Green Mountain College

Fine Arts, Education, Anthropology  •  2014 - 2017

• Images of Nature ELA 1000
  The study of how human societies make sense of the natural world, ranging from folklore and poetry to environmental philosophy and natural science, and develop a sense of how culture determines our understanding of our environment
• Dimensions of Nature ELA 2000
  This course focuses on the development of scientific thought as humans endeavoured to understand the structure, origin, and character of the natural world, how the process of science has evolved from Aristotle and Euclid to Darwin, Watson and Crick and chaos theory in mathematics.
• Natural Science Illustration ELA 2035
  Natural science illustration seeks the balance between science and art, logic and imagination. Exploring the practical application of interpretative, artistic, qualitative, and quantitative skills to the representation of the natural world in both informal and formal media. Such studies lead directly to the rationale for inclusion in a given taxonomic classification.
• World History & the Environment ELA 1057
  Examining the relationship between human history and the environment, how the environment has affected human societies, how the development of human civilization has impacted the environment, and how human attitudes towards the environment have formed and changed over time.
• This Sacred Earth: Spirituality and the Natural World ELA 1061
  Studying the various ways in which people and cultures approach the earth and the natural world from a spiritual perspective and practices, drawing from different religious traditions and the personal insights.
• Data Analysis and Modeling NRM 2020
  Building competency in quantitative skills, in the field of natural resources management. Using descriptive and inferential statistical tests, with addition to managing data sets to solve applied problems, as well as acquiring data to model natural and social systems.
• Cultural Anthropology SOC 1002
  Using anthropological perspectives to explore the concept of language, culture and the construction of race. Using a psychological or cognitive perspective to examine how culture helps form meaningful identities, memories, symbols, rituals, and senses of place.
• Introduction to Drawing ART 1001
  Field-based introduction through observational drawing. Landscape, constructed forms, and natural forms, basis for developing observational skills while providing a foundation for personal imagery.
• Figure Drawing ART 1002
  Understanding of the human figure, its anatomy and underlying structure. Using the figure as a means to develop observational skills and personal imagery.
• Foundations in Studio Art ART 1015
  Elements of Design and Composition, exploring creative possibilities in multiple media areas. Using 2-D and 3-D design in creative challenges geared toward understanding the elements of art and art-making.
• Introduction to Painting ART 2021
  The basic elements of oil painting. Focus on the technical requirements; investigate elements of colour theory, composition, and conceptual content.
• Ceramics I: Hand-building ART 2037
  Technical and aesthetic skill development through clay-working techniques such as pinch, coil, and slab. Using Firing methods such as the use of electric, gas, pit, and raku kilns through studio work, and a historical overview.
• Ceramics II: Wheel Throwing ART 3015
  Throwing techniques and forms, glaze development from raw materials and efficient processes of firing electric and gas kilns.
• Art History I-II: Palaeolithic Dada ART 2001 – 2002
  A survey of world architecture, sculpture, painting and applied arts from Paleolithic through Dada and into the 20th Century.
• Teacher as Decision Maker EDU 1062
  Examining some of the multitude of decisions teachers consciously and/or make unconsciously that affect students’ lives within the larger social context. Including the usage of techniques and strategies used by PreK-12 teachers.
• Early Field Experience EDU 2000
  Involvement in a secondary education classroom or other educational setting. Working with a cooperating host teacher, observing and participating in daily classroom activities and duties. Assisting in preparing lesson plans or materials, and work with students one-on-one, in small groups, or whole class activities.
• Developmental Psychology II: Adolescence to Adulthood EDU 2018
  Tracing the development of the human being from the onset of adolescence to its completion in the late teen years. Theories regarding the development of prosaically and antisocial behaviours, gender identity, depression and suicide, effects of puberty, bullying.
• The Exceptional Child EDU 2019
  The study of major categories of exceptionality which the practising special education teacher will encounter. These include cognitive disabilities, autism, learning disabilities, behavioural/emotional disorders and physical disabilities. Legal bases for the education of these children, including Federal court decisions and legislation and understanding procedures for educating exceptional children.
• Human Development I- II: Infancy through Later Adulthood PSY 2041 - 2042
  Understanding the physical, cognitive, emotional, social, and personality development of the child from the prenatal through later adulthood periods with a focus on major theoretical perspectives and current research in the field.