Spring 2014

Lab for Neurons, Networks and Behavior

For students with completed first drafts of plays. We will create a workshop environment, and all students in the class will make contributions to each play, serving as actors, directors, and dramaturges in turn. Different models for generating new work and presenting it will be studied and sampled. Two full drafts of plays are expected, culminating in a finished draft and a

Postmodernism, for better or worse, is often traced back to the thought of Friedrich Nietzche. But what is postmodernism? Keeping this question in mind, we will ground ourselves in Nietzche's thought, with an eye to his critique of the Western philosophical tradition. We will then turn to some of the important and influential philosophers of the 20th century as inheritors of

All information that astronomers are able to gather about the universe comes in the form of light. In this class, we will learn the details of observational astronomy and how what we learn from light can tell us about the size, structure, and evolution of stars. This class will involve significant nighttime observing, including observing at Stickney Observatory, so students are

This will be a performance-oriented ensemble exploring the rich and varied tradition of music written in odd time signatures (3/4, 5/4, 7/4, 9/8, 11/8 to name a few). We will choose songs from the folk traditions of Turkey, Bulgaria and other parts of the world, then look at how jazz composers started to embrace these non-duple meters (and still do so today). By examining and

Students will study the theory and practice of operating system development. Topics will include processes, memory management, threads, i/o, file systems, scheduling, naming, security, and current trends in operating system design (low-power systems, mobile computing, hardware disaggregation). Students will read key research in the field, as well as engage in several moderate

This course examines dramatic texts that thematize otherness as a concern. Why has difference served as a compelling way of defining the normative? What role does stereotype play? How do artists of color respond to the dominant culture and create alternate identifications? We will consider plays, films, and musicals that feature the representation of difference in gender, race,

There are many reasons Painting continues to be relevant over the long course of its history. This history and its consequential styles are the focus for art making and discussion in this class. Students develop their own visual thinking in the context of specific periods in Painting. Weekly projects and reading assignments, group critiques and other art related discussions

In this course, we will study the representation of the city of Paris on film in order to examine modernity's challenges to tradition. In particular, we will focus on the question of how urban communities and city dwellers react to increasing disconnectedness, anonymity, and solitude. Films will include Le Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain, La Haine, Chacun cherche son chat

This course challenges students to think beyond basic institutional definitions of democracy. It will provide an introduction to some basic anthropological tools that approach political systems more holistically through participant-observation research, studying the ways in which people experience concepts such as civil society. By looking at a series of non-Western political

We spend much of our time in the presence of others, and all of our time in particular spaces. In this course we'll examine several psychological and sociological perspectives on social interaction, that is, how people think, feel, and act in the presence of others, and how the particular spaces in which interaction occurs affect social interaction. Attention will focus on

How does influence travel from one thing to another? In Newton's mechanics of particles and forces, influences travel instantaneously across arbitrarily far distances. Newton himself felt this to be incorrect, but he did not suggest a solution to this problem of "action at a distance." To solve this problem, we need a richer ontology: The world is made not only of particles,

This is the required lab associated with PHY4325: Physics II: Fields.

One-on-one lessons, scheduled individually, available to students with previous study. Corequisites: Must participate in Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 - 8pm).

One-on-one lessons, scheduled individually, available to students with previous study. Corequisites: Must participate in Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 - 8pm).

One-on-one lessons, scheduled individually, available to students with previous study. Corequisites: Must participate in Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 - 8pm).

Introductory course in basic keyboard skills. Topics include reading notation, rhythm, technique, and general musicianship.

Introductory course in basic keyboard skills. Topics include reading notation, rhythm, technique, and general musicianship.

Introductory course in basic keyboard skills. Topics include reading notation, rhythm, technique, and general musicianship.

Continuing course in basic keyboard skills. Topics include reading notation, rhythm, technique, and general musicianship.

This is a course on the relationship of complex systems to conflict analysis. Concepts such as self-organization and improvisation, emergence, pattern recognition and complexity, feedback loops, nesting and topologies will all be examined as aspects of how complex problems are constructed. By looking at the 10 Step Complexity CR Model, we will analyze two case studies of

This course is an introduction to lithographic processes. Students will start by processing and printing images from limestone and end the semester by exploring the possibilities of making positive films to expose modern lithographic plates. This studio class is structured around a number of projects each one ending with a group critique. Students should find the parameters of

The question is what do you want to say? As we develop our interests in sculpture it becomes more and more imperative to find our own voice. The role of the artist is to interpret personal conditions and experiences and find the most affecting expression for them. This course provides the opportunity for a self-directed study in sculpture. Students are expected to produce a

For students with prior experience in dance composition involved in making work for performance. Attention will be given to all of the elements involved in composition and production, including collaborative aspects. Students are expected to show their work throughout stages of development, complete their projects and perform them to the public by the end of the term.

This course will address two large areas in the psychology of creativity: (1) special creativity, that is, the study of creative persons and the specific characteristics of high-level creative thinkers. We will look at how creativity is measured, what personal characteristics or life circumstances seem to foster creative achievement, and the contributions of history in making