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Genres and Forms of Poetry — LIT4164.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course will closely examine various genres of poetry, including the narrative poem, the elegy, the ode, the ekphrastic, the prose poem, the pastoral, the aubade, the list poem, and the erasure. Students will also be introduced to traditional prosody and acquire a familiarity with writing in meter, and will read poetry written in such traditional forms as the villanelle,
Literature

Global Problems, Local Solutions — ENV2115.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Valerie Imbruce
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The course uses environmental issues to explore how normative and empirically based arguments are used in public discourse to achieve change. We will consider how global environmental problems take on societal importance and what steps have been taken to deal with them. What is the role of science in describing environmental problems? How does ideology shape what is seen as a
Environment

Greek Tragedy: Plays and Theory — DRA4105.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Kathleen Dimmick
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course investigates the great beginning of the western dramatic tradition in fifth-century Athens. We'll read plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides and theories of tragedy by Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Hegel. Students will write two essays.
Drama

Groundwork: What You Need to Know to Make Music — MFN2110.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Kitty Brazelton
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
You may or may not play an instrument. It doesn't matter. What matters is how you think, how you hear, how you communicate, and your willingness to adapt that knowledge to the musical field. We will learn to listen to music, talk about music, improvise music, write music, write about music, read music, and read about music, but most of all we will learn to collaborate to make
Music

Hearing Herbie — MPF4242.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
*** Time Change *** This will be a performance-oriented ensemble that will focus on the songs of jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock. We will select examples from the various styles he explored during his long and productive career: soul-jazz songs such as 'Watermelon Man' 'Cantaloupe Island', modal-jazz songs such as 'Maiden Voyage' (and others he wrote while playing with Miles
Music

Historical Processes — PHO4321.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Jonathan Kline
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This class investigates a variety of photographic processes that evolved in the second half of the nineteenth century and continue to be used by contemporary photographers today. We will explore the historical and chemical aspects of the following: light sensitive silver, iron, and palladium compounds; photogenic drawings; cyanotypes; collodion glass plate negatives; Van Dyke
Visual Arts

History of Animation — MA2137.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Sue Rees
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
We will study past and present styles of animation, and examine animations from the 1800's through to the present. Early devices used to create moving images, through to contemporary artists and production companies such as The Brothers Quay, William Kentridge, Aardman Productions, and Pixar, will be investigated. The class will consist of film screenings, primarily focusing on
Visual Arts

History of Theater II: Modern Drama — DRA2154.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Kathleen Dimmick
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course examines the history and aesthetics of the theater, including the development of staging, production, and acting methods and styles. In the fall of 2013 we will read representative plays from the modern canon, beginning with the experiments in Naturalism in the nineteenth century through twentieth century modernism to the contemporary drama of today. Along with the
Drama

Honors Seminar: George Orwell — LIT4135.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Brooke Allen
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Perhaps more than any other writer of his century, George Orwell (1903-1950) combined a penetrating political intelligence with significant literary gifts. In this class we will read most of Orwell's novels ('Burmese Days,' 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying,' 'Coming Up for Air,' 'Animal Farm,' '1984') and major non-fiction works ('Down and Out in Paris and London,' 'The Road to
Literature

How Do You Know: The Culture of Information — APA4106.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Erika Mijlin
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
On a daily basis, we each define a relationship to information, as a bearer of truth, evidence, authority, timeliness, social leverage, insight, etc. Part seminar and part workshop, this course will attempt to make that complex relationship visible. We will first focus on a history of knowledge, and the various ways in which it has been used to organize the world. We will then
Advancement of Public Action

Improvisation Ensemble for Musicians Dancers — MPF4233.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Bruce Williamson; Susan Sgorbati
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
***Time Change*** This advanced-level course focuses on work in the performance of improvisation. For dancers, special attention is given to the development of individual movement vocabularies, physical contact and interaction, and the exploration of forms and structures. For musicians, special attention is given to creating rhythms and sonorities which can then be
Music

Improvisation Ensemble for Musicians Dancers — DAN4357.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati; Bruce Williamson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
***Time Change*** This advanced course focuses on work in the performance of improvisation. For dancers, special attention is given to the development of individual movement vocabularies, physical contact and interaction, and the exploration of forms and structures. For musicians, special attention is given to creating rhythms and sonorities which can then be manipulated and
Dance

Insider Perspectives on the French Speaking World — FRE2103.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Stephen Shapiro
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Viewed from the outside, the French-speaking world offers enticing images of beauty, pleasure, and freedom. From the inside, however, it is a complicated, often contradictory world where implicit codes and values shape the most basic aspects of daily life. This course will give you an insider's perspective on a cultural and communicative system whose ideas, customs, and belief
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Interdisciplinary Studio/Seminar: Context and Original Documents — VA4123.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Ann Pibal
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This multi-disciplinary studio seminar course will take as its platform the investigation of writing by artists about art and artists. Working directly with the generous resources of Crossett Library, students will read primary documents of art history – artists’ essays, letters and sketchbooks, while developing and re-presenting their own self-defined studio projects. We will
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Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.04

Fall 2013
Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
***Time Change*** For students of varying levels of singing ability. Vocal production and physiology will be discussed. Group warm-ups and vocalizations will incorporate exercises to develop breath control, resonance, projection, range, color, and agility. The fundamental concepts of singing will be explored in the preparation of specific song assignments. Personalization of
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Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Rachel Rosales
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
For students of varying levels of singing ability. Vocal production and physiology will be discussed. Group warm-ups and vocalizations will incorporate exercises to develop breath control, resonance, projection, range, color, and agility. The fundamental concepts of singing will be explored in the preparation of specific song assignments. Personalization of text and emotional
Music

Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.02

Fall 2013
Instructor: Rachel Rosales
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
For students of varying levels of singing ability. Vocal production and physiology will be discussed. Group warm-ups and vocalizations will incorporate exercises to develop breath control, resonance, projection, range, color, and agility. The fundamental concepts of singing will be explored in the preparation of specific song assignments. Personalization of text and emotional
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Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.03

Fall 2013
Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
For students of varying levels of singing ability. Vocal production and physiology will be discussed. Group warm-ups and vocalizations will incorporate exercises to develop breath control, resonance, projection, range, color, and agility. The fundamental concepts of singing will be explored in the preparation of specific song assignments. Personalization of text and emotional
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Introduction to Applied Mathematics — MAT2111.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Kathryn Montovan
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
In this course we will develop mathematical modeling skills that will help us better understand the complex systems that arise in different scientific fields. Applications will include population growth, predator-prey systems, planetary motion, reaction and diffusion, heat and fluid flow, and evolutionary trees. To model these systems, we will use difference equations,
Science Mathematics and Computing

Introduction to Pure Mathematics — MAT2115.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Andrew McIntyre
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Are there infinitely many prime numbers? How can we know? How do we know for certain that the infinitely many digits in the decimal expansion of the square root of 2 never repeat? Can we ever have definite knowledge about abstractions like infinite sets or the fourth dimension? These questions are typical of 'pure' mathematics: mathematics studied for its own sake rather than
Science Mathematics and Computing

Introduction to Relief Printing — PRI2105.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course is an introductory level print class. Students will learn about relief printmaking through demonstrations of techniques, hands-on experience, and critiques. Techniques include but are not limited to wood cut and linoleum cut. With this simple process, we will be able to explore color printing in depth.  
Visual Arts

Introduction To Rhino 3-D Modeling — VA2113.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Guy Snover
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Rhino 3D Modeling is a foundation course in Rhinoceros modeling software. Rhinoceros, used by architects, artists, and designers, is now standard software for anyone modeling three-dimensional form.  As an accurate and flexible tool, Rhino provides users with workflows for solid modeling, polygonal modeling, and organic NURBS surface modeling. This course covers a broad
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Introduction to Slip Casting — CER2168.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Yoko Inoue
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This is an introductory course to basic mold making and slip casting techniques for producing multiple components to create sculptural ceramic objects or a series of functional ware. This course focuses on the development of design concept through exploration of various casting methods, applying alteration techniques and experimenting with prototype making. Basic preparation
Visual Arts

Introduction to the Biology of Cancer — BIO2104.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Amie McClellan
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The cells in our bodies need to grow and divide in order to make new tissue, and to repair or replace damaged tissue. The processes that govern cell growth and division are tightly regulated. When the cells that comprise the tissues of our bodies lose the ability to properly regulate their growth and proliferation, cancer is the result. This introductory level course will
Science Mathematics and Computing