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This course will deepen students’ understanding of the Alexander Technique and Ideokinesis in relation to dance, the practice of performance, and everyday movement. It is both a movement and somatic class. This is a more advanced study of the Technique and its application. The Alexander Technique opens up the possibility of finding new balance, efficiency, strength, direction,

A survey of the most common patterns of storing digital information and the recipes to search, process, and access that information. Topics include data structures such as arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, hash tables, and trees and algorithms such as brute force, divide and conquer, and recursion. Students will learn to compare the efficiency of these recipes and storage

A survey of the most common patterns of storing digital information and the recipes to search, process, and access that information. Topics include data structures such as arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, hash tables, and trees and algorithms such as brute force, divide and conquer, and recursion. Students will learn to compare the efficiency of

“The search for love continues even in the face of great odds.” What is love? When we talk about love are we perceived as weak and irrational? We are living in the times where learning to love gets shadowed by a culture of narcissism.  In this class we will analyze bell hooks’s “all about love”, then embody written material through rigorous movement practice, breath work

“The search for love continues even in the face of great odds.” What is love? When we talk about love are we perceived as weak and irrational? We are living in the times where learning to love gets shadowed by a culture of narcissism. In this class we will analyze bell hooks’s “all about love”, then embody written material through rigorous movement practice, breath work,

This 2-credit course will explore the use of medium format film, its purpose, benefits and drawbacks, and the appeal of photographing with a significantly larger film than 35mm. Students will learn about the history of medium format film, the versatility of its sizes that varies from camera to camera and how to enhance their photographic practice with its use. Most of the

This 2-credit course will explore the use of medium format film, its purpose, benefits and drawbacks, and the appeal of photographing with a significantly larger film than 35mm. Students will learn about the history of medium format film, the versatility of its sizes that varies from camera to camera and how to enhance their photographic

Examining racial and minority representation (gender, sexual orientation, age, etc.) in the media and entertainment. From Al Jolson in "The Jazz Singer", Mickey Rooney in "Breakfast at Tiffany's", and Matt Damon in "The Great Wall" to Zoe Saldana in "Nina", Zoe Saldana in "Avatar", or Zoe Saldana in "Guardians of the Galaxy", this class explores how people of diverse

This course will offer students an opportunity to look at some contemporary female and LGBTQIA+ photographers’ work. Students will get to talk directly with the photographers from different parts of the world. The invited photographers will include some emerging and well-established photographers. The focus of the course will be to find how contemporary female

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. (Isaac Asimov, 1980). Does the recent U.S. election suggest that the

In this course we will focus on cutting and welding non-ferrous metals. CNC assisted plasma cutting will pair with the more traditional methods of shaping the material The fabrication processes will begin through brazing methods (acetylene and oxygen) for connecting non-similar metals then we will advance to learning the skills involved in using the GTAW welders for non-ferrous

This course is designed to introduce students to all processes involved in casting selected or designed objects in Aluminum. Students will observe class demonstrations and then apply the techniques to their own individual plans directed at a final aluminum pour of their objects. Processes involved and used include but not limited to: Developing part molds with sand, wax

This course will help students to understand the Charlie Hebdo attacks by situating them in a social, political, religious and cultural context. Guest speakers will offer a variety of perspectives. We will examine conflicting notions of the limits of satire, the role of religion in public life, and the dynamics of social exclusion.

This course is a study of U. S. geopolitical involvement in national and regional affairs of the Middle East from World War I to the present. It is designed to enable the students to place today’s headlines into historical context and provide a range of analytic perspectives to evaluate the motives, methods of implementation and consequences of decisions intended to advance U.

Whether as a myth, or as a geopolitical space, the United States of America hold a unique place in the history and in the collective imagery of Italians. How does Italian culture confront its own cultural construct of the U.S.A. and what is it that makes Italians rediscover and reinvent America still today? What is the myth made of? This course focuses on ideas of America

This is a high-intermediate/advanced course in which students will do independent research on portrayals of the USA in post- 9/11 Italian literature and cinema and write a final research paper. Corequisite: Students must attend at least two Languages Series events (Mondays, 7:00pm – 8:00pm)

Even while responding to recent global and national events that seem unprecedented, the United States continues to confront the dilemmas running throughout its diplomatic history-national security versus individual liberties, unilateralism versus multi-lateralism, competing domestic constituencies, and conflicting visions of America's role in the world. Newly declassified

Even while responding to recent global and national events that seem unprecedented, the United States continues to confront the dilemmas running throughout its diplomatic history-national security versus individual liberties, unilateralism versus multilateralism, competing domestic constituencies, and conflicting visions of America's role in the world. Newly declassified

Start with the tributaries: European, African, then Caribbean. Trace these forward in great whorls, mingling currents in a hard-rushing river. For instance, chamber music from Germany in the Pennsylvania countryside was venerated by the High Anglican merchants in Philadelphia and the gentlemen farmers further south. And while those noble white gentlemen listened in parlors to

Start with the tributaries: European, African, then Caribbean. Trace these forward in great whorls, mingling currents in a hard-rushing river. For instance, chamber music from Germany in the Pennsylvania countryside was venerated by the High Anglican merchants in Philadelphia and the gentlemen farmers further south. And while those noble white gentlemen listened in parlors to

The captivity narrative is a uniquely American literary form, a distinct, adventure-driven offshoot of the Puritan spiritual autobiography--with affinities to the slave narrative--that has more in common with today's reality-based media programming that you might think. We'll spend the term looking closely at the captivity narratives that form the canon, beginning with the

This course will explore American environmental politics, from the late 1800s to the present day, with a focus on understanding the actors, institutions and structural power dynamics that impact environmental struggles. We will proceed by engaging with a variety of historical and contemporary case studies related to toxic waste, clean air and water, fracking, national parks,

This course will explore American environmental politics, from the late 1800s to the present day, with a focus on understanding the actors, institutions, and structural power dynamics that impact environmental struggles. We will proceed by engaging with a variety of historical and contemporary case studies related to clean air and water, forests, energy, public lands, and

This course will explore American environmental politics, from the late 1800s to the present day, with a focus on understanding the actors, institutions and structural power dynamics that impact environmental struggles. We will proceed by engaging with a variety of historical and contemporary case studies related to toxic waste, clean air and water, fracking, national parks,