Literary Journalism encompasses a variety of genres,including portrait/biography,memoir,and investgation of the social landscape. Literary journalism uses such devices as plot, character, and diologue to tell true stories about a variety of real worlds. By combining evocation with analysis, immersion with investigation, literary journalism tries to reproduce the complex surfaces and depth of people, places, and events. Books to be read will include: The JOHN McPHEE READER, Dexter Filkin's THE FOREVER WAR, and Mircea Eliade's COSMOS AND HISTORY.

In this course students will explore the sculptural object as a self contained form and as an element within a found or created environment. Traditional materials such as steel, wood, plaster and concrete will be taught concurrently with more ephemeral materials including paper, wire mesh and found materials. Ideas originating within the traditions of modernism, postmodernism, minimalism, post minimalism, installation art and public art will be introduced through slide lectures, readings and independent research. The course will culminate in an independent project.

The age-old search for the Divine, the Sacred, the Great Spirit, the Source, the Goddess, the Ancestors, among other names, has been the subject of countless literary texts, whether it is the Buddhist-inspired poetry of the Beats, the gothic Catholicism of Flannery O'Connor's short stories, the visions of Black Elk, the confessions of Augustine. In this analytical and creative writing course we'll examine varieties of spiritual experience as they are represented in both past and present literature, including poetry, fiction, memoir, and biography.

This introductory course examines and applies principles of directing through the lens of twentieth and twenty-first century American drama. Primary considerations include identifying the conflict of the play, investigating the world of the play, interpreting the action of the play, staging the play, and developing a collaborative language with actors. The principles are examined in at least four written assignments, a group presentation, and a showcase of selected scenes from three contemporary American plays (TBA).

This co-curricular course will engage students in the process of designing and fabricating a custom bicycle frame. Students will learn about the array of anatomical and performance factors that designers must consider; use a frame design CAD program to analyze their design and create working drawings; and learn all the required fabrication methods for building welded steel frames. Those students wishing to build their own frame should expect to spend a significant amount of time in the shop outside of class. This course can be used to fulfill CEL-1 Division I requirement.

This is an introductory level design class that will begin with a series of guided activities and culminate in a final independent project. Students will become familiar with a range of basic design tools and skills, such as drawing, model making and prototyping in materials such as cardboard, metal and plastic. We will also consider aesthetics, manufacturability and usability of the objects we create. Throughout the course students will work towards improving visual communication skills and the ability to convey ideas.

In the U.S. mainstream culture, the arts are largely interpreted as an extra and as such, not an integral part of the general education curriculum. The arts are often marginalized in our educational system, and almost always in jeopardy when budgets are cut. This is not the case in many other countries. In some cultures, the arts are valued like math, science and other academic subjects and they are an indispensable part of the general education curriculum.

This course provides initial preparation for work in drawing and other areas of the visual arts. Students will develop their ability to perceive and construct visual images and forms across a range of subject matter. Projects address both the two-dimensional picture plane and three-dimensional space from a broad array of observed and imagined sources. A wide variety of media will be used to explore the body, found and imagined objects, collage, and structures in the natural and built environment.

The intent of this course is to provide a supportive space for female students to acquire hands-on fabrication shop skills. Students will be introduced to the basic tools, equipment, machinery and resources available through the Lemelson Center. We will cover basic elements of design and project planning. Students will be expected to participate in discussions of their own and each other's work.

In this course fundamental sculptural ideas will be introduced in relation to the development of fabrication skills in a range of media including clay, wood, plaster, steel, and concrete. Student generated imagery in sculpture will foster discussions around representation, abstraction, the body, technology, public art, and installation art. Readings, image lectures, visiting artists and group critiques will further establish a creative and critical environment for the development of independent work in three dimensions.