'This course will take you through the theatrical process of creating clothing and accessories for the stage. Topics covered are hand sewing techniques, fabric identification and use, and clothing alterations . The course will explore basic pattern drafting and draping, and some accessory construction. Students will work from costume renderings to build and alter clothing for Rooke Theatre productions.'

'An introduction to performance through a variety of improvisational exercises designed for developing basic techniques. After exploring visual, aural, tactical, and literary performance sources, the students will rehearse and present two performance projects.'

'The twentieth century has been largely shaped by several nations' ambitions to build utopian societies. Russia and China have attempted to realize the vast promises of communism while Nazi Germany aimed to construct a perfect racist world. Beyond political struggle, wars, and revolutions, recent extraordinary achievements in technology have contributed to the utopian mindset. Are political utopias dead in the new millennium? How do cyberspace and the global village contribute to utopian thinking? What will be the role of utopia in the twenty-first century?'

'The silk roads were ancient transportation and trade links that wound their way across the Eurasian continent, or by sea through the South China Sea and Indian Ocean, to Europe. They carried silk, glass, jade, and moved religions and literatures across continents. Today, the new silk roads carry oil, gas, drugs, capitalism, and immigrants seeking better lives.

'Students will read and discuss short stories and poems written by Russian writers in the 20th century and watch films based on literary works of that time. They will continue to work on oral and writing skills, and vocabulary. This course prepares students to express opinions, ideas, points of view, and critiques on prose and films, social issues and cultural phenomena using more complex and rich language.'

'(Taught in English) Mephistopheles in Moscow? The Gospel retold? At turns both wildly comic and metaphysically profound, Bulgakov's novel has been a cult classic since its unexpected discovery in 1967. This course will consider Bulgakov's masterpiece together with some of its literary, historical, and social contexts. Additional readings from Goethe, Gogol, E.T.A.Hoffman, Akhmatova, and others.'

'Emphasis on increasing active command of grammar while focusing on conversational topics. Readings include poetry, short stories, and magazine and newspaper articles. Students watch and discuss Russian films. Classes are conducted mostly in Russian.'

'We will study masterworks of Russian civilization from a broad range of periods and types. These works of art, architecture, and literature define the essential moments in the formation of the idea of Russian culture. Topics will include: medieval churches and icons; Saint Petersburg: The Venice of the North; Tolstoy, and Dostoyevsky; the Romanov court jeweler Faberge; a film by Eisenstein; Tchaikovsky's ballet; and last, but not least, modern Russian dancers such as Nureyev and Baryshnikov.'

'Continuation of Russian 101. A four-skills course, with increasing emphasis on reading and writing, that completes the study of basic grammar. Major topics include: predicting conjugation patterns, unprefixed and prefixed verbs of motion, complex sentences, time expressions, and strategies of vocabulary building. Students watch Russian films, read and discuss authentic texts.'

'This topics course explores such contested political concepts as democracy, freedom, alienation, civil society, and the public sphere, as those concepts have been interpreted by diverse currents of political thought. This semester we will focus on the concept of power, with special emphasis on the work of three maverick scholars -- Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, and James C. Scott -- who in different ways have shaken up both conventional and radical thinking on the subject.'