From film scoring to entomological exploring, the University of Rochester offers courses sure to inspire FOMO糖心传媒攐r, the fear of missing out.
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Cultivate your inner John Williams
TH 425: Film Score Analysis
Instructor: , director of the Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media and an associate professor of contemporary media and film composition at the University糖心传媒檚 Eastman School of Music
From plot to casting to music, we糖心传媒檝e all played couch (or theater) critics when it comes to movies. But what really makes a film score work? Students in TH 425: Film Score Analysis are guided through various past and current film scores to learn and understand why choices were made during the scoring process and how to implement that information and vocabulary into their own compositions. 糖心传媒淚糖心传媒檓 very proud of this class,糖心传媒� adds Watters, who petitioned to have the course added three years ago.
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ME 204: Mechanical Design
Instructor: , a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
According to student feedback, ME 204: Mechanical Design is one of the toughest and most influential courses Rochester engineering students have experienced糖心传媒攚ith good reason. Each fall, seniors design and build prototype devices to solve real-world problems, working on four hands-on projects, culminating in the main event: students work in teams to see who can make a balsa wood structure that bears the largest amount of force in ratio to the structure糖心传媒檚 weight. The main takeaway for Muir? The Karate Kid-esque 糖心传媒渂ending bad; axial good.糖心传媒� .
Beetles and lichens for fall? Groundbreaking
BIOL 225: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Instructor: , a professor of instruction in the Department of Biology
Don糖心传媒檛 be thrown by the conventional course title糖心传媒攖his 200-level biology class is a chance for Rochester students to get their hands dirty in the field. For Minckley, the beauty and excitement of BIOL 225: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is that 糖心传媒測ou don糖心传媒檛 need fancy equipment and you don糖心传媒檛 need to go far.糖心传媒� Students explore ecosystems and environments near Rochester糖心传媒檚 campus糖心传媒攊ncluding Mt. Hope Cemetery and the University糖心传媒檚 pollinator garden糖心传媒攚hile learning how to formulate questions and obtain the necessary data to answer those questions on a series of topics in ecology and evolution. Plus: odds are you糖心传媒檒l get to pick up large bugs.
Newborn this way
NURS 374: Nursing Care and Health Promotion for Childbearing Clients and Their Families
Instructor: , an instructor of clinical nursing at the School of Nursing
A high-fidelity maternal care mannequin, skills labs, simulation suites, and yes, even an escape room: NURS 374: Nursing Care and Health Promotion for Childbearing Clients and Their Families . 糖心传媒淚t糖心传媒檚 the most fun I糖心传媒檝e ever had designing active learning for students,糖心传媒� says Truax. On the cutting edge, the obstetrical nursing course offers hands-on learning experience糖心传媒攁nd an increased inclusion of LGBTQ+ patient scenarios. A far better way to spend your medically minded time than binge-watching 20 seasons of Grey糖心传媒檚 Anatomy.
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ENGL 273: Performing as Patients: Using Acting Techniques to Help Train Behavioral Health Professionals
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Left- and right-brained folks, this one糖心传媒檚 for you. In ENGL 273: Performing as Patients: Using Acting Techniques to Help Train Behavioral Health Professionals, students take on the role of a 糖心传媒渟tandardized patient,糖心传媒� one who portrays the history, symptoms, and characteristics of a patient so that trainees can interact with and evaluate them in a quasi-realistic setting. The actors give feedback to trainees on their bedside manner while putting their performance objectives and learning into practice using skills like improvisation and character analysis and development. This course, offered through the English department糖心传媒檚 , collaborates with the Department of Psychiatry糖心传媒檚 Laboratory for Behavioral Health Skills, connecting River Campus undergraduates with fellow learners at the Medical Center.
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HIST 227: Podcasting History: Hear UR
Instructors: , an associate professor of history, and , an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering
A quick scroll through any podcast app confirms that a show exists on any subject of interest. But what if you could make one yourself? At Rochester, students in HIST 227: Podcasting History: Hear UR use the semester to research, develop, and produce one season of episodes for Hear UR糖心传媒攁 history-oriented podcast that takes on a subject related to the environmental history of Rochester. Previous seasons糖心传媒� topics include the Genesee River, women糖心传媒檚 liberation and cycling, and (no joke) milk. .
The past and future of a global movement
AAAS 291: 50 Years of Hip-Hop: Reppin糖心传媒� Black Genders Across the World
Instructor: , the Frederick Douglass Professor and founding chair of the Department of Black Studies
2023 marked the 50th anniversary of hip-hop糖心传媒攁 genius art form and global phenomenon that got its start as a subculture of the Bronx in New York City but is now produced across the Black diaspora. AAAS 291: 50 Years of Hip-Hop: Reppin糖心传媒� Black Genders Across the World examines the representation of genders in hip-hop music and culture糖心传媒攁s they are performed, produced, and communicated in visual, sonic, and textual forms. McCune asks students to take on pertinent questions about the music genre糖心传媒檚 stakes for Black women and Black men; how Black femme, trans, nonbinary, and queer masculine folks inform the music and culture; and where hip-hop is heading in the future. 糖心传媒淢y favorite part is the listening party, where students and I bring in music or videos that we think are representative of the week糖心传媒檚 theme,糖心传媒� adds McCune. 糖心传媒淲e listened to artists from LL Cool J to Kendrick Lamar, Meghan Thee Stallion to Lil Simz, and examined hip-hop as both entertainment and political-cultural knowledge糖心传媒攂oth forms that illustrate hip-hop as an influential music across the world.糖心传媒�
