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Real Analysis — MAT4128.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Andrew McIntyre
Credits: 4
Differential and integral calculus - nowadays referred to together as simply "calculus" - were developed in the late 1600s and early 1700s to allow infinitely small numbers and formulas with infinitely many terms. These techniques turned out to be immensely powerful, and it is impossible to imagine modern physics, engineering or mathematics without them. However, for almost two
Science Mathematics and Computing

Real Analysis — MAT4146.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Katie Montovan
Credits: 4
In this course we will develop a rigorous understanding of the real number system and the foundations of calculus with an emphasis on proof writing and mathematical communication. Topics covered will include: the structure of the real number line, convergence, continuity, limits, and differentiation. Additional topics such as power series, countability, integration, and metric
Science and Mathematics

Reality and Dreams: Robert Musil and the Vienna Secession — LIT4148.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Benjamin Anastas
Credits: 4
The Austrian writer Robert Musil (1880-1942) never lived to complete his multi-volume Modernist masterpiece The Man Without Qualities. Written obsessively over more than twenty years and conceived of as an ironic epitaph to the culture of Mitteleuropa that had slid blindly into the catastrophe of the First World War, the novel–and its author–became embroiled in the dark
Literature

Really Cold Cases: Exploring America’s Most Notorious Unsolved Crimes, 1850-1950 — HIS2340.01) (cancelled 9/18/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Credits: 4
Using films, documentaries, podcasts, historical newspapers, and other tools, we will explore America’s most notorious unsolved cases from the mid-nineteenth century to about 1950. Focusing on specific cases will illuminate larger contexts, including changing understandings of “criminality,” modern policing methods, incarceration policies, the development of forensic science,
Society Culture and Thought

Really Cold Cases: Investigating America’s Most Notorious Unsolved Crimes, 1850-1950 — HIS2340.02

Spring 2021
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
Using films, documentaries, podcasts, historical newspapers, and mixed reality (VR/AR) resources, we will craft narratives of individuals caught up in America’s most notorious unsolved cases, from the mid-nineteenth century to about 1950. For our historically grounded storytelling, we will explore “portraiture,” a unique methodology that “seeks to unveil the universal truths
Society Culture and Thought

Really Cold Cases: Investigating America’s Most Notorious Unsolved Crimes, 1850-1950 — HIS2340.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Credits: 4
Using films, documentaries, podcasts, historical newspapers, and mixed reality (VR/AR) resources, we will craft narratives of individuals caught up in America’s most notorious unsolved cases, from the mid-nineteenth century to about 1950. For our historically grounded storytelling, we will explore “portraiture,” a unique methodology that “seeks to unveil the universal truths
Society Culture and Thought

Rebetiko Ensemble: Songs of the Greek Underworld — MPF4359.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Joseph Alpar
Credits: 2
Rebetiko was an urban underground music genre that flourished in Greece in the early 20th century. A kind of outlaw blues, rebetiko emerged from the poorest quarters of Athens in the 19th century, its songs typically dealing with themes of exile, wandering the streets after dark, taking drugs and drinking to excess, loving the wrong person, imprisonment, death, and the harsh
Music

Rebuilding Cities with the Arts — APA2109.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: susie ibarra
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Rebuilding Cities with the Arts with a Focus Study on Sister City Project: Tagum City, Mindanao, Philippines and Bennington, Vermont. Rebuilding Cities with the Arts examines case studies of Cities that have rebuilt themselves after natural disasters, dealing with governance and economic inequity, innovative growth, political change, and response to environmental
CAPA

Recent Fiction From India and Pakistan — LIT2132.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Brooke Allen
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
In this class we will look at novels and stories that have been published by Indian and Pakistani writers over the last twenty years, in the context of the history of the post-Partition subcontinent. We will read works by an array of authors, possibly including Aravind Adiga, Rohinton Mistry, Mohsin Hamid, Mohammed Hanif, Mirza Waheed, Amit Chaudhuri, H.M. Naqvi, and Amitav
Literature

Reckless Desire — LIT2545.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Manuel Gonzales
Credits: 2
I'm not a scientist, but I'm going to full-throatedly argue, scientifically and unimpeachably, that every living creature harbors a desire, whether conscious or instinctive, often more than one desire at a time. A bevy of tree nuts. A good place to take a winter's-long nap. A cup of coffee. A better job. An easier time of it all. Life is rife with desire. And what's more,
Literature

Reconsidering Time: Advanced Performing — DAN4124.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 2
In this course, when making and performing new movement material, we will be thoroughly investigating, modifying, rearranging, and reconsidering our understanding and use of time. By focusing on time, we will find more about its intricate relationship to space and motion. We will challenge personal timing habits and patterns, explore them more deeply to find a wealth of
Dance

Reconsidering Time: Advanced Performing — DAN4124.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 2
In this course, when making and performing new movement material, we will be thoroughly investigating, modifying, rearranging, and reconsidering our understanding and use of time.  By focusing on time, we will find more about its intricate relationship to space and motion. We will challenge personal timing habits and patterns, explore them more deeply to find a wealth of
Dance

Recording and Mixing Music — MSR2116.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: David Baron
Credits: 4
An introduction to the basic art of audio recording, editing, and mixing, through lectures and hands-on experiences with guided and individual studio projects. Pro Tools, microphone technique, audio processing, and basic mixing will be covered, alongside analysis of commercial recordings with in-studio recreation of their techniques. Want people to listen to your music?
Music

Recording and Mixing Music — MSR2116.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: David Baron
Credits: 4
An introduction to the basic art of audio recording, editing, and mixing, through lectures and hands-on experiences with guided and individual studio projects. Pro Tools, microphone technique, audio processing, and basic mixing will be covered, alongside analysis of commercial recordings with in-studio recreation of their techniques. Want people to listen to your music?
Music

Recording and Mixing Music — MSR2116.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: david baron
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
An introduction to the basic art of audio recording, editing, and mixing, through lectures and hands-on experience with guided and individual studio projects. Pro Tools, microphone technique, audio processing, and basic mixing will be covered, alongside analysis of commercial recordings with in-studio recreation of their techniques. Want people to listen to your music? Stop
Music

Recording and Mixing Music — MSR2116.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: David Baron
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
An introductory course to recording and mixing.  We will learn the basics of recording, editing, and mixing in the Jennings Recording studio. Microphone types and placement for acoustic instruments.  Pro Tools operation. Outboard microphone preamps. Audio editing. Monitoring correctly and efficiently. Basic mixing of multitrack material. This is a hands-on course
Music

Recording and Mixing Music II — MSR2208.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: David Baron
Credits: 4
Segues from MSR 2116.01 as the next step in in sound recording and mixing. We’ll working on advanced microphone technique, dynamic processing, producing, mixing, and mastering, starting start with hands-on A/B comparisons of microphone techniques, and capturing audio in diverse spaces around campus. The course will consider the merits of various formats, analog vs digital,
Music

Recording Studio as an Instrument — MSR2210.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: David Baron
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
The Beatles came to Abbey Road as a typical musical combo.  A few records into their career the recording studio got more and more important as a part of the compositional, arrangement, and creative process. We will approach the recording studio as an instrument. Creative uses of sampling, microphone techniques, composing in the studio, musique concrète, collaging,
Music

Redefining Economic Development — PEC4103.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Robin Kemkes
Credits: 4
Using both theory and empirical analysis, this course will explore the diversity of economic progress across developing nations, confront existing challenges and consider multiple perspectives on desirable policy approaches. We will begin with an introduction to traditional measures of development including income, health and education, followed by a comparison of domestic
Environment Social Science

Redefining Scenography — DRA2308.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 2
In her book What is Scenography?, Pamela Howard states: “Scenography is the seamless synthesis of space, text, research, art, actors, directors and spectators that contributes to an original creation.” While the term “scenography” was regarded for centuries as synonymous with “theater design,” Howard’s definition does not mention theater or a stage, and other artists and
Dance Drama

Redefining Scenography — DRA2308.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 1
In her book What is Scenography?, Pamela Howard states: "Scenography is the seamless synthesis of space, text, research, art, actors, directors and spectators that contributes to an original creation." While the term "scenography" was regarded for centuries as synonymous with "theater design," Howard’s definition does not mention theater or a stage, and other artists and
Drama

Rediscovering Early American Vocal Music — MPF2203.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Stephen Higa
Credits: 2
In this workshop, we will form a performance group to explore ancient Americana:  17th-century psalmody, shape-note music, Shaker chants, revival and gospel tunes, Victorian hymns, spirituals, music of California and the Southwest, etc.  Some of this music will come directly from forgotten, crumbling 19th-century songbooks, so we must resurrect this music quickly
Music