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24 Stories of Filial Piety vs The Daoist Tales of Zhuang Zi — CHI4213.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Ginger Lin
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Credits: 4
The Twenty-four Stories of Filial Piety are well known Chinese stories that exemplify the devotion of children to their parents that is the chief virtue in Confucianism. The Daoist Tales of Zhuangzi on the other hand offer a much different set of values. These tales "translated" from classical Chinese into modern Mandarin at the student's language level will serve as a starting
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A Survey of Avant-Garde Exhibitions — VA2109.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Carol Stakenas
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Credits: 4
*** New faculty and updated description *** This course will examine a selection of art exhibitions in Europe and the United States from the middle of the 19th century to the early 2000s. The course will focus on controversial exhibitions associated with individuals and movements such as Gustave Courbet, Edouard Manet, Impressionism, Fauvism, the Armory Show, Alfred Stieglitz,
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Absolutism and its Discontents — FRE4715.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Stephen Shapiro
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Credits: 4
This course will examine the relationship between cultural forms (architecture, garden design, art, music, opera, ballet, literature, etc.) and power at the court of Louis XIV.  We will focus our attentions on primary texts and cultural artifacts from the period while examining modern perspectives (including film) on the Golden Age of French Classicism at Versailles. We
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Adaptation — DRA2111.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Sherry Kramer
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Credits: 4
Adaptation: A writer is a reader moved to imitation. Appropriation, repurpose, pastiche, hybrid, sampling, remix, in conversation, mash up. Everyone knows that when you steal, steal from the best. When we write we may borrow the structure of a sonata, the plot from a story, the tang and tone of a novel, and characters from our own lives. Is everything we write adaptation? We
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Advanced Digital Modeling — MA4204.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Sue Rees
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Credits: 2
This course introduces students to the basic language of 3D animation and modeling. Students will be expected to become familiar with the basic principles of the Maya program and to produce a short animation by the end of the term, or a series of modeled objects and spaces. Additionally, during the course we will print forms, utilizing 3D printers. This course will be held
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Advanced Mediation — MOD4101.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Peter Pagnucco
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Credits: 1
This course is an advanced level of training in mediation. Advanced mediator skills are featured including effective neutral intervention, constructive communication, reframing, problem framing, interest-based negotiation and agreement writing. Students will participate in daily role-play exercises, read and present articles, and write a reflection essay or short project.
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Advanced Projects in E-Music — MCO4139.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Randall Neal
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Credits: 2
This course will focus on composition in the electro-acoustic medium. Students may choose to develop their technical skills in any of the following areas: sound synthesis, digital signal processing, digital audio recording and surround sound 5.1 spatialization. Students are expected to complete an electro-acoustic composition in surround sound to be presented in concert at
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Advanced Voice — MVO4401.02

Spring 2014
Instructor: Tom Bogdan; Kerry Ryer-Parke
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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
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Advanced Voice — MVO4401.01

Spring 2014
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 Workshop for Painting and Drawing — VA4404.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Ann Pibal
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Credits: 4
This course is for experienced student artists with a firm commitment to serious work in the studio. Students will work primarily on self-directed projects in an effort to refine individual concerns and subject matter. Students will present work regularly for critique in class as well as for individual studio meetings with the instructor. Development of a strong work ethic will
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Advanced Workshop in CAPA — APA4124.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati; Erika Mijlin
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Credits: 2
This workshop is designed to enable students to pursue work they have already begun that is focused on public action regardless of the particular issue/s they are addressing and to integrate Field Work Term into that work. Students will be presenting their own work to the workshop as it unfolds. Some portion of the workshop will be dedicated to common experience in particular
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Advanced Workshop in Recording — MSR4152.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Julie Last
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Credits: 4
Continuing studies in modern recording and production techniques. We will incorporate detail oriented listening and analysis of a variety of commercial and noncommercial recordings to discover technical and musical processes. All students will be expected to spend time in the studio each week and to bring works-in-progress to each class for listening and discussion. Members of
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Aesthetics — PHI2253.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Karen Gover
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Credits: 4
Why do we care about art? Why and how do artworks move us? What, if anything, do artworks mean, and how do we know? This course takes up these and other questions relating to the philosophy of art and artworks. This course will look at the philosophical tradition of aesthetics, including Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Hegel, up to the present day. We will also look at the role of
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African Music Ensemble — MHI4134.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
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Credits: 4
African Music Ensemble explores the music, drumming and songs of West Africa and Mozambique. This performance ensemble will explore traditional bala (West African xylophone), djembe, dundunba, kpanlogo, n'todje, shakere, and songs in Wolof, Manding, Yoruba.
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America in Italy — ITA4602.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Barbara Alfano
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Credits: 4
Whether as a myth, or as a geopolitical space, the United States of America hold a unique place in the history and in the collective imagery of Italians. How does Italian culture confront its own cultural construct of the U.S.A. and what is it that makes Italians rediscover and reinvent America still today? What is the myth made of? This course focuses on ideas of America
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American Theater Now — DRA2151.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Jenny Rohn
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Credits: 4
This non-performance based course will focus on a detailed, coast-to-coast examination of the state of the American Theater in 2013-2014. Who are the playwrights, directors, designers, actors, and producers that are shaping the landscape? Who is making theater? How and why are they making it? We will explore the history of theater in America, specifically the regional theater
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Analyzing Japanese Society Through Online News — JPN4707.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
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Credits: 4
This course is designed for students to deepen their understanding of Japanese society through the analysis of Japanese online news articles. Mass media is the reflection of a society and the mirror of a culture. Therefore, reading Japanese newspapers helps students to become more aware of the Japanese culture, which is reflected in newspaper articles. In the first half of the
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And Process for All — MED2110.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Peter Pagnucco
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Credits: 4
In American society, conflict resolution need not mean a punch in the nose-instead, we have process.  This course is an experiential examination of two primary conflict resolution processes, litigation and mediation; and is intended for students willing to try things out.  First, we will explore what society might want from a conflict resolution process and examine
CAPA

Animation Projects — MA4201.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Sue Rees
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Credits: 4
The course will be for sustained work on an animation. Students will be expected to create a complete animation, or project. The expectation is that students will be fully engaged in their project, and with critiques. Student will work with sound effects and sound scores to complete their final animation. A public showing will be required.
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Architecture I - Elements — ARC4115.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Donald Sherefkin
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Credits: 4
Introduction to the discipline of architectural exploration. Architecture I focuses on the formation of architectural concepts through the development of spatial investigations. using scale models and drawings. We begin with a series of abstract exercises which explore ways in which meaning is embedded in form, space and movement. These exercises gradually build into more
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Banjo — MIN2215.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: John Kirk
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Credits: 2
Beginning, intermediate, or advanced group lessons on the 5-string banjo in the claw-hammer/frailing style. Student will learn to play using simple song sheets with chords, tablature, and standard notation. Using chord theory and scale work, personal music-making skills will be enhanced. Awareness of traditional styles of playing the instrument will be furthered through a
Music

Basic Design Techniques of Theatrical Sound — DRA2245.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Leon Rothenberg
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Credits: 1
Over four intensive sessions we will discuss the creative process of designing sound for plays and will look at the hardware and software tools used to express these designs. In the first two classes students will be introduced to the recording, editing and mixing techniques used in preparing music and sounds for theatrical productions. In the second weekend we will look at
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Bass with Bisio — MIN4417.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Michael Bisio
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Credits: 2
Beginning to advanced lessons in bass technique and appropriate theory. Corequisites: Must participate in Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm).
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Beginning Cello II — MIN4354.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Nathaniel Parke
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Credits: 2
The basics of cello, part two. In a small group, students will learn how to play the instrument of their choice, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term's conclusion.
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