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

Fall 2023
Instructor: Manuel Gonzales
Days & Time:
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
Days & Time:
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
Days & Time:
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

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 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 Jewish Annotated Gospels — MED2121.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Michael Cohen
Days & Time:
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
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
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

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

Fall 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
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
Days & Time:
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

The Key to Songs — MTH4419.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Nicholas 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. Songwriters studied will include Mozart, Schubert, Mahler, Strauss, Weill, The Beatles, Radiohead, Gershwin, Monk, and other
Music

The Key To Songs — MTH4419.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Nicholas 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

The Key to Songs — MTH4419.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Nicholas Brooke
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
An intermediate review of theory based on a broad range of pop, classical, and jazz songs from the last centuries and from across the world. We'll start with a primer on scales, intervals, and basic chordal moves such as the rhythm changes, then progress to chromaticism, modulation, and extended triadic harmonies. Students will compose songs in a variety of styles, but also be
Music

The Kiln as a Tool — CER2136.02

Spring 2015
Instructor: David Katz
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
This course will look into the use of the kiln as an integral tool and part of the creative process in ceramic art. We will explore various different kilns and firing techniques, learning the roles of fire and atmosphere in transforming glaze components into desired surfaces. We will also discuss the history of kiln technology and how this has effected the development of wares,
Visual Arts

The Kimono Project: A design process — DRA2321.02

Fall 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
This is a class for students interested in costume design and theatrical design in general. In this course, students will take an emotional response from their own personal history through a complete design process including the construction of a final garment(s) - a kimono. We will look at how artists from different mediums have interpreted their own source material. Each
Drama

The Language of Drawing: Investigating Abstraction — DRW4246.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Mary Lum
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
Drawing is inherently a process of abstracting the world. How do we make use of myriad concepts, forms, and materials to make meaningful drawn images? How does a practitioner “use” drawing to express ideas? What does it mean to work “through” an idea? In this course we look carefully at systems and structures, as well as modes of thinking about drawing in the real world.
Visual Arts

The Language of Material and Process — CER4250.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Barry Bartlett
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course will investigate the unique, material nature of clay as a sculptural medium. Students will explore the material aspects of clay such as dryness, wetness, mass and scale using a variety of mechanical processes that include extrusion, slab rolling, mold casting and experimental digital ceramic printing. In doing so, the pieces created will be used to convey ideas of
Visual Arts

The Language of Material and Process in Ceramics — CER2134.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Barry Bartlett
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This course will investigate the unique, material nature of clay as a sculptural medium. We will learn to observe, interpret, and make art objects through a series of projects in drawing/collage and ceramic techniques. Students will explore the material aspects of clay such as dryness, wetness, mass and scale using a variety of mechanical processes that include extrusion,
Visual Arts

The Language of Material and Process through Analog/ Digital Investigation — CER4250.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Barry Bartlett; Guy Snover
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This course will investigate the unique material nature of clay by integrating digital tools and concepts. A paradigm shift occurs when a robot replaces the hand and a 3D digital model replaces the sketch.  A Cartesian robot moves in three-dimensional space, but giving this movement purpose is still the job of an artist. We will look at applying computer-controlled robots
Visual Arts

The Language of Persuasion — SPA2103.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Sarah Harris
Days & Time:
Credits: 5
Students with little or no background in Spanish will learn the language through an immersion in the study of advertising and propaganda from the Spanish-speaking world. An examination of Spanish and Latin American print, radio, film, and television advertisements, as well as political cartoons and propaganda, will allow students to consider critically the truths, half-truths,
Cultural Studies and Languages

The Language of Persuasion — SPA2103.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Sarah Harris
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
Students with little or no background in Spanish will learn the language through an immersion in the study of political propaganda, tourist campaigns, and advertising from the Spanish-speaking world. An examination of Spanish and Latin American print, radio, film, and television advertisements, as well as political cartoons and speeches, will allow students to consider
Languages

The Latin American Short Story — SPA4006.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
Along with intermittent textual analysis and some socio-historical context, the intention is to obsess over the ideology of that most lauded of genres, the Latin American short story, from modernismo to its contemporary forms. Students will develop their oral and written skills, progressing from paragraph-level exposition to imitation to an initial defense of ideas. The course
Cultural Studies and Languages