Spring 2026 Course Search

Senior Projects — MCO4376.01

Instructor: Virginia Kelsey
Days & Time: MO,TH 7:00pm-8:50pm
Credits: 4

This spring semester course, taught each year by different members of the Music faculty, serves as a workshop and forum for seniors to develop, present, and receive feedback on their advanced work in Music. Senior projects may take many forms, reflecting the breadth of creative practice in Music; performances, installations, musical plays, recordings, research projects, publications, or interdisciplinary collaborations are all viable options.

Production and Design Projects — DRA4486.01, section 1

Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Days & Time: TU 8:30am-10:20am
Credits: 2

In this project-based class, students will undertake intermediate or advanced level work in lighting design, scenic design and/or stage management. The course is designed for those developing and implementing theatrical designs, as well as stage managers of faculty or student directed projects being produced on campus. In a studio atmosphere, students will share work in process each week, from inception through realization of their respective production projects. Particular attention will be placed on collaboration and communication between members of design/production teams.

Production and Design Projects — DRA4486.02, section 2

Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Days & Time: TU 8:30am-10:20am
Credits: 4

In this project-based class, students will undertake intermediate or advanced level work in lighting design, scenic design and/or stage management. The course is designed for those developing and implementing theatrical designs, as well as stage managers of faculty or student directed projects being produced on campus. In a studio atmosphere, students will share work in process each week, from inception through realization of their respective production projects. Particular attention will be placed on collaboration and communication between members of design/production teams.

After Superflat Directed Project: Nuclear War — VA4407.01

Instructor: Yoko Inoue
Days & Time: FR 10:30AM-12:20PM & FR 2:10PM-4:00PM
Credits: 4

Conducted through research that focuses on the development of Japanese subcultures in the Post World War II period, this course poses various critical inquiries about the effects of nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on contemporary global consumer society, visual culture and the production of art. We will also bring into focus the trauma revisited up on Japanese citizens and creators by the recent nuclear disaster of Fukushima.

After Superflat: Nuclear War (Introduction) — VA2210.01

Instructor: Yoko Inoue
Days & Time: FR 10:30AM-12:20PM & FR 2:10PM-4:00PM
Credits: 4

Conducted through research that focuses on the development of Japanese subcultures in the Post World War II period, this course poses various critical inquiries about the effects of nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on contemporary global consumer society, visual culture and the production of art. We will also bring into focus the trauma revisited up on Japanese citizens and creators by the recent nuclear disaster of Fukushima.

Saving Democracy Together: A Response to the Present Moment — APA2285.02

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Days & Time: MO,TH 7:00pm-8:50pm
Credits: 1
 
This Module will build on the work that was started in 2024 in a CAPA Public Policy Forum. We will be working with a comprehensive proposal on how to engage the public with the challenges we are facing right now maintaining our current democratic structures and imagining how to embolden and strengthen democratic freedoms in the future.