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The Web as Artistic Platform — DA2110.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Robert Ransick
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course is an introduction to creative practices within digital technologies specifically focused on Internet based fine art projects. A broad survey of web-based digital arts is examined in tandem with an overview of design methodology and the tools necessary to create your own work. These include HTML, CSS, Photoshop, content management systems, and a basic introduction
Visual Arts

The Web as Artistic Platform — DA2110.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Robert Ransick
Credits: 4
This course is an introduction to creative practices within digital technologies specifically focused on Internet based fine art projects. A broad survey of web-based digital arts is examined in tandem with an overview of tools necessary to create your own work. These include HTML, CSS, Photoshop, content management systems, and a basic introduction to JavaScript. Students
Visual Arts

The Web as Artistic Platform — DA2110.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: robert ransick
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course is an introduction to creative practices within digital technologies specifically focused on Internet based fine art projects. A broad survey of web-based digital arts is examined in tandem with an overview of tools necessary to create your own work. These include HTML, CSS, Photoshop, content management systems, and a basic introduction to JavaScript. Students
Visual Arts

The Whiteness of the Whale: Moby-Dick and Melville's America — LIT2401.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Ben Anastas
Credits: 4
Poet Charles Olson, in his groundbreaking work of lyric criticism Call Me Ishmael (1947), argues that Melville’s classic novel Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851) is a truer and more essential literary document than Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass (1855) because “it is all of America, all of her space, the malice, the root.” A work of prophetic imagination that is almost endlessly
Literature

The Whiteness of the Whale: Moby-Dick and Melville's America — LIT2401.02

Fall 2018
Instructor: Benjamin Anastas
Credits: 2
The poet Charles Olson, in his groundbreaking lyric study of Melville Call me Ishmael (1947), argues that Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851) is a truer and more essentially American literary document than Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass (1855) because "it is all of America, all of her space, the malice, the root." We'll spend seven weeks reading Melville's account of Ahab's
Literature

The Working Class — SOC2203.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Debbie Warnock
Credits: 4
The American working class has been nearly ubiquitous in the media the last few years. Purported to have fueled the rise of Donald Trump due to class resentment, many now claim to speak for the working class, their experiences, and their motivations. But who are the working class, really? Grounded in the academic tradition of working-class studies, this course will use an
Society Culture and Thought

The World in 2050 — APA2280.01

Spring 2017
Instructor:
Credits: 4
What do you think the world will look like circa 2050? Futurists predict computers that host digital uploads of our brains, water crises, recycling breakthroughs, flying cars, shapeshifting skyscrapers, regenerating body parts, mass extinctions and experimental de-extinctions. To navigate the vastness of possible futures--from utopian to dystopian--the class begins with a leap
CAPA Society Culture and Thought

The World Ocean — ENV2205.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Chelsea Corr
Credits: 4
Covering 70% of Earth’s surface, it is no surprise that the ocean is an important component of the natural Earth system. However, what might be surprising is that the role of the ocean extends well beyond sustaining the global water cycle and marine ecosystems. For instance, the uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide by the surface ocean is the first step to moving carbon to long
Science and Mathematics Environment

The World of Pierre Boulez — MHI2320.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Credits: 4
The idea of this class is to use the breadth of Pierre Boulez's activities and interests to learn more about music and many other subjects, and to have a good time doing so. Composer and conductor and musical thinker Pierre Boulez (1925-2016) was  certainly at times "infuriating" (Alex Ross in the New Yorker), and most certainly an "enigma" (biographer Joan Peyser), but he
Music

The “Chinese Dream” after COVID? — CHI4403.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Ginger Lin
Credits: 4
With the Covid-19 pandemic, Beijing’s Hong Kong security law, and Xinjiang re-education camps, attitudes towards the Chinese government under the leadership of Xi Jinping have soured globally, challenging Xi’s plans to realize the “Chinese Dream” of “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” In this course, students will use authentic materials, such as print articles,
Cultural Studies and Languages

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Credits: 4
Whose class is this anyway? Improvisation is for everyone. Life is made up as it happens and improv is no different. This course will explore the basic elements of improvisation. Through short and long form theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, we aim to heighten observation, listening skills, and ensemble building. Character, object, and environment work will be
Drama

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: James Smith III
Credits: 4
Whose class is this anyway? Improvisation is for everyone. Life is made up as it happens and improv is no different. This course will explore the basic elements of improvisation. Through short and long form theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, we aim to heighten observation, listening skills, and ensemble building. Character, object, and environment work will be
Drama

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
Whose class is this anyway? Improvisation is for everyone. Life is made up as it happens and  improv is no different. This course will explore the basic elements of improvisation. Through  short and long form theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, we aim to heighten  observation, listening skills, and ensemble building. Character, object, and environment
Drama

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Days & Time: MO,TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 4

Whose class is this anyway? Yours! Improv is for everyone—just like life, it’s all about making it up as we go.

In this course, we’ll explore the fundamentals of improvisation through high-energy theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, and ensemble-building activities. We’ll dive into character, object, and environment work while staying grounded, truthful, and

Drama

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Credits: 4
Whose class is this anyway? Improvisation is for everyone. Life is made up as it happens and improv is no different. This course will explore the basic elements of improvisation. Through short and long form theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, we aim to heighten observation, listening skills, and ensemble building. Character, object, and environment work will be
Drama

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
Whose class is this anyway? Improvisation is for everyone. Life is made up as it happens and improv is no different. This course will explore the basic elements of improvisation. Through short and long form theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, we aim to heighten observation, listening skills, and ensemble building. Character, object, and environment work will be
Drama

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Credits: 4
Whose class is this anyway? Improvisation is for everyone. Life is made up as it happens and improv is no different. This course will explore the basic elements of improvisation. Through short and long form theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, we aim to heighten observation, listening skills, and ensemble building. Character, object, and environment work will be
Drama

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Kirk Jackson
Credits: 4
Whose class is this anyway? Improvisation is for everyone. Life is made up as it happens and  improv is no different. This course will explore the basic elements of improvisation. Through  short and long form theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, we aim to heighten  observation, listening skills, and ensemble building. Character, object, and environment
Drama

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Credits: 4
Whose class is this anyway? Improvisation is for everyone. Life is made up as it happens and improv is no different. This course will explore the basic elements of improvisation. Through short and long form theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, we aim to heighten observation, listening skills, and ensemble building. Character, object, and environment work will be
Drama

Theatre and the Arts for Peace and Reconciliation — MED4102.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Daniel Michaelson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
How can Theatre, Visual Arts, Music and Dance build international peace, or help youth in at-risk situations, or help victims of genocide, or heal the environment?  Guest artists will discuss their particular projects, and students will investigate various efforts, both local and international, that involve the Arts for peace or social action.  Students will write
CAPA Dance Drama Music Visual Arts

Theatre and the Arts for Peace and Reconciliation — MED4102.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Daniel Michaelson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
How can Theatre, Visual Arts, Music and Dance help youth in at-risk situations, or build international peace, or rehabilitate prisoners, or help victims of genocide, or heal the environment? Students in this class will investigate various efforts both local and international that involve theatre and other arts for social action, including the "Belarusian Dream" project in
Unknown

Thème et Version — FRE4810.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Stephen Shapiro
Credits: 4
In this course we will focus on translating from French into English as well as from English into French. We will work on developing a mindfulness about language use as well as a comparative eye focused on English and French’s stylistic and structural preferences. Grammar and lexical development will also be on offer and will highlight points where the two languages converge
Cultural Studies and Languages

Theoretical Ethics: The Nature of Moral Judgments — PHI4129.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Paul Voice
Credits: 4
Theoretical Ethics aims to uncover the sources of moral knowledge and the foundations of moral obligation. You will engage in a detailed reading of several moral theories and study contemporary interpretations and applications of these theories. You will be expected to contribute substantially to class discussion, write two essays and present a draft of your final essay to the
Society Culture and Thought

Theoretical Ethics: The Nature of Moral Judgments — PHI4129.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Paul Voice
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-5:50pm
Credits: 4

Theoretical Ethics aims to uncover the sources of moral knowledge and the foundations of moral obligation. You will engage in a detailed reading of two classical moral theories and study contemporary interpretations and applications of these theories. You will be expected to contribute substantially to class discussion, write two essays and present a draft of your final

Philosophy