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Unlocking Italian Culture: I — ITA2106.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Barbara Alfano
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This is an introductory course in Italian that will open the door to the inner aspects of the Boot's culture. Most of Italian social life revolves around close interpersonal relationships and attachment to places. Both aspects, for the good and the bad, shape an Italian's day from the morning coffee to the late dinner at home and do affect an individual's entire life. Through
Languages

Video Installation — FV2127.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Warren Cockerham
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This studio course will survey moving image work that is created for experiences outside of a typical cinematic setting. Students will explore the expanded possibilities of video in gallery and site-specific installations. Although this course will be mostly based on the technical practice of video installation, students will also be required to complete readings and
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Video/Performance — FV2140.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Warren Cockerham
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
The basic goals of this class are to familiarize students with the practices and possibilities of collaboration between performance and video. Its aim is to encourage the camera to become more embedded in the world of the performer by allowing experimentation to lead to innovative fusions of multiple disciplines and styles. This class will rely on a mix of historical,
Visual Arts

Viewpoints Groundwork — DRA2124.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Jenny Rohn
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Viewpoints is a physical improvisational form used for training actors and creating movement for the stage. This class encourages students to explore the physical and vocal possibilities of time and space, with a specific focus on developing the capacity to be physically present, emotionally open, and free to follow creative impulses. Special emphasis will be placed on the
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Violin/Viola — MIN4345.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Kaori Washiyama
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Studies in all left-hand positions and shifting, and an exploration of various bow techniques. Students can select from the concerto and sonata repertoire, short pieces and etudes for study designed to develop technique, advance musicianship and prepare for performance. Corequisites: Must also participate in Music Workshops (Tuesdays 6:30 - 8pm).
Music

Visual Arts Lecture Series — VA2999.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Visual Arts Faculty
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
This is a series of lectures given by visiting artists and critics invited by the Visual Arts faculty. You will attend lectures on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 pm as well as gallery exhibitions. The number of lectures and exhibitions you must attend will vary according to how many are scheduled in any term. You are required to take notes during the lectures and exhibitions and
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Vocal Chamber Ensemble — MVO4126.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
So you have a voice. What will you say with it? Some topics are too profound for one voice alone- we need to sing with others, to become more than a sum of our parts. This ensemble is for confident singers interested in becoming a vital member of a musical team, performing sacred and secular works old and new, a capella and accompanied, from varied traditions and cultures.
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Voice and Speech Workshop — DRA2114.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Kirk Jackson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The human voice simultaneously communicates thought and emotion whether we will it or not. Through exercises focusing on alignment and release, breath expansion and endurance, vibration and tone, and articulation and flexibility, students will work to free, develop and strengthen their natural voice. Particular attention will be paid to diction to align clarity of thought and
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War and Peace — LIT4108.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Annabel Davis-Goff
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
War and Peace, Vanity Fair, and Shirley are novels that are set during the Napoleonic Wars. Charlotte Bronte's novel is set in a Yorkshire deeply affected by the Peninsular wars, Tolstoy describes both Napoleon's Russian campaign and the domestic and social life of a huge range of characters, and Thackeray's greatest novel reaches its climax with the Battle of Waterloo.
Literature

Ways to Manipulate the Two-Dimensional World — MA4102.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Sue Rees
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The class will be concerned with creating short animations utilizing two dimensional imagery. The animations will be created using both software and a MultiPlane Camera;MultiPlane set ups have been used for animators from Lotte Reiniger to Norman McLaren, Disney to Martha Colburn. The software programs used will be primarily After Effects, DragonFrame and Photoshop. Additional
Visual Arts

What is Sculpture? — SCU2106.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Jason Middlebrook
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
How do we make it? How do we talk about it? And what does it mean? How do we make objects in space? Is gravity our friend or foe? This course invites students to investigate the fundamental principals of sculpture while encouraging exploration of classical and contemporary approaches. Sessions are intensive explorations into a variety of techniques and materials including
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Wicked Problems — MOD2126.02

Fall 2013
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
'Wicked problems' demand answers and resist remedies. They loom large, yet cannot be located or pinned down. Examples include global warming, terrorism, poverty, and human trafficking. After orienting ourselves in the topology and terminology of 'wicked problems,' we will do a brief survey of innovative approaches. Using downloadable share-ware specifically designed to tackle
Advancement of Public Action

Wicked Problems — MOD2126.04

Fall 2013
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
'Wicked problems' demand answers and resist remedies. They loom large, yet cannot be located or pinned down. Examples include global warming, terrorism, poverty, and human trafficking. After orienting ourselves in the topology and terminology of 'wicked problems,' we will do a brief survey of innovative approaches. Using downloadable share-ware specifically designed to tackle
Advancement of Public Action

Women in Latin America — SPA4256.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Latin American feminism is conventionally read like any other form of feminism, as an absence attempting to become present. Pivoting around a selection of short stories by the likes of the Ocampos, Bombal, Garro, Valenzuela, Poniatowska, Peri Rossi, Menchú, Allende, and Schweblin, along with criticism and political contextualization, we will discuss such conventional readings,
Languages

Women in Science: Ancient Greece to Enlightenment — HIS4110.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Carol Pal
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Long before the existence of a discipline we would recognize as 'science,' there were women working with men in the pursuit of 'scientia'. Scientia embraced a mixture of philosophy, medicine, religion, literature, and knowledge of the natural world a mixture that would eventually devolve into the separate disciplines we know today. But who were these ancient Greek female
Social Science

Working With Light — DRA2234.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Lighting design has the powerful ability to shape the experience of an audience. Its practice incorporates elements of artistry and craft and should interest those working in all aspects of visual and performing arts. In addition to hands-on work with theatrical lighting equipment in and outside of class, awareness of light, play analysis and conceptualization, color, angle,
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