FSEM Courses

Instead of thinking about places as simply the background setting of our sexual identities, we will engage with the ways in which they actively aid in constituting our sexualities. As an exploration of “queer space,” this course will focus mainly on the construction of spaces, communities, and neighborhoods by sexual and gender minority LGBTQ-identified people.

This course explores the geography of the global food system, examining food production and consumption models around the world and investigating the reasons why malnutrition persists.

Entertainment design and technology has a rich history of development extending back as far as the first performance. In this FSEM students will investigate the past, and they will also explore contemporary theatre companies and how they utilize today’s technology.

This FSEM is an exploration of forbidden texts, defined broadly, through in-depth examination of texts which were banned at some point, somewhere, in some fashion.

I have been involved with the study of languages since I decided that I would take English as my college language requirement. Learning English proved more difficult than I anticipated (I thought I would learn it in a semester!), but it showed me how intricate and fascinating languages can be (i.e., messy). Ever since I started learning English, I became interested in other languages, how adults learn a second language, and lately, how our attitudes towards languages and dialects are shaped by our own ideas about the people who speak them.

Christmas celebrations have changed as Americans have changed, and in the last century, Hanukkah has become attached to Christmas in uniquely American ways. In this FSEM, we’ll explore how various groups of Americans have understood the birth of a Jewi …

This FSEM is an introduction to current developments in contemporary art and culture of Korea, with an emphasis on K-Pop, the Hallyu (Korean Wave), contemporary Korean art, and Korean film.

Interested in theatre, social justice, and the social history of Ireland? If so, then you’re in the right place. In this FSEM, students will learn about theatre and the political environment in Ireland by looking at key moments in the 20th century and …

Democracy appears to be a fragile thing. Around the world in recent years, many democracies have backslid and autocracy is on the rise. A diminished trust in government and the perceived gulf between policy and popular opinion resulted in the United States being downgraded from a “full democracy” to a “flawed democracy” in 2016.

In this class, we will examine political polarization in the United States from both an institutional and behavioral perspective. Quotes like the one above suggest that Americans are hopelessly polarized, pushed by our partisan predispositions to vote for or against a candidate regardless of whether we like that candidate’s issue positions or personal characteristics.