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Statistics for Social Science — SOC4103.01

Instructor: Emily Waterman
Days & Time: MO,TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 4

In this course students will learn to use social science statistics to test their own research questions, while becoming more educated consumers of statistical analyses presented in research and news sources. Students will employ various inferential statistics techniques commonly used in social science, such as confidence intervals, t-tests, chi

Studies Lab — DAN5402B.01, section 1

Instructor: Donna Faye Burchfield
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1

Where and how does study happen? What is the value of study, and how do we recognize that value? What does it mean to think of our study of dance and performance as an encounter, and how might that thinking offer up a chance for one to pay attention differently? Is it different from research? Or, as Kevin Quashie suggests, does it perhaps

Studies Lab — DAN5402B.02, section 2

Instructor: Faculty TBA
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2

Where and how does study happen? What is the value of study, and how do we recognize that value? What does it mean to think of our study of dance and performance as an encounter, and how might that thinking offer up a chance for one to pay attention differently? Is it different from research? Or, as Kevin Quashie suggests, does it perhaps

Studio Practice: Ballet (With Lab) — DAN4815B.01, section 1

Instructor: Michael Sheridan
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice

Studio Practice: Ballet (With Lab) — DAN4815B.02, section 2

Instructor: Michael Sheridan
Days & Time: M/W/Th 8:30AM-9:50AM, T/F 8:30AM-10:20AM (Lab)
Credits: 4

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice

Studio Practice: Ballet (With Lab) — DAN4815B.03, section 3

Instructor: Michael Sheridan
Days & Time: Tu 8:30AM-10:20AM, F 8:30AM-10:20AM (Lab)
Credits: 2

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice

Studio Practice: Ballet (With Lab) — DAN4815B.04, section 4

Instructor: Michael Sheridan
Days & Time: Tu/F 8:30AM-10:20AM, M/W/Th 8:30AM-9:50AM (Lab)
Credits: 4

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice

Studio Practice: Combined Forms (With Lab) — DAN4832B.04, section 4

Instructor: Faculty TBA
Days & Time: Tu 10:30AM-12:20PM, F 10:30AM-12:20PM (Lab)
Credits: 2

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice

Studio Practice: Combined Forms (With Lab) — DAN4832B.02, section 2

Instructor: Faculty TBA
Days & Time: Tu/F 10:30AM-12:20AM, M/Th 10:00AM-11:50AM (Lab)
Credits: 4

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice

Studio Practice: Combined Forms (With Lab) — DAN4832B.01, section 1

Instructor: Faculty TBA
Days & Time: M 10:00AM-11:50AM, Th 10:00AM-11:50AM (Lab)
Credits: 2

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice

Studio Practice: Combined Forms (With Lab) — DAN4832B.03, section 3

Instructor: Faculty TBA
Days & Time: M/Th 10:00AM-11:50AM, Tu/F 10:30AM-12:20PM (Lab)
Credits: 4

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice

Study Group 2 — DAN5421B.01

Instructor: Donna Faye Burchfield
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2

What does studying together offer us critically that studying alone might not? Ariella Azoulay refers to studying with companions as a method of unlearning. What are the shifts experienced when you are studying with and alongside others? What conditions might group study provide that allow different questions and understandings to emerge?

Taiwan and China: Roles in Global Affairs — CHI4516.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Days & Time: MO 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 4

China has long leveraged its status as a major power to marginalize Taiwan on the international stage, combining diplomatic pressure with military intimidation. It has also sought to collaborate with countries such as Russia, Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran to promote renminbi-based trade as a way to circumvent U.S. dollar sanctions. However, Taiwan’s global leadership

Taiwan and the World: Small in Size, Global in Impact — CSL2010.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Days & Time: TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 2

Taiwan was the first country in the region to legalize same-sex marriage, the first to elect a female president, and today women make up about 42% of its national legislature.

All this goes to show that Taiwan's global influence far exceeds its size. Known as “Formosa” (“beautiful island”), it attracts visitors with its landscapes, rich food culture, and personable

Taiwanese Cinema and Culture — CHI4514.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 4

Taiwanese films are characterized by a distinctive human warmth, a grounded and realistic portrayal of everyday life, and a strong sense of place conveyed through natural landscapes and local settings. Many films focus on the perspectives of ordinary people, addressing social issues and expressing concern for real-life experiences. Themes often explore identity, gender, and

Teaching a Stone to Talk and Other Adventures in Writing Nature — LIT2587.01

Instructor: Jenny Boully
Days & Time: TU,FR 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

This a course in encounters and exhibitions that takes its cue from Annie Dillard’s essay collection Teaching a Stone to Talk. While studying the essays of Dillard, students will also be asked to walk, wander, wonder, and, of course, write. In addition to keeping a journal of silence, students will be asked to discover a place on

Terrible Choices: Philosophy & Tragedy — PHI4226.01

Instructor: Catherine McKeen
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-5:50pm
Credits: 4

The tragic protagonist is a person pushed to the breaking point- dealing with disaster, fate, suffering, unspeakable loss, and often the consequences of their own bad decisions. Greek tragedy shows human beings struggling in a world that often seems brutal, senseless, and beyond their control, where contingency is a hard fact of life. As such, tragedy raises significant

The Art of Performing — DAN4034.01, section 1

Instructor: Dana Reitz
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 4

For anyone who wishes to perform work involving movement – dancers, actors, performance artists, etc. – this course is dedicated to developing a deep internal understanding of any action. We will explore nuance – subtle shades of timing, gesture, impulse, and manner of moving.

The Art of Performing — DAN4034.02, section 2

Instructor: Dana Reitz
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 2

For anyone who wishes to perform work involving movement – dancers, actors, performance artists, etc. – this course is dedicated to developing a deep internal understanding of any action. We will explore nuance – subtle shades of timing, gesture, impulse, and manner of moving. No matter what the circumstance, performing requires a responsive, full mind-body presence in

The Body Speaking — DAN2352.01

Instructor: Levi Gonzalez
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 4

This course incorporates speaking, language, sounding and scoring as activities that can be integrated with movement in complex and novel ways, through both structured and improvisatory practices. We will access the expressive and artistic possibilities of sound and language as an extension of the body. Students will gain skills,

The Global Music Classroom — EDU4403.01

Instructor: Joseph Alpar
Days & Time: MO,TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 4

This course will introduce students to several methods for incorporating diverse global music practices into the general music classroom. Geared toward K-12 music education, our course will combine experiences in music, cultural understanding, and culturally sensitive pedagogical strategies. We will listen actively, sing, dance, play

The Hand as Tool — CER2317.01, section 1

Instructor: Anina Major
Days & Time: TH 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

Clay responds directly to touch, retains memory and is forced through the dynamic process of firing to fix a point in time. This class will introduce students to a variety of hand-building techniques to construct sculptural and/or utilitarian forms. Students will develop their skills by practicing techniques demonstrated in class. Through making, students’ skills will

The Perfect Spy — LIT4421.01

Instructor: Manuel Gonzales
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

Spoiler alert: Grief.

Grief turns us into the perfect spy, and in this course we will be interrogating contemporary novels to explore the ways in which characters and authors use lies, elaborate constructions, false realities, document and narrative manipulation as means of side-stepping, escaping, or fending off grief. We will be reading W.G. Sebald's Rings of

The Scriptorium: Studio Ghibli — WRI2169.01, section 1

Instructor: Alex Creighton
Days & Time: MO,TH 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 4

The Scriptorium, a “place for writing,” is a class for writers interested in improving their critical essay-writing skills. We will read to write and write to read. Much of our time will be occupied with writing and revising—essai<

The Scriptorium: Studio Ghibli — WRI2169.02, section 2

Instructor: Alex Creighton
Days & Time: MO,TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 4

The Scriptorium, a “place for writing,” is a class for writers interested in improving their critical essay-writing skills. We will read to write and write to read. Much of our time will be occupied with writing and revising—essai<