All Courses

Sitting in Judgment — MOD2161.03

Fall 2016

Instructor:

Credits: 1

What is it like to judge others' conflicts? This module will be an experiential examination of the final decision makers in court: judges and juries. Students will explore practical issues and implications relative to rendering verdicts in court trials—perhaps our most influential conflict resolution process. Students will read course materials and participate

Modules: Transferable Approaches

Situating Black & Brown Art in Museums — BLS4001.01

Fall 2025

Instructor: An Duplan

Days & Time: TU 10:30am-12:20pm

Credits:

In collaboration with Mass MoCA’s Director of Public Programs, Lisa Dent, this course will combine art history and museum education as modes of inquiry into the unique challenges of presenting and contextualizing Black and brown artists in museums. Students will engage deeply with three solo exhibitions at Mass MoCA: (1) RACE/HUSTLE by Zora J. Murff, whose work “bluntly

Black Studies

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 Project Lab — APA4309.01

Fall 2022

Instructor: Sal Randolph

Credits: 4

CAPA

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 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 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

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

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 — 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 — 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