Surveillance
11:00am–12:50pm
Diana Center DIA 502
Barnard
Seat data provenance: Directory as of August 23, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Description
Surveillance has become a ubiquitous term that either conjures images of George Orwell’s 1984, the popular series Black Mirror, or is dismissed as an inconvenience and a concern of only those who engage in criminal activity or have something to hide. Using sociological theories of power, biopower, racialization, and identity formation, Surveillance explores the various ways we are monitored by state authorities and corporations and our role in perpetuating the system (un)wittingly
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Instructor quality
n=15, 2005–2026
Aggregated across every course Randa B Serhan has taught.
Teaching quality
4.7 / 5
Grading fairness
3.5 / 5
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No signal
Difficulty
3.2 / 5 · Moderate
Overall sentiment
In your week
Where it meets
Flat map — motion reduced
Workload and grading
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- Credits
- 4 credits
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