Course Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
College and Conservatory Courses (2018-19 and planned future offerings)
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CRWR 371 - The Short Story Cycle
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, WADV
This course will focus on the structure and function of the short story cycle, as a transitional genre between the short and the long forms. Readings will include work by Anderson, Munro, Erdrich, and Diaz. Students will be required to plan, to workshop, and to revise a cycle of 3-5 interrelated stories (approx. 45 pages) by the end of term.
Enrollment Limit: 14
Instructor: S. Watanabe
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: Normally, successful completion of CRWR 201 is a prerequisite for application to this course. In special circumstances individual instructors can accept students without this prerequisite. Please note that CRWR 201 is still required for completion of the Creative Writing major. Questions about consent and enrollment should be directed to the instructor, at sylvia.watanabe@oberlin.edu. It is strongly recommended that students complete at least one other 300-level prose workshop before applying.
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CRWR 450 - Teaching Imaginative Writing
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
A course for writers and aspiring teachers who want to learn how to teach imaginative writing in meaningful and effective ways in the elementary and secondary classroom. In the first half of the semester, students will examine issues of poetics, community engagement, and pedagogy, while preparing and workshopping their own original lesson plans. In the second half of the semester, students will participate in residencies at Langston Middle School.
Enrollment Limit: 8
Instructor: L. Powell
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: Preference given to students who have completed a 300-level Creative Writing workshop. Admission based on a completed application and a writing sample, due in the Program Office on the last day of classes at 12 noon. See Blackboard for details.
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CRWR 485 - Practicum
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU
This course is open to students who are interested in acquiring practical, writing-related skills by working on a literary journal, organizing a reading series, editing a student anthology, assisting with introductory Creative Writing courses, organizing community- or campus-based workshops, helping out with the Creative Writing Student Co-op, or working on other program approved projects. Students can earn a maximum of four credit hours toward the major. Prerequisite & Notes
Instructor: M. Ali, A. Chung, A. Feldman, D. Harrison, L. Powell, Staff, S. Watanabe
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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CRWR 486 - Writers in the Schools Practicum
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU, WINT
The WITS (Writers-in-the-Schools) Practicum provides students who have successfully completed CRWR 450: Teaching Imaginative Writing an opportunity to continue working in the local schools by planning and conducting special projects and residencies. Students in the WITS Practicum will meet weekly in a seminar setting to workshop teaching plans and ideas, and their work in the schools will be supervised by the instructor. Collaborative and interdisciplinary projects are welcome. Prerequisite: Completion of CRWR 450: Teaching Imaginative Writing and consent of the instructor. Admission based on a completed application and a writing sample, due in the Program Office on the last day of classes of the previous semester. See Blackboard for deadlines and to download forms.
Enrollment Limit: 8
Instructor: L. Powell
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CRWR 490 - Creative Writing Capstone Seminar
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, WADV
In this course, majors work on individually designed projects under the supervision of a faculty mentor. Seminars consist of regular peer group meetings and one-on-one conferences with the instructor. At the end of the term, students will be expected to have completed a substantial body of work, which may include up to 100-200 pages for a prose project or screenplay and 60 pages of poetry. With faculty approval, this course may be repeated for credit.
Instructor: M. Ali, A. Chung, A. Feldman, S. Watanabe
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: Application with appropriate work sample; instructor consent; completion of at least two 300-level workshops
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CRWR 995F - Private Reading - Full
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via Banner Self Service. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
Enrollment Limit: 5
Instructor: M. Ali, A. Chung, A. Feldman, D. Harrison, L. Powell, Staff, S. Watanabe
Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to the Registrar’s Office
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CRWR 995H - Private Reading - Half
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU
Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via Banner Self Service. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
Enrollment Limit: 5
Instructor: M. Ali, A. Chung, A. Feldman, D. Harrison, L. Powell, Staff, S. Watanabe
Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to the Registrar’s Office
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CSCI 100 - The Internet and Beyond
Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits: 4 hours
Attribute: 4NS
A hands-on course on web page authoring and website development. This course is aimed at students with little to no background in web technologies. Topics covered include how the world wide web works, the HTML and CSS languages for web pages, programs supportive of website construction, some advanced layout techniques, and an introduction to the JavaScript language. Students will develop and publish a complex website focused on some area of academic interest or expertise.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: B. Kuperman
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CSCI 140 - Introduction to Computer Programming
Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS, QFR
This course provides an introduction to programming and algorithmic thinking. It is aimed at students with little or no prior programming experience who would like to know how software is developed or who would like to be able to write short programs for data manipulation. It is also useful as preparation for students with no programming experience who want to take the CS150-151 sequence. No prerequisites.
Instructor: R. Geitz
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CSCI 144 - Introduction to Data Science
Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS, QFR
The growth and use of data is increasingly vital for many disciplines, from the natural sciences to the social sciences, and from business to the humanities. This course introduces students to data science and informatics that study how to collect, manage, process, and analyze data from a computational perspective. Topics include computational thinking, understanding different types of data, database techniques, and a variety of data analysis approaches. Focus will be on gaining a breadth of knowledge and the exploration of applications of data science and informatics.
Instructor: A. Eck
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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CSCI 150 - Introduction to Computer Science
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS, QFR
Introduction to algorithmic thinking and problem solving by way of computer programming. The course covers fundamentals of computer programming including data types, variables, expressions, statements, control structures, arrays, and recursion. It also introduces object-oriented concepts including classes, methods, inheritance, and polymorphism. Labs highlight applications in graphics, music, mathematics, biology, and physics.
Enrollment Limit: 45
Instructor: A. Eck, S. Taggart, C. Taylor
Prerequisites & Notes: No programming experience required.
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CSCI 151 - Data Structures
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS, QFR
This course builds upon the principles introduced in CSCI 150 and provides a general background for further study in Computer Science. The course will cover object-oriented programming concepts; the design and implementation of data structures (linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, heaps, hash tables and graphs) and related algorithmic techniques (searching, sorting, recursion); and algorithm analysis. Students will be expected to complete a number of programming projects illustrating the concepts presented.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: J. Donaldson, R. Hoyle, C. Taylor
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: CSCI 150 or consent of the instructor. Notes: Students considering a computer science major are strongly encouraged to take either CSCI 150-151 or CSCI 140-150 in their first year.
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CSCI 190 - How to Model It
Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term
Semester Offered: Second Semester, second module
Credits: 1 Hours
Attribute: 1NS
Have you ever built a model explicitly so that others can understand it? This couse will introduce “modeling” as a discipline. Learning to model is bound up with learning to solve problems and to think imaginatively and purposefully. The course is about how to develop methods for improving the way you model. You wil learn modeling by doing it, by reflecting on what you have done, and by discussing or comparing approaches and solutions with others.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: T. Starfield
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: High School Math
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CSCI 210 - Introduction to Computer Architecture
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS, QFR
An introduction to computer architecture and assembly language programming. This course describes the organization of computers at the digital logic, register transfer, and instruction set architecture levels. Emphasis is placed on the design of a CPU and on the role of the CPU within a computer system. This course will teach an assembly language using the computer laboratory facilities.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: J. Donaldson
Prerequisites & Notes: CSCI 241.
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CSCI 215 - Cryptology
Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits: 3 hours
A study of secret codes and their relationship to computers. Principally, the mathematics underlying codes and codebreaking (cryptanalysis), and the impact of computers that has resulted in the need for more complex techniques. A historical survey will consider such topics as the deciphering of the Enigma code during World War II. Also considered is the fundamental role of encoding in the principals of computing. Students will write small programs demonstrating deciphering techniques, and use software especially designed for this course.
Prerequisites & Notes: High-school mathematics or consent of the instructor.
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CSCI 241 - Systems Programming
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS, QFR
This course will consider the C programming language and its relationship to the Unix operating system. Students will be introduced to various Unix tools and shell scripting. Some Unix system programming issues will also be included. The course will require a significant amount of programming.
Enrollment Limit: 40
Instructor: R. Hoyle
Prerequisites & Notes: : CSCI 151 required.
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CSCI 259 - Computer Animation
Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4NS
This is an introduction to the theory and practice of 3D digital modeling and computer animation. Topics will include traditional animation techniques such as storyboarding, keyframing and tweening, as well as digital techniques for modeling, lighting, tracking and simulation.
Enrollment Limit: 16
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: CSCI 140 or CSCI 150 or consent of instructor
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Cinema Studies
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CSCI 275 - Programming Abstractions
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS, QFR
Programming language fundamentals are studied as abstract concepts using the programming language Scheme. Included are the notions of closures, first-class data structures, procedure and data abstraction, object-oriented programming, continuations, compilation and interpretation, and syntactic extension. Some advanced control structures such as coroutines and asynchronous interrupts may also be included.
Enrollment Limit: 99
Instructor: R. Geitz
Prerequisites & Notes: : Prerequisite: CSCI 151 or consent of the instructor. Co-requisite: MATH 220.
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CSCI 280 - Algorithms
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS, QFR
Students will be introduced to algorithm design and analysis, with an emphasis on applications to real-life problems arising in computing applications. Students will study the basic design techniques of the field from a theoretical perspective and learn how to apply these techniques to solve problems in simple, efficient ways. Computational complexity focusing on NP-completeness, and algorithmic techniques for intractable problems are also covered. Knowledge of discrete mathematics is necessary. Prerequisite: CSCI 151 and Math 220
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: S. Taggart, R. Bosch
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CSCI 290 - Studies in Computation and Modeling
Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4NS
A course in the fundamental concepts of computational science, the modeling process, computer simulations, and scientific applications. It considers two major approaches to computational science problems: system dynamics models and spacial/agent-based simulations. Students will construct their own models and simulations in a series of projects.
Enrollment Limit: 16
Prerequisites & Notes: HIgh school math.
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CSCI 297 - Minds, Brains, Information Processing, and God
Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term
Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2NS
A multidisciplinary exploration into questions related to the concept/theory of `mind.’ Class interests influence the direction of specific readings and topics covered. In the past artificial intelligence, neural networks, cognitive psychology, philosophy of mind, linguistics, and neuroscience have been covered. An attempt is also made to create a mindful creature through the use of legos robotic kits. Mostly a discussion and project based course with some in-class programming and out of class research.
Enrollment Limit: 16
Instructor: A. Borroni
Prerequisites & Notes: Open to students from all departments and programs at all class levels. Has both a classroom and an evening lab component.
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CSCI 299 - Seminar: Mind and Machine
Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4 NS
An inter/multidisciplinary exploration of what it means to have a ‘mind.’ Format mostly involves discussions of readings/talks/videos taken from areas as diverse as artificial intelligence, psychology, economics, marketing, philosophy and neuroscience. Labs involve programming using different software packages and building and programming LEGO robots. No background in computer use, programming or neuroscience is required. However, students with a background in any or all of these areas are encouraged to enroll.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Prerequisites & Notes: Note: This course has a corresponding lab.
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Neuroscience
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CSCI 311 - Database Systems
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS, QFR
This course examines the logical design of databases using the entity-relationship, relational, and object-oriented models; and database application programming using SQL, JDBC, and PHP. Other topics include security and integrity, concurrency control and distributed database systems.
Instructor: J. Donaldson
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: CSCI 241 or consent of instructor.
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CSCI 313 - Human Computer Interface
Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS
This course will look at how humans interact with computers, and how computers mediate our interactions with the world. Topics covered will include interface design, user studies, accessibility, and ubiquitous computing. We will read current research papers in this area, and students will be expected to complete a programming project exploring some aspect of human-computer interaction. Prerequisite & Notes: CSCI 151 and 241 are required.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: C. Taylor
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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CSCI 317 - Computer Architecture
Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4NS
An in-depth study of the advanced techniques used in modern processors to achieve high performance. Topics covered will include Amdahl’s law, superscalar and pipelined processors, pipeline hazards, instruction-level parallelism, cache memory design, and multiprocessor design.
Instructor: B. Kuperman
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: CSCI 210 or consent of the instructor.
Taught in alternate years only.
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CSCI 333 - Natural Language Processing
Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS, QFR
An introduction to computational models of natural (human) language at the lexical, syntactic, and semantic levels. The course covers algorithms for sentence parsing and analysis. Applications include language generation and machine translation.
Instructor: J. Donaldson
Prerequisites & Notes: : CSCI 151
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CSCI 342 - Computer Networks
Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS, QFR
Networks are a central part of any modern computing system. This course will first consider the design of contemporary local and wide-area networks in terms of their abstract layers. (ie. the TCP/IP and OSI reference models) and then focus on actual implementations of those layers. The course will include a study of the protocols used in the Internet.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: J. Donaldson
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: CSCI 241, (CSCI 210 recommended), or consent of the instructor. Taught in alternate years only.
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CSCI 343 - Computer and Information Security
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS, QFR
This class will introduce students to fundamental concepts in computer and information security. Topics that may be covered include: threats and vulnerabilities, malicious software, defensive programming techniques, basic cryptography, models of security, auditing, intrusion detection, basic database security, digital rights management, and issues of laws and ethics related to information security. This course is designed to present a broad survey of the field rather than an in depth study of a particular portion.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: R. Hoyle
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: : CSCI 241 required
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CSCI 344 - Privacy, Anonymity and Social Networks
Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS
In today’s networked and electronic society, personal information and social habits are increasingly available to potentially unauthorized parties. The protection of this information requires balancing social, legal, and economic pressures. This course will introduce students to current research that tackles such privacy challenges in an interdisciplinary approach. We will cover topics such as anonymizing networks, censorship-resistant publishing, location privacy, information sharing in mobile and social networks, electronic voting, and wearable computing. This seminar will be driven by student presentations of papers accompanied by in-depth interactive discussions of the material. Building on knowledge gained in class, students will work on research projects in groups and present their findings at the end of the semester.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: R. Hoyle
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: CSCI 241
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CSCI 345 - Social Networks
Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4 NS
This is a course on the analysis of data gathered from social networks. We will focus on algorithms for efficient storage and analysis of “big data”, which is commonly associated with social networks. We will also survey applications of social network data, especially applications that support decisions based on such data. This course crosses many of the traditional boundaries of Computer Science, including elements of algorithms, networks, artificial intelligence and human-computer interface design.
Instructor: S. Crain
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: CSCI 241 or consent of the instructor.
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CSCI 357 - Computer Graphics
Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS
An introduction to the theory and practice of computer graphics. Topics include graphics hardware, 2D and 3D transformations, perspective displays and clipping, hidden surfaces, color and shading, lighting models, splines, and fractals. Programming projects will make use of the OpenGL library. This course emphasizes algorithms and techniques for 3D image synthesis.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: J. Donaldson
Prerequisites & Notes: CSCI 151 or consent of instructor.
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CSCI 364 - Artificial Intelligence
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS, QFR
A study of the techniques currently being used in programs that mimic intelligent or human behavior. Topics include machine learning, search strategies, and knowledge representation
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: A. Eck
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisites: CSCI 151 or consent of instructor. Taught in alternate years only.
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CSCI 365 - Advanced Algorithms
Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS
An advanced theoretical class on algorithms techniques, in which students learn about recent and current research. Topics include approximation algorithms, randomized algorithms, game theory, bioinformatics and linear programming.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: Staff
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisites: Math 220, CSCI 280 or consent of instructor.
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CSCI 374 - Machine Learning and Data Mining
Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS, QFR
Machine learning and data mining are closely related capabilities that enable computers to learn to perform tasks without explicit programming, as well as discover interesting information from data. This course explores topics within machine learning and data mining, including classification, unsupervised learning, and association rule mining. Students will gain hands-on practice with popular machine learning and data mining algorithms, as well as discuss challenges, issues and solutions to working with complexities in real-world data.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: A. Eck
Prerequisites & Notes: Pre-requisites: CSCI 151 required Math 220 recommended.
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CSCI 383 - Theory of Computation
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS, QFR
This is a course on models of computation and the limits of computability. The first part of the course discusses mathematical models of computation and the problems that can be solved by each model. The second part of the course discusses problems that cannot be solved by any algorithmic process.
Enrollment Limit: 24
Instructor: R. Geitz, S. Taggart
Prerequisites & Notes: : CSCI 280 and Math 220.
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CSCI 385 - Economics and Computation
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS, QFR
Many important computational platforms intermediate collective decision making or the distribution of resources. Consequently, understanding these algorithmic systems requires an approach informed by economic theory. On the other hand, analyses of economic systems often benefit from an algorithmic perspective. This theoretical course explores how tools from game theory and economics can improve the design of computational systems, and how algorithmic concepts such as worst-case approximation and computational complexity can improve the design and analysis of markets and institutions. Students will both learn new mathematical skills on regular problem sets and understand current research in the area by reading papers. Economics majors taking this course will receive credit for a 300-level ECON elective.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: S. Taggart
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: CSCI 280 or consent of instructor.
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Economics and Math.
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CSCI 401F - Honors-Full
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS, HONR
Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: A. Borroni, A. Eck, R. Geitz, R. Hoyle
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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CSCI 401H - Honors
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2NS, HONR
Honors
Enrollment Limit: 1
Instructor: R. Geitz
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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CSCI 501F - Research
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS
Research directed by faculty member. Interested students are encouraged to talk to individual faculty members about possible projects. Consent required.
Enrollment Limit: 5
Instructor: J. Donaldson, A. Eck, R. Geitz, R. Hoyle, S. Taggart
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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CSCI 501H - Research
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2NS
Research directed by faculty member. Interested students are encouraged to talk to individual faculty members about possible projects. Consent required.
Enrollment Limit: 5
Instructor: J. Donaldson, A. Eck, R. Geitz, R. Hoyle, S. Taggart
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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CSCI 995F - Private Reading - Full
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4NS
Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via PRESTO. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
Enrollment Limit: 5
Instructor: A. Borroni, J. Donaldson, A. Eck, R. Geitz, R. Hoyle, S. Taggart
Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to the Registrar’s Office
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CSCI 995H - Private Reading - Half
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2NS
Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via Banner Self Service. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
Enrollment Limit: 5
Instructor: A. Borroni, J. Donaldson, A. Eck, R. Geitz, R. Hoyle, S. Taggart
Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to the Registrar’s Office
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DANC 100 - Contemporary Dance I-Beginning
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU
Contemporary I is an introduction to basic physical/intellectual principles of contemporary dance technique with an emphasis on the development of the body as an instrument of expression. Elements of improvisation, composition and partnering will be explored. The course will culminate in a short collaborative group project.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: H. Handman-Lopez
Prerequisites & Notes: Notes: May be repeated for credit. Students on the wait list must attend the first class meeting in order to be considered for any openings. During the initial registration period, limited numbers of class seats are reserved for each class: first thru fifth year students. During the add/drop period, consent of instructor is required.
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DANC 107 - Samba
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
This course is an introduction to Samba. Deeply enmeshed with Brazil?s colonial history Samba has arisen as a symbol of its cultural and national identity. With dance as our foci, this course will offer an embodied exploration of the racial and cultural mixing at Samba?s root through a study of physical techniques, aesthetics, rhythms and ideology. We will also study the music, history, traditions and socio-cultural context surrounding the dance through readings, videos and discussions.
Enrollment Limit: 37
Instructor: A. Ramos
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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DANC 113 - Ballet I
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU
Introduction to classical ballet with an emphasis on alignment, injury prevention, and expression.
Enrollment Limit: 27
Instructor: R. Wesner
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: Notes: Students on the waitlist must attend the first class meeting in order to be considered for any openings. May be repeated for credit.
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DANC 115 - Introduction to Flamenco Dance
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
This course introduces students to the fundamental technique, movement vocabulary, and improvisational structures of flamenco dance. The course covers flamenco styles from across Andalucía (southern Spain), giving a picture of flamenco’s range of dance styles and their ties to various regions, learning about influential figures in flamenco along the way. By the end of the semester, students will be able to improvise in at least one flamenco rhythm.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: A. Blumenfeld
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DANC 132 - Contact Improvisation
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
The many points of contact between people – visual, physical, rhythmic, emotional – set up the meeting ground for dancing in Contact Improvisation. In this class we will acquire the physical skills (such as rolling, learning when to give weight, and how to fall safely) and improvisational mindset (how to focus on sensation and give up expectations) needed to facilitate a conscious, engaged dancing with one another. Over the course of the semester, we will cultivate a responsive body, one that is capable both of resistance and resilience as we learn to touch one another with intention and thoughtfulness.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: A. Albright
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: Note: May be repeated for credit. During the add/drop period, consent of instructor required.
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DANC 161 - Capoeira Angola I
Next Offered: 2018-2019
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
Capoeira Angola is the African-Brazilian martial art that combines dance, music, and combat to create a game of strategy, style and wit. This course will introduce students to the aspects of Capoeira Angola including the movement, music, philosophy and history traced through great masters of the past to its African beginnings in the Bantu’s dance of N’golo. Each class will involve daily physical training and music lessons. Students will also engage in readings and discussions aimed at providing a historic context for contemporary styles and traditions.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: J. Emeka
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with AAST 161.
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DANC 190 - West African Dance I
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
This course is an introduction to the fundamentals and basic movements of West African Dance. Traditional dance and rhythmic structures of Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, and Mali will be studied to develop skills in beginning African Dance. Culture, history and philosophy of West African dance will also be explored through song, music, performance and academic discourse. This class will be taught from a traditional West African perspective and Pan-African world view in the context of their social, occupational, and religious functions.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: T. Campbell
Cross List Information: This course is cross listed with AAST 190.
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DANC 191 - West African Dance Forms in the Diaspora II
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
This course is an expansion to the fundamentals, basic movements, forms, and techniques explored in African Dance I. Traditional dance and rhythmic structures of Casamance, Cuba, Guinea and Mali will be studied in depth to develop skills in advanced African Dance. This class will be explored in total context with traditional costumes, music, culture and customs. This class will be taught from a traditional West African perspective and African world view. Students will perform in a final culminating studio concert.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: T. Campbell
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: DANC/AAST 190 or previous dance experience. Identical to AAST 191.
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with AAST 191.
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DANC 193 - Contemporary Israeli Arts
Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU, CD
This one-module course is designed to acquaint students with the vibrant and varied cultural and artistic scene in Israel, Israeli dancers, artists, and filmmakers, some of whom will be in residence at Oberlin, will discuss their work with students. The course will include several field trips, including one to a performance of the Vertigo Dance Company in Cleveland and to the Maltz Museum in Cleveland.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: E. Wurtzel
Cross List Information: Crosslisted with JWST 193
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DANC 199H - Dance Forms–African Diaspora
Semester Offered: First Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU, CD
This course is designed to promote and develop creativity in dance performance of new works through the African-American experience. This course will explore the history, development, and core elements of dance forms of the African Diaspora: Modern Fusion, Afro-beat, Soukous, and Hip-Hop.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: T. Campbell
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DANC 200 - Contemporary Dance II-Intermediate
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU
A continuation of dance technique for those who have successfully completed DANC 100 or the equivalent.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: Staff, H. Handman-Lopez
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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DANC 203 - Somatic Landscapes
Next Offered: Spring 2020
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
Somatic Landscapes begins with the premise that we live in the world through our bodies. Thus, if we want to become conscious of our relationship to the earth we must first become mindful of our physical selves. In order to develop our responsibility to the ecology, we must first develop an ability to respond. This course takes place at the intersections of Nature/Culture; Art/Science; Body/Mind; Self/Other. We will call on all the usual academic resources ‘reading, writing, analyzing and discussing ’ but extend beyond these to include sensing, feeling, and moving in order to cultivate a curiosity about our world.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: A. Albright
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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DANC 204 - Physical Mindfulness
Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU
In this course we will explore a number of body/mind practices (including yoga, authentic movement, Body-Mind Centering and improvisational dance) in order to become more aware of how we live in the world through our bodies. Recognizing that how we move both reflects and affects how we think about the world, we will bring attention and intention to our experiences of embodiment, as well as our relations with other people and with our environment.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: A. Albright
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DANC 207 - Improvisation I
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU
With this introductory course we will create solo, duet, and group dances spontaneously. Students will explore their relationship to self, others, space, environment and sensation through movement. We will utilize movement exercises, readings, viewings and discussions to learn about and experience improvisation as self-expression, a choreographic tool, and performance. During the second module students will choose sites on campus and design scores for the class to execute. Bring your desire to move and a willingness to create in a non-competitive environment.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: H. Handman-Lopez
Prerequisites & Notes: DANC 100 or DANC 200 or equivalent dance experience.
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DANC 211 - Production Project
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU
Independent individual or collaborative work based in performance. Open to dancers, musicians, poets, designers, etc. Project leader must determine details of project in conjunction with a faculty sponsor.
Instructor: A. Albright, H. Handman-Lopez, A. Ramos, Staff
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: Note: May be repeated for a total of six credits. Please note certain sections are for letter grade, others are P/NP.
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DANC 214 - Moving into Community
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
What does it mean to engage one?s citizenship as a dancer? This course will introduce students to a variety of movement projects within the Oberlin community. We will look at both historical precedents and contemporary examples of choreographers such as David Dorfman, Liz Lerman, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar of Urban Bush Women in order to explore the issues of social power and cultural work involved in community-based teaching and performance.
Enrollment Limit: 10
Instructor: A. Albright
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
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DANC 221 - Body Re-education
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
This course focuses on the relationship of mind and body in affecting physical change to re-educate and align the body. Students will explore functional anatomy through readings and movement sessions as well as analyzing personal alignment and movement patterns. A body-based language describing and analyzing movement, anatomy, and imagery is used in the movement sessions. Readings are assigned.
Enrollment Limit: 16
Instructor: J. Shults
Prerequisites & Notes: Students on the wait list must attend the first class meeting in order to be considered for any openings. Prerequisite: DANC 100 or DANC113
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DANC 224 - Beginning Choreography in Cultural Traditions
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
This class focuses on the study of choreography, cultural traditions, performance, and participation in the mounting of traditional dance works from inception through rehearsal to performance. Weekly Readings are assigned, exploring the use of space, ritual, rhythm, shape and culture. Classes will emphasize the creative process and the working, artistic relationship between the choreographer and dancers. Repertory rehearsals are geared to enrich and develop personal expression and performance skills in a class setting in order that the final choreographic work is a dynamic experience for both group and individual performance. Readings, discussions and performances are required. Prerequisites: DANC/AAST 190 or 191.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: T. Campbell
Cross List Information: Cross-listed with AAST 224
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
African Studies
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DANC 230 - Autobiography and Performance
Next Offered: 2018-2019
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits: 4 hours
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WP
Autobiography and Performance is a course which integrates performance practices with intellectual theories in order to investigate the various ways individuals choose to construct a representation of their self/selves. We will consider how one’s history, gender, race or ethnic identification, sexuality and ability shape the creation of an autobiographical performance. How does the presence of the performer’s body affect our reception of the autobiographical voice?
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: A. Albright
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with THEA 230
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DANC 237 - Immersive Dance Theater
Semester Offered: First Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU
Immersive Dance Theater will focus on the creation, performance and critical study of a trending genre of theater characterized by epic narratives, site-specific locations, roaming audiences and interactive performance. The course will function as a creative laboratory where students will explore applied techniques from dance and theater, site and prop work, script and score development, methods of audience interaction and improvisation towards the development of original works. Prerequisites and notes: Previous performance experience required.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: A. Ramos
Prerequisites & Notes: Previous performance experienced required.
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DANC 238 - Making it: Dance Administration and Production Skills
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
This course helps prepare students who want to pursue a professional career in dance acquire the myriad of practical skills to “make it” in the dance world. This will include: grant writing, mission statements, budgets and finance, company and independent artist models, theater production skills (lighting, tech riders, production schedules, etc.), marketing and advertising, press kits/releases, and more. Students will be able to tailor class assignments to their dance trajectory.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: A. Blumenfeld
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DANC 240 - Arts Management I
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
Students will be introduced to and develop an understanding of the critical areas that comprise Arts Management including; Organization Structure, Management Theory, Budgeting and Fiscal Theories, Marketing and Audience Development. They will also begin to develop the ability to understand and navigate the challenges of competing priorities in today?s world, specifically, reconciling aesthetic, managerial and economic considerations.
Enrollment Limit: 14
Instructor: E. Steggall
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Cross List Information: This course is cross listed with THEA 240.
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DANC 247 - Dance Pedagogy
Next Offered: 2018-2019
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
Dance Pedagogy is designed for students with diverse dance backgrounds. Students will study current theories and science-based issues in dance education, while gaining practical skills in order to acquire a strong knowledge base and increase their effectiveness as teachers. Students are expected to actively engage in discussions, individual teaching exercises, student-designed activities, and to complete written assignments. During the second module, students will teach at various off campus locations. Prerequisite: Intermediate level technique
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: H. Handman-Lopez
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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DANC 290 - Seeing Work
Next Offered: 2018-19
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
This critical inquiry course explores how to look at dance and physical theater performance. We will view films, videos and live events. Depending on the particulars of season calendars, we will travel about six times to Cleveland, Columbus, Ann Arbor or Pittsburgh to view work. The course work includes research, discussions, online postings and student presentations. Students are responsible for the cost of tickets to performances; the department will provide transportation. Field trips required.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: Staff
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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DANC 300 - Contemporary Dance III - Advanced
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU
Partnering is essential to the education of a contemporary dancer. This course will help students gain the strength and skills required for contemporary partnering. Class will begin with warm-up exercises designed to prepare the body for giving and taking weight. Dancers will learn extended and innovative duet phrases and various creative strategies will be introduced to help students create their own partnering sequences. Contemporary Dance Technique II and III will meet together regularly.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: A. Ramos, Staff
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: May be repeated for credit. A placement (audition) class to determine eligibility for this course will be held during the first class meeting. Consented students will add the course during the add/drop registration period.
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DANC 302 - Repertoire
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
In the first month we will learn phrase material from Alon Karniel’s “Surrounding,” a solo created in 2017 for the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Exploring the interconnectedness of body and space through sequences that involve continuous turning along a line, the movement in this solo consists of units strung together according to particular patterns (fractal and other) that waver between repetition and variation: “My body is the space that moves and around the space I call myself, I turn.” Like walking a labyrinth, this is a bodily practice in spatial precision, orientation and memory which unfolds into a meditation on mortality.
In the second month until the end of the semester, we will restage an extract from Gil Kerer’s “Earth.” Created in 2018 for an ensemble of five dancers, this work imagines the arrival of a delegation to Earth, sent to investigate and experience life on the planet. Examining the most elementary aspects of human experience like sensation, posture and gait, their journey raises questions about human nature and the path we tread on Earth. Working on this repertoire, we will not only aim for a deeper understanding of the movement, but experiment with tasks or tools that were used in the creative process to cultivate an emotional and sensory approach to the choreography, and enhance our presence in the moving body.
Enrollment Limit: 10
Instructor: A. Karniel, G. Kerer
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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DANC 303F - Oberlin Dance Company - Full
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
This course involves the creation and performance of an original contemporary dance work to be performed at Hall Auditorium. Students will engage in a choreographic process that applies the creative tools and philosophical framework of modern dance to an eclectic movement language generated through collaboration. This course will focus on movement generation, rehearsal and performance. Students will be expected to both create and learn material quickly, collaborate with peers and take responsibility for expressively developing their own roles. Placement is by audition.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: T. Campbell
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: Note: May be repeated for credit.
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DANC 305 - Collaborative Investigations in Choreography and Composition
Next Offered: 2018-2019
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4HU
The goal of this course is to initiate and support contact among students who have a strong interest in developing collaborative work with each other. We will investigate and experiment with various models of collaboration; participants will create studies in response to artistic challenges and problems. As a means to better understand the medium of their collaborators, students will also investigate those disciplines in which they are less accomplished. Artists we may study include: Adams/Sellars, Cage/Cunningham, Glass/Wilson, The Rachel’s/Bogart.
Enrollment Limit: 16
Instructor: Staff
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: Experience with choreography for Dance 305, or with musical composition for Tech 305. P/NP grading only.
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with TECH 305
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DANC 310 - Practicum in Dance: Non-perfomance Based Individual Projects
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU
Practicum in Dance: Independent individual projects that are not performance-based, such as teaching or community service work. Students determine project details in conjunction with faculty sponsor.
Instructor: A. Albright, H. Handman-Lopez, A. Ramos
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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DANC 311 - Practicum in Dance
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU
Independent individual projects that are not performance-based, such as teaching or community service work. Students determine project details in conjunction with faculty sponsor.
Enrollment Limit: 999
Instructor: A. Albright, H. Handman-Lopez, A. Ramos, Staff
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: Note: May be repeated for credit . Certain sections are for letter grade; others are graded P/NP.
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DANC 312 - Ballet III
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU
In this continuation of ballet technique, an advanced vocabulary is explored with particular attention given to further refinement of phrasing and musicality. Attendance at several dance performances is required.
Instructor: R. Wesner
Prerequisites & Notes: Note: May be repeated for credit. A placement (audition) class to determine eligibility for this course will be held during the first class meeting. Consented students will add the course during the add/drop registration period.
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DANC 329 - The Politics and Poetics of Flamenco taught in Spanish
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU, CD
This course will expand on the topics covered in DANC 336, using flamenco verses as source material along with works by prominent flamenco scholars in Spain. We will focus on Andalucia’s role in the development of flamenco, both past and present. Course taught in Spanish.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: A. Blumenfeld
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: HISP 304 or equivalent
Cross List Information: Crosslisted with HISP 329
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DANC 332 - Varsity Contact
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
Varsity Contact is both an advanced seminar, complete with group projects and reflective writing, and a team sport. Inspired by our readings in the history of the form and by our collaborations with various artists, we will create a community event to welcome contacters from around the region. The members of Varsity Contact will train to become highly articulate dancers and extraordinary ensemble improvisers. Together we will deal with the place of Contact Improvisation in the 21st Century and confront the inevitable contradictions between virtuosity and curiosity. (Dance 132 is a prerequisite for this course.)
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: A. Albright
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: Contact Improvisation (DANC 132)
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DANC 336 - The Politics and Poetics of Flamenco
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
How did the image of a woman in a red ruffled dress come to represent flamenco? This course will address this question by tracing flamenco’s complex roots in southern Spain, where marginalized peoples formed this fold-art form, to flamenco’s presence on the global market. We will explore how flamenco serves as a living archive of large socio-political tensions in Spain and why the woman in the red dress fails to represent the complexities of flamenco’s cultural history. Course taught in English.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: A. Blumenfeld
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DANC 340 - Arts Management II
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
Students will be introduced to and develop an understanding of the critical areas that comprise Arts Management including; Organization Structure, Management Theory, Budgeting and Fiscal Theories, Marketing and Audience Development. They will also begin to develop the ability to understand and navigate the challenges of competing priorities in today?s world, specifically, reconciling aesthetic, managerial and economic considerations.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: E. Steggall
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: DANC 240
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with THEA 240.
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DANC 347 - What Moves Us: Somatic Approaches to Conflict Resolution
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
When people say we “get in each other’s space,” ”step on each other’s toes,” ”dance around the issue,” are they referring to dancing or fighting? Interestingly, there is substantial common language used to discuss conflict resolution and dance movement. What Moves Us: Somatic Approaches to Conflict Resolution will approach the study and practice of conflict resolution with somatics. We will read texts, including “Getting to Yes” and “Difficult Conversations” to learn effective communication techniques and we will practice nonverbal communication through role-play, physical problem solving, and creative movement exercises. This course is designed for all artists who want to move in a positive, peaceful manner. Field Trips Required.
Enrollment Limit: 18
Instructor: H. Handman-Lopez
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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DANC 363 - Capoeira Angola III
Next Offered: 2018-2019
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
Students will refine previous skills and focus on developing individual creativity and confidence while continuing to build balance, rhythm, and strength. Students will be expected to achieve and demonstrate a high level of proficiency in all aspects of Capoeira Angola including singing songs, creating unique combinations, and playing all instruments with special attention given to the Berimbau. Students will engage in readings that explore contemporary issues and struggles within Capoeira Angola. Throughout the semester students will engage in special events and performances that present Capoeira Angola to the campus community.
Enrollment Limit: 16
Instructor: J. Emeka
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with AAST 363
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DANC 370 - Djapo Dance @ Oberlin
Next Offered: Spring 2020
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
Djapo is a Wolof word meaning together. This course is designed to bring individuals together to preserve traditional West African Dance and other African Diasporic forms by acknowledging the spirituality, philosophy, and diversity of African Culture and its global presence. Djapo Dance will function as a semi-professional company that will serve the Oberlin campus and greater Lorain County and the surrounding community through on and off campus performance venues. Djapo Dance is an off-spring to Dance Diaspora, which was formed to provide the Africana student community with the opportunity to develop their art and cultural performance skills using an interdisciplinary model.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: T. Campbell
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: DANC/AAST 190 or 191
Faculty Directed Student, Community Performance Project - Costume Fee of $50
Registration is open to the community.
Cross List Information: Cross-listed with AAST 370
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Africana Studies
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DANC 375 - Feminist Ethnography and Dance Performance
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT
This course explores transnational feminist epistemologies alongside performance studies research methods, investigating the impact of a feminist approach to ethnography in performance studies, and the opportunities afforded by performance analysis to a feminist ethnographic practice. Texts exemplifying feminist ethnographic methods in dance and performance studies explore intercontinental connections and themes based on media, geography, and collective aesthetic and political impulses. Case studies cover topics addressed by feminist artists in their work (ritual, motherhood, gaze theory, sexual violence, lesbian identity, war, among others).
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: M. De la Cruz
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Cross List Information: Cross listed with GSFS 375
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DANC 395 - Special Topics in Choreography
Next Offered: 2018-2019
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
This is an upper-level composition course for the student interested in creating dances with text, site-specific work, or other student-initiated projects. This semester the course will focus on the use of music and on student independent work.
Enrollment Limit: 10
Instructor: Staff
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: : Notes: May be repeated for credit.
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DANC 400 - Senior Project
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU
Independent individual projects that represent culminating work in the dance major. Projects are an outgrowth of work done in the area of Focused Study as defined by the student when declaring the major. Students determine project details in conjunction with their faculty sponsor.
Instructor: A. Albright, H. Handman-Lopez, A. Ramos, Staff
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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DANC 420F - Honors Project - Full
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, HONR
Intensive independent work in dance on a research thesis or creative project to be decided upon in consultation with an advisor. Note: Admission to the Honors Program
Instructor: A. Albright, A. Ramos
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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DANC 420H - Honors Project - Half
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU, HONR
Intensive independent work in dance on a research thesis or creative project to be decided upon in consultation with an advisor. Note: Admission to the Honors Program
Instructor: A. Albright, A. Ramos
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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DANC 995F - Private Reading - Full
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU
Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via PRESTO. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
Enrollment Limit: 5
Instructor: A. Albright, H. Handman-Lopez, A. Ramos
Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to the Registrar’s Office
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DANC 995H - Private Reading - Half
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU
Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via Banner Self Service. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
Enrollment Limit: 5
Instructor: A. Albright, H. Handman-Lopez, A. Ramos
Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to the Registrar’s Office
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EAST 111 - Community-Based Environmental Studies: Hong Kong-US
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module
Half Course
Credits: 2 Credits
Attribute: 2 SS, CD
This Community-Based Learning course draws from multiple disciplinary perspectives including environmental studies, history, anthropology, and public health to prepare students to engage responsively, critically, and comparatively with NGOs, community members, and students and faculty from Hong Kong universities collaborating to address pressing environmental challenges in Hong Kong and the New Territories. Readings and discussions will focus on establishing key contexts of environmental issues and understanding methodologies for engaging ethically and responsibly with local communities. Required for participants in WT2019 LIASE Study Trip to Hong Kong. Field trip(s) required.
Enrollment Limit: 8
Instructor: T. Boster
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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EAST 121 - Chinese Civilization
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
An introduction to the history of China from the archaeological origins of Chinese civilization to the period of the mature imperial state in the 17th century. The diverse origins of China’s civilization are stressed as topics in political, social, and economic history are explored, as well as developments in religion and thought, language and literature, and art. This course is the normal introduction to further study of Chinese history and culture and, in particular, provides a valuable context for themes treated in Modern China.
Enrollment Limit: 50
Instructor: D. Kelley
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with HIST 105.
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EAST 122 - Modern China
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This history of China from the founding of the Manchu Qing (Ch’ing) dynasty in 1644 takes a China-centered perspective. Along with political and institutional developments, long-term changes in the society and economy of China are stressed, and the indigenous bases for those changes are explored so that China’s 20th century revolutionary upheaval will be seen to be more than a ‘response to the Western impact’ or an ‘emergence into modernity.’
Enrollment Limit: 50
Instructor: D. Kelley
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with HIST 106.
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EAST 126 - Love in Traditional China
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
We all know that love is not easy. But what makes it so complicated? This course examines the evolution and symptoms of ?love? in Chinese literature and culture from ancient times to the dawn of the modern era. Focusing on love, sentiment, and desire, we will explore issues of intellectual identity, family dynamics, gender roles, body and sexuality, commerce and consumption, debates on human nature, and cultural fantasies of the supernatural in traditional China. We will read a variety of literary genres including poetry, drama, memoirs, letters, fiction, and short stories, supplemented by visual materials.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: K. He
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EAST 131 - Japan Earliest Times to 1868
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This course examines the origins of Japanese civilization and surveys the classical, medieval, and early modern periods. From the emergence of a court-centered state through the rise and fall of a warrior-dominated society, Japan’s pre-modern history is explored by focusing on political, social, cultural, and intellectual developments. Early interactions with Asia and the West will be considered as a means of questioning the ‘opening’ of Japan in the mid-nineteenth century.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: E. O’Dwyer
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with HIST 159.
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EAST 132 - Modern Japan
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This course surveys Japan’s modern transformation from the Meiji Restoration of 1868 to the present. It examines how political, social, and economic modernization were simultaneous projects while considering their impact on the lives of citizens at home and imperial subjects abroad. We focus on how economic volatility, popular struggles for representative democracy, war, and colonization represent aspects of Japan’s twentieth century experience as well as widely shared dilemmas of modernity.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: E. O’Dwyer
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with HIST 160.
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EAST 143 - Approaches to Chinese and Japanese Art
Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT
This combined introduction to the Arts of China and Japan will follow a rough chronology from ancient to modern. We will focus on smaller contexts, including temples, tombs, and artistic circles and examine a range of media (e.g. painting, sculpture, prints). Primary themes will include how socio-political circumstances inform artistic production, the spatial or social networks of art, cultural exchange, and tensions between court-sponsored traditions and other artistic practices.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: B. Cheng
Prerequisites & Notes: Cross-listed with ARTS 152.
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with ARTS 152.
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EAST 151 - Chinese Thought and Religion
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
A historical survey of the three major religious and philosophical traditions of China: Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. Attention is given to how each comprehends the universe and translates its ideal into philosophical thought, religious practice, and social and moral imperative. Interaction and mutual borrowing among the three will be examined to show how each was changed or inspired by the others and evolved under their influence.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: G. Gillson
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with RELG 235.
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EAST 152 - Japanese Thought and Religion
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
A historical survey of the development of Shinto and Buddhism in Japan and the roles they have played in Japanese culture and society. Among the topics to be discussed are the ancient myths of Shinto, the transmission of Buddhism to Japan, the emergence of new forms of Buddhism (i.e., Zen, Pure Land, and Nichiren), and the use of Shinto as a nationalistic ideology.
Enrollment Limit: 40
Instructor: Staff
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with RELG 236.
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EAST 163 - Korea: Past, Present and Future
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD
This course is designed to introduce students to a broad survey of Korea’s history, both ancient and modern. It will examine various interpretive approaches to the political, social, cultural, and diplomatic history of Korea. We will also investigate contemporary nationalist theories of Korean development, including Japanese imperial legacies of colonial conquest, and how they have informed Koreans’ view of their ancient past as well as influenced current debates about the two Koreas’ reunified future. Prerequisites & notes:
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: S. Jager
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with HIST 181.
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EAST 206 - Modern Chinese Literature and Film: The Art of Adaptation
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT
This course studies Chinese film-fiction adaptation from 1984-2012 both as an aesthetic interaction between the literary and the cinematic and as a political negotiation between artists and the state. Authors and directors to include are Eileen Chang, Su Tong, Mo Yan, Stanley Kwan, Zhang Yimou, Hou Xiaoxian and others.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: H. Deppman
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with CMPL 206.
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies; Cinema Studies
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EAST 207 - Knight, Outlaw, Assassin: An Alternative Gateway to Chinese Culture
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
It is often said that the state, family, and intellectual class lay the foundation for Chinese culture. This course will ‘look awry’ at this quintessential Chinese value system through three figures who live on the margins of society: the stateless outlaw, the homeless knight-errant, and the martial assassin. Their struggle against orthodoxy enables us to consider how political legitimacy, moral norms, patriarchal structure, and elite status can be at once challenged and reproduced in the social periphery. Core texts include representative works from each time period, ranging from historical biographies in early China to contemporary Cantonese rap music.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: K. He
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EAST 211 - Language in China: A Linguistic and Cultural Introduction
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD
With distance learning components, this course studies the relations between Chinese language and society. Topics include the evolution of Chinese scripts, dialects, language attitudes and identity, bilingualism, and Internet vocabulary. We will examine the ways that the conceptions of ‘Chinese’ shape the formation of cultural ideologies and practices. By the end of the course, students will develop both a macro understanding and an insider’s view of Chinese language and culture. Course will be taught in English with materials in English and Chinese. No knowledge of Chinese is required. Field trips are mandatory.
Enrollment Limit: 10
Instructor: X. Zhang
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Linguisitics Concentration
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