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Fall 2023

Reading and Writing Nonfiction: Ambience, Architecture, Environment — LIT4389.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: An Duplan

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Credits: 4

The places where our stories take place have the power to dramatically change our experiences of those stories. In other words, it’s not just about the people in our narratives, or about dialogue, or even about accurately describing our inner worlds, what we think and perceive. When we read, we are also looking to be located, to be placed somewhere. We can think of places

Literature

Reading and Writing Poetry: Word Choice and Linebreak — LIT4292.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Michael Dumanis

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Credits: 4

This workshop-based creative writing course starts with the premise that every time we put a word down on a page or break a line at a particular point, we are making a choice of genuine consequence. The process of writing a poem is ultimately a sequence of these seemingly small choices and the particular arrangement of words and lines in our poems is more responsible for how

Literature

Rethinking Capitalism: Climate, Poverty, Jobs and Public Action — APA2454.02

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 1

This intensive weekend module begins with the premise that prevailing economic systems — and the theories and policies that support them — produce an enormous range of goods and services yet are failing to meet even the most basic needs of at least 45% of the people on earth while destroying the planet’s capacity to provide the resources and process the wastes on which life

CAPA

Richard Wright and James Baldwin — LIT2193.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Ben Anastas

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Credits: 4

“As writers we were about as unlike as any two writers could possible be,” James Baldwin wrote of his early mentor and later rival Richard Wright. “We were linked together, really, because both of us were black.” Now that the two writers have been found new relevance--and controversy--in a post-Black Lives Matter world, we can read their major works together, side by side, and

Black Studies Literature

Sacred Spaces — ARC4160.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Donald Sherefkin

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Credits: 4

The history of architecture is replete with marvelous constructions that were built to establish a sacred ‘center’ - to give meaning to the world. This studio will look at examples from history of the variety of ways that sacred spaces have been created. Students will develop a series of projects to explore the possibilities of creating ineffable, numinous spaces that may

Visual Arts

Seminar on International Mediation in Armed Conflicts — POL4242.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Rotimi Suberu

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Credits: 4

International mediation research is an important, expanding, and intriguing field of study in international relations. This advanced seminar focuses on international, external or third-party mediation in interstate and intrastate warfare as an instrument of conflict resolution, termination, de-escalation, or transformation. Topics to be explored in readings, guest lectures,

CAPA Society Culture and Thought

Senior Projects in Literature — LIT4498.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Ben Anastas

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Credits: 4

This class is for seniors writing extended manuscripts in a unified genre: literary criticism, fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenwriting, or a hybrid form that combines genres. We welcome entirely hybrid-form manuscripts, but mixed collections, i.e. some poems with some prose, are not acceptable in this class, for we privilege extended immersion in a single

Literature

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

Fall 2023

Instructor: Eileen Scully

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Credits: 2

Students undertaking culminating work in Society, Culture, and Thought (SCT) complete individual research projects. The process generally begins with students presenting ideas and proposals in their sixth-term Plan Meetings. To support these projects, SCT faculty offer a combined research seminar (2 credits) and various specialized group tutorials (2 credits). These are co

Society Culture and Thought

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

Fall 2023

Instructor: Eileen Scully

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Credits: 2

Society Culture and Thought

Silkscreen Printmaking — PRI2122.02

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 2

Screen printing is an extremely versatile means of reproducing a 2-D image onto a variety of objects. Hand-drawn, painted, photographic and digital images can be used singularly and in combination with each other. Preparation and processing is relatively simple and multiples can be produced quickly. In this class, we will print with non-toxic, water based inks. We will begin

Visual Arts

Slip Casting – Designs, Molds, Multiples — CER2123.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 4

This course is an introduction to SLIP CASTING, a technique used to create multiple ceramic pieces from plaster molds. Students will focus on two parallel themes during this course: first, we will investigate mold making, porcelain slip formulation, and casting methodologies, and prototype design development. Second, we will explore how casting can be used to support concepts

Visual Arts

Spatial Audio Practices — MSR4051.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Senem Pirler

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Credits: 2

This course will offer an introduction to the principles of spatial audio and its function in creative sound practices. The topics will include multichannel audio, Ambisonics and binaural sound, 360 spatial audio recording and mixing, sound design for VR, and immersive electroacoustic music. Along with readings and discussions, we will look at various current sound practices

Music

Species of Spaces — ARC2130.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Donald Sherefkin

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Credits: 4

Working from George Perec’s essay, this studio will explore strategies of describing the physical world, with an emphasis on the elements of architecture. The subjects of the work will include rooms, buildings, cities and maps, both real and imaginary. Beginning with a sheet of paper as our starting point, students will gradually work with increasingly larger scales, following

Visual Arts

Stars and Galaxies — PHY2106.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Hugh Crowl

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Credits: 4

All but a handful of the objects you see in the night sky are stars in our Galaxy, the Milky Way. Although we know about these stars only from studying their light, we know today that they are not just points of light, but large, gravitationally‐bound balls of plasma governed by the laws of physics. Stars, together with dust, gas, and dark matter, are found in larger structures

Science and Mathematics

Surrealism in Latin America: Origins and Reception — SPA4505.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Lena Retamoso Urbano

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Credits: 4

What do we mean when we talk about a “surreal experience”? Which historic, cultural, and literary implications are behind this colloquial expression? How did (and does) Surrealism manifest in Modern Latin American artistic expressions, and how is that manifestation connected to Pre-Columbian cosmology? In this course, we will study the premises of the French surrealist

Cultural Studies and Languages

Sustainability and Social Justice — POL2257.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: John Hultgren

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Credits: 4

This course will explore how different social movements have incorporated principles of ecological sustainability and social justice into their activism. We will examine how environmentalists (mainstream and radical), environmental justice organizers, indigenous rights activists, feminists, immigrants’ rights activists, anti-immigrant groups, religious organizations,

Environment Society Culture and Thought

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Human Rights, Peacebuilding and the Environment — APA2021.02

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 2

Sustainable development has been defined as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It calls for concerted efforts towards building an inclusive, sustainable, and resilient future for people and the planet. For sustainable development to be achieved, it is crucial to harmonize three core

CAPA

Tai-Chi 37 Forms — CSL2132.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Ginger Lin

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Credits: 1

Tai-Chi (Taiji) is a Chinese martial art and meditation system. The symbol of Tai-Chi is the famous Chinese Yin and Yang symbol also called Taiji. In this course, students will get some practical experience with Tai Chi martial art and learn a little bit about Daoist philosophy in the process. Students also will get some practical experience with Qi Gong (Ba Duan Jin). Qi-Gong

Cultural Studies and Languages

Teaching Languages and Cultures K-6 — CSL2000.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly

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Credits: 2

Early exploration of foreign languages and cultures is a powerful tool towards antiracism, social justice, and intercultural understanding. In this course, students will gain a basic understanding of language and culture teaching to young children. Working with local teachers, program administrators, and language acquisition experts, students will have an opportunity to (co-

Cultural Studies and Languages

Tessellation — DRW2265.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Farhad Mirza

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Credits: 4

This drawing and modeling course is an introduction to tessellation, also known as space filling, or packing. Through drawing exercises on various grids (which also happen to be tessellations) we will learn about edges and vertices, moving to regular, semi-regular, and edge tessellation among others, eventually proceeding from planar tiling to packing in three dimensions.

Visual Arts

The "I" of the Beholder — LIT4386.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Franny Choi

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Credits: 2

From James Baldwin's writing on Richard Wright, to Maggie Nelson's Argonauts, to Hanif Abdurraqib’s essays on pop music, many writers of nonfiction have taken up the task of looking at works of art, media, and literature by first looking inward. This 2-credit class will explore autotheory, first-person cultural criticism, and other critical writing that employs a

Literature

The Actor's Instrument — DRA2170.02, section 2

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 4

Acting, when done well, is the pure expression of human emotion and spirit through text. To do so effectively, one must have adequate training. The actor’s voice, body, mind, and spirit are the tools of the trade and in this course; we will work to hone each one. Students will develop an understanding of the fundamentals of performance using their body, voice, and

Drama

The Actor’s Instrument — DRA2170.01, section 1

Fall 2023

Instructor: Shawtane Bowen

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Credits: 4

Acting, when done well, is the pure expression of human emotion and spirit through text. To do so effectively, one must have adequate training. The actor’s voice, body, mind, and spirit are the tools of the trade and in this course, we will work to hone each one. This course provides a safe environment for the actor to explore and play in the pursuit of bringing texts to life.

Drama

The Animal that therefore I am — POL4243.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: John Hultgren

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Credits: 4

Near the beginning of a ten-hour long (!) address, philosopher Jacques Derrida famously described standing naked in front of his cat and suddenly feeling embarrassed. Wondering why he felt such strong emotions when faced with the gaze of his feline companion, Derrida was provoked to examine the relationship between humans and animals. This course proposes to follow his lead,

Environment Society Culture and Thought

The Art of Rehearsing — DAN4229.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Dana Reitz

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Credits: 4

What happens when you start a rehearsal process and you are not sure what you are wanting yet? How do you present movement phrases, concepts, and structures and incorporate new information from the performers? What is it that you see? How do you change your mind? This is a laboratory setting to explore how to make, teach, and rehearse short selections of movement material.

Dance