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Philosophy of Art and Language — PHI4215.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Theresa Morris
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course in aesthetics begins with the Ancient Greeks and then follows a predominantly Continental trajectory to contemporary philosophers of aesthetics.  While we will investigate thinkers writing on art, music, and drama, our eventual focus will be the philosophy of language and literature, beginning with Plato’s Phaedrus and including selections from Heidegger,
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Photography Foundation — PHO2302.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Liz Deschenes
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The objective of this course is to provide the student with a proficiency in the basics of 35mm black and white photography. Class time will be spent working in the darkroom, lab demonstrations, and discussions of student work. In addition to technical lectures and reviews, a selection of images from the history of photography will be shown and discussed throughout the term.
Visual Arts

Photography Foundation — PHO2302.02

Fall 2013
Instructor: Jonathan Kline
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The objective of this course is to provide the student with a proficiency in the basics of 35mm black and white photography. Class time will be spent working in the darkroom, lab demonstrations, and discussions of student work. In addition to technical lectures and reviews, a selection of images from the history of photography will be shown and discussed throughout the term.
Visual Arts

Physics I — PHY4235.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Physics is the study of what Newton called 'the System of the World.' To know the System of the World is to know what forces are out there and how those forces operate on things. These forces explain the dynamics of the world around us: from the path of a falling apple to the motion of a car down the highway to the flight of a rocket from the Earth. Careful analysis of the
Science Mathematics and Computing

Piano — MIN4333.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Christopher Lewis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
One-on-one lessons, scheduled individually, available to students with previous study. Corequisites: Must also participate in Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 - 8pm).
Music

Piano — MIN4333.02

Fall 2013
Instructor: Yoshiko Sato
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
One-on-one lessons, scheduled individually, available to students with previous study. Corequisites: Must also participate in Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 - 8pm).
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Piano — MIN4333.03

Fall 2013
Instructor: Polly van der Linde
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
One-on-one lessons, scheduled individually, available to students with previous study. Corequisites: Must also participate in Music Workshop (Tuesdays, 6:30 - 8pm).
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Piano Lab I — MIN2232.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Maria Elmer
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Introductory course in basic keyboard skills. Topics include reading notation, rhythm, technique, and general musicianship.  
Music

Piano Lab I — MIN2232.02

Fall 2013
Instructor: Maria Elmer
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Introductory course in basic keyboard skills. Topics include reading notation, rhythm, technique, and general musicianship.  
Music

Piano Lab I — MIN2232.03

Fall 2013
Instructor: Maria Elmer
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Introductory course in basic keyboard skills. Topics include reading notation, rhythm, technique, and general musicianship.
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Piano Lab II — MIN4236.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Maria Elmer
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Continuing course in basic keyboard skills.  Topics include reading notation, rhythm, technique, and general musicianship.
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Political Economy of the Environment — PEC4215.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Robin Kemkes
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
How do we best manage the world's ecosystems to support our economy, livelihoods and well-being? This course will use the tragedy of the commons as a framework to examine pressing socio-ecological dilemmas such as climate change, declining ocean fisheries, water pollution and biodiversity loss. We will explore a variety of policies, programs and governance structures for
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Politics and Governance in Africa — POL4237.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Rotimi Suberu
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Among regions of the world, Africa is more or less unique for its large number of fragile and unstable states, poor governance, explosive social and demographic pressures, and recent hopeful economic and political transitions. This course surveys the big questions, enduring challenges, and leading theories of contemporary African politics and governance. Themes to be explored
Social Science

Practicum: National Undergrad Literary Anthology — LIT4360.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Rebecca Godwin
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This two-credit course will focus on reading, selecting, and editing material for plain china, an on-line literary anthology featuring the work of undergraduate students across the country. The work will result in monthly on-line publication. We're looking for reader/editors in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction; interest in art direction and computer knowledge welcome. This
Literature

Projects in Dance/Tool Box — DAN4483.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Terry Creach; Susan Sgorbati
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Students are invited to enter a two-part study that includes work to deepen and challenge compositional practices as well as develop a substantial dance project for the term. Classes include led improvisations and other compositional framing practices as well as in-class showings of works-in-progress (live or via video), discussions and critiques. Students are expected to show
Dance

Projects in Sculpture: Making It Personal — SCU4797.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Jon Isherwood
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The question is what do you want to say? As we develop our interests in sculpture it becomes more and more imperative to find our own voice. The role of the artist is to interpret personal conditions and experiences and find the most affecting expression for them. This course provides the opportunity for a self-directed study in sculpture. Students are expected to produce a
Visual Arts

Psychological Experimentation — PSY2109.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: David Anderegg
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Psychologists collect data about people and do so systematically. This course will use the history of psychology and look at classic psychological experiments as a way to think about experimentation itself: how do we answer the questions we really want to ask? Historically important experiments in social, developmental, abnormal and cognitive psychology will be read and
Social Science

Puppets and Animation I — MA2325.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Sue Rees
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The class will be concerned with animating inanimate objects by stop motion, drawings, and cut out collages. A variety of filmmakers and techniques will be looked at during the course of the semester. Students will be expected to produce a variety of short projects followed by a longer more sustained project based on current events and environmental issues. Students will be
Visual Arts

Reading and Writing Poetry: The Poet's Toolkit — LIT4251.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Monica Youn
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
In this course, students will hone and sharpen their poetic craft through an extensive focus on the materials and techniques of their art form. Starting from the basic building block of the poem - the individual word or sound, students will engage in a series of exercises that are designed to deepen their appreciation of structure, craft, and form. We will devote special
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Reading and Writing: The Novel — LIT4326.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Benjamin Anastas
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
What is the novel and how is it constructed? This course will treat the novel, primarily, as an exercise in form, and take students on in-depth tour of the traditions as they have evolved: the epistolary novel, the picaresque, the bildungsroman, the sturdy ‘realist’ or ‘naturalist’ novel, meta-fiction in its many different guises. We’ll read from the novel’s beginnings in the
Literature

Recent Fiction From India and Pakistan — LIT2132.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Brooke Allen
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
In this class we will look at novels and stories that have been published by Indian and Pakistani writers over the last twenty years, in the context of the history of the post-Partition subcontinent. We will read works by an array of authors, possibly including Aravind Adiga, Rohinton Mistry, Mohsin Hamid, Mohammed Hanif, Mirza Waheed, Amit Chaudhuri, H.M. Naqvi, and Amitav
Literature

Reimagining Memory in Biology and Beyond — BIO2140.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: David Edelman
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
How are memories formed, stored, and accessed? This question has been central to psychology and neuroscience since their founding. In this class, we will first review psychological and neurobiological views of memory. We will then explore how memory as a dynamic process might be extended to biological—and even non-biological—systems outside the brain. We will survey cultural,
Science Mathematics and Computing

Renaissance and Reformation — HIS2110.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Carol Pal
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course is a survey of the cultural, social, and religious movements that transformed Europe between 1350 and 1700. These revolutions in Western thought gave birth to the Enlightenment, and the intellectual outlook that still characterizes our culture today. Using primary source materials such as letters, literature, court records, and paintings, we examine large-scale
Social Science

Sacred Harp College — MPF4125.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Kitty Brazelton
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
For experienced Sacred Harpers only. You must be familiar with Sacred Harp repertoire and know how to lead from the 'hollow square'. We will focus on learning to teach and key Sacred Harp. And we will always sing. Attendance will be the only criterion for evaluation.  
Music