Video 1 is an introductory video production course. Over the course of the semester students will gain experience in pre-production, production, and post-production techniques to allow them to create narratives and non-fiction video projects. Projects are designed to develop basic technical proficiency in the video medium as well as the necessary working skills and mental discipline so important to a successful working process.

This class will explore the history of African American women's contribution to Black politics and intellectualism. The course will begin in the late eighteenth century with early Black writers including Phyllis Wheatley and conclude in the late nineteenth century with the activism and journalism of Ida B. Wells. Although the development of Black thought is sometimes characterized as dominated by Black male writers, this class will highlight the unique and integral perspective African American women have brought to the field as writers, activists, and educators.

In this course, we will explore
topics covered by the premier science magazine Scientific American that students and the instructor find most relevant to today?s society in this country and around the world. These could be related, but not limited, to health, agriculture, environment and sustainability. Each topic will be led by one, or a team of two, students who will center the

Food suffuses everything we do. It nourishes, propels, inspires, comforts, vexes, and sometimes even destroys us. Naturally, people have been writing about food for as long as they have been writing. In this class, we will critically analyze a broad scope of writing on food, from Ancient Rome to contemporary Times Square. We will discuss such concepts as community, identity, nostalgia, ethics, commerce, nutrition, and more.

How does literature?both reading and writing it?help us to better understand ourselves? Through poetry, fiction, and essays, this course will consider literature as a mode of self-discovery. Along the way, we will discuss why?indeed, whether?literature and the arts are important, both to the individual and to society. Our readings will range from Sufi and Hindu mystical poetry to essays by the postcolonial activist and writer Ngugi wa Thiong?o, from Romantic-era poetry to twenty-first century autobiography.

this FFYS is to provide weekly topical discussions on different types of bio/nanotechnology. This includes how they are developing in the research community as well as how they are being incorporated into our daily lives (see Table). Examples include genetically-modified proteins (which might be in foods), the engineering of microbes to produce therapeutics or liquid fuels, and the development of novel drug delivery vehicles and biosensors.

South Asia is linguistically very diverse with 4 major language families and a very large number of languages. The linguistic diversity partially tracks the
movements of the peoples who live in South Asia and looking at the languages of this area provides a window into the cultures, histories, and literatures of the subcontinent. My plan is to start with an overview of the major language families and then spend each meeting looking at one language ? its distintinctive linguistic properties and what historical and cultural forces have shaped this language.