics-based tools such as simple and multivariate regressions, linear and non-linear probability models (Logit and Probit), estimating discrete and continuous dependent variables, count data models (Poisson and Negative Binomial), cross-sectional models vs. panel data models (Fixed Effects and Random Effects), and various experimental techniques that help can tease out correlation from causality such as randomized field experiments.
Computing and Data Science (Undergraduate)
3 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2023)
TECH-UB 38-000 (19338)01/23/2023 – 05/08/2023 Thu6:00 PM – 9:00 PM (Evening)at Washington SquareInstructed by
Introduction to Programming and Data Science (TECH-UB 23)
This course is recommended for undergraduate students without programming experience who are interested in building capabilities in the rapidly growing fields of data science and data analytics. This hands-on coding course does not have any prerequisites and is meant to help students acquire programming and data analysis skills that are becoming increasingly relevant for entrepreneurial, corporate, and research jobs. The course offers an introduction to programming (using Python) and databases (using SQL). We will cover topics related to collection, storage, organization, management, and analysis of data. There is a strong focus on live coding in the classroom, with discussion of examples.
Computing and Data Science (Undergraduate)
3 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2023)
TECH-UB 23-000 (19340)at Washington SquareInstructed by
TECH-UB 23-000 (19342)at Washington SquareInstructed by
TECH-UB 23-000 (19345)at Washington SquareInstructed by
Info Tech in Bus & Society (TECH-UB 1)
Provides the background necessary to make decisions about computer-based information systems and to be an “end-user”. Two major parts of the course are hands-on experience with personal computers and information systems management. Group and individual computer assignments expose students to electronic spreadsheet analysis and database management on a personal computer. Management aspects focus on understanding computer technology, systems analysis and design, and control of information processing by managers.
Computing and Data Science (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Spring 2023)
TECH-UB 1-000 (19329)at Washington SquareInstructed by
TECH-UB 1-000 (19330)at Washington SquareInstructed by
TECH-UB 1-000 (19331)at Washington SquareInstructed by
TECH-UB 1-000 (19336)at Washington SquareInstructed by
TECH-UB 1-000 (19337)at Washington SquareInstructed by
TECH-UB 1-000 (19339)at Washington SquareInstructed by