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Public Policy Forum — APA2154.01

Instructor: Brian Campion and Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 1
This seven week course on Thursday evenings from 7:10 to 9:00 PM will cover a range of important public policies that are currently being discussed, changed and implemented having to do with race, climate change, clean water, voting rights, health and international relations. Guest speakers from the private and public sector will address these topics. Students will be expected

Public Policy Forum: Rebuilding America — APA2916.02

Instructor: Brian Campion
Days & Time: Th 7:00PM-8:50PM
Credits: 1

The United States is experiencing unprecedented challenges that are destroying the foundations on which our society was built. Our strongest institutions are faltering under political pressure. The Supreme Court, once an independent arbiter of justice, is rudderless; making decisions based on political

Public Policy Forum: Saving Democracy Together — APA2356.01

Instructor: Eileen Scully
Credits: 1
Almost a century ago, Franklin D. Roosevelt alerted Americans to the impending global conflict pitting democracies founded on individual liberty against rising fascist dictatorships pursuing “final solutions.” Drawing inspiration from John Dewey’s progressive philosophy, FDR emphasized, "In this conflict the part which education plays in each ideology is crucial. Democracy

Public Policy Forum: Understanding January 6 — APA2278.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 1
Join historians, policy makers and educators as we consider the events and decisions that led to the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. We will explore the political, racial, economic and cultural roots of this violent event that culminated in the near collapse of the Great American Experiment.

Public Theatre Lab — APA2015.01) (cancelled 11/16/2023

Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
What should a public-facing theater do? Stimulate local business? Enrich the lives of community members? Probe the biggest questions of our time? Support the passions of amateurs? Art-wash corporations? Provide a living wage for professionals? Revive a post-industrial town? Public Theatre Lab is a space to reflect on ways institutions and individuals past and present have

Punk Culture: An Interdisciplinary Approach — ANT4222.01

Instructor: Steve Moog
Credits: 4
At its inception in the mid-1970s, punk was theorized as a white, working-class youth “subculture.” Today punk is recognized as a global cultural phenomenon thriving in places far removed from its points of genesis in North America and northern Europe. Scholars and punks alike have long noted adherences to independent cultural production and do-it-yourself ethics as unifying,

Puppet Full of Worms — LIT2577.01

Instructor: Manuel Gonzales
Days & Time: TU 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

In this course we are tackling the Shakespeare history plays, examining the imperialistic and violent movements of Henrys and Richards, et al, exploring betrayals, battles, the War of the Roses, British history -- as understood in our contemporary time and compared to how it was understood by Shakespeare, who cut his teeth on the histories, spreading both English lore and

Puppets and Animation I — MA2325.01

Instructor: Sue Rees
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The class will be concerned with animating inanimate objects by stop motion, drawings, and cut out collages. A variety of filmmakers and techniques will be looked at during the course of the semester. Students will be expected to produce a variety of short projects followed by a longer more sustained project based on current events and environmental issues. Students will be

Puzzles — MAT2108.01

Instructor: Andrew McIntyre
Credits: 1
Much of higher mathematics has more in common with solving puzzles than it does with performing algebra drills. In this class, I will be proposing puzzles, and providing coaching and strategies for getting better at doing puzzles. Many of the reasoning skills will be valuable broadly in life, not only in mathematics. No special math knowledge will be needed. (February 18, 21,

Qualitative Inquiry — PSY4111.01

Instructor: Özge Savaş
Credits: 4
In this course, you will be introduced to the philosophical, conceptual, and practical foundations of qualitative methods used in psychological research. We will discuss the theoretical underpinnings and practical applications of different types of qualitative inquiry that are commonly used, such as narrative analysis, thematic analysis, conversation analysis, and discourse

Quantitative Reasoning and Mathematical Modeling — MAT2244.01

Instructor: Kathryn Montovan
Credits: 4
This foundational class covers modes of reasoning used in quantitative sciences and mathematics, using environmental questions for many classroom examples and projects. We will start by interrogating numbers and equations, applying problem-solving strategies, and gaining a deeper understanding of functions. We will apply these skills while learning the art of mathematical

Quantum Mechanics — PHY4211.01

Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Credits: 4
The microscopic world is fundamentally different from the macroscopic one we encounter on a daily basis. The classical view of particles, mass, and even location break down at the smallest scales. The development of quantum mechanics as a field in the 1920s was a fundamental leap forward for our understanding of atomic physics. Countless current technologies and scientific

Quantum Mechanics — PHY4211.01

Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The microscopic world is fundamentally different from the macroscopic one we encounter on a daily basis. The classical view of particles, mass, and even location break down at the smallest scales. The development of quantum mechanics as a field in the 1920s was a fundamental leap forward for our understanding of atomic physics. Countless current technologies and scientific

Quantum Mechanics — PHY4211.01

Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Credits: 4
The microscopic world is fundamentally different from the macroscopic one we encounter on a daily basis. The classical view of particles, mass, and even location break down at the smallest scales. The development of quantum mechanics as a field in the 1920s was a fundamental leap forward for our understanding of atomic physics. Countless current technologies and scientific

Quantum Mechanics — PHY4211.01

Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Credits: 4
The microscopic world is fundamentally different from the macroscopic one we encounter on a daily basis. The classical view of particles, mass, and even location break down at the smallest scales. The development of quantum mechanics as a field in the 1920s was a fundamental leap forward for our understanding of atomic physics. Countless current technologies and scientific

Queer American Poetry: Stonewall to Present — LIT2297.01

Instructor: Phillip Williams
Credits: 4
Often, same-sex desire exists as the sole portrayal and determining factor of whether or not a text dwells in queerness. But the idea of queer has never been solely about same-sex desire or even sexual desire at all. Contrary to expectation, poets for years have written about revolutionary ways to exist in a society that has made the self-proclaimed orthodoxy of gender

Queer Asian Pacific American Literature — LIT2529.01

Instructor: Franny Choi
Days & Time: MO,TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 4

To be LGBTQIA and AAPI is to occupy two disparate, marginalized identities that seem to be be in constant flux. What might the literature of this intersection teach us about larger questions of community, belonging, and resistance? This 2000-level class attempts to locate a Queer Asian Pacific America through literature, from Chinese American lesbian poets of the 1980s to

Queer Asian Pacific American Literature — LIT2529.01) (cancelled 5/2/2024

Instructor: Franny Choi
Credits: 4
To be LGBTQIA and AAPI is to occupy two disparate, marginalized identities that seem constantly to be shifting. What might the literature of this intersection teach us about larger questions of community, belonging, and resistance? This 2000-level class attempts to locate a Queer Asian Pacific America through literature, from the work of early Chinese American lesbian poets

Queer Asian Pacific American Literature — LIT2529.01) (cancelled 4/23/2024

Instructor: Franny Choi
Credits: 4
To be LGBTQIA and AAPI is to occupy two disparate, marginalized identities that seem constantly to be shifting. What might the literature of this intersection teach us about larger questions of community, belonging, and resistance? This 2000-level class attempts to locate a Queer Asian Pacific America through literature, from the work of early Chinese American lesbian poets

Queer Feminist Sculpture: The Space Between Us — APA4158.02

Instructor: Caroline Woolard, MFA Teaching Fellow
Credits: 2
In this seven-week seminar and studio, students will produce creative, self-directed projects across media (video, sound, sculpture, etc.) that deal with the space between us, or proxemics, the study of personal and interpersonal spatial politics. The seminar will center artists Jeff Kasper and Chloe Bass, in particular Kasper's wrestling embrace, a customizable workshop co

Queer French — FRE4805.01

Instructor: Stephen Shapiro
Credits: 4
In this advanced course, we will examine French culture's engagement with questions of sexuality and gender, with a focus on authors, artists, theorists, and others who have questioned ideas of normative sexuality from the Middle Ages through the 21st century. Authors and texts to be studied may include Marie de France, Louise Labé, Madeleine de l’Aubespine, Montaigne,

Queer French — FRE4805.01

Instructor: Stephen Shapiro
Credits: 4
In this advanced course, we will examine French culture's engagement with questions of sexuality and gender, with a focus on authors, artists, theorists, and others who have questioned ideas of normative sexuality from the Middle Ages through the 21st century. Authors and texts to be studied will include Marguerite de Navarre, l'Abbé de Choisy, Diderot, Monique Wittig, Virginie

Queer French — FRE4805.01

Instructor: Stephen Shapiro
Credits: 4
In this advanced course, we will examine French culture’s engagement with questions of sexuality and gender, with a focus on authors, artists, theorists, and others who have questioned ideas of normative sexuality from the Middle Ages through the 21st century. Authors and texts to be studied may include Marie de France, Gabrielle d'Estrées et une de ses soeurs, Montaigne,

Queer French (in English) — FRE2109.02

Instructor: Stephen Shapiro
Credits: 2
In this course, we will examine French culture’s engagement with questions of sexuality and gender, with a focus on authors, artists, theorists, and others who have questioned ideas of normative sexuality from the Middle Ages through the 21st century. Authors and texts to be studied may include Marie de France, Gabrielle d’Estrées et une de ses soeurs, Montaigne, l’Abbé de