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Introduction to Relief Printing — PRI2105.01

Fall 2014
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 the History of Western Art — AH2124.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: carol stakenas
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This survey course will provide an introductory exploration of the cultural, social, and political values of Western Europe and the Americas by tracing the development of visual culture. Our investigation will focus on aesthetics as well as patronage, art theory, and criticism in various historical periods – from Prehistoric Art through the Nineteenth Century. The course will
Visual Arts

Introduction to the Moving Image — FV2175.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: warren cockerham
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course teaches techniques fundamental to the craft of moving image creation, including cinematography, lighting, sound recording, and editing. It also provides a conceptual framework for video as an art medium. Students will build individual technical skills while developing an aesthetic vocabulary based on medium-specific audiovisual qualities. Throughout the term we will
Visual Arts

Introduction to Video — FV2101.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: jonathan schwartz
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course teaches techniques fundamental to the craft of moving image creation, including cinematography, lighting, sound recording, and editing. It also provides a conceptual framework for video as an art medium. Students will build individual technical skills while developing an aesthetic vocabulary based on medium-specific audiovisual qualities. Throughout the term we will
Visual Arts

Italians About Their World(s) — ITA4108.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: barbara alfano
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Come with a lot of curiosity as well as critical sense to discover what Italians say about their own cultural, social, and political habits and what they fail to comment upon. Through journal articles, interviews, advertisements, web sites, film, e-mails, and conversations with Italians, we will see what Italy has to say about issues such as family and familism; the role of
Languages

Japanese Aesthetics Through the Tale of Genji — JPN4209.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: ikuko yoshida
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
In this high-intermediate Japanese course, students will examine Japanese aesthetics, the Japanese perspectives on nature, and social behaviors by reading excerpts and poems from the modern translation of the Tale of Genji. This Japanese literature masterpiece was written by Lady Murasaki, a court lady, during the Heian period (794-1185). This novel not only depicts the sense
Languages

Jazz Piano Workshop — MIN4239.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: jacob sacks
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
In this course, participants will work on developing the skills required to effectively play non-classical piano repertoire and to connect with improvising in a variety of ways. Students will both individually and collectively learn to play bass lines, chord voicings, melodies, basic rhythms, and improvise solos. Greater awareness of possibilities will be developed through
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Jazz Vocal Improvisation — MVO4203.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: yoon sun choi
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This performance workshop will explore vocal improvisation in jazz, both improvising within a form (jazz standards) and free improvisation. Students will learn to understand the language of jazz through listening and practicing, and there will be some ensemble singing. Students must be able to match pitch. There will be a performance scheduled at the end of term.
Music

Jazz/ Improvisation Ensemble for Instrumentalists — MPF2163.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: jacob sacks
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This ensemble will explore extemporaneous improvisation in a jazz-oriented small group setting. Participants will play and study classic jazz compositions and standards in addition to composing and creating original works for the ensemble. A special focus of this small jazz ensemble will be on developing group interaction and musical communication skills. Another focus will be
Music

Juxtaposition: Drawing and Collage — DRW4106.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: mary lum
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Since the beginning of the 20th century, collage has existed as a vehicle for the most diverse ideas and political concerns of the times. Collage is not simply a method of assembly, a way to bring unrelated fragments into new contexts, but a way of thinking that reflects revolution of all kinds. From Picasso and Braque to Hannah Hoch and John Heartfield, and more recently
Visual Arts

Keystone XL Pipeline — APA2130.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: david bond
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Whether ultimately approved or not, the Keystone XL Pipeline offers a telling window into the contemporary politics of hydrocarbons in North America. Although oil pipelines have been around for nearly a century, they have long been neglected in scholarship and public debate. Today, that is beginning to change. Whether as a vehicle of development or as a harbinger of climate
CAPA Social Science Environment

Learning Japanese Language and Culture with Manga — JPN2109.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: ikuko yoshida
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The Japanese pop culture has gained popularity in the US, and many American children read Japanese manga and watch various Japanese animations, while growing up. However, lack of Japanese cultural knowledge sometimes makes it hard for the American audience to fully understand what is going on in the Japanese character's mind. In this introductory Japanese language and culture
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Life Stories — FRE4214.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: stephen shapiro
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course will focus on perfecting your written French through creative autobiographical writing. Literary readings will offer both a critical perspective on a wide variety of autobiographical genres as well as models for inspiration and imitation in your own writing. We will also examine style and register while striving to master some of the stylistic and grammatical
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Making From Scratch/ Sourcing the Body — DAN4119.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: elena demyanenko
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This is a practice for participants of any discipline to activate the awareness towards the detailed body, vigorous body, sensitive body, rebellious body, fantastic body, in their chosen form or medium. Trusting the intrinsic intelligence of the body in making, we will source multiple systems (eg. muscular, skeletal, fluid, organ) and other ways of reading the body (eg. energy
Dance

Mandolin — MIN2229.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: john kirk
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Beginning, intermediate, or advanced group lessons on the mandolin will be offered. Students will learn classical technique on the mandolin and start to develop a repertoire of classical and traditional folk pieces. Simple song sheets with chords, tablature, and standard notation, chord theory, and scale work will all be used to further skills. Students will be expected to
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Markmaking and Representation — Section 1 - DRW2149.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: mary lum
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The fundamentals of drawing are the basic tools for this investigation into seeing and translation. Using simple methods and means, the practice of drawing is approached from both traditional and experimental directions. The focus of this inquiry is on drawing from observation, broadly defined. In class drawing sessions are complemented by independent, outside of class work and
Visual Arts

Markmaking and Representation — Section 2 - DRW2149.02

Fall 2014
Instructor: mary lum
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The fundamentals of drawing are the basic tools for this investigation into seeing and translation. Using simple methods and means, the practice of drawing is approached from both traditional and experimental directions. The focus of this inquiry is on drawing from observation, broadly defined. In class drawing sessions are complemented by independent, outside of class work and
Visual Arts

Media and Democracy Workshop — APA2207.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: erika mijlin
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
A laboratory for learning and working through the complexities of media's role in a democratic society. We will zero in on some of the pressing issues of this year's midterm elections, and use them as a lens onto topics such as : campaign finance, media ownership, information visualization (or distortion) by media, and some new strategies for media as a platform for ideas and a
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Media Technology and Social Change — APA2203.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: erika mijlin
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
From the print revolution to the birth of photography, from moving images to social networking, we find that new media technologies are continually adapting to us, as we simultaneously, and more subtly, adapt to them. Every wave of technological innovation leaves human existence more closely intertwined with media of documentation and communication. A central question forms
CAPA Visual Arts

Medicinal Chemistry — CHE4130.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: janet foley
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
The action of drugs and their mechanisms are of immense importance to people interested in health care. In this tutorial we will examine basic mechanisms of drugs, side effects, clinical trials, and evaluation of efficacy. Students will direct the study by choosing drugs to investigate and by presenting information identifying what they need to know to understand how the drug
Science Mathematics and Computing

Metal Workshop — SCU2206.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: john umphlett
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This course is recommended for all students considering working in sculpture. It is open to other students with a curiosity about materials and building processes. There are fundamental introductions to gas and electric welding, forging, fabrication techniques, and general shop safety. This course will be offered the first seven weeks of the term.
Visual Arts

Metal Workshop Part II — SCU4110.02

Fall 2014
Instructor: john umphlett
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This course is project based and students are evaluated on their ability to use the shop tools with proficiency and safety. For the second seven weeks we will develop skills in working with equipment that lends itself to non- ferrous metals, other exotic alloys, and stainless steel. We will gain knowledge of GTAW welding in the areas of direct current electrode negative (DCEN),
Visual Arts

Modern Guitar — MIN4224.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: hui cox
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Individual training is available in jazz, modern and classical guitar technique and repertoire, song accompaniment (finger style), improvisation, and arranging and composing for the guitar. Course material is tailored to the interests and level of the individual student.
Music

Mountain Dulcimer — MIN2224.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: john kirk
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
A comprehensive course on learning skills on the mountain (aka lap) dulcimer. We will learn the history of the dulcimer and both traditional and contemporary styles. Music theory and playing techniques will be covered and students will be expected to perform (as a group or individually) at Music Workshop. Students will purchase a lap dulcimer kit and construct the instrument as
Music

Movement Practice: Advanced Dance Technique — DAN4344.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: dai jian (mfa teaching fellow, supervised by terry creach)
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This advanced movement class will develop from simple skeletal mobility sequences to expansive movement forms. The warm-up will examine the joints and how their range of motion relates to alignment, readiness to move, and articulation. These principles will then become the foundation for traveling sequences and longer movement phrases. Distinguishing between tempo, rhythm, and
Dance