2013â2014 The Bulletin - USS at Tufts - Tufts University
2013â2014 The Bulletin - USS at Tufts - Tufts University
2013â2014 The Bulletin - USS at Tufts - Tufts University
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Experimental College ><br />
Perspectives group will be grounded in study of<br />
how movies work as movies and how they tell<br />
stories through images, editing, and sound.<br />
Auditing for Breadth<br />
Auditing for Breadth allows students to broaden<br />
their educ<strong>at</strong>ion by <strong>at</strong>tending courses in which they<br />
might not otherwise enroll. A student may elect to<br />
audit any three undergradu<strong>at</strong>e courses during his/<br />
her tenure <strong>at</strong> <strong>Tufts</strong>. Faithful <strong>at</strong>tendance is the major<br />
requirement for each audit. Students select their<br />
own courses to audit but must have the approval of<br />
the course instructor. One course credit is awarded<br />
on completion of the three audits and a short paper.<br />
More inform<strong>at</strong>ion is available <strong>at</strong> the Experimental<br />
College office.<br />
Quidnuncs<br />
<strong>The</strong> L<strong>at</strong>in term quidnunc transl<strong>at</strong>es into English as<br />
“wh<strong>at</strong> next” This program is designed in th<strong>at</strong><br />
spirit, allowing students to study as part of a peer<br />
group th<strong>at</strong> will collectively investig<strong>at</strong>e an interdisciplinary<br />
topic of the group’s own choosing. Previous<br />
groups have studied intern<strong>at</strong>ional health care,<br />
electronic journalism, cre<strong>at</strong>ing a sex educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
curriculum, sustainable development in Nicaragua,<br />
and conflict resolution and cooper<strong>at</strong>ive games.<br />
Communic<strong>at</strong>ions and Media Studies<br />
Communic<strong>at</strong>ions and Media Studies (CMS) is an<br />
interdisciplinary program housed in the Experimental<br />
College. It administers three minors: mass<br />
communic<strong>at</strong>ions, film studies, and multimedia arts.<br />
Intellectually, it places the study of media in critical<br />
contexts. Each semester, CMS offers courses of its<br />
own through the Experimental College, while<br />
coordin<strong>at</strong>ing and publicizing media courses offered<br />
in other departments. It also registers, supervises,<br />
and grants credit for communic<strong>at</strong>ions-rel<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
internships. See Communic<strong>at</strong>ions and Media<br />
Studies section for more inform<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
<strong>Tufts</strong>FilmWorks<br />
<strong>Tufts</strong>FilmWorks (TFW) is the university’s center<br />
for film and multimedia production. Relying on<br />
new digital video technologies, TFW is the<br />
umbrella structure under which the Experimental<br />
College nurtures student filmmakers. Among the<br />
projects recently completed are a full-length,<br />
Hollywood-style romantic comedy; an experimental<br />
film mixing found celluloid with digital video; a<br />
music video with superimposed, hand-drawn<br />
anim<strong>at</strong>ion; and a documentary about Mongolia<br />
(filming for which was all done on loc<strong>at</strong>ion).<br />
Currently, students are finishing a documentary on<br />
Agbadza, a Ghanaian song cycle performed for the<br />
first time in a Western setting here <strong>at</strong> the university<br />
during spring 2012. All TFW students are trained<br />
to understand and appreci<strong>at</strong>e the craft of<br />
filmmaking while learning to use cutting edge<br />
digital production and editing equipment. At the<br />
same time they are engaged in ongoing studies of<br />
film history and style.<br />
TUTV<br />
<strong>The</strong> Experimental College is the administr<strong>at</strong>ive<br />
home of TUTV, the on-campus access channel.<br />
Faculty-sponsored and student-run, TUTV has<br />
taken its television roots to the internet, where it<br />
streams a wide range of programming. TUTV<br />
continues to <strong>at</strong>tract more and more students who<br />
develop, along with loc<strong>at</strong>ion and studio production<br />
skills, the ability to manage an organiz<strong>at</strong>ion, make<br />
critical and ethical decisions, and interact in a<br />
positive manner with students, faculty, and<br />
administr<strong>at</strong>ors. In short, the students who run<br />
TUTV learn to become leaders.<br />
Special Events<br />
<strong>The</strong> Experimental College regularly sponsors<br />
campus-wide programs designed to bring together<br />
faculty and students. Now in its second year, a new<br />
initi<strong>at</strong>ive developed jointly by students and staff,<br />
called “A Taste of <strong>Tufts</strong>,” has become a regular<br />
fe<strong>at</strong>ure of campus life. Each Friday a faculty<br />
member leads a discussion on his or her research,<br />
wh<strong>at</strong> drives them, and how they came to their<br />
chosen field. Among the presenters have been<br />
Joanne Berger-Sweeney, Dean of the School of<br />
Arts and Sciences, and Anthony Monaco, our new<br />
President. Other programs range from films and<br />
lectures to dinners/roundtable discussions to an<br />
“Election Night Extravaganza” every four years.<br />
This past November was no exception. We filled<br />
the Mayer Campus Center with over 1500<br />
participants, as the <strong>Tufts</strong> community came together<br />
once again—via TV, the Web, Facebook, Twitter,<br />
and person-to-person—to share in the excitement<br />
and history of a presidential election.<br />
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