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The Romantic Poets — LIT2249.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
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Credits: 4
This course provides an immersion into the work of a group of late 18th century and early 19th century British poets and thinkers who reacted against the rationalism of Enlightenment thought, the tumultuous politics of the day, and the birth of the Industrial Revolution by valorizing imagination over reason, mystery over certainty, nature over artifice, and the sensuous over
Literature

The Sacred Bridge: Muslim and Jewish Soundscapes of the Middle East — MHI2245.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Joseph Alpar
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Credits: 4
In an increasingly geo-politicized world, Muslim and Jewish identities are often seen in opposition to one another. Yet this is actually a new perspective, one that neglects the long, intertwined histories of these religious groups. Large Jewish populations lived in the lands of Islam without interruption from the early 7th century through the 20th century and some continue to
Music Society Culture and Thought

The Scriptorium: Beauty — WRI2156.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Camille Guthrie
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Credits: 2
This scriptorium, a “place for writing,” functions as a class for writers interested in improving their academic essay-writing skills. We will read to write and write to read. Much of our time will be occupied with writing and revising—essai means “trial” or “attempt”—as we work to create new habits and strategies for our analytical writing. Our learning goals include
Writing

The Scriptorium: Beauty — WRI2156.02

Fall 2021
Instructor: Camille Guthrie
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Credits: 2
This scriptorium, a “place for writing,” functions as a class for writers interested in improving their academic essay-writing skills. We will read to write and write to read. Much of our time will be occupied with writing and revising—essai means “trial” or “attempt”—as we work to create new habits and strategies for our analytical writing. Our learning goals include
Writing

The Special Immigrant Visa Program: A Research Seminar and Case Study of Immigration Reform — ANT4119.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 4
In his first months in office, President Biden announced a withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan, as well as a review of the Special Immigrant Visa Program, designed to provide protection for those Afghan nationals who worked with the United States. The current program is slow and confusing, and many Afghans are being killed while they wait for these visas. The situation
Society Culture and Thought

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Kirk Jackson
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Credits: 4
Whose class is this anyway? Improvisation is for everyone. Life is made up as it happens and  improv is no different. This course will explore the basic elements of improvisation. Through  short and long form theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, we aim to heighten  observation, listening skills, and ensemble building. Character, object, and environment
Drama

Theories and Histories of Capitalism — PEC4141.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 4
What is capitalism? When and where did it begin? This course traces the intellectual history of political economic thinking about capitalism. We will be attentive to the different ideological lenses through which capitalism is perceived and discussed. The course will include an in-depth examination of classical liberal theory and its critique – key figures like John Locke, Adam
Society Culture and Thought

Thinking Like A Greek — PHI2122.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 4
The Mediterranean Greeks of the 4th-6th c. BCE powerfully shaped the political, cultural, and intellectual worlds we inhabit today. The Greeks are credited with inventing democracy, drama, spectator sports, and astronomy, physics, biology, musical theory, history, and philosophy as areas of study. Various Greek thinkers championed free inquiry, global citizenship, radical
Society Culture and Thought

Time, Memory, and Meaning Making — DRA4309.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Sherry Kramer
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Credits: 4
May memory restore again and again The smallest color of the smallest day: Time is the school in which we learn, Time is the fire in which we burn. -Delmore Schwartz The true territory that we create for the audience of a play or film is not the story we tell, or the characters we create, but the memories that the audience makes and processes about those stories and characters
Drama

Toni Morrison and Afro-Diasporic (Re)Mything — LIT4538.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Phillip B. Williams
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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
Literature

Topics in Applied Philosophy: Privacy — PHI2126.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 2
Privacy has long been regarded as important and yet claims to privacy have been frequently challenged and often overridden by political, economic, and technological considerations. Do we have a right to privacy? If so, what is its philosophical justification and what essential human goods and capacities does it protect? In what circumstances and for what reasons can we be asked
Society Culture and Thought

Toward a Rigorous Art History — AH2109.01

Fall 2021
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
Visual Arts

Traditional Music Ensemble — MPF4221.01

Fall 2021
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. In addition, these will be experienced with listening, practice (weekly group rehearsals outside of class), and performing components. Emphasis on ensemble intuition, playing by ear, and lifetime
Music

Traditional Music of North America — MHI2135.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: John Kirk
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Credits: 2
This course explores music from early Indigenous music right on up to present day practitioners. Some of the traditions studied and practiced will include: Native American, Inuit, Québecois, Appalachian, African-American, Irish, Scottish, British Isle traditions, Cajun, Blues, Gospel, Mariachi, and Conjunto music. Instrumental, dance, and ballad traditions are studied and
Music

Type | Prototype — ARC4125.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Farhad Mirza (new faculty as of 8/27/2021)
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Credits: 4
The relationship between form and site has been of paramount concern to architects and planners through the ages. In this studio we will focus on programmatic analysis and the significance of site, and how context and function might influence the design of spaces/buildings. The first half of the term we will study libraries. Looking at precedents both traditional and
Visual Arts

Understanding and Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences — PSY4229.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Emily Waterman
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Credits: 4
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events that occur when individuals are under 18 years old that undermine children’s sense of safety, stability, and bonding with other people (for example, child abuse, food insecurity, witnessing intimate partner violence, caregiver incarceration). In this course we will define ACEs, ACE scores, and trauma, and
Society Culture and Thought

Understanding Food Insecurity in Ź 3 — APA2442.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Tatiana Abatemarco Susan Sgorbati
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Credits: 4
As part of the Mellon Foundation grant addressing Food Insecurity in Ź County, this class will engage with the last two years’ overview of the programs currently being offered in Ź, the best practices in our area and afar, and new projects that have been developed moving forward. Understanding Food Insecurity in Ź County 3 will develop and sustain
CAPA Environment

Understanding Media — APA2443.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
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Credits: 2
Understanding Media is a critique and analysis of media including television, radio, film, social media and the internet, focusing on contemporary popular genres, such as movies, talk shows, news programs, children's programs, and advertisements. There will be a strong focus on corporate media consolidation and its impact on content, uses, functions, and audiences. Students
CAPA

Violin/Viola — MIN4345.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Kaori Washiyama
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Credits: 2
Studies in all left-hand position and shifting and an exploration of various bow techniques. Students can select from the concerto, sonata suites repertoire, short pieces and etudes for study designed to develop technique, advance musicianship and prepare for performance.
Music

Virtual Tours of Japan: Explore and Learn Ź Japan — JPN2113.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
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Credits: 5
What do you know about Japan? Would you like to visit Mount Fuji in Shizuoka, the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, or the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo? What do you want to see? Do you want to see traditional performing arts like Noh and Kabuki? Do you want to eat sushi, tonkatsu, ramen, or pizza that is topped with corn, tuna, and mayonnaise? Technology such as Google Earth and 360 video
Cultural Studies and Languages

Visual Arts Lecture Series — VA2999.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Vanessa Lyon
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Credits: 1
Each term, Ź offers a program of five-six lectures by visiting arts professionals: artists, curators, historians and critics, selected to showcase the diversity of contemporary art practices. Designed to enhance a broader and deeper knowledge of various disciplines in the Visual Arts and to stimulate campus dialogue around topical issues of contemporary art and culture
Visual Arts

Visual Arts Lecture Series Seminar — VA4218.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Vanessa Lyon
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Credits: 2
This discussion-animated, readings-based seminar provides art historical, cultural, and critical contexts for the Visual Arts Lecture Series (VALS). In addition to our ongoing interrogation of the public lecture as such, students present their own work (in any field) and analyze the technical and stylistic aspects of structuring an effective and engaging ‘talk.’ The course
Visual Arts

What is Radicalism in Practice? — MPF2165.02) (cancelled

Fall 2021
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
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Credits: 2
What is radical? What is performance; when is it performative, and when/how can a performance be radical? How does one practice radicalism in everyday life? What is theory, and how does it advance or confuse radical pursuits? Embodiment, a faculty required for performance is, in part, radicalism in action. This is an introductory conversation and exercise series open to all
CAPA Music

What is Radicalism in Practice? — MPF2165.01) (cancelled

Fall 2021
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
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Credits: 2
What is radical? What is performance; when is it performative, and when/how can a performance be radical? How does one practice radicalism in everyday life? What is theory, and how does it advance or confuse radical pursuits? Embodiment, a faculty required for performance is, in part, radicalism in action. This is an introductory conversation and exercise series open to all
CAPA Music

What is Sculpture — SCU2106.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: John Umphlett (new faculty as of 8/24/2021)
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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 principles of sculpture while encouraging exploration of classical and contemporary approaches. Sessions are intensive explorations into a variety of techniques and materials including
Visual Arts