PLEASE NOTE: This course begins on Monday September 11, and ends with a mandatory class meeting during finals week, December 11. This class requires students to work at one state park or forest of their choice for the entire semester. While a... more

Textual scholar D.F. McKenzie famously asserted that "forms effect meaning." What does this mean? That the physical form that a text takes -- whether a stone tablet, scroll, manuscript, printed flyer, or ebook -- contributes to and is in fact an... more

The Rise, the Fall, and the Opportunity of Higher Education in America is designed for students who are interested in higher education and more importantly interested in how educational institutions respond to challenges and opportunities.... more

When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from nonexperts? What can teachers and schools do -- with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods -- to help children learn most effectively? Neuroscience... more

ONLINE Creative nonfiction (CNF) is a distinctive form of literature and an evolving discipline that is grounded in verifiable truth using the literary techniques often found in fiction. It is a broad and flexible medium which includes forms as... more

Textual scholar D.F. McKenzie famously asserted that "forms effect meaning." What does this mean? That the physical form that a text takes -- whether a stone tablet, scroll, manuscript, printed flyer, or ebook -- contributes to and is in fact an... more

The question of sustainability is inherently quantitative: How do we shepherd our resources, natural and human-made -- even intangible ones, such as health -- so as not to deplete them? How can we -- indeed, can we -- allow for economic growth and... more

When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from nonexperts? What can teachers and schools do -- with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods -- to help children learn most effectively? Neuroscience... more

ONLINE In Understanding Contemporary American Politics in 2023, students will learn how to read the political press skeptically and how to write critically about American politics. Along the way, the course will touch on electoral history,... more

ONLINE The late 1980s and early 1990s not only saw the downfall of communism and the establishment of democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. It also rang in a short period of geopolitical optimism. The 40-year long superpower rivalry seemed to... more

The Rise, the Fall, and the Opportunity of Higher Education in America is designed for students who are interested in higher education and more importantly interested in how educational institutions respond to challenges and opportunities.... more

When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from nonexperts? What can teachers and schools do -- with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods -- to help children learn most effectively? Neuroscience... more

Over the past several decades hip hop, in its various facets of rap, deejaying, dance, visual art, fashion, and attitude toward authority, has gradually taken over as a primary medium of expression for youth around the world. Used as mass... more

Japanese woodblock printmaking is a traditional art form, more than 1,000 years old, which relies on hand-pressing techniques, watercolors, and rice paste. Quite distinct from Western printmaking traditions, it uses no oil-based inks or presses. In... more

Who determines what is true and worth knowing? How has the construction of knowledge and academic traditions from across the globe been impacted by such phenomena as (post)modernity, (neo)colonialism, and (neo)liberalism? Why do any of the... more

The course will be broken up into five parts: part one will look at Ancient Egyptian, and Classical Greek and Roman conceptions of brain function. Part two will investigate methodological advances in the study of electricity, and cell-staining... more

Semi-Immersion, please note Special Schedule Mondays, 7PM - 8:30PM via Zoom Saturdays, 10AM - 4PM in person SCHEDULE: Monday, February 12: Zoom, 7PM - 8:30PM Saturday, February 24: On Campus, 10AM - 4PM Monday, March 4: Zoom, 7PM - 8:30PM... more

The 'Human Animal' is a course that examines the concept of human evolution through the lens that we -- the human species -- are also a type of animal, roaming the landscape harvesting food, avoiding predators, and dealing with disease... more

The course will be broken up into five parts: part one will look at Ancient Egyptian, and Classical Greek and Roman conceptions of brain function. Part two will investigate methodological advances in the study of electricity, and cell-staining... more

Who determines what is true and worth knowing? How has the construction of knowledge and academic traditions from across the globe been impacted by such phenomena as (post)modernity, (neo)colonialism, and (neo)liberalism? Why do any of the... more

ONLINE The US Environmental Protection Agency defines environmental justice as ""the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation,... more

While globalization and international organizations have currently integrated the world into networks of peace; ethnic, religious and regional conflict have driven nations and groups further apart. This coexistence of conflict and cooperation marks... more

ONLINE This course explores the role of luxury consumption in the development of the market economy into a capitalist system with a global division of labor by 1800. It will study how Europeans were exposed to such luxury commodities as spices,... more

The course will be broken up into five parts: part one will look at Ancient Egyptian, and Classical Greek and Roman conceptions of brain function. Part two will investigate methodological advances in the study of electricity, and cell-staining... more