This course is designed to help set you up for success as a leader in your chosen area of expertise after graduation, all with a focus on how we can lead in ways that are more inclusive and promote equity. We will explore topics ranging from classroom and meeting management to developing teaching and/or research group philosophies, from mentoring to objective setting and assessment strategies. The purpose of this course is to help you prepare for a future job as a faculty, researcher, or professional, and how you can advance the inclusion of marginalized communities in the sciences.

Conservation biology emerged roughly 30 years ago as a mission oriented discipline, engaged in scholarly scientific inquiry, addressing the problems of biodiversity loss and environmental degradation. It is an inherently synthetic and interdisciplinary field, founded largely on basic principles from ecology and environmental management, but strongly dependent on the integration of social and natural science approaches. Together, we will examine the state of conservation science today: how the field is changing, new insights from current literature, and competing visions for the future.

This seminar course covers normal and abnormal aging processes that influence how audiologists evaluate and treat older adults. Topics include theories of aging, common diseases and functional problems associated with aging, and individual differences (racial, cultural, socioeconomic) that impact aging.

The "Introduction to Research in the Discipline" course is part of the CICS Early Research Scholars Program (ERSP). It provides a group-based, dual-mentored research structure designed to provide a supportive and inclusive first research experience for a large number of early-career Computer Science and Informatics majors.

This course explores women?s health from an evolutionary, biocultural, and global health perspective. It focuses on the physiological, ecological, and cultural factors shaping health. We will take a life course perspective to examine childhood development, reproductive processes such as pregnancy, birth, and lactation, as well as menopause and aging. Throughout the class, we will draw on findings and concepts from human biology, evolutionary ecology, public health and medical anthropology to explore the multi-faceted determinants of global women?s health.

This course explores scientific and technical systems that permeate our lives. By way of facial recognition, IQ tests, vaccine protocols, hydroelectric dams, and other systems, we will focus on the all-too-human questions embedded in processes of scientific innovation and technological development. Together, we will address the following: What makes something a scientific fact? Who benefits and who is harmed by emerging platforms? How do social, political, and economic inequities shape technology and vice-versa? Can we engineer alternate futures? There are no prerequisites.

Integrates evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, ecology, and behavioral ecology with sociocultural anthropology, politics, and economics. General evolutionary theory and an introduction to Darwinian medicine frame an examination of viral, bacterial, parasitic, and prion-based diseases along with their hosts, vectors, and other organisms. Particular attention to how humans have purposely and inadvertently created both biological and cultural environments for the transmission of different diseases. Considers media representations and misrepresentations.

The biological aspects of being human. Evolution, how and where the human species originated, and biological similarities and dissimilarities among contemporary human groups. (Gen.Ed. BS)

This course is intended to lead students through the process of design including identification, invention and implementation of new solutions to biomedical challenges. Students will work on identifying a need in the field, understanding the design challenges and how to design a potential solution. This will cover ethics of design, regulations of design, searching for existing solutions, standards, a stakeholder analysis, market analysis and need, concept generation and screening. Students will learn how to include globalization and innovation into designs.

This course provides an executive viewpoint of marketing concepts, such as branding and segmentation, for strategic and organizational decision-making. There is an emphasis on tools available for analysis and control of marketing activities, including the use of new media. Topics also include industrial life cycles, customer experience, and pricing strategy.