College in Three Dimensions: S

For many new students, college is all about freedom, about the sudden profusion of choices and the lack of restrictions on how and what to choose. This can be exciting -- but also overwhelming. Fortunately, you're not alone. There are mentors and advisors. There are expectations, requirements, and milestones. And there's duty: to yourself and others. This course enacts a method of being thoughtful, involved, and responsible in making your way through higher education.

Speak Up or Stay Silent?

In today's polarized climate, students often grapple with when to speak up and when to hold back. This course explores the complexities of free speech, academic freedom, and self-censorship in higher education. Through case studies, discussions, and real-world examples, students will examine how campus culture, institutional policies, and social dynamics shape what gets said - and what doesn't.

Monsters of Classical Myth

Mythical monsters are marvellous. They are also often menacing and malevolent. Whether they have impossibly hybrid bodies or dwell on geographical boundaries or transgress perceived societal norms, they demonstrate a unique marginality. But monsters are often also misunderstood. They don't exist just to provide foils for heroes or to represent inexplicable aspects of the natural world. Rather, monsters and their characteristics also provide a broad perspective on a wide variety of ongoing cultural concerns.

Plastics, Recycling, Environmt

We will examine three main aspects of plastics: (1) which plastics are commonly manufactured, (2) to what extent these plastics can be captured, reused, and recycled, and (3) their impacts on the environment, from species to ecosystems. We will discuss, for example, The Ocean Cleanup's innovative approaches to capturing plastic waste from the ocean and rivers. Curious? Take a look at https://theoceancleanup.com/ocean-plastic-pollution-explained/. Learning about plastics is only one goal of this course; demystifying the college experience is another.

Sem: Signals & Systems

The concepts of linear system theory (e.g., signals and systems) are fundamental to all areas of engineering, including the transmission of radio signals, signal processing techniques (e.g., medical imaging, speech recognition, etc.) and the design of feedback systems (e.g., in automobiles, power plants, etc.). This course introduces the basic concepts of linear system theory, including convolution, continuous and discrete time Fourier analysis, Laplace and Z transforms, sampling, stability, feedback, control and modulation.

Beginning Yoga

Learn the foundations of yoga through the practice of yoga postures, breathing, techniques, yoga philosophy and meditation. Intended for students who are new to yoga or those looking for an introduction to yoga beyond the poses. Expect detail-oriented instruction, dynamic exploration of movement, and guided relaxation. Please bring your own yoga mat. Yoga mats are for sale at the OPRA equipment room. Five Colleges students will be graded pass/fail.

Weight Training

Weight Training: Students in this course will practice and learn the basics of using weighted and unweighted exercise to train flexibility/mobility, strength, speed, endurance and coordination. Students will design and receive feedback on an individualized weight training program. Each class session will include cardio warmup, stretching, and weight lifting. Participants who have never been involved in a fitness program are especially welcome, along with experienced students of weight training methods. The instructor for the Fall this class will be John Snyder.

Glob Env Hist 20th Cen

(Offered as HIST 105 and ENST 105) This course examines the environmental history of the world since 1900 with a particular focus on Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and China. We will use books, articles, four films, and a range of online media to illuminate the comparative and interdisciplinary possibilities of global environmental history. In addition to studying the past, we will explore how to use historical knowledge in the formulation of policy recommendations and grassroots initiatives for addressing contemporary environmental issues. Two class meetings per week.

Performance

(Offered as GERM 360, ARCH 360, EUST 360 and THDA 361) What is performance? What constitutes an event? How can we address a phenomenon that has disappeared the moment we apprehend it? How does memory operate in our critical perception of an event? How does a body make meaning? These are a few of the questions we will explore in this course, as we discuss critical, theoretical, and compositional approaches in a broad range of multidisciplinary performance phenomena emerging from European—primarily German—culture in the twentieth century.

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