Spring 2026 Course Search

Intermediate Voice — MVO4301.01, section 1

Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
Days & Time: MO 1:40pm-3:30pm
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.  

Patternmaking and Garment Construction — DRA4119.01

Instructor: Richard MacPike
Days & Time: TU,FR 4:10pm-6:00pm
Credits: 2

This course is designed to teach the student the many steps involved in creating a finished garment from a simple idea, piece of research, or sketch. Students will learn the basics of draping, flat patterning, and fitting. Construction of a final garment will allow them to explore and employ sewing skills beyond the fundamentals.

 

Difficult Dancing — DAN4329.01

Instructor: Levi Gonzalez
Days & Time: TU,FR 4:10pm-6:00pm
Credits: 2

In this course, students will learn technically demanding movement material from contemporary dance choreographers. Specifically, we will focus on duet and partnering movement material that the instructor himself participated in creating and performing. We will stitch this movement material together to create an original dance piece that will be performed in the Works in Progress dance concert towards the end of the term.

TMD: Practice + Process — DAN4831B.02, section 2

Instructor: Faculty TBA
Days & Time: TU,FR 4:10pm-6:00pm
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.04, section 4

Instructor: Faculty TBA
Days & Time: TU,FR 4:10pm-6:00pm
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.

The 24 Filial Piety Stories and Zhuangzi's Tales — CHI4407.01

Instructor: Ginger Lin
Days & Time: TU,FR 4:10pm-6:00pm
Credits: 4

This course introduces students to two foundational texts in Chinese thought: The Twenty-four Stories of Filial Piety, which highlight the Confucian ideal of devotion to one’s parents, and the Tales of Zhuangzi, which reflect Daoist values of spontaneity, naturalness, and freedom. By reading these works in translation and in modern Mandarin at the student’s language level, the class explores the interplay between Confucian and Daoist perspectives—two traditions that have profoundly shaped Chinese culture.