CHID 250 A: Special Topics: Introduction to the History of Ideas

(FULFILLS VLPA REQUIREMENT) "FILM AND THE POST APOCALYPTIC IMAGINATION THIS CLASS WILL EXPLORE "THE POST- APOCALYPTIC IMAGINATION," FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON SECULAR IMAGININGS OF THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT IN FILM. WE WILL EXPLORE CULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS OF CATACLYSMIC EVENTS FROM ZOONOTIC DISEASE TO ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER TO CYBERNETIC REVOLT AND A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE! WE WILL EXPLORE A NUMBER OF CULTURAL ANXIETIES ENGAGED AND EXPRESSED THROUGH THESE REPRESENTATIONS. WE WILL EXPLORE HOW POST APOCALYPTIC IMAGINATION IS REFRACTED THROUGH CURRENT CONTEMPORARY CRISES, FROM COVID19 PANDEMIC TO POLICE VIOLENCE. AND FINALLY, WE WILL BE SURE TO BEEF UP OUR ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE KITS! ___ HYBRID COURSE