Prerequisite: Declared major in liberal studies or permission of the instructor. An examination of fundamental physical science concepts through hands-on, inquiry-based explorations. Using appropriate tools and equipment, students build an understanding of energy sources, chemical and physical change, electricity, and magnetism. Students also gain experience in independent investigation and the development and implementation of their own exercises and experiments. Six hours of lecture/laboratory per week. V.8ab

The course will analyze the power of the movie camera as a carrier of meaning and as creator of modern myths. The cinematic and the literary languages will be compared, pointing out the ideological and artistic functions of the most widespread art form in our time: cinema. Writings dealing with cinematic language will be read to introduce the students to perceptions and interests that twentieth-century authors showed for the new art form. Then, selected literature belonging to different cultural and chronological contexts will be studied and compared to its rendition on film. This course is taught in English. Offered alternate years.