SF-1198 True Crime
True crime is wildly popular genre with an extraordinary reach across forms and audiences, as evidenced by blockbusters like Michelle McNamara's I'll Be Gone in the Dark and the podcast Serial. But while true crime texts may pull us in with the deviant, lurid, or outlandish, the best of them endure through their ability to situate crime within various social and historical contexts, and examine it through lenses of gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, region, religion, and more. In this course, we will study journalism, memoirs, podcasts, and documentaries interested in crime across the spectrum, from the absurd, to the violent, to the historical crimes that endure in the modern imagination. We will also examine the very popularity of the genre and what it means to write ethically and empathetically about the crimes that, in various ways, reveal our shared humanity.
Prerequisite
Student has not met all of the following Student has satisfied all of the following Student has satisfied all of the following Student has completed or is in process of completing any of the following course(s) WAIVER 15CR - At Least 15 Transfer Credits, WAIVER 30CR - At Least 30 Transfer Credits, WAIVER 45CR - At Least 45 Transfer Credits, WAIVER 60CR - At Least 60 Transfer Credits, WAIVER 90CR - At Least 90 Transfer Credits, courses with SF subject code with grade greater than or equal to D- (Undergraduate Grading Scheme). And Student has satisfied all of the following Academic Unit (Computed) in the selection list Advertising Public Relations and Social Media, Art and Design, Biology, Biology and Radiation Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Communication Journalism and Media, Economics, English, Environmental Science and Studies, History Language and Global Culture, INTO College of Arts and Sciences, Math and Computer Science, Medical Dosimetry, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science and Legal Studies, Psychology, Radiation Sciences, Sociology and Criminal Justice ...
Offered
Fall