Four topics are offered for Fall 2016. Students may take one, two, three, or all four for credit. Section A1: Latin American Cities in Literature and Film. Examination of the representation of Latin American cities, particularly Mexico City, in literature and film. Explores specific themes but also presents a broad vision of Latin American and Mexican culture during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Taught in Spanish. Pre-req: CAS LS 350. Also offered as CAS LS 452. Section B1: Queer Cinema. Tracks shifting representations of queerness in their cultural, subcultural, national, and transnational contexts via the richness of cinematic interventions in the struggle against white heteronormative patriarchal society. Many of the films in this course include sexually explicit content. Also offered as COM FT 554. Section C1: TV and Diversity. Explores the many ways that television engages with diversity, challenging what the mainstream considers "normal" or "universal." Topics under exploration include, but are not limited to, diversity of characters, audiences, themes, creative workers, and genres. Pre-req: COM FT 303. Also offered as COM FT 554. Section D1: Writing Film & TV Criticism. Examines both the history of film and television criticism and current practices in a variety of mass media. Students write reviews and thinkpieces that blend insightful analysis with an engaging voice. Pre-req: COM FT 250 or COM FT 303. Also offered as COM FT 554.