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Scene Painting — DRA2168.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 2
This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of scenic art, including techniques, terminology, and commonly used tools. Students will learn to create processes that will guide them from a rendering or scenic finish to a completed project. Skills we will develop include color mixing, surface preparation for soft goods and hard scenery, translating small renderings to
Drama

Scene Painting — DRA2168.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 2
This class will introduce students to the fundamentals of scenic art, including terminology, commonly used tools and techniques. Students will learn to create processes that will guide them from a rendering or scenic finish to a completed project. Skills we will develop include color mixing, surface preparation for soft goods and hard scenery, translating small renderings to
Drama Visual Arts

Scene Study/ Modern Classics: Abaire, Letts, Rebeck — DRA4134.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
This is an advanced scene study class which will explore the canon of work by David Lindsay Abaire, Tracey Letts and Theresa Rebeck. Students will be assigned scenes from this canon, and the class as a whole will read all of the plays being worked on during the term. Rehearsal techniques, character development and sensory exploration of these plays will be a large part of the
Drama

Scene Study/Modern Classics: Ibsen and Strindberg (CANCELED) — DRA4307.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 4
This is an advanced scene study class which will explore the canon of work by Ibsen and Strindberg. Students will be assigned scenes from this canon, and the class as a whole will read all of the plays being worked on during the term. Rehearsal techniques, character development and sensory exploration of these plays will be a large part of the focus for the actors in the class.
Drama

Scenes — DRA4379.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 4
To write a play, write a scene. And then another. And then another. In this course, we will take a close look at how scenes work by reading great scenes and considering them in the context of their plays. What function does the scene serve in the play? How does the scene work, moment by moment? Where does conflict appear, and how is character revealed? What surprises and power
Drama Literature

Schoenberg and Stravinsky — MHI2179.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: allen shawn
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
In this course we will acquaint ourselves with Igor Stravinsky's explosive early ballets, his stunning neoclassical middle period music and his final serial phase; and we will follow Arnold Schoenberg as he goes from a gorgeous late-nineteenth century idiom that grows out of Wagner and Brahms, to his freely atonal works, his invention of twelve-tone music, and additional works
Music

Schools and Movements in American Poetry — LIT2315.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Michael Dumanis
Credits: 4
This course will survey the evolution of, and revolutions in, the American poetry from 1950 to the present by exploring the work of various aesthetically and culturally linked groups of American poets that came to prominence in the decades following the Second World War: the Beats, the Confessional Poets, the Black Mountain School, the San Francisco Renaissance, the New York
Literature

Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Soundtrack — MSR4108.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: David Baron
Credits: 2
Study and create soundtracks for sci-fi, horror, and fantasy.  How do you make a world that does not really exist with sound?  What common elements and attributes make up a soundtrack that convinces one they are in space? In a magic place? About to get slashed?  We will cover everything from the methods to the content of scores. We will create our own scores and
Music

Science and Math Fifth Term Seminar — SCMA4105.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Andrew McIntyre and Kerry Woods
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This two-credit seminar is required for all fall-term juniors whose Plan significantly involves mathematics or science (other students may register with permission of instructors if background is appropriate). The seminar uses students’ ideas/plans for advanced work as a vehicle for intensive exploration of the scientific process. We will look at the research methods employed
Science Mathematics and Computing

Science and Math Fifth Term Seminar — SCMA4105.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Credits: 2
This two-credit seminar is required for all fall-term juniors whose Plan significantly involves mathematics or science (other students may register with permission of instructors if background is appropriate). The seminar uses students’ ideas/plans for advanced work as a vehicle for intensive exploration of the scientific process. We will look at the research methods employed
Science and Mathematics

Science and Math Fifth Term Seminar — SCMA4105.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: tim schroeder; kathryn montovan
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This two-credit seminar is required for all fall-term juniors whose Plan significantly involves mathematics or science (other students may register with permission of instructors if background is appropriate). The seminar uses students’ ideas/plans for advanced work as a vehicle for intensive exploration of the scientific process. We will look at the research methods employed
Science Mathematics and Computing

Science and Math Fifth Term Seminar — SCMA4105.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: John Bullock; Amie McClellan
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This two-credit seminar is required for all fall-term juniors with Plans that significantly involve mathematics or science (other students may register with permission of instructors if background is appropriate and space permits). The seminar is a forum for reading and discussion of primary and secondary literature with the goal of gaining a broad sense of the work of
Science Mathematics and Computing

Science as a History of the Present — APA2137.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 4
This course builds on the premise that scientific practice is a meaningful form of public action. This premise challenges popular understandings of science as a cloistered or abstracted world, turning attention instead to the lively interface between scientific practices and pressing problems. We will approach science as a history of the present; that is, as a cultivated way of
CAPA Social Science

Science Fiction as Agent of Change — FV4223.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Jen Liu
Credits: 2
This is a seminar, screening and production half-semester course, based on themes within Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction as means to imagine a different future.  In the first half we will be viewing films, from big budget to experimental and performance-based video art, while also listening to music, audio plays, and reading experimental and theoretical texts to
Visual Arts Society Culture and Thought

Science, Drama The Power of the Inquisitive Mind — DRA2259.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Dina Janis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
"Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so" -Galileo "To be or not to be, that is the question" -Shakespeare How do the worlds of science and theater connect and what do they share? What is the role of the revolutionary thinker in society? We will study a variety of dramatic texts that look at these questions, exploring the nature of the inquisitive mind
Drama

Science, Drama and the Power of the Inquisitive Mind — DRA2259.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
"Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so" Galileo "To be or not to be, that is the question" Shakespeare How do the worlds of science and theatre connect and what do they share? What is the role of the revolutionary thinker in society? We will study a variety of dramatic texts that look at these questions, exploring the nature of the inquisitive mind and
Drama Science and Mathematics

Science, Drama, The Power of the Inquisitive Mind — DRA2259.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
"Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so" Galileo "To be or not to be, that is the question" Shakespeare How do the worlds of science and theater connect and what do they share? What is the role of the revolutionary thinker in society? We will study a variety of dramatic texts that look at these questions, exploring the nature of the inquisitive mind and
Drama

Science, Drama, and The Power of the Inquisitive Mind — DRA2259.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 4
“Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so” Galileo “To be or not to be, that is the question” Shakespeare How do the worlds of science and theater connect and what do they share? What is the role of the revolutionary thinker in society? We will study a variety of dramatic texts that look at these questions, exploring the nature of the inquisitive mind and
Drama

Screenwriting: Scene and Structure — LIT2326.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Manuel Gonzales
Credits: 4
Reading contemporary screenplays and story treatments, we will discuss the structure and scene work that goes into writing a successful screenplay. Almost without fail, all screenplays utilize a familiar and easy to learn three-act structure, but the very best screenwriters manipulate this structure nimbly via character development, excellent dialogue, and strong storytelling
Literature

Screenwriting: Scene and Structure — LIT2354.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Manuel Gonzales
Credits: 4
Reading contemporary screenplays and story treatments, we will discuss the structure and scene work that goes into writing a successful screenplay. Almost without fail, all screenplays utilize a familiar and easy to learn three-act structure, but the very best screenwriters manipulate this structure nimbly via character development, excellent dialogue, and strong storytelling
Literature

Screenwriting: Story Studio — LIT2509.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
A good movie begins with a good script. A good script begins with a good story. In this class, we will explore the basics of structure and format for a feature-length screenplay, but the majority of the course we will be focused on storytelling, the development and polishing of good, strong stories. We will ask what goes into a good story, and how do you take those elements and
Literature

Screenwriting: The Story Studio — LIT2509.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Manuel Gonzales
Credits: 4
A good movie begins with a good script. A good script begins with a good story. In this class, we will explore the basics of structure and format for a feature-length screenplay, but the majority of the course we will be focused on storytelling, the development and polishing of good, strong stories. We will ask what goes into a good story, and how do you take those elements and
Literature

Screenwriting: The Story Studio — LIT2509.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Manuel Gonzales
Credits: 4
A good movie begins with a good script. A good script begins with a good story. In this class, we will explore the basics of structure and format for a feature-length screenplay, but the majority of the course we will be focused on storytelling, the development and polishing of good, strong stories. We will ask what goes into a good story, and how do you take those elements and
Literature

Scripting for Computer Graphics — CS2122.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Justin Vasselli
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Computer Graphics is one of the most fun and accessible fields within Computer Science. The visual nature of it lends itself well to creative and artistic minds. It’s the perfect melding of math, computing and art. This course will cover the key ideas behind computer graphics.  We will discuss different rendering algorithms and how they work, how 3D models
Science Mathematics and Computing