Counterpoint is the artful interplay of two or more melodic lines. In this class, we’ll take a historical view of how counterpoint has been written: what are the ‘rules’ of writing polyphonically [...]
This is a music class for people who have little or no experience playing music. With that in mind, we’ll be taking a three pronged approach: listening, theorizing, and playing with simple [...]
In this workshop-style class, students will read and listen to a wide array of poetry (from sonnets to spoken word) and compose original poems. Students will experiment writing in different forms [...]
In this class students will explore the genre of creative nonfiction with particular focus on lyric essays. Students will read and write lyric essays and will go on excursions that aim to inspire [...]
Psychology of Development is a course designed to give an overview examining the progressions of growth from womb to tomb. We will be looking into fundamental theories, social-emotional [...]
This class will balance hands-on and theoretical approaches to reimagining and reinventing community spaces. We will study the history of utopian architecture, looking at intentional communities, [...]
Storytelling is one of the cornerstones of both Myth and Religion. Through telling stories, a people begins to foster the overarching ideology of their culture and clan. In this class students [...]
In this course, we will examine queer history across different civilizations and time periods, including Ancient Greece, the Renaissance, and the mid-20th century United States. Students will [...]
As a class we will define Mexican Nationalism and its characteristics. This definition will happen as we navigate through the aesthetics of Mexican Nationalism. We will use readings, music, [...]
This course provides an introduction to algebraic properties and expressions. Topics include the study of equations and inequalities in one variable, work with polynomials and exponents, and [...]