GENERAL EDUCATION
Course Level: Undergraduate
Special topics offered periodically for General Education credit in Foundational Area 1.
Course Level: Undergraduate
General Education Area 1 Topic (1-3)
Cultural Foundations of Italian Politics
This first-year seminar for entering freshmen on the cultural foundations of Italian politics opens with an intensive 3-week summer living and learning experience in Rome and continues with a fall term seminar on the AU campus. The course has an international and comparative perspective and includes the cultural, artistic, religious, and historical foundations of Rome and its many and evolving political systems and its continuing influence throughout history, as well as Italian political institutions and sites. In Rome, students are based at the American University of Rome. Open only to students in the Cultural Foundations of Italian Politics Program.
Course Level: Undergraduate
General Education Area 1 Topic (1-3)
Theory and Performance of Comedy
This course explores theories of humor and comedy, attempting to identify both what is universally, humanly funny and also when humor is more predicated on cultural, social, political, and historical factors, including issues of race, class, and gender. While primarily focusing on a range of dramatic texts and theatrical performances from different genres, countries, and historical periods, the course also examines literature, film, television, and other media.
Course Level: Undergraduate
General Education Area 1 Topic (1-3)
Cultural Foundations of Italian Politics
Following the intensive 3-week summer living and learning experience in Rome, this first-year seminar for entering freshmen on the cultural foundations of Italian politics continues on-campus in the fall semester. The course has an international and comparative perspective and includes the cultural, artistic, religious, and historical foundations of Rome and its many and evolving political systems and its continuing influence throughout history, as well as Italian political institutions and sites. Open only to students in the Cultural Foundations of Italian Politics Program. Meets with GNED-120 001 GNED-130 001 GNED-140 001.