Month: September 2016

For courses with a “Student Option” grading mode, the deadline to change the grading mode is today at 5:00p.m.

To review the grading modes for the courses in your schedule, login to your portfolio and click on “Current Classes & Schedule.”  The “Grade” column will indicate the current grading mode for the course.  To determine whether a course is “Student Option,” click on the link in the “Course ID” column to review the WesMaps description.

If you decide to change the grading mode for a course, you will need to submit a Grading Mode Change Form to the Registrar by 5pm today. Faculty Advisor and Class Dean signatures are NOT required to submit the form.

World Guitar Ensemble, (MUSC 454-01), invites the participation  of instrumentalist and singers of all kinds this semester.  There is no audition as such, just send a brief email to the instructor, or call if you like, and he will get right back to you.

Carver Blanchard (guitar teacher)
cblanchard@wesleyan.edu
(917) 828-1216

Professor Candice Etson is offering a new FYS course in the Physics Department: PHYS 107, Life in the Cell from a Molecule’s Perspective, which meets TR 10:20-11:40 in Exley 221.

Have you ever wondered how things happen in the cell at the molecular level? What does DNA look like when it is not condensed into chromosomes? If a molecular motor walks, how does it take a step? How do partners in molecular processes find each other? Students will have a chance to explore these questions by discussing primary scientific literature in this course, which is a writing intensive introduction to a handful of important topics in molecular biophysics. While Professor Etson intends the course to introduce students to biophysics while they still have time to pursue the certificate, it would also be a great choice for a student looking for a course in NSM that is not math heavy. There are no problem sets, and no exams. Assessments consist of contributions to the class website (20%), twice-weekly exploratory writing assignments (40%), and a final paper (40%).

Three sections of Elementary Italian still have seats available:

https://iasext.wesleyan.edu/regprod/!wesmaps_page.html?crse=005373&term=1169

If you are interested in learning Italian language and culture, look no further. Please attend class on Wednesday or write an email to Professor Aresu (faresu@wesleyan.edu) or Professor Zamboni (czamboni@wesleyan.edu).  

The College of East Asian Studies would like to draw your attention to a new class: CEAS 181, Chinese Pop Culture, which meets MW 10:50-12:10.

The course examines a wide range of Chinese pop culture materials from film to literature, martial arts to internet culture.

It appears there was some confusion about whether the class is held in Chinese or English.  It is taught in English (a Chinese language class covering similar subjects is CEAS 204).

The film screening time is currently listed as Tuesdays from 4:15-6:15, but that time is just a placeholder as required by the registrar.  The film screenings will be scheduled at a time that works for the students in the class, so if you are in athletics, please don’t let that posted time worry you.

A new section of DANC 111 has been made available:

DANC 111 Section 02
Tu, Th 8:40-10:10AM

This is an introduction to dance as an educational, technical, and creative discipline for students with no previous formal dance training. Classes will introduce the basic components of dance technique–stretching, strengthening, aligning the body, and developing coordination in the execution of rhythmic movement patterns. Through improvisation, composition, and performing, students will develop a solid framework applicable to all forms of dance.