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Watch this space for new courses, colloquia, exhibitions & other information developed by the Caroline Werner Gannett Project! Stay tuned this month for announcement of "Visionaries in Motion III" for 2009-'10!
NEW COURSE! Visionaries in Motion II: Interdisciplinary NegotiationsCOLA and COS Honors Freshman Colloquium & Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts (0520-449-01)Co-directors: Gary Skuse (Science) and Mary Lynn Broe (Liberal Arts) Academic quarters: three (2008-09) Credits: 6 (for three quarters)
Lunch with a legendary futurist and inventor. Challenge an environmental activist. Be videotaped talking with a landscape photographer,
a new media creator, or a genomics expert. Directed by COS and COLA faculty, students will read work by and interview nine high-profile artists,
scholars and thinkers in the Caroline Werner Gannett series, “Visionaries in Motion II: The Human Imprint.” Reflecting the “new RIT” emphasis on
creativity, each speaker works at the intersection of several disciplines, faces novel challenges, asks otherwise unasked questions and produces
risk-taking imaginative work.Students may register one of three ways: all 6 credits in one quarter; 3 credits in two quarters; or 2 credits each quarter.
This 6-credit course spans the entire academic year. Students must commit to participate in all three quarters. Cross-listed course; also COLA and COS
Honors Freshman Colloquium.
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