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Module |
Preceptor |
Sector |
Portals |
Format |
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A Brief Exploration of Japanese Poetry
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Dr.
Robert Steed
Pilar Barrera
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General Humanities
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East Asian Studies
Japan
Poetry
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Mixed Lecture/Discussion
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Medium intensity
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A Brief Intro to Opera
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Sarah Monnier
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General Humanities
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Fall Survey 2023
Music
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Mixed Lecture/Discussion
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Low intensity
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Academic Writing Skills
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Dr.
Hamish Williams
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General Humanities
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Academic Writing
Composition
Creative Writing
Education
Linguistics
Literacy
Skills
Workshops
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Discussion-based
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A Casual Look at Etymology in Paleontology
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Joshua Sosa
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General Humanities
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Fall Survey 2023
Linguistics
Paleontology
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Discussion-based
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Low intensity
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A Cultural History of Anime
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Dr.
Robert Steed
Nancy "Anni" Foasberg
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General Humanities
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Anime
East Asian Studies
History
Japan
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Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
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Adaptations of Middle-earth:
From Deitch and Bakshi to Jackson
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Patrick Lyon
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Fantasy Studies
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Film Studies
JRR Tolkien
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Advanced Greek Readings:
Gospel of John
Non-Sequential Series
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Dr.
Larry Swain
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Language
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Advanced Languages
Bible
Fall Survey 2023
The Greco-Roman World
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Advanced Old English:
Alice in Wonderland
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Dr.
Larry Swain
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Language
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Advanced Languages
Children’s Literature
Fairy Tales
Germanic Studies
Linguistics
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Advanced Old English Readings
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Dr.
Larry Swain
Dr.
Isaac Schendel
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Language
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Advanced Languages
Germanic Studies
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Advanced Old English Readings:
Cynewulf's Christ II
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Dr.
Larry Swain
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Language
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Advanced Languages
Germanic Studies
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Discussion-based
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Medium intensity
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Advanced Old English Series:
Readings in Poetry and Prose
Non-Sequential Series
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Dr.
Larry Swain
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Language
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Advanced Languages
Germanic Studies
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Discussion-based
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Medium intensity
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Advanced Old English:
Tolkien's Old English Poetry
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Dr.
Larry Swain
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Language
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Advanced Languages
Germanic Studies
JRR Tolkien
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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African Musicology for Beginners
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Ishmael Bhila
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General Humanities
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African Studies
Fall Survey 2023
Music
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Discussion-based
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Low intensity
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A History of the Vikings:
Art and Culture
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Dr.
Irina Manea
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General Humanities
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History
The Middle Ages
Viking Age
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Mixed Lecture/Discussion
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Low intensity
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A History of the Vikings:
The Scandinavian Homelands
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Dr.
Irina Manea
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General Humanities
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History
The Middle Ages
Viking Age
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Mixed Lecture/Discussion
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Low intensity
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A History of the Vikings:
The Viking Diaspora
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Dr.
Irina Manea
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General Humanities
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History
The Middle Ages
Viking Age
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Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
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A Journey Through The History of the Hobbit
Non-Sequential Series
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James Tauber
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Fantasy Studies
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Fairy Tales
Fantasy
JRR Tolkien
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Lecture-based
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Medium intensity
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A Journey Through The History of Middle-earth
(HoMe Series)
Non-Sequential Series
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James Tauber
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Fantasy Studies
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Fall Survey 2023
JRR Tolkien
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Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
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Ancient Egyptian Mages
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Shawn Gaffney
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General Humanities
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Ancient Middle East
Comparative Mythology
Religious Studies
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Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
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Ancient Greek Morphology
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James Tauber
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Language
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Advanced Languages
Linguistics
The Greco-Roman World
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Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
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An Intensive Reading of the Tao Te Ching/Daode jing 道德經 Part II
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Dr.
Robert Steed
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General Humanities
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China
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Ecocriticism
History
Japan
Le Guin
Magic
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
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Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
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An Intensive Reading of the Tao Te Ching/Daode jing 道德經
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Dr.
Robert Steed
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General Humanities
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China
East Asian Studies
Philosophy
Religious Studies
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Lecture-based
•
Medium intensity
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An Intensive Reading of the Zhuangzi/Chuang Tzu 莊子
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Dr.
Robert Steed
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General Humanities
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Anime
China
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Ethics
Fantasy
History
Japan
Le Guin
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Arcane: League of Legends
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Keli Fancher
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Fantasy Studies
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Anime
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Are You Tolkien To Me?
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Dr.
Sara Brown
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Fantasy Studies
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JRR Tolkien
Worldbuilding
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Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
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Art History – A Thousand Stories
Non-Sequential Series
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Pilar Barrera
|
General Humanities
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Ancient Middle East
Art
Bible
Comparative Mythology
Crafting
Cultural Studies
History
Modernism
Philosophy
Renaissance
Romanticism
The Greco-Roman World
The Middle Ages
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Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
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June 2024
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A Sip of Tea and Tea Culture
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Dr.
Robert Steed
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General Humanities
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China
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Food
History
Japan
Poetry
Religious Studies
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Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
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Bach’s Goldberg Variations
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James Tauber
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General Humanities
|
Fall Survey 2023
Music
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Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
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Beginning Japanese
Series of 12
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Dr.
Robert Steed
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Language
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Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
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Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
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Beginning Quenya
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Patrick Lyon
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Language
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Invented Languages
JRR Tolkien
Linguistics
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Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
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Beginning Scottish Gaelic
Series of 3
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Sìne Màiri MacDougall
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Language
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Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Fall Survey 2023
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Discussion-based
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Bible as Literature:
Minor Prophets
|
Dr.
Larry Swain
|
General Humanities
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Bible
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Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
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Bible as Literature:
The Gospels in the Their Contexts
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Dr.
Larry Swain
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General Humanities
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Ancient Middle East
Bible
Classical Literature
Religious Studies
The Greco-Roman World
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Lecture-based
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Big Bold Beowulf: A Study of the Poem
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Dr.
Larry Swain
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General Humanities
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Germanic Studies
JRR Tolkien
Monsters
Poetry
The Middle Ages
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Book Club:
Dune by Frank Herbert
Non-Sequential Series
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Dr.
Julian Barr
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Fantasy Studies
|
Creative Writing
Dune
Fall Survey 2023
Fantasy
Frank Herbert
May Showcase 2023
Science Fiction
Worldbuilding
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Book Club:
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Ha! Ha! You’re Mine!
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Pilar Barrera
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Fantasy Studies
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British Literature
Classical Literature
Gothic Literature
Monsters
Romanticism
Science Fiction
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
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Book Club: Chapterhouse Dune
Non-Sequential Series
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Dr.
Julian Barr
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Fantasy Studies
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Dune
Fantasy
Frank Herbert
Monsters
Science Fiction
Worldbuilding
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Book Club:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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Dr.
Julian Barr
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Fantasy Studies
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Children’s Literature
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Monsters
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Book Club: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Dr.
Julian Barr
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Fantasy Studies
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British Literature
Children’s Literature
Fantasy
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Book Club: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Non-Sequential Series
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Dr.
Julian Barr
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Fantasy Studies
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British Literature
Children’s Literature
Fantasy
Monsters
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Book Club: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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Dr.
Julian Barr
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Fantasy Studies
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British Literature
Children’s Literature
Fantasy
Magic
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Book Club: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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Dr.
Julian Barr
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Fantasy Studies
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British Literature
Children’s Literature
Fantasy
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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February 2025
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Book Club: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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Dr.
Julian Barr
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Fantasy Studies
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British Literature
Children’s Literature
Fantasy
Monsters
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Book Club: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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Dr.
Julian Barr
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Fantasy Studies
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British Literature
Children’s Literature
Fantasy
Magic
Monsters
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Book Club: Heretics of Dune
Non-Sequential Series
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Dr.
Julian Barr
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Fantasy Studies
|
Dune
Fantasy
Frank Herbert
Monsters
Science Fiction
Worldbuilding
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Book Club: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
|
Laurel Stevens
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Fall Survey 2023
Monsters
Science Fiction
Time Travel
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Book Club:
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
(Books I - VI)
Non-Sequential Series
|
Elise Trudel Cedeño
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Fall Survey 2023
JRR Tolkien
|
Discussion-based
|
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Book Club: Sequels of Dune
|
Dr.
Julian Barr
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Epic Fantasy
Fantasy
Science Fiction
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Bridge to The Silmarillion
|
James Tauber
|
Fantasy Studies
|
JRR Tolkien
|
Lecture-based
•
Medium intensity
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Chaucer in Middle English:
The Canterbury Tales
|
Dr.
Larry Swain
|
Language
|
May Showcase 2024
The Middle Ages
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Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
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May 2024
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Children's Literature Modules:
Exploring the Magic, Depth, and Adventures in Children's Books
|
Pilar Barrera
|
General Humanities
|
British Literature
Children’s Literature
Classical Literature
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Magic
Monsters
Worldbuilding
Young Adult Fiction
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
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Christmas Carols in Latin!
|
Dr.
Larry Swain
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Language
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Advanced Languages
Beginning Languages
Bible
Classical Literature
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
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Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
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Cinema Club: Shakespeare's Macbeth
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Dr.
Liam Daley
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General Humanities
|
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Classical Chinese
Series
|
Dr.
Robert Steed
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Language
|
Beginning Languages
China
East Asian Studies
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Lecture-based
•
Medium intensity
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Concerning Honey Bees
|
Starsha Kolodziej
|
General Humanities
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Agriculture / Farming
Education
Food
History
Nature
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
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Constructed and Fictional Languages in Science Fiction
|
Shawn Gaffney
|
General Humanities
|
Invented Languages
Linguistics
Science Fiction
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
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Conversational German
Series of 4
|
Dr.
Isaac Schendel
|
Language
|
Beginning Languages
Fall Survey 2023
Germanic Studies
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Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
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Conversational Japanese for Daily Life
|
Sam Roche
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Language
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Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
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Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
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Conversational Norwegian 1
|
Dr.
Irina Manea
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Language
|
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Crash Course on Norse Myths
|
Dr.
Paul Peterson
|
General Humanities
|
Comparative Mythology
Germanic Studies
The Middle Ages
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
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Creative Writing: A Flash of Brilliance
Writing Flash Fiction
|
Christopher Bartlett
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Creative Writing
|
Collaborative Feedback
Composition
Creative Writing
Epic Fantasy
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Magic
Metaphysics
Monsters
Science Fiction
Time Travel
Weird Fiction
Workshops
Worldbuilding
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
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Creative Writing: Aristotle's Poetics for Story-Tellers
|
Dr.
Julian Barr
|
Creative Writing
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Adaptation Theory
Classical Literature
Collaborative Feedback
Composition
Creative Writing
Cultural Studies
Philosophy
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
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Creative Writing for Small Groups
(Mini-Module)
|
Creative Writing Team Member
|
Creative Writing
|
Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
Epic Fantasy
Fantasy
Invented Languages
Poetry
Science Fiction
Skills
Workshops
Worldbuilding
|
Discussion-based
•
High intensity
|
|
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Creative Writing: Monkeys With Typewriters
|
Dr.
Julian Barr
|
Creative Writing
|
Creative Writing
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
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Creative Writing:
Introduction To Writing In Community
|
Will Estes
|
Creative Writing
|
Collaborative Feedback
Composition
Creative Writing
Fall Survey 2023
May Showcase 2023
Workshops
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
May 2023
|
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Creative Writing: Intro to Scriptwriting (10-Minute Scenes)
|
Dr.
Liam Daley
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Creative Writing
|
Creative Writing
Drama
Workshops
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
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Creative Writing: Let's Talk About Dialogue
|
Christopher Bartlett
|
Creative Writing
|
Collaborative Feedback
Composition
Creative Writing
Drama
Education
Ethics
Poetry
Skills
Workshops
Worldbuilding
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
High intensity
|
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Creative Writing: Long Project Preparation
|
Sparrow F. Alden
Creative Writing Team Member
|
Creative Writing
|
Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
Skills
Workshops
Worldbuilding
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
High intensity
|
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Creative Writing: Making the Scene
|
Christopher Bartlett
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Creative Writing
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Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
Drama
Education
Poetry
Skills
Workshops
|
Discussion-based
•
High intensity
|
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Creative Writing: One Month Story
|
Sparrow F. Alden
Creative Writing Team Member
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Creative Writing
|
Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
Skills
Workshops
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
High intensity
|
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Creative Writing:
Oral Storytelling
|
Sparrow F. Alden
Christopher Bartlett
|
Creative Writing
|
Children’s Literature
Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
Drama
Fairy Tales
Fall Survey 2023
Workshops
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
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Creative Writing: Slow Workshop
|
Sparrow F. Alden
Creative Writing Team Member
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Creative Writing
|
Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Creative Writing: Start Writing Mysteries!
|
Dr.
Carol Oliver
Will Estes
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Creative Writing
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Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
Mystery Fiction
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
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Creative Writing:
Story Revision Workshop
|
Catherine Conners
|
Creative Writing
|
Collaborative Feedback
Composition
Creative Writing
Workshops
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Creative Writing: The Hero’s Journey
|
Dr.
Julian Barr
|
Creative Writing
|
Comparative Mythology
Creative Writing
Workshops
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Creative Writing:
Weekend Intensive
|
Sparrow F. Alden
Creative Writing Team Member
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Creative Writing
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Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
Skills
Workshops
|
Discussion-based
•
High intensity
|
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Creative Writing:
Weekend Retreat
|
Sparrow F. Alden
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Creative Writing
|
Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
Skills
Workshops
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Discussion-based
•
High intensity
|
January 2025
|
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Creative Writing: Workshop
|
Sparrow F. Alden
Dr.
Julian Barr
Christopher Bartlett
Will Estes
Creative Writing Team Member
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Creative Writing
|
Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
Skills
Workshops
|
Discussion-based
•
High intensity
|
November 2022
November 2024
January 2025
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Creative Writing:
Writing for Children
|
Sparrow F. Alden
|
Creative Writing
|
Children’s Literature
Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
Fall Survey 2023
Skills
Workshops
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
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C.S. Lewis' The Four Loves and Greek Philosophy
|
Dr.
Julian Barr
|
General Humanities
|
British Literature
Classical Literature
CS Lewis
Cultural Studies
Fall Survey 2023
Philosophy
Religious Studies
The Greco-Roman World
The Inklings
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
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Discovering Terry Pratchett's Discworld
Non-Sequential Series
|
Dr.
Sara Brown
|
Fantasy Studies
|
British Literature
Terry Pratchett
Worldbuilding
|
Discussion-based
•
High intensity
|
|
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Dune: A Study in Adaptation
|
Dr.
Julian Barr
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Adaptation Theory
Film Studies
Science Fiction
Video Games
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
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Eating Our Way Through Anime
|
Bronwyn Rivera
Nancy "Anni" Foasberg
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Anime
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Food
History
Japan
Oct Showcase 2023
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
October 2023
|
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Egyptian Book of the Dead
|
Shawn Gaffney
|
Language
|
Ancient Middle East
Comparative Mythology
History
Magic
Religious Studies
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
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Egyptian Demons
|
Shawn Gaffney
|
General Humanities
|
Ancient Middle East
Comparative Mythology
Religious Studies
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
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Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Series of 4
|
Shawn Gaffney
|
Language
|
Ancient Middle East
Beginning Languages
Fall Survey 2023
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
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Electronic Text Markup With XML and TEI
|
James Tauber
|
General Humanities
|
Digital Humanities
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
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English Sonnet Readings
|
Dr.
Faith Acker
|
General Humanities
|
Poetry
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
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Enjoying Shakespeare: As You Like It
|
Dr.
Chris Vaccaro
|
General Humanities
|
Shakespeare
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
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Enjoying Shakespeare: Hamlet
|
Dr.
Chris Vaccaro
|
General Humanities
|
Shakespeare
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
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Exploring Journey to the West 西遊記
|
Dr.
Robert Steed
|
Fantasy Studies
|
China
East Asian Studies
Monsters
The Middle Ages
Travel Literature
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
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Exploring Mob Psycho 100
|
Nancy "Anni" Foasberg
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Fantasy Studies
|
Anime
East Asian Studies
Fantasy
Japan
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
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Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends
Non-Sequential Series
|
Nancy "Anni" Foasberg
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Anime
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Japan
Monsters
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Exploring Violet Evergarden
|
Bronwyn Rivera
Nancy "Anni" Foasberg
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Fantasy Studies
|
Anime
East Asian Studies
Fantasy
Japan
Travel Literature
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
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Exploring Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義
|
Dr.
Robert Steed
|
General Humanities
|
China
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Fall Survey 2023
History
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Video Games
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
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Exploring Sei Shonagon's The Pillow Book 枕草子
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Dr.
Robert Steed
|
General Humanities
|
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
History
Japan
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Women's Studies
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
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Exploring William Gibson's Jackpot
|
Dr.
Patrick Malloy
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Anthropocene
Fall Survey 2023
Science Fiction
Time Travel
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
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Exploring William Gibson's Jackpot: Agency
|
Dr.
Patrick Malloy
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Fantasy Studies
|
Anthropocene
Science Fiction
Time Travel
Weird Fiction
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Fairy Tales: An Adventure from the Writer's Perspective
|
Pilar Barrera
Sparrow F. Alden
|
Creative Writing
|
Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
Fairy Tales
Fall Survey 2023
Skills
Workshops
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
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Fairy Tales: From Apples to Bears
|
Pilar Barrera
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Fantasy Studies
|
Fairy Tales
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
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Fairy Tales: Rats, Mice, and Birds
|
Pilar Barrera
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Fantasy Studies
|
Fairy Tales
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
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Fairy Tales Studies:
Exploring Fairy Tales from Around the World and from Different Authors
|
Pilar Barrera
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Adaptation Theory
British Literature
Children’s Literature
Comparative Mythology
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Japan
Magic
Monsters
Worldbuilding
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
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Fairy Tales: Tricksters, Fools, and Villains
|
Pilar Barrera
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Fairy Tales
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
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Geology of Fictional Worlds
|
Shawn Gaffney
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Creative Writing
Fall Survey 2023
Science Fiction
Worldbuilding
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
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Gothic Doubles:
Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and The Picture of Dorian Gray
|
Dr.
Liam Daley
|
General Humanities
|
British Literature
Fall Survey 2023
Gothic Literature
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
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Gothic Language
Series of 3
|
Dr.
Paul Peterson
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Language
|
Beginning Languages
Germanic Studies
Linguistics
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
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Greek for Beginners
Series of 12
|
Dr.
Larry Swain
|
Language
|
Beginning Languages
Bible
The Greco-Roman World
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
High intensity
|
|
|
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Haunting Tales
Non-Sequential Series
|
Dr.
Amy H. Sturgis
|
General Humanities
|
Gothic Literature
Oct Showcase 2023
Weird Fiction
Women's Studies
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
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His Dark Materials in Context
Non-Sequential Series
|
Dr.
Faith Acker
Dr.
Gabriel Schenk
|
Fantasy Studies
|
British Literature
Children’s Literature
Cultural Studies
Epic Fantasy
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Philosophy
Women's Studies
Worldbuilding
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
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History of the Book Arts
|
Dr.
Larry Swain
|
General Humanities
|
History
Oct Showcase 2023
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
October 2023
|
|
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HSK Mandarin for Beginners
Series
|
Sam Roche
|
Language
|
Beginning Languages
China
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Linguistics
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: Beginnings
|
Keli Fancher
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Anime
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: Endings
|
Keli Fancher
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Anime
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
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Babylon 5: Who Are You?
|
Dr.
Faith Acker
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Science Fiction
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
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Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood:
Redemption
|
Keli Fancher
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Anime
East Asian Studies
Japan
|
Discussion-based
|
|
|
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Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood:
Sin
|
Keli Fancher
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Anime
East Asian Studies
Japan
|
Discussion-based
|
|
|
|
Le Morte Darthur
Non-Sequential Series
|
Dr.
Liam Daley
|
General Humanities
|
Arthurian Literature
Fall Survey 2023
History
Le Morte Darthur
The Middle Ages
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
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Imagination Unhinged at the End of the World
Non-Sequential Series
|
Dr.
Koke Saavedra
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Fantasy
Gothic Literature
Latin American Studies
Science Fiction
Speculative Fiction
Women's Studies
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Midst: Adventures in Unusual Storytelling
|
Christopher Bartlett
|
General Humanities
|
Adaptation Theory
Creative Writing
Fantasy
Metaphysics
Monsters
Music
Science Fiction
Worldbuilding
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
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Ink Spots and Tea Stains:
What We Learn from C.S. Lewis's Writing Habits
|
Dr.
Brenton Dickieson
|
Creative Writing
|
Archival Research
Arthurian Literature
British Literature
Children’s Literature
Composition
Crafting
Creative Writing
CS Lewis
Digital Humanities
Fantasy
JRR Tolkien
Owen Barfield
Poetry
Science Fiction
The Inklings
The Middle Ages
Worldbuilding
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
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Intermediate Latin Translation:
The Vulgate Psalms
|
Dr.
Faith Acker
|
Language
|
Advanced Languages
Bible
Intermediate Languages
Poetry
Religious Studies
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
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Intermediate Old English:
The Homilies of Wulfstan
|
Dr.
Isaac Schendel
|
Language
|
Advanced Languages
Germanic Studies
Intermediate Languages
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
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Intermediate Old English:
The Phoenix
|
Dr.
Isaac Schendel
|
Language
|
Advanced Languages
Germanic Studies
Intermediate Languages
Poetry
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
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In the Age of Wonder: The Many Themes of Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal
|
Kerra Fletcher
Jay Moses
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Anthropocene
Comparative Mythology
Drama
Ecocriticism
Epic Fantasy
Ethics
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Film Studies
Magic
Metaphysics
Monsters
Weird Fiction
Worldbuilding
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
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Introduction to Ancient Magic
Non-Sequential Series
|
Shawn Gaffney
|
General Humanities
|
Ancient Middle East
Fall Survey 2023
Magic
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Basics
|
Dr.
Joe Desloge
|
Language
|
Beginning Languages
Linguistics
Religious Studies
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
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Introduction to Binding Books by Hand
|
Praise Moyer
|
General Humanities
|
Crafting
Fall Survey 2023
Skills
Workshops
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Introduction to Computer Programming Concepts
|
Seth Wilson
|
General Humanities
|
Digital Humanities
Fall Survey 2023
Linguistics
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
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Introduction to Early Buddhism
|
Dr.
Robert Steed
|
General Humanities
|
East Asian Studies
Religious Studies
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
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Introduction to Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales
|
Pilar Barrera
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Fairy Tales
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Introduction to Historical Linguistics/Language Change
|
Shawn Gaffney
|
Language
|
Invented Languages
Linguistics
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Introduction to Japanese Religions
Series
|
Dr.
Robert Steed
|
General Humanities
|
Anime
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Ethics
History
Japan
Magic
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
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Introduction to Language Classification and Families
|
Shawn Gaffney
|
Language
|
Invented Languages
Linguistics
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
|
November 2024
|
|
|
Introduction to Language Contact
|
Shawn Gaffney
|
Language
|
Invented Languages
Linguistics
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Introduction to Linguistics
|
Aidan Aannestad
|
General Humanities
|
Fall Survey 2023
Linguistics
|
|
|
|
|
Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism
|
Dr.
Robert Steed
|
General Humanities
|
China
East Asian Studies
Religious Studies
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Introduction to Morphology
|
Shawn Gaffney
|
Language
|
Invented Languages
Linguistics
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Introduction to Oscar Wilde's Fairy Tales:
A House of Pomegranates
|
Pilar Barrera
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Children’s Literature
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Introduction to Oscar Wilde's Fairy Tales:
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
|
Pilar Barrera
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Children’s Literature
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Introduction to Phonetics
|
Shawn Gaffney
|
Language
|
Invented Languages
Linguistics
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Introduction to Phonology
|
Shawn Gaffney
|
Language
|
Invented Languages
Linguistics
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Introduction to Sociolinguistics
|
Shawn Gaffney
|
Language
|
Invented Languages
Linguistics
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Introduction to the History of Western Philosophy
|
Dr.
Joe Desloge
|
General Humanities
|
History
Linguistics
Metaphysics
Philosophy
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Introduction to Vajrayana Buddhism
|
Dr.
Robert Steed
|
General Humanities
|
China
East Asian Studies
Japan
Religious Studies
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Introduction to Watercolor Painting
|
Praise Moyer
|
General Humanities
|
Art
Crafting
Skills
Workshops
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Intro to Classical Mythology
|
Joshua Sosa
|
General Humanities
|
Comparative Mythology
May Showcase 2023
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
May 2023
|
|
|
Intro to Fan Fiction
|
Catherine Collingwood Estes
|
General Humanities
|
Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
Cultural Studies
Digital Humanities
Fall Survey 2023
Film Studies
Weird Fiction
|
Discussion-based
|
|
|
|
Inventing King Arthur:
Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain
|
Dr.
Liam Daley
|
General Humanities
|
Arthurian Literature
Fall Survey 2023
The Middle Ages
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Inventing Lancelot:
From Comic to Tragic in Seven Centuries
|
Dr.
Liam Daley
|
General Humanities
|
Arthurian Literature
Epic Fantasy
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
History
The Middle Ages
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
November 2024
Spotlight
January 2025
|
|
|
Inventing the Holy Grail:
Chretien de Troyes's complete “Perceval"
|
Dr.
Liam Daley
|
General Humanities
|
Arthurian Literature
Epic Fantasy
Fantasy
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
|
Discussion-based
|
|
|
|
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight:
Text, Translation, Film
|
Dr.
Liam Daley
|
General Humanities
|
Adaptation Theory
Fairy Tales
Fall Survey 2023
Film Studies
JRR Tolkien
Monsters
The Middle Ages
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Yumi and Her Influences:
The Art Behind the Inspiration
|
Keli Fancher
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Anime
East Asian Studies
Fantasy
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Japanese Fairy Tales and Children's Literature
|
Pilar Barrera
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Children’s Literature
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Fall Survey 2023
Japan
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Japanese for Advanced Beginners
Series of 11
|
Pilar Barrera
|
Language
|
Beginning Languages
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Fall Survey 2023
Japan
Linguistics
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Japanese for Advanced Beginners
(Genki II)
|
Dr.
Robert Steed
|
Language
|
Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Literacy
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Japanese for Beginners
Series of 6
|
Pilar Barrera
|
Language
|
Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Japanese:
From Zero
Series of 18
|
Sam Roche
|
Language
|
Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Fall Survey 2023
Japan
Linguistics
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT):
N5 Test Prep
|
Dr.
Robert Steed
Pilar Barrera
Nancy "Anni" Foasberg
Sam Roche
|
Language
|
East Asian Studies
Fall Survey 2023
Japan
Test Preparation
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
High intensity
|
|
|
|
Japanese Through Culture
Series of 7
|
Pilar Barrera
Hitomi Takemura
|
Language
|
Anime
Conversational Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Literacy
Video Games
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Japanese Through Lyrics
|
Sam Roche
|
Language
|
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Japan
Music
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters
Non-Sequential Series
|
Dr.
Sara Brown
Patrick Lyon
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Fantasy
History
JRR Tolkien
Linguistics
Poetry
The Inklings
Worldbuilding
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún
|
Dr.
Carl Edlund Anderson
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Germanic Studies
JRR Tolkien
Poetry
The Middle Ages
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
J.R.R. Tolkien's Letters from Father Christmas
|
Elise Trudel Cedeño
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Fall Survey 2023
JRR Tolkien
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit
|
Elise Trudel Cedeño
|
Fantasy Studies
|
JRR Tolkien
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Knewbetta’s Guide to The Silmarillion
|
Knewbetta
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Fall Survey 2023
JRR Tolkien
May Showcase 2024
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
May 2024
|
|
|
Korean Culture for K-Drama Lovers
|
Sam Roche
|
General Humanities
|
Drama
East Asian Studies
Film Studies
Food
History
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Korean for Beginners
Series of 3
|
Sam Roche
|
Language
|
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
East Asian Studies
Fall Survey 2023
Linguistics
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Latin for Beginners
Series of 13
|
Dr.
Faith Acker
|
Language
|
Beginning Languages
Fall Survey 2023
Oct Showcase 2023
The Greco-Roman World
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Latin Readings for Advanced Beginners
|
Dr.
Faith Acker
|
Language
|
Beginning Languages
The Greco-Roman World
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Le Guin's Earthsea
Non-Sequential Series
|
Dr.
Robert Steed
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Children’s Literature
Ecocriticism
Fall Survey 2023
Le Guin
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Level Up Your Term Paper(s):
Preparing for Conferences
|
Dr.
Faith Acker
|
General Humanities
|
Fall Survey 2023
Skills
Workshops
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
|
|
|
|
Life in the Middle Ages
Non-Sequential Series
|
Dr.
Larry Swain
|
General Humanities
|
History
The Middle Ages
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Loving the Alien
|
Jennie Starstuff
|
General Humanities
|
Fall Survey 2023
Fantasy
Science Fiction
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
|
|
|
|
Lowdham’s Report on the Adûnaic Language
|
James Tauber
|
Language
|
Invented Languages
JRR Tolkien
Linguistics
Worldbuilding
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Medieval Drama:
Staging the English Bible
|
Dr.
Liam Daley
|
General Humanities
|
Bible
Drama
The Middle Ages
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Meeting the Horned God of the Witches
|
Dr.
Anna Milon
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Children’s Literature
Ecocriticism
Fantasy
Gothic Literature
May Showcase 2023
Weird Fiction
|
|
May 2023
|
|
|
Meet The Last Man
|
Dr.
Amy H. Sturgis
|
General Humanities
|
Anthropocene
British Literature
Ecocriticism
Gothic Literature
Romanticism
Science Fiction
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Mesopotamian Demons
|
Shawn Gaffney
|
General Humanities
|
Ancient Middle East
Comparative Mythology
Religious Studies
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Middle High German:
A Month of Minnesang
|
Dr.
Isaac Schendel
|
Language
|
Advanced Languages
Beginning Languages
Germanic Studies
Linguistics
May Showcase 2024
The Middle Ages
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
May 2024
|
|
|
Middle High German for Beginners
Series of 3
|
Dr.
Isaac Schendel
|
Language
|
Beginning Languages
Fall Survey 2023
Germanic Studies
Linguistics
The Middle Ages
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Modern British Poetry
|
Dr.
Sara Brown
|
General Humanities
|
British Literature
Poetry
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Music Theory for the Mathematically-Inclined
|
James Tauber
Sarah Monnier
|
General Humanities
|
Music
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Narnia Book Club:
The Chronicles of Narnia
Non-Sequential Series
|
Elise Trudel Cedeño
|
Fantasy Studies
|
British Literature
Children’s Literature
CS Lewis
Fantasy
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Nordic Madness: Exploring Children's Literature in Three Nordic Authors
|
Pilar Barrera
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Children’s Literature
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Novel in a Year:
Creative Writing Series
Non-Sequential Series
|
Sparrow F. Alden
Dr.
Julian Barr
Christopher Bartlett
Catherine Conners
Will Estes
Dr.
Carol Oliver
|
Creative Writing
|
Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
Novel In a Year
Oct Showcase 2023
|
Discussion-based
•
High intensity
|
|
|
|
Old English for Beginners
Series of 7
|
Dr.
Isaac Schendel
Dr.
Larry Swain
|
Language
|
Beginning Languages
Fall Survey 2023
Germanic Studies
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Old Norse for Beginners
Series of 6
|
Dr.
Carl Edlund Anderson
|
Language
|
Beginning Languages
Fall Survey 2023
Germanic Studies
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Old Norse Sagas in Translation:
Njál’s Saga
|
Dr.
Carl Edlund Anderson
|
General Humanities
|
Germanic Studies
The Middle Ages
Viking Age
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Old Norse Sagas in Translation:
Sagas of Heroic Legend
|
Dr.
Carl Edlund Anderson
|
General Humanities
|
Fall Survey 2023
Germanic Studies
The Middle Ages
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Plant-based Entheogens, Shapers of History and Consciousness
|
Dr.
Robert Steed
|
General Humanities
|
History
Religious Studies
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Pre-Christian Religions of the North
|
Dr.
Irina Manea
|
General Humanities
|
Germanic Studies
History
Religious Studies
Viking Age
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
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Spotlight
February 2025
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Preparing for the Year Ahead
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Keli Fancher
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General Humanities
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Collaborative Feedback
Crafting
Journaling
Productivity
Workshops
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
January 2025
|
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Reading John Donne’s Holy Sonnets
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Dr.
Faith Acker
|
General Humanities
|
Metaphysics
Poetry
Religious Studies
Renaissance
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
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Reading L.M. Montgomery as Fantasy:
Part 1: Anne of Green Gables
|
Dr.
Brenton Dickieson
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General Humanities
|
Canada
Children’s Literature
Creative Writing
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Magic
Modernism
Romanticism
Speculative Fiction
Women's Studies
Worldbuilding
Young Adult Fiction
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
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Reading Middle English:
An Introduction
|
Dr.
Liam Daley
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Language
|
Beginning Languages
British Literature
Drama
Fantasy
History
Literacy
The Middle Ages
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
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Readings in Greek
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Dr.
Larry Swain
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Language
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Advanced Languages
Bible
Intermediate Languages
The Greco-Roman World
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Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
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Readings in Latin
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Dr.
Faith Acker
Patrick Lyon
Dr.
Larry Swain
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Language
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Advanced Languages
Bible
Intermediate Languages
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Readings in Middle English before Chaucer: Havelock the Dane
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Dr.
Larry Swain
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Language
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The Middle Ages
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Readings in Middle High German
Non-Sequential Series
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Dr.
Isaac Schendel
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Language
|
Advanced Languages
Germanic Studies
Linguistics
The Middle Ages
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Readings in Middle High German:
Prose Selections
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Dr.
Isaac Schendel
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Language
|
Beginning Languages
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
Germanic Studies
Linguistics
The Middle Ages
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
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Readings in Old Norse
Non-Sequential Series
|
Dr.
Carl Edlund Anderson
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Language
|
Advanced Languages
Germanic Studies
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
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Religion in the Life and Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
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Dr.
Robert Steed
|
General Humanities
|
JRR Tolkien
Religious Studies
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
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Representing Utopia through the Ages
|
Dr.
Hamish Williams
|
General Humanities
|
British Literature
Classical Literature
Comparative Mythology
Cultural Studies
Ethics
Fantasy
History
JRR Tolkien
Oct Showcase 2023
Philosophy
The Greco-Roman World
Travel Literature
Utopias
Worldbuilding
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
High intensity
|
October 2023
|
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Russian Fairy Tales:
Journeys, Quests, and Chicken Legs
|
Pilar Barrera
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Fantasy Studies
|
Children’s Literature
Cultural Studies
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
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Sanderson's Mistborn Series
(Cosmere Club)
Non-Sequential Series
|
Keli Fancher
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Epic Fantasy
Fall Survey 2023
Sanderson
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Discussion-based
•
High intensity
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Scottish Gaelic Song
|
Sìne Màiri MacDougall
|
Language
|
Conversational Languages
Music
Poetry
|
Discussion-based
|
|
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Shakespeare's Epic Fairy Tales:
Pericles and Cymbeline
|
Dr.
Liam Daley
|
General Humanities
|
British Literature
Drama
Epic Fantasy
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
History
Magic
Renaissance
Shakespeare
The Middle Ages
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
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Shakespeare's Epic Fairy Tales: The Winter's Tale and The Two Noble Kinsmen
|
Dr.
Liam Daley
|
General Humanities
|
Adaptation Theory
British Literature
Drama
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
History
Renaissance
Shakespeare
The Middle Ages
Travel Literature
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
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She Watered It With her Tears: Grief, Mourning, and Death in Tolkien's Legendarium
|
Dr.
Robert Steed
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Fall Survey 2023
JRR Tolkien
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
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Spanish for Beginners
Series
|
Pilar Barrera
|
Language
|
Beginning Languages
Oct Showcase 2023
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
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Star Wars: Mysteries of the Force
|
Joshua Sosa
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Comparative Mythology
Epic Fantasy
Science Fiction
Star Wars
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
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Stoicism and the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
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Dr.
John Soden
|
General Humanities
|
Classical Literature
Fall Survey 2023
History
Philosophy
The Greco-Roman World
|
|
|
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|
Such an Odyssey!
Non-Sequential Series
|
Dr.
Faith Acker
|
General Humanities
|
Classical Literature
History
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
Travel Literature
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
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Sunshine, Fleas, and Desperate Pleas: Eight Amorous Verses by John Donne
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Dr.
Faith Acker
|
General Humanities
|
Metaphysics
Poetry
Renaissance
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
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Swedish for Beginners
Series of 3
|
Dr.
Paul Peterson
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Language
|
Beginning Languages
Germanic Studies
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
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Tales of Korea: Core Traditional Tales
|
Sam Roche
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Classical Literature
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
History
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
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The Andre Norton Nebula Award
|
Sparrow F. Alden
Dr.
Sara Brown
|
General Humanities
|
Children’s Literature
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
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The Body in Tolkien's Legendarium
|
Dr.
Chris Vaccaro
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Fantasy Studies
|
Cultural Studies
Fantasy
JRR Tolkien
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
June 2024
|
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The Dark is Rising Sequence
Non-Sequential Series
|
Dr.
Sara Brown
|
Fantasy Studies
|
British Literature
Children’s Literature
Epic Fantasy
Fantasy
Magic
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
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The Fantastic in East Asia
|
Dr.
Robert Steed
|
Fantasy Studies
|
China
East Asian Studies
Japan
Oct Showcase 2023
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
|
October 2023
|
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|
The Films of Hosoda Mamoru 細田守
|
Nancy "Anni" Foasberg
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Anime
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Film Studies
Japan
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
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The Films of Shinkai Makoto 新海誠
|
Nancy "Anni" Foasberg
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Fantasy Studies
|
Anime
East Asian Studies
Film Studies
Japan
Science Fiction
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
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The History of the Symphony: After Beethoven
|
James Tauber
|
General Humanities
|
History
Music
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
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The History of the Symphony: Beginnings to Beethoven
|
James Tauber
|
General Humanities
|
History
Music
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
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The History, People, and Culture of Tolkien's Númenor
|
Dr.
Sara Brown
|
Fantasy Studies
|
JRR Tolkien
The Inklings
Worldbuilding
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
November 2022
|
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|
The Iliad in Translation, Part 1
|
Patrick Lyon
|
General Humanities
|
Classical Literature
Fall Survey 2023
The Greco-Roman World
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Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
"The Last of Us" in Adaptation
|
Dominic Nardi
|
General Humanities
|
Adaptation Theory
Film Studies
Science Fiction
Video Games
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
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The Life and Legend of St Nicholas
|
Dr.
Julian Barr
|
General Humanities
|
Bible
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
History
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
The Making of a King: Shakespeare’s “Henriad"
|
Dr.
Liam Daley
|
General Humanities
|
Drama
History
Renaissance
Shakespeare
The Middle Ages
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
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The Minoans and Modernity:
Minotaurs, Labyrinths, and Other Myths
|
Dr.
Hamish Williams
|
General Humanities
|
Ancient Middle East
Archaeology
British Literature
Children’s Literature
Classical Literature
Comparative Mythology
Cultural Studies
Fantasy
Film Studies
History
Modernism
Monsters
Science Fiction
The Greco-Roman World
Travel Literature
Utopias
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
High intensity
|
|
|
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The Music of Middle-earth
Non-Sequential Series
|
Jack Schabert
|
Fantasy Studies
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Old Saxon for Old English Readers
|
Dr.
Isaac Schendel
|
Language
|
Beginning Languages
Fall Survey 2023
Germanic Studies
Linguistics
Poetry
The Middle Ages
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
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The (Other) Canterbury Tales
|
Dr.
Liam Daley
|
General Humanities
|
British Literature
Fairy Tales
History
Poetry
The Middle Ages
Travel Literature
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
The Other in the Ancient Egyptian World
|
Shawn Gaffney
|
General Humanities
|
Ancient Middle East
Comparative Mythology
Fall Survey 2023
Religious Studies
The Greco-Roman World
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien: Tolkien's Collected Poems
(The Years 1910-1967 in Three Volumes)
Non-Sequential Series
|
Dr.
Sara Brown
|
Fantasy Studies
|
British Literature
Epic Fantasy
Fantasy
JRR Tolkien
Poetry
The Inklings
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
November 2024
|
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|
The Realm of Arnor
|
Knewbetta
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Fall Survey 2023
JRR Tolkien
May Showcase 2023
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
May 2023
|
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|
'The Rings of Power' Discussion Group
|
Dr.
Sara Brown
James Tauber
|
Fantasy Studies
|
JRR Tolkien
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
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|
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The Science of Reading:
Teaching Your Kids How to Read
|
Elise Trudel Cedeño
|
General Humanities
|
Education
Linguistics
Literacy
May Showcase 2024
Skills
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
May 2024
|
|
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The Second Age of Middle-earth
|
James Tauber
|
Fantasy Studies
|
JRR Tolkien
|
Lecture-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
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The Story of Cinema:
A SPACE Odyssey
|
Patrick Lyon
|
General Humanities
|
Film Studies
May Showcase 2024
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
May 2024
|
|
|
The Witch-cult Hypothesis and Its Afterlives
|
Dr.
Anna Milon
|
General Humanities
|
Comparative Mythology
History
Religious Studies
|
|
|
|
|
The Witch in Fact and Fiction
|
Dr.
Anna Milon
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Children’s Literature
Fall Survey 2023
Fantasy
History
Magic
|
Discussion-based
|
|
|
|
The Women of Beowulf
|
Dr.
Chris Vaccaro
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Beginning Languages
Fairy Tales
Fall Survey 2023
JRR Tolkien
Monsters
Poetry
The Middle Ages
Women's Studies
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Tolkien and Alchemy
|
Dr.
Sara Brown
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Fall Survey 2023
JRR Tolkien
Worldbuilding
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Tolkien and the Classical World
|
Dr.
Hamish Williams
|
Fantasy Studies
|
British Literature
Classical Literature
Comparative Mythology
Cultural Studies
Epic Fantasy
Ethics
Fantasy
History
JRR Tolkien
May Showcase 2024
Philosophy
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
High intensity
|
May 2024
|
|
|
Tolkien and the Romantics
Non-Sequential Series
|
Will Sherwood
|
General Humanities
|
British Literature
Ecocriticism
JRR Tolkien
Legacy
Literacy
Philosophy
Romanticism
Women's Studies
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Tolkien and the Sea
|
Jennifer Rogers
|
Fantasy Studies
|
JRR Tolkien
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Tolkien's Great Tales
Non-Sequential Series
|
Dr.
Sara Brown
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Fantasy
JRR Tolkien
The Inklings
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Tolkien’s Invented Languages in The Lord of the Rings
|
James Tauber
|
Language
|
Invented Languages
JRR Tolkien
Linguistics
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Tolkien’s Invented Languages:
Next Steps Beyond The Lord of the Rings
|
James Tauber
|
Language
|
Invented Languages
JRR Tolkien
Linguistics
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Tolkien's Unfinished Tales
|
Dr.
Sara Brown
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Fall Survey 2023
JRR Tolkien
Worldbuilding
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Tolkien's Writing Systems
|
James Tauber
|
Language
|
Invented Languages
JRR Tolkien
Linguistics
|
Lecture-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Tolkien, the Anglo-Saxon Minstrel
|
Jennifer Rogers
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Fall Survey 2023
Germanic Studies
JRR Tolkien
Poetry
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
To Repair Arda: Tolkien's Dwarves through Jewish Mysticism
|
Dr.
Robert Steed
|
Fantasy Studies
|
JRR Tolkien
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
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|
Túrin's Bones:
The Influences of Sigurd, Oedipus, and Kullervo on J.R.R. Tolkien's Tale of Túrin Turambar
|
Dr.
Carl Edlund Anderson
|
Fantasy Studies
|
British Literature
Classical Literature
Epic Fantasy
Folklore
Germanic Studies
JRR Tolkien
Kalevala
The Greco-Roman World
The Middle Ages
Viking Age
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
November 2024
Spotlight
February 2025
|
|
|
Ubuntu:
An Introduction to African Philosophy
|
Ishmael Bhila
|
General Humanities
|
Anthropocene
Cultural Studies
Ethics
Fall Survey 2023
History
May Showcase 2023
Philosophy
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
|
May 2023
|
|
|
Utopias and Dystopias in The Fellowship of the Ring
|
Dr.
Hamish Williams
|
Fantasy Studies
|
British Literature
Children’s Literature
Epic Fantasy
|
Discussion-based
|
|
|
|
Vampires, Werewolves and Wights – Oh My! Uncanny Creatures in Middle-earth
|
Dr.
Sara Brown
|
Fantasy Studies
|
JRR Tolkien
Worldbuilding
|
Discussion-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Victorian Gothic: Exploring Dracula
|
Dr.
Sara Brown
|
General Humanities
|
Fall Survey 2023
Gothic Literature
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Video Game Storytelling
|
Dominic Nardi
|
General Humanities
|
Digital Humanities
Fairy Tales
Fall Survey 2023
Science Fiction
Video Games
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Video Game Studies
|
Wesley Schantz
|
General Humanities
|
Adaptation Theory
Anime
Children’s Literature
Digital Humanities
Fall Survey 2023
Film Studies
History
Japan
Monsters
Music
Philosophy
Poetry
Science Fiction
Video Games
|
|
November 2022
|
|
|
Video Game Studies: The Hex
|
Wesley Schantz
|
General Humanities
|
Video Games
|
|
|
|
|
Viking Hogwarts:
The World Of Old Norse Sorcery
Non-Sequential Series
|
Dr.
Irina Manea
|
General Humanities
|
Comparative Mythology
Cultural Studies
Fantasy
Germanic Studies
History
Magic
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Viking Age
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Warring States Era Chinese Philosophy: Attaining Flow
|
Dr.
Robert Steed
|
General Humanities
|
China
East Asian Studies
History
Philosophy
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Wayward Children Novella Series
Non-Sequential Series
|
Laurel Stevens
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Children’s Literature
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Weird Fiction
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Weird Languages
|
Shawn Gaffney
|
Language
|
Invented Languages
Linguistics
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
When I Consider Everything that Grows:
The Shakespearean Sonnets
Non-Sequential Series
|
Patrick Lyon
|
General Humanities
|
British Literature
Poetry
Shakespeare
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
When Tolkien Wrote Time-Travel
|
Jennifer Rogers
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Fantasy
JRR Tolkien
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Why We Love Faerie – A Psychological Perspective
|
Dori Acampora
|
General Humanities
|
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
JRR Tolkien
Psychology
|
Lecture-based
•
Medium intensity
|
November 2024
January 2025
|
|
|
Wild Beasts at the Tea Table: The Unnerving Tales of Saki
|
Dr.
Liam Daley
|
General Humanities
|
British Literature
History
Novellas
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Writers' Workshop:
Storycrafting with the “Mutinous Crew” of Ursula K. Le Guin
|
Catherine Conners
Sparrow F. Alden
|
Creative Writing
|
Collaborative Feedback
Composition
Creative Writing
Fall Survey 2023
Le Guin
Skills
Workshops
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Writers' Workshop
Writing the Other: The Different Body Problem
|
Christopher Bartlett
|
Creative Writing
|
Children’s Literature
Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
Fall Survey 2023
Monsters
Oct Showcase 2023
Science Fiction
Weird Fiction
Workshops
|
Discussion-based
|
October 2023
|
|
|
Writing Your Memoir
|
Sparrow F. Alden
Creative Writing Team Member
|
Creative Writing
|
Autoethnography
Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
Skills
Workshops
|
Discussion-based
•
Medium intensity
|
|
|
|
Yōkai and Legends: Exploring the Weird in Japanese and Latin American Cultures
|
Pilar Barrera
Dr.
Robert Steed
|
Fantasy Studies
|
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Japan
Latin American Studies
Magic
Monsters
|
Mixed Lecture/Discussion
•
Low intensity
|
|
|
|
Zen History and Thought:
An Overview
|
Dr.
Robert Steed
|
General Humanities
|
China
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Fall Survey 2023
History
Japan
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
|
Lecture-based
•
Low intensity
|
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