Courses - Spring 2025
ARHU158P
Explorations in Arts and Humanities; Words Matter - A Consideration of the Power of Language
Restricted to first-semester first-year students in the College of Arts and Humanities.
Beginning with the origins of the spoken and written word, this class will focus on the impact of words on relationships and cultural understanding. Exploring words from a variety of perspectives (sociolinguistic, interpersonal and intrapersonal) and as part of a dialogue on the intersectionality of race, class and gender, this course will consider the dynamic between words and their impact as we encounter them.
Beginning with the origins of the spoken and written word, this class will focus on the impact of words on relationships and cultural understanding. Exploring words from a variety of perspectives (sociolinguistic, interpersonal and intrapersonal) and as part of a dialogue on the intersectionality of race, class and gender, this course will consider the dynamic between words and their impact as we encounter them.
ARHU230
Introduction to Humanities, Health, and Medicine
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-English Department.
Cross-listed with: ENGL254, HIST219N, WGSS230.
Credit only granted for: ARHU230 , ENGL289C, ENGL254, ARHU298A, HIST219N, or WGSS230.
An overview of the historical, cultural, ethical, and spiritual dimensions of medicine, human health, disease, and death from the points of view of various humanistic disciplines.
ARHU275
Writing for the Stage and Screen: An Introductory Workshop
Cross-listed with: ENGL275.
Credit only granted for: ENGL275 or ARHU275.
Introduction to the theory and practice of scriptwriting with an opportunity to read, view, evaluate, write, and revise texts meant to be performed. Students will practice writing for the stage, film, and television and also examine selected scripts, performances, and film and television clips as models for their own creative work. Students will complete frequent writing exercises, participate in workshops, and learn to apply scholarship to the analysis and critique of scripts.
ARHU286
Experiential Learning
Credits:
3 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-College of Arts & Humanities.
Restriction: Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5; and must be in a major or minor in ARHU - College of Arts and Humanities.
Designed for students who are in their first semester at the University of Maryland and/or students who wish to complete legislative internships, some start-up internships and some remote internships. All students must be enrolled in an ARHU major or minor and the internship must be in one of the academic fields covered within the College of Arts and Humanities. In addition to completing their required hours on site, students will be required to attend three bi-weekly seminars at the beginning of the semester to help develop their para-professional goals and understandings.
ARHU298Q
Special Problems in Arts and Humanities; Quantum Steampunk Science-Fiction Workshop
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with CMSC298Q, PHYS299Q and CHEM298Q. Credit only granted for ARHU298Q or CMSC298Q or PHYS299Q or CHEM298Q.
Steampunk is a science-fiction genre in which futuristic technologies populate Victorian-era settings. Recently, steampunk has come to life in the scientific field of quantum thermodynamics. Thermodynamics, the study of energy, grew out of the Industrial Revolution. Two centuries later, quantum physics is transforming computing and cryptography. Quantum science is now revolutionizing 19th-century thermodynamics in quantum thermodynamics, which features quantum engines, automata, and more. Quantum thermodynamics inspired the growing subgenre of quantum steampunk. In this course, you will read science fiction, write quantum-steampunk short stories, receive feedback, and critique classmates writing. In parallel, you will learn QUANTUM STEAMPUNK WRKSHPechnologies, and thermodynamics.
Steampunk is a science-fiction genre in which futuristic technologies populate Victorian-era settings. Recently, steampunk has come to life in the scientific field of quantum thermodynamics. Thermodynamics, the study of energy, grew out of the Industrial Revolution. Two centuries later, quantum physics is transforming computing and cryptography. Quantum science is now revolutionizing 19th-century thermodynamics in quantum thermodynamics, which features quantum engines, automata, and more. Quantum thermodynamics inspired the growing subgenre of quantum steampunk. In this course, you will read science fiction, write quantum-steampunk short stories, receive feedback, and critique classmates writing. In parallel, you will learn QUANTUM STEAMPUNK WRKSHPechnologies, and thermodynamics.
ARHU318A
Writers' House Colloquium: Creative Writing Across Languages and Cultures; Discovery and the Aha Moment in Poetry
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Restricted to Jimenez-Porter Writers' House Students.
One of the many aspects that differentiates poetry from prose is the act of discovery and play not just for the reader but the writer. In this workshop, we'll discuss elements of poetry like the aha moment, discovery, asking questions, building connections, and repetition, and share examples of how these tools are used in our favorite poems. We'll explore what excites us most in writing poems, and revise our favorite pieces to make them as strong as possible.
One of the many aspects that differentiates poetry from prose is the act of discovery and play not just for the reader but the writer. In this workshop, we'll discuss elements of poetry like the aha moment, discovery, asking questions, building connections, and repetition, and share examples of how these tools are used in our favorite poems. We'll explore what excites us most in writing poems, and revise our favorite pieces to make them as strong as possible.
ARHU318D
Writers' House Colloquium: Creative Writing Across Languages and Cultures; Multimedia Digital Storytelling
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Restricted to Jimenez-Porter Writers' House Students.
This class explores the interactivity and narrative of digital media through the creation of audio and video projects. We will analyze literature, films, video games, and interactive art to explore various forms of dynamic storytelling, particularly in relation to memory and time. This course focuses on three particular areas within the larger topic of Digital Storytelling: Iterative and Interactive Storytelling, Audio Storytelling, and Data-Oriented Storytelling. Content covered includes podcasts, internet memes, comics, video games, hip-hop sampling aesthetics, as well as academic forms of digital scholarship, digital humanities projects, and digital archives. As this is a production class, be aware that you will use equipment or software that may be unfamiliar at first. However, the instructor will provide thorough demonstrations to help youget started.
This class explores the interactivity and narrative of digital media through the creation of audio and video projects. We will analyze literature, films, video games, and interactive art to explore various forms of dynamic storytelling, particularly in relation to memory and time. This course focuses on three particular areas within the larger topic of Digital Storytelling: Iterative and Interactive Storytelling, Audio Storytelling, and Data-Oriented Storytelling. Content covered includes podcasts, internet memes, comics, video games, hip-hop sampling aesthetics, as well as academic forms of digital scholarship, digital humanities projects, and digital archives. As this is a production class, be aware that you will use equipment or software that may be unfamiliar at first. However, the instructor will provide thorough demonstrations to help youget started.
ARHU318E
Writers' House Colloquium: Creative Writing Across Languages and Cultures; Creative Nonfiction; Weighing Reality
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Restricted to Jimenez-Porter Writers' House Students.
What can we learn at the intersection of truth-in-life and truth-in-language? This course inquires about how nonfiction writers capture reality through creative techniques, strategy, and project management. Students will read texts and interface with multimedia to analyze personal experiences, cultural contexts, and recurring societal patterns. In addition, students will attempt to capture reality through conventions of creative nonfiction by drafting, workshopping, and revising their own writing. Throughout the class, we will explore oral histories, memoirs, essays, poetry, and fiction. We will draw inspiration from the works of authors such as Hanif Abdurraqib, Joan Didion, James Baldwin, Leslie Jamison, and Barbara Ehrenreich.
What can we learn at the intersection of truth-in-life and truth-in-language? This course inquires about how nonfiction writers capture reality through creative techniques, strategy, and project management. Students will read texts and interface with multimedia to analyze personal experiences, cultural contexts, and recurring societal patterns. In addition, students will attempt to capture reality through conventions of creative nonfiction by drafting, workshopping, and revising their own writing. Throughout the class, we will explore oral histories, memoirs, essays, poetry, and fiction. We will draw inspiration from the works of authors such as Hanif Abdurraqib, Joan Didion, James Baldwin, Leslie Jamison, and Barbara Ehrenreich.
ARHU320
Writers' House Second Year Colloquium: Writing for Publication
Recommended: Completion of ARHU318 and ARHU319 recommended.
Restriction: Currently enrolled in Writers' House or permission of program.
Credit only granted for: ARHU319A or ARHU320.
Formerly: ARHU319A.
Students write, discuss and revise for multiple forms of publication: reading their own work at least once in public, sending work out for publication to literary journals, and producing a chapbook of high quality by end of semester.
Restricted to Jimenez-Porter Writers' House students.
ARHU338
Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship in a Living Learning Program
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
ARHU358
Becoming Worldwise and Worldready: Finding Success in College and Life
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Restriction: Must be enrolled in a major in the College of Arts and Humanities. Repeatable to 3 credits if content differs.
Designed to help students navigate the various resources that exist a a large, Research 1 university like the University of Maryland. The course focus is helping them better understand the groundwork needed transition successfully from underclassman to upperclassman, from an outside major into ARHU or from an external school to UMD, and ultimately from college into life post-graduation.
Designed to help students navigate the various resources that exist a a large, Research 1 university like the University of Maryland. The course focus is helping them better understand the groundwork needed transition successfully from underclassman to upperclassman, from an outside major into ARHU or from an external school to UMD, and ultimately from college into life post-graduation.
ARHU376
Writing the Feature Film
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: ENGL275, ARHU275, ARHU375 or THET340; or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed with: CINE376.
Credit only granted for: ARHU376 or CINE376.
Examines the creative process of developing and writing a feature-length screenplay. Students will experience a collaborative workshop environment, researching stories, pitching feature film ideas, creating a logline, developing a detailed beat sheet and, ultimately, writing a complete first draft of the screenplay.
ARHU380
Arts & Humanities in Social Innovation, Change, and Justice: Do Good Now
Cross-listed with: JWST319P.
Credit only granted for: ARHU380, BSOS388B, JWST319P, or PLCY388D.
The course serves as the core course for the Arts-and-Humanities track in PLCY's minor in "Nonprofit Leadership and Social Innovation." Students will be introduced to the role that the Arts and Humanities can play in social innovation and social change, while exploring various mechanisms for achieving impact with a focus on advancing social justice, equity and systems change. This course deepens understandings of nonprofit leadership, entrepreneurship and social innovation by guiding students through the creation and implementation of social change projects and ventures of their choice.
ARHU386
Experiential Learning
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-College of Arts & Humanities.
Restriction: Junior standing or higher.
ARHU440
Arts Leadership Seminar
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with: TDPS440.
Credit only granted for: TDPS440 or ARHU440.
An advanced seminar in arts leadership exposing students to the foundations of arts leadership in not-for-profit organizations as it intersects with current trends in technology, demographics, government policy, and the economy. In case studies based on examples drawn from local arts organizations, students will learn about audience engagement as well as institutional development terminology and best practices.
ARHU458
Graduate School Preparation
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits. Repeatable to 3 credits if content differs.
Designed for Juniors and Seniors who are interested in applying to graduate school. Topics include skills needed for the graduate school search and application process, evaluation and reflection of application materials, preparation for GRE exam, and exploration into career options after graduate school. Focus on the Humanities fields.
Designed for Juniors and Seniors who are interested in applying to graduate school. Topics include skills needed for the graduate school search and application process, evaluation and reflection of application materials, preparation for GRE exam, and exploration into career options after graduate school. Focus on the Humanities fields.
ARHU468
Peer Mentoring Program
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Restricted to ARHU upperclassmen who will serve as peer mentors to help transition new students to the university. Interested students must apply to become a peer mentor.
ARHU486
Internship Practicum in Arts and Humanities
Credits:
3 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: Have completed previous internship at U of MD.
Restriction: Must be in a major in ARHU-College of Arts & Humanities; and permission of ARHU-College of Arts & Humanities; and minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5; and must have earned a minimum of 60 credits; and completed 12 credits at U of MD.
An internship intended for students who have already completed an internship for credit. ARHU486 must be a different experience from the internship students have already taken for credit. Generally students intern with a different company, but they may continue working for the same company if the job is significantly different. See ARHU internship coordinator for details.
ARHU489
Advanced Internship Practicum in ARHU
Credits:
3 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
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