What is poetry, anyways? At what point does something stop being poetry and start being something else? Are such delineations important? This is a workshop-based class where students will explore these questions. Students will learn from examples of verse that push the limits of what it means to be a poem. Students will be expected to produce a poem in each of the following categories: visual poems, prose poems, performance poems, video poems, and digital poems. These poems will be shared and workshopped in a round table format.

This is a workshop-based class where students will learn to write and critique short stories. By the end of the course, students will have written a complete short story, will have learned how to give and receive criticism on their writing, and will be more familiar with important elements of story creation such as characters, setting, dialogue, etc.

MRI machines are amazing- they let us look inside organisms and get a 3D image of what's there! This class will go over the basics of MRI. We'll only touch briefly on the physics behind the technology, focusing instead on applications in science and medicine. We'll end the class by going on a 'field trip' to one of the small MRI machines on campus, where we'll scan various fruits and vegetables.

Ever wanted to make your computer interact with the real world? Can your code make an LED blink? Can your computer display the value of a sensor? An arduino is a small device that provides a simple interface between computers and external circuitry. We'll explore the basics of programming, the basics of simple circuits, and then progress to programming Arduinos. This is meant as a class for beginners! It will move quickly but should be accessible to everyone.

Have you ever wanted to create your own custom video but just aren't sure how? How do you overlay videos? Add custom backgrounds? Make lightning fly from your fingertips on film? Or just make a custom holiday message for your family? Come to this introductory class and learn the basics!

You can create an amazing variety of geometric art creations using a small set of functions. Matlab is a programming language that excels at data manipulation. What happens when these two come together? You can create geometric art images and videos with ease! Come to this class to learn the basics, and take home an image or a video of your favorite creation!

Have you ever wanted to create your own custom video but just aren't sure how? How do you overlay videos? Add custom backgrounds? Make lightning fly from your fingertips on film? Or just make a custom holiday message for your family? Come to this introductory class and learn the basics! I'll have all the material for you to create holiday videos, or you can come with your own project idea.

Whether it's your college admissions essay, a dark poem, or the beginning of your first novel- you've written a thing! But what would make it better? What parts work? What parts don't? This is a small, informal workshop course where students are expected to bring a writing sample to share with others. Your piece can be a writing sample of any quality, any genre, any form- so long as it's under 2 pages! However, we do ask you to avoid graphic scenes and explicit sexual content. Other than that, we simply encourage everyone to come ready to give and receive feedback!

Never done programming before? Interested in learning the basics? This course will serve as a *very* basic introduction in python. You'll learn about data types, for loops, while loops, if statements, and functions.

Ever wanted to make your computer interact with the real world? Can your code make an LED blink? Can your computer display the value of a sensor? An arduino is a small device that provides a simple interface between computers and external circuitry. We'll explore the basics of programming, the basics of simple circuits, and then progress to programming Arduinos. This is meant as a class for beginners! It will move quickly but should be accessible to everyone.