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Taught by visiting faculty Michael Sylvan Robinson ‘89, internationally exhibited genderqueer fiber artist and activist, this seven week module provides opportunities to develop costume and fashion designs with a focus on “beyond binary” expressions in clothing. We’ll research and recognize the people wearing and creating clothing that resists restrictive gendered "norms" of

CNC Fabrication: Modeling and Milling with Rhino 8 is an intermediate course in Digital Fabrication focused on Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) routing and the end-to-end workflow from digital model to fabricated object. This course will cover 3D modeling in Rhino 8 with an emphasis on designing for sheet material, including joinery, nesting, and

This 7-week, intermediate-level course is designed to overlap with Dance in the Frame and to facilitate collaborations between performers and other makers, particularly moving image artists and creators interested in interactivity. Students will have the opportunity to work closely with dancers for the first half of class each week, staging and shooting material in weekly

This course is based on the national Computer Science Principles curriculum, but uses textile production as a vehicle for teaching software design and programming. The course addresses the history of computing and raises questions about the relationship between the Industrial Revolution and the Digital Age. The first half of the course uses a blocks language called Snap!

An opportunity to improve your programming skills, the Coding Workshop is a place to first work on some practice problems, then embark on a group project such as Google's "Tron Robot Challenge", and end with a final project of your choice. The specific languages and topics will depend in part on the participants, but may include Python, Javascript, web development, functional

This is not a red-nose clown class, but rather one geared toward breaking open the definition of what clowning is and can be. We will use physical theater techniques, objects, and different locations to evoke characters that are of the human form and beyond. We will experiment with both solo and group practice. Warmups will include somatic training,

Why do we stomp on cockroaches yet marvel at butterflies? Why is it ok (at least in this country) to roast a deer, but not a dog, swallow a snail, but not a slug? What guidelines do “thought communities” rely upon to decide when a person’s class or race or age or gender or sexuality is – or is not – morally or legally relevant? How are personal memories and historical

Examines cognitive processes including perception, attention, memory, reasoning, and problem-solving. Integrates classical and contemporary learning theories with neurological and genetic research. Uses AI as a comparative case for examining human versus machine cognition, learning, and knowledge representation.

This course is intended to provide students with an overview of cognition. We will study various cognitive processes and principles and actively observe them in ourselves and in others. How do we pay attention to and perceive the outside world? How do we remember our experiences? How do we learn, communicate, solve problems, and make judgments? We will address such questions

Students are introduced to the major theories, methods, and research findings of cognitive development, particularly as they apply to infancy and childhood. In order to best understand the findings of the field, students will read journal articles in cognitive development. These will include research on topics as varied as the development of problem solving and reasoning

The majority of children in the world today are growing up in multilingual environments. In this advanced research course, you will read and discuss classic and current research into the ways that language status, i.e. monolingualism or bilingualism, shapes brain development and memory storage. With a classmate, you will present research findings twice during the semester, and

When people choose one painting over another to decorate their room, or when they like one type of music more than another, how do their brains store and communicate these preferences?  Cognitive neuroscience relates brain activity to the processes of noticing, remembering, liking, and choosing.  In the first few weeks, we will review basic brain anatomy and compare

How do cognitive neuroscientists examine words and word meanings?  What are the different ways we can remember words, such as definitions (“pollo”, “ji”, “chicken”) and lyrics, and how do words work in our brains?   Why do we sometimes struggle to remember a word that comes to mind easily later on?  Are words and images stored together or separately in our

Visual elements are a significant component of performance, whether it be theater, performance art, music or dance. With many performance projects, there is little time to contemplate, rethink or adjust designs in the actual performance space; there is rarely an opportunity to watch a collaborative art develop. In this class, equipped space is available to give the time to

​​Visual elements are a significant component of performance, whether it be theater, performance art, music or dance. With many performance projects, there is little time to contemplate, rethink or adjust designs in the actual performance space; there is rarely an opportunity to watch a collaborative art develop. In this class, equipped space is available to give the time to

Visual elements are a significant component of performance, whether it be theater, performance art, music or dance. With many performance projects, there is little time to contemplate, rethink or adjust designs in the actual performance space; there is rarely an opportunity to watch a collaborative art develop. In this class, equipped space is available to give the time to

Visual elements are a significant component of performance, whether it be theater, performance art, music or dance. With many performance projects, there is little time to contemplate, rethink or adjust designs in the actual performance space; there is rarely an opportunity to watch a collaborative art develop. In this class, equipped space is available to give the time to

What do you think of when you think of “opera”? A star diva? A solitary “genius” composer? People often think of opera as being the product of singular artists performed on a giant stage. But opera began as an experiment in making exciting music theater, and has had different sizes and shapes throughout its history. Like other forms of theater, opera is collaborative and

Software is rarely built by one person. It takes a team of people, technical and not, to make a piece of code become a product. This class will present ideas and techniques for designing and developing software from conception to deployment.  This class will provide experience working with version control, testing, debugging, refactoring, and programming with exceptions.

Year 2020. The Republic, a fledgling, young country, has left decades of relative prosperity and entered an era marked by poor governance, a world-shaking pandemic, the open persecution of oppressed minority groups, and a ruling class determined to maintain its wealth and power. The first half of this course will deconstruct the foundational social, economic, and governance

Investigate the nature of creating form using collaging techniques in both paper and clay. Paper collaging will be used to construct drawing/surfaces that will relate to forms to be made using ceramic slab techniques. The class will be working through a series of quick exercises throughout the term; each designed to explore the possibilities of interpretative actions and

*** Description Change *** This intermediate studio/seminar course centers on the history, theory, and technique of using found footage material in essayistic moving image work. Students will complete a series of essayistic film and video projects exploring approaches and techniques including but not limited to non-narrative, political, personal, abstract, structural, and

In this course we will go over major methods for collecting and vetting public data to be used in research or computing settings. The course will start by learning about publicly available data sets, then progress through using APIs to call data providers, web-scraping public data, and finally capturing streaming data and converting it into usable datasets. This course will be

The purpose of this course is to guide students through their own quantitative data collection project. Initial course content will include a review of basic quantitative social science research methods, and content on the development of feasible research questions and sampling choices. Students will submit an institutional review board application, and we will discuss ethical