Fall 2021

#Stop Asian Hate: Taking Actions Against Hate — JPN4711.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida

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Credits: 4

Since the start of COVD-19, harassment and violence against Asian people has been on the rise in the US. Under the Human Rights Law, discriminating anyone due to the basis of race, age, nationality, and disability is illegal, and educating the public about their rights and discussing diversity and inclusion have been a key element of educational programs and institutions.

Cultural Studies and Languages

100 Experiments — PHO4131.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Jonathan Kline

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Credits: 4

This course is a hands-on exploration of the many photographic materials spanning the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Over the term, students will study ten specific processes and be asked to create ten 8x10 inch experiments utilizing each one. Processes include digital camera lucida drawings, pinhole images, cyanotypes, analog color negatives, Polaroid images, scanograms,

Visual Arts

13 Zines: Research, Drawing, Design — DRW2266.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Mary Lum

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Credits: 4

This is a course for students who love to look into things. In it drawing is the means to communicate research, in the form of zines. We work closely with, in, and around the library to gather knowledge about a different topic each week. We then translate the research into handmade representations (words and images) that combined with empirical evidence and an organized design

Visual Arts

A Brief Introduction to Astronomical Observing — PHY2212.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Hugh Crowl

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Credits: 1

In this course, students will learn the fundamentals of observing the night sky with a telescope. This course will teach how to find the basic constellations and how to use both manual and computerized telescopes to point at celestial objects in the night sky. While there will be some classroom time to teach fundamental concepts, the vast majority of the class will consist of

Science and Mathematics

Actor's Instrument — DRA2139.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Jenny Rohn

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Credits: 4

The craft of acting will be the main focus of this beginning class. Through physical and vocal warm-up exercises, sensory exploration, improvisation, scene work, and extensive reading students will be asked to develop an awareness of their own unique instrument as actors. Students will develop an understanding of the fundamentals of performance; using their body, voice, and

Drama

Actor's Instrument — DRA2139.02

Fall 2021

Instructor: Kirk Jackson

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Credits: 4

An actor honors and bears witness to humanity by embodying and giving voice to the human element in the landscape of theatrical collaboration. Investigating the impulses and intuitions that make us unique as individuals can also identify that which constitutes our shared humanity. Through exploration of the fundamentals of performance, students address the actor’s body, voice,

Drama

Advanced Ceramics Projects: Self and Clay — CER4315.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Yoko Inoue

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Credits: 4

Sculpture and vessels are realized through an exchange between the medium and the self. The class will begin with the question: What is Sculpture? What is a Vessel? Projects will push forward conceptual topics specific to sculpture and vessels including form and presence, the body, light and illusion upon form, the transformation of materials through techniques and the

Visual Arts

Advanced Chamber Music — MPF4258.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Nat Parke

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Credits: 2

An intensive, performance-oriented exploration of chamber music literature.

Music

Advanced Film/Video Projects I — FV4476.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Mariam Ghani

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Credits: 2

This course supports advanced students in planning, pre-production, and early production for more complex, larger-scale, longer-duration, self-directed film/video projects. Please note that this course is primarily intended for and used by seventh-term and eighth-term students with a Plan concentration in film, video, or screenwriting. Exceptions may be made on the

Visual Arts

Advanced Improvisation Ensemble of Dancers and Musicians — MPF4357.01) (cancelled

Fall 2021

Instructor: Joseph Alpar

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Credits: 2

This class is for advanced musicians and dancers who have had some improvisation experience. We will work on Solo Practice and Ensemble Practices. Attention will be focused on the development of sound and movement vocabulary, pattern recognition, the arc of compositional forms and polyrhythms. Musicians and dancers will engage in deep listening, exchange of sonic and movement

Dance Music

Advanced Improvisation Ensemble of Dancers and Musicians — DAN4673.01) (cancelled

Fall 2021

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati

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Credits: 2

This class is for advanced dancers and musicians who have had some improvisation experience. We will work on Solo Practice and Ensemble Practices. Attention will be focused on the development of sound and movement vocabulary, pattern recognition, the arc of compositional forms and polyrhythms. Musicians and dancers will engage in deep listening, exchange of sonic and movement

Dance Music

Advanced Jazz Piano — MIN4240.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Jen Allen

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Credits: 2

Weekly private instruction in jazz piano to be arranged with instructor. Explore and develop skills and knowledge required to effectively play non-classical piano repertoire. Styles covered: blues, reggae, salsa, bossa-nova and jazz. Create bass lines, chord voicings, stylistic rhythms, melodies and improvised solos.

Music

Advanced Piano — MIN4336.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Christopher Lewis

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Credits: 2

Individual private lessons for advanced students, with focus on the classical repertoire. Students are accepted by audition. Students will meet with the instructor weekly on scheduled class days, at times to be arranged with the instructor. A minimum of 30 minutes practice per day is expected. Two excused absences permitted, with every effort made for make-up lessons.

Music

Advanced Piano - Intensive — MIN4418.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Christopher Lewis

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Credits: 4

Individual private lessons for advanced students, with focus on the classical repertoire. Students are accepted by audition. Students will meet with the instructor twice per week on scheduled class days, at times to be arranged with the instructor. A minimum of one hour practice per day is expected. Two excused absences permitted, with every effort made for make-up lessons.

Music

Advanced Printing and Projects in Lithography — PRI4118.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline

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Credits: 4

This advanced level course is also an introduction to lithographic processes. Students will start by processing and printing images from limestone and end the semester by exploring the possibilities of making positive films to expose modern lithographic plates. This studio class is structured around a number of projects each one ending with a group critique. Students should

Visual Arts

Advanced Projects in Dance — DAN4795.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Dana Reitz

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Credits: 2

This is an essential course for students wishing to make new work for performance this term, whether one project or a series. It is designed specifically to support each person’s artistic voice and manner of working. Attention will be given to all of the elements involved in composition and production, including collaborative aspects. Students are expected to show their work

Dance

Advanced Topics in Biology and Biochemistry: From the Cradle to the Grave - The Life and Death of Proteins — BIO4319.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Amie McClellan

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Credits: 2

The viability of a cell, and therefore an organism, depends upon the proper synthesis, function, and ultimately the destruction, of the proteins therein. This course will focus on understanding how proteins are made and degraded in the cell, with an emphasis on what happens in-between – how proteins fold, function, and localize to their proper cellular compartment(s). We will

Science and Mathematics

Advanced Voice — MVO4401.02

Fall 2021

Instructor: Thomas Bogdan

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Credits: 2

Advanced study of vocal technique and the interpretation of the vocal repertoire, designed for advanced students who have music as a plan concentration and to assist graduating seniors with preparation for senior recitals. Students are required to study and to perform a varied spectrum of vocal repertory for performance and as preparation for further study or graduate school. A

Music

Advanced Voice — MVO4401.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke

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Credits: 2

Advanced study of vocal technique and the interpretation of vocal repertoire, designed for advanced students who have music as a plan concentration and to assist graduating seniors with preparation for senior recitals. Students are required to study and to perform a varied spectrum of vocal repertory for performance and as preparation for further study or graduate school. A

Music

African American Music: An Overview — MHI2112.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 4

This course will survey African-American music tracing its development from African origins to more contemporary forms. Studying the genres in order of chronological development, the course will cover both secular and religious music forms of African-American culture, identifying the characteristics that clearly delineate and define the African American music-culture. Study of

Music

After Oil: The Promise and Problems of Alternative Energy — SCI2119.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: John Bullock

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Credits: 4

It is conventional wisdom that we need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels in coming years. The reasons include not only the growing problem of climate change, but the simple fact that supplies are finite and new energy sources must be developed on scales large enough to meet the ever-increasing demand throughout the world. This course will begin with an examination of how

Environment Science and Mathematics

AGAPE: Love in the Time of Pandemic, Hate and Insurrection — APA2444.02

Fall 2021

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati

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Credits: 2

In the throes of a global increase of identity-based hatred and anti-democratic sentiment, this course will explore a concept present in virtually every world religion. Agape love (unconditional compassionate kindness) as a necessary value in movements for social justice. Agape requires action and sacrificial service in addition to the theoretical discourse of diversity, equity

CAPA

An Actor's Technique: Nuts and Bolts — DRA4127.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Jenny Rohn

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Credits: 4

How do actors bridge the gap between themselves and the role they are playing? How do actors rehearse with other actors in order to explore the world of the play? This non-performance-based class is designed to help individual actors discover their own organic, and thorough rehearsal process. All casting and scene selection decisions will be discussed with each individual

Drama

Anti-Perspective — DRW4402.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Farhad Mirza

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Credits: 4

This course is about how an image might represent a codified or systematic way of thinking. We will study the differences between one-point perspective, parallel projection, non-perspectival representation, and the problem of depth in these representational modes. Weekly drawing exercises will be paired with readings to elaborate on various 'rules' for creating space in a

Visual Arts

Art and Entrepreneurship — APA2445.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati

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Credits: 2

This course will explore the intersection of art and entrepreneurship while providing artists and arts administrators with the essential knowledge needed to create an arts-related enterprise, whether a nonprofit, a for-profit business, or a “business of one.” We will look at the innovative ways that artists and individuals have gone beyond the traditional art world model to

CAPA