Splash Biography



JIM ANDERSEN, ESP Teacher



Major: English/Premed

College/Employer: BC

Year of Graduation: 2014

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Past Classes

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R1117: Battle of the Books: Popular Fiction versus Literary Fiction in Splash Spring 2014 (Apr. 06, 2014)
Is literary fiction really "better" than the most popular books of our generation? In this class we'll stack the most critically acclaimed works of the 20th century against mass market fiction. You'll be the judge. TEAM POPULAR FICTION: Harry Potter and Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown Twilight by Stephanie Meyer TEAM LITERARY FICTION Ulysses by James Joyce Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Beloved by Toni Morrison


A951: The Greatest Movie Scenes of All Time in Splash Fall 2013 (Nov. 17, 2013)
An awards show of sorts for the best movie scenes ever put on the screen. You'll get to watch each award-winning scene and learn why it's the best of the best! Categories will include: Coolest Scene - Funniest Scene - Best Animated Scene - Most Dramatic Scene - Best Original Song - Best Original Score - Scariest Scene - Best Cinematography - Best Ending - and of course: The #1 Greatest Scene of All Time. Did your favorite get the nod? Come find out!


R814: Science-Fiction's Most Important Character: HAL 9000 in Splash Spring 2013 (Apr. 07, 2013)
Science-fiction fans will enjoy and appreciate this presentation on the movie character that started modern sci-fi: HAL 9000, the psychotic supercomputer from Stanley Kubrick's film, 2001: A Space Odyssey. I'll explore HAL's enormous influence by showing clips of him and then showing clips from other popular movies that owe their memorable images to the character of HAL. These movies will include The Matrix, the Star Wars trilogy, the Terminator series, WALL-E, I Robot, Blade Runner, and even Peter Jackson's The Lord of The Rings.