The Sociology Department has recently opened some new summer and fall courses for enrollment:
Summer II:
SOC 349, Classical Soc Theory (Class # 12785)
MWF 9-10:50AM
Summer III:
SOC 101, Online Intro to Soc (Class #12854)
Fall:
SOC 293, Social Research Methods (Class #24707)
MWF 10-10:50AM
SOC 311, Drugs and Society (Class #24706)
MWF 12-12:50PM
Interested in activism/community organizing and development? Be a part of the solution! Learn how to help residents build strong communities that are safe, secure, and just. The School of Social Work is offering two classes this fall (and more in the spring, to be announced) that are open to all undergraduate students and majors.
SW 220 Introduction to Community Organizing and Development
M/W, 10-11:20am, 112 Talbert Hall, North Campus
Registration #24465
This course provides a general introduction to the history, organizations, strategies, and practice issues related to community organizing and development. Specifically, this course examines different types of community organizing and development approaches including, but not limited to workforce development, neighborhood revitalization, and arts and culture. Current trends and strategies for organizing residents and collaborating with community-based organizations on development initiatives are explored. This course also introduces empowerment, strengths-based, human rights, and trauma-informed perspectives as frameworks for developing, exploring, and analyzing community organizing and development efforts in urban and rural settings.
SW 309 Developing Leadership in Communities
M/W, 6-7:25pm, 250 Park Hall, North Campus
Registration #23986
This course focuses on development of leadership skills and strategies that foster community engagement and strengthen the natural leadership of residents within communities. Students will examine theories of leadership and the ways in which they influence organizational structures that promote community well-being. Central to this course is the acquisition of strategies that can be used to enhance the development of skills as well as the exercise of leadership by community residents. Likewise, they will explore the mechanisms that support opportunities for collaboration across social, political, legal, and financial systems and the communication patterns that influence success.
For questions about whether these courses will count towards your university requirements, please speak to your advisor.
Costa Rica and Nicaragua Study Abroad Opportunity
Fall 2018
Social Innovation and Entrepreneurial Leadership Costa Rica and Nicaragua study abroad program for undergraduates.
15 Credits: 6 Global Perspective (Thematic) credits, 6 Management Elective Credits and 3 credit practicum.
Apply by April 1st!
Send your resume, unofficial transcript and a paragraph of how this opportunity will further your academic and professional experience to sbosch@buffalo.edu.
Ghana Study Abroad Opportunity
Winter 2019
Non Medical Team: January 1-15, 2019
3-6 UB Credit Hours
Fall 2018 semester class: MGG 206/606
Time Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:30-6:20 p.m.
Theme focus: HealthCare, Education and Economic Development
For more information, please email Professor Dorothy Siaw-Asamoah at: dasamoah@buffalo.edu
The Department of Art has added the classes below to the Spring 2018 schedule and are open for registration. All of these classes are appropriate for non- art majors and are for beginners.
We would love to have students from all majors in these classes so please join us.
ART 111 Drawing Fundamentals
Tues/Thurs 7:00-9:30PM
This course investigates concepts and practices of drawing from observation, memory and imagination, while building individual skills and awareness of composition, expression and visual communication. Projects utilize a wide variety of media and demand intense observation, processes, research, creativity and critical thinking. There is a lab fee assigned to this course.
ART 231 Painting for Non-Majors
Mon/Weds 3:15-5:45PM
This course is for students who are not committed to becoming artists. We learn a basic approach to oil painting and experience a variety of visual points of view.
There is a lab fee associated with this class.
ART 250 Digital Art
Mon/Weds 7:00-9:30PM
Surveys, in hands-on fashion, the rich and unique resources the computer offers the artisit/designer. Includes computer basics, letter manipulation, drawing and painting metaphors, image processing, 3-D modeling, sound/image synthesis, interactive scripting and animation. There is a lab fee associated with this course.
ART 259 Intro to Screen Print
Mon/Weds 3:15-5:45
In this printmaking process the artisit first applies a stenicl to mesh screren and uses a squeegee to push ink through the screen to the surface below. Screen print is a relatively fast and non-toxic means for printing color images onto a wide range ot surfaces. There is a lab fee associted with this course.
Art History courses now ONLINE for the Spring 2018 semester. No experience is necessary for either class and there are open seats for registration.
Give one of the classes a try, you might discover a new area of interest.
AHI 258 Impressionism and Post Impressionism
French art from 1860-1900; Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Seurat, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Cezanne; the aesthetic nature of their works and the connection to contemporary literary, political, philosophical, and scientific developments. Impact of impressionism and postimpressionism on the art of the twentieth century.
AHI 203 Latin American Ar
This introductory course will focus on the intersection of aesthetics, politics, and history, and explore key themes in the art of Latin America. We will look at art spanning from the Pre-Colombian era through colonialism, struggles for independence, art during dictatorships, and end with globalization and contemporary art in Latin America. We will have the opportunity to look at critical and aesthetic theories from this region and investigate, with a critical eye, who has written its histories and how they have been constructed. The issues and influence of colonialism, imperialism, capitalism, globalization, race, class, and gender will be at the forefront of our discussions. No previous knowledge of the region or of art history and theory is necessary.
- The Global Film Minor in the Department of English offers UB undergraduates the opportunity to discover vibrant cinematic traditions and innovations from around the globe. There is no requirement that Global Film minors be English majors; our minors come from all departments across UB.
- Courses in this minor will introduce students to audiovisual analysis, artistic forms, and cultural practices in a range of countries, and novel forms of cinematic storytelling. Students will gauge the impact of new and emerging technologies on contemporary cinema and explore developments in international film production, reception, exhibition, and distribution.
- The Minor will also provide students with a unique perspective on contemporary social and political issues, such as immigration, gender and sexuality, disability, human rights, and climate change. An understanding of global issues and exposure to different cultures through the medium of film will strengthen students’ intercultural communication competence and enhance their ability to participate in our increasingly networked world, thus facilitating the development of their careers in the international marketplace.
- The minor consists of two required courses at the 200 level (6 credits) and four courses (12 credits) at the 300-400 level. Students may also take one course in film production to fulfill the upper division credits for the minor (see the list below).
ENG: 256 Film; 378 National Cinemas; 379 Film Genres; 381 Film Directors (Buffalo Film Seminar); 382 & 384 Shakespeare in Film 1 and 2; 440 Film Theory; 441 Contemporary Cinema; 442 Modernism and Film
DMS: 213 Immigration and Film; 305/306 Film Analysis; 333 World Cinema; 341 Intermediate Video; 388 Screenwriting; 403/404 Advanced Documentary Production; 405/406 Ethnographic Film and Media; 409 & 410 Non Fiction Film; 441/442 Advanced Video Production
RLL: FR 341 Topics in French Film; ITA 429 Italian Cinema; SPA 408 History of Spanish Cinema; SPA 435 Mexican Cinema; ITA 430 Italian Directors; SPA 221 Spanish Conversation through Film
TNS: AAS 253 Blacks in Film 1; AAS 254 Blacks in Film 2; AAS 417 Black Aesthetics
For more information, please contact the Global Film Minor Coordinator, Assistant Professor Tanya Shilina-Conte at tshilina@buffalo.edu or the English Undergraduate Secretary, Nicole Lazaro at nmlazaro@buffalo.edu
Fall 2017 French, Italian and Spanish Proficiency Exams*
Wednesday, Oct 11
3:15-5:00 PM
Clemens 218
For all information on the tests and to Register:
http://rll.buffalo.edu/undergraduate/introductory-language-programs-100-levelcourses/
proficiency-examinations/
*This is NOT a placement exam. The exam is intended for students who recently completed 3 or more years of high school French, Italian or Spanish. It tests elementary and intermediate level proficiency for those students who entered UB prior to Fall 2016 and must satisfy the FL Gen Ed for graduation.
ENG 270 Asian American Literature, T Th 3:30-4:50, Reg.# 24270
This course introduces students to major literary texts in Asian American literature. Beginning with an examination of how the term “Asian American” was coined in the 1960s, we will survey literary texts that portray Asian identities and experiences in the United States in the twentieth century. The primary goal of the course is to understand how American writers gave expression to the predicaments and psychology of Asian American lives. To this effect, we will review major historical events in relation to the literary texts. Historical events such as Asian exclusion, Japanese American Incarceration, the Korean War and the Vietnam War precipitated Asian migration to the United States and influenced the racial formation and social perception of Asians. We will examine how Asian American writers use literary forms to respond to and reflect on these events. Writers we will read include Carlos Bulosan, John Okada, Maxine Hong Kingston, Julie Otsuka, Chang-rae Lee, Karen Tei Yamashita and Viet Thanh Nguyen.
SOC 370: Engaging Sociology Amid Alternative Facts
MoWeFr 3:00PM – 3:50PM
Capen 108
Sociology is often thought of as the study of painfully obvious, yet sociologists argue that the discipline is tasked with making the familiar strange and, often, challenging common sense. The overarching goal of this course is to examine this disjuncture—that between the insights arising from the sociological imagination and public understandings of common sense or, more recently, “alternative facts.” To do so, students will survey recent, high-profile sociology books spanning the disciplinary landscape (e.g. education, gender, immigration, race, family, and more). Students will reflect upon, evaluate, and debate the sociological arguments put forth in these books and develop a podcast as a means of engaging sociology beyond the classroom. No sociology background is necessary, as the course is designed for those interested in learning more about (and sharing) the relevance of sociology to some of the biggest cultural and political debates today. The course is open to all students.
Open to all students!
