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The History of Science: From Hippocrates to Newton — HIS4111.01

Fall 2014

Instructor: carol pal

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

History tells us that humans have always wondered about the natural world. For thousands of years, our ancestors gazed in wonder at the heavens, experimented with plants and medicines, and tried to comprehend their own mortality. But when did ""science"" actually begin to be its own field, separate from philosophy, astrology, or faith? Beginning with human origins and

Social Science

The History of the Book — HIS4109.01

Spring 2015

Instructor: Carol Pal

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Credits: 4

What is a book? For centuries, our ideas have been shaped by the rhythms and hierarchies inherent in the nature of the printed book. But what constitutes a ""book"" has actually changed enormously over time - from ancient Egyptian papyri to Mayan glyphs to the first products of Gutenberg's fifteenth-century printing revolution. Moreover, as these technologies have changed, so

Social Science

The Hollow Form — CER2221.01

Fall 2018

Instructor: Barry Bartlett

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Credits: 4

The objective of this class is to help students learn the breadth of handbuilding techniques in the ceramic arts that have given rise to a vast history of ideas observed using hollow forms. Unlike traditional sculptural techniques used in wood, stone and metal, ceramic forms have depended on the interior space, the void, to define both symbolic meaning and formal structure.

Visual Arts

The Hollow Form — CER2221.01

Spring 2015

Instructor: Barry Bartlett

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

This objective of this class is to help students learn the breadth of handbuilding techniques in the ceramic arts that have given rise to a vast history of ideas observed using hollow forms. Unlike traditional sculptural techniques used in wood, stone and metal, ceramic forms have depended on the interior space, the void, to define both symbolic meaning and formal structure.

Visual Arts

The Hollow Form — CER2221.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Barry Bartlett

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Credits: 4

Visual Arts

The Hollow Form: Introduction to Ceramics — CER2221.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Barry Bartlett

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

This objective of this class is to help students learn a set of handbuilding techniques in the ceramic arts that have given rise to a vast history of ideas using the hollow form. Unlike traditional sculptural techniques used in wood, stone and metal, ceramic forms have depended on the interior space, the void, to define both symbolic meaning and formal structure.

Visual Arts

The Hollow Form: Introduction to Ceramics — CER2145.01

Fall 2019

Instructor: Barry Bartlett

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

The objective of this class is to help students learn the breadth of hand building techniques in the ceramic arts that have given rise to a vast history of ideas using hollow forms. Unlike traditional sculptural techniques used in wood, stone and metal, ceramic forms have depended on the interior space, the void, to define both symbolic meaning and formal structure. This class

Visual Arts

The Human Animal — BIO2118.01

Spring 2016

Instructor: Elena Demyanenko

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Credits: 4

Humans are animals and share many traits with other animals. In this class a biologist and dancer will engage students in an exploration of structures and functions that permit all animals to process information, move, and react to their environments. How have these structures and functions evolved? Can these insights inform how humans think, respond, move, and create?

Science Mathematics and Computing Dance

The Human Condition: Hannah Arendt — PHI4101.01

Fall 2013

Instructor: Paul Voice

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was a major political theorist whose work has become increasingly influential in recent years. A student of Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers, her extensive writings cover such topics as the nature of power, the meaning of the political and the problem of totalitariansim. This seven-week course is a critical exploration of some of her major works,

Social Science

The Human Condition: Hannah Arendt — PHI4101.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Paul Voice

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Credits: 4

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was a major political theorist whose work has become increasingly influential in recent years. A student of Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers, her extensive writings cover such topics as the nature of power, the meaning of the political, and the problem of totalitariansim. This course is a critical exploration of some of her major works, including The

Society Culture and Thought

The Image in Islamic Cultures — AH2128.01

Spring 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 4

Despite the widespread but erroneous assumption that Islam prohibits images, figurative representations have been abundantly produced in Islamic societies since the early years of Islam. With a particular focus on painting and the art of the book, this course will examine the central place of images in Islamic cultures from the early modern period to the present. While images

Visual Arts

The Immigrant Novel — LIT2540.01

Spring 2024

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 4

The immigrant novel often bears the burden of “building bridges” between cultures, portraying “the good immigrant” or “the tragic immigrant” as a helpless individual on a journey to assimilation in a new country. But, for over a century, alongside the stereotypical immigrant novels, there have been numerous irreverent immigrant novels that push back against oversimplification,

Literature

The Improvising and Composing Vocalist — MVO2302.02) (new course code as of 11/1/2021

Spring 2022

Instructor: Michael Wimberly

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Credits: 1

Voice is an instrument with an incredible range of expression, and there is much to explore in the realm of vocal improvisation and composition. Through a series of exercises developed for the vocal improviser, with an emphasis on strengthening the foundation of theory and ear training, students will be encouraged to think holistically about the possibilities of voice. Students

Music

The Inexorable(Middle)March of Time — LIT4384.01

Fall 2023

Instructor: Manuel Gonzales

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Credits: 4

Diving deep into George Eliot's brilliant, funny, heartbreaking novel, Middlemarch, a novel whose story spans only the years 1829 to 1832, we will examine the use and passage of time by one of the 19th century's most insightful and incisive authors. Eliot at once slows down and then speeds us through time, rounding back, leaping forward, using to great effect the omniscient

Literature

The Infinite — Canceled

Spring 2015

Instructor: Andrew McIntyre

Days & Time:

Credits: 1

The infinite is a theme that recurs in human thought, in places as disparate as philosophy, architecture, literature and mathematics. We will look at how mathematics has been influenced by the infinite, and the ways in which it has come to terms with it. We will mostly look at what mathematicians call the theory of sets: can one infinite collection be called bigger than another

Science Mathematics and Computing Modules: Transferable Approaches

The Invention of the 19th Century: A seminar on Honoré de Balzac — LIT4329.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Marguerite Feitlowitz

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Credits: 4

Oscar Wilde liked to say that Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) invented the 19th century. The Human Comedy (La Comédie Humaine) comprises approximately 3,000 characters in a total of 92 novels, sketches, stories, and philosophical tales. For the first time in the history of the novel, characters recur—a star of one book may reappear as a minor figure in the intricate social

Literature

The Japanese Language and its Reflection of Values and Morals in Folktales — JPN2110.01

Spring 2015

Instructor: Satomi LaFave

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Credits: 4

Folktales are very interesting sources through which to gain an increased understanding of the cultural values and morals passed on from generation to generation. Gaining insight through these tales can improve comprehension of modern Japanese and the common cultural foundations upon which it is built. In this beginning Japanese course, students will be introduced to some

Languages

The Jazz Age Revisited — LIT2304.01

Fall 2025

Instructor: Benjamin Anastas

Days & Time: M/W 8:00AM-9:50AM

Credits: 4

“It was an age of miracles, it was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it was an age of satire,” F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in his epitaph to the Jazz Age in 1931. It was something else too: a social and literary revolution fueled by new communications technology, mass popular entertainment, Jazz and the Blues, and a bold “collaborative energy” (Ann Douglas) between

Literature

The Jazz Age Revisited — LIT2304.02

Fall 2020

Instructor:

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

"It was an age of miracles, it was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it was an age of satire," F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in his epitaph to the Jazz Age in 1931. It was something else too: a social and literary revolution fueled by new communications technology, mass popular entertainment, Jazz and the Blues, and a bold “collaborative energy” (Ann Douglas) between the

Literature

The Jazz Age Revisited — LIT2304.01

Spring 2014

Instructor: Benjamin Anastas

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

"It was an age of miracles, it was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it was an age of satire," F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in his epitaph to the Jazz Age. It was something else too: a social and literary revolution, fueled by new communications technology, music, popular entertainment, the end of racial segregation, and a creative renaissance in a neighborhood in Upper

Literature

The Jewish Annotated Gospels — MED2121.01

Spring 2021

Instructor: Michael Cohen

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Credits: 4

Jesus, Paul, Peter, James, Jesus' mother Mary and Mary Magdalene were all Jews even though they appear prominently in the Christian Bible, also known as the New Testament. Their lives were imbued with Jewish history, beliefs, and practices. Often those nuances and meanings are lost when those texts are read without that understanding. In this class we will read some of the

CAPA Literature

The Jewish Annotated New Testament — APA2180.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Michael Cohen

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Credits: 2

CAPA

The Journey and the Pity: Revisiting Dante’s Inferno — LIT4597.01

Fall 2024

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 4

T.S. Eliot famously said, “Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them.” Agree or disagree, but the work of Dante Alighieri, the fourteenth century Florentine poet and statesman, remains vital to the study of poetry and its history—particularly as the lyric tradition intersects with long-form narrative and Christian allegory begins reconciling with pagan mythology in

Literature

The Journey II: The World Between the Great Wars — HIS2208.01

Spring 2019

Instructor: Eileen Scully

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Credits: 4

Students in this course are a select group of people who sign on to travel the world in the inter-war era (1919-1939). Robust participation is required of all, and students must master information about each place we visit in order to move on to the next destination. The journey starts out in Paris, as preparations are underway for the conference that will produce the Treaty of

Society Culture and Thought

The Key to Songs — MTH4419.01

Spring 2018

Instructor: Nick Brooke

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

A seminar on advanced harmony, based on in-class analyses of a broad range of classical, pop, and jazz songs. Students will learn about chromaticism, pivot chords, modulation, and extended triadic harmonies, while composing songs in a variety of styles. Students must have a good knowledge of notation and harmony, be willing to tackle in-depth harmonic analyses and aural

Music