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This course will explore both on and off loom fiber art process: weaving on floor looms, dyeing yarns and fabrics, felting wool, and printing methods for cloth.  Students will learn the basic techniques with an emphasis on the exploration of such concepts as transparency, texture, form, pattern, and color.

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Students in this course will study monster narratives using digital humanities tools to learn how to theorize monstrosity, map monster narratives while contextualizing them culturally and historically, and re-present these narratives visually. During this course, students will read selections from Marie de France’s shape-shifter lais and beast fables along with Shakespeare’s Winter’s Tale, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, and select 20^th/21^st century zombie and vampire short fiction along with J. K. Rowling’s beast narratives. Classes will combine critical discussion of literature with mentoring in several foundational digital humanities technologies to encourage students how to visualize narratives and integrate digital humanities data into their critical reading practices.

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Students will learn to describe and categorize the functions of macronutrients and micronutrients, and identify sources of each. They will also explore diet and lifestyle factors associated with the risk of various chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and osteoporosis and compare dietary needs for different stages of life. By the end of this course, students will be able to describe the relationship between energy intake, metabolism, physical activity, and weight control translate nutrition science concepts into specific and easy-to-understand dietary recommendations. We will evaluate the scientific relevancy of nutrition messages available on the Internet and other media and apply your knowledge of nutrition, dietary guidelines, and the relationship between diet and health as you assess your own diet and diet-related health risks. Students will also design a daily meal plan for a balanced nutrient intake and specific calorie level.

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In this introductory course in astronomy, students will investigate the history of astronomy and the nature, formation, and structure of the stars and universe. Possible topics will include planetary astronomy, stellar astronomy and the nature of the universe.  Much of the course time will be spent at night under the stars or in the laboratory exploring the basis of astronomical knowledge. Laboratory work will include learning to use telescopes, taking photographs of the sky, and using a spectroscope. Students will take at least one extended trip to either the Baca Campus or the Colorado College mountain cabin.

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This course provides an introduction to designing, printing, and binding artists’ books and related ephemera. The ability of artists’ books to enable the interweaving of technologies that would otherwise be isolated by arbitrary partitions of time or culture will be a point of focus. The course will also include visiting artist talks and a day-long field trip to the Rocky Mountain Land Library in South Park, Colorado.

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This class will introduce students to different kinds of movie thrillers, from the police procedural ("The French Connection") to serial killer films (Lang's "M" and "The Silence of the Lambs") to political thrillers (Frankenheimer's "The Manchurian Candidate"), the heist film (Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs"), and Hitchcock (maybe "Strangers on a Train"). Great thrillers have important existential themes, about guilt and innocence, identity, gender and sexuality, violence, and the social contract. There will be a significant writing component of the class to develop skills in exploring complex ideas. The class will also provide students with a framework for understanding film as a narrative form and as an art form.

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At the root of contemporary global environmental and social collapse is a world view and a social system based on human domination of nature and of each other. There is now a growing recognition that environmental sustainability and human well-being require a shift from the prevailing system of domination and extremism to a global consciousness and a socioeconomic system based on interdependence and partnership. In this course we examine the contribution that the teachings of the Buddha can make to this global scientific and ethical discourse and the movements for psycho-social transformation.
This interdisciplinary course draws upon a broad range of fields including global political economy, sociology, philosophy, ecology and Asian Studies. The course will provide an overview of interrelated contemporary crises of climate change, economic inequality and violent conflict; introduce the ethics and basic philosophical concepts of Buddhism, such as, impermanence, interdependence, non-violence and the Middle Path: explore ecological and ‘socially engaged Buddhism’ in Asia; and engage students in the discourse and efforts for personal and collective change.