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UCOR 1300-15 Theatre as Social Change

Course Type:

UCOR 1300 Creative Expression and Interpretation

Faculty:

Gosti, Alice

Term:

Fall

Year:

2024

Module:

Module I

Course Description

This course is designed for students with an interest in creating and examining socially-engaged theatre practices and performance techniques. In this course we will investigate and examine ways in which theatre has inspired political action, and reflect upon ideas surrounding both social oppression and social change within a theatrical/performance framework. No performance experience is necessary.

UCOR 1300-16 Calligraphy: Everyday Art

Course Type:

UCOR 1300 Creative Expression and Interpretation

Faculty:

Venker, Josef

Term:

Fall

Year:

2024

Module:

Module I

Course Description

An introduction to the art and craft of handmade letterforms (italic writing) adapted for modern artistic use. Students will learn the formal italic form and variations such as swash, informal, cursive, and instructions for future personalization. Skill will be attained through a series of practice exercises that will then be applied to the creation of finished works of calligraphic art.

UCOR 1300-17 Intro to Printmaking

Course Type:

UCOR 1300 Creative Expression and Interpretation

Faculty:

Cerny, Dawn

Term:

Fall

Year:

2024

Module:

Module I

Course Description

This course is a hands-on exploration of the five major methods of fine art printmaking (relief, intaglio, stencil, planographic). Class consists of technical demonstration lectures, hands on learning exercises, and the production of simple exemplary limited edition fine art prints. Students will be responsible for reading assignments, oral and written reviews critiques, studying prints in local museums and/ or galleries and on campus art venues. A small service learning component will be assigned to one of the printmaking assignments.

UCOR 1300-18 Drawing I

Course Type:

UCOR 1300 Creative Expression and Interpretation

Faculty:

Carlson, Kristofer

Term:

Fall

Year:

2024

Module:

Module I

Course Description

An introductory studio course designed to introduce students to Drawing. Developing skills to begin investigating drawing as an artistic medium and method of individual expression.

UCOR 1300-20 Design and Color

Course Type:

UCOR 1300 Creative Expression and Interpretation

Faculty:

Cerny, Dawn

Term:

Fall

Year:

2024

Module:

Module I

Course Description

Students learn and analyze Visual Language and Design Principle through lectures, hands-on studio exercises and projects to demonstrate their understanding of design principle in imaginative, creative ways. Each project will follow a typical design process and color theory from initial idea to project completion.

UCOR 1300-22 Introduction to Music Theory

Course Type:

UCOR 1300 Creative Expression and Interpretation

Faculty:

Faculty Unassigned, .

Term:

Fall

Year:

2024

Module:

Module I

Course Description

Introduction to Music Theory is a creative Core course designed to increase a student’s abilities in creative thinking and expression through music composition and performance. This class will teach the fundamentals of music by engaging students through group activities and individual performances such as singing, playing instruments, and dance. Students will learn and explore rhythm, pitch and counterpoint.

UCOR 1300-23 Group Piano for Beginners

Course Type:

UCOR 1300 Creative Expression and Interpretation

Faculty:

Chung, Erin

Term:

Fall

Year:

2024

Module:

Module I

Course Description

Class Piano is designed for students who have no previous experience in piano playing. The course introduces basic keyboard and musicianship skills that enable students to be musically creative and expressive, as well as enable them to enjoy the process of creating music. Emphasis is placed on developing listening skills, performing skills, and a few useful elements of music theory. Beyond developing basic playing skills, this class will enable students to develop the confidence to make aesthetic judgments, express themselves creatively through the piano and interpret and analyze music.

UCOR 1300-24 Pop Music Laboratory (SUCCESS)

Course Type:

UCOR 1300 Creative Expression and Interpretation

Faculty:

Bowen, Jeffrey

Term:

Fall

Year:

2024

Module:

Module I

Course Description

This course will both deepen and broaden your understanding of music through the analysis of - and hands-on experience with - experimental approaches to contemporary popular music composition and production, while also tracing how these practices have emerged from the confluence of specific historical and socio-cultural currents. A strong emphasis will be placed on the development of listening skills, the ability to write critically and meaningfully about connections between music and culture and creative engagement with the musical tools and techniques we will be covering.

UCOR 1400-01 The Discourse of Video Games (SUCCESS)

Course Type:

UCOR 1400 Inquiry Seminar in the Humanities

Faculty:

Paul, Christopher

Term:

Fall

Year:

2024

Module:

Module I

Course Description

Do video games matter? How do they make meaning? We'll explore the ways in which various video games communicate messages to audiences, focusing on their words, design, and play. Addressing matters ranging from console design to specific games and the people who play them, this class will investigate how video games communicate and why that process of media representation is meaningful.

UCOR 1400-02 Life on Trial (SUCCESS)

Course Type:

UCOR 1400 Inquiry Seminar in the Humanities

Faculty:

Acharya, Vinod

Term:

Fall

Year:

2024

Module:

Module I

Course Description

What happens when our most fundamental notions of faith, freedom, good life, duty, and existence are put to the test? What would it mean to have to justify our most basic convictions as if they were put on trial? This seminar takes up these questions through the exploration of several canonical theological, literary, historical, and philosophical texts, drawn from both the Western and non-Western traditions, which depict trials either in a literal or metaphorical sense. Texts include Bhagavad Gita, Plato's Apology, Book of Genesis, Kierkegaard 's Fear and Trembling, Dostoevsky's The Grand Inquisitor, and Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy.