Hartwick college

Registration Deadline: April 15, 2012

To register for a 2012 Pine Lake Summer Institute Course, click here.

All registrants must complete the Conditions of Participation form. Download the form here.

ANTH 350: Women and Gender in Prehistory
Professor Cynthia Klink, klinkcj@oneonta.edu
June 4- June 29: Monday-Friday (3:00-5:00pm)
3 credits
Tuition/fees: $1,075
This special topics course is an introduction to archaeological research and perspectives on women, gender, and sexuality in past societies. Basic theoretical issues are addressed first (and throughout the course), such as gender vs. sex, androcentric bias, and how archaeology is used in the present. We will explore various archaeological methods for engendering past cultures, including burials and human physical remains, art, written documents, artifacts and architecture. Select cultures (Egypt, Maya, California hunter-gatherers, Moche, etc.) are highlighted at various points throughout the course. Students will demonstrate knowledge of 1) the anthropological perspective on sex and gender, 2) the methods archaeologists can use to investigate gender, 3) gender variation across cultures and through time. This course is by nature interdisciplinary, as gender-related topics and means to try to address them in the past merge theories, methods, data, and insights from a wide number of disciplines, such as: anthropology and its subdiscipline archaeology, history, geology, human biology, sociology, art and art history, and psychology. This is a seminar-style course, involving reading, classroom discussion and written assignments. Occasional videos introduce specific cultures or address select issues. Instructor permission required for enrollment.  

ART 250: Drawing from Nature
Professor June Tyler, tylerpaper@aol.com
June 4-21: Tuesday-Thursday (9:00-2:30pm)
2 credits
Tuition/fees: $835
Drawing from Nature will develop basic skills in seeing and drawing from subjects found in nature. Students will learn techniques in a variety of drawing media as they develop their abilities to see their subject matter in depth and record it. Students will look at examples of art in this rich historical tradition of drawing from nature, working "en plein aire" and be stimulated by the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, Durer, and others. Students will learn to see more in-depth than usual by examining a natural subject very closely in terms of lighting (shading), color variation within its overall structure, details (line, texture, shape, etc.) and perspective (depth). Students will be able to draw simple to complex subjects found in nature with confidence and excitement and students will become part of a rich tradition of artists working "en plein aire" and feel comfortable working on their own from life. Students will not have to have any instruction prior to the class. All levels of ability are welcome as I will be working with students individually to develop their abilities to see and draw from nature.

BIOL 250: Field Natural History
Professor Peter Fauth, fauthp@hartwick.edu
May 30-June 22: Monday-Friday (9:00am-4:00pm)
4 credits (lab science)
Tuition/fees: $1,490
Natural history is the study and description of organisms living in natural ecosystems. Students of natural history (i.e. naturalists), including Charles Darwin, John James Audubon, and E. O. Wilson, are fascinated by biodiversity and strive to learn as much as possible about the organisms that surround them. By observing species in the field and by reading scientific literature, naturalists learn about the behavior, ecology, distribution, and taxonomy of species in a given region. The main goal of this course is to encourage your development as a naturalist by inventorying the vascular plants and animals at Robert V. Riddell State Park. The surveys conducted during the course will follow protocols used by state park biologists and contribute to the management plan for the biodiversity at Robert V. Riddell State Park. At the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate an ability to: (1) use field guides and scientific keys to identify common species of flora and fauna in Robert V. Riddell State Park, (2) classify and identify characteristics of major groups of vascular plants and vertebrates, (3) design and implement common ecological sampling and monitoring techniques, and (4) read and assimilate scientific information related to the natural history of organisms.

ENGL 250: Haibun: Japanese Nature Poetry
Professor Dan Pelletier, pelletierd@hartwick.edu
June 4-28: Monday-Thursday (5:30pm-8pm)
3 credits
Tuition/fees: $1,075
This course is a writing workshop that explores haibun from its earliest days as a poetic form of Japanese diary mixed with haiku to modern interpretations of mixed-genre travelogue. Students will read and discuss the travel journals of seventeenth-century poet Matsuo Basho, who was the first to master the form, as well as contemporary works by American poets. We will also be hiking and exploring the Pine Lake campus to inspire our own nature writing. Students will be required to purchase and keep portable travel journals, in which we'll record our observations in haibun form. Students will learn about the creation and development of the form over time and explore how poets write about nature. Since good writing depends on specifics, we will also use field guides to identify local flora and fauna so we may enrich our vocabulary and understanding of nature.

ENGL 250: Transformation: Autobiography into Fiction
Professor Alice Lichtenstein, lichtensteina@hartwick.edu
June 4-26: Monday-Tuesday (9:00-2:00pm)
3 credits
Tuition/fees: $1,075
"Transformations: Autobiography into Fiction" is an intensive writing and reading course devoted to helping participants transform their autobiographical material into fiction or memoir. Writing students are often overwhelmed by the sheer amount of memory and experience they possess and need to find ways to identify and focus on the truly resonant details of their lives. During the course, I lead participants through a series of writing exercises that help to uncover significant memories and experiences-the ones that might form the basis of fiction or memoir. Furthermore, I will instruct students in the craft of writing fiction and memoir. I will discuss the importance of using precise details and images to render experience. We will also study and discuss from a writer's point-of-view some of the masterworks of contemporary autobiography and fiction. Writers whose works I plan to include: Edwidge Danticat; Mary Karr; Michael Cunningham; Mary McCarthy; and William Maxwell. Throughout the course, participants will work on linked stories and/or personal essays.

Housing is available in the Robertson Lodge and Farmhouse at Pine Lake ($250-double; $300-single). For housing information, contact pinelake@hartwick.edu.

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