Topics change each semester- see the current Academic Schedule for current course descriptions.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-207 |
Tuesday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-207 |
Wednesday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-207 |
Thursday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-207 |
Topics change each semester- see the current Academic Schedule for current course descriptions.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 09:00 | 12:30 | C-103 |
Tuesday | 09:00 | 12:30 | C-103 |
Wednesday | 09:00 | 12:30 | C-103 |
Thursday | 09:00 | 12:30 | C-103 |
This 6 credit capstone provides students with opportunity to test their theoretical knowledge of Human Rights and Data Science in a professional situation (NGO, private company, public administration, international institutions or other relevant bodies). The thesis should follow a 4-credit internship or relevant professional experience approved by the program director and the thesis supervisor.
This capstone provides students with opportunity to test their theoretical knowledge of Human Rights and Data Science in the context of data protection in a professional situation (NGO, private company, public administration, international institutions or other relevant bodies). Students will pursue an internship for 4 credits and write a professional capstone thesis for 6 credits.
A series of topic-centered courses refining the skills of academic essay writing, studying a wide range of ideas as expressed in diverse literary genres and periods. Introduces the analysis of literary texts and gives training in the writing of critical essays and research papers. Recent topics include: Utopia and Anti-Utopia, City as Metaphor, Portraits of Women, Culture Conflict, and Labyrinths.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 11:20 | 13:00 | G-002 |
Tuesday | 11:20 | 13:00 | G-002 |
Wednesday | 11:20 | 13:00 | G-002 |
Thursday | 11:20 | 13:00 | G-002 |
Through writing poetry and analyzing examples, students become familiar with poetic forms and techniques. This workshop, led by a publishing writer, includes weekly peer critique of poems written for the course. Students explore what makes a poem moving, evocative, and imbued with a sense of music, no matter what the approach: lyric, narrative, surreal, or experimental. May be taken twice for credit.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-102 |
Tuesday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-102 |
Wednesday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-102 |
Thursday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-102 |
Whether a story is an imaginative transformation of life experience or an invention, the writing must be well crafted and convincing, driven not only by plot and theme but also through characterization, conflict, point of view, and sensitivity to language. Students produce and critique short stories and novel chapters while studying fiction techniques and style through examples.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-002 |
Tuesday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-002 |
Wednesday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-002 |
Thursday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-002 |
This workshop gives students the opportunity to explore through reading, research and writing assignments an array of creative nonfiction forms, including memoir, travel writing, food and nature writing, and social essays. Assignments help students strengthen their ability to create the self as character, a first-person narrator who leads the reader into the world of personal experiences and research. The course explores narrative structure, description, characterization, dialogue, and tension, all key elements in making writing spirited and appealing. The workshop also includes guest speakers and field exercises in Paris. May be taken twice for credit.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-113 |
Tuesday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-113 |
Wednesday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-113 |
Thursday | 14:30 | 18:00 | G-113 |
This course is designed to give you strong technical and conceptual skills in video production. This course will prepare you for future video work in film, journalism, media and communications, studio art, and can be useful across many other disciplines. You will learn to create several complete film and audio projects, each challenging you to explore new skills. Class time will be divided into lectures, screenings, and mostly in-class labs and critique. Homework will consist of readings, writing responses, shooting, editing and screenings.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 14:30 | 18:00 | C-501 |
Tuesday | 14:30 | 18:00 | C-501 |
Wednesday | 14:30 | 18:00 | C-501 |
Thursday | 14:30 | 18:00 | C-501 |
This introductory language and culture course allows students to acquire the basic elements of spoken and written French. It aims at the A1 level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, while allowing a first-hand introduction to French culture both in and outside the classroom. The French immersion program includes daily coffee and croissant breaks, offering opportunities for casual conversation, and two Friday afternoon faculty-led tours of towns near Paris, including dinner.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 09:00 | 13:00 | Q-704 |
Tuesday | 09:00 | 13:00 | Q-704 |
Wednesday | 09:00 | 13:00 | Q-704 |
Thursday | 09:00 | 13:00 | Q-704 |
Friday | 09:00 | 13:00 | Q-704 |