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Tai-Chi Qi-Gong — CSL2132.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Credits: 1
Tai-Chi (Taiji) is a Chinese martial art and meditation system. The symbol of Tai-Chi is the famous Chinese Yin and Yang symbol also called Taiji. Qi-Gong is a form of gentle exercise intended to increase one’s vital energy (qi), hence the name. Qi-Gong and Tai-Chi are both commonly practiced by Chinese people. In this course, students will get some practical

Tai-Chi & Qi-Gong — CSL2132.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Days & Time: WE 4:10pm-6:00pm
Credits: 2

Tai-Chi (Taiji) is a Chinese martial art and meditation system. The symbol of Tai-Chi is the famous Chinese Yin and Yang symbol also called Taiji.

In this course, students will get some practical experience with Tai-Chi martial art and learn a little bit about Daoist philosophy in the process.

Tai-Chi 37 Forms — CSL2132.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Credits: 1
Tai-Chi (Taiji) is a Chinese martial art and meditation system. The symbol of Tai-Chi is the famous Chinese Yin and Yang symbol also called Taiji. In this course, students will get some practical experience with Tai Chi martial art and learn a little bit about Daoist philosophy in the process. Students also will get some practical experience with Qi Gong (Ba Duan Jin). Qi-Gong

Tai-Chi 37 Forms — CSL2132.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Days & Time: WE 4:10pm-6:00pm
Credits: 2

Tai-Chi (Taiji) is a Chinese martial art and meditation system. The symbol of Tai-Chi is the famous Chinese Yin and Yang symbol also called Taiji.

In this course, students will get some practical experience with Tai-Chi martial art and

Tai-Chi 37 forms — CSL2132.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Credits: 2
Tai-Chi (Taiji) is a Chinese martial art and meditation system. The symbol of Tai-Chi is the famous Chinese Yin and Yang symbol also called Taiji. In this course, students will get some practical experience with Tai-Chi martial art and learn a little bit about Daoist philosophy in the process. Students also will get some practical experience with Qi Gong (Ba Duan Jin). Qi-Gong

Tai-Chi and Qi-Gong — CSL2009.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Days & Time: WE 4:10pm-6:00pm
Credits: 2

Tai Chi (太极拳) is a Chinese martial art and meditative system. Its symbol is the well-known Yin–Yang (太极) diagram, representing balance and harmony.

This course is designed not only as a way to relax the body, reduce anxiety, and improve overall physical health, but also as an opportunity to learn the

Taiwan and China in Global Affairs — CHI4605.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Credits: 4
Whether it's global economic disruptions from COVID-19 and Beijing's "zero cases" policy, the US-China trade war and heightened tensions over Taiwan as it becomes a high-tech chip manufacturing powerhouse, China's failing "One Belt One Road" program or Putin courting Xi's favor in his war against Ukraine, China and Taiwan are making a lot of global affairs headlines recently.

Taiwan Today: Society, Media, and Trends — CHI4513.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 4

In this course, students will explore contemporary Taiwanese society, one of Asia’s safest, happiest, and most progressive, through audio, video, and print media. They will examine everyday life, social trends, and Taiwan’s political landscape, including women’s 42% representation in the legislature, the rise of single women keeping pets, and Taiwan as the first Asian

Take On, Take Off: from Inspiration to Travesty — DRA2288.01

Instructor: Kirk Jackson
Credits: 4
Whether motivated by adoration or outrage, playwrights re-imagine the work of others: updating, inverting, eviscerating, and sometimes even improving on original source material. This class will examine, compare, and speculate on those motivations and values as to whether a given interpretation is a “take on” or a “take off”. We will address adaptation tactics, including these

Taking the Car (that drives your Music) Apart — MCO4378.01

Instructor: Kitty Brazelton
Credits: 2
My interest as a composer is in helping you to study yourself. Switching from the car analogy to one of fabric, tiny choices, tiny filaments of decision, are what accumulate to form your music. And the cognitive pattern of musical identity, your colors and plaids, emerge from those details. A portion of this study is what we call "theory". Some of it is what we call "style"—but

Talking to Children: Who, Why and How Much? — PSY4132.01

Instructor: David Anderegg
Credits: 4
This class will examine current research and practice in encouraging early literacy by talking to, and reading to, children. The field is now dominated by research findings suggesting that social class differences in the amount of language children hear accounts for differences in early literacy, school readiness and school performance. We will examine that evidence in detail,

Taste Taiwan: Cooking, Culture, and Mandarin Chinese — CHI4326.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Days & Time: MO,TH 7:00pm-8:50pm
Credits: 4

Building on the hands-on, experiential approach of the previous semester, this course invites students to continue exploring Taiwan through Taiwanese cooking, practical Mandarin Chinese, and contemporary Taiwanese culture. Students will prepare four to six Taiwanese dishes while developing practical language skills and discovering how food, music, and everyday

Teaching a Stone to Talk and Other Adventures in Writing Nature — LIT2587.02

Instructor: Jenny Boully
Days & Time: TU,FR 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

This a course in encounters and exhibitions that takes its cue from Annie Dillard’s essay collection Teaching a Stone to Talk. While studying the essays of Dillard, students will also be asked to walk, wander, wonder, and, of course, write. In addition to keeping a journal of silence, students will be asked to discover a place on

Teaching January 6 — APA2277.02

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
The January 6 Insurrection at the US Capitol stunned America and the world. What happened and why? What historical and current events culminated in the near collapse of the Great American Experiment? This class develops the tools and builds the curriculum for teachers so their students will learn the political, racial, economic and cultural roots of this violent event and

Teaching Languages and Cultures — CSL2000.01

Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly
Days & Time: MO,TH 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 4

The study of foreign languages and cultures is a crucial asset. For some, it is a life-saving necessity. For others it represents a powerful tool in a toolkit for antiracism, social justice, and intercultural understanding. In this course, students will gain a basic understanding of language and culture teaching to young children and

Teaching Languages and Cultures K-6 — CSL2000.01

Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly
Credits: 2
Early exploration of foreign languages and cultures is a powerful tool towards antiracism, social justice, and intercultural understanding. In this course, students will gain a basic understanding of language and culture teaching to young children. Working with local teachers, program administrators, and language acquisition experts, students will have an opportunity to (co-

Teaching Languages and Cultures K-6 — FLE2107.01

Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly, Ikuko Yoshida Sarah Harris
Credits: 2
Early exploration of foreign languages and cultures is gaining increasing attention nationwide. This seven-week course is intended to help students gain a basic understanding of language and culture teaching to young children. Students will explore theories and pedagogical techniques, develop lesson plans and units, and implement them in class. Students will create, share, and

Teaching Languages and Cultures K-6 — EDU2151.01

Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly
Credits: 4
Early exploration of foreign languages and cultures is a powerful tool towards antiracism, social justice, and intercultural understanding. In this course, students will gain a basic understanding of language and culture teaching to young children. Discussions with local teachers and language acquisition experts will provide a professional perspective on the course content.

Teaching Languages and Cultures K-6 — CSL2000.01

Instructor: Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly
Credits: 2
Early exploration of foreign languages and cultures is a powerful tool towards social justice and intercultural understanding. This will be particularly important for a class age (6-11) that will have been significantly deprived of the practice of fundamental socialization skills because of Covid. This course is intended to help students gain a basic understanding of language

Teaching Languages K-6 — MOD2162.01

Instructor: Sarah Harris, Noëlle Rouxel-Cubberly, Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 1
Early exploration of foreign languages and cultures is gaining increasing attention nationwide. This three-week module is intended to help students gain a basic understanding of foreign language teaching to young children.  Working with local language teachers and program administrators, students will have an opportunity to teach foreign languages in the

Teaching to Transgress: Radical Pedagogy Practicum — EDU4402.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
In Teaching to Transgress, the late bell hooks writes, “As a classroom community, our capacity to generate excitement is deeply affected by our interest in one another, in hearing one another’s voices, in recognizing one another’s presence.” For hooks, ‘excitement’ is key to learning, not merely because it generates entertaining learning spaces, but because learning itself (as

Technical Theatre Collaborating with Advanced Design —

Instructor: Tilly Grimes
Credits: 4
Working in conjunction with Advanced Design and Collaboration students will be invited to join a design orientated devised performance as part of the technical team building and creating the shows When theater starts with a script, visuals tend to follow the narrative. But what happens when bold visuals lead the way? Class will be used as a space to build on existing

Technical Topics: Moving Image Equipment — FV2128.02

Instructor: Colleen Murphy
Credits: 2
This seven-week course is an opportunity to gain hands-on experience with the entire video and animation equipment inventory. In class we will use a wide variety of cameras, set up audio and lighting equipment, learn about camera stabilization, capture drone footage, and experiment with projectors. Throughout the course students will be asked to give live demonstrations and

Technical Topics: Video and Animation Post-Production — FV2143.01

Instructor: Colleen Murphy
Credits: 2
This 2 credit course will be focused on developing post-production editing skills within Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects. The topics covered are applicable to any video based project within any discipline and include color correction, text and graphics, masking, compositing, key framing, and the visual language of editing. Students will be working independently at their

Technical Topics: Virtual Reality — MA4107.02

Instructor: Colleen Murphy
Credits: 2
This seven-week course is designed to demonstrate the emerging connection between film and virtual reality within the context of installation art. The focus will be split between experimentation with virtual reality equipment and advanced software workflows using Premiere and After Effects. Students are encouraged to apply their other areas of interest, such as animation, sound