MINIVERSITY CLASSES Fall 2011* Time schedules and prices subject to change before registration. REGISTRATION: Sept.

29 (Thursday) 8am-4pm Sept. 30 (Friday) 12pm-4pm in Collis Lobby. Please have cash, Dash, or check (payable to Dartmouth College) at registration. Classes start the week of Monday, Octorber 10th. Please contact Miniversity@dartmouth.edu with questions.

Wellness/Activities
*COUPLES MASSAGE Wednesdays 7:15-9pm, FUEL 6 sessions, $60 per person Instructor: Jenny Gelfan This course will teach you basic relaxation massage technique and theory. Upon completion, you will be able perform a basic relaxation massage to share with your friends and family. This course is hands-on and you do not need any previous experience. *DJING 101 Thurdays 6-7pm or 8-9pm, FUEL 6 sessions, $30 per person Instructor: Patrick Chen This course focuses on the bare essentials of DJing. Two turntables, a mixer and headphones. Nothing fancy. Here youll also learn some history and current hot trends in the DJing industry. You will also gain an appreciation for the various technology/DJ equipment out there. Well cover a wide range of genres popular in the club scene: Top40, Hip-Hop, House, Electro, Baltimore Club. DJing is much more then a glorified playlist. Like any instrument, it requires practice and so tips will be given to how to improve even after these classes. Technical teaching will be towards beat matching, looping, set selection, usage of effects , transitions and other rules of thumb. This will be very hands on- students will take turns working with the turntable systems. *REMIXING, MASHUPS, AND MUSIC PRODUCTION WITH ABLETON LIVE Tuesdays 7:00-8:00pm, Collis 303 for first class, Collis 218 (classes 2-6) 6 sessions, $35 per person Instructor: Ryan Collins Limit: 16 students Are you constantly checking music blogs for the next hot remix? Have you ever wanted to mash up your favorite songs like SuperMashBros, The White Panda, or Kap Slap? Have you ever wondered how famous producers like David Guetta, Avicii, Afrojack, and

Skrillex create their own trademark sounds digitally? Then this is the class for you! Electronic music production and digital sampling are both techniques that are currently exploding in the music industry. In this class, you will learn everything you need to get started with making your own remixes, mashups, and even original tracks using the software Ableton Live. Instruction will cover a range of topics, including everything from basic song composition and music theory to harmonic mixing, synthesizer creation, and sample acquisition. Participants will need their own laptop that can run Ableton Live 8.0 or later (check out there website at www.ableton.com), as well as their own headphones or earbuds. Experience with Ableton or music composition is helpful, but not mandatory. *SPEED MENTAL MATH Tuesdays 4:00-6:00pm, Location TBA 6 sessions, $40 Limit: 25 students Instructor: Delos Chang Learn how to add and multiply numbers faster than a calculator. Mental math calculations develop your mind's organizational abilities, increase mental capacity, and expand memory. Quick thinking and visualization methods are emphasized in this class. Real world applications using mental math (e.g. calculating Poker Odds) included. Must purchase and bring own abacus. * SPEED READING Mondays (10/03, 10/10) and Wednesdays (10/05, 10/17) 3:00-4:15pm, Location TBA 4 sessions, $35 per person Instructor: Carl Thum Limit: 20 people Sign up and find the time to put more fun into your fall at Dartmouth! This course is essentially a speed reading course, but with plenty of information and practice on comprehension skills, too. You will find ways to read more, read more in less time, get more out of your reading, and you may just find time to read for pleasure in the time you have left! *STARCRAFT 2 Thursdays 8:00-9:30pm, Collis 218 6 sessions, $30 Instructors: Peter Spradling and Yufan Lin Limit: 10 students Are you a cyber athlete? Want to be? In this Starcraft II class, students will be watching professional games, analyzing replays, and playing matches against players at or above their level. The purpose of this course is to improve your Starcraft II skills, and learn how to be a better RTS gamer in general.

LANGUAGE
*Korean Language Mondays 4-5:00pm, Collis 218 6 sessions, $30 Instructors: Moon Young Choi Limit: 15 students This class is a Korean Language course for the students with no previous experience in the language. The course will focus mainly on basic conversational skills, and also briefly touch on the basics of writing and grammar structure.

ARTS
*DRAWING Wednesdays 8-9pm, Collis 212 6 sessions, $40 Instructor: Lin Bo Come have fun drawing from life with pencil and charcoal! We learn about using line, shape, and shadow in our drawings to express what we see and think. All drawing materials will be provided. *INTRODUCTION TO DSLR PHOTOGRAPHY Wednesday 7:00-8:30, Collis 303 6 session, $35 Instructor: Kevin Xiao This course introduces students to DSLR Photography. We will discuss physical anatomy, set up procedures, concepts like aperture and shutter speed, explore how to manipulate color and lighting, as well as more advanced photo techniques like long exposure photography and flash photography.

EXERCISE AND DANCE

*INTRODUCTION TO WEST COAST SWING: BRIDGING THE GAP Tuesdays 6-8pm, FUEL 6 sessions, $40 Instructor: Sean Gao Limit: 30 students West Coast Swing is a fresh new dance phenomenon that has started to grow in the young crowd. It is a Social dance that is danced to many genres of music including contemporary, country, club, anything with a 4/4 beat. You will learn the basic skills of West Coast Swing dancing. *DANCE STRETCH AND CONDITIONING Mondays 4:45-6:00, FUEL 6 sessions, $35 per person

Instructor: Katherine Shelton Limit: 24 students Looking for an extra workout to add to the week? Desire a dancer's lean muscles and flexibility? Take Dance Stretch and Conditioning! We'll improve overall muscle strength and flexibility in a safe, individual manner. This workout will be beneficial for both dancers and non-dancers. No dance experience necessary! *YOGA Wednesday 6:30-8:00pm, FUEL 6 sessions, $40 Instructor: Valentina Semenova Limit: 12 A yoga class for all levels from beginner to advanced. Bring your own yoga matts. *ZUMBA LATIN AEROBIC FITNESS Monday 7:00-8:00pm, FUEL 6 sessions, $35 per person Instructor: Sierra Varela (varela.s.joy@gmail.com) Limit: 14 people Zumba is a Latin based aerobic fitness program created in the mid 90s. The Zumba program fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves to create a one-of-akind fitness program. Zumba Fanatics achieve long-term benefits while experiencing an absolute blast in one exciting hour of calorie-burning, body-energizing, awe-inspiring movements meant to engage and captivate for life!

FOOD AND DRINK

*Cooking beyond Dartmouth: Everything a college student needs to know before graduating Tuesdays 4:30 - 6:00, Fahey/McLane Second Floor 6 sessions, $60 Instructor: Lisa Flynn Limit: 12 Come learn the fundamentals of cooking and how to create easy, quick and impressive dishes with a few ingredients. You will learn key techniques and flavor combinations that always work and how to become an intuitive chef. A must before graduating and leaving DDS behind. *Gluten Free Baking Tuesdays 6:30- 8:30, Maxwell 201 6 sessions, $60 Instructor: Sarah Schewe Limit: 12 Have a sweet tooth but don't want to load up on sugar and gluten? Learn gluten-free baking! We'll make gluten-free versions of classic desserts like chocolate chip cookies and carrot cake, as well as sweet treats like pumpkin cookies, maple cake and honey

cornmeal cake. We'll cover a variety of frostings from classic buttercream to white rum frosting. Many recipes will also be vegan and use sugar-substitutes. Instructed by Sarah Schewe. Schewe is gluten-free and before coming to Dartmouth studied cuisine at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. *Vegan Baking Monday 7:00 9:00, Brace Commons 6 sessions, $60 Instructor: Kelly McGlinchey Limit: 10 Calling all sweet tooths! Are you a novice looking to break into the delicious world of baking from scratch? Or perhaps youre a professional baker who hasnt yet explored the realm of baking without eggs, milk or butter? This class will teach you some basics of vegan baking including how to choose the right sugar and the use of whole grains over refined flours. Each class will feature a different baked good ranging from pecan pie squares to pumpkin chocolate chip bars to banana oatmeal cookies. Whether the terms sucanat, agave, egg-replacer, and turbinado sugar are commonplace lingo or foreign concepts to you, this class promises to be a fun and delicious way to spend your Monday night! *ONE TIME WHISKEY TASTING Tuesday 7:00 - 9:00, One Wheelock 1 session (Choose 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, or 11/1), $25 per person Instructor: Yan Fan Limit: 7 per class This one time, 1.5 hour course is perfect for those with an interest in trying something new without time for a six week course. We will try different varieties of whiskey from all over the world. Learn how to enjoy, appreciate, and judge the whiskeys of the world. This is a good class for graduating seniors to take! Learn how to order like a real adult at a bar. *Must be 21 or older to enroll. ID required to register. *WINE DISCOVERY Wednesdays 7-9pm, Collis 101 6 sessions, $80 per person Instructor: Wesley Schuab Limit: 25 people We will learn to really enjoy wine by becoming familiar with its components from farm to hype, major viticultural techniques, grape varieties, deciphering labels, and sensory evaluation. *Must be 21 or older to enroll. ID required to register. First session mandatory. *BARTENDING - MIXOLOGY 101 Sundays 5:15-6:15, 6:30-7:30, or 7:45-8:45pm, Collis 218 first night, subsequently in One Wheelock 6 sessions, $55 per person Instructor: Yan Fan, bartender

Be the knowledgeable drinker! Instruction on basic bartending skills, alcohol safety, the history and process of different types of alcohol, and how to make a variety of mixed beverages. By the end of this course you will have superior knowledge of different types of alcohol and drink recipes and have mastered basic bartending skills. *No real alcohol will be used.