This is a semester-long course aimed to help you reflect on your teaching goals and practices. The course will cover topics such as: active learning, backward design, student feedback and evaluation, equity and inclusion, disciplinary transparency, and content delivery. The course will meet once a week and is designed to minimize work outside of class time. It is intended for graduate students in the life sciences and adjacent fields.
\nGraduate students register for this course when they permanently join a lab. Students should register under the supervising PI.
\nGraduate students register for this course when they permanently join a lab. Students should register under the supervising PI.
\nThis course will explore the manuscript illumination of medieval Armenia, considering not only the illustrated cycles of biblical works but also royal portraiture, magical texts, and a courtly tale. Our discussions will seek to situate Armenia\u2019s manuscript art within a complex frame of cultural interaction that included Byzantium, the Islamic World, East Asia, and Western Europe. We will also explore the relation between text and image, the role of images in contemporary Armenian society,\u2026\n
Graduate students register for this course when they permanently join a lab. Students should register under the supervising PI.
\nReading and research. Not a lecture or seminar course.
\nReading and research. Not a lecture or seminar course.
\nDissertation research. Not a lecture or seminar course.
\nThis course examines how the Latin language has been used as a vehicle for artistic prose, combining an in-depth overview of Latin prose syntax, a historical survey of styles of Latin prose, and an introduction to Latin prose composition. Students will gain a detailed understanding of the range and development of Latin expression and a sensitive appreciation of the nuances of artistic Latin prose. Assignments consist of close readings, translation exercises, and longer compositions.
\nA comparative study of what and how food and activities related to food "mean" in a variety of cultures, as reflected in folklore and oral tradition. Lectures, discussion, and readings will address issues such as: the ritualization of food and cooking in both sacred and secular settings; the symbolic prominence of food -- its preparation, distribution, and consumption -- in mythologies; fears and anxieties related to food as reflected in "urban legends"; food taboos\u2026\n
Course Description: How can music analysis inform the way we understand, listen to, and write about popular music? This course introduces tools and methods for studying features and compositional styles of popular music after 2000. Through weekly readings and aural skills exercises, students will become familiar with recent analytical approaches to song form, texture, rhythm & meter, instrumental and vocal timbre, sampling, and music videos. In weekly written work, students will conduct\u2026\n