printer friendly pageCOMM 173E: Data Challenge Lab (ENGR 150)
In this lab, students develop the practical skills of data science by solving a series of increasingly difficult, real problems. Skills developed include: data manipulation, data visualization, exploratory data analysis, and basic modeling. The data challenges each student undertakes are based upon their current skills. Students receive one-on-one coaching and see how expert practitioners solve the same challenges. Limited enrollment; application required. See
http://datalab.stanford.edu for more information.
Last offered: Spring 2020
| UG Reqs: WAY-AQR, WAY-CE
COMM 176: Advanced Digital Journalism Production (COMM 276)
In-depth reporting and production using audio, images and video. Focus on an in-depth journalism project with appropriate uses of digital media: audio, photography, graphics, and video. Topics include advanced field techniques and approaches (audio, video, still) and emphasis on creating a non-fiction narrative arc in a multimedia piece of 10-12 minutes. Prerequisite:
COMM 275 or consent of instructor
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors:
Migielicz, G. (PI)
COMM 177D: Specialized Writing and Reporting: Narrative Journalism (COMM 277D)
(Graduate students register for
COMM 277D.) How to report, write, edit, and read long-form narrative nonfiction, whether for magazines, news sites or online venues. Tools and templates of story telling such as scenes, characters, dialogue, and narrative arc. How the best long-form narrative stories defy or subvert conventional wisdom and bring fresh light to the human experience through reporting, writing, and moral passion. Prerequisite: 104 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors:
Brenner, R. (PI)
COMM 177SW: Specialized Writing and Reporting: Sports Journalism (COMM 277S)
(Graduate students register for
COMM 277S.) Workshop. An examination of American sports writing from the 1920's Golden Age of Sports to present. Students become practitioners of the sports writing craft in an intensive laboratory. Hones journalistic skills such as specialized reporting, interviewing, deadline writing, creation of video projects, and conceptualizing and developing stories for print and online.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors:
Pomerantz, G. (PI)
COMM 177Y: Specialized Writing and Reporting: Foreign Correspondence (COMM 277Y)
(Graduate students register for
COMM 277Y.) Study how being a foreign correspondent has evolved and blend new communication tools with clear narrative to tell stories from abroad in a way that engages a diversifying American audience in the digital age. Prerequisite:
COMM 104W,
COMM 279, or consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI, WAY-CE
Instructors:
Zacharia, J. (PI)
COMPLIT 111Q: Texts and Contexts: Spanish/English Literary Translation Workshop (DLCL 111Q, ILAC 111Q)
This course introduces students to the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary to translate literary texts from Spanish to English and English to Spanish. Students will workshop and revise a translation project throughout the quarter. Topics may include comparative syntaxes, morphologies, and semantic systems; register and tone; audience; the role of translation in the development of languages and cultures; and the ideological and socio-cultural forces that shape translations.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
Instructors:
Santana, C. (PI)
COMPLIT 127B: The Hebrew and Jewish Short Story (JEWISHST 147B)
Short stories from Israel, the US and Europe including works by Agnon, Kafka, Keret, Castel-Bloom, Kashua, Singer, Benjamin, Freud, biblical myths and more. The class will engage with questions related to the short story as a literary form and the history of the short story. Reading and discussion in English. Optional: special section with readings and discussions in Hebrew. Note: To be eligible for WAYS credit, you must take the course for a Letter Grade. In AY 2020-21, a 'CR' grade will satisfy the WAYS requirement.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
Instructors:
Balling, R. (PI)
;
Shemtov, V. (PI)
COMPLIT 285: Texts and Contexts: French-English Translation (CSRE 285, FRENCH 185, FRENCH 285)
This course introduces students to the ways in which translation has shaped the image of France and the Francophone world. What texts and concepts were translated, how, where, and to what effect? Students will work on a translation project throughout the quarter and translate texts from French to English and English to French. Topics may include the role of translation in the development of cultures; the political dimension of translation, translation in the context of migration, and the socio-cultural frameworks that shape translations. Case studies: Camus, Fanon, Glissant, de Beauvoir, Meddeb, Duras. Prior knowledge of French language required.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
Instructors:
Seck, F. (PI)
;
Ulloa, M. (PI)
COMPLIT 293: Literary Translation (DLCL 293, ENGLISH 293)
An overview of translation theories and practices over time. The aesthetic, ethical, and political questions raised by the act and art of translation and how these pertain to the translator's tasks. Discussion of particular translation challenges and the decision processes taken to address these issues. Coursework includes assigned theoretical readings, comparative translations, and the undertaking of an individual translation project.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
Instructors:
Santana, C. (PI)
CS 83: Playback Theater
Playback combines elements of theater, community work and storytelling. In a playback show, a group of actors and musicians create an improvised performance based on the audience's personal stories. A playback show brings about a powerful listening and sharing experience. During the course, we will tell, listen, play together, and train in playback techniques. We will write diaries to process our experience in the context of education and research. The course is aimed to strengthen listening abilities, creativity and the collaborative spirit, all integral parts of doing great science. In playback, as in research, we are always moving together, from the known, to the unknown, and back. There is limited enrollment for this class. Application is required.
Last offered: Winter 2020
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
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