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Niedecker, Graham, Ford — LIT4259.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Phillip B. Williams
Credits: 4
This is an advanced literary study of three women poets who seem connected aesthetically through the modernist school of poetics, focusing on fragmentation, lyricism, formal inventiveness, and interrogation of self and self's participation/existence in their specific time. What bridges exist between Lorinne Niedecker, an early objectivist poet; Jorie Graham, arguably one of the
Literature

Nietzsche and His Followers — PHI4137.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Karen Gover
Credits: 4
Postmodernism, for better or worse, is often traced back to the thought of Friedrich Nietzche. But what is postmodernism? Keeping this question in mind, we will ground ourselves in Nietzche’s thought, with an eye to his critique of the Western philosophical tradition. We will then turn to some of the important and influential philosophers of the 20th century as inheritors of
Society Culture and Thought

Nietzsche and His Followers — PHI4137.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Karen Gover
Credits: 4
Postmodernism, for better or worse, is often traced back to the thought of Friedrich Nietzche. But what is postmodernism? Keeping this question in mind, we will ground ourselves in Nietzche's thought, with an eye to his critique of the Western philosophical tradition. We will then turn to some of the important and influential philosophers of the 20th century as inheritors of
Social Science

Night of the Johnstown Flood — HIS2405.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Credits: 4
On the afternoon of May 31, 1889 the people of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, heard "a roar like thunder," as the South Fork Dam broke high above them, unleashing 20 million tons of water in walls up to 60 feet high and speeds of 40 miles per hour. Initial casualties were 2,200 people, making it one of the worst national disasters in 19th-century America. Though the
Environment Society Culture and Thought

No Narratives No Rehearsals: A Performance Art Workshop — VA2114.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Josh Blackwell
Credits: 4
“Forget all the standard art forms. The point is to make something new, something that doesn’t even remotely remind you of culture. You’ve got to be pretty ruthless about this, wiping out of your plans every echo of this or that story or jazz piece or painting that I can promise you will keep coming up unconsciously.” -Allan Kaprow, “How to Make a Happening” Performance art is
Visual Arts

Non-Fiction in Fiction: Writers and Their Work — JPN4708.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This advanced level course is designed for students to learn about six prominent contemporary Japanese writers and analyze their work. Students are required to research each Japanese contemporary writer and analyze how their personal background is reflected in their work of fiction. Students will also examine how Japanese society is depicted in their work and how the writers
Languages

Non-normative Bodies — DAN2351.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Levi Gonzalez
Credits: 4
This course will examine representations of non-normative bodies and corporeal difference. Employing concepts from Disability Studies and queer theory as a lens, we will consider some of the paradigm-shifting propositions in these powerful fields of study, with a particular emphasis on the intersectionality of marginalized identities. We will learn to recognize and critique the
Dance

Non-normative Bodies — DAN4364.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Levi Gonzalez
Credits: 4
This course will combine theory and practice to explore representations of non-normative bodies and corporeal difference, their impacts on embodied experience, and the role artistic work can play in expanding and/or challenging limited and often harmful notions of normativity. This class is designed for students interested in the intersections of embodiment, art, corporeality,
Dance Society Culture and Thought

Non-Stop Moving — DAN4359.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 1
When I first started studying butoh at the age of 18, I had a desire to dance anytime and anywhere. On a subway on my way to the dance studio, I practiced my stillness and internal dance without being noticed by anyone. Since then, I believe that dance can happen in any situation and environment by taking various different forms throughout our daily lives. In this class, as
Dance

Nonlinear Dynamical Systems — MAT4127.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Kathryn Montovan
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Dynamical systems are interactions that change in somewhat predictable ways. For these systems, rules can be written to describe the future state of a system from knowledge of present and past states. These rules are used to model a wide variety of phenomena in the physical, biological, social and economic sciences. This course will build on calculus skills and visual intuition
Science Mathematics and Computing

Nonlinear Dynamical Systems — MAT4127.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Katie Montovan
Days & Time: MO,TH 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 4

Differential equations are a powerful and pervasive mathematical tool in the sciences and are fundamental in pure mathematics as well. Almost every system whose components interact continuously over time can be modeled by a differential equation, and differential equation models and analyses of these systems are common in the literature in many fields including physics,

Mathematics

Nonlinear Dynamical Systems — MAT4127.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Katie Montovan
Credits: 4
Differential equations are a powerful and pervasive mathematical tool in the sciences and are fundamental in pure mathematics as well. Almost every system whose components interact continuously over time can be modeled by a differential equation, and differential equation models and analyses of these systems are common in the literature in many fields including physics, ecology
Science and Mathematics

Nonlinear Dynamical Systems — MAT4127.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Katie Montovan
Credits: 4
Differential equations are a powerful and pervasive mathematical tool in the sciences and are fundamental in pure mathematics as well. Almost every system whose components interact continuously over time can be modeled by a differential equation, and differential equation models and analyses of these systems are common in the literature in many fields including physics, ecology
Science and Mathematics

Nonsense, Surrealism, and The Absurd — LIT2407.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
Credits: 4
This course will consider the multifarious ways writers have sought to subvert linearity, coherence, logic, and reason. We will begin with contemporary prose poet and fabulist Sabrina Orah Mark and then move backwards into the strange and satirical 1970s fictions of Donald Barthelme, a master of the collage form; the surrealist short fictions of Argentina's Julio Cortazar; and
Literature

Normality and Abnormality — PSY2204.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: david anderegg
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course is an examination of the idea of normality as a central organizing principle in psychology. We begin with an effort to define normality and/or psychological health, and then move on to examine the limits or borders of normality. The course examines the value-laden, historically determined, and political nature of psychological normality. Topics discussed include:
Social Science

Normality and Abnormality — cancelled

Spring 2019
Instructor: David Anderegg
Credits: 4
This course is an examination of the idea of normality as a central organizing principle in psychology. We begin with an effort to define normality and/or psychological health, and then move on to examine the limits or borders of normality. The course examines the value-laden, historically determined, and political nature of psychological normality. Topics discussed include:
Society Culture and Thought

Normality and Abnormality — PSY2204.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: David Anderegg
Credits: 4
This course is an examination of the idea of normality as a central organizing principle in psychology. We begin with an effort to define normality and/or psychological health, and then move on to examine the limits or borders of normality. The course examines the value-laden, historically determined, and political nature of psychological normality. Topics discussed include:
Society Culture and Thought

Normality and Abnormality — PSY2204.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: David Anderegg
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course is an examination of the idea of normality as a central organizing principle in psychology. We begin with an effort to define normality and/or psychological health, and then move on to examine the limits or borders of normality. The course examines the value-laden, historically determined, and political nature of psychological normality. Topics discussed include:
Social Science

Normality and Abnormality: Defining the Limits — PSY2206.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: David Anderegg
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course is an examination of the idea of normality as a central organizing principle in psychology. We begin with an effort to define normality and/or psychological health, and then move on to examine the limits or borders of normality. The course examines the value-laden, historically determined, and political nature of psychological normality. Topics discussed include:
Society Culture and Thought

Normality and Abnormality: Defining the Limits — PSY2206.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: David Anderegg
Credits: 4
This course is an examination of the idea of normality as a central organizing principle in psychology. We begin with an effort to define normality and/or psychological health, and then move on to examine the limits or borders of normality. The course examines the value-laden, historically determined, and political nature of psychological normality. Topics discussed include:
Society Culture and Thought

Normality and Abnormality: Defining the Limits — PSY2206.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: David Anderegg
Credits: 4
This course is an examination of the idea of normality as a central organizing principle in psychology. We begin with an effort to define normality and/or psychological health, and then move on to examine the limits or borders of normality. The course examines the value-laden, historically determined, and political nature of psychological normality. Topics discussed include:
Society Culture and Thought

North of the Border: Mexican-American Literature — LIT2257.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
Credits: 4
What does it mean to be American in a country that once belonged to your ancestors? 35 million Mexicans live in the United States, yet their own stories have been historically underrepresented in both literature and academia in comparison to other Hispanic groups. This course will read and discuss the Mexican-American experience as its evolved through various labels – Latino,
Literature

Not Quite Passing: Understanding Racial Identity in America — LIT2254.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
Credits: 4
In this class, students will confront the idea of “passing,” which is what happens when someone tries to get something tangible to improve their daily quality of life by occupying a space meant for someone else. Passing can happen in any context (you can pass for another gender, social class, or sexual orientation), but most often occurs in the context of race. This course
Literature

Noticing, Choosing and Writing to Describe — MOD2107.03

Fall 2013
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
When looking at an object, watching something moving, experiencing the sound of an occurrence, witnessing an interaction between people, or noticing the surrounding circumstance of any object or event - how do we choose what we see? What are we not choosing? And how do we attempt to speak or write about it? Focusing on any events or objects, not intentionally art, we will
Modules: Transferable Approaches

Noticing, Choosing and Writing to Describe — MOD2107.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 1
When looking at an object, watching something moving, experiencing the sound of an occurrence, witnessing an interaction between people, or noticing the surrounding circumstance of any object or event – how do we choose what we see? What are we not choosing? And how do we attempt to speak or write about it? Focusing on any events or objects, not intentionally art, we will
Modules: Transferable Approaches