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The Bible and Conflict Resolution — MOD2137.04

Fall 2014
Instructor: michael cohen
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
The Bible provides many examples and lessons about conflict resolution. This three-week module will focus on some of the most important texts in the Bible when it comes to conflict resolution. Those selected texts will be examined using two thousand years of commentary and analysis. Modern conflict resolution theories, which provide contemporary approaches, will be integrated
CAPA Modules: Transferable Approaches

The Body Acoustic: Toward a Sense of Place — DAN2112.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: dana reitz
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
How do we physically understand the spaces we are in? How is each of us affected by them? How do we develop a deeper sense of place? The Body Acoustic aims to heighten awareness of the reciprocal relationship between the built environment and our senses. Light and sound, distances, height, volume, surfaces, angles/curves and a/symmetries all affect our movement through
Dance

The Comedy of Manners — LIT2207.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: brooke allen
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
An examination of a number of English comedies of manners, mostly novels but also a few plays, within their social contexts. Authors we study might include Jane Austen, Anthony Trollope, Elizabeth Gaskell, Oscar Wilde, Noel Coward, Aldous Huxley, P.G. Wodehouse, Barbara Pym, and Henry Green.
Literature

The Costumes of "Wolf Hall" — DRA4121.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: charles schoonmaker
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course will focus on an examination of Hilary Mantel's novel "Wolf Hall" from the vantage point of clothing. The novel details a dynamic period in history when King Henry VIII of England was attempting to annul his first marriage and marry Anne Boleyn. We will have the opportunity to study Tudor costume from both a historic and dramatic vantage point, and examine how this
Drama

The Dangers of Econ 101 — PEC2262.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: robin kemkes
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Most introductory economics courses represent the economy as detached from history, institutions and the environment and rely on assumptions about human behavior that typically do not line up with what we know about how people make decisions. Strict adherence to the dominant neoclassical model of economics has led us to financial crisis, environmental damage and rising income
Social Science

The Experimental Narrative — FV4229.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: warren cockerham
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This intermediate visual arts studio course will explore the hybrid approach of experimental film practice and moving-image story telling. The course's focus will be on cinematic language, visual storytelling, and audio-visual correspondence rather than performance and dialogue centered narrative. Students will utilize classical and non-traditional methods of pre-production
Visual Arts

The French Eye — FRE4121.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: noëlle rouxel-cubberly
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
***Time Change*** In this course, students will examine specific visual representations within the context of French culture. Through the reading of a wide variety of French images, including Chartres cathedral's stainglasses, La Tour's chiaroscuro paintings, cartoon hero Tintin, Cocteau's drawings and films, and Sophie Calle's installation, Prenez soin de vous, students will
Languages

The History of Science: From Hippocrates to Newton — HIS4111.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: carol pal
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
History tells us that humans have always wondered about the natural world. For thousands of years, our ancestors gazed in wonder at the heavens, experimented with plants and medicines, and tried to comprehend their own mortality. But when did ""science"" actually begin to be its own field, separate from philosophy, astrology, or faith? Beginning with human origins and
Social Science

The Latin American Short Story — SPA4006.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: jonathan pitcher
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Along with intermittent textual analysis and some socio-historical context, the intention is to obsess over the ideology of that most lauded of genres, the Latin American short story, from modernismo to its contemporary forms. Students will develop their oral and written skills, progressing from paragraph-level exposition to imitation to an initial defense of ideas. The course
Languages

The Politics of Freedom — POL2256.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: crina archer
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course examines competing conceptions of freedom in the tradition of Western political thought. Is political freedom about doing what you want, sharing power, or actively participating in political life? Is freedom a quality of individuals or an experience found in collective action? What conditions help to secure freedom and what conditions undermine its possibility? What
Social Science

The Romantic Poets — LIT2249.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: mark wunderlich
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Toward the end of the 18th century, writers, thinkers and artists began to react against the rationalism of the Enlightenment, the coming Industrial Revolution and the political claustrophobia of Europe, and they set out on a new path. The result was the Romantic movement, and it gave us some of the most enduring poetic works. In this course, we will look at both the German and
Environment Literature

The Sababa Project: Youth in Crisis — MED4207.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: daniel michaelson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
***Time Change*** There are similarities in children and adolescents all over the world, whether they live in the United States and are in crisis as a result of domestic violence, poverty or drug abuse, or if they live in other countries around the world, where there is horrific violence or issues of economic or environmental sustainability. The Sababa Project: Youth in Crisis
CAPA

The Scriptorium: Critical Theories — LIT2227.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: camille guthrie
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Our scriptorium, a place for writing, will function as a class for beginning writers and for those students who want to improve their essay skills. We will read to write and write to read, following the originator of the form, Montaigne. Much of our time will be occupied with writing probatively, as "essai" means trial or attempt. This class will study model examples of theory
Literature

The Spanish Avant-Garde. From "Avignon Street" to "Guernica" — SPA4216.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: luis gonzalez-barrios
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course is a survey of the avant-garde artistic movement in Spain, ranging from Pablo Picasso’s Las señoritas de la calle Avignon (1907) to the first appearance of Guernica (1937) in the international exhibition in Paris (1937). These two works by Picasso are used as an example of the increasing politicization of the -ismos (cubism, ultraism, surrealism), an artistic
Languages

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

Theoretical Ethics: The Nature of Moral Judgments — PHI4114.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: paul voice
Days & Time: TBA
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 essay
Social Science

Theories of Psychotherapy — PSY4108.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: david anderegg
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course addresses the history of the "talking cure" with a systematic look at the links between psychological theory and therapeutic technique. The practice of psychoanalysis and analytic therapy is investigated through a reading of some of Freud's papers on technique. The historical development of psychotherapy, including later developments in analysis, behavior therapy,
Social Science

Thermal Physics — PHY4104.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: hugh crowl
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The simple concept of Temperature is not so simple. In this class, we will investigate the meaning of temperature and how what we know about thermodynamics and entropy informs our view of the physical world. Such an investigation is fundamentally statistical, so we will build a statistical view of physical systems and use that understanding to broadly study such topics as the
Science Mathematics and Computing

Thought, Action, and Passion: Fundamentals of CAPA — APA2118.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: elizabeth coleman; susan sgorbati
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
For a long time we have disconnected the activity of thinking from that of doing. In addition to the impoverishment of both thought and action that results from this separation, we have lost touch with the emotional and intellectual intensities that the integration of thought and action generate. This course reconnects thought, action and passion by focusing on exploring the
CAPA

Topics in Applied Philosophy: War — PHI2140.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: paul voice
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This course examines philosophical debates concerning war. In particular, we will look at the distinction between just and unjust war, as well as moral issues concerning the use of military technologies such as drones, and arguments for humanitarian military interventions. This course will be offered the first seven weeks of term.
Social Science

Traditional Music Ensemble — MPF4221.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: john kirk
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
We will study and perform from the string band traditions of rural America. Nova Scotia, Quebecois, Irish, New England, Scandinavian, African American, dance and ballad traditions will also be experienced with listening, practice (weekly group rehearsals outside of class) and performing components. Emphasis on ensemble intuition, playing by ear, and lifetime personal music
Music

Traditional Music of North America — MHI2135.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: john kirk
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This course explores music from early native music through contemporary singer-songwriters. Some of the traditions we draw from include African, Native American, Quebecois, Appalachian, Irish and Scottish, British Isle traditions, Cajun, Blues, Gospel, and Conjunto music. Instrumental, dance, and ballad traditions are explored. Students must bring a guitar, banjo, mandolin, or
Music

Transformations of the Self — PSY4130.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: erin johnston
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course investigates the phenomenon of self-transformation from a variety of angles and theoretical perspectives. We will examine common forms of self-change (including religious conversions, political transformations and lifestyle changes), how individuals construct stories of personal transformation, as well as popular and academic understandings of if, when and how self
Social Science

Ukulele — MIN2230.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: john kirk
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
A comprehensive course on learning skills on the ukulele. We will learn the history of the uke and both traditional and contemporary styles. Music theory and playing techniques will be covered and students will be expected to perform as a group or individually at Music Workshop. Students must have their own soprano or tenor ukulele.
Music

Upending Clay: Non-Traditional Methods Alternative Techniques — CER2122.02

Fall 2014
Instructor: david katz
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
***Time Change*** This course is intended to strip away assumptions about clay and explore its raw potential as a sculptural medium. We will focus on non-traditional methods of working with the material, utilizing structural armatures, embracing unfired clay, experimenting with various additives, and non-ceramic surfaces. With an emphasis on experimentation and research
Visual Arts