ENG320 Interpreting Shakespeare (Spring)

This course investigates the ongoing and vital cultural presence of William Shakespeare as his work continues to be performed and reinterpreted today: not just the plays themselves but, where possible, music and dance pieces inspired by the plays. The aim is to assemble an accurate picture of what Shakespeare’s work can mean in the public sphere, here and now, and how such meanings are produced in the context of the theatre culture from which Shakespeare sprang. Includes visits to London’s world-famous Globe Theatre in addition to attendance at current productions across the greater London area. Guest visitors form an important component of the course and have over time ranged from Tony and Olivier Award-winning actors and directors to the founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company, thereby allowing students a unique opportunity to meet with major theatrical talent in an intimate setting.

This course has an associated course fee. See the London Course Fees page for more information.

EEE370 Introduction to Entrepreneurship & Emerging Enterprises (Fall, Spring)

Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises will answer every entrepreneur’s most pressing question: How do I turn my idea into a business? The course answers this question by taking a high level, international overview of the entrepreneurial path from identifying an opportunity to opening for business. This includes exploring the mindset of relevant stakeholders, such as entrepreneurs, investors, board members, founders, and employees, as well as organizations of all sizes in both the public and private sectors. Moreover, the course equips students with skills to plan, launch, and grow a business.

Satisfies Shared Competency for Critical and Creative Thinking

ECN362 Globalization, Development & the Environment (Spring)

This course addresses some of the most important concepts and issues of the modern world from the perspective of political economy. We will review differing perspectives on the changing global economy and the nature of the modern state and address key ideas regarding development through the experiences of developing countries and their peoples in Asia and Africa. We will also examine the clash between the priorities of development and the imperatives of globalization with environmental concerns. This course is relevant for students pursuing careers in government, international organizations, NGOs, business and the media.

Satisfies Shared Competency for Scientific Inquiry and Research Skills

Prereq: ECN 101 or ECN 203 or equivalent background in microeconomics

DRA580.1 Advanced Acting: Shakespeare’s Globe (Fall)

This course is offered by The Higher Education Department at Shakespeare’s Globe, providing a program of directed master classes in voice/verse, movement, and text work including rehearsals and a final project using the Globe stage. All study is with Shakespeare’s Globe faculty.

Enrollment is limited. Open only to and required of students admitted to the Acting at Shakespeare’s Globe special program.

DRA529 Acting for the Frame (Fall)

This elective workshop is about the acquisition and development of specialist screen acting skills and techniques. Its primary focus will be developing the essential skills of acting for the size of shot or “frame” — a sophisticated concept that requires concentration and excellent preparation. Screen acting techniques will be explored and practised extensively in front of the camera.

Limited enrollment – Open only to students admitted to the Acting at Shakespeare’s Globe special program as an optional course. Please note that space is limited. Enrollment in DRA529 will be at the Drama Department’s discretion based on availability and academic need. DRA529 is not open to students who take DRA362 in London.

DRA451 The Modern Stage: Theories, Issues, Productions (Fall)

Required of Syracuse University drama majors in London. A variety of current London theatrical productions are viewed and discussed in studying 20th-century theories of theater art and related production approaches, as well as differing ideas about the functions and uses of theater in our society. Discussion topics and assignments vary according to the plays available, but the course will survey the people, concepts, and issues influencing today’s theatrical artists, audiences, and critics. Visits to other venues are required. Performance tickets are purchased in advance based on enrollment numbers at the end of online registration in June/July.

Limited enrollment. Open only to students admitted to the Acting at Shakespeare’s Globe special program (for whom DRA451 is required) with limited availability open to Center students pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Syracuse’s Drama Department.

This course has an associated course fee. See the London Course Fees page for more information.

DRA351 Contemporary British and European Theater: The London Stage (Spring)

This spring-only course will introduce students to the current London theatrical scene, through weekly attendance at productions that are a mandatory part of the course. Students will be encouraged to broaden their understanding of the chosen productions, and of theatre in a wider context, by participating in class discussion, attending talks by theatre professionals, making a backstage visit with the class, visiting the theatre and performance department of the Victoria and Albert Museum, reading related hand-outs and theatre criticism in newspapers, and watching related videos in class. The course will examine the various elements that contribute to the success of stage productions, and will provide some background to the history of theatre in London to set the contemporary London theatre scene in context.

Satisfies Shared Competency for Communication Skills

This course has an associated course fee. See the London Course Fees page for more information.

CRS316 Introduction to Visual Culture (Spring)

Visual culture studies recognize the predominance of visual forms of media, communication, and information in the postmodern world. Visual culture is best understood as a tactic for studying the functions of a world addressed through pictures, images, and visualizations, rather than through texts and words. We negotiate the world through visual culture, and the world itself is negotiated politically through visuality and visual images. This class is an introduction to the key issues of visual culture. It will examine the politics of images, the role that images play in producing cultural meaning, visuality and power relations, and how images are forms of visual communication. We will examine how images circulate through digital media, remakes, and viral networks, and the cross-fertilization of images between various social arenas, such as art, advertising, popular culture, news science, entertainment media, video games, and design.

Key questions and points of consideration are:

Can we study visual culture as a system, but not as a pure state of visuality—that is, a system of visual meanings that are not purely imagistic—not formed only of images—but include texts and graphic design, design of functional objects, architecture, logos?
Are social institutions systems of order that perpetuate, preserve, and legitimize complex forms of collective identity?
What is the role of the visual arts in a mass-mediated visual world?
Can visual culture studies be defined as an interdisciplinary field?

This course may also be registered as AIC 316 or FMA316.

COM505 Communications Law for Journalists (Spring)

London is the ideal place to consider the full scope of communications law in the 21st century. Whatever the US statutes, Constitution, and case law may establish as our basic communications law structure is only part of the picture. Anyone who communicates through modern media is speaking not just to other Americans but, increasingly, to the world. And in London you meet the world. First-hand. The continued vibrancy of London as a media market is apparent on every street corner. Therefore, a significant goal of Com Law as it is taught in London is to give students an appreciation of the many layers of national interests and differing backgrounds that come into play when speech, writings, and other forms of communication cross national borders and engage different cultures. Still, the essence of this Newhouse-required course is a survey of American media law, emphasizing contemporary legal problems confronting broadcast, print and online journalists, graphic artists and photographers, public relations and advertising practitioners, and a wide range of internet creators and other practitioners. Topics include censorship, defamation and libel, invasion of privacy, reporter confidentiality (or lack thereof), fair trial/free press issues, obscenity, corporate speech issues, broadcast and advertising regulation, copyright/database rights, and internet regulation generally. This is the same required course taught at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University, but with a significantly enhanced international dimension and cognizance that few communication issues can any longer be limited to one country and its particular laws.

This is a Special Permissions class. To be considered, students must list the course among the Primary Course Selections on their Course Preference form and return the form by the deadline. Enrollment priority is given to Syracuse BJ, MAG and NEW majors.

Satisfies Shared Competency for Critical and Creative Thinking

Syracuse students: may not receive credit for more than one of the following: COM 505, 506, 507, 509.

COM348 Beauty and Diversity in Fashion Media (Fall, Spring)

This course examines critical issues associated with representations of bodies, clothing and appearances in fashion media. For many people, fashion is a cornerstone of modern identity, a crucial aspect of the way we see ourselves and others. In this class, students will identify and debate the challenging issues associated with the fashion industry and the ways that industry communicates with the public through media. Students will explore the concept of beauty, the politics of appearance, the construction/presentation of self, the communicative power of clothing, the impact of media on body image, and other subjects related to fashion media and its representation of diverse groups in global consumer culture.

Satisfies IDEA Course Requirement

Satisfies Shared Competency for Ethics, Integrity, and Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Enrollment priority is given to Syracuse public communications majors who have not yet met their Diversity requirement and to students pursuing the Fashion Milestone.

Syracuse Newhouse students:

This course fulfills the Newhouse diversity requirement within your major.
Prereq: COM107 for Newhouse students (only)

Syracuse students: may not receive credit for more than one of the following: COM 346, 348, 350.

Prereq: Strong academic record