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Title: Renaissance
Description: The first year tutorial, taken in the fall semester, is Grinnell College's only general academic course requirement. The college intends the tutorial to assist students in further developing their critical thinking skills and in improving their written and oral communication skills. Each of the tutorials offered in a given fall semester is based around a particular subject matter, which provides the vehicle by which the above goals are accomplished. Considers the rebirth of arts, politics and culture in Florence known as the renaissance.
Date Created: 1999
PID: grinnell:3458

Title: Russia in Revolution, Tutorial, Fall 2001, First year tutorial, Fall 2001
Description: The first year tutorial, taken in the fall semester, is Grinnell College's only general academic course requirement. The college intends the tutorial to assist students in further developing their critical thinking skills and in improving their written and oral communication skills. Each of the tutorials offered in a given fall semester is based around a particular subject matter, which provides the vehicle by which the above goals are accomplished. This tutorial focuses on the literature and art of the Russian Revolutionary period.
Date Created: 2001
PID: grinnell:3459

Title: Soundtracks and Scores, Soundtracks and Scores : Syllabus
Description: The first year tutorial, taken in the fall semester, is Grinnell College's only general academic course requirement. The college intends the tutorial to assist students in further developing their critical thinking skills and in improving their written and oral communication skills. Each of the tutorials offered in a given fall semester is based around a particular subject matter, which provides the vehicle by which the above goals are accomplished. Soundtracks and scores explores the use of music in conveying emotion in films.
Date Created: 2004
PID: grinnell:3460

Title: The Comedies of Aristophanes, Tutorial: The Comedies of Aristophanes
Description: Throughout the semester we will explore the meaning, philosophy, and psychology of the comic as we see it in Aristophanes and elsewhere - what makes something funny. Is all humor contextual or are some of its elements intrinsic or universal? What did the famous actor mean with his last words,
Date Created: 2004
PID: grinnell:3433

Title: Tutorial summary sheet 2010-2011, Grinnell College tutorial summary sheet 2010-2011
Description: Tutorials offered during the Fall 2010 semester at Grinnell College.
Date Created: 2010
PID: grinnell:3462

Title: Tutorial: Celebrating Forty Years, Tutorial: Celebrating 40 Years
Description: The catalog for an exhibition by the same name highlighting the timeline of theTutorial at Grinnell.
Date Created: 2011
PID: grinnell:1076

Title: We Are What We Eat: Food, Culture, and Identity in Literature and Film, Food, Culture, and Identity in Literature and Film
Description: In this tutorial we will examine the cultural and political significance of food in literature and film. We will focus on the way national cultures and personal identities are described and defined through narratives of the preparation, consumption, and appreciation of food in twentieth-century Chinese and Chinese American literature and film. Additionally, the course will integrate samples from other cultures and periods as points of comparison. Extracurricular activities, such as a restaurant visit, will also be included to facilitate our understanding and analysis of the culture of food.
Date Created: 2002
PID: grinnell:3463