Economic theory of the macro-economy. Determinants of unemployment rates, inflation rates, national income, GDP. Tools of public policy available which can be used to promote macroeconomic goals. (Gen.Ed. SB)

The purpose of this course is to help musicians develop embodied understanding of the learning process of musical performance through participation in the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education. In short, students will learn how to effectively translate musical intentions into actions that lead to more dynamic and expressive music making. In each class, students will participate in gentle, verbally-guided movement sequences of Awareness Through Movement lessons that are designed to improve body awareness and efficiency of movement.

In this honors colloquium, in addition to the requirements of the base course, students will need to complete additional work, research, and/or writing as directed by the instructor. Students will perform analysis of some type of data related to the course, and will learn how to create an annotated bibliography or literature review. Additionally, they will display their findings in either a paper or a presentation. Students will learn more in-depth how Sociologists do their research, how to locate and identify peer-reviewed academic work, and to explore a topic of interest to them.

This course intended to provide students with practical knowledge to understand obesity epidemics in the U.S., and an overview of federal, state, and local policy approaches and national initiatives for preventing obesity, promoting healthy behaviors, and providing care to obese citizens. There will also be extensive discussion of evidence for the impact of policies on child and adolescent overweight, including ethnic/racial and socioeconomic disparities. Students will be provided with an opportunity to develop an intervention targeting any perspective of obesity.

Advance your success as a college student! Through weekly workshops, presentations and assignments you will develop study and writing skills, understand own values system and connect with campus mentors.

Review of major theories of personality and analysis of selected problems in personality research. Prerequisite: introductory psychology. (Gen.Ed. SB)

This course will examine current research exploring the relationships between brain and cognitive development. Starting with the prenatal period and working up through adolescence we will discuss theories, research, and results in this rapidly expanding field of investigation. These topics will be considered in relation to both typical and atypical development.

Independent coaching and the study of advanced coaching tactics and strategy in a specific sport. Prerequisite: 505D. This is a full-year course.

Assisting in the coaching of an intercollegiate team. Weekly conferences on team management, coach responsibilities and coaching aids.

In this course students will create new works that engage ideas of social, racial, and climate justice as central to our discussion and visual inquiry. Through artist research, short readings and prompts, students will use drawing as an expansive medium to conceptualize and relate their ideas. This course is experimental in nature and will have no defined emphasis on traditional drawing techniques, instead we will take an expanded/interdisciplinary media approach to drawing, to explore how critical questions of social justice can be developed into impactful artworks.