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Critical Character Study within Anime
This class would be a critical character study of Anime characters throughout various genres of anime. There are very interesting and deep meanings behind characters, from their ideologies, symbolism, and real world inspiration of philosophers. In this class, I would go week by week dissecting these various characters for analysis and to prompt discussions on what these characters truly represent. We would go over philosophy, symbolism, story arcs, relations with real world people, and overall discussions of the anime.
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Writing on the Muni
Write poetry with creative writing junior Adrian Jose Fernandez, traveling to different locations around San Francisco each class. Learn about the history of our city by actually visiting important locations while also writing poetry on and about what you see. The original Philz, balmy alley, Views of Alcatraz, ocean beach bonfires, the Castro, Haight and Ashbury. Practice writing poetry in an outdoor, group setting in the most evocative city in all of California.
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Peace and equality of men and women and the Baha'i Faith
This class will introduce students to the Baha'i faith and its principles and its aim for world peace and equality of men and women.
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Genealogy - the study and tracing of lines of descent or development
This course will be giving students the opportunity to exercise their free will and their freedom to choose. This Genealogy course will help guide students with the process of acquiring insight into one's own character and the understanding of oneself or one's own motives or character. The college experience is to build and strengthen character.
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Critical Analysis of Contemporary Cinematic Expression
"Critical Analysis of Contemporary Cinematic Expression” is a film course where we will analyze movies from a span of genres. From foreign to musical to independent and B-Movie, we will be viewing movies that touch on social and interpersonal issues of the human experience. This class will be designed to be inclusive and recognize and appreciate all walks of life while being considerate and acknowledging the different lifestyles and belief systems that we may share. While some movies share similar themes, many of them will focus on specific themes that will be discussed as a class after the viewing. Some categories and titles we may start with are Foreign: Portrait of A Lady on Fire (2019) (French); Musical: Cats Don’t Dance (1997); and Psychological: Swallow (2019).
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Sleep Health and Hygiene
As college students, we struggle so much with balancing work, school and our personal lives that oftentimes we forget about the importance of sleep and we tend to experience sleep deprivation. Through this course we will discuss the importance of sleep hygiene, the anatomy of sleep, sleeping disorders and dreaming. We will also use our five senses to explore the best methods to have a healthier sleeping schedule. Additionally, we will explore sleep as a form of self-care and we will practice many techniques that will help us balance our lives and sleep.
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Philosophy and Star Wars
Have you ever wondered if you would be a Jedi or a Sith? Or whether Darth Vader was destined to become evil? Ever made real life references to Star Wars? This course is for you. The goals of this course are to introduce topics in Philosophy by using Star Wars as the anchor to make deep abstract thought more accessible and relatable in a clearway. From Ethics to Metaphysics to Eastern Philosophy students will ponder the philosophical aspects of Star Wars through thought provoking readings and engaging discussions.
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Examining Selected African American Short Stories and Poems
This course will explore a few aspects of black literature. This will range readings that deal with black womanhood, religion in black literature, and the idea of "passing" in black culture. Through this class students are expected to read the assigned readings for each author, but they are also encouraged to read any other short stories/poems that they may come across during their time in the course. This course offers students a chance to look at the literature of authors they might not have read from before, as well as have an open space to discuss the themes/ideas that they felt were conveyed throughout the readings.
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BDSM 101
BDSM 101 will help students explore their personalities and sexuality in a safe, controlled space. We will dive into the deepest, darkest corners of the BDSM lifestyle and speak with people who have 60+ years of experience within the community. This class will push students to the edge of their comfort zone and encourage them to reevaluate what their boundaries truly are.
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SFSU Pre-Med Course
This course will help serve as a guide for all the Pre-med students who are interested in pursuing a career in medicine, specifically going to medical school and becoming a doctor. It will give students an insight into the the different specialties in medicine. Students will learn about the life of doctors, nurses, PAs and what their daily routine looks like in a typical day, as well as explore various social issues in the field.
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Basic Music Theory
Though basic, this course delves into advanced concepts such as diatonic harmony--which is a fancy way of saying a group of chords which relate to a specific key. Learning how to achieve the ability to build diatonic harmony is lined out in a step-by-step process of memorizing the 12 tones of Western music and the Major Scale formula. From there, we will venture into chord construction, intervalic relationships, as well as complete small exercises which strengthen and reinforce our knowledge.
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Lucid Dreaming
This course is designed to facilitate understanding of the benefits of Lucid Dreaming while exploring mindful approaches to sleep and dreaming. We take a look at the history and science of Lucid Dreaming and talk about, and practice, a variety of effective induction techniques. We will be learning how to take note of our sleep cycles so that we can identify the most favorable times in the night to attempt lucid dreaming induction. We will be incorporating mindfulness and meditation to help our lucid dreaming training. Students will be able to identify the difference between lucid and non-lucid dreaming, understand how mindfulness helps both nighttime and daytime lucidity, and how to practice lucid dreaming safely, and without sacrificing their restorative sleep. At the end of the course, students will be able to create their own personalized lucid dreaming training program.
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Adventures in San Francisco
San Francisco has a lot of little-known places. We will explore many of them in this course. Impress your friends with this knowledge.
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Introduction to New Queer Cinema
This course will give a broad overview of New Queer Cinema (NQC)—1990s independent queer film. We will discuss the social and political contexts from which the genre emerged (the AIDS epidemic, Reagan’s administration), seminal films, NQC in international contexts, and the influence of NQC on contemporary queer film. The course will include films by key NQC filmmakers Cheryl Dunye, Gregg Araki, Gus Van Sant, and others.
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[Writer's Workshop]
This course will develop my own writing through helping others develop theirs. I also hope to foster a comfortable environment that will help students have an easier time with sharing their work in class.
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