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Plagues and Pandemics: Past, Present and Future (ANTSG01-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $140.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 7, 2009 - December 16, 2009 on Wednesdays, 1:30pm - 3:30pm No class November 25

Location: Thayer 101, room 116-D

Instructor(s): Barbara Dickinson

This course will examine the ways the great epidemics of the past influenced religion, politics, class, and scientific discoveries. We will talk about how the infectious dise...(read more)

First Aid for the Medicine Cabinet: Drugs in the Context of Disease (BIOCS01-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $375.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 8, 2009 - December 17, 2009 on Thursdays, 7-9pm no class 11/26

Location: TBD

Instructor(s): Andrew Mallon

As a part of this course Emergency Medical training will be provided, with an option for AHA certification, aimed at equipping students with the knowledge and skills to deal w...(read more)

The Secrets of Learning and Memory (BIOCS02-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $375.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 7, 2009 - December 16, 2009 on Wednesday, 7-9pm no class 11/25

Location: Smith-Buonanno, room 207

Instructor(s): Andrew Mallon

The most intensely studied topic of brain research has been learning and memory, which has captivated the interest of neuroscientists ever since the biological processes under...(read more)

When the Brain has a Mind of its Own (BIOCS03-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $225.00

Timing: 6 sessions from October 6, 2009 - November 10, 2009 on Tuesdays, 7-9PM

Location: TBD

Instructor(s): Sarah England

This course is appropriate for anyone with an interest in conditions which can cause the brain to have a mind of its own. We will explore the world of neuroscience from firsth...(read more)

Scientific Basis of Global Health Concerns (BMCCS01-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $300.00

Timing: 8 sessions from October 6, 2009 - November 24, 2009 on Tuesday, 7-9pm

Location: TBD

Instructor(s): M. Pilar Gil

This course, designed for non-scientists, will provide the scientific background to clear up misconceptions and to promote an informed debate over controversial issues. Some o...(read more)

Sex, Power, and Politics: Women in Ancient Rome (CLACS01-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $150.00

Timing: 4 sessions from February 8, 2010 - March 8, 2010 on day TBD. Look for this class in Spring 2010!

Location: TBD

Instructor(s): Lauren Donovan

State heroes, tragic victims, vicious poisoners, passive pawns, and ambitious power-players—these are just a few of the descriptions ancient writers and modern scholars ...(read more)

The Secret Lives of the Caesars: Roman Imperial History and the Private Lives of Rome’s First Family (CLACS02-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $150.00

Timing: 4 sessions from October 6, 2009 - October 27, 2009 on Tuesdays, 10:15am-12:15pm

Location: Wilson Hall, room 309

Instructor(s): Lauren Donovan

Power struggles, family strife, the difference between a public and a private image, and the encroaching role of family dynamics on state policy.

Sound familiar?

In ...(read more)

China’s Recent History through Literature (EASSG01-1a)

Status: Waitlist

Fee: $140.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 6, 2009 - December 8, 2009 on Tuesdays, 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Location: Thayer 101, room 116-E

Instructor(s): Jerry Grieder, Elsa Grieder

We all know how important China has become. But do we know enough about the country’s past—its people, their customs and culture and experience—to know wher...(read more)

Political Economics of the Current Financial Crisis (ECOCS01-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $375.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 8, 2009 - December 17, 2009 on Thursdays, 7-9PM no class 11/26

Location: Wilson Hall, room 305

Instructor(s): Tim Nguyen

Select the answer you think is best and come prepared to discuss in class:

1. Is Finance:
a.) the lifeblood of our economy
b.) a significant industry where we ha...(read more)

A Tale To Pass On: The Canonization of Toni Morrison (ENGCS01-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $375.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 8, 2009 - December 17, 2009 on Thursdays, 7:00pm-9:00pm no class 11/26

Location: TBD

Instructor(s): Jeannette Lee

In May 2006, the New York Times Book Review announced that Toni Morrison’s Beloved is “the single best work of American fiction published in the last 25 yea...(read more)

Believers, Agnostics, and Atheists in Contemporary Fiction (ENGCS02-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $187.50

Timing: 5 sessions from October 6, 2009 - November 3, 2009 on Tuesday, 10:15am-12:15pm

Location: Thayer 101, room 116-D

Instructor(s): David Jacobson

Contemporary society is divided over issues of religious faith. In recent decades there has been a resurgence of religious faith, while at the same time many have been skeptic...(read more)

Writing Life (ENGCS04-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $400.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 5, 2009 - December 14, 2009 on Mondays, 7:00-9:00PM no class 10/12

Location: Sayles Hall, room 104

Instructor(s): Douglas Brown

This course on creative nonfiction offers class members the chance to examine what goes into good writing and what it means to be a writer. We will read from a range of works,...(read more)

Generating the Goods: Writing on the Spot (ENGCS05-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $400.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 5, 2009 - December 14, 2009 on Mondays, 7:00-9:00pm no class 10/12

Location: Thayer 101, room 116-D

Instructor(s): Lauren Sarat

Do you have great ideas for writing, but have trouble getting them down on paper? Have you hit a block in an existing work that needs some fresh ideas? This workshop will focu...(read more)

Word Perfect: Being Your Own Best Editor (ENGCS06-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $400.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 8, 2009 - December 17, 2009 on Thursdays, 7-9PM no class 11/26

Location: Wilson Hall, room 303

Instructor(s): Joe Caliguire

Whether you’re writing an email to your supervisor or a letter to your senator, it is crucial to communicate your ideas in a clear, comprehensible, and audience-friendly...(read more)

Picturing the World in Twentieth-Century Literature (ENGCS07-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $375.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 7, 2009 - December 16, 2009 on Wednesday, 7-9pm no class 11/25

Location: TBD

Instructor(s): Jennifer Schnepf

This course explores America’s role on the world stage. Through a diverse selection of novels and short stories from the 1920s through to the 1950s, we will consider the...(read more)

Laughing Matters: The Art and Craft of Humor Writing (ENGCS08-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $400.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 6, 2009 - December 8, 2009 on Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00pm

Location: Smith-Buonanno, room 207

Instructor(s): Joe Caliguire

Part workshop, part discussion, this course will cover the 3 P’s: the practical (finding your comic voice), the poetic (arranging the perfect words into the perfect orde...(read more)

Make a Long Story Short: Writing Mini Fiction (ENGCS09-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $400.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 7, 2009 - December 16, 2009 on Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00pm no class 11/25

Location: Thayer 101, room 116-D

Instructor(s): Joe Caliguire

A class for fiction writers, poets, and essayists (in fact, all creative writers) who are looking to see how using vivid imagery, precise detail, and a strong narrative voice ...(read more)

Maidens, Mobsters and Monsters: Writing Genre (ENGCS10-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $320.00

Timing: 8 sessions from October 8, 2009 - December 3, 2009 on Thursdays, 7:00-9:00pm no class 11/26

Location: Thayer 101, room 116-D

Instructor(s): Nicholas Bredie

Mystery, Thriller, Romance, and Science Fiction. Genre is often dismissed by the writing establishment, but it is no less difficult to write than the Great American Novel. Thi...(read more)

The Art of the Blog (ENGCS11-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $240.00

Timing: 6 sessions from October 7, 2009 - November 18, 2009 on Wednesday, 7-9pm no class 11/11

Location: CIT 269

Instructor(s): Darcie Dennigan

In this course, participants will create and launch their own blog. Together, we will look at some very successful blogs on different themes—including sports, politics, ...(read more)

Writing Poetry: States of the Art (ENGCS12-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $240.00

Timing: 6 sessions from October 7, 2009 - November 11, 2009 on Wednesdays, 6:30PM-8:30PM

Location: Sayles Hall, room 104

Instructor(s): Catherine Imbriglio

This writing workshop is designed to help intermediate and advanced writers of poetry make their work grow stronger conceptually, technically, and thematically. There will be...(read more)

Writing to Persuade (ENGCS13-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $400.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 6, 2009 - December 8, 2009 on Tuesdays, 7-9pm

Location: Wilson Hall, room 206

Instructor(s): Genoa Shepley

What makes a piece of writing effective? Inspirational? Whether it's an editorial in a newspaper, a moving speech, or just an effective email, powerful prose shares a common f...(read more)

What’s Love Got to Do with It? Romance and the Victorian Novel (ENGCS14-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $375.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 5, 2009 - December 14, 2009 on Monday, 7-9pm no class 10/12

Location: Wilson Hall, room 206

Instructor(s): Khristina Gonzalez

Boy meets girl. Girl falls in love with boy. Boy becomes a ruthless villain who marries girl’s sister-in-law. Wait, what?? Despite some common misconceptions, Victori...(read more)

Three Male Novelists Look At America in Mid-Century (ENGSG03-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $140.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 8, 2009 - December 17, 2009 on Thursdays, 1:30pm - 3:30pm No class November 26

Location: Thayer 101, room 116-E

Instructor(s): Frankie Raben, Joe Raben

Since the study group comprises the same cohort as the writers, we will contrast the experiences and thoughts of the class members and the male-oriented “face” of ...(read more)

It’s Not Easy Being Green: Making Environmentally Responsible Choices (ENVSG01-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $140.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 5, 2009 - December 14, 2009 on Mondays, 10:15am - 12:15pm No class October 12

Location: TBA

Instructor(s): Jean Doyle

We are deluged with information about the environment and the dire consequences of human behavior. Climate change, environmental degradation, fossil fuel dependence, unsustai...(read more)

Darwin and the Origin of Species (EVOSG02-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $140.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 7, 2009 - December 16, 2009 on Wednesdays, 10:15am - 12:15pm No class November 25

Location: Thayer 101, room 116-E

Instructor(s): Louise Moss, Nancy Nowak

Just two weeks before he died, Charles Darwin wrote what was to be his final publication. It concerned a tiny clam, which had been found attached to the leg of a water beetle...(read more)

What People Wore: A History of Costume at the RISD Museum of Art (HARCS03-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $150.00

Timing: 4 sessions from October 17, 2009 - November 14, 2009 on Saturdays, 1-3PM

Location: RISD Museum

Instructor(s): Carole Villucci

This course examines costumes and textiles as depicted in works of art in the Museum's galleries---paintings, sculpture, works on paper, and 20th century apparel. We will disc...(read more)

Masterpieces of 17th Century Art (HARCS04-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $375.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 7, 2009 - December 16, 2009 on Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00pm no class 11/25

Location: Wilson Hall, room 104

Instructor(s): Mario Pereira

This course explores the artistic masterpieces produced across seventeenth-century Europe. We will consider the themes, issues, iconography, and style of the most celebrated a...(read more)

Sweden after the Vikings: The Evolution of a Welfare State (HISSG04-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $140.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 9, 2009 - December 18, 2009 on Fridays, 1:30pm - 3:30pm No class November 27

Location: Thayer 101, room 116-E

Instructor(s): Kenneth Johnson, Don Harper

Sweden, admired by many as the epitome of the modern welfare state, evolved from the Viking era, when it was essentially a divided tribal enclave relying on piracy for surviva...(read more)

Italian 1 (LANCS01-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $400.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 6, 2009 - December 8, 2009 on Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00pm

Location: Wilson Hall, room 104

Instructor(s): Chandra Harris

The aim of the course is to develop basic communicative competence in the Italian language: to enable students to interact using language which is both grammatically correct a...(read more)

Spanish 1 (LANCS02-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $400.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 5, 2009 - December 14, 2009 on Mondays, 7:00-9:00pm no class 10/12

Location: Smith-Buonanno, room G01

Instructor(s): José Ramón Ortiz

This course is for beginners, people with very little or no previous experience with Spanish. This course will provide you with a basic knowledge of Spanish through the practi...(read more)

Arabic 1 (LANCS06-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $400.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 6, 2009 - December 8, 2009 on Tuesday, 7-9pm

Location: Wilson Hall, room 206

Instructor(s): Muhammad el-Sharkawi

This beginner course is designed to introduce students to conversational and written Modern Standard Arabic. Using a combination of textbook and audio lessons, as well as in-c...(read more)

Chinese 1 (LANCS07-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $400.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 6, 2009 - December 8, 2009 on Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00pm

Location: Sayles Hall, room 104

Instructor(s): Lung-Hua Hu

This course will teach the standard Chinese language, Mandarin, at a basic level. All four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) will be taught, but the primary f...(read more)

French 1 (LANCS08-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $400.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 5, 2009 - December 14, 2009 on Mondays, 7:00-9:00pm no class 10/12

Location: Sayles Hall, room 105

Instructor(s): Andrew Ross

This course is for beginners, people with very little or no previous experience with French. This course will provide you with a basic knowledge of French through the practice...(read more)

Russian 1 (LANCS09-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $400.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 5, 2009 - December 14, 2009 on Monday, 7-9pm No class 10/12

Location: TBD

Instructor(s): Victoria Richter

This course is intended for adults who are not familiar with the Russian language or alphabet. The goal is to introduce the Russian language and culture through Total Physical...(read more)

Greek 1 (LANCS10-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $240.00

Timing: 8 sessions from October 5, 2009 - November 30, 2009 on Monday 6:00 - 7:30pm No class 10/12

Location: Smith-Buonanno room G13

Instructor(s): Elsa Amanatidou

Greek 1 offers an introduction to Greek language and culture and is designed for adults with little or no prior knowledge of Modern Greek. Through course materials and a varie...(read more)

German 1 (LANCS11-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $400.00

Timing: 9 sessions from October 5, 2009 - December 14, 2009 on Monday, 7-9:15pm No class 10/12, 11/9

Location: Salomon, room 004

Instructor(s): Elke Breker

This course is geared toward learners with little or no previous German language experience. Students will gain a basic knowledge of German through the practice of speaking, l...(read more)

Spanish 2 (LANCS22-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $400.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 5, 2009 - December 14, 2009 on Monday, 7-9pm no class 10/12

Location: Smith-Buonanno, room G18

Instructor(s): Charlotte Whittle

This is the continuation of the introductory level Spanish course. We will continue to build a basic knowledge of Spanish and cultural understanding through the practice of sp...(read more)

Italian 3 (LANCS31-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $400.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 6, 2009 - December 8, 2009 on Tuesday, 7-9pm

Location: Sayles Hall, room 200

Instructor(s): Erica Moretti

This course allows students who have completed Italian 2 in Continuing Studies at Brown, and those who are comfortable with their Italian language skills, to practice and refi...(read more)

Fiction into Film (LITCS01-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $300.00

Timing: 8 sessions from October 7, 2009 - December 2, 2009 on Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00pm no class 11/25

Location: TBD

Instructor(s): Elisabeth Bell

From the start, the film industry has turned to fiction for its sources. Using films based on novels and short stories, this course examines the differences between the two m...(read more)

Contemporary American Playwrights (LITCS03-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $150.00

Timing: 4 sessions from October 8, 2009 - October 29, 2009 on Thursday, 10:15am - 12:15pm. Please note the change in day and time.

Location: Wilson Hall, room 109

Instructor(s): Joe Caliguire

Who are the most produced American playwrights of the past 20 years? How does their work speak to the American experience? Why are theatergoers attracted to these particular...(read more)

The Future of Media (MCMCS01-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $150.00

Timing: 4 sessions from October 8, 2009 - October 29, 2009 on Thursdays, 10:15am-12:15pm

Location: Thayer 101, room 116-D

Instructor(s): Andrew Losowsky

Are newspapers doomed? Will all libraries close? How will the novelists of tomorrow be published? Will our grandchildren even know what paper is?

This course will look at ...(read more)

The Future of Media - Part 2 (MCMCS02-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $75.00

Timing: 2 sessions from December 3, 2009 - December 10, 2009 on Thursdays, 10:15am-12:15pm

Location: TBD

Instructor(s): Andrew Losowsky

Continuation of The Future of Media. Are newspapers doomed? Will all libraries close? How will the novelists of tomorrow be published? Will our grandchildren even know what p...(read more)

Hollywood’s Ancient History (MEDCS01-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $187.50

Timing: 8 sessions from October 6, 2009 - November 24, 2009 on Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00-pm

Location: Wilson Hall, room 103

Instructor(s): Lyra Monteiro

Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix face off in gladiatorial combat, Brad Pitt attacks Troy, Angelina Jolie bosses around her son, Alexander the Great. Sure, the characters are...(read more)

Energy and Environment (PHYCS01-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $300.00

Timing: 8 sessions from October 5, 2009 - November 30, 2009 on Mondays, 7:00-9:00pm no class 10/12

Location: Smith-Buonanno, room 207

Instructor(s): Obeid Dina, Cengiz Pehlevan

This course addresses the physical principles behind energy and its effects on our environment. In this course we will investigate the basic physical principles behind energy ...(read more)

The First Year of the Obama Administration (POLCS01-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $375.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 5, 2009 - December 14, 2009 on Mondays, 7:00-9:00pm no class 10/12

Location: Wilson Hall, room 106

Instructor(s): Robert Ellis Smith

Rarely has there been a presidential administration with a more crowded agenda and higher expectations. This course provides a rare opportunity to scrutinize the priorities, t...(read more)

Environmental Psychology (PSYCS01-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $375.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 6, 2009 - December 8, 2009 on Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00pm

Location: TBD

Instructor(s): Jack Demick

This course provides access to a new interdisciplinary field that deals with environment-and –human-behavior-relations in everyday life. Environmental Psychology is a re...(read more)

Hero with 1000 Faces: Gods, Myths, and the Human Psyche (PSYSG01-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $140.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 5, 2009 - December 14, 2009 on Mondays, 1:30pm - 3:30pm No class October 12

Location: Thayer 101, room 116-E

Instructor(s): Edith Kur, Dan McCarthy

This course will be based on Joseph Campbell’s seminal work, Hero with 1000 Faces, which concludes that important myths from around the world share a fundamental structu...(read more)

(Mis)Translating the New Testament (RELCS01-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $112.50

Timing: 3 sessions from November 5, 2009 - November 20, 2009 on Thursdays, 1:30-3:30pm

Location: Thayer 101, Room 116-D

Instructor(s): Jennifer Eyl

This class looks closely at 5-10 of the most frequently mistranslated words in the New Testament, and why they are mistranslated. We will begin by comparing multiple versions ...(read more)

Buddhism in the West (RELCS02-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $375.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 7, 2009 - December 16, 2009 on Wednesdays, 7-9pm no class 11/25

Location: TBD

Instructor(s): Amy Langenberg

Believe it or not, Buddhism is now an American religion. Whether recently converted, or Buddhist by birth, American Buddhists have adapted this ancient faith to their contempo...(read more)

Introduction to Early Christianity (RELCS03-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $375.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 6, 2009 - December 8, 2009 on Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00pm

Location: Wilson Hall, room 109

Instructor(s): Jennifer Eyl

When did Christianity come into existence? Many have traditionally claimed that Jesus and/or Paul “founded” the church. This class will challenge that assumption b...(read more)

A Lighting Exploration of the Urban Landscape (SOCCS01-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $150.00

Timing: 4 sessions from October 8, 2009 - October 29, 2009 on Thursdays, 7:00-9:00pm

Location: TBD

Instructor(s): Holly Ratafia

The growing awareness of the environmental risks of climate change has led many municipalities, neighborhood organizations and citizen groups to advocate for changes in public...(read more)

Beginning Drawing (VISCS01-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $400.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 5, 2009 - December 14, 2009 on Mondays, 7:00-9:00pm no class 10/12

Location: List 325

Instructor(s): Marlene Malik

Drawing from nature, still life, the model, and the imagination in a variety of media. This course is intended to be an experience which cultivates and stretches the capacity ...(read more)

Daguerre to Flickr: Truth and Photography (VISCS02-1a)

Status: Closed

Fee: $375.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 8, 2009 - December 17, 2009 on Thursdays, 7:00-9:00pm

Location: TBD

Instructor(s): Millee Tibbs

From the beginning of time people have been fascinated with the ability to encapsulate and perpetuate the living into the form of an image, and this class will examine how pho...(read more)