A quick message to draw your attention to a course that was added after the end of pre-registration.
RELI 483/CEAS245, Constructions and Re-Constructions of Buddhism is a great course for students looking either to gain a fast-paced and carefully theorized introduction to Buddhist traditions, or to dive more deeply into them.
2017’ers–
1. New Course:
Check out this new course in the Dance Department–Performance Matters: Creating Performance on Specific Topics—taught by Prof. Katya Kolcio in Spring 2015.
2. Civic Engagement Certificate Open House—12/2
Come to the CEC info session on Dec. 2, Noon-1 p.m. in Allbritton. The CEC is open to students of all disciplines who are interested in questions of citizenship and democracy and who seek to enhance and reflect on their civic activities. Check it out!
3. Internship/Job Strategies
This short list is excerpted from the Internship Workshop by Persephone Hall of the WCC:
See the Celebrating Students column for Fred Ayres ’17 and Lili Kadets ’17on their internship/work experiences. Please share your own!!
Best, Dean Brown
The Department of Dance is pleased to announce an exciting new course for the spring semester:
NEW COURSE: Performance Matters: Creating Performance on Specific Topics
| DANC 240 Spring 2015 |
This course introduces dance as a method of inquiry based in the physical, creative body and performance. This special offering is specifically designed for students interested in applying dance and performance toward a particular theme, question, topic, or area of research. Students are expected to come with a specific area of interest in mind, and ready to ask “In what ways can dance and performance deepen my understanding of…”
https://iasext.wesleyan.edu/regprod/!wesmaps_page.html?crse=014227&term=1151
Interested in Winter Session? Don’t miss your opportunity to participate! 
Registration for classes, housing, and dining closes the day you come back from Thanksgiving break (December 1 – at noon). You can find the form for Winter Session, as well as links to sign up for dining and housing, in your Eportfolio (EP>Student>Winter Session>Registration Form) or http://www.wesleyan.edu/wintersession/enroll.html. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, your advisor, or the Winter Session office at winter@wesleyan.edu.
Dear 2017’ers,
This is a reminder that many departments and programs have scheduled OPEN HOUSES between Wed., Oct. 22 and Fri., Nov. 14. Click on Open House to view the schedule and any changes.
On board this week are:
Wed. – FGSS and NS&B
Thurs. — ENGL and SOC
Lunch or refreshments are provided.
Check schedule for their times and locations.
CHOOSING YOUR MAJOR WORKSHOP is scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, October 22 at 6 p.m. in Usdan 108. Dean Brown and Persephone Hall from the Wesleyan Career Center will be there to suggest ways to approach or decide on your major and answer any questions you may have. Grab your dinner and join us!
Also, check out the Major Declaration Website for information about choosing and declaring a major during the sophomore year. Check out “The Guide” for major exploration exercises and links to campus resources. Department and program’s home websites and faculty members are great sources of information. Questions about how the major fits into study abroad plans or possible careers should be directed to the Office of International Studies and Wesleyan Career Center, respectively.
SECOND-QUARTER COURSES: If you have some time and want some more credit, take a look at these courses. They begin this week. You have 5 business days to register for the courses by submitting an add/drop form (found in Dean’s Office or the Registrar’s). Get the instructor’s and your faculty advisor’s approval and signature and then bring the form to me for final processing. Check my email for a list of courses.
Hope you had a great fall break and are refreshed and energized for the rest of the semester! Any questions? Please see me. Note that Wednesday evening office hours will be from only 5-6 p.m. due to the Choosing Your Major workshop. Best, Dean Brown
Dear Students,
Welcome back to campus! While you have been away, there have been new developments in the Sciences, which may be important to you. Since the College was just approved, courses related to the CIS were not listed during pre-registration.
A core mission of this new college is to develop student skills in interdisciplinary thinking and science research that cuts across disciplines. Interdisciplinary approaches are becoming vital for success and growth in our current technology driven society.
To introduce students to these challenges, the CIS is offering a new seminar course, “Research Frontiers in 
the Sciences” (CIS 221/222). The course is open to all students who have completed at least an introductory science course, and forms the gateway for students who are interested in the “linked-major” offered by the CIS. It is available in add-drop. The 0.50 credit course meets Fridays, 2:40-3:30 p.m.
Visit our webpages (http://www.wesleyan.edu/cis), check out wesmaps, or contact me for further information.
Have a productive semester! Prof. Francis W. Starr, Professor, Physics Department, and Director, College of Integrative Sciences
Dear members of the sophomore class,
Are you planning to declare a major in History this year? Do you think you might study abroad in the fall semester of your junior year? And are you ready for the intellectual challenge of a lifetime?
If the answer to these three questions is “yes”, then you should consider taking HIST 362 this fall. This course is required of all History majors and is supposed to be taken in the fall of the junior year. It is only offered in the fall semester every year. The History Department has decided to open one section of this course this fall to prospective majors in the sophomore class.
Questions? Email wpinch@wesleyan.edu.
2014 Summer Session Information Sessions
12:15 – 1 p.m. | Tuesday, March 4 Usdan 136 (Hicks Meeting Room)
12:15 – 1 p.m. | Tuesday, April 1 Usdan 136 (Hicks Meeting Room)
Students may also email summer@wesleyan.edu for more information at any time.
Looking for a course? Prof. Anu Sharma, chair of Anthropology, wants to bring to your attention African Archaelogy, taught by Professor Sarah Croucher, which is open for first-years and sophomores and meets at 9 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
| ANTH 256 Spring 2014 |
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| Crosslisting: ARCP 256 | ||
| Course Cluster: African Studies | ||
| Africa’s past is too often written about in clichés, with the darkness of prehistory presumed to shroud most of that which archaeologists study. This course will take a different approach through the archaeology of Africa’s historic past, which includes those centuries of prehistory that are historical in Africa by merit of their ties to oral histories of contemporary societies.Chronologically, we will begin with the origins of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, moving on to ironworking, complex societies, urbanism, and the archaeology of the recent and contemporary past. Topics of study will include archaeological approaches to social identities and gender; ethnoarchaeology (the study of contemporary material culture to inform the past) including studies of potters, ironworkers, housing, and cuisine; the archaeology of Islam and Christianity in Africa; studies of the African diaspora through material approaches; and contemporary heritage issues on the continent. | ||
