Brian Brenner (civil and environmental engineering)
A new project based on bridge failures is designed for Engineering 39, Bridge Design, and CEE 129, Bridge Design and Rehabilitation. Students will take a close look at the case study of the Quebec Bridge Disaster and analyze the causal relationships between factors and events.

Julia Genster (English)
Twice Told Tales is a new course for upperclassmen that focuses on a series of paired texts: one “classic” and one “modern.” Students investigate lines of literary descent and affiliation in a historicized context.

Dalue Gyure (chemical and biological engineering)
Material balance and Thermodynamics, a sophomore-level laboratory course, has been redesigned to include two lab experiments and a research project that teach chemical engineering fundamentals while challenging students to think beyond the simplicity of a preplanned experiment or problem set.

Meghan Hughes (Visual Studies Program)
A new year-long course, Tools for Thinking about Art: An Introduction to Critical Theory and the History of Art History, has been developed for Museum School students. It surveys theories and methodologies of art and architectural history, tracing the genisis of art history to its present multi-layered form.

Sibyl Johnston (English)
A revision of English 5 and 6, Creative Writing, incorporates an online workshop component that directs students to identify their concerns about their own writing, translate those concerns into effective questions for readers, and elicit helpful responses. Students, as critics, learn about their own writing through critiquing others’ work.

Elizabeth Lemons (comparative religion)
A new course, Theory and Method in the Study of Religion, has been developed as a new requirement for comparative religion majors and minors. The course introduces students to theories and methods important to the academic study of religion through discussion and analysis of the field’s classics and through a critical examination of contemporary development and debates.

Esther Zirbel (physics)
A revision of Galaxies and the Universe includes a new hands-on laboratory component and active learning exercises in the lectures. Students work with Tufts’ Meade telescope.

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