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The Recording Studio as a Magical Escape Pod — MSR4367.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 4
In this course, students will learn how to take a simple song and develop it, over the course of the semester, into a maximalist, through-composed “freewave” masterpiece. Students will learn all of the basics of studio recording and become comfortable using the space to explore their wildest aural creativity. A focus will be given to learning how to use EQ, compressors,
Music

The Renaissance — HIS2341.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Carol Pal
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Credits: 4
This course is a survey of the cultural, social, and religious movements that transformed Europe between 1350 and 1600. These revolutions in Western thought gave birth to the Enlightenment and the intellectual outlook that still characterizes our culture today. Using primary source materials such as letters, literature, court records, diaries, and paintings, we examine both
Society Culture and Thought

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

Fall 2024
Instructor: Joseph Alpar
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Credits: 2
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

The Same and Not the Same: A Close Reading of Primo Levi's "The Periodic Table" — CSL2134.01) (cancelled 5/8/2024

Fall 2024
Instructor: John Bullock
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Credits: 2
Primo Levi studied chemistry in Italy in the 1930s, where he witnessed the rise of fascism. As a Jew, he learned to navigate the treacherous path of being the Other from childhood, but that was little preparation for what was to come. Sent to Auschwitz in 1944, he survived and went on to become one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. His memoir, The Periodic Table,
Science and Mathematics Cultural Studies and Languages

The Scriptorium: Barbie — WRI2164.01, section 1

Fall 2024
Instructor: Camille Guthrie
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Credits: 4
The Scriptorium, a “place for writing,” is a class for writers interested in improving their critical 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 productive strategies for analytical writing. As we write in various essay structures
Writing

The Scriptorium: Barbie — WRI2164.02, section 2

Fall 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 4
The Scriptorium, a “place for writing,” is a class for writers interested in improving their critical 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 productive strategies for analytical writing. As we write in various essay structures
Writing

The Scriptorium: Masks and Metamorphoses — WRI2162.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Camille Guthrie
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Credits: 4
“We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin.” ― André Berthiaume The Scriptorium, a “place for writing,” is a class for writers interested in improving their critical 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
Writing

The Scriptorium: Multiverses, Utopias, and Dreamscapes, Oh My! — WRI2163.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Camille Guthrie
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Credits: 4
The Scriptorium, a “place for writing,” is a class for writers interested in improving their critical 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 productive strategies for analytical writing. As we write in various essay structures
Writing

The Songwriter’s Guitar — MIN4362.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 2
Self-taught guitar playing often begins with the recognition of simple patterns, evolving into complexity. These patterns, while helping us gain familiarity, can eventually become a constrictive box, requiring new material to refresh the old.  How do we make a song more effective through focusing on guitar, how can we make a song find its destination? This course develops
Music

The Thousand and One Nights and the Roots of Fabulism — LIT2565.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 4
Our primary text for this class will be Yasmine Seale’s The Annotated Arabian Nights, which we will open in the spirit of pleasure and curiosity. Seale’s annotated edition makes de- orientalizing gestures while also mapping many of the instances in which this corpus of stories has inspired other works of art and literature. ’Alf Laylah wa-Laylah, known in English as the
Literature

The U.S. Constitution: Amendments and Updates — HIS2141.02

Fall 2024
Instructor: Eileen Scully
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Credits: 2
The United States Constitution is an “invitation to struggle,” an arena and set of principles for unending battles between irreconcilable visions of freedom, well-being, consent, obligation, and community. Far from enshrining answers, it defends questions. Battles over constitutional interpretation and amendment have been battles to open or close core questions. In this seven
CAPA Society Culture and Thought

The Voice: a Prism of Musical Expression — MVO2305.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Virginia Kelsey
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Credits: 2
In this seminar, we will explore a large and diverse spectrum of repertoire focusing on the voice outside of the Western Classical tradition. Instead, we will look to popular and folk musics from around the world for inspiration in the myriad forms in which vocal expression has developed. Vocal techniques and styles to be studied in this course include but are not limited to
Music

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
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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 work will be
Drama

There Is Always a Clock — DRA4384.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Sherry Kramer
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Credits: 4
The hero has till sundown to get out of Dodge. The heroine has to take the full course of cancer treatments. The polar vortex is coming. The iceberg is waiting for its date with the Titanic. They say that the main character of every story is time. In timebound art forms, there are two times running in parallel: the story’s, and the audience’s. Almost all works for the stage
Drama

Thesis Practice — DAN5407B.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 2
Students work to develop definitions, resources and methodologies to support varied approaches to thesis practices to include research into practice, performance as research, practice into research, practice-based research, bibliography as method, citational fieldings and research as action.  The course guides students through reflective, critical processes during one-on
Dance (MFA)

THINKING, MAKING, DOING: Artist as Alchemist — DAN2502B.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 1
The inevitable tensions within creative processes - rather than limiting our vision - have the potential to realize our deepest desires and wishes. This course explores the malleability of perception within art making. We will engage in collaborative, contemplative, choreographic, emotional, and imaginal practices that empower the “problems” of body, mind, and heart as sources
Dance (BFA)

THINKING, MAKING, DOING: Methodologies of Improvisation — DAN2503B.02

Fall 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 1
This course engages concepts of improvisation through the lens of creator and performer. Students will study and develop solo and contact-based improvisational practices. Each participant will be encouraged to take risks to broaden movement choices. Scores are introduced to expand conceptual ideas of ensemble dancing while collaborating in real time. 
Dance (BFA)

Toward a Rigorous Art History — AH2109.01

Fall 2024
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 2024
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 2024
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

Trashy — FV2323.02

Fall 2024
Instructor: Jen Liu
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Credits: 2
This is a 7-week screening and discussion-based seminar on the concept and look of “trashiness” in modern and contemporary media and art practices.  We will look at a broad range of art practices as well as film and online media, primarily from the latter half of the 20th century and the 21st. Of particular interest will be works produced in an independent/alternative
Visual Arts

Trends in Adolescent Mental Health — PSY4381.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Emily Waterman
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Credits: 2
Adolescent mental health has become a topic of public discourse, due to research showing increases in depressed mood and anxiety among teens. This course is for students interested in a rigorous reading of the recent (past five years) literature on adolescent mental health. We will discuss methodologies to research adolescent mental health, as well as statistical techniques.
Society Culture and Thought

Viola — MIN4241.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Ariel Rudiakov
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Credits: 2
This course is for students who have prior experience with the instrument. Students are expected to practice daily (minimum of 30 minutes).  End-of-semester performance is required. Lessons with be tailored to the experience and development of each student and will target: -Intermediate/advanced scales and repertoire -shifting -bow strokes and articulations -vibrato
Music

Violin — MIN4345.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Joana Genova
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Credits: 2
Individual lessons for intermediate to advanced students. Students are expected to practice a minimum of 1-2 hours per day and learn scales, etudes, pieces, sonatas and concertos. End-of-semester performance is required.
Music

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

Fall 2024
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