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Fall 2016

The Art of Mediation and Negotiation — MED2107.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Daniel Michaelson

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Credits: 2

Conflict exists everywhere—with friends and roommates, within the family, between nations—but is conflict inevitable? In this class we will explore the basic elements of conflict resolution, focusing on the process of Mediation. We will learn and observe the differences between mediation, negotiation, and court processes. We will examine which behaviors

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The Art of Mediation and Negotiation — MED2107.02

Fall 2016

Instructor: Daniel Michaelson

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Credits: 2

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The Art of Spanish — SPA2106.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher

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Credits: 4

Students with little or no Spanish will learn the language through an immersion in Latin American painting. While there will be some discussion of standard tactics such as stylistic nuances and artists’ biographies, it is expected that we will rapidly develop sufficient linguistic ability to focus on movements, ranging from the republican art of nation-building in the 19th

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The Body Politic — POL2105.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Crina Archer

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Credits: 4

From ancient Athens to the present, the human body has served as a compelling metaphor for political community and the nation state. This course interrogates the mechanisms of this metaphor in its various articulations across classical, modern, and contemporary Western political thought. We will read works of canonical and contemporary political theory to ask how the

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The Creation of Spain's Image: Myths and Archetypes — SPA4301.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Sarah Harris

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Credits: 4

The Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset once remarked of his compatriots, ‘We prefer the lively sensation of things to the things themselves.’ This course will focus on these ‘lively sensations,’ national myths of Spain that may or may not maintain much direct connection to the original ‘things themselves.’ National myths contain symbolic cultural significance and can

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The Culture of Italian Opera — ITA4215.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Barbara Alfano

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Credits: 4

This course explores Italian culture through one of its most celebrated traditions--opera. Students will discuss plots, settings, characters, and themes while strengthening their speaking skills and acquiring new vocabulary. Through the comparison of past and present cultural norms and habits, and through the relationship between those cultural norms and romantic love, students

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The Dance Archive Project — DAN4105.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Dana Reitz

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Credits: 1

The ��Ź�� Dance Archive holds significant photos, tapes, programs and curricula information that dates back to the early 1930′s. With great care, we will explore some of this material, help find missing links, catalog and categorize, and add our own research about those who have participated all these years. Students will be expected to find biographies, explore the

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The Economic Mind — PEC2207.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee

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Credits: 4

A set of questions keeps on bugging the economic mind. They run from the smallest immediate ones, such as, do I buy this salad or that sandwich for my lunch today, to the more solemn ones, such as, do I accept this job or the other one? Other profound questions arise as well. Why does the economy not grow continually over time, but rather, economic upsurges are marred by

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The Line of Clothing: Rendering for Costume Design — DRA2267.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Charles Schoonmaker

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Credits: 4

The rendering of one's design ideas is a basic tool of the designer. This class will explore various methods of communicating oneʹs design ideas to directors, performers, producers, and other members of a creative team. We will primarily use traditional materials such as paper, pencil, and paint. We will also work in new media, such as ʹBrushesʹ on tablets, or Photoshop. It is

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The Modal Concept — MUS2150.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Nicholas Brooke

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Credits: 2

In this class, we’ll listen to the classical musical systems of the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, while looking at the basic scales of dastgah, maqam, raga, and pathet. We’ll unpack the concept of mode in cross-cultural perspective, looking at how a simple series of notes can have myriad meanings. Through examining performances, improvisations, venues, historical

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The Music of Beethoven — MHI2241.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Allen Shawn

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Credits: 4

This course will be a group exploration of the extraordinary music of Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827). Approaching his music chronologically, we will attempt to become acquainted with some of his major works, including his String Quartets, Piano Sonatas, Symphonies, his opera Fidelio, the Missa Solemnis, and others less well known, while also becoming familiar with his life

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The Political Economy of the Twenty-First Century Refugee Crisis in North Africa and the Middle East — APA2143.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Mohammad Moeini Feizabadi

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Credits: 4

“To be truly radical is to make hope possible, rather than despair convincing.” —Raymond Williams In this course, we will begin by discussing the causes of the numerous wars in the Middle East over the past several decades (the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, recent wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, etc.), addressing their causes as well as their consequences. Then, we

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The Politics of Main Street, USA — POL2107.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Tim Schroeder

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Credits: 4

Populism is back, and the small-town, white working class has played a major role in the rise of both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. But what are the political attitudes and ideologies that drive so-called Main Street USA? And why has populism reared its head here at this particular political conjuncture? The course will explore the politics of Main Street through readings in

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The Power of Art — APA2142.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Souleymane Badolo

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Credits: 1

Art has the power to help people in communities to communicate, to mobilize, to educate and to understand their living situation. Art can help political movements find their voice, and connect people to planning visions for the future. Beginning in 2014, protests in Burkina Faso organized against the current political dictatorship. Life was very difficult for

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The Prose Poem — LIT4280.02

Fall 2016

Instructor: Michael Dumanis

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Credits: 2

The prose poem challenges the very notion of genre—but what are the implications of this challenge and how does it reframe the perceived disciplinary limits of literature itself? Students will learn the history of the prose poem beginning in 19th-century France through its contemporary usage. Reading a book a week, there will be discussion about form and function, the nuance of

Literature

The Psychology of Class — PSY4224.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Ella Ben Hagai

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Credits: 4

In recent years there has been renewed interest among psychologists regarding how individuals' socio-economic position shape their psychology. In this class we will explore how class background shapes people's emotions, tastes (for food, music or art), and political ideologies. We will study these questions using both classical sociological theories (Marx, Weber, and Bourdieu)

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The River in Literature — LIT2507.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Akiko Busch

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Credits: 4

The river may be the geographic feature of the earth that speaks to us most deeply. It divides and it connects; it is what takes us to things and away from things. And it comes naturally to us to find some metaphor for human experience in the strength or flow or velocity of a river, to find the familiar in the sight of two rivers peaceably merging, or to imagine a

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The Scriptorium: Visual Culture — LIT2252.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Camille Guthrie

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Credits: 4

How do we organize and understand our perceptions of the world? How do we look at objects? At paintings and photographs, advertisements and films? What do we see, and not see, when we visit a new place, or when we encounter an animal? And, importantly, how do we perceive and comprehend each other? This scriptorium, a “place for writing,” will function as a class for beginning

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The Scriptorium: Writing ��Ź�� Place — LIT2503.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Camille Guthrie

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Credits: 4

This scriptorium, a “place for writing,” will function as a class for bilingual or multilingual writers interested in improving their essay-writing 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 and revising—essai means “trial” or “attempt”—as we work to create new habits and

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The Village Privileges of North ��Ź�� — APA4153.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati

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Credits: 4

In earlier years one had to obtain a Privilege in order to use the public waterways. That term has since been changed to “License” which has changed our perceptions; thus devaluing in name the right that comes with access to our most precious resource as a species. Through this course, entrepreneur, innovator, businessman and ��Ź�� alum Bill Scully will collaborate with

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Thresholds of Identity — SPA4501.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Sarah Harris

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Credits: 4

In Thresholds of Identity, we will consider the literature of Spanish migration, domestic and international, through contextualized readings of contemporary texts. Our primary literary examples will correspond to each of three recent major waves in migrations for Spain: 1) movement from rural to urban areas in the early twentieth century 2) emigration from Spain to other

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Time Capsule 2016 — MOD2159.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Erika Mijlin

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Credits: 1

If we were to prepare a time capsule to leave behind for a future generation to open, how would we go about it? What would we include? What kinds of questions would we have to ask in order to decide on a list of items? First, we might have to define ‘ourselves’, and what we know and think about our time and place in history. Then, how do we express this understanding through a

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Toni Morrison and Afro-Diasporic (Re)Mything — LIT2256.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Michael Dumanis

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Credits: 4

Toni Morrison is one of America’s most cherished, studied, and criticized writers. Using antebellum and contemporary American history as her thematic and temporal foundation, Morrison has written about race, gender, class, and sexuality with a keen eye on mythology and fable. In this class, we will read through many of her novels, including but not limited to Sula, Song of

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Toward a Rigorous Art History — AH2109.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Vanessa Lyon

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Credits: 4

A “rigorous study of art” became the goal of Philosopher and Cultural Critic Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) when his growing distaste for the outlook and methods of his art history professor—the famous and foundational Heinrich Wölfflin—caused him to consider publishing an account of “the most disastrous activity I have ever encountered at a German university.” Striking a balance

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Traditional Music Ensemble — MPF4221.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: John Kirk

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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

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