May Term Courses
May Term courses offered by CLA departments during Summer 2024:
![Me Seeing Me for You, as I Hope You See Me for Me by Alexandra Beaumont](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/arth_3940.png?h=2f4a307f&itok=xeX9gkBy)
Organize an exhibition—together with classmates, museum professionals, and instructors—that spotlights local Black art, artists, and narratives.
![Green screen set with a camera operator, one young and one old woman performing, and a young woman on a TV screen behind them](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/comm_3201_image.jpg?h=b72e0079&itok=2Pq0FV6k)
Learn about public communication processes, elements, and ethics as you practice individual speaking designed to encourage civic participation.
![illustration of icons associated with technology](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/journalism%20illustration.png?h=c4482f5d&itok=--rk-ExP)
In an era when almost everybody's a content creator, learn what makes mass communication different.
![Photograph of street murals](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/Phil_1026W_Summer.jpeg?h=6ee2d325&itok=GB_FUZuI)
Study the central problems and methods of philosophy through culturally diverse texts to learn a range of U.S. philosophical traditions.
![illustration of icons associated with technology](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/journalism%20illustration.png?h=c4482f5d&itok=--rk-ExP)
Study one of the fastest-growing sectors of the entertainment media industry that has a wide-ranging impact on our culture and society.
![Photograph of two people facing each other and standing at an ocean beach](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/suiris.beach_.jpg?h=90f94a9e&itok=_5gtwLo4)
Study what it means to examine issues systematically and then apply interpersonal communication theories to real life examples, such as meeting people and dealing with unexpected encounters.
![Green screen set with a camera operator, one young and one old woman performing, and a young woman on a TV screen behind them](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/comm_3201_image.jpg?h=b72e0079&itok=2Pq0FV6k)
Survey the historical development, current issues, and problem areas in electronic media technologies and programming.
![illustration of icons associated with technology](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/journalism%20illustration.png?h=c4482f5d&itok=--rk-ExP)
Examine popular culture in modern and historical contexts through various mass communication, sociological, and cultural theories.
![Painting of early philosophers](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/Phil_3322W_Summer.jpeg?h=d3b6ec8b&itok=v9Uxc48m)
Pose questions such as: How do we determine what is right and wrong? How should we live our lives? What do we owe others?
![Green screen set with a camera operator, one young and one old woman performing, and a young woman on a TV screen behind them](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/comm_3201_image.jpg?h=b72e0079&itok=2Pq0FV6k)
Analyze media images and messages as you study principles of literacy, media content and industries, and media effects.
![illustration of icons associated with technology](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/journalism%20illustration.png?h=c4482f5d&itok=--rk-ExP)
Learn how social media, mobile phones, artificial intelligence, drones, and digital games have shaped and been shaped by global society.
![illustration of symbols for books, film, law](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/polisci3311.png?h=91477aed&itok=7triTJzi)
Analyze eight films to see what they tell us about political and legal culture, and what messages they have for contemporary politics.
![global map with words in different languages](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/Sppt-%20Span%203707.jpeg?h=9624e4e4&itok=f0SnirKr)
Analyze various texts in Spanish (popular press, business, academic) as training to communicate with accuracy in different contexts.
![icons of news and media](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/journalism.png?h=c4482f5d&itok=LB39pq2J)
Explore how advertisements influence memory, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors and how humans actively process and resist persuasive messages.
![icons of news and media](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/journalism.png?h=c4482f5d&itok=LB39pq2J)
Understand the impact the rise of social media has had on organizations and orient social media management from a communication strategist’s standpoint.