Faculty: Michael Higgs Description: Unity3D is a game development engine designed to let you focus on the creation of amazing games without formal math and computer science background or extensive programming experience. We will survey fundamental principles in game design in 2 and 3 dimensions: scene construction, character modeling, camera and actor animation, asset management, scene… [Read More]
Shattering Glass Ceilings
Faculty: Shannon Renee Cornelison-Brown Description: This course focuses on women in business, from success stories to workplace challenges. This course will review biographies of women creators, innovators, and leaders who have launched some of the most well-recognized brands, companies, and organizations today. This course will also address leadership and gender at work by learning of the… [Read More]
Exploring Health Professions
Faculty: Chris Goldsmith and Kelynne Reed Description: Health care is growing and complex field, comprising numerous careers beyond primary care and surgery. This course will introduce students to the broad scope of healthcare careers and healthcare issues. The course will include both “virtual shadowing” sessions with healthcare practitioners and a variety of supplemental readings. One emphasis… [Read More]
Energy Politics
Faculty: Ruchan Kaya Description: This course will focus on the politics of energy. The energy component will include carbon intensive products like coal, oil, and gas as well as renewable energy resources. The political side will focus on the dynamics these products create domestically and internationally. The students will have a chance to dig deeper on political,… [Read More]
Supreme Court Seminar
Faculty: Ed Richardson Description: In this class, students will get the opportunity to step into the shoes of a justice of the United States Supreme Court. The students will be divided into “courts” consisting of five “justices”. Over the course of the term, the courts will receive 9-11 case scenarios (a brief description of a fact scenario… [Read More]
Mathemusic
Faculty: Huy Nguyen Description: A brief overview of the mathematical foundations of music. The course offers non-math students an opportunity to explore the technological aspect of music, while offering non-music students a hands-on experience creating and/or performing music. Topics include: I. The physics of sound; The math behind musical concepts such as tones, pitch, tuning, intonation, harmony,… [Read More]
Color in the Natural World
Faculty: Liz Banks Description: The natural world is full of wonder and ridiculousness. There are many things we don’t understand, but we’re learning more every day. In this class, we’ll explore the language of color in nature. After learning about the basics of human vision and how we see color, we’ll explore a range of topics,… [Read More]
Gay Love Stories
Faculty: Jeremy Posadas Description: In this course, every day we’ll watch 1-2 films that portray a gay love story (plus a few lesbian and trans love stories). Then, each week, students will write brief reflection papers on several of week’s films or a related topic. Students will also need to watch at least one film each… [Read More]
Lord of the Rings
Faculty: Tom Blake Description: During this January Term, we will journey to Middle Earth and revisit the Lord of the Rings franchise-Tolkien’s works as well as the films based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s famous novels-and explore what makes Tolkien’s works so endearing and timeless. We’ll look at the Lord of the Rings trilogy as well… [Read More]
Our Stories: A Prose Workshop
Faculty: Virginia Wood Description: A creative writing course focusing on the tensions writers of color and of marginalized identities face between the stories we write and external pressures, especially as the story transitions from text to film. As students develop their creative work, they will simultaneously endeavor to develop their own lenses on these and… [Read More]
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