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Skillshare: Ceramics as a Tool for Placemaking — VA4111.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: yoko inoue
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The contemporary art world has shown a renewed interest in collective activities and collaborative initiatives that focus on activism as well as reshaping or inventing new educational formats in recent years. We will explore the concept of placemaking and consider ways to use the distinctive utilitarian aspects of ceramics in creating a place where people with various skills
Visual Arts

Slip Casting Ceramics for Functional Wares — CER2144.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Yoko Inoue
Credits: 4
This is an introductory course to learn basic mold making and slip casting techniques for producing a series of functional tableware. It focuses on the development of design concept through exploration of material transformation and various casting methods. We will experiment with non-ceramic material to make prototypes for mass production. We will explore alteration and
Visual Arts

Slip Casting – Designs, Molds, Multiples — CER2123.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This course is an introduction to SLIP CASTING, a technique used to create multiple ceramic pieces from plaster molds. Students will focus on two parallel themes during this course: first, we will investigate mold making, porcelain slip formulation, and casting methodologies, and prototype design development. Second, we will explore how casting can be used to support concepts
Visual Arts

Slit-scan Photography — PHO2112.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Dakota Pace
Credits: 2
Slit-scan photography is a process that captures an image through consecutive slices of time to create a smooth gradient of time that moves across the image. This technique has most commonly been used to document photo finishes in racing due to the accuracy with which it can document time. While its common use is more utilitarian, this technique has great potential for artistic
Visual Arts

Slow Studio — APA4164.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Sal Randolph
Credits: 4
“An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth.” — Bonnie Friedman This studio class will explore slow aesthetics and slow politics in relation to our lived experience in time. We will come together in an experimental lab, devoting generous time to slow experiences of looking, listening, moving, making, reading, and being. Our collective investigation of slow
CAPA

Small Books and Zines: The Sequential Image and Word — DRW4267.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Mary Lum
Credits: 4
In the gap between individual images and motion pictures lies the world of artists’ books and zines. A wide range of literary, poetic, and fine art structures make up the history of these media, and some of the richest examples cross over into the underground and various subcultures. The focus of this course is on the conception, production, and critique of small, image based
Visual Arts

So Far from God: A Border Project — POL4238.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Despite the trend towards supposed globalization, the geographical demarcation of national boundaries, though often artificially constructed and the sites of complex, hybrid cultures, tends to be perceived as embodying reality, with real, sometimes violent, consequences for those living through such differentiation. To name but one specific problem, even in the wake of
Advancement of Public Action

Social and Cultural Values in Japan: Digital Book Project (Intermediate) — JPN4402.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
This intermediate-level course is designed for students to create digital books which will teach Japanese children how to embrace cultural differences.  First, students will read short stories for Japanese children and watch Japanese animations to examine how Japanese children are expected to behave and communicate with others.  Students will also analyze social and
Cultural Studies and Languages

Social and Cultural Values in Japan: Digital Book Project (Intermediate) — JPN4402.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
This intermediate-level course is designed for students to create digital books which will teach Japanese children how to embrace cultural differences. First, students will read short stories for Japanese children and watch Japanese animations to examine how Japanese children are expected to behave and communicate with others. Students will also analyze social and cultural
Cultural Studies and Languages

Social and Cultural Values in Japan: Digital Book Project (Intermediate) — JPN4402.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
This fourth term Japanese course is designed for students to create digital books which will teach Japanese children how to embrace cultural differences. First, students will read short stories for Japanese children and watch Japanese animations to examine how Japanese children are expected to behave and communicate with others. Students will also analyze social and cultural
Cultural Studies and Languages

Social and Emotional Learning — PSY2386.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Emily Waterman
Credits: 2
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the field of social and emotional learning (SEL). We will cover relevant SEL frameworks, particularly the CASEL framework. We will review research on the association between social and emotional learning constructs and short- and long-term outcomes. We will then explore the effectiveness of evidence-based social and
Society Culture and Thought

Social Capital for Regenerative Communities — APA2303.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Tatiana Abatemarco Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 2
Social capital expands the measure of value to social support and connectedness, which are externalized by the neoclassical economic model. Regenerative agriculture is the movement to create agricultural systems that build soil biodiversity and sequester carbon dioxide. This class will explore the possibility for social capital as a means to ensure that regenerative agriculture
CAPA Environment Society Culture and Thought

Social Change Agents: Advanced Peacebuilding — APA4122.02

Spring 2019
Instructor: Vahidin Omanovic
Credits: 1
Be the change you want to see in the world. This Module will be a chance for students to reflect on their identities, inner issues they are aware or not aware and the desire to be social change agents. Together we will explore key topics of non-violent communication, personal potentials for peacebuilding, community building skills and different methods to deal with our
CAPA

Social Dynamics of Inclusion — SCT2134.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Delia Saenz
Credits: 1
This course will examine social psychological approaches to promoting inclusivity. Content will focus on contextual factors that contribute to, and maintain bias in contemporary society, and on methods that can promote collaboration across difference. Topics will include: power, intersectionality, micro-aggression, intergroup dynamics, social justice, intergroup dialogue, and
Society Culture and Thought

Social Dynamics of Inclusion — SCT2134.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Delia Saenz
Credits: 1
This course will examine social psychological approaches to promoting inclusivity. Content will include review of basic psychological processes that contribute to, and maintain bias in contemporary society; and on methods that can promote collaboration across difference.  Topics will include:  confirmation bias, tokenism, intergroup dynamics, social justice, and
Society Culture and Thought

Social Dynamics of Inclusion — SCT2134.02

Spring 2019
Instructor: Delia Saenz
Credits: 1
This course will examine social psychological approaches to promoting inclusivity.  Content will focus on contextual factors that contribute to, and maintain bias in contemporary society, and on methods that can promote collaboration across difference.  Topics will include:  power, intersectionality, micro-aggression, intergroup dynamics, social justice,
Society Culture and Thought

Social Emergency Medicine to Prevent Gun Violence — Cancelled

Spring 2020
Instructor: Christopher Barsotti
Credits: 1
Firearm-related victimization, injury and death are among the most urgent public health problems facing our country, but there exists no utilitarian set of solutions.  Firearm injuries create an expansive series of direct and indirect negative health outcomes that ripple throughout communities, and each episode of gun violence is the consequence of a complex interrelated
CAPA

Social Expectations for Japanese Children — JPN4224.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
This course is designed for students to learn Japanese through Japanese children’s books and animation. In this course, students will read Japanese children’s books and watch Japanese animation that is based on children’s books to examine how Japanese children are expected to behave and communicate with others. Students will also analyze cultural values in Japan, how those
Cultural Studies and Languages

Social Expectations for Japanese Children — JPN4117.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
This course is designed for students to learn Japanese through Japanese children’s books and animation.  In this course, students will read Japanese children’s books and watch Japanese animation that is based on children’s books to examine how Japanese children are expected to behave and communicate with others.  Students will also analyze cultural values in Japan,
Languages

Social Expectations for Japanese Children — JPN4224.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
This course is designed for students to learn Japanese through Japanese children’s books and animation.  In this course, students will read Japanese children’s books and watch Japanese animation that is based on children’s books to examine how Japanese children are expected to behave and communicate with others.  Students will also analyze cultural values in Japan,
Languages

Social Expectations for Japanese Children — JPN2107.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
This course is designed for students to learn Japanese through Japanese children's books and animation. In this course, students will read Japanese children's books and watch Japanese animation that is based on children's books to examine how Japanese children are expected to behave and communicate with others. Students will also analyze cultural values in Japan, how those
Languages

Social Expectations for Japanese Children — JPN4224.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
This course is designed for students to learn Japanese through Japanese children’s books and animation. In this course, students will read Japanese children’s books and watch Japanese animation that is based on children’s books to examine how Japanese children are expected to behave and communicate with others. Students will also analyze cultural values in Japan, how those
Languages

Social Expectations for Japanese Children — JPN4224.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
This course is designed for students to learn Japanese through Japanese children’s books and animation. In this course, students will read Japanese children’s books and watch Japanese animation that is based on children’s books to examine how Japanese children are expected to behave and communicate with others. Students will also analyze cultural values in Japan, how those
Languages

Social Innovation Entrepreneurship — MOD2144.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Alison Dennis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
Calling all innovators, catalysts and designers: this three-week module is for students interested in the process of developing creative solutions and ventures in response to societal needs. Participants are invited, as individuals or teams, to enter the workshop with a specific social or environmental issue or area of interest, from campus or community issues to national and
CAPA Modules: Transferable Approaches