A seminar on time management from practical and theoretical perspectives. This course involves identifying and improving skills related to time management. Students will focus on how to manage their time for college academics and extracurricular activities and how to develop overall time literacy in order to establish productive routines based on what works for you.

Water is one of the basic elements needed for life systems to exist and survive. While it is abundant in supply, it is not always available where it is needed. This course will cover concepts and issues related to water resources through regional and global ecosystem perspectives.

In this seminar, we use a radio phone-in conversation about college to discuss college life, its significance, structures, and outcomes. We also discuss conversations, their significance, structures, and consequences. And similarly, we discuss Communication its significance, structures, and outcomes. We will use hand-on methods to study and break down conversations while learning how to learn about communication and how to learn in general. The seminar will be based on conversations, individual and group work in class.

The course will discuss the basic psychological principles of social influence. Topics include social norms, conformity, compliance, obedience, and persuasion.

The sciences are defined by those who push past the bounds of human knowledge and break down the thought barriers of their time. This seminar will explore the stories of women scientists who changed the world and will celebrate their inspiring discoveries which upended our understanding of the cosmos, the planet and ourselves. These pioneers paved the way for future generations of women scientists and explorers. By learning about their lives, we seek to understand the cultural attitudes, historical forces and social realities that made science what it is today and what it will be tomorrow.

his seminar takes a no-prerequsites approach in introducing students to computational thinking through the medium of OCaml, a modern, functional-first, general-purpose programming language.Together, we?ll take a gentle trip through some deep nerdery, and come out the other side with an appreciation for an elegant, mathematical way of thinking about how computers work.

This seminar will explore the biology and behavior of the domestic cat from an evolutionary and ecological perspective. Students will be introduced to the evolution of mammals and wild cats. The seminar will explore the domestication process and how this shaped the current behavior and biology of the domestic cat and how cat ancestry left its marks on this companion animal. The positive and negative health impacts of domestic cats will be discussed. The seminar will conclude with a discussion of feral cats, their impacts on wildlife, and their management.

Both inside and out, our bodies harbour a huge array of micro-organisms. Although invisbleto us, they play key roles in determining our health, our emotional state, and even our IQ! This seminar course will employ popular science and newspaper readings and videos to inform in-class discussions of how our microbiome has become one of the key issues in discussions of human health. Join me as we learn how to encourage a healthier microbiome to flourish inside us!

Our ever-changing relationship with animals has shaped human history leading to profound influences on human culture, the economy, and even our world views. What is it about the brain chemistry in animals and humans that allows for this unique relationship? What happens when the human-animal bond is severed? This course will examine the unique relationship between humans and animals from a variety of perspectives over several disciplines.