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London is full of artwork in museums and galleries as well as on the streets. We will visit museums and galleries to learn about the mainstream art, including the work of great British artists ranging from John Constable, William Blake and J.M.W. Turner to Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Damien Hirst and more. Wait! Don’t forget Banksy! We will walk on the streets of the East End and Camden Town since London streets are full of Graffiti and Street Arts! And we will visit the Cartoon Museum, Henry Boxer Gallery and the Gallery of Everything to learn about outsider art.
- Teacher: James Tancill
Category: College of Liberal Arts
Printmaking is both a tool and artistic practice that brings images to the pubic through illustrated books, newspapers, and through the production of artistic prints. The invention of the Gutenberg press helped transform Italy during the Renaissance period and during the 15th century prints were mass produced and created for the middle and lower class providing access to reproductions of artworks produced by artists such as Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Titan.
Students in this course will be explore the development and the influence of the Renaissance period in Florence had upon both the art of printmaking and the formation of the new career of printmaker during the late fifteenth century and throughout the sixteenth century in Italy. Students will also be exposed to historical prints and drawings that explore the context of related paintings, sculpture, and architecture, describing a period when printmaking opened up new ways to make a living and transformed the mechanisms of Renaissance visual culture.Students will study works Giovanni Pietro da Birago, Cornelis Cort, Mantegna, Durer, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, among others from the Renaissance period.
Additionally, students will also read scholarship that surrounds the development of the Renaissance period, its relationship to printmaking, along with the history of printmaking.
Students in this course will be explore the development and the influence of the Renaissance period in Florence had upon both the art of printmaking and the formation of the new career of printmaker during the late fifteenth century and throughout the sixteenth century in Italy. Students will also be exposed to historical prints and drawings that explore the context of related paintings, sculpture, and architecture, describing a period when printmaking opened up new ways to make a living and transformed the mechanisms of Renaissance visual culture.Students will study works Giovanni Pietro da Birago, Cornelis Cort, Mantegna, Durer, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, among others from the Renaissance period.
Additionally, students will also read scholarship that surrounds the development of the Renaissance period, its relationship to printmaking, along with the history of printmaking.
- Teacher: Brian Kelly
Category: College of Liberal Arts
Why do some countries hold elections while others do not? Why are some states able to provide security and welfare to their citizens while others struggle to do so? Why are some countries plagued by violence while others enjoy internal peace? These questions have long animated the field of comparative politics and are among the several of which we will explore this semester.
This course will provide students with a firm foundation in the sub-field of comparative politics, preparing them for further analysis of politics around the world and across contexts. The course has two main objectives:
1. To familiarize students with the importance of theory and research design for describing, explaining, and understanding political processes. After taking this course, students should be able to distinguish between different theoretical explanations and evaluate the merit of evidence used to support them.
2. To provide students with an overview of key topics and debates in comparative politics. Students should be able to understand the basis of these debates as well as take and support positions on them.
This course will provide students with a firm foundation in the sub-field of comparative politics, preparing them for further analysis of politics around the world and across contexts. The course has two main objectives:
1. To familiarize students with the importance of theory and research design for describing, explaining, and understanding political processes. After taking this course, students should be able to distinguish between different theoretical explanations and evaluate the merit of evidence used to support them.
2. To provide students with an overview of key topics and debates in comparative politics. Students should be able to understand the basis of these debates as well as take and support positions on them.
- Teacher: Shaun Williams
Category: Political Science
- Teacher: Daniel DiCaprio
Category: Honors
This course offers students an intensive introduction to artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and artificial neural networks (ANNs) with emphasis on how to design and build intelligent applications. Google Colaboratory, along with packages such as Python, TensorFlow, and PyTorch will be used to create powerful AI systems. Course topics include: (1) an overview of AI essentials; (2) a history of AI; (3) classical machine learning models; (4) capturing trends and recognizing patterns with dense neural networks; (5) processing images with convolutional neural networks (CNNs); (6) enhancing, generating, and analyzing data with autoencoders; (7) processing time series and language with recurrent neural networks; and (8) processing language and classifying images with attention and transformers.
- Teacher: Michael Totaro
Category: Informatics
- Teacher: Daniel DiCaprio
Category: Honors
- Teacher: Cherif Aissi
- Teacher: Shelton Houston
Category: Non-Academic Courses
Introduction to media techniques with an emphasis on color.
- Teacher: Hagit Barkai
Category: Visual Arts