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Ancient to Modern Environments: Near and Far — ES4106.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Tim Schroeder
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Credits: 2
To study a planet’s climatic variation over geologic time we must look for subtle clues in the sedimentary rock record. We are currently doing this on two planets, and scientists have their sights set on more planetary bodies around the solar system. At the same time, the James Webb telescope is offering an unprecedented glimpse of what planets may look like outside of our
Science and Mathematics Environment

Anthropology and the Body — ANT4240.01) (cancelled 10/8/2024

Spring 2025
Instructor: Cecilia Salvi
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Credits: 4
The body has been crucial (but sometimes overlooked) in anthropological theory since the early days of the discipline. This course begins with an introduction to recent anthropological analysis and methods of studying the body as both social and individual, biological and cultural, object and subject. We then explore its conceptualization in relation to topics such as the self,

Applied/Engineering Physics — PHY4217.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Tim Schroeder
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Credits: 4
This course applies the concepts of mechanical physics to practical engineering and environmental problems. Any structure, be it a building, a nuclear reactor, a dam, an embankment, or a natural hillside, must be able to withstand the stresses that are placed on it by its environment without failing in order to ensure people’s safety. You will learn how forces cause stress
Science and Mathematics

Archive and Exhibition — VA2239.01) (cancelled 10/23/2024

Spring 2025
Instructor: Anne Thompson
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Credits: 2
This course approaches the college’s ceramics studios as a case study in how to archive a collection and curate an exhibition. Students will research, document and catalog pottery, ceramics and other objects that have aggregated in the studios over a period of years. Drawing on this research, they will select objects for display in a new window space inside the studios,

Bass Intensive — MIN4026.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Michael Bisio
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Credits: 2
Advanced studies in theory relating to performance. Students must be enrolled in Bass with Bisio (MIN4417) simultaneously, no exceptions. This class is only for advanced students and by permission.
Music

Beginning Cello II — MIN4354.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Nat Parke
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Credits: 2
The basics of cello, part two. In a small group or one-on-one, students will learn how to play cello, with an emphasis on performance at the term’s conclusion.
Music

Beginning Guitar — MIN2247.02, section 2

Spring 2025
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 2
Introduces the fundamentals of guitar playing, including: posture, hand positions, tuning, chords, strumming, finger-picking, songs and tunes, major scales, and beginning to read music. History of the guitar and its past and current artists will be shared.
Music

Beginning Guitar — MIN2247.01, section 1

Spring 2025
Instructor: John Kirk
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Credits: 2
Introduces the fundamentals of guitar playing, including: posture, hand positions, tuning, chords, strumming, finger-picking, songs and tunes, major scales, and beginning to read music. History of the guitar and its past and current artists will be shared.
Music

Beginning Violin II — MIN4360.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Joana Genova
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Credits: 2
Students who are familiar with the basics of holding the instrument and the bow and have played for at least 1 semester. Individual 25-30 min. long lessons. Daily practice (about 15-20 min.) is expected. End-of-semester performance is required.
Music

Beginning Voice- Moving Towards Singing — MVO2103.01) (cancelled 9/30/2024

Spring 2025
Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
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Credits: 2
This class uses movement and the principles of the Alexander Technique to prepare the body for making sound, and is appropriate for singers, actors, dancers, or anyone interested using their body as an instrument.  Class begins with gentle movements on the floor, sitting and standing to develop physical awareness and ease, and will over the term progress to vocal warmups,

Beginning Wheel Throwing — CER2107.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Aysha Peltz
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Credits: 4
This class is an introduction to using the potter’s wheel as a tool for generating clay forms with an emphasis on pottery making. While focusing on throwing skills, students will explore various possibilities for assembling wheel-thrown elements and experiment with functional and non-functional formats. Students will be introduced to the ceramic process from wet working to
Visual Arts

¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø Review: A Practicum in Literary Editing and Publishing -- Prose — LIT4529.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Manuel Gonzales
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Credits: 2
This two-credit course involves working on selecting and editing the content of ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø’s national, award-winning print literary magazine, ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø Review. Students will serve as Editorial Assistants for the magazine, studying and practicing all aspects of magazine editing. The course will also engage students in discussions of contemporary print and digital literary
Literature

¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø Review: A Practicum in Literary Editing and Publishing: Poetry — LIT4330.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
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Credits: 2
This two-credit course involves working on selecting and editing the content of ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø’s national print literary magazine, ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø Review. Students will serve as Editorial Assistants for the magazine, studying and practicing all aspects of magazine editing. The course will also engage students in discussions of contemporary print and digital literary culture, and of the
Literature

Beyond Plastic Pollution — APA2334.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Judith Enck
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Credits: 1
An environmental policy class which closely examines the environmental and public health implications of the production, use and disposal of plastics.  The class is taught on zoom and there are many communty people from around the country who audit the class, which results in a nice exchange of ideas between ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø students and community people who love to learn. 
CAPA Environment

Billy Shakes with Laughter — LIT2544.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 4
Fortunately for all of us, the dumb title of this class is the only piece of writing I’m bringing to the course. Instead, once we’re in class together, we’ll leave the heavy lifting of writing and storytelling and merrymaking to Billy. The class will dive deep into reading and discussions of six Shakespeare comedies, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado
Literature

Biochemistry — CHE4335.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: John Bullock
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Credits: 4
Biochemistry is an intermediate chemistry course in which students apply principles from general and organic chemistry, as well as general biology, to understand the molecular processes that characterize life. Biochemistry is a broad discipline that is growing rapidly in its scope – new developments and discoveries are being made daily. The goal of this class will be to give
Science and Mathematics

Boundaries — SCU2309.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: John Umphlett
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Credits: 4
This class will participate in a deep investigation of the body. In the beginning, we will work from a live model to produce life size clay representations for understanding the body as a form as well as entertain complicated questions that pertain to the space between the observer and the reference model. In the beginning the goal is for each student to clone this body
Visual Arts

Breaking good: Synthetic organic chemistry and the nature of drugs — CHE4217.01) (cancelled 10/16/2024

Spring 2025
Instructor: Fortune Ononiwu
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Credits: 4
This course explores the nature of drugs and the role of synthetic organic chemistry in drug development. Nature is the best chemist. However, building biologically active molecules using synthetic organic chemistry enables researchers to produce enough material to allow for thorough scientific investigation. As a result, synthetic chemistry remains a key step in drug

Butoh Intensive- In Search of Dance of Darkness — DAN4245.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Mina Nishimura
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Credits: 4
This advanced level intensive course is designed for students who have prior experience of making a work around a body, especially (yet not limited) in dance, theater and visual arts contexts. Inspired by butoh-based movement practice, Buddhism and French post-structuralism philosophies, students will seek a way of liberating a body from a socially pre-conditioned self. While
Dance

Calculus: A Classical Approach — MAT4288.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Katie Montovan
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Credits: 4
This course covers the breadth of university calculus: differentiation, integration, infinite series, and ordinary differential equations. It focuses on concepts and interconnections. In order to cover this much material, computational techniques are de-emphasized. The approach is historically based and classical, following original texts where possible. Further techniques and
Science and Mathematics

CAPA Advanced Workshop — APA4256.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
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Credits: 4
This class is for Seniors who are completing their advanced work in public action. Students will complete a digital portfolio that will include a description of their project, their research, and how they will implement their work in a specific location. The project can be local, regional, national or international. Students are encouraged to connect their Field Work Term to
CAPA

CAPA BYC Catalogue 2025 (Building Your Community) — APA2029.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
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Credits: 2
In 1968, during the heyday of the '60s counterculture and the turmoil of the Vietnam War, the Whole Earth Catalogue was published. The publication's motto was "access to tools" providing readers with 'do it yourself' advice that could allow them to be more self-reliant and get more in touch with nature. This class is for students to envision the Future Community Catalogue 2025.
CAPA

Cell Biology (with Lab) — BIO4114.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Amie McClellan
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Credits: 4
The cell is the fundamental organizational unit of all living organisms on Earth. In this class we will investigate cell structure and function, learn about DNA replication and transcription, find out how proteins are synthesized, folded, localized, and regulated, ultimately coming to understand how interfering with cell biological processes can result in disease. In the lab,
Science and Mathematics

Cello — MIN4355.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Nat Parke
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Credits: 2
Studio instruction in cello. There will be an emphasis on creating and working towards an end-of-term project for each student.
Music