Course Listing | ��Ź�� College

Fall 2015

Markmaking and Representation — DRW2149.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Colin Brant

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

The fundamentals of drawing are the basic tools for this investigation into seeing and translation. Using simple methods and means, the practice of drawing is approached from both traditional and experimental directions. The focus of this inquiry is on drawing from observation, broadly defined. In class drawing sessions are complemented by independent, outside of class work and

Visual Arts

Masters of Style — LIT4362.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Douglas Bauer

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This course is founded on the belief that the way to a writer’s personal style and voice is through the close study, absorption, and imitation of others’. We will be reading and replicating many contemporary master stylists, from Doctorow to DeLillo to Toni Morrison to Denis Johnson to Amy Hempel, and others. In every case, we will conduct a three-part examination of the work

Literature

Media, Technology and Social Change — APA2203.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Erika Mijlin

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

From the print revolution to the birth of photography, from moving images to social networking, we find that new media technologies are continually adapting to us, as we simultaneously, and more subtly, adapt to them. Every wave of technological innovation leaves human existence more closely intertwined with media of documentation and communication. A central question forms

CAPA

Mediated Movement: Camera and the Body in Hybrid Performance — FV4239.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Kate Purdie and Elena Demyanenko

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This hands-on course will explore and analyze the creative choices available and practical tools needed when we instigate a relationship between camera and movement, filmmaker and performer. We will develop common language, scores, and systems in an environment where perspectives of both performer and filmmaker are in conversation. Throughout, we will share and

Dance Visual Arts

Meisner Technique — DRA4268.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Jenny Rohn

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

“If you are really doing it, you don’t have time to watch yourself doing it.” Sanford Meisner was an actor and founding member of the Group Theater. He went on to become a master teacher of acting who sought to give students an organized approach to the creation of truthful behavior on stage within the imaginary circumstances of a play. This class focuses on developing an actor

Drama

Metal Workshop — SCU2107.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: John Umphlett

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

This course is recommended for all students considering working in sculpture and interested in mild steel design methods. It is open to all students with a curiosity about materials and building processes. There are fundamental introductions to gas and electric welding, forging, fabrication techniques, and general shop safety. Please note that this course may require

Visual Arts

Metal Workshop North Gate — SCU4107.02

Fall 2015

Instructor: John Umphlett

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

This course is project based and students are evaluated on their ability to use the shop tools with proficiency and safety. For this second seven weeks we will work from a plan and fabricate the North Gate here at ��Ź�� College. As it stands a temporary chain acts as the membrane between North ��Ź�� and ��Ź�� College. This is an opportunity to be a part of

Visual Arts

Miles Davis (1926-1991): Jazz Pioneer — MHI2226.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Bruce Williamson

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This course will study the 40‐year career of legendary jazz trumpeter and innovative band leader Miles Davis. We will examine his beginnings in the Be‐Bop movement as a sideman with Charlie Parker, his two famous quintets (one with John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley, the other with Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock), his collaborations with arranger Gil Evans, and his

Music

Modern Guitar — MIN4224.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Hui Cox

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

Individual training is available in jazz, modern and classical guitar technique and repertoire, song accompaniment (finger style), improvisation, and arranging and composing for the guitar. Course material is tailored to the interests and level of the individual student.

Music

Modernist Poetry — LIT2367.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Camille Guthrie

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

In the first half of the twentieth century, mainly between the two world wars, Modernist poets broke from Romantic and Victorian poetic traditions. The poets during this time used deeply various aesthetic strategies, yet some similarities can be discovered—Modernists privileged difficulty over clarity, the imagination over realism, skepticism over conviction, and fragmentation

Literature

Module: Climate Change and Air Quality - Environmental Law and Policy — MOD2250.03

Fall 2015

Instructor: Elizabeth Goodman

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 1

Climate change has been described as one of the most serious challenges the world faces, threatening the environment and economic prosperity. Obtaining a balance between economic growth and development and regulation of carbon emissions and other air pollution has never been more difficult or more critical than it is today. This course will examine environmental policy

Environment Modules: Transferable Approaches

Mother Figure and Motherly Figures — ITA4603.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Barbara Alfano

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This course explores the concept of motherhood and the role of the mother in Italian culture through literature, film, art, and music. Some of the questions that the course will try to answer are: What are the implications and ramifications of such a crucial institution as motherhood in Italian society, for both women and men? How does motherhood affect the modern family, and

Languages

Mountain Dulcimer (Lap Dulcimer) — MIN2224.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: John Kirk

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

A comprehensive course on learning skills on the mountain (aka lap) dulcimer. We will learn the history of the dulcimer 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 will purchase a lap dulcimer kit and construct the instrument as

Music

Movement Practice: Advanced Dance Technique — DAN4344.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Jian Dai (MFA Teaching Fellow, supervised by Terry Creach)

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

This advanced movement class will develop from simple skeletal mobility sequences to expansive movement forms. The warm-up will examine the joints and how their range of motion relates to alignment, readiness to move, and articulation. These principles will then become the foundation for traveling sequences and longer movement phrases. Distinguishing between tempo, rhythm, and

Dance

Movement Practice: Advanced Intermediate Dance Technique — DAN4351.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Samuel Wentz (MFA Teaching Fellow, supervised by Terry Creach)

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

This advanced intermediate course is designed for students who have already taken intermediate level technique and are ready to tackle more complex forms. The class will begin with a warm up that is based on grounding, locating, and mobilizing all of our parts. We will then put these new found tools to use in executing large moving phrases that will simplify and clarify as well

Dance

Movement Practice: Beginning Dance Technique — DAN2214.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Samuel Wentz (MFA Teaching Fellow, supervised by Terry Creach)

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

This beginning dance technique class requires no previous dance training. We will investigate and explore our bodies as tools for making work. The warm up will consist of movement exercises that focus on the joints, bones, muscles, and energetic pathways. This initial work will develop into larger phrase material that emphasizes rhythm, moves through space and modulates

Dance

Movement Practice: Beginning-Intermediate Dance Technique — DAN2119.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Elena Demyanenko

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

For those looking for a Basic-Intermediate movement class. We begin with a slow warm-up focused on anatomical landmarks, muscular systems and basic alignment principles, but then progress to vigorous, rhythmic movement patterns and group forms. We work to strengthen, stretch, and articulate the body through longer movement phrases focused on weight shifting, changes

Dance

Movement Practice: Moving Out–Beginning Dance Technique — DAN2212.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Terry Creach

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

For those looking for a basic but intense movement class. We will begin with a slow warm-up focused on anatomical structures, muscular systems and basic alignment principles, but then progress to vigorous, rhythmic movement patterns. We will work to strengthen, stretch and articulate the body through longer movement phrases, focused on weight shifting, changes of direction, and

Dance

Music Composition Intensive — MCO4801.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Allen Shawn

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

Students who wish to study composing intensively may be eligible for a small group tutorial or where appropriate, individual lessons. In general, students taking this course are expected to compose in longer forms and with more varied instrumentation than previously attempted. This course may be taken at the intermediate or advanced level.

Music

Music of the Future Past — MTH4126.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Kitty Brazelton

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

Advanced seminar for music theory students will trace a path from Richard Wagner’s “artwork of the future” to Hollywood. Analyzing directly from operatic and film soundtrack scores, we will explore how extended tonality, romantic orchestration and mimetic practices like the leitmotiv transfused from continental Europe into the bloodstream of U. S. moviegoers in the 1940s,

Music

Musical Forms — MHI2240.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Allen Shawn

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This class focuses on musical architecture, by examining beautiful works from the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. We will listen to music by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Fanny Hensel, Schumann, Brahms, Mahler, Ives, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Schoenberg, Berg, Rzewski, Bernstein, Cage, Kurtag, Takemitsu and Gubaidulina (among others), analyzing their structures in detail. We will

Music

Narrative Cinema: Century One — FV2113.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Erika Mijlin

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

A broad view of narrative cinema history : from the very origins of film genres, through the definitions of style in the ‘classical’ film era, to the institution of ‘master’ narratives provided by the studio system. The course will take on both the legacy of a century of formal innovations as well as outright challenges to the medium, including: New Wave cinema, the Dogma

Visual Arts

NGO Workshop — APA2123.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Alison Dennis

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

The last few decades have seen tremendous growth in non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in almost all parts of the world, and in almost all realms of human interest. Today, NGOs are a highly visible (and consequently a highly criticized) component of civil society, and are major players in the broad fields of environmental protection and social justice at local, national and

CAPA

Non-Fiction in Fiction: Writers and Their Work — JPN4708.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This advanced level course is designed for students to learn about six prominent contemporary Japanese writers and analyze their work. Students are required to research each Japanese contemporary writer and analyze how their personal background is reflected in their work of fiction. Students will also examine how Japanese society is depicted in their work and how the writers

Languages

Normality and Abnormality: Defining the Limits — PSY2206.01

Fall 2015

Instructor: David Anderegg

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This course is an examination of the idea of normality as a central organizing principle in psychology. We begin with an effort to define normality and/or psychological health, and then move on to examine the limits or borders of normality. The course examines the value-laden, historically determined, and political nature of psychological normality. Topics discussed include:

Society Culture and Thought