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The art of Letting Go: Daoism and Buddhism in Daily Life — CHI4405.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
Daoism and Buddhism hold a significant place in the daily lives of most Taiwanese people. These philosophical traditions influence spirituality, meditation practices, and ethical values. Many Taiwanese incorporate elements of these philosophies into their daily lives to reduce stress and improve mental wellbeing, and so can you. Students will be introduced to central concepts
Cultural Studies and Languages

The Art of Listening — MHI2239.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Joseph Alpar
Credits: 2
Composer Pauline Oliveros once said, "Listen to everything all the time and remind yourself when you are not listening." In this course, we will listen to a wide variety of music styles from all over the world and from different time periods. However, rather than organizing the course according to genre, each week we will focus on a particular theme—the natural world,
Music

The Art of Listening — MET2239.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Joseph Alpar
Credits: 2
Composer Pauline Oliveros once said, “Listen to everything all the time and remind yourself when you are not listening.” In this course, students will develop their musical knowledge and active listening skills through the examination of diverse musical practices and sounds in varied social, cultural, and historical contexts. Rather than organizing the course according to genre
Music

The Art of Literary Criticism — LIT4586.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Ben Anastas
Credits: 4
“We live in a golden age of criticism,” W.J.T. Mitchell famously declared in 1987, and by that he meant that the dominant literary forms of the late 20th Century—poetry, fiction, drama and film—had lost the supremacy they’d long held to the emergent high-minded fields of literary criticism and literary theory. The Critic and the Artist have always been at odds, though recent
Literature

The Art of Literary Translation — LIT4319.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Marguerite Feitlowitz
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
It may be that the closest, most interpretative and creative reading of a text involves translating from one language to another. Questions of place, culture, epoch, voice, gender, and rhythm take on new urgency, helping us deepen our skills and sensibilities in new ways. The seminar has a triple focus: comparing and contrasting existing translations of a single work; reading
Literature

The Art of Literary Translation — LIT4319.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Marguerite Feitlowitz
Credits: 4
It may well be that the closest, most interpretative, and creative reading of a text involves translating it from one language to another. Questions of place, culture, epoch, voice, gender, and rhythm take on new urgency, helping us to deepen our writerly skills and sensibilities. As Joseph Brodsky put it: “You must memorize poems, do translation, study foreign languages. And
Cultural Studies and Languages Literature

The Art of Literary Translation — LIT4319.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Marguerite Feitlowitz
Credits: 4
It may well be that the closest, most interpretative, and creative reading of a text involves translating it from one language to another. Questions of place, culture, epoch, voice, gender, and rhythm take on new urgency, helping us to deepen our writerly skills and sensibilities. As Joseph Brodsky put it: “You must memorize poems, do translation, study foreign languages. And
Literature

The Art of Literary Translation — LIT4319.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Marguerite Feitlowitz
Credits: 4
It may well be that the closest, most interpretative, and creative reading of a text involves translating it from one language to another. Questions of place, culture, epoch, voice, gender, and rhythm take on new urgency, helping us to deepen our writerly skills and sensibilities. As Joseph Brodsky put it: “You must memorize poems, do translation, study foreign languages. And
Literature

The Art of Literary Translation — LIT4319.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Marguerite Feitlowitz
Credits: 4
It may be that the closest, most interpretative and creative reading of a text involves translating from one language to another. Questions of place, culture, epoch, voice, gender, and rhythm take on new urgency, helping us deepen our skills and sensibilities in new ways. The seminar has a triple focus: comparing and contrasting existing translations of a single work; reading
Literature

The Art of Literary Translation: Your Histories, Texts, and Authorial Selves — LIT4319.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Marguerite Feitlowitz
Credits: 4
It may well be that the closest, most interpretative, and creative reading of a text involves translating it from one language to another. Questions of place, culture, epoch, voice, gender, and rhythm take on new urgency, helping us to deepen our writerly skills and sensibilities. In this course, you will translate a myriad of texts, including works you have written, or are
Cultural Studies and Languages Literature

The Art of Losing: Composing and Editing Dances and Writing — DAN4372.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Elena Demyanenko
Credits: 2
In this course, students will focus on composition in both writing and in dance with a particular focus on editing. This course is designed for students interested in excavating and investigating their patterns and tendencies and interested in the rigor of crafting a work for public reception. We will explore the effect of removing materials. What space is created through
Dance

The Art of Mathematics — MAT2439.01

Spring 2016
Instructor:
Credits: 4
Are you interested in the interplay between art and mathematics? In this class, we will explore striking visual and spatial concepts that arise in sophisticated modern mathematics. We will do so without assuming any mathematical prerequisites. Topics include the structure of Moebius strips and solids; topology (the stretching and bending of space); the fourth dimension; the
Science Mathematics and Computing

The Art of Mediation and Negotiation — APA2354.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 4
This class will examine conflict resolution theory and practice. We will explore the nature of conflict, principled negotiation and the mediation process. The skills of active listening as well as multi-party collaborative problem-solving will be introduced. The class will offer a 24 hour Certificate in Mediation Training. Classes will include readings, discussion and role-play
CAPA

The Art of Mediation and Negotiation — MED2107.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Daniel Michaelson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
In this class we explore the basic elements of conflict resolution with a focus on Mediation.  Students will learn and observe the differences between Mediation, Negotiation, and Court Processes.  We will examine which behaviors escalate conflicts, and which ones build lasting foundations of peace.  Incorporated into this class is a certified twenty-hour training
CAPA

The Art of Mediation and Negotiation — MED2107.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Daniel Michaelson
Credits: 2
Conflict exists everywhere—with friends and roommates, within the family, between nations—but is conflict inevitable?  In this class we will explore the basic elements of conflict resolution, focusing on the process of Mediation.  We will learn and observe the differences between mediation, negotiation, and court processes.  We will examine which behaviors
CAPA

The Art of Mediation and Negotiation — MED2107.02

Fall 2016
Instructor: Daniel Michaelson
Credits: 2
Conflict exists everywhere—with friends and roommates, within the family, between nations—but is conflict inevitable?  In this class we will explore the basic elements of conflict resolution, focusing on the process of Mediation.  We will learn and observe the differences between mediation, negotiation, and court processes.  We will examine which behaviors
CAPA

The Art of Mediation and Negotiation — MED2107.02

Fall 2017
Instructor: Peter Pagnucco
Credits: 2
Conflict exists everywhere—with friends and roommates, within the family, between nations—but is conflict inevitable?  In this class we will explore the basic elements of conflict resolution, focusing on the process of Mediation.  We will learn and observe the differences between mediation, negotiation, and court processes.  We will examine which behaviors
CAPA

The Art of Mediation and Negotiation — MED2107.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: daniel michaelson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
In this class we will explore the basic elements of conflict resolution. We will learn and observe the differences between mediation, negotiation, and court processes. We will examine which behaviors escalate conflicts, and which ones build lasting foundations of peace. Incorporated into this class is a certified twenty-hour training in basic mediation skills, including active
CAPA

The Art of Mediation and Negotiation — MED2107.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Peter Pagnucco
Credits: 2
Conflict exists everywhere—with friends and roommates, within the family, between nations—but is conflict inevitable?  In this class we will explore the basic elements of conflict resolution, focusing on the process of Mediation.  We will learn and observe the differences between mediation, negotiation, and court processes.  We will examine which behaviors
CAPA

The Art of Rehearsing — DAN4229.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 4

What happens when you start a rehearsal process and you are not sure what you are wanting yet? How do you present movement phrases, concepts, and structures and incorporate new information from the performers? What is it that you see? How do you change your mind?

Dance

The Art of Rehearsing — DAN4229.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 4
What happens when you start a rehearsal process and you are not sure what you are wanting yet? How do you present movement phrases, concepts, and structures and incorporate new information from the performers? What is it that you see? How do you change your mind? This is a laboratory setting to explore how to make, teach, and rehearse short selections of movement material.
Dance

The Art of Spanish — SPA2106.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
Students with little or no Spanish will learn the language through an immersion in Latin American painting. While there will be some discussion of standard tactics such as stylistic nuances and artists’ biographies, it is expected that we will rapidly develop sufficient linguistic ability to focus on movements, ranging from the republican art of nation-building in the 19th
Languages

The Art of Spanish I: Language Through Painting — SPA2107.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Students with little or no Spanish will learn the language through an immersion in Latin American painting. While there will be some discussion of standard tactics such as stylistic nuances and artists' biographies, it is expected that we will rapidly develop sufficient linguistic ability to focus on movements, ranging from the republican art of nation-building in the 19th
Languages

The Art of Spectacle — DRA4291.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 4
This class will be a focused study of Spectacle - or writing the impossible play -- in conjunction with a short study of the Poetics.  We will investigate how spectacle can be deeply connected to the perception shift (when done correctly).  Reading will include a wide breadth of works from Robert LaPage and the Rude Mechs, to B.J. Jenkins and Young
Drama Literature

The Art of Stage Design — DRA2250.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 4
A set design communicates lots of information to an audience, and provides the physical world in which a performance takes place. In his book The Dramatic Imagination, the great set designer Robert Edmond Jones wrote: “…we may fairly speak of the art of stage designing as poetic, in that it seeks to give expression to the essential quality of a play rather than to its outward
Dance Drama