An introduction to physical anthropology, which surveys the major components of the field: primatology, fossil evidence and evolution, osteology, and contemporary human diversity and genetics.

Course Name: ANTH 120 01

Schedule: TR 1-3:50 p.m.

This studio course introduces the basic concepts, techniques, and processes of design and drawing. Pencil, ink, collage, charcoal, and other media are used to foster a comprehensive understanding of the descriptive, formal, and expressive possibilities of drawing and design. Group and individual critiques.

Course Name: ART 115 01

Schedule: TR 8:45-11:45 a.m.

Why is chemistry important to other sciences, technology, and society? What processes do chemists use when dealing with real problems? What conceptual models do chemists use to understand and explain their observations? The focus of this course is on the reasons for doing science, the intellectual and instrumental tools used, the models developed to solve new problems, and the assertion that chemistry has a tremendous effect on your personal life and on the decisions made by society. Along the way, we cover atoms, molecules, ions, and periodic properties; chemical equations, stoichiometry and moles; Lewis structures and VSEPR model of bonding; reactivity and functional groups; states of matter and intermolecular forces; relationships between structure and properties. This course discusses chemistry in the context of climate change, food and fuel, and energy use for lighting.

Course Name: CHEM 117 03

Schedule: MWF 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. and Tu 8:45-11:45 a.m. (for lab) 

This course takes an analytical approach to economic reasoning and contemporary economic issues. It introduces microeconomic and macroeconomic theories with applications to relevant issues such as employment, growth, international trade and finance, monetary and fiscal policy, and environmental issues.

Course Name: ECON 199 01

Schedule: MWF 10:00-11:00 a.m.

This course focuses on how literary techniques and subject matter inform concepts such as difference, strangeness, and alterity in relation to contemporary ideas about empathy. Can reading literature make us more empathetic? How are our relationships with fictional characters like or unlike those with people in our lives? Are there connections between navigating unfamiliar literary formations and new social terrain? We examine conjoining patterns in subjects such as neurodiversity, animal rights, artificial intelligence, racial identity, and climate change, as well as consider how our reading and writing practices in literary study pertain to important everyday skills such as attentive observation, critical thinking, and empathy.

Course Name: ENGL 190

Schedule: TR 2:35-3:50 p.m.

The idea of the Quest and Arthur’s Round Table have long captivated writers, readers, filmmakers and moviegoers. What attracts us to these quests? Why does this idea of questing resonate across literary fiction, fanfiction, and film? In this course students explore the origins of the French Grail Quest in the Middle Ages and look at how it has been interpreted, reinterpreted, and used to imagine our world. Chrétien de Troyes wrote The Story of the Grail around 1180 or 1190 and it has since been copied, adapted, and rewritten countless times over hundreds of years. How does the world of the Quest act as a space to reimagine the future, the past, and ourselves? Students examine how the Grail Quest and stories of King Arthur are reimagined to help us understand who we are, what we think we desire, and who we want to be. Further, how can the Quest be used to foster inclusion or exclusion, from medieval France to today? Students analyse the origins of these stories and explore the consequences of them being used to imagine who is — and is not — part of our communities. This course asks students to be an effective communicator in class, to be a creative problem solver when looking at how medieval literature and medievalisms shape our world, to productively collaborate when working with peers, and to be intellectually agile and open to challenging their world view. Taught in English.

Course Name: FREN 190 01

Schedule: MWF 2:50-3:50 p.m.

From the wrath of Achilles to the Golden Bough, this class examines how ancient civilizations used mythology to make sense of their world. Students develop skills in literary and contextual analysis while investigating the intellectual traditions of myth and its role in intercultural exchange. The class also focuses on how the study of the ancient world can help us understand and appreciate our own modern mythologies. Taught in English.

Course Name: GLAM 100 01

Schedule: TR 1:05-2:20 p.m.

Premised on in-depth discussion and analysis of key readings, this survey course covers a broad spectrum of domestic and global issues in public health, including the non-medical [social] determinants of health, health literacy, and disparities in health outcomes. Designed to encourage interaction among students interested in the health professions, this course lays the groundwork for future collaboration and introduces students to possible career tracks as practitioners, analysts, consultants, and social entrepreneurs in the realm of public health.

Course Name: HEAL 140 01

Schedule: MWF 10:00-11:00 a.m.

This course examines the history of the body, with a focus on race and gender in Early America and the Caribbean. It is a seminar with a strong emphasis on class discussion and participation, in which we closely examine a number of primary sources. This broad range of source material includes natural histories, travelogues, diaries, and images from the late sixteenth through the early nineteenth century. We analyze these sources in the context of secondary readings on health and disease, class and labor, transgression and punishment, and the relationship between people and their environment. Through all of these readings we consider the ways in which race, gender, and bodily differences are constructed over time and space. By the end of the course we will reflect on how these categories of difference and power were (and are) culturally specific and subject to change as cultures merged and adapted through contact across the Atlantic world.

Course Name: HIST 150 02

Schedule: MWF 2:50-3:50 p.m.

In Japan, since the late 19th century, the rapid changes associated with post-Meiji modernization have been, at least on some level, linked to the anxiety and alienation of the modern individual. As focus shifted from the rural to the urban, from the family and village to the individual, and from the domestic to the international, expressions of the unease people felt about the rapidity and acuteness of these changes proliferated. Starting with Japanese fiction produced by early 20th-century writers such as Natsume Soseki and Edogawa Rampo and continuing into the present, this course will look at how popular fiction and film in Japan have portrayed the “horror” of the modern. Taking up both conventional horror films/stories as well as seemingly innocuous tales that depict the horror of everyday life, we will focus our discussions on how issues—such as the breakdown in traditional family structures, dislocation from traditional homes (furusato), and increased racial inequality and poverty—that have coincided with Japan’s emergence as a world leader are depicted in fiction and popular culture and consider how these fictional representations simultaneously envision, verbalize, and confront various societal ills. Taught in English.

Course Name: JAPN 280 01

Schedule: MWF 8:00-9:50 a.m.

An exploration of some of the central questions and problems addressed by philosophers, such as: What is it to be a person? How can we live well and act responsibly? What is the nature of justice? Is it possible to act freely? What can we know about the world around us? What is the relationship between the mind and body? These questions, and others like them, are at the heart of philosophy. In this course, we will engage them through the writings of philosophers who have taken on these questions themselves. Expect to think carefully and write critically, skills meant to serve you in and beyond college.

Course Name: PHIL 110 03

Schedule: MWF 8:45-9:45 a.m.

An introduction to the fundamental concepts of classical mechanics: Newton’s laws, conservation of momentum and energy, and oscillatory and rotational motion.

Course Name: PHYS 101 03

Schedule: MWF 1:45-3:35 p.m.

This course is an introduction to the writings and experiences of Latinx in the United States by focusing on representative works of four major Latinx communities: Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban American, and Dominican American. Using literary pieces, films, documentaries, history, and other multidisciplinary writings, this course explores identity and ethnicity, acculturation/assimilation, language use, gender and sexuality, diasporas and (e)migration, and media representations of Latinx.

Course Name: SPAN 170 01

Schedule: MWF 11:15-12:15 p.m.

Introduction to the technique, creative processes, and historical contexts of contemporary jazz dance. Students learn basic elements of jazz dance technique and style, including an introduction to functional anatomy and injury prevention, safe alignment, individual expression, basic jazz dance vocabulary and movement style combinations. The course also focuses on the importance of dynamics and presence as a means of creating variety in performance. Students engage in historical research and creative projects in various jazz dance styles.

Course Name: THDA 118 01

Schedule: MW 1:45-3:35 p.m.

We live in a world where concepts like “alternative facts” have become part of our regular discourse. Yet what do such concepts mean? And are they really so new? What fuels this tendency to seek and generate alternative truths to challenge the dominant narrative? Or is the concept of truth itself just an alternative fact? This writing seminar will explore these questions through studying specific examples of “counter truths,” conspiracy theories, and alternative histories over time; in doing so, we will attempt to identify the underlying causes for their appearance and the common threads that may tie them together. Writing assignments will include interpretive analyses, expository essays, and a research paper. In addition to group discussions around readings, class time will focus on developing strategies for approaching the writing process, improving mechanics and language use, and workshopping papers with peers. Students will also have regular one-on-one conferences with the instructor.

Course Name: WRIT 100 03

Schedule: TR 10:10-11:25 a.m.