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University Courses





DIGITAL
COMMUNICATION,
CULTURE AND
SOCIETY
How digital media shapes individuals, societies, and cultures. Topics include virtual communities, digital activism, post-truth debates, and the impact of digital ecologies on identities and sexualities.




FILM
Basic film concepts and practices like mise-en-scène, aspect ratio, continuity editing, elliptical editing, shot sizes, camera angles, and film narrative. Students explore key film movements and learn to analyze films using genre, auteur, and psychoanalytic theory.




GENDER AND
COMMUNICATION
A course on gendered representations in media. Key topics include the male gaze, intersectionality, and LGBTQIA+ terminology. Readings by Foucault, Mulvey, Said, bell hooks, and Butler.




INTRODUCTION
TO THE STUDY
OF POETRY
This course provides a foundational understanding of poetry’s features, including metrical patterns, verse forms, and poetic language.




MAJOR THEMES
AND VOICES IN
TWENTIETH-
CENTURY POETRY
Anglophone twentieth-century poetry is studied through the lens of the era’s major historical events and emerging visual art movements. The course pairs work by influential poets such as Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Anne Sexton, Mark Doty, Mary Oliver, and Derek Walcott with examples of art from movements like Futurism, Dadaism, Surrealism, and Pop Art.




NEWS
WRITING
Best news writing and interviewing practices. Students learn to compose a range of journalistic texts such as news stories, reviews, and profile feature articles.




POSTCOLONIAL
ISLAND
LITERATURES
A course examining Anglophone island literatures from Sri Lanka, Puerto Rico, and Cyprus. Students analyze works by key authors and engage with critical theories from Said, Spivak, Bhabha, Deleuze, and others.




TRAGEDY
AND ITS
REVISIONS
A course investigating the nature of tragedy through classical and contemporary texts, with attention paid to gender, race, and community.




WEB ENGLISH!
Effective digital writing for news, promotion, and concise communication.


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