Superb Summer Courses
Looking to fulfill liberal education or major requirements? Seeking something to do over the summer? Fear not—there are plenty of superb courses available from the College of Liberal Arts! Here’s a sampling of twelve excellent classes, ranging from the psychology of advertising to the use of music in movies.
May Term
![Exhibition banner in hallway under "Katherine E. Nash Gallery"](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image_portrait/public/regis20nashbanner_0.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=lVQYNuu0)
Work with classmates, museum professionals, and instructors to create an exhibition celebrating local Black art and artists.
![A young girl holds a clapperboard and an adult woman speaks behind a podium, both recorded by a film camera](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image_portrait/public/comm_3201_image_0.jpg?h=b72e0079&itok=XZVIsJDy)
Analyze media images and messages, gaining insight into media industries, media effects, and principles of literacy.
![A large, blank billboard on the roof of a large brick building](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image_portrait/public/jour_4251_image.jpg?h=02ce9656&itok=8S4FLn42)
How does advertising affect your brain? Why do some advertisements work while others fall flat? Explore a range of theories that explain how advertisements influence memory, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors.
![Painting in a classical style of four robed figures debating, with two other figures sitting in clouds above](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image_portrait/public/phil_3322w_summer_course_-_morals_in_contemporary_society.jpeg?h=5b3035e0&itok=wdNGbOzO)
How do we determine what is right and wrong? How should we live our lives? Moral and ethical thought are applied to problems and major public disputes.
![Graphic with background of scales of justice atop two books, foreground of movie clapperboard](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image_portrait/public/pol_3311_image_-_law_justice_and_hollywood.png?h=5b3035e0&itok=qxvDjaBW)
Analyze eight films that focus on justice, the law, and the legal system-what do they reveal about contemporary politics, and the relationship between law and justice?
![Toledo, Spain](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image_portrait/public/unsorted/images/toledo_spain.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=Bp3EmUeR)
Use translation to improve your Spanish accuracy, gaining a brand new insight into the factors that you must take into consideration when using the Spanish language.
Summer Term
![Graphic of movie theater - four rows of red seats in front of white film screen](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image_portrait/public/ames_3556_-_korean_film_and_media.jpg?h=245bf488&itok=h9busa9-)
Explore Korean film from the Japanese colonial period to the present day, from technical aspects to historical representations. Discuss the emergence of the Korean film industry under colonial modernity up through the recent boom in South Korean film and television.
![Graphic of pink GPS pointer on route map with gray background](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image_portrait/public/geog_1502_-_mapping_our_world.jpg?h=35f232b8&itok=9G7PxhxK)
Learn about the interactions between mapping technologies like phones, drones, and GPS work and society, and see how this technology saves lives, rigs elections, and spies on people.
![Graphic of the globe, with various 3D landmarks and skylines on its surface](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image_portrait/public/gwss_3003_-_gender_and_global_politics_copy.jpg?h=7e344ca9&itok=72On1dkS)
Compare and contrast women’s experiences throughout the world from a cross-cultural/historical perspective, exploring feminist scholarship, film, oral history, and more.
![Drawing of a diverse group of people talking and dancing on green landscape, with a background of a map of the world and the words: "LING 1701 Language & Society"](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image_portrait/public/ling_1701_cla_2_0.png?h=5b3035e0&itok=bwAQGUIo)
Learn about the relationships between language and social variables such as age, sex, and race—how does language indicate social status and affect public policy and education?
![Graphic of musical notes floating in front of glowing blue background](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image_portrait/public/mus_1015w_-_music_and_movies.jpg?h=0da705c4&itok=ANIHT_RP)
Explore the use and representation of music and musicians in film-how is music used to underscore action, characterization, and feeling? Sample film musicals, films about musical life, and films whose structure is musically based.
![Black and white image of a crowd marching, with signs and shirts displaying support for women's reproductive rights](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image_portrait/public/soc_3251w.jpg?h=20f2ffe0&itok=SksnL7oq)
Analyze the impact of race, class, and gender inequalities in the United States. Through an intersectional approach, examine how these and other social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in everyday life. This course is cross-listed with AAS 3251W.