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Fall 2023

Introduction to Political Ideologies — POL2258.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: John Hultgren

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Credits: 2

Whether you know it or not, if you have any opinions on politics, you are influenced by political ideologies. Political ideologies provide powerful frameworks that structure how we understand the world – influencing how we see policy debates, struggles in the workplace, and our own personal identities. This course will explore five of the most prominent political ideologies -

Society Culture and Thought

Introduction To Quantitative Reasoning and Modeling — MAT2102.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Katie Montovan

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Credits: 4

This foundational class covers modes of reasoning used in quantitative sciences and mathematics. While learning the art of mathematical modeling, i.e. translating the physical systems/real-life situations into mathematics, we will apply problem-solving and practice effective communication of mathematics. This process involves isolating the essential variables and interactions,

Environment Science and Mathematics

Introduction to Relief Printing — PRI2105.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline

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Credits: 4

This course is an introductory level print media and drawing 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. This course is also an introduction to making

Visual Arts

Introduction to Sound Recording and Mixing — MSR2141.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Senem Pirler

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Credits: 4

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of sound recording/music production techniques and using the medium of sound as a creative form. Students will be introduced to recording techniques through lectures, hands-on exercises, and critical listening sessions. We will cover basic sound acoustics, spot and stereo microphone techniques, field recording techniques,

Music

Introduction to Video — FV2303.02, section 2

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 4

This production course draws on the energy, intensity and criticality of avant-garde film and contemporary video art practices to introduce students to the fundamentals of working in video and the language of film form. Emphasis on technical instruction, formal experimentation, and critical vocabulary is balanced in order to give students a footing from which to find their own

Visual Arts

Introduction to Video — FV2303.01, section 1

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 4

Visual Arts

Introduction to Violin/Viola — MIN2250.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 1

The course is designed for students with no prior string instrument experience. Admission is on a first come first serve basis. Classes will be individual or together with another student. Daily practice (10-15 min.) is expected so students can become familiar and comfortable with the instrument.

Music

Introduction to Web Programming — CS4135.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Meltem Ballan

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Credits: 4

This course provides a highly-interactive introduction to Web Programming using client-side technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and server-side technologies (Node.js, PHP, databases) to create web pages and web applications. This course provides highly-interactive learning of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript by allowing students to run code directly in the online environment. The

Science and Mathematics

Jazz Ensemble — MPF4250.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Jen Allen

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Credits: 2

This ensemble will perform a wide range of jazz music (a genre that is constantly evolving), with an emphasis on both ensemble playing and improvisation skills. By playing together, students will learn how blues, swing, Latin, and modern music elements have all fueled this music called jazz. Students will also learn how major jazz artists such as Ellington, Monk, Mingus, Wayne

Music

Kilns and Firing Techniques — CER4203.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Anina Major

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Credits: 4

This course will look into the use of the kiln as an integral tool and part of the creative process in ceramic art. We will explore various different kilns and firing techniques, learning the roles of fire and atmosphere in transforming glaze components into desired surfaces. We will also discuss the history of kiln technology and how it has influenced the development of wares,

Visual Arts

Kilns and Firing Techniques — CER2319.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Anina Major

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Credits: 4

Visual Arts

Knowing the self and the other: Critical explorations of psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic case studies — PSY2121.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 4

This course serves as an introduction to psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic theory and practice. We will focus on clinical case studies and associated theoretical literature, tracing from psychoanalytic foundations to contemporary evidenced-based models. The course prioritizes engagement with original sources, including case studies, provider and client reflections, and

Society Culture and Thought

Language and Culture in the Pacific — LIN2108.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Leah Pappas

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Credits: 4

There are approximately 2,000 languages spoken on the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and they tell us a story of impressive migrations, millennia of contact, and island resilience. We will explore this story by discussing the two primary language groups in the Pacific: the Austronesian language family and the non-Austronesian languages of New Guinea. Tracing two

Society Culture and Thought

Language as System and Social Behavior — LIN2101.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Tom Leddy-Cecere

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Credits: 4

In this course, students will examine the building blocks which make up the interlocking systems of language and observe how those systems are enacted and granted layers of meaning through social practice. Beyond developing an understanding of the basic mechanics of sound systems, word-meaning relations, and the expression of grammatical values in languages of the world, we

Cultural Studies and Languages Society Culture and Thought

Language typology: Patterns and universals in language — LIN4110.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Leah Pappas

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Credits: 4

Linguistic typology refers to the classification of languages based on their features. In this course, we’ll conduct a cross-linguistic examination of various concepts pertaining to the sounds, grammar, and meanings of words and phrases. We’ll further consider possible language universals—features that may belong to all languages. Through this focus on linguistic code, we’ll

Society Culture and Thought

Latin America: A Paratext — SPA4495.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher

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Credits: 4

This course will consider the often erroneous marketing of twentieth-and twenty-first century Latin America, both from within and beyond its borders, via an open evasion of reading and a privileging of discussion. A combination of the peritext and the epitext, a paratext is everything but the “text” (whether literature, film, music, or a t-shirt) itself. It is hoped that in

Cultural Studies and Languages

Le cinéma-monde d’Alice Diop — FRE4723.01) (day/time updated 5/2/2023

Fall 2023

Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly

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Credits: 4

Alice Diop has offered, for decades now, a deep and powerful cinematographic representation of France and the world. In this course, students will refine their linguistic, cultural, and critical skills while studying Alice Diop’s films, from “Les Sénégalaises et la Sénégauloise” (2007) until “Nous” (2020). Students will also closely examine the composition of her literary and

Black Studies Visual Arts Cultural Studies and Languages

Life Drawing Lab — DRW2118.01, section 1

Fall 2023

Instructor: Colin Brant

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Credits: 2

Drawing Lab provides an opportunity for student artists of all experience levels to further develop their skills with observational-based drawing. Working primarily with the human figure, students build an increased understanding of the poetic, dynamic, and inherently abstract nature of drawing, while paying close attention to the potential of formal elements such as shape,

Visual Arts

Life Drawing Lab — DRW2118.02, section 2

Fall 2023

Instructor: Colin Brant

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Credits: 2

Drawing Lab provides an opportunity for student artists of all experience levels to further develop their skills with observational-based drawing. Working primarily with the human figure, students build increased understanding of the poetic, dynamic, and inherently abstract nature of drawing, while paying close attention to the potential of formal elements such as shape, line,

Visual Arts

Linear Algebra — MAT2482.01) (day/time change as of 5/16/2023

Fall 2023

Instructor: Andrew McIntyre

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Credits: 4

Together with calculus, linear algebra is one of the foundations of higher-level mathematics and its applications. This is NOT just the algebra you know from high school. There are several perspectives one can take on linear algebra: it is a method for handling large systems of linear equations, it is a theory of linear geometry (including in dimensions larger than three), it

Science and Mathematics

Literature of the Holocaust — LIT2526.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 4

Philosopher Theodor Adorno famously claimed that writing poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric. Adorno didn’t write this statement to silence poets. Specifically referencing the poet Paul Celan, he meant that poetry after the Holocaust would need to be radically different to account for these historic atrocities. We will begin by reading Franz Kafka’s unfinished novel, The Castle,

Literature

Looking closer; making work — SCU4122.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 4

This course asks each student to work in a self-directed way among a community of critical thinkers. Finding one’s voice, as a maker, requires researching sources of influence and inspiration. Students are expected to undertake a significant amount of work outside of regular class meetings. At this point in your Visual Arts Education, you must be able to represent serious

Visual Arts

Mad Props: Theatrical Property Design and Production — DRA2312.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Seancolin Hankins

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Credits: 2

An exercise in planning, communication, creativity and resourcefulness, property design applies to film, television, and theatrical production. This course will look at theatrical props and set dressing from a property designer’s perspective. Starting with a script, we will uncover the questions you didn’t know needed answering in order to comprehensively produce or curate

Drama

Making Melody — MCO4134.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Joseph Alpar

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Credits: 2

Melodies are precise, mysterious, and magical in equal measure. In this course we will try to lift the veil of mystery and explore practices that will aid you in the creation of your own melodies. We will do this through the lens of Irish music, an oral tradition that informs the instructor's own composition. As an oral tradition, Irish music is handed down

Music

Making Sense of World Events — POP2356.03

Fall 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 1

Once again, Gaza has burst into view at the center of world events. More refugee camp than nation-state, Gaza is home to 2.2 million Palestinians (half of whom are under the age of 18) squeezed into a narrow sliver of land 25 miles long and 7 miles wide. One of the most densely populated, barricaded, and now bombed places on the planet, Gaza now demands attention on several

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