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How Water Behaves — DRA4216.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Dina Janis
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Credits: 4
This class will be a Production Performance class designed to develop, explore and present this new work by playwright Sherry Kramer. It will be audition based and will have room for various ensemble members in addition to assistant directors, dramaturgs, and designers.
Drama

Human Nature(s) — PSY4209.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Ronald Cohen; Elizabeth Sherman
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Credits: 4
This course will address recent developments in several fields (evolutionary biology and evolutionary psychology among them) which have reinvigorated fundamental questions about humans, their conduct, and the cultures and societies they produce. We will examine several of these questions in detail: what is the nature of altruism? of aggression? of conflict? of reconciliation?
Science Mathematics and Computing Social Science

Incarceration in America — APA2108.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Annabel Davis-Goff
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Credits: 2
7 million Americans are under correctional supervision. The United States of America has the highest documented rate of incarceration in the world. Too many people are in prison, and in many cases the current system doesn't work. It is inefficient, inhumane, and does not accomplish rehabilitation. It also costs too much - financially as well as in terms of human suffering - the
CAPA

Insider Perspectives on the Francophone World II — FRE2104.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Noelle Rouxel-Cubberly
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Credits: 4
Viewed from the outside, the French-speaking world offers enticing images of beauty, pleasure, and freedom. From the inside, however, it is a complicated, often contradictory world where implicit codes and values shape the most basic aspects of daily life. This course will give you an insider's perspective on a cultural and communicative system whose ideas, customs, and belief
Languages

Intensive Introduction to Computer Science — CS2137.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Andrew Cencini
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Credits: 4
In this class, students will be exposed to the main areas and questions related to computer science, while beginning their journey towards becoming skilled practitioners in the field. A large part of this process will include learning basic programming skills (C, C++, or Python), computational thinking and algorithm design. In addition, students will also formulate and explore
Science Mathematics and Computing

Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.03

Spring 2014
Instructor: Thomas Bogdan
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Credits: 2
For students of varying levels of singing ability. Vocal production and physiology will be discussed. Group warm-ups and vocalizations will incorporate exercises to develop breath control, resonance, projection, range, color, and agility. The fundamental concepts of singing will be explored in the preparation of specific song assignments. Personalization of text and emotional
Music

Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.04

Spring 2014
Instructor: Thomas Bogdan
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Credits: 2
For students of varying levels of singing ability. Vocal production and physiology will be discussed. Group warm-ups and vocalizations will incorporate exercises to develop breath control, resonance, projection, range, color, and agility. The fundamental concepts of singing will be explored in the preparation of specific song assignments. Personalization of text and emotional
Music

Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.02

Spring 2014
Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
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Credits: 2
For students of varying levels of singing ability. Vocal production and physiology will be discussed. Group warm-ups and vocalizations will incorporate exercises to develop breath control, resonance, projection, range, color, and agility. The fundamental concepts of singing will be explored in the preparation of specific song assignments. Personalization of text and emotional
Music

Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Tom Bogdan
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Credits: 2
For students of varying levels of singing ability. Vocal production and physiology will be discussed. Group warm-ups and vocalizations will incorporate exercises to develop breath control, resonance, projection, range, color, and agility. The fundamental concepts of singing will be explored in the preparation of specific song assignments. Personalization of text and emotional
Music

Introduction to Cell Biology — BIO2111.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Amie McClellan
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Credits: 4
Cells are the fundamental units that organize life. In this class we will investigate cell structure and function, learn about DNA replication and transcription, find out how proteins are made and transported, and come to understand how interfering with cell biological processes can result in disease. In the lab, students will gain experience with both prokaryotic and
Science Mathematics and Computing

Introduction to Counterpoint — MTH2118.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Nicholas Brooke
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Credits: 4
Composers throughout the ages have cut their teeth on the study of counterpoint - the intricate practice of writing melodies for several voices sounding at once. In this course, we'll look mainly at 16th-century composers of counterpoint, and sing through pieces from Palestrina to Weelkes, while learning to compose in a variety of practices such as canons, the motet, and
Music

Introduction to Game Theory — MAT2242.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Kathryn Montovan
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Credits: 4
We typically think of games (like football, scrabble, and bridge) as entertaining competitions where each player or team tries to outsmart, outrun, or generally be better than their opponent. In this course, we will broaden this definition of a game to be any interaction between individuals where there are well-defined rewards that depend on what the opponent decides to do. In
Science Mathematics and Computing

Introduction to Intaglio — PRI2109.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline
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Credits: 4
This course is an introduction to Intaglio printing.  This will include drypoint, various etching techniques, and basic color intaglio.  Students will learn about Intaglio through demonstrations of techniques, hands-on experience, and critiques.  Further study will occur through a series of projects outside of class.  Students should find the parameters of
Visual Arts

Introduction to Rhino 3-D Modeling — SCU2112.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Guy Snover
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Credits: 4
Rhino 3D Modeling is a foundation course in Rhinoceros modeling software. Rhinoceros, used by architects, artists, and designers, is now standard software for anyone modeling three-dimensional form.  As an accurate and flexible tool, Rhino provides users with workflows for solid modeling, polygonal modeling, and organic NURBS surface modeling. This course covers a broad
Visual Arts

Introduction to Video — FV2101.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Kate Purdie
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Credits: 4
This course teaches techniques fundamental to the craft of moving image creation, including cinematography, lighting, sound recording, and editing. It also provides a conceptual framework for video as an art medium. Students will build individual technical skills while developing an aesthetic vocabulary based on medium-specific audiovisual qualities. Throughout the term we will
Visual Arts

Italian Genius Through the Centuries — ITA2110.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Barbara Alfano
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Credits: 4
This course will be taught in English. The course focuses on a few accomplishments of the Italian genius that have had a strong impact on the development of world civilization. Italy as a nation did not exist either when the city of Cremona produced the first violins, or when Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel. There was no Italy as such when Dante was imagining his
Languages Literature

Jazz Vocal Workshop — MPF4273.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Bruce Williamson; Tom Bogdan
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Credits: 4
This will be a repertoire/performance class where vocalists will have the opportunity to work with both a vocal coach and jazz pianist. Bass and drums will be added towards the end of the term. Songs will be selected from the standard jazz repertoire, which will then be interpreted in a number of different jazz styles (swing, latin, ballad, blues, etc.). Emphasis will be on
Music

Journey: 1890s — HIS2126.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Eileen Scully
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Credits: 4
Students sign on to travel the world in the world-changing decade of the 1890s. In early weeks, students each create an historically credible persona, whom they will then lead and follow around the globe, starting out in Chicago at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
Social Science

Latin: Katabasis — FLE4326.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Stephen Shapiro
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Credits: 2
This intermediate Latin course will examine the theme of katabasis -- descent into the underworld. Special attention will be paid to book six of Virgil's Aeneid and its relationship to Homeric precedents. We will read selections from Ovid (Orpheus and Eurydice) and examine Lucretius' philosophical vision in De rerum natura. Lucan's unique adaptation of epic katabsis in the
Languages

Library City: A New Atlas for Crossett — VA4109.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Mary Lum
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Credits: 4
This course will inhabit the library as a 21st century city of knowledge. After introductory lectures and readings about contemporary cities and libraries, students will spend the term mapping highly individual paths of research through the collections of Crossett Library. Intensive directed reading and looking, will result in the creation of written and visual essays, through
Visual Arts

Life and Death: Buddhism in Modern Japanese Films — JPN4117.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
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Credits: 4
In this course, students will examine how Buddhism influenced Japanese thought on the after-life and analyze how Japanese views on the relationship between life and death are depicted in recent Japanese films. In the first seven weeks of the course, students will examine and discuss the history, beliefs, and deities of Buddhism and their influences on society. In the second
Languages

Lighting for Portraits — PHO2137.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Jonathan Barber
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Credits: 2
Created for students who have done previous course-work in basic photographic tools and technique, this hands-on lab will provide instruction and practice in continuous and strobe lighting equipment and provide an overview of lighting techniques for portraiture. Class work will include demonstrations and small group assignments in and out of the studio. The instructor will also
Visual Arts

Making Yesterday New — DRA4189.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Charles Schoonmaker; Richard MacPike
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Credits: 4
Ever had an interest in vintage clothing? Have you ever contemplated the fashion trends of decades past? Ever see a vintage dress that you thought you'd love to reproduce? In this course students will explore and research the fashions of 3 iconic decades; the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's. Students will then design a dress which fits into the silhouette of the period and construct
Drama

Mandolin — MIN2229.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: John Kirk
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Credits: 2
Beginning, intermediate, or advanced group lessons on the mandolin will be offered. Student will learn classical technique on the mandolin and start to develop a repertoire of classical and traditional folk pieces. Simple song sheets with chords, tablature, and standard notation, chord theory, and scale work will all be used to further skills. Student will be expected to
Music