Greg Pabst
COMS 295
Core A1
Course Description:
In Telling San
Francisco’s Stories, students will explore different facets of San Francisco to
discover its history, culture, myths and lore. These discoveries will allow
students to select topics and evaluate data for seminar presentations. Areas of
study may include Gold Rush San Francisco, the Earthquake and Fire, the
Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco on film and in the media, contemporary problems
(i.e. homelessness) and possibly others based on student interest. Each area
will be studied by the entire class and provide the source for diverse classroom
presentations by individual seminar participants in order to develop public
speaking and presentation skills. A final project will entail group work.
Faculty Bio:
Greg Pabst is a
longtime adventurer in San Francisco history, lore and legend – and hopes to
hand over some of what he’s learned to his students. He’s Program
Director of USF’s Advertising Major/Minor and has deep experience in the
advertising business as well as a volunteer for San Francisco City Guides
www.sfcityguides.org He thinks that the best way to learn about the City
you’ll be living in is to go out and discover it on foot. His major passions are well told stories, Giants Baseball and San
Francisco, “The Queen City of the Pacific,” and he has a Gold Rush history
website at: http://gregnoevly.home.mindspring.com/welcome.html
