LIB 5525 Product of Learning (3)
The Product of Learning is intended to be a culminating or capstone experience to the advanced masters degree experience. As such, it permits the student to develop a product of learning to demonstrate to the library profession the knowledge and competencies the student acquired from his/her program of studies. The product of learning is an action research project that should be designed such that it captures the cumulative effects of theory and practice in learning in the Masters of Library Science degree for the entire program of studies. This project should result in both a high quality paper and an oral presentation of the paper.
LIB 2020 True Crime Genre Product of Learning (3)
GEN ED: Literary Studies Designation; Intercultural Literacy
Throughout this course we will explore the genre of true crime, its history and origins, and how its evolution reveals changing attitudes about gender, mental illness, morality, and race. We’ll examine and engage with true crime’s many forms, from podcasts to docuseries to famous true crime novels. We’ll also consider the perspectives from which true crime is told - from those involved in a crime, to those who report it, to those who join the investigative process and search for justice. By taking a deeper dive into some of these communities and issues, we will attempt to understand society’s obsessions with true crime and why many of us find solidarity and even pleasure in stories of crime and murder.