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SPRING 2014 SCHEDULE

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Schedule Changes for Spring 2014

New Class
A second science class has been added to the schedule. Students who need to fulfill the science requirement or need general studies credit should consider this class.

RS 201 I -- Science, Technology and Societal Impact
Thursday, 1-3:50 p.m., Room 215F
Instructor: Dr. Ellen Jorgensen
This course explores the ramifications of the latest scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs. How will they affect our lives and the planet? What social, moral and ethical questions have inspired artists to use them in their work? Each class will focus on a different scientific discipline such as genetic engineering, cognitive neuroscience, tissue engineering, synthetic biology, and personal genomics. An explanation of the science will be followed by a discussion examining the utopic/dystopic myths surrounding these technologies, fact vs. hype, and what questions should be raised as we implement them. Guest artists and their work will be featured along with scientists and ethicists. Dr. Jorgensen is the president and co-founder of Genspace where she has created biology and biotechnology workshops for the general community. She teaches participants with a diverse variety of backgrounds including the artistic community. She has also taught science to art students at The School of Visual Arts.

Room Changes
Performance, FA 395B, Wednesday, 2 - 4:50 - moved to room 414F

Professional Practice, FA 322B, Wednesday, 2 - 4:50 - moved to room 305CS

Time Change
Etching Workshop/Photogravure, FA 352/FA 356 - to Wednesday, 2- 5:50

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.