ONLINE Objects tell stories: stories of their makers, their users, those who bought, sold, traded or repaired them. This course will tell a history of New England through the stories contained within its material culture. It will speak to the... more

How often do you make things with your hands and play with space? When you make something you are imagining it into being. This studio sculpture course introduces the design elements of three-dimensional form, with the goal of bringing awareness... more

Semi-Immersion, please note Special Schedule Mondays, 7PM - 8:30PM via Zoom Saturdays, 10AM - 4PM in person SCHEDULE: Monday, September 16: Zoom, 7PM - 8:30PM Saturday, September 28: On Campus, 10AM - 4PM Monday, October 7: Zoom, 7PM - 8:30PM... more

For decades, the fields of psychiatry and clinical psychology have insisted that mental illness is biologically based, and untold millions of research dollars have been poured into the search for the neurochemical, neuroanatomical, genetic, and/or... more

As I describe in the syllabus, Education is a personal endeavor, but access to education and the quality of education in America is governed by laws and society. The overarching purpose of Social Foundations in Education is to explore foundational... more

What is the best method of studying for a test? Is it possible to build a lie detector? How reliable is eyewitness testimony? Is there such a thing as a photographic memory? Why do people experience déjà vu? Is it possible to repress traumatic... more

We write memoir, William Zinsser wrote, because it's how we make sense of who we are, who we once were and what elements shaped our development. As Patricia Hampl puts it, we are drawn to the genre because we want to know about ourselves, and... more

Semi-Immersion, please note Special Schedule Mondays, 7PM - 8:30PM via Zoom Saturdays, 10AM - 4PM in person SCHEDULE: Monday, September 16: Zoom, 7PM - 8:30PM Saturday, September 28: On Campus, 10AM - 4PM Monday, October 7: Zoom, 7PM - 8:30PM... more

ONLINE Objects tell stories: stories of their makers, their users, those who bought, sold, traded or repaired them. This course will tell a history of New England through the stories contained within its material culture. It will speak to the... more

For decades, the fields of psychiatry and clinical psychology have insisted that mental illness is biologically based, and untold millions of research dollars have been poured into the search for the neurochemical, neuroanatomical, genetic, and/or... more

Game theory is the mathematical study of strategic thinking. The key question that it addresses is: How do we make decisions in situations where each person's decisions affect the well-being of others, not just of themselves? Should we compete... more

What is the best method of studying for a test? Is it possible to build a lie detector? How reliable is eyewitness testimony? Is there such a thing as a photographic memory? Why do people experience déjà vu? Is it possible to repress traumatic... more

In Understanding Contemporary American Politics, 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, political and social... more

For decades, the fields of psychiatry and clinical psychology have insisted that mental illness is biologically based, and untold millions of research dollars have been poured into the search for the neurochemical, neuroanatomical, genetic, and/or... more

As I describe in the syllabus, Education is a personal endeavor, but access to education and the quality of education in America is governed by laws and society. The overarching purpose of Social Foundations in Education is to explore foundational... more

ONLINE Objects tell stories: stories of their makers, their users, those who bought, sold, traded or repaired them. This course will tell a history of New England through the stories contained within its material culture. It will speak to the... more

ONLINE More than 70 years have passed since the end of the second world war, and the challenge of preserving the memory of humanity's most horrendous trauma is becoming harder and harder with every year that passes and with each... more

Game theory is the mathematical study of strategic thinking. The key question that it addresses is: How do we make decisions in situations where each person's decisions affect the well-being of others, not just of themselves? Should we compete... more

What is the best method of studying for a test? Is it possible to build a lie detector? How reliable is eyewitness testimony? Is there such a thing as a photographic memory? Why do people experience déjà vu? Is it possible to repress traumatic... more

This seminar attempts to do several things at once: we will develop a visual astuteness by which we can talk about pictures, and we will further our awareness of photographers who address issues of landscape; we explore contemporary dialogues... more

Miles Davis (1926-1967) and John Coltrane (1926-1967) stand out as the most influential jazz musicians of the last fifty years. Each of them had a profound influence on the evolution of the music and each has become an enduring cultural icon at a... more

ONLINE Is critical thinking best nurtured through an individualistic focus on content mastery that separates the knower from the known or through interpersonal dialogue and experiential learning that encourages the student to connect different... more

This course discusses the social psychology of close relationships in its evolutionary, physiological, and social context. We will explore various psychological theories of close relationships or belongingness in the context of various types of... more

Survey significant writings in world literature with an emphasis on values, literary techniques and major movements in literature from the ancient world to the early modern period. Analyze the literary, cultural, historical and philosophical impact... more

Semi-Immersion, please note Special Schedule Mondays, 7PM - 8:30PM via Zoom Saturdays, 10AM - 4PM in person Monday, February 10: Zoom, 7PM - 8:30PM Saturday, February 22: On Campus, 10AM - 4PM Monday, March 3: Zoom, 7PM - 8:30PM Saturday, March... more

ONLINE Twisting them. Climbing them. Gobbling them up and singing them out. Fairy tales with their culture-bending motifs, language slippages, and symbols have kept contemporary wordsmiths traveling the labyrinthian woods of words forever after.... more

ONLINE In this seminar, we will explore the potentiality of building better businesses through brain science. We will investigate the budding field of neuroscience and business. Falling under the penumbra of organizational behavior and management... more

ONLINE This course explores some of the ways that people use food, cuisines, and eating to organize and engage with social worlds. This focus provides a concrete means for deepening our understanding of alternative models of social explanation.... more

Until the 'disenchantment of the world' in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Europeans and early Americans lived in a universe shot through with hidden and awesome power. God's action in the world was possible but puzzlingly,... more

ONLINE In this seminar, we will explore the potentiality of building better businesses through brain science. We will investigate the budding field of neuroscience and business. Falling under the penumbra of organizational behavior and management... more

This course discusses the social psychology of close relationships in its evolutionary, physiological, and social context. We will explore various psychological theories of close relationships or belongingness in the context of various types of... more