Schedule of Classes Undergraduate / Spring 2024 / Creativity, the Arts, and Social Transformation

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(1-99) Primarily for Undergraduate Students

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
THA 27A 1 Wellness and Sustainability in the Theatrical Process
[ hwl2 ]

W 2:30 PM–5:20 PM
Spingold: 206
Open
6 / 15 / 0
Jennifer Cleary
 

(100-199) For Both Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
CAST 110B 1 Dance and Migration
[ ca deis-us djw nw ]

T 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Shiffman: 002
Waitlist
17 / 0 / 0
Toni Shapiro-Phim
CAST 160A 1 Provocative Art: Outside the Comfort Zone
[ ca ]

F 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Spingold: 205
Waitlist
16 / 16 / 0
William Chalmus
CAST 189A 1 Project Design Practicum

T,Th 7:05 PM–8:25 PM
Lown: 103
Open
Consent Req.

6 / 8 / 0
Toni Shapiro-Phim
 

CAST Core Elective

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
CAST 110B 1 Dance and Migration
[ ca deis-us djw nw ]

T 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Shiffman: 002
Waitlist
17 / 0 / 0
Toni Shapiro-Phim
ENG 169A 1
Syllabus
Eco-Writing Workshop
[ hum wi ]

Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. All Creative Writing courses are by instructor's permission, after the submission of a manuscript sample. Manuscript samples should be no more than 6 pages of creative work in the genre of the Creative Writing workshop to which the student is applying; poetry, fiction, screenwriting. Samples should be emailed in a single document, (.doc or .docx) to the relevant instructor beginning the week prior to registration. Each workshop is capped at 12. During early registration each workshop will accept up to 10 students, allowing room for incoming first-years and transfer students during the spring registration period.


T 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Pearlman: 203
Open
9 / 12 / 0
Elizabeth Bradfield
HISP 142B 1
Syllabus
Literature, Film, and Human Rights in Latin America
[ djw hum nw wi ]

Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite: HISP 109b or HISP 111b, or permission of the instructor.


T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Shiffman: 120
Waitlist
19 / 15 / 0
Fernando Rosenberg
MUS 3B 1 Global Soundscapes: Performing Musical Tradition Across Time and Place
[ ca nw ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Slosberg Music: 107
Open
51 / 60 / 0
Chaeyoung Lee
SOC 155B 1 Protest, Politics, and Change: Social Movements
[ deis-us ss ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Mandel Humanities: G03
Open
41 / 50 / 0
Sarah Halford
THA 126A 1 Playing for Change - Community Building and Social Change on Stage
[ ca djw ]

Th 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Spingold: 205
Waitlist
8 / 0 / 0
Jennifer Cleary
 

CAST Electives in Creative Arts

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
AMST/MUS 39B 1 Protest Through Song: Music that Shaped America
[ ca oc ss ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Slosberg Music: 107
Open
38 / 40 / 0
Taylor Ackley
CAST 110B 1 Dance and Migration
[ ca deis-us djw nw ]

T 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Shiffman: 002
Waitlist
17 / 0 / 0
Toni Shapiro-Phim
CAST 160A 1 Provocative Art: Outside the Comfort Zone
[ ca ]

F 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Spingold: 205
Waitlist
16 / 16 / 0
William Chalmus
FA 4A 1 Sculpture Foundation: 3-D Design I
[ ca ]

M,W 9:05 AM–10:55 AM
Goldman-Schwartz: 130
Waitlist
14 / 0 / 0
Christopher Frost
FA 4A 3 Sculpture Foundation: 3-D Design I
[ ca ]

Students interested in enrolling should place themselves on the waitlist for this course. There is an enrollment limit of 0 so that we can prioritize our majors and minors getting into this course. All students will be enrolled after early registration is complete. If you have not declared your major or minor, reach out to Christine Kahn (cekahn@brandeis.edu) to express your interest in enrolling AFTER you have placed yourself on the waitlist. We cannot guarantee your enrollment though and encourage students to declare to avoid this in the future. Please do not contact the faculty member teaching the course about enrolling as the administrative staff is enrolling students throughout early registration. Additional questions? Reach out to Christine Kahn.


M,W 11:15 AM–1:05 PM
Goldman-Schwartz: 130
Waitlist
15 / 0 / 0
Christopher Frost
FA 86B 1 Museum Studies
[ ca dl wi ]

Students interested in enrolling should place themselves on the waitlist for this course. There is an enrollment limit of 0 so that we can prioritize our majors and minors getting into this course. If you have not declared your major or minor, reach out to Jennifer Stern (jstern@brandeis.edu) to express your interest in enrolling but we cannot guarantee your enrollment. Please do not contact the faculty member teaching the course about enrolling as the administrative staff is enrolling students throughout early registration. Once early registration ends, non fine arts students will be enrolled based on the waitlist order. Additional questions? Reach out to Jennifer Stern.


Th 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Olin-Sang: 104
Waitlist
17 / 0 / 0
Camila Maroja
FA 169A 1 Ecology and Art
[ ca dl ]

M,W 5:40 PM–7:00 PM
Mandel Humanities: G03
Open
30 / 35 / 0
Peter Kalb
FA 187A 1 Approaches to Architecture and the City
[ ca ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Mandel Humanities: G11
Open
24 / 25 / 0
Muna Güvenç
MUS 3B 1 Global Soundscapes: Performing Musical Tradition Across Time and Place
[ ca nw ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Slosberg Music: 107
Open
51 / 60 / 0
Chaeyoung Lee
MUS 86B 1 Improv Collective

T 7:05 PM–9:55 PM
Slosberg Music: 212
Open
4 / 12 / 0
Thomas Hall
MUS 86B 2XC Improv Collective

T 7:05 PM–9:55 PM Open
1 / 4 / 0
Thomas Hall
MUS 87B 1 Music and Dance from Ghana

M,W 5:40 PM–7:00 PM
Slosberg Music: 107
Open
10 / 25 / 0
Benjamin Paulding
MUS 87B 2XC Music and Dance from Ghana

M,W 5:40 PM–7:00 PM Open
2 / 25 / 0
Benjamin Paulding
THA 126A 1 Playing for Change - Community Building and Social Change on Stage
[ ca djw ]

Th 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Spingold: 205
Waitlist
8 / 0 / 0
Jennifer Cleary
THA 150A 1 Global Theater: Voices from Asia, Africa, and the Americas
[ ca djw nw wi ]

T,F 12:45 PM–2:05 PM
Spingold: 205
Open
15 / 20 / 0
Andie Berry
 

CAST Electives in Humanities

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
ENG 137B 1 Women and War
[ djw dl hum nw ]

T,F 11:10 AM–12:30 PM
Mandel Humanities: G10
Open
11 / 20 / 0
Emilie Diouf
ENG 142A 1 Blackness and Horror
[ deis-us djw hum ]

M,W,Th 12:20 PM–1:10 PM
Lown: 301
Open
32 / 35 / 0
Brandon Callender
ENG 168B 1 Plotting Inheritance
[ djw dl hum ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Mandel Humanities: G11
Open
13 / 20 / 0
Faith Smith
ENG 169A 1
Syllabus
Eco-Writing Workshop
[ hum wi ]

Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. All Creative Writing courses are by instructor's permission, after the submission of a manuscript sample. Manuscript samples should be no more than 6 pages of creative work in the genre of the Creative Writing workshop to which the student is applying; poetry, fiction, screenwriting. Samples should be emailed in a single document, (.doc or .docx) to the relevant instructor beginning the week prior to registration. Each workshop is capped at 12. During early registration each workshop will accept up to 10 students, allowing room for incoming first-years and transfer students during the spring registration period.


T 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Pearlman: 203
Open
9 / 12 / 0
Elizabeth Bradfield
ENG 170A 1 Nigerian Movies in the World
[ hum nw ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Mandel Humanities: G11
Open
18 / 20 / 0
Emilie Diouf
HISP 142B 1
Syllabus
Literature, Film, and Human Rights in Latin America
[ djw hum nw wi ]

Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite: HISP 109b or HISP 111b, or permission of the instructor.


T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Shiffman: 120
Waitlist
19 / 15 / 0
Fernando Rosenberg
 

CAST Electives in Social Sciences

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
AAAS/WGS 136A 1 Black Feminist Thought
[ deis-us oc ss ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Golding Judaica: 109
Waitlist
30 / 30 / 0
Shoniqua Roach
AAPI/WGS 137B 1 Performing Asian/American Women on Screen and Scene
[ deis-us oc ss ]

M,W 2:30 PM–3:50 PM
Lown: 201
Open
33 / 35 / 0
Yuri Doolan
AMST/MUS 39B 1 Protest Through Song: Music that Shaped America
[ ca oc ss ]

T,Th 3:55 PM–5:15 PM
Slosberg Music: 107
Open
38 / 40 / 0
Taylor Ackley
ANTH 26A 1 Communication and Media
[ dl ss ]

T,F 9:35 AM–10:55 AM
Golding Judaica: 101
Open
44 / 45 / 0
Janet McIntosh
ANTH 130A 1 Filming Culture: Ethnographic and Documentary Filmmaking
[ djw dl nw ss ]

Th 2:20 PM–5:10 PM
Brown: 224
Waitlist
Consent Req.

12 / 12 / 0
Patricia Alvarez Astacio
SOC 155B 1 Protest, Politics, and Change: Social Movements
[ deis-us ss ]

M,W 4:05 PM–5:25 PM
Mandel Humanities: G03
Open
41 / 50 / 0
Sarah Halford
WGS 41B 1 Storyweaving: Movement and Creative Process through Dance
[ ca ss ]

T,Th 2:20 PM–3:40 PM
Spingold: 206
Open
17 / 25 / 0
E. Macias
 

CAST Capstone

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
CAST 189A 1 Project Design Practicum

T,Th 7:05 PM–8:25 PM
Lown: 103
Open
Consent Req.

6 / 8 / 0
Toni Shapiro-Phim