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Fall 2021

Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.04

Fall 2021

Instructor: Thomas Bogdan

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Credits: 2

For students of varying levels of singing ability. Vocal production and physiology will be discussed. Group warm-ups and vocalizations will incorporate exercises to develop breath control, resonance, projection, range, color, and agility. The fundamental concepts of singing will be explored in the preparation of specific song assignments. Personalization of text and emotional

Music

Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.02

Fall 2021

Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke

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Credits: 2

Music

Internet Seminar — CS4140.01

Fall 2021

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Credits: 4

An open exploration of various internet technologies including networking, DNS, HTML, CSS, Javascript, front-end frameworks, back-end databases and systems, security, hosting, cloud services - the works. Specific topics will depend on the background and interests of the participants. As a seminar, this course will involve group work and learning from each other. May be

Science and Mathematics

Intro to Maps and Geographic Information Systems —

Fall 2021

Instructor: Tim Schroeder

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Credits: 4

This is an introductory course on the theory and practice of analyzing and displaying geo-spatial information. The methods that students will learn have wide-ranging applications in the natural and social sciences. Students will learn how to utilize mapping and spatial geographic information systems software to analyze patterns within spatial datasets and communicate

Science and Mathematics Environment

Intro to Max — MCO2116.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Nicholas Brooke

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Credits: 2

This course looks at the peculiarly versatile program of Max/MSP/Jitter, a platform for sound and visuals. Our focus will be on the sonic capabilities of Max, though we will dip occasional into video, installational, and sensing technologies. Students will develop independent research and projects based on their interests, while smaller exercises will show how to reproduce

Music Visual Arts

Introduction to Climate and Weather — ES2115.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Tim Schroeder

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Credits: 2

This course will offer a brief introduction to the physics of Earth’s atmosphere and how movement of heat and water through earth systems is related to the establishment of climate conditions on Earth’s surface and the weather patterns within those systems. Human societies interact with these systems in many ways, which in-turn impact and change the systems. We will study how a

Science and Mathematics Environment

Introduction to Computer Science — CS2126.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Tim Schroeder

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Credits: 4

**** New faculty as of May 11, 2021 **** A first class in computer programming and computing skills, and as such a foundation for further work in computer science. Much as a competency with English grammar is required for writing, an understanding of programming is required for nearly all intermediate and advanced work in computing. Topics include program design, boolean logic

Science and Mathematics

Introduction To Quantitative Reasoning and Modeling — MAT2102.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Katie Montovan

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Credits: 4

This foundational class covers modes of reasoning used in quantitative sciences and mathematics. While learning the art of mathematical modeling, i.e. translating the physical systems/real-life situations into mathematics, we will apply problem-solving strategies to creatively solve problems and practice effective communication of mathematics. This process involves isolating

Science and Mathematics

Introduction to Relief Printing — PRI2105.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline

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Credits: 4

This course is an introductory level print class. Students will learn about relief printmaking through demonstrations of techniques, hands-on experience, and critiques. Techniques include but are not limited to wood cut and linoleum cut. With this simple process, we will be able to explore color printing in depth. This course is also an introduction to making 2D images and the

Visual Arts

Introduction to Restorative Justice — APA2347.02

Fall 2021

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 2

With current focus on social justice, equity and efforts at redress and repair, the ideas and values that are at the foundation of restorative practices are more important than ever. Restorative justice promotes a set of values and practices that are having a considerable impact on the way our justice system, schools, workplaces, conflict zones and communities think about and

CAPA

Introduction to Restorative Justice and Practice —

Fall 2021

Instructor: Alisa Del Tufo

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Restorative Justice is a set of values and practices that are having a considerable impact on the way our justice system, schools, workplaces, conflict zones and communities think about and enact justice. Restorative Justice asks: What if harm doers were given the opportunity to take responsibility and make amends? If survivors were able to be active participants in defining

Introduction to Sound Recording and Mixing — MSR2141.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Senem Pirler

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Credits: 2

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of sound recording/music production techniques and using the medium of sound as a creative form. Students will be introduced to recording techniques through lectures, hands-on exercises, and critical listening sessions. We will cover basic sound acoustics, spot and stereo microphone techniques, field recording techniques,

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Introduction to Sound Recording and Mixing Lab — MSR2142.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Senem Pirler

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Credits: 2

In the Lab section of this course, we will focus on applying the recording techniques that we learn in the main class via recording sessions at the recording studio of Jennings. Students will learn how to run recording sessions, invite their musical collaborations/ensembles, and learn how to work in a collaborative environment. The Lab section of this class will run as in

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Introduction to Video — FV2303.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Mariam Ghani

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Credits: 4

This production course draws on the energy, intensity and criticality of avant-garde film and contemporary video art practices to introduce students to the fundamentals of working in video and the language of film form. Emphasis on technical instruction, formal experimentation, and critical vocabulary is balanced in order to give students a footing from which to find their own

Visual Arts

Introduction to Video — FV2303.02

Fall 2021

Instructor: Mariam Ghani

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Credits: 4

Visual Arts

Intuitive Electronics for Sound — MCO4362.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Jen Kutler

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Credits: 4

This course offers a hands-on introduction to electronic components, oscillators, circuit bending and sound transduction from an artistic perspective. Students will be guided through theory, construction and/or modification of their own set of electronic sound instruments. Areas of study will include circuit bending, theremins, ambient RF transducers, converting speakers into

CAPA Music Visual Arts

Javanese Gamelan — MPF2201.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Nicholas Brooke

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Credits: 2

A practicum in playing and hearing the gamelan, the Central Javanese percussion orchestra. Students will learn about court and local traditions of Indonesia while playing classic works of karawitan (loosely translated as “weaving”), the multilayered repertoire of Central Java. Weekly rehearsals will focus on navigating the intricate levels of irama (rhythm), pathet (tonality),

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Jazz Ensemble — MPF4250.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Jen Allen

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Credits: 2

This ensemble will perform a wide range of Jazz music (a genre that is constantly evolving), with an emphasis on both ensemble playing and improvisation skills. By playing together, students will learn how blues, swing, Latin, and rock elements have all fueled this music called jazz. Students will also learn how major Jazz artists such as Ellington, Monk, Mingus, Wayne Shorter,

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Jazz Theory — MTH4119.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Jen Allen

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Credits: 4

This course will review both diatonic and modal harmony as it applies to chord structures, chord progressions, scales used in jazz improvisation, how to interpret chord alterations, and how to identify key centers. We will learn how to translate the chord symbols found in “lead sheets” (music with only chord symbols and melody) and develop the necessary skills to create

Music

Kalón and Chaos: The Secret History and its References — LIT2423.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Ben Anastas

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Credits: 2

"Live forever!" is the chosen mantra of the louche, monied and relentlessly insular group of Classics students at the center of Donna Tartt's now classic literary suspense novel The Secret History. Under the influence of their classics professor Julian Morrow--a "divine" with special status on the campus of Hampden College, a dark mirror-image of our own campus--they undertake

Literature

Kant Seminar: The Three Critiques — PHI4266.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Paul Voice

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Credits: 4

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) describes his own work in metaphysics by analogy with Copernicus’s revolution in astronomy. He constructs a system of thought that attempts to move beyond the empiricism of Hume and the rationalism of Leibniz and Wolff. His method - critique - and his theory - transcendental idealism - have profoundly influenced all subsequent philosophy. In three

Society Culture and Thought

Language as System and Social Behavior — LIN2101.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Tom Leddy-Cecere

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Credits: 4

In this course, students will examine the building blocks which make up the interlocking systems of language and observe how those systems are enacted and granted layers of meaning through social practice. Beyond developing an understanding of the basic mechanics of sound systems, word-meaning relations, and the expression of grammatical values in languages of the world, we

Cultural Studies and Languages Society Culture and Thought

Language, Power and Belonging in the Middle East and North Africa — LIN4101.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Tom Leddy-Cecere

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Credits: 4

This course addresses the ways in which language defines and projects power and identity, as well as its role as a societal force with the capacity to embrace or marginalize individuals and entire communities. The course will consider what language is in these contexts as well as public and official conceptions of what it ought to be, and will utilize a combination of primary

Cultural Studies and Languages Society Culture and Thought

Letterpress Printing and Typography — PRI4117.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline

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Credits: 4

In this intermediate-advanced level course, we will study Letterpress printing and Typographic design within a framework of making visual art. This can be a precision process and it affords a huge range of possibilities for artists who wish to work with multiples and/or use text in their work. It is a rigorous course and each student will develop and design print projects that

Visual Arts

Life Drawing Lab — DRW2118.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 2

Drawing Lab provides an opportunity for student artists of all experience levels to further develop their skills with observationally-based drawing. Working primarily with the human figure, students build increased understanding of the poetic, dynamic, and inherently abstract nature of drawing, while paying close attention to the potential of formal elements such as shape, line

Visual Arts