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Fall 2016

Sage City Symphony — MPF4100.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Music Faculty

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Credits: 1

Sage City Symphony is a community orchestra which invites student participation. The Symphony is noted for the policy of commissioning new works by major composers, in some instances student composers, as well as playing the classics. There are openings in the string sections, and occasionally by audition for solo winds and percussion. There will be two concerts each term.

Music

Samurai and Art — JPN4301.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida

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Credits: 4

What is the relationship between samurai warriors and art? It is hard to imagine the two words—warriors and art—in one sentence. However, many of samurai warriors practiced and enjoyed various types of arts. For example, the powerful feudal samurai warriors Nobunaga Oda and Hideyoshi Toyotomi practiced closely with a tea master, Sen No Rikyu, and enjoyed tea

Languages

Saxophone — MIN4237.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Bruce Williamson

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Credits: 2

Study of saxophone technique and standard repertoire (jazz or classical), with an emphasis on tone production, dexterity, reading skills, and improvisation. This course is for intermediate-advanced students only. Corequisite: Participation in Music Workshop (T 6:30pm – 8:00pm).

Music

Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Soundtrack — MSR4108.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: David Baron

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Credits: 2

Study and create soundtracks for sci-fi, horror, and fantasy. How do you make a world that does not really exist with sound? What common elements and attributes make up a soundtrack that convinces one they are in space? In a magic place? ��Ź�� to get slashed? We will cover everything from the methods to the content of scores. We will create our own scores and

Music

Science and Math Fifth Term Seminar — SCMA4105.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Hugh Crowl

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Credits: 2

This two-credit seminar is required for all fall-term juniors whose Plan significantly involves mathematics or science (other students may register with permission of instructors if background is appropriate). The seminar uses students’ ideas/plans for advanced work as a vehicle for intensive exploration of the scientific process. We will look at the research methods employed

Science and Mathematics

Senior Projects in Literature — LIT4498.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Doug Bauer

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Credits: 4

For seniors working on special projects or senior theses. Each student will devote the term to completing the draft of a unified manuscript–typically 75 pages of fiction or creative nonfiction, 50 pages of criticism, 30 pages of poetry, or a lengthy translation project. Each week, the class will critique individual manuscripts-in-progress. Additionally, students might on

Literature

Senior Seminar in Society, Culture and Thought — SCT4750.01; section 1

Fall 2016

Instructor: Miroslava Prazak

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Credits: 4

This advanced research seminar offers students the opportunity to conduct culminating work in Society, Culture and Thought (SCT) in the form of an independent research project. For most students, this will be a one-semester project. For other students, this will be the first half of a year-long project that involves fieldwork, archival research, and/or the collection of data.

Society Culture and Thought

Senior Seminar in Society, Culture and Thought — SCT4750.02; section 2

Fall 2016

Instructor: Eileen Scully

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Credits: 4

Society Culture and Thought

Senior Seminar in Society, Culture and Thought — SCT4750.03; section 3

Fall 2016

Instructor: Rotimi Suberu

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Credits: 4

Society Culture and Thought

Seven Programming Languages in Seven Weeks — CS4104.02

Fall 2016

Instructor: Justin Vasselli

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Credits: 2

In this class we’re going to learn the basics of one programming language each week for seven weeks. We’ll get our hands dirty by solving problems in each language and practice learning new languages quickly. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of different programming languages by looking at them side by side. Students will learn why they

Science and Mathematics

Sewing Fundamentals — DRA2130.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Richard MacPike

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Credits: 1

Students will learn the basics of sewing. Included will be various hand stitches used in garment construction and repair as well as learning how to use a sewing machine.

Drama

Sewing Fundamentals — DRA2130.02

Fall 2016

Instructor: Richard MacPike

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Credits: 1

Students will learn the basics of sewing. Included will be various hand stitches used in garment construction and repair as well as learning how to use a sewing machine.

Drama

Shakespeare: The History Plays — LIT2214.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Annabel Davis-Goff

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Credits: 4

We will read and watch seven of Shakespeare history plays (two Roman and five English). We will examine the historical background of each play, the sources from which Shakespeare drew his material, and a range of critical responses to the plays. Classes will also include discussion, written responses, and student recitals of selected scenes or speeches. Students will write two

Literature

Sing — MUS2148.01; section 1

Fall 2016

Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke

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Credits: 1

We will gather once a week to sing rounds, chant, chorales, work songs, protest songs, sea chanteys, Sacred Harp, and folk songs from around the world. The words are less important than the joy of singing as a community. No performances- evaluation is by attendance only. We will use our ears and simple notation to learn the music- no previous singing experience is necessary.

Music

Sing — MUS2148.02; section 2

Fall 2016

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Credits: 1

Music

Sitting in Judgment — MOD2161.03

Fall 2016

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Credits: 1

What is it like to judge others' conflicts? This module will be an experiential examination of the final decision makers in court: judges and juries. Students will explore practical issues and implications relative to rendering verdicts in court trials—perhaps our most influential conflict resolution process. Students will read course materials and participate

Modules: Transferable Approaches

Social Kitchen: Ceramics, Food and Community — CER2139.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Yoko Inoue

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Credits: 4

This course will provide students with an opportunity to learn about creative community engaged practices and ethical processes that take up issues of food insecurity in the ��Ź�� region. The class activities will be centered around a collaborative project, Empty Bowls, that links a community service organization (Greater ��Ź�� Interfaith Community Service Inc.) with

Visual Arts

Social Practice: Your Art is in My __________ — DA4270.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Nancy Nowacek

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Credits: 4

Now over 10 years old, “Social Practice” is a term broadly applied to a variety of art-making strategies that implicates other people and/or social systems in their making. The genre has diversified from representing social forms (dinner parties, conversations) into stand-alone museums, real estate cooperatives, and schools: projects that intervene into real-world systems on

CAPA Visual Arts

Sound, Space, Time — MUS2151.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Nicholas Brooke

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Credits: 4

In this class, we’ll examine changing concepts of musical time in the emerging field of sound art, a hybrid form that can be described as sculpting with sound. We will focus on the approach of pioneering composers who pushed the envelope of musical notions of time such as Xenakis, Amacher, Young, and Scelsi, with special emphasis on sonic texture and shape,

Music

Stage Management — DRA2241.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Michael Giannitti

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Credits: 4

The key role of the stage manager as both collaborative artist and manager in the production process is explored by students in this class. Readings, discussions, and projects on topics including scheduling, play breakdowns, prompt book preparation, blocking notation, ground plan and theatre layout, and the running of rehearsals and performances are included. The relationship

Drama

Starring: The Translator! — LIT4272.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Marguerite Feitlowitz

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Credits: 4

The figure of the literary translator has a checkered history—ambassador and traitor, solitary bookworm and cultural heroine, detective and spy, poet par excellence and self-effacing scribe. Rich, provocative, and rarefied, the practice and history of literary translation has given rise to a host of novels, memoirs, and essays. The star? It’s the literary translator wrestling

Literature

Style and Tone in Essay Writing — LIT2397.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Wayne Hoffmann-Ogier

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Credits: 4

This introductory course focuses on the weekly writing of extended essays, including nonfiction narrative, personal essay, literary criticism, research writing, and the analytical essay. It gives particular attention to developing individual voice and command of the elements of style. The class incorporates group editing in a workshop setting with an emphasis on re-writing. It

Literature

Teaching Languages K-6 — MOD2162.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Sarah Harris, Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly, Ikuko Yoshida

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Credits: 1

Early exploration of foreign languages and cultures is gaining increasing attention nationwide. This three-week module is intended to help students gain a basic understanding of foreign language teaching to young children. Working with local language teachers and program administrators, students will have an opportunity to teach foreign languages in the

Education Languages Modules: Transferable Approaches

Tell the World: Graphic Design for Creative Practice — DA2112.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Nancy Nowacek

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Credits: 4

The goal of this course is to provide students who are new to the principles of visual design with the practical knowledge, critical skills and confidence to effectively express their ideas graphically. This course will supply an overview of the fundamentals used to convey an idea, communicate a message and influence an experience. Topics covered in the course include:

Visual Arts

The 60s Dance Revolution, Then and Now — DAN4671.02

Fall 2016

Instructor: Terry Creach

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Credits: 1

The 1960s were marked with global political upheaval and social change. Radical change also marked the small downtown stages in New York City. In this course we will focus on the dance trends in the 1960s in America and on the emergence of the Judson Dance Theater in particular. Working with the unique materials in the ��Ź�� College Dance Archives as well as with

Dance