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Courses

As a reminder, all courses have been renumbered beginning with the Fall 2018 semester. Click on Course Number Look-up Tool.
 
  

  • BUSE 381 Box Office Management and Ticketing Strategies

    Every organization wants to sell more tickets. How can this be achieved? This course presents revenue maximization techniques, including dynamic pricing, promotional and discounting strategies, list selection and segmentation, new box office technologies, marketing analyses and how these techniques are used in the not-for-profit and for-profit sectors of the creative industries.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-3815
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 385 Presenting the Performing Arts

    This course focuses on the process of planning live and performing arts programs, series and seasons, selecting facilities, scheduling and budgeting, booking, negotiating contracts, marketing, pro forma settlements and professional ethics. Both profit-making and non-profit performance sectors are covered.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-3830
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 387 Producing & Touring Live Entertainment

    This course focuses on the process of translating artistic vision into a tangible live production, finding the money to launch it, and putting it on stage and on the road. By examining successful producing and touring organizations, students will deepen their knowledge of organization structure, financing, budgeting, professional ethics, and the tactical responsibilities that producing and touring require. Both profit-making and non-profit performance sectors are covered.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-3832
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 399 Special Topics:

    This course is designed to respond to current trends and topical issues related to Business and Entrepreneurship. The course topic changes according to program needs.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-4178
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 405 Global Marketing: Prague

    This course focuses on case study review and discussion of global marketing issues in Europe and specifically the EU (European Union). Students apply basic marketing principles to real life problem solving situations. Students will have the opportunity to interface with advertising agency personnel from DRAFTFCB Prague.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-4100PR
    GA
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 6 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • BUSE 406 Marketing in Europe: Paris

    While studying abroad in Paris, students explore how marketing is critically linked to a firm’s global business objectives and they investigate how marketing and communication are influenced by cultural diversity. Students compare and contrast international marketing practices and business processes, and how these are impacted by cultural differences from a European perspective. Students use storytelling as an integral part of creating an effetive marketing strategy.



    Repeatable: N
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 407 Integrated Marketing and Community Engagement

    This course is designed as a collaborative experiential learning opportunity with a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) foundation. Hosted in cities known for digital innovation and marketing, students will partner with underserved/underrepresented organizations, local marketing professionals, and business executives toward the collaborative development of comprehensive, community focused integrated marketing communications plans that leverage the expertise of those local partners. Students will blend their creative backgrounds, online instruction, and site visits into a proposal and pitch that incorporate cultural elements of the community to address a marketing opportunity for their partner organizations.

    Repeatable: N
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR) and Permission Requested (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 415 International Cultural Heritage Management: Rome

    Rome is home to over 2000 years of human history and culture. Students spend an intensive J-term session investigating cultural sites, archeological excavations, museums and exhibitions in and around the city. Through first-hand observation, research, and reflection, students analyze differing strategies used to engage visitors from diverse backgrounds with the cultural heritage of Rome. These include approaches to curatorial direction, exhibition design and production, interpretative methodologies, use of technology, and marketing and communication strategies.

    Site visits include museums and cultural sites such as the Roman Forum, Colosseum and Palatine Hill; the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel; Borghese Gallery; Museum of Contemporary Art; Keats-Shelley Memorial House and Cinecitta film studio; as well as a day trip to Pompeii.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-4178J
    GA
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 425 International Festivals: Edinburgh

    Students are immersed in Edinburgh’s international performing and visual arts festivals, including the Fringe. Students meet with cultural policy-makers, festival managers and thought leaders; attend festival events; and have hands-on experiences. Students gain an understanding of the history, evolution, challenges, and impacts of arts festivals along with a behind-the-scenes perspective of the creative and pragmatic essentials in presenting culturally diverse art forms and voices within the festival model.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-4350J
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 445 Entertainment & Media Marketing

    This course meets in Los Angeles. It investigates how marketing plans, publicity campaigns, and branded entertainment are developed for film, TV, streaming, mobile, and other emerging forms of media. This course introduces students to industry professionals and leaders, providing them with an overview of internship and employment opportunities through guest lectures and field trips.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-4711L
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4



  

  • BUSE 450 Creative Industry Trends: Miami 

    This course will connect students with the domestic and international cultural landscapes of Miami by exposing them to the diverse and global creative industries situated in the city, including: festivals and live events, sports, music, media and film, design, galleries and museums. Through various interactive projects, including on-site visits, group and online discussion forums, and various guest speakers, the students will explore and experience Miami’s creative industries first-hand

    Repeatable: N
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR) and Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 476 Branded Entertainment Practicum

    Students in this interdisciplinary course gain theoretical and practical experience in the strategy, production, and distribution of client-based branded entertainment media. Students collaborate within interdiscipinary teams and work with commercial and not-for-profit clients to develop and execute branded entertainment strategic plans, media content and analytic processes. Contemporary social media platforms, business models and best practices for evaluating impact are presented and used by the student teams.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-4242
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 478 Digital Business Development: Practicum

    Developing an online business entity is essential to supporting creative endeavor. Students will explore the necessary steps to construct an online system that will connect their artistic passions and/or business ideas with a particular market and enable them to grow their audience in a cost effective and viral manner. Topics will include: online market research, website development, website analytics and traffic generation strategy.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-4615
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 479 Executive Producing for Film and TV: Practicum

    Executive Management for Film and Television gives students the opportunity to develop a financial deal-making strategy for film and television projects. Students will investigate the responsibilities of executives and stakeholders - CFOs, Executive Directors, Executive Producers, Legal Counsel, Financial Advisors, Investors, and Donors - in for-profit and nonprofit companies and learn how they interact in greenlighting a film or TV project. Simulated scenarios in which students assume these executive management roles will allow students to experience what is involved in managing stakeholders, negotiating deals, and structuring the finances for these projects.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-4550
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 480 Curatorial Practicum

    This practicum course enables students of all majors to develop a fully realized exhibition proposal in any media, subject or discipline, with the expectation that the proposal is submitted for review with a Columbia College gallery and/or external galleries or venues. Students apply best practices for curating an exhibition from preliminary research through final production, mentored by exhibition professionals and scholars in related fields.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-4010
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 481 Gallery Management: Practicum

    This practicum course provides hands-on gallery management, exhibition, curatorial, and design experience for students of all majors. Known as The Hokin Project, this course presents the work of the Columbia College Chicago community through exhibitions, programs, and events in the Hokin Gallery. Gallery Management Practicum is a student-run collaboration of the Business and Entrepreneurship Department and Student Affairs / Department of Exhibitions and Performance Spaces(DEPS).

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-4020
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 482 Entrepreneurship: Practicum

    This course provides students with an experiential learning opportunity to start their own business. Students will work in teams to explore, launch and grow a venture. Areas of interest will include: opportunity recognition; feasibility analysis; financing; marketing; market development; human resource and staffing issues; business growth; and management of entrepreneurial companies. Students will gain experience as they start and manage their own business. This course may be repeated.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-4030
    Prerequisites BUSE 308 Entrepreneurship  
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 483 AEMMP Record Label: Practicum

    This course provides students with an experiential learning opportunity operating a student-run record label. Students will work collaboratively on the development and management of music projects that include finding potential artists and repertoire, contract negotiation, production, marketing and distribution. During the Spring semester students may be able to enroll in a section of this course that will participate in activities at the SXSW Music Conference and Festival in Austin, TX.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-4040
    Prerequisites BUSE 135 Business of Music 
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 484 AEMMP Digital Distribution and Promotion Agency: Practicum

    This class provides students with an experiential learning opportunity and addresses new and emerging technologically based business models and strategies in today’s rapidly evolving music and media industries. Topics include an in depth understanding of the retail and distribution of digital audio and visual content. Additional topics include online promotion strategies, e-commerce, web design strategy, mobile retail and promotion, community building, social network marketing, and direct to consumer marketing. During the Spring semester, students may be able to enroll in a section of this course that will participate in activities at the SXSW Music Conference and Festival in Austin, TX.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-4060
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 485 AEMMP Music Publishing: Practicum

    AEMMP Music Publishing: Practicum provides students with an experiential learning opportunity operating a student-run music publishing organization. Students will work with music rights holders and clients in need of music content for various media applications. Areas of focus will include A&R (Artist & Repertoire), publishing administration, licensing strategy and royalty collection. Students will gain publishing management experience as they facilitate licensing opportunities for artists. During the  Spring semester, students may be able to enroll in a section of this course that will participate in activities at the SXSW Music Conference and Festival in Austin, TX.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-4065
    Prerequisites BUSE 250 Music Publishing 
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 486 Artist Management: Practicum

    This course provides students with an experiential learning opportunity to work with artists on matters of presentation, marketability, branding, product development, career planning and live performance. Additionally, students will gain management experience as they represent artists, develop promotional materials, create an online presence, plan artist showcases and prepare for product release. During the Spring semester students may be able to enroll in a section of this course that will participate in activities at the SXSW Music Conference and Festival in Austin, TX.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-4070
    Prerequisites BUSE 248 Talent Management  
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 487 Club Management: Practicum

    This course provides students with experiential learning opportunities in programming, marketing, and operating a club-style performance space. The course will include classroom activities and hands-on experiences in the process of identifying appropriate programs and artist/attractions for an acoustic space of c. 100 capacity; developing a performance schedule; contracting talent; devising an operational plan and support documents; managing live public concerts; budgeting and marketing.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-4080
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 488 Events Management: Practicum

    This course is designed to provide resources, tools, and training necessary for planning and management of live events. Students are given hands-on orientation of event management processes and the opportunity to participate in managing actual events.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-4090
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 489 Creative Agency: Practicum

    Students participate in a communications agency that extends student learning beyond the classroom by providing real-world experience and utilizing multi-platform tools to communicate. Students collaborate on a creative communications campaign including client management, advertising, branding, graphic design, marketing, and research.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-4123
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 495 Directed Study

    Course consists of learning activities involving student independence within the context of regular guidance and direction from a faculty advisor. Directed Studies are appropriate for students who wish to explore a subject beyond what is possible in regular courses or for students who wish to engage in a subject or activity not otherwise offered that semester by the College. Directed Studies involve close collaboration with a faculty advisor who will assist in the development and design of the project, oversee its progress, evaluate the final results, and submit a grade.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-2195
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • BUSE 496 Independent Project: Management

    Students, with the approval of a supervising faculty, design a project to study independently in an area that is not currently available in the curriculum. Prior to registration, the student must submit a written proposal for approval to the chair of the department that outlines the project and its anticipated outcomes.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-3199
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • BUSE 499 Topics in Business and Entrepreneurship:

    This repeatable course consists of rotating subjects of interest.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • BUSE 505 Global Marketing: Prague

    This course focuses on case study review and discussion of global marketing issues in Europe and specifically the EU (European Union). Students apply basic marketing principles to real life problem solving situations. Students will have the opportunity to interface with advertising agency personnel from DRAFTFCB Prague.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-5100PR
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 6 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • BUSE 506 Marketing in Europe: Paris

    This course exposes graduate students to the components and elements of marketing from the European point of view. Current international trends in marketing have made it necessary for marketing professionals to maintain a global view in performing their tasks. Students investigate how marketing is critically linked to a firm’s global business objectives and understand why marketing and communication are influenced by cultural diversity. Students analyse contrasts in marketing practices and business processes, and more importantly, how they are impacted by cultural differences. Students use storytelling as an integral part of an effective marketing strategy.

    Repeatable: N
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 515 International Cultural Heritage Management: Rome

    Rome is home to over 2000 years of human history and culture. Students spend an intensive J-term session investigating cultural sites, archeological excavations, museums and exhibitions in and around the city. Through first-hand observation, research, and reflection, students analyze differing strategies used to engage visitors from diverse backgrounds with the cultural heritage of Rome. These include approaches to curatorial direction, exhibition design and production, interpretative methodologies, use of technology, and marketing and communication strategies.

    Site visits include museums and cultural sites such as the Roman Forum, Colosseum and Palatine Hill; the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel; Borghese Gallery; Museum of Contemporary Art; Keats-Shelley Memorial House and Cinecitta film studio; as well as a day trip to Pompeii.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-5178J
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 525 International Festivals: Edinburgh

    Students are immersed in Edinburgh’s international performing and visual arts festivals, including the Fringe. Students meet with cultural policy-makers, festival managers and thought leaders; attend festival events; and have hands-on experiences. Students gain an understanding of the history, evolution, challenges, and impacts of arts festivals along with a behind-the-scenes perspective of the creative and pragmatic essentials in presenting culturally diverse art forms and voices within the festival model.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-5350J
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 550 Creative Industry Trends: Miami 

    This course will connect students with the domestic and international cultural landscapes of Miami by exposing them to the diverse and global creative industries situated in the city, including: festivals and live events, sports, music, media and film, design, galleries and museums. Through various interactive projects, including on-site visits, group and online discussion forums, and various guest speakers, the students will explore and experience Miami’s creative industries first-hand

    Repeatable: N
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 578 Digital Business Development: Practicum

    Developing an online business entity is essential to supporting creative endeavor. Students will explore the necessary steps to construct an online system that will connect their artistic passions and/or business ideas with a particular market and enable them to grow their audience in a cost effective and viral manner. Topics will include: online market research, website development, website analytics and traffic generation strategy.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-5615
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 579 Executive Producing for Film and TV: Practicum

    Executive Management for Film and Television gives students the opportunity to develop a financial deal-making strategy for film and television projects. Students will investigate the responsibilities of executives and stakeholders - CFOs, Executive Directors, Executive Producers, Legal Counsel, Financial Advisors, Investors, and Donors - in for-profit and nonprofit companies and learn how they interact in greenlighting a film or TV project. Simulated scenarios in which students assume these executive management roles will allow students to experience what is involved in managing stakeholders, negotiating deals, and structuring the finances for these projects.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-5550
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 580 Curatorial Practicum

    This practicum course enables students of all majors to develop a fully realized exhibition proposal in any media, subject or discipline, with the expectation that the proposal is submitted for review with a Columbia College gallery and/or external galleries or venues. Students apply best practices for curating an exhibition from preliminary research through final production, mentored by exhibition professionals and scholars in related fields.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-5010
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 581 Gallery Management: Practicum

    This practicum course provides hands-on gallery management, exhibition, curatorial, and design experience for students of all majors. Known as The Hokin Project, this course presents the work of the Columbia College Chicago community through exhibitions, programs, and events in the Hokin Gallery. Gallery Management Practicum is a student-run collaboration of the Business and Entrepreneurship Department and Student Affairs / Department of Exhibitions and Performance Spaces (DEPS).

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-5020
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 583 AEMMP Record Label: Practicum

    This course provides students with an experiential learning opportunity operating a student-run record label. Students will work collaboratively on the development and management of music projects that include finding potential artists and repertoire, contract negotiation, production, marketing and distribution. Students enrolled in Spring sections of this course participate in activities at the South-by-Southwest Music Conference and Festival in Austin, TX.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-5040
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 584 AEMMP Digital Distribution and Promotion Agency: Practicum

    This class provides students with an experiential learning opportunity and addresses new and emerging technologically based business models and strategies in today’s rapidly evolving music and media industries. Topics include an in depth understanding of the retail and distribution of digital audio and visual content. Additional topics include online promotion strategies, e-commerce, web design strategy, mobile retail and promotion, community building, social network marketing, and direct to consumer marketing. Students enrolled in Spring sections of this course participate in activities at the South-by-Southwest Conference and Festival in Austin, TX.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-5060
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 585 AEMMP Music Publishing: Practicum

    AEMMP Music Publishing: Practicum provides students with an experiential learning opportunity operating a student-run music publishing organization. Students will work with music rights holders and clients in need of music content for various media applications. Areas of focus will include A&R (Artist & Repertoire), publishing administration, licensing strategy and royalty collection. Students will gain publishing management experience as they facilitate licensing opportunities for artists. This course may be repeated. Students enrolled in Spring sections of this course participate in activities at the South-by-Southwest Music Conference and Festival in Austin, TX.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-5065
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 586 Artist Management: Practicum

    This course provides students with an experiential learning opportunity to work with artists on matters of presentation, marketability, branding, product development, career planning and live performance. Additionally, students will gain management experience as they represent artists, develop promotional materials, create an online presence, plan artist showcases and prepare for product release. Students enrolled in Spring sections of this course participate in activities at the South-by-Southwest Music Conference and Festival in Austin, TX.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-5070
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 587 Club Management: Practicum

    This course provides students with experiential learning opportunities in programming, marketing, and operating a club-style performance space. The course will include classroom activities and hands-on experiences in the process of identifying appropriate programs and artist/attractions for an acoustic space of c. 100 capacity; developing a performance schedule; contracting talent; devising an operational plan and support documents; managing live public concerts; budgeting and marketing.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-5080
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 588 Events Management: Practicum

    This course is designed to provide resources, tools, and training necessary for planning and management of live events. Students are given hands-on orientation of event management processes and the opportunity to participate in managing actual events.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-5090
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 589 Creative Agency: Practicum

    Students participate in a communications agency that extends student learning beyond the classroom by providing real-world experience and utilizing multi-platform tools to communicate. Students collaborate on a creative communications campaign including client management, advertising, branding, graphic design, marketing, and research.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-5123
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 599 Special Topics:

    This course is designed to respond to current trends and topical issues related to Business and Entrepreneurship. The course topic changes according to program needs.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-5178
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 601 Marketing Strategy I

    This course provides a comprehensive overview of marketing concepts and research methods. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:1) Understand all the elements of the marketing mix 2) Relate them to a cultural/artistic context 3) Understand basic quantitative & qualitative research approaches 4) Apply analytical skills to data interpretation & decision making

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-6100
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 602 Marketing Strategy

    This course provides a hands-on experience in drafting and implementing a marketing plan for an arts, entertainment or media organization. It is built around a semester-long group project. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to: 1)Integrate marketing research into the planning process 2) Develop a consolidated marketing plan that reflects the organization’s mission, vision and objectives 3) Produce a tactical action plan for implementation 4) Define and measure success parameters for the plan

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-6118
    Prerequisites BUSE 601 Marketing Strategy I  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 605 Accounting for Decision Making

    This course provides a comprehensive overview of financial accounting topics related to the creative industries. The course examines the accounting cycle of both a sole proprietorship and a corporation, including the analysis and interpretation of business transactions and the creation of financial statements. Key differences between service-based and sales-based businesses, as well as for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, are examined.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-6111
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 610 Financial Management

    Finance is the Arts and Science of managing money. The field of finance has evolved from one that was concerned primarily with the procurement of funds to a field that encompasses the management of assets, all financing decisions, those of operations and the overall valuation of the firm. This field of study has developed from one that emphasized external analysis to one that stresses decision-making in the firm. The goals and objectives of financial decisions in the for-profit sector is wealth maximization while in the not-for-profit sector financial analysis is used to meet the organizations established mission, goals and objectives of the firm. This course will apply the tools of the financial manager in both for profit and not-for-profit organizations. [Core course]

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-6115
    Prerequisites BUSE 605 Accounting for Decision Making  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 613 Behavioral Economics

    This course is an introduction to the functions and principles of economics as applied to strategic management in the arts, entertainment and media fields. Concepts such as supply and demand, monetary and fiscal policy, and the motivations and behaviors of consumers in the marketplace will be explored and discussed.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-6116
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 615 Arts, Media, and the Law

    Course covers basic legal principles and issues pertaining to the Arts, Entertainment, and Media Industries in both for-profit and not-for-profit sectors. Topics include: forms of business organization, Intellectual property, rights of privacy and publicity, contracts, libel, and first amendment rights. [Core course]

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-6117
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 620 Strategic Planning

    This class is a ‘big picture’ course that addresses the central challenge facing 21st century Arts, Entertainment and Media (AEM) organizations: how to create a sustainable competitive advantage in a rapidly changing world. The focus is on the total enterprise - the industry and competitive environment in which it operates, its resources and capabilities, and its prospects for success. Contemporary readings and case studies in both for-profit and non-profit sectors provide students with real-world situations in AEM fields. Students develop skills to assess market opportunities, explore new business models, design appropriate strategies, and craft plans for successful, sustainable ventures.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-6120
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 627 Leadership in the Arts, Entertainment & Media

    Leadership in the Arts, Entertainment & Media Management will provide students with an overview of leadership theories, research and practices, along with the skills and techniques to assess and develop leadership capabilities in themselves and to others. The course will challenge students to understand and analyze how leaders successfully balance the creative and commercial aspects of an arts or media organization. Through lecture, discussion, case studies, improvisation, videos and experiential learning, students will examine the roles and responsibilities of leadership.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-6127
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 630 Data Analytics for Decision Making

    This course provides students with a practical framework for understanding and implementing data analysis into decision-making for business. Students will learn how data is discovered, recorded, securely stored, organized, analyzed and put to use for business decision-making purposes. Concepts such as probability, big data, hypothesis testing and presenting data in narrative formats will be explored.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-6128
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 633 Managing and Licensing Intellectual Property

    This course examines the latest issues relating to the management and licensing of intellectual property in arts, entertainment and media. The course includes analysis and simulated hands-on management of real-world intellectual property portfolios chosen by the students, from identifying portfolios that are ripe for extraction of unrealized value to formulating plans for delivering that value in the form of incremental revenue to the intellectual property owners.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-6151
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 635 Negotiation Strategies

    This course focuses on strategic techniques used in negotiations for the creative industries. Topics covered include diversity issues, conflict resolution, cultural sensitivity, styles of negotiation; preparation needed prior to negotiations, and negotiation tactics. The course provides aspects of experiential learning, providing students with an opportunity to develop their skills by participating in negotiations and integrating their experiences with the principles presented in the assigned readings and course discussions.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-6154
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 638 Project Management

    Project management is fundamental to the successful realization of creative practice and ventures. Designed for artists, arts managers and other creatives, students in this course investigate current project management models and strategies, analyze case studies from the creative industries, and engage with professionals in the creative sector as they develop critical planning, management, and assessment competencies. Students apply the concepts and skills learned to create a working project management plan for a specific creative endeavor of the student’s choice. 

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-6161
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 647 Fundraising

    This course offers an in-depth study of philanthropy, non-profit organizations, accountability measures, income sources, and types of campaigns. Students will work with existing organizations to develop a portfolio of an organization analysis, case for funding, campaign plans, solicitation materials for individual gifts, and grant applications.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-6315
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 650 Cultural Policy and Planning

    This course explores all aspects of cultural policy (the framework in which a society allows its artists to work and its culture to grow) and cultural planning (the process which identifies the cultural needs of a community, and proposes strategies to meet them). It takes the international dimension of cultural policy as its starting point, drawing on experiences and examples from around the world. It investigates public, private and non-governmental support for culture at the city, state and federal levels. Students will be invited to question many of their assumptions about culture and to examine cultural policy and planning from a range of historical, political and theoretical perspectives. It provides students with a mix of the intellectual and practical skills needed for effective leadership in the creative economy.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-6330
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 657 New Media Strategies

    This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of the production, publication, promotion, and distribution of digital audio, visual, and editorial content. Students investigate current business models and conceptualize future tactics to embrace the convergence of the major media forms being streamed, downloaded, and offered as applications on all devices including tablets, mobile phones, computers and home theaters.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-6415
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 663 Entrepreneurship and New Business Creation

    This class introduces entrepreneurship as a way of thinking and acting that can serve as a springboard for a self-sustaining, creative career. It provides students with insight into how arts, entertainment, and media professionals turn ideas into a business, and how various elements of an organization fit together to become a viable venture, whether in the for-profit or non-profit world. Special focus will be given to the concept of arts consulting as a potential entrepreneurial pursuit.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-6512
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 670 Box Office & Revenue Management

    This course presents the strategic role of the box office manager in improving customer experience and maximizing revenues for live & performing arts organizations. It explores the applications of new technologies to better price and sell tickets. It analyzes all revenue management techniques (service and subscription design, online marketing and ticketing, sales forecasting, customer modeling, dynamic pricing, yield management, customer relationship management) and their functions for nonprofit and for-profit concerts, theater, dance, sport and entertainment events. It provides students with a mix of theoretical tools and practical applications that will prepare them for general management responsibilities.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-6815
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 671 New Ventures in the Creative Marketplace

    In this course, students will learn about the commercial and social importance of innovation in creative industries. Discussion topics include: the entrepreneurial landscape, the traits of a successful entrepreneur, opportunities and challenges in launching and managing new creative ventures, and market viability. Students will work collaboratively to develop, model, produce, and analyze their business ideas.

    Repeatable: N
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 672 Global Economics and Emerging Markets

    In this course, students will learn to: discuss the principles of classical and contemporary macro, micro and behavioral economic principles as they apply to existing and emerging global entrepreneurial markets; discuss the value of creating diverse, equitable and inclusive ventures; and practice activities that reflect an evolving sensitivity to issues of diversity in entrepreneurial contexts. Students will produce a comprehensive entrepreneurial vision focused on the economic considerations you are likely to encounter when starting a new venture.

    Repeatable: N
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 673 Social Influence and Community Engagement in Entrepreneurship

    In this course, students will learn the guiding principles that inform social entrepreneurship and the traits and requirements of successful social entrepreneurs in order to understand how one develops ventures that can positively impact communities with specific social, economical, and/or environmental challenges. Among other issues, discussion topics address: how to recognize socially, economically, and/or environmentally challenged communities; how to identify gaps in essential services and/or products in challenged communities; how to deal with internal and external community challenges; how to sustainably develop, fund, deploy, and scale a socially responsible venture; and how to thrive in a competitive marketplace.

    Repeatable: N
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 674 Marketing for Entrepreneurs

    In this course, students will gain an overview of, and practice in, applying marketing concepts, research methods, and creative strategies required of those launching an entrepreneurial venture.

    Repeatable: N
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 675 Financial Forecasting and Planning

    This course teaches students how to implement accounting and finance principles in the planning and forecasting stages of new ventures. Students will learn how to prepare and analyze income statements, statements of equity, balance sheets, and statements of cash flow, and to utilize these financial statements, along with financial ratios, to make assessments of the financial health of a business.

    Repeatable: N
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 676 Launching, Sustaining, and Scaling Creative Ventures

    In this course students will continue to engage the work begun in New Ventures in the Creative Marketplace regarding: identifying suitable products, services, and markets; knowing the legal requirements for an initial business launch; recognizing sustainable business and revenue models; creating an equity allocation scheme among multiple partners; assembling directorial or advisory boards; hiring salaried or hourly employees; budgeting; scaling to accommodate growth; maintaining customer loyalty; and, if necessary, effecting exit strategies.

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites BUSE 671 New Ventures in the Creative Marketplace  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 677 Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship

    In this course, students will learn the basic principles of business formation, negotiation practices, and the creation, protection, and monetization of intellectual property. The class will discuss ethical considerations for entrepreneurial ventures and explore the context of financial risk and liabilites.

    Repeatable: N
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 678 Venture Funding

    In this course, students will: explore the various stages and requirements of securing venture funding; discuss the roles and uses of loans, angel financing, venture financing, private equity financing, and crowdfunding; and practice activities that reflect on issues of diversity in, and access to, new venture funding.

    Repeatable: N
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 679 Strategic Leadership for Entrepreneurs

    In this course, students will learn the essential knowledge and skills of strategic leadership, how to develop their own leadership vision and competencies, and how to communicate strategic vision to others within a new venture framework.

    Repeatable: N
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 680 Entrepreneurship for Creatives Capstone: Planning and Pitching New Ventures

    A compelling business model, plan, and pitch are the essential elements for the development of a new venture within the creative economy. In this capstone course, students will work collaboratively to finalize their ask, create a pitch deck, and communicate their vision to a panel of entrepreneurs. Students will also have the opportunity to further develop their professional network.

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites BUSE 676 Launching, Sustaining, and Scaling Creative Ventures  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 690 Internship

    Internships are an integral part of the major, bringing together theoretical concepts with real world situations. In cooperation with leading organizations in the Chicago area and beyond, qualified students have the opportunity to acquire hands-on field experience, confidence, and contacts. Students become more aware of what is involved in their chosen career by actually working in a professional organization. The student, internship coordinator, faculty advisor, and sponsoring organization work together to make the internship experience one of the most important experiences in the student’s education.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-6180
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • BUSE 691 Thesis Proposal Development

    The principal objective of the Master’s Thesis is to demonstrate original scholarship and contribute to the general knowledge of the field of arts, entertainment, and media management. A student may choose to complete a Thesis or Thesis Project as an elective.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 28-6187
    TH
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1



  

  • BUSE 692 Thesis Continuance

    If a degree candidate does not submit a completed thesis by the thesis deadline in the semester following the semester of thesis enrollment, the student must enroll in Thesis Continuance in the next semester.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-6189
    TH
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1



  

  • BUSE 695 Directed Study

    Directed Studies are learning activities involving student independence within the context of regular guidance and direction from a faculty advisor. Directed Studies are appropriate for students who wish to explore a subject beyond what is possible in regular courses, or for students who wish to engage in a subject or activity not otherwise offered that semester by the College. Directed Studies involve close collaboration with a faculty advisor who will assist in development and design of the project, oversee its progress, evaluate the final results, and submit a grade. Subject to department approval.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-6195
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • BUSE 696 Independent Project

    The student, with the approval of a supervising faculty member, designs a tutorial/independent project to study an area that is not currently available in the curriculum. Prior to registration, the student must submit a written proposal that outlines the project to the chair of the Business and Entrepreneurship Department or Business and Entrepreneurship Faculty Supervisor for approval.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 28-6198
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • BUSE 699 Topics in Arts Management:

    This course is designed to respond to current trends and topical issues related to Business and Entrepreneurship. The course topic changes according to program needs.

    Repeatable: N
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 110 Chicago: The Global Metropolis

    This course will introduce students to Chicago’s economic, ethnic, racial, cultural, and political development. Students develop knowledge concerning the impact of technological change on Chicago and the economic and demographic forces that have helped shape the city’s history. In addition the class will help CCC freshman to gain access to the various cultural institutions and neighborhoods of the city.

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 110
    FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 111 Fashion in Chicagoland: Vintage, Thrift, Fast and Cool

    In this course students will explore Chicago through the dynamic lens of fashion. Each week students will be introduced to a topic with an assignment that requires them to examine different aspects of the fashion scene throughout the city. By digging deep and documenting their findings, students will work collaboratively to brainstorm, delegate tasks, and contribute to a blog or magazine inspired by Humans of New York and Bill Cunningham, with images, interviews and comments focused on fashion in Chicago. Local experts will speak on trend forecasting, blogging, design, vintage, thrifting, retail and the secondhand clothing trade.

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 111
    FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 112 Music and Media in Chicago

    Music and Media in Chicago will provide an overview of the past, present, and future of the many genres of music thriving in Chicago. It will examine how this city put its stamp on the development of these sounds as they spread around the world, as well as introducing the tools of the historian, sociologist, musicologist, and cultural critic via lectures, video, film, online and dead-tree readings, and vibrant discussions. The class also will review the past, present, and future of Chicago media-newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and the blogosphere-examining the city’s journalism culture and infrastructure, and, as with music, providing an understanding for an informed and critical reading of these texts so that the student can become an active and involved citizen participating to the fullest extent in everything this extraordinary metropolis has to offer. Students should expect to do some writing for each class, providing their reactions to and analysis of their choice of one of several examples of the music or media being discussed that week, and in some sessions sharing their work with the class or in breakout groups. Taught by Jim DeRogatis, English.

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 112
    FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 113 Curiosity in the City: Monsters, Marvels and Museums

    Freak shows, serial killers, medical oddities, and flesh-eating beetles are all part of the Chicago experience. This course is an interdisciplinary study of curiosity and wonder, incorporating philosophy, science, and history to investigate the threshold between shadow (the unfamiliar) and light (the known). Celebrating the marvelous and the macabre is part of a long history of collecting, reaching back to the wonder-cabinets of the late Renaissance. Chicago museums were leaders in the post-Darwinian transformation from sideshow to legitimate science. In this course we will explore three categories of strange Chicago (monsters, marvels, and museology) as case studies to understand the nature of curiosity. Themes will include the nature of knowledge (e.g., credulity, skepticism, collecting and constructing nature, etc.), the borders of human and inhuman (natural and moral monsters), and the hidden oddities of urban natural history. In addition to reporting on a few strange sites in Chicago, each student will make their own curiosity cabinet (a personal artistic/intellectual statement).

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 113
    FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 113H Curiosity in the City: Monsters, Marvels and Museums: Honors

    Freak shows, serial killers, medical oddities, and flesh-eating beetles are all part of the Chicago experience. This course is an interdisciplinary study of curiosity and wonder, incorporating philosophy, science, and history to investigate the threshold between shadow (the unfamiliar) and light (the known). Celebrating the marvelous and the macabre is part of a long history of collecting, reaching back to the wonder-cabinets of the late Renaissance. Chicago museums were leaders in the post-Darwinian transformation from sideshow to legitimate science. In this course we will explore three categories of strange Chicago (monsters, marvels, and museology) as case studies to understand the nature of curiosity. Themes will include the nature of knowledge (e.g., credulity, skepticism, collecting and constructing nature, etc.), the borders of human and inhuman (natural and moral monsters), and the hidden oddities of urban natural history. In addition to reporting on a few strange sites in Chicago, each student will make their own curiosity cabinet (a personal artistic/intellectual statement).

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 113H
    FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14) and Honors Student (HONR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 114 50 Years of Civil Rights in Chicago

    A half century ago the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr brought the civil rights movement from Selma to Chicago, and shocked a nation that thought racial oppression was just a Southern thing. Today, exactly 50 years later, young American men and women hardly out of their teens – including Columbia College students – are playing a role in the critical issues summarized by black lives matter. The City of Chicago – its people, its history, its culture – are on the front lines of a newly energized struggle for civil rights. And it is true today, as it was 50 years ago, that The Whole World is Watching. Students in this course will engage with the people and institutions that have made our city an international focus for social change. They will use public relations techniques to document and communicate the past and current state of civil rights in Chicago. And looking toward graduation, they will prepare for their careers a whole lot smarter, ready for intelligent, emotional engagement with the realities of diversity in America today.

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 114
    DEI FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 115 Heard in the Hood: Social Media Storytelling From Chicago’s Neighborhoods

    This course gives students the opportunity to tell stories from Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods using mobile apps such as Instagram and Vine to document the community. Students in this course will learn basic smartphone photography, video, and best practices for using social media. Students will look at how journalists and storytellers use social media to report and to engage because social media without engagement is just media. Students also have the opportunity to learn how to verify information and find credible Tweets in a sea of Tweets. What does a politician’s social media account really tell you about what’s going on in a neighborhood? Students will use investigative skills to find out. This course is for students who love telling stories with the latest mobile technology. Everyone in the course is a storyteller and journalist, and at the end of the semester, students should have a small body of work to show for it.

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 115
    FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 116 Podcasting Chicago: Capturing the Sounds of Chicago’s Neighborhoods

    The course emphasizes the art of listening with a focus on Chicago’s unique neighborhoods, engaging students by employing them to study, travel to, and listen for the sounds of the city in communities like Chinatown, Little Italy or Pilsen. Students will record the sounds of the neighborhoods (with the help of Radio Department teaching assistants) and then create a series of audio podcast episodes through words and particularly the captured sounds. The goal is to create a series of audio documentaries that are, in essence, a sound mosaic of the city of Chicago that will be featured in a podcast series deliverable online.

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 116
    FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 117 Chicago Film History

    Chicago Film History is a screening, lecture, and discussion course with a two-fold purpose. It explores Chicago’s formative role in the creation of the Hollywood system and analyzes how Chicago has been represented in American narrative and documentary features. In particular, it’s divided into four units. Unit I uses Flickering Empire: How Chicago Invented the U.S Film Industry to review how Chicago functioned as the center of American film production pre-Hollywood. Unit II explores images of Chicago in genres such as gangster films, film noir, and romantic comedies. Unit III covers Chicago documentaries. Lastly, Unit IV contains in-class presentations where students synthesize their own analyses and research in front of their peers.

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 117
    FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 118 Flagships, Boutiques, Popups and More: Chicago, a Retail Innovation Lab

    Chicago has been a retail destination shop since the days of fur traders and, later, retail pioneers like Marshall Field and Richard Warren Sears. Today, Chicago is still a retail giant for residents and tourists alike, featuring a multitude of retail flagships (Crate & Barrel, AT&T, NikeTown, UnderArmor, American Girl, Warby Parker, Uniqlo, Eataly, Walgreens’ State Street Store.) as well as some of the most exciting boutiques and pop-up concepts anywhere in the world (think Transistor, Wolfbait & B-girls, Open Book).

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 118
    FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 119 Chicago Means Business: The Creative Leadership of Our City

    This course will connect incoming first-year students with the urban landscape of Chicago by exposing them to various facets of the cultural industries in the city: festivals and live events; sports; music; digital media; design; fine, visual and performing arts; and others. Through various interactive projects as well as and group and online discussion forums, the students will explore and experience Chicago’s creative industries.

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 119
    FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 120 Big Chicago: Dance, Sex and Popular Culture

    This class explores how Chicago’s rich dance history and contemporary practices–from the Savoy to Soul Train–circulate throughout and influence popular culture. Readings, discussions, performances and close viewings reveal dance in popular culture as texts that reflect culturally held ideas about sexuality, race, class and gender. The class introduces students to Chicago through and exploration of Chicago’s house, footwork and stepping dance cultures, as well as its contemporary concert dance scene. Popular television dance shows Bring It!, Dance Moms and So You Think You Can Dance, and popular performances by artists in music videos, film and television such as Beyoncé, Katie Perry, Nikki Minaj and Taylor Swift are also interrogated to see how they articulate contemporary socio-political ideals through their dancing bodies, or the bodies that dance for them. Social media sites including Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr are critically engaged as pertinent sites of public discourse.

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 120
    DEI FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 121 Did You Just Flip Me Off?? Deaf People and Linguistic Diversity in Chicago

    Chicago is a global city, and its linguistic diversity reflects its cultural richness. This course will survey the topics of signed languages and their structures, Deaf Culture, and the vibrant Deaf community in Chicago. Students will also explore Chicago’s neighborhoods and dynamic linguistic diversity. Topics include the history of American Sign Language, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Deaf art and storytelling, and the linguistics of cross-cultural dialogue. Additionally, students will explore ideas of disability and privilege through the lens of the many museums and cultural landmarks in Chicago.

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 121
    DEI FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 122 The Late, Late Afternoon Show

    The Late, Late Afternoon Show will expose students to the best and the brightest across Chicago’s vivid cultural landscape. The class is taught through a talk show/interview format, allowing each week’s featured guest to share their life and work experiences in the arts. Students will race across the city to experience music venues, museums, theatres, performances, art exhibits, design shows and all the human-made beauty a world-class city’s culture provides.

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 122
    FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 123 Chicago: Creating a Cinematic Diary

    The city provides a dynamic space to experience immediate methods of personal inquiry, creativity, sharing, experimentation and self-expression. Using focused observation through image and sound acquisition and curation, students will set, articulate and re-examine artistic goals through intentional self-reflection about their emerging creative process through making increasingly sophisticated cinematic diary entries. The course employs two types of expression and exploration: writing using images and sounds and writing using text and voice in ways that require students to explore thought and expression that are metaphorical, aesthetic, contextual and personal. Activities are grounded in a number of needed future skills: design sense, novel and adaptive thinking, media and digital literacy, information literacy, transdisciplinarity, social intelligence, collaboration and connectivity.

    For more information go First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 123
    FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 124 Chicago: City of Stories

    The spirit of a place is most aptly captured by its artists. Writers in particular have long been fascinated with the city of Chicago. The literary tradition in Chicago is rich and varied. From the politically conscious poems of Gwendolyn Brooks, to the fantastic imaginings of L. Frank Baum and Ray Bradbury, to the blue collar portraits and tales of Studs Terkel, Nelson Algren and beyond. Chicago’s contribution to the pantheon of storytelling goes without question. The city is at the forefront of the modern graphic novel renaissance, and was the birthplace of the poetry slam. In this lecture hall class, students will survey the history of Chicago literature and storytelling from the Great Fire of 1871 to the present. The course will examine the literary history of the City of Big Shoulders and learn to understand the profound impact the city will have on their own sense of story and development as artists. The course will not only place the city in literary context, but will help students discover the many voices at the center of this complex, vigorous, beautifully paradoxical city. In doing so, students will begin to discover the most important voice of all-their own.

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 124
    FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 125 Death and Desire in Chicago

    In this course we will use texts in literature, science, and the arts, in the context of the City of Chicago, to frame an exploration of human representations of the relationship between death and desire. Walking the city and on excursions to locations such as The Art Institute of Chicago, The Field Museum, Chicago Museum of Sex, The Cambodian Memorial Museum, Cook County Forest Preserves, and Chicago city parks and cemeteries, students will be invited to consider the visual, physical, and spatial manifestations of theoretical concepts such as: the abject, decay, ancestry, legacy, fetish, jouissance, the erotic, evolution, and symbiosis. Texts, visits, and events range from the murders during the 1893 World’s Fair to deaths caused by the 1995 heat wave; from Chicago’s identity as the slaughterhouse of the world to its current reputation as a world class food city; from its geologic history as a site of widespread destruction and extinction to its reputation as having one of the more vibrant queer cultures in the United States. Students will create a working artist/design journal as a site of artistic and academic observation and reflection to explore their experiences, research, and ideas presented in the class. Students will also use social media platforms such as Instagram and Twitter to aggregate personal observations and data to be analyzed in a final course reflection.

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 125
    FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 126 Chicago: Design of Cities and Social Justice

    In this course, we investigate Chicago as a hub for activism and social change through the lens of architecture, urban planning, design and the arts. Students will be invited to consider the physical and virtual places and spaces and objects that constitute and define the city of Chicago and the Chicagoland region. Students will learn of Daniel Burnham, the architect and visionary urban planner who, in the early 1900s, proposed access to clean air, green space, civic engagement and cultural life for Chicago’s residents. On walking tours and site visits throughout the city, students will examine and critically evaluate the current condition of Chicago’s urban and civic spaces against the backdrop of Burnham’s plan. Students will investigate how different people and organizations throughout the region contribute to access for services in health, nutrition, safety and the environment for Chicagoans. Students will be introduced to models of grassroots and community engagement that open up spaces for dialogue, action, agency and continued transformation and vitality.

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 126
    FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 127 Chicago Fashion Tribes

    Women’s Wear Daily once described dress code unifiers as fashion tribes; calling out those that flaunt their sartorial signage to show who they run with. Fashion in Chicago is shaped by mainstream brands and local style tribes. A hundred years before there were brand name stores in every town or shopping online, Chicago was the capital of the mail-order catalog industry, providing and distributing ready-to-wear clothing and accessories for the masses. Nowadays, with a diverse population of close to three million people, it is possible to see high fashion and street style in the same neighborhood. Add to the mix the diversity of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religions, political beliefs and ideologies, then Chicago represents a fascinating fashion fusion; a global experience without leaving the city. Students will observe and participate in the function of fashion as a form of belonging. With a focus on observing and documenting fashion tribes, and identifying their own, students will learn how fashion can define, incorporate and galvanize by expanding their understanding of what makes Chicago style unique.

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 127
    DEI FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 128 Made in Chicago: The City of Art and Design

    Chicago has served as the home of the surrealist art collective The Hairy Who?, an incubator of innovative African-American graphic design, the site of vibrant Latino/a murals, a cradle of forward-thinking urban photography, and a crossroads for civil rights and gay liberation visual culture. This course examines Chicago as a national and international center for art and design. Students will have the opportunity to travel across the city to explore, understand, and engage with historic and contemporary art and design objects in a process of hands-on inquiry and experiential learning. In the classroom, there will be lectures, discussions, and group/individual projects to address topics like the role of cities as cultural incubators, the importance of images in understanding cities, the role of art and design as a tool for empowering diverse communities, and students’ role in Chicago’s current art and design culture. The course pairs with artdesignchicago.org, an unprecedented series of exhibitions and programs across the entire City of Chicago in 2018.

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 128
    DEI FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 129 Chicago: The Third Coast

    The blue horizontal lines that frame the iconic red stars on the Chicago flag represent Lake Michigan and the Great Canal, waterways that link the City across time and space to the development of modern America. In this course students will learn about the human and natural history of the Chicago Portage and the Continental Divide, and about the rich history of technological innovation that created the complex network of canals, railroads, highways, and air corridors that make the city an unrivaled transportation hub. While this network contributed directly to Chicago becoming an industrial, retail, and financial powerhouse and was a beacon to adventurers, entrepreneurs, and artists, it had negative effects on the environment. Students will explore this history through class lectures, discussion, song, and field trips to a variety of City locations and will use a journal as a site of artistic and academic observation and reflection to document some of the scientific, environmental, technological, artistic, and historic features of this great crossroads metropolis.

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly FEXP 129
    FE
    Requirements Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 130 Chicago Latinx! Community, Culture and Citizenship

    Chicago is a multi-ethnic city, and the Latino community is one of the most vibrant and active today. But what’s in a name? What’s in a place? What are the connections between an urban space like Chicago and the communities that call themselves Latina/o, Hispanic, Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran? Some of them are recent immigrants and need to navigate a culture and a language unfamiliar to them; some of them were born here and need to straddle more than one culture and language; some are scarcely aware of their cultural and linguistic origins. And then there is the rest of the population who constantly interacts with these communities. This course delves into the issues of Latin@/Latinx ethnicity and culture in the urban space of Chicago–through language and literature, music and food–as we discuss questions of migration, cultural citizenship, and identity.

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    FE
    Requirements New Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CCCX 131 Big Chicago: Epicenter of Popular Culture

    From the invention of pinball machines and video games; the invention of gospel music and the electrification of the blues-and serving as ground zero for the Black Arts Movement-Chicago has always played a pivotal role in the evolution of 20th Century popular culture. Columbia College Chicago has long been at the crossroads of this cultural wellspring. This course is an interdisciplinary study of the city’s contributions to the pantheon of pop. From the first Ferris Wheel to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, “Epicenter of Popular Culture” will challenge students to explore and understand the city’s contributions to modern culture and ask them to consider the question, “Why does pop culture matter?” Students across all areas of study will benefit from gleaning a deep-rooted understanding and appreciation of Chicago as a mecca for American and global popular culture. Along the way, students will begin to ponder their own contributions to the tradition, challenging them to truly understand the concept of “authoring the culture of our times.”

    For more information go to First Semester Experience: Big Chicago

    Repeatable: N
    FE
    Requirements New Freshman Only (FF14)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



 

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