African Drumming and Dance
Whitehead, Baruch

ICSM 10500 - 31
CRN: 22009
ICSM: African Drumming/Dance
TR 9:25am–10:35am, W 12:00pm–12:50pm

ICSM 10500 - 32
CRN: 22010
ICSM: African Drumming/Dance
TR 10:50am–12:05pm, W 12:00pm–12:50pm

African Drumming and Dance is comprised of three performance components – drumming, singing, and dance. Students have the opportunity to explore first-hand the exciting traditions of West African music by investigating specific musical types, styles, and traditions on "authentic" African musical instruments. Social functions and analytical study of dance movements in ritual, ceremonial, religious, and recreational contexts are also investigated.

Art and Activism
Jolly, Jennifer

ICSM 10500 - 13
CRN: 21976
ICSM: Art and Activism
MWF 11:00am–11:50am, F 12:00pm–12:50pm

Artists in the Americas have experimented with a range of strategies for transforming society, challenging the status quo, and promoting social justice. This course examines these traditions of activism in order to evaluate artistic projects for their effectiveness in challenging power and making change a reality. Units will alternately introduce activist art strategies and explore particular social crises in relation to artistic attempts to effect change.

The Astounding Chemistry of the Senses
Haaf, Mike

ICSM 10500 - 22
CRN: 20725
ICSM: Astounding Chemistry
MWF 11:00am–11:50am, W 12:00pm–12:50pm

This course is designed primarily for students that have chosen to major in areas other than science and will serve as an introduction to the basic concepts of chemistry. The course will be a theme-based approach to the subject, using topics such as color, medicine, warfare, food and drink as backdrops for the material. There will be an emphasis on problem-solving, and the tools and methods that scientists use to study chemistry will be discussed in a variety of contexts. Students will be encouraged to make connections between chemistry and their everyday lives, and to make educated decisions based on the availability of reliable data. There will also be a significant integrated lab component, shaped around the course material. The first several weeks of the course will include coverage of the “fundamentals” in chemistry and organic chemistry.  Students will need these basic tools to understand material covered in the subsequent topic-based units.

Biochemistry of Bread
Ellis, Jamie

ICSM 10500 - 05
CRN: 20709
ICSM: Biochemistry of Bread
TR 8:00am–9:15am, F 12:00pm–12:50pm

Bread is a simple staple with a significant role in daily life as well as secular and religious traditions from western Asia through Europe. In moving from a chalky and bland grain to the flavorful variety of foods, we are making a phenomenal leap in transformations requiring water, heat, and physical manipulation. This course will explore the biological molecules and chemical transformations behind methods that are hundreds of generations old. We will explore kitchen techniques and put family recipes through the scientific method. Readings will combine textbook excerpts as well as news articles. Though not a cooking class, in-class exercises and homework will include many hands-on and a few edible experiences.

Climates Changing: Confronting the Challenges of the 21st Century
Smith, Michael

ICSM 10500 - 24
CRN: 20727
ICSM: Climates Changing
TR 4:00pm–5:15pm, F 12:00pm–12:50pm

Climates are changing. We all know that the earth's climate is changing faster than the science can keep track of. The political, social, and economic upheavals in both the United States and elsewhere have produced other kinds of change that are defining what it means to come of age at this moment in history. Through a mix of disciplinary perspectives (science, social science, literature) using a variety of sources (film, articles, a graphic novel, a book, a memoir), this seminar will explore the changing social and geophysical climates. We will also examine the ways an individual's standing in society has shaped and will continue to shape the possibilities for adapting to these changes.

College Sport in the Age of Athlete Activism
Staurowsky, Ellen

ICSM 10500 - 07
CRN: 20710
ICSM: College Sport
TR 2:35pm–3:50pm, W 12:00pm–12:50pm

The business of college sport is big business. In this seminar, we will be connecting the dots between past, present, and future to better understand why the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which claims to have such a commitment to athletes, is so often sued by them. The course will give a nod to NCAA history and the position of college sport within a multi-billion dollar sport entertainment industry. Through case studies, documentaries, selected readings, and guest speakers, we will look at the political and economic forces that shape the modern day college sport landscape, Ithaca’s position in relationship to the industry through an exploration of the distinction between Divisions I and III, athletes' rights, fair compensation, the educational bargain, health and safety issues, mental health concerns, race and gender issues, and the central role media plays in our understandings of college sport.

Contemporary European Cinema: National and Transnational Perspectives
Utterson, Andrew

ICSM 10500 - 21
CRN: 20724
ICSM: Cont. European Cinema
MW 4:00pm–5:15pm, M 12:00pm–12:50pm

This course will explore contemporary European films and filmmakers, with a particular emphasis on national and transnational perspectives, with a view to considering but also complicating notions of nationhood and national cinemas. It will explore questions of cultural identity and the political and other systems that define today’s Europe, a collective union (geographical, political, economic, etc.) of diverse nations. Films and filmmakers will be considered in national, transnational, and other contexts, mapping the cultural and other boundaries of an evolving Europe and related conceptions of European, Europeanness, and in turn European cinema, as well as a definition and critique of Eurocenticism.

Critical Listening in Contemporary Audio-Visual Culture
Karaduman, Arzu

ICSM 10500 - 04
CRN: 20708
ICSM: Critical Listening
TR 4:00pm–5:15pm, M 12:00pm–12:50pm

In this course we will be analyzing what roles sound and music play in contemporary audio-visual culture and how sound shapes our perception of the world. Taking sound in contemporary audio-visual media as an analytical point of departure, participants will try to arrive at the relation of sound to social and political power by considering issues of race, gender, sexuality, class, age, ability, and other markers of identity. To introduce students to the study of identity in contemporary American society, this course will emphasize the significance of sound in audio-visual media such as radio, cinema, television, video games, music videos, advertisements, and digital forms.

Democracy and Fairness in US Government: A Mathematical Perspective
Wiesner, Emilie

ICSM 10500 - 29
CRN: 20732
ICSM: Math and Democracy
MWF 9:00am–9:50am, F 12:00pm–12:50pm

What makes a democracy fair? Our first thoughts might be about how people--both regular citizens as well as our representatives--participate in the democratic system. But the structure of the system also plays an important, but more hidden role. In this class, we will use mathematics to study some of that structure, including election procedures, apportionment of seats, and districting. Along the way, we will have a chance to explore a variety of current events, ranging from NYC’s switch to a ranked choice voting system, to the US Census and the recent reapportionment of US congressional seats, to ongoing court cases on gerrymandering. 

Exploring the Internet of Things
Kissiloff, Ari

ICSM 10500 - 19
CRN: 21998
ICSM: The Internet of Things
MWF 9:00am–9:50am, W 12:00pm–12:50pm

In the past few years, automation systems have revolutionized the way devices can interact with the world around them. Everything is “smart” now: phones, homes, thermostats, cars, bikes, watches. While initially being targeted to personal use, much of this technology is now being leveraged by organizations to manage internal and external communications processes through infrastructure, repurposed smart home devices, and business specific IoT devices. This course will examine and reflect on the past, present, and future of the Internet of Things using a variety of scientific, social, cultural, and other perspectives as we locate these technological shifts in the wider world.

Feasts, Famines, and Food Taboos: Cultural and Environmental Perspectives on Foodways
Turkon, Paula

ICSM 10500 - 20
CRN: 20723
ICSM: Foodways
MWF 10:00am–10:50am, M 12:00pm–12:50pm
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ICSM 12000 - 02
CRN: 20740
ICSM-IS: Foodways
MWF 11:00am–11:50am, F 12:00pm–12:50pm

Though food is a biological necessity for human survival, what, how, where, when, and who consumes it is inextricably linked to cultural traditions and environmental factors. This seminar explores the variability of food consumption behavior using both anthropological and environmental lenses in order to understand how foodways can be both reflections of social and environmental contexts, as well as tools used to manipulate them. Students will examine foodways from a variety of past and present cultures, and consider the meaning of their own consumption habits. CRN 20723 (MWF 10:00am–10:50am, M 12:00pm–12:50pm) is open to all students while CRN 20740 (MWF 11:00am–11:50am, F 12:00pm–12:50pm) is available only to those students accepted onto the School of Humanities and Sciences Innovation Scholars program 'Cultivating Eco-Friendly Food Systems.' To be considered for this special program, full details are available through the Innovation Scholars pages.

Girlstories
Kittredge, Katharine

ICSM 10500 - 12
CRN: 20715
ICSM: Girlstories
TR 1:10pm–2:25pm, M 12:00pm–12:50pm

This class looks at the way that young women’s identities emerge in response to varying social, economic, racial or cultural pressures. We will be analyzing works of fiction, autobiography, drama, and poetry, and we will also analyze visual images presented in film, television, and advertising. As students consider these stories of self-creation, they will also reflect on the ways in which they are growing and changing as a result of the opportunities and challenges of their first semester. The need to balance one's mental, physical, and spiritual needs will be an on-going theme of the course.

Gothic: The Hidden and the Grotesque in Music, Writing, and Media
Reed, Alex

ICSM 10500 - 15
CRN: 20718
ICSM: Gothic
MWF 3:00pm–3:50pm, F 12:00pm–12:50pm

This interdisciplinary course concerns the aesthetic of the gothic across media and throughout history, blending elements of media studies, philosophy, creative artistry, and sociology. From the Romantic symphony to Lana Del Rey, from Oscar Wilde to horror film, why do visual, literary, and musical media so return to the ideas of the hidden and the grotesque with such fascination and consistency? Students in this class will create works and engage with a wide range of both famous and lesser-known texts in pursuit of a variety of questions: How do music, art, and words create mood? Why do we like to be scared? Why do we sometimes conflate “dark” with “deep”? What do vampires have to do with our modern day-to-day lives, values, and politics? And what is behind that door?

The Gun: Violence and the Common Good in the United States
Holmes, Chris

ICSM 10500 - 26
CRN: 20729
ICSM: Gun Violence: A Study
TR 1:10pm–2:25pm, W 12:00pm–12:50pm

Is there any single American object more demanding of our attention than the gun? Whether we ever hold one or experience the violence they perpetrate, the gun fundamentally affects the ways in which we understand our rights and liberties, privacy and community, and the very sovereignty of the body. In this class we will examine guns and gun violence through a nexus of academic interventions. These will include the law, medicine/public health, media and culture, and history and politics. The aim of this class, while not polemical will not be even-handed in its treatment of the gun. Nor should it be. We begin with the understanding that the cultural history of the gun is inseparable from development of weapons designed to kill people with increasing lethality. The American obsession with firearms too often seeks to eclipse this fact, but our exploration will always return to the cost in lives of the proliferation of guns. The historical and cultural sensitivity of this course will give us the opportunity to ask a fundamental question: what is the relationship between the gun and the common good?

Hamilton!
Johnson, Timothy

ICSM 10500 - 34
CRN: 20737
ICSM: Hamilton!
MWF 1:00pm–1:50pm, M 12:00pm–12:50pm

This course closely examines Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton: An American Musical. We will study musical, historical, political, social, cultural, and economic aspects of the musical. Through an in-depth song-by-song analysis, the course examines the music and its lyrics musically, in broader contexts, and from a variety of perspectives.

Hello China: Preparing for the Future
Guan, Hongwei

ICSM 10500 - 06
CRN: 20374
ICSM: Hello China
TR 8:00am–9:15am, F 12:00pm–12:50pm

The primary goal of this seminar will be to develop student awareness and knowledge of the Chinese culture and people. This course will examine and discuss a variety of Chinese topics, such as China history, culture, health and medicine, sports, industrialization, US business relations, language, food, education and the literature and arts. Some guest speakers, group and individual student presenters and group discussions will present these topics as well as group excursions to various Chinese venues in the City of Ithaca. The goal of the seminar is also to help the student adjust to college life by developing interpersonal communication and writing skills, and gaining an understanding of various aspects of and interests in the campus community and surrounding community of Ithaca.

Inclusion 101: It’s a Process, Not a Place
Kanowitz-Tonjes, Jessie

ICSM 10500 - 09
CRN: 20712
ICSM: Inclusion 101
MW 5:25pm–6:40pm, W 12:00pm–12:50pm

What does it mean to be inclusive? How can we be a community of inclusivity, belonging and understanding? This course will investigate different marginalized groups including but not limited to: disability, race, socioeconomic status, age, gender, sexual identity/orientation, and religion. We will discuss the value individuals from minoritized communities contribute to a rich and diverse college community and what researchers have found regarding efforts at college campuses to create communities of belonging and inclusivity. Students will learn perspective taking skills, cultural knowledge and self-awareness in connection with inclusivity. Course will include a culmination of resources including articles, guest speakers, podcasts and videos.

Inquiring Minds Want to Know
Cortes Rodriguez, Nandadevi

ICSM 10500 - 02
CRN: 20706
ICSM: Inquiring Minds
TR 1:10pm–2:25pm, F 12:00pm–12:50pm

They started as questions, formed into hypothesis, molded into theories, and established as dogma. This course will examine how we know what we know. Scientific knowledge and discovery has transformed today’s society, changing how humans interact with their natural world and people around them. Selected current topics in the natural sciences will be explored through the process of scientific discovery. Students will develop their ability to think critically about the world around them by learning how to design, execute, and analyze scientific experiments. This course will help students make the transition to college-level science thinking and learning through “hands on” activities, readings, class discussion and writing.

In The Heights
Cremata, Radio

ICSM 10500 - 03
CRN: 20707
ICSM: In The Heights
TR 9:25am–10:40am, F 12:00pm–12:50pm

The course seeks to explore the musical In The Heights and its connections to cultural diversity in a pluralistic American contemporary society. The course will balance listening, analyzing, discussing and music making: both creation and recreation of samples within the musical. In the course, students will: (1) explore, listen, and analyze the lyrics, melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic structures of all of the songs within In The Heights, (2) explore, discuss, and reflect upon the similarities and differences across a diversity of musical genres, (3) create, collaborate, and share recreations and original works of music related to the musical. With a focus on listening, analyzing and making music, this course is designed to help students better understand cultural diversity and further develop students’ musicianships, creativities, and identities.

Jerusalem: City of Faith, City of Struggle
Lesses, Rebecca

ICSM 10500 - 10
CRN: 20713
ICSM: Jerusalem
MWF 1:00pm–1:50pm, W 12:00pm–12:50pm

What does it mean to live in a divided city? This course focuses on contemporary Jerusalem, using films, short stories, memoirs, poetry, and analytical articles to explore the experiences of the city’s people today. The course will investigate what it means to live in a city divided along religious, ethnic, and national lines: between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs, and between and among the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religious communities. The course will address how the wars of the twentieth century have affected the lives of all who live in the city, especially the 1948 war, which divided the city between Israeli and Jordanian control, and the 1967 war, which united the city under Israeli rule. The course will also address the political issues of occupation, annexation, and settlement from both the Palestinian and Israeli perspectives.

Learning to Take a Long View of Life
Bergman, Elizabeth

ICSM 10500 - 37
CRN: 21929
ICSM: A Long View of Life
TR 9:25am–10:40am, F 12:00pm–12:50pm

The typical American can expect to live for eighty or more years. During this long life, we will experience many transitions, each of which will shape us in enduring ways. In this first-year seminar, we will learn to employ the life course perspective in understanding the trajectories of our individual lives within structural, social, and cultural contexts. We will also explore the process of making meaning of the events that occur along the way. In the process, we will engage deeply through the Ithaca College/Longview Partnership with elder residents of Longview, a retirement community located across the street from campus.

Love, Grievance, and Dream: Traditional Chinese Stories in Historical Context
Lin, Zoe Shan

ICSM 10500 - 27
CRN: 20730
ICSM: Chinese Stories
TR 9:25am–10:40am, F 12:00pm–12:50pm

ICSM 10500 - 28
CRN: 20731
ICSM: Chinese Stories
TR 1:10pm–2:25pm, F 12:00pm–12:50pm

The course will introduce students to basic themes of traditional Chinese stories from the First Century to the late eighteenth century. We will read and analyze selections of stories about men and women of various social status and occupational groups. Through lectures and class discussions, students will not only get to understand aspects of Chinese culture and values from the stories but also practice interpreting stories in their historical contexts and using stories as primary sources for making historical arguments. 

Media and Meaning
Wagner, Rachel

ICSM 12000 - 03
CRN: 20747
ICSM-IS: Media and Meaning
MWF 1:00pm–1:50pm, F 12:00pm–12:50pm

This course will invite students to think deliberately about the media we consume, create, and encounter. With experiential and project-based components, students will not only analyze existing media, but also produce their own projects that critique, develop, interpret, or inform others about media and meaning. This course is available only to those students accepted onto the School of Humanities and Sciences Innovation Scholars program 'Media and Meaning.' To be considered for this special program, full details are available through the Innovation Scholars pages.

Mindfulness Across the Lifespan
Erickson, Mary Ann 

ICSM 10500 - 36
CRN: 21928
ICSM: Mindfulness
MWF 10:00am–10:50am, M 12:00pm–12:50pm

Mindfulness practices seem to be offered everywhere – in schools, at major corporations, in all kinds of religious communities. But what do we mean by “mindfulness”? Where do these techniques come from, and how do they impact people of different ages? Through readings, discussion, and practice, we will take a close look at contemporary mindfulness to understand its origins and its impact. We will also inquire about our understanding of “aging” and how mindfulness and psychological development are related.

Park Communication: Interpreting and Navigating our Nation's Natural and Cultural Resources
Kissiloff, Ari

ICSM 10500 - 08
CRN: 20711
ICSM: Park Communication
MWF 10:00am–10:50am, W 12:00pm–12:50pm

The National Park Service encompasses 423 units across all 50 states and several US territories. They include recreational parks, museums, historical sites, protected lands; and celebrate the cultural, historical, and natural resources and their connections to U.S. history. Common to all of these are systematic signage, maps, graphic information systems, standards of video, and other multimedia presentations, as well as systems for interpretation of the resources either in the field or in a visitor center or other structures. This course will explore the history, present and future of communication and interpretation in the parks.

Phenomenology of Art
Patrone, Tatiana

ICSM 10500 - 14
CRN: 20717
ICSM: Phenomenology of Art
MWF 11:00am–11:50am, F 12:00pm–12:50pm

In what way do we experience works of art? What does it mean to perceive something as beautiful? Are our judgments of art-works based on taste alone, or do they have cognitive content? This course will acquaint you with some of the central concepts and issues in aesthetics – the branch of philosophy dedicated to the notion of the ‘beautiful.’ We will put special emphasis on aesthetic experience from our first-person point of view: our aim will be to describe and analyze our experiences and use what we learn from this in our arguments concerning the nature, the features, and the value of various works of art.

Race, Gender, and Economic Power
Osterreich, Shaianne

ICSM 10500 - 23
CRN: 20726
ICSM: Race,Gender& Econ Power
TR 9:25am–10:40am, F 12:00pm–12:50pm

Stereotypes about communities of color, white women, and the ‘99% vs. the 1%’ often mischaracterize the economic opportunities people really have. This course investigates what it means to have economic power.  We will explore how the distribution of wealth within our families and in our communities reflects and affects racial, ethnic and gender identities and hierarchies. In the end we will consider and develop new ideas for government and community organizers that can help address economic inequality.

Science in the Media
Countryman, Colleen

ICSM 10500 - 30
CRN: 20733
ICSM: Science in the Media
TR 10:50am–12:05pm, W 12:00pm–12:50pm

This course investigates the way that society perceives science in the media. We will explore the ethical and cultural implications of scientific communication in the news, on social media, in the movies and more. We will use critical thinking techniques to analyze the portrayal of complex issues of science from a variety of perspectives, and we will aim to gain a deeper understanding of scientific literacy in the media and the perils of misinformation.

We'll Never Be Silent Again: Health Activism From the Aids Crisis to COVID 19
Cohen-Filipic, Jessye

ICSM 10500 - 32
CRN: 20735
ICSM: Health Activism
TR 1:10pm–2:25pm, W 12:00pm–12:50pm

The radical AIDS activism of the 1980s can teach us much about current and future social movements. In this course we will explore the social, medical, political, and creative responses to the HIV/AIDS crisis and COVID-19. We will delve into news articles, personal accounts, documentaries, and fictional films and television depictions of the two pandemics. Students will analyze how race, class, gender, sexuality and other factors affect health and health care. We will also discuss how health activism has played out in the context of other illnesses and health issues.

Stories for a Change: How Your Stories Can Change the World
Swords, Alicia

ICSM 10500 - 33
CRN: 20736
ICSM: Stories for a Change
TR 1:10pm–2:25pm, W 12:00pm–12:50pm

Stories make us who we are. Some stories are so powerful that telling them (or not telling them) can change how people treat each other. This course asks how people use stories to change the world. To answer this question, you will analyze mainstream and alternative narratives that shape our society and learn techniques for telling your own stories in written and oral form. You will practice gathering stories through interview techniques and media analysis. You will examine and reflect on how stories shape public opinion and government policies, from the marketing of cars and toothpaste to testimonies of human rights violations.

[THIS TITLE HAS BEEN CENSORED]: Language and Hatred in a Postracial World
Adams, Derek

ICSM 10500 - 35
CRN: 20738
ICSM: Postracial World
TR 1:10pm–2:25pm, M 12:00pm–12:50pm

This course offers a direct challenge to the popular public sentiment that we live in a post-racial society and that systematic structures of power and privilege have ceased to exist in our world. In this class, we will explore the persistent operation of systematic discrimination in the 21st century through a collection of materials – i.e. short stories, magazine covers, film, advertisements, critical essays, and websites. Our study begins from the position that certain code words and social practices have transformed overt types of discrimination into more subtle and deceiving forms of bigotry. Words like “nigger,” “bitch,” and “fag” may have fallen out of fashion, but their essence lives on in our daily interactions. We will devote a significant amount of time to assessing how our social interactions are influenced by the legacy. The nature of the material we will cover in this course is likely to cause you cognitive dissonance. This is intentional. Talking about issues of race, gender, and sexuality is rarely conducive to positive feelings. Too, the course requires your personal investment in its development, including sharing and discussing your own race, gender, and sexual orientation with your classmates. I will establish our classroom as a safe space for the respectful reception of your individual life experiences, but there will inevitably be moments when the ideas you express will challenge belief structures that your classmates invest in, and vice versa.

This is Your Brain Learning about Drugs: The Science and Policy Behind Drugs and Behavior
Fitzwater, Tamara

ICSM 10500 - 31
CRN: 20734
ICSM: Learning About Drugs
MWF 11:00am–11:50am, W 12:00pm–12:50pm

Humans have a long history of using mind/mood altering chemicals for both recreational and therapeutic reasons. Some chemicals, like stimulants, can be used in an abusive manner (for example methamphetamine or marijuana), yet these same chemicals can have therapeutic purposes. Throughout this course, we will explore what science currently knows about drugs: from knowledge about what these chemicals are and how they work in our body, to what researchers say about their safety and effectiveness. Public and personal opinions about drugs generally lag behind our scientific understanding of their benefits and dangers. We will question our attitudes and beliefs about drugs, which have been shaped by our culture, society, our legal system, and our personal experiences. Starting with a perspective in psychopharmacology, this course will address how chemical substances influence biological processes in our bodies and brains. A varied collection of resources, with an emphasis on podcasts, will be used to explore the current scientific understanding of the benefits and harms drugs and alcohol may have on our minds and bodies. We will think critically about drugs and their place in our lives, as well as how science and research can be used to inform public policies (e.g., decriminalization) on use and misuse of chemical substances.

What is Latin America?: Questions, Perspectives, Ideas
Malagon, Camilo

ICSM 10500 - 11
CRN: 20714
ICSM: Latin America
MWF 3:00pm–3:50pm, M 12:00pm–12:50pm

Half a billion people, over 30 countries and hundreds of different languages and cultures (though only a handful “official languages” in the countries themselves), Latin America is a diverse space of identities, histories and cultures. This course will provide students with an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the region, exposing students to ways of thinking about Latin America from historical, sociological, anthropological, geographical, economic and cultural points of view. We will explore Latin America thematically, while at the same time engaging with different historical periods and sub-regions. Students will gain an introductory understanding of Latin America at the same time that they will gain some insight into the ways that different disciplines ask questions, provide perspectives and create knowledge about the region. This course will emphasize a global perspective, connecting Latin America to the world, and will look at the influence of United States and other global actors in the history of the region.

Why Your Roommate's Favorite Band Sucks: An Introduction to Musical Aesthetics
Serebryany, Vadim

ICSM 10500 - 16
CRN: 20719
ICSM: Musical Aesthetics
TR 4:00pm–5:15pm, W 12:00pm–12:50pm

In this course, students will be introduced to a variety of writings and ideas about aesthetics, generally, and musical aesthetics in particular. After engaging with each author, students will apply the aesthetic principles to specific pieces of music, drawn from various musical canons - including commercial and “classical” music, as well as non-Western musics - with the goal of engaging with those musical “texts” more deeply and starting to develop their own thoughtful aesthetics of music.

Yoga: Making Connections
Steinschneider, Eric

ICSM 10500 - 17
CRN: 20720
ICSM: Yoga
MWF 9:00am–9:50am, F 12:00pm–12:50pm

ICSM 10500 - 18
CRN: 21997
ICSM: Yoga
MWF 10:00am–10:50am, F 12:00pm–12:50pm

Yoga is arguably the most successful cultural export India ever produced. Millions of people around the world practice yoga in their homes or studios, or else pay to go on expensive yoga retreats in exotic locations. Yet where does yoga come from? How are the secularized postures and breathing techniques with which yoga is currently associated related to the forms of yoga found in ancient and medieval South Asia? This course examines the history and practice of yoga as it has developed over the course of roughly two thousand years, paying special attention to its transformation in contemporary western society.