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What is Capitalism? — PEC2267.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
What is capitalism? When and where did it begin? This course introduces students to key features of capitalism as an economic system and a way of life that has had profound social and political consequences for human societies around the world. It is the primary aim of this course to get a better sense for what capitalism really is, and to uncover and evaluate some of the most
Society Culture and Thought

What is Economics? — SCT2136.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee
Credits: 2
"Economics is what economists do" says Jacob Viner. But what do economists do? And, how do they do it? This seminar will be concerned with these two questions. Our main objective will be develop an understanding of economics as a field of study and to explore how economics is applied to understand everyday issues that affect our material wellbeing. We will look at big issues,
Society Culture and Thought

What is Economics? — SCT2136.02

Fall 2018
Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee
Credits: 1
You may have some familiarity with economics, from a course in high school or through various insights gleaned from news reports. But many people who need to consider the economic implications of policy, or who want to understand issues about how resources and wealth are allocated, have scant understanding of the key ideas of the field. This seminar addresses that: it is an
Society Culture and Thought

What is economics? — PEC2270.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
"Economics is what economists do" says Jacob Viner. But what do economists do? And, how do they do it? This seminar will be concerned with these two questions. Our main objective will be to develop an understanding of economics as a field of study and to explore how economics is applied to understand the large issues of our time that affect our everyday material wellbeing. Our
Society Culture and Thought

What is Performing, Anyway? — DAN4028.01) (time updated as of 9/26/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 2
What actually goes on when performing? Your interior environment changes from moment to moment; things change in the exterior environment as well. We process information from the audience as we perform. We constantly adapt. Creating a score for performance requires attention to detail – movement and space, timing, shifts of focus, intention, repetition, surprise, juxtaposition
Dance

What is Radicalism in Practice? — MPF2165.01) (cancelled

Fall 2021
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
What is radical? What is performance; when is it performative, and when/how can a performance be radical? How does one practice radicalism in everyday life? What is theory, and how does it advance or confuse radical pursuits? Embodiment, a faculty required for performance is, in part, radicalism in action. This is an introductory conversation and exercise series open to all
CAPA Music

What is Radicalism in Practice? — MPF2165.02) (cancelled

Fall 2021
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
What is radical? What is performance; when is it performative, and when/how can a performance be radical? How does one practice radicalism in everyday life? What is theory, and how does it advance or confuse radical pursuits? Embodiment, a faculty required for performance is, in part, radicalism in action. This is an introductory conversation and exercise series open to all
CAPA Music

What is Sculpture — SCU2106.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: John Umphlett (new faculty as of 8/24/2021)
Credits: 4
How do we make it? How do we talk about it? And what does it mean? How do we make objects in space? Is gravity our friend or foe? This course invites students to investigate the fundamental principles of sculpture while encouraging exploration of classical and contemporary approaches. Sessions are intensive explorations into a variety of techniques and materials including
Visual Arts

What is Sculpture? — SCU2106.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Jon Isherwood
Credits: 4
How do we make it? How do we talk about it? And what does it mean? This course invites students to investigate the fundamental principals of sculpture while encouraging exploration of classical and contemporary approaches. Sessions are intensive explorations into a variety of techniques and materials including plaster, wood, cardboard, Styrofoam and metal. Regular slide
Visual Arts

What is Sculpture? — SCU2106.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: jon isherwood
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
How do we make it? How do we talk about it? And what does it mean? How do we make objects in space? Is gravity our friend or foe? This course invites students to investigate the fundamental principles of sculpture while encouraging exploration of classical and contemporary approaches. Sessions are intensive explorations into a variety of techniques and materials including
Visual Arts

What is Sculpture? — SCU2106.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Jason Middlebrook
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
How do we make it? How do we talk about it? And what does it mean? How do we make objects in space? Is gravity our friend or foe? This course invites students to investigate the fundamental principals of sculpture while encouraging exploration of classical and contemporary approaches. Sessions are intensive explorations into a variety of techniques and materials including
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What is Sculpture? — SCU2106.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Jon Isherwood
Credits: 4
How do we make it? How do we talk about it? And what does it mean? This course invites students to investigate the fundamental principals of sculpture while encouraging exploration of classical and contemporary approaches. Sessions are intensive explorations into a variety of techniques and materials including plaster, wood, cardboard, Styrofoam and metal. Regular slide
Visual Arts

What is the Truth? World War II from the Japanese Perspective — JPN4709.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
What is the truth in history? Is there one truth? In this course, students learn World War II from the Japanese point of view by reading and examining Japanese history textbooks, novels, essays, and films. Historical events such as the bombings of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima can be perceived differently depending on whether you study them in Japan or in America. In other
Languages

What Is the Truth? World War II from the Japanese Perspective — JPN4709.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Credits: 4
What is the truth in history?  Is there one truth?  In this course, students learn World War II from the Japanese point of view by reading and examining Japanese history textbooks, novels, essays, and films.  Historical events such as the bombings of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima can be perceived differently depending on whether you study them in Japan or in America
Languages

What is the Truth? – Learning WWII with History Textbooks in Japan — JPN4233.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
What is the truth in history?  Is there one truth?  In this course, students learn World War II from the Japanese point of view by reading and examining Japanese history textbooks, novels, essays, and films.  Historical events such as the bombings of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima can be perceived differently depending on whether you study them in Japan or in America
Languages

What Was Critique and What Comes Next? — APA4207.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 4
If progressive scholarship holds anything sacred, perhaps it is critique. Over the past century, critique has become not only the guiding commitment of radical scholarship but also the unflappable identity of the public intellectual. Yet a number of unfortunate assumptions have been built into this manner of engaging the world. Among them, that intellectuals have privileged
CAPA Society Culture and Thought

What Was Critique and What Comes Next? — APA4207.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 4
If progressive scholarship holds anything sacred, perhaps it is critique. Over the past century, critique has become not only the guiding commitment of radical scholarship but also the unflappable identity of the public intellectual. Yet a number of unfortunate assumptions have been built into this manner of engaging the world. Among them, that intellectuals have privileged
CAPA Social Science

What Was Critique and What Comes Next? — APA4207.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 4
If progressive scholarship holds anything sacred, perhaps it is critique. Over the past century, critique has become not only the guiding commitment of radical scholarship but also the unflappable identity of the public intellectual. Yet a number of unfortunate assumptions have been built into this manner of engaging the world. Among them, that intellectuals have privileged
CAPA

When Books Become Films — LIT2100.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
What is lost and what is gained when a work of literary fiction becomes a film? Who gets to retell what stories, and when? What makes a successful adaptation, and why? To what degree does the spirit of the original story persist, when, like the Ship of Theseus, its various components have been replaced, repurposed, and removed? In this course we will look at issues of craft,
Literature

When Technology and the Human Body become Partners, Who Leads? — DAN4294.02

Spring 2024
Instructor: Levi Gonzalez
Credits: 1
This hands-on intensive course is taught by visiting artist Cathy Weis, who will be showing videos she shot in the studios and on the streets of New York City from 1983 to today. Examining these archival videos will serve as a launching pad for students to begin their own collaborative projects. Through these collaborative projects, students will have an opportunity to expand
Dance Visual Arts

Whenever Wherever Festival: As a Celebration of Diverse Communities — APA2283.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
Playing with a concept of festival as celebration of our daily life and as a space to exchange individual history, creativity and expression, students will plan, develop, organize and conduct mini-events using any forms—such as workshop, performance, participatory installation, exploratory tour, tea ceremony or ritual. Students are encouraged to research, connect to and
CAPA Dance

Who is Gloria Steinem? — MOD2149.04

Spring 2015
Instructor: Karen Gover
Credits: 1
In preparation for her visit to campus, this module will be an introduction to the thought and work of Gloria Steinem, journalist, activist, co-founder of Ms. Magazine, and feminist organizer. We will situate her work within the "second wave" of feminism and within its larger political context in US history. This course will be offered Thursday, May 14 - Monday, June 1.
Modules: Transferable Approaches

Whose Opera? — MCO4361.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Kitty Brazelton
Credits: 4
Looking for six able composers, six able writers and six able singer/actors. Or those who combine these abilities. Example of bi-weekly assignment: short operatic sketch by six teams of writer-composers for singer-actors. Writer starts - delivering libretto to composer who sets words to music, and team delivers sketch to class one week later. After sketch is critiqued in class,
Music

Whose Opera? — MCO4361.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Kitty Brazelton
Credits: 4
Looking for six able composers, six able writers and six able singer/actors. Or those who combine these abilities. Example of bi-weekly assignment: short operatic sketch by six teams of writer-composers for singer-actors. Writer starts – delivering libretto to composer who sets words to music, and team delivers sketch to class one week later. After sketch is critiqued in class,
Music