Month: September 2016

Chinese Pop Culture Course

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Welcome Back everyone!

I would like to draw your attention to an exciting new class offered in the College of East Asian Studies this semester: 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.

I urge you all to attend on Wednesday and consider adding the class to your schedule.

Best regards,
Prof. Haddad

Apply to be a Peer Health Advocate

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The Peer Health Advocates (PHA) are the student voice of WesWELL’s health education outreach efforts and integral to the development and implementation of those efforts.

Involvement in the group is intended to impact your own understanding and behaviors around health as well as educate and promote health to the entire Wesleyan community.

We welcome students with interest in all health topics who wish to have a positive impact on the well-being of Wesleyan to apply to be a PHA.

Please visit the WesWell website for more information and to apply.

NEW LAST courses

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HIST 112 (FYS): Living the Latin American City: Urban History, Politics, and Culture (T/R, 2:50-4:10)
https://iasext.wesleyan.edu/regprod/!wesmaps_page.html?crse=014748&term=1169

HIST 245 (survey) Survey of Latin American History (M/W, 8:20-9:40)
https://iasext.wesleyan.edu/regprod/!wesmaps_page.html?crse=004878&term=1169

HIST 297 (seminar) Mexican History and Visual Culture from Conquest to Present (T/TH, 8:50-10:10)
https://iasext.wesleyan.edu/regprod/!wesmaps_page.html?crse=014749&term=1169

New Course in the Physics Department

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NEW: PHYS 107: Life in the Cell from a Molecule’s Perspective, which meets TR 10:20-11:40 in Exley 221.

This course is a writing intensive introduction to a handful of important topics in molecular biophysics. While I intend 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%).

Seats available in CHEM 396

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Chem 396:
Molecular Modeling and Simulation
Prof. D. L. Beveridge, Chemistry Department
Tue (Lecture).Thur (Lab) 01:20PM-02:40PM; SCIE 72

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“Modeling” is explicitly or implicitly involved in nearly every aspect of understanding complex molecular and macromolecular systems. Modeling takes a variety of forms in the chemical sciences, including conceptual, schematic, mathematical, and computational. The history of chemistry is deeply intertwined with the development of models such as Lewis structures and kinetic theory, which provide useful results involving only a few variables. However, most chemical systems of practical interest today involve the interplay of many variables, and computational models based on quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and chemical dynamics are required. Molecular Modeling and Simulation (MMS) considers the modeling paradigm applied to chemical systems, and introduces the computational methods in current practice as well as providing a critical perspective on the capabilities and limitations of modeling at various level of approximation. Topics will include will be molecular visualization (VMD, Pymol), QM methods for electronic structure (Gaussian), all-atom and coarse-grained force field development, normal mode analysis (ProDy), Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics simulations (AMBER), kinetic master equation simulations for the phenomenological modeling of rate processes. MMS will be accessible at various levels of theoretical and computational rigor, and individualized to the needs and interests of UG and GR students. Prerequisite: Introductory Chemistry.

Texts: Andrew Leach, Molecular Modeling: Principles and Applications, Pearson Prentice Hall, Inc. (free download available). Articles from the original and current scientific literature.

Additional section for DANC 111 course

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The Dance Department added a new section of Introduction to Dance, DANC 111.02, meeting on T, Th mornings at 8:40AM.

Introduction to Dance

DANC 111
Fall 2016
Section: 02

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.

Credit: 1
Gen Ed Area Dept: HA DANC

Course Format: Studio
Grading Mode: Graded

Instructor(s): Kolcio,Katja P. Times: ..T.R.. 08:40AM-10:10AM; Location: SDC;
Total Enrollment Limit: 36
SR major: 0
JR major: 0

Seats Available: 20
GRAD: X
SR non-major: 9
JR non-major: 9
SO: 9
Prerequisites: None