Dance scholar Clare Croft proposes queer dance as a space of radical difference, where multiple identities, subjectivities, and politics collide, propelling artists and audiences into world-making action. This course begins with Croft's Queer Dance: Meanings & Makings and expands into other creative and scholarly frameworks for considering the power and potential of queer + dance.

Where does good curriculum design come from? What is the relationship between curriculum and pedagogy? How do good educators promote deep learning despite the current political climate that emphasizes content mastery and efficient instruction? In this course, you will learn research-based curriculum design practices, how to focus on conceptual understanding and the development of higher order thinking (e.g. critical thinking, integrative thinking, innovative thinking) in a number of domains and across multiple contexts. Each student develops a curriculum unit on a topic of their choice.

The effects of emerging wildlife diseases are global and profound. They can result in economic and agricultural impacts, declines in wildlife populations, ecological disturbance and even the loss of human lives. Disease dynamics are governed by species interactions and the abiotic environment. We will consider the synergistic effects of globalization, climate change, and agriculture on the spread of pathogens.

The effects of emerging wildlife diseases are global and profound. They can result in economic and agricultural impacts, declines in wildlife populations, ecological disturbance and even the loss of human lives. Disease dynamics are governed by species interactions and the abiotic environment. We will consider the synergistic effects of globalization, climate change, and agriculture on the spread of pathogens.

Science is a product of the society in which the work is conducted. Every political administration in the United States has influenced science, but the acuteness with which the current administration is impacting the direction and dissemination of scientific research is unprecedented. Areas of science including agriculture, health & disease, technology, environment, and energy are all being shaped by the Trump administration. We will review this administration's specific reports, policies, orders, and laws that will affect scientific research.

This course will be a hands-on and foundational painting studio course with a focus and emphasis on color. Students will be introduced to painting in oil (mainly) and a variety of color systems (CMYK, Zorn palette, etc.) through various assignments and exercises to practice these color relationships. There will be an emphasis on working mainly from observation to start and branching out to incorporate other imagery later in the semester. The objective of this course is for students to build foundational skills for a continued art practice in painting and thinking in/through color.

This course will be an introduction to the language of visual expression using studio exercises, collage, and repeat pattern making as a method to explore the fundamental principles of visual arts and create meaning. This course will have an emphasis on experimentation, collaboration, gathering, collecting, and reflection. You will be asked to think through process and materials rather than focusing solely on an end product. Students will work with basic materials, found materials, their everyday environments, and learn some Photoshop skills to make repeated patterns through collage.

This course will give you the opportunity to learn how to write stories for the stage through both practice and discussion. We will explore the major elements of playwriting, including conflict, character, dialogue and action and we will deepen our understanding of these various elements by completing and workshopping writing assignments, and giving and receiving feedback with our ensemble members.

In this introductory neuroscience course, examine the function of the nervous system with particular focus on mechanisms at work in the brain. The course will link current advances in cellular, molecular and developmental physiology research in the context of neuronal functional mechanisms. Topics may include neurotransmitter function and regulation, brain area function, integrative intracellular signaling pathways, neuroendocrine control.

This course will cover physiology of organ systems in a variety of animal phyla, including vertebrates and invertebrates. Topics may include nutrition, temperature regulation and neural, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, digestive and endocrine function. One focus will be on cellular and molecular mechanisms common across systems and phyla. We will spend some time outdoors and at the Hampshire College Farm. Students will engage in class problems, discussion, and reading of text and primary science literature. Keywords:biology, physiology, animal, health, zoology