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What is possible when the work of art is a computational system and the means of production are robotic? This advanced computation course will lead students from abstract computational structures to physical two and three dimensional forms. The conceptual artist Sol Lewitt stated, "The system is the work of art; the visual work of art is the proof of the System." Our platform

Have you ever wondered what a computer is and how it actually works?  In this course, we’ll answer the hardware half of this question. Working from the ground up, we will start with basic circuits and develop elementary logic gates.  Taking these gates as our building blocks, we will construct the core components of a modern computer: the central processing

Have you ever wondered what a computer is and how it actually works?  In this course, we’ll answer the hardware half of this question. Working from the ground up, we will start with basic circuits and develop elementary logic gates.  Taking these gates as our building blocks, we will construct the core components of a modern computer: the central processing unit,

Have you ever wondered what a computer is and how it actually works? In this course, we’ll answer the software half of this question. We will start with virtual machines and develop a high-level language, write a compiler, and an operating system. By the end, we will have developed a software hierarchy that makes the hardware we designed in Systems 1: Hardware Architecture and

This class is structured for students who have knowledge, experience and skills in Architecture, Sculpture, and 3D design technology and wish to explore production of ceramics functional ware by developing mold making skills and applying slip casting methods to their projects. Students who are enrolled in the advanced level of slip casting class, Tablescape: Slip Casting

Tablescape project considers ceramic tableware through the lens of architecture (space) and table design (place). For the occasion of the implementation of a communal kitchen, in the new Students Center, that aims to foster community building, students will design and produce a series of functional ware by utilizing slip casting method. We will focus on creating a work

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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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

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.

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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-

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

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