AME 318 - Cultural Criticism and Theory: The Arts of Social Change

3 CR

This course will consider the limits and possibilities of theory and criticism in the academy and in the “real world.” We will consider theory and practice, thought and action, justice and power and how to use ideas toward transformation-of ourselves and our world. Most of all we will be building a “tool box” of theory for our critiques of culture, our intervening actions, and our ideas about the arts of social change. (This course is cross listed with ENG 318 and WGS 318.)

Prerequisite(s): ENG 300W and one of the following: WGS 101W OR AME 201W OR SOC 201 OR ENG 102W OR permission of instructor.