The Office of New Student and Family Engagement is seeking graduate students to work as a Chicago Quarter Staff Professional in Fall 2019 Quarter. There are still 3 Discover classes available (details are included below). This paid opportunity is open to all CCSA counseling students and Higher Ed Leadership students, and 2nd or 3rd year CMHC and School Counseling students. If you are interested or have questions, please reach out to nsfe@depaul.edu.
Time Commitment:
Attend Immersion Week, scheduled for Tuesday, September 3rd- Monday, September 9th from 8am-5pm and September 10th for New Student Service Day. Attend the regular class meeting (see details below).
Course Name: Chicago Cubs
Faculty: Blair Banwart, Writing, Rhetoric & Discourse
Course Day/Time/Location: Mondays, 6:00-8:40PM, Lincoln Park campus
Five years ago, if you were asked what comes to mind when you think of Chicago’s north side baseball team, you might’ve mentioned the green ivy, the bleachers, and a blue W on a white flag. You might’ve also mentioned lovable losers, Bartman, and an extremely vindictive goat. Today, the ivy and bleachers are still there. But the W flies more frequently. And Bartman has been forgiven, the goat’s curse has been squashed, and the term lovable losers no longer applies—all because a certain team in 2016 ended a 108-year drought and won the World Series. So how did this happen? In this course, we’ll not only examine the Cubs’ transformation, but we’ll take a look at the history of the Cubs franchise; we’ll learn more about Wrigley Field and how its presence in Wrigleyville impacts local residents and businesses; we’ll examine what it means to be a Cubs fan; and we will, of course, attend a game. So put on your caps, bring along your lucky talismans, and we’ll find out if this year will be (again!) THE year.
Course Name: Digital Cinema in Chicago
CQ Faculty: Jeff Carrion, Computing & Digital Media
Course Day/Time/Location: Wednesdays, 10:20am-1:00pm, Loop campus
Digital Cinema in Chicago exposes students to the world of digital cinema production. Students are introduced to the production of feature films, commercials, television shows, animation, and gaming. Students see what goes on behind the scenes and meet the individuals that create these works of art. Students visit movie sets, production studios, post-production and animation houses, and computer gaming companies. By the end of the class, students have a better understanding of what goes into the creation of the various forms of digital cinema. The course combines classroom lectures and discussions with field experiences.
Course Name: The Modernist Movement in Chicago (Honors section)
CQ Faculty: Rebecca Cameron, English
Course Day/Time/Location: Tuesdays, 2:40-5:20pm, Lincoln Park campus
Using Chicago as a base, this course will look at the international artistic movement of modernism, known for its rule-breaking experimentation with style and its shocking subject matter, in relationship to the time period in which the movement flourished in Chicago in the first half of the twentieth century. The modernist arts are exceptionally well represented in Chicago: modern artists including Picasso, Chagall, and Miró created several of the public sculptures displayed in the Loop; major modernists are featured in the Art Institute of Chicago; and the city features buildings designed by influential modern architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe. Chicago also provided an infrastructure and an inspiration for several modernists: Harriet Monroe’s groundbreaking Poetry: A Magazine of Verse published major modernist poets; Jane Addams’ Hull House provided a Chicago venue for several controversial modernist plays, at times even provoking death threats; and Bronzeville’s “Black Metropolis” served as base for several African American poets, artists, and musicians. As we study works of modernist art across the city, we will consider how the artists were responding to cultural, historical, and social changes taking place in the first decades of the twentieth century, including significant developments in the roles and rights of women, African-Americans, and the working classes; major international wars; technological innovations; and the rise of consumer culture. We will see how these modern developments were felt throughout the city, from the vibrant jazz scene on the South Side, to workers’ demonstrations on the west side (supported by political radical Emma Goldman), to dance halls and picture palaces in the north, to the Century of Progress International Exposition of 1933-34.
