Global Arc

This course is an examination of the ways in which the media both cover and influence social issues. Specific content and approach vary from year to year, depending on the expertise of the professor. One three-hour seminar. Instructor: Karen DeYoung (Fall), Mary Beth Sheridan (Spring)

This seminar explores the particular challenges of writing about other cultures, as well as the powers and limits of international reporting in shaping American public opinion. Specific content and approach vary from year to year, depending on the expertise of the professor. One three-hour seminar.

In this course students will learn to combine precise writing, compelling interviews, sound, scene, and narrative to produce thoughtful, compelling, broadcast-quality news and features. Readings, listening sessions and guest speakers will explore style, ethical issues, and innovative models of audio storytelling in the digital landscape. Specific content and approach vary from year to year, depending on the expertise of the professor. One three-hour seminar.

Readers increasingly follow the news on television and the internet. This seminar explores the potential as well as the limitations and dangers of on-screen journalism. Specific content and approach vary from year to year, depending on the expertise of the professor. One three-hour seminar.

In 2015 more than a million refugees crossed into Europe, sparking a 'crisis' that continues to this day. A new chapter of this story is unfolding in European courtrooms, where survivors, lawyers, and human rights activists are pursuing justice through universal jurisdiction, which allows the prosecution of war crimes regardless of the nationality or country of residence of the accused. This course will introduce students to the challenges and opportunities involved in covering the quest for post-war accountability in Europe. Students will learn reporting and analytic skills, and use them to produce their own original works of journalism.

This seminar combines classroom work with field reporting, placing students on the front lines of history in Greece, where they will learn and employ the critical thinking skills and best practices used by accomplished foreign correspondents. Notebooks in hand, students will spend time in Athens and in and around refugee camps on the island of Lesbos, learning to cover the chaotic world beyond our borders. While producing articles, videos and photo stories worthy of publication, students will build confidence operating in the field and gain insight into current events, including the Syrian refugee crisis and the Greek financial collapse.

An introduction to the Bosnian-Croation-Serbian (also called Serbo-Croatian) language that develops the four major language skills: speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Class time is devoted to mastering conversational skills, grammar explanations, oral drills, and reading a variety of texts--popular writing, fiction, poetry, and expository prose. Covers the fundamentals of BCS grammar (verbal conjugations, aspect, the primary verbal tenses, and all cases); high-frequency vocabulary will be progressively learned and reinforced. Five classes.

A continuation of BCS 101. This course continues to develop and refine the four language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing), concentrating on conversational practice, advanced grammar points, oral drilling, increased reading (BCS literature, folklore, and expository prose, including works chosen according to students' interests), and viewing films. Prerequisite: BCS 101. Five classes.

Intermediate-level class with emphasis on communication and comprehension skills. Advanced grammar topics, speaking, and reading texts of interest to students; films.

A continuation of BCS 105. Advanced-level class with emphasis on oral and written communication; reading literary texts of interest to students; films