Faculty: Claire Wolnisty Description: This beginning ballet class explores the world of ballet through history, practice, film, performance, music, gender, race, popular culture, language, and fashion. In this course, we will learn ballet fundamentals such as dance positions and beginner barre exercises, as well as engage in wide-ranging conversations about the history, cultural contexts, stereotypes,… [Read More]
You Are Being Played: The Science Behind Behavior Manipulation
Instructor: Daniel Nuckols Description: As they pertain to the flaws in human thinking and its manipulation, this course will delve into very recent research from cognitive psychology, social psychology, political science, behavioral economics, marketing, decision science, and organizational behavior. We will study how humans quite frequently deviate from “optimal” choices, even while wrongly assuming they… [Read More]
Mythbusting: You Can Do It Too
Faculty: Brad Smucker Description: You’ve seen how the MythBusters on the series validate or “bust” intriguing myths – now you can do it too. But how does one design an experiment to verify an idea? Is there an accepted methodology? And once you have results, how can you communicate them to the community? Answers to… [Read More]
Ethnomusicology
Faculty: Brian Watkins Description: This course explores the amazing variety of musical expressions around the globe as well as the cultural worlds they inhabit and which give them form. By situating music within cultural contexts, the course aims to raise awareness of musical diversity and the complex ways it can interact with and represent culturally… [Read More]
Materials & Method of Sculpture
Faculty: Mark Monroe Description: This course will serve as an introduction to sculpture practices. We will be working in a variety of traditions including figurative, pure design, and abstract work. During the course of the term, each student will have an opportunity to learn the basic technical skills relevant to the creation of sculpture. Each… [Read More]
Game Theory
Faculty: J’lee Bumpus Description: This course explores the mathematics behind game theory and strategy. Mathematical arguments will be used to facilitate decision criteria in various settings such as two-person zero-sum games and N-person games. Applications of game theory to various disciplines such as business, politics, economics, social psychology, philosophy, and biology will also be investigated.… [Read More]
Exploring STEM Education
Faculty: Andrew Carr & Terry Stone Description: The Perot Museum is an excellent example of both STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) displays and activities. We will go to the Perot Museum and learn how different ideas can be connected to hands-on-activities. After attending the museum, you will have an opportunity to visit local schools… [Read More]
Experiencing Disability
Faculty: Kim Snipes Description: Did you know that the largest minority in the United States is the disabled? 26% of US adults and children meet the CDC’s definition of disabled. This percentage is only expected to grow as the long term effects of obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease become more and more prevalent.… [Read More]
Exercise, Nutrition & Health
Faculty: Teresa Hall Description: Diet complemented by exercise can enhance health, fitness and sport performance. Accurate, up to date information related to nutrition and physical activity will be explored and discussed. Topics include the essential nutrients, a balanced healthful diet, diet and disease, weight control and body composition, physical activity recommendations for health, and myths… [Read More]
Thucydides: Peloponnesian War
Faculty: Frank Rohmer Description: The investigation of politics as tragedy here will be built around a careful study of Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War, a war fought in classical antiquity between Athens and its allies and Sparta and its allies. The class requires no previous training in political science or history, but will require intense preparation for… [Read More]
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