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Spring 2014

Collage/ Montage/ Essay: Found Material and the Moving Image — FV4141.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Warren Cockerham

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Credits: 4

*** Description Change *** This intermediate studio/seminar course centers on the history, theory, and technique of using found footage material in essayistic moving image work. Students will complete a series of essayistic film and video projects exploring approaches and techniques including but not limited to non-narrative, political, personal, abstract, structural, and

Visual Arts

Communities and the Environment — PEC2112.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Robin Kemkes

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Credits: 4

From the Himalayas to Mexico to New England communities past and present have served as stewards of the forests, fisheries and water resources upon which they depend for their livelihoods. This course will explore how communities retain, regain or form new governance structures for managing critical natural resources. We will begin by introducing a theoretical basis for

Environment Social Science

Conflict Confident — MOD2143.02

Spring 2014

Instructor: Peter Pagnucco

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Credits: 1

Conflict is a natural and inevitable part of life. How we deal with it can make all the difference. This course is designed to impact fundamental skills necessary for individuals to productively engage conflict: in short, to become conflict confident. Major themes will include: an effective intellectual approach to techniques. Students will participate in role plays and other

CAPA Modules: Transferable Approaches

Conflict Resolution: The Ideas and Practice — MED2112.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Michael Cohen

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Credits: 4

*** Time Change *** This course will present an interdisciplinary approach to the theory of conflict resolution. Theories of conflict resolution will be introduced and then explored through a number of different prisms. These will include the nature of peace, the Arab-Israeli Conflict, the Bible, Rock 'n Roll, the arts, and the environment. The course will culminate

CAPA

Contained - Lidded Jars — CER4126.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Aysha Peltz

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Credits: 4

In this ceramics class we will explore utilitarian and metaphorical concepts of containment through the making of lidded jars. These forms offer students the opportunity to solve the engineering problem of having two forms come together to make one while also presenting the wonderful challenge of making an interactive art object that requires the hand to engage with the piece

Visual Arts

Contemporary Chinese Poetry — CHI4119.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Ginger Lin

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Credits: 4

While the language of classical Chinese poetry is practically inaccessible to even today's native speakers of Chinese, the poetry of the five contemporary poets studied in this course is written in the vernacular and serves as a rich source of authentic texts for this course, which integrates language learning with poetry study. The five poets, all born after 1980, each offer a

Languages

Contemporary Issues on Film — SPA2109.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Sarah Harris

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Credits: 4

Students in this course will continue to learn the Spanish language through an examination of contemporary issues in films in Spanish. While there will be some necessary discussion about cinematographic components, the focus of discussion will be on social and political issues present in the films. A consideration, for instance, of national and regional identity, violence,

Languages

Cultural Localities II: Writing Culture — ANT4136.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Miroslava Prazak

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Credits: 4

This advanced research seminar offers the opportunity for the student to implement an advanced study of a specific culture and issue as it is shaped by various social, political, religious and economic contexts. The course will begin with a discussion of contemporary issues in anthropological field research and the writing process, and will include issues such as ethics, the

Social Science

Dance Improvisation Ensemble — DAN4311.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Kota Yamazaki

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Credits: 2

For students with extensive experience with dance improvisation. Our practice will involve developing scores by the participants using both solo and ensemble forms. Students may then show their work-on-progress in Workshops and/or in public performances.

Dance

Dance Performance Project: "Further Afield" — DAN4205.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Daniel Roberts

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Credits: 2

For this performance project, Roberts will be making and teaching movement material, and experimenting with solo, duet, and group forms. The dancers will play an integral part in the shaping of dynamics and phrasing of the piece, working throughout to develop their performance of set material. Coaching will focus on individual musicality and phrasing, 'group timing,' and

Dance

Dance Performance Project: "Here, There, and Where" — DAN4213.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Kota Yamazaki

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Credits: 2

This performance project examines contradicting or opposing movement qualities, such as stillness/activity and fluidity/awkwardness, in both pedestrian and technical movements. Using delicate images to heighten perception, we will explore the sense of time and space as experienced internally (i.e. with memories) as well as the sense of time and space experienced externally.

Dance

Demystifying Scenic Design — DRA2135.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Michael Schweikardt

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Credits: 4

Creating set designs for plays and musicals may seem like a great mystery, but the key to successful set design is always found in the authors original text. An understanding of that text is vital to creating an imaginative performance space that serves the storytelling. Once the essence of the original work is understood, the set designers creative process can begin. Students

Drama Visual Arts

Developmental Psychology After the Grand Theories — PSY2207.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: David Anderegg

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Credits: 4

Comprehensive theories in developmental psychology posited relatively abrupt structural changes in children's thinking in the course of childhood. These theories have been supplanted, in large part, by basic research (largely from brain imaging techniques), documenting gradual changes in children's development. In this course the grand theories (Piaget, Freud, and Vygotsky, as

Social Science

Digital Darkroom Essentials: Processing+Production — PHO4235.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Elizabeth White

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Credits: 2

Designed for students who have experience working with manual cameras, this seven-week course provides instruction in the processing of raw files with Lightroom and Photoshop, and the production of digital portfolios and high quality inkjet prints. Class time will include technical demonstrations and group critiques, as well as slide presentations and discussions. Selfdirected

Visual Arts

Digital Synaesthesia — DA4106.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Kate Dollenmayer; Nicholas Brooke

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Credits: 4

In this course we'll rebuild and rewire the connections among artistic disciplines, examining the mutable nature of sensory information with innovative technologies including motion sensing, live video manipulation, Arduino microcontrollers, and smart phones. We'll learn Max/MSP/Jitter as a core language with which to make dance sing, visualize music, and turn video into

Visual Arts

Directing I: The Director's Vision — DRA4332.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Jean Randich

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Credits: 4

What is action? What is character? What are gesture, timing, rhythm, and stakes? How do actors, playwrights, and directors collaborate in the creation of a story that happens in time and space? This seminar offers theater artists the chance to examine their craft from the inside out. In the first half of this course, non-writers make up stories, non-actors act, and those who

Drama

Discourse Learning — EDU2106.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Peter Jones

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Credits: 4

We will look at learning taking place in and through interaction, talk, text in a range of settings, out of school and in. We will explore theories and models of learning and observe activity in classrooms and other social spaces, generating data to hold up to theory, exploring and theorizing congruence between theory and observed practices. Students will observe learning in

Education

Documentary Practice: Ethics of the Photographer — PHO4109.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Jonathan Kline

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Credits: 4

This course will investigate our understanding of the role photography has played in representing recent conflicts, disasters, and social upheaval from around the world. Readings include Martha Rosler, Susan Sontag, AD Coleman, David Levi-Strauss, and others. Films will also be scheduled to articulate particular points of view. Students are expected to complete either two

Visual Arts

Drama Faculty Production: Backstage — DRA4179.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Michael Giannitti

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Credits: 1

Working back stage on the Drama Faculty production provides an opportunity to learn what is involved in putting on a performance, and to observe the creative process of the director, designers and actors first hand. Students will fill a role through the week of technical rehearsals and performances, either as general run crew, light or sound board operator, or wardrobe crew,

Drama

Drawing Intensive Rome - FWT 2014 — AH4309.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Donald Sherefkin; Dan Hofstadter

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Credits: 4

Dan Hofstadter and Donald Sherefkin will be offering a three week drawing intensive in Rome, Italy for FWT 2014. The focus of the studio will be the art and architecture of Rome. Mornings will be spent doing on-site sketching, and afternoon studio sessions will be organized around specific workshops. The cost of the class is still being calculated, but will be around $2,726.

Visual Arts

Drums, Gongs and Bamboo — MPF2252.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Susie Ibarra

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Credits: 2

Drums, Gongs and Bamboo is an introduction to Southeast and South Asian Percussion. This workshop will offer an overview and opportunity to listen to, learn and play percussion music from several countries in these regions. This ensemble will listen to, learn and adapt traditional music from countries such as Korea, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, India,

Music

Electronic Music: Creativity and Sound — MCO2109.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Randall Neal

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Credits: 4

How do you compose when any sound can be used in music? This course provides a wide-ranging exploration into strategies for sound-based composition and the digital transformation of sound. Students will create original sounds and compositions in the electronic music studio. Students are expected to complete short readings, participate in discussions, present their creative work

Music

Emerging Constitutional Issues in Environmental Law — ENV2208.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Elisabeth Goodman

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Credits: 4

Lines are being drawn for a battle over who will control environmental problems now and in the future, and the U.S. Constitution is the ammunition. Our Constitution has a profound influence on laws and policies that address the most pressing environmental issues of our time: climate change, species and biodiversity conservation, pollution control, sustainability, rights

Environment

English as a Second Language — LIT2101.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Wayne Hoffmann-Ogier

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Credits: 2

Individually designed tutorials provide the opportunity to review grammar, punctuation, diction, and sentence structure with an emphasis on paragraph and essay construction. Additional work is offered in oral expression, aural comprehension, and analytical reading. Tutorials may also introduce the interpretation of literature and the writing of critical essays.

Literature

Entry to Mathematics — MAT2100.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Josef Mundt

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Credits: 4

Mathematics is inherent across all disciplines and undertakings. It is necessary for building structures, assessing risk in everyday life, mixing paint for specific shades, creating business models of growth and decay, setting traffic lights, and can even help assess the correct time to propose. This course will show how math has evolved from counting to the combination of

Science Mathematics and Computing