This class investigates the line drawn (or is it painted?) between two studio art processes: painting and drawing. Where does one stop and the other begin? What does it look like to draw like a painter? Working with and on a variety of media, students will be introduced to new materials and techniques while expanding ideas behind their own art practice. Alongside in-class studio work, research, critique, and community are highly valued in this course. Materials provided for in-class work are paid for by the lab fee.

This course will focus on basic Stanislavski techniques: concentration, imagination, relaxation, objective/action, and beats/scene analysis. Each student will apply these concepts to one open scene, one monologue and one realistic contemporary scene.

This course will provide a literary lens through which to approach the Palestine-Israel Conflict and the narratives, concerns and dreams of those living in its crosshairs. Building upon notion of crossing borders, this course will consider some of the most prominent Arabic and Hebrew-language literary and cultural works of the conflict via thematic units including Empathy, Rage and (In)Justice; History and Memory, The Body and the Senses, and Shaping The Future.

This is a writing-intensive course that fulfills the University's Junior Writing requirement. Each section focuses on a particular aspect of current issues in psychology. The topic is selected based on the expertise of the teaching staff. All sections share similar writing assignments, ranging from in-class short writing assignments to lengthy papers that include literature review. Classes emphasize discussion and extensive peer review of written work. Topics for individual sections will not be available until shortly before the start of the semester.