Archives: Courses

June 16, 2026
This course explores the interconnected web of scientific disciplines that shape our understanding of the natural world, from the vast…
June 16, 2026
In the rapidly evolving world of creative industries, mastering the art of business and budgeting is crucial. This course is…
June 16, 2026
Economics, mathematics, and sociology combine to form the study of financial literacy. Knowing how to handle money, investments, retirement, and…
June 16, 2026
This course reviews basic concepts and processes in arithmetic as well as key concepts and questions in geometry. The course…
June 16, 2026
Myths are the dreams of the people. And familiar faces and patterns — that is to say, archetypes — run…
June 16, 2026
This is an analytical approach to Literature found across the globe. The coursework will include readings, discussions, reactions, and essays,…
June 16, 2026
From memoirs to fantasy and superheroes, graphic literature has come a long way in recent decades. This survey course takes…
June 16, 2026
This course explores the zombie as a literary, historical, and pop culture archetype, focusing on the role of the zombie…
June 16, 2026
This is a survey course of the Literature of the United States, and may focus on a specific author (or…
June 16, 2026
This course considers the history of the comic medium and its place in American culture, not only as an aspect…
June 16, 2026
Dystopian novels are powerful and imaginative works that highlight a future we do not want to see. But they are…
June 16, 2026
A survey of American cinema, this course examines film—its filmmakers, time periods, themes, and genres—as a touchstone for understanding the…
June 16, 2026
According to Luis Buñuel, "Mystery is the essential element in all works of art." Mystery, then, is the thing that…
June 16, 2026
This course prepares students for the writing, reading, and analysis required in their undergraduate education by learning various methods of…
June 16, 2026
"In the end, we’ll all become stories," says Margaret Atwood. As such, it is essential that we understand the power…
June 16, 2026
This course is the first leg of a full-year writing requirement and focuses on exploratory writing and methods of rhetoric.…
June 16, 2026
So you have an idea that you believe is worth sharing with the world. How do you convince others to…
June 16, 2026
Stories shape how we see the world, but how they’re told changes across mediums and cultures. This course explores storytelling…
June 16, 2026
Mark Twain, whose tongue perpetually pushed into his cheek, asked the following: “Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction,…
June 16, 2026
In The Empathy Exams, Leslie Jamison writes, “Empathy isn’t just listening, it’s asking the questions whose answers need to be…
June 16, 2026
Directed Research and Writing (Course numbers LA103, 203, 303 & 403 for Liberal Arts and AH103, 203, 303, and 403…
June 16, 2026
Both a survey course and a creative writing course, the focus is on the art and craft of how stories…
June 16, 2026
The primary goal of this course is to provide practice in the basics of script writing, with a simultaneous exploration…
June 16, 2026
Mark Twain, whose tongue perpetually pushed into his cheek, asked the following: “Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction,…
June 16, 2026
The primary goal of this course is to provide practice in the basics of poetry writing, with a simultaneous exploration…
June 16, 2026
This course offers 1–3 units of intensive, student-driven study in Liberal Arts. It is not an independent study version of…
June 16, 2026
The Senior Capstone experience is designed to foster intellectual, conceptual, and artistic self-reflection by the graduating senior as they contemplate,…
June 16, 2026
This course includes consideration of such questions as: What is Art? What is Beauty? What is the role and responsibility…
June 16, 2026
A global, historical survey of the development of architecture from prehistory to the current day, this course considers the important…
June 16, 2026
The unique opportunity to learn other cultures through lived experience is something you’ll remember all your life. This 3-unit course…
June 16, 2026
Since 1954 when the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which sought to desegregate…
June 16, 2026
This course considers the history of art produced in the Americas from the mid-1940s to the present, with special emphasis…
June 16, 2026
From the birth of photography to stop motion to film, this course explores the history of cinematic technology and its…
June 16, 2026
Nostalgia is notoriously amorphous. Is it conservative or liberal. Is it political. Or does it align more with culture and…
June 16, 2026
Set primarily in Paris, this course traces the development and public reception of modern art in Europe from the mid-19th…
June 16, 2026
This course will introduce students to current theoretical and real-world applications of exhibition design operating today in museums, galleries, and…
June 16, 2026
Since 1954 when the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the people of the…
June 16, 2026
Los Angeles, not known for being a bastion of either culture or liberalism during the early twentieth century, was—for a…
June 16, 2026
This course will examine the relationship between visuality and technology as expressed by photographers of the 19th- and 20th-centuries. Materials…
June 16, 2026
This course examines a diverse array of art created by different ethnic groups in West Africa from pre-colonial through the…
June 16, 2026
Los Tres Grandes explores the Mexican Muralist movement of the 1920s from its beginnings under the post-Mexican Revolution government to…
June 16, 2026
Largely obscured from the history of “feminist” art, Latin American artists such as Ana Mendieta, Yolanda Andrade, Sylvia Palacios Whitman,…
June 16, 2026
This course addresses developments in art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Although the course focuses on the western…
June 16, 2026
What happens when we are forcibly removed from the safety of our home, our family, our community, profession, church, or…
June 16, 2026
For centuries, earthly creatures, charmed animals and otherworldly beings conjured by artisans, magicians, folklorists, natural philosophers, and physicians, have inspired…
June 16, 2026
As author Giuseppe Mazzotta reminds us, “Imagination is the weapon of the poet.” It’s an old idea, and, wielded properly,…
June 16, 2026
“Force yourself to imitate Michelangelo in everything.” These were the words expressed by Michelangelo’s biographer to a remarkably self-aware generation…
June 16, 2026
People often wonder exactly when, throughout history, women first became active in society? Of course, the answer is: always. Even…
June 16, 2026
Nature in Art explores the rich and varied traditions of artistic expression unique to the regions of Japan, Korea, and…
June 16, 2026
The Middle Ages were a time of knights and ladies... or maybe brutal Viking warlords... or a clash of civilizations…