An accelerated introduction to French for real beginners based on the video method French in Action. Development of the ability to communicate confidently with an emphasis on the acquisition of listening, speaking, and writing skills, as well as cultural awareness. Four class meetings per week plus required daily video and audio work. Students completing the course normally enter FRN 102 or 103. Students must complete both FRN 101 and 102 or 103 to fulfill the Latin honors distribution requirement for a foreign language. Enrollment limited to 18 per section.

Admission by permission of the program.

Topics course. This course provides a foundation in the principles, techniques, and equipment involved in making short videos. In it, students will make short documentary films from the first-person point of view. We will use our own stories as material, but we will look beyond self-expression, using video to explore places where our lives intersect with larger historical, economic, environmental, or social forces. We will develop our own voices while learning the vocabulary of moving images and gaining production and post-production technical training.

Topics course. Classic screwball comedies were produced in a ten-year period, from Capra's It Happened One Night (1934) to Sturges's Miracle at Morgan's Creek (1944). The class will screen 20 films from these years, although it will include a few later films: Wilder's Some Like It Hot (1959), Mann's Lover Come Back (1962), and the Coen Brothers' Intolerable Cruelty (2003).

This course offers an overview of cinema as an artistic, industrial, ideological and social force. Students will become familiar with the aesthetic elements of cinema (visual style, editing, cinematography, sound, performance, narration and formal structure, etc.), the terminology of film production, and the relations among industrial, ideological, artistic, and social issues. Films (both classic and contemporary, mainstream and experimental) will be discussed from aesthetic, historical and social perspectives, enabling students to approach films as informed and critical viewers.

Sectioned course. An introduction to basic hatha yoga poses, breath techniques, meditation and yoga philosophy. Designed to help students reduce stress, improve strength and flexibility, and enjoy the mind/body connection. Enrollment limited to 26 per section.

Sectioned course. An introduction to basic hatha yoga poses, breath techniques, meditation and yoga philosophy. Designed to help students reduce stress, improve strength and flexibility, and enjoy the mind/body connection. Enrollment limited to 26 per section.

Sectioned course. An introduction to basic hatha yoga poses, breath techniques, meditation and yoga philosophy. Designed to help students reduce stress, improve strength and flexibility, and enjoy the mind/body connection. Enrollment limited to 26 per section.

Sectioned course. An introduction to basic hatha yoga poses, breath techniques, meditation and yoga philosophy. Designed to help students reduce stress, improve strength and flexibility, and enjoy the mind/body connection. Enrollment limited to 26 per section.

Sectioned course. Students must have a working knowledge of the four basic tennis strokes (forehand, backhand, volleys, serves). The format for Tennis II is a "play and learn" environment. There will be emphasis on positioning and basic strategies for singles and doubles. Lobs and overheads will be introduced. In addition, tennis drills will be presented to help students refine and practice the four basic strokes. Prerequisite: Tennis I or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 16 per section.