Interdisciplinary Electives

IDS 121.15i
MUSIC: BASIC MUSIC RESEARCH AND CRITICISM
3 units
This is a course in musicology that introduces reliable and recently revised sources of music research for writing program notes. It aims to develop good taste in listening to live and recorded music, an essential ingredient to music criticism.

IDS 132.05i
HUMANS AND CULTURE: CULTURAL STUDIES OF TECHNOLOGY (HYPERMEDIA,
THE WORLD WIDE WEB, AND THE CONTEMPORARY CRITICAL THEORY AND TECHNOLOGY)
3 units
This is an introductory course on the cultural studies of technology from a global perspective. This course explores the rhyzomatics of technology in the history of the present and highlights the multi-linear and
non-narrative form of the World Wide Web and other hypermedia technologies.

IDS 133.03i
IDEOLOGIES: GENDER RELATIONS
3 units
This course discusses the historically specific forms of relations between women and men in a given society. Topics include gender relations in society, the historical direction of gender relations and the resulting subordination of women, and the connection between gender relations and the economy.

IDS 133.04i
DEOLOGIES: GENDER AND SOCIETY IN THE PHILIPPINES - Perspectives, Problems, and Prospects
3 units
This course discusses Philippine issues and their relation to gender and the examination of the responses of men and women (but particularly of women) to these issues. The course aids students in understanding
their place in society and the part gender plays in that place.

IDS 143.05i
LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY: READING FOR LIFE
3 units
This is an interdisciplinary course in literature and philosophy aimed at introducing students to a practice of deepened ethical engagement with literature and, through literature and philosophy, with life. It revolves around the idea that reading literature has a moral relevance and is valuable for living well. The course will cover philosophical texts about the cognitive and moral value of literature and examples of philosophical commentaries on works of literature. Its central concepts include literature and moral imagination, literature and its relation to the interpretation and construction of conceptual forms, and the moral and ontological horizons of art.

IDS 162.13i
MEDIA STUDIES: FILIPINO FILM AND SOCIETY
3 units
The course examines the complex relationship between the Filipino feature film and Philippine society —
how historical, social, economic, cultural and political forces shape film and how film makes an impact on
society. It also looks into the conduct and context of film production and exhibition.

IDS 180.13i
SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHILIPPINE STUDIES:
REPRESENTATION OF OTHERNESS IN FILM AND LITERATURE
3 units
This course studies the ways in which the Other has been depicted in two major cultural types — film and
literature — and the factors leading to such representations. A number of illustrative films and literary texts are used to illustrate the issues tackled in the course.