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Catalogue 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Chinese/Japanese: III. Advanced |
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CHJA 351 - Special Topics in Chinese and Japanese Literature and Culture Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as ASIA 351 ) Topics vary each year. Can be repeated for credit when a new topic is offered.
Topic for 2019/20b: Chinese Linguistics. This course offers a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the history and nature of the Chinese language in terms of its phonology, morphology and syntax in comparison with English. It also highlights the construction and evolution of Chinese characters and explores social dimensions of the language such as language planning and standardization, relations of Mandarin with the dialects, and interactions between Chinese and other languages. Topics also include unique linguistic devices in the Chinese rhetoric and figure of speech. Classes are conducted and readings are done in English or bilingually. Students with background in Chinese can choose to do projects in Chinese at their appropriate levels. Wenwei Du.
Prerequisite(s): Two courses in a combination of language, linguistics, literature, culture, or Asian Studies, or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: CLS
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CHJA 361 - Chinese and Japanese Drama and Theatre
1 unit(s)
(Same as DRAM 361 ) A study of Chinese and Japanese culture and society through well-known dramatic genres - zaju, chuanqi, kunqu, Beijing Opera, modern Spoken Drama, noh, kyogen, bunraku, kabuki, and New Drama; a close reading of selected plays in English translation. Scheduled films of performances convey Chinese and Japanese theatrical conventions and aesthetics. Discussions focus on major themes based on research presentations. All readings and discussions are in English. Wenwei Du.
Prerequisite(s): One 200-level course in language, literature, culture, drama or Asian Studies, or permission of the instructor.
Not offered in 2019/20.
Course Format: CLS
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CHJA 362 - Women in Japanese and Chinese Literature Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as ASIA 362 and WMST 362 ) An intercultural examination of the images of women presented in Japanese and Chinese narrative, drama, and poetry from their early emergence to the modern period. While giving critical attention to aesthetic issues and the gendered voices in representative works, the course also provides a comparative view of the dynamic changes in women’s roles in Japan and China. All selections are in English translation. Peipei Qiu.
Prerequisite(s): One 200-level course in language, literature, culture or Asian Studies, or permission of the instructor.
One 2-hour period.
Course Format: CLS
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CHJA 366 - Seminar in Transcending the Limit: Literary Theory in the East-West Context
1 unit(s)
(Same as ASIA 366 ) This course examines various traditional and contemporary literary theories with a distinct Asianist—particularly East Asianist—perspective. At least since the eighteenth century, Western theoretical discourse often took into serious consideration East Asian literature, language and civilization in their construction of “universal” theoretical discourses. The comparative approach to literary theory becomes imperative in contemporary theoretical discourse as we move toward ever greater global integration. Selected theoretical texts from the I Ching, Hegel, Genette, Barthes, Derrida, Todorov, and Heidegger as well as some primary literary texts are among the required readings. All readings are in English. Haoming Liu.
Prerequisite(s): One literature course or permission of the instructor.
Not offered in 2019/20.
Course Format: CLS
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CHJA 399 - Senior Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0.5 or 1 unit(s)
One-half or one unit of credit given only in exceptional cases and by permission of the Chair. Offered only pass/fail. The department.
Prerequisite(s): Four units of Chinese or Japanese.
Course Format: OTH
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College Course: I. Introductory |
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CLCS 100 - The Theater of Chekhov and Stanislavski: Higher, Lighter, Simpler, More Joyful
1 unit(s)
This course is designed to explore the major works of late nineteenth-century playwright Anton Chekhov. Through careful reading, discussion, writing, and occasional performance of these works students will discover the ways in which this Russian dramatist has come to shape what’s thought of as modern drama. By looking at each play act by act, Seagull, Three Sisters, Uncle Vanya, and The Cherry Orchard the class will explore the links they share to one another as well as to theatrical tradition at large. The work of Constantine Stanislavski, first to stage these works (as well as the artist to develop the process of “method” acting, and to define the role of the modern stage director), will be used to better understand these plays and their performance. Though this course will be of particular interest to students of theater, non-theater students are encouraged to enroll. Christopher Grabowski.
Open only to first-year students; satisfies college requirement for a First-Year Writing Seminar.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2018/19.
Course Format: CLS
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CLCS 101 - Civilization in Question
1 unit(s)
(Same as GRST 101 and MRST 101 ) In the past, college curricula in this country were often organized around the idea of the “Great Books” of “Western Civilization.” Today though, the very idea of a Western literary canon has been challenged as a vehicle for reinforcing questionable norms and hierarchies and silencing other important perspectives. In this class we read well-known ancient, medieval and Renaissance texts with a view to how they themselves question the civilizations from which they emerge. A unique feature of this class is that it is taught by faculty from three different disciplines who bring a variety of interpretive practices to bear on the texts. This creates a classroom environment in which dialogue is the means to discovery. Students are encouraged to be part of the conversation both during class and in weekly discussion sections. Readings may include such authors as Homer, Aeschylus, Plato, Augustine, Chretien de Troyes, and Machiavelli. Nancy Bisaha, Rachel Friedman, and Christopher Raymond.
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: CLS
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CLCS 120 - The Vassar Campus Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)
(Same as ART 120 ) A multidisciplinary exploration of the Vassar College campus. This intensive course is conducted as a succession of local field trips to sites across the college, and walks around campus. With this direct experience of landscape, buildings, and collections, from works of art to natural history specimens, we consider the history of Vassar’s campus, as well as our lived experience of campus spaces. We also approach our own campus in broader contexts, exploring the notion of campus in American culture, the campus as physical space and as idea, and the role of place in higher education. Individual projects allow participants to explore a campus space of their choice in various modes. Students from all majors are encouraged to apply. Yvonne Elet.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
First six-week course.
Course Format: INT
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CLCS 150 - Revolution, Evolution, and the Global Nineteenth Century Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as HIST 150 and VICT 150 ) The world as we know it largely came into being during the nineteenth century. Marked by social, political, cultural, and technological transformations, the nineteenth century witnessed the emergence of modernity out of the instabilities of change. Railways crisscrossed continents; European empires expanded; agricultural laborers flocked into mushrooming urban centers; and the enslaved, the colonized, and the disenfranchised around the world fought for liberty and citizenship. In this course, we consider these and other nineteenth-century transformations in a global context by focusing on the interconnections between North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Our investigations are organized around five core areas: revolutions, emancipations, evolution and progress, popular culture, and the domestic sphere. Students analyze a variety of sources, including novels, plays, short stories, photographs, early films, paintings, periodicals and pamphlets, government documents, letters, music, and scientific works. The course is team taught with occasional guest lectures. Lydia Murdoch and Susan Zlotnick.
Three 50-minute periods.
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CLCS 151 - Introduction to Contemplative Studies Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
This course provides an introduction to how people deepen and broaden their attention and awareness, and why it matters for individuals and societies. Cultures and disciplines have long traditions for promoting concentration and reflection, and students will explore and appraise such practices and perspectives. In addition to working with scholarly “third person perspective” sources on contemplative process, students engage in a variety of contemplative practices (which provide “first person perspective”, and occasionally “second person perspective”). Topics may include critical contemplative pedagogy; embodied experience; non-violent communication; deep listening; cultivating attention and intention; storytelling; emotion and motivation; language and thought; contemplative movement; contemplative arts; social activism; constructing contemplative places; visualizations; imagination; improvisation; interdependence; contemplative leadership; personal and institutional transformation; and taking a critical decolonizing approach to contemplative studies itself. Readings include extensive scholarly and practice-based sources. Assignments include journaling, observing, interviewing, and critiquing sources and experiences. Carolyn Palmer.
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: CLS
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CLCS 160 - Issues in Feminism: Bodies and Texts Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as WMST 160 ) This course is an introduction to issues in feminism with a focus on the female body and its representations. We read and write about a variety of texts, consider historical objects as well literary documents, and analyze visual materials from art, fashion, advertising, and film from the nineteenth century to the present. Particular focus is given to women’s bodies in visual, material, and literary culture. We make use of Vassar resources such as the Rare Book Collection, the Costume Shop and the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Kathleen Hart.
Open only to first-year students; satisfies the college requirement for a First-Year Writing Seminar.
Two 75-minute periods.
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CLCS 183 - Vassar For Veterans Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)
This course is designed to help Posse veterans acclimate to Vassar and introduce them to the array of campus resources available to them. It gives Vassar veterans the opportunity to explore the issues and challenges they face as non-traditional students at a residential liberal arts college, and it identifies strategies for making the transition to college and succeeding within Vassar’s rigorous academic environment. Taught by the Posse Faculty Mentor.
Open to first-year Posse veterans.
One 2-hour group meeting and one 1-hour individual meeting per week.
Course Format: CLS
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CLCS 185 - Vassar View: Vassar Advising Intensive Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)
This course provides an intensive advising experience for first-year students with a faculty mentor who is also the pre-major advisor for students in the course. The course is designed to facilitate the transition to college and provide the time and guidance for students to discover more about themselves as active, engaged learners. The course emphasizes independent exploration. Class sessions address student interests and learning goals, academic skills, college practices, and community engagement. During this course, students begin to independently develop their educational goals and explore how Vassar’s mission as a liberal arts college and its curriculum can support their interests. Students are encouraged to advance essential academic skills, such as critical reading and writing, along with time management, and spend time outside of class becoming familiar with resources on campus designed to reinforce their academic success. Students are also introduced to college practices and policies and learn to navigate the college structure. Through attendance at a variety of campus events, such as lectures, performances, and athletic competitions, students develop a deep understanding of the college community and begin to build sustaining relationships with other first-year students and with their faculty advisor. Denise Walen.
One 2-hour period and individual conferences with the instructor.
Course Format: INT
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CLCS 281 - Fundamentals of Grantwriting Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)
(Same as HIST 281 ) Writing effective grant applications is a valuable skill in many fields, including the scholarly world, the arts, the non-profit sector, community organizing, and government. In this course students gain familiarity with tools for grants research. They study model grant applications and track current trends in government and philanthropic funding, through readings and through discussions with local leaders. Each student partners with a local agency to define needs, research funding sources, and draft and revise a grant proposal on the agency’s behalf. Rebecca Edwards.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Course Format: INT
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College Course: II. Intermediate |
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CLCS 256 - Building Inclusive Communities Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
(Same as EDUC 256 ) As Vassar College continues to work toward establishing a community characterized by a strong sense of inclusion and belonging, and one that can sustain challenging dialogues, we seek to support this college-wide goal. This course explores four critical themes related to developing and sustaining inclusive communities: personal growth and well-being; intimacy; social identity & power; and effective communication & conflict resolution. Skills and knowledge in these areas can be immediately applied to nurturing more supportive, resilient, and effective student living situations, clubs, teams, classes, and the college-wide community. They are also very important to success and well-being beyond college life – in family and personal relationships, work situations, civic engagement and volunteer situations, activist groups, etc.
Enrolled students should be prepared to step outside their “comfort zones.” They should have an interest in actively engaging in class discussions and experiential exercises, they should have an interest in learning techniques, gaining tools and increasing skills to effectively communicate across differences (differences in living styles and habits, differences in social identity, and differences in personal identity), they should be prepared to explore how vulnerability can benefit them and their relationships, and to explore the relationship between their own personal growth and well-being and the well-being of the communities they are a part of. Candice Lowe Swift.
First six-week course.
One 3-hour period.
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CLCS 284 - Reclaiming the Sacred Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)
In this highly experiential 6-week course we start by surveying the central findings of positive psychology to understand the core factors related to human well-being. Based on that, students design “personal journeys” of activities they want to engage in outside of class to nurture greater joy and purpose in their lives. Drawing on the work of many people, including Robert Holden, Audre Lorde, Kristin Neff, Sobonfu Somé, Tara Brach, bell hooks, Joanna Macy, Brené Brown, Thich Nhat Hanh, and more, each week there are in-class activities and outside-of-class assignments that contribute to greater happiness and/or meaning, including weekly meditations and gratitude circles. Key themes are gratitude and presence, self-compassion and vulnerability, and healthy relationships with emotions and adversity. We also explore our relationships with money and the psychological and cultural reasons money and consumption play such important roles in many of our lives despite their limited and frequently contradictory relationship with happiness. Candice Lowe Swif.
Second six-week course.
One 3-hour period.
Course Format: CLS
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CLCS 290 - Community-Engaged Learning
0.5 or 1 unit(s)
Course Format: INT
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CLCS 298 - Independent Research
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
Course Format: OTH
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College Course: III. Advanced |
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CLCS 301 - History, Memory, and Legacies of the Holocaust
1 unit(s)
After WWII the Holocaust emerged as a universal evil that holds lessons beyond the boundaries of Western civilization. While scholars have been relying on different theoretical models to understand the Holocaust, reflection on this unprecedented genocide itself has shifted theoretical discussion in many disciplines. This course looks at the legacies of the Holocaust from a variety of different disciplines by discussing texts, films, and memorials with German students at the University of Potsdam. The exchange takes place at two different levels in the course of the semester: together with their German partners, students discuss readings and work on research projects in the MOO, our online learning environment at Vassar; and in a second phase, Vassar students travel to Berlin and German students to New York to complete on-site research for their projects. Maria Höhn, Silke von der Emde, Debra Zeifman.
By special permission.
One 3-hour period.
Not offered in 2018/19.
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CLCS 302 - Adaptations
1 unit(s)
(Same as ENGL 302 and MEDS 302 ) If works of art continue each other, as Virginia Woolf suggested, then cultural history accumulates when generations of artists think and talk together across time. What happens when one of those artists switches to another language, another genre, another mode or medium? In the twenty-first century we may reframe Woolf’s conversation in terms of intertextuality—art invokes and revises other art—but the questions remain more or less unchanged: What motivates and shapes adaptations? What role does technology play? Audience? What constitutes a faithful adaptation? “Faithful” to what or whom? In this course we consider the biological model, looking briefly at Darwin’s ideas about the ways organisms change in order to survive, and then explore analogies across a range of media. We’ll begin with Virgil’s Georgics; move on to Metamorphoses, Ovid’s free adaptations of classical myths; and follow Orpheus and Eurydice through two thousand years of theater (Euripides, Anouilh, Ruhl, Zimmerman); painting and sculpture (Dürer, Rubens, Poussin, Klee, Rodin); film and television (Pasolini, Cocteau, Camus, Luhrmann); dance (Graham, Balanchine, Bausch); music (Monteverdi, Gluck, Stravinsky, Birtwistle, Glass); narratives and graphic narratives (Pynchon, Delany, Gaiman, Hoban); verse (Rilke, H.D., Auden, Ashbery, Milosz, Heaney, Atwood, Mullen, Strand); and computer games (Battle of Olympus, Shin Megami Tensei). During the second half of the semester, we investigate other adaptations and their theoretical implications, looking back from time to time at what we’ve learned from the protean story of Eurydice and Orpheus and their countless progeny. M. Mark.
One 3-hour period.
Not offered in 2018/19.
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Computer Science: I. Introductory |
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CMPU 101 - Computer Science I: Problem-Solving and Abstraction Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
Introduces the fundamentals of computer science by introducing the functional programming paradigm, including basic recursive and iterative algorithms, data structures such as lists, vectors and trees. Introduces procedural and data abstraction, and elementary programming patterns. A weekly laboratory period provides guided hands-on experience. The department.
Open to all classes.
Two 75-minute periods plus laboratory.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 144 - Foundations of Data Science Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as MATH 144 ) This course focuses on students’ development and practice of computational thinking and inferential thinking. Students will learn the basics of the Python progamming language to make generalizations based on limited data while accounting for uncertaintly in the data collection processs. Students will learn to write programs, generate images to visualize data, and work with real-world datasets, culminating in a final project centered around analyzing climate change data. Jingchen (Monika) Hu, Jason Waterman. Jason Waterman
Two 75 minute periods and One 2-hr lab
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 145 - Foundations of Computer Science Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
Introduces the theoretical, structural and algorithmic foundations of computer science. Topics include: sets, relations, functions, recursive data structures, recursive functions, induction, structural induction, probability, logic, and boolean algebra. Concepts are reinforced by regular programming assignments. A weekly laboratory period provides guided hands-on experience. The department.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 101 .
Open to all classes.
CMPU 145 and CMPU 102 may be taken in either order or concurrently.
CMPU 145 and CMPU 203 may be taken in either order or concurrently.
Two 75-minute periods plus laboratory.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 195 - Introduction to Digital Design and Fabrication Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Students will learn and employ user-centered design to develop and fabricate two- and three-dimensional projects. Hands-on lab topics will include computer aided design, computer aided manufacturing, basic circuitry, and microcontroller programming.
No previous experience in design, fabrication, electronics, or programming is required.
One 75 minute meeting
Course Format: CLS
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Computer Science: II. Intermediate |
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CMPU 203 - Computer Science III: Software Design and Implementation Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
Develops techniques for design and implementation of complex software systems. Advanced techniques in object-oriented modeling, design patterns, component libraries, inheritance, parametric polymorphism, generic algorithms, containers, iterators, function objects and storage management, with a focus on collaborative software development. Advanced topics in programming and Graphical User Interface (GUI) development are covered. Development of a software system of significant complexity is required. A weekly laboratory period provides guided hands-on experience. The department.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 102 .
CMPU 203 and CMPU 145 may be taken in either order or concurrently.
Two 75-minute periods plus laboratory.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 224 - Computer Organization Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
Examines the hierarchical structure of computing systems, from digital logic and microprogramming through machine and assembly languages. Topics include the structure and workings of the central processor, instruction execution, memory and register organization, addressing schemes, input and output channels, and control sequencing. The course includes a weekly hardware/software laboratory where digital logic is explored and assembly language programming projects are implemented. Jason Waterman.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 102 and CMPU 145 .
Two 75-minute periods plus laboratory.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 235 - Programming Languages
1 unit(s)
Introduces a systematic approach to understanding the behavior of programming languages. Topics include interpreters; static and dynamic scope; environments; binding and assignment; functions and recursion; continuation passing; parameter-passing and method dispatch; objects, classes, inheritance, and polymorphism; type rules and type checking. The Department.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 102 and CMPU 145
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2019/20.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 240 - Language Theory and Computation Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
Study of regular sets, context free grammars and languages, finite and push-down automata, as well as more powerful models of computation, such as Turing machines. Provides theoretical foundations for CMPU 331 . Jonathan Gordon.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 102 and CMPU 145 .
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 241 - Analysis of Algorithms Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
Introduces the systematic study of algorithms and their analysis with regard to time and space complexity. Topics include divide-and-conquer, dynamic programming, greediness, randomization, upper and lower-bound analysis, and introduction to NP completeness. Emphasis is placed on general design and analysis techniques that underlie algorithmic paradigms. Builds a foundation for advanced work in computer science. Rui Meireles, Jennifer Walter.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 102 and CMPU 145 .
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 245 - Declarative Programming Models
1 unit(s)
Declarative programming languages are important alternatives to the imperative languages used in most software systems. This course covers two kinds of declarative programming: functional programming and logic programming. Topics include the semantics of declarative languages, techniques for programming in declarative languages, and the use of mathematical logic as a tool for reasoning about programs. Luke Hunsberger.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 102 and CMPU 145 .
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2019/20.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 250 - Modeling, Simulation and Analysis
1 unit(s)
Principles of computation in the sciences, driven by current applications in biology, physics, chemistry, natural and social sciences, and computer science. Topics include: Discrete and continuous stochastic models, random number generation, elementary statistics, numerical analysis and algorithms, discrete event simulation, and point and interval parameter estimation. Students pursue projects that involve modeling phenomena in two to three different fields and simulate the model in order to understand mechanisms and/or explore new hypotheses or conditions. The Department.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 102 , MATH 126 and MATH 127 .
Recommended: CMPU 241 and/or MATH 221 but not required.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2019/20.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 290 - Community-Engaged Learning Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
Course Format: INT
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CMPU 295 - Special Topics Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
Intermediate-level treatment of specialized topics in computer science.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 298 - Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Course Format: OTH
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Computer Science: III. Advanced Two units of 200-level computer science are prerequisite for entry into 300-level courses; see each course for specific courses required or exceptions. |
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CMPU 300 - Senior Research and Thesis Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)
Investigation and critical analysis of a topic in experimental or theoretical computer science. Experimental research may include building or experimentation with a non-trivial hardware or software system. A student electing this course must first gain, by submission of a written research proposal, the support of at least one member of the computer science faculty with whom to work out details of a research strategy. The formal research proposal, a written thesis, and oral presentation of results are required for the course. A second faculty member participates in both the planning of the research and final evaluation.
Prerequisite(s): Minimum 3.5 GPA in 200- and 300-level Computer Science coursework at the end of the junior year, and permission of the department.
Yearlong course 300-CMPU 301 .
Course Format: INT
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CMPU 301 - Senior Research and Thesis Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Continuation of CMPU 300 .
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 300 .
Yearlong course CMPU 300 -301.
Course Format: OTH
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CMPU 324 - Computer Architecture
1 unit(s)
An exploration of current research areas in computer organization including an examination of data-flow, microcode, cache memory, distributed, parallel, and other nonstandard architectures, and related topics.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 224 .
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2019/20.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 325 - Microcomputers and Digital Electronics
1 unit(s)
Advanced seminar in the architecture and implementation of microprocessors. Topics include digital logic, memory and processor interfaces, interrupt handling, and serial I/O methods. Differences among logic implementations such as TTL, CMOS, and ECL are considered. Students participate in the design and implementation of a microcomputer.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 224 .
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2019/20.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 331 - Compilers Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
Studies the theory of automata for language recognition as well as the implementation of actual compilers for programming languages. During the semester students develop modules comprising the front-end of a compiler for a high-level computer. The Department.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 224 and CMPU 240 . In addition, CMPU 235 or CMPU 245 is recommended, but not required.
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 334 - Operating Systems Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
Deals with the theory and implementation of the software that governs the management of system resources. Topics that are covered include file organization, process scheduling, system services, memory management, security methods, resource contention, and design principles. Operating systems for parallel and distributed processing, real-time processing, virtual machines, and networking are also considered. Anna Gommerstadt, Jason Waterman.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 203 and CMPU 224 .
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 353 - Bioinformatics Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as BIOL 353 ) DNA is the blueprint of life. Although it’s composed of only four nucleotide “letters” (A, C. T, G), the order and arrangement of these letters in a genome gives rise to the diversity of life on earth. Thousands of genomes have been partially sequenced, representing billions of nucleotides. How can we reach this vast expanse of sequence data to find patterns that provide answers to ecological, evolutionary, agricultural, and biomedical questions? Bioinformatics applies high-performance computing to discover patterns in large sequence datasets. In this class students from biology and computer science work together to formulate interesting biological questions and to design algorithms and computational experiments to answer them.
Prerequisite(s): For students registering under the BIOL prefix, the prerequisites are one unit of any 200-level biology and one unit of Genetics (BIOL 238 , BIOL 244 , or BIOL 248 ); BIOL students do not need to have any Computer Science background.
For students registering under the CMPU prefix, the prerequisite is CMPU 203 or permission of the instructor; CMPU students do not need to have any Biology background.
To register for this course students must satisfy either the Biology or Computer Science prerequisites, but not both.
Two 2-hour periods.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 365 - Artificial Intelligence
1 unit(s)
An introduction to Artificial Intelligence as a discipline of Computer Science, covering the traditional foundations of the field and a selection of recent advances. Traditional topics include: search, two-player adversarial games, constraint satisfaction, knowledge representation and reasoning, and planning. Additional topics will vary from year to year and will be selected from the following: reasoning about time, probabilistic reasoning, neural networks, philosophical foundations, multiagent systems, robotics, and recent advances in planning. Significant programming assignments and a course project complement the material presented in class. Luke Hunsberger.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 145 , CMPU 203 , and CMPU 245 , or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2019/20.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 366 - Computational Linguistics Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Addresses the fundamental question at the intersection of human languages and computer science: how can computers acquire, comprehend and produce natural languages such as English? Introduces computational methods for modeling human language, including morphology, syntax, semantics and discourse; corpus-based and statistical methods for language analysis; and natural language applications such as information extraction and retrieval, summarization, and machine translation. Students gain experience with sophisticated systems for linguistic analysis and machine learning. Nancy Ide.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 240 recommended, but not required.
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 375 - Computer Networks Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Computer networks, in the form of the Internet, have revolutionized society in the last 3 decades. This course provides an introduction to the design and operation of the Internet and computer networks in general. Topics include layered communication protocols, routing, transport, naming, security and mobility. Knowledge is consolidated through projects involving the creation of network applications. Rui Meireles.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 203 and CMPU 224 , or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 376 - Computer Games: Design, Production and Critique
1 unit(s)
(Same as MEDS 376 ) Investigates all stages of the game development process, including conception, design, physical and digital prototyping, implementation and play-testing, among others. The course emphasizes the integration of formal, dramatic and dynamic game elements to create a specific player experience. The course also examines various criteria and approaches to game critique, including issues of engagement, embodiment, flow, and meaningful play. Course work includes a series of game development projects carried out in groups, along with analysis of published games and readings in critical game-studies literature. No previous experience in media production or computer programming is necessary. Tom Ellman.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2019/20.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 377 - Parallel Programming
1 unit(s)
An introduction to parallel computing, with coverage of parallel architectures, programming models, and techniques. Topics include SIMD and MIMD models, shared-memory and message-passing styles of computation, synchronization, deadlock, and parallel language design. Students are exposed to common techniques for solving problems in sorting, searching, numerical methods, and graph theory, and gain practical experience through programming assignments run on a parallel processing system. Marc Smith.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 203 and CMPU 224 .
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2019/20.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 378 - Graphics
1 unit(s)
A survey of computational and mathematical techniques for modeling and rendering realistic images of three-dimensional scenes. Topics include: event-driven user interfaces; geometric transformations and projections; scene graphs; implicit and parametric surfaces; models of color and light; surface shading and texturing; local and global rendering algorithms; and an introduction to computer animation. Tom Ellman.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 203 and MATH 221 .
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2019/20.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 379 - Computer Animation: Art, Science and Criticism
1 unit(s)
(Same as ART 379 , FILM 379 , and MEDS 379 ) An interdisciplinary course in Computer Animation aimed at students with previous experience in Computer Science, Studio Art, or Media Studies. The course introduces students to mathematical and computational principles and techniques for describing the shape, motion and shading of three-dimensional figures in Computer Animation. It introduces students to artistic principles and techniques used in drawing, painting and sculpture, as they are translated into the context of Computer Animation. It also encourages students to critically examine Computer Animation as a medium of communication. Finally, the course exposes students to issues that arise when people from different scholarly cultures attempt to collaborate on a project of mutual interest. The course is structured as a series of animation projects interleaved with screenings and classroom discussions. Tom Ellman, Harry Roseman.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Two 2-hour periods.
Not offered in 2019/20.
Course Format: CLS
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CMPU 380 - Projects in Operating Systems Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)
This intensive is a companion to CMPU 334 Operating Systems . It provides an in-depth exposure to Operating System concepts through multiple coding assignments that build towards implementing a fully working Operating System. This project based course (no exams) includes projects such as building a personalized Linux distribution directly from source code and implementing major subsystems of the xv6 operating system. This course may be taken after completing CMPU-334 or taken concurrently with CMPU-334. Jason Waterman.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 334 .
Corequisite(s): CMPU 334 .
Course Format: INT
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CMPU 381 - Relational Databases and SQL Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)
Database Management Systems (DBMSs) emerged in the 1960s with the development of mainframe computers. In a sense, DBMSs could be considered one of the first killer apps. In 1970 a new DBMS model was introduced that endures today: the relational database model. One of the strengths of the relational model was that it provided a declarative Structured Query Language (SQL), including a Data Definition Language (DDL) for creating, modifying, and updating databases. This Intensive focuses on relational database design, database normalization techniques and normal forms, entity-relationship diagrams, and querying databases using SQL. Students work individually or in pairs on projects throughout the semester involving the design, creation, and querying of databases. Marc Smith.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 145 , CMPU 203 .
Course Format: INT
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CMPU 382 - Applications of Artificial Intelligence Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has a history of algorithmic innovations stretching back to the mid-1950s. Over the ensuing decades, techniques in AI have enabled advances in a wide variety of areas, including voice recognition, automated reasoning, vision processing, planning and scheduling, game-playing programs, and many more. This intensive focuses on the use of different kinds of Temporal Networks to enable computers to represent and reason about time in different contexts. After implementing algorithms for the most basic kind of temporal network, two kinds of uncertainty will be incorporated that make the reasoning problems more challenging: (1) actions with uncertain durations, and (2) actions that generate information. Students work in small collaborative groups on programming projects throughout the semester. Luke Hunsberger.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 203 plus one other 200-level CMPU course.
Course Format: INT
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CMPU 383 - Mobile Application Development Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Computer networks are a key driver behind the ever increasing role computers have on society, and a very active research area. This intensive focuses particularly on wireless networking, which has already revolutionized where and how computing is done, and is at the root of future Internet of Things (IoT).
Students gain a familiarity and experience with the application of the scientific method to networking research and computer science in general. They also gain a familiarity with the tools used in such research, suchh as scripting (e.g. Python), statistics, and Machine Learning. Students work in small teams to answer research questions related to the usage of wireless communication between moving vehicles and roadside infrastructure.
This course is particularly suited to students who may be considering doing research after graduation and want to learn more about what is involved. No prior computer network knowledge is required. Rui Meireles.
Prerequisite(s): CMPU 203 .
Course Format: INT
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CMPU 399 - Senior Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
Course Format: OTH
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Cognitive Science: I. Introductory |
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COGS 100 - Introduction to Cognitive Science Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
Cognitive science is a multidisciplinary exploration of the nature of mind and intelligence in whatever forms they may take, from animal (including especially humans) to machine. This course explores the modern history of our efforts to understand the nature of mind, asking such questions as how a purely physical entity could have a mind, whether a computer or robot could have genuine mental states, and what it really means to be intelligent or to have a mind. In the process of seeking answers to these questions, the course explores such phenomena as perception, memory, prediction, decision-making, action, language, and consciousness by integrating methods and concepts from a number of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, computer science, neuroscience, biology, linguistics, and anthropology. Material from economics, education, mathematics, engineering, and the arts is increasingly integrated into the field as well. No background in any of these disciplines is assumed, and this course is intended to serve as an introduction, for both majors and non-majors, to the unique multidisciplinary approach to studying problems of mind that Cognitive Science represents. Janet Andrews, Gwen Broude, Josh de Leeuw, Ken Livingston, John Long.
Course Format: CLS
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COGS 110 - The Science and Fiction of Mind
1 unit(s)
Our understanding of what minds are and of how they work has exploded dramatically in the last half century. As in other areas of science, the more we know the harder it becomes to convey the richness and complexity of that knowledge to non-specialists. This First-Year Course explores two different styles of writing for explaining new findings about the nature of mind to a general audience. The most direct of these styles is journalistic and explanatory and is well represented by the work of people like Steven Pinker, Bruce Bower, Stephen J. Gould, and Ray Kurzweil. The second style is fictional. At its best, science fiction not only entertains, it also stretches the reader’s mind to a view of implications and possibilities beyond what is currently known. Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Greg Bear, and Richard Powers all provide excellent models of this kind of writing. In this course students practice both ways of writing about technical and scientific discoveries. By working simultaneously in both styles it should become clear that when done well even a strictly explanatory piece of science writing tells a story. By the same token even a purely fictional narrative can explain and elucidate how the real world works. The focus of our work is material from the sciences of mind, but topics from other scientific areas may also be explored. This course does not serve as a prerequisite for upper-level courses in Cognitive Science. Ken Livingston.
Open only to first-year students; satisfies the college requirement for a First-Year Writing Seminar.
Two 2-hour periods.
Not offered in 2019/20.
Course Format: CLS
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Cognitive Science: II. Intermediate |
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COGS 211 - Perception and Action Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
This course is about the ongoing, dynamic, causal loops of action and perception that situate agents in the world and form the foundation for their intelligence. Topics include how physical energies become perceptual experiences, how systems evolve, develop, and learn the ability to perform complex actions, and how it is that actions are brought under the control of perceptions. Material is drawn from the neurosciences, robotics, human and non-human animal behavior research, and philosophy. Classes include regular laboratory work including human experimental work and robotics. Ken Livingston.
Prerequisite(s): COGS 100 .
Two 75-minute periods, plus one 4-hour laboratory.
Course Format: CLS
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COGS 213 - Language Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
This course considers the rich and complex phenomenon of human language from a multidisciplinary perspective. The emphasis is on the cognitive representations and processes that enable individual language users to acquire, perceive, comprehend, produce, read, and write language. Consideration is given to the relation of language to thought and consciousness; to neural substrates of language and the effects of brain damage on language ability; to computational models of language; and to language development. Throughout, language is examined at different levels of analysis, including sound, structure, and meaning. Janet Andrews. Jan Andrews
Prerequisite(s): COGS 100 .
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: CLS
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COGS 215 - Knowledge and Cognition Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
This course asks how knowledge and cognition contribute to the functioning of biological and synthetic cognitive agents. Along the way it inquires into the origins and nature of knowledge, memory, concepts, goals, and problem-solving strategies. Relevant philosophical issues are examined along with research on the brain, experimental evidence from cognitive psychology, computer models, and evolutionary explanations of mind and behavior. A major goal of the course is to explore how cognitive scientists are coming to understand knowledge and cognition within an embodied agent embedded in a real world. Gwen Broude.
Prerequisite(s): COGS 100 .
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: CLS
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COGS 220 - Autonomous Robotics Design Competition Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
This course gives students with an interest in robotics an opportunity to explore basic principles of robot design and programming in a hands-on laboratory environment. The specific nature of the task to be accomplished varies each year, but in all cases the problems to be solved require thinking about the key issues that confront any robot designer: How is the robot situated in its environment? How does the design of the robot’s body affect its intelligence? What are the optimal strategies for programming flexible intelligence in the robot (e.g., behavior-based or reactive systems, world modeling and planning systems, hybrid systems)? Students are organized into teams with balanced skill sets and compete to complete the assigned task most effectively in an end-of-semester competition. The design and construction components of the course are supported by classroom instruction in basic electronics, hardware design and building techniques, and relevant programming skills. Josh de Leeuw.
Prerequisite(s): Either COGS 211 , CMPU 102 , or permission of the instructor.
Students who have neither COGS 211 nor CMPU 102 as prerequisites may still have sufficient background to take the course depending on other skills and should consult with the instructor about readiness to take the class.
One 75-minute period and one 3-hour lab.
Course Format: CLS
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COGS 221 - Qualitative Methods: Theory and Practice Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
This course focuses on methods for studying the subjective experience, thinking, and behavior of organisms, including in their real world contexts. Students are introduced to methods such as: structured and open-ended interview, journaling, experiential sampling, non-intrusive and participant observation, case studies, and longitudinal data gathering. Students learn how these methods are used in research and employ some of them. We also explore a set of basic philosophical issues regarding ways of knowing, whether it is ever possible to attain objective knowledge, the reliability of subjective data, the role of context in organism functioning, and the related problem of ecological validity. We consider the advantages and limitations of the methods that we study. The focus is on qualitative research methods. Gwen Broude.
Prerequisite(s): One of the following: COGS 211 , 213 , 215 .
Two 2-hour periods; additional lab time required.
Course Format: CLS
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COGS 290 - Community-Engaged Learning Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
Course Format: INT
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COGS 298 - Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
Course Format: OTH
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Cognitive Science: III. Advanced |
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COGS 300 - Senior Thesis Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)
A thesis written in two semesters for 1 unit.
Yearlong course 300-COGS 301 .
Course Format: INT
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COGS 301 - Senior Thesis Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)
A thesis written in two semesters for 1 unit.
Yearlong course COGS 300 -301.
Course Format: INT
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COGS 302 - Senior Thesis Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
A thesis written in one semester for one unit.
Course Format: INT
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COGS 304 - Senior Thesis Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)
A thesis written in two semesters for 1 unit. Yearlong course 304-COGS 305 taken in spring of junior year and spring of senior year. Only for students enrolled in the dual-degree program with Columbia University. Jan Andrews, Gwen Broude, Joshua de Leeuw, Kenneth Livingston.
Yearlong course 304-COGS 305 .
Course Format: INT
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COGS 305 - Senior Thesis Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)
A thesis written in two semesters for 1 unit. Yearlong course COGS 304 -305 taken in the spring of junior year and spring of senior year. Only for students enrolled in the dual-degree program with Columbia University. Jan Andrews.
Yearlong course COGS 304 -305.
Course Format: INT
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COGS 311 - Seminar in Cognitive Science Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Topic for 2019/20b: Language. Specific topic to be determined. Jan Andrews.
Prerequisite(s): One 200-level Cognitive Science course and permission of the instructor.
Two 2-hour periods.
Course Format: CLS
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COGS 312 - Mind Reading: The Cognitive Science Book Club
1 unit(s)
The goal of this course is to explore interests and issues from the field of Cognitive Science that go beyond the Cognitive Science curriculum. These include methodological and theoretical issues as well as empirical work, narrative, and more. The course is book-driven and discussion-intense. Think of it as a Cognitive Science book club. We read books, lots of them, and talk about them. Past topics have included: free will, consciousness, embodiment, first person subjective experience, neuroscientific methods, the anthropological stance, artificial intelligence, origins of morality, story, and theory of mind. Books and topics change each year. Gwen Broude.
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level course in Cognitive Science and permission of the instructor.
One 2-hour period.
Not offered in 2019/20.
Course Format: CLS
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COGS 319 - Modeling Minds, Brains, and Behavior Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
In this course students learn to apply computational methods to the study of minds, brains, and behavior. The course covers several frameworks for modeling, including symbolic, neural network, Bayesian, and agent-based perspectives. A major focus of the course is to appreciate that each of these approaches has merits and that, depending on the phenomenon of interest, different modeling tools might be needed. The course also deals with foundational questions in modeling such as what distinguishes good models from poor models, how do we choose between competing models, and what is the goal of modeling. Hands-on experience with modeling experimental data and computer programming are essential parts of the course, but no prior programming experience is required. Students complete a semester-long modeling project in an area of interest to them. In addition to the importance of these approaches for students in Cognitive Science, the techniques explored are also of value to students in Neuroscience and Behavior as well as other behavioral sciences. Josh de Leeuw.
Prerequisite(s): At least one 200-level course in Cognitive Science or a related discipline; or permission of the instructor.
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COGS 399 - Senior Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
Course Format: OTH
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Dance: I. Introductory |
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DANC 155 - Dance Improvisation
0.5 unit(s)
This is a non-performance oriented approach to discovering one’s movement potential and physical and thought patterns through improvisation. Utilizing contact improvisation, music visualization, and personal expression, this course is designed to develop freedom of thought and movement. The improvisation techniques range from aerobic to meditative. Creative games, spatial awareness, and problem solving are investigated in order to discover the innovative language of the body. Disability is not a limitation.
Not offered in 2018/19.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 160 - Introduction to Ballet Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Introduction to the fundamentals of the ballet class; includes the basic exercises for the barre and centre. Miriam Mahdaviani-Goldstone.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 164 - Upper Level Beginner Ballet Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
This course is for the student who has had some basic training in ballet; includes the entire barre and centre work. Ms. Mahdaviani-Goldstone.
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 165 - Upper Level Beginner Ballet II Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)
This course is designed to reinforce basic training in ballet; includes the entire barre and preparation for more advanced centre work. Miriam Mahdaviani-Goldstone.
Prerequisite(s): DANC 164 .
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 166 - Low Intermediate Ballet I Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
This is a course for the student who has good beginner training (complete barre and some centre work). The emphasis is on the development of steps for centre work, i.e. adagio, petit allegro, etc.. Miriam Mahdaviani-Goldstone and John Meehan.
Prerequisite(s): DANC 160 and DANC 165 or equivalent.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 167 - Low Intermediate Ballet II Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
This course is continuation of the development of steps for centre work. Miriam Mahdaviani-Goldstone and John Meehan.
Prerequisite(s): DANC 165 and DANC 166 or equivalent.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 170 - Movement Analysis Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)
This course is designed to offer insight and information into body structure and movement aimed at increasing a body awareness in students of all movement disciplines. Application of the material extends from the pedestrian experience into physical disciplines e.g.: athletics, dance, martial arts, yoga, physical therapy. Through observation, reading, exploration, discussion and analysis, the student is invited to increase body awareness and movement efficiency, and to develop and assimilate tools to optimize physical mechanics. With the tools of Laban Movement Analysis/Bartenieff Fundamentals (LMA/BF), the study of basic anatomy and movement explorations, exercises and experiences, each student has the opportunity to expand awareness and integrate material fostering an increased understanding of personal movement methodology. Leslie Sachs.
One 2-hour period.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 174 - Beginning Jazz Dance Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)
Jazz dance, which can be defined as “popular dance of the times”, incorporates many different styles and eras of dance including cakewalk, Charleston, lindy-hop and swing, blues, tap, ballroom, rock and roll and hip-hop as well as use of modern and ballet vocabulary. There is an emphasis on body isolations, pulsing movements, rhythm patterns, weightedness and momentum. The class includes warm-up, traveling sequences and a final combination. Abby Saxon.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 175 - Advanced Beginning Jazz Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Continued work on the fundamentals taught in DANC 174 . More demanding combinations are presented. Ms. Saxon.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 194 - Beginning Modern Dance Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
This course is an introduction to the basic principles and history of American modern dance. Class work introduces students to technical concepts involved in training the body to be an articulate, expressive instrument. The course includes some outside written work, performance attendance, and video viewing all aimed at giving a background necessary to the appreciation of dance as a creative art form. No prior dance experience is necessary. Modern Dance faculty.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 195 - Advanced Beginning Modern Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
This class continues to develop on the movement principles introduced in Beginning Modern Dance. Modern Dance faculty.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 196 - Low Intermediate Modern Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)
Continued work in the fundamentals of American modern dance movement from advanced beginning. Combinations become more demanding and students are introduced to etudes in various modern styles and techniques. Modern Dance faculty.
Prerequisite(s): DANC 195 or equivalent.
Course Format: OTH
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Dance: II. Intermediate |
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DANC 215 - Dance Composition and the Craft of Choreography
0.5 unit(s)
An introduction to the elements of dance composition. Body, effort, shape and space are explored within the context of creating and developing a dance. Motivation, style, creative elements and choreographic devices are investigated along with props, music, and sound, for a discovery of one’s physical voice facilitated through movement studies. Leslie Sachs.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 264 - Intermediate Ballet I Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
Development of the classical ballet syllabus at the intermediate level. This course includes three 11/2-hour sessions per week with an added arranged hour to be used for work in one of the following areas: pointe, variations, terminology, theory, men’s class or adagio/partnering. Miriam Mahdaviani-Goldstone and John Meehan.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Three 75-minute periods plus an arranged hour.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 265 - Intermediate Ballet II Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
Includes further development of the classical ballet syllabus at the intermediate level. Miriam Mahdaviani-Goldstone and John Meehan.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Three 75-minute periods plus an arranged hour.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 266 - Intermediate Ballet III Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
Includes further development of the classical ballet syllabus at the intermediate level. Miriam Mahdaviani-Goldstone and John Meehan.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Three 75-minute periods plus an arranged hour.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 267 - Intermediate Ballet IV Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
Includes further development of the classical ballet syllabus at the intermediate level. Miriam Mahdaviani-Goldstone and John Meehan.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Three 75-minute periods plus an arranged hour.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 274 - Intermediate Jazz I Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)
Continued work in the different styles and eras of jazz dance. Traveling sequences and techniques become more demanding as does the final dance combination. Abby Saxon.
Prerequisite(s): DANC 174 and DANC 175 or equivalent.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 275 - Intermediate Jazz II
0.5 unit(s)
Continued work at the intermediate level of jazz technique including traditional styles such as Luigi and Fosse as well as moving on to more contemporary styles of the later twentieth century. Abby Saxon.
Prerequisite(s): DANC 274 or equivalent.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 278 - Graham Technique and Repertory
1 unit(s)
This course is designed for Intermediate/Advanced level dancers who want to explore, in-depth, the codified technique of Martha Graham, a pioneer of American Modern Dance. Students learn excerpts from selected classic works of the Graham Repertory. Supplementary video viewing and a lecture during an arranged lab time are required. Mr. Rooks.
Three 75-minute periods.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 290 - Community-Engaged Learning Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 or 1 unit(s)
To be elected in consultation with the adviser and the Office of Community-Engaged Learning.
Course Format: INT
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DANC 294 - Intermediate Modern Dance I Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Exercises and phrases continue from DANC 196 . Material builds in complexity and technical demand. Modern Dance faculty.
Prerequisite(s): DANC 196 or equivalent.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 295 - Intermediate Modern Dance II Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
This class continues to develop on the movement concepts and investigations introduced in Low Intermediate Modern Dance. Modern Dance faculty.
Prerequisite(s): DANC 294 or equivalent.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 297 - History of the Dance Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Independent reading.
Course Format: OTH
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DANC 298 - Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 or 1 unit(s)
Study of a topic in depth at the Intermediate level.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the dance faculty sponsor.
Course Format: OTH
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