Spring Humanities Courses

Robert Walling
This spring, the Humanities Division offers a wide choice of special courses. In the Journalism Department, Emmanuel Ogwude will provide students hands-on experience in the basic techniques of producing video documentaries. Paul Bibbee will offer Advanced Photography with an emphasis on Digital Photography. He will also be offering a new course in the Principles of Advertising.

In the Theatre Department, Carson Soelberg will reveal secrets of the stage in his Introduction to Technical Theatre; students will also have a chance to create their own dramas in Soelberg’s special Playwriting course.

In the English department, Emily Lamb will offer Shakespeare II, enabling students to encounter the timeless Bard online. Dr. Nancy Nanney’s new Commonwealth Literature course features fiction, poetry and drama by renowned modern writers from Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, the Caribbean, and Canada. The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of sovereign states which have a historical connection to the British Empire.

In the English Department, Bibbee will explore the world of Popular Culture and Maggie Berdine will treat Film As Art.

In the Speech Department, Barbara Harris will facilitate Human Communication and Rational Decisions.

Students are encouraged to speak to the respective instructors about these exciting Humanities choices.