Spring 2026 Course Search

Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.03, section 3

Instructor: Virginia Kelsey
Days & Time: MO 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 2

For students with some prior singing experience. This class is designed to refine awareness and coordination of the mind and body and develop a reliable vocal technique applicable to all styles of singing and speaking performance.  

TMD: Practice + Process — DAN4831B.01, section 1

Instructor: Katie Swords Thurman
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 2

Each Practice + Process course is designed around the research/pedagogic interests of the faculty member leading the class. The overall curricular structure positions studio practice, creative process and critical reading, thinking and languaging as integrated elements within one course, enabling students to move between modes of learning, reflection and making.

TMD: Practice + Process — DAN4831B.03, section 3

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

Each Practice + Process course is designed around the research/pedagogic interests of the faculty member leading the class. The overall curricular structure positions studio practice, creative process and critical reading, thinking and languaging as integrated elements within one course, enabling students to move between modes of learning, reflection and making.

Effort Lab: Improvisation Workshop — DAN2424.01

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

This class will introduce students to basic concepts of improvised dancing with particular focus on effort.  Class will begin with an embodied check-in and a gentle warm-up. Weekly exercises will move students through various investigations regarding effort, from organ systems to Buddhist teachings to personal preferences to the laws of Physics. While the course's references will be wide-ranging, the objective of the class will always be to learn by doing and to physicalize knowledge. 

Bon Dance: A Cultural and Traditional Japanese Dance Experience — CSL2008.01

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Days & Time: MO 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 2

This comprehensive course offers an immersive introduction to Bon Dance, a time-honored Japanese dance form traditionally performed during the Obon festival, which honors the spirits of ancestors. Designed for participants of all experience levels, the course provides a profound understanding of the dance's cultural significance while teaching basic Japanese language, essential dance techniques, and key movements.

Advanced Observing Projects — PHY4326.01

Instructor: Hugh Crowl
Days & Time: MO 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 2

Students will observe using the telescopes at Stickney Observatory for a series of astronomical observing projects. After a range of initial assigned projects designed to acquaint students with the capabilities of the observing equipment and astrophysically interesting observations, students will propose and carry out their own observing projects looking at astrophysical phenomena of interest to them. As this is a projects class, it is expected that students will be able to devote significant time (mostly at night) observing on their own or in small teams.