Gender Through Comic Books (Online University Course FREE)
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From the enrollment site:
Full course description
Gender Through Comics: A Super MOOC is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) coming Spring 2013 [April 2 - May 10] that examines how comic books can be used to explore questions of gender identity, stereotypes, and roles. This highly engaging learning experience is designed for college-age and lifelong learners.
The course, led by Christina Blanch of Ball State University, uses a study of comic books incorporating highly interactive video lectures, online discussions between students, and real-time socially driven interviews. Interviews with the comic industry's biggest names such as Terry Moore, Brian K Vaughan, Mark Waid, as well as others address questions of gender representations and constructions involving both men and women.
To purchase the required materials for this course, please visit the Comixology page for Gender and Comic Books.
http://youtu.be/u--VPKbovjA
I've enrolled and I'm pretty excited about this. Hopefully I can juggle it with my for credit graduate class I'm currently taking... It is FREE to take the class, but you're looking at some fees for purchasing the books. However, if you're like me, you might have some of them in your collection already.
Full course description
Gender Through Comics: A Super MOOC is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) coming Spring 2013 [April 2 - May 10] that examines how comic books can be used to explore questions of gender identity, stereotypes, and roles. This highly engaging learning experience is designed for college-age and lifelong learners.
The course, led by Christina Blanch of Ball State University, uses a study of comic books incorporating highly interactive video lectures, online discussions between students, and real-time socially driven interviews. Interviews with the comic industry's biggest names such as Terry Moore, Brian K Vaughan, Mark Waid, as well as others address questions of gender representations and constructions involving both men and women.
To purchase the required materials for this course, please visit the Comixology page for Gender and Comic Books.
http://youtu.be/u--VPKbovjAI've enrolled and I'm pretty excited about this. Hopefully I can juggle it with my for credit graduate class I'm currently taking... It is FREE to take the class, but you're looking at some fees for purchasing the books. However, if you're like me, you might have some of them in your collection already.
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