Spring 2026 Course Search

Radio Plays: Making Theatre for Radio and Podcast — DRA2305.01

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

A performance-based course for folks interested in this medium. It is not necessary to have elaborate skill in sound design and editing, though students with this interest are welcome to enroll. All students will perform as actors in each other’s projects. Each week the class will listen to examples of current Radio Play and Theatre Podcast content, and discussion of weekly listenings.

Piano Lab I — MIN2362.01

Instructor: Benjamin April
Days & Time: TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 2

Piano Lab I aims to introduce the piano to first-time musicians or first-time pianists. Over the course of the semester, basics in music theory, piano technique, and note reading will be taught, culminating in an end-of-term recital. Please note that this course is meant for beginners, not advanced pianists.

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. 

Composing for the Lever Harp — MCO2132.01

Instructor: Rachel Clemente
Days & Time: TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 2

In this course we will be taking a hands on approach to understanding the lever harp both historically and compositionally. We will be building and stringing small 19 string harps which will be used as the basis for our compositional work where students will be creating new works of varying length for the lever harp to be presented at the end of the semester. We’ll look at what techniques are and are not achievable, what makes this instrument unique to other harps, and how to include it in larger compositional contexts.

Peacebuilding — APA2212.03

Instructor: Vahidin Omanovic
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 1

This Module will serve as an introduction to the work of Peacebuilding around the world, both in theory and practice. Vahidin Omanovic, Director of Center for Peacebuilding in Bosnia, will be joining us to reflect on his work and introduce us to key topics in peacebuilding, including: peacebuilding in a local community, obstacles for peace, identity,  discrimination, methods of sustainable peacebuilding.

Voices of Our Time — APA2198.01

Instructor: Brian Campion
Days & Time: TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 2

In this course, students will document the lived experiences of individuals during this immensely challenging period in American history. Students will receive training in the methods of oral history, interviewing techniques, historical ethics, and archival work. They will conduct interviews of classmates and community members. These narratives will then be preserved in order to provide future generations with a firsthand account of the United States during this period of history.