From film scoring to entomological exploring, the 乱伦强奸 offers courses sure to inspire FOMO鈥攐r, the fear of missing out.
Lifelong learners: Grab your backpack, laptop, and #2 pencils. Whether you’re a newly minted grad or gearing up for a milestone reunion, these seven 乱伦强奸 courses will make you want to head back to college faster than you can say 鈥淧oint me to the registrar.鈥�
Cultivate your inner John Williams
TH 425: Film Score Analysis
Instructor: , director of the Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media and an associate professor of contemporary media and film composition at the University鈥檚 Eastman School of Music
From plot to casting to music, we鈥檝e all played couch (or theater) critics when it comes to movies. But what really makes a film score work? Students in TH 425: Film Score Analysis are guided through various past and current film scores to learn and understand why choices were made during the scoring process and how to implement that information and vocabulary into their own compositions. 鈥淚鈥檓 very proud of this class,鈥� adds Watters, who petitioned to have the course added three years ago.
HGTV could never
ME 204: Mechanical Design
Instructor: , a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
According to student feedback, ME 204: Mechanical Design is one of the toughest and most influential courses 乱伦强奸 engineering students have experienced鈥攚ith good reason. Each fall, seniors design and build prototype devices to solve real-world problems, working on four hands-on projects, culminating in the main event: students work in teams to see who can make a balsa wood structure that bears the largest amount of force in ratio to the structure鈥檚 weight. The main takeaway for Muir? The Karate Kid-esque 鈥渂ending bad; axial good.鈥� .
Beetles and lichens for fall? Groundbreaking
BIOL 225: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Instructor: , a professor of instruction in the Department of Biology
Don鈥檛 be thrown by the conventional course title鈥攖his 200-level biology class is a chance for 乱伦强奸 students to get their hands dirty in the field. For Minckley, the beauty and excitement of BIOL 225: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is that 鈥測ou don鈥檛 need fancy equipment and you don鈥檛 need to go far.鈥� Students explore ecosystems and environments near 乱伦强奸鈥檚 campus鈥攊ncluding Mt. Hope Cemetery and the University鈥檚 pollinator garden鈥攚hile learning how to formulate questions and obtain the necessary data to answer those questions on a series of topics in ecology and evolution. Plus: odds are you鈥檒l get to pick up large bugs.
Newborn this way
NURS 374: Nursing Care and Health Promotion for Childbearing Clients and Their Families
Instructor: , an instructor of clinical nursing at the School of Nursing
A high-fidelity maternal care mannequin, skills labs, simulation suites, and yes, even an escape room: NURS 374: Nursing Care and Health Promotion for Childbearing Clients and Their Families . 鈥淚t鈥檚 the most fun I鈥檝e ever had designing active learning for students,鈥� says Truax. On the cutting edge, the obstetrical nursing course offers hands-on learning experience鈥攁nd an increased inclusion of LGBTQ+ patient scenarios. A far better way to spend your medically minded time than binge-watching 20 seasons of Grey鈥檚 Anatomy.
And…scene
ENGL 273: Performing as Patients: Using Acting Techniques to Help Train Behavioral Health Professionals
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Left- and right-brained folks, this one鈥檚 for you. In ENGL 273: Performing as Patients: Using Acting Techniques to Help Train Behavioral Health Professionals, students take on the role of a 鈥渟tandardized patient,鈥� one who portrays the history, symptoms, and characteristics of a patient so that trainees can interact with and evaluate them in a quasi-realistic setting. The actors give feedback to trainees on their bedside manner while putting their performance objectives and learning into practice using skills like improvisation and character analysis and development. This course, offered through the English department鈥檚 , collaborates with the Department of Psychiatry鈥檚 Laboratory for Behavioral Health Skills, connecting River Campus undergraduates with fellow learners at the Medical Center.
Conan O鈥橞rien, Ira Glass, and you
HIST 227: Podcasting History: Hear UR
Instructors: , an associate professor of history, and , an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering
A quick scroll through any podcast app confirms that a show exists on any subject of interest. But what if you could make one yourself? At 乱伦强奸, students in HIST 227: Podcasting History: Hear UR use the semester to research, develop, and produce one season of episodes for Hear UR鈥攁 history-oriented podcast that takes on a subject related to the environmental history of 乱伦强奸. Previous seasons鈥� topics include the Genesee River, women鈥檚 liberation and cycling, and (no joke) milk. .
The past and future of a global movement
AAAS 291: 50 Years of Hip-Hop: Reppin鈥� Black Genders Across the World
Instructor: , the Frederick Douglass Professor and founding chair of the Department of Black Studies
2023 marked the 50th anniversary of hip-hop鈥攁 genius art form and global phenomenon that got its start as a subculture of the Bronx in New York City but is now produced across the Black diaspora. AAAS 291: 50 Years of Hip-Hop: Reppin鈥� Black Genders Across the World examines the representation of genders in hip-hop music and culture鈥攁s they are performed, produced, and communicated in visual, sonic, and textual forms. McCune asks students to take on pertinent questions about the music genre鈥檚 stakes for Black women and Black men; how Black femme, trans, nonbinary, and queer masculine folks inform the music and culture; and where hip-hop is heading in the future. 鈥淢y favorite part is the listening party, where students and I bring in music or videos that we think are representative of the week鈥檚 theme,鈥� adds McCune. 鈥淲e listened to artists from LL Cool J to Kendrick Lamar, Meghan Thee Stallion to Lil Simz, and examined hip-hop as both entertainment and political-cultural knowledge鈥攂oth forms that illustrate hip-hop as an influential music across the world.鈥�
