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Analog Avatars — DAN2685.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Levi Gonzalez
Credits: 2
In this class we will explore the image, qualities, and superpowers of constructed avatars outside of a cyber reality and computer domain, in an analog way, in real time. We will view the stage as the computer, the dancing body as the avatar. We may witness the dance of the slimy sea moss underwater being, and the flying, fire-breathing rapture. We will imagine the world they
Dance

Analog/Digital Process in Ceramics — CER4107.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Barry Bartlett with Farhad Mirza
Credits: 4
This course investigates the material nature of clay as a medium to create three-dimensional forms. Students will explore the material aspects of clay using a variety of mechanical/digital processes and the intersection of traditional hand building methods, including extrusions, slab rolling, slip casting and digital fabrication. Drawing will be used throughout the term to
Visual Arts

Analysis — MAT4214.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Katie Montovan
Credits: 4
For the first one hundred and fifty years after its introduction, calculus saw an explosive development in its applications to mathematical and physical problems, defeating old problems thought of as insoluble, and solving new problems no-one had even thought to consider before. At the same time, it was under a cloud of suspicion: it rested on vague arguments about quantities
Science and Mathematics

Analysis — MAT4214.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Andrew McIntyre
Credits: 4
For the first one hundred and fifty years after its introduction, calculus saw an explosive development in its applications to mathematical and physical problems, defeating old problems thought of as insoluble, and solving new problems no-one had even thought to consider before. At the same time, it was under a cloud of suspicion: it rested on vague arguments about quantities
Science and Mathematics

Analyzing Blockchain/Web3 as an open distributed database — CS4391.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Michael Corey
Days & Time: TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 2

Following up on the fall course on web3, this course helps students learn to track transactions and actions across blockchains, which are large distributed censorship resistant databases. The course starts by exploring the fundamental nature of the blockchain: how data is stored, accessed, and traversed. It then introduces common patterns

Computer Science

Analyzing Japanese Society Through Online News — JPN4707.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
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
Languages

Analyzing the Social Issues in Japan Through Online News — JPN4601.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
The course is designed for students to deepen their understanding of Japanese language and culture through analysis of Japanese online newspapers and examination of Japanese news articles from various contexts. Students will practice various reading strategies, which will help them become independent learners. Mass media is the reflection of a society and the mirror of a
Cultural Studies and Languages

Analyzing the Social Issues in Japan Through Online News — JPN4601.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
The course is designed for students to deepen their understanding of Japanese language and culture through analysis of Japanese online newspapers and examination of Japanese news articles from various contexts. Students will practice various reading strategies, which will help them become independent learners. Mass media is the reflection of a society and the mirror of a
Languages

Analyzing the Social Issues in Japan Through Online News — JPN4601.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
The course is designed for students to deepen their understanding of Japanese language and culture through analysis of Japanese online newspapers and examination of Japanese news articles from various contexts. Students will practice various reading strategies, which will help them become independent learners. Mass media is the reflection of a society and the mirror of a
Languages

Anarchist Anthropologies — ANT2185.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Steve Moog
Credits: 4
Anthropology is an invaluable tool for understanding the world around us. The discipline is also inextricable from problematic histories and inherent power dynamics embedded in its research methodologies. Several decades of efforts to “decolonize” anthropology have led to significant gains in addressing power imbalances created by perspectives mired in colonial, racist, and
Society Culture and Thought

Anatolian Rock Ensemble: Psychedelia and Social Change in Modern Turkey — MPF4244.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Joseph Alpar
Credits: 2
This performance ensemble will immerse participants in the distorted lutes, fuzzy guitars, swirling electronic effects, driving percussion, and wailing vocals of rock music in Turkey. Inspired by the music of Elvis Presley and Fats Domino, the earliest Turkish rock musicians began to explore the sonic possibilities of adapting western instruments and amplification to the sounds
Music

Anatomy of a Philosophical Essay — PHI2145.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Karen Gover
Credits: 1
This course will provide an in-depth look at a single model philosophy essay over seven course meetings, in order to gain a deeper understanding of its form, content, context, aims, and purpose.  Students will thereby obtain a deeper understanding of the academic research paper in general as a form in which scholars present, publish, and test their ideas.  Possible
Society Culture and Thought

Ancient Fashion — DRA2379.01) (cancelled 10/11/2024

Spring 2025
Instructor: Tilly Grimes
Credits: 4
Dive into the ancient world of fashion in this comprehensive class of making and meaning. Together we will explore the history of early textiles, weaving, and draping across multiple continents before working with some simple versions of those techniques ourselves. This course will be broken down into four sections: 1. Researching the history of how indigenous and early

Ancient Greek Philosophy — PHI2146.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Karen Gover
Credits: 4
This course is an introduction to Ancient Philosophy.  We will study the ideas and works of the Presocratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoic philosopher, Epictetus. Using the course texts, in-class writing practices, class discussion, and group work students will gain familiarity with philosophical ideas from ancient Greek philosophy, some of which are complex
Society Culture and Thought

Ancient Greek Philosophy — PHI2124.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Doug Kremm
Credits: 4
Ancient Greece produced some of the most provocative and influential thinkers in the Western philosophical tradition. In this course, we will read through some of the classic texts by these thinkers and grapple with the central questions they raise: What is justice? What is knowledge, and how does it differ from mere opinion? What makes an action, a person, or a whole society
Society Culture and Thought

Ancient Philosophy — PHI2135.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Theresa Morris
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course is an introduction to Ancient Philosophy.  We will study the ideas and works of the Presocratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoic philosopher, Epictetus. Using the course texts, in-class writing practices, class discussion, and group work students will gain familiarity with philosophical ideas from ancient Greek philosophy, some of which are complex
Unknown

Ancient to Modern Environments: Near and Far — ES4106.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Tim Schroeder
Credits: 2
To study a planet’s climatic variation over geologic time we must look for subtle clues in the sedimentary rock record. We are currently doing this on two planets, and scientists have their sights set on more planetary bodies around the solar system. At the same time, the James Webb telescope is offering an unprecedented glimpse of what planets may look like outside of our
Science and Mathematics Environment

Ancient to Modern Environments: Near and Far — ES4106.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Tim Schroeder
Credits: 2
To study a planet’s climatic variation over geologic time we must look for subtle clues in the sedimentary rock record. We are currently doing this on two planets, and scientists have their sights set on more planetary bodies around the solar system. At the same time, the James Webb telescope is offering an unprecedented glimpse of what planets may look like outside of our
Science and Mathematics Environment

And Process for All — MED2110.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Peter Pagnucco
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 some of the
CAPA

And Process for All — MED2110.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Peter Pagnucco
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 some of the
CAPA

And Process for All — MED2110.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Peter Pagnucco
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

Animal Social Behavior — BIO4307.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Betsy Sherman
Credits: 4
E. O. Wilson has said that "the organism is simply DNA's way of making more DNA". Are the elaborate, bizarre, (at times flamboyant), energy requiring social systems of animals simply adaptations which permit those animals to reproduce? Why is there so much diversity among animal social systems? Why are most mammals polygynous and most birds monogamous? Can we make predictions
Science and Mathematics

Animal Social Behavior — BIO4307.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Betsy Sherman
Credits: 4
E. O. Wilson has said that “the organism is simply DNA’s way of making more DNA”. Are the elaborate, bizarre, (at times flamboyant), energy requiring social systems of animals simply adaptations which permit those animals to reproduce? Why is there so much diversity among animal social systems? Why are most mammals polygynous and most birds monogamous? Can we make predictions
Science and Mathematics Environment

Animal Tales: Fundamentals of Creative Writing — LIT2330.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Anna Maria Hong
Credits: 4
What do writings about animals reveal about their lives and their interactions with human beings? How do human beings engage with mammals, sea creatures, reptiles, and birds as food, competitors, and companions? We will explore these questions as we read excellent writings focusing on the real and imagined lives of animals from ancient fables through 21st-century stories, poems
Environment Literature