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Interdisciplinary Improvisation Ensemble — APA2135.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Susie Ibarra; Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 4
When you see a flock of birds migrating south, how does self-organization form the patterns that result in their flight? When you observe dancers moving along a path without a choreographer and musicians creating music without each note written down, how do they follow and listen to each other? How do collaborative structures support dialogue or destroy communication?
CAPA Dance Music

Intergroup Dialogue: The Art and Practice of Having Difficult Conversations Across the Lines of Difference — APA2024.02

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 1
This course is designed to teach basic facilitation skills that are integral to having constructive conversations about differing political and cultural perspectives, as well as difficult conversations about communicating from diverse identity standpoints. Facilitation skills are also crucial for being an effective leader in or of a group, crucial for being an advocate for
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International Human Rights — MOD2172.03

Spring 2017
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 1
Human rights are universal legal guarantees that protect individuals and groups against actions that interfere with fundamental freedoms and human dignity. Under international human rights law, states have the responsibility to respect, protect and fulfill human rights for all. If these obligations are not met, international legal action can be taken. Based on the legal
CAPA Modules: Transferable Approaches

International Human Rights Law — APA2221.02

Spring 2019
Instructor: Andrea Galindo
Credits: 1
The course will provide a comprehensive understanding of the International Human Rights Law and its importance. Based on the international legal standards adopted by the international community through the time, this course aims to provide the students with the basic concepts of international human rights law, its sources, and the general protection institutions that exist to
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International Human Rights Law — APA2221.02

Spring 2016
Instructor: Andrea Galindo (see Susan Sgorbati for registration)
Credits: 1
Human rights are universal legal guarantees protecting individuals and groups against actions which interfere with fundamental freedoms and human dignity. Human rights international law obliges States to do some things and prevents them from doing others. Based on the international legal standards adopted by the international community through time, this course aims to provide
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International Human Rights Law — APA2221.03

Spring 2022
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 1
Human rights are universal legal guarantees that protect individuals and groups against actions that interfere with fundamental freedoms and human dignity. Under international human rights law, States have the responsibility to respect, protect and fulfill human rights for all. If these obligations are not met, international legal action can be taken. Based on the international
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International Human Rights Law — APA2221.03

Spring 2020
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 1
Human rights are universal legal guarantees that protect individuals and groups against actions that interfere with fundamental freedoms and human dignity. Under international human rights law, States have the responsibility to respect, protect and fulfill human rights for all. If these obligations are not met, international legal action can be taken. Based on the international
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International Human Rights Law — APA2221.03

Spring 2024
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 1
Human rights are universal legal guarantees that protect individuals and groups against actions that interfere with fundamental freedoms and human dignity. Under international human rights law, States have the responsibility to respect, protect and fulfill human rights for all. If these obligations are not met, international legal action can be taken. Based on the international
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International Human Rights Law — MOD2172.03

Spring 2018
Instructor: Andrea Galindo
Credits: 1
Human rights are universal legal guarantees that protect individuals and groups against actions that interfere with fundamental freedoms and human dignity. Under international human rights law, states have the responsibility to respect, protect and fulfill human rights for all. If these obligations are not met, international legal action can be taken. Based on the legal
CAPA Modules: Transferable Approaches

InTranslation: Lives, Texts, Testimony — LIT2279.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Marguerite Feitlowitz
Credits: 2
What does it mean to be "rooted," "uprooted," "living in translation"? Can a language, literary tradition, or far-flung literary republic be one's homeland? Does "cultural authority" derive from being considered "native"? How is it that immigrant literary translators have been met with apprehension on the part of publishers? Might this stem from definitions of "fluency" and
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Introduction to Food Studies — APA2245.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Tatiana Abatemarco
Credits: 4
This course is an introduction to food studies, which takes a humanities and social science approach to understanding the food and agriculture and how it connects to society and the environment. Students will examine a variety of food studies topics including agricultural movements, food sovereignty, food justice, food ethics, and aesthetics. The course will also engage in a
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Introduction to International Law — APA2020.03

Fall 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 1
This is an introductory course to international public law and its relevance in today’s complex and interconnected world. International law can be considered as the law governing the relations between States, but it also includes relations with international organizations, corporations, and civil society organizations. It is also the foundation for International Human Rights
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Introduction to International Law — APA2020.03

Fall 2024
Instructor: Andrea Galindo
Credits: 1
This is an introductory course to international public law and its relevance in today’s complex and interconnected world. International law can be considered as the law governing the relations between States, but it also includes relations with international organizations, corporations, and civil society organizations. It is also the foundation for International Human Rights
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Introduction to Peace Studies — SCT2142.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Kate Paarlberg-Kvam
Credits: 4
This course will introduce students to the broad array of theoretical and empirical perspectives on conflict transformation and peacebuilding. Drawing on contributions from various disciplines, it will give students tools to measure historical and contemporary conflicts and to analyze peace efforts and processes around the world. Key questions include: What are the foundations
CAPA Society Culture and Thought

Introduction to Restorative Justice — APA2347.02

Fall 2021
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
With current focus on social justice, equity and efforts at redress and repair, the ideas and values that are at the foundation of restorative practices are more important than ever. Restorative justice promotes a set of values and practices that are having a considerable impact on the way our justice system, schools, workplaces, conflict zones and communities think about and
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Introduction to Restorative Justice — APA2355.02

Fall 2024
Instructor: Alisa Del Tufo
Credits: 1
Restorative Justice is a set of values and practices that are having a considerable impact on the way our justice system, schools, workplaces, conflict zones and communities think about and enact justice. Restorative Justice asks: What if harm doers were given the opportunity to take responsibility and make amends? If survivors were able to be
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Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture — APA2189.02

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
This course explores the broad field of sustainable farming and food systems. Through work at the Purple Carrot Farm students will learn hands-on skills such as food cultivation, preservation, processing, techniques for propagation, and design of annual and perennial production systems. We will further explore sustainable food systems by meeting with a cross-section of local
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Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture — APA2189.02

Spring 2025
Instructor: Kelie Bowman
Credits: 2
This course explores the broad field of sustainable agriculture. This class consists of a series of field trips, meeting with a cross-section of local producers ranging from traditional organic vegetable farms, mushroom cultivation, livestock, flower farms. Other field trips could include non-profit organizations working on community food insecurity, ecological
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Introduction to The Art of Literary Translation — LIT2259.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Marguerite Feitlowitz
Credits: 4
It may be that the closest, most interpretative and creative reading of a text involves translating from one language to another. Questions of place, culture, epoch, voice, gender, and rhythm take on new urgency, helping us deepen our skills and sensibilities in new ways. This course has a triple focus: you will compare and contrast multiple translations of a single work; read
CAPA Languages Literature

Intuitive Electronics for Sound — MCO4362.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Jen Kutler
Credits: 4
This course offers a hands-on introduction to electronic components, oscillators, circuit bending and sound transduction from an artistic perspective. Students will be guided through theory, construction and/or modification of their own set of electronic sound instruments. Areas of study will include circuit bending, theremins, ambient RF transducers, converting speakers into
CAPA Music Visual Arts

Investing in Futures: The Art of World-Building — APA4252.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 4
Futures studies—also known as futurology—has been used by businesses and the military as part of a strategic planning toolkit. But what about artists, changemakers, or revolutionaries? This framework of speculating about the future in systemic ways has been adopted by many contemporary artist collectives, in order to challenge assumptions of the present about outcomes in the
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Investing in Futures: The Art of Worlding — APA2218.02

Fall 2019
Instructor: Marina Zurkow, MFA Teaching Fellow
Credits: 2
Futures studies—also known as futurology—has been used by businesses and the military as part of a strategic planning toolkit. This framework of speculating about the future in systemic ways has been adopted by many contemporary artist collectives, in order to challenge assumptions of the present about outcomes in the future. These futuristic models are based on constraints
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Investing in Futures: The Art of Worlding — APA2218.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Marina Zurkow, MFA Teaching Fellow
Credits: 2
Futures studies—also known as futurology—has been used by businesses and the military as part of a strategic planning toolkit. This framework of speculating about the future in systemic ways has been adopted by many contemporary artist collectives, in order to challenge assumptions of the present about outcomes in the future. These futuristic models are based on constraints
CAPA Visual Arts