Course: ENGL 313. Studies in Popular Culture (3)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Cultural studies course focusing on the interpretation of American popular culture. Course methodology may include Marxist, psychoanalytic, semiotic or culturally eclectic scholarly points of view. Designed for students who may want to enter the fields of entertainment or advertising, or future teachers who may want to use popular culture in their classrooms, this course will survey the products of popular culture as signifiers of larger cultural forces and realities. Available as an elective in all options of the major and minor. (Available for General Education, E Lifelong Learning.) (IC) (WI)