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Uses and Abuses of Statistics — MAT2103.01

Spring 2017

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Credits: 4

This course will attempt to answer the question "What is valid data -- and how do you know?" By looking at real life data sets, we will work on reading, assessing, and producing statistics as they relate to different fields. We will work to locate the source data, understand statistical language, and look at how the visual representation of data can change how we perceive facts

Science and Mathematics

Violin/Viola — MIN4345.01

Spring 2017

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 repertoire, short pieces and etudes for study designed develop technique, advance musicianship and prepare for performance. Corequisite: Must participate and perform at least twice in Music Workshop (Tuesdays 6:30pm – 8:00pm).

Music

Visual Arts Lecture Series — VA2999.01

Spring 2017

Instructor: Liz White

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Credits: 1

Each term, ��Ź�� offers a program of five lectures by visiting arts professionals: artists, curators, historians and critics, selected to showcase the diversity of contemporary art practices. Designed to enhance classroom activities of various disciplines in the Visual Arts and to stimulate campus dialogue around topical issues of contemporary art, these thematically

Visual Arts

Visual Arts Lecture Series Seminar — VA4218.01

Spring 2017

Instructor: Liz White

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Credits: 2

This seminar complements the Visual Arts Lecture Series (VALS), providing opportunities for extended engagement with visiting artists, curators, and historians and offering additional context for their public lectures through related readings and discussions. Independent research, short writing assignments, and oral presentations may be required. Please note: Students

Visual Arts

Vocal Ensemble: Street Corner Harmony — MPF4205.01

Spring 2017

Instructor: Tom Bogdan

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Credits: 4

This is a performance workshop/class where vocalists have the opportunity to work with a vocal coach (Bogdan) to learn and perform Doo-Wop and close harmony vocal music. Students will listen to recordings of classic vocal groups of the fifties and sixties and learn to hear and identify the intricate harmonies of the backup singers as well as to sing lead vocals in arrangements

Music

Volatile Futures/Earthly Matters — APA2275.01

Spring 2017

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Credits: 2

Where and when does the Anthropocene come to matter? Looking at inundated low-lying islands, the melting Arctic, or the coastal wrath of super storms, many suggest such contemporary moments prophesy the future that awaits us all. Others, returning to the ecological fallout of the colonial plantation, hydrocarbon imperialism, or nuclear weapons, suggest our impending unraveling

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War/Disaster: The Ethics of the Photographer — PHO2109.01

Spring 2017

Instructor: Jonathan Kline

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Credits: 4

This course will explore the role photography has played in representing recent conflicts, disasters, and social upheaval from around the world. As a class, we will read and view essays and films that articulate a wide range of perspectives. Students will be expected to use their smartphones/camera phones off campus and develop a visual inquiry into our surrounding

Visual Arts

What Happened in North ��Ź��? The Profound Struggle for the Soul of Education in America — MOD2405.02

Spring 2017

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In this course we will begin with an examination of the events that occurred in North ��Ź��, VT as the community voted to close its public school in response to Act 46, the new state law requiring school districts across Vermont to consolidate. The events surrounding Act 46 and the closing of the public school in North ��Ź�� marked a “sea change” in education policy

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Women and Gender in the Modern Middle East and North Africa — HIS4114.01

Spring 2017

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Credits: 4

Religious beliefs and norms have traditionally played a significant role in determining the status of women in the family and their participation in the life of society in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). But, considering the diverse religious landscape of MENA, what do we know about similarities and differences in women’s status across religious communities? What other

Society Culture and Thought

Women and Men: The Biology of the Sexes — BIO2203.01

Spring 2017

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Credits: 4

What are the biological differences between men and women and how do they come about? Beyond the obvious reproductive differences, do other biological differences influence the behavior of women and men? For example, not only do women and men differ in various sex hormone levels, but their brains are influenced in different ways by those hormones. To what extent are the

Science and Mathematics

Women and Moving Image Arts — FV2106.01

Spring 2017

Instructor: Kate Purdie

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Credits: 2

A look at women’s roles in the history of the moving image—as subject, object, maker, viewer, consumer, and critic. What influence has feminism had on how we make and watch moving images today? We’ll study typically female roles within the film industry and notable women who occupied them, as well women who broke barriers to penetrate traditionally male realms. We’ll look at

Visual Arts

Women Composers — MHI2110.01

Spring 2017

Instructor: Allen Shawn

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Credits: 4

This class will explore music by women composers, with a special emphasis on composers from the 20th and 21st centuries. We will become acquainted with music by Hildegard von Bingen, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Clara Schumann, Germaine Tailleferre, Amy Beach, Lili and Nadia Boulanger, Rebecca Clarke, Ruth Crawford, Galina Ustvolskaya, Sofia Gubaidulina, Vivian Fine, Betsy Jolas,

Music

World Percussion Ensemble — MPF4470.01

Spring 2017

Instructor: Susie Ibarra

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Credits: 4

During this class we will examine composition and improvisation in percussion music that include rhythmic, harmonic and melodic structures. The class will also learn about the cultural and folkloric content of the music. Individually each student/player will lead the ensemble in a new work/s that incorporates musical techniques from the music studied in

Music

Writing Essays ��Ź�� Literature — LIT2102.01

Spring 2017

Instructor: Wayne Hoffmann-Ogier

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Credits: 4

Writing Essays is an introduction to writing clearly-constructed and logically-argued essays in response to reading, analyzing, and appreciating literary genre, including poetry, short stories, essays, plays, and novels. The course offers an analysis of the technical elements in literature: imagery, symbolism, metaphor, point of view, tone, structure, and prosody. The class

Literature

Youth Politics in ��Ź��: A Group Research Project — ANT4225.01

Spring 2017

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This course seeks to answer the question: What are the avenues available for youth to mobilize politically in ��Ź��? The course will be structured around a team research project where students will practice skills such as interviewing, conducting surveys, participant-observation research and conceptual mapping. Students will survey various community organizations,

Society Culture and Thought

[BBA class-don't publish] Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice — APA2128.01

Spring 2017

Instructor: Michael Cohen

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Credits: 3

This course will present an interdisciplinary approach to the theory of conflict resolution. Theories of conflict resolution will be introduced and then explored through a number of different prisms. These will include the macro issues of the nature of peace, the environment, the media, NGOs, as well as the role of religion and the Bible. There will also be a focus for part of

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[Hold:] Language Series —

Spring 2017

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida

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The Isabelle Kaplan Center for Languages and Cultures presents the Language Series every term. The purpose of the Language Series is to provide students opportunities to explore and deepen their knowledge in the study of foreign languages and cultures. The Language Series events such as presentations and workshops are related to the foreign language courses that are