English 1bb3 / Csct 1bb3 - Cultural Studies And Consumer Culture
English 1bb3 / Csct 1bb3 - Cultural Studies And Consumer Culture
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06-17-2008
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English 1bb3 / Csct 1bb3 - Cultural Studies And Consumer Culture
This course is interesting, the material is relevant and touches on aspects of marketing (which I enjoy  ).
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An overview of the development of cultural studies as an interdisciplinary field of academic inquiry through an exploration of the history of mass and consumer culture. Considerable emphasis will be placed on the development of critical skills in reading and writing.
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I'm sure that description above doesn't help very much, so I'll try and give you a quick overview. Basically this course is about advertising, and how companies market products to consumers. It ISN'T a course on creating marketing campaigns, instead it is one that looks at ads (magazine ads, visual ads, etc) and breaks them down into the different parts that makes them successful. You learn about some theoretical aspects to consumer culture and why people buy the things they do (id, ego, alter ego, etc) and have to write a few papers on consumer culture (eg. why people buy big SUV's when they are clearly very expensive and not fuel efficient).
Overall a good course with interesting material, only downfall is that there is a few big essays that are worth a lot of marks and you need to be able to write a good paper with convincing arguments to get a high mark. Being an English course though, thats what you'd expect  |
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06-17-2008 at 09:58 AM
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Are there other courses that touch on some aspects of marketing like this one does?
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06-17-2008 at 10:09 AM
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I took this class in 2005 with Dr. Brophy.
I really enjoyed the class, and did fairly well. I think the course breakdown was the same as what Chad mentioned:
- two essays
- tutorial
- final exam
samantha_, a good course is english/csct 2j03 (popular culture).
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06-18-2008 at 12:35 AM
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is there a huge difference between csct visual vs. csct consumer!!?
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06-18-2008 at 06:27 AM
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although there is some overlap, yes there is a difference between the two.
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06-18-2008 at 02:34 PM
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did you have any preferences between the two?!
the course descriptions are really vague so i can't decide..
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although there is some overlap, yes there is a difference between the two.
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06-18-2008 at 04:22 PM
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1bb3.
then you can avoid the monstrous feminine.
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06-18-2008 at 05:24 PM
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Who teaches this course and what's the professor's teaching style (reading from powerpoint or overheads, actually lectures, etc.)?
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06-18-2008 at 07:14 PM
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There is no prof listing at the moment, which means they have yet to be hired.
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06-21-2008 at 10:45 PM
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What's the workload like for this course? Are there a lot of assignments to do, heavy readings, etc.?
Did you think this course was hard? Do you think someone who isn't strong in English would do well or average in this course?
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06-22-2008 at 12:33 AM
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Workload etc is explained in the review.
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06-24-2008 at 11:39 AM
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What's the workload like for this course? Are there a lot of assignments to do, heavy readings, etc.?
Did you think this course was hard? Do you think someone who isn't strong in English would do well or average in this course?
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The workload is average; two essays and a very small 5 minute presentation in tutorial, and then a final exam.
I do not believe someone who isn't in English or any other Humanities program would get a great mark in this course. I knew someone in Commerce who took it, and he failed the class.
The exam last year was MC, short essay (critique of an ad) and long essay. |
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which is better in your opinion cosumer or visual i cant seem to decide??
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11-27-2008 at 08:07 PM
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I Love English and I need it as an elective.
I need to decide between
English 1A03, 1AA3, 1B03 & 1BB3....
Apparently I need a mark booster.
Currently I have chosen 1B03 on SOLAR for Term 2 since it was the only one that had a vacancy. I see that now 1AA3 and 1A03 have vacancies too...I am so confused.
I need somebody well versed with English to help me @ the speed of lightning :(
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11-28-2008 at 06:15 PM
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it depends on your interests within english.
1b03 and 1bb3 are about consumerism and visual culture. 1a03 i believe is shorter genres (plays, poems, short stories) while i think 1aa3 is longer genres (novels)
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says thanks to lorend for this post.
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