The monotype print is a free form of printmaking more akin to painting than to the traditional woodcut or etched print. It is also a process in which the artist encounters fewer technical difficulties than in other traditional printmaking methods.... more

Synchronous online course The art and practice of storytelling is assuredly almost as old as the advent of formal language itself, and for nearly all of that time, with few exceptions individual storytellers have been bounded within an analog... more

This course focuses on developments in French painting over the nineteenth century. We will examine numerous artistic movements including Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism against the political upheavals that shaped French society during this... more

Synchronous online course The art and practice of storytelling is assuredly almost as old as the advent of formal language itself, and for nearly all of that time, with few exceptions individual storytellers have been bounded within an analog... more

The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to mental disorders in adult humans. We will discuss diagnostic issues and methods used to study psychopathology. We will also examine a variety of mental disorders from several different... more

"[W]hat raises travel writing to literature is not what the writer brings to the place, but what the place draws out of the writer." (William Zinsser) Travel literature has been one of the most fundamental subgenres of writing since humans first... more

Students will write a short piece of creative prose - fiction or non-fiction - five days a week for the first eleven weeks of the semester. These daily themes will be based on prompts that can be used flexibly as a springboard for creative writing.... more

Synchronous online course The art and practice of storytelling is assuredly almost as old as the advent of formal language itself, and for nearly all of that time, with few exceptions individual storytellers have been bounded within an analog... more

Nineteenth-century Britain was the first society to experience rapid urbanization and industrialization. It was the center of an unprecedented global empire, the workshop of the world, and a deeply Christian society wracked with anxiety. Its... more

Since the dawn of human consciousness, we have gazed at the sky with wonder and pondered our place amongst the heavens. In this class, we will discuss the key discoveries of astronomy and the people who made them, placing these discoveries in... more

The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to mental disorders in adult humans. We will discuss diagnostic issues and methods used to study psychopathology. We will also examine a variety of mental disorders from several different... more

Fully-asynchronous course This subject will look at issues of gender and sexuality in an international context. It will cover war and militarism and their effect on women, the international division of labor, the effects of religious... more

Nineteenth-century Britain was the first society to experience rapid urbanization and industrialization. It was the center of an unprecedented global empire, the workshop of the world, and a deeply Christian society wracked with anxiety. Its... more

Since the dawn of human consciousness, we have gazed at the sky with wonder and pondered our place amongst the heavens. In this class, we will discuss the key discoveries of astronomy and the people who made them, placing these discoveries in... more

This course is an exploration of America's history of racial inequality and injustice and the way that narratives about our racial history have been shaped by the law and legal institutions. You should at the end of this course (1) have a... more

The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to mental disorders in adult humans. We will discuss diagnostic issues and methods used to study psychopathology. We will also examine a variety of mental disorders from several different... more