Jan Term 2024 Courses

Jan Term: On-Campus, Remote, and Hybrid

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LEARN

to take whatever captivates your imagination and turn it into a subject of academic inquiry capable of being probed and examined analytically.

DEVELOP

competencies in applied learning, moving beyond what you already know to something you can transfer into innovative and novel situations.

CONCENTRATE

your full and sustained attention on one subject, developing the ability to master topics quickly through focused intensity.

2024 Jan Term Courses (Registration: Oct 9-12)

PLEASE NOTE: 100 level courses are open ONLY to first-year students.

   •  JAN 100 - Aesthetic & Moral: Socially Conscious Art from Modernism to Graffiti
   •  JAN 101 - Beginning Dance and Choreography
   •  JAN 102 - Beyond #Cottagecore: Self-Sufficiency as a Sustainable Lifestyle
   •  JAN 103 - Build Passive Solar Green Home
   •  JAN 104 - Check All That Apply: Being Multiracial and Multiethnic in the US
   •  JAN 105 - Coding is Fun!
   •  JAN 106 - Designing the Quest Board Game: Heroes, Heroines, and Healers
   •  JAN 108 - Experiencing Museums
   •  JAN 109 - Experiments in Video, Stop Motion Animation, and Creative Writing
   •  JAN 111 - Grateful Dead: 59th Anniversary
   •  JAN 112 - Hands-on STEM Exploration for the Science Inspired
   •  JAN 113 - Imagination is Not a Luxury: Understanding the Importance of Engaging Our Radical Imaginations
   •  JAN 114 - Introduction to Japanese Language and Culture
   •  JAN 115 - Introduction to Magic
   •  JAN 116 - Laugh at Me, Please! An Intro to Stand Up Comedy
   •  JAN 118 - My City Oakland
   •  JAN 120 - Sport Writing: The “I” in Team
   •  JAN 121 - The Art of Correspondence
   •  JAN 122 - The Art of Race: (Re)-Imagining Ethnicity and Identity in Literature, Art, & Pop Culture
   •  JAN 123 - The Art of the Domestic: The Personal is Political as Praxis
   •  JAN 124 - Writing and Publishing a Romance Novel
   •  JAN 126 - Tolkien & The Rings
   •  JAN 127 - Taylor Swift as Mirrorball: Reflections of Ourselves & Culture
 

300 Level (3 Units)

   •  JAN 300 - Art of the Music Video
   •  JAN 304 - End of the World
   •  JAN 305 - Exploring Fairy Tales
   •  JAN 306 - Fencing and Swords in History and Popular Culture
   •  JAN 307 - Finding Your Infinity Stones
   •  JAN 308 - Sports on Screen: Exploring the Intersection of Sport and Film
   •  JAN 309 - God & Gangs: Redeeming the Streets and the Sacred, a Latin@ Perspective
   •  JAN 310 - Great Company or Great Stock? How to Make the Investment Connection
   •  JAN 311 - Heroes, Heroism, and the Heroic
   •  JAN 312 - The Art Remains: The Case for Literary Merit in Video Games
   •  JAN 313 - Lasallian Service Internship I (Local)
   •  JAN 314 - The Holocaust: Antisemitism Through the Ages and The Rescue of Jews
   •  JAN 316 - The Science of Cooking
   •  JAN 317 - The Science of Happiness and Well-Being
   •  JAN 318 - Tolstoy: Art, Faith, Politics, Philosophy
   •  JAN 319 - Turning on the Light Bulb: Illuminate, Unleash, and Unlock Your Creativity
   •  JAN 320 - Understanding the Body You Live In: A Creative Somatic Exploration
   •  JAN 321 - Utopias and Imaginary Societies
   •  JAN 322 - Creating Paradise? Seeking Sustainability in Bali and Beyond
   •  JAN 323 - How to Live, What to Do: Ten Short Films about the Ten Commandments
   •  JAN 324 - Living in Stalin’s Russia: Daily Life in Extraordinary Times, 1928-1953
   •  JAN 325 - Reading and Writing Young Adult Literature
   •  JAN 328 - Bay Area Social Justice Movements: Identity and Place-Based Activism