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Advanced Essay Workshop, Spring 2005
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Abstract: For students with experience in writing nonfictional prose. Advanced study of rhetorical strategies and techniques of prose style. Considerable writing and revision required. In addition to analyzing the work of class members, students read and discuss the work of distinguished essayists chosen to represent ... More »
Advanced Workshop in Writing for Science and Engineering (ELS), Spring 2007
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Abstract: Analysis and practice of various forms of scientific and technical writing, from memos to journal articles. Strategies for conveying technical information to specialist and non-specialist audiences. Comparable to 21W.780 but methods designed to deal with special problems of advanced ELS or bilingual ... More »
Advanced Workshop in Writing for Social Sciences and Architecture (ELS), Spring 2007
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Abstract: Advanced subject focusing on techniques, format, and prose style used in academic and professional life. Emphasis on writing as required in fields such as economics, political science, and architecture. Short assignments include: business letters, memos, and proposals that lead toward a written term ... More »
Architectural Design Workshops Computational Design for Housing, Spring 2002
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Abstract: An intensive 9 DAY remote collaborative workshop involving MIT and Miyagi University in Japan. The objective is to develop a small housing project using shape computation as a design methodology. Students will use and test new interactive software for designing, sharing applications with overseas partners, ... More »
Chesterwood: Workshop of an American Sculptor
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Abstract: describes the work and estate of one of America's most important sculptors. Daniel Chester French (1850-1931) produced more than 100 works?the statue of Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial?during a period when sculptors enjoyed high status. Models and sketches from the Lincoln project, which took ... More »
Costume Design for the Theater, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Intermediate workshop designed for students who have a basic understanding of the principles of theatrical design and who want a more intensive study of costume design and the psychology of clothing. Students develop designs that emerge through a process of character analysis, based on the script and ... More »
Creative Space: Fifty Years of Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop
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Abstract: features works by the master printmaker and by his collaborators, students, and friends. Blackburn (1920 - 2003) changed the course of American art through his graphic work and the Printmaking Workshop, which he founded in New York City in 1948. His experiments in color lithography helped fuel the explosion ... More »
Dance Theory and Composition, Fall 2003
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Abstract: Explores aesthetic and technical underpinnings of contemporary dance composition. Basic compositional techniques discussed and practiced with an emphasis on principles such as weight, space, time, effort, and shape. Principles of musicality considered and developed by each student. Working together, ... More »
Digital Poetry, Fall 2005
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Abstract: This class investigates theory and practice of digital or new media poetry with emphasis on workshop review of digital poetry created by students. Each week students examine published examples of digital poetry in a variety of forms including but not limited to soundscapes, hypertext poetry, animation, ... More »
DNA Workshop
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Abstract: How does DNA perform those all-important functions of replication and protein synthesis? This interactive feature from the A Science Odyssey Web site will help you explore and understand the secrets of DNA.
German Culture, Media, and Society, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Studies major texts and artistic expressions by analyzing them within the larger context of German cultural history. Investigates the German enlightenment, the culture of German liberalism and its increasingly nationalistic turn in Wilhelmine Germany; explores cultural manifestations of German modernism ... More »
International Politics in the New Century - via Simulation, Interactive Gaming, and 'Edutainment', January (IAP) 2005
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Abstract: This workshop is designed to introduce students to different perspectives on politics and the state of the world through new visualization techniques and approaches to interactive political gaming (and selective 'edutainment.') Specifically, we shall explore applications of interactive tools (such as ... More »
Introduction to Technical Communication: Ethics in Science and Technology, Fall 2006
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Abstract: This section of Introduction to Technical Communication deals with ethical issues associated with the design, use, and propagation of technology. At virtually all stages of development and use, any technology can carry with it ethical dilemmas for both creators and users. Of particular interest is how ... More »
Media Technology and City Design and Development, Fall 2002
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Abstract: Explores the potential of information technology and the internet to transform public education, city design, and community development in inner-city neighborhoods. Associated with the West Philadelphia Landscape Project, an ongoing action-research program integrating research, teaching, and community ... More »
New Global Agenda: Exploring 21st Century Challenges through Innovations in Information Technologies, January (IAP) 2006
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Abstract: This workshop is designed to introduce students to different perspectives on international politics in the 21st century. Students will explore how advances in information technology are changing international relations and global governance through opening new channels of communication, creating new ... More »
Online Workshop: Teaching About the Holocaust
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Abstract: provides videos from workshops on teaching about the Holocaust. Videos include historical photos and text.
The Science Essay, Spring 2004
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Abstract: Drawing in part from their own interests and ideas, students write about science within a broad cultural context. Students employ a broad repertoire of literary tools, such as narrative, scene-setting, and attention to larger issues of structure. Students study the work of other science writers, but ... More »
Theater Arts Topics, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Opportunity for the study of theater arts topics not covered by regular subject listings, including experimental subjects offered by permanent and visiting faculty. Students seeking an individual program of study with a faculty member must also obtain the approval of the Director of Theater Arts. Consult ... More »
U.S. Constitution Workshop
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Abstract: is a self-service online workshop for teachers that uses primary documents to help students see the impact and ongoing relevance of the Constitution. It requires little advance preparation and provides everything needed, including a vocabulary list, document analysis worksheets, and historical documents ... More »
Unix Tutorial
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Abstract: A self-study workshop to review and/or learn a wide range of Unix tools, including shell scripts, awk, lex, yacc, grep etc. This course did not give grades. It was strictly pass or incomplete.
