This seminar is designed for Division III students studying topics in all fields of the sciences and students finishing Division II and preparing for Division III. The seminar will provide a collaborative environment for students working on independent projects. We will use a workshop format to generate ideas, critically read each other's work and provide constructive feedback and suggestions. Students will learn and practice skills to communicate their work in a variety of formats to a variety of audiences (including virtual and digital mediums).

This seminar is designed for Division III students studying topics in all fields of the sciences and students finishing Division II and preparing for Division III. The seminar will provide a collaborative environment for students working on independent projects. We will use a workshop format to generate ideas, critically read each other's work and provide constructive feedback and suggestions. Students will learn and practice skills to communicate their work in a variety of formats to a variety of audiences (including virtual and digital mediums).

Animal Physiology: This course will cover physiology of organ systems in a variety of animal phyla, including vertebrates and invertebrates. Topics can 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. Key words: biology, physiology, animal, health

This course focuses on American southern old-time string band music, bluegrass, and early country song. We draw on cultural theory to explore the development of these musics throughout the 20th/21st centuries as well as the influences of African-American musical expression, class, gender, and music revivalism. We will consider old time and bluegrass both from an historical perspective and ethnographically as vital forms of folk expression in communities today.

Ethnomusicology is a field of music scholarship, which examines a wide range of music and music-related human activities with distinctive sociocultural perspectives and methodologies. This course offers an introductory experience of the field for students pursuing ethnomusicological projects in their Div. II and III and those interested in exploring this relatively unknown field.

Autobiography is not one literary genre among others--autobiographical writing cuts across all distinctions of genre. In the last 30 years, there has been a remarkable proliferation of life writing, and also expansion into new forms, such as on the internet and graphic novels. In this course we will read earlier forms of confession, autobiography, and memoir, and look at a wide range of recent writings, including testimony, memoirs of illness and recovery, and coming out narratives. We will also examine theories of the self, of identity, of consciousness, and of memory.

Is an introduction to the principles and practice of epidemiology, the core science of public health and the primary tool for measuring health disparities. The course covers the major concepts usually found in a graduate-level introductory course in epidemiology: outbreak investigations, study design, measures of effect, internal and external validity, reliability, and causal inference. Assigned readings are drawn from a standard textbook and the primary literature.

Nature seems abundant in symmetry, manifesting not only in spatial symmetries of living beings, but also in visual art, music, and even social interactions (do to others as you would.). In an intuitive, hands-on approach this course will introduce and develop the key ideas of group theory, a branch of mathematics used for the study of symmetry. It will cover the core definitions (subgroups, quotient groups, cosets, isomorphisms, and homomorphisms), and a detailed study of certain types of groups (finite groups, cyclic groups, permutation groups, and abelian groups).

Wherever one looks, one finds an association between wealth and health. The greater an individual, family or large social group's access to resources and political power, the better their health and nutrition. As well, how, how well, and why this connection applies also varies. In this course we will start with the data showing the connections between inequalities and measuress of health such as life expectancy and infant mortality, exploring the US over time and more equitable countries.

Students in this course will learn about the biological function of selected human organs and systems through the study of actual medical cases. Not all human systems will be covered, but students will gain a good understanding of how diseases affect the body and how they are diagnosed. Working in small teams, students will develop diagnoses for medical cases through reviewing descriptions of patient histories, physical exams, and laboratory findings.