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The War in Ukraine — POP2354.03

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 1
In this course, we will examine the chain of events that led up to the invasion of Ukraine ordered by Vladimir Putin. To what extent does the war in Ukraine represent the final collapse of Cold War-era understandings of international peace, with a ‘return of violence’ that scuttles international agreements in favor of preemptive defense? We will also consider the Ukrainian
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The WAR Room for Free and Fair Elections (2022 and 2024) — APA2231.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 2
As a current response to the events leading up to and occurring on January 6th, 2021 and the threat to democracy specifically related to free and fair elections, this class will engage in a practical assessment of what is going on in each local, county, and state precinct in each State in the United States to determine where the threats are to free and fair elections for the
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The Whiteness of the Whale: Moby-Dick and Melville's America — LIT2401.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Ben Anastas
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Credits: 4
Poet Charles Olson, in his groundbreaking work of lyric criticism Call Me Ishmael (1947), argues that Melville’s classic novel Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851) is a truer and more essential literary document than Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass (1855) because “it is all of America, all of her space, the malice, the root.” A work of prophetic imagination that is almost endlessly
Literature

Theories of Revolution — SPA4402.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
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Credits: 4
Over the past two centuries, in an apparently perpetual movement towards democratic independence, Latin America has confronted ruptures in tradition and experimented with a variety of revolutionary discourses to project its multiple pasts into the future. This course will read the postcolonial back into the European and US epistemai, and vice-versa, exploring how Latin
Cultural Studies and Languages

There Are No Sidelines: Universal Health Approaches to Firearm Injury Prevention Part 2 — APA2449.02) (cancelled as of 12/13/2021

Spring 2022
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
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Credits: 1
Despite decades of political advocacy for gun control, the health toll from firearm misuse in the United States has only continued to rise. Firearm-related injuries and deaths remain among the most urgent, unsolved health emergencies facing our country because society has not yet implemented comprehensive health-based solutions to treat gun violence. The primary obstacle to
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There Are No Sidelines: Universal Health Approaches to Firearms Injury Prevention Part 1 — APA2448.01) (cancelled as of 12/13/2021

Spring 2022
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Days & Time:
Credits: 1
Despite decades of political advocacy for gun control, the health toll from firearm misuse in the United States has only continued to rise. Firearm-related injuries and deaths remain among the most urgent, unsolved health emergencies facing our country because society has not yet implemented comprehensive health-based solutions to treat gun violence. The primary obstacle to
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THIS, THAT and the OTHER: An Introduction to Linguistic Referring — LIN2105.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 4
How do we, as users of language, guide others to successfully follow our attention and intention in referring to elements of shared physical, social and discursive worlds? How do we, as consumers of language, integrate linguistic signals with available context to successfully interpret these acts of reference? In this class, we will draw on data from a wide range of
Cultural Studies and Languages Society Culture and Thought

Tile: Expanding the Parameters — CER2126.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Aysha Peltz
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Credits: 4
This course will explore the ceramic medium through the format of tile. Given this as a parameter, we are presented with an exciting opportunity to explore clay in two dimensions and low relief. Students will be introduced to historic and contemporary tiles as examples of both architectural elements and art objects. This general survey of ceramic tiles will include many
Visual Arts

Tom Stoppard — LIT4376.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Maya Cantu
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Credits: 4
Exemplified by works like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Travesties, and Arcadia, the plays of Tom Stoppard perform dazzling high-wire acts of language and theatricality. Jumping between literary erudition and vaudevillian hijinks, Stoppard’s plays use meticulous technical precision to chart the enigmas of the brain and the chaos of the heart. As the playwright
Drama Literature

Total Theory — SCT4111.01) (new course code as of 11/2/2021

Spring 2022
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
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Credits: 4
Whether we love “theory” or hate it, rejecting it on the basis of a lack of understanding of its esoteric hermeneutics or jargon isn’t really a viable position, and certainly not an excuse. It’d be nice to know why, thus debating it on its own terms and perceiving its implications in all manner of contexts beyond them. The plan is to give at least an introduction to historicism
Society Culture and Thought

Traditional Music Ensemble — MPF4221.01

Spring 2022
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
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Transformative Justice: Changing Ourselves and the World — APA2252.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Alisa Del Tufo
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Credits: 4
Transformative justice is a set of theories and practices that offers a new approach to changing systems and institutions. These methods reflect the values of  restorative practices generally: accountability, empathy, positive communication and healing. In this era of challenging culture cultural expressions Transformative Justice offers us ways to strengthen and maintain
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TV Shows and The Contemporary Chinese Society — CHI4219.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 5
This course invites students to observe and discuss contemporary Chinese society by watching seven of the currently most popular TV shows in mainland China. We will discuss topics such as class, gender, marriage, paternal bond, family ethics, Chinese social development, etc., as are represented by these shows of different genres. The aim of this course is to expose students to
Cultural Studies and Languages

Ukulele Comprehensive — MIN2230.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: John Kirk
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Credits: 2
A comprehensive course in learning musical skills on the ukulele. We will learn the history of the uke, from its Portugese and Indigenous Hawaiian origins, and both traditional and contemporary styles. Music theory and playing techniques will be learned and practiced. Awareness of traditional styles of playing the instrument will be furthered through a listening component and
Music

Unique Prints: 3-D Prints and Modular Works — PRI4272.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline
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Credits: 4
This course is an introduction to unique prints, or prints that are not necessarily printed as an edition. We will emphasize the making of mixed media prints using a broad range of methods from monotypes to digital prints. The class is structured around a series of projects where rigorous experimentation is encouraged. Students will learn various non-typical printmaking
Visual Arts

Verbing sCULpTURE — SCU4121.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 4
The word ‘sculpture’ contains the word ‘culture’ reminding us that in making objects, we not only make our world, but we also encode it with our own personal values and ways of seeing. Our choices in material, process, and idea are linked to personal sensibilities or affinities, aptitudes, tendencies of thinking and making. These choices encode the work being
Visual Arts

Vertebrate Physiology — BIO4115.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Blake Jones
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Credits: 4
Physiology is the study of how organisms work. In this course we will focus on the integrative aspects of physiology of vertebrates. We will explore comparative, mechanistic, and functional aspects in the context of how various systems in various taxa are adapted to their environments. We will cover the physiology of selected systems, including skeletal, digestion, circulation,
Science and Mathematics

Viewpoints Groundwork — DRA2124.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Jenny Rohn
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Credits: 4
Viewpoints is a physical improvisational form used for training actors and creating movement for the stage. This class encourages students to explore the physical and vocal possibilities of time and space, with a specific focus on developing the capacity to be physically present, emotionally open, and free to follow creative impulses. Special emphasis will be placed on the
Drama

Violin/Viola — MIN4345.01

Spring 2022
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. Students are expected to perform at Music workshop at least twice in the term as well as showcase at the
Music

Visible Language: Word And/As Image — DRW4401.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Mary Lum
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Credits: 4
The observed world is covered with words, both visible and invisible. This advanced drawing course aims to underline the tensions and comforts of the relationship between words and images in visual art. Through assigned drawing problems that call upon students to complete and present visual work regularly, topics will include, sign and structure, asemic writing, typography,
Visual Arts

Visual Arts Lecture Series — VA2999.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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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

Voice Class: Black Singing Style — MVO4204.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: John Kirk
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Credits: 2
This will be an intermediate level voice class, for students interested in learning about and singing music in The Black Singing style as found in various traditions in the U.S.  The class will listen to, analyze and explore the fundamental concepts of the Black Singing Style, including aspects of rhythmic and melodic patterns, improvisation, and timbre. Students will sing
Music

When Books Become Films — LIT2100.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 4
What is lost and what is gained when a work of literary fiction becomes a film? Who gets to retell what stories, and when? What makes a successful adaptation, and why? To what degree does the spirit of the original story persist, when, like the Ship of Theseus, its various components have been replaced, repurposed, and removed? In this course we will look at issues of craft,
Literature

Whenever Wherever Festival: As a Celebration of Diverse Communities — APA2283.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 2
Playing with a concept of festival as celebration of our daily life and as a space to exchange individual history, creativity and expression, students will plan, develop, organize and conduct mini-events using any forms—such as workshop, performance, participatory installation, exploratory tour, tea ceremony or ritual. Students are encouraged to research, connect to and
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Women and Human Mobility — APA2213.03

Spring 2022
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
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Credits: 1
Human mobility has been an inherent human condition throughout history. From earliest human history, women and men have migrated in search of a better life, to populate other places on the planet, or to escape and survive human-made or natural dangers. Today migration is a fact of life for an increasing number of people around the world: there are more than 244 million migrants
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