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Intersections in Black Feminist Movement and Research — PSY4272.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Özge Savas
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Credits: 4
Intersectionality has become a buzzword. But, what does it really mean? Where are the roots of intersectional thinking? How do we use it today? In this course, we will trace back the history of Intersectionality as a theory and practice within Black Feminist Thought and Movement, then learn how it traveled into psychology and how it is used in research today. In the first third
Society Culture and Thought

Introduction to 16mm — FV2312.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: John Crowe
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Credits: 2
An introduction to 16mm film techniques, students will shoot, edit and process analog BW 16mm film, as well as digital transfers of film to video. Through readings, screenings, experiments, and hands-on workshops students will learn about cinematography and the photochemical process. Taking advantage of the special tactile, tangible nature of the analog film, especially the
Visual Arts

Introduction to Butoh—Who are you? — DAN2278.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Mina Nishimura
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Credits: 2
No previous experience in dance or movement practice is required. This course is open to and welcomes all students who are interested in liberating their bodies from socially pre-conditioned selves, and investigating the physical embodiment of transformation. By studying some principles, cultural contexts and practices of butoh, which originated in Japan as a contemporary avant
Dance

Introduction to Intaglio: The Alchemist's Print — PRI2111.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline
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Credits: 4
This course is an introduction to copper plate Intaglio. We will explore various techniques to prepare our plates including hand working and acid etching with materials such as rosin resists and sugar lifts. By the end of term, we will be printing in color. Ultimately, the overall goal of our endeavors will be to begin a dialog about artistic production in a contemporary
Visual Arts

Introduction to Sculpture — SCU2213.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 4
Sculpture is approached as a sensual and philosophical exploration of form and space, and our interactions with/within each. Through a range of materials and processes, we will identify visual relationships and explore how they contain and express meaning to affect us intellectually, emotionally, and physically. Using narrative prompts, assignments will focus on
Visual Arts

Introduction to Video — FV2303.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Jen Liu
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Credits: 4
This production course introduces students to the fundamentals of working in video and the language of film.  This course will  draw on the energy of avant-garde film and contemporary video art practices while providing a fundamental base of concepts in time-based media,  introduced through screenings, discussions and texts by a diverse range of artists,
Visual Arts

Life Drawing Lab — DRW2118.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 2
Drawing Lab provides an opportunity for student artists of all experience levels to further develop their skills with observationally-based drawing. Working primarily with the human figure, students build increased understanding of the poetic, dynamic, and inherently abstract nature of drawing, while paying close attention to the potential of formal elements such as shape, line
Visual Arts

Life Stories — FRE4604.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Stephen Shapiro
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Credits: 4
This course will focus on reading and analyzing a variety of autobiographical writing forms as well as perfecting your written French through creative autobiographical writing. Literary readings will offer both a critical perspective on a wide variety of autobiographical genres as well as models for inspiration and imitation in your own writing. We will also examine style and
Cultural Studies and Languages

Logic, Proofs, Algebra, and Set Theory — MAT2410.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Andrew McIntyre
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Credits: 4
This introductory course should be of interest to students planning additional study in mathematics as well as those wanting looking for a mathematics course of more general interest. The topics and skills covered in this class will be fundamental in all advanced mathematics classes. The class should also be of interest to students of computer science or philosophy, and to
Science and Mathematics

Love Happiness — PHI2160.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Catherine McKeen
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Credits: 4
The legendary Al Green sang it best. Love and happiness seem to be inextricably intertwined. Popular narratives stress that we can’t have one without the other. But if we do find love, they say, we’ll live “happily ever after.” These popular ideas invite many questions: To what extent is happiness under my control? Can circumstances make my life less happy? How is feeling happy
Society Culture and Thought

Making It Personal — SCU4114.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: John Umphlett
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Credits: 4
The question that animates this advanced sculpture course 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 effective expression for them. Paradoxically, however, the artist finds out what they have to say by
Visual Arts

Mandolin — MIN2229.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: John Kirk
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Credits: 2
Beginning, intermediate and advanced group lessons on the mandolin will be offered. Students 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. History of the Italian origins of
Music

Many Peoples, One World — ANT2101.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Miroslava Prazak
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Credits: 4
Why are cultures and societies so different, and simultaneously, so similar? We explore these questions by reading various ethnographic studies, meanwhile developing an anthropological perspective on economy and politics, social organization, kinship and family life, ideology and ritual, ecology and adaptation. We also focus on the sources and dynamics of inequality. Against
Society Culture and Thought

Materials and Methods: Painting Practicum — PAI4110.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Ann Pibal
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Credits: 2
*****Prerequisites Updated as of 2/11/2022***** This seven-week intensive course is designed for students who may not have had the opportunity to enroll in fully studio-based introductory level painting courses in recent terms due Covid and the temporary shift to online teaching. Topics covered will be techniques and protocols for the use of VAPA and remote studios, including
Visual Arts

Meisner Technique — DRA4268.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Jennifer Rohn
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Credits: 4
“If you are really doing it, you don’t have time to watch yourself doing it.” Sanford Meisner was an actor and founding member of the Group Theater. He went on to become a master teacher of acting who sought to give students an organized approach to the creation of truthful behavior on stage within the imaginary circumstances of a play. This class focuses on developing an actor
Drama

Middle Eastern Ensemble — MPF4358.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 4
This ensemble will introduce students to playing the music of the Middle East and neighboring areas. Students will learn a diverse repertoire of traditional urban, village, and popular music drawn from Arabic, Armenian, Greek, Hebrew, Kurdish, Ladino, Persian, Turkish, and other ethno-linguistic backgrounds. We will also study music by artists who have successfully blended
Music

Modern Guitar — MIN4224.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 2
Individual training is available in jazz, modern and classical guitar technique and repertoire, song accompaniment (finger style), improvisation, and arranging and composing for the guitar. Course material is tailored to the interests and level of the individual student.
Music

Movement Practice: Beginning/Intermediate Dance Technique — DAN2002.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Levi Gonzalez
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Credits: 2
This movement practice course will utilize exercises culled from various somatic practices as an entryway into exploring sensation and cultivating attention towards the vast amount of information already present in our bodies. These awarenesses will then be put to use by some sweet dance moves, repetitive technical exercises, improvisational prompts, set choreographic material
Dance

Movement Practice: Contact Improvisation and Performative Presence — DAN4182.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Dana Reitz
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Credits: 2
We each have the desire to be seen and understood and to be accepted for our unique expression. This practice is for any dancer/mover/creative mind-body interested in exploring dance and performance as a way to investigate and enhance presence and self-worth. In this class, we will support creating and composing solos on the spot, group scores and many possibilities in
Dance

Movement Practice: Intermediate-Advanced Dance Technique — DAN4344.01) (cancelled

Spring 2022
Instructor: Mina Nishimura
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Credits: 2
This intermediate-advanced level movement practice is designed for students with prior dance experience. In this class, we will hone in on the importance of balancing controlled and spontaneous action as well as internal and external movement. We will be learning longer and more complex movement phrases that are structured with principles from Water Body Movement (“Body is a
Dance

Movement Practice: Jumping Squirrels — DAN2408.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Dana Reitz
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Credits: 2
How do animals learn movement? How does the human animal move? What can we practice to entice our instincts into motion? What is efficient movement? This class aims for conditioning the body to be fit and able to explore athletic possibilities that include jumping, skipping, hopping, trying inversions, finding smooth entry ways in and out of the floor, as well as increasing
Dance

Movement Practice: Puppance, an Advanced Movement Study of Puppetry and Dance — DAN4246.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 2
Puppance is an advanced movement practice class that mobilizes the interrelationships between the human body, objects, and puppets. We will examine the broad range of how these forms overlap through the physical practices of dancing, building puppets, and creating scores based on our research. In dance we often talk about how “the space moves us.”  In this class, we will
Dance

Music Lab: 2 - For Advanced Musicians (Spontaneous Composing for All instruments) — MPF4127.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
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Credits: 1
Music Lab: 2 - Spontaneous Composing for all instruments is a course for advanced players of music who are interested in composing by improvising spontaneously. It's anticipated that students in this course have a command of their instrument(s) allowing them to access a range of sound, color, techniques, and abilities that can advance the music. Through weekly guided
Music

Music Lab: Improvisational Music Workshop for all Instruments — MPF2166.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
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Credits: 1
The Music Lab: Improvisational Music Workshop for all Instruments is a guided improvisation class allowing students to play music without knowing what will happen e.g. from silence to sound to silence. Repeating this process allows one to learn how to play in real time in the moment while responding to sound and environment without thinking. The goal through this process is for
Music

Music of the Civil Rights Movement — MHI2211.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: John Kirk
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Credits: 4
This course will study the African-American Struggle for Freedom and Civil Rights in the United States through the music that emerged, accompanied and embodied this journey. Using the award winning documentary “Eyes on the Prize” series as our primary text, we will focus on the Civil Rights Movement, 1950-1970s, singing the songs, and exploring audio and video recordings,
Music