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2025 Family Weekend Open Classes
Course Name/Instructor | Time | Location | Notes |
LATIN 231 Intermediate Latin — Anne Groton | 8–8:55 a.m. | Tomson 308 | No knowledge of Latin necessary to follow what’s going on in class. |
ED 295 Foundations of Education — Dan Forstner | 9:05–10 a.m. | Tomson 214 | First course in education licensure sequence and an intro to teaching. |
FREN 111 Beginning French — Maria Vendetti | 9:05–10 a.m. | Tomson 212 | This class is presented entirely in French. |
BIO 227 Cell Biology — Kim Kandl | 9:05–10 a.m. | Regents Hall of Natural Sciences 150 | Course Description |
MUSIC 141 Introduction to Musicology — Louis Epstein | 9:05–10 a.m. | Christiansen Hall of Music 233 | This course includes a performance and lecture about Beethoven’s Sonata Pathetique. |
RUSSN 111 Beginning Russian — Guilia Dossi | 9:05–10 a.m. | Holland Hall 205 | The topic of this beginner Russian language class will be: the pronouns whose?, mine, yours, his, hers, ours, yours (plural and formal), theirs. A nice refresher for those who maybe have taken some Russian before. |
GERM 231 Intermediate German — Amanda Randall | 10:45–11:50 a.m. | Tomson 108 | This is a 3rd semester German course; appropriate for prospective students with at least 2 years of high school German. |
KINES 139 Pickleball — Julie Graf | 10:45–11:50 a.m. | Tennis Courts | This class is active! Athletic clothing and footwear recommended! |
MUSIC 237 Local and Global — Rehanna Kheshgi | 10:45–11:50 a.m. | Christiansen Hall of Music 233 | Course Description |
EDUC 295 Foundations in Education — Dan Forstner | 10:45–11:50 a.m. | Tomson 214 | First course in education licensure sequence and an intro to teaching. |
LATIN 111 Beginning Latin — Anne Groton | 11:50 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Tomson 114 | No knowledge of Latin necessary to follow what’s going on in class. |
PHYS 130 Analytical I — Amy Larsen | 11:50 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Regents Hall of Natural Sciences 210 | Course Description |
FYS 120 First Year Seminar Topic: Voices for Democracy — Kathryn Ananda-Owens | 12:55–1:50 p.m. | Regents Hall of Natural Sciences 124 | Writing intensive course for first year students. |
KINES 139 Pickleball — Julie Graf | 12:55–1:50 p.m. | Tennis Courts | This class is active! Athletic clothing and footwear recommended! |
CSCI 221 Intro to Data Structures in C++ — Barbara Johnson | 2–2:55 p.m. | Regents Hall of Natural Sciences 203 |
This is a lab-based class with a lot of work time for student coding. |
GREEK 231 Intermediate Greek — Anne Groton | 2–2:55 p.m. | Tomson 308 | No knowledge of Greek necessary to follow what’s going on in class. |
FYS 120 First Year Seminar Topic: First Time for Anything — Dan Forstner | 2–2:55 p.m. | Tomson 214 |
Writing intensive course for first year students. |
Open Class List
A printed list will be available in Buntrock Commons Crossroads.